Section 2 The life of an auxiliary soldier
The night wind blew open a corner of Ye Tan's tent, and no one stood guard at the door. There was only one person in the tent cleaning up the mess, while Ye Tan looked down and read the book. The more you went through, the more you would discover that the meaning of Confucius's words: Reviewing the past and learning the new is definitely not an empty word. What people experience at different times and in different states is definitely different, and this is definitely a truth.
The grassland at night is empty, and from time to time, some hungry and lonely wolves will come out to find something to eat. Unfortunately, after Li Jing's army passed by here, basically nothing was left, except for some Han herders.
When sending troops, it is important to speed, so there is no way to carefully distinguish things like obstacles.
The wind was quite strong tonight, and all the troops of each battalion went into the tent to rest, and no one was allowed to come out. No one dared to disobey this kind of military law that had been implemented countless times in Songzhou. Military training in the Tang Dynasty may be a matter of neglect. After the war, everyone was not concerned about it, but in Songzhou, all this was different.
It was windy tonight, and everyone was sleeping strongly. With the previous training, they fell asleep almost without resistance because Li Kuafu said that if something happened in a few days, they needed to rest now.
The strong wind came from the grassland, blowing the flag on the tent whirling, as if telling others that not everyone can come in here.
Just when the people in the camp were asleep, several figures slowly touched in on the outside. The figures of these people felt like children who couldn't grow up, but they were extremely fast and small steps mixed in the wind, which was really not easy to hear.
However, the Songzhou Army used two lines of light and darkness, so they were discovered as soon as they came in. However, Li Kuafu did not allow them to take action. These people should not be Turkic people, but some people from the frontier families came to test.
The person who led the lead did not expect to reach the door of the tent so easily. At first, he thought it was a trap, but he heard a snoring sound, which made them look at each other, and then slowly touched Ye Tan's tent, because his tent was the largest and was still lit at this time, which was too easy to recognize.
The person who led the lead nodded slightly to the people around him, and then one of them slowly approached the handsome tent, then gently lifted the curtain, and saw that there were only two people inside, one of them looking at the map with his back to him, while the other one was cleaning up the bones and other things on the table. This opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The man was not confused at all. The scimitar in his hand had been pulled out. As soon as the light in the tent was shining, a ray of light came out. Then he rushed directly to the person who was cleaning up the mess. His idea was to kill the man in this way, kick the other party, and then kill him with one knife.
Ye Xiao is a person with a bad temper. In addition to being calm when cooking for Ye Tan, he is just Ye Dafa and his wife Yuping are a little restrained. In Ye Qi's words, such a person is a madman, and I don't know who trained him.
So, when he was packing things, he had long felt that someone was coming in, but he still pretended not to see it and continued to clean up the bones on the table. It seemed that those bones were countless things to be dealt with, but his legs had moved, and then the pig-killing knife had already fallen into his legs.
As soon as the man rushed in, he didn't look like a yelling like a TV series, asking for death, or something like that, but he quietly approached Ye Xiao, and then just as he was about to look up, the scimitar in his hand suddenly drew a curve and was about to cut Ye Xiao's head.
"Bang." The crisp sound of impact made the man take a few steps back, and then he found his scimitar chopped on a wide knife. Then the man who was still packing things just now looked up at him, his eyes full of cruel light.
"Bang bang"
He just hesitated for a moment and rushed over again. At the same time, he collided with the pig-killing knife in Ye Xiao's hand several times. He felt that the other party's knife was like a fortress that could not be broken at all. Knowing that this person was a master, he shouted to the door, "Help me."
Then all the six people who came in rushed in this time, four of them dealt with Ye Xiao, and the remaining two planned to take advantage of this opportunity to solve Ye Tan.
Ye Tan still looked at the map behind their backs, and didn't turn around at all. It seemed that what happened around him was not a matter at all.
After Ye Xiao connected with the other party several times, he seemed to lose his patience. The pig-killing knife in his hand suddenly turned over a few times, and it seemed that a cold light came out, "The Sword Technique of the Sword."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other party found that in front of him was a butcher, and he seemed to be a fat pig to be slaughtered. As soon as the first person who came in took a step back, Ye Xiao's long sword was directly inserted into his chest, and then he suddenly pulled it and half pulled it and broke. Then, without waiting for the remaining people to react, the knife in his hand chopped off the thigh that was closest to him. Before he could retreat, his neck was cut by Ye Xiao's knife tip and lay directly on the ground. When the remaining four people saw that this person was so fierce, they rushed over to kill Ye Tan.
But Ye Xiao would not give them this opportunity, but suddenly jumped and blocked their way. Then he looked at the few people covering their faces and sneered, "I didn't expect that someone would really seek death. Since you are here, don't leave."
After saying this, the knife in his hand seemed to have eyes, and directly cut the scimitar in the hands of the four people in front of him, and then knocked the four people down like chopping meat. Then, without waiting for Ye Tan to say anything, he killed him with one knife, and then stood there, bowing his head and silent.
He said a lot, but it was done in an instant. Then he heard Ye Tan's words, "The head was cut off and hung outside, and the body was thrown out to feed the wolf."
When Ye Xiao was cleaned up in the tent, Ye Tan still did not turn around, but continued to look at the map, wanting to imitate the route of Li Jing and others to send troops.
The history book is beautifully written, but looking at the wind and frost flying around, Ye Tan felt that it was unlikely that it was so comfortable, so he agreed to be a logistics here so simply.
However, sometimes, logistics is not so easy to be aware of, so someone comes to kill him.
The cold wind and snowflakes were not seen all night. People who got up in the morning looked down and said nothing when they saw the population at the door. They were not told about this because they didn't need to know.
Ye Tan woke up early in the morning and moved his body at the door. When the cold wind blew, he felt comfortable. Ye Xiao prepared millet porridge and some pickles for him. Ye Tan didn't like to eat too greasy in the morning. Now when he sent troops, he didn't need this concept.
After dinner, he took Ye Xiao around Shuofang. Although he saw that there was no one, there were a lot of wild grasses, but they were all dry and stepped on it, which felt good. But to be honest, the place that was a bit boring was that this place was too empty. Ye Tan looked up but couldn't see any little bit of people, and it felt like he was walking alone on the empty street.
"Erlu, what's wrong with you? Did you miss your wife last night?"
Just as Ye Tan passed by Shuofang's city gate, a teasing voice caught his attention. When he looked up, he saw that a veteran was teasing a boy. The boy was no more than sixteen years old at most. If he was in the regular army, such a person would not be qualified to come in, but the strange military service such as the auxiliary soldiers didn't care. Anyway, it was not something that everyone cared about.
"Uncle San, what are you saying? I haven't gotten married yet, and I don't know if I can go back alive this time."
This boy named Erlu has a innocent look on his face. He can tell at a glance that he is still a child. He holds a knife in his hand and tells that the material is not very good. The straw sandals under his feet have long exposed their toes, and they are so cold that they are black. Not everyone has it.
The man named Uncle San's expression disappeared when he heard his words, and replaced it with a deep helplessness. He patted his shoulder and said, "If anything happens, remember to follow me. I am an old bachelor. I have never married a wife in my life. I will die if I die. Second Road, you have me and fiancée. If possible this time, it would be better for us to come here."
"Uncle San, if I can go back alive, I want to go to Songzhou." Erlu suddenly sucked his nose. It was really cold here.
"When you go to Songzhou, what's the difference between there and here?" Uncle San asked strangely.
"I don't know this, but I heard from the merchants who come and go that people in Songzhou have shoes, and I just want a pair of shoes." Erlu took a few steps back when he said this, so that he would not be blown by the cold wind.
"The second road, Songzhou is also a border crossing, it's impossible." Uncle San still knew something, but he didn't believe it at all, because such a thing has not happened in the past few years. How could everyone have made money in some place?
"But, what people say is true. Even if they become merchants, I want to go and see. My mother has never eaten meat a few times in her life. I want her to eat meat every day." The words of the second route represent a level. Although they are auxiliary soldiers, they are also farmers. The status of farmers has been higher than that of merchants since ancient times. Even if they are not full or warm in food, they are still superior to others. But he actually wants to do this, which makes Ye Tan think that this guy is good.
"What's your name?" Ye Tan walked up to them and asked.
Erlu and Uncle San looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. Although his boots were not very expensive, they still made Erlu jealous. Perhaps there was only one person who could walk around here without being caught, the commander of Songzhou Army, Songzhou Hou Ye Tan.
"Marty." The two of them quickly saluted, wanting to play handsome, but they don't have much ability.
"What's your name?" Ye Tan ignored this and continued to ask.
"I, my name is Erlu." The boy said a little embarrassedly.
"Where is the Daming?" Ye Tan asked.
"I don't have a big name, so I'm called Erlu." Erlu's voice became much smaller when he said this, because Ye Tan's aura was really strong, and it was completely different from those children in their teenage years old.
"Do you want a pair of shoes?" Ye Tan continued.
"I want to." Erlu looked up at Ye Tan excitedly and said, but then he felt that his idea was wrong, so he lowered his head and said, "But I have no money."
"It doesn't matter if you don't have money. Is it okay to be a guide for me now?" Ye Tan asked with a smile.
"Guide?" Erlu asked in confusion. How could it be the turn of a small auxiliary soldier like him in such a thing? But Uncle San felt that Ye Tan might be giving him good things, so he kicked him, "Of the Lord Ye told him, of course there is no problem."
Second Lu was pinched by Uncle San, then nodded quickly and said, "No problem."
"Then let's go." Ye Tan said with a smile.
Then, Ye Tan followed Erlu to visit this place where he had burned. Sure enough, the burning was not thorough enough at the beginning. Now, there are still some places that have become dangerous buildings, but there are still people living there.
When Ye Tan appeared at the gate of Shuofang City again, he saw the second road, "Now you gather everyone here, I have something to say."
Hearing this, the third uncle ran out directly, and after a while, a large group of people appeared. The first impression that these people showed Ye Tan was that they were really smelly.
He covered his nose and looked at these people, including old men, teenagers, middle-aged people, and even saw no less than a hundred women. Although these women are all tall, they are women after all.
"Those who know how to cook stand here, those who know how to sew clothes stand here, those who know how to build earth stove stand here, and those who know how to make boots stand here."
Ye Tan pointed in several directions, everyone looked at each other, and then started to distribute, but there were almost five or six hundred people standing there, because they really didn't know where they were standing except killing people.
Seeing them feeling embarrassed, Ye Tan asked with a smile, "Have you ever killed someone?"
Uncle San nodded quickly and said, "I have killed more than a dozen people. But because of my low status, I can only be auxiliary soldiers."
Ye Tan knew that no matter how much credit the auxiliary soldiers were, if no one helped them, they would still be an auxiliary soldiers when they were old and there was no other way.
"That's good. You'll gather all your good hands together. I think you'll have shoes to wear after tonight." Ye Tan said a strange thing, then turned around and left, while Ye Xiao looked at the people coldly and said, "I'll tell you what to do about the rest. Now it's fine, everyone starts to follow me."
Although he didn't understand who this young man was, his yin energy was heavier than Ye Tan's, so he had to follow him in the end.
The night wind was already cold, and none of the auxiliary soldiers in Shuofang City came out. They just felt much more comfortable after taking a shower. However, something seemed to have happened this night.
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Chapter completed!