Chapter 31: Retrogression
Along the dirt road on the right side of the river, a long procession was marching, the soil on the road was very dry, and when the hard soles of the boots stepped on it, a small cloud of dust would be splashed and a muffled sound would be made. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIf thousands of people do this together, the dust will become very loud, and the sound will travel far along the surface, and the closer you get to the enemy, the easier it will be to be noticed, which is a taboo on the march.
But this team seemed to be unaware, from the army leading the horses to the horses running at the head, to the ordinary pawns who were staring at their feet, they were all the same movements at this moment, and this action lasted for nearly three hours, and only rested for a short moment in the middle, and got some food and water.
"It's all right, it's here."
Hearing the reminder of the soldiers, Ma Ji came back to his senses from the mechanical movements, looked up, there was a barrier not far ahead, the stone city base was lined with thick wooden walls, and the lookout posts at the four corners were faintly moving...... Returned to Texas.
"Pass on the order of the general, the whole army will rest on the spot, and you will not be allowed to go out if you have nothing to do, and a few of you will go with your own officer."
The soldiers, knowing his temper, swallowed the words of persuasion into their stomachs, and the orders were passed down one by one, and the long procession came to a slow halt, and the front end reached just below the rampart. Before getting on the horse, Ma Ji's eyes swept to the newly made forehead attached to his own flag, and the word "Tiger Ben" made him grin at the corner of his mouth, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, if his soldiers and horses can't afford it, who else dares to claim it?
His self-confidence is reasonable, more than a hundred miles of mountain road, from the departure to the present, he only took less than fourteen hours, which also includes rest, you must know that before they set off, but they did not rest for an hour, and rushed directly through Yongzhou City to here, this is a team that has followed for many years, from the "difficult to go to the blue sky" Shu Road down the horse, never let him down, is the main reason why he has the confidence to snatch the forward from Jiang Cai's hands.
Of course, there are other thoughts that are not enough for outsiders, if it is distributed normally, most of his team that arrives last will be re-broken and reorganized into the rear army, and slowly run in during the march. But in that case, it will be a waste of the combat power formed over the years, although Ma Ji understands Liu Yu's approach, it is his turn, and he knows how reluctant he is, rather than this, it is better to take the initiative to ask Ying, go to the battlefield to see the difference, and avoid the danger of being split.
"Anyway, people's hearts are unpredictable, let's let the little ones try it first." When he arrived at the gate of the village, the soldiers who followed him couldn't help but persuade.
"Fart, if Li Dazi dares to move Lao Tzu, he has the guts."
Ma Ji smiled contemptuously, pushed everyone away without care, and under the noses of the native soldiers on the wall, he carried the horsewhip upside down, smashing the wooden board "thump". When the soldiers guarding the gate saw him like this, they did not know what to do, until a young leader heard the movement and ran up, and stuck out his head to look outside.
"Song ...... Song people? The Chinese of the person who came was a little stammering, but his eyes were round.
"Send you a head, is Li Da's crotch dead, if not, hurry out to greet Lao Tzu and tell him that Lao Tzu's name is Ma Ji." He let go of his voice and howled, and the local soldiers who could hear it were stunned, but the leader still knew Chinese, and suddenly retracted his head, not knowing whether he was scared or went to call someone.
Ma Ji didn't care about it on his face, but he was calculating the time little by little in his heart, and when he counted about a pillar of incense, even the surrounding soldiers became nervous, and began to look around vigilantly, ready to cover at any time, only then did he hear the sound of hurried footsteps behind the wooden door, and it seemed that a large group of people were coming here.
When the door of the village was opened with a "squeak", Ma Ji was looking up with his hands behind his back, as if he was walking in his own yard. The crowd was led by a short and fat middle-aged man, looking at his appearance, the sound of surprise flashed away, a pompous smile appeared on his face, and he walked towards him enthusiastically with open arms.
"Lao Tzu knows you're not dead." Ma Ji hugged him, and after parting, he punched him in the shoulder, which made the other man squeak his teeth, but the smile was even bigger, and the fat piece of meat shook and shook as if it was about to fall.
"Ma Er, didn't you transfer away, why did you get it back again?" I never thought that this man's official words sounded more authentic than Ma Ji's.
"Don't mention it, go in and ask for a glass of water and wine to eat, can you make it?"
Ma Ji took him by the shoulder, and dragged him inside without waiting for him to answer, and his eyes silently swept the earth soldiers standing on either side like stakes, and ignored the swords, guns, bows and arrows in his hands. The man he dragged had a bitter smile, but he involuntarily quickened his pace and walked towards a large house in the middle of the stockade.
Speaking so, it is impossible to really only have water and wine, all kinds of mountain delicacies and game are sent up at a low price, boiled and mixed with some pepper and salt produced in the mountains, but it also has a unique flavor. At least Ma Ji ate a lot of praise, biting half a local chicken in his mouth, and tearing a strip of meat on a leg of mutton, where is there still a little bit of the appearance that the heavens are in charge of the kingdom and the state, it is simply a refugee fleeing thousands of miles, the man is disdainful in his heart, but his mouth is constantly persuading, and the banquet is a scene of joy and joy for the guests and hosts.
"Ma Er, slow down, don't hold on to death."
"Fuck you, you won't die if you die." Ma Ji replied smoothly, and the man's heart moved.
"Are you taking those many soldiers and horses to Hengshan?"
"You are waiting for those people at the door, are you planning to take Lao Tzu to ask for a reward from the Yuanren?"
The two men each asked, their eyes were full of smiles, they looked at each other for a while, the smiles got bigger and bigger, haha After a while, two bowls the same size as basins collided together, and the yellowish liquid was poured into their mouths together, and the banquet really began.
"You never fail to come to the door, say, what is the matter with me." The man didn't seem to have much appetite, or maybe he didn't seem to be surprised, and ate slowly.
"Oh, it's so easy to talk to, if someone asks you to gather the soldiers and horses in the village and go with me to fight the Yuanren, you are willing?" Ma Ji's appetite is very good, he is really hungry, even the pro-soldiers he brought with him.
The man didn't answer, he looked at him deeply, trying to tell whether it was a joke, a temptation, or a seriousness, but he didn't see anything on that square face except a hint of cunning in his eyes.
"There are not many people like me, the result is the same, why do you pull me into the water, there are thousands of people here, and I, as the leader, can't help but think about them."
"But don't forget, you are the governor of the state under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty."
"You mean loyalty? Ma Lao Er, you don't know that the people of the land have always obeyed only the master of this land, and when you have divided the winners and losers, the people will know what to do. The man seemed a little unbearable after speaking, and then continued: "Hengshanzhai is finished, I went to inquire, there are no less than 50,000 Yuan people there, how many have you come, is there 5,000?" As a friend, listen to my advice, no matter what you plan to do, don't go into the stockade casually like you do today. ”
Suddenly hearing this, Ma Ji's hand that was tearing meat stopped suddenly, he didn't think that people would agree to those conditions before, for the Dong people, whether it is the Yuan people or the Song people, they are all intruders who come to plunder them, the difference is only who is more greedy, they can do not help each other, and it depends on the Song people's light policy all along.
"Can you tell me what the situation is up front of?" This is Yi District, it is difficult for the spies of the Song people to go deeper, if you want to find out the news, of course it will be much more convenient for the Yu people, since the other party has admitted that they have sent people out, then they must have this thought.
"Not so good." The man really breathed a sigh of relief: "No one knows what Hengshanzhai looks like, the Yuan people are very dead, and they don't let people get close at all, the nearest Wanfeng Prefecture was broken on the same day, Wei Siming's violent son, you have seen it, led people to resist, the whole village was burned by the Yuan people, and the people were almost dead, Wei Huawen of Guohua Prefecture was his nephew, and he sent a letter of surrender on the third day, and now the Yuan people are stationed in his village, I heard that all of them are cavalry, so where do you dare to move nearby?" The farther Hou Tang Prefecture, Sien Prefecture, Encheng Prefecture, and Zhenyuan Prefecture have all sent supplies to the Yuan people, and I am no exception here. ”
The man didn't hide it from him, he knew that it was useless to hide it, it was better to tell it to him, even if it was still the world of the Song people in the future, he had no choice but to do it, and besides, how could the Song people be better than the Yuan people, and when the time came, they would be more respectful, and they would really be able to kill them?
"You just said that your little bit of people is useless, you are wrong, there are forty-four big mountains in Yongzhou alone, and there are countless small ones, and there are hundreds of people in each mountain, which is tens of thousands, what kind of enemy can't be defeated?"
The man was stunned, the Song people did not recruit native soldiers, the soldiers of the Tibetan soil formed a separate army, this is a precedent since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, with the deepening of the regime after the southern crossing, such a policy is more common, but it has never been levied on a large scale, and listening to the tone of Ma Ji, is there really such a plan from above?
If you want to say loyalty, it is naturally impossible to talk about it, but after hundreds of years with the Song people, there are not many frictions, but on the whole, it is good, with the protection of the Song people, they can at least settle down, and even the Jiaozhi who is about to move has quieted down after the southern crossing, and after so long of stable days, who wants to raise swords again?
"To be honest with you, my little soldier is just a striker, how many people are behind, you will soon be able to see, how to choose to think about yourself, but don't do that unrighteous thing at both ends of the end, this Guangxi sky, is going to change." Ma Ji sighed, threw down the gnawed bones, pulled a piece of blue cloth and rubbed it with his hands, and then stood up.
"You're going to move forward?" The man was stunned for a long time before he reacted, and if he went forward, it was the place where the Yuan people's scouts and horses haunted, and with his little soldiers and horses, let alone resisting, it was difficult to say whether they could form a formation.
"Lao Tzu is going to Hengshan, no matter if there is still anyone there, you have to go, this is a death order from above, you pick two clever people to be a guide, ask them to pretend to be sergeants, and if something happens, they can't catch your head, Li Da crotch, I'm good for you."
Eating people with a soft mouth, Ma Ji can't bear to be at the bottom, the other party is not a stupid person, he heard it as soon as he heard it, how could he not agree, the person who was sent out was the young man who had just inquired, and he was the youngest son of Governor Li, the key is that this person can understand Chinese, and he can also say a few words, so it is more convenient to do things.