Fu Song

Chapter 502 Reconstruction
With bare arms, Ren Zhong held the mallet tightly in both hands, and stood facing the other guy. The mallet in his hand swung in a big circle, and then fell heavily into the two splints in front of him.

The two cooperated tacitly, rising and falling one after another, turning the loose loess into a solid wall one by one.

Here, it used to be an important border town that made the Liao people fearful, and it was the Tianmen Village that the Liao people couldn't pass through, but now, there are only ruins left.

When the Liao people withdrew across the Juma River, Tianmen Village was completely burned down, and even the city walls were destroyed by them.

After Song Jun took over, it had to be rebuilt.

Tianmenzhai is located at an important point, guarding this place will guard the main route of the Liao people's southward invasion, and most importantly, they can also control the three bridges on the upper, middle and lower sides of the Juma River.

When the Liao people occupied these lands on the south bank, they pretended to promote the trade between the two sides and make the exchanges between the two sides more convenient. Therefore, a permanent wooden bridge and two pontoon bridges were built on the Juma River. fifty miles.

Tianmen Village happened to be guarded among them.

The importance of status is obvious.

Ren Zhong is already in his early thirties, and he used to be a member of the frontier army.In the first battle seven years ago, his Guangxin Army was defeated by the Liao Army, and the entire army collapsed. Their commander, Qin Kuan, was even beheaded by the then coach Cui Ang in the name of misleading the army.

Ren Zhong still remembered that when some of their defeated soldiers fled back to the city of Daming Mansion, what they saw was the head of their general hanging high above the city wall.

They were so frightened that they dared not enter the city again, nor did they dare to reveal their identity as frontier soldiers, so they ran away directly.

Hiding their identities until Cui Ang left and Ma Xing took office, they ushered in their first day.

After Ma Xing took office as a pacifier, the first thing he did was to post a list to recruit the frontier soldiers of the year.

As long as he is willing to return to the team, he will immediately pay [-] guan as a settling fee.

Ren Zhong returned to the team at that time. At that time, he had just begged his wife, a widow, and a boy with him.Her husband was also a member of the frontier army, but unfortunately he died in battle.

The widow had a child with her, and it was difficult to survive, and Ren Zhong was also a widow, so they gathered together to live.

But at that time, Hebei was really difficult.

It is really difficult to support a family with a single effort.

So after Ren Zhong heard about this, he joined the army again.

Not only for the fifty guan, but also for the promise of the new pacifier, to give these veterans a monthly military salary.

This money is enough to keep the family alive.

And those fifty strings can still buy more than ten acres of land.

In the land of Hebei just after the turmoil, the land is not expensive.

Ma Xing spent a lot of money to recruit these veterans because he listened to Wang Jun's suggestion.

Ma Xing, who was transferred from Shaanxi Road appeasement envoy to Hebei Road appeasement envoy, really took over a mess.Although some forbidden troops and Xiang soldiers were transferred from various places to reorganize the Hebei Roadside Army, but over the years, the forbidden troops and Xiang troops in various parts of the Song Dynasty were almost rotten, and even the Fourth Army was vulnerable, let alone Talk about the army elsewhere.

In order to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the army, Wang Jun came up with this idea.

When King Jing was in Hebei, there were more than [-] frontier troops combined, and the most elite troops like the Guangrui Army also had six or seven branches, with a total of [-] to [-].

Although these people walked away and collapsed later, there must be many scattered among the people.

The implementation of this policy has indeed attracted many frontier soldiers to return to the team, and their return has also laid a solid foundation for Ma Xing to reorganize the new Hebei Road Army.

It's just that neither Ma Xing nor Wang Jun expected that there was another person fighting with them for these border troops scattered all over the place.

This person is Qin Min.

King Jing of Bianliang rebelled, relying on these frontier troops who rushed over from Hebei.

After the incident, Ma Xing once cursed Qin Min because Qin Min buried the last elite of the Hebei Army in the capital.

It's a pity that the scolding came from scolding, and Ma Xing was also saddened afterwards.

What can I do?

Back then, if Qin Min had brought these thousands of frontier troops to help King Jing's rebellion, but had come to Hebei Road to look for him, would he have accepted him?

Ask yourself, Ma Xing thinks he can't.

Because Cui Ang was in the limelight in front of the emperor at that time, and the emperor was using him to attack every force that dared to challenge him, so he would not offend Cui Ang because of Qin Min.

I would accept those thousands of frontier troops, but I definitely wouldn't want Qin Min.

Not arresting him is the greatest kindness I have towards him.

Of course, from his own point of view, Ma Xing felt that Qin Min was wrong.

Later, after Qin Min defected to the Liao Kingdom and became the commander of the Shan army of the Liao Kingdom, Ma Xing once got drunk.

Da Song created one strong enemy after another for himself.

There is Xiao Ding in the northwest, and now there is Qin Min in the north.

They were all invincible generals of the Song Dynasty, and they were all feared by the Liao people.

But now, they have all become enemies of Da Song.

The frontier army of Song Dynasty shuddered when they heard their names.

How did that happen?

Da Song must have gone wrong there.

Ma Xing thought about it, but he still didn't dare to think about it, and he was unwilling to admit that something was wrong with their emperor.

Therefore, his conclusion can only be that the treacherous officials are in power to deceive Sheng Cong.

These treacherous ministers include not only Cui Ang, but also Xia Jie.

Ren Zhong was sweating profusely.

As a frontier soldier, he naturally knows the glorious past of Tianmen Village, and he has admired the soldiers who fought here, and he also wanted to compete with them to see who killed more Liao people .

It's a pity that all of this has become the moon in the mirror and flowers in the water.

Now, he is already a battalion general with [-] soldiers under his command.These soldiers were all trained by him one by one, one by one, and they were no worse than those brothers back then.

But now they had to put down their swords and guns, and took up mallets to build the city wall.

Because all the nearby residents were coerced by the Liao people and retreated to the north bank of the Juma River, the number of newly recruited corvees was far from enough, and the speed of building the city wall was very slow, which made the superiors very dissatisfied.

Once an order is issued, these soldiers must also join in. Every three days, they must help repair the city walls they are stationed for one day.

In fact, in order to make the big men more satisfied, the generals above did not work one day out of three, but stayed on the city wall every day.

Because the higher-ups are sending people to inspect the progress of the city wall construction every day.

Those who progress quickly will be praised, and those who progress slowly will be reprimanded.

And this news was also heard by the battalion general Ren Zhong after he complained to the battalion general that his soldiers should not give up patrolling and training in order to build the city wall.

Everyone is helpless!
Ren Zhong didn't understand why the higher ups were in such a hurry to build these city walls?
These villages, including Tianmen Village, are all for defense against the Liao people.

Didn't the Song Dynasty and the Liao people just sign a peace agreement?
Didn't the Liao people just evacuate?

Why such a rush to build it?

Can't we fix it slowly?

Ren Zhong couldn't figure it out, his position determined that he could only obey orders.

He has always been a battalion commander who is considerate of his subordinates. Except on the training ground and when performing tasks, he naturally does things like repairing the city wall by himself.

Every time he repairs a section, he still has to poke it with the tip of a knife. From now on, this will be his station. Maybe when the Liao people will call again, it will be good for him to repair it stronger.

On the land of Hebei in the Yizhan Plain, the biggest capital of the Song Dynasty against the Liao people is now the city wall.

Perhaps, this is what the big shots above are anxious about?

After all, there is only one enemy on the Hebei Road, and that is the Liao people.

Ren Zhong misses the frontier army very much.

One command, a team of [-] people, six battalions, including one cavalry battalion and five infantry battalions.After the infantry formed an army formation, they dared to advance towards the Liao cavalry.And five hundred cavalry, spread out on both wings, rushed in and retreated.

Can it still be done now?

Ren Zhong didn't know.

He felt that the soldiers under his command could do it, but whether the soldiers of other battalions could do it was a question mark.

Moreover, the current commanding generals do not seem to be as powerful as those frontier generals in the past.

Just like their current chief general of Tianmenzhai, An Ming, has a strong background. I heard that his old age is the commander of the Tianwu Army of the Fourth Army.

An Ming's own kung fu is also good, at least Ren Zhong knows that he can't go through a few rounds in his hands, no matter whether it is horse fighting, foot fighting or bow and arrow, An Ming is very proficient.

But it can't be compared with Qin Min, the general who led the army in the past!

Ren Zhong still knew it.

That kind of bravery and killing spirit can be felt.

Back then when General Qin Min stood at the front of the team, the big guy had a solid foundation in his heart, but now Ren Zhong doesn't have this feeling.

But he knew General Qin Min, but General Qin Min didn't recognize himself.

At that time, I was still a soldier.

I didn't participate in the battle of Baigou Station, otherwise, I must have died in that battle, right?
Later, General Qin Min somehow became a prisoner.

Afterwards, there was no news at all.

Probably dead, after all, they have all become criminals.

Ren Zhong sighed and continued to wave the gavel.

Anyway, he doesn't understand these things.

General Qin Min was gone, and so was General Wang Jun who later brought his people along.

It is said that General Wang Jun secretly colluded with Northwest Wang Xiaoding and was arrested in Bianliang for interrogation.

These people used to be well-known figures on Hebei Road!
"Boss, is it alright?" Looking at the wall that had been beaten flat and even a little shiny, Ren Zhong took an awl aside, poked it, and nodded in satisfaction.

The splint was untied, moved up a section, and the splint was reinstalled. Someone below brought up baskets of loess and poured them into the splint, and a new round of beating began.

The outside still needs to be covered with bricks, and there are already a lot of blue bricks piled up outside Tianmen Village.

Now the price of blue bricks on the entire Hebei Road is skyrocketing, there are prices but no market, Tianmen Village can get these, firstly because Tianmen Village's geographical location is really important, and secondly, it is also because of An Ming's face.

After all, he is the son of the commander of the Tianwu Army, and he is still well-known in this area of ​​Hebei.

After covering it with bricks, the defensive strength of the city wall can immediately be upgraded to a higher level.

The sun was gradually setting to the west, and the work of Ren Zhong's team was coming to an end.

Their team has always been the benchmark for the troops stationed in Tianmen Village, whether it is combat effectiveness or anything else.

Even the battalion that An Ming personally brought over from the Upper Fourth Army would definitely not be the opponent of Ren Zhong's battalion in a real fight.

So An Ming has always been very polite to Ren Zhong.

An Ming is very good at winning over subordinates, and Ren Zhong has received a lot of goodies that An Ming got from Bianliang.

Naturally, Ren Zhong would not refuse anything from his superiors, anyway, he would not lose money if he took it, but if a general really wants to convince his subordinates, the best way is to lead his subordinates to fight a few big victories.

Small favors and small benefits are of little use to people like Ren Zhong.

Anyway, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, you are the boss, and I will follow the rules.

It will never exceed half of Lei Chi.

If you really want me to treat you as a brother, then let's fight a few battles side by side first.

When closing the team, Ren Zhong happened to run into his boss, An Ming.

An Ming was accompanying a businessman talking and laughing through the unfinished city gate.

At night, this city gate is just blocked with a few broken boards.

It was a businessman from the Liao Kingdom. Judging by the way An Ming talked with that person, he was definitely not low in status, and his methods were definitely great.

"Ren Zhong, Ren Zhong, come here!" An Ming saw Ren Zhong, who was bare-armed and carrying his clothes in his hands. He was leading the team to the camp on one side. Although everyone was exhausted, his The team was still neatly lined up, each with their chests and bellies proudly raised.

The businessman looked at the team, his eyes lit up.

"Shopkeeper Sun, this is the most useful general under my command." An Ming patted Ren Zhong's sweat-stained shoulder affectionately, and said, "Next time you come, you must get me a good horse for my brother, Ma Gao Not below my shoulders."

Ren Zhong's eyelids twitched. An Ming was nine feet tall, and his horse was no lower than his shoulders. I got it from the royal garden.

Such a horse, even in the Liao Kingdom, is not an ordinary commodity, right?
Ren Zhong thought that the shopkeeper surnamed Sun would definitely refuse, but he didn't expect that the little old man would agree immediately.

"No problem, the BMW is a gift to the hero. This general looks like a reputable hero! It's just An Tong system, I can get this horse, this money?"

"Money is nothing. Your shopkeeper Sun has walked this line not once or twice. When did I default on your money?" An Ming laughed.

"Okay, within three months, I will definitely come again, and at that time I will get the horse for the general." Shopkeeper Sun said with a smile: "An Tongzhi, when I pass the Tianmen Village, you can pay more than the tax." There are so many discounts!"

An Ming laughed loudly: "Shopkeeper Sun, you Lu Hesheng, are you still worried about the tax on this idea?"

Both of them laughed loudly, obviously they were old acquaintances.

(End of this chapter)