Chapter 705 Preparation
The construction of the bed crossbow was very smooth, but Zeng Zhe's exploration was quite tortuous here. The reason was that this group of Tatar soldiers actually asked the people of Qingzhou to be their pawns, whipping them one by one.
Force them to make roadblocks and traps on the main road and beside them!
In the future, these Qingzhou people will undoubtedly become cannon fodder for their battles with each other.
Zeng Zhe even saw two people he was once familiar with. If he hadn't remembered the military order, he would have wished to rescue the person immediately. But this was just thinking about it, and he knew that even if he had saved the person now,
There is no way to bring people out.
Zeng Zhe endured his hatred and quietly walked around the Tatars' landing place with his companions. He barely returned to Yin County before Chen Shi, and then informed Sheng Xi of the news he found.
Wang Xiao and others were also on the side. When they heard that the group of Tartars wanted to use the captives, they all became so angry that their eyes turned red. Someone finally couldn't help it and said directly to Sheng Xi: "Madam, my subordinates requested to take him."
People go and rescue the people!”
Sheng Xi raised her eyes and glanced at the person who was talking, and then spoke for a moment: "Well, I will be rescued sooner or later. But it's not now."
What else the man wanted to say was pulled by Zhang Chen beside him. Zhang Chen shook his head gently at him and signaled him not to be excited.
Sheng Xi glanced at Zhang Chen in surprise, but said nothing, and called everyone to look at the map together, lowering his head to think about it.
Everyone knew that this was not the time to act voluntarily, and after forcibly suppressing their inner anger, they finally calmed down and discussed solutions together.
After a long time, everyone still couldn't discuss the countermeasures
Ji, Sheng Xi suddenly looked up and said to Zhang Chen: "Zhang Chen, go and call Master Jiang."
Zhang Chen was stunned, not understanding why they called a craftsman when discussing military affairs, but he still followed the order to call people.
Master Jiang is the leading craftsman in charge of making bed crossbows. He was urging everyone to speed up in the next yard, and he heard the call and hurriedly followed Zhang Chen.
At that time, Sheng Xi had already painted a painting in this skill. Sheng Xi handed the painting to Master Jiang. Master Jiang raised his eyebrows just after just one look, and subconsciously murmured: "This..."
Sheng Xi did not explain much, but said: "Just adjust two of them, and the others will be done according to the original design."
"Yes, madam!" Master Jiang's thoughts that he wanted to ask more were immediately put away after hearing this, and then bowed respectfully to Sheng Xi, and hurriedly retreated.
Everyone didn't understand what Sheng Xi was going to do, but since Master Jiang didn't ask much, they wanted to ask, but they could only temporarily suppress their curiosity. The crossbow of the bed had not been done yet, and they were all laymen. Now they asked.
Not much use.
But Sheng Xi still explained to them: "I asked Master Jiang to adjust the bed crossbow because the previous range was a bit short."
Everyone was stunned, but no one spoke. Instead, they asked themselves: "Is it short? Are they all five hundred meters? Adjustment is to lengthen the range? This... is it so easy? Really
It’s so easy, and the military craftsmen have already adjusted for so many years.”
Everyone was worried, but because Sheng Xi was a girl, they didn't express this doubt. At the same time, they couldn't help but expect it, it was really like
Can you adjust...ah, don't think about it for the time being.
It is obvious that the enemy set up obstacles to lure them out, but the other party also knows that there are not many people here. Instead of spending the effort to lure them, it is better to fight directly and save more worry. However, according to the news brought by Zeng Zhe,
I don’t know what happened in Qingzhou, but the Tatar general was recalled and he would come back in less than two days.
"So, we still have one day to prepare." Sheng Xi clicked the table and suddenly looked at Wang Xiao, "Wang Xiao, let the soldiers accumulate energy tonight, and I am afraid that they can't sleep well tomorrow night.
In addition, to give the soldiers extra meals, you must ensure that everyone cannot go hungry until tomorrow night!”
"Yes!" Wang Xiao nodded immediately, but soon he looked embarrassed. After pursing his lips for a moment, he couldn't help but say, "Madam, we have less food anymore." They were saving food, now
I've eaten this meal but haven't had the next meal. If I have a meal...
Seeing Sheng Xi looking up at him, Wang Xiao hurriedly said, "I have sent someone with my fellow villagers to buy it, but this year's season is not good, and the people can't save much surplus grain." After pausing, he couldn't help biting it.
He gritted his teeth and said, "The county magistrate is a greedy person, and he added a lot of taxes on his back. He heard that the taxes were not included in the warehouse, so he was directly slaughtered by him, leaving nothing at all!"
After he finished speaking, the other people suddenly became angry when they heard this. Obviously, they did not expect that this was the case.
"It's really damn!" Zhang Chen couldn't help but curse, "The court's worm!"
Sheng Xi quickly glanced at everyone and said directly: "I understand, I will find a way to find a way to make food.
Let the soldiers not worry, just rest well!"
Wang Xiao opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw Sheng Xi's determined expression, the doubt in his heart was suppressed for a moment.
Then, everyone analyzed the battle situation, and Sheng Xi was often listening.
Time flies, and a blink of an eye passes by. After sleeping for a night, the soldiers ushered in the rising sun and hunger.
They thought they would be like before, just taking a sip of the soup and water. Unexpectedly, the stomach didn't scream for a while, and a scent of rice floated from the tip of their noses. The fragrance hooked them into the kitchen like a hook, and they couldn't help but go to the room.
Running here. When they saw the white rice, they all suddenly widened their eyes!
"Where did this come from the rice?" Everyone asked in shock, but at the same time they couldn't help but think, is this to cook all their stored food? Let's have a last supper to get on the way?
Everyone swallowed their saliva and felt mixed feelings, and the rice didn't look delicious for a moment.
The man was so smart. He knew what they were thinking when he saw that they were thinking. He immediately said, "Don't think about it! There is still a lot of rice! It was the lady who found a grain merchant who happened to pass by here and bought it from the other party.
After some back, the lady said that the soldiers are the hardest-working people in the country, and they will definitely not let you go hungry! Therefore, these few days of food supply are enough!"
"Ah, so that's it..." Everyone suddenly realized, and when they looked at the rice, someone couldn't help but saliva. Afraid of being embarrassed, the man quickly wiped his saliva and said with emotion: "Madam, it's so nice, go with me
Any lady I met before is different!”
That
Chapter completed!