At night, seven or eight large fires were burning in an open space outside Liujiazhuang.
Zhao Yanxun kept his word and promised the guards in the afternoon to warm themselves up by the bonfire in the evening, so he made arrangements now.
The campfire is easy to make, just find some wood, but the meat takes a lot of work.
The guards brought dry food with them when traveling. If they wanted to eat meat, they had to find temporary ways. The only way to solve the problem was to hunt.
Not to mention, half a year after the human power retreated, there were a lot more wild animals outside.
Although wild boars, rabbits and the like are not everywhere, it is not difficult to hunt down a few.
At this moment, some people were boiling water for preparation, some were moving usable things from Liujiazhuang, some were handling prey, and of course there were still people standing guard.
Everyone has their own things to do. Even if there are no guards to arrange work, you can still find a place to chat with your companions.
Only Zhao Yanxun, although he was sitting in the center of the scene, was alone.
Although there were several guards accompanying him, Zhao Yanxun felt lonely inside because he could not find anyone to talk to.
The ministers who are now around him cannot be friends, and naturally they cannot talk to each other on an equal footing.
In order to enhance his sanctity, Zhao Yanxun was even less likely to make friends with ministers, and truly made himself a loner.
Talking about his "harem", after the palace investigation some time ago, Zhao Yanxun and Xue Baoyun had a rift, and Huang Rongrong's carefree character could only play and play together.
The only one who can talk is Lin Jingyu.
Looking up at the sky, feeling the loneliness in his heart, Zhao Yanxun finally smiled.
I am being hypocritical again... Zhao Yanxun said secretly.
At this time, Lin Dagui came to Zhao Yanxun with a bowl of water and said: "My lord, please drink some water first. The meat will be roasted in a while!"
"It seems like it's only thirty miles away from Hecheng County, right?" Zhao Yanxun suddenly asked.
After thinking for a while, Lin Dagui replied: "It seems so, I don't know very well!"
"Go and have a look outside Hecheng County tomorrow, and then we'll go back to Yuanyang!"
This order came out of the blue. If there were any civil servants present at this moment, their first reaction would definitely be to refuse, and then they would try their best to persuade.
But Lin Dagui only obeyed Zhao Yanxun's orders, so he simply replied: "Yes!"
As night fell, when everyone was sitting around the fire, preparing to drink water and eat meat, Chen Yuhe picked up the water bowl and stood up with a knife in his hand.
"Today it is only with Prince Xin that we can destroy the monster and save a large number of brothers from death and injury..."
Having said this, Chen Yuhe knelt down directly on the ground, held up the water bowl and said: "Your Majesty is as virtuous as heaven, and I can't thank you enough. I respect you!"
With Chen Yu and Dai, Xu Yu also joined the ranks and was kneeling on the ground.
Good guy, with these two hundred households leading the team, all the general flag officers followed suit, and then this affected the lower flag officers and even the lowest-level guards.
Chen Yuhe made everyone kneel in front of Zhao Yanxun, wanting to offer him a bowl of boiled water.
This made Zhao Yanxun dumbfounded. At this moment, he was still sitting on the chair, looking at the crowd and saying: "Well, I will replace the wine with water and drink this bowl with you!"
Then he was seen picking up the water bowl, signaling to everyone from a distance, and then drank up the bowl of boiled water in his hand.
"Long live His Highness King Yong!"
Xu Yu shouted this sentence first. Every time he flattered Chen Yuhe, he, as an "old man" in the palace, had to fight for the lead.
Immediately afterwards, the guards all shouted: "Long live His Highness King Yong!!"
The atmosphere at the scene became lively, and with Zhao Yanxun's deliberate laissez-faire, the bonfire party was a success.
Of course, he himself was still like an outsider and could only watch from his chair while arranging the next errands.
As for the arrangement, it is actually very simple, with just a few adjustments made to the original plan.
But generally speaking, it is a return to attack and production.
After resting one night in Liujiazhuang, everyone got up early the next morning and went to do their own things according to Zhao Yanxun's arrangement.
Zhao Yanxun was going to Hecheng County. Chen Yu and Xu Yu both wanted to accompany him as escort, but were forced to leave under Zhao Yanxun's strict orders.
Zhao Yanxun and his party had horses. Even if they really encountered a situation that they couldn't deal with, they could still win if they couldn't win, so he didn't feel the need to protect them.
The most important thing is that Zhao Yanxun just looked around casually along the way. As long as he didn't deliberately dig into the pile of zombies, the possibility of encountering danger was extremely small.
We were walking on the official road to hit the horse. This place was only seven or eight miles away from Hecheng County. Although we were almost there, Zhao Yanxun was not in a hurry at all.
"Hecheng County is indeed a good place, but it's a pity that all this food is lost!" Zhao Yanxun sighed.
There are many rivers in Hecheng County, so it goes without saying that it is a good place, but why is it a waste of food?
Because at this time of year, the food that was too late to be harvested has begun to fall slowly and will eventually rot in the ground.
But I heard Lin Dagui say from the side: "Your Majesty, these grains will grow back next year if they fall into the ground!"
"Do you think there will be anyone alive in the county ahead?" Zhao Yanxun asked slowly.
"This...I don't know!"
"So, let's go take a look and find out!" Zhao Yanxun said calmly.
Immediately, everyone mounted their horses and continued forward, passing through a large field of wheat, they came to a hillside.
The view here is wide, and the city in the distance appears in front of everyone's eyes.
Outside the city, there were some zombies scattered around, wandering in the wilderness, and making a few roars from time to time.
There is no doubt that Hecheng County has fallen and has become a dead city.
But when Zhao Yanxun came over, he didn't really just come to take a look.
The prince's government has set a clearing direction to the southeast. The forward army is only more than thirty miles away and will soon reach the county seat.
This faces a problem: regaining Hecheng County.
So Zhao Yanxun wanted to come over first to see how difficult it would be to regain this place.
Judging from the current situation, there are about a few hundred zombies outside the county. As for the zombies inside the city, I can't say for sure, but they are only a few thousand.
After all, there are few people in the county and there are no living people inside, so it is impossible for tens of thousands of zombies to gather outside like Yuanyang City.
"Your Highness, there is something strange about the monster over there!" Lin Dagui suddenly reminded.
After leaving Liujiazhuang, they encountered many zombies on the way to Hecheng, but there were no zombies on the scale in front of them, so Lin Dagui had to be extra cautious.
At this time, Zhao Yanxun looked surprised and said: "There are actually living people!"
The strange movements of the corpses were getting closer and closer, and then Lin Dagui saw clearly that there was indeed someone running in front.
This man's body was so dark that from a distance one would think of him as a zombie.
"Your Majesty, please bring someone to rescue him!" Lin Dagui asked. After all, human life is a matter of concern.
"Don't worry, he won't die that easily!" Zhao Yanxun said with a smile.
Because at this moment, the man covered in black killed a zombie with a backhand hammer.
Of course, there are more than a dozen zombies chasing him, so it's not that easy for him to escape.