Early in the morning, Lin Bin heard a slight "bleating" cry in his sleep and slowly opened his eyes, he tilted his head and looked out the window, the sky was still dark, but the eaves outside the city tower had the light reflected by the torches below, he looked at the person next to the pillow, tried not to make a sound, and slowly pulled the futon covering his body, Lin Bin got up and looked through the faint light of the charcoal stove, Qiu Ju, who was sleeping on the ground next to the charcoal stove, wrapped the futon into a ball, and Chunxiang, who was supposed to take care of the charcoal stove, was napping with half of the futon covered with a half-lying posture. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to the relationship between the indoor charcoal stove, people will always feel dry after waking up, and at this time, it often happens that people are suffocated in their sleep due to poor air circulation, so large families will always arrange people to stay awake all night to take care of the charcoal stove, and pay attention to the circulation of air.

Lin Bin put on his clothes and walked towards Chunxiang, he squatted down and gently patted Chunxiang's shoulder a few times, Chunxiang opened his eyes in a daze, and when he saw Lin Bin, he wanted to exclaim, but Lin Bin covered his mouth, and there was no follow-up with only a "hmm".

Chunxiang knew that she was derelict in her duties, and her mouth was covered and she could only look at Lin Bin with pleading. You know, if such a situation occurs in the palace, you will be executed. Of course, this is not a palace, and Lin Bin is not a dignitary, Chunxiang just subconsciously reacted.

Lin Bin made a "shhh" gesture, nodded like a chick in Chunxiang, and Lin Bin let go.

Haruka's first action to get free was to bow down, and she could vaguely see her petite body and didn't know if she was frozen, or she was trembling because she was afraid, she was already timid and afraid. Since following Lin Bin, I don't know where I heard the rumor that 'martial artists are difficult to serve, and they kill people when they are angry'. Always be cautious, and when you see Lin Bincheng holding the knife, you will start to tremble in your calves.

Lin Bin frowned, this little girl is too timid. He pointed to the sleeping swallow, and then pointed to Qiu Ju, and made a "shhhh

One to the outside. Lin Bin breathed in the cool air, and immediately felt that his sleepiness had subsided, and he looked around while moving his hands and feet. Soldiers standing in the darkness on various sections of the city wall could be seen constantly moving to keep warm, and in the distance, patrols in units of one could be seen patrolling back and forth. These old soldiers have developed a habit in the bloody battles on the grassland, that is, to be as vigilant as possible, and the idea that the slightest carelessness will kill them has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Tian Ying trotted over. Stand still. Clenching his hands into fists, "My lord! ”

Lin Bin smiled, "Hard work!" Was there any movement last night? ”

It can be vaguely seen that Tian Yingrong has snowflakes on his clothes, indicating that he is not hiding under the eaves, but patrolling the various sections of the city wall at all times, which makes Lin Bin feel very satisfied, and the two have an official conversation, and Tian Ying continues to perform the task. Lin Bin walked to the battlements and looked down.

The winter solstice of the ancients is no different from the New Year, so there is always hope that there is no need to work on the day of the winter solstice. There is a rare amount of fun, and there is too little entertainment at this time, so the only thing that is important is eating and visiting friends. The so-called winter solstice food, people with conditions will get dog meat or mutton, which is regarded as a tonic; And people who don't have the conditions also have their own way of eating, depending on the geographical location, or kneading wontons, or rubbing pills. The so-called rubbing pills are actually the flour made of glutinous rice (commonly known as 'rice sacrifice') kneaded into a round strip with boiling water, picked into a large round billet, and then each person kneaded it into a glutinous rice ball the size of a Guiyuan kernel with the palm of his hand.

The history of China, which is more than 5,000 years long, is not only a war epic, but also a brilliant recipe. In ancient China, food was heavy, and with the passage of time, some ways of eating have been passed down, and more have been buried by the long river of history.

It is a big festival, there must be a big festival atmosphere, because of the customs, the winter solstice needs to be supplemented, the man slaughters the lamb all night, looks from afar, by the light of the torch can be seen on the wooden frame has been hooked and processed sheep carcass, the blood of livestock mixed with snow flakes flows in the ditch. Perhaps it was the festive atmosphere that infected the guys, although they were busy staying up late, they could still see a smile on their faces, they whispered something, and sometimes they would look at the castle tower together.

Almost every soldier said that it was a blessing to follow such an adult. Without it, it is because Lin Bin does not have a class concept at this time, almost whatever he eats, the people below will eat, and people have basically been busy for that mouth for a hundred years.

Gongsun Hong appeared from the darkness like a ghost, far away, and called, "Your Excellency......"

Lin Bin didn't look back and still looked at the busy crowd below with a smile, he began to understand why people are so eager to be on top, looking down from above can really give birth to a kind of superiority, as if everything can be seen in the satisfaction

Gongsun Hong walked to Lin Bin's side and looked down, he sniffled, the cold air was mixed with a smell of blood wafting from the slaughterhouse, this smell can make people who have been licking blood on the knife for many years feel inexplicably excited, at least Gongsun Hong was refreshed after smelling it, and his eyes involuntarily narrowed, as if he was enjoying it very much.

"How's the preparation?"

"The altar has been built, and a total of 3,731 robe ashes and 423 mortal tablets are placed."

There is a custom of sacrificing on the winter solstice, whether it is an ordinary common person or a dignitary will carry out ancestor worship ceremonies, and there is also a custom that is to put a case to worship the sky today, but this is a royal thing, and it is not spread among the people, this move is probably to pray to God to make the country and the people come to a better year.

Lin Bin has always had a habit in the battle, that is, to try not to abandon the remains of the dead robes, which made his soldiers very moved. He knew last night that there was a traditional memorial ceremony, so he asked Gongsun Hong to lead people to build one to place the ashes of the war dead robe, and wanted to pay tribute to the heroic soul of the war dead in front of the soldiers.

"Four thousand one hundred and fifty-four people ......" Lin Bin repeated it many times, a little sad.

The training of an elite soldier, the price paid is the death of three or four recruits, the cold weapon fighting has always been very cruel, Lin Bin's implementation of the substitution system is to train an elite dare to fight division, but it has also led to huge casualties.

"Don't be sentimental. The way to survive is the way to elimination, if not, we are probably the bones of the wasteland now. ”

Is Lin Bin sentimental? It's really sad. Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought of paying tribute to the robe in the heavenly heroic spirit. War is meant to be watching one familiar or unfamiliar person die next to him, this is an unchangeable fact, and he has no regrets and no right to regret it. He listened to what Gongsun Hong said, and felt a little familiar, and recalled that it was the words of the Qin State to encourage soldiers to fight and kill.

In terms of personal feelings, Lin Bin admires Qin Feng's heroic manly spirit of killing people in anger, and the two have a casual chat. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves under the castle tower, the two looked down, and a group of fifty knights lined up in the snow. Lin Ying still distributed the guard position loudly as usual, and the knights all climbed on the horse's back to check the equipment in response to the "promise", and drove the horse out of the city in a command, which was to change back to the robe of the guard outside.

"In the past few days, small groups of herdsmen have been found approaching the Han border. I think I want to enter the Han realm to hide from the snow. Has this happened a lot before? ”

"That's right, every year there are herdsmen who enter the Han realm in the snow season to avoid the wind and snow and to avoid horse thieves, but the number of people who come to the Han realm this winter is much less, and they will leave after the beginning of spring."

Lin Bin was relieved, the national border at this time was already very blurred, and there was nothing strange about moving back and forth at the junction, he heard that horse thieves could go out to rob in the snow season, and his heart moved. "There are a lot of horse thieves at the border?" As for why there are so many fewer herders than in previous years. Because they have killed all the way, it would be strange if there were many more.

Gongsun Hong gave a standard answer, "If you want to appease the horse thieves, there is nothing wrong with them, many of the horse thieves were once Han soldiers, and they were only scattered because of the defeat and the fear of punishment. If the lord has the order of Princess Jing to be exempted from punishment, he only needs to send a few knights to call it, and there will be horse thieves who will obey him. ”

Lin Bin asked sharply: "Then why didn't the lieutenants of the Han army do this?" ”

Gongsun Hong can answer, but it is not easy to say it directly. Some people may have thought about appeasement, but due to the restrictions of the Han military law, the governor of a county is not qualified to issue a plausion order, otherwise it will be a violation of the system and will be investigated. Officialdom is dirty, which is not careful not to make mistakes so as not to fall into the hands of others, many of them are because of a small matter that was pinched by political opponents, and ended up dead.

Lin Bin lowered his head and pondered, since his army was not incorporated into the Han army system, there were not so many rules and regulations, he decided to find Liu Jing in his spare time to ask for a placation order in case of emergency, and he would also increase the cavalry sent out, knowing that it was useful to find horse thieves even if he wanted to appease.

The east gradually revealed the fish white, usually at this time in the city should be a 'long long' urging the soldiers to get up in the morning gong sound, today the gong did not sound, but there are still soldiers out of the cantonment house, as if very unaccustomed to calm as if to probe the brain, found the familiar robe Ze on the go up to a sea kan.

As the sky grew brighter, the whole city began to liven up, and laughter began to be heard everywhere.

Lin Bin, who knew the team spirit, greeted the officers after the soldiers had eaten the morning meal, and they should have a festive atmosphere after saying that the festival was celebrated, so they asked them to go to the quartermaster to receive red cloth according to the custom, and make something similar to a colored ball to hang on a high place.

The officers were unknown, and they all looked at their adults with confused expressions.

"It's a holiday! The world is snow-white, don't you hang some red color stripes on the building like a festival? The sergeant, who had nothing to do that day, took people out to the north of the city to cut wood, and used it for the bonfire at night. ”

The officer was ordered to go.

Lin Bin changed into civilian clothes and went down the city tower, walked all the way and listened to the soldiers singing, his heart was deeply happy, he had been wandering for so long and it was the first time he saw the soldiers laughing happily, it can be seen that he enjoyed this rare leisure very much. Lin Bin saw some soldiers tinkering with some gadgets, and knew that it was a gift for familiar robes, which is also the current custom, and they will always send some gifts to each other to express their gratitude during the festival. He wandered around to soak up the festive atmosphere, occasionally stopping to talk to the soldiers, but found that his presence had made the soldiers feel pressured, which was a bit counterproductive, so he simply returned to the castle tower and watched the happy crowd below from a high vantage point.

Laughter can make people happy, this is the role of the festival, under the constraints, people will try their best to put themselves in that joy and do what they can, participation is always more intimate than spectators, this is a wonderful state of mind.

The busyness of the whole day is to wait for the coming of the night, until the night falls, the sky is beautiful, the sky is no longer snowing, and because of this, the atmosphere is at its strongest, everywhere around the bonfire around the people who have laughed all day, the air is wafting with the smell of mutton, although it does not smell very good, but this is the characteristics of the Winter Solstice Festival, and it is more possible to feel what festival is being celebrated now.

There is no nonsense at all, and in Lin Bin's voice, "Have fun!" In the greeting, the soldiers carried the whole sheep handled by the man, hung him on the wooden branch, and the soldiers worked together to bring the boiled mutton soup, and placed the pot soup in every place where there were people, and the winter solstice festival with the characteristics of northern Xinjiang began in the huge cheers.

Under the arrangement of Gongsun Hong, the women appeared at the most appropriate moment, they danced the traditional sleeve dance of the Chinese nation, although there was no etiquette, but the soldiers did not enjoy this kind of treatment, and it was interesting to watch. At this time, there was not so much evasion, the soldiers were a group of big bosses, and the wolf snorted in excitement, and one after another the soldiers also ran out, laughing and dancing the dance that belonged to their hometown, and the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

And what about Lin Bin? His gaze never left the place surrounded by a white cloth, and when he drank, he would always make a 'please' gesture there, and sacrifice the robe of death......

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