Chapter 90: The Pride of Being Born in a Dangerous Mountain

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On an open meadow to the west of the city of Dangerous Mountain:

The barren land that was once covered with weeds and rocks has long since been cleared and replaced by pines and cypresses neatly planted on both sides, and a pavement paved with large strips of bluestone.

Walking along the bluestone road, the first thing you see is a grand ancestral hall, and several women in filial piety clothes are walking towards the ancestral hall.

A woman who looked to be in her twenties walked into the ancestral hall, she first took a handful of sandalwood from the basket and lit it, inserted it into the incense burner, and then took one tablet from the many tablets erected on the shrine, and wiped the ashes on it with her sleeve, while muttering to herself:

"The boss, the embroidery girl came to see you, how are you doing down there? If you lack anything, remember to give me a dream, or give it to your son, so that we can know the way."

The woman's tone was choked, and with the tears that she had already held back from her words, she burst out of her eyes again irrepressibly. But there was no sadness on her face, but relief and satisfaction:

"Boss, you can rest assured below. The major general said, you all died to protect the people in the dangerous mountains, and the major general smashed the pot and sold iron to feed us. The young general personally came to our house yesterday, put incense sticks on you, and gave us ten acres of land, fifty taels of silver, and twenty catties of grain.

"The young general is very kind to us, we can't be sorry for the young general, so ah, I want to wait for our son to marry a daughter-in-law, and let him be a soldier after having a child, and be a hero who kills Tartars like you" Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, the woman held the tablet and chattered.

While the other women were doing the same thing, worshipping their loved ones, there was a shout outside:

"The Major General has arrived!"

Li Rusong was dressed in a white Uesugi and walked in first, followed by Cheng Yi and other Liaodong Ten Blades, everyone's faces were sad and solemn.

"Pray for the martyrs of my dangerous mountain!" Everyone walked into the ancestral hall and bowed down to the soldiers who died in the battle in turn, and everyone's face was full of sadness and solemnity.

"Major General Rende!" Seeing this scene, the woman just now couldn't hold back any longer, fell to the ground with tears streaming down her face, and kowtowed to Li Rusong.

"Sister-in-law, hurry up, this is all a matter within Rusong's business, and it can't be done" Li Rusong hurriedly walked over and helped the woman up with his own hands.

"Aren't you Hu Tiande's widow?" Suddenly, Du Fei on the side saw the tablet in the woman's arms and exclaimed.

"General, the little woman is Hu Tiande's wife" Hearing her husband's name, the woman's face became even more sad, and she held back her tears and saluted.

Hearing this, the brothers Du Fei and Du Kun were all shocked, and then the brothers walked in front of Hu Tiande's wife, knelt on the ground without saying a word, and knocked their heads three times with a "bang".

"Two generals, what are you doing here!? If you can't help it, hurry up! Hu was taken aback by the actions of the Du family brothers, came back to his senses and hurriedly ran over, hugged the Du family brothers and said.

"Sister-in-law, Brother Hu blocked the Tartar's arrows for the sake of our brothers in the Chiyan Legion, and then dragged the dog Tartar to blow himself up! Our brothers are sorry for you, we didn't even find Brother Hu's remains! Letting the tears flow wantonly on his face, Du Kun no longer had the usual composure, and said in a choked voice.

In the battle with the Hada tribe, the Red Flame Legion suffered the most serious casualties, a total of 800 people were killed, of which more than 200 people had detonated the explosives on their bodies and died with the enemy, and the bones were gone.

Behind this ancestral hall, there is the collective cemetery of the soldiers of the dangerous mountain army, their remains will be cleaned and sorted out by a special person, and then buried in the collective cemetery with ancient rites, and the tablet will also be placed in the ancestral hall, and the world will be worshiped by incense.

According to the military regulations of the Dangerous Mountain Army, every year on Qingming and the 15th day of the year, if there is no important matter, all the middle and senior generals of the Dangerous Mountain Army must come here to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in battle.

And in accordance with the military regulations of the Qi family's army, after the death of the war horse, it is not allowed to use or violently corpse wilderness, but to cut off both ears and four hooves, and bury them according to certain specifications.

"Major General! The women have never seen much of the world, but the young general, your benevolent and virtuous women have seen it with their own eyes, and remember it in their hearts, even if the head of my family dies in battle, they can still smile Jiuquan. The women only ask the young general for one thing, my son will be sixteen years old during the New Year, please ask the major general to let him join the army too, and kill the Tartar to avenge his father! Hu wiped away the tears on her face, helped the Du brothers up one by one, and came to Li Rusong and said categorically, her face was full of perseverance and relief at this moment.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, you can rest assured that as long as Rusong lives for one day, the people of our dangerous mountains will definitely have enough food and clothing, and they don't have to be afraid of the invasion of the Tartars" A touch of emotion flashed on his face, Li Rusong walked in front of Hu Shi and said in a slightly choked tone.

The people next to him also gathered around one by one at this time, saluting Li Rusong and others, and calling the general kind, Li Rusong could clearly feel that this was their heartfelt thanks.

What is the figure of the common people? It's not just about a stable life, a safe family, and a happy life. But they know very well that nothing can be said without a person who is genuinely willing to help them and give them the masters.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty looked like a prosperous scene of singing and dancing on the surface, but who paid attention to the suffering of the people at the bottom?

Because of the Japanese Rebellion, the southeast was eroded, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians were displaced because of the destruction of the Japanese and the separation of their wives. Is it really all because of the Japanese Bandits? In fact, it is those scholars who unscrupulously oppress the people for their own interests, but their mouths are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and they are the ones who fundamentally deprive the people of the means of subsistence.

For their own selfish desires, these people greedily occupy the people's land and rob the people's daughters, and even at this time they still look like a benevolent and righteous gentleman, as if they are actually doing the righteousness of Confucius and Mencius and saving the world!

Xu Jie overthrew the female cadre Yan Song, and everyone in the world said that Xu Jie was virtuous, but except for a dead eye like Hai Rui, who dared to say that Xu Jie occupied 200,000 acres of fertile land in his hometown, making countless local people become tenants?

Not to mention Liaodong and Jimen, the military households are rotten, the military salary is insufficient, and the official eunuchs embezzle the military land. The people at the bottom were wantonly killed by the Mongols and Jurchen Tatars, and even became slaves and maids, living a life that was inferior to pigs and dogs, and life was worse than death.

"Is this the pride of being born for the people of my dangerous mountains?" Li Rusong noticed that the people in these dangerous mountains, even if they came to pay tribute to their dead relatives, they did not lose their confidence in life, but raised their heads with high spirits to tell their dead relatives that their future life would be better, so that they could rest assured.

These people have reason to be proud, they are the people under the command of General Li Rusong, the general of the dangerous mountains, and their land does not have to worry about being invaded by any kind of encroachment, and they do not have to worry about being bullied and exploited by the government, because the major general Li Rusong is their greatest protector, and in order to protect their property, the major general will do whatever it takes!

They have reason to be proud of being the people of the dangerous mountains, and their relatives may become brave and dangerous mountain troops, bravely fighting with the Tartars to protect their wives and children in the rear. Not only do they not have to worry about being deducted from military salaries and other things, even if the pillars of the family die in battle, they will be well taken care of by the dangerous mountains, and they will have no worries about food and clothing in this life.

They are the people living in the dangerous mountains in the peach source, and they are the people who are most proud of themselves in Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty!

"In the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the root cause has been planted here in Jiajing, but since I, Li Rusong, am here, you dog Tartars should never think of stepping into the Central Plains! Lao Tzu is going to destroy you Jurchens with his own hands! A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, Li Rusong strode out of the ancestral hall and said in a low voice.

"I will put an end to the collusion between the gentry and officials of the Ming Dynasty and the magnates, and the situation of insatiable embezzlement of people's wealth, so that my people of the Han Dynasty will stand at the pinnacle of the world!"