Chapter 404 The Eighth Generation of Poor Peasants
On top of the Jingling city wall with all four gates blocked, at an inconspicuous crenel on the north city wall that Lin Feng's army could not see, three huge cross-baskets were rolled down in succession.
Three or four Bingzhou soldiers came out from each basket, wearing tattered uniforms and their faces covered with soot and mud. It was obvious at a glance that these people must be deserters from the camp who were afraid of losing their lives on the battlefield.
It's just that these seemingly deserted soldiers are all thick-backed, fat and strong, with their hands covered with thick calluses left by training. They look like elite soldiers in the army.
These dozen Bingzhou soldiers were the confidants Wang Siji secretly sent out to prepare for the secret plan.
After leaving the cross-basket, these confidants quickly divided into three teams, left the city wall far away, and circled towards Lin Jun's camp.
Dantou and Wang Siji are from the same village, and they have been following Wang Siji around since they were little.
After growing up, Wang Siji raised his flag to rebel, and Dantou was the first in the village to respond.
Since then, he has been following Wang Siji. Because he could not read a word, he only had stupid strength and a fierce loyalty, and gradually reached the position of captain of the personal guard.
This time Wang Siji assured Dantou that as long as he could really complete the mission and return to Jingling City alive, Wang Siji would go to see Ding Yuan in person to ask for merit for Dantou. The worst thing about a county captain is that he could not escape.
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Dantou's eyes were red and bloodshot because of the title of County Lieutenant.
His family was born as a sharecropper for eight generations. Ever since his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's generation, he has never known his own surname. He can leave a name from generation to generation. When people in the village talk about it, they say, ah, dog.
Dan’s son is called Dantou, Gou Dan’s father is called Donkey Dan, and his father is the one named Niu Dan!
This family is full of twists and turns, and you can't change it even if you want to. If you can't read, you always give birth to a child. The eldest son calls heaven, the second child calls earth, and the third child calls well. Then you shouldn't let the scholar's family in the village be beaten to death?
Why do you, a pariah family, want to give your son such a good name?
After eight lifetimes as a pariah, Dantou no longer dares to marry and have children. He is afraid that his son will ask why he named me Danbaozi in the future, and he doesn't know how to answer.
Now that he has the opportunity to become the county magistrate, even if Dantou sacrifices his whole family's life for it, he is still willing to do so.
Once you become an official, you will have a name and a surname. When you have a son, you don't have to worry about being called a wild boy with no name or surname.
So Eggman volunteered to ride out of the city on a cross-basket to carry out Wang Siji's sudden plan.
In order to change his identity, Dantou fought hard, and the worst he could do was die.
My head lost a scar as big as the mouth of a bowl, and eighteen years later I became a good man again. What are I afraid of? I haven’t died once since I was a kid!
The dozen or so confidants of the famous King Shiji, headed by Dantou, casually made a large circle from afar and appeared behind Lin Feng's camp.
Those who set up camp here were indeed Yang Feng's Shangdang troops.
However, it was not Lin Feng who forced them to follow him as cannon fodder, but Yang Feng also wanted to be promoted for meritorious service. Although he dedicated his life to Shangdang County, he knew very well that the position of Shangdang Prefect could never be retained in his head.
It is impossible for Lin Feng to burn bridges. There is a great possibility that Yang Feng will be deprived of his military power in the future and be transferred to a certain state or county as a civilian deputy. He will not be short of glory and wealth, but the overwhelming power he once had will no longer have anything to do with him.
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Yang Feng didn't want to spend the rest of his life in mediocrity. He just no longer optimistic about Ding Yuan's fate. He was not tired of officialdom.
But how can we continue to maintain or even expand our authority after descending to the forest?
Let’s fight!
Win more battles to show Lin Feng, let him know that Yang Feng is not useless, and can also send troops to relieve the country's worries.
Therefore, Yang Fengcai brought out all his direct troops and handed over the command of these troops in an extremely generous manner.
Sure enough, Lin Feng did not actually accept the troops handed over by Yang Feng, but redivided these troops under Yang Feng's command.
This kind of trust greatly increased Yang Feng's confidence, knowing that Lin Feng did not have much suspicion about him.
So what are you waiting for? When you lead the troops, it's time to fight. If there is any tough battle, we have to win it. If we don't win, how can we make meritorious service and how can we receive awards?
Yang Feng's performance had the opposite effect. The soldiers in each battalion of the Shangdang Army were afraid that they would be used as cannon fodder by Lin's army and be sacrificed on the battlefield.
After all, they had done this kind of trick before.
However, if you eat someone else's food, you have to take care of it. Yang Feng's army is very strict, and no one in the Shangdang army dares to be a deserter. They can only keep praying secretly in their hearts that they will not be unlucky enough to be sent out as cannon fodder in the first wave.
If you are a dead Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist, it is best if others are pushed out and you have nothing to worry about, then that will be everything you want!
It was in this atmosphere that Dantou and others quietly approached the Shangdang Army's camp gate.
After all, the Shangdang Army was the most elite force under Yang Feng, otherwise Yang Feng would not have brought them out.
When Dantou and the others were still within a stone's throw of the camp gate, an arrow flew out from the camp with a whistle and accurately nailed half a step in front of Dantou.
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"Who is this? The military camp is very important. Stand still where you are. If you move forward again, you will be killed without mercy!"
Dantou immediately raised his hands above his head to show that he was not carrying weapons, and shouted with a smile on his face: "Brothers in the camp, we also licked the blood with the knife tip and ate this decapitated meal. Isn't this what I heard Lin
The army was about to attack, so we ran away from the city as deserters. We still have our biological parents alive at home, so we didn’t dare to die! I didn’t see that you were wearing the clothes and armor of our Bingzhou Army, so I thought of coming over.
Let’s take a bite of the meal, and when we’re full, we’ll leave, and we’ll never let our brothers take responsibility.”
When the Shangdang Army heard that Dantou and the others were deserters from the Taiyuan Army, they felt as if they were meeting old friends in a foreign land.
When the surrendering soldiers met the deserters, they held hands and looked into each other's tearful eyes, becoming speechless and choked.
So the captain of the Shangdang Army who was guarding the camp gate and responsible for the defense didn't think much and ordered his men to call Dantou and the others into the camp gate.
"We are the defenders of Jingling City. We don't want to fight a big battle. The general took pity on us as the only sons in the family and secretly let us out of the city so that we could go home to honor our mother and I. Are you here?
Jinyang is here for reinforcements. It’s not easy for us to be the top soldiers. For the sake of being our comrades, let’s give us a full meal. I’m afraid we won’t have so much food to eat when we get home.”
Dantou pretended to be pitiful, but in his heart he was fetching water from fifteen buckets and was restless.
No matter which dynasty or generation they were placed in, deserters would not be tolerated by the generals of the army. If they were caught, they would either be executed on the spot or packed into death squads. The next time they went to the battlefield, they would not survive.
He was betting that the party army would not take the deserters in Jingling City too seriously because of their status as surrendered troops.
Sure enough, the captain of the Shangdang Army went over and kicked Dantou on the butt, and said with a dirty smile: "Get out of here, you motherfuckers, you are not a bunch of fools, right? The Taiyuan Army of the special company
I still can’t tell the difference between the Shangdang Army and the Shangdang Army, and I don’t know how you have become the top soldiers in the past few years. Come on, I also have a mother at home. For the sake of your stupidity, I will not report your coming here.
Now, come and have your last camp meal with us. Once you’re full, go home and go work on the fields and dig up dirt!”
Egghead continued to pretend to be stupid: "Aren't you soldiers from Jinyang? Impossible. I heard that the soldiers from Shangdang have been reorganized by Lin Jun. When the war begins, they will be the ones to block arrows and support the carriage!"
The corporal commander's face immediately straightened out, making it look like a donkey's face.
"It's all nonsense. We join the party army or are under the command of Marshal Yang. How can we be pushed out to be used as a death camp?"
"Hey, Marshal Yang!" Dantou smiled very honestly, but the meaning behind his words was extremely vicious: "Marshuai Yang only cares about his own promotion and fortune, and he still thinks about our sufferings. Anyway, we are here in Jingling City.
Commander Wang said that he can only let us out of the city secretly. If Shangfeng finds out, he will also be killed. The higher ups will not care about our life and death. When we are all dead, we will be removed from the refugees.
Come on, it’s really hard to find a four-legged horse these days, and two-legged people aren’t everywhere.”
Dantou's words resonated with some Shangdang soldiers.
Isn't that right? When have officials ever cared about the lives of their pawns? Marshal Yang would have sold them to Lin Jun to be used as a death camp.
Dantou saw that there was something going on, and immediately continued to encourage: "Look, you are all good people, why don't we run around together after a good meal? Don't look back and die, and the body given by your parents is used as a frame."
The soil on which the ladder is laid has been trampled into a pulp by thousands of others."
Hey!
The horrific scene described by Dantou made all the Shangdang soldiers present take a breath, and then all turned to look at the corps commander with the highest rank here. No one spoke for a while, just waiting for the corps commander to help everyone make a decision.