The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 93 Legend
In Luquan Mountain, Longtan Township, Xiuyan County, Gaizhouwei, there is a big river flowing through Bingyugou, and Xiaogu Mountain flows into the sea. There is a local legend.

In order to relieve the local crisis, a hero entered the river and died fighting with Jiaolong. People commemorated him, so the river was called Yingna River.

Wansan grew up listening to this story from a young age. When he grew up, he married a girl he knew in the local area, had a son, and worked from day to day.

During the slack season, occasionally his family gathers military households to practice, and he often speculates and plays tricks.

"Although strength is regenerated every day and can never be exhausted, it cannot be wasted."

This is what he often joked with his fellow countrymen when he was lazy.

Despite the hardships and exhaustion, he always feels that it is not bad to hang around in this day, after all, his ancestors have come here like this.

And everything changed.

He gave the things he got from the barbarians in the camp to his comrades in the army tent one by one, and only a small bamboo knife remained in the end.

Wansan picked up the small bamboo knife, his eyes gradually softened.

"San'er, when you went to see the general, you kowtowed right away. If you break your head, maybe your life will be spared."

Someone kindly suggested.

"That might be. I figured that the general was the most important military order. I called San'er to go. Maybe it was the same as the previous one. I cut off his head and sent it to the battalions for public display."

Everyone received Wansan's benefits, but you said what you said, and finally agreed that Wansan's departure is more or less auspicious.

One is that someone in the battalion caused a catastrophe, causing more than 20 casualties, and the other is that there are many violations of orders in various places. Everyone is from military households, so it can be inferred from common sense.

Wan San put the small bamboo knife in his arms, cheered up, and said with a smile, "What's the big deal, the big deal is that he will be a good man again in 18 years."

Everyone heard the words but didn't feel much. Suddenly someone came in and asked Wansan to go to the head office.

"Damn it, I'm going to behead my head, and that thing will bother me."

The new bloodstain on Wansan's face was given by Mr. Qian, and he followed the soldier away cursing.

Everyone shook their heads, the person who was going to die was indeed different, he dared to scold Boss Qian in public.

Along the way, he wondered whether Boss Qian would still beat him. He was indeed afraid of pain, but when he entered the door, he saw a table of dishes and drinks.

This is rare.

Wansan understands that this is his "beheaded meal".

The general issued a ban on alcohol, and the entire Jinzhou is not allowed to make alcohol. The original wine shops have long been banned, and those who dare to privately brew alcohol will be beheaded to show the public

It is said that the imperial court rewarded the general with a lot of wine, and the wine was distributed to the generals by the general.

Wansan heard that Mr. Qian of his family also shared a pot, but he had never seen him take it out, but he didn't expect that he was willing to use it on him this time.

That's right, the death row prisoners had a bowl of wine to drink before they left, and how many brutal soldiers he killed with his own hands, he was worthy of this treatment.

Li Bosheng really invited Wansan to eat and drink, Wansan was not too polite, he sat down and poured a bowl of wine first, after thinking about it, he handed it to Li Bosheng first.

After Li Bosheng took it, he touched the wine bowl with Wan San, and drank it down in one gulp.

The two men, one general and one soldier, had great disparity in status, but there was no violation of harmony. Neither Li Bosheng nor Wan San showed too much emotion on their faces.

"You are a good soldier. In fact, I want to protect you. However, after all, the military order is like a mountain. I don't want the general to be in trouble."

Li Bosheng sighed.

The human heart is fleshy.

Since the general regained Jinzhou, all his thoughts have been devoted to Jinzhou, and he has not received any special treatment that is different from ordinary people.

Jinzhou has a lot of people and little land. If these 10 people are only supported by the imperial court, they will starve to death. They are all veteran generals and know the virtues of the imperial court.

The general has a quota allocated by the imperial court, so he only needs to raise soldiers, and he doesn't care about the life and death of the military households, and let the military households ask for food by themselves.

It is true that they have never seen people like the general in Liaodong.

It was rumored that when the general was working as a hundred household in Donghai Fort, he asked people to receive officials from the guard. The general couldn't bear to see the live donkey dishes.

Therefore, many people think that the general has the benevolence of a woman.

Some people think that the general was distracted, and instead of spending all his energy on the sergeants, he allocated most of his energy to the military households, which is putting the cart before the horse.

No matter what other people think, Li Bosheng has a little bit of admiration for the general in his heart.

I admire his talent a lot, but he was able to win battles and recover Jinzhou even though the imperial court had been losing battles year after year.

Erfen admires his love for the people.

If all officials were like generals, how could Liaodong suffer so much.

"Don't blame the general when you go. When I saw the general, I was full of confidence, like a newborn calf. Now it is less than a year, and the general's forehead is filled with sorrow. These sorrows are all born for you military households. what."

Wansan's cheeks puffed up, and he swallowed hard.

"You are a good officer, and the general is also a good officer. You praised me as a good soldier earlier, which shows that your vision is still a bit poor.

In fact, I have always been greedy for life and afraid of death. When my hometown recruited military households to protect the city, I said I was a defeated soldier, but in fact I slipped away and was a deserter.

I am a person who has been afraid of pain since I was a child. Even when I was playing with my child, I was afraid that he would hurt me without knowing how serious it was. "

"Head, look."

Wan San drank a few cups in a row, already feeling a little drunk, and took out a bamboo knife from his bosom.

"My little boy is only four years old. This is a plaything his grandfather built with him. Just because this thing touched me, I even yelled at him a few times, but now I can't yell at him."

"Ugh."

Li Bosheng sighed.

"Head, you tell the general, let me go out, let me kill a few savages before I die, even if I don't give me weapons, I just crawl, roll, bite with my teeth, and knock my head, I just like this I'm not willing to die."

"Woooooo~"

Wansan suddenly burst into tears.

Li Bosheng let out a long sigh.

Soon, two or three sergeants came in with ropes in their hands. Seeing this, Wan San knew it was time to go on the road.

After leaving the camp, many people gathered at the gate of the camp.

"After 18 years, Lao Tzu is a good man again."

Wan San's hands were trapped by the rope, and he turned around and yelled.

"it is good."

Won the applause of all the sergeants.

"Let's go, don't sell people."

……

It is 150 miles from Jinzhou to Lushun, and about 150 miles from Jinzhou to Xinjin. Xiaoheishan originally belonged to Xinjin.

Now Xinjin belongs to Fuzhou, and Xiaoheishan belongs to Jinzhou.

Starting in the morning, I spent a whole night in the fort in the evening. There was a mountain road in the middle, and I didn't see Jinzhou City until noon on the second day.

After one day and night, Wan Sanjiu woke up, and the pride in his heart also disappeared, but he didn't dare to take a step when the situation came to an end.

"You're a little silly, I didn't see you like this yesterday, but you turned out to be a good-looking guy."

The escorting soldiers sneered.

"Who is not afraid of death? Are you not afraid?"

Wansan heard this, and asked back unconvinced.

After all, they are all robes in the army. Although the escorting sergeant was not satisfied with this errand, they didn't make things difficult for him.

"Hurry up and go, no matter how hard you dawdle, can you still go on forever?"

Several people urged him repeatedly, but Wan San couldn't do it, so he took a little bit longer. Everyone saw that Jinzhou City was in front of them, and they were too lazy to force him.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, several people handed in the sign and the survey, telling them that the soldiers who had committed crimes were escorted, and that the general had specified that they wanted to see them.

General meeting this man?This little thing can also alarm the general.

Things were strange, not only did they not let them go, but they alarmed the gatekeepers. They checked the sign and the survey over and over again, but they were still worried after confirming that they were correct, so they sent someone to follow them to the Yamen.

The soldier came back and told the gatekeeper that he did not come back until he saw them enter the Yamen with his own eyes.

"It's strange."

"I asked clearly all the way. Recently, there are recruits who have left the camp without authorization. It's just such a thing. The general will definitely kill the chickens to make an example."

"That's why I'm worrying too much."

The gatekeeper heard the words and relieved the doubts in his heart.

Tang Qing'an was not in Jinzhou City, and returned to Pingdao with Cai Wen.

Pingdao is now the most important place in Jinzhou. The gunpowder workshop, military industry, and shipyard are all set up here. The entire Pinghu Island is flat land. Looking from the east to the end, there is no hillside.

The west is the shipyard, the north is the gunpowder workshop, the south is the military industry, and the east is the wharf. Several straight roads have been built from the wharf to various workshops.

Golden State lacks everything, including armor.

Although the bird gun is good, it can't cover up the shortcomings of the rate of fire. It needs the cooperation of other arms, not only chariot soldiers, but also spearmen, shield soldiers, etc.

Among the many shields, Tang Qing'an picked up a shield that was thicker on both sides and slightly thinner in the middle.

"This is a hand card. It is made of poplar and pine wood. It is nearly six feet long on each side, one foot wide at both ends, and seven inches wide in the middle. It is relatively light to hold. You can stab spears from the recesses on both sides to kill the enemy."

Cai Wen has also been promoted, and he is under the supervision of Shandong Chief Secretary, who is in charge of the chief officials of Pinghu Island. Now he seems to be a different person from before. He used to be talkative, but now he is taciturn.

Only when talking about business affairs, did he talk freely, and he had something to say, which shows that he has put in effort.

Tang Qing'an comforted her a few times, but the other party just smiled without saying a word, and the coldness between his brows did not change at all.

Seeing this, Tang Qing'an didn't say much anymore. After all, he was an old friend. Apart from business, he often talked about the situation with him.

Cai Wen only said one last sentence, believing that the general can avenge him.

Tang Qing'an put down the card in his hand, and picked up a strange-shaped shield again.

"This is a swallowtail card. Isn't it similar to the tail of a swallow? It is made of tamarind or paulownia wood. It is less than a foot wide, and it is also light and edged. It's true."

Cai Wen pointed to the recess on the finger, and introduced, "Likes can be mounted here, and archers and musketeers can also be behind the shield, because this recess does not block the line of sight."

Tang Qing'an served in the army for one year in Donghai Fort, and Jinzhou was young for another year. He only saw military equipment through books, but in fact he had never seen many artifacts.

Cai Wen was different. He was originally an official in charge of ordnance and knew many things well.And knowing what is more needed in Tang Qing'an's army, he made some armor according to local conditions.

For example, in Tang Qing'an, there were many firearms soldiers, so more swallowtail cards were produced.

After seeing these shields, he took Tang Qing'an to see the chariot again.

This is a heavy weapon against barbarians in the wild.

Tang Qing'an looked at these chariots carefully.

(End of this chapter)