0027 With the army and the people
As an order sounded, Niu Mantun, the boss of the Niu family, finally relaxed. He and a few of his companions set up the mule cart and sat down nearby. Niu Mantun rubbed his sore legs and thought of his father and younger brothers again.
That night, Niu Mantun and his father ran away. But fortunately, Niu Mantun was young and strong, and he had learned how to boil his body from Niu Bajin, and his physical strength was very abundant, so he escaped. He also had some pancake and silver on him that would last for a few days. But in the past, it was Father Niu who arranged everything for him, but now he suddenly needs to make his own decision, and Niu Mantun is a little at a loss.
Niu Mantun felt that his father and younger brothers might not be able to escape. After all, under the search of people in a town, the possibility of escaping is really not high.
Niu Mantun sat on the side of the road and cried when he thought about it. After crying for a while, he felt like he couldn't cry anymore. He remembered his father's words: "Make a decision quickly!" There is no effort to make you procrastinate! ”
Niu Mantun sorted out his thoughts. At this moment, his heart was filled with hatred for that master book! But he knew he couldn't do anything on his own. As soon as he shows up in the county, he will be caught. So you have to live before you want revenge!
At this moment, Niu Mantun thought about how his father earned money to return to his hometown. So Niu Mantun immediately made up his mind and decided to join the army himself! When you become an officer after you have made military achievements, you may be able to come back for revenge.
Although Niu's family is located in the countryside, the news is relatively closed. But they still knew that Liaodong was at war. I just don't know what it looks like. But Dad said that Da Ming is just a war with a bunch of barbarians, and he will definitely win! So Niu Mantun immediately decided to go to Liaodong to join the army.
Niu Mantun, who had made up his mind, began to trek to Liaodong. Fortunately, at this time, it was the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and the system collapsed. There were few people to check the road guides, otherwise Niu Mantun might have been arrested.
In this way, Niu Wantun stumbled and even dodged and touched Liaodong. At this time, Liaodong was preparing for a big war. So Niu Mantun became a member of the army as he wished-a people's husband!
Now his job is to push carts and carry supplies all day long. There is a lot of work to be done every day, and Niu Mantun is in good health and can bear it. It's just that the food is not very good, and there are often moldy grains and rice sent down, and the portion is not enough, and I often can't eat enough.
Now his only pleasure every day is to listen to their heads tell stories when he is resting. Their leader, surnamed Li, was a soldier himself, but he was sent down to command their people. So he often ran to the barracks, and the news was still well-informed.
Today, Li Tou is talking about the matter of the oath in Shenyang. Niu Mantun pricked up his ears and listened to what he said: "That day, Lord Yang Hao, and Lord Wang Keshou. Including the eight general soldiers, there was also a large group of civilian and military generals who were all on the martial arts field in Shenyang. At that time, Lord Yang issued a reward, and the bounty for capturing and killing the old slave was 10,000 taels! 10,000 taels! Brothers! Have you seen ten taels of silver? ”
Many people immediately patted over: "Of course I haven't seen it.!" ”
"How can there be a Li Tou who is well-informed!"
"But seriously, I've never seen ten taels of silver in my life!"
These people are right, in their eyes, a string of copper coins is already a lot of money! Many people have never seen what silver looks like in their lifetime! Because they usually use copper coins, when they usually live at home, they often use barter.
"When Lord Yang finished speaking, the unlucky ghost surnamed Bai was dragged up."
"Li Tou, which surname is Bai?" A Minzhuang asked.
"Of course, it's Bai Yunlong, the commander of Fushun Pass! This shit, he ran away when the fight started! Do you say he is not looking for death? What does he run? Where can he run? Da Ming is so big, how can he have a place to hide? Isn't this being caught? Poor, I was cut off my head on the martial arts field at that time to sacrifice the flag! ”
There was an uproar among the people. Hearing everyone's uproar, Li Tou was even more energetic! Staring at the foaming mouth of the mouth, he said, "Then you don't know, right?" Something big is wrong! You must know that such a big thing is to sacrifice to the heavens! At that time, someone brought a cow and was ready to cut off the head of the cow and sacrifice it to the sky. The person who killed the cow went up with a knife and cut the neck of the cow bare-chested, but his mother's knife was rusty, and he couldn't kill after several cuts! Then Lord Yang's face is wonderful! Later, a military general who was still close handed over with his own knife, and then the cow was hacked to death! ”
Sacrifice has been a very important thing since ancient times! "Zuo Biography" has a cloud: The major affairs of the country are in Rong! Killing a cow and not dying during the sacrifice to the sky is not a good sign! Everyone was talking about it.
Niu Mantun also felt that this did not seem to be a good sign. You can't even kill a cow when you sacrifice to the sky, doesn't it mean that God doesn't want to accept this sacrifice! Could it be that something will go wrong with this big war? When Niu Mantun was thinking nonsense, Li Tou opened his mouth again and said: "It's nothing to say that it's unlucky, there are even more unlucky things!" At that time, our partial general, General Liu, saw that killing cattle was demoralized, so he wanted to boost the morale of the army! Ride a horse and carry a lance on the field! As a result, the mallet broke after a few strokes! The lance head flies out far away! made General Liu lose face at all! ”
Listening to what Li Tou said, Niu Mantun understood a little. It doesn't seem like a matter of God! It's a matter of building and storing weapons. So Niu Mantun interjected and said: "Li Tou, this weapon is like this, this battle is still easy to fight, right?" ”
Li Tou glanced at Niu Mantun and said, "What's not easy to fight?" How many people can there be among those Jurchen barbarians? That's 20,000 or 30,000 How many of us are there? 150,000 people! One person drowned them with a mouthful of spit! ”
All the people praised Li Tou for his extensive knowledge and wanted to hear something new. In addition, they also have the same idea as Li Tou. After all, the difference in the number of people on both sides is too much! And at this time, the sense of honor of a great country in everyone's hearts is still there, and no one thinks that they will lose.
But Niu Mantun, who was sitting on the side, was beating drums in his heart. He had heard his father say more than once, and when he was in the war, the officers above said that weapons are a soldier's second life! Can't overstate how to maintain! If you don't maintain your weapons well, you will not only have to eat military sticks, but you will also lose your head if you have serious problems!
But now that everyone uses weapons like this, I really don't know what this battle can become? Niu Mantun thought about this in his heart, and then thought about what happened in the previous period that he personally experienced, and his heart was even more bottomless.