Mu Qiu was running for his life, at this time there was no argument about the south, south, west, and northwest, and the five companions who were traveling with him had all become dead at this time, only he was lucky, although he was hit by an arrow, but he was not injured to the point, and the horse under his crotch was also very angry, and he fled wildly all the way, and when it was completely dark, the sound of the horse's hooves tracking behind him was no longer heard, and he confirmed that he had indeed escaped from the pursuers.

Jumping off the tired war horse with white foam at the mouth, the whole person was sore and weak, and it spread out in large characters, and he collapsed under the starry sky, panting heavily. The thrilling scene of the daytime resurfaced in front of me.

They were a group of six people, and they were one of the several squads sent by the First Army to draw the map this time, but they had gone too far, and Mu Qiu estimated that they had at least penetrated nearly two hundred miles or so.

It turned out that this was an extremely wrong choice, Mu Qiu pulled his hair in pain, and it was he who killed his companion.

Mu Qiu is a child of a craftsman from Langya County, when he was in Langya County, they have been craftsmen for generations, and they can never get rid of it, from the time he was sensible, his life was to learn the family craft with his father, and then become one of the many craftsmen, and then marry a girl who was also born in a craftsman's family, have children, and repeat the process of his father's life.

Such a life has no hope and no hope. But there was nothing he could do.

The turning point came when he was desperate, they were given to General Gao Yuan of Zhengdong as Ye Jing'er's dowry, for craftsmen who have no personal freedom, they have long been accustomed to sending them back and forth, it is nothing more than a change of place, a change of master, but this time they went too far, from Langya County with a pleasant climate, to the bitter cold north.

The craftsman was unwilling, but there was nothing he could do. The result of the rebellion is likely to be the destruction of the family and the loss of life. No one would have thought that it was this transfer that changed the fate of tens of thousands of craftsmen.

Soon after arriving at their destination, they were greeted with news that shocked them and made them disbelieve, not news, but an announcement, to be exact. Gao Yuan, the general of Zhengdong, canceled their artisan household registration, and from then on, they would become free people.

Freedom, for the craftsman, is something that has been longed for for generations, but when he comes too suddenly, it is still unbelievable.

But then a series of actions in Zhengdong Mansion made them feel that freedom had indeed come.

Zhengdong Mansion built houses for each of their families. The fields were allocated, the livestock were allocated, and the artisans still had to work in formation, but on the first day of work. The person in charge of the workshop made it clear to them how much they would be paid each day. If you don't want to do it, you need to notify the workshop one month in advance. In short, come and go freely.

In Zhengdong Province, there was no coercion. Only voluntary.

One after another, the dizzying shocks stopped, and the fields allocated to them would be exempted from taxes for three years, and the land would be distributed to them free of charge, but the houses and livestock would have to be paid, and these money would have to be repaid to the Zhengdong Province within three years. In Mu Qiu's opinion, the price of these things is too cheap, you know, in Langya County, a cow can only be purchased for at least five taels of silver, but in Jishi City, they only need to pay one or two silver. And the price that needs to be paid for the house allocated to them, in Mu Qiu's opinion, is almost a free gift, and I am afraid that he will not even be able to buy the materials.

Stone City is full of opportunities to make money, to work in the workshops, the highest price, there are skilled craftsmen, especially blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, they receive a reward so that they can pay off these debts within a year. If you don't know any special skills, you can go to work on the construction site in the city, and you will be paid a lot of money.

If you have a flexible mind and can start a small business, then the income will be even more considerable.

Tens of thousands of artisan families from Langya County suddenly forgot their hometown and regarded Jishi City as their home. The suffering of generations has made these craftsmen burst out with great enthusiasm, they work hard, desperately make money, and everyone in the family who can move has taken action.

Men go to the workshop, women go to work on the farmland, even the elderly, children, can also go to knock small stones, this does not require any skills, just take a small hammer, knock the stones one by one to the stone seeds, one day's income, enough for a person's living expenses.

These craftsmen paid off all their debts in less than a year, and now, every penny they earn is their own.

All the craftsmen saw hope.

Compared with the strength of the elders in the family to make money, Mu Qiu had his own ideas, when he came to Jishi City, he had just turned eighteen years old, and he was the hard labor force in the family.

Mu Qiu's family is almost all carpenters, looking for wood for many years, wielding axes, and pulling large saws, which makes Mu Qiu look very powerful, especially the two thick arms, which make the officers of the recruitment office shine, and Mu Qiu became a member of the Eastern Army without any words.

He went to sign up without telling his family, but when he returned home with the first month's salary advance in a new military uniform, his family was surprised, but they did not object. Because the salary of the soldiers of the Eastern Army is really high enough, it is higher than his father's desperate work for a month. Only the mother wept silently, for the mother, being a soldier means going to the battlefield, and going to the battlefield means that you may die.

Mu Qiu didn't think of these, what he saw was the might of those officers, and he also wanted to be such an officer.

"I will become an officer, I will make you proud of me, I will glorify my ancestors, and become the first official of the Mu family for generations." Mu Qiu proudly made bold words to his parents.

When he entered the barracks, he could no longer go home at will, he could go home once a month, even if it was good, for Mu Qiu, the life in the barracks was extremely fun, even in the new barracks, he was happy to practice boring queues every day.

He threw himself into his new business with great enthusiasm.

Because of his excellent appearance, when he came out of the recruit camp, he became the captain of a ten-man squad, and his salary increased a little.

Once a month, when he went home, the money he brought back would make his father very happy, but his mother, every time she saw him, she would look at him with melancholy eyes, and every time she left home, she would provoke her tears. Although he knew that his mother loved him and worried about him, Mu Qiu was still very unhappy, and he changed the number of times he went home to go back every two months.

The war was coming, and the brutal defense of Jishi City began, and the recruits who had been trained for half a year stepped on the battlefield for the first time, raising their swords and guns. Mu Qiu killed for the first time.

This battle made Mu Qiu see the cruelty of war, human life is like a mustard, and the ten brothers under his command all fell to his side in less than three days, and Mu Qiu survived unscathed because of his physical qualities and strength beyond ordinary people.

From the first killing, to the end of the killing, Mu Qiu completely transformed from a rookie to a qualified veteran without feeling like chopping wood at home.

He was no longer as excited as he had just been on the battlefield, but he had learned to take a moment to rest and recover his body, he could lie in a pool of blood, fall asleep in the very short interval of battle, and jump up at the moment when the enemy attacked, and he learned to sit on top of the enemy's corpse, look at the remains of his comrades, and swallow food without nausea.

A war that made Mu Qiu really grow up.

The Battle of Jishi City ended with a complete victory for the Eastern Army, and the surviving Mu Qiu became a soldier and was incorporated into the First Army of the Northern Field Army, and after following Xu Yuan to the Hetao Plain, because of his outstanding Su zhì was seen by Xu Yuan, he was transferred to Xu Yuan's personal guard battalion.

Although the commander led a fifty-man soldier Cao once again became the commander of a ten-man squad, Mu Qiu knew that this was the starting point of his take-off, and when he went out of the pro-military camp again, he would become a real officer. This kind of opportunity is not available to everyone.

This time, as a sentinel to cross the river, Mu Qiu automatically invited Sakura and took five brothers all the way forward to draw a map of the north bank. In the first few days, they did not see a single person except birds and beasts, but as they gradually deepened, they began to see the camp tents of the Donghu people.

A small group of Donghu people began to appear in their field of vision, and the companions had mentioned yì returning, but Mu Qiu wanted to make a greater contribution, and at his insistence, the six of them flew day and night, until yesterday, they were discovered by the Donghu people.

After a fierce battle, all five of his companions were killed, and he was the only one who was able to escape, but now, he was lost.

I don't know how long he lay on the ground, Mu Qiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, the war horse had eaten enough grass, walked to his side, and kept arching his body with his mouth, Mu Qiu stood up, took out a handful of beans from the bag next to the saddle, fed the war horse to eat, and took out a hard bun from the bag on the other side, and barely ate a little bit with the water in the leather bag, and his strength recovered a little.

Now he had to find a way to go back to the camp, looking up at the sky, but there was not even a star, it was pitch black, and he couldn't tell the way at all, gritting his teeth, he took the war horse, chose a direction at random, and walked forward.

Standing here passively and waiting, it is never better to act, this is a criterion that the instructor told him when he was in the recruit corps.

Go ahead. Mu Qiu led the war horse and stumbled forward in the darkness, horsepower needs to be cherished, he can give himself the greatest help when he escapes. (To be continued......)