Chapter 818: A Handsome Man Will Always Have the Support of God
Time flies.
It is already the hot summer.
Xuanwu City has completely got on the right track.
The original plan was to recruit 40,000 soldiers. Although only more than 20,000 people have been recruited now, after several months of training, these people are already able to go to the battlefield!
Half of the water from Baishan River has been diverted, and it is estimated that it will be diverted to Xuanwu City before winter.
But what makes Ning Chen headache is that it has not rained for two months, and the crops are not growing well... If it doesn't rain again, I'm afraid there will be no harvest this year.
Ning Chen has made preparations to transfer grain from Wu State for disaster relief.
The situation in the world is changing.
The border of Daxuan South was broken by Kang Luo and his men, occupying the 100-mile long corridor.
The army has already approached Yangcheng.
Yangcheng is the fief of King Xiang. The princes of the previous generation died or grew old. King Xiang is one of the few remaining old princes.
When he returned to Beijing to rescue the emperor, he climbed the city wall with three arrows, which was Yangzhou.
So, the wall of Yangzhou is not high. After all, there are only 30,000 defenders in Yangzhou City.
The new emperor is now in a state of panic.
However, it is not without benefits for Kang Luo to break in. At least during this period, the new emperor did not mention the matter of letting King Wu lead the army to conquer Gaoli Kingdom.
Because to conquer Gaoli Kingdom, you have to go out from the southern border.
Now the Baili Long Corridor has been occupied by Kang Luo. If you want to conquer Gaoli Kingdom, you must first defeat the Nanyue army.
Kang Luo even boasted that he would reach Daxuan Capital in three months.
Daxuan Palace, Yangxin Palace.
"Damn it, how dare he do this? It's too much, it's too much..."
The roar of the new emperor came from Yangxin Palace.
Zong Yue looked calm. This kind of incompetent rage has been happening almost every day recently.
In the palace, Zong Sibai and others knelt on the ground, listening to the new emperor's rage.
"Right Prime Minister, what did you do?"
Zong Sibai trembled and said, "This old minister knows his crime!"
Zuo Xingwei rebelled.
Zuo Xingwei was recommended by Zong Sibai, who said that his ability to lead troops was not inferior to Tong Yuanzhou.
As a result, the 250,000-man army was defeated by Kang Luo in one encounter. Not only were countless casualties, but 100,000 were captured.
This was only the first battle.
The second battle was that Kang Luo took advantage of the opportunity for two months, and then suddenly launched a siege on a rainy night, breaking through the border gate overnight.
Zuo Xingwei directly led 20,000 soldiers to surrender.
The Daxuan soldiers were still very brave. The rest of the soldiers swore to fight and retreated... When they retreated to Yangcheng, only 50,000 to 60,000 people were left.
Kang Luo directly sent someone to send a letter to the new emperor, asking the new emperor to issue an order to open the gate of Yangcheng and welcome him into the city... Otherwise, he would be able to reach Daxuan Capital in three months.
The new emperor was almost angry to death and was furious every day.
.......
Ning Chen also knew the news, but he just sneered.
He didn't have time to care about these now, because he was also in big trouble.
It has not rained for more than two months, and there is a locust plague in the grassland outside the city.
The locusts are overwhelming, and the grass has become bare wherever they pass.
The more than 10,000 war horses of the Ning'an Army are fed by the grassland outside the city, and now the grass has been eaten by locusts.
The key is that locusts have also appeared in the farmland in the city.
Ning Chen has been busy buying ducks these days.
He wants to use the duck army to kill the locusts.
At the same time, he asked for help from his wife, the empress.
Now, tens of thousands of ducks are on the way.
A few days later, more than 20,000 ducks were put on the grassland.
"Brother Duck, it's up to you... If you can kill the locusts, I will never eat roast duck again."
Ning Chen is painting a rosy picture for the duck army.
Pan Yucheng looked at the dense army of ducks, his face full of worry, "Will this method work?"
Ning Chen smiled and said, "Of course!"
"Why not use chickens?"
"If we use chickens, Old Feng will be angry with me. He is now the head of the chicken."
Pan Yucheng was confused, what does it mean?
Ning Chen smiled and said, "Ducks have a large appetite, strict military discipline, and will not run around... We can just push them over.
The Baishan River is about to be led here. When the ducks are full, they can go down to swim to digest their food."
Twenty thousand duck soldiers rushed forward in a mighty manner.
The locusts were disturbed and flew all over the sky, so huge that people's scalps numbed.
Everyone present also saw the ability of the duck soldiers, eating one locust in one bite, and eating it crisply.
"Yuan Long."
"I'm here!"
Ning Chen said, "Don't just rely on the duck army. Let the soldiers catch locusts. Remember, catch the green ones... Don't touch locusts of other colors, they are poisonous!"
Locusts are divided into solitary and gregarious.
Solitary locusts are mostly green and can be eaten.
Greedy locusts are not. Under the stimulation of high-density environments, the genes of gregarious locusts will change. In addition to the color change, toxins will also be produced in the body.
Yuan Long immediately mobilized soldiers to catch locusts.
"Yuan Long, this is left to you. You must take good care of the duck army."
"Yes!"
When Ning Chen left, he carried a large bag of locusts.
Back to Ning Mansion, Ning Chen handed the locusts to Pan Yucheng, "Old Pan, send them to the kitchen, let them fry them in oil, and then sprinkle them with fine salt."
Pan Yucheng looked at him with horror, "You are not going to eat this thing?"
Ning Chen nodded, "It's delicious. This thing is simply amazing with wine."
"This, this can be eaten?"
"Of course, this thing has more than 70% protein, and there are various amino acids..." Ning Chen saw Pan Yucheng's confused face, shrugged and said: "Anyway, it's good for the body, go!"
This thing was sold at a high price in the previous life.
Ning Chen once had an insect feast with his comrades, and it cost more than a thousand dollars.
.......
At dinner, everyone looked at the plate of insects on the table with disgust.
Ning Chen picked up one and put it in his mouth, and it was crispy.
The chef's skills are good, and it is fried very crispy!
"It smells good, everyone try it, it's pure natural and pollution-free, I guarantee you won't say a word after eating it!"
Everyone shook their heads and declined.
"Forget it if you don't want to eat it, you don't even eat something with such high nutritional value... Then I won't be polite!"
Ning Chen ate one by one, and it smelled so good.
Feng Qi couldn't help his curiosity, so he took one and looked at it for a long time. Then he mustered up the courage to put it in his mouth and chewed it for a few times, and his eyes lit up.
"It smells good, the more I chew it, the better it smells..."
He said as he took a sip of wine, looking very happy.
Seeing this, the others were also curious and mustered up the courage to try it.
They ate one without saying a word, it smells so good!
A plate of locusts was quickly eaten up.
Ning Chen asked the kitchen to make two more plates, anyway, he brought back a lot today.
Boom! ! !
Ning Chen and his friends were drinking, and suddenly there was thunder outside.
Ning Chen ran out, only to see dark clouds in the sky.
"Hahaha... It's going to rain..."
Everyone was so happy.
It hasn't rained for more than two months. If it doesn't rain again, there will be no harvest this year.
"Old Pan, go find Yuan Long and tell him to let the ducks eat the locusts tomorrow morning while they are unable to fly in the rain."
Ning Chen touched his face and muttered narcissistically: "As expected, handsome men are blessed by heaven!"