Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 606 Jiangzhou's Great Defeat
Since Yongjia, there have been a large number of refugees traveling and eating in Jiangzhou.These refugees have no fixed place to live, and they are separated from Wanghua, and it is easy to cause disasters for a long time.Therefore, since ZTE, the successive governors of Jiangzhou have made appeasing the refugees their top priority, among which Ying Zhan and Wen Qiao achieved the greatest results in the early years.

Thanks to the efforts of the previous governors and county guards, the reclamation in Jiangzhou is quite large, with tens of thousands of military and official households, most of which are distributed among counties and counties such as Yuzhang, Poyang, Linchuan, and Xunyang. .When there is nothing wrong in Jiangdong, these military and civilian households will guard the farmland to plow and weave production. Once something happens, tens of thousands of troops can be called in an instant.

Mo Yu is an ordinary member of the military households. His old hometown He Xiang has long been forgotten. He followed Du Tao in the early years to make troubles as far as Jiangzhou.Once he joined the army, he was a soldier for the rest of his life. In the past 20 years, Moyu didn't know who he followed, whether he was loyal or rebellious. In short, he participated in more than ten battles, big and small. Fortunately, he didn't die in the battle. Being able to marry a wife and have children is also considered an odd number.

Now Moyu is born in Haihun County, west of Poyang Lake. He has a wife and concubine, one son and three daughters. The family has more than ten hectares of land and meritorious land, and there are three or five peasant households attached to him. He can be called a wealthy family.

Mo Yu is over forty years old, which is a rare longevity for military households nowadays, except that half of the sole of his left foot was cut off in battle in the early years, and he still has a whole beard and tail.Therefore, the military households in Zuojin praised Moyu as a person who accumulated blessings, and he also benefited from it very much, and he was very happy.

Today's Moyu is considered an old veteran among the military households, he has survived many battles, and even the captain who supervises them above his head treats this old soldier with courtesy.Thanks to this qualification, ordinary military training and hard labor, Moyu can be exempted, and can be raised in the village without orders.Farming does not require him to work in the fields himself, and those who are not naturalized swimmers rush to join him. As long as they can manage their food, they can work as cattle and horses in busy seasons.

The only thing that is not beautiful is that Mo Yu's son has been sick since he was a child, and he is unbearable in farming and training. He really doesn't look like a soldier's son.For the sake of his family's only incense, Moyu also took great pains, deliberately leaving a daughter at home to recruit a strong slave, who can be used as a slave in ordinary times, and can replace his son's military service in wartime.

Although there is a rule in the town that orphans are not recruited, who in this day and age abides by that kind of hypocrisy, besides, his family was a family of three Dings when they opened the village and granted land, once they were recruited, they would not be able to pay the full amount of Dingkou , The military order should be cut, who cares about his life or death.

Spring plowing has been started for a long time, but the grain seeds have not been distributed in the village for a long time, and the neighbors begged him not to, so Moyu asked his son-in-law Mo Zhong to drive the ox cart to the village to ask the Shangguan.However, the residence was in chaos, no one responded to him at all, not even the veteran soldier who used to chat with him was not there.

Having been in the army for many years naturally developed a sense of crisis, Mo Yu quickly left the residence and ordered his son-in-law to drive back to his hometown as soon as possible.

"This kind of chaos, I'm afraid that another army will be raised. If there is a big call... slave, this time you are going to fight for your brother!"

Mo Yu said worriedly in the bullock cart, why the name of his son-in-law has long been unknown, so he took the family name, but Mo Yu is still used to calling him a slave, and does not regard him as a family.

"I know, I know, Grandpa."

The son-in-law, Mo Zhong, was born tall, burly and strong, with a simple and honest face, he nodded repeatedly after hearing the words.Suddenly the ox cart bumped into the earth and rocks on the road, and Moyu stared, and pulled the bamboo stick down: "Stupid servant, watch the road carefully, who can't drive such bumps!"

Mo Zhong bowed his back and accepted it honestly, turned around and smiled apologetically.Seeing his attitude, Mo Yu was even more annoyed by the inconvenience, he twitched a few more times, and cursed a few times: "You are really stupid! Why did you make the mistake of accepting you, a fool back then..."

The garrison is located in a beach, with many houses lined up. Mo Yu is considered to have some wealth, a spacious mansion, and even a back-up ox cart. He is considered a first-class family among military households.After returning home, there were already a crowd of villagers waiting here, Mo Yu waved his hands after getting off the car: "No news, let's go back to our respective homes."

After dismissing everyone, Mo Yu immediately summoned his family and told his old wife: "This time, I may be called, and my slave and I will join the army. You women are at home, and you must guard my slave. Every household in the field, Drive them all away, if the commander finds out, it will be a catastrophe..."

After a lot of explanations, the whole family got busy preparing. The food, cloth and other wealth accumulated in the past years were all hidden in the cellar a little far from home at night. Even the old cow and the driver were pulled out of the house and hid in In the tidal flat reed pond.

The reason why he didn't tell others what he had observed was not because Mo Yu had a dark heart, it was just that things like military matters were always kept secret.If he spread the word to the public ahead of time and attracted other families to hide in Dingkou, Moyu's ten heads would not be enough to lose him if he was tracked down.

Moyu's judgment was not wrong. On the third day after returning home, the order was sent to the village.A military lieutenant in his 20s led more than a hundred soldiers in full armor to gather all the families.

Mo Yu and his son-in-law Mo Zhong, who had already made preparations, were ready to go out with their rations on their backs. There was an old bow without strings at home, and he ordered his son-in-law to carry it on his back: "You stupid slave has no eyes, and you have a good physique for nothing. Selected by the commander. Bringing your own equipment is also a guarantee of survival."

Mo Zhong was used to being scolded by his father-in-law, he just smirked and didn't refute.

The young slave in the family is already seventeen years old, but he is thin and has not yet grown into a physique. Before going out, Mo Yu carefully told his son to hide it so that it would not be discovered, and then he went out.

Weng and his son-in-law arrived at the entrance of the village, and over a hundred people had already gathered here.Seeing Mo Yu's arrival, everyone stepped forward to inquire.If it was in the past, Moyu would be happy to be a veteran and tell everyone about the military affairs, but seeing that the recruiting soldier was young, but with a stern expression, he knew that this kind of cucumber would most like to challenge veterans to establish their prestige, so Pulling his son-in-law to hide in a corner, he didn't want to attract attention.

"Three drums are completed, 310 six should be recruited, and 63 are missing."

After counting the armored soldiers at the entrance of the village, they returned to report to the soldier.The young soldier's face turned dark when he heard the words, he held the saber in his crotch and yelled at the soldiers: "Let's do another drum, and we will go to the village for investigation later, and the naked ones will be killed!"

When the other military households heard this, they still laughed and didn't take it seriously.It's not like they haven't experienced this kind of scene. No matter how fierce the yelling is, it will be nothing in the end, and they won't really kill.

However, Moyu recalled the chaos he saw in the garrison earlier, and the fact that the veteran commander who had followed him for many years was replaced by a young man. Come on brother."

When Mo Zhong heard this, he didn't say much, and even left the team and rushed home.When the others saw this, they couldn't help being surprised, and began to discuss in whispers.After a while, some people also returned home to call people, but more people remained indifferent.

As soon as the drums were played, the soldier lifted his whip and shouted, "Fell to the ground!"

Mo Yu hurriedly dragged his son and son-in-law, who had just joined the team, to the ground. Seeing this, everyone also fell down.Then, more than 30 people were separated from behind the Bingwei, holding bows and knives to surround them, and the others galloped to the village under the leadership of the Bingwei.

When the people lying on the ground saw this, many people exclaimed in surprise. Before they could make a move, they heard the fierce soldiers around them roaring: "Whoever moves will be killed!"

There was a panic in the village, hearing those yells, Moyu couldn't help feeling rejoicing, fortunately he saw the opportunity early.He rolled his eyes, tore off the old bow that was hanging on his son-in-law's shoulder, and handed it to his son, and said in a low voice: "Don't be alarmed, little slave, follow Grandpa closely later, there will be no danger..."

Before the words fell, a series of screams and wailing came from the village. Without hesitation, the soldier returned again, and the soldiers behind him drove nearly a hundred people back to the entrance of the village.

The soldier came to the entrance of the village and stood there, pointed at one of them, and shouted, "Whose family?"

The military households lying on the ground fell silent, not daring to speak out.

"kill!"

As soon as the words fell, the butcher knife was swung, and the big head rolled to the ground.

"Son..."

Seeing this, the middle-aged man who fell on the ground suddenly raised his head, his canthus cracked.Then there was a sharp sound of piercing through the air, and a feathered arrow shot towards him, nailing him to death on the spot!
Seeing that everyone was silent like cicadas, the soldier had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he steered his horse around Dingkou who was searched out of the village, and pointed his whip casually: "Get out, you too... "

A dozen people were counted one after another, and each of them came out tremblingly with their heads down, but in the end they were greeted with the word "kill", and a dozen people fell down on the spot under random arrows!

"This time, the punishment will be light. If there is another offence, both men and women will be punished!"

The soldier and lieutenant stood in a pool of blood, and his tone was as cold as ice: "Get up, line up!"

A group of people got up in a hurry, barely formed a team, and then were driven to the next village.After going through four or five settlements, the team gradually expanded to thousands of people.Then, under the leadership of the soldier, they went to Nanchang County in a mighty way.

"Grandpa, I'm tired, I'm hungry..."

In the team, the Mo family child drooped his head weakly.

Mo Yu's body was covered with dust, and his face was full of sorrow. After all, he was old and weak, and he walked non-stop for nearly a day and a night, and his steps were already staggering, let alone taking care of his son.

"Shut up, little slave, brother-in-law will carry you!"

Mo Zhongxing, who had been muffled all the time, came up, he had already hung three grain sacks by his waist, bent over to pick up his brother-in-law, and at the same time put one hand in his father-in-law's rib, and walked forward with difficulty.

With the help of his son-in-law, Mo Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and rarely looked at his son-in-law and said, "Finally, this stupid slave can borrow his strength, and I didn't waste my family's food..."

After Mo Zhong heard the words, he smiled innocently again, and did not speak. The sweat had already gathered under his neck.

The sound of hooves urging to death suddenly sounded beside him, Mo Yu turned his head to look, and couldn't help but be distraught, only to see the young soldier staring at the three of them coldly outside the ranks.

"Quick, let go of me, let go of your brother..."

Mo Yu hurriedly stood up straight, and at the same time tore his son off his son-in-law's back.

"Exit!"

The soldier's horse whip falsely pointed at Mo Zhong, his tone was as indifferent as ever.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law don't..."

The servant of the Mo family had seen how cruel this soldier was, fearing that his brother-in-law would die immediately, he held onto Mo Zhong's hand and did not let go.

"Let go, let go!"

Seeing this, Mo Yu's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, he raised his hand and pushed Mo Zhong out of the ranks, and he chased after him with his head down, pulling Mo Zhong to kneel in the dust beside the road.

The soldier looked down, pointed at Moyu and waved his hand: "Go back to the formation!"

Mo Yu opened his mouth, patted Mo Zhong on the shoulder, and then climbed back to the team.

"It's a brave man, put him in armor and enter the supervisory formation!"

Bing Wei looked at Mo Zhong on the horse, left a word, and then pulled the horse away.Several other soldiers stepped forward, stuffing a light armor and a long knife into Mo Zhong's arms enviously.

"This, this is? My family still has a father-in-law, wife and brother to take care of..."

Mo Zhong stammered, while the person next to him patted him on the shoulder and growled, "Shut up, you will fight with your life later, who can take care of whom? If you enter the supervisory formation, you will be under the command of the soldier, and the future is boundless!"

Mo Zhong looked back at the team again, but his father-in-law and brother-in-law were no longer there. The soldiers next to him urged him again, so he could only put on his armor, put on his sword, and hurriedly caught up with the team.

When the family met again, they were already outside Nanchang City, and Mo Zhong finally understood what the supervisory team he joined was.They need to be guarded near the master, to supervise the battle when they are in battle, and to kill those who don't obey their orders with a swing of their swords.

"Sure enough, people want clothes. My stupid slave is also a fierce soldier when he is put on the battle armor!"

After entering the camp outside Nanchang City, the military order was slightly relaxed.Mo Yu and his son have also received their own weapons, a knife and a bow. As for the arrows, they will be rationed when they go into battle. However, there is no armor for defense, only a shirt with broken knees and elbows.

Mo Yu took his son-in-law by the hand, and said tsk tsk: "You are really a fool, your father-in-law was born and died, and he has never been selected as a supervisor. My stupid slave is really... tsk tsk!"

Mo Zhong still smiled foolishly, seeing no one around, he stuffed two pieces of iron armor wrapped in rags and the size of a palm to his father-in-law.Moyu's eyes lit up as soon as he grabbed his hands, he hastily tore open his son's skirt and stuffed it in, and said in a low voice: "If you can survive, remember that your brother-in-law gave you a life!"

Weng son-in-law didn't have time to talk for a long time, and set off immediately after eating, but the target was a huge manor not far away.There was no one commanding the manor at all, a group of servants dispersed as soon as they rushed, and then the soldiers rushed into the garden, and a large amount of rice, silk and other goods were carried out.

"Grandpa, so much rice! So much...who can save so much money!"

The little slave of the Mo family carried a grain bag on his shoulders, stepped on the white rice grains all over the ground, his eyes were shining brightly, he had never seen so much rice grains in his life!There are more than ten large warehouses, each of which is like a mountain of rice. They are like mice that fell into the rice warehouse.

However, Moyu's face was full of worry, and when the transportation was finished and the assembly was completed, he slapped his body vigorously, trying not to get a grain of rice on it, and at the same time slapped his son.

"Silly, Zhong, which family are we attacking?"

Seeing his son-in-law passing by in a hurry, Mo Yu hurriedly growled and asked.

Mo Zhong saw that no one was paying attention, so he leaned over and whispered: "I heard that it is Yuzhang Luo, sir, don't talk too much, don't keep it private... I have already beheaded seventeen or eight people... "

After finishing speaking, Mo Zhong left in a hurry.

When Moyu heard this, he couldn't help taking a breath, and the little slave next to him asked curiously, "Grandfather, what kind of official position is he? Where does his family save so much rice? If there is no Baishiding Mouth, I can't harvest so much..."

"Silence!"

Moyu covered his son's mouth with his backhand, and then sighed: "What a fool, a hundred people? Yuzhang Luo's family, thousands of people are still alive! Such a family can't be kept, this Jiangzhou is afraid of chaos! "

The gossip of the father and son is still underestimated after all.The Luo family in Yuzhang has a long heritage. In one day, more than a dozen manors and other properties were confiscated.There are more than [-] shady households found in Dingkou alone, with more than [-] men and women!
The entire confiscation operation is still going on, but Mo's father and son are not lucky to participate, because their part is going to set off again, going up from Nanchang, and will go to Xunyang.

"Zhou Fu, the prefect of Xunyang, caused rebellion and brought Jingzhou Xigou outside. Our troops were ordered to retake Xunyang!"

What his son-in-law said about the military made Mo Yu very worried. It is true that he is only a soldier in the army, but he has been in the army for a long time, he still knows where Jingzhou is and who the dog is.Trembling all the way, running desperately.When they were approaching the city of Huang, they were stationed here, waiting for follow-up reinforcements.

"There are three big boats full of corpses! The river is full of flesh and blood, and there is no water in sight..."

In the middle of the night, there was a dreaming sound in his ear, and Moyu hurriedly turned over and covered the mouth of his son who was screaming in his sleep. After bringing water from the river to return to the camp the day before yesterday, this son fell into a demonic disease, talking in his sleep every day.

Suddenly there were wild birds chirping in my ear, Moyu turned up suddenly when he heard it, and slipped out of the tent quietly. After watching for a while in the night, he found his son-in-law who was hiding behind the haystack. He whispered, "Ah Zhong, what's the matter?"

"Three thousand in the front, nearly half died, nearly half fell...I can't hold on anymore, Grandpa, don't sleep deeply these few nights, wait for me to call you!"

After finishing speaking, Mo Zhong crawled out of the camp with difficulty.

After this night, Moyu became more vigilant, sleepless every night, his eyes were bloodshot.They have been stationed here for less than half a month, and they only leave the camp once, and it is to clean up the battlefield.The wreckage all over the ground and the bloody hands made many people vomit and lose sleep at night.The only thing we talked about was that his slave gradually got used to this atmosphere, and instead slept soundly.

Another three days later, a drum was beating suddenly in the middle of the night, Moyu hurriedly grabbed his sleeping son, rushed out of the barracks in the dark, grabbed Chen's sword and gun outside the camp, and rushed towards the fire.

A group of people who were awakened from their sleep were like wandering spirits, staggering and rushing into the night with the drums and flags.After running wildly all the way, dawn dawned in no time, Moyu dragged his bamboo spear backwards, and held his son who was staggering like drunk with one hand, all he could see were soldiers running wildly and chaotically, and a few flags could be seen faintly in the distance, but already Not what they look like in this one.

Mo Yu and his son ran wildly with the rebellious army until the middle of the day, and finally stopped at a river bay.A group of people fell to the ground twisted and twisted, and no one got up despite the shouting and scolding of the soldiers in charge.Only when they heard the sound of cooking drums did they get up one by one like walking corpses and walk towards the place where the smoke rose.

"I'm afraid there are more than 3000 people!"

Mo Yu looked around and quickly came to a conclusion. Bye, there were only a dozen large stoves by the river, which were obviously not enough for needs.In a hurry, he dragged his son to speed up the pace.However, before they got close to the nearest pot and stove, there was already a fight in front of them, roaring and cursing one after another, as far as the eye could see, knives and guns were flying, and flesh and blood were flying everywhere!
"Voltage! Volunteer..."

Not far away, a group of hundreds of well-armored soldiers rushed over and surrounded the source of the turmoil, shooting together.

"Grandfather, will we die? Where is this? Where is home?"

The little slave of the Mo family was thrown down by Grandpa, curled up in the dirt pit, trembling all over.

"Anu, don't be scared, don't be scared... we won't die, we won't die... and your brother-in-law..."

Although he comforted his son in his mouth, Mo Yu's mood suddenly sank. He was very familiar with the scene in front of him. It was clear that the defeated army was fleeing, and where they were going to flee, and whether they would die on the way, were still uncertain.Can you return to your hometown in the future?He really doesn't know!Since I haven't seen Mo Zhong so far, I'm afraid it's too bad.

Pressing his hand on the warm iron sheet on his son's chest, Mo Yu couldn't help but burst into tears: "Where are you, idiot? I don't know if I will live or die. How can I explain to your wife..."

A large number of rioters were killed, and the Mo family father and son finally approached the pot and got half a pot of thin soup.

"Grandpa, drink quickly..."

The little slave of the Mo family grinned and drank a big gulp of boiling soup, then put the crock pot into Grandpa's hand.

"Grandfather is not hungry, not hungry..."

Mo Yu waved his hand, while holding the saber in the other hand, looking vigilantly at the confused or ferocious eyes around him.

After resting for less than half an hour, the group was kicked and urged to go on the road again.Just stop and go like this, occasionally settled in some manors or cities in the middle, but after a while, they often fled in a hurry.Rao Moyu, an old soldier, is completely unclear how many captains have been changed at this moment, he only knows to hold on to his son and keep up with the brigade.

The green onions became thicker and thicker in the night, and they didn't know how many days and nights they escaped. The original brigade of 4000 to [-] people now has only less than [-] people left.The saber in his hand has long been rusted, but he has never drank blood, and he doesn't know what he is running away from.

On this day, a group of people arrived at a large lake with a vast area. Before they could stand firm and rest, suddenly there was a rapid drumbeat from the straw mat in the lake.Afterwards, several big boats slowly sailed out from the lake. There were many soldiers on the boats, their armors were heavily armored, and their swords and guns were shining brightly, dazzling people's vision.

"Where is the front? Quickly abandon the weapons and report! The Dongyang Army is ordered by the envoy Shen to enter Jiangzhou to quell the rebellious army!"

The loud shouts from the big ship fell on the ears of the remnant soldiers on the shore, but it caused quite a commotion.Even Mo Yu, an old soldier, couldn't help but have strong doubts in his heart: Since they assembled, they have been exhausted, and none of them was killed, so why did they suddenly become a rebellious army again?

Seeing the big ship approaching, people on the shore began to run and flee. When the people on the big ship saw this, they put down the small boat and rushed to the shore with a full load of soldiers. !"

"Grandfather, Ah..."

Seeing this, the little servant of the Mo family turned pale with shock, and suddenly his hand sank, but he saw that Grandpa's face was contorted, and the hollow of his knee had been pierced by the arrow.He was about to carry his grandfather on his back and run for his life, but when he saw another round of arrows coming through the air, he hastily embraced his grandfather and fell into the grass half-soaked in water, trembling all over.

At this time, the boat had already hit the shore, and a large number of soldiers rushed down from the boat, the leader was a burly general wearing scales and armor.After landing, he was not in a hurry to kill the enemy, but flew towards the fleeing soldiers near the left, and shouted loudly: "Is it the Haihun Camp? Is it the Haihun Camp..."

"Anu, are our father and son going to die? How did I hear your brother-in-law calling me? I hated him when I was alive, and disturbed others when he was dead! You answer, answer, don't let him wander Miss it, our family souls are together..."

Under the straw mat, Moyu's eyes were blurred and his tone was ethereal.

The little servant of the Mo family was buried in the haystack and trembling, when he heard what Grandpa said, he raised his head and listened closely, the voice got closer and closer, and then the burly body suddenly jumped into his eyes: "It's brother-in-law, it's brother-in-law! Lord, that's brother-in-law..."

　A big chapter, long wait. . .

　　
　
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