16 knights, left chief
That morning, Yao Jia entered the city. Directly said to the Korean monarchs: "The 200,000 Qin troops besieged the city for several months, besieging but not attacking, it is General Teng Yue's old feelings. Now the siege of the city has been more than four months, and the daily cost of money and food is innumerable. The King of Qin sent me to urge the war. Whether to surrender in defeat or without a fight, please decide immediately, and the siege will begin in the afternoon! The general misses the old feelings, and he can't bear to see your heads become military exploits hanging on the waist of Qin soldiers, so he sent me to inform him! ”
After listening to Yao Jia's words, the Korean monarchs and ministers were all frightened! Arguing about the terms of surrender! At this moment, dozens of war drums sounded in unison outside the city, shaking the hall as if it was trembling. Everyone hurriedly climbed to the top of the city and looked, only to see the black pressure of the Qin army's infantry phalanx opening the earth wall one after another. Thousands of crossbow beds, tens of thousands of individual crossbows are ready to go! Hundreds of ladders lined up.
"The Qin army is going to shoot arrows, dodge the arrows!" Yao Jia shouted loudly! For a while, shouts broke out on the head of the city, the ministers of civil and military affairs hid behind the wall, and the soldiers on the city wall also raised their shields and hid!
On the entire city wall, only Yao Jia was still standing, only listening to him laughing. The Korean monarchs thought that Yao Jia was teasing them. Everyone stood up one after another and accused Yao Jia of being rude.
At this time, there was another war drum outside the city! Yao Jia knew that this time, as soon as the drum stopped, ten thousand arrows would be fired in unison.
"Princes, who is bold, come and watch the Qin army's ten thousand arrows salvo together, and you will never forget it!" Yao Jia asked everyone lightly.
Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine Yao Jia was selling, and they all looked out of the city. Suddenly, I saw a large rain of black arrows flying outside the city like countless locusts, with the sharp whistle of countless sharp arrows piercing the air!
Everyone was horrified, and once again they were embarrassed to dodge. Yao Jianai laughed, and didn't squat down until the rain of arrows flew in front of him, very calmly. Countless arrows rained down on the city, smashing the green bricks on the wall, some of them just inserted into the brick cracks, the end of the arrows trembled, and there were more crossbow arrows as big as spears smashed on the city wall, the force was very strong, and the masonry on the wall was immediately shattered. There was an unlucky recruit hiding behind the shield, and the big arrow of the bed crossbow directly smashed the shield to pieces, and pierced through the chest, nailing people directly to the wooden pillar of the arrow tower! Countless individual crossbow arrows shot at him, like a hedgehog, very terrifying.
After a while, the sound of soybeans started again, and the Qin army stopped shooting arrows, and the sound of "killing" came from a burst of very impressive. Yao Jia stood up and saw that the Qin army outside the city had already put on a posture, as long as the general gave an order, he would immediately start attacking the city!
The Korean monarch and minister slowly stood up, although the rain of arrows just now did not shoot many people, but it broke the gall of most of them, and there was a commotion in the city, because many people were scared to pee their pants!
"Please go back to the camp quickly and convey it. South Korea is willing to surrender, please allow me to prepare a little later, and surrender tomorrow! Han Wang'an's face turned pale with fright, and all the ministers were trembling with fright!
The Korean monarchs and ministers returned to the main hall, all of them dejected. Han Wangan looked at the nobles and ministers with contempt: "I, Han An, am by no means the king of the country, but the hall is full of nobles and ministers of the country. After speaking, he burst into tears, "You guys have discussed how to descend Qin!" After speaking, he hid in the temple and did not come out.
Chapter 14 The Left Chief
After seeing the Qin army's arrow array, Montenegro galloped back to the new barracks with Baturu. He didn't care what the future of South Korea would be, he secretly thought: he must grow up quickly, and try to recruit Zhang Liang, Han Xin, and Xiao He to his disciples in the future.
Hei San returned to the barracks and took everyone to train more strictly.
In 230 BC (the seventeenth year of the reign of King Qin), the Qin State destroyed Han, captured Han Wang'an, and established Yingchuan County with Han land, and established the county in Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan). King Qin didn't pay much attention to South Korea's thousand-mile horse bone. confiscated most of the land of the Korean royal family and nobles, and moved Han Wangan and his family to Chen County, the old capital of South Korea, to be placed under house arrest.
In the blink of an eye, another month has passed. On this day, Montenegro arrived in the Warring States for a whole year, and Montenegro and his fifty men were training to fight immediately under the guidance of Baturu. Wu Bufan came to the barracks with a few county officials, "Congratulations to Montenegro, you have been promoted again!" Please prepare to receive the king's letter. ”
When Montenegro heard that there was a king book, he hurriedly led the crowd to dismount and bowed to Wu Bufan and the others.
A black-clothed official held a bamboo slip in his hand and read aloud: "Qin Wangshu, Nanyang County cavalry commander Zhang Shan, dedicated horseshoes to great merit, according to the law to worship the chief of Zuoshu, 25 acres of land, 27 acres of house, 25 officials and servants, 50 gold eridium. August 13, 17th year of the reign of King Qin. ”
"Xie Qin Wangen!" Montenegro knew that he had made great achievements, but he suddenly jumped to the tenth level of Zuo Shu Chief, which was still very unexpected!
Put on a silver crown of hair, even if the bay is complete. Congratulations! A group of subordinates also cast envious eyes!
"Brother Montenegro, please move to the county guard's mansion. The county shou Teng Yue pleased. Wu Bufan said.
"I'll change my clothes, and then I'll come, you guys go first!" Montenegro said to the people, send them out of the camp.
As soon as they returned to the camp, everyone rushed up, lifted Montenegro high and threw it up and caught it, celebrating Montenegro's promotion and reward in their own way!
Fifty eridium gold, equivalent to seventy-five catties of gold in the later period, was worth nearly one million Qin and a half taels in this era. Montenegro took out a few taels of gold and threw them to the soldiers in the camp, saying, "This month's food will be changed to pork and mutton, buy more, and everyone in the camp will eat together!" "Everyone has been tired of eating pigs in the water for a few months, and they are happy when they hear it!
Montenegro took a bath with well water, changed out of his stinky sweatshirt, and walked quickly to the county guard's mansion. The boot camp was a few miles from the county guard's house. Qin law stipulates that galloping horses in the city without reason is a felony to work on the face, so Montenegro can only walk.
After a while, they arrived at the county guard's mansion, Wu Bufan was already waiting at the door, and the two went directly into Teng Yue's study. In the past, when I came to the county guard's mansion, I was in the meeting room, but this time I went straight to the study, which shows that the county guard has regarded Montenegro as a confidant.
"The Montenegrin brothers have risen again, what a gratifying congratulations!" The gun Shouteng still had a loud voice.
"Thank you, the commanders, for your support!" Montenegro is neither humble nor arrogant, and gives Teng Yue a deep salute.
"I don't dare to take it, your title was strongly advocated by the national lieutenant Wei Xuanzi and personally determined by the King of Qin. The horseshoe you offered made the Great Qin Iron Rider like a tiger, and now the horseshoe has been secretly promoted in the whole army. The lieutenant thinks that the merit of this strategy is not too much! It's just that once he was promoted to the fifth level, which is already the highest reward for a single military meritorious. Teng Yue said.
"If it weren't for the general's strong recommendation, no matter how good things were, they wouldn't be able to enter the eyes of the national captain!" Montenegro replied gratefully.
"I will be transferred to Nanjun Taishou, and when the new Taishou arrives, I will also go to Nanjun, and the general will also be replaced by Deputy General Yang Duanhe. The Montenegrin brothers are now the chief of Zuoshu, and according to the rules, they can be appointed as 800 stone officials, the lord of a county or the court officials in the county. I wonder if Montenegro is willing to follow me to South County? Teng Yue asked.
Teng Yue is a high-ranking feudal official, if he could be supported like this, he would have flown to the sky happily, but Montenegro didn't think so, and replied: "Thank you for the general's love, I'm still too young, and I'm willing to earn military merit with a sword and a gun in the army." I didn't like to write in my life, and my teachers scolded me for not being as good as an eight-year-old child, and I was not up to the task. Montenegro politely declined Teng Yue's invitation.
"Everyone has their own ambitions, since the little brother of Montenegro has no such idea, then give up. After the autumn harvest, the Qin State will destroy Zhao with the whole country's army, and today received the Wang Shu, and sent the elite cavalry of each county to the north to replace the elite iron cavalry in Shangjun and Beidi County, and transferred the elite iron cavalry of both counties to the south to face off against Zhao. Your recruits will soon join the rest of the cavalry on their way north to the county. You are under seventeen, whether you want to stay or go north! ”
"I'm willing to lead my fifty brothers north!" Montenegro replied without hesitation.
"Think about it before you answer me! The bitter cold land of Shangjun is not as good as Nanyang. Teng Yue persuaded.
"Don't think about it, I'll go to Shangjun!" Montenegro replied firmly.
"Since you have decided, then you go back and prepare first, with your title, you can be a thousand cavalry generals, just lead the Nanyang cavalry to the north." Teng Yue instructed, "I will select more than 1,000 elite cavalry in the next few days, and let the people who go north return to their hometowns on the twentieth of this month to say goodbye to their families and harvest the crops!" On the first day of September, we gathered and headed north. Teng Yue said.
Montenegro returned to the barracks, called a few of his cronies, and invited the instructors. I told everyone about the preparation of going north to the county, and when everyone heard that they were going to go north to the bitter cold land of the county for thousands of miles, they were silent and worried.
"Originally, I only thought that I could go home to plow the land and beg for my daughter-in-law after serving in the county for one or two years, but I didn't even think about going to the county so far, and I had to come back after a long journey, I'm afraid it wasn't so easy!" Meng Hao expressed everyone's thoughts in a few words.
Montenegro said: "The matter of going north, whether everyone wants to go or not, we have to go, since we can't change this, why don't we work hard to gamble?" At the very least, the Qin State has given everyone a fair opportunity for meritorious service and promotion, as long as we grasp the opportunity, this is also an opportunity to change the fate of the family. In the 800 years of the Zhou Dynasty, there were only a handful of ordinary people in Shandong who could make meritorious contributions and worship the same as the nobles. Only the Qin State has been in the Qin State since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, and there are countless ordinary people who have been crowned officials and worshiped the lords. I think this is an opportunity for everyone to change their fate. What do you say? ”
"Bird, go and cut off a few Huns' heads and go home to change the land, which is exactly what I am most willing to do." The dead fat man said a little excitedly.
"I'll go where the handsome man goes!" Meatloaf also took a stand.
"Since I have to go, I don't hesitate, it's just that we are all bare-bottomed as cultivators, and our family is too poor, so I can't rest assured!" It was rare for Mi Long to say something seriously, and everyone said that it was the same situation.
"This thing is easy to do, everyone in the camp, if you lack money to settle down, you can borrow it from me first, three gold per person, no interest, for one year! If you need it, find Meng Hao and Shi Fatzi to ghostwrite, write an IOU and ask me for money! "Montenegro has just received fifty eridium gold, which is equivalent to one thousand two hundred taels. It's still easy to take out a hundred or two to help everyone tide over the difficulties!
In the blink of an eye, August 20 arrived, and the 55 horsemen in the whole battalion, except for Bimawin, had borrowed gold to settle down, and all of them had no worries about the future, and they all happily shouted that they would go to Shangxian to cut off the heads of the fierce slaves in exchange for military merits, and their morale was very high. Montenegro explained: "Today I will go back to harvest the crops, say goodbye to my family, and I have to come back to gather before the first day of September, and the military law is ruthless!" Don't overstay! ”
"The respective war horses can be ridden back, remember not to let strangers ride, let alone let the war cart do farm work! You must love your own women and cherish your own war horses! ”
KPMG also explained to everyone.
"No!" Everyone responded, and happily went home to busy the autumn harvest!
Black Mountain rode the dark clouds and stepped on the snow, hugged Xiao Hei, and galloped towards Tongbai County like an arrow! Under the careful care of KPMG and Montenegro, the dark clouds and snow are no longer what they used to be, with black sideburns, a strong streamlined body, and white hair on four feet that grow much more than ordinary horses, which is very eye-catching. Three hundred miles of road, used to come by horse-drawn carriage, two days to arrive, today to go back, only half a day, in the afternoon to Tongbai County, Montenegro decided, first to visit the teacher in the academy, and then back to Zhangjia Village.
"Is this the young master of Montenegro coming back?" Uncle Chen wiped his eyes, he hadn't seen him for several months, and he almost didn't dare to recognize each other!
"Uncle Chen, it's Montenegro." Montenegro is in adolescence, and the voice is getting louder. "Look, Hei is greeting you!" Xiao Hei had already run to Uncle Chen, wagging his tail desperately.
In the past few months, Montenegro has become much stronger again, with a height of 180cm and a weight of 160 pounds. The muscles are bulging, and he is already a strong man! He wore a silver crown on his head, a short robe of kudzu clothes, and a three-foot iron sword hanging from his waist. It's no longer the thin black boy he was when he first came to the academy!
Montenegro went straight into the study, and Meng Zhao was reading. Montenegro folded his hands and bowed deeply: "Students meet the teacher!" ”
Meng Zhao put down the bamboo slip and stood up! Patted Montenegro on the shoulder! smiled and said: "Stronger, a lot taller!" I heard that the county order said that you have been promoted to the fifth level of knighthood, and it is the head of the left, it seems to be true today! Sit down and talk to the teacher! He also instructed: "Uncle Chen, prepare a meal for the young master." ”
Montenegro told Meng Zhao in detail about the injury of the horse's hooves of the dark clouds and snow and the horseshoes to the Qin army!
"You eat first, I'll go to the stable and see your BMW!" Meng Zhao saw the food coming up, got up and walked out as he spoke.
Montenegro had been hungry for a long time, and when he saw that the teacher was not around, he didn't care about the etiquette of eating, so he swallowed it up, and after a while, he ate a large pot of meat, a bowl of vegetables and a pot of rice. Chen Bo saw it and sighed: "The young master is really a warrior, one person can eat the food of a family!" ”
Uncle Chen smiled, in the army, there are several people who have a bigger amount of food than me! I've just been on the road for half a day and I'm really hungry! After Montenegro finished speaking, he came to the stable, and thought about how the teacher commented on his dark clouds and snow.
"What a horse!" Meng Zhao kept admiring. Da Hei ran wildly for a long time, his hair was wet with sweat, and he looked even more black and shiny, very miraculous.
"This horse's left front hoof was injured, and I nailed it to the horseshoe before it could run normally, and you can see that his left front foot is still habitually raised and stepped on the ground." Montenegro reminded the teacher.
"The sickle and horseshoe you offered look very simple and unremarkable, but the sickle can make the harvest several times faster, and the horseshoe can greatly increase the strength of the horse's feet. Both are great achievements! Meng Zhao praised his students and was very satisfied!
"Actually, it's not a big deal! I don't like to read, but I like to think about things. I've been wondering why the sun keeps rising in the east. Why are the days long in the summer? And the winter days are short; Why is it that when the bucket leaks a hole, the water swirls to the right-hand side? Why can I see a rainbow when I spray saliva in the sun? There are too many problems, all of which are common in people's lives. "Montenegro has said a lot of questions in a row! Meng Zhao was also dumbfounded. The two chatted until late at night!
Early the next morning, Montenegro prepared to say goodbye and return to his hometown. Meng Zhao and Chen Bo were sent to the city gate. "Teacher, the student has been given 1,200 taels of gold by King Qin this time! I'll leave you five hundred taels in the study for emergencies, and I'll come back to visit the teacher when I return at the end of the month!" Montenegro said that he turned over and got on the horse, and Uncle Chen picked up Xiao Hei on the horse, tied a big bag of things to the back of the horse, and explained: "Young master, you haven't been home for a long time, these are the things I went to buy early in the morning, and I always need to bring them back to reward the younger generations!" ”
Montenegro was moved for a while and said, "Uncle Chen is still careful and thoughtful, thank you!" With that, he galloped away.
Meng Zhao wanted to refuse the gold left by Montenegro, but he didn't know what to say! See Montenegro go away! Remembering what Montenegro said, he hurriedly returned to the academy, asked Uncle Chen to bring a scoop of water, took a big sip, and sprayed at the morning sun, and a rainbow really appeared in front of him, although it flashed away, but he could see it very clearly! Tried a few more times and it was all the same! Then he said to Uncle Chen: "Uncle Chen, go and get a wooden basin, choose to drill a hole in the bottom of the basin, I want to see if the whirlpool turns to the right......
Tongbai County to Zhangjia Village, used to walk for two days, now riding the dark clouds and snow galloping, half an hour has arrived at Dahe Township Pavilion! Thinking of Pavilion Chief Zhonglai, he stopped his horse and asked the old official in the pavilion: "Is Pavilion Chief Zhong in the pavilion?" ”
Black Mountain's voice became very hoarse, and the old official didn't recognize it for a while, so he only replied: "Zhong has been transferred to the township because he captured the cattle thief." ”
As soon as Montenegro heard that Zhong was not there, he galloped back to Zhangjia Village. Zhangjia Village has changed dramatically, with a new row of brick houses being built in the east of the village, and the previously scattered thatched houses are being demolished. At that time, the farming was busy, and every household was busy harvesting rice.
The Montenegrin family's new house has been built eighty or ninety percent ready. The family has moved into the new home, the new home is a green brick and wood tile structure, the three pillars of the gate are made of granite polishing and smoothing, the two heavy doors are painted dark red, a large plaque on the gate, carved from solid wood, and the four big characters of "Zuo Shu Changfu" are vigorous and powerful. "Mom, big brother, I'm back!" Xiao Hei immediately rushed into the courtyard and barked at a yellow dog in the yard with his teeth tired! The two little nieces ran out and forgot about the third uncle when they saw Xiao Hei coming back!