Chapter Seventy-Three: The Nightmare Stops
In the past half a month, the situation in Jiangbei has been eroded to the point of being out of control. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The march of the Jurchens on the eastern and western roads can be described as sweeping, and they have hardly encountered decent resistance.
The Jin Army's Western Route Army was okay, only 10,000 horses and horses under the leadership of Wan Yanchang went down from southeast Henan, advancing unhurriedly, and now it has reached Lujiang, that is, Hefei, the capital of Anhui in later generations.
The defenders of Lujiang dispersed in a hurry, and the fall of this city was only a matter of time.
As for the strength of the Eastern Road Wushu, it is even stronger, with a total of 50,000 horses, which is almost all the mobile teams that the Jin Kingdom can use at this moment.
Although the character of the vultures has major flaws, the available soldiers are extremely experienced and adventurous.
Someone else commanding such a large field army will inevitably advance steadily and steadily, one after another, and the enemy must not be given a chance to exploit loopholes. In fact, the current Jurchens are at the peak of their combat effectiveness, and if they do this, there is really no one who can resist it.
But in this way, it will give the Song army a chance to escape, and the Jurchen's strategic goal this time is to capture Zhao Gou and completely eliminate the Song people's resistance and central decision-making center.
Therefore, as soon as he entered Huaibei, Wushu raised a light horse, marched all the way, traveled hundreds of miles a day, and prepared to decapitate Zhao Jiu. This tactic is really a bit of a big depth interspersed, cutting, and encircling.
However, the Yangtze River moat saved the life of the nascent Southern Song Dynasty.
No matter how fast the Jurchen cavalry is, it has no wings on its body.
Moreover, the Song army in Jiangnan had already made preparations to clear the wilderness, and brought all the ships from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, and those who could not be taken away were burned.
Wushu was thus blocked north of the Yangtze River, and in the past half a month, he had been busy collecting warships, but he could not pose an actual threat to Jiankang on the south bank.
"The Jurchen Tartars will definitely not be able to cross the river, everyone can rest assured." Seeing that Jin Bing had been on the north bank for more than half a month, he could only look at the ocean and sigh, and the soldiers and civilians of Jiankang were relieved. The people who had fled the city in the past also returned home one after another, and a large number of soldiers were stationed in the city, and the city showed a kind of abnormal prosperity.
"Wu Zhiguan, brother toasts you a glass and eats this wine." A soldier raised his wine bowl.
At this moment, the five soldiers of the Sizhou Battalion were eating in a street tavern.
The leader is Wu Xianxian, and the other four are soldiers in the army who are familiar with him, strictly speaking, they are his subordinates. Now he is a detainer of a brigade of the Beiwei Army.
According to the military value of the Song Dynasty, three people in a small team, nine people in a squadron, and five squadrons for a brigade. The officers of each brigade have five officers, including the officer, the team leader, the deputy team leader, and the left and right banners.
Originally, Wu Xianxian, a person who used to be used to working on the streets, was too strict in the army, he couldn't bear it, and he had already started to be a deserter. It's just that because of the strict control of the troops, there has been no chance to escape.
In the case that the army is full of honest and honest children of good families, it is difficult for him, a clever man with a flexible mind and a few words, not to stand out, and after half a month, he was appointed as the escort officer of the brigade.
The Du Hook Officer is different from the team leader who is responsible for the military, and this position is in charge of military discipline and internal affairs, as well as documents.
There are dozens of people in charge of him, which makes him very proud.
However, after thinking about it, it's not very interesting to be an officer, not to mention that you can't make a fortune, and you sweat more than others every time you train. If his subordinates make mistakes, he, who is an official, will be punished continuously, so he doesn't have to be discouraged.
In this way, the desire to flee is even greater.
"Yes, yes, the detaine, I respect you." Several others followed suit.
Finally came the day of vacation, there was an order from above, and the five cities of the Sizhou Army took turns on vacation, three on the first day, and two on the second day. The back army is the essence of the army, so it is natural to take a break first.
These people wanted to curry favor with this official, and pooled the money to invite Wu Xianxian to the city for a drink.
The Sizhou army also had no military pay, and each person only had 20 yuan per month to buy personal items. The soldiers are all from homeless backgrounds, and they are already satisfied to have a bite to eat, and now they have spare money, and they are very happy.
The four of them are only 100 yuan when they are put together, and this money naturally can't eat anything good. I also cut a plate of mutton, sifted a dime of wine, and then had two plates of vegetarian dishes, and everyone sat on the side of the street, playing in the cold wind.
"Come on, come on, do it." After drinking the wine, Wu Xianxian asked, "What about the other people in the capital, and General Yue Xiao?" ”
General Yue Yun accompanied General Wang home to visit relatives, and the rest of the people in the capital finally got leave. It was the first time for everyone to come to this stone town, and they opened their eyes, and they had already dispersed in the city without a shadow. Just ......"
"Just what?" Wu Xianxian asked.
The soldier said, "It's just that the Wutuo Birdman is still in the army, training with people from other capitals, and refuses to take a vacation." ”
Wu Xianxian was stunned: "Is this martial lady stupid?" ”
The man smiled: "Wu Niangzi is not afraid of running into you when you go out of the barracks, eat and fight, you are really a soft goods!" Officer, let's go back to the camp and pack him up. Straight lady thief, do you think you can get away by hiding? ”
Everyone burst out laughing, and they all said, "Yes, yes, yes, wait until you go back to the camp, and play tricks on him." In the past half a month, Wu Tuo has been beaten by Wu Xianxian several times, but he was still beaten with a blue nose and swollen face.
The army is full of men with blood and steel, and he can't see the loser, especially every time he is beaten, Wu Tuo doesn't dare to fight back, so everyone despises him even more, so he is nicknamed a martial lady.
So, everyone discussed how to have fun later, whether to pour water into his quilt, or to take him to sleep at night, and the pot of ash wiped his face, so that he was punished by Yue Yun for push-ups because of his untidy appearance.
was talking lively, but Wu Xianxian said: "Let's go, just spare the little lady Wu." ”
"Why did the detainee have a kind heart today, isn't this your nature?" Everyone was puzzled and said in unison: "No, no." ”
Wu Xianxian put away his smile, put the wine bowl on the table, and said in a low voice: "Brothers, what did I say before, today everyone finally came out of the camp and just got out of the cage. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, looked at each other, and was silent.
The training of the army was so hard that the soldiers inevitably complained, and Wu Xianxian often mentioned the escape in front of their acquaintances. Every time I said this, everyone also echoed it.
But I don't want to, this Wu constitution is really coming today.
"What, don't you want or don't dare?" Wu Xianxian asked: "Reluctant to eat in the army?" ”
"This and this...... Brother Wu, we are just a crop grower, Jiangbei was occupied by the Jurchens, and fled all the way to Jiankang, fortunately General Wang took him in. Yes, life in the army is hard, but the general did not treat us badly, three meals a day with meat and fullness, new clothes and new quilts. I walked away like this, but I couldn't help it. Besides, even if we leave the Sizhou Army, there is nowhere to go, so it is difficult to go to work as a hired farmer for others, so it will not be bitter to carry work for others. ”
"yes, yes!"
"Shut up." Wu Xianxian was so angry that his face turned blue, and he shouted: "You few rammers, when you talked about this in the past, one was cooler than the other, but now it has been implemented, but you are unwilling." That's right, you're just a bunch of useless peasants with one-third of an acre in front of you, but you don't know how big the sky is outside. You eat brown rice three times a day in the army, and Lao Tzu walks alone. When the time comes, grandpa will eat and drink spicy food, don't be angry and don't regret it. ”
With that, he stood up with a bang and was about to leave.
Suddenly, a soldier stopped him: "Wait a minute, listen to my brother." ”
"What, you still want to stop us?" Wu Xianxian's eyes widened, and there was a fierce light flashing inside.
"How dare you, what kind of friendship do we brothers have?" The man was a little embarrassed: "According to the system in the army, if you run away with a weapon, it is a rebellion, and if you catch it, you will be beheaded, and the team where the deserter belongs will also be implicated." Brother Wu, what kind of friendship are we waiting for, you have to go, you will not stop you, and please hand over the waist knife to me and take it back. ”
He got up this head, and the other three also stood up, surrounded Wu Xianxian, and kept beating his hands: "Brother Wu, is it good to help, you can't endure hardship, you have to find a future, I understand, but don't hurt me." ”
"Okay, good, it's in vain for you to wait for the big brother to shout affectionately on weekdays, and today is the hardship that sees people's hearts!" Wu Xianxian's face was so black that he was about to drip water, there was no way. If you don't hand over your weapons today, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave. If you alarm the rest of the Beiwei Army, do you want your own life?
He could only untie the hand knife on his waist and slam it on the table: "Okay, now you can let grandpa go, right?" ”
"Naturally, naturally. Big brother, take care. ”
"You, you, how many of you, what kind of brothers are you?" Wu Xianxian pointed at the four of them with a trembling finger, and his teeth were about to be crushed with hatred.
After a long day of boredom on the road, the evil breath in his chest dissipated.
sneered in my heart: A group of ignorant fools, they were really manipulated by General Wang Daosi to be stupid, military law, military law is a fart, out of the barracks, take off the skin on your body, who cares.
The rules in the army are too big, Lao Tzu must be crazy to stay any longer, or hang around on the street and be happy!
Just as he was thinking about it, someone suddenly shouted, "What person? ”
Wu Xianxian subconsciously stood upright: "Report, Wu Xianxian, the second team of the back army. ”
At this time, he found out that he was being interrogated by the guards before returning to the Sizhou Yingyuanmen.
It's been a long way from the city to here, and I'm not going to run away, so why did I turn back again?
No, no, I must have been stumped, didn't I...... Could it be that Wang Daosi has a spell...... Impossible, impossible......
The guards at Yuanmen were about to ask again, when a loud voice came: "You are Wu Xianxian, I heard Yue Yun say that you are in good physical condition, excellent military quality, and literate, not bad, not bad." ”
I saw Wang Shen and two entourages walking over.
Seeing Wang Shen's amiable face, although when he talked to the soldiers in private, he had a lot of resentment against this commander in his language. But at this time, with the praise of General Wang, Wu Xianxian warmed up, straightened his body and said loudly: "The general is falsely praised, and his subordinates are still far from qualified backers." ”
"Good, good." Wang Shen nodded and smiled: "Officer Wu, do things well, don't let General Yue Yun down." ”
After Wang Shen left for a long time, the excited Wu Xianxian calmed down. After returning to the dormitory, he muttered: "It's really inexplicable, it's really inexplicable, people just say a word, why can't I help myself, demon law, Wang Daosi must have used some demon law." ”
The four soldiers who entered the city with him had already returned, and Wu Xianxian's expression was strange.
Wu Xianxian was ashamed and angry, and said angrily: "I can't bear to be brothers, I'm reluctant to have three meals a day, right?" ”
In a fit of rage, he stepped on Wu Tuo's back, leaving a black footprint on it.
On the playground outside, a group of soldiers shouted trumpets and ran neatly in circles, and Wu Tuo was also among them, covered with soaring white gas.
"Is this guy a cow, he is not tired of tossing so much, and he doesn't even take a vacation?"
"The surname is Wu, grandpa is very unhappy today, wait for your good fruit to eat!" Wu Xianxian's eyes were full of green light: "Wait for half a month, half a month later, the next time you take a vacation, Lao Tzu must run." ”