At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 158

It rained heavily last night, and the dry well was filled with stagnant water. If you want to get oil from the well, you have to pump out the stagnant water first. Although it is a bit troublesome, it also has an advantage. The poisonous gas in the well All were squeezed out, and people who went down to get oil would be poisoned.

Gao Bufan wakes up very early every day, especially today, because he didn't sleep at all last night, so he has no choice but to hold a lively girl in his arms who can ask for anything at any time, how can he be safe?

The situation at that time was already thunderous, if it wasn't for that boy Liu Gou'er who found a crock with a missing ear from somewhere, and rushed to find Xian Niang's sister to offer treasures, Gao Bufan would have already died. Lang asked about it, and when Liu Gou'er was sent away, the atmosphere would have been destroyed long ago, and Gao Bufan's mind had been occupied by reason again, so it was not good to "continue the original text, and continue the book next time".

After calming down, Gao Bufan thanked Liu Gou'er a little bit. After all, Dou Xianniang is only 15 years old, and her body has not fully grown. It's normal to get married and have children at the age of two or three, but as a modern person, Gao Bufan can't accept it. The key point is that he believes in science. A woman's physical condition is not mature enough to give birth, which is very unfavorable to both herself and the fetus, and the risk is virtually increased. Many, the low survival rate of ancient children is not unrelated to early marriage and early childbearing.

Thinking of this, Gao Bufan couldn't do anything anymore, he just hugged Dou Xianniang and squinted all night, the girl in his arms hinted several times that he was just pretending to be asleep, and I don't know how long it took before Xiaonizi pouted. Mouth fell asleep.

Gao Bufan couldn't fall asleep, so he simply practiced internal exercises. When he opened his eyes again, the sky was already bright, and he remembered to fetch oil, so he simply got up and arranged for the manpower. Mother covered with a dress.

Now the most indispensable thing under Gao Bufan's command is manpower. Soon, the accumulated water in the dry well was cleaned up. For the sake of safety, Gao Bufan personally took Han Laoshi down to dig the well, and then dug down half a meter deep. The oil will come up from the bottom, and you can just hang it up with a bucket, which is very easy.

Gao Bufan ordered people to fill all the unused clay pots, urns, and even water bladders with oil. In the end, only about two hundred catties were filled, but it should be enough.

While Liu Gou'er, Liu Qijin and the others were filling oil at the well, Dou Xianniang came over with a pot of fragrant japonica rice porridge, made with leftover donkey bones from yesterday, with some fat floating on it. It looks very delicious.

Liu Gou'er couldn't help but salivate, and said fawningly: "Sister Xianniang, give me a bowl."

"Smelly dog, who is your sister Xianniang? You are older than her, so shameless." Dou Xianniang kept a pretty face, obviously still angry at Liu Gouer who ruined a good thing last night.

Liu Qijin gloated and echoed with a smile: "The dog is really shameless, I never pretend to be tender, sister Xianniang, give me a bowl."

Dou Xianniang glared at him and said: "Go on by yourself, it's not that you haven't been given food, this is for Brother Gao, hey, where is Brother Gao?"

Liu Ying said with a smile: "Gao Gongzi went down to the well to dig oil just now, and made his body dirty, he must have cleaned it."

Dou Xianniang let out a cry, and suddenly saw Liu Gouer holding oil in a water bag, immediately raised her eyebrows and scolded: "Smelly dog ​​is going to die, why use water bag to hold oil, and what shall we use to hold water in the future?"

Liu Gou'er said depressedly: "Young Master Bu Fan made him pretend."

"Oh, let's keep pretending. Brother Gao must have a reason for pretending." Dou Xianniang turned and left with the pot of bone porridge in hand.

Liu Qijin scratched the back of his head: "Dog, have you offended Xian Niang?"

Liu Gou'er called Qu and said, "No, Sister Xianniang asked me to help find the container. I found a rice urn in the broken house over there last night, and she praised me for it."

"Then why is she mad at you now?"

"I don't know, maybe it's just like what Master Bufan said, the aunt is here." Liu Gou'er muttered.

Liu Qijin stuck out his tongue, and immediately decided to hide from Dou Xianniang for the next few days, so as to avoid unnecessary disasters.

After breakfast, Gao Bufan gave the order to open the well, and before leaving, he covered the mouth of the well again, and covered it with a layer of vines and turf to cover it up.

Seeing that Gao Bufan was covering up the oil well so carefully, Pei Xingyan couldn't help asking: "Could it be that brother Gao is planning to come back here?"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "It's just in case of emergencies. I hope that everyone can cross the river and go home to meet their families without going back here."

Pei Xingyan was moved in his heart and said: "Our group is not too many, but it is not too small. We have robbed seven or eight villages and towns along the way. It stands to reason that it is not difficult for Gao Shou people to find us, but there has been no movement until now."

"So I said something is wrong, the scouts have been released?" Gao Bufan asked while riding his horse.

Pei Xingyan said: "All of them have been released. There are front, back, left, and right sides, twenty miles away from us."

Gao Bufan felt relieved when he heard the words, nodded and said: "That's fine, the Goguryeo people don't know what's going on, we can't take it lightly."

Pei Xingyan smiled and said, "Whatever the Goguryeo people hold back, let's hold back ours, by the way, brother Gao did not hesitate to have people fill the water bladder with that kind of flammable oil, is it to prepare for fire attack?"

As soon as he talked about the next action, Pei Xingyan's eyes showed excitement, and he was undoubtedly a militant.

Gao Bufan smiled, and said noncommittally: "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, let's adapt to the situation." After speaking, the big green horse galloped forward.

Su Dingyue whispered: "Xingyan, are we taking too much risk? There are more than 1000 Goguryeo defenders there, or even more, and there are camps to defend. Can we do it with our little manpower? Don't wait until then." If you lost your wife and lost your army, why don’t you persuade Mr. Gao, let’s rush to that forest to cut wood and make a boat, there is still enough food to eat, there is no need to take this risk.”

Pei Xingyan patted Su Dingyue on the shoulder and said: "Dingyue, I am not as good as you in terms of stability, but you are not as good as me in terms of bravery and diligence. Believe me, I will not misjudge people. Gao Bufan is not an idler. I am not sure. what he will do?"

Su Dingyue nodded when he heard the words. After this period of contact, he had to admit that Gao Bufan is indeed extraordinary. Although he is young, his martial arts and riding and archery skills are frighteningly high. And he has a lot of knowledge, not like a boy who is only 16 years old at all. Since he can agree to Xingyan to attack that stronghold, he should be very confident.

Pei Xingyan patted Su Dingyue's shoulder again and said: "When a man is born in the world, if he is always timid, how can he achieve great things. As the so-called wealth and wealth are sought in danger, this time the emperor led an army of millions to the east, but in the end he was completely defeated. It’s all thrown away, if we can get some results at this time, when we return to the Sui Dynasty, we still worry about not being reused? What’s more, if we are dead brothers, we have to take back some interest from the Goguryeo people.”

Hearing the words, Su Dingyue's blood surged, he nodded heavily and said: "Xing Yan is right, damn it, if a real man dies, he will die, and his head will lose a scar no bigger than the mouth of a bowl. After 18 years, he will be a good man again. This vote , let's do it!"

When Pei Xingyan heard the words, he said happily: "This is my good brother Pei Xingyan, who will share the blessings, share the difficulties, and fight the battles together."

Su Dingyue smiled, and said in a low voice: "Xingyan, this Mr. Gao is indeed a great person, but after all, he is only a white body, and Zhou Shun you killed is a brigade commander. I am worried that this idiot Li Yi will return to the empress of the Sui Dynasty. To make an article out of this, I just saw Li Jindou getting close to the new team leader Liu Wuzhou, so I guess he was holding back."

Pei Xingyan raised his eyebrows, and said calmly: "It's okay, I'm just a fool, I'm afraid he will do something, at worst, I will find a chance to take care of him." After speaking, murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Let's say that a group of more than 400 people left the deserted village and headed straight for the Goguryeo stronghold fifty miles away. The goal of this military operation is only known to a few people, lest the newly arrived rout soldiers get scared and retreat. After all, this is a tough battle. The enemy's strength is still several times that of our own.

The heavy rain last night seemed to have exhausted all the water vapor in the sky, so today is a sunny day, the sky above the head is blue, the sun is scorching the earth wantonly, and the breath of summer is becoming more and more obvious. Before noon, everyone was already sweating profusely.

At this time, the scout sent by Pei Xingyan came back to report that it was about twenty miles away from the Goguryeo stronghold, and everything was normal.

Upon hearing this, Gao Bufan immediately ordered to stop and rest, and buried the pot for cooking.It's not yet noon, it's understandable to rest, but it's a bit early to make lunch, but since Mr. Gao gave the order, everyone is happy to eat early, so they distributed food and boiled the pot.

"It's weird, cooking so early, does that guy surnamed Gao know how to march and fight?" Ruan Xiaofu muttered in a low voice.

Liu Wuzhou's eyes flashed, and he reprimanded: "You are still not happy to let you eat, hurry up and get the food."

Now Dou Xianniang is in charge of all the food. Every time the pot is cooked, everyone will receive food from her in units of "fires". There are ten people in a fire, and the chief of the fire is responsible for receiving food.

Ruan Xiaofu and Ruan Dagui were originally scouts, since Liu Wuzhou was "appointed" by Gao Bufan as the captain of the team, they also followed the chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven, and became the chief of fire, with nine soldiers under their command.

Ruan Xiaofu was obviously a chatterbox and had shallow eyesight. After receiving the food, he complained to Liu Wuzhou angrily, "The girl in charge of the food is too skinny. She bullies us as newcomers. He only gives half of the food, which is not enough." Gap."

Liu Wuzhou said lightly: "It's just a newcomer. I haven't done anything. It's good to have food. What do you want?"

Although Ruan Xiaofu knew this was the case, he still felt a little bit uneasy. Everyone has one mouth and two legs, so why should other people eat more?

(End of this chapter)