Autumn in the north has just arrived, the world immediately became a depression, Yeluxiong was awakened in the middle of the night by the cold wind through the crack in the door, and as a result, he couldn't sleep anymore, so he simply got up and lit the stove, although it was just autumn, but the autumn in the Yanyun area was already very cold, plus the weather was abnormal in recent years, sometimes it would snow before the autumn, so the stove could also be used.

As soon as the stove was lit, the room was much warmer, and Yeluchon took out the thick quilt from last winter, and spread the thin blanket on the bed under it as a mattress, after all, the winter here is too cold, and an extra layer below can be warmer.

But then Yeluxiong lay on the bed but couldn't fall asleep over and over, thinking about the scenery of his family at the beginning, and then opening his eyes to look at the dilapidated house in front of him, Yeluxiong couldn't help but sigh, I am afraid that he could not have dreamed that in just a few years, he fell to the point where he is now, not only is there no food and clothing, but he can't even eat enough every day.

Just from the surname Yeluxiong, you can know that his background is extraordinary, although the surname Yelu is not necessarily the royal family, but Yeluxiong is an authentic royal family, and the current emperor Yelujun is very close to the blood, it can be said that only by virtue of his background, he can get a good official position in the capital, not to mention that Yeluxiong's own ability is also good, he has led troops to quell the Jurchen rebellion in the north many times, and has made a lot of contributions, and is called a rookie in the army.

It's a pity that Yelu Xiong's vision is not very good, when he saw Yelu Chongyuan gaining power, so he hugged Yelu Chongyuan's thigh, and rebelled with him in the north of Liao, but unfortunately he didn't expect that Yelu Chongyuan was defeated in the end, he saw that the limelight was not right, and immediately led the only remaining more than 1,000 people under his command to betray Yelu Chongyuan, and surrendered to Yelu Jun.

Originally, for a wall-to-wall general like Yeluxiong. Yeluren first suggested killing Zhengfa Ji, but Yelujun spared the other party's life for the sake of Yeluxiong being his cousin, but although Yeluxiong survived, his official position could not be kept, and in the end he only got a small position as the head of the capital. and was assigned to garrison the border between Song and Liao.

Thinking of the above, Yeluxiong couldn't help but feel very helpless, what a beautiful scenery he was when he was in Beijing, there were a group of people in and out, and there were more beautiful maids around him, many people said that he could be in charge of a certain courtyard in the future and become a king, it can be said that the future is immeasurable, but unfortunately because of the wrong person, the previous scenery is all gone. Now they can only stay in this small military village, be a small capital, and wait every day for the supplies delivered from the rear not to be late, otherwise more than 100 of them will be hungry.

Thinking of the problem of supplies, Yeluxiong, who was lying on the bed, also felt empty in his stomach, the bowl of mutton bone soup he drank last night was like water, and there was not even a single oil flower in it except wild vegetables, but this was not surprising. Because those sheep bones have been boiled many times, it would be strange if they still tasted. Soups like this used to be used only as swill, but last night he drank it very sweetly, because they had already eaten up their supplies, and those sheep bones were the last thing to eat, and if the supplies from the rear were not delivered, they would probably all starve to death.

"Damn supply officer. Don't fall into the hands of Lao Tzu in the future, otherwise you will look good! Yeluxiong cursed in a low voice, and the officials who sent the supplies knew where he came from, and they looked down on generals like him who had surrendered, so they deliberately delayed their supplies for a few days each time. Although Yeluchon was angry, there was nothing he could do.

Originally, like Yeluxiong, the troops stationed on the Song-Liao border, their supplies were not only provided by the rear, but also a very important source, that is, to fight the grass valley, that is, to go south to attack the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and plunder, if the harvest is good, there is a winter of grain, and there is even a surplus, which can bring them some additional income, but in recent years, the strength of the Great Song Dynasty has been strong, especially the Hebei army has been rebuilt, as a result, Yeluxiong and they went south several times to fight the grass valley, not only did they not have any gains, On the contrary, they lost a lot of manpower, which made them unwilling to take any more risks, for example, now is a good time to fight the grass valley, but they would rather stay in the military village and sleep lazily than go to the Great Song Dynasty to die.

Finally survived until dawn, Ye Luxiong immediately jumped up from the bed, casually wrapped his old sheepskin jacket on his body and went out to the army, the military village where he was located is called Quhe Village, opposite is Qu County of the Great Song Dynasty, but Qu County is a poor place, they used to fight grass valley are not very willing to go, but bypass there to the rear of Qu County to kill, where is the real place to hit things.

Now the sky in the east has just brightened, the military village is still quiet, the soldiers in the barracks are sleeping, speaking of which Yeluxiong used to govern the army strictly, and he had to train every morning and evening, but since he came to the ghost place of Quhe Village, he has also completely degenerated, anyway, no one came to check, so he is also here to mess around, not to mention in his opinion, although the Great Song Dynasty rebuilt the Hebei Army, but the defense is more than enough but the offensive force is insufficient, plus they have always attacked the Great Song Dynasty over the years, The Great Song Dynasty had never taken the initiative to attack the Liao State, so he was not worried about the safety of the military village at all.

The cold wind in the morning kept blowing non-stop, so that Yeluxiong couldn't help but ban the leather jacket on his body, and then looked up at the sky, only to find that the top of his head was densely moved, and it seemed to be a cloudy day, which made him can't help but mutter: "This ghost weather, according to this look, it is estimated that it will snow in a few days, and then the supply officers of those dog days will have more reason to delay the delivery of supplies." ”

Yeluxiong was very hungry, so he went straight to the kitchen of the military village, in addition to the hundred soldiers under his command, there was only one old man and his son, who were usually responsible for cooking for them, and lived in the broken stone house next to the kitchen, but when Yeluxiong came here, he found that the husband and wife were sleeping soundly, and the snoring sound spread far away, and it seemed that they did not get up like everyone else.

"Woo~" Yeluxiong stretched out his foot and kicked the door of the guy, and then shouted loudly, "Lao Huang, when is it, why don't you get up to cook?" ”

"Who, what's the name of this early morning, I don't know if there is not even a mouse in the warehouse, and what do you want Lao Tzu to cook?" The old man inside probably didn't hear that the person calling the door outside was Yeluxiong, and as soon as he woke up, he immediately scolded.

"Lao Huang, you old thing doesn't want to live anymore, hurry up and open the door for me!" Although Yeluxiong has lost power, he is at least the head of the capital, and the entire Quhe Village is under his control, and now he is very angry when he hears the old man yelling at him like this.

Lao Huang inside estimated that he could also hear that the person outside was Yeluxiong, only to hear a panicked sound from inside, and then a burst of hurried footsteps, and then the door was opened, revealing an old face full of wrinkles, and when he saw Yeluxiong, he immediately showed a flattering smile and said: "Oh, it turned out to be Dutou, Xiao Lao'er was asleep just now, and I didn't hear Dutou's voice, you wait a minute, Xiao Lao'er will cook for you." ”

"Cooking? Didn't you just say that the warehouse was empty, what do you cook with? Ye Luxiong was also stunned when he heard Lao Huang's words, and even the anger just now disappeared.

"Hehe, there is no grain in the warehouse, but people always have to eat, yesterday Xiao Lao'er took his son to the river next to touch the fish, although he didn't touch any big fish, but there are a lot of small fish, and there are more than a dozen toads, as long as they are cleaned up, it is good food!" Lao Huang said with a flattering smile, he accidentally scolded Ye Luxiong a few words just now, and now he naturally has to take a good stutter, otherwise their father and son will not have good fruits to eat.

As soon as he heard that there were fish and frogs to eat, Ye Luxiong immediately felt even more hungry in his stomach, and he didn't care about anything else at the moment, so he immediately asked Lao Huang to cook, and he didn't leave again, he moved a stool and sat at the kitchen door. Speaking of them, there is a small river next to Quhe Village, the name is Quhe, which flows from Liao to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, which is also the origin of the name of Quhe Village and Qu County opposite, the Liao soldiers of Quhe Village often can't eat enough, and they dare not go south to fight the grass valley, so they can only fish from the river to eat, but now the big fish are not easy to find, and Lao Huang can hit some small fish and toads is already good.

I saw Lao Huang take a wooden bucket out of the house where he lived, there was half a bucket of water in it, the water was full of small fish and toads, most of them were still alive, Lao Huang was very skilled in cleaning up the small fish and toads, and then raised the fire to cook soup, after all, there are not many of these things, Lao Huang's father and son and Ye Luxiong The three big men must not be full, so they can only be boiled into soup and mixed with water.

Although the food in the warehouse is gone, but there is no shortage of seasonings, Lao Huang has made half a lifetime of rice, and the craftsmanship is also good, and soon the aroma of a pot of soup is overflowing, and the other soldiers in the military village smell the fragrance and climb up, and they all thought that there was something to eat today, so one was more excited than the other, but they didn't expect to be bombed away by Lao Huang just when they arrived in the kitchen, because the things in the pot were caught by their father and son, at most they invited Ye Luxiong to eat alone, and other soldiers had to go to the river to catch it themselves if they wanted to eat, which was already an unwritten rule in the military village.

is the so-called cannibalistic mouth is short, Yeluxiong also helped Lao Huang speak, and asked his soldiers to find food by themselves, anyway, he is the head of the capital is a grain of grain in his hand, it can be said that as the head of the capital, there is no private food, and it can be regarded as a good job, but those soldiers don't care about this, seeing that Yeluxiong has something to eat, they don't have it, and many people are scolding behind their backs.

For the people who scolded him behind his back, Yeluxiong didn't see it, anyway, he was planning to mess around, and even his eyes kept staring at Lao Huang's broth, and finally waited until the broth was finally boiled, Lao Huang happily sent a bowl to Yeluxiong first, but when Yeluxiong took it and was about to drink it, he suddenly found that the soup in the bowl vibrated violently, and then he heard a familiar roar, which made him immediately startled and said: "Cavalry? Where did the brigade cavalry come from? (To be continued......)