The captives were urged by Yanzhou soldiers with weapons beside them to build their own sleeping houses, go into the mountains in the morning to cut down trees, and in the afternoon began to build simple houses.

The three meals a day are porridge and porridge, this is not that Lu Zhan deliberately did not feed the prisoners, these people have to protect their basic human rights and they can't be allowed to eat too much, once they are full, they may plan a riot at any time.

Porridge and porridge were used to keep them half-fed, so that they had little strength to prevent them from rebelling if they decided to rebel, and without armor and weapons, it was difficult for them to succeed even if they wanted to riot.

"I'm so tired, I don't want to do this carpenter work anymore, I can only eat half full every day by cutting trees and building houses." At lunchtime, a soldier complained.

"Dazhu, don't complain. We are now building houses to survive the winter, and we can only keep warm by living in wooden houses during this winter. The porridge was thick enough to be better than what I used to eat at home. ”

Da Zhu looked at the boundless sky and said to the fellow villagers beside him, "Da Zhuang, do you think we can go home?"

"I used to hear that this Lord Lu treats his subordinates very well, I don't think it will be good to us, you see now that we are repairing our own house for the winter, maybe we can go home after the winter." Da Zhuang squatted on the ground and pondered for a while, and then said: "You said that we left the village and joined the army in the first place, whether it was a mistake, originally thinking that we could be promoted by virtue of military merits." Now he is a prisoner. ”

"Alas! Yes, our brothers came out together to break into the world, but those officers from noble backgrounds didn't give us the opportunity to be promoted through meritorious service at all. Dazhu seemed to recall that his military exploits were directly assigned to those who flattered the officers.

In this era, it is too difficult for ordinary soldiers to get ahead, unless there is the courage of Lu Bu, a shuanghuang flying general, or the courage of ten thousand people, who can defeat the brute bull, or who can shoot arrows to penetrate Yang in a hundred steps.

If you don't serve as private soldiers for generals and aristocratic officers, it is too difficult for ordinary people to get ahead.

The fate of Da Zhuang and Da Zhu changed in this winter season.

"Does anyone want to be a soldier and eat food, and the settling-in allowance and monthly military salary are the same as mine!" A group of men dressed in Yanzhou soldiers' costumes and armor walked in and began to advertise the recruitment.

The shouts of the soldiers went unnoticed at first, but when the soldiers announced the food standards and salaries, there was a commotion in the crowd.

Before the concept of a unified nation-state was formed, these soldiers were not soldiers to whomever they were soldiers. Seeing that Lu Dong has such a good salary and a higher salary than other armies.

But most of them have families in the Jin Kingdom, and once they decide to join the Yanzhou Army, their own family will be in danger.

What's more, after the indicators were announced, many people retreated. After all, running so many miles with weights is not something that ordinary people can do.

There are no worries to meet the target, and more than 1,000 of the 40,000 captives were finally selected.

After Lu Zhan saw the conscription roster handed over by his subordinates, he couldn't help frowning, "This person is too few, only one in fifty." ”

Duan Xiaohan, who was standing beside Lu Zhan, opened his mouth to explain: "These more than 1,000 people are all soldiers who have nothing to worry about or have a fancy to the military salary we offer. If we can capture more territory, we can recruit more high-quality soldiers. ”

Thinking of this, Lu Zhan put down the roster in his hand, looked at the sky outside the door, and patted Duan Xiaohan on the shoulder, "Xiaohan, I know what you're thinking, after repelling the Jin Kingdom, my target is the Song Kingdom." ”

"My lord, I know what you mean, but although the Song Kingdom lost a lot of elites in the battle of the capital, it is still a behemoth, and we can't handle it casually." Duan Xiaohan seemed to remember the tragic situation at home when the Song army occupied Dingtao.

"I don't want to eat Song Guo in one go, this Dingtao is already very rich, and I still have an agreement with you. I have to use the technique of encroaching on the whale swallowing in this Song country, seize a county town today, seize a village tomorrow, and gradually advance the battle line to avoid a decisive battle of the main force, but if the main forces really fight, we will also defeat the Song army. Lu Zhan explained the tactics to Duan Xiaohan.

"The lord deserves to be the lord, it's really a bad stomach."

"Whoever you say has a bad stomach, don't think that I can't beat you and I won't dare to do anything with you." After Lu Zhan heard what Duan Xiaohan said, he picked up the roster and hit Duan Xiaohan's head.

Duan Xiaohan quickly avoided Lu Zhan's poisonous hands, and escaped from the room in a few steps.

"This kid is really fast, if only I could have such good kung fu." Lu Zhan remembered the heroes in the martial arts TV series and movies he watched back then.

Lu Zhan set his sights on the map again, and now his own territory seemed incomparably small on the entire map.

War is a continuation of politics, and in the future, one's territory can only expand eastward to face the Song State or northward to face the Jin State. The pressure on the Song State is obviously much less than that of the Jin State, and it is the best policy to annex the weak neighbor and strengthen itself.

To the west is the direction of the capital, it is definitely impossible to send troops, and to the south is the state of Chu and the small subordinate states of the state of Chu. It was originally a two-sided battle, and now there is no need to provoke a new strong enemy for yourself.

Historically, Poland has been divided by Germany and Russia many times, and a very important reason is that it does not get along well with the two powerful neighbors around it, and the nickname of the European stepping cloth is not in vain.

"Shuang'er, I'm back to see you, guess what gift I brought you back." Lu Zhan came back with a gift box after a day's official business. After all, what girl doesn't like to be given gifts to herself.

Jing Nianshuang walked out of the courtyard happily after hearing Lu Zhan's voice, "Lu Lang, what gifts do we bring after we have been married for so long?" As he spoke, he lowered his head.

Although he lowered his head shyly, he still secretly looked at the gift box that Lu Zhan was holding in his hand with his spare eyes.

Lu Zhan took Jing Nianshuang's hand and walked into the room and opened the gift box on the antique mahogany table. Lu Zhan knew that Jing Nianshuang had grown up in the court since he was a child, and he must be tired of seeing all kinds of dazzling, exquisite and luxurious jewelry.

"Lu Lang, is this the jade flute? You gave it to me? Jing Nianshuang couldn't believe his eyes.

"I heard Xiao Yezi say that you like musical instruments very much, but the emperor doesn't like you to learn these things, thinking that this is not something that a princess should learn. It wasn't until you often called Miss Zhou over to communicate after you saw her, and I picked this jade flute from the outside and came back. "Lu Zhan thought about it, and only the jade flute was the most suitable.

"Everyone has the right to pursue happiness and enjoy happiness, and this jade flute can be regarded as your childhood wish."

"I thought Lu Lang, you don't like me to learn these unpopular things, I heard the old people in the palace say that husbands generally don't like their wives to learn these things." Jing Nianshuang snuggled in Lu Zhan's arms and talked about the past in the palace.

"Music is a very elegant thing, and if you want to learn it, I will definitely support you. Besides, am I an ordinary person? Your Lu Lang is a man who wants to achieve great things. ”