Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1140

"Duang!" The bell of the ship docking continued to ring.

Amidst the scolding of the sailors, a group of ignorant men, women and children disembarked.

More than a thousand households of Weizhou people and more than [-] households of Bozhou people went down to each camp under the leadership of Anton Prefecture soldiers.

The camp was built on the wilderness, and it was full of row cabins.The house is not big, it can only accommodate four or five people, barely enough for a family to live in.

It is not intentional to treat these people harshly.Resources are really tight. It would be nice to have a log cabin or adobe house to live in. Don't ask for too much.

After this group of people arrived, the people who originally lived here should pack up their things and make room.The newly arranged village for them has been built, with the same log cabin and the same wilderness. They will use their hardworking hands to reclaim the fertile black land bit by bit to build a future for themselves and future generations.

After Jing Xiang ate the last half of the vinegar cake, he put his burden on his back, silently followed behind the group, and walked forward.

Before leaving the camp, he looked at the pier not far away.

On the fence, one head after another was hung, and state soldiers from Anton Mansion beat the gong, loudly proclaiming something.

You don't need to listen to it to know that this is a blow to the new Weibo immigrants.The owners of those heads were all fugitives, or immigrants who dared to resist. The state soldiers suppressed them mercilessly, and then hung their heads on the pier. Their families were demoted to official slaves, waiting to be assigned to the newly established government soldiers as part of the team. .

Restoring the system of government soldiers is probably the greatest decision Xia Ting made in Anton Mansion.

Professional warriors act as the first generation of government soldiers. They have been battle-tested, fierce and brave, and their combat effectiveness is guaranteed.

And the next generation grew up in a favorable environment. After they become adults, the father and son will have [-] acres of land. If there are three or five households who help them cultivate the fields, considering the preferential treatment of tax exemption and corvee, he will have a lot of money. Spend time honing martial arts and buy armor, crossbows, knives and guns.In his long career, not to mention being proficient in all kinds of weapons, he will use whatever he gets, and he can be called an all-rounder on the battlefield.

In fact, the ethos of the Sui and Tang dynasties having many flower teams originated from this. Everyone knew how to shoot arrows, use knives, spears, and long-handled axes.After the fall of the Fubing system, this kind of atmosphere has been maintained until now, and there are already signs of decline. After all, the training cost is too high.If there is no accident, the soldiers of the later dynasties will not have this level at all, and their skills will gradually become monotonous.

Is it cheap cannon fodder? Why is it so easy to practice?

"Zheng Dalang, this is Zheng Dalang! Zheng Dalang is dead!" In the immigrant team, one person rushed out and went straight to a certain head hanging on the fence, with a sad expression on his face.

The two state soldiers were furious, one left and one right rushed over.Unexpectedly, this man was quite capable, he directly brought down a state soldier, and then faced the other person who was rushing forward with a knife, he took the knife with his bare hands and snatched it away.

His expression was extremely sad and indignant, as if a relative or friend had died.

Several state soldiers surrounded them.The man charged forward with a horizontal knife in his hand.

"Whoosh!" An arrow flew out from the sentry tower and hit the back of the man's heart.

The man fell to the ground, struggled for a while, and did not move.

His family members were pulled out from the crowd, and they were taken to another place, crying and crying.

There was a commotion among the newly arrived Weibo people.

With the sound of orderly footsteps in the distance, hundreds of state soldiers marched forward, and the commotion quickly dissipated invisible.

Jing Xiang sighed, and muttered to himself: "The Anton Mansion's exile is gradually returning, and prosperity can be expected, why bother? Why bother?"

"Ye Lao doesn't know what to say!" A martial artist not far away heard it and sneered.

Jing Xiang lowered his head and said yes, not daring to say any more.

Unexpectedly, the martial artist didn't let him go, walked over and said with a smile: "Seeing that you have studied for a few years, but you look so sloppy, how is it? Have you ever regretted not practicing swords when you were young?"

"Reading is also good." Jingxiang said with a wry smile: "If you are named on the gold list, you have served as Taifu successively, and you have changed your life, and you have your own strategies and laws in your chest. You can know the reason for the adjustment of a great country."

Wufu laughed and did not argue with him, but asked, "What's your name?"

"General, Liu Mian of a certain Weizhou." Jing Xiang replied.

"How do you know I'm a general?" Wu Fu asked in surprise, wearing the brown cloth military uniform of an ordinary sergeant.

"General Kongtong is full of energy, and Bo Yu is fused with essence. You can tell it at a glance." Jing Xiang is also a man who has seen 20 Liang troops. He has followed Zhu Quanzhong all the year round.

"What anger? What spirit?" Wu Fu asked.

Jing Xiang was taken aback for a moment, and said again: "It is said that the general has the talents of Pei and Liu in the previous dynasty."

"Who is Pei Liu?" Wu Fu asked.

"Pei Du's attack on Huaixi left no temples behind; Shi Xiong's attack on the north of the mountain showed the imperial prestige. Both of them were ministers of Zhongxing in the former Tang Dynasty." Jing Xiang replied.

Wu Fu was stunned.He still knows the names of Pei Du and Shi Xiong. The former quelled the Huaixi rebels who had plagued the court for decades, and the latter beat the Uyghur Khan to flee alone and beheaded ten thousand people. Of course he knew.The old man made a comparison between the two, and he was very happy, so he brought warm pork paste steamed cakes, dried meat, and cheese, and presented them to Jing Xiang.

"Thank you for the reward, General." Jing Xiang took it as if he was flattered, and asked, "I don't know the name of the general yet."

"My name is Gao Youqing, the commander of the Dengzhou State Army." Wu Fu replied, "Have you heard of Gao Xianzhi's descendants?"

"Grand Gao controls the army, controls Anxi, understands the love of the people, and is well versed in side affairs. How can I not know?" Jing Xiang said in awe.

Although Gao Youqing didn't quite understand, but knowing that the old man still complimented his ancestors, he was very happy, and took a jug of wine from the saddle, stuffed it into Jing Xiang's hand, and said, "You can talk, I'll see you off."

Jingxiang thanked you again and again.

Gao Youqing waved his hand nonchalantly, and then said again: "The camp is newly established in Jian'an County. I'm ordered to station here, and I think it will take a while. I think you are well-read, can you..."

Having said that, he hesitated a little, as if he was not embarrassed.

"Since the general is a state general, if you want to go up, you'd better be proficient in writing..." Jing Xiang glanced at him and said.

"You old man knows something." Gao Youqing was a little surprised when he was guessed, and asked, "Are you willing to teach me?"

"The general has an order, and he will obey everything. It's just that after he settled down in Jian'an, the imperial court granted the land, and the old man had to cultivate it." Jing Xiang said with some embarrassment.

Their northward immigrant team consisted of a thousand households, half of them were from Wei Bo, and the other half were from Dongshan Dangxiang in Gyeongju.The car was loaded with a lot of materials, including corn shipped from Dengzhou, as well as a large number of agricultural tools, seeds, cloth and other materials.Obviously, after arriving in Jian'an County, the field will be awarded for farming, and everyone can see this.

"No problem." Gao Youqing said nonchalantly: "I'll catch some native families for you, and then plunder some cattle and sheep, and let them farm for you. You just teach me how to read and write, and I'll figure out a way to meet the daily expenses. .”

"So, thank you General." Jing Xiang said with a smile.

He is over forty years old, and he has been homeless and exhausted.It is indeed difficult for him to work in the fields.The appearance of this general Gao solved his urgent need.

The two went north while chatting.Over at the pier, the commotion has subsided.The Wei Bo immigrants lived in the vacated camp silently, waiting for the arrangement of fate.

The state soldiers in Anton's mansion guarded desperately as if they were facing an enemy.

The Anton counties are not peaceful, and there are many unruly immigrants from the Wei people.Those who fled, resisted, and sabotaged their work, I don’t know how many were killed.This time King Zhao’s Northern Expedition even confiscated Ding Zhuang and sent them away, so that peace can be achieved afterwards, otherwise I don’t know what the trouble will be——The state soldiers in Andong’s mansion are not very powerful. Equipment, armor, when the two sides fight, it is still uncertain who will win and who will lose.

"For dozens of years, teachers have been working hard, and every year they are injured. Many fields and fields are abandoned, and households will inevitably go into exile." Jingxiang looked back at Lushun, who was gradually going away, and sighed softly: "The old land of Andong covers thousands of miles. If it is reclaimed and barren , Persuading the class to harvest crops, but there is no apology for the year, and there is a surplus of food. Why bother? Why bother?"

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"Whoosh!" An arrow was shot, and the enemy cavalry fell down in response.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" The sergeants drew their bows and shot arrows one after another, the sound of arrows piercing the air was endless, and the screams of enemy cavalry were endless.

It's not a big area coverage shoot, that's a luxury.In fact, the archers on the van all took aim and shot again, so the overall hit rate was not low, and the results were quite remarkable.

After shooting more than ten arrows in a row, they immediately changed their personnel to ensure that the team's long-range strikes continued uninterrupted.

In the grass in the distance, flags were flying, war horses were neighing, and figures were floating around.

Liu Po ​​took a closer look and found that there were indeed a lot of Khitans here, probably twenty or thirty thousand riders.Its composition also seems to be quite complicated, divided into multiple tribes, not under each other, only because of the leadership of senior officials such as Yue or Babuyi Lijin.

In the open space between the convoy and the Khitan army, many corpses were lying here and there.Some people were not dead for a while, lying on the ground moaning, some people couldn't bear it, and came to rescue before applauding, but they were quickly shot down to the ground by the sharp archer.

The wounded soldiers continued to groan, but no one dared to save them. They could only watch them slowly shed blood and lose their voices.

Within a few steps of the van, there were also many corpses lying there.

The soldiers of the Longwu Army held rifles and long-axes, and the blades of the spears and axes were covered with blood, which made people terrified.

"Boom! Boom!" Dozens of corpses were thrown out one after another in the convoy. They were Khitan bandits who were hooked into the car formation and beheaded. They would be thrown out. Xia Bing laughed loudly, arrogant.

Nothing can stop them.

Fire attack is not good, smoke is not good, and direct charge is not good.The only thing that can cause trouble is probably the trenches dug by the Khitan people one after another.

Yes, the Khitan people thought for a long time and finally came up with a solution.Making the road potholed and digging some wide trenches is the best way to stop the Xia people - but it can only slow down their speed, and cannot completely stop them.

Yelu Shilu came down from the high hill with a serious expression on his face.

He had heard people say that before, but he still didn't believe it.But this meeting encountered in person, but was greatly shocked.

"Tune up the pawns." He waved his hand and ordered.

Thousands of Bohai, Han'er, Shiwei, and Khitan infantry trained by A Baoji came forward slowly from behind, forming a formation in the wilderness.

The convoy's laughter ceased.

The sergeant who was sitting on the ground got up silently and began to put on his armor.

Someone took the time to change a bowstring so that it would not be broken during the war.

Someone took a new epee from the cart, and put the old sword full of gaps under his feet.

someone...

Enemy, get serious.

(End of this chapter)