The afterglow of the setting sun faded from the battlefield, but the blood between heaven and earth was still vivid.

When the wooden cart transporting the corpses of the officers and soldiers was removed from the root of the city wall of Yangzhou, the rebel guard with one arm hanging on the broken outer city wall sighed: "Here we go again......

I saw a well-rested group of men and horses pushing the cart and the ladder in the official army camp in the distance!

In siege warfare, during the truce between the two armies, the defending side will acquiesce to the besieging side sending people to clean up the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle. On the one hand, if these corpses are allowed to pile up at the base of the wall and breed diseases, the accumulation of corpses will undoubtedly provide a lot of convenience for the later siege parties. Second, as the general of the besieging party, if he can't properly deal with the soldiers of these warriors, but let them expose the corpses in the wilderness, it will undoubtedly be a great blow to the morale of the besieging soldiers. After all, no one wants their corpses to be trampled on after they die in battle. Therefore, as long as it is not at such a critical moment as the imminent breakthrough of the city, there will be such a team to collect the corpses of the warriors after the truce between the two sides.

The besieging force that came out of the official camp looked at the unit that had gathered the corpse.

Looking at the cold robes that had become piled up on the wooden carts, the atmosphere among the siege teams was undoubtedly much more solemn.

In the procession, a broad-faced man saw this, and immediately said loudly: "Brothers, after you go up, pay more attention to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't want to drink in front of your grave! Haha, Lao Tzu won't leave it for you at that time! If you are not convinced, there is a kind of crawling out to grab it!"

After hearing this, someone immediately laughed and scolded: "Fuck you! If you want to drink, Lao Tzu is outside, and you Li Lao Er is inside!"

"Haha, Wang Da Stick, don't think about it! With Lao Tzu's kung fu, it's not like it's fun to hack a few rebels to death!" the broad-faced man laughed.

"Get out, do you have what it takes? Why don't we compare the two and see who climbs the wall first?" the man was not to be outdone.

"If you lose, bring me the jar of good wine you hidden!" said the broad-faced man.

"Yes, Li Lao Er, if you lose, what compensation will you take? Anyway, do you still have anything on your mother's body?" The man surnamed Wang knew Li Lao Er's temperament, so he smiled.

This Li Lao Er is a border soldier who serves in the northwest all the year round. He is not lustful and does not gamble, but he is greedy for what is in the cup. He is bold and free by nature, but in fact, to put it bluntly, he is a muddy person! Whenever there was no money, he ran alone to the grassland to scavenge the heads of a few horse bandits, came back in exchange for a few rewards, and then continued to eat and drink.

This year, there was a shortage of food in the south, and the imperial court ordered to stop all non-essential battle plans on the border some time ago, and the entire Datang defense line was on the defensive for more than half a year. The border guards did not dare to act without authorization, and they could not even send troops to the grassland to "wander" around in the past. Because once a war is provoked, the imperial court will have no food to send, and the guards will also be severely punished. Due to the harshly worded orders of the Ministry of War and the Political Affairs Hall, the fierce generals on the border have increased the supervision of the soldiers under their command, and "thorns" like Li Lao Er have naturally attracted the attention of them.

There is no war, it is a good thing for others, although there is no wartime subsidy, but the daily military salary is still paid as usual, there is no need to fight for your life, you have money to get, it is naturally a good thing for these fighting men.

But for Li Lao Er, if he can't go out to suppress bandits and kill the enemy, it means that he will lose his source of livelihood, and now he will take Li Lao Er's life! He can't do without alcohol for a day, and his monthly military salary is spent, and he has no money to buy wine, so he borrows all the friends around him, and in the end, as soon as Li Lao Er appears, the crowd will disperse!

Li Laoer, who didn't drink alcohol, was still very short-tempered, and often couldn't help but make a move with people, but the miserable thing was that there was no one to stop him in the battalion he was in, and the generals of the battalion who made trouble had a headache. It just so happened that news of the rebellion in the south reached their camp through the Guò military newspaper, and the imperial court, in addition to a few fixed troops, also signaled soldiers in the army who were willing to go to suppress the rebellion.

During the Kaiyuan period, with the destruction of the Juntian system, the government military system gradually declined, and the conscription system began to be implemented. It just so happened that the prime minister who supported the reform of the military system in the DPRK and China was Li Linfu, the right minister of the country for more than ten years, and it was precisely because of Li Linfu's monstrous power that he was able to break through the obstacles of the Jiangmen family and implement the conscription system smoothly.

However, the Tang Dynasty military has been controlled by the Jiangmen family for more than 100 years, and its power has long been entrenched. In the past hundred years, these lands have been gradually eroded and annexed by the generals, and the government army has completely become the tenants of the generals, and the generals are mostly from the Jiangmen family, so these military lands eventually gradually flow into the hands of the Jiangmen family, which is also the foundation of the survival of these Jiangmen families, and the basis for them to be comparable to the rest of the families. If the imperial court wants to reform the military system, it will inevitably touch the interests of these people, and even if the specific executor is Li Linfu, who leans towards the government and the opposition, he will not dare to make a big move, and can only do it step by step.

Therefore, whenever there is a war in the Tang Dynasty, the Political Affairs Hall Convergence Military Department will issue a call for recruitment to all armies in the world, indicating that some soldiers will go to the army voluntarily. When the war comes, these people will break away from their original status as government soldiers and become recruits for the imperial court. And these "volunteer soldiers" dare to face the battlefield head-on, all of them are the elite of the army, and at the same time, they must also be "poor soldiers" who have lost their military land. Naturally, the combat power of these people is much stronger than that of the generals' tenants. And the loss of these "people who are unwilling to farm" is equivalent to reducing the mouths of food for the generals at all levels for the Jiangmen family, how can there be any reason not to agree? Even if there are far-sighted people in the Jiangmen family who realize that their family may encounter unforeseen circumstances after losing their combat strength, such people are only a minority after all, and they also know that the meaning of the political affairs hall is the meaning of the saint, and these smart people naturally dare not object.

As a result, the prime ministers used this method of boiling frogs in warm water to raise a strong army for the Tang Dynasty, and they were gradually promoting the progress of military reform, but although it has been implemented for several years, the effect is still limited.

Li Laoer, who lost his source of livelihood, responded to such a call, rushed to Chang'an from the border pass Pegasus, and then moved to the south.

In the past few days, Li Lao Er has also become familiar with the chaos of the war around him, and his comrades-in-arms also know the current situation of Li Lao Er's financial constraints, so they will have this smile.

"Hey, Wang Dabang, you really don't look down on people, Lao Tzu just got a dagger yesterday......" As he spoke, Li Lao Er took out a cold dagger from his arms, waved his big hand, and proudly showed off.

The dagger was no more than three inches long, the edge was shiny, and it looked good, and not only that, but the handle of the dagger was also inlaid with a huge ruby.

This dagger was snatched from Li Laoer's arms yesterday when he rushed to the city wall and killed a rebel who looked like a leader. It's just that time is urgent, and Li Lao Er only had time to grab the short handle of the dagger and draw it, and he was surrounded by the rebels who followed.

It was only after Li Lao Er withdrew from the city wall and returned to the camp to take a closer look that he regretted it! Li Lao Er was also a knowledgeable person, and just by looking at the decoration of this dagger, he knew that the dagger sheath that was still in the arms of the rebel leader must also be inlaid with more and bigger gems. Such a delicate dagger naturally has to be connected to the daggard to be valuable, if it is short, this thing will drop a lot!

"Wang Da stick, have you seen such a big stone, have you ever seen it?" Shake your mother's dog eyes!" Li Lao Er waved his dagger and shouted proudly: "Sue you! This thing is sharp! Yesterday on the city wall, more than a dozen spears came towards Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu waved his hand so casually, click, and the head of the spear was all broken!"

"Blow the damn blow! Who will believe it!" When the man called Wang Da Bang saw the dagger, he stared at it without blinking, but he still pretended to be disapproving.

"Hey, don't believe it! Lao Tzu, I'll let you see!" After Li Lao Er finished speaking, he picked up the spear he carried with him in his left hand, and the right hand holding the dagger slashed suddenly, only to hear the sound of "bell", and the spear head made of stainless steel fell to the ground in response, and the incision was neat and smooth!

"Hiss......" Wang Dabang's mouth was already full of saliva, and when he inhaled, the sound spread far away.

"You...... Are you really taking this bet?" asked Wang Dabang's eyes brightened.

"Nonsense, can what Lao Tzu said not count?" Li Lao Er said proudly, and then changed his words and shouted: "But you have to gamble with your jar of wine, don't pour water on Lao Tzu!"

"Okay!" Wang Da Bangzi nodded hurriedly, his eyes staring at Li Lao Er until Li Lao Er took him back into his arms.

The generals who led the team laughed at the frolic of these two people all the way, and only when the team marched to the moat did they shout: "Okay, don't fuck it, it's going to be a war!" If anyone softens Lao Tzu's egg, don't blame Lao Tzu for not being merciful with the big knife in his hand!"

The chariot will be dispatched, and it will be left behind to proclaim to the people. The crowd wept and said: "Reverse Hu Beien, the Lord is sown, the ministers were born in the sundae, the world is the Tang people, I am willing to work hard to fight for the thief for the country, please recover Chang'an from the prince." Xuanzong heard this and said: "This apocalypse is also." "It is to order Gao Lishi and Shou Wang Mao to send the prince's inner man and the royal service, and leave the military stable and horses from above. Ling Lux proclaimed: "You are good to go! The people are hopeful, and they should be careful not to disobey it." Don't take me for granted. And Xirong Beidi, I taste the thick, now the country is difficult, it will be used, you are reluctant!" "The last time I went back to Weibei, the bridge was broken, the water was soaring, and there was no boat; the people on the waterfront were ordered, and more than 3,000 people returned. Weishui can be waded, and the Tongguan scattered soldiers, mistakenly thought of thieves, and the battle, many soldiers were injured.