Chapter 38: The Massacre Begins
Continue along the Liaoning West Corridor, and the further east you go, the colder it becomes.
At this time, it is already spring, and Chang'an City has long been in spring, and the willow branches have sprouted; Although Youzhou is said to be cold in spring, although it is still a little cold in the morning and evening, it is also a warm spring sun at noon.
But this Liaoxi Corridor is different, there is no meaning of spring at all, the cold wind blows like a knife. Fortunately, the Tang soldiers stationed here are more prepared, and they wear more clothes than when they were in Youzhou, even if the cold wind hits, everyone can withstand it.
**The soldiers can stand it, but Zhang Wei is different, he has never encountered such cold weather after living so much.
"This hellish place, it's cold." Riding on horseback, Zhang Wei could still feel the bone-chilling cold.
What kind of place is this and what kind of person you are.
You must know that this is the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, and it should be a cold place.
What's more, Datang is not today's society, the ecological environment has not been destroyed at that time, there are green scenes everywhere, and there is no greenhouse effect.
Hot is hot, there is absolutely no El Niño, cold is cold, and there is no such thing as a warm winter.
This 0 is really cold!
Zhang Wei scolded while walking, sometimes it was verbal scolding, sometimes it was psychological scolding, anyway, after he, a modern person, entered the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago, all kinds of discomforts came out, and he originally thought that he could be mixed in the Tang Dynasty with his own ingenuity, who knew that this broken era would be so cold, and this cold has exceeded his imagination.
Although he complained, Zhang Wei also knew that at this time he was already in the rat hole, and he couldn't retreat if he wanted to, even if it was a road, he could only go to the dark.
"Huhu--"
The wind in the northeast is strong, not to mention people, even cattle, sheep and horses are blown by the strong wind.
Seeing this, Zhang Wei had to dismount and pull the war horse forward with the soldiers, but this was fine, he obviously felt much more comfortable, not as uncomfortable as riding on the horse just now, and the walkers also felt warm.
"People are just a bone, they want to ride a horse when they walk, they want to ride a car when they ride a horse, and they feel uncomfortable after a long time in the car, and they want to walk again. Speaking of which, it is back to square one. After following the team for a long time, Zhang Wei thought.
Don't say it's a human being, everything in the world is actually a truth, everything that has been done will return to the original point, the so-called overreach, the so-called back to the basics.
In this way, after riding a horse for a while, walking for a while, walking and riding, riding and walking, crossing one mountain beam after another, and crossing one river valley after another, Zhang Wei and his party came to a relatively large river.
"Zhang Gongzi, this river is called Xiaoling River, and after crossing this river, it will be Liaodong for more than a hundred miles." Zhang Zhifang said to Zhang Wei.
Liaodong?
It's a long way away, and it's not yet the end of it.
Then Zhang Zhifang said to him solemnly: "Zhang Gongzi should be careful!" There will be a mountain taunt here at any time. ”
Zhang Wei nodded heavily, he knew very well that their army was walking on the edge of the Liaoning West Corridor all the way, and the reason why he felt the wind was strong, in addition to the sea breeze on the Bohai Sea, there was also that he had been walking on a narrow road, and the strong wind he encountered was the so-called "sandwich wind".
Will the Shan Xi enemy appear here?
When Zhang Zhifang said this, Zhang Wei was more curious.
Growing up so big, I have never seen any kind of enemy, and life cannot be said to be a pity.
It is possible to encounter the enemy of Shanxi on the road at any time, but these soldiers of the Tang Dynasty do not seem to be so worried, but continue to move forward easily.
"General, the herdsmen of Shanxi were found in front." Just when Zhang Wei was curious about why these people were not nervous, the scout came to report.
Shanxi herdsmen?
What do they look like, are they as wooden as the people of the Tang Dynasty who I have seen?
In the eyes of Zhang Wei, a modern person, the people of the Tang Dynasty are not at all like the people in today's society, they all look like mummies, dull, wooden, and even a little silly.
Could it be that these mountain herdsmen are the same as the people of the Central Plains?
Zhang Zhifang listened, thought for a moment and said to Zhang Wei: "Come with me and have a look." ”
"Okay." Of course, Zhang Wei was happy, and immediately got on the horse and galloped forward with Zhang Zhifang.
There is a low mountain beam not far away, and after going up the mountain beam, Zhang Wei can clearly see that there is a river valley plain below, which is dozens of miles in size. At this time, there are many mountain herdsmen in the valley who are grazing in the valley.
Oh, this is the people of Shanxi! It is almost exactly the same as the ethnic minority people I imagined, although it is spring, the people in the river valley still wear clothes and hats made of cow and sheepskin.
Due to the distance, Zhang Wei couldn't see the appearance of these people clearly, but with his own imagination, he could guess that these people must be dirty, after all, this place is so cold, they must not take a bath for a long time, they will not change their clothes for a long time, they will definitely smell after a long time, can it not be dirty?
"Zhang Gongzi, these people below are the people of Shanxi, our Datang has neglected the management of this place over the years, these people have become more and more presumptuous, and they dare to graze on the territory of our Datang, obviously not taking our Datang army in their eyes." Looking at the people of Shanxi grazing under the mountain, Zhang Zhifang said angrily.
Isn't it just a hundred or so grazing people, deserving of such anger?
Although Zhang Zhifang was very angry with the people grazing in the river valley, in Zhang Wei's opinion, it was not like that, if these people could be managed by the Tang Dynasty and obey the arrangements of the Tang Dynasty, even if they were grazing here.
The land is idle, and it would be better if it were taken out for the people to graze.
"What about the general?" Lieutenant Zhichong, who was beside him, asked.
The army of the Tang Dynasty was organized into six levels: guard, government, regiment, brigade, team, and fire, with one general and two generals in the guard. The left and right guards both receive 60 provinces, and the other guards receive 40 to 50 provinces. Each government is divided into three grades, 1,200 people, 1,000 people, and 800 people. Each military government has jurisdiction over 4 to 6 regiments, with 200 regiments (sometimes 300 people as regiments), and regiments have captains. Each regiment has 2 brigades, 100 brigades, and brigade commanders; Each brigade has 2 teams, 50 people, and the team is set up. Each team is divided into 5 fires, 10 fires, and the fire is long.
At this time, the team led by Zhang Zhifang had about 5,000 people, that is, five soldiers and horses of Zhichong Mansion.
After listening to the words of the captain, Zhang Zhifang said without thinking about it, "The enemy's herdsmen dare to graze here is a contempt for my Tang Dynasty soldiers, this general ordered you to lead your soldiers and horses to surround the enemy from the left, center and right. ”
At most, there are more than 100 people in Shanxi under the mountain, and there are at least 1,000 people under the leadership of Captain Zhichong, and it is definitely a matter of hand-to-hand capture to kill the people of Shanxi with so many soldiers.
Captain Zhichong, who got the order, didn't say a word, pulled out the saber on his waist and said to the ** soldiers behind him: "The soldiers are divided into three roads, left, middle and right, surround the herdsmen under the mountain, leave a few alive, and kill all the rest--"
** The soldiers mounted their horses and, according to the orders of Captain Zhichong, surrounded the valley from the left, center and right.
A massacre is about to begin.