053, reunion (II)
Although when he invited Shaowu into the village, Lingbao said that he was the senior brother who entertained Mr. Xiao, and gave himself and Shaowu a step. But Shaowu had no way to avoid his identity, after all, he still talked about it, he introduced the origin of the war to Lingbao, and it was indeed Xiangqi who first raised troops to invade the country of Bamuro, so he had to fight back......
After sitting down again, Lingbao spoke: "I have also heard a lot about the news of this battle, and Mr. Xiao has also proved that what you just said is true, of course I believe Mr. Xiao." In fact, in my eyes with the people of Baixi Village, this is just a clan dispute between you, some people are ordered to fight, some people are led by interests to fight, I only hope that the monarch will not let the people suffer. ”
Today's war is indeed not a foreign war of alien invasion, but a continuation of the civil war in Bayuan a hundred years ago, and Lingbao can also see it. Shao Wu nodded and said, "The reason why I specially came to visit the strong man with Lord Peng Keng is to hear your opinion. If you have anything else in mind, you might as well say it right now. ”
Lingbao: "I only have one question, I don't know what the lord plans to do with those defeated and captured soldiers?"
It is no secret what Shao Wu did after entering the country, and he tried his best to keep the governance of the city and the people's lives as normal. But Lingbao asked those soldiers who were defeated and captured, and he was very particular about their disposal, and the situation of surrender was not the same as surrender. For example, the garrison of Guxiong City, which took the initiative to lay down its arms and surrender to Chengcheng, did not have any action to pursue it, but only let them return to their hometowns after being disarmed, and once again become strong laborers and put into production.
But in Hakukoma Castle, especially at the border gate, the two armies were still fighting, and although the price paid was not large, there were also casualties. Those sergeants who were defeated and captured on the battlefield, the junior affairs did not let them go, but still let them gather in special military camps, send military formations to guard them, and did not abuse or embarrass them.
According to the ancient custom, the defeated captured prisoners of war. will become a slave of the victor, there is a tradition in Ba Yuan. These men would be forced to build fortifications and transport supplies under the pressure of swords and guns in wartime, and after the war, they would be rewarded to meritorious personnel. Lingbao is concerned about the fate of these people, but also the fate of his brother.
Because if Shaowu really wants to attack the city, Feihong City must not be able to defend it; if Murabao is unwilling to take the initiative to surrender and go to the city to fight, he and his subordinate soldiers will either die in battle, or this will be the end in the future, so Lingbao asked Shaowu what to do with it?
The young man replied, "If a strong man is worried about his brother, if he is captured, I can pardon him." But it's not a one-man business. Since you asked, I'd like to ask the strong man -- what is there to build a good one?"
Lingbao was about to answer, but at this moment, a voice was heard in the ears of several people: "Ruoshan, the city lord of Shanshui City, has specially brought his disciple Lin Xiao to visit Ba Jun Shaowu and Master Peng Keng!"
The voice was very clear, as if standing in the middle of the house and speaking, and the voice conveyed an indescribable scene, as if everyone had "seen" a middle-aged man coming from the high slope behind the village, dozens of feet away from the gate of the village. Lingbao was shocked and said, "Listen to it." Suddenly, it can be described, the person who comes is a master, and there are at least six realms of cultivation!"
Shao Wu was also taken aback, and he visited Baixi Village today. Except for the tiger baby and Pan Gu, no one knew in advance, how could such a master suddenly appear? And the tone was clearly aimed at him and the tiger baby! Of course, Shao Wu had heard of Shanshui City, which was a newly built city in the wilderness in recent years. Shaowu had also heard of the Lord of Ruoshan City, but he didn't expect that his people would have such cultivation, and he didn't understand why he appeared here?
The most nervous reaction was actually Lingbao. The patriarch had already stood up and said, "Uncle Xiao, I ordered the gun array in the village to urgently assemble and standby, this master suddenly appeared, I am afraid that it is not good...... Monarch, your guards are on the other side of the village, and you should order them to line up outside the north gate at once. ”
Huwa suddenly spoke: "There is no need to do this, let's go out directly to greet us." If this master really tried to be unfavorable to the sovereign, why did he greet him so far away? He only brought one retinue, and the sovereign should have seen it in person, and Pan Gu and I went to ask for clarification first. As he spoke, he got up and hurried out, and the pan was faster than he was.
At first glance, when they heard the voice of the mountain master, the tiger baby and Pan Gu were dumbfounded, and after reacting, they were not only excited but also ecstatic in their hearts. They all miss the mountain master too much, and they may not be aware of it at ordinary times, but when they suddenly learn that the mountain master is coming, they can't suppress their longing for their hometown and their elders.
It had been three years since the tiger baby had left his hometown with Pan Gu, and before that, the mountain god had fallen into a deep sleep, and they did not know when they would be able to return to their hometown and see the people who had watched him grow up again. I didn't even dream that the mountain master would suddenly appear in front of him, just outside Baixi Village!
Ruoshan obviously knew that Huwa, Lingbao and the others were in that house, and the voice he made with divine thoughts was only heard by the few people in the house. The villagers' gun arrays had just been disbanded, and the guards in the distance across the village did not notice his arrival, and Lingbao, who did not know the situation, wanted to give the order to meet the strong enemy, but was stopped by Huwa and Pan Gu.
By the time Shaowu and the others walked out of the courtyard, Huwa and Pan Gu had already rushed outside the gate of the village. They stood there stupidly watching Shan Ye coming, almost unable to believe their eyes, if there were no outsiders present, they would rush over and hug Shan Ye and cry. The inexplicable grievances of a child who had to leave home and suddenly saw his parents who were looking for him could not be described.
Shan Ye's appearance has hardly changed, and he is even younger than before, except for faint wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his eyes, and a little white silk mixed in his black hair. When he saw the tiger baby and Pan Gu, his eyes couldn't hide his excitement, but his expression quickly regained peace, and quietly sent a divine thought-
"Good boy, you have suffered in the past few years. I have also heard all those things in Ba Yuan, and you are very promising, far beyond my expectations! I have come to you on purpose today, and at the same time, I have seen Shaowu with my own eyes, but do not tell me about my acquaintance in front of outsiders, so as not to reveal your identity and origin, which was specially told by the mountain god.
The news of the arrival of the Shaowu army in Feihong City has reached the capital of Xiangmuro. Xiangmuro State urgently requisitioned and transferred the cities on the west bank of the water, and assembled military formations to set up defenses to block the attack, including two army formations of Shanshui City, led by Bo Zhuang and Shu Zhuang. Huwa, I'm afraid that you don't know the situation, and if you appear in front of the two armies with the young man, you may be recognized by many people......"
The Shaowu army entered from the eastern front, all the way north into Feihong City, and the news has now reached the capital of Xiangmuro. The soldier who stayed behind in the prison country was shocked, he couldn't even believe that it was really the army led by Shaowu, and on the one hand, he sent someone to urgently report to the monarch who was on the front line, and on the other hand, he urgently mobilized an army in the country to counterattack.
Bingzheng Yuxuan stayed in the capital to supervise the country, so he had the heavy responsibility of stabilizing the rear, and he couldn't wait for the poor to give an order before making a decision to deal with it. When the situation is unclear, it is necessary to prevent the army of the Bamuro Province from continuing to attack in the rear. If the comer is really the main army of the Bamuro Kingdom, then it is necessary to stabilize the defense line to block the enemy, and wait until Xiang Poor wins a big victory on the main battlefield, then the enemy will be defeated without a fight.
If it is not an invasion by the main elite force, then the Prime Chambers will have to take advantage of the situation to counterattack, not only to recapture the lost castle, but also to destroy this enemy within the borders. Lord Bingzheng urgently ordered the military formations of the three cities of Jiuzhang City, Gaocheng and Shanshui City to rush to the front line of Laoshui to deploy defenses and find out the enemy's situation, and at the same time mobilized a number of military reinforcements from the rear.
A while ago, a general mobilization order for the war was issued, and many reserve formations were expanded in each city, not only to reinforce the large army attacking at the front, but also to prevent all kinds of accidents in the rear.
As for the situation of Shanshui Castle, it is relatively special, in fact, the rule of the Prime Muro Kingdom is only symbolic. This city outline is far away in the depths of the wilderness, not built by the Xiangmuro country, but the mountain lord gathered various villages to establish a tribal alliance, and on this basis, he established a city outline in the ruins of the original Qingshui village, and now even the city wall has not been completed.
Thinking that the poor sent Yue Geng as an envoy to Youyu Village, his purpose was to subdue the barbarian tribe for his own use, but it almost brought a disaster to Lu Village and Huahai Village. Fortunately, the mountain master had already prepared and turned the tide, of course, the second monarch made Lord Xiling clean up the big fish shell in front of him, so that there was no chaos among the barbarian tribes.
Ruoshan just pushed the boat down the river and accepted the reward of the poor and became the lord of Shanshui City. Next, he ordered the construction of roads to open up the connection between Shanshui City and Ba Yuan, which brought a lot of benefits to the tribal alliance in the wilderness, but there was a lot of friction with Lord Yue Geng, the lord of Gaocheng City, and Yue Geng also stepped down as the city lord of Gao Cheng.
Wakayama and the tribal alliance now known as the Shanshui clan actually did not have a good impression of Xiangqi, especially Yuegeng, but they lived in the wilderness in the northern border of Xiangmuro Country, so they had to deal with each other and accept this nominal vassality. Later, there was the mediation of Lord Xiling, and there was nothing wrong with each other in the past few years.
But after all, Shanshui City is different from other castles, and the biggest benefit they get actually comes from opening up exchanges with Ba Yuan, and the Xiangmuro Kingdom also benefits from it. But the people of Shanshui City do not need the protection of Xiangmuro, nor do they want to be driven by poverty for no reason.
Of course, the order to recruit the army was also delivered to Shanshui City, and according to the usual situation, Ruoshan was willing to provide a batch of military supplies, but he was unwilling to send young people from various tribes to the front line to participate in the war. But after consulting with Granny Shui, Gu Xin and others, he still led two army formations to Bayuan as a garrison in the rear of the Xiangmuro Kingdom.
Shanshui City is far away in the depths of the wilderness in the north, and the order of Xiang Poor is sent over, and it will take a long time for the military formation of Shanshui City to leave the wilderness after a long journey, and its combat effectiveness is not clear, and it is impossible for Xiang Poor to let them go to the front line, and they have already led the real elite army in the country to go to battle.
Ruoshan not only symbolically sent two military formations to Ba Yuan, but also left Shanshui City himself. The reason is very simple, a lot of news has also spread to Shanshui City, including various rumors about "Little Mister" Peng Keng. (To be continued......)