The Legend of the Great Wilderness

Chapter 356 Changing Vegetarian "Dumplings"

In the Great Wilderness, a war has never been said to end soon. Even if it is a small-scale battle, it is normal to fight for a few years. Generations are possible.

[Zhongrong County] A Li Wang rebellion has been going on for several years and there is no sign of calming down. However, the defeated army and refugees from Zhongzhou are even more powerful, and it is definitely not a problem that can be solved in a short time. , This is also the reason why [King Zhongrong] Zhuan Sun Mishi was eager to find help.

A long war is often the beginning of a country's decline. Too large a land makes the rhythm of the war not fast at all. It is common to stop and fight. Most of the time, the warring parties are accumulating strength. To prepare for the next battle, it is not uncommon to only fight once a year.

The final result of a war often depends on who can't bear it first, and until its own power is dragged down, the collapsed economy, logistics, and political power will naturally be unable to provide war materials such as soldiers, supplies, armaments, food, and grass for the front line. Naturally, there was no way to continue the fight, and he could only watch helplessly as the enemies who still had enough energy broke through their own defenses and drove straight into their own territory to plunder wantonly.

Generally speaking, [Zhongrong County] has always maintained a good advantage in this war. The county is relatively stable, has sufficient military resources, and a good harvest of food. As long as it does not encounter large-scale natural disasters for several years in a row, it will be able to Persist in this war for a long time.

And the land in the Great Wilderness East Territory is indeed blessed by nature. It is favored by God. If the land is fertile, you can squeeze out oil by grabbing a handful of soil. Except for the occasional flood of wild animals, it has not been heard of in the past few hundred years. There have been large-scale natural disasters there.

In this environment, it is theoretically possible to maintain a long-term prosperity of an empire, but prosperity must decline, too comfortable a life can easily lead to laziness and corruption. In a terminally ill state, the pests parasitic on him began to ravage restlessly, greedily sucking the giant's energy, and sending him into the gate of hell.

This is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster.

In the culture of the Great Wilderness, the so-called "theory of luck" is very particular. Since the four dynasties of Dayu, Great Yin, Great Ji, and Great Winning before Dayou only maintained the national destiny for more than 2000 years, so that the Dahuang school The so-called "Alternation of Fortune and Fortune" was born in China.

And the Dayou Dynasty, which has been maintained for more than 2000 years, in the eyes of some restless people, it is obvious that it has reached the period of Guozuo's decline, and it has begun to move around. It can explain everything when the little princes compete in groups.

The defeated army of Zhongzhou who attacked [Dingjun Mountain] was just the exiled forces from the Guannan counties near [Shangyang Pass] in Zhongzhou. It can be seen that the princes in Zhongzhou have already burned the flames of war all over Zhongzhou. If the speculation is correct However, these Guannan defeats are just the first wave of troubled times.

Those vassals who prevailed in the war, under the soaring confidence, it is impossible to let go of any piece of good meat of this "fat deer" in the whole [Zhongyouyu], whether it is "antler" or "deer tail". the object of their covetousness.

No emperor or general can resist the temptation to expand the territory and achieve the foundation. The feudal lords will not think that they can't do what the previous emperors failed to do, even if it is only one-tenth of it. They also dared to fight desperately, so as to leave a strong mark for themselves in the history books of the Great Wilderness.

It has been several years since the Guannan defeated army attacked [Dingjun Mountain], but as the battles in the pass became more and more fierce, the number of defeated troops and refugees who came in exile became larger and larger, which not only increased the number of defeated troops in Guannan. A large number of soldiers also made their offensive strength more and more intense.

The war was tight, so the [King of Zhongrong] Zhuan Sun Mishi had to put his energy on [Dingjun Mountain], and he was completely powerless to suppress the rebellion of the Li people in the county, the robbers and bandits, and the imminent movement of the small country.

However, compared to the threat of the collapse of the Guannan army, in Master Zhuansun Mishi's view, these are nothing more than scabies. It will die down.

The military exercise of the whole army may be just a means to intimidate the princes under his command in normal times, but when the battle is tense now, it is obviously impossible for Master Zhuan Sun Mi to waste any power to do meaningless things.

Therefore, the rules of the martial arts performance this time have been revised to compete for battle honors among the chaotic army. The elite soldiers from various ministries who came to participate in the martial arts performance will be directly thrown into the battlefield to kill the enemy chief among thousands of troops.

The elites who can participate in the martial arts performance, needless to say, are all outstanding fighters, no matter how low the level is, they will not be lower than the [Ji Pin] level. If they are only used to fight in the battle, destroying those [Ji Pin] or even just [sacrifice] Level] ordinary enemy army, it is too wasteful.

Fighting generals and assassination have become the best means of competition. This means of gathering the masters of the entire army and destroying the enemy's high-level combat power as much as possible can not only select the elites in the army, but also weaken the enemy. It is absolutely killing two birds with one stone.

The process of performing martial arts will not interfere with and affect the progress of the entire battle. The soldiers participating in the martial arts performance do not need to obey the orders of any generals. What they have to do is to rush into The enemy group massacres the opponent's generals, uses the enemy's head to accumulate their own battle merits, and wins in the martial arts performance in exchange for the reward of the superior.

Therefore, they were busy with their own affairs, while the soldiers and horses of [Dingjunshan] still fought on their own, and the two sides did not interfere with each other in an orderly manner.

Just when Bo Yeyuan and others from the [Imperial General Office] realized that they had lost the most important person on this trip, and they started to panic, Gui Yiyi followed the [Piaoji Army] who had left the battle in a daze. After arriving at the camp of the Zhongrong Army on [Zhenwu General Peak], we went straight to [Sacrificial Bone Plain].

Generally speaking, in this war, it is most cost-effective for the Zhongrong army, which is backed by [Dingjun Mountain], to take a defensive position. The "Deer Tail" has remained unchanged for thousands of years, because of the protection of this natural moat, and the battles that have been fought for thousands of years have been fought in this way.

However, in the past few years, the Kwannan Army has gained a firm foothold on [Siguyuan] with its strong military strength. It has even opened up cities and garrisons, and recruited a large number of refugees to open up wasteland and farmland on the spot to reduce logistics. The pressure on supply and transportation has formed a large and solid advance base.

Therefore, when the Central Army had an advantage in the battle, it had to take the initiative to attack, destroying as much as possible the troops and food storage bases of the defeated Guannan army, and weakening the opponent's combat power. The Huo and Ji armies are the troops responsible for this kind of work.

Sitting on a cart drawn by a pack animal that looked like a cow but was much bigger and more powerful, GUI Xiyi was chatting with a soldier named "Chenggu". .

His dragon-scale beast, which was named "Jiaozi" casually, obediently followed beside the cart, without any awareness of being a carnivorous beast's mount. hitch it.

While carelessly slapping the pack beast's huge buttocks with the thin wormwood bamboo in his hand, Cheng Gu asked curiously, "Shaoyi, how many years have you been in the army?"

Gui Xiyi thought for a while, if joining the [Imperial General Office] was considered enlistment, then he would have several months of "military service".

"Ah? Then you will have to suffer! Now the war is tight. I heard that the military service every five years will be canceled by the Shangguan. If the war is not over, you will have to endure another 20 years before you can be sent back to your hometown." .”

Cheng Gu looked at Gui Xiyi sympathetically: "I only need to survive another half a year before I can go back."

This Chenggu looks young, but I don't think he is a veteran who has served for almost five years. Although he has been doing the work of soldiers and servants for the past five years, and has never personally fought in battle, he can fight in battle. To survive on the battlefield, you have to say that you are very lucky.

Perhaps it was because he seldom met people of his own age in the army, and Cheng Gu talked a lot, babbling about all kinds of trivial matters in their supply camp, and occasionally reminding him of various skills.

"You used to serve the beasts for Shangguan (serving animals, etc.), right? Why did you bring Shangguan's dragon-scaled beasts with you? Be careful when the time comes, and don't dare to use Shangguan's dragon-scaled beasts in the battle formation." If you lose it, the Shangguan will blame you, and you won’t be able to pay for it if you sell it!"

Cheng Gu said enthusiastically: "The Shangguan you are serving is probably a general above the rank and file, but only the generals who go to battle are qualified to ride this dragon-scaled beast. Even the assistant general of our supply battalion does not have a carnivorous beast... "

This little soldier is also confused, or in other words, he is the lowest-ranking soldier group in the army, and he doesn't understand the military formation system at all. If Yu Yiyi is a soldier soldier, how could he bring Shangguan's mount into the luggage without permission? battalion.

Of course, this is also related to the chaotic management of the slave labor group. Most of them were just ordinary rural farmers who hadn’t even awakened the power of their blood before joining the army. They were the ones who died the most, and they were replenished like flowing water. No one knew how many people there were in a slave camp. Otherwise, there would be an extra guy of unknown origin like Gui Ziyi, who would have been discovered long ago.

And because they often went out with the army, in order to save their lives on the battlefield, they randomly picked up some dead people's armor and put them on their bodies, which caused all the equipment on the pawns to look strange.

Cheng Gu was also wearing a dilapidated leather armor full of arrow holes and knife marks. Although it was not complete, but in terms of thickness, it looked much better than the dark black [Black Nightmare Armor] worn by Gui Xiyi. up.

[Black Nightmare Armor] It looks like a thin layer of skin dyed with ink. Although it is a complete set from top to bottom, only slightly thicker leather is superimposed on the joints and vital parts. It is not even considered armor at all. Naturally, the bird's eyes couldn't see how delicate it was.

It may be rare that someone is willing to listen to his nagging. He pretended to be a veteran and very enthusiastic, and said that if he had the opportunity, he would help Gui Xiyi get a piece of armor and come back to save his life. it is good.

The [Puji Army] will usually not be too far away from [Dingjun Mountain] when they go out to battle, and they will withdraw to [Dingjun Mountain] in case of danger. Not too many, the scale is not too big, as a follow-up force, the marching intensity is not high, only [-] footsteps have been walked in a day, so they set up a meal and prepare to welcome the soldiers of the [Puji Army] back to camp.

After half a month of stopping and going like this, because the supply team had to supply the different parts of the [Puji Army], they became more and more scattered on the wasteland and scattered into different areas. Soon they only had There are only 6000 people left.

Gui Xiyi was very good at going with the situation, anyway, he didn't know where to go, he didn't have any purpose, and he wasn't very interested in performing martial arts, so it was quite interesting just walking with the baggage team.

Every day, I followed Chenggu to do some rough work of feeding horses, carrying bags, and building houses. His strength amazed all the soldiers and soldiers. They all praised him as a good laborer and heard some information from the front line from time to time. It is said that he took down a large grain storage camp of the defeated Guannan army, killed so many people on the other side, and how many people died in battle.

Human life seems to be the least valuable thing on this battlefield. The pawns who are used to life and death seem not to worry about their own lives when they go deep into dangerous places. It is the most meaningful thing for them to eat two meals and fill their stomachs. When, how and where they die are not important to them at all.

This kind of understanding made Gui Yuyi feel that his memory seemed to be recovering, and he remembered a lot of things. He also became smarter and began to know how to pretend to be himself. He even felt that maybe breaking away from that woman's restraint and control would be a good thing. good thing.

The only thing that makes Gui Yuyi dissatisfied is not getting enough to eat. Although he is not picky about food, a millet rice ball and a bowl of barnyard porridge every day are not enough to fill his teeth.

Fortunately, when he came out, Leyang Dashi gave him a whole bag of [Black Nightmare Pill], a hundred or so pills are enough for three months, and it is normal for him not to be hungry for half a year after eating one, which is enough for him to use for a long time. Otherwise, the grain and grass transported by this transport team would have been eaten up by him even the horse feed.

On this day of camping, Gui Yiyi brought back a bag of dried meat from the team, and was going to make a tooth sacrifice for the dumplings. The poor guy has changed his job from a war beast to a pack animal since he followed him into the baggage team. Every day, it is used as a pack animal by GUI Yiyi to drag those heavy grain and grass carts.

Although it is easy to do this kind of work with the brute force of the dragon-scaled beast, the problem is that there is no food for carnivorous beasts like it in the baggage train, let alone livestock, even people are very dumb. It’s not bad to eat the food, but still want to eat meat?
As a result, after half a month, Jiaozi was trained from a carnivore to a herbivore by Gui Xiyi, and now when she saw Gui Xiyi carrying out a bag of black beans, her two big black eyes were full of tears.

Gui Xiyi gradually realized that he seemed to have made a mistake. Not all animals that looked like horses ate grass, so he would rather not eat it himself, and try to get some meat back to comfort the poor dumpling.

It's strange to say that GUI Xiyi seems to be able to understand animal language by nature, no matter how violent his temper is or how big the animal is, it is always docile and docile in front of him, telling him to go away and stop.

Some people even saw GUI Yiyi being lazy, and casually called a pack beast to help him get the bucket, and the bulky pack beast seemed to understand it, and ran to pick it up by itself. A bucket was brought over to him.

To be precise, this is no longer a normal way of taming animals. Even the Li people, who are the best at taming animals, can't make animals show such psychic behavior. , except that he can't stand up and walk on two legs, and can't work with two hands, he is no different from a human being.

But Gui Xiyi himself couldn't explain what was going on, and he didn't deliberately train these animals, he just commanded them casually, and they could understand his words and obey his orders. Everyone in the baggage team was puzzled Under its interpretation, this vision can only be classified as GUI Xiyi's innate talent.

It is also because of this that the work of the transportation team has been eased by half, and there is no need for soldiers to drive them away when they are usually marching. It will be arranged in a two-character shape, and it can be arranged in an O-shape when the interest comes.

The captain of the luggage team praised this strange boy greatly, and personally named him the number one horseman of the luggage team. Through this, Gui Yiyi could occasionally get some dried meat from the team, and stew a large amount of meat for the dumplings. Pot minced meat black bean porridge supplements nutrition.

After all, the dumpling is also a carnivorous war beast born to eat meat. It can't be fed on black beans alone, and it didn't starve to death.

So after half a month, instead of being thin and skinny, the vegetarian dumplings have become fat and strong, and their skeletons have grown three times. They are as energetic as a tractor that has drunk oil, and they are compared with those big guys every day. Together with the pack animals, which were almost twice as big, they dragged the wheels of the grain and grass carts so that they were almost smoking.

Cheng Gu, who was busy with his work, saw that Yu Yiyi had brought out the big cauldron for making meat porridge for dumplings, and drooling over, this kid didn't know how to bring it. Hei Shu, who can make extremely delicious meat porridge, made him unable to resist grabbing food from the dumplings every time, and caused him to be kicked away by the dumplings several times.

While busy with work, not far from the place where the luggage team camped, there was a sudden sound of sparse hooves and they rushed towards the luggage camp. When the army is returning to the camp, what is the cry?
(End of this chapter)