Chapter 28: The King's Division
The Han army, under the command of Li Chengzong, repelled Wang Bo's attack, and in response to Wang Bo's attack, Su Lie personally led his troops into the village of Guanjia in Linji (located near Jiyang in later generations), although the local people had heard of the name of the Han army, but they had not yet seen what the Han army was like. Now that the Han army is really coming, the family gate lords who actually control Qizhou are spreading rumors, slandering and spreading rumors that the Han army "kills people and sets fires", and the whole village is panicked, helping the old and the young to hide in the deep mountains and old forests. Only an old man named Su Qingzhong and a scholar named Ma Zhou who lived in Su Qingzhong's old man's house were left, and they wanted to see what this famous "Han Army" looked like.
Suddenly, a red flag was hoisted on the path at the entrance of the village. Then, the mighty Han army brigade drove towards the housekeeper village. The old man Su Qingzhong and his nephew Ma Zhou and their grandfather hid in the room and peeked out, their hearts pounding. From the window, they clearly saw that the Han army was wearing helmets and armor, fully armed, and at first glance it was an elite division that had won a hundred battles. A military horn sounded, and the Han army brigade stopped in the housekeeper village! Except for a few fighters who went out to stand guard, the others rested in place. The housekeeper village boiled all at once.
After settling down, the cook suddenly found that there was no food to cook, and hurriedly reported to Su Lie. Su Lie was holding a telescope to observe the terrain, listened, waved his hand and said, "We must find a way to find a fellow villager to buy grain." How can the warriors march and fight without eating?"
This loud voice was heard by the old man Su Qingzhong and Ma Zhou, who were hiding in the room not far away, and they were shocked, you look at me, I look at you, the eyes of both sides were full of helplessness, and finally Su Qingzhong muttered to Ma Zhou, "King Bin, well, they are about to start!" ”
"Uncle........ hey........" Ma Zhou sighed in a low voice, "Hey, since ancient times, the family of soldiers and bandits, uncle, it looks like they are going to do it......" Ma Zhou is a native of Qinghe, Beizhou, because of the military disaster, Ma Zhou hid in his uncle Su Qingzhong, what he didn't expect was that his front foot was out of the wolf's den, and the back foot was the tiger's den?
The old and the young suddenly recalled the "bravery" of the officers and the righteous army and the situation of the bandits kicking the door and robbing in the past, and they really sweated at this moment. However, when they looked at the actions of the Han officers and soldiers today, they felt strange again. The Han soldiers closed the door, and only stood outside the door and shouted: "Fellow, is there anyone in the house?" The door was not closed, and the Han soldiers entered the house empty-handed, and then left the house empty-handed. The chickens, ducks, and geese on the soil outside the farmhouse were all ignored by the Han soldiers.
A soldier ran up to Su Lie and gave a military salute and reported: "Deputy marshal, I found a jar of corn in the front house, but I couldn't find the owner of this house!" ”
When Su Lie heard that there was corn, he immediately said, "Take it and weigh it, and tell the secretary to pay the silver taels at the market price." The warrior said "yes," turned and ran. Su Lie shouted again: "Kang Xinlai, hurry up, there is only half an hour left before the march!" ”
The conversation between the Han soldiers and Su Lie, Su Qingzhong and Ma Zhou heard it clearly. They thought to themselves: This officer of the Han army is called the deputy marshal, so it seems that he is the number two person in the Han army, but this deputy marshal of the Han army looks ordinary, and he is dressed the same as the soldiers! Just when the old and the young were thinking nonsense, Su Lie actually walked to the door of the room where they were hiding, and shouted kindly: "Fellow, is there anyone in the house?" We are the Han army, our people's own army, the people's soldiers, don't be afraid, we are not those bastard robbers! ”
Su Qingzhong and Ma Zhou glanced at each other, only to see Ma Zhou nodding in a gesture, Old Man Su got up and opened the door, raised his thumb, and said; "Okay, the soldiers are good! I have lived for nearly seventy years, but I have never seen such a good army as your Han army! ”
He invited Su Lie into the room, and Ma Zhou also stood up, "General, your army is really impressive....... army like you with strict military discipline and does not disturb the people is really rare in the world....... before seeing your army, King Bin (Ma Zhou's character) heard that your army is a tiger, wolf and beast army...... Now that I look at it, it's not like that at all..... you are the real master of kings......."
Ma Zhou's words are very interesting, before he saw the real Han army, he was deeply affected by the rumors spread by those family lords and the sewage poured on Li Chengzong, thinking that Li Chengzong and Zhu Cang Zhang Jin were the same dog, and naturally he did not have a good impression of Li Chengzong's Han army.
Just as Su Lie was talking with Su Qingzhong and Ma Zhou, the secretary came to report that the corn had been weighed, and it was just two hundred catties, and it should be twenty-five taels of silver according to the current market price. He had taken twenty-five taels of silver and put them in the jar.
Su Lie listened and said, "No, the silver two will be handed over to this old man Su Qingzhong and asked him to transfer on his behalf, so that this Ma Xiaolangjun can be used as a witness." ”
The head of the family was named Su He. So, the secretary returned to his home, took out the twenty-five taels of silver that were put in the grain tank, and handed them to the old man Su Qingzhong and Ma Zhou in person. Su Lie considered that the current war was chaotic and the environment was complicated, in order to facilitate the inspection of the master, he asked people to find a brush, and returned to Su He's house, and wrote such a special receipt on the wall of his room: "Fellow: You are not at home. I bought two hundred pounds of your corn, and now I have left two hundred and twenty-five taels of silver. The silver taels were in the hands of the old man Su Qingzhong. Han Army, Su Lie Su Dingfang. ”
It wasn't until Su Lie signed his name that Ma Zhou knew that this Han army officer, who looked no different from ordinary Han soldiers, was actually the deputy commander of the famous Han army, and the number one thug of the Han King Li Chengzong, Su Lie Su Dingfang......
"General Su, you said that the military and political regulations of your Han army were all formulated by His Royal Highness the King of Han? Even these 'three disciplines and six attentions' are also done by His Highness? After listening to Su Lie talk about the situation of the Han army in terms of military discipline, Ma Zhou couldn't help but smack his tongue, and his heart also turned over a monstrous wave, "God, this His Royal Highness the King of Han is too demonic... If I remember correctly, His Royal Highness the King of Han is only sixteen years old this year, right? Could it be that he is truly a God-given man? ”
It is not surprising that Ma Zhou's heart is turbulent, the biggest ideal of a scholar like him is to "make the customs pure again to Jun Yao Shun!" If there is chaos today, finding a holy monarch who can end the turmoil has become the biggest ideal in Ma Zhou's hearts.
You must know that although Ma Zhou looks young, he is knowledgeable and has his own strategy, and he sees himself as a figure like Zhuge Liang on weekdays, and he is eager to meet a monarch who appreciates him, and then he will become famous and famous in history.
In the past, Ma Zhou was discouraged and uninhibited because of poverty and was not respected by the state, although he did not lose his fighting spirit, but he was also in the stage of confusion.......