After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 47 Unexpected visitor
In September, the sun is high.

The golden rice is the most beautiful scenery in this season.

Xiao Siyuan stretched his legs and sat under a cypress tree next to the rice field, holding half a pomegranate in his hand, his eyes fell on the rice field.

And in the golden rice field, Li Xiaoying, Li Fangyun, Zhiman, Zhiyi, and seven or eight policemen were harvesting rice under the scorching sun, their faces filled with joy and sweat.

Ning Yu sat next to Xiao Siyuan, holding the other half of the pomegranate in his left hand, while thinking about things, he picked the pomegranate slowly.

Nanli is surrounded by high mountains and peaks, and the terrain is high in the west and low in the east.

The mountains are not so steep. Most of them are very steep and steep peaks that go straight into the sky. Only the southwest and west areas are slightly low and flat. Therefore, if you want to enter Nanli by dry road, you can only go from this area, which is where the official road is.

If you don't take the dry road, there is only one waterway left to choose from.

The rolling mountains have created countless mountain streams and ditches, and the mountain streams converge into a shallow river that can be used for small boats - Yuhe.

The Yuhe River originates in Nanli and flows eastward into the Dajiang River, which is the only waterway leading to Nanli.

Therefore, to defend Nanli, we only need to defend the western defense line and the Yuhe waters.

The site selection of the three military villages, the largest Qingfeng Village was built in the Qingfeng Mountains, five miles away from the official road, and then the Yuhe Water Village was built on the Yuhe River, and the third military village was located on the Niutou Peak on the north bank of the Yuhe River.

Another 64 lookouts cover the entire county border.

Xu Ningcheng led 7000 people to rush to work, and built Qingfengzhai and twelve watchtowers in just two days and two nights.

The first batch of [-] troops were all stationed in Qingfeng Village.

While training troops, build Yuhe Water Village and Niutou Village, as well as the remaining watchtowers.

Of the [-] soldiers recruited later, [-] were assigned to Qingfeng Village, [-] each to Yuhe Water Village and Niutou Village, and they had just settled in half a month ago.

Daily drills include queues, changing formations, stepping down arrows, dancing knives, spear stabbing, rock lifting (weightlifting), military boxing, climbing trees and descending trees.

The bow talent is particularly good as well as the horse arrow.

There is another Art of War strategy, which was requested by Huang Chao on his own initiative, and he will also teach it. The time is set after the evening drill. The actual operation is a group of people gathered together to listen to Huang Chao's eloquent storytelling. Participation is entirely voluntary.

It is worth mentioning that the military boxing practiced by the soldiers is not the one Xu Ningcheng used to learn as a soldier, but Huang Chao improved a set of fighting skills, practiced by Xu Ningcheng, Liu Tong and others, and finally decided after repeated adjustments. Version.

There are only nine formulas, which are easy to remember.

But every form has the effect of pulling a thousand catties in four or two, and its power is quite astonishing.

As for her-

During the recruitment process, she gathered carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons, and opened up a place near Qingfengzhai to make weapons, such as knives, arrows, spears, shields, tripping ropes, rolling stones, rolling logs, nets, etc.

The wooden knives, wooden arrows, and wooden shields used by soldiers in daily training were sharpened by carpenters.

Although it is made of wood, its lethality should not be underestimated, especially the wooden arrow. The size of the arrow, the angle of inclination, the length and thickness of the arrow shaft have all been adjusted by Huang Chao, and the penetrating power is about four times higher than that of ordinary wooden arrows. , and are also easier to hit enemies.

Even she shot Huang Chao in the ass with a wooden arrow.

If the same person can shoot three inches with an iron arrow, he can shoot at least two inches with this special wooden arrow.

It can be used in formal combat completely.

The [-] troops were training intensively, and the Nanli people became more and more confident.

The problem of food has also been solved.

Since more than two months ago, food has been sent back one after another, which is enough to last for nine months. Nanli originally had half a year's surplus food, and with the donation from Chen Ji's food store, it will not be a problem to save some money to survive this year and next.

The people who came back from transporting grain last time said that there was no more grain to buy, and the elder brother had already set off to Chengdu to pick him up. Counting the days, in just a few days, the elder brother and Uncle Zhuang will be able to return to Nanli.

A lot of cloth, cowhide, cotton, etc. were sent back with the food, and they were all handed over to Jinxiu Pavilion to make military boots and armor.

The medicinal materials hoarded by Rongbaotang are also enough.

Weapons were always a problem. The elder brother sent back less than [-] knives and only [-] spears.

There are also iron pockets to protect the head, so far there are only [-].

I just hope that the enemies I encounter for the first time will not be too strong.

The king of Shuyun sent people to conscript again and again, but she put them in prison. It must have attracted the attention of the king of Shuyun. Fortunately, the general of Zhenxi, Yongpinghou, went to the border of Sichuan and attracted the anger of the king of Shuyun. In the past, there was no time to manage a small Nanli County.

However, for Nanli County, Marquis Yongping is a more difficult opponent than King Shuyun.

This man guarded the southwestern border for 20 years. He used soldiers like a god, but his brutality was no less than that of Shuyun King. He was known as the Iron Faced Ghost General.

Under his command, there are no prisoners, and those who block the way, whether enemies or allies, have only one word "death".

The Great You Dynasty had lost control over the vassal kings for a long time, and this General Zhenxi, although not a king, had already left the court's control. On the southwest border, he had 40 soldiers, serving as both a general and an emperor.

Regardless of the safety of the southwest border, he led his troops to the north, and his intention could not be more obvious.

If the Chongqing Mansion falls into the hands of this person, Nanli may have a hard time.

"My lord! My lord..."

A bare-armed man got off his horse and ran towards Ning Yu's rice field shouting, interrupting Ning Yu's thoughts, and also attracted Xiao Siyuan and a group of busy rice harvesters.

It was early autumn in mid-September, and the rice planted by Li Xiaoying's family in May happened to be harvested in these few days.

Ning Yu brought some policemen to help.

Because of the first time to cut the millet, and the eyes were covered with sweat, just cut two cages, the third sickle Ning Yu cut off a small piece of his little fingernail at an angle, and cut off a small piece of flesh , blood dripping into the half-dry fields.

After bandaging her fingers, she sat under the tree.

Xiao Siyuan brought a pomegranate to comfort her.

The man stopped five steps away from Ning Yu, wearing a red belt, he came from Qingfeng Village.

Ning Yu's heart suddenly rose, "What's the matter?"

"A group of people entered Nanli County from Guandao, and were stopped by General Liu. They said they recognized Sir and Young Master Xu. General Liu asked me to invite Sir."

Recognize her and big brother...

Could it be Brother Xie?

The beautiful fox eyes burst into streamers, "What is it called?"

"The surname is Xie. It is said that he came from Jinling, and there are people in the army." The panting soldier replied.

An hour and a half later.

Little Hongyan carried Ning Yu to the official road in the Qingfeng Mountains.

Four or five hundred shirtless soldiers with red belts surrounded a group of chariots and horses with big knives in their hands. When they saw Ning Yu coming, they made way for a lane.

"Master Xu."

Liu Tong clasped his fists towards Ning Yu as a signal.

"General Liu."

After greeting Liu Tong, Ning Yu urged Xiao Hongyan to go to the front of the line, and her eyes collided with a man riding a horse ten meters away.

The afternoon sun was scorching hot, but it was not as hot as the two eyes that suddenly collided.

The man was dressed in a black tunic, with a three-finger-wide leather belt stretching out his waist as straight as a green bamboo. His black hair was tied on the top of his head and was fixed by a black jade hair buckle. A seven-foot tasselless silver pole stood obliquely behind him. The gun gleamed coldly in the sun.

His brows were stern, like sharp arrows piercing through the air, his slightly dry lips and the constant beads of sweat did not weaken his sharpness, but added a bit of tenacity.

The solitary and arrogant face and the natural nobility make the towering green mountains lose their color.

Yan time!

(End of this chapter)