burning nations

Chapter 14

"Lanzhou historians are the upper-level wealthy families that have been maintained since Shangyuji today. The ancestors of the family were named Shi Mingtang, and their name was Weide. They were originally from Liangzhou in the south of Shanshan. They had little courage and courage. The emperor passed away, and Emperor Renzong was in power. The empire and the Iron Man were in a strategic stalemate. There were few big battles but small battles. It was during this special period that Shitang recruited thousands of strong men from Shannan and Jiannan, trained them and left Chengzhou , captured Didao, then took Jincheng and Guangwu, and conquered Lanzhou with his own strength, he is the founder of today's Lanzhou historians."

On the way to Songzhou, Zhang Cai listened to Qi Qi's recounting of the deeds of famous people and generals in the past, with eager eyes, eager to fly to the northwest border immediately.

"This Shi Tang is really a great hero!" Zhang Cai boasted.

Qi Qi's old face was serious: "Shut up, how can you call him by his first name? You want to call him Duke Weide."

Zhang Cai immediately changed his words: "Daddy taught me, Mr. Weide, Mr. Weide."

After listening to Qi Qi's storytelling at the Lei Ze County Inn that night, Zhang Cai's eyes were wide open, and a door opened in her heart at the same time. From then on, she asked Qi Qi to tell her stories every day. Habits, celebrities and generals, anecdotes and strange events, chapters are always available.Qi Qi felt that Zhang Cai, a dead girl, was planning to squeeze herself out.

But Qi Qi didn't know why, instead of objecting to Zhang Cai's overreaching, he talked about it whenever he had something to do.Qi Qi has served in various places, from the southern border of the empire to the northern border of the empire. He has beaten forest men, tall men, iron men, and gold men. He has a lot of knowledge, at least more than what is recorded in books.

Just after telling the deeds of the first patriarch and founder of the Lanzhou historians in Lanzhou, Zhang Cai had another question: "Daddy, are the iron men in the north easier to fight than the forest men in the south? Can Duke Weide conquer Lanzhou by himself, It seems that Iron Man is not very powerful!"

Qi Qi was so angry that he slapped Zhang Cai on the head: "How do you talk, there is no comparison!"

"The strengths of the forest man and the iron man are both adapted to local conditions, and they were acquired through countless years of exploration. There are many mountains and forests in the southern region, so the forest man's tactics are to go around in circles in the mountains and forests, constantly harassing and exhausting soldiers. The iron man is different. The iron man lives on the grassland, which is a vast land. At a glance, the grass and sand have been removed, and there is not a single tree in a radius of seven or eight hundred miles; It can be arrived in eight or ten days from a distance of thousands of miles, and the army can travel thousands of miles in a day, and it will arrive in the evening!"

"The iron man is more difficult than the forest man. Just imagine, the 40 soldiers of the empire set out to fight outside the Great Wall, and they can only travel 1000 miles a day. How can the iron man travel [-] miles a day? How can they fight? Sudden attacks are launched when eating and relaxing! Many times in the history of the empire's war against the Iron Man, the defeat was caused by the Iron Man's sneak attack, night attack, surprise attack, and surprise attack."

Regardless of whether he understands or not, Zhang Cai nodded in shock: "I understand, Daddy, have you ever been defeated?"

At this point, Qi Qi was proud: "I have never lost a single battle to Iron Man!"

"Daddy has a clever plan?" Zhang Cai became interested.

"The old man has two methods." Qi Qi stretched out a finger, "First, use cavalry to deal with cavalry. The grassland is suitable for cavalry to display their combat power. Use cavalry and iron cavalry to fight. The victory will not be small. It’s not going to be annihilated.”

"Secondly, build tall and wide carts, which are used to load and transport materials in normal times, and serve as city walls to protect your soldiers in wartime. Iron man cavalry is powerful, but horses can't jump on the city wall, but crossbowmen can stand on high places and release them. Arrows. If you have enough time, you can also dig a horse pit outside the high cart, set up antlers, and throw barbed caltrops, all of which are ways to resist the Iron Man cavalry. But this is "

"In this case, assuming that the iron man attacks twice a day, then the soldiers of the empire may not be able to walk 20 miles a day." Zhang Cai said doubtfully, which is what Qi Qizheng wanted to say.

Qi Qi nodded: "Girl, you're pretty smart. That's right, it's good to be able to walk 10 miles a day, but other than that, I don't have a better way."

"Besides, this old man's method is borrowed from the ancients' method."

"An ancient method?" Zhang Cai was curious.

"When you have time to go to Xiazhou, Lingzhou and other places in the Hetao area, you will understand the method of building the city." Qi Qi didn't explain this issue very clearly to Zhang Cai.

Talking while walking, soon the tall city wall appeared in front of everyone.

"arrive."

"Song Zhou?"

Qi Qi nodded, Zhang Cai looked around beautifully, looking at the flow of people, it was definitely more prosperous than Qizhou.

"There is a river in the south of Songzhou City, called "Bian River", which reaches Kaifeng in the north of Bianzhou Prefecture, passes through Xuzhou and Sizhou in the south, and flows into the Huai River. On the waterway." Qi Qi took the initiative to explain to Zhang Cai.

Entering the city at noon, looking for an inn to stay and finishing lunch at the same time, Zhang Cai went shopping in the street in the afternoon, walked into the Goulan, the guard Qi Ba saw that the place was not right, and immediately fooled Zhang Cai to the next door Washer, it just so happened that there was a sound of drums in Washer at this time, attracting Zhang Cai, and Qi Ba and Qi Shichang breathed a sigh of relief.

When we got to the place where the voice came to help, many people were already surrounded. Qi Shi didn't want to squeeze into the crowd but lost Zhang Cai, so he spent some money to go to a higher place to see it.

In fact, it’s nothing, it’s just that the entertainers are dancing and beating the drums, showing their flesh to the thick guys from time to time.

Later, Zhang Cai learned that Songzhou is still an artistic city with unique artistic styles, such as Songqu, Guzi Ci, Zhugong Diao, Siping Diao, Qinshu, Dagu, Yucheng Flower Drum, etc.Zhang Cai summoned the masters of Songzhou to perform for him, but at that time Zhang Cai had already become "famous all over the world" in different ways.

Playing in Songzhou for half a day, Qi Qi rented a boat the next day, and everyone took the boat northward along the Bian River, passing Yongqiu and Chenliu counties, and disembarked in Bianzhou before morning.Play until the afternoon, return to the boat and continue northward along the Bian River, pass Rongze County, Zhengzhou, and arrive at Heyin County, Luozhou in the evening.

Before going to bed at night, Zhang Cai went into Qi Qi's room again, this time it was Qi Qi who called Zhang Cai.

"Daddy, what do you want from me?"

"There's nothing to sit on first." Qi Qi gently touched his temples.

"From Qizhou to Heyin, walking all the way, what insights do you have?"

Zhang Cai thought about Yunzhou, then Songzhou, and answered Qi Qi's question with a sentence from the book: "The rich have good fields, but the poor have no place to stand."

Qi Qi nodded, and asked again: "Have you considered what to do in the future?"

"If you marry and have children, and you are my Qi Qi's daughter, I will definitely find you a good husband and make you happy."

"If you want to do whatever you want like a man, go to the frontier, become an official, I can't help you, I can only recommend you to the Imperial Capital after you pass, and enter the "Imperial Army General Academy" or "Imperial Aristocratic Administration School" , the rest of the road is up to you. I don’t know how far you can go; I don’t know how difficult this road is.”

Zhang Cai was silent for a long time and slowly replied: "Daddy, your question is too sudden."

Qi Qi's old eyes stared: "What? You haven't thought it through?! You don't know that you are 15 years old now? You will be an adult in two or three years! You haven't even thought about what you want to do in the future?!"

Zhang Cai said with a wry smile: "Father, what I mean is that you asked too suddenly, and I didn't prepare for it in advance. In fact, you don't need to think about this question. If you only want to marry a good husband in the future, then what you do now will not matter." for what?"

"My Zhang Yaya ran away from home and lived in Mount Qingcheng back then. It wasn't because my family didn't find a good match, but because I didn't want to live my whole life like my father at home, my husband when I got married, and my son after my husband died." Whether you are born against the bone or possessed by evil gods, I am tired of hearing people talking about it for ten years. To put it bluntly, Yaya wants to be free!"

"I know that the road ahead will be difficult and dangerous. Maybe when I take the first step, it will be difficult to die happily. I have expected it a long time ago, so Daddy, please don't find me a good husband. Yaya, I don't need it, yaya Never a woman!"

Qi Qi stared at Zhang Cai seriously: "Have you made up your mind?"

Zhang Cai replied frankly: "Think about it."

Qi Qi seriously took out two items from his pocket and put them on the table: "These two are for you, you have to keep them well, and don't lose them."

Zhang Cai took it respectfully, took a look in his hand, one wrote "Mandarin Duck Formation", and the other wrote "Military Training Notes", and the author column wrote Qi Shi Pingbo.

Zhang Cai understood that these two booklets were the lifelong painstaking efforts of his adoptive father, and suddenly felt mixed feelings in his heart, so he knelt down and bowed to Qi Qi.

"Zhang Cai thanks daddy."

Yu forehead hit the ground heavily, making a heavy sound.

(End of this chapter)