Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 27 You want to defend your territory and regain your territory

Because it was close to the north, although it was already June, the weather was still somewhat warm and then cold. The Lushui River was rushing all the way, and a letter from home arrived from behind, as well as a lining hand-knitted by the late mother.

The personal love between children seemed extremely insignificant before the upcoming war, especially when they were advancing on the official road, several men in ragged clothes actually stopped the army and asked to sell their wives to the army as camp prostitutes.

Looking at those fawning men, Liu Ling's mood became more complicated.

"Is it clean?"

"General, they are absolutely clean and not sick. They just haven't eaten for several days and have lost a lot of weight due to hunger. I just want a way home and the general's grace to buy them!"

The leading man stretched out his hand, and Liu Ling saw that there were tattoos and mud on his arm.

The man grabbed the woman behind him. She screamed and struggled, and even tried to bite the man's hand. The latter slapped her hard several times before she staggered to her knees and fell to the ground, her eyes distracted.

Liu Ling seemed to be just watching a farce, his expression calm.

Her mouth was forced open, revealing a set of whiter teeth that were evenly spaced.

Zhang Wu coughed and whispered in Liu Ling's ear: "This woman seems to have some background, why not buy it."

To be fair, several women are good-looking, but it also shows that they are not the "wives" of these men at all.

Liu Ling nodded slightly, and several soldiers rode forward, driving several women into the army. Then, the sound of drawing swords was heard.

These men are indeed very courageous, and with their tattoos, even in ancient times, ordinary people would not be contaminated by these things easily.

The most common people with tattoos are usually the so-called "thieves with the army", local gangsters, and some bored second-generation ancestors. Therefore, whether it is the society of the Song Dynasty or the late Liao Dynasty that is close to full Chineseization, they are quite disgusted with them. People with tattoos.

Today's Zhao Guan family is a special case. It is said that there is a very strong young man beside him, with good tattoos on his body and a body of tendons. When he was in the harem, the official family often made him naked and sat beside him slowly. appreciate.

Liu Ling didn't bother to think too much about their identities, and he didn't bother to ask those women about their origins. However, he didn't really want these women to be camp prostitutes. He just wanted to join the rear team temporarily and give them a meal. Do the work of the auxiliary soldiers.

The little incident on the road only killed a few people.

News came from the rear that the army had finally set off, and Pharmacist Guo was very cautious. He was "obstructed" by the urgent military situation, but on the surface, there was insufficient food and grass, so he used this as an excuse not to send troops several times.

At the urging of Wang Anzhong, he sent a small army to Jizhou to support him. The strength of each army was similar to Liu Ling's, which was only a few thousand people.

No matter how stupid Wang Anzhong was, he knew that he could not delay at this time, so he had to send people to Xiongzhou overnight to urge them to deliver food and grass quickly. He himself told Pharmacist Guo that because of his plea, Xiongzhou was already in an emergency. A batch of money and food has been raised, and the follow-up money and food will arrive soon. I hope that Pharmacist Guo will quickly lead his troops north to Yunyun.

Xiongzhou and Zhuozhou were only separated by the Baigou River. After knowing the news, Medicine Master Guo no longer delayed. His troops and horses had already been ordered and they set off immediately.

Liu Ling also had doubts about whether Zhang Linghui and others deliberately took away a large amount of soldiers, armor and food when they led the army to leave, whether it was because of Guo Yaoshi's instruction.

When he arrived in Jizhou first, Zunhua County in the north of Jizhou had been lost. Zhang Linghui took chicken feathers as arrows and asked Liu Ling's troops to go to Shimen Town immediately, which is now the front line of the "anti-Liao" to fight with the Liao soldiers.

Not to mention, it has not yet been confirmed whether there is any private affair between Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi.

Even if it does, what does it have to do with me?
  Starting from Zhuozhou to Jizhou, the journey was full of traces of war.

When the Jin people invaded the territory of the Liao Kingdom, they used cruel and tyrannical methods. In the "Itinerary of Xuanhe Yisi's Envoy to the Jin Kingdom" written by Xu Kangzong, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, it was clearly written that a large number of Jin and Liao soldiers were seen along the way. between the remains of old battlefields.

The scene inside was so cruel that he would never forget it.

Xu Kangzong's mission to the Kingdom of Jin was in the seventh year of Xuanhe, that is, two years later.

Even two years have not been able to eliminate the corpses, broken flags, and messes on the battlefield. It is conceivable that it has only been a few months since the Jin people retreated, and all traces of the battlefield here are still "fresh."

When the Jin people withdrew from here, they also robbed a large number of people. Despite this, refugees can still be seen huddled next to corpses on the roadside from time to time. They were really miserable because of the war.

And because of the war, Liu Ling was able to truly prosper.

The two lives seem to be different, but if Liu Ling had not made the decisive decision to join the Changsheng Army, perhaps he would have been just a commoner of the Liao people killed by Yang Keshi's instigation of Song soldiers.

Saving a few women, or even placing them there so that the generals in the army cannot invade them, is not a troublesome move.

On the one hand, he wins people's hearts and shows his "benevolent and righteous" attitude.

Second, if one of these women has a high status and background, Liu Ling will make a lot of money. Even if they are not, they are all pretty good-looking, and he can reward his officers, give them wives, and win over them.

They used to have the customs of the Liao army, and certain concepts were not as serious as those of the Song Dynasty, so they would be satisfied if they could pick up a beautiful wife for free.

Is it cruel?

It can be said that even if they don't meet Liu Ling today, there is a high probability that they will be sold later and become "camp prostitutes" whose fate is worse than that of pigs and dogs. They will have no food and clothing, and may one day be homeless. The sound is dead.

Now, the worst possible destination for them is to become the wife of an army officer.

The essence of this whole thing is still not a good thing, but Liu Ling's thoughts are constantly adapting to this cruel era, and based on the latter, he made a judgment that he thought was OK.

As for the refugees, I am not yet able to gather them.

At least he has to wait until the war is over and Zhuozhou is completely in his hands. Only then can he gather these people.

And it is precisely because of the miserable situation of these people, and because they have seen with their own eyes the cruelty shown in war and old battlefields,

So when Liu Ling led his own troops in a serious manner, he chose to avoid the battle as much as possible.

Soldiers and horses are the foundation of one's life. When this story happened in history, it ended with Guo Yaoshi leading his army to successfully defeat Xiao Qian.

Since I don't dislike the ending of the story, there is no need to rush to the front line to show any "bravery".

The soldiers were trained by him by spending money and food. They were trained by Yang Keshi in the process. Liu Ling had been studying next to Yang Keshi and benefited a lot from them.

Now he is still a novice in leading troops, but training troops has finally come up with some methods.

There are more than 900 direct soldiers and horses, and one of them dies. Is it possible that after death, you can still ask your grandpa and grandma to give you another one on the spot?
  So no matter how hard Zhang Linghui sent people to press him, Liu Ling just wouldn't go.

He brought all his money and food by himself, and he didn't have to worry about Zhang Linghui cutting off his supply of food and grass, so he huddled in the camp outside Yuyang City, going out to ride horses and hunt from time to time, enjoying the tranquility of the years.

Until Guo Yaoshi's army finally arrived.

The school captain who delivered the order stood in front of Liu Ling and said respectfully:
  "Five hundred sets of armor, three hundred war horses, a number of swords, bows and crossbows, shields, and grain and grass will be provided by the general's headquarters.

The commander said,
  Liu Ling is a pioneer and has fulfilled his duties, so he is rewarded. I hope you will not slack off and continue to serve the Song Dynasty faithfully. "

Liu Ling immediately stood up with a smile on his face.

"General Liu, there is another order." The captain told him not to get excited and continued: "The general has an order, ordering Liu Ling's troops to march to the east of Shimen Town and confront the Liao soldiers. If one soldier is sent across the border, I want your head!"

Looking at Liu Ling's face, the captain hurriedly added: "The commander wants your head!"

(End of this chapter)