Chapter 5 Unnamed (Fifth Day) On the 19th day of the first lunar month, the Boling Army went north to defend the country's borders.
Since they have been following the orders of the Sui Dynasty, the soldiers of Boling still maintain the unique yellow armor and red robes of the army. From a distance, they look like a long and stretched yellow dragon, slowly walking across the newly thawed land.
It was still early spring, but there were already farmers working in the fields. They heard the faint sound of horn drums. They all habitually dropped their wooden shovels, stone picks and other household items, and ran to the fields to hide for a while. When they found themselves
Not facing any danger, he raised his head from under the ridge in bewilderment and looked at them with a somewhat surprised expression. He saw the red battle flag and yellow armor. They were the Sui army! They had been on the pipeline in recent years.
It happens many times, but this is the first time that everyone feels so kind
Someone exclaimed in a low voice, with a bit of admiration in their eyes, "I saw it, it's General Li, and General Li is riding a dark horse!"
"Next to him is General Zhou, and General Zhou has scars on his face!" Whether they saw it clearly or not, the people next to him echoed it.
"Good people! God bless you!" Next to him, an older farmer was twisting soil to make incense and worshiping him. He was a refugee who only received land last year. He had nothing to express his respect to the people who were kind to him, so he had to pay tribute to him.
I send my most sincere blessings to each other. May the gods and Buddhas in the sky bless good people and have a safe life.
The soldiers who lined up for a long journey could not hear the blessings coming to the fields, nor could they see the pious actions of the people. They only saw the wilderness gradually becoming tidy. It was last year or the year before that when the general implemented the land equalization order, as a land without an owner.
After one or two summers of hard work, some of the abandoned fields have been turned into mature fields again. This year, as long as we dig up the surface of the land before the first rain falls and scatter the seeds, it will be ready in the autumn.
There will be heavy harvests. Based on the fifteen acres of land per adult man and two hundred kilograms of grain produced per mu, a large number of new well-off families will be born here within three years.
The land belonging to the soldiers is at least fifty acres each, and it is closer to the river and more convenient for water diversion. Even if they cannot return from the battlefield, their families can live in peace with these fifty acres of Yongye land.
Of course, it would be better if you can come back alive. According to the military order promulgated by the General's Office last year, those who have made military achievements will become rich in one fell swoop and obtain land, money and silk that they have never thought of in this life.
Thinking like this, the eyes of the brothers gradually became eager. Although they were still afraid of the upcoming war, what occupied more of their hearts was the longing for how to come back and live a good life after the war. "Won this battle."
, there are at least millions of acres of land in Zhuo County to be divided!" Before leaving, the marching commanders who were good at agitating had already explained the pros and cons to everyone clearly. In their narratives, the consequences that were opposite to victory were, "Once
If we lose, the Turks will kill them all the way to the bank of the Yellow River, and nothing will be left for us!"
Compared with the tangible benefits and losses, the younger brothers appreciated General Lee's words before setting off, "One step back is home!" He only said this, but more than 40,000 brothers were ready to go.
Everyone instantly understood the meaning of this battle. This battle is not for anyone. It has nothing to do with Jiangdu or Chang'an. Everyone is protecting their wives and children. As long as they are men, they cannot live to see the enemy kill them.
in front of my wife and children
The army passed Laishui, and another team of similar size came from the west to join them. That team also wore yellow armor, but carried a crimson and white flag. The two teams meandered north along the dilapidated pipeline.
As we walked in, we soon left the Inner Great Wall and Baihua Mountain far behind us. The further north we went, the sparsely populated we became. Sometimes we had to walk for an hour in a row before we could barely find a village with only a few households on the edge of the official road. All villages
The surrounding land is extremely flat and fertile. If there is enough labor in the village, the residents will live a very prosperous life. But in fact, these villages are poorer than the other, and all the windows are almost in tatters. When the wind blows, they can almost
The thatch that fell off the roof has not been replaced for many years. It has either rotted and moldy, or it has been blown away by the wind until only a thin layer is left, exposing the dirty mud underneath.
Almost all the men in the village died in battle, or died at the hands of some bandits who came from nowhere, or died in some conflict between General Xue and General Luo. General Xue's descendants and General Luo have now shaken hands and made peace.
, but the dead can never come back
This land needs more efforts to regain its vitality like Shanggu and Boling. But if the politicians are willing to work hard, it will be easier to make achievements in this land that was almost burned to ashes by the flames of war and get closer to Zhuoshui and Zhuoshui.
The newly built villages of the Qiaoshan generation fully illustrate this truth. Although Cui Qian, the governor of Zhuojun, resettled the refugees from the east of the river to both sides of the stream only last autumn, with the strong support of the government, they could only cut down the wood in the mountains and hunt the wild beasts in the forest.
, the refugees began to live a stable life again.
Seeing two teams of government troops with different banners passing through their homes, the people in the new village had very complicated expressions on their faces. One of the two teams forced them to leave their homes, while the other team
It provided them with protection. The owners of the two teams were both named Li, but the word "Li" held high in front of the team was completely different in the eyes of the people.
The weather in Zhuojun County is much colder than that in Boling and Shanggu, so no grass buds have risked their heads to poke their heads out from the ground yet. However, there is already a touch of new green in the distant mountains and forest tops, and it is gradually beginning to appear.
The humid air made the soldiers in the two teams feel relaxed. Most of the time, they kept their heads on their way without saying a word, but occasionally they would whisper a few words about the enemies coming from afar and about what they heard about outside the Great Wall.
folk custom
"I heard that Turks will use their daughters to warm the quilts of strangers who come into the tribe. Guests can do anything and they will not be held accountable later!" But any male would definitely be most touched by this kind of lacy news.
Interest and therefore related rumors always spread the fastest
"What should we do if we have a baby?" A Guanzhong accent quarreled from a distance. The speaker belonged to a different banner. They were strangers to each other, but their common interests quickly brought them closer to each other.
"Let's stay. Anyway, as long as the Turks know how to let go, they are good children. When they grow up, they can support the family. Who cares who the child's father is!" Under the red battle flag, someone laughed and answered, the words full of ridicule.
If the Turks hadn't taken the opportunity to cause trouble, they wouldn't have had to travel so far to fight. Therefore, they were not afraid to speculate on the enemy's behavior with the greatest malice.
"How is it possible that their men don't think the hats on their heads are too bright?" Someone under the crimson and white flag thought that the rumor was a false accusation, frowning and questioning.
"If you know etiquette, justice and shame, you are not a Turk!" The questioning voice was immediately drowned out by a burst of laughter. Regardless of the banner, ten of the people had never seen what a Turk looked like in their lives, but deep down they felt like drinking blood.
Words such as "dressed beasts" are directly equated with the people of Saishang.
"You can't say that!" A Boling officer in official uniform retorted in a low voice, "That's just a custom." He was a little older and had obviously had experience in contact with the herdsmen on the fortress, and left a relatively
Beautiful impression "It is difficult for women on the grassland to get pregnant, so giving birth is regarded as a top priority. Tribes without enough men will soon be annexed by other tribes. Compared with the survival of the entire tribe, a woman's chastity is really insignificant!"
"Bah, they're not animals. They have a mother but no father!" At this time, no one respected the speaker's official position anymore. Everyone spoke in various dialects and expressed their dissatisfaction. "They are clearly just animals, no,
We are not even as good as animals, but we know not to bite the people who feed us. In the Sui Dynasty, we ate well, drank well, and entertained them..."
The soldiers became even more angry when they mentioned that His Majesty the Emperor treated the people from outside the Great Wall who came to visit the Central Plains with good food and drinks, and did not allow the people to receive any payment.
A shop received a Turkic bad customer. A good-meat Central Plains person was very particular about reciprocating favors. However, the bad customers devoured the owner's belongings, took away the owner's gifts, and then came to rob with open fire and swords!
"That's because the Supreme Emperor foolishly used his hot face to stick to other people's cold buttocks. We ourselves are short of food and clothing, and we go to others to show their generosity for no reason!" The accusing voice came from the Tang Dynasty King Li Yuan who had established a separate flag under the crimson and white flag.
Yang You was the puppet emperor, so Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty could only be regarded as the Supreme Emperor to him.
In the eyes of the soldiers of the Boling Army, Yang Guang was still the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Although they did not have much respect for the down-and-out emperor who was trapped in Jiangdu, compared with Li Yuan who once took the initiative to surrender to the Turks, the former's behavior was no worse than that of the latter.
How stupid is the person?
In view of the current situation where both sides are jointly facing the enemy, the soldiers of the Boling Army tried their best not to expose the shortcomings of their allies and avoid the ongoing topic, but instead talked about other anecdotes. Anyway, there are countless new things about the enemy. If you detail them, it is enough to start from the Taihang Mountains.
To the outside of the Great Wall
"Turkish people are wolves and only respect those whose teeth are sharper than their own. When they encounter someone who is more ruthless than themselves, they will immediately wag their tails and beg for mercy!"
Brothers from friendly forces immediately corrected the inappropriateness of this analogy, "That's a wild dog, a wolf can't wag its tail!"
"No matter if it's a wolf or a dog, we have to fight it back!" the person being corrected emphasized loudly.
"Nonsense, what else are we doing all the way here? Do we still watch him burning, killing and looting everywhere?" This is the common topic and goal of everyone, no matter what unknown hopes the higher-ups place on this operation.
, the hearts of the soldiers at the bottom are as simple as the unmelted snow on the top of the distant mountains.
