From Chief to Ball

On May 29, the regulations on rewards and punishments for military merit were promulgated, and the system written on the wooden slips was interpreted by those propagandists every day.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Department of Transportation gathered ships and transported a large amount of ordnance and supplies downstream, to the city that suffered from floods last year.

As early as the second day after the riot subsided, Yu Qian'er disembarked with the owners of the two ships, carrying a large number of gifts.She wanted to go to the city that was flooded last year to meet the leader, and at the same time, using Dongyi's threat as an excuse, she rented Ji Song to build a pier there for more than half a year, and asked to allow Xiacheng troops to station there.

He just returned yesterday, and the other party has already agreed that Yucheng, which has been transferred to the military system, began to use its own water transportation advantages and workshop system to fully transport all the materials for this expedition there as a transfer point.

In addition to food, a group of key members of the construction department also went with the ship, and Chen Jian ordered them to build a simple defensive camp near the pier within [-] days.The Supply and Marketing Department went with coins and some workshop products, and would use the reputation accumulated there last year to hire the lower-level Chinese in that city to help complete the construction.

The Supply and Marketing Department also needs to be responsible for the deployment of a large amount of military supplies. Many things have temporarily begun to be supplied in limited quantities or even rationed, and then the propaganda department is responsible for promoting everything for the city and everything for the war to cooperate with it.

Fifty black-clothed guards came down by boat, and they brought a few naturalized Dongyi people as guides. They wanted to go east to Dongyi territory to check the terrain, and choose a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack as a transshipment destination. point.

People from the Department of Medicine are preparing herbs and a large amount of sackcloth as a bandage to stop the bleeding.Considering that it is summer, they still need to prepare some anti-epidemic medicines and lime spirits for disinfection, and they have to send a group of people to follow the expedition, and they are being forced by the Planning and Statistics Department to sort out within three days. The amount of transportation they need.

All the students in the military class of the Department of Education are organized into a phalanx of spearmen, and they also need to learn in the war. The Department of Education also needs to send people from the propaganda department under their jurisdiction to follow them. Decide before the third day of June.

Half of the people in the Planning and Statistics Department were stationed in the Transportation Department to comprehensively mediate and plan the transportation capacity. During the war, they had to travel five or six hundred miles or more to transport supplies and soldiers, and also ensure the minimum maintenance of Yucheng's civilian system.

Last year's disaster relief food delivery was just a rehearsal, which was presided over by Chen Jian himself. With the experience of last time, Chen Jian can at least let them do it by themselves.

It took half a month for the entire city of Yucheng to completely switch to the wartime system of this era. Slogans of everything making way for war and everything for the city are everywhere.

The strictly controlled planning system has demonstrated advantages beyond the times. Two years of cultivation have allowed the city to operate automatically after the general direction and major regulation are completed.

Except for Yuxia, which has a large-scale planning system, no city has such organizational power in this era.

Chapter 29 Fuzzy Differences

On the third day of late June in the 35th year of the Chinese calendar, a Xiacheng army of more than a hundred people arrived at a place in the hinterland of Dongyi by boat.

The leader is Ji Bai, a total of 130 three people, but not all black guards, but a newly formed centurion that mixes every part of the Xiacheng system.

Thirty guards in black, eighty strong spearmen among the workshop workers, and twenty students from the military class.In addition to Ji Bai, there was also his elder brother, He, who had been high on the hanging list, and a former Dongyi who was a guide and had been naturalized into the tribes of Dahe a few years ago.

This is a strange combination, but this is the order of the leader, it is obviously intentional, and there is no need to object if you don't understand its meaning.At least in Jibo's opinion, this group of strong spearmen can be called a good army, very obedient and brave.

More than a hundred people walked vigilantly in the woods, taking every step carefully.

They have been walking for a long time since they hid the boat by the big river in the morning.What time is it now?How far are they from where they are going?No one knows, even those who have struggled in the wilderness for a long time don't know, the tall trees block the sunlight, making it difficult to judge.

Occasionally, one or two water birds with bright feathers flew by in the jungle, and it seemed that there was a pond nearby.When walking through the thorns, some curious birds would chirp on the sharp spear points. It can be seen that they are not very afraid of people, and they don't know the horror of this hairless monster.

There is a willow pond in front of you, and you can hear the ding-dong of the distant stream if you listen carefully.

"Cross this piece of water willow, take a rest by the stream, and walk along the stream for a while, you can't go wrong."

Ji Bai gave the order, and more than a hundred people bent over this Shuiliu Pond, which probably hadn't been visited by anyone for tens of thousands of years, and they really saw a small river that wasn't too wide and had clear water.

One person took out the dry food belt, grabbed a handful of fried rice made of peas and wheat flour, mixed it with water, squeezed it into a semicircular ball, and said with a smile: "Do you think this looks like the steamed bun we ate before we left?" ?”

He closed his eyes and swallowed hard a few times, but found that it was still not as soft as the white flour bun Xuan Teng, and it was very salty and not sweet.

A group of people looked at the man and laughed, and couldn't help but think of the white buns.The Quyin and noodles made of malt wine will make the noodles fluffy and sweet, but they have a little sour taste. Adding some white salt-like things snatched from the grassland will make the sour taste disappear, and it will make the cake Softer and more airy.

The miraculous cake was called bun by the leader, and they ate it seven or eight days ago in the place rented by Xia City and built a simple camp, and then they were sent to the hinterland of Dongyi.

After eating that bun, the place that didn't belong to Xia City was called "Mo" by the people of Xia City. As for what it was originally called, they didn't care about it. It was troublesome to remember, so they simply called such a weird name.

The soldiers imagined the taste of buns, and then talked about women from buns, and the barriers between each other were lessened. Finally, after a workshop worker kneaded a ball of fried noodles into a certain organ they were familiar with after birth, the two groups that should have Some estranged soldiers laughed in unison for the first time.

Ji Bai and He looked back at the soldiers, and smiled a little. The two sat on the rock, talking about what they were going to do this time.

"I saw a cloud of smoke in the morning. It should be not far away, and it is a village with a small number of people. You can see it after walking along the creek. I never lost my way when I fled, and I would never run away." When you go to a crowded place, you have to trust my feeling."

Ji Bo nodded and said: "I believe. We need to make more noise this time. Now that there are three to four thousand people from our side gathered in Mo, we need to make some noise quickly so that Ji Xia can do things." It's a pity that these Dongyi people don't have horses or boats."

Speaking of this, both Xie and Ji Bai laughed.After the troops of the Xiacheng system were transferred to Mo, all the people above the Centurion were gathered and told them the general strategic concept of this battle.

At the meeting, Ji Bo, who put forward the concept of this battle, was praised very much. The praise even made him feel that when he was flying, he fell from the high clouds and fell very hard, which caused a lot of good-natured laughs. Voice.

Because Chen Jian asked after praising him: "Attack where the enemy needs to be rescued, and force the enemy to return to help. This is a very good way, but... how can we let the Dongyi people know that their hearts have been attacked by us?" They don't have horses or boats. If our army goes there, relying on the two legs of the Dongyi people to report the news, and when Qiongxi finds out and returns to help, I'm afraid we will have been waiting there for a long time. If we delay for one more day, our army The longer you spend outside, the more tired you become."

"So, the idea is correct, but how to realize this idea needs to be carefully considered, and it cannot be decided by patting the head."

Because of this, Ji Bo and others were sent to the hinterland of Dongyi near the Dahe tribes the next day.

They have two things to do: arrest people and release them.

Chen Jian gave them the order to attack and burn several villages before the first day of July. When attacking, they should use gunpowder and other things with great fanfare. The louder the noise, the better.

But don't kill people, you must leave a few messengers, and try to let them spread the news of the burning and killing of Xiacheng people in the hinterland to the ears of the Qiongxi army in mid-July, if they can harass a city at night Yap is the best.

Every step of the whole plan has a strict plan. When Ji Bai and others set off, another group of people, together with a group of people from the construction department, had already boarded a boat to build a simple camp and building in a deserted place in the hinterland of Dongyi. At the wharf, people from the transportation department have already begun to transfer food and weapons there.

All the Dongyi people captured by Ji Bo and others were sent there as slaves to build ditches and simple wooden villages and earthen walls to save time in operation.

Time cannot be delayed. According to the military regulations issued last month, if you delay the deadline, you will be killed. It doesn't matter what rank you are, let alone what feats you have made.

The soldiers are not guilty, but the leader is guilty. He and Ji Bai are well aware of the strict laws and regulations, but it doesn't look too difficult. The Dongyi guide who was naturalized this morning told them that they were seventy or eighty miles away. There was a small town of Dongyi, and then I saw a green smoke in the woods by the river. It was obviously a settlement of Dongyi, and judging from the thickness and density of the smoke, there would not be too many people. a great opportunity.

After a short rest, there was a cuckoo call from the jungle not far away, but the sound was a bit sharp, and the call paused for a long time.

Those who went out to investigate were looking for traces here. The soldiers imitated a few other bird calls, and the "cuckoo" on the opposite side stopped. Not long after, several black-clothed guards came to the stream.

"There is indeed a settlement of Dongyi people. It's not big, only about two or three hundred people."

Ji Bo made a judgment, nodded and said, "Then let's start from here."

After the order was given, the soldiers stood up and packed their weapons. The archers took out the silk thread and bent the longbow. The corporal inspected it and confirmed that the team was ready to fight. Walk up the creek.

The terrain here is very flat, not as mountainous as the Caohe area. The leaves on the ground are thick and covered with thick moss, and felt boots creak when walking on it.

The middle-aged children in the military class took out their flutes, and waved the flags of Xiacheng's black and white bear and the river-shaped "dragon" representing the various tribes of the river, this time with great fanfare.

After crossing the jungle, Ji Bai and He crawled into a jungle, observing the Dongyi village in the distance, with a hint of curiosity in their eyes.

This was the first time they saw Dongyi's village, and the first impression left on them was that it was different from those of the Dahe tribes.

They also plant millet, hemp, and vegetables and gourds, and they are also divided into men and women, and they are also singing and working.

It's just that they don't have the hair buns like Dahe Zhubu, and their house is like a semicircular bowl buckled on the ground, round and without edges.

The guide said that this kind of room is called a dome, similar to a drawn bow, and the word Yi originally means a person who is good at shooting, which is reflected everywhere here.

This kind of house also symbolizes Dongyi's beliefs and primitive worldview: the sky is held to the ground like a big bowl.

There are some strange plants growing near the village, which seem to be segmented and have slender leaves.There are many poles of this kind of plant piled up near many houses. They are very straight and look very elastic. I don’t know if they grew naturally or were transplanted from warmer places.