Chapter 28, Doraemon’s Floating City
Yanjin County, Ligudu
As an important Yellow River crossing in the north of Bianliang, as early as the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it was already a battleground for military strategists fighting from the north to the south. The mighty Yellow River flows through the north of this town, making this place the only way for Song people to go north from Beijing. The town is divided into a checkerboard shape by several crisscrossing rammed earth roads. There are thousands of houses stretching for miles, and there are more than a hundred inns and hotels. Business travelers and tourists from all directions come and go in an endless stream. The main houses of each family are all large tile-roofed houses of the same color, which are spacious and spacious. They are much better than the people in other places. This shows the wealth of the townspeople.
But this small town, which was prosperous due to business and travel, has now been burned down by the violent Jurchens like many villages in Hebei and the Central Plains. Burnt corpses can be seen everywhere in the ruins of the walls, and a unique stench of decayed bones still permeates the air and refuses to dissipate. There was silence among the huge ruins, not even the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs. More than two months had passed, and the entire town seemed to still be stuck in the moment of the massacre.
Looking at the decaying ruins and rotting corpses everywhere, and feeling the cruelty of war firsthand, everyone had to turn around and leave the town to station in the suburbs. What surprised Wang Qiu was that Nobi Nobita, a primary school student, faced such a situation. What a hideous and ugly corpse with severed arms, although his face is a bit pale , the legs and feet were a little weak, but they did not vomit or faint, showing an extraordinary psychological quality... But Wang Qiu recalled the number of times Nobi Nobita's five-member team saved various worlds and defeated various demon kings over the years. , it seems that I can feel relieved...
The sky had cleared up at this time, and the rare winter sunshine fell on the earth through the cracks between the lead-gray clouds, but it could not bring much warmth to the shivering travelers. Of course, a few officers could find a shelter from the wind and warm themselves by the fire. But the soldiers were busy. Dozens of horses were led to the roadside, their saddles and saddles were loosened, and they lowered their heads to eat the hay collected by the soldiers on the spot and the bean cakes and wheat bran they carried with them.
Several other soldiers took out some paper bags from the bags under the saddles, which were filled with military portable dry rations of the Song Dynasty standard. The cooked and sun-dried japonica rice is ground and pressed into shaped rice cakes. Served with a small bag of salty tempeh, which is as salty as salt cubes, it is the military ration that a Song Army soldier eats for one meal - this kind of rice cake has been around for a long time. It was mentioned in the "Qi Min Yao Shu" during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Called "embarrassing", it even spread to Japan, which also uses rice as its main crop, and became a food often carried by Japanese travelers during the Heian period.
Of course, like all military rations, this rice cake actually doesn't taste good. It's dry, astringent, and difficult to swallow. So when conditions permit, the cooks will put it in a pot, add water to boil it into a paste, and then add some wild vegetables or pickles before scooping it out and giving it to the soldiers... At this moment, several soldiers were pouring the rice into the pot. Put the cakes, salted black beans and water into a small pot, put it on the fire and stew, occasionally cutting a piece of vinegar cloth and throwing it in to stir.
——In addition to the production of portable military rations such as "糗" and salted black bean paste, in the logistics department of the Song Army, there is also a method of soaking coarse cloth in vinegar, which is to soak the coarse cloth in vinegar, dry it and carry it with you, and cut it when needed. Put a small piece into the pot and you can drink the soup with vinegary taste.
It can be seen that the logistics thinking of the Song Dynasty army has far exceeded the limitations of the times and is almost modern.
It is a pity that such an "advanced" army with sophisticated ordnance, complete logistics, generous salaries, organizational structure and military strategies that are far ahead of the times can never defeat those whose logistics and equipment basically rely on robbery, tactics and command. Barbarians who rely on instinct...
Of course, the above-mentioned seemingly high-end and high-end period military portable rations are actually junk food for vulgar soldiers to satisfy their hunger. As a pampered scholar-bureaucrat of the Song Dynasty, Qin Hui, the censor Zhongcheng who served as the supervisor of the army, would not despise such poor food even when he was away from home. Next to the burning fire, the servants had spread a felt blanket in front of him and set up a table. There was a plate of candied fruits and glutinous rice "fruits" carved with flowers, as well as a few pieces of freshly baked sesame cakes. At the same time, a frozen blue raw chicken was poured with sauce and pierced on the barbecue grill. The roasting was full of delicious aroma.
Seeing that the roast chicken would not be cooked for a while, Qin Hui first ate candied fruits and a piece of cooking cake filled with dried meat to satisfy his hunger. A pot of hot lamb wine was quickly served. Qin Hui picked up the jug, filled a cup for himself, then took a sip and smacked his lips with satisfaction - genuine lamb wine, milky white in color, refreshing and delicious, with full stamina, is the perfect way to ward off the cold when traveling in winter. things. It can only be drunk in the 72 main stores in Kaifeng Prefecture in the whole world. Therefore, when Qin Hui learned that he was going to be the supervisor of the army, he immediately sent people to buy a lot of it.
Just when Qin Hui drank a few glasses of lamb wine and felt a warmth slowly rising up his throat, he saw Guo Jing, the Great Immortal Guo, holding his hands and slowly walking down the river embankment in front of him, his face full of dissatisfaction. The look of joy... After seeing this, he quickly dropped the food and drinks at hand, stood up from the fire, saluted Guo Jing, the real protector of the country, and asked how the road conditions ahead were, and whether he could continue heading north.
"...It's really difficult! Now the Yellow River has turned into a valley! Only monkeys can climb across it!" Guo Jing replied with a sigh.
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Speaking of which, the sudden cessation of the Yanjin section of the Yellow River was actually the fault of the travelers such as Guo Jing, Doraemon and others.
——Before, Doraemon used the [Weather Controller] to mess up the weather, forcing the temperature in Bianliang, Tokyo, to soar to more than 40 degrees in a freezing day of minus 18 degrees. The Bianliang section of the Yellow River, which was frozen in the severe cold, melted and thawed extremely quickly.
But the problem is that although the lower reaches of the river have melted, the upper reaches are still frozen for thousands of miles... What's even worse is that at this time, the Yellow River was silted up by silt, and it had become an above-ground river, and the tributaries on both sides could not The inflow depends entirely on water from upstream, making the water level very low in the dry season. The melted snow water in the lower reaches quickly dried up, while the frozen upper reaches had no water to replenish it. As a result, the rivers starting from Zhongmou in Henan Province dried up and stopped flowing.
However, a rare winter flood broke out in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, turning it into a snow-capped frozen swamp. Because it is far away from Bianliang, the section of the Yellow River near the mouth of the Yellow River has not thawed, and the melted river water has to Surge up toward the ice... and then it floods.
Of course, this small flood is nothing compared to the burning, killing, looting and looting of the Jin soldiers.
Closer to home, since the river in this section of Ligudu has dried up, and the upper and lower reaches have been frozen again, it has become a dry river bed. Therefore, if Guo Jing's "Mini Northern Expeditionary Army" does not want to take a detour, they will have to climb down the steep embankment and cautiously step through the mud that is enough to sink pedestrians - although the mud at the bottom of the river is still solid due to the severe winter. , but no one knows if there is any place that is not frozen solid, and will sink as soon as you step on it - and then climb back up the steep river embankment on the opposite side, the difficulty is simply no less than rock climbing. If there were only a few agile scouts and special forces, then it might be possible. But if you still have to hold the horse and drag the baggage cart... I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult.
That's why Zongze previously suggested that Guo Jing and others go a hundred miles upstream to make a detour so that they could cross the river on the ice.
However, for Doraemon, who has a universal pocket and magical props, these troubles are just trivial matters worth mentioning.
"...It's okay, it's okay! Since we can't walk on the ground, let's fly over from the sky! It just so happens that I'm tired from walking all the way"
Doraemon said this calmly, while Nobi Nobita quickly nodded in agreement - although with the help of [Universal Reins] and [Momotaro Brand Taming Ball], after riding for two days in a row, he still let this person use The primary school students who are used to the "Random Door" find it a bit overwhelming. Their legs are so painful that they are limping when they walk... They have been complaining for a long time.
"...Fly over there? This is a good idea! But do you have any extra [Bamboo Dragonflies]? And these Song Dynasty people may not be able to use them!"
While Wang Qiu agreed with this, he also expressed cautious concerns. As far as he knew, Doraemon had just accidentally destroyed his last spare bamboo dragonfly in the fierce adventure of the World Hive Base in "Resident Evil" , but I haven’t had time to buy new bamboo dragonflies to supplement them.
"...Don't use a petty thing like a bamboo dragonfly! This time, let's play with something big!" Doraemon, with a smug expression on his face, took out the set of [Condensation] that created the "Kingdom of Clouds" Cloud Spray] and [Fully Automatic Universal Engineering Machinery], "...let's go out and build a flying war castle!"