Chapter 270 The rain keeps falling
In the early morning, Jiang Qingzhi woke up slowly.
The empty feeling in his chest made him feel a little uncomfortable.
I don’t know how that dead cat gets along with his wife.
The wife should be up by now, right?
Jiang Qingzhi was thinking about his wife while getting dressed.
He walked out of the tent and saw Mo Zhan standing on the right, like a sculpture.
"Uncle."
"Go to sleep!" said Jiang Qingzhi.
"Yes!"
The so-called sleep is actually just a nap.
Xu Wei came and told what happened last night.
"...Altan will definitely think that this fight was caused by internal disputes within the White Lotus Sect." Xu Wei's hair was a little messy.
"Why not come with Da Baixing, King Zhao Quan?" Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile.
"My Lord, are you testing me?" Xu Wei said proudly, "If so, Altan will doubt the truth of this matter. After all, this is Altan's territory. To be honest, the White Lotus Sect's troops are so few that they can't withstand a single blow in the chaos.
Therefore, the combination of truth and falsehood made me suspicious. "
This stuff is good.
Jiang Qingzhi asked, "What's for breakfast?"
Sun Chonglou went to ask, and came back later and said, "Master, breakfast is pancakes, and the dish is mutton soup stewed with wild vegetables, and each person has a piece of mutton, which is very fat."
"Why bother with wild vegetables?" Xu Wei didn't like eating this stuff.
"Existence is the truth." Jiang Qingzhi didn't want to explain concepts like vitamins and dietary fiber to them.
He tore the pancake into pieces and soaked it in the soup, and Jiang Qingzhi ate the wild vegetables first.
Damn!
Bitter!
Most of the so-called wild vegetables in later generations are not wild at all, but rather tender and delicate.
"It's extremely unpalatable." Xu Wei's appetite had long been spoiled by the chef in the Bo's mansion.
"If you don't want to eat it, give it to me!" Sun Chonglou was in the period of growing up. He took the bowl handed to him by Xu Wei, tilted his head back and drank the soup. His mouth was filled with wild vegetables and he chewed them with big mouthfuls.
"Good appetite!" Xu Wei said enviously.
"Old Xu!" Jiang Qingzhi threw something over. Xu Wei took it and saw that it was a gray thing. He sniffed it a few times and took a tentative bite.
It has a milky flavor and is salty and sweet.
nice one!
Xu Wei sat beside Jiang Qingzhi carelessly, "Why doesn't Uncle eat this?"
Can I say that eating too many compressed biscuits will make you unable to poop?
Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "You will need to take care of your body later."
He lowered his head and ate the wild vegetables. Xu Wei stared at him blankly and muttered for a long time, "What are you doing? Take off your clothes and put them on, and eat the food."
This guy has a really poisonous mouth.
Jiang Qingzhi moved the bowl away a little.
Xu Wei took the initiative to come over and tried to break the biscuits, but failed several times.
Then go for the upper teeth!
Xu Wei took a bite, bit the biscuit in half, and handed over half.
Still looking at Jiang Qingzhi silently.
Are you moved?
I'm touched by your sister!
Jiang Qingzhi looked at the saliva and said firmly: "I'm full."
"Uncle!"
"I'm so full."
Xu Wei sat there, watching Jiang Qingzhi fleeing with the bowl in his hand, and sighed, "Although I know this is a way for Lord Bo to win people's hearts, I find it very useful."
"You have a fucking mouth!" Old drinking buddy Hu Zongxian said behind him, "Only the uncle can tolerate you."
Xu Wei laughed, "In ancient times, Li Bai got drunk in the streets and refused to board the ship when the emperor called him. So what if there is an additional Xu Wei today?"
"Do you think you can compare to Li Bai?" Hu Zongxian thought this guy was really shameless.
"Of course I can't compare to Li Bai's poetic talent, but when it comes to doing things, I'm not bragging, but with his brain, if he came to the Ming Dynasty, I could beat him to death!"
The sky gradually brightened and someone came from Altan's side.
The person who came was an old acquaintance, Tuotuo, with bloodshot eyes and huge bags under his eyes.
"Did you not sleep well?" Jiang Qingzhi asked, as if it was not him who slapped Tuotuo yesterday.
"The Khan is ready to leave and asked me to come here to contact you." Tuotuo was still the guest.
"Assemble!"
Jiang Qingzhi ordered.
More than 2,000 Ming troops assembled.
When Altan led his troops out of the camp, the first thing he saw was the formation in the morning light.
The infantry is lined up in the front and the cavalry is on both wings. This is the standard posture for meeting the enemy.
The array seemed to be motionless, and if you looked closely, it was so neat that it looked like it was drawn with lines.
"The army is in good order." said the general beside Altan.
At this time Jiang Qingzhi rode out on his horse.
The neat array moved.
"Hello, uncle!"
The huge noise frightened the horses of Altan and others and made them a little uneasy.
Jiang Qingzhi rode over.
Yan Xu and Qin Yuan came forward.
"There will be no tricks in today's hunt." Jiang Qingzhi said, "Just go for it. Remember my instructions..."
Jiang Qingzhi said: "The advantage of Altan's troops is that they are skilled in archery and horsemanship. What is our advantage? It is that they are disciplined and well-trained."
He said to Qin Yuan: "Once the military order is issued today, there must be no hesitation, otherwise I will only use military law to enforce it!"
"Don't worry, sir!" Qin Yuan said.
Jiang Qingzhi turned his horse around.
"set off!"
The two armies set off.
Keep walking west along the grassland.
A red sun jumped out of the horizon in the east, and a few early birds could be seen gliding in the sky.
We have arrived at the hunting ground.
Tuotuo said: "The Khan's men will drive the beasts out, and then each will surround and kill them. The winner will be determined by the amount of prey each person gets."
This method is fair.
"How many troops did Altan Khan send out?" Xu Wei asked.
"Same." Tuotuo said calmly, "The Khan would not take advantage of this."
Xu Wei laughed and said, "Then can I borrow some horses?"
Most of the Ming army were infantry. How could infantry be the same as cavalry?
Tuotuo coughed dryly and said, "It's each of us's own abilities."
Xu Wei immediately followed up, "So what our army can do is our own ability."
Tuotuo was led into the ditch by him, "That's right."
Damn it!
Another idiot got tricked by this guy!
Hu Zongxian sighed.
There were shadowy figures in the distance, and Altan's cavalry began to drive away the beasts.
Two thousand five hundred cavalrymen waited for their chance on the left side of the Ming army. The beasts were driven and rushed over, foxes and rabbits fled side by side, wild wolves and gazelles ran forward and backward...
On the left side, Altan raised his hand and waved it down.
Two thousand five hundred riders swarmed over.
The Ming army was in an awkward situation because most of its troops were infantry.
Ji Neng glanced at Jiang Qingzhi and said to Altan, "It is not easy for Ming people to raise horses, but Jiang Qingzhi is in a dilemma now. He is caught in a dilemma."
Altan said calmly: "Those who have no harvest will have no food for dinner."
This is humiliating.
"Hahahaha!"
Everyone around Altan laughed.
"What are they laughing at?" Sun Chonglou asked.
"They are laughing at themselves for being stupid!" Xu Wei sneered.
"Uncle!" Yan Xu looked at Jiang Qingzhi and asked.
Jiang Qingzhi held a cigarette in his mouth and squinted his eyes and said, "Open the eyes of these poor devils!"
Tuotuo glared at him. He heard a lot of noise behind him and turned around to see...
Oh my god!
What are those infantrymen holding?
crossbow?
The crossbow was tilted toward the sky.
A loud-voiced sergeant shouted, "Shoot!"
Bang bang bang bang!
The dense sound of crossbows firing made Altan and others look sideways.
I saw a wave of arrows flying into the air, passing over the 2,500 cavalrymen and rushing towards the herd of beasts.
The nobles opened their mouths one by one and looked in the direction of the rain of arrows...
Arrows rained down.
Puff puff!
The sounds of arrows piercing through the bodies of animals could be heard frequently.
It's like rain hitting banana leaves.
Altan's subordinates behind him were stunned and reined in their horses.
"Fire arrows!"
The second wave of arrows rose into the sky.
A general looked at the rain of arrows falling, and cried out, "This is cheating!"
"Yes! Great Khan!" Someone said, "The Ming army actually used crossbows. This is not hunting, it's clearly fighting!"
Someone went to negotiate, and came back later and said, "Jiang Qingzhi said that our army is all cavalry, can this be considered a violation of the rules?"
Someone retorted, "Who told them to have no horses?"
"But we have crossbows, too."
Everyone was silent.
"Here it comes again!" someone said in despair.
It keeps raining...
……
The 2,500 cavalrymen were in a dilemma. If they advanced, they would be covered by a hail of arrows.
If you retreat, the hunt will be lost.
The leading general turned around and looked at Altan, "Please ask the Khan!"
"The Ming people's crossbows are indeed sharp." Altan's attention was on the crossbow at the moment, with a look of fear in his eyes.
"Great Khan, the Nine Frontiers also have crossbows, but they can't last long." An old general who had experienced the baptism of crossbows said, "Two more rounds at most, and the Ming army's crossbowmen will no longer have the strength to pull the bowstrings... Look!"
Everyone looked and saw that it was indeed true.
After showing off, Mr. Jiang pointed forward and said, "Attack!"
The cavalry on both sides cheered and rushed forward.
The animals were so frightened that they turned around and ran away without caring about anything.
"Chase!" The 2,500 riders finally woke up from their dream.
The two armies chased the beasts all the way, and the cavalrymen who were driving away the beasts could not take part in the battle. They could only drive them away and watch the Ming army leisurely hunting prey.
The beasts that fell under the crossbow arrows in front of us piled up like a mountain. This advantage was too great, so there was no need to fight desperately.
The infantry stepped forward and began to clean up the harvest.
Zhou Xia watched this scene silently.
"Boy, if it were Minister Xu, how would he respond today?" came Xu's venomous voice.
"He will be patient." Zhou Xia deduced according to Xu Jie's principles, "He will follow the rules and let the cavalry go hunting..."
"Then he lost all his temper after losing, and just let Altan and others humiliate him and swallow his pride. Is that right?" Xu Wei asked.
Even though he left Xu Jie, Zhou Xia couldn't bear to say bad things about him behind his back. He remained silent.
"How do the scholars today evaluate Xu Jie?" Xu Wei asked again.
"A great talent." Hu Zongxian said.
"Can such a person change the Ming Dynasty if he enters the Political Affairs Hall?" Xu Wei sneered, "The more tolerant a person is, the more incompetent he is."
"Minister Xu is mature and wise in his work for the country..."
"Sima Guang was like that back then." Xu Wei interrupted him, "What happened later? Wang Anshi's reform failed and he stepped down, and Sima Guang was re-elected by the people. What did he do?"
Jiang Qingzhi rode his horse towards Altan, and Xu Wei followed him, saying, "All the new laws should be abolished, and even to vent their anger, the places seized during Wang Anshi's administration should be returned to the Xixia people."
Zhou Xia was a little confused.
"Look at my uncle again!" Xu Wei pointed his chin forward.
Jiang Qingzhi smiled and cupped his hands, "Altan Khan, is this battle going to end in a win?"
"Pay attention, the battle that Lord Bo mentioned is a trap, but Altan has no choice but to jump into it."
Zhou Xia was watching and listening carefully.
This battle... The teacher was comparing this hunt to a battle with Altan Khan.
If Altan denies it... No, he cannot deny it. In the eyes of the foreign tribes on the grassland, hunting is fighting. Many leaders even regard the annual hunting as the most important martial arts performance.
Altan looked normal.
The nobles and generals looked embarrassed.
This is a move to undermine the other side's morale.
Altan smiled and said, "This Khan lost."
Zhou Xia suddenly felt something strange behind him.
He looked back.
From Xu Wei to the soldiers who followed him, there was light in everyone's eyes.
That's expectation!
Zhou Xia didn't know that his eyes were also shining.
A surge of blood welled up in my chest.
He couldn't help but raise his hand.
"My Ming Dynasty..."
"mighty!"
……
Asking for votes.
(End of this chapter)
