Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 317 Defiled Innocence (please subscribe!)
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"boom!"

"Herod..."

After a cannon shot, the horse under Zhou Jin's crotch was startled, and Zhou Jin was almost thrown off the horse!

Fortunately, Suo Chao, who was on the side, quickly grabbed the reins, and together with Zhou Jin, comforted Zhou Jin's war horse, otherwise Zhou Jin would be ashamed!

After calming down the war horse, Zhou Jinqiang calmed down and said, "What the hell is this? The noise is so loud that it scared my fiery carbon horse!"

Suo Chao looked at the men and horses that were blown away, and then at the men and horses bleeding from seven orifices, and said, "This should be the Feilei Cannon of the Liangshan Army."

Zhou Jin also followed Suo Chao's gaze and said, "This is the powerful weapon that Master you often talk about?"

Suo Chao said: "It should be. I heard from a brother who surrounded and suppressed Tian Hu that people and horses would be blown up wherever the thunder cannon bombed, and many of the people who were blown down often couldn't find any wounds on their bodies. But the seven holes bleed."

Zhou Jin swallowed dryly, and said, "It's so scary!"

Suo Chao shouted: "Stand back a few feet, we have received orders to lock up the thieves inside and prevent them from coming out. There is no need to step forward to provoke them and sacrifice for nothing."

After listening to Suo Chao's order, all the cavalry immediately retreated more than ten feet away, and then formed a defensive formation.

Zhou Jin leaned over again and said, "How could this Erlong Mountain have the weapons of the Liangshan Army? Could it be that this Erlong Mountain also belongs to Li Dadu's group?"

Suo Chao said: "Who knows, not only Erlong Mountain has these flying thunder cannons, but Tian Hu and Wang Qing also have them. I heard that Fang La in Jiangnan seems to have them too."

Zhou Jin said angrily: "We didn't!"

Suo Chao said: "That's right... I mentioned it to the Heavenly King twice, and the Heavenly King also reported it, but it's a pity that nothing happened."

Zhou Jin said: "How can the officials and those in the court care about such things, they only care about their own enjoyment."

Suo Chao secretly sighed and said nothing.

Zhou Jin said again: "Then Yang Zhi, master, do you still remember?"

Suo Chao said: "How can I forget, that man is a good martial artist."

Zhou Jin said: "Master is not inferior to him in martial arts."

Suo Chao didn't deny it, and said, "Why mention him for no reason?"

Zhou Jin said: "That guy has had good luck now, guess what official title he is now?"

Suo Chao asked, "What official title?"

Zhou Jin said: "Commander, a master of martial arts, level seven!"

The order of military officer promotion in the Song Dynasty: There are three grades, seven grades, and sixty grades for military officers. Since the twelfth rank of deputy envoys in the horizontal class is generally not a necessary step for military officers to be promoted, the promotion path for military officers is a total of 48 ranks—— The highest rank of military officer is Taiwei, plus five ranks of Yaojun official and six ranks of official officer.

Including the head of the army (team), ten generals, generals Yuhou, Chengju and appellants, all belong to the eighth rank of Weiyong, Wupin.

Junior military officers: generals, deputy generals, preparation generals, department generals, team generals, etc., all belong to the eighth rank of small envoys, from the eighth rank to the ninth rank.

Junior Military Officers: Chief General and Deputy General (who have served for more than five years), belong to the second rank of ambassadors, and the official Bapin Han only waits from the gate of Bapin Pavilion.

Low-level military officers: Tongzhi, Commander, General, etc., the eighth rank of deputy envoys, from the seventh rank.

From the eighth rank of deputy envoys of the various divisions to the head, he is the most senior martial arts doctor, and he has only reached the seventh rank.

In the era of cold weapons, charging on the battlefield is undoubtedly the most risky profession for the first middle and low-level military officers, and the military officers of the seventh rank can no longer charge forward by themselves.

The rank of military generals in the Song Dynasty was generally not high, and the seventh rank was already very powerful. If it was higher, it basically belonged to military officers who could "run wild". military attache.

Suo Chao is barely considered a junior military officer at present, and he is a ninth rank. If he relies on his seniority, it will take at least ten or eight years to reach Yang Zhi's current position. As for Zhou Jin, it is even more distant.

Suo Chao said enviously: "Hey, Yang Zhi really had good luck."

Zhou Jin said: "It's not just Yang Zhi, those people with the governor have all been promoted and made a fortune. I really obeyed that sentence. If you want to be an official, you will kill and set fire and be recruited. If you know that it is so easy to get promoted, I will go up the mountain with Yang Zhi." I heard that after defeating Goryeo, most of Li Yan's old brothers got a lot of Goryeo wives and concubines, even soldiers, tsk tsk!"

Suo Chao said: "It's not the right way after all."

Zhou Jin said: "Master is too pedantic, if we follow the right path, we may not be able to be promoted to ambassadors until we die."

Zhou Jin said again: "I'm not good at skills, so I'll just eat and wait to die. Master, you have such good martial arts skills, why don't you go to vote for the governor, no one in the world knows, the governor is the most insightful, and he will treat you kindly Master Yu."

Suo Chao scolded Zhou Jin and said, "Stop talking nonsense! Liangshan Army has Feilei Pao, Erlong Mountain has it, Tian Hu has it, Wang Qing has it, and Fang La has it, but we don't have it. What does this mean? If you vote for him, if he rebels in the future, won't I also lose my innocence?"

Zhou Jin whispered: "It's better than a lifetime of mediocrity."

Suo Chao pretended not to hear, but looked into the distance.

At the same time, Lu Junyi also said to Yan Qing: "The governor behaved like this, how could he have the heart to submit to him? If I follow him, if he turns against him in the future, wouldn't I also follow suit and lose my innocence?"

Yan Qing said: "Master, is there any other way to go now?"

"This……"

Lu Junyi was speechless.

Yan Qing cautiously said: "It doesn't matter if this soldier is sent by Erlong Mountain or Liangshan Po, it is always because of the master, who raises swords and soldiers. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the master's nine clans may not be able to escape the execution."

Lu Junyi closed his eyes with pain on his face.

Yan Qing said again: "The master is famous in the capital, but those gentlemen above the court don't use such heroes as the master. This court Xiaoyi has completely understood that he is an upright man with real talents and learning. If you don't need it, don't use it, if you don't want it, you can't tolerate it, at worst, you will be a commoner all your life, but the master is obviously a loyal citizen, but he almost died of being wronged. But Li Gu and his fellow... can enjoy themselves happily, and all the corrupt officials can share the master's wealth..."

Lu Junyi couldn't help but said, "Xiaoyi!"

In fact, Yan Qing was also full of anger, so she made an exception and didn't listen to Lu Junyi's call to stop, but continued: "Most governors are strong and strong, and they have the qualifications of a famous master. I don't know how many times stronger the Hun Lord who became an immortal is, and he may be able to replace that Hun Jun in the future, Xiao Yi really can't figure it out, what is there for the master to hesitate, why don't you vote for the title master and submit to death?"

Lu Junyi said loudly: "Xiaoyi!"

For the first time, Yan Qing didn't back down, but met Lu Junyi's eyes and looked at Lu Junyi!

After an unknown amount of time, just as Lu Junyi was about to be defeated, there was a sudden commotion outside!

Lu Junyi and Yan Qing immediately stopped looking at each other, and said in unison: "The governor is here."

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(End of this chapter)