Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Which song is this singing again?

Kang Bao really couldn't listen anymore, his mind was full of fog, and he shouted angrily: "I said brother-in-law, what kind of game are you playing? I think you should not search for carpenters and tailors from a hundred miles away, but We should search for doctors."

Guo Ye was puzzled for a moment, and asked, "Why are you looking for Doctor Langzhong?"

Kang Bao said gruffly: "Because you are sick, you need to be cured!"

"Get out! You are the only one who is sick!"

Guo Ye waved his hands in feigned anger, and shouted: "According to my order, hurry up and give me all the things I want, the more the better!"

Chapter 1053 The Ugly Big Kite

In the next few days, the barracks of the army on Guangnan Road was in chaos!

First, group after group of craftsmen and tailors were coaxed, tricked and even "invited" into the garrison by Pang Feihu.

Of course, these artisan tailors are all from Tongzhou, a state capital hundreds of miles to the north.

Tongzhou belongs to neither Guangnan Road nor Lingnan Road, and is hundreds of miles away, so it escaped the poison of the White Lotus Sect.

Cheng Erniu, Kang Bao, Ruan Laosan and others led a large force into the mountains to hunt, and they did not use pheasants and hares, but specialized in hunting large beasts, such as tigers, wolves, wild bears and other large beasts.

Live up to expectations, hundreds of thousands of dead beasts are dragged back to the camp by the soldiers every day for Guo Ye to inspect.

In a few days, the footprints of the mighty and mighty troops spread all over the nearby deep mountains and old forests. The beasts in the mountains and forests were almost beaten all over and almost became extinct.

Order people to skin these fierce beasts, and strictly require that the animal skins be peeled off intact without any damage.Then he ordered the tens of thousands of animal skins to be air-dried and handed over to the craftsmen in the camp for tailoring.

The meat of ferocious beasts is naturally rewarding the three armies and improving the life of the barracks.

As for the use of the animal skins brought by the craftsmen and tailors, Guo Ye did not say, Cheng Erniu and others naturally had no way of knowing.

Anyway, in the days that followed, in the army camp on Guangnan Road, apart from hunting, they skinned animals and ate animal meat. They were completely at ease.

So much so that after seven or eight days, everyone forgot about the capture of Qianzhou City.

"What are the imperial court's officers and soldiers doing?"

On the head of the north gate of Qianzhou City, the young man surnamed Zhao in brocade clothes looked at the Tang army camp in the distance outside the city with an incredulous expression, and murmured.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Meng Gang, the leader of the southern gate of the bandit army, and asked, "Meng Gang, are you sure that they have nothing else to do except go hunting in the mountains these days?"

Meng Gang said respectfully: "Reporting to Mr. Zhao, my subordinates are completely blind. I once asked my brothers to pretend to be local hunters to pass by the Tang army's camp by chance, and found that their camp was full of corpses of ferocious beasts, and they were lying everywhere. It doesn't look like they are here to attack the city, but they come here to hunt and play for fun. By the way, I heard that the Tang army eats food and drink spicy food every day these days. Could it be that they just want to Kill all the ferocious beasts in the nearby deep mountains and old forests, and want to kill our meat? Hahaha..."

Speaking of this, Meng Gang couldn't help but feel ridiculous for his explanation.

However, Mr. Zhao did not laugh, and continued to murmur to himself suspiciously: "Go into the mountains to fight wild beasts? You also need to peel off the hides and let them dry in the air? Strange, what do they want this hides for? And it's from a big beast Animal skins?"

"Making leather jackets?"

Meng Gang guessed: "There are so many animal skins, there are tens of thousands of them, and the beasts in the mountains near us have almost disappeared. What else can these animal skins be used for? ? It can’t be used to look good, right?”

"impossible!"

Mr. Zhao couldn't help shaking his head, then shook the folding fan in his hand three times to deny it, and then reminded Meng Gang: "It's June, and it's not the third or ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in winter, so why do you need a fur coat to keep out the cold?" ? Your statement doesn’t make sense, it’s completely unreliable.”

Meng Gang also knew that his reasoning was totally untenable. Nowadays, in the south in June, it is too hot to wear a sweater. How can he wear a leather jacket? Isn't this sick?

So, he spread his hands and said: "The subordinate really can't guess it. Maybe it is because the Tang army is afraid of the bed crossbow at the top of our north gate, and dare not attack Qianzhou City for a while, but worried that it will be shaken if it goes on and on. The spirit of the army, so let the soldiers go hunting in the mountains, not only for exercise, but also for enriching the food and grass so that they will not sit and eat the mountains. Moreover, improving the food in the army camp and eating meat every now and then will not make the soldiers lazy and do nothing. "

"Well, you are the only one who can make sense right now!"

Mr. Zhao turned around, continued to look at the military camp far outside the city with complicated eyes, and joked: "Isn't there a saying among the people? Eat dry when farming is busy and eat less when you are not busy. If you are not busy or idle, you will be half dry and half dry. Look." Come on, this chief officer of the Guangnan Road Marching is also from a mud-legged background. He has suffered from hunger, and he is afraid of being hungry. This is a model of diligence and thrift in housekeeping! Hahaha..."

"Wa hahaha……"

Meng Gang also burst out laughing, looking at the Tang Army barracks with a face full of sarcasm, nodding his head and saying in agreement: "It's very, very, what Mr. Zhao said is very true. A mud-legged soldier from Haha!"

"Okay, since we can't figure it out, let's not try our best to guess it."

Mr. Zhao stopped laughing after laughing, and asked Meng Gang with a serious face: "Come back to business, I asked you to send someone to go through the west gate and cross the river into Lingnan Mansion to send the letter to the leader of your sect Hu. Sent it out?"

"Don't worry, my lord." Meng Gang said, "I have already sent someone to send a letter about the situation in our Qianzhou City. Moreover, my subordinates are worried that only the vanguard of the Tang army will come this time, and there will be a large army behind, so I specially sent a message Several other Dharma protectors from the south also sent news. The subordinate told them in the letter that once Qianzhou City is besieged by the Tang army, they must be reinforced to break the siege."

"Okay! Meng Gang, you are very considerate!"

Mr. Zhao glanced at Meng Gang approvingly, nodded and said, "At present, there are [-] troops in the Tang military area, and there is no way to break through my Qianzhou City. Not only the north gate, but even the west gate, I have arranged fifty The bed crossbow is used to prevent the Tang army from crossing the river to attack. As for the east gate, hey, there is a ray of sky as a barrier, unless they have wings, otherwise they will not be able to jump half a step over the east gate."

"What your son said is very true!"

Meng Gang said with a smile: "Unless they have wings or heavenly soldiers, otherwise, don't even think about attacking the East Gate."

Mr. Zhao hummed, rubbed the position between his eyebrows with his hands, his eyes were slightly sore and he felt tired, and said: "Meng Gang, I will go back to rest first. The north gate will be left to you, remember, don't relax your vigilance at all. , We must be on guard against the sudden attack of the Tang army anytime and anywhere."

"Don't worry, son!"

Meng Gang escorted Mr. Zhao to the corner of the steps of the tower, watched him go downstairs, and said: "Your subordinates will definitely be very careful, and dare not be negligent."

"That's good……"

Mr. Zhao's voice came from afar, and he had disappeared from Meng Gang's sight.

Meng Gang turned around, looked solemnly at the little bosses who were whispering and chatting happily, and suddenly shouted: "Why are you all gathered there? Give me the energy to keep an eye on it, if If something goes wrong at the north gate, then I will sacrifice your heads to the flag first."

"what……"

Several leaders panicked upon hearing the words, and immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

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The camp is on a high slope, inside the handsome tent.

Cheng Erniu and Kang Bao were surrounding Guo Ye, chirping with him.

"I said uncle, what exactly do you want to do?"

"That's right, brother-in-law, if the hunting continues, the wild beasts in a radius of hundreds of miles will disappear. The key is that we are here to attack the city, and it shouldn't be at this critical moment to hunt."

"Brother, there are too many beasts that have been hunted down during this period, and the meat has made the brothers vomit. We can't fight any more."

"Master Guo, you have gathered all the craftsmen and tailors you want, and the animal skins you want have dried a lot, but what does this have to do with the attack on Qianzhou City? Forgive me for being stupid, I really can't figure it out. The Black Armored Profound Soldier has something to do with it."

"Haha, General Cao Zhonglang, don't worry!"

Guo Ye smiled and comforted him: "Wait until the craftsmen and tailors finish their work, and you will know whether it has anything to do with you."