"Ah Si, did He Chujiu have any other deeds before his death?" Zhao Zheng picked up a pen and wrote down He Chujiu's life deeds on a piece of fine mahogany. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He Chujiu was one of the four people in the escort team who died in this raid, and Han Ah Si was close to him on weekdays, so Zhao Zheng specially asked him.

Han Ah Si has been in a state of excitement since he was summoned. The national teacher actually talked to himself! The body seemed to be hit by a slight electric current, and I couldn't help but shiver slightly.

"Chujiu likes to ask Daoist Dalang about your deeds on weekdays, I don't know if this counts......" Han Asi said worriedly, for fear that Zhao Zheng would be disappointed, and tried to recall the bits and pieces of He Chujiu.

Zhao Zheng thought about it and felt that writing it like this was like putting gold on his face, so he shook his head and decided not to write it.

"That's all?" Zhao Zheng looked at the two-thirds blank space on the wooden board before his death, and said to himself: "Forget it, let's ask his relatives and friends again when I go back to Lin'an." ”

He Chujiu is a native of Fujian, and there was a famine in his hometown, so he was forced to become a soldier, and because of his strong physique and some literacy, he was selected and transferred to Lin'an and became a forbidden army, and then became a family in Lin'an, with two children.

Han Ah Si saw that Zhao Zheng was depressed and knew that he was sad about the death of He Chujiu. "The national teacher is really kind!" This thought flashed through Han Asi's heart, and then comforted Zhao Zheng with clumsy words: "Don't be sad, the national teacher has done enough, if Chu Jiu knew that the national teacher personally made a biography for him and put it in the Baiyuan Taoist Temple to enjoy the incense, even if he came back to life, maybe he would want to die again." After speaking, Han Ah Si also felt that there was something wrong with his words, and then smiled awkwardly.

"Is it really enough?" Han Asi's words of consolation Zhao Zheng couldn't listen to it, and muttered to himself.

Han Ah Si nodded violently: "Enough!" That's enough! Being a soldier is already cheap, and being able to get such a generous kindness from the national teacher, Ah Si now feels that he is not afraid of death. ”

Is it only because he was a soldier that he was so despised by others and himself?

"Han Ah Si, how about I accept you as a registered disciple? You defend the country and conform to the way of heaven, and you are also a person who is to the Tao, I have no rules in this door, as long as you are worthy of the Tao in your heart, you can marry a wife and have children, drink wine and eat meat, and be an official in the court, it will not delay you. ”

Han Asi's eyes widened, he couldn't believe Zhao Zheng's words, the national teacher wants to accept me as a disciple, if it is true, I will be willing to die now.

"Ah Si, call all the brothers to the backyard, I have something to say to them!"

After Han Ah Si heard Zhao Zheng's command, he ran out wildly, and shouted as he ran: "Come on, old sheep, two dogs!" The national teacher is going to take us as apprentices. ”

Han Asi's words instantly set the entire courtyard on fire, and they all ran over to ask Han Asi what was going on.

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The backyard was crowded with nearly two hundred people, but it was not noisy at all, and they were all waiting with bated breath for Zhao Zheng to speak.

"Brothers, since ancient times, people have regarded being a soldier as a cheap job, but I have always thought, defending the family and defending the country and resisting foreign races is a righteous act, why is it cheap? The barbarian invasion is that you saved the lives of women and children from the butcher's knife of the thieves, and there are mobs inside, and it is you who maintain the order of the prosperous world and keep our property from plunder. It is also because of you that we can walk in the world with our chests up, because we know that no matter how vicious the enemy in front of us is, we will always have you behind us!

But I am the only one who thinks of all this, and there are still countless people in this world, including many of you, who think that being a soldier is nothing more than a bunch of paid butchers, who are as vicious as the thieves, who covet the property of our people as much as the thieves. But I want to tell them that not all of them are like that, at least not you! Although you are only my guards, I want you to know that you are not only guarding the Baiyun Daoist Temple. It is also a cycle of heavenly principles, punishing evil and promoting good, and you are guarding the justice and justice of this world. That's why the military rules I have for you are so strict, because you are different, you are different from those who are soldiers, they either enter the army to survive or are coerced. But you are voluntary, you are not taking up the weapon in your hand for your own selfish desires, you are a warrior who does the right thing for heaven, eliminates evil and promotes good. I hereby announce the establishment of the Heavenly Dao Army! ”

Han Ah Si was shocked by Zhao Zheng's words for a long time and couldn't make a sound, he didn't have this kind of consciousness again, it turned out that what we were about to do was so sacred.

"Heaven wins! Heaven wins! The crowd didn't know who was the first to shout this voice, and then infected everyone present, and they all shouted hoarsely.

Zhao Zheng looked at the fanatical crowd in front of him, and said silently in his heart, I hope I haven't done anything wrong, the establishment of the Tiandao Army is naturally not to fight for hegemony, Zhao Zheng doesn't have this idea again, but hopes that the Tiandao Army can become a benchmark for soldiers in this era, so that the idea of soldiers protecting their homes and defending the country can be spread to the Great Song Dynasty through the Tiandao Army, and it is also to show other armies of the Great Song Dynasty how science and technology will affect the combat effectiveness of the army.

"If any of you are willing to be my registered disciple, register with Wei Chao." Wei Chao is one of the few people in the escort team who has read a book, although he has not been admitted to any fame, but he is also very rare in the army, he was selected by Zhao Zheng from the forbidden army, and he is also the captain of the escort team.

The reason why Zhao Zheng wanted to accept them as registered disciples was to raise their identities and better restrain them.

"Me, Captain!"

"Old Wei, I'll go first!"

Zhao Zheng's faint words made the scene explode immediately, and they all surrounded Wei Chao, almost bursting his eardrums. Seeing this, Zhao Zheng escaped from the backyard.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Erlang: "Third brother, I also want to join the Heavenly Dao Army!" ”

Zhao Zheng was stunned, he only thought that Erlang just liked to practice martial arts, but he didn't expect to have the idea of becoming a soldier: "Second brother, why do you want to be a soldier?" If you want to practice martial arts, I'll just find you the top masters in the rivers and lakes. ”

Jiro grinned: "Because what you just said was cool!" I'm joining the Heavenly Dao Army, not going to be a soldier! Erlang often listens to Zhao Zheng's stories, so many mantras learn from Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng looked at Erlang, who was already eleven years old, due to the reason of martial arts, he had grown rapidly recently, and he was already on par with Zhao Zheng, and he seemed to be a heroic teenager. Although Zhao Zheng is happy to see Erlang practice martial arts, it is possible to bury his life if he lets him join, and Erlang was rebellious in adolescence first, and when he was sick in middle school, he couldn't figure out what he wanted, how could Zhao Zheng allow: "Second brother, you should be slow to join the army for the time being, and when you practice martial arts to the point of Chen Bao, it is not too late to enter the Heavenly Dao Army, besides, with your qualifications, it will only be three or two years of kung fu, and you will not be able to delay you for long." ”

Zhao Zheng said Erlang lightly, nodding again and again, but he seemed to be a little hesitant. Chen Bao's kung fu, Erlang knows, he has a knife in his hand, and he has no problem dealing with seven or eight people with weapons.

Zhao Zheng saw that Erlang was a little hesitant and added a fierce medicine to him: "Do you know what Grandmaster Gao said about you?" ”

When Erlang heard Zhao Zheng say Gao Linmen, his eyebrows raised, Gao Linmen played Hongchen and liked to tease Erlang, so the two had some dealings: "What did he say?" ”

Zhao Zheng glanced left and right, and said to Erlang mysteriously: "Don't say it, you know that Grandmaster Gao often claims to be a once-in-a-century martial arts wizard, but when he was drunk, he said to me that my qualifications are still slightly inferior to Erlang." You know that Grandmaster Gao has a good face, you must not say it, otherwise he will deceive you when you are young and tease you fiercely! Feed...... Feed! Second brother! As Zhao Zheng was speaking, Erlang left on his own.

"Second brother, what are you going to do?"

"Martial arts!"

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On the second day, a large number of refugees suddenly appeared outside Yangzhou, more than 200,000 of them, apparently Li Quan drove the people of nearby villages, prefectures and counties here overnight to achieve the goal of besieging Yangzhou.

Li Quan's army hid in the rear of the refugees, making Yangzhou's artillery and attack camps ineffective, and effectively preventing the refugees from escaping.

In a single day, thousands of people were killed.

Zhao Zheng stood on the city wall, looking at this human tragedy with his glasses, trembling with anger, history really repeated.

Historically, there is no detailed record of how the Yangzhou defenders won in this situation, and some only on the second day, Zhao Kui divided his troops to attack the camp in the middle of the night and annihilated many of Li Quan's main forces. After that, he went out of the city many times to fight in the field, and completely defeated Li Quan. It was as if they had not encountered a human wall made up of refugees.

But Zhao Zheng knew that it was not that they didn't encounter it, but that they didn't care at all, there were 200,000 people outside the wall, and there were also hundreds of thousands of people inside the wall, and more importantly, once the city was broken, Li Quan could cross the Yangtze River and go straight to Huanglong, which was another monstrous disaster.

Therefore, Zhao Zheng knew that the choice of the Yangzhou defenders at this time, which was more important and which was more important, could only be measured by the number of people.

Attack the camp tonight!

"You're feeling bad too, aren't you?" One slapped on Zhao Zheng's shoulder, which looked like it should be a woman's hand, but there were many calluses on it.

Zhao Zheng knew who it was, and wondered if she didn't gnaw on those jerky tomes tonight.

"I've been in the army for half a year, and this is the fourth time I've seen such a scene, but I still can't get used to it! Even feeling nauseous and abnormal, do you know why? ”

Zhao Zheng shook his head.

"Because they think that the war is more ruthless than anyone's heart! Whoever has a good heart will die without a place to be buried! Zhao Zheng, I recently realized a truth from which books, kindness and justice should not be weak! ”

Zhao Zheng was suddenly startled, valued Yan Qianwu, and seemed to understand the path she had found from his firm eyes.

"Lend me your escort, and give me plenty of spear blades and steamed buns!" Saying that, Yan Tianwu pointed to the refugees outside the city: "They don't need to count on any immortal emperor, they should pick up their hands and defend their justice!" ”

"Have you found your path?"

"No, there is a land of chaos ahead, there is never a road, there are only fearless pioneers!"