Chapter 15 Destruction
The tastes of oil, spices and chemical seasonings have their own characteristics. After they are integrated into a sensational fragrance that makes people covet, fascinating, filled the air, and then gradually covered the village of Hejia Village in Bafeng under the mountain wind.
"The people of the Hejia Village, Wu Lian, have prepared two things for you, both delicious instant noodles, and delicious instant noodles with salt and lots of salt! They are also swords, guns, bows and arrows! Now you can choose, put down your weapons and go out of the village to surrender, and you can eat noodles immediately! Resist the enemy and fight for us, and eat swords and arrows!"
Holding a simple horn made of instant noodles cardboard box, a loud Han army soldier was carefully hiding behind the simple long shield, and kept shouting at the Hejia Village Gate that was not far away, "It is He Zhong who took the lead in rebelling. We don't rebel the government army to kill him only! Others, as long as they put down their weapons and surrender, they can not only survive, but also have noodles to eat! There is delicious instant noodles to eat!"
"Friends, surrender. We are also from the He family in Bafeng. We surrendered, not only were we not beaten or scolded, but we also ate instant noodles! Surrender to our Wulian official army, and you will have noodles when you surrender! Look, it's this delicious instant noodles!"
Many He family's Tiannu who had surrendered under Wulian City before also stood up, holding a bowl of snow-white noodles, and shouting at Hejiazhai, which had been enslaved and exploited them for a long time, "Uncle He Suo, the county magistrate said that as long as you bring the He family's people to surrender, he will immediately make you the patriarch of the He family! You will also reduce taxes for our He family! The conditions are so good, Uncle He, bring people out to surrender!"
"Listen to the He family in the village, come out and surrender immediately!"
Next to the Han army's position with a lot of boiling water in front of the formation, several southwestern Yi soldiers wearing completely different clothes from the Han people jumped out. While licking the noodles in their hands, they were talking half-baked Chinese, and shouting fiercely, "Otherwise, if we break into the village, we will never be ruthless, and we will never be ruthless to you!"
As he shouted, a Yi soldier also untied the horn bow on his back, pulled the bow and shot it out, and it happened to hit the plaque of Hejiazhai gate a hundred steps away, which immediately received cheers. The Yi soldier proudly clasped his fists and returned the greeting, thanking his companions and the Han soldiers for their colorful voices, and asked impatiently: "Han General, can you give me another bowl of noodles? I will fight the village later, and I promise to rush to the front!"
In contrast to the high-spirited Han soldiers, most of the rebel soldiers, men, women, and young people in the Hejia Village were unstable, either staring at their former companions who were eating noodles in front of the Han army, or swallowing their saliva and making fun of themselves. More people kept looking around, trying to lower their voices and discussing quietly. There were also countless people secretly glanced at their clan leader and village leader He Zhong.
The most complicated mood is naturally He Suo, the uncle of He Zhong, who was named by the Han army soldiers. Since the Han army clearly shouted the slogan to support him as the patriarch, He Suo kept bowing his head and dared not say anything. His two sons, nephews and nephews also held their weapons tightly, guarding He Suo carefully, constantly looking at others with vigilant eyes.
In Hejia Village, only He Zhong and some of his close friends were yelling hysterically, "Don't listen to the lies of the government army! Those noodles are poisonous, and people will die if they eat them! They will die the next day after eating them the day before!"
"Defend the village and never let the official army come in!"
"Zhang Zhi's son betrayed the Great Wei, and the Wei army in the county will come to settle the score with him soon! If we guard the village, we are the heroes of the Great Wei!"
Unfortunately, no matter how He Zhong and his best friends shouted at the top of their lungs, they could never mobilize the morale of Tian Nu, the people of Hejia Village. Most of the village people and Tian Nu were in a state of silence, and they were prepared to surrender immediately as soon as the village was broken. At the same time, He Zhong and others had to be careful to beware of He Suo, who had a prestigious family in their family. What they were afraid of was that He Suo was greedy for the position of the patriarch and suddenly took them down to ask for credit from the Han army.
At this time, Zhang Zhi, who had been eating noodles slowly, finally put down the noodle bowl in his hand and looked at Hejiazhai, which was full of despair and fear. Zhang Zhi sneered and then ordered: "Go and tell He Zhong, just say that I will give him the last chance. Now I will surrender. I will only let him go to jail and not kill his head! Otherwise, attack the village immediately!"
According to Zhang Zhi's request, a personal soldier soon came forward to pass an order to the Han army's propagandists. The Han army's propagandists immediately changed their tone and shouted: "He Zhong, I heard it clearly. Our Zhang Mingting gave you the last chance. Now that we surrender, we will only let you go to jail and not kill your head! Otherwise, we will fight the village immediately!"
This move actually worked. Knowing that he was already doomed, He Zhong rushed to the gate of the village and shouted at the Han army: "Tell County Magistrate Zhang that as long as he pardoned me for not guilty, I will surrender! Otherwise, I will take Hejiazhai to fight with you to the death!"
He Zhong's reply was quickly reported to Zhang Zhi. Zhang Zhi didn't even blink his eyelids and snorted coldly: "Do you still dare to bargain with me? Don't talk nonsense, beat the drums, charge, and capture Hejiazhai!"
The only few cowhide drums were ringing together. Amid the shouts, the Han soldiers who had been preparing for power immediately carried the ladder and knocked on the wood to charge towards Hejiazhai. Several southwest Yi soldiers who were lured by instant noodles on the road also fulfilled their promises and rushed to the front, yelling with red eyes, "Kill--!"
It was simpler than Zhang Zhi imagined. Seeing the Han army launching an attack, He Zhong was panicked and quickly retreated quickly while yelling at the gate of the village. His uncle He Suo also made up his mind at this moment and shouted at the He clan members beside him: "Relatives of the He family, He Zhong is causing trouble. Why should we work hard for him? Run, run home and hide, ready to surrender!"
This shouting was like opening a valve. Many He clans and Tian Nu rushed to the village, following He Suo's family and then led more residents of Hejiazhai to run wildly. The residents of Hejiazhai, who were originally silted in front of the village gate, instantly scattered birds and beasts, and even many people guarding the village wall jumped into the village and went home to escape. He Zhong yelled in despair, and the shouting was like a wounded beast, but still could not stop the people of Hejiazhai from escaping.
If the Han army with high morale Wu Lian could not take down a small Hejia Village, it would naturally be too bad for Zhang Zhi to have instant noodles that they had been having for a meal every few days. The Han soldiers carrying the stairs rushed up the wall of Hejia Village without any effort, and then jumped into the village one after another like dumplings, and carried the Loomu companion to attack the village gate.
The panicked rebels of Hejiazhai collapsed faster. Except for a very few He Zhong's best friends who were still holding on to the gate of the village, none of the remaining rebel soldiers fled everywhere in a moment. The Han soldiers who were attached to the village took the opportunity to rush hard, and soon helped friendly troops to break open the gate of the village, allowing more Han soldiers to quickly rush into the village. In the blink of an eye, they drowned He Zhong's best friends who were fighting stubbornly.
Like his relatives, He Zhong also planned to turn around and run for his life when he saw the village gate breaking. Unfortunately, the leather armor he wore became his death talisman, which made countless Han soldiers stare at him immediately even if they didn't know him, and charged towards him in the direction of his escape. The Yi soldier who had shot the plaque of Hejia Village pulled the arrow again, and shot his thigh with an arrow. He Zhong screamed and fell to the ground, and was quickly surrounded by pursuers.
"I surrender! I surrender! Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
It's okay, because of the timely call for surrender, He Zhong really got the opportunity to meet Zhang Zhi in front of Zhang Zhi, but unfortunately, he confirmed his identity and was eager to free up his hands to deal with the soldiers of Ke County. Zhang Zhi didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted: "The person who is unforgivable will be beheaded on the spot!"
When He Zhong's head was hung above the gate of Hejiazhai, Hejiazhai also became a sea of jubilant Han soldiers. Zhang Zhi ordered one after another to strictly prohibit the Han soldiers from killing innocent people and robbing and setting fires, quickly took over the grain warehouse and main buildings of Hejiazhai, and then asked the He family's Tiannu to come forward to identify and execute several He Zhong's stubborn friends on the spot. At the same time, he took time to see He Zhong's uncle He Su, who led the surrender, and comforted the He Su family with kind words and promised not to kill innocent people.
Then of course, the ground was scraped three feet away. In addition to the He family's ancestral hall, all the public buildings in Hejia Village were carefully inspected by Han soldiers from beginning to end. Whenever they found that high-end wood could be sold at high prices, they would be demolished immediately. They moved to the uninhabited corner of the village to hoard them. He Zhong and several of his best friends were also carefully confiscated. All valuable things were confiscated. Even furniture, doors, windows, beams and pillars made of mahogany were not spared. All of them were demolished and handed over to Zhang Zhi for sale.
By the way, there are also tiles. Both old villages with a long history. The eaves of several old houses in Hejia Village are equipped with patterned tiles. These tiles were also ordered to be demolished by Zhang Zhi and handed over to the system for sale as antiques in exchange for instant noodles in the future to supply the army.
Of course, Zhang Zhi did not take the things from Hejia Village for vain. Just like in Mojia Village, in order to buy and appease the people, Zhang Zhi still offered a kindness to every Hejia Village to reward each people with a pack of Sanxian Yi noodles and teeth-beating sacrifice. As a result, when the dinner started in the evening, the open space in the middle of Hejia Village also turned into an ocean of instant noodles. Dozens of big pots were all set on the fire and boiling water at the same time. Countless people lined up to get the face. The scene was very spectacular.
During this period, Zhang Zhi also went to the scene to comfort the people of Hejia Village. After that, he led his personal soldiers to pass by a big pot. Zhang Zhi suddenly smelled a pungent smell. He turned his head in surprise and looked at it. He then found that it was the Han soldiers who collected the plastic bags of instant noodles on the ground and stuffed them into the bottom of the stove to boil water.
Not only that, Zhang Zhi also saw that the Han army soldiers not only stuffed plastic bags of instant noodles into the bottom of the stove to burn fire, but also kept stuffing the corrugated packaging boxes of instant noodles to burn fire under the stove.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Zhi suddenly moved his heart and quickly ordered his soldiers to stop burning plastic bags and packaging boxes. Then he picked up a plastic bag and a packaging box, and took it in his hand to think about it, thinking, "Is it too wasteful to burn these 21st century things? Can these plastic bags and packaging boxes play other roles?"
It was also coincidental that at this moment, Zhao Quan, who led the team to maintain order on the scene, came to Zhang Zhi and asked with a smile: "Ming Court, what are you thinking? I heard from our soldiers that some old wine was collected at the home of He Zhong, and I was so shameless that I could ask for a jar of drinks?"
Zhang Zhi was thinking about it and didn't say anything. He just subconsciously glanced at Zhao Quan. When he saw the iron armor worn by Zhao Quan, Zhang Zhi suddenly moved his heart and said to Zhao Quan: "General Zhao, do you think we can collect these instant noodles packaging bags and packaging boxes and make armor to let our soldiers wear anti-arrow and anti-armor weapons?"
"Use these things to make armor?" Zhao Quan was stunned when he heard this and said in surprise: "Mingting, are you kidding? These things can be broken as soon as they are poked. How can they be used as armor?"
"If it's just one layer, of course it's impossible to defend against arrows, but what about ten and twenty layers?" Zhang Zhi picked up a few more plastic bags, stacked them together, and then said: "We stacked the ten and twenty layers of packaging bags together, sewed them as leather armor pieces, and then sewed them into armor to wear them on their bodies. Do you think we can defend against arrows?"
After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Quan nodded quickly and said, "It is possible that this kind of packaging bag is tough and slippery. If more than a dozen layers are sewn together, it is possible to block the bow and arrow, and at least it is hopeful to block the rash arrow on the battlefield."
"Then collect all our packaging bags and take them back to the city for research." Zhang Zhi immediately said: "If these things can be made into armor, it can not only solve our armor problem immediately, but also greatly reduce the number of casualties of our soldiers on the battlefield."
Zhao Quan hurriedly agreed, and then said, "Mingting, what should I do with this kind of packaging box? These packaging boxes are thick and crisp, and there is no way to wear more than a dozen layers together?"
"Stupid." Zhang Zhi squeezed the packaging box with both hands and said, "Filter these boxes, then smash them with a hammer, and then cut them into appropriate sizes to connect them together. Can you wear them as armor?"
"It's still the Ming court's cleverness, it's true." Zhao Quan nodded quickly, tried to pick up a packaging box and fold it into several layers, throw it on the ground and stab it, and then said in surprise: "It's really not easy to pierce. Ming court, maybe it's really done. If these things can be made into armor, then our soldiers can kill the enemy more with confidence on the battlefield."
"Then don't be stunned! Hurry up, let our soldiers collect all the packaging boxes and plastic bags and take them back to the city for testing. Also, you will not waste plastic bags and packaging boxes in the future. Every time you finish your meal, you will clean and load them with the car and take them back to the city for later use! Even if you can't make armor, you can still use firewood when defending the city at critical moments!"
History is terrible. What Zhang Zhi didn't know was that the paper armor he thought of with his clever cleverness actually shone in history. It was mass-produced and equipped by the army of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Its defense is no worse than that of iron armor. Because it is light and labor-saving and does not rust, many armies would rather equip paper armor than iron armor - including the famous Qi family army! The standard equipment of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty was also developed and extended on the basis of paper armor!
Back to the point, when the Han army soldiers began to recycle packaging bags and packaging boxes according to the order, an unexpected situation occurred, that is, another rebel leader Lu Ji, after hearing the news that the Han army easily captured Mojiazhai and then attacked Hejiazhai, he took the initiative to send an envoy to ask Zhang Zhi for surrender, expressing his willingness to bring the Lu family to support Zhang Zhi in a fight to restore the country in exchange for Zhang Zhi's forgiveness and forgiveness.
Unfortunately, Lu Ji seriously underestimated Zhang Zhi's ruthlessness. Faced with Lu Ji's voluntary request for surrender, Zhang Zhi believed in Lu Ji's loyalty, so after just a little calculation, Zhang Zhi flatly rejected Lu Jiazhai's voluntary request for surrender, and understood that he would not let Lu Ji take the lead in rebellion. He also asked the envoys of Lu Jiazhai to send messages to their tribe members, asking them to execute Lu Ji immediately and surrender to him with Lu Ji's head.
In addition, in order to intimidate the villagers of Lujiazhai and declare his determination to severely punish the evildoers, Zhang Zhi also handed He Zhong's head to the envoy of Lujiazhai and asked him to take him back to demonstrate to the villagers of Lujiazhai.
This move also had a very satisfying effect. The next afternoon, when Zhang Zhi led Wu Lian Han army to the direction of Lujiazhai, he had just walked halfway, and Lujiazhai sent an envoy to see Zhang Zhi again, saying that after Lu Ji learned that Zhang Zhi must cut off his head, he was timid and had already escaped from Lujiazhai with some confidants. The villagers of Lujiazhai knew that the disaster was coming, so they temporarily elected a new patriarch, asking the new patriarch to lead them to surrender to the Han army, expressing their willingness to obey all Zhang Zhi's orders.
For military expenses and food, Zhang Zhi led the Wulian Han army to Lujiazhai. He first plundered the village like before, re-counted the population, recruited a group of land slaves to supplement the army, and left enough food for the people of Lujiazhai to support the autumn harvest. Then the next day, he quickly took the remaining grain to retreat north and returned to the county town to prepare for the conquest of Wulian County soldiers.
There is something worth mentioning. When he was preparing to retreat, he shot He Zhong's Yi Bing because of his outstanding archery skills and very brave in combat. Zhang Zhi not only rewarded him with twenty packs of instant noodles, but also personally invited him to join the Han army. Although the Yi Bing named Kuaba agreed, he suggested that he wanted to go home and settle down his family first, and also persuaded the hunters from his village to join the army. Zhang Zhi agreed and also rewarded Kuaba a piece of cloth stolen from the three major villages of Wulian. Kuaba thanked him very much, and repeatedly promised to join the county town as soon as possible before saying goodbye to leave.
The facts also prove that Zhang Zhi must be so anxious. On the noon on the third day of June, Zhang Zhi came to the 16th day of this era. After taking the Han army soldiers back to Wulian City, Fu Gong and Zhang Ju, who were left behind in the county, led their troops out of the city to greet him. After meeting, they had not said a few words. A quick horse rushed back from the north. The scouts who came back from the Pegasus had just seen Zhang Zhi and immediately panted: "Report to the Ming court, the army in the county has arrived! They have arrived at the Shuqi slope, which is less than forty miles away from our county!"
This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, and almost all the Wu Lian Wenwu present changed color on his face. Only Zhang Zhi looked as usual and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. There are more than 30 miles left. The county army must have to march with food and grass. Just keep the broken road in Ke County. It is hard to say whether they can arrive outside Wu Lian City before dark today."
"Let's go back to the city to rest, hurry up and transport all the remaining grain into the city to stock up, and tell our soldiers to reward the army tonight. I will let them eat a new instant noodles - scallion rib noodles! Only after eating this instant noodles can they know what the taste of pork is!"
By the way, the onion-flavored pork ribs noodles are a new variety of instant noodles that Zhang Zhi randomly selected yesterday morning. The reason why he kept hiding the braised beef noodles he had drawn before was because the aroma of the braised beef noodles is too strong, and after getting used to it, it is not easy to surprise other relatively light instant noodles. Therefore, Zhang Zhicai would rather let the Han army soldiers eat the newly drawn onion-flavored pork ribs noodles, than to take out the braised beef noodles that had received enough assistance for three days too early.
Chapter completed!