Chapter 5 Joining the Army

The two brothers went down the mountain into the city and looked at the dilapidated scene on the road, full of hungry and skinny refugees leaning against the wall, in sharp contrast to the dignitaries and dignitaries walking on the street in silk and satin and their evil slaves, the phrase 'Zhumen wine and meat stinks and there are frozen bones on the road' naturally came to his mind.

I can't help but feel sorry for these poor people, and I feel indignation at those shameless. But Shi Bin knew that now was not the time to be compassionate and indignant, but to resist the Yuan and restore China as soon as possible.

As soon as his thoughts were over, he couldn't help but feel ashamed when he thought about being ready to stay out of the mountains and just be a shrunken turtle without asking about the world.

When I entered the city, I took the first step, but I didn't know where to go to join the army, whether to find a county commander or a county lieutenant, or there was a recruiting station on the street in the city.

There is also the question of whose account to invest in, whether you can choose the type of troops, after all, the two of them are still a little capable, and they can't just be a heavy soldier who transports grain and grass. I had to ask around, and finally saw the recruitment notice of Jingzhou City on the bulletin board in the town.

The two immediately left Xiangtan and went straight to Jingzhou, running all the way, eating and sleeping in the open; There was no rest on the way, only for fear that the recruitment would end before they arrived.

When he entered the city, he ran in the direction the people said to the recruiting station, and finally arrived before the recruitment was over.

The stationmaster saw that two more people were coming, and he was very unhappy to delay himself from work, while Shi Bin was out of breath and couldn't speak, but just stretched out his hand and signaled to the stationmaster not to end the recruitment.

The two who had just calmed down were about to speak, but he said coldly: "The recruitment is over, where to go back and forth!" Get out of the way! ”

As soon as he heard this, Shi Bin immediately became angry, and finally arrived but was stopped by the stationmaster's fluttering words, and was choked when he was excited, and was pressed back just when he was about to speak.

The stationmaster saw that the two of them were holding weapons, and they didn't seem to be ordinary farmers, especially after hearing that he refused to recruit soldiers, his face was not good, and he seemed to be looking for trouble.

Carefully sailing the 10,000-year-old ship, the old soldier asked in a strange way: "How do you have weapons?" Where did your crossbow and his long knife come from? What's the matter with your military uniform, deserter? It's not a good thing at first glance, and you still want to be a soldier and eat food? ”

Shi Bin, a mountain man, has never been out of Xiangtan County since he shrunk on the mountain all year round, and he only thought that the stationmaster really didn't like them, after all, Wang San was indeed a deserter. So, I was ready to communicate with him and explain it, and ask him to be accommodating.

Before he could speak, he was stopped by Wang San, and he laughed with him, "Stationmaster, villain Wang San, this is the villain's sworn brother Shi Bin." My military uniform was ripped off from a dead military master, and the weather was so cold that I had to do it. My eldest brother is an ordinary hunter, which is why he has this pair of crossbows and a long knife. Wang San smiled, then took out a few coins of silver from his pocket and secretly stuffed it to the stationmaster.

"Pretty sensible, junior." The recruiting stationmaster immediately laughed, "Don't try to hide it from me, the scar on your right arm turned out to be a thorn arm, right?" But seeing that the two of you are also good men, now that you are in the midst of a national crisis, it is rare to be willing to serve the country, and the past is not to blame. ”

Then he said in a fake manner: "Forget about this little thing, I don't have no money, if I accept it, won't it make people say that I see money, aren't you hurting me?" No, no, absolutely not. ”

Knowing that this guy is an open-eyed person, but he wants to be a bitch and set up an archway, Wang San didn't break it, but said "sincerely": "My lord is really sharp-eyed, and he is as honest as water, I really shouldn't insult you with this yellow and white thing." But I still ask you to accept this little gift, this is a must, the villain doesn't understand this etiquette but it's too ignorant, if you don't accept us, we are ashamed. ”

The play is almost done, and now Shi Bin and the others begged the stationmaster to collect money instead of him asking for a benefit fee, so that they could accept this thing openly, and they were not afraid of others rapping and stabbing black knives.

Receiving the money is considered "everyone is happy", although Shi Bin is a little unhappy, he still knows that this is Wang San's means to win the opportunity, and it will be a matter of the future if he is not happy.

At least for now, I have to pretend to be grateful and happy. So, he smiled and asked, "May I ask your surname, my brother and I still don't know your name, it's really rude." ”

"Free of Gui, surnamed Liu, Liu Ziguang. Since they are all warriors of the anti-Yuan Dynasty, they are brothers, so there is no need to be so polite. I think you are strong and strong, but I don't know how deep this kung fu is? ”

"Please take us to the playground by the stationmaster, and we will immediately let you see my brother's kung fu, although the kung fu is not high, it should still be more or less eye-catching." Wang San said loudly, both of them were full of confidence in this point.

A hunter walks between the mountains and forests all the year round, and a soldier also has to train all year round, although neither of them has actually killed anyone, but there is still a little effort.

"Good! Seeing that the two of you are so confident, it must not be all rhetoric, it should be a bit dry. Liu Ziguang then took them to the martial arts arena in Jingzhou City.

The first is shooting, both with bows and crossbows, at a distance of one hundred paces. With just a stick of incense, Shi Bin's ten crossbow arrows have all been shot, and they are all targets, and three are in the bull's-eye.

"Well, sure enough, he was born as a hunter and is good material for being an archer and crossbowman." Liu Ziguang laughed loudly. "It's your turn, don't let me down."

And Wang San shot a cup of tea before he finished shooting the crossbow arrows, and one of them missed the target, and although the other nine were hit, none of them hit the bull's-eye.

"Little San, you have to work harder and learn more from your eldest brother. You must know that the group of murderous Yuan dogs who do not blink are not afraid of knives and guns, and what they are most afraid of are bows and arrows and firearms. Liu Ziguang smiled and shook his head. Wang San also nodded embarrassedly to accept Liu Ziguang's education.

The second is weightlifting, which is the lifting of stone locks. Although Shi Bin shot well, he lacked strength, and he lifted a total of 150 pounds of stone locks. But Wang San had a lot of brute strength, and actually lifted a one hundred and fifty catties with one hand. Liu Ziguang looked at the two of them like seeing a baby, one had excellent archery skills, and the other was full of strength, both of which were good materials for being soldiers. What's more, the two of them still know how to behave, which is very rare.

"In this case, I'll take this thing I wrote to the county lieutenant for you, and let him arrange it." Liu Ziguang said with a smile.

"Thank you Stationmaster Liu for taking care of you." After speaking, Shi Bin also stuffed about two coins of broken silver into Liu Ziguang's hands.

Liu Ziguang said with even more joy: "Oops, I suddenly remembered that there is still a need to recruit soldiers in the forbidden army. The two of you go to the third battalion Xue Liang and Xue Huochang [Commander Ten People] to report, and shop ten miles outside the city. Remember Xue Huochang's temper, that is a righteous person, but it's best not to contradict him, it's a bull's temper. After speaking, he hummed a little song and left with a smile.

"Didn't my brother give him money once, why do you want me to give it again? It's really uncomfortable to bribe the big brother like this. Shi Bin said very unhappily.

Although his brother is benevolent, he is a solid eye, and he is a little more serious, and he doesn't understand the eight-sided exquisiteness, which Wang San understands very well, so he has to explain helplessly: "Didn't my brother tell my eldest brother that there are no military regulations in this army for a long time?" Then this military regulation is money, and if we want to gain a foothold, we have to use this yellow and white thing to open the way. ”

Seeing that Shi Bin still looked like he couldn't figure it out, Wang San explained helplessly, "Do you really think that Liu Ziguang just did things according to the rules?" The first time was to ask for our entrance fee, as you must have seen, otherwise you wouldn't even have to enter the door. After resting for a while, he said, "Do you want to go to the county lieutenant to be a soldier?" When the Xiang army can go to build bridges and pave roads, not only will he not be able to get ahead in his life, but he will not be able to kill a few yuan soldiers, so he wants the eldest brother to send money again. ”

"I see, my eldest brother has been in the mountains for a long time, but I don't understand these at all."

After saying that, the two immediately went to the station of the third battalion, hoping that they would enter the camp as soon as possible and not spend money to stay in the city for another night.

That Xue Liang was a good dealer, and the next day he was just looking for him to eat a table of slightly fishy side dishes, a few pots of good wine, and a few coins of broken silver, so that Xue Liang, a veteran, accepted these two "sensible" recruits.

During the dinner, I learned from Xue Liang that they were incorporated into the forbidden army stationed in the place. Xue Liang was also very happy to have such two subordinates, and smiled and praised the two of them for not only being brave but also quite interesting. And he also guaranteed that as long as they sincerely resisted the Yuan, he would definitely take them to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and if he had a bite of meat, they would definitely have a mouthful of soup to drink.

Speaking of which, Xue Liang began to scold that Liu Ziguang was a master who saw money, and a bastard who only knew how to make money but did not kill Yuan people. And definitely said that if they didn't bribe for the second time, they would be incorporated into the box army that repaired bridges and paved roads by Liu Ziguang, not to mention killing the Yuan soldiers, maybe even the military salary would not be paid in full.

After hearing this, the two felt very lucky, especially Shi Bin finally thought that this money was not unjustly spent, and Wang Sangan sighed that he finally didn't have to wait for death to eat, and had the opportunity to kill the Yuan people.

Back at the camp, Shi Bin's solid eyes couldn't help but sigh again, and said to Wang San: "Brother, how can such a pawn of disintegration confront the Yuan people? ”

knew that Shi Bin was dissatisfied with the unspoken rules in this army, and disappointed in the two people he met who saw money, but Wang San explained: "Big brother doesn't have to be so indignant, and he doesn't have to generalize. Besides, we don't know if this army is partially or mostly like this, after all, even an iron-clad army will always have a few rusty nails. Besides, no matter how corrupt the Song Dynasty is, there will be a few tiger generals to resist the Yuan, so it's a big deal for us to go to them again. ”

After Wang San said this, Shi Bin came to his senses, indeed, how can he walk by the river without getting his shoes wet; When the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no fugitives, because they are too idealistic.

Thinking of this, he smiled and pointed at Wang San, but he didn't speak, just said in his heart, this is really a human spirit, and he really has to learn how to be a man from him. Otherwise, you really can't climb up, don't want to lead the army to drive the Yuan people out of the Great Song Dynasty, let alone recover the land and reproduce the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

"I believe that my eldest brother has understood the meaning of my words and agrees with my point of view." Wang San saw that Shi Bin's face was gradually turning clearer, so he said with a smile: "Although I think Xue Liang is also a little greedy for money and relatively vulgar, he is a man who is willing to kill the enemy, let's have more contact with him to enhance our relationship." ”

Everything was said clearly, Shi Bin and Wang San were relaxed, and there was a consensus: no matter where you go, you can take the initiative to give this benefit, and you can't be ignorant; There are men who are willing to kill the enemy, and they communicate more; If the army is a rabble, go elsewhere.