Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 7 The Daily Life of the Bottom Warrior

The sergeants received their rewards, all beaming with joy, and there was an air of joy around them.

Shao Shude found Li Yanling: "Is there any way to send these properties back to Xicheng?"

"It's a bit difficult." Li Yanling frowned, like a frowning old peasant: "It's so far from Juncheng to Xicheng, and the road is not peaceful, it's difficult."

"Then what should we do?" Shao Shude was also a little blind.

It was the first time for Xicheng soldiers and horses to go abroad to fight. The Zhenwu Army was hundreds of miles away, so it was impossible to carry so much money with them.

This is not unfounded worry, because once the two armies engage in battle, if the enemy takes a detour to take their own baggage, the sergeants know that the money and goods are lost, and they are afraid that they will collapse on the spot.

Li Yanling also understood this truth.

In this year, Wufu is not fighting for money?Once the warriors are settled and served, what if they have you as a general or a commander?
If you hate the warriors, the officers are afraid that they will lose their heads.Shao Shude has always hated this ethos, but as an officer who is too small, what can he do?Just go with the flow, and try to change it when you are truly capable.

"We can only find a solution from Duwei Sun. After all, it is not appropriate to leave it in the Military Academy." Shao Shude thought about it for a while, and Xicheng troops and horses dispatched a whole lot of people. It was sent by Li Liang, the military envoy of Xicheng.When they arrived at the military city, Li Gan, the defense history, should have other rewards. How did they deal with the property?There must be a way.

"It's not good for the team leader to leave AWOL at this time. I'll deal with the matter of looking for Duwei Sun." Li Yanling thought about it, and indeed this is the only way.

Sun Ba treated the warriors well, and Shao Shude was once his personal soldier, so there is no need to say much about the relationship.Besides, their team is also Sun Ba's soldiers, and they will return to build after the incident, so how can Sun Ba ignore it?

"Go quickly." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "I'm here to talk to Lao Lu and the others, and let the brothers send their belongings back to Xicheng as soon as possible, so they can feel at ease."

Communication went well.

Shao Shude is the leader of the team, and he is well-known in Xicheng. Everyone trusts him, so they quickly collected all the rewards.Be darling, more than 2000 catties of things, piled up in the yard in a big piece, blinding people's eyes.

The newly recruited sergeants of the Guankairun team watched from a distance, and the hala was about to flow down.However, they were surrounded by sergeants from Team Shao, who were carrying knives and bows.

Li Yanling found a few big cars and packed all the belongings.Sun Ba was really interesting, and sent more than [-] sergeants to escort them in the car. Shao Shude also knew these people, greeted each other and left.

"Leader of the team, Duwei Sun said that there will be a batch of ships going back to Hejin Ferry in two days, and they can carry goods along the way." Li Yanling wiped off his sweat and said breathlessly: "The six cities water transport envoy Yamen's ships to transport grain and grass to the military city. Yes, the empty boat is returning, and it is just in use. After arriving at the Western City, there will be someone in the yamen for the military envoy, so go back and ask for it."

The so-called six city water transport envoys are officials appointed by the imperial court to be in charge of the water transport of the Yellow River.The six cities, Feng'an Military City (near Zhongwei in today's Ningxia), Dingyuan Military City (near Shizuishan Pingluo County), West Shoujiang City, Middle Shoujiang City, East Shoujiang City, and Zhenwu Military City, were all built along the Yellow River, also known as the "Shoujiang City". "Six Cities Beyond the River".

It is said that the water transportation conditions in Lingzhou and Hetao are actually very good, and the large-scale use of transportation began in Diaoyong in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

He is a native of the South. When he was a general in Lingzhou, he advocated using a boat instead of a car, taking advantage of the advantages of large water transportation, low cost, fast and convenient, and built a large ship (eight hundred stones) in Lingzhou, and then went down the river. , transporting military rations to Woye Town ([-] miles north of Tiande Army City, which has been abandoned).

These ships travel more than 150 miles a day, which is incomparable to horses and chariots. Therefore, they have played a great role, and the northerners are amazed by their miraculous achievements.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Pingliang Shidu and Ju Turk all built large ships on the Yellow River in the Fengzhou section to transport military provisions and goods, which also played a huge role.

In the 29th year of Kaiyuan, Shuofang Jiedu envoys added six city water transport envoys, and more than 2000 miles up and down the Yellow River were accessible by water.

So far, the hydrological conditions of the Yellow River have not changed much, so the towns of Lingwu, Xia Sui, Tiande, Zhenwu, Datong, and Hedong are greatly benefited, and the cost of material and personnel transfer is very low.Otherwise, the garrison in this place may not last long.There is no other reason, the maintenance cost is too high!

Therefore, since Sun Ba was sure to use the Liucheng water transport to make the Yamen's ship transport things back to the West City, then this matter is absolutely right.

Shao Shude is very happy, and the soldiers are also very happy. After solving their worries, they can fight with peace of mind after going into battle.

The next thing is trivial.

Shao Shude divided his subordinates into several parts. The two firemen guarded several important places such as the side door and corridor of the backyard. The two firemen rested in the wing as a rotation.And he himself, from time to time to patrol with his own soldiers, to prevent problems.

If you take other people's money, you have to do your duty. Soldiers in this era are so "simple".

If you have milk, you are a mother. If you give me money, I can kill the King of Heaven. If you don’t give me the money, I will kill you to vent my anger.It's so simple, but it's not simple, and the military leaders who have been playing around in the world have grabbed a lot.

Tiande Military City has a quiet feeling at night.

After all, it is a frontier military city, and it cannot be compared with the prosperous mainland. After dinner, everyone went to bed early and lived a Puritan-style life with almost no entertainment.

Shao Shude put on the chain mail, which was the one that Sun Ba rewarded him with. As for the one who was ignorant on the battlefield, he gave it to Lu Huaizhong, his "number one general". Old Lu scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks with joy, and almost asked someone to make a gesture on the spot. ——In the evening, I met the newly recruited "in-court generals" by the Guan team. They were all famous people in the prefecture. Lao Lu, wearing iron armor, walked past them with a long and fierce pace. Provoked the gang to move their hands.

The front yard of the Supervisory Academy was guarded by the Guiguan team, and the backyard was guarded by 50 people from the Shao team.Shao Shude led his own soldiers and patrolled everywhere with his head held high, not letting go of any suspicious things.

Everyone did not bring a spear, but there was no shortage of bows, knives, cards, and armor.Shao Shude is very strict in managing the army. Before departure, he must check whether the equipment is missing or not. Before the battle, he must check whether it can be used normally. Even in a safe city, he must be meticulous in patrolling.

The soldiers may have some complaints at first, but after a long time, they are used to it, and those who are not used to it are basically driven away.The internal atmosphere must be pure, otherwise, after a long time, there will definitely be some kind of moth.

After a lap of patrolling, Shao Shude and the others returned to the wing, took off their weapons, and placed them on the equipment rack closest to them.However, it is not allowed to remove their armor, and they can only sleep with their clothes in order to cope with emergencies.

In fact, being a soldier is really not a good career. Hardship, fatigue, and danger are the three major characteristics.

Especially when going to war, the endless marching and camping can bring you down.If you can’t walk dozens of miles in a day, you have to stop and set up camp when the sun turns west in the afternoon, and then set up camp again early in the morning.

Sometimes when you get annoyed, you will think, why don't you meet the enemy quickly and have a good fight, so as not to continue to be tortured by endless labor - of course, when you are fighting against the enemy, you will not do this. If you think about it, you will miss the original monotonous but very safe life, people are cheap!
Shao Shude always felt that if he hadn't traveled through inexplicably and was in the turbulent era of the end of the dynasty, he would not have chosen to be a soldier.

In the past, I read all kinds of time-travel historical novels, and the protagonists were basically in the prosperous world, and then by showing off a little bit of cleverness, going in and out of the palace, going to and from the prince's house, and provoking a few little ladies when there was nothing, and turning the tide when something happened. Ideal state.

There are even those who are so powerful that they have no friends and carry systems, warehouses or grandfathers with them. Even if the protagonist is not very smart, they are firmly in an invincible position. is the pursuit.

This Nima, how can I transmigrate into such a virtue?
Being a hard-working low-level martial artist, he can't sleep well at night, and he has to get up from time to time to inspect.With a small team of 50 people, some of them are poor, some are easy to kill, some are ambitious, and some are old-fashioned. People have all kinds of attitudes, so complicated, I don't know how many brain cells have been spent.

If you go out to perform tasks, you will have to eat and sleep in the open air. In the face of various unknown dangers, after a long time, your body will definitely be worse than those who are pampered. I really don’t know what to say.

The first day as an escort passed quickly.

The next two days were basically the same rhythm, boring guard work.

The only interlude was probably another conflict between the bottom warriors.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't the conflict between Shao and Guan, but Guan Kairun who couldn't subdue the new recruits under his command.Those rebellious guys had a big fight with the arrogant Changan Shaoxia, it is said that it was because of the issue of who came first when eating.

Lu Huaizhong came back and talked about this matter vividly. In his words, he was very disdainful of Guan Kairun's "ruling the underworld", and at the same time, he also severely damaged the gang of Chang'an young heroes.

There are indeed many desperados in Fengzhou, and the Tiande Army is often recruited, because they dare to fight and work hard, even at the risk of their lives.

However, this kind of person is indeed not easy to discipline. The chief officer must either have a strong personal charisma or be extremely forceful to be able to hold down these bastards. Otherwise, it is better to recruit honest farmers - but then again By the way, are there still honest people in Fengzhou?
And the vignettes are called episodes because they are quickly pacified.

After Qiu Weidao came out and scolded, he called Team Shao again.Looking at the fully armed sergeant Shao, and considering Shao's reputation as a "special shooter" in the state, the "sudden generals" did not dare to make a fuss. This is over.

However, the careful Shao Shude noticed that Guan Kairun's face was very ugly.Not being able to control the crowd is obviously a big loss in the eyes of the superiors, which is not a good thing!
(End of this chapter)