Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Great War Begins

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The whole county was in a state of tension and panic, and there were few pedestrians on the streets, and almost all of them were hiding in their homes, trembling and waiting for the coming fight.

Ding Maotou hid in the shelter of the female wall of the city wall, holding a spear he had just gotten, closed his eyes and slowly digested the two moldy noodles distributed in the morning, as well as a bowl of vegetable soup with a few oily flowers floating around, and the little brother next to him was given a bow and a bundle of arrows, and became an archer, but he knew, where did that kid open a bow and let go of arrows?

Just yesterday, specifically yesterday afternoon, I and my brother were plugging the leaky house at home, preparing to survive the coming winter, and then settle down to find some short-term jobs and earn some food for the winter.

At that moment, a shrill gong sounded in the streets outside the courtyard, and the man who had been walking sideways all day was shouting all over the world with his characteristic shrill voice.

Maotou smashed the axe on a nail fiercely, and said hatefully: "What kind of tax do you want again, there is still no head here, this has to be scraped to the bones." Then he muttered in a low voice: "I don't know when this pole will come, just come in early, kill this gang of people who have suffered a thousand knives, and let yourself wait to catch your breath." ”

Brother Mao Si hurriedly whispered on the ladder: "Brother, be quiet, don't let those pickled goods hear it, if one is not good, our brothers are a big crime of fornication and thieves, in that case, you and my brother will not live." β€œ

Maotou didn't make a sound when he heard it, but just hated and beat the nail-headed wooden stick to vent his depression.

"Wait, brother, it seems that this time it is not about increasing taxes, but it seems to be something else."

When Mao Tou heard this, he held up his axe and asked his brother standing on the ladder with his face up, "You are careful, it's not Trick who pays taxes, what did you hear about?" "It's strange, is there anything else that the government announces not to pay taxes?

The brother also stopped what he was doing, planted his ears and listened carefully, and before he could hear the reason, the dilapidated gate of his house was kicked open, and a group of wolf-like officials poured in. I thought that the brother's words just now fell on the ears of those tigers and wolves, and this was to come in and get people.

The hairy head clenched the axe in his hand at that time, hid it behind his back, and said in his heart, if he really lost his words and attracted the government to lock it, he would not fight for his life to stop it, so that his brother could escape from the house.

It was near, but it was not like a man, and he held a gong in his hand and shouted to his brother in the room, "Not yet, today is your great day." ”

Maotou looked at the brother in the room, made a look, and then bent down and asked cautiously: "But I don't know what Lord Li Zheng said, where did the happy event start when they are all poor and poor?" ”

"Mao Da, the thieves are about to attack the city, but it is just a group of hungry and dazzled wanderers, now the county lord issued a sign to guard the city, three meals a day, as well as wine and meat hospitality, the most important thing is that the county is sympathetic to everyone's family livelihood, and it is specially decided to defend the city for a day, give Mi Wudou, wound a thief, give Mi Wudou, kill a thief, give a silver tael, and the cash will never be in arrears at that time, and when the city is over, the thief will be destroyed, and there will be another reward."

This is not that Zhang County ordered to be generous to the amount of money that fell into his pocket, but he knew that there were thieves outside the city and a white sign inside, maybe he forced the poor people in the city first, so let alone defend the city, he may not know how to die, so he gritted his teeth, discussed with the county master and others, and paid a lot of money and grain and rice, and bought the people to defend the city.

Scatter some money and grain to buy people's hearts, this is what should be in the question, anyway, these silver coins are not their own, but they are waiting for less, and when the war is over, it will naturally be in the hands of the poor people in various names, as well as those safe gentry and merchants, and it is imperative to stabilize the city and defend the city.

"I see that your brother's poor family can't open the pot, and it is precisely because you should sign Ding to defend the city and earn some money and food for the winter, so I came to ask you to contribute to the court."

When the hair head heard it, his eyes couldn't help but light up, three meals a day, as well as wine and meat hospitality, the most important thing is that he defended the city for a day, gave Mi Wudou, injured a thief, gave Mi Wudou, killed a thief, gave a silver tael, and cashed out at that time and never defaulted, and when the city was over, the thief was destroyed, and there was another reward. Such a good thing is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

You are a fierce soldier and a dangerous soldier, who wants to go to the city to fight hard? And just now, the hairy head still thought that the pole would be scored early and kill these pickled dog officials to relieve their anger, but in fact, at this time, eating food and surviving life is the first thing, where can I care who is the official army and who is the thief? Whoever gives money and food will work for whom, besides, if you don't go to the city to guard, not to mention those wolf-like servants are not allowed to choose, just a dead word waiting, and there is the winter you see, it is completely possible for you to not survive, not going to the city is death, but if you survive in the city and get food and money, you may be comfortable to avoid this winter, in case the situation is better next year, you may be looking forward to it.

Looking up at the brothers on the ladder, Mao Tou threw away the axe, and hurriedly said with sincere fear: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is the duty of the small people to be recruited, but there is one thing to ask for, and I hope that you will be gracious." ”

As soon as those officials saw that Mao Tou didn't let him bother and agreed to go to the city, they immediately asked casually: "What's the matter?" Speaking of which. But don't take an inch, be careful to eat the water and fire sticks. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, the little one wants to ask the official to be accommodating, and my younger brother is also approaching adulthood, is he also looking for a reason in the signing? First, to earn food and live, and secondly, to contribute to the court, right? I hope you guys are doing well. ”

Yoh? Is the sun coming out of the west? The government has always apportioned forced labor, which one is not pushing Tang and shouting in every possible way? There are even those who self-harm their bodies, or simply run away and resist, how do you say this, and there are still those who are on the pole?

In fact, it is not that in the past, the envoys and conscripts were all in vain, and they had to bring their own food and grass when they went to other places, and ten people went, but nine of them died without news. Today is not only local, but also has a lot of money and food, who doesn't want to take advantage of this opportunity to earn a living?

There is just looking at the errand who is coming down from above, and the errand has long been happy, where are there many people guarding the city? At the beginning, I was afraid that there would be a shortage of signings, but now it's okay, and I am enthusiastic to participate, which is to solve my urgent need.

The errand officer laughed and said: "This kid still knows practice, and he has a rare heart to serve the country, okay, this master promised you." Then he thought about it and continued to say loudly: "In order to commend your brother for his example, I will first give you a stone of food, and your two brothers will pack up and report to the military camp in the west of the city in the afternoon to receive the mission weapon." ”

"Thank you, sir, for taking care of me." The hairy head chased after the official who had walked out of the courtyard gate to thank him.

When the official went away, the two brothers hurriedly took the grain they had just gotten, found a Waong, buried it in a secret place in the courtyard, and then did not bring anything, drank a few large bowls of cold water, grabbed their trouser pockets, and strode to the military camp in the west of the city to eat the white food of that night.

There were not a few people with the same thoughts, and when the two brothers arrived at the barracks, there were already a sea of people, three or four thousand people, old and young, sitting or standing, waiting for the housekeeper to register and make a book.

After a while, the scribe gave their brother a bamboo stick, which was the voucher for dinner at night, and then two military leaders wearing the clothes of the new guards came over, and one saw that the hair was strong and tall, and said: "Then who, you come with me, get the cherry spear, and be my little flag spearman." Maotou nodded and hurriedly followed, leaving his younger brother short, but seeing that he still had the strength, he was taken away by a bow and arrow flag.

Maotou was taken to a corner of the school field, and the little flag faced his ten soldiers vividly, which was a burst of spitting and flying reprimands, but it was just what was rewarded for moving forward, retreating to kill the head, what military rules and precepts, and so on, suddenly stopped while talking, and kept scratching his head, thinking that he had forgotten, and the hairy heads let out a burst of laughter together, but they didn't dare to make a loud noise.

The soldier also knew that he was making a fool of himself, so he sneered: "Fuck, it's been many years, and no one has paid attention to it, and they have forgotten about it." Then he lifted his breath and said, "Alright, you damn things, pick up the cherry spear in front of you." Now you are no longer citizens, you are soldiers. β€œ

Maotou followed the people to receive a cherry gun, when looking closely, the feelings of the cherry gun has no red tassels, the gun barrel also has a few insect eyes, the gun head is even more rusty, I don't know how many years have not been maintained and wiped.

I want to wait for Shangguan to train everyone, and I must grind it well, after all, the big war is together, this is something to make money, and it is also a life-saving capital.

But I didn't want to, the little flag saw that everyone had received the cherry gun, looked at the sky, and stretched his waist, and said with a hache: "Remember, after dinner, it is our guards who go to the city, everyone brings the guys to gather here, if which one is missing at night, if you catch it, cut off your head on the spot to show the public, don't think that you can't catch you if you run, now that the four cities have been closed, you can't run away if you want to." ”

Everyone was so frightened that they shrank their necks and didn't dare to call them again and again.

The little flag snorted, turned and disappeared.

Everyone dispersed, and Maotou finally found his brother among thousands of people, and then waited until dinner with his weapons in his arms.

The dinner was not sumptuous, but it was rare to be full, and now everyone could count it as a year, and the fireheads who ate it were dumbfounded.

In the end, everyone really couldn't eat, so they reluctantly dropped their jobs, found their own small flag and returned to the team.

Maotou was taken to the city and began to defend the city in a daze, and in the second half of the night, his brother happened to be assigned to him, and the two brothers leaned on each other to keep warm and sleep soundly until breakfast.

Everything was still safe, and seeing that the weather was still warm, the two brothers slept again.

I was falling asleep, I heard the sound of drums in the haze, and I was about to turn over and sleep for a while, when suddenly there was a sound of a gong mountain in my ears, and then countless people shouted together: "Get up, the pole is coming, prepare for war, prepare for war." ”

The two brothers got up with a grunt, and looked out of the city with everyone in a panic, and at that time they were so frightened that the two trembling faces were colorlessβ€”the pole was really coming.