Chapter 517 Traces of War

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The sun in the western front shone in from the entrance of the alley, and a shadow on the ground was pulled long.

Yao Erniu walked home with his head hanging down, looking at the shadows on the ground, looking lonely.

The high-spirited shouts on the battle formation flashed in my mind, and the exciting charge; the noisy and bustling atmosphere, the courageous mood of blood rushing gradually passed by the wind in this dilapidated alley, as if in a distant place.

When Yao Erniu got home, her cousin came up and said excitedly about the shop.He didn't listen.

When he came back, he married his cousin as his wife and held a banquet... In the past, Yao Erniu was thinking about having money, and when he came back, he married his cousin who gave him his purse when he was separated, and then let the family have food to eat.

Now everything is satisfied, with shops and floors, and money left, so the mouths at home who want to eat are no longer worried about starvation; but he doesn't know what's going on, and he still can't be happy.

At this time, a group of people spoke in the main hall, discussing how to find tenants, how to collect rent, and what business the shop does.

My cousin touched Yao Erniu: What kind of business do you want to do?

Yao Erniu was stunned. He suddenly realized that he could do nothing, so he casually said: I can cultivate the land...

My cousin shook her head and said: It’s better to do business in Tokyo than to have less farming.It's lighter to do business, and you don't have to put a lot of effort into the shop.

Yao Erniu didn't say anything. He didn't know what he knew or could do. He also felt that it was meaningless to stay on the shop all day long and was very confused... I remember that in the army, we were doing the major task of siegeing cities and destroying the country, and the enemy emperors were all frightened under our horse's hooves; thinking about it now, I don't know what it is for.

I don't want to leave the Imperial Army anymore!Yao Erniu suddenly said.

My cousin was stunned and hurriedly advised after a moment: Our family has land and property, and there are so many dangers on the battlefield. Why should I work hard for my cousin?

Yao Erniu said seriously: It’s not that easy to die.The Hu Ben Army had 20,000 people on the left wing. They fought many wars in Jiangnan, but not many people died in total, and even twenty people could not die.The imperial guards have high military pay. My military pay alone is more than the land rent collected in business, and it has not been considered a reward!

After a while, his mother and aunt came up to persuade him, but they couldn't persuade him.Yao Erniu was worried that the list of delays and resignation would be reported, so he rushed to the military camp.

...The guards guarding the camp recognized Yao Erniu and took him to the camp office. There were still 10 or 20 ragged people outside the camp office and were under supervision. Yao Erniu was unknown who they were.

After entering the room, a burly man was sitting on the upper position, and the commander Zhang Jiankui, with some generals and three ragged men next to him.

Zhang Jiankui turned around and looked over: Yao Er, what's your business?

Yao Erniu said depressedly: I want to stay, it’s okay to be a mistress…

Zhang Jiankui looked at him immediately and asked: Joining the army is just a lifelong effort, have you figured it out?

I figured it out.Yao Erniu nodded.

Zhang Jiankui ignored him and turned to look at a strong young man.

The man was dirty and broken, with dust and broken grass on his hair, and a strange smell came to his nose.

Zhang Jiankui asked: Who is the person?

The strong man said: Yizhou.

Zhang Jiankui asked again: Where is Yizhou?

The strong man said: Zhao Shuyuan.

Zhang Jiankui asked him what his name was, and he said he was Zhao Hu.

Zhang Jiankui asked him to take off his shirt, and the man obediently took off his dirty clothes.

Zhang Jiankui looked at his half-naked body and nodded: He has a good foundation, big breasts, round waists, and thin waists. He seems to be able to work.There is a stone there, so you can raise it for me to see.

Zhao Hu strode over and hugged the stone without saying a word, hey!Hey... I shouted twice and didn't pick it up.

Haha... Several generals laughed out loud.

Zhao Hu looked embarrassed and said with a blushing face: I can definitely hold this stone!However, we walked from Hebei to Tokyo and begged for food along the way. We were so hungry that we were out of strength. The general gave me a cake and tried it after eating it!

Zhang Jiankui's eyes moved down and saw that some hay and rag were tied with ropes on Zhao Hu's feet, so he raised his hand and made a gesture, and the personal soldiers went to get the food.

Zhang Jiankui turned his head and said in a deep voice: Call Zhang Ying.

Zhang Ying was the military envoy of Youzhou Capital (Doutou). When the late emperor advanced to the north and arrived near Zhuozhou, Zhang Ying took the opportunity to steal the Khitan horses and ran to join the Zhou army.

His subordinates have successively taken over many soldiers from northern Hebei... Yizhou was also a territory of the Liao Kingdom a few years ago, and Zhang Jiankui wanted Zhang Ying to check the identities and origins of people like Zhao Hu.

Soon, a big man with a round head entered the camp and asked that Zhao Hu was Zhao Shuyuan's man. Zhang Ying slapped his forehead: Finally, a personal soldier said that the place name of his hometown was Zhao Shuyuan, and called him over to ask.

After the personal soldier walked in, he started chatting with Zhao Hu in a short while.

Isn’t there a pond to the east of your village?As for Ah, a few years ago, there was a new wife. After only a few days of passing the door, she fell into her clothes and drowned...

Zhang Jiankui smiled and listened for a while, then said to Zhang Ying: I'll leave those people to you. I'll settle them according to the rules and write them on the name and record them.After saying that, he ignored the people in the room and stood up and left.

Everyone hurriedly clasped their fists and held their respects, and the new man Zhao Hu also clasped his fists.

Seeing this, Zhang Ying nodded slightly and said: You have more than twenty people coming, so you can tell the details clearly that someone can protect you. If you stay here, stay; in the future, the army will send you back to the local area, find relatives and friends in the village as protection, and sign the list of local officials, so don’t lie... Our Hu Ben Army is the most elite in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and will not accept fugitives who commit crimes and idle green scoundrels.

Everyone is a miscellaneous soldier first. People with good health and high understanding will soon be promoted to war soldiers if they learn the rules and basic martial arts. Those who fail will be eliminated and go to Xiaying to farm.

Why!Zhao Hu nodded vigorously.

Our Hu Ben Army left wing has lost some people in the Southern Tang Kingdom and is about to replenish the troops. You are in a good time, otherwise it will be difficult to enter the Hu Ben Army.Zhang Ying said, you just said that you went from begging for food in Hebei to join the army in Tokyo, why?

Zhao Hu's face suddenly showed a look of shame and anger, and his teeth were chewing, and he giggled: The Khitans destroyed my family, killed my father, and insulted me... He killed the Khitans in the army to take revenge!

snort!Zhang Ying did not agree, but said coldly, "The Imperial Guard is not a place to avenge you private revenge, you must obey military orders!"If you don’t obey the orders and go to the battle formation, think you are fierce and just run around, get out as soon as possible!

Zhao Hu was stunned.

There was a thinner general next to him, and his eyebrows were not so fierce. At this time, he spoke kindly: Zhao Hu, since you are deeply hatred, why don’t you go to seek revenge from the Liao people and go to Tokyo to join the army?

Zhao Hu frowned and said: I can't beat the Khitans. Some people in the Great Zhou army have weapons, and only those who join the army can beat the Khitans.

The thin general said: What if the Great Zhou army could not defeat the Liao army?

Zhao Hu: ...

The thin general said calmly: If the military orders are not used and the military discipline is lax and chaotic, it will be a mob and will definitely not be able to defeat the Liao army, which has been arching, horses, and cavalry and shooting all year round.He turned to look at Zhang Ying, with a respectful look on his face. Zhang Jun was the military envoy of Youzhou, and most of his subordinates were Han people near Youzhou, and they were guilty of many Liao people.However, we fought against Shu and the Southern Tang Dynasty. We didn’t rush to deal with Liao for a few years. The soldiers were still fighting hard. Why do you know?

Zhao Hu looked confused.

The thin general said: Today I was our chief general before, and told the soldiers that it was a very simple truth.If the court does not put the overall situation first and does not relieve the worries afterwards, it will not be able to draw all its efforts to deal with the Liao enemy.If we want to take revenge and regain lost territory, we will win. If we can't beat the rash and die, what's the point?It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years.

Zhang Ying said: I will explain clearly first, and you will figure out where to go earlier.Military law is ruthless. If you disobey the military order, whoever cares about your deep hatred or hatred will be severely punished if you don’t recognize your relatives!

At this time, Zhao Hu clasped his fists and said: The people of Cao are willing to serve the Hu Ben Army!

Have you figured it out?Zhang Ying asked.

Zhao Hu said: General Zhang's words, I believe that the imperial guards can fight, and this is exactly where I want to defect to.

Zhang Ying smiled and said: He is a brain-strapped person.

At this time, a soldier brought food to him, and Zhang Ying asked someone to greet the ragged men outside.For a moment, everyone didn't say a word, and they just took the cake and the soup.

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A golden sword and an iron horse come into my dream.In the quiet Hall of Zuoxiang, Guo Shaogang took a nap for a while and turned over frequently on the couch, his face was not at all calm.

Maybe it is not a sequelae of the war, but the years of war left too many memories for Guo Shao.

From time to time, he would hear the sound of horse hooves and fighting in his dreams. Even in the quiet and safe Tokyo Palace, he would still not calm down every day!

He had a nightmare, not knowing what battlefield he was on, nor did he know what had happened.The things I saw were bloody, the blood-red setting sun hung on the top of the mountain, and blood was everywhere.

The remnant flag was hanging not far away. He saw a pair of round eyes, Ah... the man was screaming, full of fear.

He saw the knife edge on the flesh and blood, which was dark red and soft, making people twitch in their hearts, and the fishy smell made people nauseous...

Guo Shao suddenly woke up, his heart was still pounding, and he slowly sat up and let out a long sigh.

I heard the chirping of insects outside the screen window. In midsummer, even though there were fewer plants in the palace, there were still some insects chirping in the corners.

Then I smelled a faint fragrance, the smell floating out of the bronze scented cauldron.

Guo Shao wiped his forehead with his sleeve and realized that he had sweated out. The sun was sunny for a day and it was quite hot in the evening.

He got up and sat down on a chair, and someone came in to bring tea.

He turned around and saw that it was Dong Sanmei, and asked: Where is Yulian?

Dong Sanmei said: Sister Yulian has gone to do needlework and let me take care of Your Majesty.