"yes, when the rainy season comes, those sandbags outside the city won't work!"

"We have to find a way to do it quickly, or we'll have to wait for us!"

The generals talked a lot, but most of them were frustrating, and did not put forward any substantive strategies.

Wang Ling, who was sitting on the top, touched his chin and muttered, "The general has a plan!" ”

When all the generals heard this, they all looked at Wang Ling: "What plan does the general have, say it quickly!" ”

Wang Ling muttered: "Zhuge Liang returned victoriously, most of the 30,000 reinforcements of our army were captured by him, it is now afternoon, it is still early before dark, and the Shu army has just had lunch.

But just now at the head of the city, I saw the smoke rising from the Shu military camp, and vaguely heard the wailing of pigs and sheep in its camp, and it is estimated that the Shu army is planning to kill pigs and slaughter sheep tonight to celebrate Zhuge Liang's victorious return.

In the evening, the Shu army celebrated, and the defense was inevitably relaxed, and in its camp, there were more than 20,000 prisoners of our army, so I decided to lead the troops to attack the Shu army camp tonight, if we can rescue the prisoners of our army and give the Shu army a heavy blow, maybe the siege of Xiyang can be lifted. ”

"Although the general's strategy is good, if it succeeds, it can indeed temporarily relieve the urgent need, but there are many fierce generals in the Shu army, even if the Shu army celebrates the relaxation of vigilance tonight, we may not be able to succeed."

"yes, it's too risky, if we lose, it's ......"

Although Wang Ling had already proposed a solution, the generals were still afraid of the Han army and did not dare to lead their troops out to attack.

Wang Ling looked at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Do we still have a choice?" This is our only chance at present, Zhuge Liang returns victoriously, if we can't manage to defeat the Shu army before the rainy season comes, the only way waiting for us is to break the city.

Therefore, now we can only fight to the death, if we win tonight, the siege of Xiyang can be solved, if we lose, I will go to Huangquan with you! ”

"Smack!" When a general heard this, he slapped the table and shouted: "The general has said so, what else do I have to say?" Let me lead the troops to attack the Shu army camp tonight! ”

"I'll go too!"

"If you don't succeed tonight, you will become a benevolent!"

"Good!" Seeing that his morale had been stimulated by himself, Wang Ling nodded with satisfaction and ordered to the generals: "You should quickly go and reorganize the troops and horses and prepare for the attack." In addition, send people to keep an eye on the Shu army camp to see how they settle the prisoners of our army. ”

"No!"

And on the other side of the Han army camp.

Zhuge Liang brought back more than 20,000 prisoners, and the original camp was 50,000 people, and these 20,000 people naturally couldn't be accommodated. Fortunately, Zhuge Liang got the grain and grass of the Wei army's reinforcements, which could be used to expand the camp.

Zhao Yun obeyed Zhuge Liang's orders and expanded the east of the camp to house the Wei army's soldiers.

Timber, tents, and other things were ready-made, and the camp was set up quickly, and before dark, the Wei soldiers were placed in the area east of the camp.

Everywhere, the houses are busy stewing pigs and sheep, the cauldron is boiling, and the aroma of meat wafts ten miles along the steam fragrance.

Pork was actually bred and eaten very early, and some people began to breed pigs in primitive societies. In the pre-Qin period, six animals appeared, namely cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, chickens, and horses.

In the Book of Rites of the Zhou Dynasty, cattle, sheep, and pigs were called prisons, which were only available to kings and doctors. Although the ox was listed as one of the prisons, it was the most precious, and it was forbidden to be eaten in all dynasties, so the pig and the sheep were once equally divided.

Later generations often said that ancient people did not eat pork, because pork that was not castrated tasted bad and smelled, but this is not the case.

First of all, the main purpose of castrating pigs is not to remove the smell, but to promote the growth of pigs and reduce their aggressiveness.

Because the pig has not been castrated, the growth cycle is too long, such as later generations, the growth cycle of a pig only takes a few months to grow to two or three hundred catties, and rural pigs generally do not eat feed, mostly pig weed, bran, the growth cycle is longer, it takes more than half a year to grow to two hundred catties. These pigs were actually castrated.

In ancient times, there was no castration technology, pigs grew very slowly, and the general growth cycle was as long as two or three years, and the people could not eat enough, so where did they have the strength to spend two or three years to raise a pig.

And the pig that has not been castrated has a peculiar smell, in fact, this is not the point, in the ancient era of food scarcity, ordinary people could not even eat enough, let alone eat meat, even if the pork has a peculiar smell, in fact, will not dislike it. It's not that I don't eat it, I hate pork, but I can't afford to eat it.

After the Wei and Jin dynasties, the grassland people dominated the Central Plains, the pig industry gradually shrank, mutton became the mainstream for thousands of years, although the pigs were raised, but the scale was far less than the sheep, and the status of the prison was completely lost, it was difficult to enter the elegant hall, and could not enter the dining table of the upper class.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that pigs turned over, whether in high society or even among the people, and the eating rate exceeded that of sheep.

However, in today's Dahan, pork is very popular, Liu Chan not only spread the castration technology, reduce the growth cycle of pigs, but also encourage the people to breed.

For example, the number of pigs carried in the current Han military camps is far more than the number of pigs.

Xiyang City Head.

"General, you see, the Shu army has placed our prisoners in the east of the camp." A general pointed to the Han army camp and said to Wang Ling.

"Hmm!" Wang Ling nodded, sniffed his nose and said, "I smell the aroma of meat, it seems that the Shu army is already stewing meat and preparing to celebrate at night." ”

The first general smiled and said: "The Shu army celebrates well, so that our chances of success will be greater." ”

"It would be better if they drank!"

"This shouldn't be, Zhuge Liang has strict military discipline, and the war is not over yet, so he shouldn't let the soldiers drink."

Wang Ling sniffed the smell of meat, and was more confident about the attack at night, waved his hand and said: "You have also seen that the prisoners of our army have been placed in the east of the camp by Zhuge Liang. ”

"No!"

Soon it was getting dark.

There was a commotion in the Han military camp.

"Eat meat, eat meat!"

"Don't worry, every individual has a share!"

At the head of the city, the Wei army heard the commotion from the Shu army camp, and suddenly came to the spirit: "The Shu army has begun, let's kill it quickly!" ”

Wang Ling immediately ordered: "Immediately lead the troops to kill!" ”

The Han army had tens of thousands of people, and the livestock did not carry much, and a person would only share a bowl of broth to drink, and this meal would be over in a few minutes for the soldiers. Therefore, Wang Ling did not dare to delay more, and when he heard that the Han army was having dinner, he immediately led his troops to kill them.