There are more than a million troops stationed in and around Xieyang City, and there are millions of local residents. The daily consumption of horse chews is an astronomical figure that is unimaginable to ordinary people. After the business here is cut off from the Dajiang Dynasty, everything needs to be reorganized.
Shipping supplies to the south.
In the wind and snow, horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts carrying supplies came from all directions. If you stood at a very high place and looked down, it would seem that ants were gathering on the ground, so densely packed that you could not count how many there were.
Merchants are chasing profits. Although this place is the main battlefield and extremely dangerous, there are still businessmen who travel long distances for profit and brave the wind and snow to continuously transport goods here.
They earn money, and then spend low prices to buy some of the captured items that the army can't handle at the moment, so they don't go back empty-handed.
There are high risks in coming here, including weather, war, and robberies, all of which must be taken into consideration, but the benefits are also high.
The merchants made money, but it was the animals and helpers at the bottom who suffered. Many people died on the road in order to transport goods here. The bottom class risked their lives to come here, and in many cases they could only get a little income that could barely survive.
But in war, human life is not as good as that of a dog. As long as one can survive, no matter how dangerous it is, people will do it.
Of course, merchants alone are not enough to consume this place. Military logistics are the main source of supply. You don’t need to think about it to know that there are at least 100,000 military logistics personnel working here to serve, and there will only be more...
Within ten miles of entering Xieyang City, road access has long been taken over by the army, which has been divided into areas for pedestrians, areas for vehicles and horses, and areas for military logistics.
Strictly control the situation. Whenever a riot occurs, the army will come to inquire about the situation in no time, which will delay the smooth flow of roads. Those who are minor will be held accountable, and those who are serious will be dealt with according to military law!
Jianghu people, scholars, civilians, merchants, soldiers, all kinds of people gathered here, speaking with different accents.
There are notices posted next to the tall city gate. I don’t know how long they have been frozen on the wall. The writing is a bit blurry. The curfew is vaguely visible. If there is no special reason, if you go out at night outside the specified time, you will be caught by patrol soldiers.
Stop and kill!
There are many similar prohibitions, such as not allowing more than four people to fight in the city, and those who disobey the order will be executed. Another example is not spreading rumors and causing trouble to shake the morale of the army, otherwise military law will be dealt with...
The prohibition notices rustled in the cold wind, making one's bones shiver.
Anyone who disobeys the order here will be punished. There is no sense in it. You will really die if you seek death!
"I am here to study and serve the imperial court. Why do I have to queue up to enter the city?"
A dissatisfied voice sounded at the city gate, and the speaker was a scholar in his thirties.
"Take it!"
However, he was answered with a sneer, followed by two bangs. His feet were hit hard by the scabbard and he knelt in the snow. The next moment, he was dragged away like a chicken by soldiers in armor.
Scholar? Sense of superiority?
This does not exist in Xieyang City. The commander-in-chief has orders. Soldiers in Xieyang City have priority, and scholars have to stand aside. If you are not convinced? If you have the guts, go to the commander-in-chief and argue with you.
Soldiers fought bloody battles, and their lives were unknown. Wouldn't it be chilling if scholars were still allowed to shout at them from above?
In Xieyang City, no matter how arrogant a scholar is, he has to restrain himself, no matter how unruly a charlatan is, he has to tell me the rules, and no matter how smart a businessman is, he has to put away his cunning face.
After queuing up according to the rules and strict interrogation, Yunjing was able to enter the city smoothly. As long as he obeyed the rules here, he would not be in trouble.
There is an endless stream of patrol teams in the city, and the sound of cold armor friction makes the atmosphere here extremely serious. Instead of the high talk and gentleness of the southern city, there are only hurried footsteps and serious expressions. Ordinary people may not be able to adapt to such a short time when they first arrive here.
environment.
Xieyang City is very large, at least thirty miles in length, but the city seems very empty, not because there are few people, but because of the emptiness caused by the layout of the buildings. The roads are wide, and even the distance between lanes is not less than five meters, and around the city walls
There are no buildings within 500 meters.
This kind of layout is to facilitate combat when necessary.
Who is the commander-in-chief? Who are the generals of the various armies? What do the martial arts circles here do on a daily basis? What do the intellectual circles do?
These are things that Yunjing needs to understand slowly after coming here. He comes here not just for a visit, but he punches in and counts as having been here, and then he can go back home.
Of course, when the two countries are at war, he, a commoner scholar who has just arrived, cannot get involved at the moment. It is of little significance to know the generals in the army, but his master is here and he must meet him if he has the opportunity. The premise is that Li Qiu has time to meet him.
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"The ultimate purpose of my coming here is to end the war, but war is nothing to play with. Even if my master and I are on the line, how dare we talk about military affairs with such childish words? Talking about military affairs on paper is fine. If we really dare to take it seriously, it will involve the lives of millions of sergeants. I
This little shoulder can’t bear it at all. Professional things should be done by professionals, but that doesn’t stop me from coming here to learn something.”
"Next, I have four directions to try. One is to join the army to gain experience and go to the battlefield to fight the enemy head-on. The second is to join the circle of martial arts and quietly contribute to the country. The third is to use them with the circle of scholars.
The fourth way to participate in the war is to go it alone..."
Thoughts flickered, Yun Jing couldn't make a decision at the moment, but he was not in a hurry. After all, no matter which of the four paths he took, it would take time.
As for how to end the war, he had too little information and no clue at all.
Moreover, there is a saying that his Yunjing is too insignificant for the entire war, and it is a bit ridiculous to think about trying to end the war.
But it all depends on people, just try your best to work in that direction.
"With my ability, it is unrealistic to assassinate the enemy's high-level officials. I can't figure out the true meaning. But it is no problem to poison the enemy. It is even easy to set fire to their logistics supplies. As for the
It's not that it hurts Tianhe, war is cruel, and there is no point in thinking about it. Therefore, if I let myself go, it will still have a great impact on the war. Besides, for now, I will find a place to settle down. After all, no matter what I do, it will
It takes time..."
With these thoughts in mind, Yunjing began to look for a place to stay.
He had to stay here for at least a month, so an inn was not his first choice. Finally, he contacted a local smuggler and rented a private house to settle down.
The house price is very cheap. Including the introduction fee, it only cost less than ten taels of silver. It’s half a cow. Living for a month is actually not cheap...
The house is not big. It is a two-story house in a residential area. It does not face the street and has no yard. It is more than enough for him to live alone.
The house was a little deserted, and it had obviously been unoccupied for a while. Yunjing had to buy some daily necessities. By the time he had almost bought the necessary things, it was almost dark, and the day had passed by like this, and he had not had time to get familiar with it.
This city.
There is a curfew and you are not allowed to go out after dark, and Yunjing will not break this rule.
In the evening, he cleaned the house, finished what he had to do, had something to eat and then went to bed.
"Coal is sold in the city, and people call it charcoal. However, people would rather use charcoal than burn coal. Even if coal is more durable and cheaper, the main reason is that coal burning is poisonous. Building a coal stove exhaust can solve this problem. Also,
Coal needs to be cleaned and detoxified”
Lying in bed, Yunjing thought about the coal he encountered while buying daily necessities during the day. He thought about it. He would find a blacksmith to customize a coal stove tomorrow morning and let the coal seller wash and detoxify the coal. In this way, he could always
Hot water is immediately available, making cooking convenient and keeping the house warm at all times.
The simplest way to clean and detoxify coal is to wash it with water and calcine it at high temperature, and the result is so-called coke.
As for the spread of these things, Yun Jing has never thought about it, and is even happy to see it succeed. Wouldn't it benefit the people? If every military camp could use a stove, the sergeants would be able to use it all the time in the cold and freezing environment.
Wouldn't it be better if everyone could enjoy hot water and warmth? It would be best if thousands of households in the entire Dali Dynasty could use stoves to survive the cold winter. How many fewer people would die?
Although he is not rich now, Yunjing still has enough to eat and drink, so he is no longer so obsessed with making money.
On the night when Yun Jing came to Xieyang City, the General's Mansion and the meeting hall in the city were brightly lit, and the burning charcoal fire made people feel a strong warmth.
There are elite soldiers guarding the meeting hall within a hundred feet. Not even a mosquito can get close to this place silently.
In the hall, the commander in charge of the battlefield is sitting at the top, with a huge map behind him.
The general's surname is Qin and his given name is Antai. He is over seventy years old, but he does not look old at all. He looks less than fifty years old. He is at the peak of his life.
He is dressed in jet black armor, and just sitting there gives people a breathtaking feeling, like a dormant wild beast that makes people dare not look directly at him. The aura he has cultivated from being in a high position for a long time, and the prestige gained from many years of battles, have made him
No one dissatisfied with him for his great contributions to the country and his own martial arts skills.
In addition to him, there were more than a dozen military commanders in the hall, as well as a special figure.
It can be said that if the enemy country kills all the people here, then the next battle will not be fought...
Among the more than ten military commanders, Yunjing's master Li Qiu was among them. He had not changed much from when he left Yunjing. After putting on the armor, he was no longer a frail scholar, but had a lot more in him.
It has an iron-blooded aura that it never had before.
As for that special person, it is the second prince Xia Tao. He is also here, but even though he is a prince, he is sitting properly at this time, and he is still under the general Qin Antai, and he has a way of treating himself as a mascot.
the meaning of.
In fact, when he came to the northern battlefield, he was essentially a mascot.
After more than a dozen military commanders present browsed through a document in their hands, Qin Antai looked at everyone and said: "Generals, you have also read the strategy of seizing the east and attacking the west presented by General Zhang. What do you think?"
When he said this, Qin Antai's eyes paused on Li Qiu.
