Chapter 506: A strong north wind
Li Wan smiled and said, "I'm not very good at writing poetry, so I'll just give you two or three lines."
Baochai said, "I need to put them in order and let me write them down!"
Then, they wrote down everyone's names and drew lots. It happened that Li Wan was the first one again. Just as she was about to speak first, Feng Jieer beside her said, "Since that's the case, I'll say one too, right above the eldest sister-in-law's."
Everyone laughed and said, "This is the best!"
Upon hearing this, Baochai wrote another character "Feng" at the top of the order.
Li Wan explained the topic and the rules to Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng thought for a long time and said with a smile, "Don't laugh at me. I only have one swear word. I don't know the rest."
Daiyu took Wang Xifeng's arm and said, "The more vulgar the words, the better. Just say them and then go and have some wine and meat!"
Wang Xifeng nodded at Daiyu and said, "I think snow will come with a north wind. I listened to the north wind all night last night, and this is what I want to say..."
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"The north wind blew hard all night!"
"My Lord, do you have such poetic talent?"
After taking Jiulong, Jia Cong did not rush forward, but instead returned to Maozhou. With both of the main gateways to Maozhou now occupied by Daqian troops, and with Wujie as his guide, Jia Cong's main force easily reached the ancestral homeland of the Qiang people in Maoshan. Without even a major battle, the Qiang soldiers surrendered without any weapons.
Since Wujie had the courage to covet the position of clan leader, he naturally had some of his own confidants among the Qiang people. It was precisely because of this that this war turned into a power struggle within the Qiang tribe, offsetting the sense of crisis brought about by external invasion as much as possible.
With the support of Jia Cong's elite troops, most of the Guwu clan were killed, a small number escaped, and Wujie naturally became the new patriarch of the Qiang people.
After becoming the clan leader, Wu Jie had no intention of betraying Jia Cong. Firstly, he and Gu Wu had different ideas. Gu Wu had always rejected Daqian's rule, but Wu Jie felt that Daqian's rule might not be a bad thing. Secondly, his position as clan leader was not stable and he still needed Jia Cong's support.
Therefore, after expressing his loyalty to Jia Cong, Wu Jie personally selected 20,000 elite troops and served as their commander. He joined Jia Cong's army and followed Jia Cong to attack Chengdu Prefecture.
The danger from the Qiang people had been completely eliminated, so most of the troops in the rear were also dispatched by Jia Cong.
Except for leaving three to five thousand soldiers and horses at Jianmen Pass, Maozhou Pass, Shiquan, Mianzhou, Jiulong and other places, the rest of the army all headed south to Chengdu Prefecture.
Including the 20,000 Qiang soldiers and horses, the number of soldiers and horses under Jia Cong's command now reaches 90,000!
One of the troops was led by Shi Nai, who went west from Jiulong through Pengzhou to attack Daojiang. The second group of troops was led by Guo Wei, who went east through Hanzhou and Jianzhou. Qiu Liang and Han Qi attacked Huaian from the north and south.
The total number of troops in the central route was 60,000, of which 5,000 troops on the left wing were led by the brothers Shi Si and Shi Ci to attack Jintang, and 5,000 troops on the right wing were led by Hou Jing and Ma Chuang to attack Pi County.
These two small towns were not far from Chengdu Prefecture and had already been occupied by tribal soldiers. By taking these two small towns, the tribal soldiers in the Chengdu Prefecture area would have lost two tentacles.
The remaining 50,000 main forces of the central army were led by Jia Cong himself to relieve the siege of Chengdu Prefecture.
At this moment, Jia Cong's troops had arrived in Xindu. Xindu was just a small city, about sixty or seventy miles away from Chengdu.
Standing on a hillside on horseback, looking at the mighty army below, Jia Cong couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Turning to look at Jiang Zining and Xie Jing beside him, Xie Jing grinned and said, "Have you forgotten that the Marshal is different from us rough guys? He won the top three places in the imperial examinations back then. If he hadn't joined the army, he would probably be the top scholar now."
Upon hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but burst out laughing. The sentence was said by Feng Lazi, one of the women in the original novel. If Feng Lazi knew that her swear words were actually praised so much by the masters of the two dukes' mansions, who knows whether she would be proud.
Thinking of Feng Lazi, Jia Cong couldn't help but think of his sisters at home. Some people say that gentle places are the graves of heroes, which is not wrong. At home, there are warm and soft jades. Here, even he, the commander of an army, can only face these rough men all day long. How can it be as comfortable as at home?
"It's almost the end of October now. Although the weather in Sichuan and Shu is warmer than in our capital, winter is still harsh!" Jia Cong said, "We must lift the siege of Kaifeng Prefecture within half a month, and then push our troops to Yazhou and Jiading Prefectures! By the beginning of next spring, we will completely drive these barbarians south of the Dadu River."
"On the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month this year, I only ate two hard steamed buns. Next year on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, I have to go back and eat mooncakes!"
"Hahaha!" Jiang Zining and the other two burst into laughter. "With the Marshal here, how can those barbarians be our opponents? Marshal, when we get to Chengdu Prefecture, let me serve as your vanguard. In the previous battle of Jiulong, Chen Ruiwen and Ma Shang stole the limelight. These past few days, that bastard Ma Shang has been hanging around me with his arms dangling every day!"
In the Battle of Jiulong, Chen Ruiwen and Ma Shang were the key to opening the pass, so they naturally made great contributions, and the others were happy and jealous!
Xie Jing chuckled and said, "If we don't gain some merit in this expedition to the southwest with the Marshal, even those younger brothers will laugh at us when we return. Besides, although we can't compare to the Marshal, we can't let those little bastards look down on us, right?"
"Once we've relieved Chengdu, I'll capture that bastard Zhao Guang's daughter and bring her to warm your bed!"
"That bastard Zhao Guang usually looks down on others with his chin held high, but this time he was directly taken advantage of by the barbarians. Let's see if he still has any dignity left! This war is not over yet. Once the Marshal conquers Sichuan and Shu, his reign as a prince will be over."
“Bang!”
Jia Cong tapped Chen Ruiwen with his whip, "I'm a serious general, how could I be as filthy as you say?"
"Report!"
At this moment, a soldier came galloping over on horseback. When he got close, he dismounted and reported, "General, the army ahead encountered a woman who claimed to be an old friend of yours."
Chen Ruiwen and the other man couldn't help but chuckle and looked at each other. They just said they would get someone to warm the Marshal's bed, and now someone is delivered to their door?
"Old friend?" Jia Cong was stunned. Although he had been in this world for several years, he didn't know many people. At least he couldn't remember where this old friend came from in Chengdu Prefecture.
"Only one woman?" Jia Cong asked.
"The woman is dressed as a nun, and she is accompanied by a maid and ten female guards." The soldier said immediately.
"Miaoyu?" Jia Cong raised his eyebrows. With the way she was dressed, it seemed that he only knew Miaoyu, whom he had met once in Suzhou!
Chen Ruiwen chuckled and said to Xie Jing in a lewd tone, "Miaoyu? This name is really wonderful."
