Chapter 526

That afternoon, Wei Lang took two hundred soldiers to the gate of the city.

At a glance, we can see that there used to be a piece of land where sweet potatoes were planted. Now, one by one, they have been planted with potatoes, radish and other food crops.

Several old farmers pushing a strange looking plow and harrow are following the old cattle in front of them and moving forward rapidly.

"Miss Song!"

Wei Lang called out to the field, and a white figure in the distance straightened up immediately.

She was carrying a long skirt and trotted over. Looking at the soldiers behind him, she knew that it must be Meng Xinghe who agreed to his proposal. She couldn't help smiling: "just ask them to come here. How can you follow me?"

Wei Lang said: "my soldiers are rude. I'm afraid I'm not here. They don't listen to your command and collide with you, so I'd better supervise them in the first few days."

"These days?"

Song Xijiao understood it as soon as she heard it.

Meng Xinghe is really a chicken thief.

She said that ordinary people could not do these jobs and needed some strong soldiers to help. Instead, he sent Wei Lang's people out instead of sending his own.

"You don't have to feel aggrieved. I promise I won't let you work in vain."

She took Wei Lang to the river outside the Xianming pass. She took out a drawing from her sleeve and began to introduce it: "I'm looking for a carpenter to make this water wheel. When the water wheel is completed, water will enter the canal from these grooves as soon as the wheel turns here, and then it will be introduced into these fields along the canal. I'm looking for the help of soldiers to build the canal as soon as possible."

Wei Lang didn't take it seriously at first, but with song Xijiao's explanation, his eyes became deeper and deeper. Finally, he picked up the drawing and thought about it carefully. His eyes suddenly brightened.

"Wonderful! Even if there is no wind or wave, you can rely on human beings and animals to push and pull the water. You don't have to carry a shoulder pole to carry water from the river. You can irrigate the ten thousand mu of fertile farmland here! Wonderful, wonderful indeed

Song Xijiao said with a smile: "you know how wonderful it is. Remember, the canal must be trimmed in strict accordance with the route I set. This is specially designed by brother Zhao to measure the water flow. If it is too small, the flow is not smooth and easy to be blocked."

"Good! This canal is on me. With this canal, the farmers in the field will have a good harvest soon! As long as we get through these months, we will not have to worry about the food in the future. "

Hearing this, song Xijiao said, "how can you survive these months? Why, is there not enough military food now? "

Wei Lang held the drawing in his hand and sighed: "at most, it can last two months."

Two months, time is too tight.

Song Xijiao suddenly felt the pressure. Even if she was quick and the weather was beautiful, it would take two and a half months for the first crop of potatoes to be ready, and half a year for other grains.

The first batch of potato seedlings were dug from the wild, not enough.

What's more, more than 10000 soldiers will be given to them. I'm afraid that one person can't get a few

"What's the matter?"

Seeing song Xijiao's embarrassed eyes, Wei Lang asked.

Song Xijiao said her doubts. After listening, Wei Lang's face was a little heavy. Indeed, as she said, it really depends on her harvest here. It is safe to say that she has to give at least half a year's ample time.

"It seems that the battle with Wang Yuhe is inevitable."

Even if we don't fight now, we will have to fight when we are too hungry to eat. And I'm afraid it will be too late to fight until then.

Song Xijiao immediately shook her head and said, "no, this is not the best time to fight Wang Yuhe. They are now well-equipped and on guard. If we want to fight, we will certainly suffer heavy losses. What if the Fusu people take advantage of this opportunity to enter? "

Wei Lang naturally wanted to get to these things, but when it came to that time, they were desperate and could not fight.

Song Xijiao shook her head and said, "if you want to fight, why not fight the bandits nearby?"

"Bandit?"

"Yes

Song Xijiao looks serious.

"Recently, I often chat with Auntie Abbe in the field. According to them, many people do not want to join the army. They are beaten and scurrying by the Fusu people all day, and they don't want to be common people. At the same time, they are raided by the officials and plundered by the Fusu people, so they run into the mountains and become bandits. Before Meng Xinghe came, they often came to Xianming pass to rob poultry and grain, and robbed merchants who passed by. There were many good things in the stockade. "

Wei Lang frowned and said, "but these bandits appear and disappear. The Gobi desert is so big. Who knows where they hide? It's not easy to find it. "

Song Xijiao said with a smile, "it's easy to find them. All you need to do is dress up as a passing businessman and walk down the rugged path without you looking for it, and they will deliver it to your door. "

"Reasonable!"

After being convinced by song Xijiao, Wei Lang left his soldiers for song Xijiao's dispatch. He immediately rushed back to the military camp, found Meng Xinghe, and gave a good account of the conversation.Meng Xinghe also agreed.

However, how to dress up and set up an ambush still needs to be carefully considered, so as not to rob a group of bandits and frighten other bandits to flee and move their positions, which is not worth the loss.

Looking at the map, Chen Yu sighed: "don't underestimate these bandits. I heard that there are hundreds of bandits in the nearby bandit stronghold, and there are about 100 small bandits. It's not so easy to conquer. We can't lose soldiers and generals because of these bandits. We'd better take them by wisdom, and don't confront them

Wei Lang asked, "how to take it wisely?"

This put Chen Yu down again. He seems to exist as a military master in the army. In fact, he has never been a military adviser. At most, he persuades Meng Xinghe to restrain his temper at the critical moment.

Meng Xinghe hummed: "what is smart? If my subordinates can't beat several thieves, they are not worthy to work with me! Wei Lang, Chen Yu and Ma Wang, tomorrow we will take 300 soldiers and horses and go to four directions respectively. First, we will wipe out all the bandits within a hundred Li radius! "

On hearing this, Chen Yu immediately said: "general, no, if we take our troops and horses to a place hundreds of miles away to suppress the bandits, Wang Yuhe takes the opportunity to bring people to fight and rob Xianming pass, we will have no shelter! You know, Wang Yuhe's barracks are only 90 li away from Xianming pass. "

Dare he

Meng Xinghe's stubborn temper came again, and he couldn't listen to Chen Yu's advice.

"It's settled. Tomorrow morning, we'll set out before dawn. We'll go early and return early. It'll be OK. Even if Wang Yuhe knows we're not here, he won't have time to deploy his troops!"

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