prosperous age

Chapter 4 4 Farewell
"I went to the castle and saw my father earlier. He said that they were just ordered to gather together and put on a show. He guessed that the Tartars were sent back by the frontier army before their boat reached Yingtian, so we can rest assured."

After the information bombardment of later generations, although Wei Guangde knew that the Ming army's combat power was really not very good, the frontier army was still capable of fighting, at least much stronger than their Jiujiang Wei.

By this time, we can only talk about the strong combat power of the Northern Army, at least it sounds more convincing.

Although the Jiujiang Guard is one of the few troops in the southern army that still maintains a certain combat effectiveness, after all, it is stationed in Jiangxi, and there is not much difference from Huguang. In addition, Wei Guangde's father Wei Meng is also relatively lenient to his opponents, so Their Bengshan Hundred Households is relatively stable, and they can pull out a team of more than a hundred people when they go out, which is considered a full amount.

Whether it's the knowledge of later generations or what he heard from his brother, at present, nine of the ten guardhouses in the southern soldiers are empty, and few of them don't pay for it.

Moreover, the officers below also invaded a large number of military fields, and directly turned the soldiers of the guards into their own family workers. Many military households have chosen to flee and become refugees. Can barely maintain, at least can eat.

Wei Guangde's family also divided up the little farmland that the hundred households had with the general banner below. In fact, the big head was taken away by the top, so they also divided up the remaining soup.

The other is to make all the soldiers under him become tenants of their own family to help take care of the fields.

However, Wei Baihu is also considered kind-hearted, at least his subordinates have worked hard, and they can still get some food and salary, and they will not starve to death if they are not full.

This kind of treatment is much better than that of the surrounding guards, so the Baihusuo is considered stable now, and there have been no escapees.

"I hope, hey, there are no soldiers in this castle. When I was young, there was a military disaster here. The rebels in Nanchang took down Jiujiang. At that time, many people died. Your grandfather was at that time." Even if it wasn’t on the battlefield, grandpa was also injured, so he still survived.”

At this moment, Wei Guangde's old lady began to chatter, which also gave Wei Guangde a deeper understanding of his family. After all, the little Wei Guangde was really young in the past, and he didn't know many things, so there was nothing left in the new Wei Guangde. impression.

Wei Guangde's ancestral home, according to his mother, should be in Fengyang Mansion, and after the war, he won a hereditary official with hundreds of households, and was transferred to Jiujiangwei.

Wei Guangde's grandfather is the Baihu of this Baihusuo. Hearing his mother talk about the Nanchang rebels, Wei Guangde remembered the rebellion of King Ning. In his previous life, it seemed that the rebellion was a joke.

At the same time, I also remembered what I heard in the previous life, such a great man from the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming, and the awesome emperor Zhengde.

But this is all a matter of the previous dynasty. Zhengde also fell into the water on the way home because he went south to suppress the rebellion, and died within a year.

No, he also knew from his mother's mouth that the joke didn't seem funny. After King Ning rebelled, he immediately captured Jiujiang, and Jiujiang Guard naturally bore the brunt of the rebel attack.

As for the result, Wei Guangde also knew that his grandfather died in the battle, and his grandfather was still alive. Although he was defeated, he resisted to the end and was seriously injured, so he was fine after that, and he even helped his father with the job of attacking hundreds of households.

While talking, I vaguely heard the outside becoming noisy, it seemed that many people were crying and crying.

"What's the matter?"

Wei Guangde's mother stopped talking, and asked the outside room.

The mother-in-law outside the house only said to go out and have a look, and then there was a sound of footsteps going away, and soon she rushed back to report: "Madam, the officers and soldiers are all assembled at the city gate and are about to leave. Now the family members in the fort They were all over there, crying and seeing off."

When the mother-in-law said this, she felt a little choked up in her tone.

She is also in the Hundred Households Institute, and naturally there are family members who are also in the expedition team, so it is inevitable that she is worried.

Hearing this, Mrs. Wei also stood up immediately, looked at the youngest son in front of her, sighed and said, "Go and see your father off."

After speaking, he walked out immediately, and Wei Guangde followed his old lady out.

When going out the gate, I glanced at the clerical room on the right. The door was open, but there was no one on the chair inside.

When they walked to the small square at the gate of the military castle, they saw a few lazy lines lined up. They were all dressed in military uniforms and each held weapons in their hands, but there was no discipline.

At this moment, the soldiers looked around looking for their family members in the crowd. Those who found their family members looked reluctant to part with them. Seeing their gestures, they seemed to want to express something, but the officers on the periphery walked back and forth to organize the team. Under the long-term accumulation of prestige, the soldiers did not dare to leave the team.

Although by this time, Wei Guangde had roughly thought of some information, and guessed in his heart that there was a high probability that nothing would happen to his father's expedition, but he could only keep these thoughts in his heart.

From a distance, I saw my father standing in front of the team, and my elder brother was also there, probably explaining some things after they left.

Although the military order is to gather the whole army, there are always some housekeepers left.

Of course, most of those who stay are the sons of military officers. Although they have not yet become officials, they have become the little bosses of hundreds of households. This is also a customary rule. It is only a matter of time before these people become officials. It's late, who would find uncomfortable in it.

The mother quickly walked up to the father, and looked at the man in his 40s, who put on the iron armor for a rare moment. Wei Guangde had seen it in the bedroom before, and the one hanging on the wall was the standard armor of the Ming army. , I think it should be much better than the current weapon bureau's production.

Seeing his wife coming, Wei Baihu's face was bitter, and then he immediately grinned, "I told my eldest son that he will take care of him in the fort during this time, you and Xiao Er will stay at home, and I guess this It will take ten days and half a month to go out."

"Can't we not go?"

Even though she knew it was nonsense, Mrs. Wei couldn't help but say it.

"Military order, even if I don't go, I have to let Da'er go, anyway, I have to go."

Speaking of this, Father Wei lowered his head slightly, then raised his head sharply and said: "I heard from the order that apart from our Jiujiang Guard, the guards of Yingtianfu and the Canal Cao Army will be transferred to the north this time. That's a dozen or so. Everyone, it's okay."

Right now Wei Guangde saw that in the crowd behind, half-sized men and some young soldiers, who were rare to see, assembled, and they all issued a full set of armor and weapons, and they were a little excited, all looking eager to try.

Only those who are old, who may have seen the military disaster decades ago, know what they are going to do, and some people are already sobbing there.

Wei Guangde leaned in front of his father, gently tugged on the armor on his body, "Father, you have to pay attention to your health, you are going out."

Wei Meng turned around and looked at his younger son, then at his elder son, and said with a straight face, "Listen to your brother, do you understand?"

While speaking, I also saw the crowd around the team behind, and looked back at my wife with red eyes, and then told the family next to me: "It's time for a stick of incense, and then go."

(End of this chapter)