139. Continue to bury the pot and make rice (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

Author: nonsense and gossip

139. Continue to bury the pot and make rice (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

Barbarian rebellion has existed since ancient times.

In later generations, one of the most enduring board games - "Three Kingdoms" - even had a card called Nanman Invasion.

Nanman is the general name for all the barbarians in the mountains in the west and south of China in ancient China.

There are countless barbarian tribes in the mountains, and there are many areas where government orders cannot be conveyed.

As the barbarian forces withdraw their troops, the first trial has come to an end.

…

rear.

Seeing that the barbarians retreated, leaving more than a hundred dead and injured, Huang Yueying sighed inwardly, "Uncle, please order the military doctors to treat the barbarians as well."

Kuai Yue was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Because he remembered Huang Yueying's gentle policy, and the other party even said before he set off that they, the people in power, must treat the barbarians as Han people.

Next to him, Zhuge Liang had a smile on his face and his eyes were soft.

The man in front of him never showed mercy when he was decisive in killing, but he also had a lot of kindness that he should have. He asked with a smile,

"Achu thinks, what do the barbarians want to do?"

Huang Yueying glanced at Zhuge Liang and replied with a helpless smile, "We don't have enough troops. We are probably thinking about how to recruit reinforcements. There are not a few barbarians in the mountains. There are only five or six thousand barbarians. They are just a coalition of several small tribes."

"Then what should we do?" Kuai Yue also asked with a smile.

"Let's find out some information from the wounded soldier first." Huang Yueying looked at Kuai Yue, "Did uncle find someone who can speak barbarian language?"

"Of course, otherwise... how could we find out this information?" Kuai Yue smiled and asked his attendants to pass on the order.

…

Under Huang Yueying's tolerant policy, the wounded barbarian soldiers who became prisoners told almost everything, so she also knew a name,

Zhu Shao.

It is said that he comes from Jiangdong.

This made Huang Yueying remember something unpleasant.

"It's really Jiangdong!" Kuai Yue snorted, "Do you really think that there is no one available to me in Jingzhou?"

"Of course... no." Huang Yueying said with a smile, "Before coming to Wuling County, I also wrote a letter to Yuzhang."

Quin Yue then burst into laughter.

Zhuge Liang also nodded, "It's just that Jiangdong must be on guard."

"It's okay to be prepared, it's just a disturbance." Huang Yueying waved her hand.

After taking the Yuzhang, it means that Jingzhou can also threaten Jiangdong. Otherwise... Jiangdong and Jingzhou are ruled by crossing the water. If they really want to send troops, it will be a big war.

"But, what should we do now?" Zhuge Liang continued to ask with a smile.

"wait."

"Wait?" Kuai Yue was surprised.

"If we attack the city and the barbarians do not come out, our Jingzhou soldiers will also suffer heavy casualties." Huang Yueying explained, then smiled, "So, wait for the barbarian reinforcements to arrive before we engage in a decisive battle.

It's just that during this period... during breakfast and dinner, just like today, the pots are cooked under the eyes of the barbarians."

"Hahaha, that's fine." Kuai Yue laughed.

Zhuge Liang also shook his head helplessly.

"As for the barbarian soldiers captured today, the military doctor will treat their wounds and let them have a full meal." Huang Yueying added.

"Have a full meal?"

"Yes, then send him back to Chenyang County."

Kuai Yue stroked his beard and smiled again, "A Chu's plan... is very clever."

…

On the second day, Jingzhou soldiers buried pots and made rice less than five miles outside Chenyang County.

On the third day, it was still the same.

The fourth day...

The fifth day...

…

In Chenyang County.

No matter how patient Xiang Hong Shengrao was, he was still angered by the Jingzhou soldiers' actions. Did he really think that their tribe had no warriors?

But in the last tentative attack, not only did the injured tribesmen not die, their wounds were bandaged and they were sent back with a full meal.

This made him somewhat confused as to what the other party meant.

He asked Zhu Shao, but Zhu Shao just sighed and said nothing more.

This made him even more irritated. Han people were all the same. They had many convoluted thoughts and refused to speak directly. They felt very uncomfortable.

"Xiang Jingfu, those Han people have been cooking under our noses for five or six days! Is it really possible to just watch like this?" The leader of a small tribe ran up to Xiang Hongsheng.

"We don't have enough troops..." Xiang Hongsheng said.

However, he was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"Insufficient troops? So what? Aren't all the tribesmen who were captured before released back? Moreover, the Jingzhou soldiers treated their injuries and gave them a full meal!"

Nowadays, the barbarians are only good at agriculture, so rice noodles are the best delicacy to them.

After capturing several county towns, they were surprised to find that there was not much rice and grain in the county government offices, which could not supply their 6,000-strong army.

After thinking about it, I just feel that those Han people are just as poor as them.

As everyone knows, the small aristocratic families in the city joined forces with local officials to buy and sell at a loss, and then ran away with them before they captured the county seat.

Nowadays, their military rations cannot last long.

We can only wait for the grain to mature in the fields outside the county town... But who can wait for this?

"Sha Wenye, don't fall for the Jingzhou soldiers' plan!" Xiang Hongsheng reminded.

"What's the plan?" Sha Wenye yelled, patting his chest, "Is there food that you didn't take when it arrived at the door? No matter what you say today, I, the warrior of Sha Wenye's First Department, don't want to go to waste.

The rice smells delicious!"

After shouting, Sha Wenye hurried out.

On the way, we also met the leaders of several other small tribes. Seeing this, some hesitated, while others followed Sha Wenye.

…

In a tent.

Huang Yueying, Zhuge Liang, Kuai Yue and Zhang Qian were having dinner.

"A Chu thinks, how many days can the barbarians endure?" Zhuge Liang asked, and then took a sip of the fish soup and found it very delicious.

"I don't know." Huang Yueying shook her head and ate the rice mixed with corn and rice. She felt it was very sweet, and then said, "The conflict between the Han and barbarian tribes has been going on for a long time. If Zhu Shao can really control these barbarian tribes so absolutely,

You shouldn’t have heard of this name before.”

Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded.

"A Chu is absolutely right." Kuai Yue interjected.

"Regardless of whether it is true or not, if the barbarians dare to rush out, we will beat them." Zhang Gan added.

Huang Yueying laughed.

Seeing the other three people eating so deliciously, I sighed in my heart, in today's world, every prince has to estimate whether there is enough food and grass when fighting a war, but Jingzhou...

Never worry about not having enough food and grass.

Originally, the soldiers in Jingzhou had a thin meal in the morning and a dry meal in the evening. As for meat, there was almost no meat.

Only in the past few days, the prey in the nearby mountains have been destroyed, and a lot of fish have been caught in the river. The food is much better than in Xiangyang.

While he was eating, a servant came to report that the barbarians were attacking.

"How many people?" Huang Yueying asked.

"No more than a thousand people."

So, Huang Yueying looked at Zhang Qian, who drank the fish soup in one gulp, grabbed the big knife next to him, and strode out.

Kuai Yue immediately sighed, "It's hard for them to endure it until today."
To be continued...