Han Hai Tang Ergui

The old blind man was an old soldier. Although his beard and hair were graying, his body was still very strong.

Moreover, his eyes were big and bright, and he didn't see any obvious symptoms, nor did he blink.

Smoke and dust billowed up in the distance, and the old blind man saw it immediately, and immediately waved the red pennant flag in his hand as a warning.

The reason why he is still called the old blind man is actually because he suffers from presbyopia and can't see things near him clearly, but he also likes to pretend to be a cultural person.

From time to time, he holds a scripture book that he doesn't know where he came from, his eyes are narrowed into a slit, and he stretches out his hand long, shaking his head and showing off to others.

So the soldiers and catchers of the Inspection Department of Yanhe Fort (PU) gave him the nickname of an old blind man to make fun of him.

"Commander, there are a lot of people coming up ahead." After waving the red flag, the old blind man ran to the Yanhe Fort inspection office behind him to report.

The inspector of the Fort along the river is a man with dimples on his face and looks weather-beaten.

He has a dark complexion, he doesn't look like an official eighth-rank court official and local toubob, but like an old farmer who works in the fields.

But everyone around Yanhe Fort knew that this Inspector Zhang was amazing.

He is a Helong hero who entered Luo from the dragon. It is said that he is still the emperor's family. He personally captured seven heads of Khitan soldiers in the Luoyang battle. Because of his meritorious service, he was awarded the 45th rank from the eighth-rank Cong Yilang military rank officer. After retiring, he was awarded the Yanhe Fort patrol inspection Division inspection.

Inspector Zhang knew why the old blind man was so stupid. The old guy hoped that his youngest son could replace him and continue to be the leader of the Yanhe Fort Inspection Department.

The so-called Long March Jianyong refers to soldiers who have served in the inspection department for a long time during the slack season, as opposed to conscripts.

In the current inspection department of Zhang Zhou, the soldiers are divided into two types, namely, Long March Jianyong and Fan Shangyi Cong.

The number of the former is small, but they are generally warriors who have passed the selection of the inspection department, and a small number of them have even passed the selection of the county martial arts, and have the titles of Bow and Crossbow Head and Spear Head.

These people will only retire unless they are selected by a higher-level unit, such as joining the guard army of the state capital as a low-level officer, or even entering the imperial army or pro-army, or they are old like Lao Blind.

The latter is the main soldier of the Inspection Department. All the young men in the hometown under the management of the Inspection Department will serve in the Inspection Department as Fan Shangyi.

The general service is a rotation of three months, and when the farming season is busy, it is shortened to a rotation of ten and a half months, or even no recruitment.

According to the understanding of later generations, serving as a soldier in the inspection department is basically equivalent to serving in the military. It must be hard work, and no one wants to come.

But on the contrary, the soldiers of the inspection department are very popular, but when it's their turn, they are all elated, and the Long March is even more precious.

The reason is that it is beneficial to serve in the inspection department.

The inspection departments set up by Zhang Shengren in various places generally choose water and land key points or critical passes.

Mainly responsible for catching robbers, anti-smuggling, searching, combating bandits and water bandits in the countryside, and training local young men.

Under normal circumstances, such water and land hubs and passes would be bustling places with heavy traffic.

After the political situation is stable and business is prosperous, the inspection department can also collect commercial taxes with the permission of the county government.

The inspection department of some important commercial nodes is even directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Accounts or the Transshipment Department.

Just looking at these functions, you know that there is a lot of oil and water in it.

This is an important office that integrates the staff of the police, customs, and taxation bureaus. Although most of the taxes must be handed over, the little that is left out is enough for the inspection department to share.

Moreover, this is the early days of the founding of the country, and the inspections in various places have just come off the battlefield. There are military officials who can receive rewards, and their jobs have salaries, and there is not yet a huge family to support.

The important thing is that everyone is grateful for the emperor's kindness, and can still think about working hard below to repay the saint's promotion.

Therefore, most of the inspections can barely abide by the law, and they are relatively generous to the soldiers below.

Even Yoshicono Fangami, who is serving in rotation, can often get three melons and two dates, at least two full meals a day is no problem.

As for the Long March Jianyong, it is even more cost-effective. The obvious advantage is that there is a certain amount of salary. Although it is small, it is still an income, and it can also get good profits and subsidies from the small treasury of the Inspection Department.

The potential advantage is that he can hone his martial arts with everyone in the inspection department and adapt to the military environment.

The selection of small officers of the Guards Army, and even the Forbidden Army and the Pro-Army has always been selected from the Long March of the Inspection Department.

Therefore, many Long March Jianyong will choose to rent the [-] acres of Dingkou land under their name to their brothers and uncles for cultivation, and then enter the inspection department to hone their martial arts, waiting to soar into the sky and become the country's economic system army.

Even if he can't fly anymore, he can save a lot of money after ten or eight years of service. This is a very good way out for a grown man from the countryside.

Moreover, in today's era where the atmosphere is quite martial, if a grown-up man can't even be a fan Shangyi Cong, he is almost like a disabled person. Being bullied, stared at, and beaten as a bachelor are all high-probability events.

Correspondingly, if you can be selected to become the Long March Jianyong, it is a symbol of status!

When I got home, Ye Niang smiled and praised you for being promising, and all my siblings regard you as the backbone.

When the family wants to decide something, if there is a conflict between two families in the family, it will pull you to be the judge.

There is a conflict with a foreigner, or a conflict between several townships. If you step forward and report your identity, the other party will be frightened and start to be reasonable.

When worshiping the ancestors, you and the elders of the family are in the front line, and the unworthy brothers in the family only deserve to see your back and butt.

Your family can divide the largest piece of meat after ancestor worship. When dividing the white silk cloth for ancestor worship, your family should choose first.

When farming is busy, your family will use the cattle first, and your family’s fields will be irrigated first when you are irrigated. When paying taxes, the Wuhou and officials of the county government will not dare to fight big and small, and cheat you on the scale.

You can sit at the head of the banquet. People eat wild boar and rabbit meat, while you eat fat mutton and large pieces of fat dolphin meat.

Whose beautiful little widow has no man, if she wants to keep her family property and not be ruined by other men, she is willing to follow you even if she has no title, just for protection.

All the Long March Jianyong in Yanhe Fort have such benefits, even the old blind man who is almost 50 years old has a friend who is almost 30 years younger than him.

This treatment is actually similar to that of scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, no!It should be said that it is better than the average old scholar.

Because Long March Jianyong has force in his body, the problems that old scholars can't solve with their mouths in the countryside can be solved by Zhang Zhou's Long March Jianyong with fists and sticks.

These kinds of special treatment are the biggest reason why the old blind man is still practicing stick hard at his age, trying to curry favor with his superiors, fighting desperately in the annual assessment, and is unwilling to move his nest even if he dies.

It is also the biggest motivation for the six members of his family to tighten their belts and choose to let his youngest son practice martial arts out of production.

Yanhe Fort, you can tell from the name that it is located by the river. This is a Yellow River pontoon bridge located on the north bank of the Yellow River and guarding the famous river crossing port Baimadu.

Therefore, Yanhe Fort is not only a resident of the inspection department, but also a small fortress. Its function is to provide vigilance and inspection functions for the Huazhou Zhongwei guarding Baimadu.

After all, it is a bit too expensive to station thousands of people all year round at a ferry like Baimadu.

Therefore, Yanhe Fort needs to be used as a nail in the front, and the Huazhou Zhongwei will start to mobilize when their warning signal comes.

Inspector Zhang pushed away the flattering face of the old blind man. He was standing on the wall of the fort, observing the approaching team. There were no flags, and the number of people was not large. It seemed that there were still carts behind.

However, Zhang Xunjian was secretly vigilant in his heart. As a veteran of Zhang's family who was born in the rebel army, he was very experienced in the smoke and dust brought up by horses.

The huge puff of smoke just now obviously needs at least two or three hundred rides to bring it up, but it will happen, only thirty or forty rides, the gap is too big.

Zhang Xunjian looked back, there are now nine Long March Jianyong in Yanhe Fort, including him, a total of ten can fight.

Ban Shangyi has 120 people, but these are only brave young men, not soldiers.

It would be no problem to defend the two or three meter high walls of the Fort along the River, but it would be impossible to pull them out to fight.It will take at least two quarters of an hour for Huazhou Zhongwei to rush over.

No wonder Zhang Xunjian is so vigilant, except for the repeated orders from the Huazhou government's military supervisor, when the sage set off from Baimadu to fight the Khitans and Liu Zhiyuan, he specially got off his horse and told him with a smile, asking him to guard this line. way home.

So since then Zhang Xunjian has felt that he has a great responsibility, and even saints have to rely on him, so he is extra serious.

"Old blind man, take a few people over to have a look!" Zhang Xunjian pointed to the knight who seemed harmless to humans and animals in the distance, and said to the old blind man.

The old blind man was originally a soldier of Wei Bo Ya, and it is said that he participated in the rebellion that forced Houchaozhuang Temple to the Xingjiao Gate.

Weibo Yabing sounds like a prestigious thing, but generally it is rare to have a long life.

Those who can live to the age of the old blind man are old fritters selected from among the rare, otherwise they would have died in some gutter.

As soon as he heard Zhang Xunjian say this, he immediately realized that something was wrong, "Commander, what's wrong with these people?"

Zhang Xunjian did not answer, but nodded. Of course, he would let the old blind man go down for inspection if there was a problem.

Because although the old blind man is still strong and able to pass the annual assessment, but that is just passing by. Compared with the rest of the Long March Jianyong, his combat effectiveness is already much worse.

In case there is a thief, losing him will not affect the fighting power in the castle too much.

Hearing the words, the old blind man also silently put on his not-so-sophisticated cowhide armor and a leather helmet, then he carried a spear and a horizontal knife slung over his shoulder, and brought a few bandits with him, and then he went down. Fort ran over.

Inspector Zhang also began to put on his armor, and notified Long March Jianyong, who was on duty and resting in the fort, to come and gather through semaphore.

Not long after, the old blind man ran over leading the twenty or thirty riders, waving the green flag symbolizing safety all the way, but Zhang Xunjian's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

Because although the old blind man was waving the green flag with a relaxed face, the direction he ran was not the main entrance, but next to a haystack on the city wall beside the main entrance. In this haystack, there was a Fu Yuan crossbow hidden.

The old blind man still had that obsequious smile. He nodded and bowed to the strong man on the iron tower behind him and said, "Your Majesty, please let the little old man inform you and open the gate of the fort."

The strong man in the iron tower looked around carefully, and found nothing wrong, so he snorted softly from his nostrils, and nodded vaguely, acting out the arrogance of the elite imperial guards.

The old blind man stood under the fort wall, looked up at Zhang Xunjian above, "Commander, you said that you are the clan of Long Tong Zhang's family, and you can talk to saints, is that true?"

Zhang Xunjian nodded. In fact, he didn't know if he was the blood of Long Tong Zhang's family, but the elders in the family always called themselves that.

In fact, it is possible that he is. After the genetic sequencing of later generations, among the Zhang surnames in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Shanxi provinces, there is a high-frequency distribution of Zhang surname genes that lasted from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties until the end of the Tang Dynasty. It is one of the best Zhang surnames in the north. The branch, with a high probability, is the descendant of the Long Tong Zhang family in Shazhou.

Thinking about Zhang Yichao's loyalty to the country, he is a national hero. Although he has a high probability of becoming extinct, the Dragon Tongue Zhang family will eventually reproduce to future generations, at least tens of millions of people.

The old blind man had a gratified smile on his face when Zhang Xunjian admitted that his youngest son was only 15 years old, and he was barely able to pass the selection of Long March Jianyong.

When the old blind man mentioned this matter to Zhang Xunjian in the past, Zhang Xunjian scolded him.

'If you want your stupid son to pass the Long March Jianyong selection, unless I go to ask the emperor for favor.What great contribution have you made that I should not be ashamed for you? '

With a smile on his face, the old blind man suddenly turned around, and the spear in his hand directly aimed at the strong man behind the iron tower.

This shot was so precise that it directly hit the armored man's neck, and blood gushed out immediately.

The strong man on the iron tower gave two hoots, and before he even raised his hand, he fell down from the horse. The old blind man shouted loudly, "Zhao Zaili turned his back on him, these are the remnants of the silver gun capital of the past!"

Zhang Xunjian jumped up at once, and he uncovered the Fuyuan crossbow covered by the haystack. Two strong men beside him joined him and immediately stringed the big crossbow.

As soon as it was fired, it directly pierced a strong man, and the arrow that shot out through the body even nailed a strong man and horse behind to the ground.

Howling, the old blind man held a spear and blocked the gate of the Fort along the River, surrounded by travelers fleeing in panic. The knights on the opposite side shot five or six arrows at him, but the old blind man did not move.

A knight came forward, and the old blind man showed great fighting power, holding a long spear, and knocked the knight over with a sharp thrust.

Under the setting sun, the blood was so eye-catching, the old blind man stood upright, and he roared like a beast, covered in blood.

He cooperated with the big crossbow and strong bow on the fort to frighten the remaining dozen knights, who did not dare to come up to grab the door, until the gate of the castle along the river was finally closed, and then fell headlong into the dust.