choke element

Chapter 196

It turned out that Lu Han came to deliver food just now, and when he went to the tent of the Chinese army, he didn't see Guo Ning, only the case collapsed and the documents rolled everywhere.Although she doesn't participate in military affairs, she also knows that the Mongolian army has been suppressing the border recently. She immediately thought that something serious happened, and rushed out to find Guo Ning's trace.

Fortunately, the soldiers were all familiar with her and showed her the way, and the Dao Jieshuai seemed in a good mood, so Lu Han felt a little relieved.Even so, her cheeks were slightly flushed, and the sweat on her forehead was glistening.

Guo Ning felt a little guilty.He held Lu Han's hand, wanted to say something, and finally said: "The steamed cake is really delicious, very sweet!"

Lu Han's cooking skills have not improved much.After all, this girl was born in northern Xinjiang, and she has never enjoyed happiness or wealth in her life.She couldn't even dream of the tricks of high-ranking officials in the imperial court, including the way of frying, grilling, broiling, and deep-frying.

So even if you cook, the only things you can take out are steamed cakes and other foods that are really filling.

A while ago, Guo Ning sent troops to break down the stockades of powerful families in many places and seized their wealth.After all, he is a Jiedushi, and the people below have their own filial piety. For example, there are several cans of luxury goods such as icing sugar in the old small camp.Lu Han didn't know how expensive this thing was, so he scooped out a spoonful of it every day as a prize, rewarding those children who could learn words faster or practice martial arts with heart.

Now I'm making steamed cakes for Guo Ning, it seems that Lu Han also put some icing sugar on it, it's very sweet.

The sweet smell wafted in the wind, and even a few army horses could smell it.

Guo Ning's yellow pussy horse was used by Hu Shahu to win over Pucha Liujin, a heavy general under his command. It was produced in the interior of Northeast China.

Huang Puma smelled the steamed cakes, immediately abandoned the fodder, and moved closer to the side of the stable to rub against it.Looking at it from an angle, it tried its best to stretch its neck and licked Guo Ning's cheek.

Guo Ning was holding Lu Han's hand, but he didn't pay attention to it for a while, so Huang Puma stretched out his tongue again, and licked the half piece of steamed cake that Guo Ning bit at the corner of his mouth.

Guo Ning was taken aback, opened his mouth to scold, and the steamed cake fell down.Huang Puma rolled his tongue, rolled up all the steamed cakes, and wiped the saliva all over Guo Ning's face by the way.

Lu Han couldn't help laughing.

Guo Ning also laughed, and when he was about to reach out and dig into the food box, Lu Han patted him on the arm: "Find a place, wipe your face, sit down and eat!"

After all, Guo Ning took out another steamed pancake, still holding it in his mouth.

The stables were full of dunghills and fermenting hay, and the smell was unpleasant, but the two didn't care.

Guo Ning bit the steamed cake and looked left and right, and picked a haystack.He sat up with Lu Han, put the food box between them, and called Zhao Jue and Wang Kouer over.

"See! Steamed cakes! Try them all!"

Zhao Jue has always been strict, he bowed his thanks, took some cakes, and stood outside the stable.Wang Kouer was a little terrified and dared not sit down.Lu Han didn't force him, just said: "Uncle Wang, let's take a few cakes, and the province's Ma Laoliu seems to be looking around as a thief outside."

In Tunpu, Haicang Town, there is another steward in charge of other large animals, a villager who was taken in by Guo Ning in the camp of Feijunhe, and his name is Ma Laoliu.Seeing Guo Ning here, he wanted to come up to flatter him, but he had always been in awe of Lu Han, so he didn't dare to approach him, and only poked his head outside the stable.

Wang Kouer thanked him a few words, took the cake, and proudly went to show off to Ma Laoliu.

Guo Ning was opening the food box, dipping steamed cakes with green onion and leek sauce to eat. Hearing what Lu Han said, he asked with some doubts: "Isn't this old Wang? When did you get married and become your Uncle Wang?"

Lu Han lowered his head, rolled his eyes at Guo Ning and said, "Wang Kouer has a beautiful daughter named Wang Weiniang, do you know?"

"How would I know?" Guo Ning stared blankly.

"It was the last time..." Lu Han started, seeing that Guo Ning was completely clueless, so he didn't go into details.She turned to ask, "You have a powerful general named Li Ting, do you know?"

Guo Ning nodded again and again: "That's natural...huh?"

He reacted: "You mean, Li Ting has a crush on Wang Kouer's daughter?"

"In two months, if a good day can be picked, Wang Kouer will become Li Erlang's father-in-law! Is it inappropriate for me to call him Uncle Wang?"

"It's appropriate, it's appropriate. It's just that you call him that, like I have an elder, and I'm not used to it."

Lu Han blushed a little: "I call myself mine, what does it have to do with Liu Lang. You can still call him Old Wang."

"Haha, that's fine."

Although his status is high, Guo Ning has never adapted to the life of a high-ranking official, and always regards himself as a warrior in the frontier.After walking around the barracks twice and chatting with the soldiers, he felt much more relaxed, and now he had an appetite and ate voraciously.

Not long after, he ate all the remaining steamed cakes in the food box, Lu Han handed over the water bag again, Guo Ning gulped down half of the bag, exhaled, and patted his stomach.

Lu Han watched Guo Ning eat and drink with a smile. At this time, he put away the food box and prepared to go out.

Guo Ning stopped her.

"how?"

"Are you going outside?"

"Yes, a lot of strong men have been transferred away, and the fortifications of the outer camps are urgent and urgent. Some old people and women are also going to work at the moment. If I am here, many things will be easier to handle." Lu Han thought for a while, and raised his hand. Raising Liu eyebrows, he said: "Besides, didn't you announce to the public that you led the troops to Yidu? I show my face here, and it can also make people feel at ease."

"...Alright." Guo Ning nodded.

Because Guo Ning put the military base in Haicang Town, the most ordinary people gathered in the outskirts of Haicang Town.

In the past few days, almost all the people have been dispatched to expand the fortifications in the outer circle of Haicang Tunbao.

The fortifications are in the form of double trenches and double walls in accordance with the specifications of the northern boundary trench.From the inside to the outside, it consists of four parts: the main wall, the inner moat, the auxiliary wall and the outer moat.The width of the entire camp is about ten feet, and the two trenches are in the shape of an inverted trapezoid, and the sand and soil taken out during the trench digging were directly built into the walls.

The common people were divided into two shifts, and they took turns to work and eat and rest. After only three days, most of the trenches were completed.At the moment, many people are chopping bamboo and wood, inserting stakes at the bottom of the trench, and a group of people are turning towards the port, building a corridor between the port and the camp, relying on the high ground.

Naturally, the amount of work was huge. Guo Ning hadn't been out of the Tunbao for the past few days. He also heard that people were almost killed outside several times, and some people fainted from exhaustion due to excessive urging.

But the Mongolian army will arrive at any time, and the defense facilities in Laizhou must be completed as soon as possible. There is really no way.

Laizhou is different from Yidu. The territory is flat and there is no danger to defend. The only thing to rely on is the sea.

Therefore, Guo Ning's layout in Laizhou is also based on the coast, starting from Haicang Town in the west, and consisting of many cities and fortresses in the town of Sanshan Port from east to west, as if moving the Great Wall of the Great Wall in the northern border of the Kingdom of Jin to Shandong.

The Jiehao Great Wall established by the Kingdom of Jin in northern Xinjiang has many different specifications and strategies from previous dynasties.The high-ranking Jurchen officials who built the boundary trench had a deep understanding of the cavalry of the nomads on the grasslands. At that time, the Kingdom of Jin itself also had a powerful cavalry field group.Therefore, the entire project of Jiehao Great Wall did not follow the principle of setting up danger on the border and using the river as a fortress. Instead, many border forts were built on the gentle slope platform on the north side of the mountain.

These gentle slope terraces, combined with the rear ridge, are enough to delay and deter the nomads' attack, and the gentle slope itself, as well as the many passes, beacons, post shops, and roads behind the gentle slope, are also conducive to the mobilization of the Jin army's cavalry, and the enemy will be lazy to return.

The planning of the entire boundary trench defense line is undoubtedly effective.Now the military collapse of Dajin in northern Xinjiang is not the responsibility of the defense line, but the mediocre people who command the battle in the defense line.

Now Guo Ning has also copied this pattern in Laizhou.

A series of forts located by the sea acted as points of defense as well as launching points of attack.The high ground platform by the sea and the vast sea can restrict the offensive of the Mongolian army, and the elite navy can rely on the fortress to prepare for a strong counterattack.

The small and solid structure of the fortress itself made it difficult for the Mongolian army to figure out the real strength of each fortress and make targeted defenses.

It's no use figuring it out.Because most of the fortresses had ports or stretches of muddy beaches behind them, Guo Ning used his own fleet to mobilize troops to wander around many fortresses to find the weak points of the Mongols.

More importantly, the Mongols would not want to figure out anything.Because in their eyes, everything is very clear, Guo Ning's headquarters is not in Laizhou, but in Yidu, so they can gallop boldly, there is nothing to worry about.

Seeing Lu Han heading towards the main gate of Tunbao, Guo Ning called her again.

"What's the matter?" Lu Han asked.

"Well...there is going to be a war, so be careful."

(End of this chapter)