Husband, Have Dinner

Outside Qingzhou city.

The dark blue night is already in the east, the setting sun sinks to the west, disappearing into the mountains, and there is still red afterglow in the sky near the sunset. As the light disappears on the horizon, the wind rises and the temperature drops.

Cold weather.

Suddenly, the soldiers who had prepared for a long time ignited the bonfire piled up in the field, illuminating the vicinity of it, and dispelling the cold. Sparks bounced out of the bonfire, and the straw slapped occasionally in the fire.

One bonfire, two bonfires...

The soldiers made bonfires in places where the fire could not reach them. They didn't build much. They only burned the bonfire in one field, while the other half of the field was still immersed in the twilight.

After doing all this, they returned to Qingzhou City.

"Will such a move be useful?" someone asked softly.

During the day, they were in groups of ten, wrapped from head to toe, tightly, even in the cool season after autumn, they were also sweating. They were responsible for confronting the locusts in front, and some of them were caught flying with nets in the back. The locusts, the nets they used, had small meshes and thick nets. Migratory locusts could not escape from the nets in a short time. They only wiped out the tip of the iceberg. Facing the huge swarm of locusts, they couldn't help but feel desperate.

"Yes, that's the son of Lord Hou. Since Lord Hou left the son in Qingzhou City, the orders he gave will always be useful." Another person soothed.

"Hurry up and put on the cotton-padded clothes. The weather is cold at night. Beware of colds." Another soldier reminded them. "I heard the captain said that after changing defenses, I can get a bowl of broth to warm up. Go out of town to continue."

The Founding Hou left a few days ago. Before leaving, he left Pei Shuo, the first son of the Founding Hou, in Qingzhou with the soldiers and continued to kill locusts. There was an army of 150,000 who left with Pei Zhengwen.

There are only less than a thousand soldiers remaining in Qingzhou City.

It’s not too much. In the face of locusts that are far more numerous than them, this is not enough. If it is less, Qingzhou City suddenly has a thousand more people. Food and other accommodations need to be arranged. Fortunately, Pei’s army and various localities allocate them. The soldiers who came over brought dry food before the army started. For a while, they don’t need to use the food stored in the Qingzhou City Yicang. The prefect wiped off the sweat on his head. The food is not a problem for the time being. It is the turn of the accommodation for these thousand people. Let them stay outside the city, there are locusts outside, don't get bitten and hurt before they rest.

The headache of the prefect was not in Pei Shuo's control. He only asked the soldiers who temporarily belonged to him to eat as well as possible within the limited conditions, get a good rest, and have sufficient energy to kill locusts during the day.

The eradication of locusts is a long process, and they not only want to eradicate the locusts in Qingzhou, but also go all the way north to clean up the locust plagues in the prefectures and counties on the way back to Beijing. There are few people, and they have to race against time. The pressure is very high.

Pei Shuo stood on the tower. There were flying insects and a few migratory locusts flying low around the fire on the brazier, and then fell into the raging fire shortly thereafter. The light of the fire responded to his pupils and watched the bonfire in the field go out from a distance. I hope there will be Effectiveness.

"My son, the chickens, ducks and geese in Qingzhou city and nearby villages are rented and temporarily kept in the corner of the city." Pei Zhengwen's soldiers reported.

"Well, have you selected the soldiers responsible for driving? And the poultry must be separated. Tomorrow morning, see how the vegetation ashes are burned. The places where they have stayed should be boiled with vegetation ashes and hot water and sprayed to prevent the emergence of the plague. "Pei Shuo came back to his senses and arranged in an orderly manner.

When Pei Zheng walked steadily, he took the four of Bobu Chuanyang with him, but left his two cronies to Pei Shuo, lest he had no one to use. The prestige of these two cronies in the army is inferior to Bobu Chuanyang, and they can be controlled below. Soldiers. The saint gave the word to Pei Shuo, but Pei Zhengwen hadn't been listed on the matter of Chengjue, so they called Pei Shuo the son instead of the son.

Pei Shuo didn't close his eyes for almost the whole night, and the clapper knocked several times, and a certain rooster sang the first sound before dawn.

The city gate opened slowly.

With a lantern hung on the tip of a soldier's gun, countless chickens, ducks and geese were driven behind by soldiers with pastoral experience, croaking all the way out of the city. Behind them were a thousand soldiers.

"Huh...?" There was a mysterious feeling.

At this time, the bonfire outside the city had already been extinguished. Pei Shuo first ordered them to reignite the bonfire, and then arranged for someone to burn the ashes.

"There seems to be burnt meat inside?" The soldier in charge of lighting the bonfire approached and asked about a burning smell. While the fire was still not strong, they leaned closer to look, "Oh, god, so many locusts!"

There were many locusts in more than one place, and several bonfires.

"My mother said, the locusts are delicious, especially its legs. It has a bit of meaty taste. I remember, I also tasted it when I was a child, but it really only has minced meat. When you are greedy, you can beat the teeth...well, but these Forget it, the burnt taste is not good."

"..."

Use the stalks stacked on the edge of the ridge to burn the ashes, boil the water with the ashes, and sprinkle them on the banks of the river-where they can’t reach but there are locust eggs, they can be disinfected and killed; in addition, the ashes are distributed to farmers. During the process of plowing and ploughing the land, they sprinkled the ash, which kills locusts and disinfects on the one hand, on the other hand plays a role in planting fertilizer on the soil.

The poultry grazing in the wild seemed to find that they were free, and they ran happily in the field, pecking and pecking, but they didn’t find any grains of wheat on the stalks, and their pace slowed down, but they quickly took aim. Prey-locusts resting on the leaves.

The locusts with wings contaminated with dew do not fly high. Even if they find themselves in a dangerous situation, it is too late at this time. They have acted as a blessing and harmed food for so many days, and finally they have become a Chinese meal for poultry.

At dawn, the lively poultry were full, dozed and drowsy on the spot, only a few were clucking non-stop.

At this time, the soldiers found that the number of locusts in the outskirts was more than half the number of yesterday!

For example, if there were ten large swarms of black locusts yesterday, there are only five or six swarms left today!

The workload was suddenly reduced a lot.

The midnight bonfire and poultry were indispensable, but the person who brought up all this was Pei Shuo, the son of the general.

After staying in Qingzhou for two or three days, most of the locusts have been wiped out. He left the way to deal with locusts to the prefect, grazing poultry, digging up locust eggs, plowing and plowing and sprinkling grass and wood ash. The locust eggs will grow into a new batch of locusts and come back in the coming year.

After the explanation, he led the team to continue to advance in the direction of Beijing.

Regardless of whether there is anyone who is still unconvinced, on the face of it, no one has questioned Pei Shuo's inability to serve as the temporary commander.

Minimize the casualties of soldiers, and use a variety of methods to reduce their burden. After nightfall, there is a pot of fragrant stewed chicken waiting for them, the fat hen, the soup noodles is floating with a layer of yellow chicken fat, the flames simmer the hen so soft, it can be torn apart with a little force, and sprinkled. Put a little bit of salt, it's cold, and a bowl of warm soup is in the stomach. It's especially comfortable, and the whole body is warm. If it is not enough, come to a few fried locusts to fight the teeth.

It's not particularly difficult to eradicate locusts.

The soldiers were very satisfied.

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