The torrential rain fell for two days in a row, causing the water level of the Yellow River to rise sharply, and the heavy rain was followed by continuous light rain, and there was wind and rain on the river, no ferry dared to cross the river, and Zhao Junsheng and everyone in the baggage team were stranded at the Yanjin ferry for four days.

The rain fell for several days in a row, causing the temperature to drop sharply, and the soldiers and officers of the baggage team had to take out their winter clothes and put them on, Zhao Junsheng also put on a knitted woolen sweater, which was particularly warm, and it was too comfortable and too gentle to wear a knitted pure wool sweater in the autumn and winter of this era.

Walking on the muddy ground in the temporary camp next to the ferry, Zhao Junsheng faintly felt the pain of a knife cut by the wind blowing from the river surface.

"Damn, this weather is really terrible!" Wearing a raincoat that he had cut and sewn from tarpaulin, Zhao Junsheng walked between the tents in the camp.

Except for the soldiers patrolling and standing guard, the other soldiers all hid in the camp tent and were led by their respective soldiers to do push-ups, sit-ups, squats and other indoor physical training, which was also a training method that Zhao Junsheng could think of in a limited space and conditions.

From time to time, there were shouts of competition in each tent, Zhao Junsheng stopped in front of a relatively quiet tent, this was a tent in the ninth tooth, Zhao Junsheng bent down and looked down and walked in, some of the dozen or so fourteen or fifteen-year-old half-grown children were repairing broken armor, and some were sewing torn clothes and shoes.

"Camp head!" When these boys saw Zhao Junsheng coming in, they all stood up.

Zhao Junsheng swept his eyes, and his gaze fell in front of a soldier, who had a pile of parts on the ground in front of him, which seemed to be the assembly parts of a repeater.

Zhao Junsheng walked over, squatted down, picked up a repeating crossbow machine, looked at it, looked up, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Back to the camp, the villain Jiao Yunzhe has seen the camp!" The young man did not squint, but replied loudly.

Hey, this answer is clean and neat, quite the demeanor of a soldier in later generations, it seems that the drills of this period of time still have some effect, Zhao Junsheng couldn't help nodding secretly, pointing to the crossbow machine on the ground and a bunch of parts and asked, "Are you repairing the repeater?" ”

"Ah, yes, the villain repaired it casually! A few days ago, when he was attacked by mountain bandits, six crossbows were damaged in the battle, and the villain felt that it was a pity to lose them, so he thought to see if he could repair them! Jiao Yunzhe touched the back of his head with some embarrassment.

A kid next to him took a repeater from behind and presented it in front of Zhao Junsheng: "Look, camp head, this is a repeater repaired by Jiao Yunzhe!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took the repeater and looked at it, pulled the bowstring to load, pulled the trigger and tried firing it a few times, it was indeed well repaired, and nodded: "I feel that the strength is a lot greater, and the range should have increased a little, I didn't expect you to still have this skill, looking at your appearance of fine skin and tender meat, it shouldn't be an ordinary family at home, right?" ”

Jiao Yunze's expression was a little gloomy, and he hugged his fists and said: "Yes, the villain's family was originally a scholarly family, and he had read books, but he was arrested and put in prison for a crime not long ago, and one day someone from above said that if he was willing to go to the north to escort grain and grass to the army, he could be exempted from prison, and the villain signed up!" ”

Zhao Junsheng really didn't know the origin and origin of these people under him, and asked, "How many prisoners like you are still in the official ranks?" ”

"There should be forty or fifty people!"

Zhao Junsheng didn't get angry when he heard this, things are already like this, naturally it is impossible to return people, he asked, "How old are you this year?" ”

"Seventeen!"

"Are you married?"

"It's only been two months since we got married!"

"Isn't your little wife going to be a widow at home? What a sin! Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but shake his head and sigh as he spoke.

He remembered that a few years later in history, the Southern Dynasty Emperor Liu Yilong appointed Yanzhi as the commander of the Northern Expedition to attack the land of Henan, Liang County was afraid that it was not very safe, although the Southern Dynasty army was finally driven back, but in the war area, who dared to guarantee that he would be spared?

Zhao Junsheng patted Jiao Yunze on the shoulder and said: "Look at you like this, you should have some talent in Gewu, if you can research some weapons, armor, tools, etc. that can be used to march and fight or improve your life, this official will fully support you, recommend you to the top, give you a separate camp, improve your food and salary, and when you settle down and have the conditions, you can take your little wife over, and the little couple can be reunited, the south may not be safer than the north!" Fix these crossbows, and the official will reward you with a penny! ”

Jiao Yunzhe hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Thank you Yingtou, the villain must work hard to make useful objects for Yingtou as soon as possible!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was about to go out, when a soldier came to report: "Camp head, someone outside the camp gate is looking for the camp head, saying that it is the old man of the camp head!" ”

"The deceased?"

What old people can there be at the Yanjin ferry on the edge of the Yellow River? Zhao Junsheng came to the gate of the camp with a stomach full of doubts, only to see a carriage parked at the door, a coachman sitting in front of the carriage, and a man holding an oil-paper umbrella standing next to him.

"Joined the army, and my subordinates finally caught up!" The man with the umbrella immediately threw away the oil-paper umbrella and was about to kneel in the muddy water with a scream.

This person turned out to be Pei Jin, Zhao Junsheng was taken aback, and immediately stepped forward to support him, "Pei Jin, you didn't join the army as your Fa Cao Department in Liang County, why did you come here?" ”

Pei Jin said with a bitter face: "My subordinates are here to join the army, please join the army and take them in, otherwise the subordinate family will have no place to stay!" ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the carriage and asked, "······ on the carriage?"

"It's a subordinate family!"

Even the family members were brought, and Zhao Junsheng knew that something must have happened when he heard it, so he immediately beckoned Pei Jin to call the coachman to drive the carriage into the camp, and called a few soldiers to set up a camp tent for Pei Jin's family to rest.

When everything was settled, Zhao Junsheng took Pei in and into his tent, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Pei Jin immediately said what happened after Zhao Junsheng left Suiyang, it came from the day after Zhao Junsheng left Suiyang City, Wu Zhen, the county prince, couldn't wait to start to do something to the subordinate officials of the Taishou Mansion, purge some disobedient officials, and install his own people, and Pei Jin was the first official to be taken care of.

Wu Zhen not only found someone to frame Pei Jin and remove him from his official position, but also embezzled Pei Jin's family property, and it only took a few days to do this.

Pei Jin was cornered, so he could only lead the whole family of five to chase after Zhao Junsheng's team, hoping to follow Zhao Junsheng to have a way to live.

"Wu Zhen, this damn thing! By the way, didn't you run into Liu Guang who was escorted back when you came? This guy took Wu Zhen's command to buy the bandits with gold to attack the official's baggage team, and was captured by the official, as long as he was escorted back to General Liang, Wu Zhen must not be able to protect his official position, and even his head will fall to the ground, calculate the time, they should return to Suiyang City now! ”

Pei Jin's expression was gloomy, and he arched his hand and said: "The subordinates met them, but at that time, the subordinates had already come out, and the official position was also dismissed, and it was impossible to reinstate the official, and the subordinates felt that it was more practical to follow the army, so they quickly caught up with their families!" ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "Since you are determined to go north with this official, this official will naturally not let you down." In this way, there are a lot of things that need to be written and calculated by the baggage team, and these things will be left to you to do, and you will be a master book for this officer! ”

With tears in the corners of his eyes, Pei Jin lifted the hem of his robe and knelt in front of Zhao Junsheng and said, "Thank you for joining the army!" ”