The auxiliary soldiers are the soldiers with the least status in the Tang army. They are said to be civilians. They hold weapons and are said to be soldiers. They have no money or food. The weapons are their own, their clothes are their own, and even the food they eat is their own.
It stands to reason that they should be a group of stragglers, vulnerable to attack. Who would have thought that on the battlefield, they would be more ferocious than wolves. Although they would die without mercy, the ones who often refused to retreat on the battlefield were the Auxiliary Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They have the same pronunciation but a different pronunciation.
The word refers to soldiers. Although they also need to prepare their own weapons and armor, one advantage is that the whole family does not have to bear the rent and accommodation of the court. Most of them are sons of good families and are well-equipped. They are the most basic military force of the Tang Dynasty.
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What the auxiliary soldiers seek is nothing more than military merit. Some family members have committed crimes and need military merit to be exempted. Some are simply hot-headed and want to rely on their martial arts to create a path to wealth. Poor family members cannot become a government official.
As soldiers, they couldn't afford expensive clothes or horses, so they could only rely on the army, dreaming that one day they could behead their enemies and return rich to their families.
They rely on seizures to obtain supplies. Without fighting, there is no money or food. Once high-risk battles such as siege and defense occur, they are the first choice for generals to consider. Life and death are ordinary matters. This is their own view of life. They are indifferent and indifferent.
have no choice.
Years of war have created a large number of poor people who only know how to hold a knife. The output of the fields cannot support a large family. Some men who do not want to suffer poverty at home leave the last bit of food in the family to their younger siblings.
One morning, after drinking a lot of water from my hometown, I left home with a broken knife on my back and began my most brutal journey to support the army.
Yun Ye suddenly thought of Zhang Cheng, the first person he met when he first arrived in the Tang Dynasty. He was honest and forthright, strong and kind. He still remembered it clearly. When the cavalry attacked, he took Yun Ye with the two
When a woman was pushed into the woods, he ran to the military formation and shouted loudly to fight to the death.
Now he is already the lowest officer in the Tang Dynasty. He discovered himself and was successful in making salt, achieving three levels of merit. This is already the most defiant existence among the auxiliary soldiers. I think of what Cheng Chumo said to himself: Zhang Chengde
I have received the good news, and I have been banging your head all morning. Every blow was real, and the blood on your forehead dyed the ground red.
What happened to the honest farm boy who held an inedible salt block in his arms and treated him as a treasure? Yun Ye missed him a little.
Now there were two hundred and forty-seven men standing in front of him. Some were over fifty, some were less than fifteen, and the old ones had gray hair. The younger ones still had soft hairs on the corners of their lips. They stood tall.
Straight, cold wind penetrated through the holes in their clothes. But no one paid attention to it, because standing in front of them was a marquis, a noble man whom they had only heard of but never seen.
When did the auxiliary soldiers have a marquis to lead them? The sensitivity they have developed through years of fighting makes them feel that a big deal is coming!
Life and death are ordinary matters, as long as there is a chance to earn military merit. Life is worthless!
"From today on, I am your commander. My name is Yun Ye. Let you know my name, not to make you awe, but to tell you that if you have trouble, come to me. It's fair. I will go to you if you have trouble.
You guys, because I don’t know how to fight, I rely on you on the battlefield, so you can rely on me on the battlefield. I have found a captain for you, and he will manage you on weekdays. If any of you are brave, you can ask him to try.
Try it, I'm not good at martial arts, just ask him."
Yun Ye said it very casually, as if he was having a family affair, and he told the truth, which made the auxiliary soldiers look at each other. They didn't know what to say, but they just had doubts in their hearts. Is this what the Marquis is like? Wearing very exquisite armor, say something.
He was yawning non-stop as he spoke, as if he hadn't woken up, not to mention that he was so young, and there was a sudden buzz in the school grounds.
The leader of Niu Jinda's soldiers stood up and shouted: "Silence! Which of you is the leader?"
An old auxiliary soldier stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Little Nie Daniu, temporarily command the auxiliary soldiers."
"Okay, I am the captain now, and now you are the deputy captain. Now choose twenty-five squad captains. You can choose yourselves. I will give you a stick of incense." What did Lao Niu's personal captain say in the army?
It is also a military position at the level of captain, which is more than enough to manage hundreds of auxiliary soldiers.
Seeing that things were going well, Yun Ye was about to go home. He had been thinking about it all night last night, and now he was terribly sleepy. After taking a few steps, a soldier who was only fourteen or fifteen years old rushed over. Before he could reach him, he
He was pinned to the ground by Lao Zhuang and the others.
"Master Hou, I just want a pair of shoes, I just want a pair of shoes." His head was pressed on the snow, but he still struggled to express his request.
Yun Ye asked Lao Zhuang and the others to let go of the soldier. He was wearing a baggy clothes, his hair was messy, and his face was covered with mud. He didn't wipe it off, but just looked at Yun Ye with longing in his eyes.
, he had a pair of straw sandals on his feet, and his black feet were covered with bloody wounds cracked by the cold wind, like small mouths. He wanted to retract his feet in embarrassment, and lowered his head helplessly, his face flushed.
"Your feet are as big as mine, so wear my shoes,"
Yun Ye always carried two pairs of shoes in his horse bag. He couldn't help but wear Tang Dynasty shoes. It wouldn't take long for his toes to be exposed, so grandma specially prepared two pairs of shoes for Yun Ye, ready to change at any time.
A pair of cowhide-soled boots was placed in front of the soldier. He wiped his hands, carefully held the boots in his arms, and said seriously to Yun Ye: "I will help you on the battlefield!"
His words made many people present laugh. They did not think that Yun Ye needed the help of a soldier. What he said before was just a joke.
Yun Ye did not laugh. He said seriously to the soldier: "Okay, it's settled. I'll give you shoes and you can help me on the battlefield. But you have to heal your feet first. You go to the South Gate to find Taoist Master Sun Simiao.
Ask him to give you some medicinal materials and go back to soak your feet. You can't help me on the battlefield with your feet like this."
People's kindness does not distinguish between classes. Even the kindness from the humblest person should be carefully cherished, because it is the greatest gift God gives to everyone. There are not many opportunities in our life to accept the kindness of others. There are such
Yun Ye never misses an opportunity.
The auxiliary soldiers on the school field were still laughing. The old auxiliary soldier came to a strong man who was laughing most vigorously. He raised his hand and gave a loud slap in the face. The strong man was a little confused. He didn't know why the veteran
Will beat myself up.
"Next time something like this happens, if you still laugh, I will chop off your head." The veteran's voice was as cold as ice, which made the strong man shiver and shrink his head.
He covered his face and said no more words.
Yun Ye cleared his throat and said to the auxiliary soldiers: "We are all raised by our father and mother. Don't let anyone look down on the other. I am not necessarily better than you as a marquis. On the battlefield, we can only survive if we stick together as a team. Today you
Help him, maybe he will save your life tomorrow. I dare not settle this kind of debt, and I can't afford it. I just hope that everyone can go home in glory with a lot of money in their arms, and no one will lose his life.
Lost in this wasteland."
"According to the Lord's words, I will definitely try my best to go back alive. There are two children at home waiting for me to bring them sweets." The veteran bowed to Yun Ye and gave a salute before replying.
"Oh? It seems that you are not young anymore. From the tone of your voice, is your child still very young? You have a wife at home, why are you still licking blood from the knife edge?" It's strange that the bachelor has eaten enough for the whole family.
If you weren't hungry, it would be understandable to choose this path. It would be unreasonable for the head of a family to wander around among the auxiliary soldiers.
"Master Marquis, you also know that the locust plague in Guan this year has gnawed away every grain of food in the family, making it impossible for them to survive. Fortunately, the court opened a warehouse to release food, and the whole family was able to survive, but the food was not enough to eat.
Yeah, I can't live a life like this, counting rice grains all day long. I used to rely on knives to survive. Now that the world is at peace, if you want to eat this bowl of knife-edge rice, where else can you go if you don't have to go to Shuofang?"
The veteran was also a man from Guan. He left the food for his wife and children, and went to Shuofang with his knife. Unexpectedly, Shuofang was as safe as Chang'an these days. Without war, the veteran naturally had no way to make money, so he
So down and out.
Most of the auxiliary soldiers here were driven by locusts. When he thought of locusts, Yun Ye was filled with hatred for Li Er, who had allowed the locust plague to occur.
Regarding the locust plague, Yun Ye always felt that he owed everyone in the world, so he wanted to give them some compensation, not for anything else but to have a peaceful sleep.
Xue Wanche went directly to Lingzhou, but the things returned to Shuofang. The portion was very sufficient. There were more than two hundred pieces of purple lamb skin, and a hundred kilograms of bezoars were brought back. They also brought back a large number of cattle and sheep, but there was no gold or silver.
The thing must have been hidden secretly by Lao Xue, Yun Ye thought with malicious intent.
Nowadays, there is a very bad custom in the Tang Dynasty, which is to store gold, silver and copper coins. The big families can only get in and out, but the small families don't have that condition. Think about it, the brocades in the big families' houses may be piled up in kind.
There are countless women who collect these things. It is difficult to store these things. Brocade is prone to mold. Women will get old and physical objects will depreciate. Only gold and silver are king. Didn’t I say that antiques in prosperous times are gold in troubled times? Even though Li
Second, third, and fifth orders warned the subjects not to hide copper coins privately, but some families listened to him. They still hid a lot of what should be hidden, such as the Yun family.
Yun Ye had a morbid obsession with gold, which also affected everyone in the family. Even Xiaoya used her monthly pocket money of twenty copper coins to exchange gold with her brother.
Thinking of this and looking at the sad face of He Shao, Yun Ye found it interesting. On the one hand, all the people in Chang'an had no copper coins to spend, so they had to use banned gold and silver. However, Shuofang had the other way around. People like gold and silver, but they don't.
Copper coins.
Yun Ye decided not to tell this idiot He Shao, and planned to exchange the silver for the thousands of copper coins in his hand, and then go to Chang'an to exchange the copper coins for gold and silver. If he flipped his hands, he would get 30% of the benefits.
What are you not satisfied with? (To be continued) rq!~!
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