The devil is coming

Chapter 961 Takano
"The savages are coming!"
"The savages are coming, run!"
Accompanied by the screams of the farmers in Chu, a group of wildling cavalry rushed out from the northeast. Their size was not large, only about 20 cavalry. Except for the leader who had a very simple leather armor, the rest of them They were all wearing pure animal skin clothing.
Compared with the lack of armor, their knives are standard. At the same time, the bows and arrows carried on their backs can also be seen as the style of the old Yan army.
In the early days of the Yan army, in addition to all flying the black dragon flag and being black, the specific weapons and armor styles were diverse.
The Zhenbei Army has its own system, the Jingnan Army also has its own style, and each local army has its own characteristics.
Even now, this is still the case;
After all, maintaining a huge army is already extremely difficult, and if you want to re-equip it... the price will be even higher. Therefore, armor and some special weapons such as horses can be used as family heirlooms, grandpa Sun passed on for use;
But there is a place where the person in charge has always had an almost demanding pursuit of military equipment, and he also enjoys the unified scenery when standing on a high platform for inspection.
Jindong's change of clothes actually started six or seven years ago.
The foundry outside Fengxin City has long since developed to an extremely terrifying scale, and it also possesses extremely mature forging skills. Coupled with the various minerals that are constantly being found from the Tianduan Mountains and even the snowfields, this is enough to support the foundry. The overall change of uniforms of the main soldiers of the Jindong Prince's Palace.
In fact, savages have always lived on the "treasure house". It seems that the more secluded a place is, there will always be treasures underground;
It is a pity that the savages firstly lack the ability to explore and dig, and secondly they also lack the skills of forging and smelting;
And these are not problems for the demon kings.
In the past few years, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and even the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court of Yan State had issued official letters more than once with good words, hoping to purchase some ordnance from eastern Shanxi.
But in the end, except for the three hundred sets given by the regent to the emperor's personal guards as a facade, no one was able to come up with one.
Even the emperor had nothing to do about it. Although the land of Jindong had developed commerce, it was impossible to sell ordnance manufacturing. It was a real contraband, and it was too late for the Jindong Army to use it for itself. How could it be possible? Go to the exit?
Furthermore, Jindong belongs to Dayan in name, but in fact, it maintains a tributary-like relationship with the imperial court. During festivals, the two sides would send people to each other to send gifts;
The imperial court's military pay and food supplies do not go to Jindong, and Jindong has never been very interested in licking their nominal emperor.
If their prince hadn't been suppressing them, and there was also the threat from the Chu Kingdom next door, coupled with the almost tacit goal of unifying all the Xia, perhaps what the military leaders in Eastern Jin Dynasty and the middle-level generals wanted to do most was, Just cross Wangjiang River and go horse racing under Yanjing City.
The major change of equipment naturally eliminated a large number of old-fashioned ordnance, most of which were decentralized layer by layer.
For example, when the two brothers of the Qin family went to serve as auxiliary soldiers, Qin's father went to the local fort commander to ask for this backlog of ordnance.
As for the savages, Gou Moli in Fan City is directly under the savage army, so he will naturally ration them in full. There is no reason to be so harsh after leaving them in such a dangerous place;
But for these barbarians who were temporarily transferred to the pass as servants, it was definitely impossible to give them any good equipment. They were by definition cannon fodder. Even for the most basic auxiliary equipment, they had to get military merit in exchange for it.
The Wangfu’s attitude is:
If you want your dog to work hard,
Just make them hungry.
If you work hard for the palace, you will not only get weapons, but also rewards, and the biggest reward is the identity of the bidder.
In the past ten years, the palace has spared no effort to enrich and enhance the spiritual civilization of the snowfield.
Excellent results have been achieved, and many savages have begun to feel that:
The stars are humble,
The cold wind is mean,
I... am also lowly.
In the early years, Dayan adhered to a policy of Daxia national chauvinism, which emphasized that people who are not of our own race must have different hearts.
At that time, the Zhenbei Army County took the initiative to kill other tribes. Li Fusheng's love of destroying tribes for fun is the best example;
Even King Jingnan followed a policy of massacre when he led his army into the snowy plains.
The prince of Jindong did not like this policy of physical destruction.
To be precise, there are two ways to destroy a nation. One is the simplest and most cost-effective way, which is called physical elimination; the second is the most cost-effective and most effective way, which is called spiritual annihilation.
First destroy your faith, and then help you rebuild your "faith". It is obviously ravaging you and exploiting you, but you are willing to accept it, and you kneel down with sincerity and sincerely call "my old father" from the heart.
The blind man is an expert here. Over the years, the rebellion has been repeatedly frustrated. The reason why the blind man is neither crazy nor depressed is that he has devoted a lot of energy to the snowfield.
Nowadays, many savages in the snowfield have realized that their hair style, their language and even their skin color are all dirty. Only by entering the snow customs, becoming a standard household, and becoming the prince's subjects can they get real salvation;
This strategy has better results, especially when the basic material life of the people in the two places is very different;
The "stuffed steamed buns" designed by the prince and launched by the prince are extremely attractive to the people of the land of Zhuxia, let alone the people of the snowfield.
The year before last, Chen Daole had personally written a secret book, praising the prince's far-reaching plan. He also directly pointed out that these steamed buns were not only filled with fillings, but also filled with blood. In the book, he clearly stated the prince's policy towards Xueyuan. Collectively known as... the "human blood steamed buns" policy.
After the prince himself saw this envelope, he didn't know what to say.
On the other hand, the blind man was trying to smooth things over, saying that Chen Daole had learned from him, and now he had finally understood everything and had become a master.
"kill!"
Manton led his men and began to kill these Chu people. After killing all the Chu people within sight, they dismounted, cut off their ears and put them in his bags. These were proof of military merit. , they need to use this to exchange for their rewards from the palace.
Because of the current position of the battle, the palace is not worried at all that these savage servants will kill good people and take credit, because they are killing good people to take credit.
"go back!"
Manton has noticed that a Chu army has appeared not far away. Although he is very coveted for the military achievements of the Chu soldiers, Manton knows that he can fight against the Chu soldiers with just the remaining men under his command. It is unwise for a horse to confront someone head-on.
A month ago, he had more than 50 people under his command, but now, less than half are left. He does not feel that it is a pity, because part of the military merits obtained by these people will be counted on himself. Now, I am getting closer and closer to becoming a "standard household".
As the savages left, the Chu army who arrived one step behind saw the corpses of civilians lying on the ground with one ear missing. The leading general was extremely angry and stabbed his knife into the ground to vent his current feelings. of anger.
In the past month, a large number of savages have begun to swarm the three counties of Moya, Wenqiu and Shangyang County. It is the time of autumn harvest, and they specifically attack the common people who are robbing the harvest;
Although the Chu army implemented a shrinking defense policy against the main force of the Jindong Army, internally, it had never stopped strangulating and intercepting these wild cavalry. However, they were like weeds, and a group of them were cut off quickly. A new batch grows.
The most irritating thing is that in addition to the fact that they naively believed that they were arm wrestling with the Chu army and had many direct conflicts with the Chu army, the savages who had suffered so much now began to run away early when they saw the regular Chu army. After the Chu army left, they circled back secretly, and when they saw the people who were preparing to rob them, they immediately drew their bows and arrows.
The Chu army internally organized several cavalry-based pursuits, but after these savages fled, they still knew how to "invite you into the urn", which led to the Chu army chasing the cavalry several times, and then they ran into Jindong, who was waiting for work. For regular army cavalry, this result is naturally not ideal.
……
Manton led his men to patrol the wild for a few more days. After collecting enough ears, they finally withdrew from the "hunting" circle and returned to the rear.
The so-called rear area is actually within the Moya County Army. To be precise, a quarter of Moya County is now completely in the hands of the Yan Army.
Because the Chu people did not dare to take the initiative to attack, a large number of civilians were mobilized in eastern Shanxi and began to build military strongholds and castles. Some cities that were originally abandoned by the Chu people were now picked up and repaired by the Yan people.
One is for war needs, and the other is that after these facilities are built, they are not disposable and can continue to play a role in the future;
Third, and the most important point is... If there is no war now, everyone will have to eat in vain if they are idle, so we should get active and do things.
When there was still some distance from the army camp, Manton signaled his men to dismount and began to lead the horses away. Soon, another Jindong cavalry came from the army camp to explore and verify their identities. After confirming that they were correct, Manton and others Talents can enter the village.
There is a place in the village that is responsible for counting the trophies of the savages, and the corresponding rewards will be distributed directly at this time.
There are two main rewards that are most popular among savages. One is to exchange military merit for "standard household" points. Once you reach a certain number of points, you can become a standard household and be allowed to bring your wife and children to settle in Shandong;
The other is to exchange military merit for "commercial coupons", which can be purchased at a [-]% discount on the products sold by the palace to the snowfield. Nowadays, the palace has set up nine shopping malls in the snowfield. There are many products, many of which are necessities for life in the snowfield.
Some ambitious savages or individuals who come in groups often pursue the first reward, while some savages gathered from tribes mostly want the second reward.
Manton piled the ears collected by himself and his men on the empty table next to him, and three clerks were responsible for counting.
There are two counting positions nearby, and a team of savages is also doing the counting at this moment.
Among them, there was an earless man holding a tea cup in his hand. When he came to Manton, Manton immediately leaned over and saluted.
"The harvest is good this time, is it coming soon?" Guo Dong took a sip of hot tea and casually chatted with Manton.
"Sir, please hurry up and go out once more, that's enough." Manton said humbly.
"Congratulations." Guo Dong replied politely, and then walked to another table to continue his inspection.
It stands to reason that a person without ears checking the ears here would give people a weird feeling, but no one dares to look down on him here, because his status is really not low in terms of logistics, and at the same time Many people know that he has a good brother who is now a senior official in the military and is in charge of military discipline.
Guo Dong did not feel any discomfort at all, because his ears and nose were dug out by Nian Yao's order. At that time, he was hung on the flagpole, his life hanging by a thread. In the end, the prince and his army arrived and saved him. Take your own life.
Some people with disabilities will always be depressed by the gaze of others, and will become inferior and sensitive in their hearts. Unlike Guo Dong, he has become more mature and magnanimous because of this;
He was originally responsible for the management of the granary north of Zhennanguan. Now that the war has begun, he has been assigned to the army to take charge of logistics.
Looking at the ears of these Chu people, he didn't have much perverted pleasure in gloating, but he also didn't have much sympathy.
At this time, a subordinate came forward: "Sir, General Xu is here."
"Oh."
Guo Dong put down his tea cup and walked over.
Xu An saw Guo Dong and asked, "Are you tired?"
"It will be easier if you have fewer parts on your body, so you won't feel tired."
"Haha, I just came to deal with a dispute between two savages."
In the savage team, some of them started to take advantage of others because they were trying to steal their ears. This trend must be killed in advance.
"Have you dealt with it?"
"Well, I'll chop off a few heads, and then I'll stop by to see you."
"it is good."
At this time, one of Guo Dong's men brought a bag according to Guo Dong's instructions.
"Your sister-in-law made the fried noodles with enough ingredients. Take it and eat it." Guo Dong handed the bag to Xu An.
Xu An did not refuse and accepted it directly. This was not considered a bribe.
Although once you join the army, the palace will take care of everything when you go on an expedition, but you can still ask someone to deliver things at home. Every once in a while, the military secretary will help write a batch of letters for someone to send home.
"How long do we have to wait?" Guo Dong asked.
"What?" Xu An smiled.
"Oh, where is it?"
"This is a matter decided by the superiors. To be precise, it is decided by the prince. Besides, the Chu people are unable to come out now, so we can only continue to wait."
"It's a pity that the food is consumed every day." Guo Dong said with emotion.
"Human life is more important than food." Xu An said.
Guo Dong shook his head, "I'm surprised that you can say this."
Because Xu An's parents were kidnapped as two-legged sheep, he experienced a period when human life was worthless.
Xu An reached out, patted his wrist guard, and said:
"In the past, our lives were not valuable, but now, the prince says our lives are valuable."
"Oh?"
"Anyway, there is no shortage of food." Xu An said.
"Of course there will be no shortage, I'm just afraid of spoiling it." Guo Dong twisted his neck, "I have been in charge of the granary for many years, and I have feelings for it."
Xu An reached out and patted Guo Dong on the shoulder:
"We are here just to use it now. You have to think about the Chu people across the way. Their food supply should be tighter than ours. We have almost ruined the autumn harvests of three counties."
Xu An bent down, leaned into Guo Dong's ear, and reminded, "Don't ask anyone casually about this kind of thing in the future."
"What am I afraid of?"
There is really no need to be afraid of Guo Dong. He is a Miaohong man. His father died at the hands of the Chu people. He himself was tortured by the Chu people. He was also awarded the "Golden Colonel" by the prince. He still has the belt hanging on his waist. .
"Where are the people around you?" Xu An asked.
"what do you mean……"
"Some nails were well hidden before, but now they can't be hidden anymore, and they have to be taken care of again."
"okay, I get it."
"Well, I'm leaving first, take care of yourself."
"You take care too."
Seeing Guo Dong come back again, Manton hurriedly laughed with him.
Guo Dong nodded to him and picked up his tea cup again. The tea was cold, but he didn't care and continued to drink it.
After the inventory and proofreading was completed and the military merits were calculated, Manton was satisfied and took his men to receive the meal.
There are a lot of people in Huotou Camp, and everyone needs to use their own badge to receive their daily meals. Since this is a logistics camp for military personnel, the meals are not fixed.
When Manton and others entered, they happened to see a few savages who had just finished eating, sitting on the wooden pillar over there. One of them, with a scar on his face, was picking his teeth.
These savages are wearing brocade clothes!
Manton immediately led his men to kneel down and salute the wild men in robes.
"Ah."
The faces of those savages in brocade clothes showed contempt.
There are savages among the prince's royal bodyguards, but they are not many in number.
During this period, with the large-scale use of savage servants, the Jinyi Guards will often send people to patrol these logistics camps. In particular, the Jinyi Guards who are from savages have the highest probability of being sent here.
They themselves actually like to come.
This brocade robe is not only a symbol of glory among the Jindong Army, but also brings happiness tenfold and a hundredfold in the eyes of his own tribe.
Seeing these savages still desperately using the crudest weapons and equipment to earn their meager military achievements on the territory of the Chu people at the risk of being intercepted and killed by the Chu army,
The savage in brocade clothes felt even more proud,
I am also extremely glad that I took the initiative to give up the so-called stars and hairstyle early and swore allegiance to Jindong and the prince. Nowadays, the people in the snow fields of the snow fields and even the sunshine in the snow fields can cause them some physical discomfort;
I just feel that everything there is full of backwardness and ignorance. Only in eastern Shanxi, it seems that even the wind has a sweet smell.
They ignored the salutes of Manton and others.
How can these despicable savages be qualified to speak to them?
But Manton and the others did not dare to make any mistakes. They still stood up slowly and cautiously, hunched their waists, and walked past these savages in brocade clothes. Their eyes were full of envy;
Becoming someone like them is their biggest pursuit in this life, and it is...a pursuit that is visible to the naked eye.
The year before last, Gou Moli had returned to Fengxin City for a short period of time to report on his work, and the blind man invited Gou Moli to drink.
The blind man said at the wine table: "Now the barbarians in eastern Jin Dynasty are becoming more and more like one of our own."
The former barbarian king took advantage of his drunkenness,
He asked back:
"Are the savages of Jindong and the savages of the Snowfield still the same kind of people?"
(End of this chapter)