Misty rain and heavy flowers accompany the king's return

"Ha!" The porters who pushed the siege catapult shouted together, and the stones sent from the rear were thrown towards the opponent's position with the sound of the cowhide rope piercing the sky.

"Why is the opponent's trebuchet farther than ours?" Ta Tachen asked curiously.

"It may be that they are on a higher ground, and part of the camp in front has collapsed. Brothers, push forward." Tata Yegang said.

"If this goes on like this, I won't be able to travel a mile in three days."

"Now you know the reason why the Emperor Tianfeng of Dafeng would rather have less land than pass through the border!" Tata Yegang said: "This is the main city built after calculating the terrain of several pot mouths. , blocked our way forward. Only by breaking through the main city can we drive straight in."

"This is really a decisive battle to win a country." Ta Tachen thought of Dafeng's words.

"Stop complaining, Patriarch. If you conquer the capital of the Southwest, at least 1000 million people can be plundered, and there are endless cities, supplies, slaves, and property. A Tata Empire will be born out of nowhere." Tata Yegang said, The direction of one finger seems to be endless hope.

Ta Tachen sighed inwardly. The queen mother told me such big words every day, but the truth can only be counted when it is confirmed.

boom!A huge stone hit an arrow tower, making a huge collapse sound.

"This forward position is useless, you can take a step back and pour black oil!" Shen Luo said.

Ever since he discovered that the black oil stock solution was insoluble in water, he began to look forward to it. A large amount of black oil in barrels was poured on the pitted Zhaidao, and it immediately filled the half-zhai road thickly and viscously.

"It's no wonder my lord wants to disconnect all the village roads and build a layer-by-layer defense. Tsk tsk, my lord, if you were in the era of the Anti-Japanese War, you would be terrible!" Jian Cong couldn't help but say, if this is World War I, World War II , the person in front of him must be a master of positional warfare.

The soldiers of the Tata family rushed over with wooden shields, and the Taifeng soldiers quickly retreated.

There is a distance of more than 100 steps between each trench. Such a battle for every inch of land has caused a huge reduction in the Tata family.

The journey of only three miles cost more than 2 people.

"Come on!" The Tata warrior who took the lead risked his life, and only wore a bunny black bear leather vest in winter, showing his strong muscles.

In order to avoid casualties, the Tata family now has 1000 people guarding the forefront and seizing the trenches, and they will be dispatched after they die.

They looked at the sky worriedly, for fear that three crossbows would fall down. The Dafeng people's weapons were excellent, not inferior to the Tata people who started with weapons.

Before capturing the city several times, the Dafeng people destroyed three crossbows in advance to prevent leakage of secrets. It can be seen that this kind of thing is more powerful than Lan Lingwei's magic machine bow.

The Shenji bow is a single shot, and it is a wooden arrow. Although the penetrating power is strong, it cannot penetrate the wooden shield.

And the three-shot crossbow is a three-arrow salvo, and it is also an iron arrow. This power is extraordinary. When attacking a city, it can shoot through three people from a high position.

But this time the sound of the arrow piercing the air did not appear.

Everyone held their heads and waited for a while, but before they appeared, there was a trench a few steps ahead.

"Come on!" At the command, thousands of people jumped into the trench, finally feeling safe, only to find that their feet were sticky.

"What's going on, what is this black thing?" Someone shouted.

"Hoo hoo!" There were several sounds, the throwing sound of the siege equipment, and with a bang, the jar that fell on the edge of the ditch was smashed, and the flames inside burned out.

With a "boom", the three sections of the trench caught fire.

"Ah!" a Tata soldier shouted, and there was a burst of confusion. As long as sparks were touched, the whole body would be set on fire immediately.

The fire was burning, and some people who were ignited by the fire pulled their colleagues around them like life-saving straws, and those who wanted to run were pulled back.

Suddenly, the chaotic trenches turned into hellish flames.

"What's going on here?" Ta Tachen looked at her face turning black.

Tata Ye just saw the strangeness, and said with self-deprecation: "What else can happen, aren't they flying with fire and phoenix? They just love to use fire."

On the other side of the tower, Shen Luo looked forward: "This black fire oil is not bad, how much can be shipped later?"

"[-] barrels are on the way. This is a product of the extreme north. We also have it, but not many. Now it is transported by water, which is quite convenient." Jian Cong said.

"Well, you pack up tomorrow and prepare to go back for the New Year. It's been a hard time." Shen Luo said.

"Yes!" Jian Cong finally breathed a sigh of relief. After being here for so long, he thought his husband was crazy, and he was not a random person, so he would go to Qinglou for a walk.

At this point, he really convinced Shen Luo, like a little monster, he could hold back.

Shen Luo naturally didn't know what he was thinking: "I have prepared a large number of Southwest specialties, including medicinal materials, spices, and all kinds of food, and you take them back, except for Qingchen, and gifts for each family. You did it all for me."

"Yes!"

Shen Luo has already received several things from Long Qingchen, including all kinds of leather clothes to keep out the cold.

Seeing the gloomy daytime weather in the sky, Shen Luo breathed a sigh of relief: "The heavy snow is coming, and the hard work will continue. I can't go back this year."

"Your Excellency, you don't have to do that, or I'll watch over it for you, so you go home?" Jian Cong said against his will, God knows how much he wanted to go home and sleep with his A Sheng for a few days.

"Forget it, you don't know how to fight, do the logistics for me, food, grass, fire oil, everything is ready, I'll take care of the Tata people early." Shen Luo said, wrapping up the white fox fur cloak on his body .

Jian Cong thought for a while, he really didn't have the confidence to command a battle of 50 people: "Isn't there still His Royal Highness Luo?"

When he said this, Shen Luo felt a little moved in his heart, but he could not act rashly: "I am the commander of one party. There are millions of troops mobilized outside the whole country. The troops assembled in the imperial capital and Jiangnan are no less than [-]. How can I act rashly when I go home?"

Upon hearing this, Jian Cong nodded helplessly: "I hope the war will end soon!"

As the New Year approaches, the entire southwest of Xiyun City is busy. Because of the presence of the army, everything in the city is easy to sell this year.

Instead of being reduced by the war, trade has increased.

Shen Luo received dried whitebait from Huzhou, distiller's lees fish, shrimp paste, stuffed crab, marinated ham and so on.

From the imperial capital, there are also seafood, dried seashells, dried sea shrimp, etc. sent by Baili's family.

There are also many fine wines.

Qi Wang quoted Wenhao's family to return to the imperial capital to replace Emperor Qianyuan to host the New Year's dinner, so they returned to the imperial capital ahead of schedule.

Passing through Huzhou on the way, seeing Long Qingchen's big belly, he was worried, but luckily Jane came from the family and helped take care of him.

The soldiers of the expedition also received preferential treatment. This year, there are not a few people and businesses in Dafeng who have donated enthusiastically. Many people are worried that the Tuna people will break through and their homes will suffer. Unexpectedly, after only one defeat, the northwest is as stable as Mount Tai, and the southwest is tightly guarded.

The hearts of many people in the following states and counties are finally relieved. This kind of peace of mind has turned into gratitude and encouragement, and material gifts have become everyone's expectations.

Coupled with the bumper harvest of cotton and the growth of grain throughout the country this year, the vermicelli processing in Northwest China alone has reached a new height.

Alba, the king of Tuna who has been stripped of his power, reflected bitterly in the holy city.

And his son Xing Nuo took advantage of years ago to come to the northwest border. Now the border ethnic groups are sticking to Tuna, and the prices are getting higher and higher. The price of salt and tea in Tuna is ridiculously high. New Year's luxury is also rising.

In order to stabilize prices, he had to write a letter to Ci Wenhao in person, requesting a secret transaction of a large batch to fill the market and make money for himself at the same time.

The price difference that the princes of a country have to do it themselves to earn, shows that the benefits here are so great that it has reached the point of astonishment.

The three tribes under the protection of Dafeng have become completely prosperous in the northwest. There are too many people in Tuna who exchange cattle, horses and sheep for salt tea, and the animals they exchanged can be used as a guarantee for their own population development.

The Yinyue clan appealed to all clan members outside to return, hoping that the population would increase.

Their large number of cattle and sheep can be exchanged for food and materials in the northwest, even salt and tea. At this moment, the barren hills in the northwest are full of broccoli. The price of beef and mutton across the country tends to stabilize.

Dafeng eats more and more meat, and the physique of the people will get better and better in the future. The most important thing is that raising war horses is no longer a difficult task, and even the days of not being able to get good horses are gone. return.

And all of this, far away in the southwest, Miss Qingchen's sinking has no intention to understand.

Around the new year, the offensive of the Tuna army continued unabated, and the troops on the front line had become accustomed to it and could handle it with ease.

On the evening of the thirtieth, the Chen family invited Shen Luo to his home to celebrate the New Year. Shen Luo wanted to entertain the general and Luo Wang and his wife at the commander's mansion, so they agreed to come to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the lunar new year.

The leader of Qinghua brought his sweethearts back to the head teacher for the New Year, and Shen Luo gave them a batch of New Year gifts as a thank you.

Although the Qinghua Sect is a Jianghu sect, they are both good and evil, but they don't commit crimes, they get on the big tree of Shen Luo, and their income doubles this year, and their congregation is full of joy.

The night in the southwest is also boiling, with fireworks and lanterns all over the city.

Many ethnic minorities have the custom of burning bonfires and dancing in the street, which also makes Shen Luo feel interesting.

"Come on, year after year, for every year we've known each other." Shen Luo raised his glass and drank with Nie Xingfeng and the others. Luo Wang and his wife and Cathay Pacific were here, and the other generals had banquets at the front and behind them.

Except for this evening, all generals are not allowed to drink.

So this is why Cathay even secretly drinks Shaoshan wine.

After dinner, Shen Luo didn't drink much wine.

Nie Xingfeng and Brother Tie never get drunk, together with Brother Lan and Guotai, the five of them went to Tianfeng Street, the main street of the southwest capital, to have a look.

Piles of bonfires are piled on the street, which does not affect the nature of pedestrians in the slightest.

If you are happy, join in with the host, hold hands together and dance around the fire, humming the tune of 'la la la' while dancing.

Shen Luo was invited by several groups, and it was not easy all the way.

"Boom!" The fireworks outside the city gate soared into the sky, and many people were delighted to see it, and followed up with yelling.

"If it wasn't for the overwhelming army, I really wouldn't be able to see that this is a war?" Big Brother Lan said with a smile.

Nie Xingfeng happily took the drinks offered by passers-by from time to time, and drank less, but his appearance was outstanding, and he was dressed in white fox fur, which made him look very luxurious.

Southwest toasts are like this, whoever the unmarried brother falls in love with, and whoever is handed the wine to, if he drinks three bowls in a row and becomes drunk, he will drag you away and sleep all night, then he will have to talk about marriage.

Many people told Shen Luo about this, and Shen Luo laughed. He really didn't expect that he was still so popular.

Nie Xingfeng, on the other hand, drank one bowl to the left and one bowl to the right. When my brother saw this young man with sharp eyebrows and handsome eyes, his appearance was resolute and sunny, and he thought about filling him with two more bowls, he would have already run away with oil on his feet.

"You drink less, drunk and raped, I can decide to send you out." Shen Luo looked at him jokingly and said.

Cathay smiled and followed Nie Xingfeng foolishly for a drink, Shen Luo shook his head, thinking that these two are a pair of living treasures.

The next morning, after preparing presents, Shen Luo sat in the car and drove to Rong's mansion for dinner.

Although only thirty priests followed, they were all very dazzling.

"I said his relatives are really big officials!" the neighbor whispered.

The little fifth brother hid aside and smiled secretly, you know his identity, you will tremble when you stand here and look at it.

Rong Xiaotang watched Shen Luo get off the car, and Shen Luo smiled slightly, which attracted the surprise of many neighbors who watched the fun: "The relatives of the Rong family are really handsome, and the long scholar's belt looks like a high-ranking general staff officer." oh."

When Xiao Wu heard this, he wept secretly. He also thought the same way for the first time, but after inquiring about it, he found out that the only one who tied the buns of Quan Dafeng like this was Taifu Shen.

It's not that everyone is blind to gold and jade, it's really too lonely and ignorant.

Shen Luo looked back and saw Little Fifth Brother nodding.

"My lord!" Little Fifth Brother greeted Shen Luo proudly.

"Come in quickly, it's cold outside, all your adults come in together, the house is crowded enough to sit." Chen greeted.

Originally from a small family, eating became a problem. Unexpectedly, he got 3 taels at once, and his son even became a student of some sorting department, made some achievements, and now he is a seventh-rank.

People say that leaning against a big tree is good for enjoying the shade. He is very emotional. His husband has lived his whole life, that is, a sixth-rank man, and he will be counted after his death.

But this nephew in front of him, No. 1 in the current dynasty, is not only the first rank in the current dynasty.

He looked at Shen Luo and then at his son, feeling happy and sad at the same time, happy that his son had a reliance, but sad that if her husband was still there, he would be promoted by his nephew, and his official career would not be unlimited.

"They're fine, just sit outside!" Shen Luo said.

"Okay, okay! I'll arrange for the neighbors to watch over it." As soon as Rong Xiaotang went to say, the third brother, the fifth brother, moved tables, chairs and benches to the yard, calling the priests to sit down and drink tea.

Except for the priests guarding the gate inside and outside the courtyard, the other priests saw Shen Luo nodded and sat down one after another.

Their white clothes are as old as before, and they are not afraid of the severe cold. Sitting here one by one, they suddenly feel different.

Little Fifth Brother and the others sighed, as expected of the people around Tai Tuo, they all looked like gods in the sky.