In the autumn of the twelfth year of the great cause of the Sui Dynasty.

Outside the east gate of Shenwu County, several eagle soldiers were standing near the city gate, chatting lazily.

Shenwu County is a small county in the Sanggan River Basin, which belonged to Zhao during the Warring States Period, and the county governance was established during the Yuanjia period of the Han Dynasty.

Even in Mayi County, which has been considered remote, Shenwu County is not an inconspicuous location. The county is governed in Shanyang in the southwest, and Chong is even worse than the famous town of Yunnei in the north. The only director is probably in Mayi County, Shenwu County is located in the Sanggan River Basin, which is considered to be the richest place in the county.

Since the early years of the great cause of the side affairs of the corruption, Shenwu County city defense has also been repaired, the city wall can be seen everywhere the color of fresh rammed earth, after a few winters like a knife cold wind blowing, the city wall rammed earth regardless of the old and new has been as solid as iron stone.

Outside the city walls, moats, sheep and horse walls, everything is available. There were also small fortresses that covered the city gates. And the fortifications on the city walls are also readily available.

Although a few Eagle Yang soldiers at the door were lazily talking and laughing, and their military robes were also worn, this army was far worse than the county soldiers of Yingyang Mansion in the interior, but they had a strong atmosphere.

Sui Chengbei Zhou elite soldiers, with 12 guards. Hundreds of thousands of elites are all divisions of a hundred battles, and the Emperor of Heaven relied on these twelve elite guards to subdue the entire world, and the northern Turks did not dare to bend their bows in the south.

The source of the 12 elite guards is the Yingyang Mansion set up in each county, and the government soldiers usually work in agriculture, practice or serve in various official duties in the agricultural slack, and are recruited as the elite of the Great Sui to win the war.

One hundred and twenty-seven Yingyang Mansions in the Great Sui, and the Yingyang Mansion of Mayi and Hengan Yingyang Mansions belonging to Mayi County are the world's famous elite soldiers in the clouds.

This is close to the grassland, and for hundreds of years they have been fighting to the death with the Hu people, and teenagers have ridden fierce horses and driven hard bows. The country heroes rode horses to hedge when they were fighting for water in various villages.

The eagle soldiers of the two provinces, the emperor of Yanmen County in the fifth year of the great cause, and later joined several bloody battles against Goryeo, in recent years, the Turks are strong, and the eagle soldiers of Mayi are under the leadership of Wang Rengong, the Taishou of Mayi, and they have repeatedly gone into battle, and they have made great achievements.

Compared with the dilapidated military government in the mainland, the Ma Yi Ying Yang soldiers still retain some of the old appearance of the elite soldiers of the Great Sui.

A few eagle soldiers didn't know what they were talking about, but they were foaming at the mouth, pointing fingers, and bursting into laughter from time to time. The guards on the city wall are all probing their brains.

In the midst of the commotion, the sound of hooves was heard, and several patrolmen looked inside the city gate. Hurriedly jumped away: "That family is here!" ”

In the sound of hooves, the smoke and dust at the city gate were chaotic. Squad after team of horses drove out, with a size of one or two hundred men.

These knights all have bright red military robes, one person and two horses, and there are armor bags behind the saddle, they look like elites, and when they pass through the city gates, they don't even look at the soldiers in old military robes, and their chins are almost raised to the sky.

And in the team, there is a general in his thirties, wearing a large-sleeved shirt and pants, but he is wearing a simple head instead of a military general, which is a bit nondescript. Holding an iron ruyi in his hand, the short hair on his lips was oiled and upturned, which was the appearance of the son of a family in Jinyang City.

In the smoke and dust, the two hundred rode through the city gate and headed east.

Sui Dynasty Yingyang Mansion system, a regiment of several battalions ranged, the battalion is divided into the name of the cavalry and archery sound of the long water base, each battalion under the jurisdiction of two brigades to three brigades, each brigade two teams, each team five fires, each fire ten people.

These 200 cavalry are a cavalry battalion in the name of Yue cavalry.

Mayi County has two Yingyang soldiers: Zuotunwei, Mayi Yingyang Mansion and Right Tunwei Hengan Yingyang Mansion. Eagle Yang soldiers work in agriculture in peacetime and become an army in wartime. Mayi County is a border place, facing the Turks, even though there are more eagle soldiers than the inland county government in peacetime, but this battalion is fully equipped, and the Yue cavalry Eagle soldiers with two horses are also one of the main forces in the county.

The smoke and dust rolled up by the two hundred horsemen did not disperse, and the soldiers straightened up, and everyone had a look of disapproval on their faces.

A doorman shook his head: "The Taishou has taken out the teams at the bottom of the box one by one, this is to make Liu Yingzhui bow his head." ”

Another doorman also shook his head: "How many people have passed these days?" At least half of Ma Yiying's soldiers went to Yunzhong, so why did Liu Yingzheng go to Shanyang now. ”

A thirty-year-old Ying Yang soldier may have been in the army for a long time, and he has heard a lot of inside information, so he touched his beard and thoughtfully said: "Originally, our Mayi County was the world guarded by Wang Taishou, what did the Son of Heaven send Liu Ying to fight back and divide power?" Wang Taishou is from the Langya royal family, a big family for hundreds of years, how can he look down on Liu Yingzheng such a fighting man? In this Mayi County, there can only be one person who has the final say, and Wang Taishou is naturally the one who will not give in. ”

The fire chief who was in charge of the city gate was troubled when he heard this, and said angrily: "Now the Turks have pressed to the north of the clouds, and they are still making trouble!" When the Turks come in, everyone will be clean! If you enter the mother, you can't live this day! ”

Several eagle soldiers also sighed and echoed in unison.

"Isn't that so? After the opening of the emperor's son of heaven, this day is not as good as a day, and it turns out that the Turks are so frightened that the royal court has to move to Mobei. As a result, the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, and first conquered Goryeo several times and fought a sea of corpses and blood, and our Ma Yi Ying raised troops to follow the expedition, and few came back. The soldiers are gone, and the Son of Heaven still has to patrol the border, so why can't the Turks come? Last year, the Son of Heaven surrounded Yanmen City, and thirty-nine of the forty-one cities in Yanmen County were opened by the Turks! ”

"The Son of Heaven has gone to the river by himself, and this mess is not for our local people to clean up!"

"Fortunately, the Son of Heaven sent a Jinyang to stay behind, the descendants of the six pillars of the country, Tang Duke Li Yuan! This is a capable one, pulling us too defended, Ma Yi soldiers and Hedong soldiers, last year they finally let the Turks suffer a defeat, and only then did they stop for so long. This Tang Guogong can stay in Jinyang for a long time! ”

"I see that the Duke of Tang Guo will stay for a long time, who let the Son of Heaven abandon the country and run to the river! Listen to our cousin - he came back alive during the second expedition to Goryeo. The second expedition to Goryeo was supposed to be won, but it was not because Yang Xuangan was in chaos and cut off the food that the army was defeated. At that time, I couldn't prevent Yang Xuangan, and now there is smoke everywhere and fire everywhere, people who want to be Yang Xuangan are only afraid of more, Tang Guogong has soldiers and generals, how long can he stay in Taiyuan? I can't say how to enter Chang'an now! ”

"It's only been a few years since the world was peaceful............ Don't talk about Tang Guogong, don't we Wang Taishou have other thoughts? Otherwise, no matter how hard you search, the rent in this poor place of Mayi has doubled! Let's say it's an eagle soldier, and it should be transferred for forty-five days a year, and now it's been more than a year, and there is no intention of letting us go home. Now that he is desperately trying to subdue Liu Yingzhen, what do you think of our Wang Taishou? ”

These eagle soldiers are all regular eagle soldiers, serving all year round, following all kinds of officials and people in the county all kinds of endless errands, insider secrets from those officials' mouths, the prison door is boring, and now it is boundless.

The fire chief has no intention of restraint, and who can't see the current chaotic situation in the world? Everyone is not a son of a family, and in the future, they will either fight because of the ambition of those families, or they will face the iron hooves of the Turks, and they don't know what will happen tomorrow today, so now everyone will be happy.

The soldiers said more and more boldly, and the fire chief finally spoke weakly to stop it: "It's almost over, you have to have a doorkeeper on your mouth, and now the county is not peaceful, don't talk about yourself and cause trouble." Have the strength to eat and drink, and find a little lady in the private door, and live happily for a day! ”

Then he was surprised: "Why haven't you seen Le Langjun come to the county for a long time?" ”

The soldiers laughed: "Huo Chang, you are thinking of Le Langjun's generosity!" Every time I go to the county seat, pay taxes, or look at the business of my own shop, I always have to greet our brothers to eat and drink. ”

Huo Chang said angrily: "You just don't want to? When many brothers are in danger, they ask for Le Langjun, and they can always put an end to the matter. I haven't seen Le Langjun for a long time, and I only think about eating and drinking when I read a few words? ”

It was still the oldest soldier who answered his own fire chief with a smile: "The prince has an order, the rent is doubled, and Grandpa Le Langjun is the head of a Lu, and this tax falls on his head." The rent has doubled for three or four years, and the gold produced in the field is not enough, so he can only rely on Huiyi, and now after the autumn, the horses of the various ethnic groups in Yunzhong and North are also fat, and Le Langjun should go back to Yi. ”

Huo Chang was puzzled: "Le Langjun is such a lone seedling, can Taigong Xu let him go back to Yi?" ”

The old soldier's expression sank a little: "Mrs. Xu has had a stroke." ”

Huo Chang paused: "I was ordered to go to Shanyang to pass the documents, but I didn't know that there was such a thing!" You should come and see it! ”

Then he sighed again: "Back then, I persuaded the Taigong to let Le Langjun respond to the service of the Eagle Yang Army, and the rent was reduced, and there was less money to buy and transfer." Taigong didn't want to be born, it's a pity that Le Langjun was polished by Taigong's good skills! The literary ones are coming, and the martial ones are also coming. Or will you go to which family, with the talent of Le Langjun, who doesn't value it? ”

All the soldiers shook their heads and sighed.

It is said that Xu Taigong came to settle in Shenwu County, Mayi County more than ten years ago, and it is said that he retired from the army, with several servants, holding a child in his infancy, who is the widow of his son, and his name is Xu Le.

The old man led a few servants to open up the wasteland in the Sanggan River Valley, and Mayi County was never a peaceful place. The old man struck away several groups of horse thieves and bandits with a bow and a horse, and it is said that he even killed a few scattered Turkic wolf riders. The settlement opened up by the old man became a hard land, and the people gradually attached themselves, and finally formed the village of Xujialu, which opened the grain and became the household of Shenwu County.

More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the infant child has grown up and has been raised by the old man. But he was detained by the old man so that he couldn't join the army, and he was not allowed to go to dangerous places. But young people with skills can't bear loneliness, Xu Le befriended a young man, has a bold temperament, is generous, and has a strong personality - all of which are good qualities valued by athletes in the border clouds. In and outside Shenwu County, he broke the name of Le Langjun.

More than ten years ago, when Xu Taigong came to Shenwu County to settle down, it was rumored that there were people above to take care of him, and it was rumored that the county order also went to visit Xu Taigong. Now more than ten years have passed, the emperor has changed, the situation has changed, it turns out that no one knows the origin of Xu Taigong, it is just an old township in Luzhong, Le Langjun has never joined the army and has never entered the official, and after Xu Taigong is old, he naturally can't support the door, and the taxes are getting heavier and heavier, and nothing is missing.

Over the years, Mrs. Xu has relied on Huiyi to support his family, but in the past few years, he has been in trouble and has been unable to do Huiyi. The family was consumed day by day, and because of his age, he suddenly suffered a stroke and collapsed. This plan is not to be said, it depends on Le Langjun next.

The return of the border land is a very risky road when the Turks are strong, how can Le Langjun, who has always been protected by the Taigong and cannot be protected by Shenwu County, hold up? There is a case, it's a pity that Le Langjun is such an outstanding talent!

The fire was in a daze for a long time, and finally stomped his foot fiercely: "God of this dog day, he simply doesn't give people a way to live, and it's only been a few years too peaceful?" Why is the world chaotic like this! ”

The soldiers also looked at each other, saying that they all had a stomach for gossip, but such a profound question really couldn't be answered.

The emperor of heaven ended the troubled times, opened the peaceful world, and the great cause of the emperor ascended the throne, why is it that in just ten years, the world will be in chaos again?