In the past, I went back, the rain and snow were flying, and today I came to think, and the willows were still there.

After more than a year, when he returned to Liyang again, standing on the battlefield of the past, Heifu looked at the ground in front of him that was still tightly buried and had not been turned over, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, what he was most worried about this year did not happen, and the robes buried here were not disturbed or insulted...... It seems that not every Chu person likes to dig up graves and whip corpses like Wu Zixu.

It's just that the dense Qin sword inserted on it has disappeared.

But when Heifu closed his eyes, he could remember this place, the stream was nine hundred paces to the east, the city was one mile to the west, the hill was three hundred steps to the south, and a little more than a hundred steps to the north, was the locust tree that Locust Mu leaned on when he died in battle......

And now, under the guidance of Ji Ying and others, Kurumi, the emperor of Heifu, kowtowed to his brother there, and wept bitterly while kowtowing.

Heifu's tears had already flowed at that time, and he just said silently in his heart: "Heifu keeps his promise, goes and returns, and the second and third sons don't need to stay long, they can return to their hometown!" ”

"Chief, the local doctor brought it!"

Lixian, who was ordered to enter the city to capture the local feudal officials, returned, and Heifu looked back, and there was a trembling middle-aged man behind him, dressed in silk clothes, who was Dr. Liyang.

The Yi doctor of the Chu State is actually only equivalent to the township doctor of the Qin State, and he is actually a small township chief in the name of the doctor. More than 10,000 soldiers from Nanjun as the vanguard of the southern army have broken through the level and killed the city violently, and the doctor of Liyang, who has less than 100 people, wisely chose to surrender, because the Qin army is notorious, so this doctor is still very worried about his life, and when he was invited out of the city by Lixian, he was still worried.

"Doctor Liyang."

Heifu smiled and said, "Do you know that Qin Jun's axe has just grazed your neck...... If I find that these graves have been excavated and the bones of hundreds of robes have been insulted, you will now be a ghost under the sword of Ben! ”

Doctor Liyang was startled, his legs were slightly weak, it turned out that when he came here to take up his post, some people suggested that he dig up the graves of those Qin people. But Dr. Liyang believed in ghosts and gods, and thought that it was unlucky to dig up people's graves, so he only asked people to pull out the sword that was inserted on it as a tombstone, but he didn't bother to care about the corpse underneath......

"It should be used as manure to nourish the crops and atone for their atrocities!"

Unexpectedly, the original thought came to this point, but today it saved his life!

But he couldn't rejoice, because Hauff then threw him a problem.

"By the order of the commander, let you still be reinstated, be the lord of the city here, appease the people, maintain order, there will be a hundred generals left to keep an eye on you, and the next time I return, you will prepare three hundred and twenty-eight coffins for me!" I'm going to bring back the bones of the soldiers who died here!" ”

"More than 300!?"

Doctor Liyang complained bitterly, then I have to let the people of Quanyi do it for a month, and now it is spring ploughing, where can there be so many manpower?

But Heifu ignored his complaints, and threw a bag of gold cakes in his arms to Dr. Yi, about ten taels.

"I don't want you in vain, if it can be done, I will pay you money, this is a deposit, you do it well."

And the Dongmen Leopard, who was ordered to enter the city to search for food, also drew his sword on the side, and threatened Doctor Yi viciously: "If we don't see the coffin of 300 when we return, Naigong will let you lie in the coffin!" ”

The conqueror can do whatever he wants, leaving behind the doctor Yi who is holding the money bag with a bitter face, Heifu is gone, he has to organize everyone to eat quickly, they can only stay here for a while, continue on the road in the afternoon, and arrive at the city of Sleeping Hill today to rest.

When Heifu returned to the rest place of the army, the military secretary Kong Zhanghan had just organized everyone to tie up antlers and other obstacles on the road that must be passed, and at this moment he was also sitting on the chariot, eating the crude dry food slowly and methodically.

"Shaorong has worked hard."

Heifu looked at the obstacles that had been arranged, and exclaimed, "We are only stopping here for half an hour, and Shaorong has not forgotten to be on guard. ”

"Paving bridges, building roads, and building barracks is the duty of the army, even if it is only for a moment, it must be guarded against being attacked by the enemy. If something happens, and it is later confirmed that it was caused by the negligence of the military commander, I will be taken down by the military judge for questioning. Zhang Han said.

When Hefu asked him if he could still withstand the hardships of the march, he smiled and said, "I'm just jolting a little on the car, and the soldiers have traveled more than 100 miles since the day before yesterday, aren't they even more tired?" ”

Heifu said: "Chasing after victory, the mood is refreshing, more than a year ago, we fled in Huaibei against the cold wind, but there are more roads than this." ”

At the same time, he also patted the strip of cloth tied to his calf and said: "Besides, with this thing, the soldiers' march is not so hard!" ”

Zhang Han didn't have time to ask along the way, and at this moment, taking advantage of the moment of eating, he said curiously: "I asked the soldiers of Nanjun, they said that this thing is called leggings, and it was recommended by you, the commander of An Lu, to implement it in the army, and I don't see it on weekdays, but when I march, I wrapped it together, what is the use?" ”

Heifu said: "Shaorong is a northerner, so I don't know that this thing is very common among the people in the south. ”

This legging was really not invented by Heifu out of thin air, as early as when An Lu was the pavilion chief, he discovered that some hunters and woodcutters in the mountain forests often wrapped a layer of cloth on their calves when they entered the mountain forest.

After asking a few people, they told him that there were many low shrubs and weeds in the mountain, and there were many hard rocks, and there were many insects and snakes in the Yunmengze area.

When he went to quell the Yidao Rebellion, Heifu was even more surprised to find that many of the local Ba warriors did not wear shoes and socks, and were barefoot, walking on the rocks as if they were walking on the ground. But he was careful to wrap his calves in animal skins or cloth, because there was only soft flesh on them, and there were no thick calluses on the soles of his feet......

Inspired by this, combined with the common leggings in later military-themed movies, when Heifu was training in Anlu, he included the leggings in the military materials, so that when the arsenal was preparing the linen to wrap the wounds, he also prepared thousands of long linen strips to wrap the legs, and after trying it a few times, he implemented it among the soldiers.

It's good to be a military officer, with his order, thousands of soldiers on Anlu were wrapped in leggings on the road, and walked to Yan County, more than 200 miles down, and the effect of leggings appeared.

In addition to leggings like woodcutters and hunters in the southern counties to prevent snakes, insects, and plants from cutting through the flesh, leggings can also prevent mud and small stones from entering the inferior shoes worn by everyone during long marches, and can also relieve the soreness of soldiers' legs. With the exception of a few people who have swollen legs because they are tied too tightly, it has proven to be a very useful piece of equipment.

Heifu suggested to Li You in this way, and got his approval, and it was also popularized among the county soldiers under Li You's personal command, and the soldiers of the other counties followed suit, so they walked to Nanyang with leggings, and then to the front line camp to join the armies of other counties......

Because their "southern army" of 70,000 or 80,000 people was originally recruited more in the southern counties, in addition to the Nanyang people living in the plain basin who were a little surprised, Ba County, Shu County, and Hanzhong were more rugged and woody than Nan County, and it was not surprising.

So, to this day, leggings have become a very common equipment in the Southern Army, and Zhang Han and other northerners look strange.

Heifu also complained: "Nowadays, the Nanjun soldiers prefer leggings, but the Nanyang soldiers don't pay much attention to them, and some people think it's stupid to put the leggings on their backs, and some people even throw away the distributed leggings, so this march, after two days, the Nanyang soldiers can't march fast, and they can only be cushioned." ”

"I see! I never thought that this thing would have such a miraculous effect. Zhang Han nodded, planning to learn this method himself.

While speaking, Heifu also called out to the two soldiers who were sitting on the ground and playing leggings, and shouted:

"You can't sit when you tie leggings, you have to stand up and play to make sure that the tightness is appropriate. If it is too tight, it will make the blood flow in the calf poor, more sore, and even make the leg waste, if it is too loose, it will have no effect. ”

As he spoke, Hefu walked over and showed them how to untie the strip of cloth and start with the heel of the foot, and circle it around the crook of the leg below the knee, so as to protect the mouth of the shoe and prevent the dirt and stones from entering.

At this time, he found that the shoes of the two soldiers were in tatters, their big toes were sticking out, and they were still wearing thick winter coats.

"Where's your summer clothes and new shoes?" Heifu asked with a straight face.

The two Qin soldiers didn't dare to speak, so they could only say with a bitter face: "There are no summer clothes, and there are no new shoes." ”

Heifu was a little surprised, and asked, "Didn't you let you prepare before the army set off from Anlu?" Before the beginning of spring, I also asked you to write a letter home, so that the family could send the things they needed together, and at the beginning of February, Nanjun had just loosened a batch of clothes and money and silk, if you were missing, why didn't you buy it in the military market? ”

"The rate is long."

One of the pawns knelt down and said with a bitter face: "I also asked my parents and sisters to send summer clothes or cloth and money in the letter, but I just lost my mother at home, and I have no money to send it ......for a funeral."

Another also said that his father fell his leg while repairing the house, and the family was busy treating his injuries and had no money to send them.

"So we can only borrow money from Shi Changyuan Bai in the army, and buy new shoes, who expected, the shoes made in the military market, before departure, were fine, but only here, they were damaged......"

This is an unscrupulous trader who has cut corners, Heifu looked at these two ordinary pawns with simple words and black and red faces from the sun, which reminded him of history, and it was also in this war that Heifu and the shocked brothers worked hard to send summer clothes and money to their families, and said, "Otherwise, you will die", which is also so helpless and anxious.

And in their slightly confused eyes, there is no way to know how long this war will last......

Thinking of this, Heifu was hurt by something, so he called out to his book and said, "Go to my cart and get the extra two pairs of shoes and two summer clothes!" ”

The public servant was stunned for a moment: "It was sent by the chief's family, and it was sewn by the chief's mother herself......

But Heifu was very resolute, and said loudly: "The soldiers are like my hands and feet, and my mother weaves summer clothes and sews shoes, so that my hands and feet can wear them, and I wear them myself. Hurry up! ”

After he had gone to fetch the two summer clothes and shoes, Heifu handed them to the two soldiers and asked them what they were called.

"Villain King Melon."

"Villain Hollyhock!"

Sure enough, one was as short as a melon, the other was as thin as a sunflower, and two pawns of the same age as Heifu had tears in their eyes, holding summer clothes and shoes, and bowed down to Heifu and were grateful.

"The chief is still so anxious for justice and righteousness!" After Heifu sent them away, he couldn't help but sigh that he had also received the favor of Heifu back then.

"Hefu is so fond of soldiers, no wonder they love you so much." Zhang Han also touched his short beard, seeing that Heifu's skills in buying people's hearts became more and more skillful and natural.

"It's my dereliction of duty as a county lieutenant and commander."

Heifu shook his head, these two people turned out to be named after the plants in the ground, it seems that the family is not very happy, once something happens, the family that is not rich in the first place will immediately fall into trouble.

It is already very good to recruit such people into the army by themselves, and they can stay until now and grit their teeth to keep up with the team. Before the army left, he only glanced at it cursoryly, asked the commanders, and saw that no one was short of food and clothing, so he set off with confidence.

But many problems will only be highlighted after hitting the road, for example, no one knows how long their originally good shoes will fall apart.

According to the Qin army system, these things were originally prepared by the soldiers themselves, so it was useless to find the military public opinion who was in charge of the baggage, they only took care of the military rations and replaced the damaged armor.

Heifu called Ji Ying: "Send the order, let the chiefs report the number of people who lack summer clothes and damaged shoes in Bentun, and I will make up for it!" This rate is long, and no soldier will be allowed to go on the road barefoot! ”

"Thank you, Captain!"

After this order was passed down, An Lu soldiers were killed, and a burst of cheers and gratitude rang out.

Zhang Han asked curiously: "Do you still have so many spare summer clothes and shoes on the car?" ”

"I don't have it in the car, but I have it in the next Chu city that we will occupy."

Heifu pointed to the Yi doctor who was ordered by him to take the Chu people in Yizhong to cut wood and make more than 300 coffins, and said with a smile: "Sun Feng, the king of Yuqiu, is also my old acquaintance, just like the captured Hu Gong Douran, I am in this small town, and I want 300 coffins, so why is it difficult to buy 300 summer clothes and 300 pairs of shoes from him temporarily?" ”

Zhang Han couldn't help laughing: "Didn't you tell me that the ten taels of gold cakes just now are your last savings?" ”

Heifu disagreed, the Qin army was disciplined against the Qin people, but when fighting in foreign countries, it was never the People's Liberation Army that "never took a stitch from the people", and the Qin people were so actively involved in the war, it was not only the title that attracted them, but also the ......

"What's the matter if you don't have money? Big deal, I'll carve wood for deeds! Just write him an IOU! ”