Is life more important or is the law more important?
Bai Yulian was unable to answer, so he shut up, thinking that if this happened to him, when he really had no other choice, he would probably make the same choice as them.
Fu Xiaoguan did not answer this question. He just laughed and turned away with Bai Yulian to the barren fields.
He squatted at the edge of the field, picked up a piece of soil with a dagger, and squeezed it in his palm. The grains were coarse and the texture was rough, completely different from the soil in the south of the Yangtze River.
Even if Fu II is planted in such fields, the yield will not increase much. It is too barren and the soil is too thin to retain nutrients, so the crops naturally cannot grow well.
But this kind of land can be used to grow sweet potatoes or potatoes... He has not seen potatoes yet, but sweet potatoes can be supplied to Pingling Quyi for planting next year.
Although the yield cannot reach the 5,000 kilograms per mu of Xishan, two or three thousand kilograms should not be a big problem. Moreover, the sweet potato vines can be used to raise pigs, chickens, and ducks, and can even be used to fill the stomach during famine.
As long as we can hold on for a year and wait for the sweet potato harvest, the famine here can be resolved.
He took a deep breath and stood up. After wiping out the headmaster Gong, this place would be the focus of his development of commerce and agriculture next year.
After Wu Linger has completely consolidated the throne, he still needs to show up. Of course, he will not go to Wu Dynasty, but to Pingling County to meet Zhang Wenhan, and to Quyi County to meet Yan Linqiu.
He had already thought through the specifics clearly, and the execution would depend on these two county magistrates. The future of these two places would impact the national policy of the Yu Dynasty, so the pilot projects in these two places had to succeed, not fail.
He put away the dagger and patted the mud off his hands, "Let's go."
In half a day's journey, they will arrive at Yangjiao Town in batches - the last market town in the north of the Yu Dynasty, more than a hundred miles away from Yanshan Pass and only more than thirty miles away from Pingling Mountain.
According to intelligence reports, Yangjiao Town has long been deserted. Not to mention merchants, even the local aborigines are only about one in a hundred left. Some have gone to other places to make a living, others have gone to Pingling Mountain to become bandits, and the very few remaining are all elderly people. They are so poor that even Gong Shenchang can't bear to rob them.
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Pingling Mountain was the former stronghold of the Tiandao Army.
Peng Chengwu, the general of the northern border army, withdrew his troops here - he received the letter written to him by Fu Xiaoguan more than ten days ago. Of course, there was no signature on the letter, and he did not know that it was written by Fu Xiaoguan.
But the letter mentioned that this was Peng Yuyan's idea. He hesitated for a stick of incense and withdrew the team. He chose to trust Peng Yuyan's military vision. He was afraid that as the letter said, if Gong Shenchang was desperate and took the team to the deserted country, it would become an even bigger trouble.
Peng Chengwu lived in the general's tent, with the latest map of Pingling Mountain placed on the table.
His thin, dark face had an extremely serious expression. His deputy generals on both sides and even his military advisor all had worried expressions on their faces, and they were at a loss as to what to do.
The terrain of the Pingling Mountains is extremely complex. For the northern border troops who are good at large-scale combat, this mountain battle was a heavy blow to them.
Their soldiers were physically better than the bandits, but when it came to running in the mountains, they could not outrun them - those bandits were too cunning, they broke into small groups in the vast forests and set numerous traps. It would be good if the northern border troops did not chase them, because if they did, they would surely suffer heavy losses.
For the most powerful northern border army of the Yu Dynasty, this battle was really frustrating and humiliating!
The 150,000 regular troops not only failed to destroy the remaining 60,000 Tiandao troops of Gong Shenchang, but also suffered losses of more than 20,000. The general's hair turned a lot whiter with worry. How should this battle be fought?
Peng Chengwu's finger fell on Yueming Valley. He frowned and stared at this place. Then his finger moved slowly and fell on the North Mountain of Pingling - the main force of Gong Shenchang was now in the North Mountain.
The letter asked the general to deploy more than 30,000 elite troops in Yueming Valley before October 15th, and the remaining troops of Gong Shenchang would enter within three days... When did Senior Sister become so powerful?
Gong Shenchang's remaining troops, who can defeat Gong Shenchang?
Could it be that His Majesty has dispatched additional troops?
The southern border troops went to the eastern battlefield. Your Majesty cannot possibly mobilize Xue Dingshan's troops from the west.
Today is September 20th, and there are still twenty days until that day. Senior Sister went to the eastern battlefield with Yu Chunqiu. How could she make such a detailed judgment?
Even if my adoptive father were alive, he wouldn't be able to make such an accurate judgment on the course of this battle. So, was this letter really my senior sister's idea?
After withdrawing 30,000 elite soldiers, he was left with only 100,000 soldiers.
There is certainly no problem in defending Tiandao Village, but if this is Captain Gong’s conspiracy, then the 30,000 soldiers who went to Yueming Valley would be killed without a burial place!
To lay an ambush in Yueming Valley without being discovered by the enemy, one must first send out many scouts, and then move in small groups.
Although Tiandao Village seems not far from Yueming Valley on the map, the spies who reported back said that the journey would take at least five days!
Because there is no way to go, and because there are many difficulties and dangers blocking the way.
Therefore, these 30,000 elite troops have no backup at all when they go there.
So, is this an inference made by the senior sister after knowing a certain strategy, or is it a conspiracy by Captain Gong?
He needed to read it again, because the letter also said one thing:
"I don't think the general will believe it. On the 25th day of the ninth month, at the hour of Hai, please stand on a high place and look north with this object. You will then see a fireball rising in the sky, and you will see a strange phenomenon on the North Mountain.
If the general hesitates any longer, causing the remnants of Gong Shenchang's army to flee and leaving behind endless troubles, the general will bear all responsibility! "
Five more days!
He picked up the cylinder on the table and looked at it again. This thing is extremely useful in warfare. It can see very far away. If it is equipped in the army, it can gain the upper hand and is a powerful weapon on the battlefield.
Could it be that it was built by the Ministry of Works?
But if it was made by the Ministry of Works, why was it not distributed to the troops?
"Wu Ji, listen to my orders!"
A general in his forties stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and saluted: "I am Wu Ji, the captain of the Northern Frontier Scout Battalion. I obey the orders of the general!"
"Lead the scout battalion to explore Yueming Valley. This general demands that no enemy spies appear along the way. Also, any suspicious individuals within a ten-mile radius of Yueming Valley must be captured and brought back to the main camp."
"Wu Ji obeys the order!"
"Zhao Hu, listen to my orders!"
A general in his thirties stepped forward and saluted with his hands clasped together. "Zhao Hu, the Lieutenant General of the Northern Frontier Army, obeys the orders of the General!"
"Select 30,000 elite soldiers, organize them, and await my orders!"
"Zhao Hu, obey the order!"
Is the general about to take action?
But what does it mean that the general is exploring the Yueming Valley?
The enemy is in the North Mountain, while Yueming Valley is in the east.
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