Dayu northern border plug

The vast grassland is as vast as a green screen connecting heaven and earth.

However, on the green screen connecting heaven and earth, there are several loess forts scattered scattered.

These earthy yellow earthen forts look a little out of place on the vast expanse of green.

The wind and sand on the grassland whimpered against these earthen forts, but the earthen forts were as motionless as nails embedded in the grassland.

Some of the soldiers in these earthen forts are hiding in the underground caves of the earthen forts to hide from the wind and sand.

Outsiders may think that the outside must be a picturesque beauty of the sky and the wilderness, the wind blowing the grass and seeing the cattle and sheep.

But they didn't know that in the bitter cold of the north, the harsh wind could cut people's faces like knives.

In order to defend against the northern tribes, the Dayu Dynasty built many of these earthen forts north of the Great Wall.

These earthen forts served as the first line of defense against the northern tribes, and also provided an outpost for the Great Wall's defenses.

Because of the lack of stone on the grassland, the soldiers of Biansai used local materials, and they dug up loess to build earthen forts.

Due to the lack of cohesiveness in the loess of the grassland, the earthen forts they built were not very tall.

Sometimes the grasslands fall into the rainy season, and the earthen forts are also damaged by the rain.

Fortunately, the tribes of the steppe will not invade the Dayu Dynasty during the rainy season.

Because the rainy season is the time for them to recuperate, the pasture in the rainy season is abundant, and it is the time for the war horses to rest and reproduce.

If attacking the Dayu Dynasty at this time is likely to miss the grazing time, then the tribe will probably not survive the White Plague in winter.

In addition to the lack of cohesiveness of the loess, the low soil fort is also due to the fact that the wind and sand on the grassland are very violent in autumn and winter.

An earthen fort that is too tall can easily collapse in the constant wind and sand.

But the overly low earthen fort always makes people feel cramped and oppressed.

But there are always more ways than difficulties, and the clever border troops borrowed the methods of the people in the northwest to build caves and dug a lot of caves under the earthen forts.

In this way, it not only solves the problem that the earth fort is too short, but also can well avoid the wind and sand of the grassland.

In addition, this method also allows the defenders to spot the enemy forces of the Grass Army clan more quickly.

Because the various tribes of the grass army are basically cavalry, the vibration of the running war horse hitting the ground will be transmitted far away from the ground.

Therefore, as long as the defenders buried the war drums on the ground of the cave, they could feel the sound of the horses running in the distance.

This distance conducts even farther than the eye can reach.

At this time, several soldiers were nesting together in a cave under an earthen fort.

Because they have been on the edge of the grassland for a long time, their skin has cracked.

Many of the soldiers' hands had been frozen and broken, and their swollen hands could not even hold their weapons tightly.

Although it is still autumn, the temperature in Saibei is already dripping into ice.

"Damn, this weather is really damn dead."

A soldier said with a sigh of relief into his hands.

"Even if you don't know when this group of beasts from the grassland will come to the grass valley this year?"

The other, slightly younger soldier, tightened his hands in his cuffs for fear of running out a little heat.

"It's probably going to be soon, the weather is starting to get colder, and if this group of animals on the grassland doesn't act, they may have a hard time this winter."

A veteran spit out the grass roots in his mouth, gritted his teeth and said.

"So, we're about to evacuate from the bunker and return to the Great Wall!"

The young soldier was very excited, although many people would die once the steppe tribes attacked, but he still didn't want to stay in this earthen fort, he wanted to fight the steppe barbarians head-on outside the Great Wall.

Because of the lack of supplies and the cold weather, I can only gnaw on the hard nest and eat a mouthful of hot food every day.

I usually go out to pee for fear that my little finch will be frozen.

"Song Tou, is it really that terrible when that group of beasts attacks?"

The young soldier named Li Li had just been transferred from the south this year, and he didn't know much about the war in the north.

"Hehe, you doll, how can war not be terrible!"

The veteran surnamed Song who spit out the grassroots smiled bitterly.

This veteran surnamed Song is named Song Yu, and he is the commander of this earthen fort.

"Song Tou, I heard that cutting off the head of a barbarian in Biansai can exchange it for five acres of fertile land?"

Another soldier from the south asked, craned his neck.

His name is Li Cheng and Li Li are from the same village, and according to his generation, he should be Li Li's uncle.

"There's such a rule."

Song Yu leaned against the earthen wall and said indifferently.

"Then Song Tou, aren't you already a big landlord when you have been stuffed here for so long?"

Li Li's face was excited and curious.

Song Yu glanced at him, then sighed and said earnestly: "Doll, I see that you are still young, Uncle Song taught you to be a good man, when the grassland barbarians come over, you had better not think about any military merits and good fields, saving your life is the most important thing." ”

Li Li's face was disdainful when he heard Song Yu's words.

"I, the Dayu man, should be bloody on the field, slash the thieves with a sword, and even if he dies on the side, he can return the body of the horse leather."

Li Li was born in the south of the Dayu Dynasty, where the literary style was prosperous, and they always heard the literati chanting on weekdays: Why don't men take Wu hooks and collect heroic poems such as Guanshan Fifty Prefectures.

Therefore, he came to Biansai with full of enthusiasm, just to protect his family and defend the country.

But his passionate remarks did not infect the surrounding veterans at all, but only attracted a burst of laughter from the veterans.

This made Li Li very dissatisfied, and he immediately angrily reprimanded him.

"As a veteran of the border fortress, why do you only think about saving your life, and don't think about serving the country and the king."

As soon as his words came out, Li Cheng, who came with him, kicked him to the ground.

"He is still young and ignorant, and I ask my colleagues not to worry about him, I am here to compensate you for him."

Li Cheng immediately saluted the veterans around him.

"It's okay, we used to have this kind of hot-blooded guy here, but now the grass on his grave has grown tall."

One veteran said with a smirk, his face full of disdain.

As soon as Li Li heard that the other party was cursing him, he immediately became angry.

But before he could get angry, Li Chengcheng gave him a chestnut pop, and he immediately squatted down and hugged his head.

Song Yu couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he saw Li Li's righteous face.

In the past, like Li Li, he came to this bitter cold border with the pride and ambition of protecting his family and defending the country.

He wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and kill all these grassland barbarians in Saibei until they were frightened, and they would no longer dare to attack Da Yu.

But reality gave him a hard slap in the face.

It's been ten years since he's been here, and he can't remember the battles he has ever had.

But he remembered that a total of ninety-six of his comrades had died in the battle.

He remembered the faces and names of each of them very well, for he had buried each of them with his own hands, and the tombstones of each of them had been written by his own hand.

Among these ninety-six people, many of them came to Biansai with full of enthusiasm like Li Li, and wanted to make meritorious contributions and immediately become marquis.

But the result was that their blood was finally sprinkled on this vast grassland, and the wind of the grassland completely cooled the blood, and finally froze into ice lumps.

These ice bumps were also buried deep in Song Yu's heart, and his originally hot heart was also frozen into a heart of stone.

can see that Li Li is so young and so vigorous, and he can't help but be soft-hearted, so he will persuade Li Li to save his life, which is the ultimate thing.

As a result, Li Li didn't appreciate it, and didn't listen to his advice like those comrades who died in the war.

But it doesn't matter, these veterans who laugh at Li Li around still listen to themselves, so they can sit in the earthen fort alive and laugh at Li Li, a new recruit.

"Song Tou, do you mean that the matter of exchanging a person's military exploits for five acres of fertile land is fake?"

Li Cheng is still entangled in the matter of military exploits.

"Seeing that you are still sensible, let me tell you, you must not think about military merits, otherwise you will quickly become someone else's military merits."

A veteran who had teased Li Li before snorted and said angrily.

The other veterans around him also bowed their heads silently.

Li Cheng could see from their demeanor that things were not simple.

"Song Tou, we are new recruits, we don't understand the stuff here, for the sake of our colleagues in the same team, we will solve our doubts."

Li Cheng knew that there was something else hidden in this matter, so he hurriedly asked Song Yu diligently.

Song Yu looked at Li Cheng for a while, and then looked at Li Li, who was a little more honest.

In the end, he sighed and said, "It's not easy to see you two running from the south, and I don't want to bury your two corpses when it's freezing this day, so I'll just tell you about it." ”

Li Cheng saw Song Yu loosen his mouth and immediately pulled Li Li to sit next to Song Yu.

The other veterans were silent with their heads down, and some leaned against the wall and didn't care about the conversation here, and the atmosphere felt very oppressive.

"Do you know how long we've been stuck here?"

Song Yu didn't directly solve the confusion of the two, but asked the two of them a question.

"According to the laws of my Dayu Dynasty, the border guards are rotated every three years."

Li Li was still familiar with the laws and regulations of the Dayu Dynasty, and he casually reported the specific number of years.

"But I have to tell you, I've been guarding this side for ten years."

Song Yu sighed and said dejectedly.

"This is a serious violation of the laws of the Imperial Dynasty!"

Li Li and Li Cheng were taken aback, isn't this the crime of bullying the king!

"No fuss, you can ask them which of them has been on the side for less than three years!"

Song Yu pointed to the veterans around him who had been silent.

"Didn't you talk to the generals above about this problem?"

Li Li was very puzzled, whether it was a general, a eunuch in charge of the army, or a Sima in the army, he was responsible for such a violation of the law.

"Generals? Do you know that General Long, the commander of the Pengzhou Army, has also been guarding the border for ten years. ”

A veteran said with anger in his tone.

He and Song Yu were both Pengzhou soldiers, and General Long Xun, the commander of the Pengzhou army, was their general before guarding the border, so they came to the border of Saibei.

"Then why didn't General Long write a book to make a statement?"

Li Li didn't believe that an old general who had been on the border for ten years didn't miss his hometown, and he didn't want to return to his hometown and go home to tease his grandson.

"Humph! Where do the dog officials in the imperial court care about our life and death, the old general has written every year to ask for defense, but every letter of his recital has been lost. ”

The atmosphere of anger began to spread among the crowd, and the emotions of the originally silent crowd began to get excited, and their breathing began to rise and fall.

"There is such a thing, these people are really lawless."

Li Li also began to become angry.

"You don't have to be so angry, I have heard before I came to garrison this time that the eunuch of the prison army promised General Long that after this battle, we can transfer the defense to the south."

Although Song Yu appeased everyone, he was not sure whether what the eunuch said was counted, after all, he had heard this kind of news more than once before.

"Song Tou, do you think it can be true this time?"

The other veterans also knew that the promises of the eunuchs were not very reliable.

"This time it's true, it is said that the eunuch of the prison army this time is the confidant of Gonggong Qiao, the eunuch of the Northern Division."

The veterans around couldn't help but be overjoyed by this.

As veterans in the army, they are very aware of the rights of the eunuch part of the Northern Division.

As the three major eunuch institutions of the Dayu Dynasty, the Beisi is mainly in charge of the supervision of the army and the reporting of military merits.

The eunuchs of the Northern Division had a certain right to supervise and command the army.

In addition to the Beisi, the other two major institutions, one is the Ministry of Internal Servants, which is the head of the three major eunuch groups, controlled by the Inner Attendant Chen Boze and Chen Gonggong.

And the last one is Si Gongtai, where Si Zheng Bai Shun understands that his father-in-law is in control.

Among these three people, Chen Boze and Chen Gonggong are first-class eunuchs, and his majesty is brought up by him.

And Father-in-law Qiao and Father-in-law Bai are both confidants of Father-in-law Chen.

So if Father-in-law Qiao's confidant says that he will change his guard next year, then there should be no mistake.

Just as the defenders were nesting in the earthen fort and dreaming about the good life after the change of defense, on the highest peak in the depths of the grassland, goshawks flapped their wings from the top of the mountain.

Everywhere the goshawks flew, they left a low horn sound.

The muffled sound of the horn was not played by a man, but came from the characteristic horn trumpet tied to the goshawk's ankle.

This horn is small and is made by selecting the most cutting-edge part of the horn.

As the goshawk spreads its wings and flies high, the wind passes through the horn and there is a muffled sound.

This kind of sound can be heard even from a distance of more than ten miles.

On the other foot of the goshawk is a small token of character and a parchment roll.

This small token of character is made of gold, and a ferocious wolf's head is carved on it, and the bottom of the wolf's head is written in steppe script: Wolf Residence Order.

And the parchment scroll was written on the number of people that the Wolf Court had asked the tribes to assemble and where they would go.

As long as the people on the grassland saw the goshawks hovering in the sky and heard the low sound of the horn, they understood that the new grass valley was about to begin.

Their blood also began to boil, and war was a kind of living faith for them.

"Cheer the men of the steppe, gallop up the handsome horses, wield shining scimitars, wealth and women in the south, go and bring them all back to the steppe, and offer them to the great wolf king god, and to the great wolf king god·······"

The melodious song accompanied by the horn of the goshawk began to be sung throughout the grassland.