Chapter 009
Liang Zhongning really wanted to argue a little. He would rather be thought to have been killed by Dian Wei than to be brought back to the fort as a burden.
But he thought that he had already shouted and cursed, and had already lured the enemy, and now victory was at hand, so naturally he didn't need to worry about this image issue anymore.
So what Mr. Tian Erye saw on the watchtower of the fortress was the scene of "Dian Wei" and his men returning with a great victory.
This brave warrior knew the difference between host and guest very well. He abducted the Yellow Turban leader and brought him back to him, obviously intending to let Tian family deal with him as he pleased.
You have to know that capturing someone alive is more of a technical job than beating them to death directly.
Master Tian saw the warrior carrying Liang Zhongning as if he were carrying a pig. The guy who was so arrogant during the day still had a good voice and was shouting curses. He couldn't help but smile and reached out to touch his beard.
As he expected, Liang Zhongning was a clever fellow, but ultimately he was just a ruffian and not worthy of being in the limelight.
Now that the Yellow Turban bandits have been caught, if they immediately rush to Puyang overnight, capture the city and then defend it from a dangerous position, they will be safe.
If the Tian family can save Puyang from the hands of the bandits through this incident, their reputation will naturally become even greater.
Very good!
Master Tian Er saw that among the returning warriors, some kicked the Yellow Turban corpse outside the fortress twice as if to vent their anger, and some even dragged it towards the fortress, but he did not make any move to stop them.
It was true that they had the upper hand in the confrontation between the two sides over the previous two days, but the enemy's arrows shot in through the gaps in the fort, and they also lost some men. Considering the personnel composition of the fort, it was not surprising that the relatives of the casualties were in the team that left the fort to pursue.
In the face of an inevitable victory, a few minor flaws are not a big deal.
However, the moment these victorious young men stepped into the gate of the fortress, the torches beside the door illuminated the face of the leader clearly.
It was a face that was extremely unfamiliar to Mr. Tian Er!
This person is not Dian Wei!
As soon as he felt horrified, he saw a black shadow rushing towards him. It was Liang Zhongning who was thrown towards him by "Dian Wei".
The opponent was actually a good fighter in the Yellow Turban Army. Although he was not as brave as Dian Wei, he had no problem climbing up the watchtower quickly.
Before Mr. Tian Erye could utter the word "enemy attack", a dagger was already placed on his neck.
Almost at the same time when Liang Zhongning took action, the "dead body" that was dragged in and the "fort guards" that returned victoriously took action together and eliminated the guards at the main gate of the fort.
He even saw from the corner of his eye that the corpses of the Yellow Turbans outside the fort had actually crawled up one by one, and now they were rushing towards the fort, looking like wolves and tigers as if they were going to occupy the fort.
Young Master Tian had just received news from his second uncle, and felt that he had completed the task of guarding the rear. Now he could come to see Liang Zhongning's miserable condition, but he was caught off guard and faced such a group of people.
Even though these Yellow Turban soldiers did not seem to have the intention of killing people, and only injured and tied up those who were still able to fight in the fort, Master Tian Er could not help but close his eyes and let out a long sigh.
He made a mistake.
This mistake was made and there was no way to recover since the fort had already been opened.
The situation is over...
Compared to the dejection of the original owner of the fort, Liang Zhongning, who finally set foot in the fort, was much more proud.
When Qiao Yan was waiting for the fighting to be settled and received the notification before stepping into the dock, the Yellow Turban leader immediately came towards her.
"Sir, do you know how much food is stored in this fortress?" Liang Zhongning asked with a proud tone, his brows almost raised to the sky. In the night firelight, his whole face was filled with joy.
No wonder he suddenly changed his way of addressing Qiao Yan. His next sentence was: "There are 600,000 bushels of millet, but it's still millet."
Liang Zhongning now doesn't think that there is anything wrong with the fact that he faced life-threatening situations many times during the battle to break through the fortress and that Qiao Yan had made all the arrangements clearly for him.
When he captured Puyang, the grain he obtained from the Puyang granary was not much because of the poor harvest the previous year.
He heard from the minor official who defected to the Yellow Turbans that this grain had been sent to the capital just two months ago, which made him so angry that he cursed the emperor for being a tyrant again.
He coveted the good food stored in Tian's fortress, but he never expected that there would be so much.
After capturing the fortress owner and learning the amount of stored grain from the head of the Tian family, Liang Zhongning even thought that he was lying.
But after letting him lead the way into the underground grain storage warehouse, he found that this was real inventory.
What he saw was even more dazzling than the huge amount of treasures he had seen.
Don’t eat jewelry! Food can!
Liang Zhongning rubbed his hands and spoke with an increasingly excited tone: "There is more than just corn in this stored food... Sir, you have been tired today. I will ask my servants to prepare a good meal for you."
How could Liang Zhongning not respect and admire Qiao Yan highly?
After taking over the fort, the garrison weapons confiscated by his men and the information revealed in the rude shouting and cursing of Young Master Tian after they captured him all made him break out in cold sweats.
If it weren't for Qiao Yan's series of arrangements, he would definitely not be able to break through the fortress.
Even if he gets too obsessed with winning and comes back to cause trouble again without caring about anything, he might even lose his life.
Thanks sir...
Liang Qushuai attentively handed the baked marrow cake wrapped in oil paper to Qiao Yan.
In addition to corn, other foods stored in the fort are also easy to store. For example, the marrow cake in front of Qiao Yan is made by kneading animal marrow fat, honey and flour together, baking it in a Hu pancake oven and then storing it.
This thing is more than ten times more delicious than the biscuits she had secretly hidden when she was traveling with Bu Ji's army.
In addition to the marrow cakes, also served were the bracts and shrimp paste that were also taken out from the cellar.
There weren't so many rules to follow these days. The Yellow Turban Army that followed Liang Zhongning didn't care about the difference between cold food and hot food. They had already distributed the food, which was considered a form of reward after winning the battle.
But Liang Zhongning felt that Qiao Yan should be treated differently, so he prepared a special meal for her and had someone cook a hot meal for her.
The person in charge of cooking was none other than He the Butcher who had previously disguised himself as Dian Wei.
He the butcher is a chatterbox.
Liang Zhongning was aware that he still had to consider carefully how to talk to Qiao Yan, this great contributor, but he was not so particular.
After asking Qiao Yan about his taste, he immediately cut open the flesh on the chopping board with a knife, and even chatted with him while moving the knife skillfully:
"Mr. Yan, don't think that this meat has gone bad because it has been stored for a long time. This meat should be from a pig that was slaughtered in December last year. After the juice was drained, it was covered with a layer of white grass and then covered with thick mud. Even if it is kept in July or August, it is no different from freshly slaughtered pigs. In these famine years, live pigs are rare. If you want to eat meat, you have to rely on this."
Qiao Yan vaguely remembered that there were related records in Qi Min Yao Shu, but in modern times, no one stored meat in this way.
The peeled-off mud and the meat exposed under the white grass are indeed somewhat different from the pickled meat and are indeed closer to fresh meat.
She looked at it for a few seconds, and when she had an idea of what it was, she looked away, so as not to appear to be ignorant in this area.
Butcher He didn't notice her subtle thoughts and continued talking.
In modern times, he would also be regarded as a social hero.
Once he started talking, he went from the cooking of pork to the Taoist priest, and from how carrying Liang Zhongning into the fort was no different from carrying a pig before, to the wheat sauce and river fresh sauce stored in the fort.
Facing Liang Zhongning's murderous gaze, he was completely unaware of the fact that he had not eaten meat for the past two months and mentioned another butcher, He.
"It is said that people with the same surname often have the same origin, but although they are all butchers, their futures are still very different. He is very proud because his sister was made queen and given the title of general."
The person that Butcher He was talking about was none other than General He Jin.
In the third year of Guanghe, which was four years ago, He Jin's half sister He Guiren was canonized as the Empress of the Han Dynasty. Taking advantage of his sister's status, He Jin became the Palace Attendant and the Governor of Henan. Later, he became a general because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The news of this outrageous speed of promotion had already spread.
But before He the Butcher could continue, he heard Liang Zhongning say in a bad tone: "Be careful with your words! If you say anything else, I will leave you speechless!"
The warning on Liang Zhongning's face was so strong that He the Butcher immediately shut up.
It’s no wonder that Liang Zhongning gave this warning.
He Jin was able to become the general, which was partly due to the benefits of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Ma Yuanyi, a disciple of Zhang Jiao, was plotting to start a rebellion in Luoyang, but his plan was uncovered by He Jin, who even made him a marquis for this achievement.
The news that He Jin was conferred the title of General and Marquis of Shen came together with the news that Ma Yuanyi was torn to pieces by chariots.
In Liang Zhongning's opinion, if it weren't for Ma Yuanyi's death, the Great Sage and Good Master would not have to launch the attack in advance, and if the Luoyang Incident could have been successful at that time, they would have achieved even more brilliant results.
Although General He Jin came from a butcher's family, he was actually their mortal enemy.
What's more, if any of them envied the other party's noble in-laws, wouldn't it be equivalent to disagreeing with the saying "Heaven is dead"?
After Liang Zhongning finished scolding the people, he thought for a moment and said to Qiao Yan, "Sir, please don't blame me for being angry. This is indeed something that cannot be said in my camp."
"Since I came from Luoyang, I naturally know this principle. General Qu doesn't need to explain it to me." Qiao Yan smiled, without showing any strangeness in his expression.
Staying with traitors requires not only careful attention to such taboos in conversation, but it is also not a choice that most knowledgeable people would make.
But Qiao Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with his initial decision.
Considering her age and status, her current situation is undoubtedly the best one at the moment.
Moreover, apart from her other purpose, judging from the current situation, she did not gain nothing.
For example, although it was inconvenient for her to open the light screen to check now, the system had already told her in a surprised tone that her action of assisting the Yellow Turban Army in breaking through the Tian Family Fortress could indeed be considered a legitimate way to obtain counselor points.
In this way, the counselor's point, which was originally 0, has become 10.
10 strategist points not only meant that she had obtained 3 freely assignable attribute points and 1 skill point through her own efforts, but also meant that a new function had been added to the strategist system's originally overly concise function list.
Sign in.
It’s a pity that she has to wait until she fills her stomach, takes care of the matters in the dock, and gets a quiet place before she can check out the specific functions.
I don’t know what benefits this new feature can bring her.
Qiao Yan pondered in his heart and had already made some plans for his next actions.
But at this moment, it was probably difficult for her not to divert her attention to the fragrance flowing through her nostrils.
The butcher He kept his mouth shut and processed the pork and pickles a little faster. The dinner, which was several hours late, was finally served to Qiao Yan.
Compared with various delicacies in later generations, no matter how fancy the current meat and wheat paste stuffed marrow cakes are, they cannot change their humble nature.
But Qiao Yan had to assign various actions today and deal with these Yellow Turban soldiers, making them play their roles to the fullest. This had consumed a lot of his energy and he was already starving. This little hot food was no different from delicacies from land and sea.
Of course, she knew very well that she had not eaten properly for many days, and she could not allow herself to eat to her heart's content all at once.
Liang Zhongning didn't have so many concerns.
His scolding and luring the enemy were both physically demanding tasks. He grabbed half of the meat and swallowed it whole.
After he had an idea, he looked towards Qiao Yan and saw that he was eating very slowly. In contrast, he seemed to be not very graceful.
He couldn't help but mutter in his heart that the other party was indeed a scholar.
However, at this moment, he suddenly heard Qiao Yan speak, interrupting his inner complaints, "It is said that it is good to talk over a table. Although I don't drink, it is appropriate for me to have a few words with Commander Qu at this time."
He quickly straightened his expression and said, "Sir, please feel free to speak."
Qiao Yan said, "I said before that I came here to solve two problems for Commander Qu. Now the first one has been solved. I don't need to do much for the second one. I just need to give a few words to solve it. May I ask when Commander Qu will send someone to take me back to Gaomi?"
Liang Zhongning was so shocked that the marrow cake in his hand fell.
"Sir, won't you stay a few days?"
Today's victory and 600,000 hu of grain can be considered as a sweet reward for Liang Zhongning. When he was counting the grain just now, he was thinking, "Yan Qiao" is indeed worthy of being Zheng Xuan's disciple.
Zheng Kangcheng himself did not take up an official post and was even unlucky enough to be implicated in the Party and Faction Persecution and was imprisoned in Gaomi, Beihai. However, he was able to train his disciples into such a good figure, truly worthy of his reputation in the world.
He couldn't help but think that if he had the help of "Yan Qiao", he might be able to capture more than just Tian's Fortress.
He even forgot the tense conversation he had with her when they first met.
He forgot about the fact that the other party was still young or that he had to go back to Gaomi to report the news, and just thought about how to rely on the other party's wisdom to gain some benefits for himself.
But he had just developed some ambitions, so why would "Yan Qiao", whom he called his master, leave?
No way! Absolutely not!
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