Spring is still early in the north of Dayao, and the geese have not returned to the north before autumn leaves, creating an enchanting atmosphere wrapped in silver.
Three years ago, the barbarians invaded Dayao's Jinzhou and captured the city. Lianzhou City and Yuancheng's capital gates were breached and almost fell. Although they relied on the extraordinary army that traveled thousands of miles to turn the tide, it was still unprecedented for Dayao since the founding of the country.
It was a great shame and humiliation.
After the barbarians returned to the north, the local government made a rough calculation, and found that more than 220,000 people died among the common people alone. The number of those who were kidnapped and enslaved on the grasslands was similar to that of the dead. Hundreds of thousands were injured. Dayao officers and soldiers as well as civilian volunteers
There were also heavy casualties. The Jinzhou Army only had one battalion of the South Camp that was still intact. The North Camp and the two East and West Battalions were almost completely wiped out. After the barbarians withdrew northward, they reorganized their manpower, but there were still less than 2,000 defeated soldiers.
The number of houses burned down and property taken away is incalculable.
By the spring of Emperor Yao's tenth year, the scars left by the grassland barbarians on Jinzhou had not fully healed. Jinzhou was bitterly cold. Although the area was several times larger than Jiangzhou, in terms of annual taxes and land output,
I'm afraid it's not as good as Jiangzhou County. Many of the cities destroyed by the barbarians have not been rebuilt to this day, and there are very few people who have returned to the city. After all, the children of Huangkou know that the barbarians are destined to go south from the north. Therefore, Jinzhou Nanjun County
The prices of the houses within the city walls have continued to rise. Houses that could have been bought for three hundred taels of silver are now priced at five hundred taels. The height of the city, whether the walls are strong, and the number of troops stationed in the city are directly related to the price of the houses in the city.
hook up.
Jinzhou Guanshan County was destroyed when the barbarians went south. Although it was not slaughtered into an empty city by the barbarians, the grassland tribes except the Taijige tribe were not as good as the former in restraining their soldiers, so they were still unable to avoid being burned.
After dozens of days of killing and looting, many shops and wealthy families along the street were looted. Fortunately, most of the owners of those families had already gone south with their families to escape the disaster, and most of their valuables, such as pearls, jade, gold and silver, were also carried with them.
A piece of stupid furniture burned to the ground is not worth mentioning.
The real victims of the disaster were the common people and ordinary people who came to Guanshan County from nearby villages and towns to seek refuge. When the city defense was tight, more than 3,000 young people in the city were recruited to go to the city to help, although most of them were carrying equipment to defend the city.
To deal with the chores, only a few hundred people with acceptable skills were selected to fight with the barbarians for a few hours in the streets when they broke through the city. In the end, they were still unable to avoid the fate of dying together with the defenders in the city. The remaining young and strong people and
Hundreds of disabled, old and weak soldiers asked to surrender together.
According to the practice of the grassland tribes marching and fighting, these young and strong remnant soldiers who asked to surrender were trapped and killed outside Guanshan County. Also trapped and killed were the family members of the former who had taken refuge in Guanshan County, and the siege equipment of the Taijige tribe.
There are not many solid city walls for this county. The other grassland tribes used the lives of slaves and warriors in the tribe to push them to the city. They suffered heavy casualties and were naturally full of grievances that needed to be vented. After entering the city, they went from house to house to collect those
Young Zhuang identified his family members and cut off their hands and feet with knives if they refused. There were still only a few people who identified them, but those prairie lords who would rather kill the wrongdoer than let them go would care about filling the corpses in the big pit outside the city of Guanshan County.
Thousands more lives that shouldn’t have been lost?
"In the spring of this year, the government spread lime on the corpse pit and burned the peach wood. They also invited famous monks within a hundred miles to come and pray for salvation, and built a huge waterway ashram. Only then did the people of Guanshan County dare to land on the road.
Move back to your hometown one after another, otherwise you and I may not be able to
There is such a place to stay.”
There is only one large or small inn in Guanshan County that is open to welcome guests, but it is a sparse situation. The border pass that was beaten into a sieve when the barbarians went south is still leaking from all sides, and horse thieves often come and go in numbers of hundreds of people without any control. The border villages and towns of Baozhili naturally bore the brunt of the disaster. It is said that even two small county towns were looted by two powerful groups of horse thieves due to their lack of defense. However, there is Jinzhou five miles outside Guanshan County. There are 3,000 new troops stationed in Beidaying. Those horse thieves wandering around the border will not go to Guanshan County to provoke provocations if they eat the courage of the bear and the leopard.
The enchanting and beautiful woman who still retains her charm, and the young woman next to her who is looking curiously at the streets outside the inn, said warmly: "You have suffered so much in the past two years on the grassland, and you still don't want to go back to Huizhou? Are you still those few? The old guy wants to force you to use Qimen's formation to kill people again?"
"As for Aunt Shen, someone from Huizhou came to the grassland a year ago and wanted to take me back. They said that the elders were all helpless by uncles and aunts." Lu Jiu chuckled, "Oh, I, Even with your eyes closed, you can guess how uncle and aunt are blowing their beards and glaring at the elders. After all, Lu Jiu is not a creature that uncles and aunts can keep in that small world all day long. She always wants to come out and see the world."
"Poor talk." The enchanting beautiful woman who was called Aunt Shen laughed and scolded her, "If you are young and don't want to learn embroidery, one day you will be able to marry in a glamorous way, and it will not be a good idea to live outside all the time."
"Aunt Shen has never thought about getting married?" Lu Jiu asked back.
"You girl."
Who says she hasn't thought about it.
But the man she wanted to marry had already been buried in Jinzhou.
The sweet-hearted Lu Jiu noticed something strange in Aunt Shen's expression at a glance, and immediately understood that she had probably spoken the wrong words just now. When she was about to lower her head and admit her mistake, she heard the latter say:
"A person's life is nothing more than a life where everything is done by oneself. If you don't have a good person, you won't get married if you don't want to."
A good man?
Who is a good person?
Where is the beloved?
The figure of the person who did not appear before Lu Jiu's eyes was in front of her. He gritted his teeth and held the knife, aiming it at her neck, but in the end he still did not stab her. Then she ran like crazy and was finally saved by Aunt Shen. Since then, I have suffered a serious illness, and I don't know how many treasures and elixirs from heaven and earth have been used to bring back the soul that was wandering at the junction of yin and yang back to the earth.
Is it because he spared his own life?
Or was it because of the face of a young man who couldn't be called handsome? He gritted his teeth and stared at her, with a look of struggle and hesitation besides hatred in his eyes?
"It has been two years since our killer went north, and almost all the grassland tribes except the Taichege tribe have replaced their masters with more mediocre leaders." Seeing Lu Jiu's dazed expression, the enchanting beautiful woman took the initiative to change the topic, "Taichege This gave the tribe some breathing time to recuperate. Dunmao Chaoji Ladd was a once-in-a-century hero on the grassland. His presence could overwhelm the other tribes on the grassland. The Taichige tribe suffered losses when they went south that year. It's so tragic. If we hadn't taken action, I might have been torn into pieces by those tribes who were eyeing them before they could recover."
Lujiu
He is well aware of the fact that almost all the tribes in the grassland have changed their masters in just two years. As one of the few killer sects in the Yao territory that has been passed down to this day, Gelutai is still far from being widely known. How many people can kill people really be hidden from the eyes of those who want to kill people? When the young emperor came to the throne, he planned to reorganize his armaments and go all out for the Northern Expedition. However, the battle in Jinzhou that was only between 5 and 5 years ago caused the barbarian tribes to lose their lives. Why is the situation in Jinju so corrupt today due to the large-scale move south?
"If the grassland tribes join forces and march south like what happened more than two years ago again, with today's Jinzhou State Army's dilapidated military strength, unless Song Yanchao has the Taoist magical power to spread beans and create an army, he will not be able to withstand the barbarian cavalry no matter what.
Going south, Jinzhou will have to wait for the people from the capital to send troops to rescue them, otherwise Jinzhou will be filled with rivers of blood and mountains of bones..."
"Can't we just fortify the walls and clear the country like last time? Barbarians have not been good at attacking cities since ancient times, not to mention that the siege equipment of the Taijige tribe was exhausted in Jinzhou last time."
"Not good at siege? Then how did Guanshan County City fall?" The enchanting beautiful woman rolled her eyes charmingly, "After all, the siege equipment is just a dead thing. Sooner or later, it can be rebuilt. Why were the grassland tribes not good at attacking earlier?
City? Firstly, there are no skilled craftsmen to forge instruments, and secondly, there are no cities on the grassland for training troops."
"So the last time the barbarians went south... was for military training?"
"Bingyuancheng stepped down and the leader of the Chuge tribe, Jun Dunmao, ended up running away with hundreds of horsemen escorting him. This is not a reason why he can be easily underestimated. In less than twenty years...maybe even shorter, fifteen
In ten years, in ten years, if the Taijige tribe has such a leader, sooner or later it will become the most powerful tribe on the grassland." The enchanting beautiful woman sighed softly, "Although it is a problem caused by raising tigers, other grassland tribes have now tasted the influence of going south.
Tianteng, there must be a way to solve this urgent problem, otherwise there will be no need for our killers to gather together and go north."
"Gongzixiang personally went to the elders of our station to lobby, and he had the promise of the Huizhou governor. Otherwise, half of our elite troops would have been lost in the north in the past two years, and the elders would not be willing to bear such heavy losses."
"But this is the only way we can live under the sun."
"Whether it's your Aunt Shen or Xizi, your uncles and aunts in Gelutai all grew up in the shadows, and this life has passed like this." She looked at Lu Jiu with gentle eyes, "But you are still young.
There is always a man in the world that you can be willing to marry, so live a good life then and don’t miss it.”
"Aunt Shen."
"Huh? Do you want to go back to the deer harvesting platform? That's fine. Your uncles and aunts who are still alive all want to see you again. After all, if you have such a fatal job again, it's hard to say how many of your uncles and aunts can survive.
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"Before returning to Kalutai...can I go to Jiangzhou first?" Lu Jiu said hesitantly, "I still have something to do..."
"That boy from the Zhang family in Qishan County who wanted to kill you but didn't do it? It doesn't matter if he goes, he will be killed or released. Even if the matter is settled, it will be beneficial to your future practice." The enchanting beautiful woman said with a smile, "But
Given his current level of martial arts, Xiao Jiu'er should go back to Huizhou first and find some more capable uncles and aunts to help him out before going there."