Chapter 3197 The cold and pure white as mud
Yi County is not big.
Later generations mostly had a strong understanding of Yixian, but if you talk about the apples in Shanxi, someone would probably know where they taste the best.
The reason why apples are delicious is that the temperature difference between day and night in this area is very large.
It’s so hot when it’s hot, but it’s so cold when it’s cold.
So the Cao army who arrived here in Yi County had to face the first thing they had to do was not swords and guns, but the severe cold at night.
Before the camp to avoid the cold was built, the soldiers of the Cao army had to fight with their bodies.
Before dawn, the Cao army soldiers who had been trembling all night would find that some people could never stand up.
『He is laughing!』
"Oh my God! He...he's laughing!!!"
There was a riot in the camp.
People with some medical knowledge in later generations can most likely know why people who have frozen to death will laugh, but these Cao army soldiers and ordinary people do not know the reason, so they think this phenomenon is very terrifying...
Most of the people who freeze to death are civilians.
Because the villagers do not have enough clothes to keep warm, and the ground nests cannot be dug in a short time.
『Everyone goes away! Get out!』
Cao Jun’s military academy came up and coaxed the surrounding civilians away.
There was an indescribable strange smell in the sky.
Some say it is the smell of dead people, while others say it is the smell of monsters who came to suck their souls last night.
The sound of howling sounded, which was sad for the death of a loved one.
"You! Come here!" Cao Jun Military Academy pointed at the old stove and "throw these corpses to the other side of the mountain!"
Cao Jun Military Academy waved his arms as if driving away flies or other insects.
Lao Zaotou had no choice but to go forward with a few other auxiliary soldiers, grab the body's hands and feet, and drag it to the other side of the mountain.
The corpse is like a worthless firewood.
It doesn't even have the value of cutting it off to make rat meat.
Because most of them are skinny and bone-bone, and there is not much meat.
The other side of the mountain was actually not far apart. Suddenly, his pupils shook and his lips were stuttering.
He saw that under the hillside, there were corpses stacked up.
Those corpses were laughing...
Smiling at him.
At this moment, Lao Zaotou felt that the hair on his body seemed to be erect, and the sound of the wind in his ears turned into the crying of those ghosts. His heart trembled violently, making it difficult for him to breathe.
It’s not that he has seen dead people, but he has never seen so many dead people who die with a smile.
This scene made Lao Zaotou's heart tremble for a long time.
The climate of the Han Dynasty and before the Han Dynasty was very warm. This can be seen from the changes in clothing in the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, wearing wide robes and large sleeves and ventilated and comfortable clothes was a common state, so the people in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty had serious shortcomings in their understanding of wind and snow in winter.
Lao Zaotou endured the discomfort in his heart and threw the body down.
The corpse was like a stiff wood, rolling and falling.
It's like being thrown into a furnace.
Lao Jiao didn't dare to look at it anymore. When he turned his head, he saw the beaten man standing by the pit yesterday.
Lao Zaotou pushed him and said, "What are you doing when you are standing there? Go quickly and dig the ground nest."
"Then... the man is still alive..." The man pointed at the pit tremblingly, "The man... he smiled at me, his hands were moving..."
"Let's go! All these are dead! Dead!" Lao Zaotou felt creepy. He didn't dare to stay by the pit. He pulled the civilian, "Let's go! Only by selling some strength can you survive and have food to eat! You won't die if you eat!"
"There are still people living there..."
"No! No! You read it wrong!"
"I……"
"Let's go!" The old stove dragged the civilian man away, and did not dare to look back. "If you work hard, you will not die, you will not die! What's your name?"
"I... my name is Shi Tou..." The civil servant Mumu replied, then turned to see the pit, "The father-in-law... over there..."
"Don't worry about that! Don't worry about it! They are all dead!" Lao Zhao muttered, for some reason, his voice trembled a little, "Let's go, add more effort, dig a nest, and you won't die! Shi Tou, your name is Shi Tou, this is a good name, you won't die, you will definitely not die..."
The hope of Laozhaotou is simple.
Their wishes are simple.
Live.
I don’t want to have a good time, but I just want my family to live a peaceful life...
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『It's done! It's done! It's done!"
Lao Jiaotou looked at the sun set, and some relaxed expressions appeared on his tired face.
He looked around, looked at the auxiliary soldiers and civilians around him, and said, "If you have a nest, don't be afraid! You can put a layer on the ground and a layer on your body at night. It's okay! You won't die, everyone can survive!"
Everyone was relieved when they heard this.
But the next moment, a team of Cao soldiers with swords came over, drove them away, and gathered them together.
They were a little panicked and had an ominous premonition in their hearts.
The crowd began to move, in another direction.
"What are you doing?" Lao Zhao shouted, "What are you going to do?"
A moment later, another auxiliary soldier replied, "They want us to build the village wall overnight!"
"Are you crazy?" Lao Zao's head buzzed, "They... they didn't look at it, didn't they see so many people died last night?"
Someone grabbed the old stove and said, "Old Jun, didn't you say you'd just dig a nest? Didn't you say that we'd be honest and obedient, and we could have food to eat... and we could survive, you said..."
Those who want to die have long died.
The living people have already paid a lot to live, so much that they dare not even die.
If they die like this, then what they have done before and what they have paid for?
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. You may not die if you repair the village wall. If you repair the village wall earlier, you can block some wind and cold... If you have the village wall earlier, you can beat the thieves earlier... You can go home early..."
『But the weather is too cold...it's dark, at night...』
Before he finished speaking, Laozhao heard someone screaming behind him.
『Ahhhhh!』
Lao Zhao looked back and saw several soldiers of Cao's army dragging out the civilians who were unwilling to leave and dig the land, and then killed them with a knife...
A Cao army military academy shouted loudly: "Did you see it?! Maliciously lazy and resisting the military order, this is the end! I listened to it! There is an order from above, and the village wall must be completed tonight! Otherwise, severe punishment will not be neglected!"
Others who looked like official Cao Jun, also shouted loudly—
"One person is lazy, the whole team will be punished!"
"I would rather work until death than rest for a moment!"
『…』
The driven-out husbands were cold, tired and hungry, and many husbands couldn't help but make a sound of sadness.
But when Cao Jun Military Academy heard these wails, he was laughing.
"Haha, look at the appearance of these troublemakers, it's so funny..."
"The boss has a way. We can have a good sleep tonight!"
"When the lieutenant arrives tomorrow, we must praise the boss for his good work! At that time, the boss will definitely be able to accumulate merit and be promoted! Our brothers can also benefit from some wealth!"
"Yes, being able to build such a large camp in advance means that our boss is capable, courage and responsibility! If the boss is not promoted, who can be promoted? Who can?!"
『Yes, yes!』
『Yes, yes!』
The military academy was named Zeng. After hearing the praises of his subordinates, he smiled and said, "It's all for the Han court! Whatever promotion is not promotion, I just want to be at ease! After receiving the salary and military pay, of course I have to do my best to do my best!"
"Ah yes!"
As for the salary and military pay, how did those salaries and military pay come from, they were really the officials of the court who wanted to come down from heaven?
They don't know, and they don't want to know.
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That night, Zeng Junjiao, who only wanted peace of mind, received a new order.
『I said...What does this mean?" Zeng Junjia asked the messenger, 『What does "cut" mean?"
The messenger was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You ask me?"
『…』 Zeng Junjia grinded his teeth.
"The captain wants you to reply, can you do it?" the messenger asked.
Principal Zeng Jun took a long breath and said, "Yes! Rest assured by the captain!"
The messenger nodded and left.
Seeing that the commander left, several chiefs from Zeng Military Academy came up, "Boss, what's the matter?"
"There are too many people..." Zeng Junjiao said a few words popped up from his teeth.
"Ah? What does it mean?" I can't understand what it is.
"That's what it means..." Zeng Juncai said, "The lieutenant sent someone to spread the message, but there were not enough military rations, and we are eating too many people now! Do you understand?!"
『What...what does it mean?』
『What else can it mean?』 Zeng Junjiao said, 『There is no food and grass... I got rat meat two days ago...』
"Why are there no food or grass? Isn't it said that it's re-recruitment?"
『What happened?』
"What should we do if we have no food and grass?"
Some of them are still confused, but some of them are understood and their faces are suddenly a little uncomfortable.
"Boss, this matter is not easy to deal with..."
Zeng Junjiao was silent for a while and gritted his teeth and said, "It's not easy to deal with it, but it's necessary to deal with it! Otherwise, what will the lieutenant ask us to do? Go and call all the auxiliary soldiers... This matter is not my own business, but everyone's business!"
After a while, several auxiliary soldiers, including Laozhaotou, grew up.
There are strict class differences between the soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers. Just like, although in the eyes of the people, these people all eat public food, the upper and lower levels are strict. Zeng Military Academy can sit in a stool to teach, while the auxiliary soldiers, regardless of age, must stand up and listen quietly.
"There is an order from the top. Now our military rations are limited and we don't have enough food. We must reduce some of the population!" Zeng Junjiao said in a deep voice, "I'm calling you here, this is the matter! There is an order from the top, and I don't understand it or understand it. Whether it is difficult to deal with it or not, I must implement it! This is a military order! It is a national policy! It is a national strategy that concerns thousands of creatures in the Han Dynasty! Tomorrow, the population of each team must be reduced to one... to 30%!"
『"Slash" Lao Zaotou murmured, 『What does this mean?
Among the auxiliary soldiers, the fat-faced man bowed and said, "This is simple! Tomorrow, I will drive away the untouchables to attack the city! The nearest thing is Yixian County! It is best to start siegeing the city from midnight, and there is still a meal left!"
Zeng Junjiao nodded slightly and smiled at the squid and long-winded meat, which made the squid and long-winded meat bloom, and even the big eyebrows on his face seemed to have a little more radiance.
『Military school... I'm afraid this is not good..." Lao Jiao was a little reluctant and whispered, 『They are all our fellow villagers... They are all us...
Before he finished speaking, Lao Zao saw Zeng Junjiao's gaze that seemed to be about to swallow his life and shivered.
"Dare you dare to disobey the military order?!" Zeng Junjiao said gritting his teeth.
Lao Zao bowed his head and didn't dare to look at Zeng Juncai, "I, I just said... they are all human lives... I really can't support them, so why don't you let them go..."
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Zeng Juncai clapped his legs, shook his head, and laughed enough, and pointed to the old stove, "Come on, take it down!"
"Not only did he refuse to accept military orders, but he also wanted to release people and enemies!" Zeng Junjiao shouted in a deep voice, "There are ulterior motives! The two crimes are one, and they are pushed out and killed!"
Suddenly, soldiers came up and grabbed the old stove.
The old stove struggled, "Everyone is all the villagers... they are all living beings. What's wrong with me... ah... "
The old stove was dragged down, and a moment later, the bloody head was lifted in and threw it on the ground.
Zeng Junjiao looked around and said, "Who else wants to go down to accompany him? Stand out!"
Everyone was silent.
Zeng Junjiao nodded, "Very good, do you know what you are going to do?"
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zeng Juncai laughed and said, "I feel heartbroken to do this! But this is an order from the superior! You and I can only obey orders, so what can I do? But this matter always has to be good... This, the population has been reduced, so can the remaining ones eat more? And the remaining ones must be young and strong, which is not much more flexible than that old guy? Isn't it? Oh, after saying this, the order from the superior really makes sense! Right? Okay, let's go to work! Remember, this order from the superior! It's a military order! It's not to be violated!"
The auxiliary soldiers dispersed one after another.
Zeng Juncai stared at him, and then said to his several masters under his command: "Look at him later, these guys... are cheating and being careless! Since you want to do it, you have to do it beautifully! Otherwise, how can you show your abilities? If you don't do it well, how can you hand over your and my responsibilities to you and me in the future? To put it bluntly, it's for the future! Everyone knows what to do? Let's explain clearly to your brothers that if they don't die, then we will die! Do you understand?!"
Several regular soldiers looked at each other and responded in unison.
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Before the sky was dawn, the civilians in Cao's army were driven to the outskirts of Yi County again.
When they left the camp again, the villagers might have realized something and started to cry.
"What do they want us to do?"
"Didn't we agree not to let us attack the city again?"
『They promised us!』
"The official said that we will no longer want us to attack the city!"
"They agreed..."
Some people cried and shouted, saying that it was because someone promised them that they would not drive them to attack the city, so they worked hard, worked diligently and worked hard to Hedong, digging land and building camps, and then they gritted their teeth and suffered hard in the snow and ice. Otherwise, what would they do? Waiting to die in Tongguan would also die, and there is no need to suffer too much.
But soon, the crying of these people did not attract sympathy or explanation, but instead attracted sticks and swords and guns.
Perhaps in the eyes of those upper class people, what promised these people and men was like slogans on the wall. As long as they could be scraped off, nothing could happen...
Although the Cao army soldiers came from the same place like these civilians, and sometimes even stood together and joked for a few words, at this time, the Cao army would withdraw their identities from the friendship between fellow villagers and find sufficient reasons for themselves.
Because this is determined by the traditional feudal architecture system with "orders above".
No matter in any feudal dynasty, the people rarely contacted officials, and they were all officials who dealt with them every day. These officials were ordinary grassroots staff in the court. As the saying goes, "It is better to be in charge of county officials" and "the king of hell is worse than to see, but the little ghost is hard to deal with."
The government structure of the feudal dynasty was "official + official". There were few officials but many officials, and the officials were high above. The officials went deep into the people. The division of functions of officials and officials was "power + execution".
Corruption of administration is not unsolvable, but the autocratic social structure of the feudal dynasty is unsolvable.
Unless it is...
When attacking Tongguan, many civil servants died, but those civil servants were mainly Heluo people, and there were few civil servants belonging to Jizhou and Yuzhou, so these civil servants from Jizhou and Yuzhou remained silent. After all, the people of Heluo Sili died, and they were not even inseparable from them. So when Cao's army drove the civil servants of Heluo to transport equipment and dig ditches under Tongguan to fill traps, the people of Jizhou and Yuzhou were just watching and silent, without saying a word for the people of Heluo, and at most they just sighed.
Now it's their turn...
They found that no one would speak for them either.
When it is useful, it is called the elders and fellow villagers. When it is useless, it is a despicable and unruly person.
When the people need to work hard, they can agree to anything, and when they need to fulfill their promises...
What? Whoever promises you, whom do you go to find!
A scream suddenly sounded.
The common people who cried loudly were caught out of the queue and were killed like lambs.
The remaining civilians were like sheep, pushing their heads into the butt ditch in front of them, pretending that they didn't see anything or hear anything.
Perhaps in their minds, as long as others die first, they may not have to die?
"If I really want to die... I want to die more..."
"It's good that you can die in one go..."
"If I had known I would have to attack the city, I would have died earlier and would not have to suffer so much..."
"No...no, I don't want to die...I...we can still make contributions, make contributions, right, make contributions... As long as we make contributions, they will let us survive and become regular soldiers..."
The person in front is walking numbly, while the person behind is following numbly.
On the side of the abortion, there were only a few soldiers with many, few stars, and many fewer soldiers than the civilians, shaking their swords and guns and driving them away.
Yixian is right in front of you.
"Roar up!"
The Cao Junzheng, who was in charge of supervising the battle, shouted.
"You will make a contribution when you rush up! You will have wine and meat to eat!"
"Road up! Don't be afraid! The man is behind you!"
Chapter completed!