Fu Song

Ren Zhong returned to the shack in exhaustion, took out twenty big money from his arms and handed it to his wife Su E.

"Today's wages!"

Taking the money, Su'e dug out a blue cloth bundle from the haystack, opened it, and carefully stuffed twenty big coins into it.When the money was put in, there was a jingle, and apparently there were some copper coins in it.

"Father, today I went to smash stone seeds, and I also earned three cents!" Du Shan, the adopted son, looked up at him with an expression of waiting for praise.

Ren Zhong took his hand, feeling a little sad. The ten-year-old child had thick calluses on his hands.

His wife Su'e had to take care of her one-year-old son, so she could only stay in this small shack.

"Don't go tomorrow, Dad can support you." Ren Zhong patted his adopted son's head.

"I've grown up!" Du Shan shook his head: "Besides, it's not tiring to smash stone seeds. There are people younger than me. They can do it, why can't I do it? Although five cents a day is not much, it can be done. feed myself!"

"Let's eat!" Su'e brought some black noodles, a bowl of gruel, and a bowl of pickles. "In the daytime, I heard from the chief officer in charge of our area that Xiayi has been taken down by the army. Maybe we will be placed there and given back to the land! I heard that there are ten rooms and nine empty spaces, and those The wealthy people who hid in Xiayi City to fight against the army were all arrested, and all the land was confiscated."

Ren Zhong nodded: "There's this, I've heard about it on the construction site during the day, and everyone is very excited."

"If we can really get a piece of land, then we can settle down. Here, after all, it is not a long-term solution." Su'e said.

Ren Zhong bit his head hard, as if he was thinking about something on his mind.

They have been living in refugee camps for a long time.

At first, they lived on government alms, it was delusional to eat enough, they could only hang their lives, and they were not allowed to leave the refugee camp.

Later, cash-for-work began.

Those with strength like them are gathered together to repair ditches, dig weirs and ponds, and work for twenty cents a day. Although the price of one stone of rice has grown to two thousand dollars, twenty cents can also make a family. People are full.

There is a lot of work, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will not go hungry. Like Du Shan, the adopted son, he went to smash stone seeds. An adult can earn twenty or thirty cents a day, and someone like him can earn five cents a day. , is already under the death of strength.

The Song army suddenly launched an attack on the Zhao army and captured Xiayi in one fell swoop. Now the army has already approached Shangqiu and Songcheng.

Xiayi has become an important rear of the army.

Immigrants and reclamation to enrich the rear must be done.

It is the easiest way for the government to confiscate the land and property of those who have fought against the Song army to resettle the refugees.

But in Xiayi, it is not safe because of this.

As a battle-hardened veteran, Ren Zhong naturally knew the importance of Shangqiu and Songcheng to the Zhao army. If they lost these two places, Kaifeng would be in danger.

Therefore, in these two places, I am afraid that there will be a tug of war for many years.

The Song army had less than [-] troops in this direction, and there was no advantage. …

Xiayi, is it really safe?

not necessarily.

Sitting cross-legged at the door of the shack, looking at the sparse lights in the refugee camp along the gap in the curtain, behind him came the shrill breathing of two children.

It was cold, and the two children hugged each other tightly in the haystack.

"Anything on your mind?" Su'e reached out and held Ren Zhong's hand, both of them were cold. "I've been absent-minded since I came back at night."

"When I came back today, I saw a flag for recruiting soldiers at the gate of the city!" Ren Zhong whispered.

Su'e was startled, and immediately grabbed Ren Zhong's hand, her nails deeply embedded in Ren Zhong's palm, "Don't go, can't we live now? If the land is divided, life will get better day by day. Yes, I don't want you to be a soldier anymore, I don't want you to go out as a living person like Du Shan's father, and when you come back, there are only a few ashes."

Ren Zhong took a deep breath and stretched out his arms to take Su E in his arms: "I can't escape. In this world, no one can escape the war. Moreover, I don't want you to suffer like this all the time. Have you seen dinner at night, Xiao Shan? Zi Ming is not full, but he says he is full. When he was growing up, you lost a lot of weight, you can't go on like this."

Sue cried softly.

"With my resume, if I apply for the recruitment, I can at least become an officer like a team commander. I looked at their conditions. You can be placed in the city, it will be safer." Ren Zhongdao.

Su'e just cried. This man is the same as her previous man. Once he makes up his mind, the nine-headed ox can't be pulled back.

"The children need a better life, and I am also unhappy." Ren Zhong clenched his fists and said, "Big Brother Du died, and hundreds of my brothers were also killed by the Liao people. They take revenge, and I will never feel at ease in my life."

"Liao people are so vicious!" Su'e wept bitterly: "Even our emperor was captured by them."

"It's different now, it used to be a treacherous minister." Ren Zhong patted Su E's back gently: "Now that Xiao Shoufu, who is in power, is a capable person, you can understand from our current situation, from Hebei Escaped along the way, where have you seen such an orderly place? Besides, I went to see the Baiyu Army, as well as those from Yunnan, which are really powerful. It is much stronger than our previous team. "

"I have a big life and I won't die." Ren Zhong hugged his wife tightly and whispered.

Before dawn, Ren Zhong got up, opened the curtain and walked out.

He knew that the wife beside him hadn't slept all night, and was just pretending to be asleep at the moment.

He stood at the gate of the shack for a while, but turned around resolutely and walked towards the city gate.

"Name!"

"Ren Zhong!"

"Refugee?"

"Yes!"

"Who else is with you?"

"My woman, there is a ten-year-old baby, and a one-year-old baby!" Ren Zhong stood at the table and answered the staff's question.

There are a lot of people who want to be soldiers. Even though the sky is just getting brighter, there are already a lot of people in front of this shed.

One clerk was in charge of registration, and the other team general sat aside, seemingly in charge of selection. …

You don't want to be a soldier to be a soldier.

At least here, without two brushes, people don't want you at all.

"Brother, your conditions are not good!" The clerk put down his pen and said, "You have a wife and children, you are the pillar of the family, and you don't have any brothers, sons and nephews. We are recruiting troops here, not independents."

Of course Ren Zhong knew these conditions.

"My name is Ren Zhong, and I escaped from the north. I used to be an army in the north of Hebei Province. I served in Tianmenzhai, and I lost the battle with the Liao army, so I escaped." Ren Zhong said.

As soon as he heard that he was the army from the north of the river, the general sitting on the side, his eyes lit up.

"Have you served in the riverside army? Looking at you, you shouldn't be an ordinary soldier, right?"

Ren Zhong hesitated for a while, but decided to tell the truth: "When I was in Tianmenzhai, I was a battalion general. When I rejected Mahe, I ran into the Su Shan army. There were hundreds of brothers, but few survived."

"Brigade general!" The team general jumped up and glanced at Ren Zhong up and down.

"Shangguan, that's all in the past. Now I'm a refugee. I want to be a soldier, avenge my brothers, and fight back to Hebei." Ren Zhong said.

That team will take Ren Zhong into the city.

When recruiting troops, there is an explanation from the top that if there is a former army from Hebei Province to apply, it can open the door of convenience.

This Ren Zhong was not only an army officer in the north of the Hebei Province, but also a battalion general.

Ren Zhong met Li Yan, the commanding officer under Gao Yingxiang, who was also in charge of this recruitment.

It was said that Jiangnan would expedition the forbidden army, the Xiang army, but those people really dared to come, Xiao Cheng really dared not use it, and at most let those people guard the city and transport food and grass. , basically unavailable.Let these people do some auxiliary work, but it can liberate more troops to deal with the current situation.

It's not necessarily a real fight, but confrontation is definitely indispensable.

Liu Yu and Qu Zhen are both old foxes, so they really found out that the troops in the east are not strong enough, maybe they will join forces to fight.

Therefore, Xiao Cheng still needs to recruit a group of brave warriors who can use it.

No one is more suitable than the former Hebei North Army!
After a little cross-examination, Li Yan confirmed that Ren Zhong did not lie, and that many things in the military cannot be made up without personal experience.

"It's a long journey from Hebei, you have suffered a lot!" Li Yan asked.

"Yes, I used to be a bandit in Liangshan in the east of the river for a period of time! A few recognized frontier troops fell into trouble there, and gathered a lot of people!" Ren Zhong said.

"Liangshan's son-in-law has a lot of momentum. We have heard about it here. It makes Liu Yu's head hurt!" Li Yan laughed: "Then why don't you stay there? At least you can eat and drink spicy food."

"I'm afraid that if I've been there for a long time, I'll really become a bandit!" Ren Zhong said, "I don't like them doing anything! And I'm not sure that day, they will be recruited and become Liu Yu's accomplices. "

He clenched his fists and said, "I want to kill and avenge my brothers. I can't count on other places, so I can only count on here!"

"You don't need to tell me about Yelumin letting you go!" Li Yan said with a smile.

"Since I want to come here, I have to be honest. I used to be Qin Min's personal soldier, but at that time, he was really a good guy!" Ren Zhong sighed.

"Why don't you go with him? He is now a majestic king, the King of Zhenbei of Liao!" Li Yan laughed.

"Although Ren Zhong has not read two books, he also knows that the surname of his ancestors should not be abandoned, and the land of his ancestors should not be lost. I used to be Qin Min's personal soldier, but I don't want to be Yelumin's slave!" Ren Zhongdao said .

"Well said!" Li Yan laughed loudly: "I don't hide from you that Ren Zhong, now we are indeed short of experienced officers like you. Our own is not enough, and those who came from the north are not the ones who used to be soldiers. Few, but fewer have been officers. Those people have either died in battle or are now our enemies."

Ren Zhong looked at Li Yan.

"So, you are now the deputy battalion general, but you are specifically responsible for one battalion. We will send a military judge and a logistics officer for you!" Li Yan said with a smile: "After a while, your identity and After the background check is fully confirmed by the Overwatch Council, it can be corrected, is there any problem?"

"Deputy battalion general?" Ren Zhong couldn't believe his ears.

"Yes! Your experience is totally worth it!" Li Yan said: "Northern Expedition, defeating the Liao Kingdom, our common thoughts!"

He reached out and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Give you a day to arrange your family, and then you will be so busy that your feet won't touch the ground."

A personal soldier suddenly ran in in a panic, and whispered a few words in Li Yan's ear. Li Yan's face changed suddenly, he stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand to call a clerk over, and ordered him to bring any Zhong went to go through the corresponding formalities, but he ran to the outside, and when he passed the threshold, he almost tripped over the threshold.

Such a gaffe made Ren Zhong greatly puzzled. Something must have happened to make a person of Li Yan's level so panicked.

But what happened?
But obviously, things that can make Li Yan lose his temper are definitely not his Ren Zhong's turn to worry about.

He never imagined that he would become a battalion general as soon as he came, oh, or a deputy.

But it doesn't matter, it will soon become positive.

The key is that, sitting in this position, the first thing he can do is to let his wife and children end the precarious life of the past two years.

Or, let Xiaoshanzi read some books, although it is a little late.

Don't let him be like his own father and his later father. He needs to fight for his life with a knife. Even if he can't study, it's good to be a clerk in the back.

When Li Yan stepped onto the horse, his legs were weak, and the pro-military pushed him, and then he climbed up.

Chief was assassinated!

It's not acting, it's a real assassination.

Just now, the personal soldiers also said things in a different way, which made him anxious, and he ran wildly all the way.

It wasn't until he rushed into the Xiaoxian county office and saw Xiao Cheng and Gao Yingxiang who were looking as usual, he was relieved.

Xiaoxian County was Li Yan's defense area. Now that something like this happens, I'm afraid that he will be cut.

"First Assistant, Chief!" Taking a step forward, he knelt down on one knee: "Is it okay?"

Gao Yingxiang shook his head: "Shoufu has two personal guards, one dead and the other injured, and the injured one doesn't know if he can be saved or not. Assassins mixed in the crowd and suddenly attacked, and the crossbow arrows were poisoned. Fortunately, the personal guards of Shoufu were all dead. After hundreds of battles, rich experience."

"How did the assassin know that Shoufu came to Xiao County?" Li Yan said: "Someone leaked the itinerary of Shoufu?"

"Probably not!" Gao Yingxiang said: "The trial is underway, but the first assistant is in the Xuzhou area, and it is known from the outside. I am afraid that the opponent is throwing a big net, and people are sent everywhere."

"I'll arrange a big raid right away!" Li Yan jumped up.

"There's no need to make a big deal!" Xiao Cheng shook his head and said, "Let Zhiqiuyuan and the Imperial City Division investigate this matter. What else should you do? By the way, Director Gao, write to Jiang Ning, Han Yong can come out. "