The winter in Liaodong this year came earlier. It was just August. The wind in the valley was like a knife clamped. Even if Pei Xingjian wrapped the cotton coat tightly on his body, he still felt a biting chill. Although this place was a valley, it not only could not avoid the wind, but there was also a mountain wind passing through the valley, making people feel that their whole body was numb.

However, Pei Xingjian still patrolled the valley in the cold wind. There were two thousand Tang troops hidden in this valley, and the one who led the troops was Su Dingfang. According to the news they received, a team of grain transporters would pass by near the valley tomorrow, and their purpose was to burn the grain from the grain transporters.

In recent years, Su Dingfang has been sending troops to harass Goguryeo. At the beginning, the simplest and most rude method was to directly break into Goguryeo and destroy the soon-to-be-ripening grain. After all, many grain fields are connected together, and when they are about to be mature, they are relatively dry. Just one fire can cause great losses.

However, Goguryeo has learned lessons in the past two years, and began to station heavy troops in some grain-producing areas, and even built some simple fortresses on major transportation roads. It can be said that it has invested a lot of capital, but there is nothing we can do about it, because Goguryeo not only has external troubles of the Tang Dynasty, but also has constant internal disputes. In addition, natural disasters and other reasons, it is extremely short of food. If Su Dingfang was allowed to destroy this way, it would be impossible for the Tang Dynasty to attack and they would fall down themselves.

These practices in Goguryeo also added a lot of trouble to Su Dingfang. It became very difficult to set fire to burn Goguryeo's grain. So he changed his practice this year and no longer focused on the growing grain in the fields, but on the transportation after harvest. After all, the core of Goguryeo is Pyongyang, and after harvesting these grains on the border, they have to be transported in the northeast direction. To destroy the grain of a transport team, it is almost equivalent to destroying hundreds of fertile fields.

This valley is relatively hidden, but the people of Goguryeo are also very careful. They have been sending spies to inspect before, so Su Dingfang is also very careful. For example, now that they cannot even raise fire, they are afraid that their traces will be discovered. Pei Xingjian went out to inspect, mainly to see if anyone in the soldiers raised fires and kept warm, or made loud noises, so as not to expose their whereabouts. Not only will the ambush fail, but it may even attract a large number of Goguryeo troops. Maybe they will have to stay here. After all, this place has penetrated into Goguryeo, and it is difficult to escape if they are surrounded.

The two thousand people in the valley were veterans of Su Dingfang. Some of them followed Su Dingfang since the attack on the Turks, and they went deep into Goguryeo once or twice, so these people all knew the rules. At this time, they were all silently staying in the tent, either wiping weapons or chewing dry food in cold water.

Speaking of which, with the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers in the army also enjoyed their happiness. In the past, there was only one kind of dry food in the army, that was, dried bread, which was hard enough to be used as a shield. However, in recent years, the various types of dry food in the army have increased a lot, and ordinary soldiers can also eat jerky meat and the like, and occasionally there are delicious canned food.

After Pei Xingjian walked around the camp, he then asked the soldiers patrolling the outside world, but found no abnormalities. He then returned to the camp with confidence because the army was light and simple to carry as few things as possible. For example, the soldiers below all squeezed into a tent with twenty people, and it can be said that they couldn't even stretch their feet when they lay down.

Pei Xingjian and Su Dingfang also took responsibility for themselves, and they also lived in the same tent. After all, compared to ordinary soldiers, they needed to discuss countermeasures, plan the route of the march, etc., and they had to have a relatively quiet environment.

Pei Xingjian returned to the camp and found that Su Dingfang was drawing a map himself. Speaking of which, this valley was the farthest boundary they entered Goguryeo. There was no map here before, so after arriving here, Su Dingfang began to draw the nearby terrain. If he attacked Goguryeo in the future, it might be useful.

"The map drawn by sir is really standard!" Pei Xingjian walked to Su Dingfang, looked at the map he drew, and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Haha, it's not that I draw well, but that I teach well in the military academy. Speaking of which, the standards for drawing maps were set by the prince consort. As long as the drawings were drawn according to the method he set, there would generally be no big problems." Su Dingfang smiled and said, "He had also studied in the military academy, and the method of drawing maps was taught in the military academy.

"It turned out to be the master of the prince-consort. No wonder the sir painted so well." Pei Xingjian couldn't help but smile again when he heard this.

"By the way, is there any situation outside?" Su Dingfang put down the pen in his hand at this time, then looked up and asked. Although the information he received said that the team carrying grain would pass by tomorrow, it was not ruled out that the other party would pass by one day earlier, so he also installed a lot of spies near the valley. Every time someone would send the situation outside the valley.

"Not yet, and I think it's almost dark, so I guess the other party won't come today!" Pei Xingjian replied immediately. The wind was very strong outside, and the sky was densely covered with dark clouds. In addition, the sky was almost dark, so he estimated that the team carrying grain should camp and rest at this time.

When Su Dingfang heard this, he nodded, then rubbed his stomach and smiled, "I just happened to be hungry, let's have some meals together, otherwise you won't be able to light the lights at night, and you won't be able to find your mouth even if you eat!"

When Pei Xingjian heard Su Dingfang say he wanted to eat, he smiled bitterly, because only he knew what the other party meant. He turned around helplessly and came to the place where he was sleeping, then took out a special container from the things he brought, then put a pack of things in it, and then took out a bottle of cans and put it in, and finally poured water on it. As a result, steaming heat came out of it in a short while.

"Haha~, you are so lucky to have a good fortune in Shuoyou. You actually married a student of the prince-consort. You can really be called a talented and beautiful person. Now we can all have hot meals!" Su Dingfang laughed and praised at this time. Because he could not raise the fire, he usually couldn't even eat hot meals. However, thanks to Pei Xingjian's newlywed wife, they can finally have a hot meal.

"Actually, this method is very simple. It's just that quicklime gets heated when it comes to water. Unfortunately, we didn't expect it before." Pei Xingjian said with a very longing expression when he heard Su Dingfang praise his wife.
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