The other two young men on the carriage were named Li Yu and Li Shan. They were only eleven or two years old. Naturally, they could become apprentices because their families were wealthier than Li Yan's. There were only twelve or three families in their village.
The three teenagers were naturally very familiar with each other. As the scenery on the roadside continued to change, the boy's temperament emerged. The slowly depressed mood was replaced by the freshness brought by the scenery flashing by the roadside. The two began to talk.
, As the scenes on the roadside continued to change, Li Yu and Li Shan gradually became excited, and their moods began to heat up like the warmer sunshine in the sky. They began to look forward to the future and kept talking loudly.
Li Yan basically remained silent, only occasionally responding or echoing some of their topics. He was in a state of confusion, with all kinds of thoughts running through his mind. He was thinking about the future, his family, and finally, finally, he was thinking about the future.
He secretly made up his mind, "I will do a good job this time and earn more money. When I return to the village, I will build two large courtyards. One is for the third brother so that he can marry a wife; the other is for me to live with my parents and let the third brother have a wife."
The two elders live a good life; during the Chinese New Year and holidays, the three sisters are also brought back, and the family is reunited and never separated again."
This time it was a manifestation of the young man's character. He only considered his third brother to marry a wife, but he spent time alone with his second brother. He did not consider that in that case, he would also have to start a family independently. He was still confused by all kinds of thoughts.
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On the way, Li Guoxin found an opportunity to explain to Li Yan in a low voice, telling him that after joining the army, he should perform well and strive to win the favor of the commander in the army. In this way, he might be assigned to a better barracks, and the Guards might also participate in the defense.
Of course, he only said that it was possible, but basically there would be no such thing. These were considered as reminders, but he was afraid of frightening Li Yan if he said too harshly.
Li Yan was interrupted by Li Guoxin, and he woke up a lot from the confusion. He nodded in a low voice, which made Li Guoxin feel a little more at ease.
After explaining these precautions to Li Yan, Li Guoxin's voice became louder and continued, "Li Yan, if you had joined the Guards, you probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to visit your family in the past few years unless you had achieved military exploits. However,
It is estimated that there is a small chance of making meritorious service when you first join the army. If there are things or letters that need to be sent back, you can leave them with Li Yu or Li Shan. There are often people in the village, so go there every time you ask them to come.
Go there and ask the villagers to pick up any letters or whatever and take them back to the village to give to your parents. In addition, although there are other people in the village working or serving as apprentices in the city, I probably don’t have time to help you find the way today.
But Li Yu and Li Shan can go to the place where they go first. The two of them will pay the fees to the host family at the place where they go. After signing the contract, it will be done soon. It should take a longer time to finalize yours.
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Li Yan heard this and said, "Uncle Guoxin, if there are people coming from the village, just ask them to leave my place. The barracks should be easy to find."
"You kid, how can you think so simply? However, I can't blame you. Those garrison barracks are places where ordinary people can go. I was stunned in the past.
A cross-examination is inevitable, and it would be bad if he was taken into prison as an enemy spy."
"Oh, I don't know about that," Li Yan said in embarrassment, scratching his head after hearing this.
"However, when you have been in the army for a few years or become a senior official, we can go to see you bright and clear, but then you have to get to know your Uncle Guoxin," Li Guoxin said jokingly.
Without waiting for Li Yan to answer, Li Yu rushed to say, "Uncle Guoxin, when I learn how to cook well, every time you come here, I will cook the most delicious food for you for free. It is the most fragrant."
Li Shan also rushed to say, "Uncle Guoxin, when the time comes, I will give your family, um, and every family in the village, the best sickles, hoes, knives, and guns for hunting."
"Haha, okay, okay, from now on our Lijia Village will rely on your generation. With you, when we are old, we can make a pot of wine, eat game, watch the sunrise and sunset on Daqing Mountain, and be happy.
"Li Guoxin laughed loudly.
After the topic started, the carriage suddenly became lively, and Li Yan would say a few words from time to time, eager to participate.
The county seat is to the south of Lijia Village, turning out from the foot of Daqing Mountain, and the carriage goes all the way south. In fact, Lijia Village is located near the main peak of Daqing Mountain, but the mountain range stretches continuously to the south and north with no end in sight.
At noon, they found a shady spot on the roadside and stopped the carriage. Li Guoxin took out the food and asked them to rest and eat some food. Li Yan and the others also took out dry food and other things from their packages and spread them on the ground to eat together.
When I got up, even though it was coarse grain pickles and a little pickled wild animal meat brought from home, I was happy to chat while eating.
Finally around midnight in the afternoon, they arrived outside the county seat. Looking from a distance, they saw a city sitting in a large open land, with the east and west sides of the city wall built against the mountains. The carriage got closer and closer, and when they looked closer, they saw that
The city gate and the city wall are more than thirty feet high. Looking towards the city wall, there are shadowy black figures walking on it. They must be soldiers patrolling the city. A golden flag with the word "Emperor" written on it is fluttering in the wind.
There are three big characters on the city gate: "Qingshan Pass".
The three people in the car, Li Yan, also stopped talking at this time, opened their mouths, and stared blankly at the towering city gate. They had never been here like the adults in the village. They had grown up in the village since childhood, and the farthest place was
We were walking around the village. I had never seen such a majestic building before. When I saw this scene for the first time, I was amazed.
There were not many people going in and out of the city gate at this time, probably because it was already afternoon. Li Guoxin reined in the horse lightly, slowing down the carriage. He turned back to Li Yan and the three of them and said, "The east and west sides of the county are connected to the mountains. Only
There are two city gates in the north and south. The inspection at the north gate is much looser, but the south gate is adjacent to Mengguo, and the inspection is extremely strict. Moreover, the south gate is generally only open for about three hours during the day. Although it is still possible to go south after exiting the south gate.
There is a buffer area of about ten miles to reach the Bangladesh border, but these are
For the cavalry, it is almost a matter of time. Fortunately, the Qingshan Pass connects the mountains to the east and west, so that the enemy's attack direction has only one route to the south. This makes the county town easier to defend and harder to attack. The east and west sides
The mountain is steep and the ridge is narrow. It cannot allow several people and horses to go up at the same time. Even if someone can go up, it will be a problem to attack down the mountain. It is estimated that they will be discovered before they come down, and they will have been shot by the defender's crossbow."
Li Yan and the others looked towards the towering city wall as they were told, but the wall was too high, and they were in the north of the city. From this angle, they could only vaguely see a row of black objects on the east and west sides with their heads raised to the sky, pointing respectively.
At the peaks on both sides.
Li Yan secretly thought to himself, "Uncle Guoxin said that the inspection at the North City Gate is loose, probably because the people who come here are basically from their own country. The rows of black things on the city wall should be
The crossbow was fired. The ridge is so upright and steep. It really can’t accommodate several people on it at the same time. But I can’t go up this kind of mountain. I guess there are two or three people in the village like Uncle Guoxin who can go up.
It's very difficult to go there. If you miss the mark on that mountain, you will probably just roll down and turn into a piece of meat. Even if someone can climb this mountain, if you go down from the top of the mountain and attack the two walls,
, as long as there is a slight movement, the soldiers on the protective wall below must know in advance the sound of gravel falling under their feet. Just a row of crossbow arrows are needed to shoot, and the people above will be shot into hedgehogs. It is really a natural danger.
land".
Li Yu and Li Shan also recovered from the shock at this time and heard Li Guoxin's words. Li Yu asked, "Uncle Guoxin, the city wall is so solid and guarded by soldiers. I think the Meng people must not be able to break into it, right?"
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Li Guoxin looked calm and said, "This is hard to say. I heard that Meng's traitors have invaded several times in the past few years. In one of them, the enemy soldiers had already attacked the city wall. Fortunately, Commander Hong personally went to the city to fight in a bloody battle.
Fang killed the enemy soldiers and drove them back. Later, I heard from the people in the city that the blood flowed all over the city along the city wall. The streets were covered with blood, water and flesh, and there were piles of corpses on the city wall and outside the county town. Although most of them were
Among the enemy troops attacking the city, there are only a small number of people from our dynasty."
When Li Yu and Li Shan heard this, they couldn't help but look pale. They thought that if they were to be apprentices here from now on, they would not only be worried, but they looked at Li Yan worriedly, thinking in their hearts, isn't Brother Yan also going to fight?
Wouldn't that be more dangerous?
When Li Guoxin said this, he also felt that something was wrong. He immediately stopped the topic and laughed and said, "These are just some rumors that I heard. They must not be true, otherwise the county would not be so prosperous now.
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In fact, he knew it well. Due to the frequent wars in the border areas, the dynasty had long issued a decree that the local people were not allowed to migrate in the border areas, in order to show the patriotism of the people and make every inch of land their home.
Even if there is a strong enemy, he can still live and work in peace and contentment. Li Guoxin doesn't know the situation in other border areas, but at least Qingshan Pass has really blocked the enemy soldiers, ensuring that the villages and towns behind the county are currently in peace.
This chapter has been completed!