Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 624
In today's Liyang, it is not the old state of winning alone in military affairs, and the agriculture and mulberry are all abandoned. Just surrounding the town and city, several large-scale farming districts have emerged.And in the vicinity of Hengjiang, which is further east, there are even more settlements, and you can't see the side at a glance.

In the early morning, Moyu left the camp early, leaning on a bamboo stick, and wandered leisurely in the camp.

In the past period of time, those descendants from Jiangzhou had followed the brigade to Liyang, Jiangbei along the river.Such a large-scale and long-distance march, even the regular army will inevitably suffer, and the soldiers will suffer even more.

People always have to eat, not to mention such a long journey, there will inevitably be more physical strain.Even if the funds are sufficient, there is no reason to open up the supply of soldiers.Therefore, in addition to rushing along the way, these soldiers from Jiangzhou were also responsible for cutting bamboo, fabricating rafts, weaving grass for felt, transporting hemp paint, etc., in exchange for food and rations.

Such heavy labor, coupled with the need to follow the military regulations, even a normal and healthy person will inevitably suffer from exhaustion and illness.So when these soldiers arrived in Liyang, more than a thousand people were injured or injured.If it weren't for the sufficient medical treatment for the military, a large-scale epidemic would almost have occurred.

Moyu had an arrow in Poyang's knee earlier, although it was not a fatal injury, but during such a march, let alone a real arrow injury, even an ordinary knock or fall may kill a strong man.However, not only did he not die, he even recovered from the arrow wound along the way. Although he had a limping leg and his movement was inconvenient, he maintained his energy very well.

The reason why he was able to save his life was not because Mo Yu really had any ghosts and gods to bless him, but because of his son-in-law, Mo Zhong.

Earlier when they were stationed in Xunyang, there was an accident in their camp. Mo Zhong was separated from his father-in-law and brother-in-law because he was a soldier in charge of the formation and wanted to defend the general.At that time, the Jingzhou army was hiding from the rear, and the Jiangzhou army was defeated and scattered in all directions. Mo Zhong was in danger many times, but because of his bravery, he was selected to supervise the formation.

After passing through Pancheng, Mo Zhong and others bumped into the Yuzhou Army that was heading down the river, and were recruited by the Yuzhou Army.At that time, those Jiangzhou rout soldiers had already lost their ranks. In order to find his father-in-law and the others, Mo Zhong recruited many scattered soldiers along the way, and in the end he was directly appointed as a soldier in charge of half of the soldiers.Then these people were driven by the Yuzhou Army to continue to the east to meet the Dongyang Army that had already invaded Poyang, and finally reunited with their father-in-law and the others on the banks of the Great Lake in Poyang.

After the reunion, Moyu was really moved when he heard his son-in-law talk about the various experiences since the separation.He was born into a veteran family and had experienced many battles. He originally thought that he was really blessed by God, which is why he was able to live until today.But compared with his son-in-law's luck, his luck is really unbearable.

You must know that nowadays, soldiers from military families are obliged at birth to serve in the army and die. The fate brought in the mother's womb, if you want to make it to the top, it is simply a dream!Moyu has been in the army for decades, and the highest position is still as Shichang when he was young and brave. This is enough for him to boast about half his life!
However, his son-in-law encountered a catastrophe not long after he joined the army, and instead of dying, he was promoted to a soldier because of this. This is no longer luck, it is simply the help of ghosts and gods!

Of course, what Mo Yu didn't know was that due to the conflict between those Haozong families in Jiangzhou and the original governor Wang Shu, they fled before the war broke out, and the immediate bosses of these veteran households were those Haozong families.Although they were assembled in the end, almost none of the middle and low-level generals survived.Then there was a large-scale defeat, which completely wiped out those military establishments, and this gave his son-in-law the opportunity to rise to the top with courage.

Without these prerequisites, no matter how lucky his son-in-law is, he can only be a pawn all his life.The only way out is to be able to perform bravely in battle, or to be appreciated by the general as a confidant. It is almost impossible to jump from a soldier to a soldier in charge of hundreds of people.

Although he didn't know the inside information, it didn't affect Mo Yu's joy.Because his son-in-law is mostly elite, when he was recruited by the Yuzhou Army, his identity had already been registered in the naturalization, he had already left the ordinary military household, and he was eligible to be rewarded for his meritorious service!
Therefore, Mo Yu, who has been humbled in the army for many years, has entrusted the blessing of his son-in-law this time. The father and son have been taken care of along the way, not only with boats and rafts, but also with food and clothing.Therefore, compared to those Jiangzhou veterans who were worried about the pain of leaving their hometown, Mo Yu's journey north can be said to be very exciting.Because of the existence of his son-in-law, it is a huge leap forward for his family to register after arriving in Yuzhou, which can completely make up for the loss of his family business in Jiangzhou.

So recently, Mo Yu is always smiling, looking forward to being registered in the village as soon as possible, and then bringing his wife and concubines and family members here, and the family will take root here and rush towards a better tomorrow!
There are five to six thousand soldiers in Jiangzhou. In addition to Mo Yu and other defeated soldiers, it is said that there are also a large number of new soldiers from Poyang.Now it is temporarily compiled into five battalions and placed near the Hengjiang River.Although the final placement has not yet been determined, basic drills and labor production have already begun.

Mo Yu was originally placed in the battalion of wounded soldiers, but he was impatient to listen to the wailing of those wounded soldiers every day, so he volunteered to return to the camp.As a veteran soldier, Mo Yu naturally knew how to use his status as a son-in-law to win greater privileges for him. Now the entire camp knows that his family has an extraordinary background. In terms of labor force, they are also well taken care of, and they are not too hard labored.

Now the entire camp is empty, and the soldiers are either out of the camp for drills, or digging canals, digging soil, logging and mowing grass, etc., and only some soldiers on duty are patrolling with guns and knives.Many of these soldiers nodded and smiled when they saw Mo Yu who was limping and looking relaxed.

And Mo Yu also nodded slightly, twirling his beard lightly with one hand, adapting quickly to the change of identity.The only thing I'm dissatisfied with is that I was used to bowing my waist and bowing my head in the past, but now my legs and feet are inconvenient, and my chest is not high enough, so my posture looks a little weird, which is really not beautiful.

Now the camp is just surrounded by simple bamboo fences, and there are soldiers digging the soil outside the bamboo fences.Mo Yu walked around the bamboo fence, which inevitably caused people who were working outside to point and point at him. Mo Yu enjoyed it very much, and didn't mind others' resentment or envy.

Although his behavior is not lacking in publicity, it is not blindly showing off ignorance.Although his son-in-law's official position is not right, but now many soldiers with different old registries are grouped together, who can tell what is the situation of which family?He is so flamboyant, but in the eyes of others, it is a performance of confidence. No one cares about the senses of the soldiers, and there is no need for the generals to provoke people who don't know the details, so he is allowed to wander around in the camp.

"Mo Yu? You, you are Mo Yu!"

While Mo Yu was wandering there, a voice suddenly sounded from outside the bamboo fence. He followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man with a scar on his forehead waving a wooden pickaxe and shouting at him.

This yelling soon aroused the dissatisfaction of the overseers and soldiers. Holding a bamboo stick, Moyu stepped forward to reprimand him, but Moyu waved his hands and shouted: "Wait a minute, let that man come to me!"

Soon the man was led outside the bamboo fence, trembling with his head down, he only dared to look through the bamboo fence with his peripheral vision, as if he might have misidentified the person.

Mo Yu had a pleasant face, and leaned against the bamboo fence and said with a smile: "You strong slave are also Haihun scholars?"

The scholar's family is a military household, and the man nodded hurriedly after hearing the words, but he didn't dare to say anything more.Moyu is a famous person in Haihuntun, he is really too hard-fated, he has met him before, and now he is asked this question, he is [-]% sure that this person is Moyu.But there was suspicion in his heart, because Moyu was just an ordinary soldier, and he was treated so specially in the camp, even the supervisors treated him with respect, which made him not sure.

After Mo Yu heard the words, he said with a smile: "You didn't admit your mistake, I am Mo Yu. But who gave you the courage? How dare you call the master's name directly!"

The man was even more puzzled after hearing the words, but the engineer soldier next to him had already interjected: "So this man is actually a servant of Mo Laomen?"

Mo Yu nodded, pointed at the man and said: "I am also staying in the camp with my family Alang for now, and you will not be punished for the crime of fleeing. When the service is over, I will see you immediately!"

"Since it is a dead household under Mo Lao's sect, it should be returned to the original owner. Mo Lao waits for a while, and immediately sends people to the camp. If there are any other sightings later, they will also be dealt with together."

After hearing the words, the supervisor laughed and said.

After Mo Yu heard the words, he nodded and gave the villager a wink. Although the man was still suspicious up to now, he was sure that Mo Yu was still Mo Yu, but he seemed to be different from the one he knew.But after hearing what the supervisor said, his eyes flickered, and then he nodded secretly to Mo Yu.

Not long after Moyu returned to the camp, the middle-aged soldier was brought in, along with several others.The overseer left after sending the man, but his attitude towards Mo Yu was even more courteous.

After the overseer left, Mo Yu said with a smile to those people: "Are you all Haihun scholars? Old Mo is here, do you know him?"

Several people whispered to each other, with a look of timidity, daring to recognize and not daring to recognize, most of them knew Mo Yu, but the current situation of the veteran made them feel suspicious.

"Mr. Mo is at the table, what are you still doing, hurry up and salute!"

The man with the scar on his forehead that he saw first patted the shoulders of those people to urge them, and then he knocked his head on the ground, and Hu Lang called the Lord to confirm the status of master and servant.When the rest of the people saw this, although they still had doubts, they all hurriedly knelt down.

Seeing this, Mo Yu was overjoyed, waved his hand to signal these people to get up, and said with a smile: "Since we are reunited after the robbery in the village, you don't need to be too polite. I don't want to take your lead, but the villagers can always take care of you when they gather together. take care of it?"

Everyone nodded after hearing the words. Although they still don't understand how Moyu became what he is now, it is true that the villagers can feel at ease when they get together.And this is exactly the purpose of Moyu's ostentation these days, to gather more villagers while the camp is still in chaos.These villagers are attached to his family, and as slave households, they can be exempted from part of the labor, and at the same time, they can give his son-in-law a boost, confirming the fact that his family is a wealthy family in the village.

Of course, there is another point, that Moyu's current situation is all because of his son-in-law, which has to make him worry, his son-in-law is different now, and he really didn't treat his son-in-law kindly before, so it's hard to guarantee that he won't be resentful, Get out of his house.Now that there are many villagers around, even if the son-in-law looks tired of him, he can't just turn around and leave him alone.

To recruit some villagers, on the one hand, the villagers will get help, on the one hand, the son-in-law will get help, and on the other hand, Mo Yu will also have a guarantee.Although Mo Yu is not a big man who is used to big scenes, he has been in the military for so many years, and he has come up with such a clever strategy in such a short time. He has to admire his own wit.

So those few people, after confirming the title of master and servant, were driven by Mo Yu to gather more villagers who were scattered in each camp. To have a foothold in this foreign land.

And Moyu wasn't worried that the lies would be exposed. On the one hand, these military households were soft-spoken, and his son-in-law was a full-fledged military lieutenant.On the other hand, these villagers have a master to turn to, no matter how you look at it, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Moyu was still resting his cheeks, imagining that in the future, there would be hundreds of servants in his family, and he would establish a noble family in this land of Yuzhou, when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from far to near, so he hurriedly went out to have a look, only to see a few horses The horse galloped into the camp, and the one with iron scales in front of him was his son-in-law, Mo Zhong.

Mo Zhong galloped forward, obviously not good at riding, he couldn't rein in the horse, and almost knocked his father-in-law flying, he still relied on the knights around him to help him, so he got off the horse in a hurry, he was at a loss and rushed forward Help up the father-in-law who fell to the ground in fright.

Affected by this false alarm, Moyu was still in shock, but he ignored the dust all over his body, and focused his eyes on the horse in front of him, saying in amazement: "Such a healthy horse is really rare! Ah, Ah Zhong, Can I touch it?"

Although Mo Zhong's status was quite different, his simple and honest face remained undiminished, he motioned for the soldiers to help restrain the horse, and walked forward with his father-in-law.Mo Yu's old hand rested tremblingly on the horse's mane, and he returned it as soon as he touched it. After seeing that the horse didn't overreact, he stretched out his hand with confidence, and then smiled until his eyes became slits: "It's so slippery." It's as smooth as fat, even those beautiful ladies raised by the famous sect, it's not so smooth when they're stripped off!"

When the people next to him heard this, they couldn't help laughing.Then Mo Yucai turned to look at his son-in-law again, his face full of spirits: "Ah Zhong, you have to give the Lord a good horse. Could it be that you will be promoted and used again?"

Mo Zhong shook his head when he heard the words: "My lord, you misunderstood. The general has an order. All soldiers and captains must be good at riding. If they are not good at riding, they will be eliminated. I am really miserable these days. I have never seen a horse in my life. I started to practice recently, and my shoulders and back hurt from falling, and I was afraid that the military exercise would be delayed for a month..."

"We still have to work hard to live up to the general's high expectations!"

Mo Yu was also panicked when he heard the words. Although his family is a veteran, he has almost never touched a horse in his life, and he has no way to teach his son-in-law. He was about to raise his hand and pat his shoulder to encourage him. Withdrew his palm.

In a blink of an eye, I saw the son who was riding back with another person. The son was tied with sackcloth and bamboo armor. Said: "You didn't work hard when you were young, but now if it weren't for your brother-in-law to support you, how could you get a idle job in the army as a slave!"

"Grandfather, no!"

Seeing this, Mo Zhong stepped forward to stop him and said: "This heavy armor binding is also training the slaves. The general has an order a few days ago, and he will have to select soldiers in the next day, that is, to win armor, tie thickly, draw bows, and gallop quickly." More items. Afterwards, all the armies will have to perform together, and if they fail to meet the standards, they will be handed over to the military law!"

When Mo Yu heard this, his eyes widened. Although he was an experienced veteran, he was only at the bottom of the army after all, and his knowledge was no longer comparable to that of his son-in-law.It wasn't until Mo Zhong explained that these items were all testing the soldiers' physical fitness, such as being able to bear heavy armor, being able to penetrate thick plates, opening a bow with more than one stone, and carrying weight across mountains and ridges, etc.

"Ha, it's been a long time to see so many monsters. I only know that there are people who suffer from insufficient numbers of soldiers, but I have never seen such elimination! Such a harsh selection, should we choose soldiers or generals? Is there a chance to win?"

Moyu knew what kind of physique his slave had, and it was absolutely impossible to meet such a standard.In the past, he was worried that his slave would die in battle, but now that he has his son-in-law to support him, this is already a way out.But I didn't expect that this way out that I thought would be unobstructed would be cut off like this, how could I not be angry!

Mo Zhong sighed after hearing the words, but he didn't agree with his father-in-law's complaint. He had only been in the army for a short time, and he took everything he came into contact with as a matter of course. If you enter the town, you can't take it lightly at that time. I can't do it this way, so I might as well go another way. Recently, there are rumors in the town of the "Jia Tian Order", and I don't understand it. It seems that they want to select the children of the scholars to teach the science of mathematics. , the winner chooses to use..."

"What can I choose? Can the children of the Shijia still use Chengtun Guard Commander?"

Mo Yu just sighed after hearing the words. In his perception, his son-in-law Mo Zhong is now the pinnacle of glory in the military family, but now his slave can't even make a soldier. He feels depressed and then blames the slave , stepped forward and kicked a few times, blaming him for not living up to expectations.

He complained to his son a few more times before Moyu welcomed his son-in-law into the camp, and then talked about what he had done before, fearing that his son-in-law would be stupid and not understand the benefits, so he explained with a smile: "With these villages Ren Yinding testifies that my family is the foundation of Wangzong in the village, and in the future, Ah Zhong, you will also..."

"Grandfather must not!"

Halfway through hearing what Mo Zhong said, his face changed greatly, and then he said seriously: "There has been a strict order in the army, if there are old townspeople, go to the town to report themselves immediately, but if there are more than five people in the army, they will be killed." The head of the owl announced to all the troops! Even our Master Tian Jingtian entered the army, only two servants on the left and right accompanied the army, dare not go beyond the prohibition!"

Mo Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then he smiled and said, "Ah Zhong, don't be alarmed, I've seen this kind of thing too, although the general has strict orders, but the following will be whatever, don't be alarmed. "

But Mo Zhong shook his head like a rattle: "Grandfather, you don't know, with this order alone, five building masters have already been beheaded, and two other guards are in prison. As long as the master enters the army, he will be beheaded immediately for public display! "

"how come……"

When Mo Yu heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, this had really challenged his cognitive limit.

Seeing that there was no one around, Mo Zhong signaled his father-in-law to come over, and then whispered: "Recently, there have been rumors in the army that the one who dispatches our army in the future will be Marquis Shen! After hearing this news, the generals of the family have not dared to violate the ban recently. Another thing is that there are thousands of people in our battalions. Marquis Shen only takes one army to form an army before he has an order for re-election. What should the rest do? There is no final conclusion on the arrangement. Grandpa must not let this matter out, or we, father and son, will all die!"

"I understand, I understand!"

Hearing this, Moyu's face changed drastically. He didn't expect that he was conceited and witty, but he was not far from death. Thinking about it, he was covered in cold sweat.It took a while for him to recover his thoughts, and frowned again: "The army has its own rules and regulations, who is the son-in-law, Marquis Shen? If he dares to ignore the custom like this, he is not afraid of the disturbance of the army's morale, and the public sentiment will be difficult to control?"

After Mo Zhong heard the words, his expression was serious, and he sat upright, as if the son-in-law Shenhou was right in front of him, and he said meticulously: "What my grandfather said is because of the mediocrity of the generals! The son-in-law Shenhou Baiqi To be able to conquer thousands of armies, and to be blessed by heavenly commanders and stars, is it mediocre! All the generals are lucky to be subordinate to the son-in-law, if they are able to be useful and dare to fight, it is only common for them to be feudal marquises!"

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment, turned to look at Mo Yu and asked, "Grandpa, what does it mean to be a marquis with a leopard tail?"

　It's really late, sorry sorry. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)