Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 725 A handful of fried rice

  Finally, at the end of August in the eighth year of Taikang, when it was approaching September, Li Xin and others who had been walking slowly northward finally reached the vicinity of Jizhou City.

   Jizhou City is the closest city to Jimen Pass. This city is not big. Because it is a border city, not many people are willing to settle here. The people in the whole city are only 50,000 people.

   But this city was stationed by a whole 100,000 Zhenbei Army. It was because of the existence of Zhenbei Army that Jizhou City, which was built against the pass, was not so deserted.

Further north of Jizhou City is the world-famous Jimen Pass. Back then, the Yuwen clan of Beizhou also guarded this pass and regarded it as the gate of the Beizhou. After Ye Sheng broke the Beizhou, he also chased down to Jimen Pass and drove Beizhou back. North of Jimen Pass.

  The northern defense line of the entire Dajin is composed of Jimen Pass and Yunzhou City.

   Of course, it is impossible for the entire 100,000 town north army to be stationed in Jizhou City. In fact, the defense line around Jimen Pass is dozens of miles long, and the Guancheng city wall is connected to form a line to resist the invasion of the nomads in the north.

However, the Guancheng cannot be built too long, after all, the cost is too high, so there is still a long line of defense that is not easy to move around. There is no city wall, only the beacon, which communicates with each other by wolf smoke. Once there is an enemy situation, other places will immediately support it. .

  When Li Xin led his troops northward, he fought a battle with people from the Yuwen tribes in Xiaochenji. Xiaochenji beacon is one of the more classic northern defense lines.

   Usually a beacon, controlling the defense line of about five miles.

Part of the Zhenbei Army was used on these beacon towers, but most of the troops remained in Jizhou City. After all, the vicinity of Jimen Pass is a rare flat area in this area. Once Jimen Pass is broken, the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty will be basically the same. There is no danger.

Looking at Jizhou City in the distance, Ye Mao, who was sitting on a jujube red horse, put down the telephoto lens in his hand and looked a little excited. He turned his head to Li Xin and said, "General, there are at most twenty in Jizhou City. Here, let's walk a little more today, and we'll be there in the evening."

  When the weather is clear, people with good eyesight can see the city dozens of miles away with the naked eye, not to mention that Ye Mao has a telescope made by Li Xin, so he can see Jizhou City from a distance.

Because it was close to Jizhou City, Li Xin didn't lie down on the grain cart anymore. He sat on his Moxian horse and looked at Jizhou City with a telescopic mirror with one eye closed, and then he said. : "Find a place to camp, let's go to the city tomorrow morning."

   Although Ye Mao was a little puzzled, he just frowned slightly, then bowed his head and went down to make arrangements.

Camping in the army, especially a large-scale march, is also very particular. It is necessary to choose a good place, close to the water to prevent the enemy from attacking, far away from the cliff to prevent the enemy from throwing stones, and try to make it as smooth as possible to prevent being surrounded by the enemy, etc. There are many subtleties. You must do it at all times, otherwise you will suffer a big loss if you show your weaknesses to the enemy.

   This even includes where the toilets are arranged, and it is also necessary to be cautious, otherwise it is too close to the military camp, which will seriously affect the combat effectiveness in summer.

Regarding these things, Li Xin didn't know anything about these things when he led the army to the west last time. Ye Mao, who had learned these things since childhood, did it. Now that five years have passed, Li Xin has learned a lot from old man Ye, but Because with Ye Mao, these chores are still done by the young master.

It would take about an hour or two to set up camp, and it was already afternoon. When the tent was set up, it was already dark. After the young master had dealt with the affairs of the army, he came to Li Xin's handsome tent. He had just walked in. , I saw my uncle and the young man who had followed him from the Jingan Hou mansion were busy working around a large pot in the handsome tent, the young man was adding firewood under the pot, and Li Xin, the general of Zhenbei, was holding a large shovel, Stir fry something.

  Ye Mao took a closer look, only to see the browned fried rice in the pot.

   Seeing Ye Mao coming, Li Xin beckoned to him and said with a smile, "You just happened to be here, this thing has just been fried, I'll grab a handful and taste it."

   Young Master sat across from Li Xin, dumbfounded, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle, if you show your unethical work to the people below, it will affect your morale."

  The Marquis of Jing An said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have people guarding the door, and outsiders can't come in."

   "Besides, we don't rely on these forbidden troops to fight. The key is the Zhenbei Army at Jimen Pass. When I was in the Zhenbei Army, I was more serious."

   Having said this, Li Xin took a handful of fried rice and put it in Ye Mao's hand.

   "I'll grab a handful for you and take it home. The people in the army cook too carelessly, so far I'm not used to it."

The food in the military is centered on "sufficiency". Generally, things that can be cooked are thrown into a large pot and boiled. When the conditions are good, some salt is thrown in. When the conditions are not good, the cloth soaked in salt water is used. Bars, soaked in water for a while, naturally it is impossible to taste good.

   As long as Li Xin leads his troops on expeditions, he always eats what the soldiers eat, so he suffered a lot in the past two months.

   While saying this, Li Xin grabbed a handful of fried rice and stuffed it into his mouth, nodding in satisfaction.

"fragrant."

   At this time, the young master looked at the smiling Li Shishu in front of him, and was stunned for a while.

In all these years of contact, Li Xin was teaching him and taking him. Before he knew it, he had subconsciously regarded Li Xin as an elder. When he saw Li Xin like this, he suddenly realized that his uncle was a gentleman. A young man several years younger than himself.

   He was in a large palm, took the fried rice that Li Xin handed over, raised his head and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing a few mouthfuls, he immediately became fragrant.

  Because there was food in his mouth, the young master was a little slurred.

   "I knew that Uncle Shi was good at food a few years ago, but in recent years I thought Uncle Master was no longer good at it."

The Marquis of Jing'an reached out and grabbed a few handfuls of fried rice, put it in a small cloth bag, stuffed it into Ye Mao's arms, and said with a smile: "Take it back to eat, don't let others see it, or others will know that we eat a small stove. already."

Ye Mao nodded, looked up at Li Xin and asked, "Uncle, in fact, we can enter Jizhou City today, and the generals of the Northern Army who have entered the town will have to give us a good meal, and then we can have a good meal. Why are you procrastinating for another day?"

   Li Xin was stuffing fried rice into Zhao Fang's pocket at the moment. After listening to Ye Mao's words, he smiled slightly: "It's not good luck to go to the city at night, we have to go to the city in the morning, so that we can look stylish."

   The young master put a handful of fried rice in his mouth again, and said vaguely, "Uncle Shi always treats me as a fool, and it's definitely not for this reason."

   After Li Xin finished his work, he sat back on his seat and said with a smile, "I sent a letter to Yunzhou City a few days ago, and now the reply from there should be back."

   "I'll wait here for a day, until the reply from Yunzhou City arrives, and then enter the city."

  Jing'an Houye's voice was calm.

   "Besides, it may not be a good thing to enter Jizhou City early. If we enter the city one day earlier, the imperial court will force us to send troops earlier. It is still unclear what the situation of Yuwen's divisions is. It can be delayed for a day."

   said, Li Xin looked up at Ye Mao.

   "Do you recognize anyone in the Zhenbei Army who can speak?"

   "I don't know."

  Ye Mao shook his head again and again: "It's the first time I've come to Jizhou City, how can I recognize it, but during the last west expedition, there were a few generals in the Zhenbei Army who went west with my father, but I do recognize it."

   "As for the others, I just know a name and haven't met."

   This chapter was supposed to be yesterday, I fell asleep yesterday...

   (end of this chapter)