"Prince, our military period has been extended to four years, when will we be able to return?"

The old man with a wrinkled face complained, listening to the accent, he was from Jianghuai Chu.

"Of course, my son only reached my knee when I left, and now when I go back, I'm afraid it's up to my waist, and I don't know if you recognize me......" The bearded Guanzhong man also hated.

I wander to the east mountain, and I am sad and do not return; I don't know where to blow the reed pipe, and I will recruit people to look at the countryside overnight...... Especially after four years of service, many nights, there are soldiers who wake up in the middle of the night, secretly wiping tears.

No matter what era it is, the mind of recruiting people is almost the same.

I thought that finally under the leadership of the Marquis of Changnan, he occupied Minyue, conquered Nanyue, eliminated Xiou, and defeated Luo Yue.

Anger and uneasiness lingered in everyone's hearts, and countless pairs of eyes looked at Heifu, hoping that Chang Nanhou could give them an answer.

From more than a year ago, when Lu Jia told him the story of "and the melon" in Changsha County, Heifu expected that there would be such a day, seeing that the melons had ripened four times, the vines withered and fell and sprouted new shoots, but tens of thousands of soldiers in Lingnan recruited husbands, but they still could not return.

"It's the other way around! I'll take you home! ”

If Heifu really said this, it was obviously a show, the Qin Dynasty was not as good as the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the current imperial court had not collapsed, Heifu's family, and even the families of many soldiers, were still in Xianyang, Guanzhong, and Nanyang. In short, it is a place where the Southern Expeditionary Army is out of reach, don't look at this group of people complaining more than once, if they really want them to abandon their wives and children, and follow Heifu at the cost of the whole family, even if it is the old department of Nanjun, they must be stunned for a while, hesitate, and the rest of the troops, let alone think about it.

The melon is not ripe, the pedicle has not fallen, and we have to wait, I would rather be Voldemort than be a bird, this is the life creed of Heifu.

The process is not important, eating chicken is the most important.

But it is impossible for Heifu to take the blame for the emperor and the court, Jia He, who was beheaded by him in Changsha County, is an example.

"Second and third sons!"

Heifu stood on the platform where the flag was planted, and appealed to everyone: "Ben Hou has stated his request to the imperial court several times, and I believe that Your Majesty will soon be able to let you return to your hometown!" The return date may be this year, or it may be next year! ”

It's okay not to say it, but as soon as I said it, the soldiers exploded the pot and complained endlessly.

"Next year and next year, what a lot next year!"

"The court is not trustworthy, not once or twice."

Once, Shang Ying's migration established the credibility of the Qin government. With the awarding of knighthoods for a hundred years of military merits, all Qin people have decided that Great Qin will be rewarded for meritorious service, and punishment will be imposed for mistakes. But now, with the indefinite period of time and again, the trust of the soldier in the imperial court has gradually wavered and finally exhausted.

Historically, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the powerful Southern Army was instigated by Zhao Tuoyi, directly cut off contact with the mother state, and refused to return, probably out of disappointment with the government.

Finally, someone had the courage to shout out the words: "We soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army don't believe in the imperial court, only in the monarchy!" ”

"That's right! Only believe in Chang Nanhou! ”

Heifu smiled and pressed his hand down.

It's useless to say these words now, I just hope that after a while, they can still remember.

"Today there is a heartfelt saying, I want to talk to the second and third sons."

Heifu was a little moved: "Ben Hou is also homesick, his mother is nearly seventy years old, and she is already full of gray hair. ”

This remark aroused the hearts of many soldiers, and some people raised their heads, not wanting tears to flow out of their eyes.

Heifu smiled again: "I also have a wife, and I often get together with her in my dreams." ”

The soldiers with wives all laughed, everyone understood, only the single dog looked confused.

But in the next words, Heifu didn't sing the well-known song "Say a Word from the Heart" to middle-aged people.

"Although I am a prince, like you, I don't look forward to returning home soon. It's just that as a general, no matter when the imperial court lifts the period of non-commissioned officers of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Heifu will be the last to leave Panyu, the last to walk out of the three passes, and the last to return north! ”

"I will stand on the last shift, even if it is five years, ten years, twenty years!"

With that, Hefu scolded everyone:

"Homesickness on the winter solstice, human nature, I have made people slaughter chickens, hammer glutinous rice, rice cakes, and let the second and third sons eat a good meal."

After listening to the heartfelt words of the Marquis of Changnan, and hearing that there was something delicious, the complaints of the soldiers were extinguished for a while, and they muttered and dispersed.

"Changnanhou is also homesick, Changnanhou can't help it, it's all the fault of the court, I'm afraid there are traitors in the court, and we won't be allowed to return home."

However, this point has become the consensus of the officers and men of the three armed forces.

But after the winter solstice, Chang Nanhou appeared again, with a solemn face, and told everyone a bad news.

"I just received an order from the imperial court, and I will let the recruits return to their hometowns as soon as possible, but Lingnan must be guarded, so those who have wives will return first, and those who have no wives will have to stay in the south temporarily."

That's right, from ancient times to the present, the state is so unfriendly to single dogs!

This sparked a wail from a single soldier.

"But Ben Hou, there is another great joy to inform you and others, which is related to the wifeless soldiers who cannot return to their hometowns."

The single dogs pricked up their ears, but heard Heifu say happily:

"Under Benhou Lichen, the imperial court finally agreed to distribute women as wives to single soldiers!"

……

"The state has finally agreed to send us a wife!"

This was indeed Heifu's request, and he applied to Qin Shi Huang to send more than 10,000 subordinate concubines to Lingnan, saying that they were sewing clothes for soldiers in the north......

Sewing and sewing, some people naturally look at each other and live together.

For a single soldier who is destined to guard the frontier for a long time, his wife is actually not picky, as long as she can move.

After three years in the army, the sow race sable cicada, even if it is a local tattooed Yue girl, they can also mouth.

But if it is a Xia girl who can communicate, even if it is a subordinate concubine, wouldn't it be better?

But even with this promise, because the return date was delayed from 36 years to 37 years, or even 38 years, the credibility of the imperial court among the Lingnan soldiers was greatly reduced again.

What's even worse is that the 8,000 subordinate concubines who were expected to come to the south in late November were not seen until early December, which made the long-awaited single soldiers complain.

What about the wife? Swindler!

Heifu was more anxious than them, because Xiao He, who was in Changsha County, reported to him that this group of women had been intercepted in Jiangling, Nanjun, and they had been staying for half a month......

This decision was made by the Southern Expeditionary Supervision Army, Marquis Changwu.

What's even more puzzling is that after entering December, the endless stream of immigrants has also stopped!

Although the pause was soon reinstated, and the 8,000 women continued on their way, arriving in Lingnan in mid-December, Heifu still smelled something.

Heifu touched the hair that was gradually growing and thought, "Could it be that something happened in the middle of the court?" ”

Pinch your fingers and calculate, after the night of the meteor shower, Heifu wrote the letter and went north, it has been two months, even if Ji Ying is slow, it should be sent to Xianyang and handed over to Fusu, right?

He is a Qin official, the elite main force under his command, not the group of Jianghuai Chu people, but the "Qin people" in a broad sense.

As soon as the situation turns for the worst, Heifu needs a flag.

Fusu is undoubtedly the best flag.

Although thirty-seven years have arrived, Heifu does not know when Qin Shi Huang's deadline is, so he can only give Fusu a preventive injection in advance.

Because of the distance, there is no news from Xianyang for the time being, after all, no matter how fast the messenger is, it can't be as fast as the six hundred miles of urgent news from the imperial court!

In the middle of December of the 37th year of Qin Shi Huang, as a group of timid and restless women set foot on the land of Lingnan, they were warmly welcomed by the single soldiers, and the deputy superintendent of the army, Ziying, also carried a letter made by Qin Shi Huang to Heifu.

"Changnanhou, happy event, great happy event!"

Ziying smiled cutely, and didn't see anything unusual, he first congratulated Heifu, and then solemnly announced the edict.

"The system said: Emperor Hulie, Ping Yiyu, Dehui slender. For seven years out of thirty, he patrolled the world and looked into the distance. Want to climb the Huiji, Xuan Province customs, Qianshou Zhaizhuang. ”

"Today, there is Lunhou Heifu, diligent in things, south to conquer Lu Liang, the whole 100,000 defeated soldiers, rope hundred Yue Jun Chang, so that the land is exhausted in the north, and the central Fujian, the South China Sea, Guilin, and Xiangjun are very contrived, and I am very relieved. On the first day of the mid-spring of the thirty-seventh year, Heifu brought meritorious generals to meet him in Yicheng, Hengshan County. ”

After reading it, Ziying handed the book-making hands to the black man who bowed down, and said with emotion:

"Your Majesty's instrument is honored and favored, the twentieth rank is extreme, and thousands of households are waiting for the prince in Yicheng! Chang Nanhou, what are you waiting for? Come with me and see you in the north! ”