Chapter 44: The Mid-Autumn Festival of the Northern Song Dynasty
Liang Shan received the news that Song Jiang was arrested, Chao Gai just ordered the soldiers and horses, and received the news that Song Jiang had escaped.
Chao Yong doesn't care about Song Jiang, but he really likes Zhu Tong.
In the Water Margin, Zhu Tong successively released Chao Gai and Song Jiang, and then released Lei Heng, for which he was assassinated in Cangzhou. When he arrived in Cangzhou, he was valued by the prefect and stayed in the yamen to listen to it, and finally was killed by Li Kui in the small ya, and then he was forced to go to Liangshan.
I didn't expect that now because of Song Jiang, I was stabbed early.
Although Chao Yong wanted to invite Zhu Tong to Liangshan, he knew that with the current situation in Liangshan and Zhu Tong's knowledge, the grass may not be big now, so he can only wait for a chance later.
Soon, it was January after the reorganization of the Liangshan army, and the first selection of the Liangshan regular army also ended vigorously, but the result was unsatisfactory, and only more than 4,000 regular troops were selected in the primary selection.
However, there are many leaders in the cottage, and there are five generals in charge of the battle alone, and each person must bring 1,000 soldiers and horses according to the establishment, and although the rest of the leaders have their own duties, not all of them have to go to the battlefield, but they also more or less require some personal soldiers.
Therefore, as soon as the selection is over, the leaders begin to compete for who will be the first to fill the formation.
In order not to make the leaders suspicious, Chao Gai had no choice but to gather the 200 horse troops of the cottage as the first army of Dúlì and let Dong Ping lead it, and let the remaining 4,000 infantry troops be led by Lin Chong, Liu Tang, Hu Sanniang, and Luan Tingyu.
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Ruan Xiaoqi helped him teach water xìng, Dong Ping taught equestrianism, Hu Sanniang taught flying ropes, etc., as long as there is a skilled leader, he will not be left behind.
For Chao Yong's strange training method, all the leaders are not optimistic.
Since ancient times, the army has been divided into many arms, such as this dynasty, mainly swordsmen, gunners, crossbowmen three kinds, each branch of the military is specialized, I have never heard of a military general trained a comprehensive type of troops, not to mention the appearance of Chao Yong, it seems that it is still necessary to integrate the three major arms of water, foot and horse.
After hearing this, Chao Gai also persuaded him not to be greedy and chew too much, but Chao Yong said that he had a strange method of training soldiers, and Chao Yong had only trained a hundred personal soldiers, even if the training was abolished, it would not have much impact on the overall situation of Liangshan, so Chao Gai also went by Chao Yong with half a doubt.
In fact, Chao Yong just wants to train an all-round personal soldier, at least trekking through mountains and rivers is not a problem.
Although it may be that the result is not so ideal because of his unsatisfactory methods, the hundred people he selected are expected to compete for the centurion in other teams, even if they are trained to the end, it is more than enough to be a personal soldier.
"Big brother, I respect you, these rì people have worked hard for you."
Lin Chong didn't shirk, raised the bowl and drank it all, and said with a smile: "Your own soldiers are the most sharp team in the cottage, and I'm also curious about what you will be trained into in the end." ”
Lin Chong turned his head and looked at his wife standing behind him warmly, and said with a smile: "A few months ago, Brother Yong and I met here for drinking. At that time, the owner of the village was still Wang Lun's house, and our brothers had to send someone to monitor when they drank, so that they could not be nested. Lin Chong didn't know the news of the lady, so he was not depressed. Speaking of these unhappiness during the drink, Brother Yong immediately went down the mountain, fearless of hardships and dangers, and reunited my husband and wife. After Chao Tianwang went up the mountain, I fought Wang Lun again. Now that Chao Tianwang is wide and abundant, the leader of the cottage is like a brother, and every rì is accompanied by a lady, Lin Chong has lived for half a lifetime, but now he is the happiest. ”
Thinking of those rì people who were looking forward to the night, Zhang cherished his current happiness even more, and stared at Lin Chong without blinking, his eyes full of love.
"Ahem"
Chao Yong looked at the husband and wife as if no one was around, and couldn't help coughing embarrassedly.
Only then did Zhang remember that Chao Yong was still on the side, and he immediately lowered his head in shame, and his jade neck was a little red.
Lin Chong looked at his wife's girlish shyness, and hurriedly rescued the scene and said, "Brother Yong'er's bowl is empty, the lady will fill it for him." ”
Zhang's face was full of shame and poured Chao Yong full of wine, and changed the topic: "It's a pity that it's not in Tokyo, or I can get some new wine for my uncle to eat now." ”
Chao Yong was young in the past, and he didn't know much about ancient wine culture, and later generations even better drank and aged wine. This is the first time I've heard of this new wine, and I can't help but wonder: "Are all the new wines sold in these rìs?" ”
Lin Chong smiled: "Well, it stands to reason that it should be sold on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, so that the Mid-Autumn Festival can drink new wine and enjoy the full moon, but there are also sales a few days in advance." I really miss the Mid-Autumn Festival in Tokyo, and the city will be open to the people when the city is full of party all night, and the people of Tokyo will flock to see the song. After that, I went to the restaurant to drink and admire the moon, and the Meishou wine of Fengle Building; Xinle Building's Immortal Mash Wine; the elixir wine of Hele House; Yuxian Lou's jade liquor; the jade wine of Huixian Tower; the blue light wine of the building; Liuxia wine, Qingfeng wine, chalcedony wine, etc., in the 72nd main building of Tokyo, every family has a famous wine altar, and the smell of wine wafts in the huge Tokyo city that night, and you can get drunk when you smell it. ”
In later generations, there are very few traditional things left over from the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chao Yong only knows that the whole family reunites to eat moon cakes, but he doesn't know what customs there are in the Song Dynasty, and he said: "Listening to my brother's words, my younger brother wants to go to Tokyo for a visit, and my brother will tell me about this Mid-Autumn Festival." ”
Lin Chong said with a smile: "The Mid-Autumn Festival has been a long time, but before this dynasty, it was only one of the emperor's chūn rì, summer solstice sacrifice land, autumn equinox sacrifice month, and winter solstice sacrifice sky, and it was only in this dynasty that Taizong Zhao Guangyi set August 15 rì as the Mid-Autumn Festival, on this day, the government and the people jointly admired the moon, and the Mid-Autumn Festival became popular among the people. When I used to be in Tokyo, every year on this day, my friends and I would find a restaurant to eat and enjoy the moon, and your sister-in-law would worship the moon at home. ”
Zhang said with a smile: "There has been a saying that men don't worship the moon for a long time, I guess it may be because Chang'e runs to the moon, and men are afraid that they will kneel down to the moon and fold their identity." A woman worships the moon in the hope of having a face like Chang'e. ”
In later generations, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon worship was a man's thing, Chao Yong also worshiped many times when he was a child, but he didn't expect the Song Dynasty to be worshiped by women.
As soon as Lin Chong and his wife said it, Chao Yong unconsciously had a reinvigorate again, and said with a smile: "Listening to my brother and sister-in-law, I really want to go to Tokyo again, I came and went in a hurry last time, and I didn't have time to see Jingshi." ”
"Now everyone is a criminal of the imperial court, uncle can't be careless, Tokyo is full of public officials, if you are not careful, you will never recover."
When Zhang heard Chao Yong say that he was going to Tokyo, he immediately lost his face, and on the one hand, he dissuaded Lin Chong and squeezed Lin Chong.
Without waiting for Lin Chong to speak, Chao Yong said: "I have also seen the portraits on the imperial court list, and none of the more than a dozen leaders in Liangshan are like them, except for Liu Tang, who has red hair, and his brother with a gold seal on his face, the others have entered the yamen, as long as there are no acquaintances, I am afraid they will not recognize them." Moreover, if we break the Dongping Mansion, it will inevitably shake the imperial court, and I also happened to go to Beijing to investigate and see which way the imperial court will transfer troops and horses to fight. ”
Lin Chong heard Chao Yong's words, and also smiled: "What Brother Yong said is that there are no people who know you in Tokyo, but you can also go." It's just that now the court's ministers are in power, and the city is full of officials and eunuchs who do all kinds of evil in the high government, and most of the people who do public affairs are tigers. ”
Chao Yong nodded and said, "What my brother said is that my younger brother must remember it." ”
(Thanks to the book friend who has no way and no way, and eats God's pig for reward)