12. Rewarding
Early the next morning, after a morning run, Niu Feihu was called and asked, "Feihu, how is the situation outside the Jinyue Mountain?"
Niu Feihu gave a detailed introduction to the situation in the counties outside the mountain, and Wang Bo nodded and said, "Why is the eldest brother looking for you in the future, do you know?" Niu Feihu nodded solemnly.
Wang Bo advised: "This matter is very important, don't be careful, you must not clash head-on with the mountains, just find out the general situation!" From today, the scout team will be led by Zhang Baiqi, and you will select the available people among the auxiliaries, and ask the eldest brother to practice the method of cooperating with the enemy, and then you can do it in a few days! Niu Feihu promised.
"Today I have an important matter for you to do! I think about this matter, and you are the most suitable! ”
"Second brother, please command!"
Wang Bo said about the search for Tian Feng, and explained in a positive way: "Tian Feng Yuan Hao is a great talent, if he can belong to my 'Xinghan Village', then our army will be like a tiger with wings!" Don't be careless about flying tigers, be sure to get it done! ”
"Flying Tiger is clear! will live up to the trust of the second brother! ”
"If Tian Yuanhao doesn't allow it, Feihu doesn't have to be too demanding, he needs to be courteous, and after finding out his residence, he will return immediately, and I should visit in person!" After speaking, he asked Tian Chou to find two people who had been familiar with Tian Feng since childhood. Niu Feihu carried a lot of property in case of emergency, and transferred a team of soldiers with families in the "Xinghan Village", pretending to be a foot merchant to accompany him to Juluren County.
After settling down, Wang Bo also came to the school field to train with the army.
At this time, the "Xinghan Village" soldiers have expanded a lot, all of which are selected from the strong, Wang Bo believes: after a period of abundant food and clothing, high-intensity training, the combat power will be greatly increased, plus they are all people who are trying to survive in the dead, even if they meet the elite of the Han Dynasty now, they can also fight.
There are now more than 240 regular soldiers. The brave men of the last battle stood out and were promoted to the rank of captain and even chief, and those who had been slightly injured were even more fierce.
The number of archers is the largest, divided into four teams, each team of ten people, set up a team leader, each hand a stone hardwood bow, the length of the bow is three stones, all with a short knife at the waist.
The sword soldiers are the least, only less than two teams, because of the cooperation of swords and shields, there are more training actions, and arms and shields are scarce, and the equipment is insufficient. Wang Bo absorbed the vacancy of the spearmen in the last battle, and the sword soldiers made up for the short weapons and suffered heavy casualties, so Chen Rong made a batch of arm shields for personal protection for the sword soldiers after giving priority to replenishing the big shields needed by the shield soldiers, and refined the skill of sword and shield coordination to reduce casualties.
The other branches of the armed forces ranged from two to three teams, and all of them were more than doubled. The selection criteria have also been improved. Under the condition of ensuring loyalty, the cavalry chooses the one who is skilled in horsemanship, the shield soldier chooses the one with great strength, the sword soldier chooses the agile one, the archer chooses the one with long arms and a wide field of vision, the spearman chooses the one who is straight and strong, and the scout soldier is the one with the most comprehensive quality. There were several captures from the battle, and the equipment of each soldier was perfect.
Wang Bo looked at this group of soldiers under the leadership of Yang Feng and Du Yuan, sweating like rain and shaking the sky with slogans, and he was also full of excitement and pride. Taking advantage of the interval between training, Wang Bo instructed Chen Rong to cut wood and burn charcoal in the cave to make smokeless charcoal for the soldiers to keep warm.
In the afternoon, Tian Chou came to report: The tomb of the soldiers who died in battle has been preliminarily completed, and asked Wang Bo to go to instruct. Wang Bo led the crowd to bury the brothers who died in the war, and after the mourning, he personally erected a monument and said: The place where the soldiers of the Xinghan Dynasty live forever. And set up a new rule: the new soldiers must first come here to pay tribute and take an oath before entering the soldiers, and the beginning of each month must be a public memorial day, all the Dubo and above must come to the memorial in person except for the mission every month, and those who are absent without reason will be severely punished.
When I used dinner, I remembered this time, patronized the soldiers and the camp, neglected the perimeter protection, and immediately took Xu Chu, Yang Feng, and Du Yuan to the pass.
Liu Yu and Lu Shan are also attentive, one person and one place, almost eating and living above the pass. After Wang Bo praised the diligence of the two, he asked Yang Feng to transfer manpower from the auxiliary troops to increase the garrison personnel at the two passes. He also asked Niu Da to set up a special peripheral baggage team tomorrow to supply the required materials, and if there is any omission, come to see him.
Liu Yu and Lu Shan were grateful when they heard this, and they knelt down to thank the lord. Wang Bo also instructed the two of them to practice according to their own platoons on the mountain, in addition to rotating and sentry posts. After the two agreed, Wang Bo and others rushed to the old camp.
Wang Qi jumped up and hugged Wang Bo, and asked repeatedly, "Second brother, eldest brother, why are you here?" Niu Hong was also overjoyed.
Wang Bo patted Wang Qi continuously: "Brothers, you know that you are lonely and hard, come and take a look!" He also instructed Wang Qi to build a warm wooden house, and to keep watch at the edge of the forest, and the brothers needed to prepare thick clothes and other things to keep out the cold. And warn the two: This is the eyes and ears of Wuxing Hanzhai, remember not to be careless!
When he returned to the camp and had entered the camp, he saw a patrol passing by and questioning from time to time in the camp, and the secret sentry kept asking questions. Wang Bo said to Yang Feng with satisfaction: "Big brother bother!"
Yang Feng rolled his eyes and said, "How can such a big thing be careless! My yellow scarf suffers a lot from this negligence! Every time you complain about your hard work, why don't you worry about it every day, but you are afraid that something will go wrong! Hum! After speaking, he raised his head, and returned to the cave with his nostrils facing the sky to rest.
Two days later, Niu Feihu rushed back from Julu, and as soon as they met, he knelt on the ground and cried: "The lord is punished, and Feihu is responsible for it......"
Wang Bo picked up Niu Feihu and smiled disappreciatively: "It's okay, it's okay!" Don't worry, don't worry, this is also within my expectation, all great talents must have something different from ordinary people, how can you come with you because of your words? After a pause, he looked at Niu Feihu with a dusty face, and asked, "Is this journey smooth?"
Niu Feihu bowed down and replied: "It's going well." It's just that the officials and bandits on the road are exploiting, and most of the property in Ren County has been gone. The gift prepared by the lord for Mr. Tian made the stinky scribe throw it outside the house, and closed the door, so I had to leave some property for the accompanying people surnamed Tian, and after waiting for a day, I was afraid that the lord would be in a hurry, so I returned. ”
"On the way, I heard that the main force of the Han Dynasty official army has been transferred to Liangzhou, Bian Zhang, Han Sui and Xiqiang rebelled, You, Hebei, and various states have all sent elites to go, and they have not encountered the reproach of the officials and soldiers on the return trip!"
"Good! Flying Tiger goes down to rest! Niu Feihu stepped back.
There is no sun and moon in the mountains, and hundreds of soldiers in Xinghan Village, under the sufficient supply of grain and meat and high-intensity training, have all been fierce and fierce.
More than 20 days passed in a blink of an eye, during which Wang Bo robbed a place in Haoqiang Xiangguo County and a house in Changshan County, which was also a rich harvest. Grain, money, utensils and armor were piled up in five or six caves, and even dozens of blacksmiths, carpenters, and other various technicians were recruited, and the total number of cottagers exceeded 2,000, most of whom were young and strong, and now the logistics office was equipped with a small number of young and strong people in the necessary places, and the rest were old and weak, women and children, and of course there were 2 or 300 captive coolies engaged in heavy physical work, and they did not abuse them in food, so they did not die of fatigue. The rest of the young and strong are all organized into reserve troops or auxiliaries, but the treatment is much different from that of the soldiers.
The whole Xinghan village is also a new look, the surrounding wall stone is the bottom, the sharp wood and thorns above are densely covered, and there is an arrow tower protection every 100 steps. Two walled gates and school grounds stand tall and three watchtowers made of wood, and more than a dozen patrol teams that take both offense and defense into the wall, patrol day and night in the walled area, outside the wall, in the valleys, and among the mountains, and take strict precautions.
After the wooden houses were sufficiently built, Wang Bo built more than a dozen large houses for the daily office or assembly of commanders at all levels.
The first heavy snowfall since the beginning of winter came unexpectedly, changing the color of the heavens and the earth. Looking at the flying snowflakes, Wang Bo was full of thoughts and melancholy.
Without waiting for Wang Bo to start his journey to the fugue's previous life, Xu Chu stepped forward and said softly: "Lord, everything is ready," Wang Bo kicked the snow half a foot deep on the ground in annoyance, turned around and walked to a convoy, stepped on the war horse, and waved his hand: "Let's go!"
led Xu Chu, Li Damu, Zhou Xiu, Tian Chou and a few heavy soldiers, slowly left the mountain and headed east, embarking on the road to visit Tianfeng for the second time.
Before leaving, Yang Feng and Du Yuan repeatedly failed to stop him, and Yang Feng even did not resist for two days, and he could not shake Wang Bo's trip to Renxian. In the end, Du Yuan had no choice but to follow, but Wang Bo refused on the grounds that you were an old yellow turban general and afraid that passers-by would see through it, and it was enough to have Xu Chu to protect him! I only told the two to guard their homes and set out on the road.
From time to time along the way, there were skinny homeless people who died next to the ruins of the road due to cold and hunger, but Wang Bo had no intention and couldn't bury it, because there were too many! had to stop Xu Chu, who wanted to hand out the food, with the sentence "If you are willing to divide the corpses for the homeless, you can do it", and after several waves of county soldiers splashed and exploited, he arrived at Tianjia Village, Ren County, which belongs to Julu County.
Tian Chou saw the ruins, although most of them were covered by heavy snow, but a large area of uneven ruins and broken walls, and he could vaguely imagine the scene of the past when people were boiling and the houses were full of strangers, and now there are only a few newly built thatched houses left, old tears, crying bitterly, choking and muttering: "Evil!" I want to Wu Tian from the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu moved here, three hundred years of multiplication, regardless of the side branches, the direct line has reached more than 1,000 mouths, we are honest and generous, the fragrance of books around the beam...... Now...... Now it's ruined! That's it! …… The old man is the uncle of the family, and he is ashamed of the ancestors of the Tian family! ......" After saying that, Tao cried, which made people unbearable to look at directly, and Wang Bo and others all burst into tears.
After a long time, Wang Bo's eyes flashed fiercely, and he said in a loud voice: "My Wang Bo hereby swears: 'With my life, I will eliminate military disasters, put an end to man-made disasters, and return the people to a prosperous and prosperous world, if you deviate from this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!'"
Everyone wiped their eyes, and Hong Sheng responded: "The Lord is benevolent and righteous, we are willing to go to it!" On the side, Tian Chou also slowly stood up and said, "Let's go!" Cease! Cease! The road ahead is unknown, and it is unfathomable, I will persuade Yuan Hao to follow the owner of the village! Then Wang Bo followed Tian Chou to the thatched hut, took a few Tian clan people who had survived the catastrophe, and rushed to Tian Feng's residence in Renxian County.
Outside a simple courtyard, the soldier who had come once last time said, "Lord! This is the place! Wang Bo stopped the soldiers who wanted to come forward and knock on the door, turned to Tian Chou and said, "We are abrupt, not as good as the old man......"
"Little old man should serve himself!" Tian Chou immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker.
A young man in the prime of life squeaked open the door, looked at it and immediately said, "It's the clan uncle?" looked at Wang Bo and his entourage behind him, and gave a deep salute: "The owner of the village, please!" After welcoming everyone into the small courtyard and closing the door, he turned around and rushed to the main house, shouting loudly as he ran: "The clan uncle is here!" The clan uncle is back! ”
Wang Bo and everyone looked at each other and smiled, only then did they suddenly remember that the little guy just now was a member of the Tian clan who came with Niu Feihu last time.
The door of the main house opened, and a scribe with a slightly old face flashed and exclaimed, "Where is the clan uncle?" After taking a fixed look, he immediately hurried forward, holding Tian Chou's right arm in his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "The clan uncle is suffering!" The little nephew is late, and the uncle of the family forgives his sins! "Trying to kneel.
Tian Chou hurriedly held it up, and choked up: "It's okay!" Yuan Hao is safe and sound, I am comforted! Yuan Hao is the leader of the Wutian clan, God opens his eyes! God open your eyes! After a pause, he turned around and said, "This is to rescue the old man who took him in!" Xinghan Village's lord Wang Engong! ”
Tian Feng turned around and bowed to Wang Bo, and saluted with both hands: "My Tian Feng is grateful to the lord of Wang Zhai for his help, please rest in the cold house!" After speaking, he shrank his hand slightly, avoided the hands that Wang Bo stretched out to support, and stood back beside Tian Chou.
"Yuan Hao! How can you be so contemptuous and rude? I ......" Tian Chou frowned.
After Wang Bo was stunned for a short time, Chong Tian Chou and Xu Chu, who were wide-eyed with angry eyes, shook their heads, signaled that it was okay, and turned around and led everyone to follow the small servant to the wing. The little guy looked ashamed, bowed his head and only cared about leading the way.
Tian Chou shook his head and sighed, and walked towards the main house with Tian Feng's support.
After a night without words, Wang Bo lay on the couch tossing and turning, thinking about his thoughts. The candle flame in the main house was lit until it was ugly, and the sound of Tian Chou speaking was faintly heard.
Early the next morning, the little maid knocked softly on the door, and saw that Wang Bo had returned to the house after his morning run, and said, "Did Engong sleep peacefully last night?"
Wang Bo smiled slightly: "I sleep very sweetly, little brother Lao is worried!" The little girl smiled apologetically and said: "Yuan Hao told me to meet with Engong at noon today, and specially ordered the villain to come and tell Engong." Seeing Wang Bo nodded, he said: "My brother Yuan Hao is sometimes weird and inconsiderate, if Engong has any orders, he can send someone to inform the villain." However, the heart is very good, and I hope that Lord Engong has a lot, and I understand one or two! After saying that, he retreated and closed the door.
With nothing to do, Wang Bo paced the courtyard outside the house, and after walking around, he felt bored, and grabbed the little guy and asked, "Is there a collection of books in the house?"
The little girl's face was embarrassed, and he looked forward to Ai Ai: "This ...... This...... The villain went and asked! After saying that, he ran to the main house. There was not much time, so he ran back with a smile, stretched out his hand to make an invitation, and said: "Engong here, please, this house has the most books, my brother has never shown it, and now Engong can see it all!"
When Wang Bo walked into the house, he saw bookshelves, stacked with small bundles of books made of wood or bamboo.
"This is probably the origin of the 'scholarly door', right?" Wang Bo thought secretly. Stretching out his hand to unfold a roll, "Holy!" What the hell is this? I can't recognize it! He turned around and walked towards the innermost dozen square wooden boxes.
"You don't have jewelry, do you?" Gently opening one of the boxes, it turned out to be a booklet bound with silk thread on the edges, but the paper was yellowish and rough. Look closely, this paper is made of white and yellow plant rhizomes, of different lengths, mixed with some unknown filaments, and has many surface burrs.
Wang Bo said to himself: "Didn't the Eastern Han Dynasty have a eunuch? The paper he invented can be made from tree bark and burlap? Why doesn't it seem too common now? Alas! When I have a foundation, I'll teach you ordinary people to do it! ”
Finally, he opened a rectangular wooden box that looked more beautifully decorated, and his eyes lit up: "This is called a book!"
The whole book is made of snow-white soft silk fabric, only the right edge of the staple is slightly stiff, and the pages are unusually smooth. Open the book, the neat handwriting is different from what I saw before, Wang Bo doesn't know if it's called the oracle bone inscription or the official book, anyway, he only recognizes part of it, especially rare is that the book is equipped with a lot of illustrations.
Wang Bo looked at a few pictures, guessed the words next to the pictures for a while, and was overjoyed: "It turns out that this is a treasure book that introduces the geography and humanities of the Eastern Han Dynasty?" I've been looking for such a book for a long time!! This is really a sister Lin falling from the sky......" Thinking of the happy place, Wang Bo couldn't help humming a little song, picked up the book and found a corner, regardless of whether there was dust on the ground, and studied the book hungrily.