Chapter Twenty-Nine: Helplessness and Bitterness

Jiaziying's qiē is very strange to Lao Bao, and this is not a normal world.

The Xiang army in the capital is now dredging the Wulong River, they need to remember to ask for some food from the surrounding merchants in addition to dredging the Wulong River, if they can send some old clothes over, they will be very grateful, and the Xiang army without clothes abounds.

Jiazi Battalion is not a box army, nor is it a forbidden army, even the emperor's personal guards do not have the treatment of drinking two dollars and a jar of wine all day long, honest as an old bag, when they see the old soldier holding a wine gourd to fill the wine, his heart is also faintly painful.

Another bite of pig was killed, just hung on the shelf, a group of children shouted to ask the pig killing veterans to ask for pig urine bubbles, this thing as long as it is placed on the sand and slowly kneaded, and then slowly inserted a bamboo pipe to blow in, it will become inflated, and then a group of barefoot children will sprinkle joy on the school military field to bow, this thing is more comfortable than a rattan ball to kick.

There is a piece of crispy meat on the pig's neck, according to Yun Zheng's understanding, that thing is lymph, and when the fat pig is slaughtered in later generations, it will be cut off and fed to the dog, but here it is the butcher's patent, taking advantage of the fresh cut off a small strip and throwing it into the mouth to chew the creaky and squeaky, which is known as a rare delicacy.

Zhang Fangping pointed to the fat pig and said: "Yun Zheng is coming back soon, he should come back in the afternoon, these fat pigs are for the sergeants, you have waited for half a month to have a result, that kid knows that it is impossible to leave you aside forever, after all, he must pass this level, Brother Bao, don't be harsh on this young man, he just wants to do something, he doesn't want to go to the capital early to retire." ”

Bao Zheng didn't speak, looking at the green mountains in Shu with his back hands, the river breeze blew through the silk shirt, blowing the corners of the clothes to hunt and hunt, he said in his early years when he was a scholar that "the warehouse is full of rats and birds", but it is a pity that his cat has caught mice for decades, but the mice are caught more and more, and their means of stealing the granary are becoming more and more hidden.

The only thing that years of thunderbolting has brought to me is loneliness. Both good and bad people are avoiding themselves, and if you insist on saying the saddest thing, it is that the emperor is also avoiding himself.

Corrupt officials avoid him because they are weak and afraid, and good officials avoid themselves because they don't want to have too close relationships with an iron-faced and selfless person. Such a man is ruthless and often unrighteous, and the emperor shuns him because the words and things that come out of his mouth are often the darkest scenes of the empire.

"Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, thousands of paths and people disappear, lonely boats, fishing alone in the cold river and snow!" Lao Bao recited Liu Zongyuan's tone word by word, lonely and lonely.

"Liu Hedong's poem is heartbreaking, why does Brother Bao have to suffer to such an extent? Why don't you take advantage of the river breeze, how about you and I conspire to get drunk at the moment of delicious food and wine? Zhang Fangping raised his glass and invited.

"There are people who are hated by God and hated by demons who are willing to get drunk together?"

Zhang Fangping said with a smile: "The crow fell on the pig's back, the boss Mo said that the second child is black, you Bao Xiren is selfless with an iron face, am I Zhang Fangping a fly camp dog?" Liu Yucheng will come back and let you inspect the school. But leave Yun Zheng to Shuzhong, this has nothing to do with personal affairs, it is only related to the young army that has just started in Shuzhong, and I have high hopes for them. ”

Bao Zheng opened his mouth and said with a dumb smile: "Liu Yucheng's army encircled and suppressed the thieves' nest in Bazhong, and now he has returned from a big victory, what is there to inspect the school." The head of the Buddha Gao Tansheng has been placed in the treasure house by you, and most of the elites of the Maitreya Sect have been lost in Western Xia, and Liu Yucheng still has the ability to kill the tiger with a heavy fist, and then the old man only needs to ask for credit for Liu Yucheng and Zhang Gong on the table, Zhang Gong will succeed in a great achievement, but now he wants me to give up the last bit of duty, not a gentleman! ”

Zhang Fangping opened his mouth and laughed dryly. Just drank the wine in the cup, Liu Yucheng's war report came back, this time in Bazhong, with the method of closing the door and beating the dog, Gao Tansheng has been painstakingly operating for many years to exterminate the Maitreya Sect in one fell swoop, Liu Ningjing, Wanbaoshan. The remnants of the Maitreya sect at the head of the black army were all captured, and Rao was like this, and the officers and soldiers still suffered heavy casualties when they broke through the mountain gate of Wanhu Mountain.

However, the mountains of treasures in the thieves' nest were enough to make Zhang Fangping ignore the casualties of the Yongsheng army, Zhang Fangping came to Jiazi Camp to exterminate the power of the Maitreya Sect in Shuzhong in order to force Bao Xiren to give in and walk away, and the affairs in Shuzhong should be decided by the officials in Shuzhong themselves!

The stubborn Bao Xiren was unwilling to back down. He still hopes to make a judgment after talking to Yun Zheng face-to-face, and he can't force this person too hard, otherwise the matter of hanging the seal and living in seclusion will be repeated, and then Yun Zheng will go from the light to the dark and continue to control the Jiazi Battalion and even the Wusheng Army, which will be a big trouble.

Bao Xiren's pupils shrank suddenly, and he saw a team of people suddenly appear on the path on the distant mountain, and the whole team walked sparsely, as if every step was squeezing the last energy in the body.

After approaching, Lao Bao found that these people were the soldiers of the Jiazi battalion, the military appearance was untidy, the armor was crooked, but fortunately, the crossbow and weapons were all on the body, the straw sandals under the feet had become tattered, some of the soldiers had no shoes on their feet at all, their feet were covered with wounds, and everyone's expression was sluggish, only knowing that they followed behind the person in front like zombies.

The person at the head was Liang Ji, who didn't seem to see Lao Bao and Zhang Fangping standing by the camp gate, and walked stiffly to the center of the school military field, and fell into the sand pit and didn't move. The people behind also fell crookedly on the school military field when Liang Ji fell headlong, and some people's snoring immediately sounded.

Lao Bao frowned and looked at this wolf army to the extreme, and asked a few people why they were like this, but no one answered, they only knew to go into the barracks and fall asleep on the ground.

Zhang Fangping saw an acquaintance, this person was Zhou Tong, the armor and weapons on his body were no longer on his body, his equipment was distributed among the rest of his companions, and the boots on his feet had opened to reveal his black and oily feet. was dragged out of the queue by Zhang Fangping lightly, turned his eyes to look at Zhang Fangping, opened his chapped mouth and fell asleep in Zhang Fangping's arms with a few clicks, no one could connect this bearded and dirty man with that suave Zhou Tong.

"What about Yun Zheng? What's going on? Zhang Fangping asked his subordinates to help Zhou Tong to the military field of the school and asked sharply.

"Put the Lord behind." Peng Jiu, who looked like a ghost, answered with difficulty and entered the door.

Lao Bao calmed down, holding his arms and constantly looking at these soldiers, this was obviously the reaction of people who had traveled a long distance, and he was ready to wait for Yun Zheng to come over and then ask what they had done.

It didn't take long for Yun Zheng to appear, leading his big green horse, the big green horse carrying two people who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, they were tied to the horse, Yun Zheng's image was no better, the armor was gone, his hair was scattered, his face was full of mud dots, and the big green horse seemed to come out of the mud like him.

"What's going on?" Zhang Fangping asked again when he saw that Yun Zheng still knew how to salute himself and Lao Bao.

"After walking three hundred and fifty miles, this is what it looks like, Ming Gong and let me rest for a while." Yun Zheng hurriedly answered, just slapped the buttocks of the war horse, and the veteran who came out of the camp took the reins and quickly untied the person on the horse and put it on the ground, while Yun Zheng stood at the gate of the camp and gritted his teeth and insisted, and when Lang Lige appeared at the end of the team, he fell headlong.

Looking at the sergeant lying on the school ground, Lao Bao smiled: "Walked more than three hundred miles? Jokes, right? How long has it been gone? ”

Zhang Fangping had no smile on his face, and saw a big cart coming behind him, the cart was full of people, Wu Jie, Sun Dazhi, Lang Tan, Jiang Zhe, Hou Dayi and others were all in the carriage, and saw Zhang Fangping standing at the gate of the camp and lowered his head in shame.

"What's the matter, Wu Jie, you come to sue the old man."

This is the third time Zhang Fangping asked, Wu Jie raised his head and said embarrassedly: "The general ordered the army to walk back to Dujiangyan from the foot of Mount Emei, it took two days and three hours, and he really couldn't walk, and he was carried into the carriage after fainting!" ”

Bao Zheng looked at Zhang Fangping and said: "Although the old man doesn't understand military affairs, the infantry army should be the best choice for traveling 80 miles a day, right?" ”

Zhang Fangping frowned and said: "Being able to travel fifty miles a day fully armed, in my Great Song Dynasty is already a condition for selection and selection to join the army, and three hundred and fifty miles in two days, what is Yun Zheng going to do?" Aren't you afraid of abolishing the army? ”

Bao Zheng pointed to the people lying on the ground and said, "Aren't they all back?" You were still persuading me just now not to criticize Yun Zheng, why did you change your mind in the blink of an eye? ”

Zhang Fangping pulled Wu Jie's feet that fell on the outside of the car and roared: "Look at it, can you still see these feet?" Lao Bao looked at Wu Jie's tattered soles and nodded, "It's really over!" ”

Although the two of them were talking angrily, they were about to order someone to take care of these soldiers who were repaired by Yun Zheng very badly, but they saw Su Xun coming over with countless people, two carrying one, all of them were thrown under the big pergola, and everyone's feet were all drooping on the ground, and those women washed the soldiers' feet with hot water, and the movements were very skillful, and after washing, they wiped the soles of their feet with cotton cloth dipped in spirits, Bao Zheng knew that it was very painful to do this, and those soldiers only twitched twice in their sleep, He let the women pick up the blood blisters on the soles of their feet and wrap them in sackcloth.

Yun Zheng was treated the same as the sergeant, the soles of his feet were injured, and he habitually shrunk his body into a baby-like shape, and it was only at this time that Zhang Fangping found that Yun Zheng was still very young in his sleep.

Zhang Fangping, who was depressed, looked back at Bao Zheng, and before he could speak, he heard Bao Zheng say: "In the end, he won, the old man will go to Guangyuan tomorrow to inspect Liu Yucheng, he can be ruthless to himself, he already has the temperament of a general, and the road of civilian officials commanding the army may really come out, and the old man is happy to see it!" ”

ps:

In the first stanza, I woke up, but it was dark, and my body told me that I needed to sleep, and it was not under the control of my brain.