world festival

On the next day, everyone returned to Qijiazhuang.Wang Qinian observed carefully, and saw that Zhuangzi was located at the confluence of a small river into the Huaihe River, facing the water on both sides.Zhuangzi's meeting hall is located on one of the highest hills, called Qiqiu, and other important warehouse buildings are also on Qiqiu. The strange thing is that there are a few watchtowers at the intersection on the way up the mountain, but there is no one. The walls and earth barriers, but the houses in the village are very strangely built. They are divided into more than ten huge round earth buildings, which are extremely strong and tall.Wang Qinian asked Wang Yu, and Wang Yu replied in a low voice: "Using bricks as a wall is not as good as building a wall with people. The area in the middle of the village is narrow and there is no room for maneuver. If you can't unite as one and defeat the enemy in the field, what's the use of a towering city wall?" What's more, the city wall is too long to build, and too short. The people's family property is outside, and they don't have the heart to fight hard for a certain class. It's better to spend this energy on practicing martial arts in battle." Wang Qinian was originally a cavalry general. In the end, I was quite satisfied with it, and my impression of Wang Yu was much better, and I felt that he was not like Lu Fang, who hurt people all by conspiracy.

Above the Qiqiu, the meeting hall was very quiet. The seven elderly people sitting at the top of the hall were the patriarchs of the seven families in the village, and the two people sitting at the bottom were Lu Fang and Wang Yu.

"You have worked hard this time when you went out. First, return the soldier talisman and kneel down to worship the ancestors." An old man at the head said, this man has long eyebrows and sculpted eyes, and has a good appearance. He must have been a handsome man when he was young. Lu Shen, head of the royal family.

Wang Yu winked at Lu Fang, and Lu Fang knelt down and said, "I have something important to report. The convoy intercepted this time was from Huainan Jiedu envoy Yang Xingmi. He obtained 6000 catties of pig iron, 60 infantry armors, and crossbows. There were 40 machines, 30 vests, more than [-] war horses, bows and arrows, weapons, livestock, and food. Wang Foer, who attacked together, annexed the rest of Li Sheer and Xu Dayan, and led the rest to seek refuge in a certain village. "

As soon as Lu Fang finished the first two sentences, the elders above were in a mess. The patriarchs of Xu, Liu, and Chen were stunned, and could not speak a word. The youngest and oldest Hu family patriarch They simply rolled their eyes and passed out. Wang, Lu, and Liu looked at each other, frowning and thinking hard.After a while of silence, Wang Renzhi, the head of the royal family, said in a low voice: "Can you take that Wang Fo'er and hand it over to Mr. Yang Shijun, and say that this person is the leader of the thief, and return the items in order to ask for forgiveness."

"I'm afraid it's difficult to do this, Daddy. Some of the caravan guards have already escaped. They know very well that the main force of the besieging troops is a certain Zhuangzi. Besides, Wang Fo'er will drag them into the water." Wang Yu replied.

"That's simple. Who knows who the besieger is in the chaos of war. As for Wang Fo'er, you can just cut off the head and send it over. Can the dead still talk?" Elder Liu said proudly, stroking the goatee under his chin.

"But I have a plan." Lu Fang raised his head and said, "Yang Xingmi is in Huainan, and he has long wanted to seize Haozhou and Shouzhou to resist Xuanwu and Zhu Wen. He has already betrayed his sincerity to Yang Shijun, and he pretended to be in Haozhou Zhang because he was afraid of revenge. , when Yang envoy Jun's soldiers arrive, they should cooperate with each other and make great achievements. In this way, there are big trees in the village to rely on, so you don't have to worry about being broken by thieves someday." Hearing this, the leaders had different opinions and were coaxed. There was a noise.

"The two of you are also tired. After paying homage to your ancestors, after handing over the soldier talisman, go home and rest first, and discuss it carefully tomorrow." Lu Shen stood up, lowered his hands slightly, and motioned for everyone to silence.He said sharply: "This matter is extremely important, it is related to the life and death of the whole village. We all need to swear a heavy oath in the hall to let it go. If there is too much talk, everyone will punish him." Everyone nodded and knelt down to make an oath .

When Lu and Wang went to the meeting hall, Wang Qinian was taken to a house by two soldiers. After listening to the explanation of the soldiers, Lu Zhizheng ordered not to neglect the captain. This is Lu Fang's house. Please rest well.Wang Qinian had been on the road for many days, and he was already exhausted after going through hard battles and accidents, so he ordered dinner to be delivered, and then he washed and rested, and nothing happened all night.When I woke up in the morning, I heard the sound of the cloak of weapons coming from outside the window. When I put on the cloak, I saw Lu Fangzheng practicing his spear skills with his shirt off. From one part, the spear comes out very long, although for a moment you can't see the beauty of this spear technique, but you can see that his body follows his feet, his arms follow his body, his wrists follow his arms, they become one, and his whole body forms a whole body. The advance and retreat are both fast and steady. The 9-foot-long spear does not show the handle at the back. The tip of the spear is level and the end is good arm strength.

"Brother Lu is good at kung fu. I didn't expect to have a good rest on the day of the triumphant victory. Getting up so early to practice martial arts is really admirable." Wang Qinian clapped his hands and asked, "It's just that this marksmanship is quite strange. But my younger brother has never seen it before, so I don’t know if you can clear up my doubts.”

Lu Fang was taken aback. It turned out that his marksmanship was originally the Yang Family Spear he learned in modern times when he was in the martial arts team. After coming to this troubled world, he knew that the game used to strengthen his body is now a skill for repaying his fate. , mixed with Master Zhuang Zhong's professors, practicing hard, even if he was promoted to the ruling later, he would not dare to slack off at all, in line with the benefit of more practice.Unexpectedly, the origin of the modern Yangjia gun is the "Yangjia pear flower gun" by Yang Miaozhen, the wife of the rebel Li Quan in the Song Dynasty. It is said that it has been rampant in the world for 20 years without any resistance. It is quite different from the popular gun method at that time.Wang Qinian is proficient in martial arts, and he found it quite wonderful at first glance, but he has never seen it.He didn't dare to say much, so he hurriedly brought it along: "Li Xiaowei laughed at the cropping style passed down by his ancestors, he had a good rest last night."

"It's been almost ten years since Yang Shijun started his army in Luzhou. Even among the corpses, he fell asleep on his head. Not to mention the warm bedding, not to mention that he is just a defeated general. Why would you dare to ask for more? Thank you, Brother Lu. It's just that I didn't expect that there would be such a hero as Brother Lu in the grass on the Huai River. He trained such an elite soldier, "Heiyundu" The world's elite soldiers, I didn't expect to be crushed by you against the front. To be honest, even if you didn't respond to the internal His merits, such elite soldiers, so that Lord Jun will also accept them under his command. In the past two days, when I think about the battle that day, I have a lot of experience, and I want to compete with Brother Lu, I don’t know if it is possible." Wang Qinian was known for his bravery in Yang Xingmi’s army. Famously, this time when they were defeated by a group of refugees, they had many questions in their minds and wanted to ask them one by one. This time, the two of them caught the opportunity to spend time alone, so they spoke out directly.

"Brother Wang is absurd." Lu Fang's heart moved, this Wang Qinian was very lawful in commanding the army, but at the beginning he was restricted by intelligence, and then he was restrained step by step and lost in his own hands. If he changed places, he would have no other choice , If you learn from each other, there will be some benefits. "The art of war is nothing more than sufficient food and sufficient soldiers. Teach first and then fight. The soldiers in a certain team are all farmers with their own acres. Those who have a fixed property have perseverance. Those who have equal wealth will be strong, those who have equal power will be rich, and those who have equal financial resources , then take Duoding, and the soldiers are all descendants of the clan, so they are naturally tougher and more resistant to fighting."

"Those who have equal wealth will get strong, those who have equal power will get rich, and those who have equal financial resources will get more than one. Isn't this the military system of the government?" After hearing this, Wang Qinian looked at Lu Fang more solemnly. Yu Wentai was a great hero during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. This person was originally a general of the Northern Wei Dynasty. After the Northern Wei Dynasty experienced the Er Zhurong Rebellion, he competed with Gao Huan. Gao Huan occupied a large area of ​​rich land in the Kanto. .However, Yuwentai adopted the method of combining soldiers and farmers with the military system of the government, recruiting soldiers from wealthy farmers and small landlords, exempting the soldiers from paying taxes, and linking meritorious service with the honored officers and lands obtained by the soldiers. , Established a powerful martial arts group Kansai General, and with this defeated the Eastern Wei Dynasty whose household registration was much larger than him.Later Northern Zhou Dynasty, Great Sui Dynasty, and Great Tang Dynasty all started with Fubing as their basic force.Until the Kaiyuan period, the land equalization system was destroyed, and the government military system also declined. The imperial court had to adopt the recruitment system. During the Xuanzong period, it was very urgent to open borders, especially in Anlu Mountain, Hebei, which also led several festivals, and it was not easy for more than ten years. , Recruiting soldiers from the Hu people, so the army did not know that there was an emperor of the Li family, but only knew that there was An Jiedu, which laid the groundwork for the subsequent Anshi Rebellion.

"Exactly, in today's world, warriors not only fail to protect the country, but devour the weak people. It is really the root of the troubled times. The recruitment of weak soldiers is not enough to defeat the enemy, and the strong will lead to arrogance, which will lead to disasters. Therefore, a certain force advocates rebalancing the land and setting up soldiers. Recreate the prosperous Tang Dynasty, let alone the poverty in the village, there is really no financial resources to recruit soldiers."

When Wang Qinian heard this, he was deeply convinced that since the Anshi Rebellion, there have been too many scourges of arrogant soldiers and powerful generals. The two sat down and talked in detail, from marching to digging and building fortifications, and finally talking about guns and sticks. The two talked into the alley. Wang Qinian had never seen such a person in his life. People, like the children of aristocratic families, have gone through hard battles, and the thick layer of calluses in the palm of the tiger's mouth is obviously a person who has gone through hardships. Lu Fang is sitting in front of him, but he is more and more unable to see through.Thinking secretly in my heart: "This man is really a genius in the world. The ancients said: 'When the holy emperor is in power, there must be stars to assist him. In a certain dynasty, the emperor had Duke Wei, and the great ancestors of the Han Dynasty had Xiao He, Han Xin, and Zhang Liang. Today, the world is in chaos. Tang lost his deer and the whole world chased him, could it be that Yang Shijun also has the fate?" Thinking of this, he couldn't help breathing quickly, raised his head and stared into Lu Fang's eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Lu is such a talented person. , even the governor of one side is wronged, not to mention a mere town general. But I don’t know why he elected Wang Yu as the leader. Brother Lu, don’t want to deceive someone. I think that Wang Yu is no more than a middle-class person. How can I break someone. Today is really When a good man is going against the grain to seize the season, you are such a great talent, like a cone in your pocket, how can you hide it by being modest and retreating."

When Lu Fang heard Wang Qinian's question, he smiled bitterly in his heart. As a son-in-law, he sent the Lu family's son-in-law as a hostage. Now many people are not convinced. Fortunately, the patriarch understands the situation. Even the Lu family won't support him, so what's the benefit if he loses his foundation.Naturally, he couldn't say these words, so he just replied with a slight smile: "It's too early to think about these after we have defeated the two prefectures of Hao and Shou."

Hearing Lu Fang's answer, Wang Qinian knew that the other party had listened to his words, so he didn't bring up the topic anymore, leaning against the wall behind, and said with a joke: "You got six thousand catties of pig iron, how many weapons and armor can you make?" , I see that your soldiers don't even have the most broken infantry armor except the ones behind the first three rows. This time, I see that you have to dress them like turtles, but I see that your final attack formation is not as good as a turtle It looks like shields on all sides, making it impossible to speak."

"Pig iron is fine, a certain plan