3. Troubled times
Liu Wu once thought that since everything was reversed like this, it is estimated that women have more strength than men in terms of strength, perhaps this can explain the phenomenon of inverted status of men and women. But the fact is that the heavier physical work in the house is done by the male servant, and many facts show that the male servant has more strength than the female servant.
So Liu Wu didn't understand at all why it was not men with great strength who went to the battlefield, but women with little strength. You must know that whether it is the era of cold weapons or the age of firearms, it takes strength to go to the battlefield as a guarantee. Could it be that it is forcibly to lower the status of men that they refuse to go to the battlefield?
Liu Wu felt that this matter was not simple, perhaps it was a stipulation imposed by the rulers of the matriarchal society in order to consolidate the status of women.
Therefore, Liu Wu was not discouraged, he still insisted on exercising. He wants to let the people of this world know that no matter what, only a man can be the master of the battlefield, and it can't be a woman at all. Once he proves it, the man should be able to turn over. Of course, he is not so great as to want to turn over and seek liberation for men in the world, but this strange phenomenon of female superiority and inferiority, he can't swallow this breath no matter what. As long as there is an opportunity, you have to fight for it.
During this time, Liu Wu's mother, Liu Xian, always seemed very irritable at home, scolding and beating people at every turn, and almost all the servants and girls in the family and even Liu Wu's father and Liu Wu's brothers were beaten and scolded by her, which made the brothers and sisters frightened when they heard her footsteps. Liu Wu's father said, don't blame your mother, the Yellow Turban Rebellion is likely to be a harbinger of chaos in the world, because in the past, every troubled era started with this kind of rebellion, and your mother is now worried about the safety of the family.
Liu Da asked, is the troubled world terrible?
Father said, how can it not be terrible? The world is stable, the four seas are peaceful, the people can live a comfortable life, everything is in order, once the world is in chaos, the country will die, the whole world will fall into war, the country's vitality will be damaged, and the demons who are usually suppressed can take the opportunity to come out, make a world upside down, unless there are strange people who have been handed down from generation to generation, so that the social order can be restored, otherwise it will fall into a situation of no return, fortunately, there have been such legendary figures in the past, seeking the world to perish, but even so, it will also experience a change of dynasty, And a large number of ordinary people will die in such a change of dynasty, ten rooms and nine empty, and the bones are full of wilderness......
The brothers and sisters were a little scared, but Liu Wu remembered the books he had read, the chaos in the world was predictable, and there were indeed legends popping up, in fact, in this era, there were destined to be countless heroes and legends. As for his father's statement that there would be any more demons and monsters, he didn't believe it. Although he personally walked into the underworld and was born with memories of his past life, he still stubbornly believed that to live was to break superstitions.
Mother and father hoped that the Yellow Turban Rebellion would end as soon as possible, but unfortunately, the development of the situation did not divert according to their wishes, and the situation became more and more difficult to control. In order to prevent the rebel ranks from continuing to expand, the untouchables in each county were strictly controlled. Even male and female students from the lower classes, some of them were taken away by the officials from time to time.
Eight months after the Yellow Turban began to launch a rebellion, 200,000 rebel troops attacked the city and surrounded the county seat where Liu Wu was located.
Before the Yellow Turban soldiers arrived, the imperial court gave Linxian an army of 20,000, but the actual strength was only more than 10,000. Therefore, when the Yellow Turban army came from nearby, the people of the entire Linxian County fell into a panic. Because it is rumored that the Yellow Turban army is fierce and vicious, very brutal, everywhere they go, without exception, they implement the three-light policy, burn and kill all the light and rob the light, not only to the young and middle-aged women who can fight, but also to the newborn children, the old people who are about to enter the ground, and the defenseless weak men.
Liu Xian was basically outside all day, busy building fortifications, making arrangements and training the army, and also making up for the art of war. Liu Xian was essentially a civilian official and knew very little about marching and fighting, but according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, the magistrate had to bear the primary responsibility for the emergence of local rebel forces. If she failed to make good use of the army transferred by the imperial court, she would have lost the city. She had no choice but to die in battle and have her family buried with her. All the non-military civilians in the city can choose to flee, but her home cannot. As long as the city cannot be defended, no matter how far her family escapes, they will also be held accountable. At the very least, the whole family will be reduced to pariahs. For these second generations of officials, it is a terrible thing than death.
For example, the magistrate of Fan County, who had just fallen before, also had a friendship with Liu Xian, but after holding on for ten days, the county seat was conquered, and his people died in battle.
But with more than 10,000 soldiers, how easy is it to deal with the opponent's team of 200,000? I'm afraid it's hard not to repeat the mistakes of Fan County. But she had no choice but to search for a solution, an average of five or six ideas a day, and every time she said them, she was mercilessly ridiculed by the soldiers—in fact, they deserved to be ridiculed.
Of course, Liu Wu's school is also closed, because all girls over the age of 12 in the county have to participate in military training to ensure that when the troops are insufficient, they will also be brought up as a reserve, which is said to be the wartime reserve emergency recruitment program of the Han Dynasty, which is the basic national policy of the Han Dynasty.
During this time, Liu Wu had nothing to do, so he went to watch the training, but because of the legend that men would bring bad luck, the army did not allow any men to approach, otherwise they would be heavily punished, which made Liu Wu very angry, but aroused his bull temper, he found an inconspicuous place near the barracks, and as soon as he was interested, he came there to watch.
After watching these trainings, Liu Wu was both disappointed and a little excited.
As mentioned earlier, Liu Wu's era does not look like ancient China at all, but more like modern times, close to the early Republic of China, this is from the aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation. It's completely different from the big long sleeves of ancient times. In terms of food, at least not the kind of big stove that burns firewood, but a kind of stove, it is very convenient to make a fire, in terms of living, there are ready-to-use lamps, comfortable sofas, but unfortunately there is no modern entertainment equipment such as television, etc., but I heard that there is a gramophone, but Liu Wu has not seen it in the county, Liu Xian uses the kind of big radio can amplify the sound, but the distortion is a bit big, and it can be used to shout. In terms of travel, basically wealthy families are mainly horse-drawn carriages (for example, Liu Xian has a carriage), but there are also bicycles, but unfortunately they are the kind of old-fashioned, heavy, and ugly bicycles, which make people have no desire to ride at all.
All this shows that this era has entered the threshold of modern civilization. It's just that to a certain extent, it is still about a hundred years away from Liu Wu's previous life.
Because of this, Liu Wu thought that the combat system here could reach the modern level, at least in terms of weapons. However, this is not the case, the weapons held by the soldiers are similar to the game that Liu Wu once played, there are broadsword soldiers, pikemen, cavalry, etc., all of which belong to cold weapons, and the training content of archers is a variety of fixed targets and moving targets, and the melee broadsword soldiers and pikemen are all formed into a phalanx, carrying out a variety of formation change drills, no matter how you look at it, there is a feeling of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games of a certain director who has seen it in his previous life. This is the reason why Liu Wu is disappointed. Can such a women's group dance really fight? Could it be that the way of fighting in this world is actually a dance PK competition? But shouldn't the battlefield be a battle of flesh and blood? Hmph, no wonder you want to use women to fight, it turns out that you are preparing for a talent show.
But looking at the meaning of his mother Liu Xian, he obviously attaches great importance to this talent show, and he will personally supervise it once a day, punish those who do not train seriously, and then go to check the deployment of the city defense, without slackening at all. But even so, she knew that it would be difficult to stop the Yellow Turban Army's attack.
So during this period of time, except for Liu Wu, everyone in the Liu family fell into fear and despair. My father recited sutras and worshiped the Buddha every day, hoping to be blessed by the gods from all walks of life, while others lived in fear.
In two days, the Yellow Turban Army will be in the city, and the city has completely entered the first-level combat readiness, and everyone's nerves are completely tense...... However, on this day, suddenly a court army of 30,000 people marched into Linxian, and the people in the entire county were all excited.
It turned out that this was a completely different unit from the original local defenders, the blades and thieves were bright, the pace was neat and powerful, and the lineup was neat, but these were not the most important, the most important thing was the sentence that the people in the entire county were running to tell each other:
"General Cao and the little princess of the Cao family are here to help us defend the city!"