In the land east of the river, the weather is getting warmer day by day. The winter of the twelfth year of this long and bitter cold cause is about to end.

After the beginning of spring, the ice and snow in the mountains around Jinyang melted, but there was a period of mud and difficult to walk. It is not until March that the ground is drying out and the weather is lukewarm, which is the spring planting season. For decades, within the peaceful Great Sui Empire, the people of Qianshou devoted all their efforts to cultivation and labor at this time of year, waiting for the autumn harvest and winter storage. Paying taxes and supporting the operation of this empire.

The Great Sui Dynasty opened the country and inherited the system of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the taxation was not easy. But after hundreds of years of war, I was able to work with peace of mind, and the village would not be burned down the next day, and the men would be conscripted into the army, and the women would be reduced to two-legged sheep. Tossing and turning ravines and being displaced, for the people of the Great Sui, it is already a heavenly day.

It was during these decades of peace that the people of the Great Sui endured heavy taxes and servitude. Only then can there be mountains of stock in Liyang Cang, Luokoucang and other places, in order to support the opening of the Grand Canal by the Son of Heaven, and only then can the Son of Heaven conquer Goryeo, and only then can the Yang family be majestic in the world of the sea for a while!

But decades of peace have now come to naught. No one knows if this spring sowing can be carried out as scheduled. Will Ding Zhuang be requisitioned by Tang Guogong to be responsible for transshipment, will the cattle be pulled into the army, and will the war break out in the land of Guanzhong in Hedong. Spring sowing can't be carried out as scheduled, so how should we spend this winter? The land east of the river has always been short of grain, and it is supported by the grain and straw transferred by the river, even if he inherits the Beibian family foundation saved by the emperor of the great cause in Jinyang, it will not be able to support it for too long. Once the war drags on, the land east of the river, which seems to be quiet now, will inevitably starve to death everywhere!

These days, across the ice-covered mountain road, many people of Mayi who have struggled to flee have appeared in Hedong one after another, and their tragic situation has made the people of Hedong tremble. Ma Yi two heroes contend, and then the Turks go south, has become a hell on earth, who knows the current Ma Yi, is the future Hedong?

Inside and outside Jinyang City, the tension is getting stronger and stronger. In addition to the soldiers and horses guarding the key passes, the main forces of the three major military governments were assembled inside and outside Jinyang City. Inside and outside Jinyang, it has become a military city. Not only did the official temples and offices in the city be occupied, but there were also temporary military camps outside the city.

Outside the city, along the river, also set up a blacksmith workshop, Hedong craftsmen have been recruited, the official issued food and clothing, charcoal and iron ingots are also transported one by one, fireworks all day long, jingling sound is endless. The armor blades, spear heads, knives and spears, and various kinds of instruments were loaded into trucks and transported into the city, and then prepared into complete and usable blade equipment.

In Jinyang City, almost all the people were mobilized. The man transports all sorts of supplies for the assembled army. The women were either sewing clothes or making dry food. The entire Jinyang City seems to have become a busy big ant nest.

And the guards inside and outside the city were suddenly tightened. In and out of the main road, all of them have several layers of cards. Except for the waist badge issued by the army, almost no one is allowed to come and go. It turned out that Jinyang, the northern name of Jinyang, which was prosperous and prosperous, was already tense, as if it was a fortress about to spew blood and fire.

Everyone can see that the war is a matter before and after the beginning of spring. The people were silently patient, waiting for an unknown fate to come. In this world dispute, no one cares about their feelings. However, so many of the sons of the hedgehog who came to serve in the city were like being beaten with chicken blood, constantly setting up banquets and high parties, constantly competing in martial arts, constantly issuing all kinds of bold words, and constantly running, trying to find a more advantageous position under the command of Tang Guogong.

This battle may determine the fate of their respective families for the next 100 years!

Everyone is asking, what is Tang Guogong waiting for to give the order to raise troops? From Mayi Yanmen in the north, to Jiangdu in the south, to the sea in the east, and to Longyou in the west pole, everyone knows that this grandfather who has the hope of the world is going to fight for the world, and what are you waiting for so calmly?

Outside the east gate of Jinyang City, a team of people and horses are rushing in.

This team of people and horses has about 20 horses, and they are dressed as ordinary merchants. looks like a dusty servant in old clothes, and it seems that he has experienced a long journey.

Five or six miles outside the east gate, there is a military village set up on the road, guarding the safety of Jinyang City.

It is rare today that there is no discipline and no other servitude. After entering the Wei Jinyang assembly, the food is rare and good, and it has always been three meals a day, which is distributed according to the expedition food. Even in winter, there is a supply of fresh meat.

The general of this small military village is the first-class team. At the age of thirty, he was not promoted even when he was old in the army. After the gathering of the families in Jinyang, suddenly blessed to the soul, and the steward of a village under a certain family got into a relationship, all kinds of courtesy and did not need money to offer, through the steward and saw the side of the family that entered Jinyang. The sons of the family who entered Jinyang, who doesn't want to stretch out a hand in the army?

This family has exerted its strength, and the Hedong Army is vigorously expanding. actually mixed him into a mid-base infantry barracks.

I have eaten enough today, and I am not tired of anything. The east gate has always had few people, no better than the north and west, and the river is endless. His army was far away from the city, and there were few people to keep him. The sun is very good today, and the team is simply dragging a hu bed out and resting at the gate of the village. Several sergeants who followed closely on weekdays were next to him with drinks and food, and they also responded to his gossip about whether he had a match or not.

The team only felt refreshed, and they wanted to fall asleep in a daze. On these days, I don't change it for a god. The above characters must be living better, and they are still preparing to fight and fight for the world. Let go and eat only a pound of meat for a day, and it only takes a few feet to lie down, why bother?

A sergeant suddenly said, "Someone is coming!" ”

The team was barely opening their eyes to look, and they saw the team. The sergeant was still amusing beside him: "It seems to be a merchant!" We should be an interrogator, ask a little, and always get a few pennies to take the lord and subordinates there? ”

The team sneered: "At this time, who would dare to go on the road?" There are soldiers everywhere, and there are homeless people everywhere. Doing business is not afraid of losing the capital, maybe you will lose it! I don't know what kind of character he has a great way to come from, but he changed the color of the merchant's clothes to cover his ears and eyes. I still want to get a few articles, but I have a share in my life! ”

The sergeant asked, "Shall we stop it?" ”

The team raised their eyebrows, stretched out their hands to hit the sergeant, but they didn't bother to raise their hands: "What do you do with so much?" Checking the correspondents and so on is a matter for the door army. We are the middle base camp of Yingyang Mansion, sent here, and we are guarding the village! It's rare not to practice, and to find something to do! ”

was scolded by this team, and several sergeants were all interested, just watching this team pass by.

These more than 20 horses rushed closer, and it could be seen that they were all tough men, and they were in a hurry, and the mounts were covered with sweat. Suddenly, the group stopped in front of the military village, and a knight stepped out of the crowd and shouted: "Which Yingyang Mansion military horse are you?" People in the past came and didn't check, who allowed you to be lazy like this? ”

I don't look for trouble, but trouble comes to my door. The team was turning over, knowing that there were dragons and crouching tigers hidden inside and outside Jinyang, and none of them were offended by the small team that had just risen up. The laziness just now was suddenly thrown out of the clouds, and he hurriedly went straight up, and performed the heaviest one-knee kneeling etiquette in the army seven or eight steps, bowing his head and not saying a word.

The knight snorted coldly again: "Duke Tang's generals are raising Er, just to contribute to the battle array." What's the use of being so lazy? On the contrary, it wasted the food and clothing given to you by the national prince! Get down, let me see this again, military law can't wait! ”

Get out of the way, let this team get up and retreat as if they had been pardoned. Before leaving, his eyes swept over. I saw a middle-aged man in the team, taking off his hood.

This middle-aged man is a celebrity in Hedong County, and Wen Daya, the second son of the Wen family in Bingzhou, who is famous for his talents!

Wen Daya was used as a bachelor of the East Palace for the emperor to assist the current emperor, and became a hot political star for a while. But later, for some reason, he resigned and returned to Jinyang, lived in seclusion in Jinyang, was a celebrity in Jinyang, returned to his hometown for more than ten years, traveled leisurely, and never went out again. He likes to run, a person in Jinyang, and knows this Bachelor Wen well.

After Tang Guogong entered Jinyang, people thought that most of the high-minded Wen scholars would not come out, but they didn't expect him to return to Tang Guogong without hesitation, thinking that he would join the army. And Tang Guogong also relied on him very much.

These days, there is no figure of him in Jinyang City. Unexpectedly, today, this Bachelor Wen looks like a servant in the dust and returns from the east!