Chapter 3 Wu Yi (Part 6) Now Zhou Daniu is no longer the fame-hungry and daring man he once was. His five years of military career have taught him enough lessons and accumulated enough life experience.
He still remembers why he joined the army in the first place. At that time, he was a street bully in his hometown. He carried a brick and fought from the East Market to the West Market. He had no enemies under his command. However, what he saw in the eyes of his neighbors was not admiration.
, only disgust, "That boy named Zhou..." People shook their heads as they said it. As long as he was a little far away, there would definitely be a burst of curses and scoldings.
At this time, the government began to advertise for heroes, saying that they would go to Liaodong to serve His Majesty the Emperor. If they have achieved military exploits, regardless of their origins, the court will promote them to positions based on their merits, and will never deceive them.
In order to prove that this statement is true, the soldier responsible for recruiting Xiaoguo also specifically cited a captain named Li as an example, saying that this person was originally from a humble background, but because of his bravery in combat, he quickly became a captain from an ordinary soldier.
After that, he led eight hundred dead soldiers to fight for three thousand miles. He was so powerful in Liaodong that he was personally commended by His Majesty the Emperor. He was about to be promoted from a lieutenant to a general and so on...
"Daniu, it's not a matter of fame that you keep dangling like this. But if you join the army, with your ability..." Mr. Bingcao, who had never given Zhou Daniu a good look, patted his shoulder and spoke seriously.
As if the sun suddenly cleared from the clouds, Zhou Daniu suddenly saw the hope of his life. If there was a chance to stand out, no one would want to be a gangster all his life. He took five of his friends who had grown up playing together to apply for the expedition, thinking that with his strength, he would be able to get a job right away.
Fame will be as easy as smashing someone else's vegetable stall. Before arriving in Liaodong, I first met the legendary Lieutenant Li
The robbery failed, and someone snatched his mount away. Zhou Daniu suffered a big loss, but he was convinced that since he joined the army, he had to pay attention to the word "fairness". His martial arts and courage were not as good as others, and he had nothing to complain about after suffering a loss.
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But he soon discovered that the so-called fairness only existed in his imagination. On the first day after entering the camp, he lifted a hundred and forty kilograms of stone locks in front of General Lang, but he didn't even get the position of team leader. Follow the people carefully.
After asking around, I realized that it turned out that the selection of officers in the camp was not based on bravery but on backing. Without a strong recommender behind him, it would be impossible to become an official.
The brigade commander named Cao, who was never lazy, finally took a fancy to him, but the task assigned to him was not to cross the Liao River to behead the Goguryeo people, but to fight with another group of soldiers in order to get a job.
Born, he went, and as a result, he and the five companions who came to join the army were captured on the spot by Mingfa's army. After being beaten with twenty military sticks, they were all demoted to hard prisoners. Cao Lvli, who had previously promised not to see anything happen to him,
But it was as if she didn't recognize him, and she didn't even come forward to say a word of mercy on his behalf.
The work in the prison camp was dirty and tiring, and Zhou Daniu had been squatting there for more than three months. Just when he thought he would die of exhaustion in the prison camp, fate made him meet Zhang Xiu, Captain Li's cousin, again.
, and then he found that his fortune suddenly changed, from a prisoner to an ordinary soldier, and then from a soldier to a team leader quickly, and the team was in full swing.
Those days were bloody but full of hope. Although Qian Xiaoliu and Liu Chu who joined the camp together died in Liyang, Zhou Daniu had already become a soldier brigade when they died. Wang Xingwu who came with him died in the battle at the Yellow River ferry. He also did what he did before he died.
Zhou Daniu believed that this old saying was true, but soon the reality woke him up from his dream.
General Li Lang, who led his men into and out of the enemy camp three times and completely reversed the unfavorable situation, was not promoted, but was kicked out of the Xiongwu Camp. Then, Murong Luo was demoted for a minor offense and Li Anyuan was sentenced to death for being aphasic after drinking.
The whole Xiongwu camp became lifeless when beaten in public, no longer fair and no longer energetic.
Zhou Daniu soon understood that the reason why his official career had been smooth sailing before was because his immediate boss was Li Xu. When the person in charge of the Xiongwu camp was replaced by someone from the Yuwen family, everything had to be done according to the real official rules.
He had put in countless efforts, but could not adapt to the new rules like Zhang Xiu. During one year, he watched helplessly as Zhao Siyan, a school captain like him, had his head cut off in public for taking the free pay of three soldiers.
, and Yuwen Baolin, who later replaced Zhao Siyan as the captain of the school, even stole the military rations and sold them, but no one dared to ask about joining the army. Ma Feng jumped to the fourth level just because his sister gave birth to a son to a guy named Yu.
However, Qin Gang, who joined the army in the Ming Dynasty, was transferred to manage horse materials because he spoke out about the mistakes of some people. Yu Wenshi and the general, who once impressed everyone, even said plausibly, "This matter is related to the safety of the army. It is not as sophisticated as Qin Gang's joining the army."
The person is unworthy of his responsibilities.”
Zhou Daniu watched his former brothers being expelled and squeezed out one by one, and vowed to find a way out in a desperate situation. Then, he participated in the action of exposing the Yuwen brothers' stealing military rations to the Turks, and once again watched Wang Qijin, Cen
Wen Jing, Wu Yan and other Paoze were killed, but the evildoers were safe in the face of conclusive evidence. Then, while in a coma, he heard people discussing that Qin Xingshi, the main initiator of this operation, hid in Taiyuan Li.
The military camp at home, and then disappeared!
"It's nonsense to get fame right away!" Zhou Daniu, who came back from going around the gate of hell, completely saw through the officialdom of the Sui Dynasty. It was just a rhetoric to trick a poor man like him into working for the court. In fact, getting fame doesn't depend on immediate ability.
, but whether the blood of a certain big shot flows in the body.
Fame is a game played by aristocratic families, but ordinary people are just chess pieces in the hands of others. When they are put on the chessboard and when they are taken off, they are the chess players who use them as they wish. They are chess players who are not qualified to complain about their own fate and do not care about the chess pieces.
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But among all the players who play chess, there is one exception: General Li, who has been promoted the fastest and is the most honest with others. General Li has never used his subordinates as chess pieces, because General Li has also been someone else's chess piece before.
Under his command, Zhou Daniu could be an official with peace of mind, without having to worry about being ostracized for doing business. Only under General Li, Zhou Daniu could still vaguely see the promise made by Bingcao when he was recruiting Xiaoguo, "As long as
If you are capable, no matter where you are from or what you have done in the past, His Majesty will not care about you. You are a man, but you can get your fame on horseback..."
"As long as General Li is here, the fame and wealth of us people can last forever!" Zhou Daniu told himself secretly, and he was convinced of this. He is now the commander of the guard camp, General Ningyuan, in charge of more than 1,200 cavalrymen, and has land in his name.
In ten hectares, there are stewards with tenants and slaves responsible for farming and harvesting. He does not need to worry about anything. He has two younger brothers. One of them leads the refugees to farm on the north bank of Hutuo River and is quite popular in politics. The other is studying at a government school. If he can pass this year
If he is elected to the government, he can go to the Boling Army for training. As long as nothing unexpected happens, he may be released as an official at this time next year and work as a household clerk in the county where order has just been restored. As for his delay in joining the army,
The wife who did not want to cross the border is now an upright general's wife. In addition to calculating how much food is left at home every day, what she likes to do most is to communicate with the wives of her colleagues on what methods can be used to have more children, so as to prevent the husband from finding excuses to take in concubines.
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Therefore, no matter what Li Xu does, Zhou Daniu is willing to protect him. He believes that Li Xu does this for everyone in the Boling Army, even if the means of doing it are not necessarily bright.
"I don't care who he targets, as long as he does it, it must be for the good of everyone!" After sending Shi Lan back to the military camp, Zhou Daniu turned his horse's head and walked towards the battlefield again where the shouts of killing had just subsided. He saw rising stars rising from the hills in the distance.
He saw a ball of fire and smelled the smell of blood in his breath, but he didn't even frown, his eyes were calm and his steps were firm.
More than 3,000 old and weak prisoners were connected with ropes around their waists. They walked slowly past not far away. They were crying as they walked, their steps staggering, and their eyes full of despair.
"Have the people in the village surrendered?" Zhou Daniu stopped the brigade leader who was leading the escort of the prisoners and asked in a low voice
"General, everyone in the village has surrendered. The general ordered us to take the old, weak and sick to the edge of the canal, and then release them all to surrender to Li Mi!" The brigade commander recognized the person who asked the question as Zhou Daniu.
He straightened his body on horseback and answered loudly. For low-level officers like them, Zhou Daniu, who had been in the army for five years and became General Ningyuan, was also a goal in life, so he looked at him with eyes full of reverence.
"Didn't the general ask you to distribute some food to the prisoners?" Zhou Daniu noticed that the robes on the shoulders of the prisoners walking forward were very deflated, and asked again.
"Yes, the general allowed each of them to bring three days' rations." The brigade leader glanced at the old, weak, women and children, and replied. Seeing the expression on Zhou Daniu's face, he quickly explained, "Now the canal is
Dongdu is under the control of the Waihuang Bandit King. It only takes them half a day to walk to Shiqiao Village. After crossing the river, they reach the ground of Wagang Army. If each person brings three days of food, they will definitely be rich and abundant!"
"Be careful and try not to let anyone die on the road!" Zhou Daniu nodded and thought for a while, then raised his voice and added, "Alas! In fact, we are not in conflict with Li Gongyi. If it weren't for the Wagang Army Company,
General Zhang’s head is unwilling to be returned, so why should we fight all the way to Henan!”
"That's it, that's it!" The brigade leader escorting the prisoners was also very smart. He immediately understood the meaning of Zhou Daniu's words and turned around, shouting loudly to the soldiers who were teaching the prisoners: "Brothers, be gentler, we are here
The main purpose is to ask for justice from the Wagang Army. It has nothing to do with other people. The fellow villagers should be spared and spared."
Hearing this, the crying in the prisoner team stopped for a moment, and then bursts of howling began again.
