333 Chimney mound
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At the edge of the grassland, near the position of the Qingshui camp of the Great Wall, there is a chimney pier, erected there alone, which is particularly eye-catching in this area.
The pier body is about three zhang high, and the whole shape is in the shape of a covered bucket. Around the pier, there is also a long female wall to protect it. But in some places of this female wall, a lot of lumps have fallen off, and no one has to maintain them.
It was midday, and the sun was at its strongest of the day. There was a man lying on a chair on the platform, his feet still resting on the stool and stuffing the sun, looking very comfortable. The only thing that was a bit of an eye-catching thing was that the red mandarin duck robe that the man was wearing had a lot of patches on it.
I don't know when, a yellow-faced and thin-skinned man walked over wearing patched clothes, and he didn't feel dirty, so he sat down on the ground beside the man, and asked a little worriedly: "Commander Dun, will those Mongols come to our Qin land?" ”
The lying chief did not answer immediately, and just when the thin man thought he was asleep, he replied in a lazy voice: "What the hell are you doing with this? You can't hide from what you should come, and what you shouldn't come is worrying! ”
The thin man smiled when he heard this, and said a little flatteringly: "No, among the five of us, only you are the commander of the dun household, and the border army is not born at night, and you are experienced, so it's okay to be idle anyway, just ask!" ”
There are a total of five pier troops in this pier, among which the pier chief is degraded and called Ding Hai at night. The other four were just disaster victims, greedy for a bite to eat, so they took their wives and became military households.
Far from the Great Wall, this chimney mound is the closest to the grassland, and with the invasion of the grassland peoples every year over the years. Almost every year, a group of dun troops has to be replaced. That is, the person who comes, nine times out of ten is a dead word. Therefore, basically no one wants to come.
There was a rule in the imperial court that there were rations for chimneys in wartime. But even so, few military families are willing to come here. If it weren't for the natural disasters, I really wouldn't be able to survive. No one really wants to come.
However, it is said that there is rations, but in fact, there are very few, and basically you can only lie there with the corpse, reduce your activities, and deal with the fact that you can live day by day.
Ding Hai opened his eyes and looked at Liu Tong, who was not a little thin, and saw him staring at him with expectant eyes, so he said: "You can rest assured, it is not winter now, and it is impossible for the Mongols to go crazy and fight Datong." And slipped over to us. ”
After saying that, he closed his eyes again and enjoyed the time he could still enjoy.
When Liu Tong heard this, he was obviously relieved. He stood up and walked a little farther away, patting his ass to leave. Suddenly thinking of something, he couldn't help but walk back again, and asked again in a low voice: "Pier Chief, when those hundreds of horses passed by a while ago." Why don't you let the beacon fire be lit? ”
"People are going to the grassland, which door do you want?" Ding Hai frowned and glanced at him. He replied a little impatiently.
Then he stood up and stretched wide. This time, it can be seen that he is tall and has long arms, which is obviously a big size bigger than Liu Tong on the side.
He turned to leave. Suddenly remembered something, turned back again, and instructed Liu Daodao: "Even if they come from the grassland, don't light any beacon fires, you know?" ”
"Yes. Know! Liu Tong nodded hurriedly, but after finishing speaking, he lowered his head, followed behind Ding Hai, and asked carefully: "Why don't you light the beacon fire, in case it ......?"
"In case of a fart!" Ding Hai was about to take a step, and when he heard him ask, he turned around again, and scolded a little angrily before saying, "We are guarding against Mongolian Tatars, and they are not, do you understand?" ”
Liu Tong's face was a little pale, his head was like a chicken pecking rice, and he said in a loud voice: "Understood, understood!" ”
But after a while, he asked again: "Aren't they thieves, not the same as the officials and soldiers......
Ding Hai's tall body turned back again, stretched out his fan-sized hand, pinched Liu Tong's collar, and his face was full of anger, so frightened that Liu Tong's face couldn't be whiter: "The villain is timid and afraid of death, and if he doesn't ask clearly, he is afraid of dying in a daze." Pier Length...... Ding Tou ...... Uncle, you will spare the villain! ”
Ding Hai felt that the goods in his hand were trembling, and his face was full of begging, so he immediately snorted coldly, let go of his hand, and fell to the ground with a "plop".
He stared at Liu Tong, who was paralyzed on the ground, and explained coldly: "They are different from ordinary thieves, do you believe that there are many people looking forward to them coming?" ”
What, what does this mean? Liu Tong was curious, but forgot the lesson, and immediately asked curiously: "Why?" ”
"Because they're called the Heavenly Army!" After Ding Hai answered, he ignored him and walked to his room.
This Liu Tong is a ghost who is afraid of death, afraid of being starved to death, so he came to the chimney. After arriving here, I was afraid of being killed by the Mongols, and I was worried all day long. If it weren't for the fact that his personality had changed a lot, he wouldn't have been able to beat him to death if he was so noisy!
However, after Liu Tong tossed it like this, Ding Hai remembered to call the Heavenly Army again. remembered what happened to him after he was captured by them when he was still in Fugu County.
Speaking of which, what I heard and saw that day was something I had never encountered before. If it weren't for the mother-in-law at home, maybe I would have stayed there.
Later, the governor sent troops to exterminate the Heavenly Army, at that time, he thought that the Heavenly Army was about to end, and he was a little glad that there was a mother-in-law at home, so he was saved from this catastrophe.
Unexpectedly, the Heavenly Army was so powerful that it killed more than 5,000 people in the front army and was defeated. That battle made all the Yansui border troops remember to call it the Heavenly Army.
At that time, in fact, everyone was afraid to call the heavenly army. According to rumors, the governor was also afraid. I don't know how many more people will die to destroy this called heavenly army? At that time, I regretted it a little, why didn't I get seriously ill and avoid this catastrophe.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Army turned out to be out of the fortress. At that time, when the whole army was celebrating the victory, Ding Hai still felt a little emotional when he thought about it at this time.
I thought that from now on, I would never see the Heavenly Army again. But I didn't expect that a few days ago, I saw people under the banner of the Heavenly Army coming from the direction of the Great Wall, escorting several large carts and things to the grassland.
The leader himself still knew that he was the leader who captured him last year, and later I knew that he was Liu Daneng, the company commander of the first cavalry company. This title is also tongue-twisting and difficult to remember.
At that time, it happened to be his own rotation, and he gestured from afar to show his friendliness, and I don't know if he still remembers himself, and knows if he is expressing friendship.
Ding Hai thought as he walked, and after a while, he turned into his door and immediately smelled a hint of rice.
When a woman inside saw him enter, she said a little worriedly: "The master, there is not much food in the dun, and I am afraid that I will only be able to eat one meal a day in the future." ”
Ding Hai was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, when suddenly a loud voice sounded outside: "Oh no, Chief Dun, come and see!" (To be continued......)