Fu Song

Chapter 442
Wu Jing jumped off the horse, and the faces of the people who surrounded him showed extreme disappointment.

There were only three bags of grain in the carriage following Wu Jing.

This small amount of food is a drop in the bucket for a population of almost [-] people in Mangbu.

At the turn of spring and summer, the Mangbu has been out of food for several days.

A few days ago, Wu Jing went to Weining to ask Dong Kui, their leader, to borrow food. All the people in the Mang tribe were looking forward to Wu Jing's return with food, but the reality made everyone a little desperate.

Even if these bags of grain are boiled into porridge, the people of the same clan can't share a few mouthfuls.

A woman's crying sounded in the crowd, followed by a child's crying sound gradually, like an infectious disease, the crying grew louder, drowning Wu Jing.

Wu Jing, who was just in his early twenties, ignored the women's and children's howls, and ordered several young and strong people to unload the food with a sullen face, then called a few small heads and walked into his thatched hut.

Even though Wu Jing is now the leader of Mangbu, he just lives in a thatched house. The difference from ordinary people is that his thatched house is bigger, and the thatch covered and the mud on the walls are thicker and stronger. , more resistant to wind and rain.

At the beginning, Luo Piao, the co-leader of the Shimen Fan tribe, was defeated by Guizhou Road General Wang Zhu's army. Ning gained a firm foothold with the support of Gao Yingxiang from Dali.

Dong Kui thus succeeded Luo Piao as the head of all the tribes in Shimen.

However, the Mang tribe, which was once superior in strength and wealth among the Shimen tribe, suffered the brunt of the war, and because the leader Wu Dabang died in battle, it plummeted.

In the process of fleeing, the young Wu Jing became the new leader of Mangbu because of his own courage.When fleeing for one's life, after all force is still more important.

Even after gaining a firm foothold in Weining, the lost Mangbu faced coveting from other tribes several times. Although they had no property anymore, women and children were good things they wanted.And during that period when the clan could be wiped out at any time, Wu Jing withstood the pressure from all sides with his own strength and kept his head.

But Wu Jing didn't expect that those were just the beginning.

It may not be too difficult to protect a tribe in danger, but for a long time, it is much more difficult to keep this tribe from dying out in the long river of history.

"Will Mr. Dong refuse to borrow food?" An old man's face was pale, and his words were a little weak.

At his age, he can no longer fight or do heavy work, so he will naturally give food to the young and strong, and give it to the children. Even if he is the elder of the tribe, at this moment, he must put the tribe first. .

Wu Jing shook his head: "It's hard to say, I gave me three bags of food, and you all saw it."

"This is sending beggars away!" Another leader said angrily, "They changed the women's department, so maybe they also ran out of food?"

"How is it possible?" The old man shook his head and said, "Dali's aid comes to him first, and then it is distributed. If anyone is hungry, they will not starve Yi Niang's family. Wu Jing, right?"

Wu Jing nodded: "Everyone knows Dong Kui's thoughts now, but it's too late for us to know. The strength of the Yiniang tribe itself will be stronger after the war, and now he has annexed the Wumeng tribe. Ah Tou In the spring of this year, the Yixi tribe was merged into the Yiniang tribe if they couldn't make it through, and the remaining few tribes are still struggling, but how long can they last!"

"Wu Jing, we still have some livestock in our hands. The price of livestock in Bijie is quite high, while grain is very low in their side. Why not." The middle-aged man whispered.

"Dong Kui doesn't allow any of us to trade with Guizhou Road, don't you know? If he finds out about this, wouldn't it be fair to ask him to deal with us? He is worried that he can't find an excuse!" shouted the old man.

"He doesn't lend us food, and he refuses to let us get food ourselves. Is it possible that we will starve to death or be swallowed up by him?" The middle-aged man said angrily, "If the old patriarch is here, what can we do in Mangbu?" Will it be so condescending?"

There was silence in the room.

After a while, the old man said in a low voice: "The old patriarch died at the hands of the other party. Now, in order to survive, do we bow our heads to them?"

"Then you say that the old patriarch is underground, do you want us to be annexed by Dong Kui, or do you want us all to starve to death?" The middle-aged man said angrily, "I'm not afraid of death, but there are more than two hundred people under the age of ten in the clan." Where's the doll!"

"Even if we are willing to make a deal with Bijie and sell livestock to buy food, how can we pass Yiniangbu's pass? They control the main traffic roads and passes at the border with Bijie!" the old man said.

Wu Jing was silent for a while, and said: "It can't go on like this, Dong Kui just wants to swallow us when we are cornered, we must not follow the old path of Yixi and Atou, I will go to Usabu , Their situation is similar to ours, let's see if our two films can join forces."

"The more people there are, the worse the food will be!" the old man lamented.

"Kill the livestock, kill the livestock in the ministry, let's eat first!" Wu Jing said decisively.

The old man said in surprise: "No, now there are only breeding animals and female animals left in the clan, and there are no more small animals that have grown up. They can't be killed any more. If you kill any more, the awns will really be finished."

"There is no unparalleled road." Wu Jing's face was gloomy: "Dong Kui wants us to perish, so don't blame me for being unkind."

"Boss, what are you doing?"

"Uncle, let's talk about it when I come back from Ursabu!" Wu Jing looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Wu Zhuang, kill the livestock."

"Okay!" the middle-aged man Wu Zhuang said loudly.

Standing at the door of the thatched hut, I heard the wailing of the dying animals, but no one in the tribe cheered because they would soon have a full meal, instead they cried louder.

For them, slaughtering breeding stock and dams is killing their future.

If you are full today, what should you do tomorrow?

What should we do tomorrow?

Wu Jing had already made up his mind, and Wu Zhuang, another powerful faction leader in the clan, also reached an agreement with him.

Of course we have to find another way out.

How can you just tie your hands?

No one would have thought that Wu Jing, who said he was going to borrow food, deserted halfway, turned a corner, and sneaked onto Guizhou Road. He first met Luo Gang, the prefect of Bijie, and then went straight to Guiyang Mansion, where he saw Guizhou The master Xiao Cheng.

Wu Jing is ready to go to Guizhou Road.

Although the current fate of the Mang tribe was caused by Xiao Cheng, but seeing the happy life of the Mahu tribe and the Nanguang tribe, Wu Jing felt that all the hatred in the past could be let go.

The dead are gone, and the living will continue.

He couldn't just sit back and watch Mangbu be annexed, nor could he just watch the old people in the clan go on hunger strike and die one by one because of lack of food.

When he met Xiao Cheng, Wu Jing didn't have any hesitation about the other party's offer.

Not only has good arrangements been made for Wu Jing and Wu Zhuang, but even the entire Mang tribe can return to their hometown. After returning, the government will re-divide their land and pastures, build houses for them, and distribute them to livestock.Xiao Cheng even promised them that with the government's support, at most one year, Mangbu's days would be able to catch up with the current Mahu and Nanguangbu.

Wu Jing agreed.

He will never forget that night, a Song official named Wu Ke took him to the place called Huajianlou, and witnessed the exaggerated fight between Ma Xie and Sheng Lu.

Tens of thousands of money, just to sleep with a woman for one night!
Is that thing studded with diamonds?

Wu Jing has never even heard of the dazzling array of delicious and fragrant food in Huajian Building. There, Wu Jing only feels that he is a country bumpkin.

What's even more exasperating is that even a few years ago, Marshall and Sheng Lu were not much better than themselves.

But now, they no longer even have their own shadow in the corner of their eyes.

When they met in the pacification envoy's yamen the next day, it was obvious that they recognized themselves completely.

It's only been three years, is the fate of the two parties already the difference between heaven and earth?
Walking around the cattle and horse market, he saw quite a few barbarians from the former Syrian province. They all had red faces, fat heads and big ears, and wore gold and silver. It was obvious that they lived a very comfortable life.

Why can't I live a life like that?People in Mangbu should also live such days.

Instead of being like now, the old man went on a hunger strike to save a bite of food, women would not have enough milk to feed their children because they were not full, and men who should be strong and strong were all thin, with only a pair of eyes that became too big .

Mangbu's ability to raise livestock is no worse than that of people in Hunan and Guangxi in Ma, and the knife in his hand is even better than Ma Xie and Sheng Lu.

In the future, I will definitely be stronger than them.

In the future, Mangbu will definitely be stronger than Ma Hunanguang.

Yue Teng leaned on his horse, staring at the thousands of cavalry who were resting below.

This is the mobile cavalry just formed on Guizhou Road.

In the entire Song army, there is not a fully organized pure cavalry unit.Basically, the cavalry exists as a support for a large infantry team.This is in line with the most basic situation of Song Dynasty.

The Liao Kingdom only has a fully organized independent cavalry unit.

Now, Xiao Ding, entrenched in the northwest, also has an independent cavalry unit, the iron kite.

The cavalry unit is popular in the north because of its fast maneuvering, rapid combat, and it is not easy to catch their tracks. However, in the south, let alone a single cavalry unit, even the cavalry itself is not common. .

Because there are many mountains and waters in the south, these mountains and waters cut the geography into pieces, which are not suitable for large-scale cavalry combat at all, and the money needed to raise one cavalry can support ten infantry, because the cost performance The reason is that there are few large-scale establishments of cavalry in the South.

Among the many forces in the south, the cavalry basically existed as scouts.

Only Xiao Cheng has established a cavalry battalion among the six armies under his command.

But now, the establishment of a separate strategic cavalry unit is actually the result of Xiao Cheng's efforts to overcome all opinions.Originally, within the federation and the appeasement envoy, everyone disagreed, and felt that it was of little use.

When it is really necessary to use cavalry, the cavalry of various ministries can be drawn together to form a cavalry unit.

There is absolutely no need to spend a lot of money to raise a cavalry.

But Xiao Cheng insisted on his own opinion.

There are some things that Xiao Cheng does not want to say clearly, the reason why he attaches so much importance to cavalry is not because of the present, but because of the future.

One day, he will go north, no matter whether he is active or passive.

Could it be that at that time, will you hold Buddha's feet when you come again?

Unlike infantry, which can be trained and formed in a short period of time, as long as the armor and weapons are in place, even if they only train for a few months, the infantry may become a strong army.

But cavalry, without years of accumulation, really go to the battlefield, that is someone else's dish.

The iron kite of Xiaoding in the northwest was compiled on the basis of Dangxiang people. Even the Han people in the northwest land regard riding horses as commonplace.

In the south, knowing how to ride a horse is a skill.

The reason why Xiao Cheng paid attention to the three-way barbarians in Xuzhou was because they were a group of cavalry who could mount their horses and fight at any time.

The cavalry on the Guizhou Road who had trained for several years was almost at the same level as them.

Having a strong cavalry can now be used as strategic support, where there are problems, they will support there.Now all the prefectures on Guizhou Road have set off an upsurge of road construction. Once the road is good, the cavalry can reach any place more quickly.

To put it bluntly, where the army can arrive in the shortest time, the rule will naturally be the most stable.

And in the future, such a cavalry will become the main force in combat.

If one day in the future, if you really want to fight against the Liao people, you still have to use cavalry to win if you want to win.Infantry can defeat the Liao army, but they cannot destroy the Liao army.

A pawn with two legs can never outrun a cavalry with four legs.

If you win the battle, he slips away and you can't catch up, what can you do?

He finds a secluded place, and within a few days, he will be able to gather a team again, ready to trouble you at any time.

Pawns cannot be defeated, and a defeat is a disaster.

The cavalry is not afraid of defeat, what is great is to come again.

But how can both sides be cavalry?

If you lose, then you have to invite monks and Taoists to be reborn, right?

But now Yue Teng still doesn't like the group of cavalry in his hand.

Out of a thousand people, [-] people were drawn from various armies, and each of them was naturally a leader in the army, very arrogant.The other six hundred or so people were just recruited from the Mahu Department and the Nanguang Department, and they were all rebellious.

Like Wang Zhu, Yue Teng was also from the Hebei Frontier Army.

Looking at his face, he is not a good person. Yue Teng, who lacks one eye and one ear, used to be a member of Xiao's family's nursing home. Inside, always by Xiao Cheng's side.

This time, Xiao Cheng finally released him and took over as the commander of this strategic mobile cavalry Skyhawk Army.

(End of this chapter)