Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

At the hour of Mao on the sixth morning of the New Year, everyone woke up full of energy after a night's rest.

Bi Yue arranged several people to cook two large pots of porridge in the kitchen, and ordered 1000 meat buns from the system, asking them to heat the buns in the steamer. Half an hour later, the porridge was ready and the buns were hot. Everyone began to line up in an orderly manner, took their own bowls to scoop a large spoonful of porridge, and each person took 5 large meat buns and started eating.

While eating, he exclaimed that the meat buns were so delicious, and he had never eaten such delicious meat buns. Bi Yue observed that some people had a big appetite and finished five buns in a few bites, and then went to get two more.

After eating, he asked everyone to load the food into the car, cover it with oilcloth and start on the road. Since everyone had eaten a full meal in the morning, they walked fast on the road.

At noon, find an open place, stop and boil a large pot of hot water, eat it with pancakes and drink a bowl of hot water, and your lunch is solved.

The two brothers told the 190 people that they would treat everyone to delicious food when they arrived at the military camp, and everyone happily agreed.

The system's voice came, "Zhu Jingtang's troops captured Baishui City yesterday and are now resting in the city."

"Oh! Not bad. Knowing that the enemy had no food or winter supplies, they stepped up their siege. I helped him secretly so as not to waste it."

Biyue rode to the Luochen brothers and told them that Zhu Jingtang had captured Baishui City and was now resting in the city.

The two brothers were also happy for General Zhu. Once they arrived in the city, the large army could set up camp and would not be exposed to the cold wind in the tents outside.

The two brothers asked everyone to continue their journey in the afternoon and told everyone, "Let's go to Baishui City tonight and have a good meal."

Everyone was very happy. First, Baishui City was taken, and second, they could finally go into the city and have a good rest.

After dark, Biyue took out a lot of lanterns and put a red lantern on each car. From a distance, it looked like a long dragon in the night.

The convoy drove until the beginning of the evening at 21 p.m., when they saw the flag of Changping State flying on the Baishui City in the distance, and rows of flags on the parapets fluttering in the night wind.

As we approached the large square outside Baishui City, we could smell the bloody odor all around us. It penetrated everyone's nose and we knew that there had been many great battles here, with more than tens of thousands of soldiers from both sides killed or wounded.

The soldiers patrolling the city walls saw a long dragon-like group of people on the square below. They didn't know whether they were friends or foes, so they shouted, "Who are you? Tell me your name?"

Bi Yue used her inner strength to transmit her voice, "We are the people of Dachang State, and we have come to deliver military rations and supplies to General Zhu Jingtang."

Bi Yue and the other two rode to the bottom of the city wall and threw a token in their hands up. After receiving the token, the soldiers on the top hurried down to report the situation. After a while, the soldier ran to the city wall and shouted, "You can come in. The city gate below has been opened, and the drawbridge has been lowered slowly. People drove ox carts, mule carts, and horse carts into the city one after another.

The generals and quartermasters in the city were very happy to see so much food and supplies being transported. They warmly received the villagers who brought the food, arranged for them to eat first, and sent many soldiers to help carry the things.

Han Chengzhang handed the account books of food and supplies to the quartermaster. Led by the deputy general, the three of them went to pay respect to the general Zhu Jingtang. When they arrived at the door of a large house, Han Chengzhang said to the guard at the door, "Please inform them that Han Chengzhang, the fifth-rank Ningyuan general, pays respect to the general."

Biyue thought: It turns out that Luochen’s second brother is a fifth-rank general, a position that is neither high nor low. He must have been promoted when he returned to Beijing this time.

The soldier who went in to report came out and told the three people to go in.

Entering the hall, sitting at the top was the majestic general Zhu Jingtang. He was in his sixties, tall, with gray hair, but with an upright posture, a rosy face, and was in a good mood.

There were eight generals sitting on both sides. Everyone saw three young men coming in. After they came in, the three men saluted the general, and then saluted the other generals. They ordered several soldiers to bring three chairs and let the three men sit down.

The quartermaster came in to report, "This time, General Han and his two men brought more than 10 kilograms of food, as well as 20 sets of cotton-padded clothes and trousers, some meat and vegetables, charcoal, and so on.

Zhu Jingtang laughed, "If you bring all these supplies here, how will your army survive the winter?"

“Don’t worry, General. We have captured Shangyou City and we can provide you with food and clothing.

"Cheng Zhang, go back and tell your father that I thank him for his support. Although I have captured Baishui City, there is no food or supplies in the city. No wonder our army took the city without much effort the day before yesterday.

Before the city was captured, the north gate was open, and many residents in the city fled quietly with their families. They knew that the city would be captured sooner or later. The residents of Ulan were afraid that we would kill them after the city was captured, so they all fled for their lives.

When we first came in, we were also wondering why the city seemed to have been looted. Now that we have come in, it is indeed the case. If you do not send us supplies, so many of us soldiers will be left in this empty city without food or water. These supplies are really timely rain."

Then he instructed a guard beside him, "Go and arrange a yard for the three of them to stay tonight."

"Yes, General." After the guards retreated.

Zhu Jingtang said to Bi Yue and his two brothers below: "You have worked hard in escorting grain and grass these days. Eat something and rest early. We will discuss anything tomorrow."

The three stood up and bowed to Zhu Jingtang, saying, "Thank you, General, for your consideration."

Another guard took the three of them to the dining hall to eat. When they walked out of the hall and outside the courtyard, Bi Yue said to the guard, "I want to rest first and skip the meal."

After saying goodbye to the three people, he found the courtyard arranged for him and the Luo Chen brothers with the help of the system, and met the guard at the door.

He saw Bi Yue was alone. "I'll take you in to find the yard for the three of you. We've only been in the city for two days, so some places haven't been cleaned up yet. Please choose a room and clean it up. The quilt is in the closet in the room."

"Okay, thank you, big brother guard, you can go and get busy."

After the guards left, Bi Yue used her skills to tidy up three rooms and made out the quilts. She then went to the washroom outside the bedroom, took out a bucket of water and toiletries from the locker, washed herself, went into her room, took out a bottle of milk and started drinking.

Then he lay on the bed and thought that he would leave here tomorrow. He still had a lot of things to do. After leaving tomorrow, he would go to another county to find his fourth uncle, stay with his fourth uncle for two days, and then return to Shangyou City to help Han Shaoqing seize Jingguo.