Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 863
Abandoning family and business and leaving home is an unbearable pain for Shengmin, but once accepted, it may not be an unbearable desperation.

Especially for Wang Xue, almost half of his short life was spent in this kind of turmoil, and other people in Wubi may not have his rich experience several times, but in fact, most of them also migrated from side to side Come here, so after recognizing this reality, or weeping and feeling a few words, then I also packed up my belongings and set foot on the road.

The entire Wubi is not large in scale, with a hundred or so families. Although Wang Xue was elected as the leader, there are actually no strict means of governing these people.So on the first day of leaving Wubi, nearly one-third of them left this small team.These families who left either had stronger families and did not want to be dragged down by the old and the weak in the team, or they had accumulated a lot of family property in the dock wall and did not want to share it with others.

Wang Xue is just a wounded old soldier, because of some means of earning a living, he can attract the intimacy of others, which is not really a high level of prestige.Those people want to leave, and he has no choice.He is not a very intelligent person, but he is better than experienced. He understands that the significance of Wubi's existence is not to provide shelter, but an excuse for people to be entangled and messy.If a temporary shelter cannot be found as soon as possible, their small team will soon fall apart.

People in troubled times are like streams of water, flowing on the flat ground and diverging continuously, converging with a slight pit, those diverging out may merge into other streams, or disappear without a trace, only as much as possible can gather more, and the demise can be postponed.

Wang Xue and the others were lucky. Not long after entering the water, they found a large meadow. There were some house wreckage in the meadow. It was probably because refugees had lived here before. The residents and houses in the village have long since disappeared, leaving only some traces.After discovering these traces, a group of people were greatly encouraged. Since someone has lived here, it means that they can continue to live here.

So here became their new foothold. Although this is only the periphery of Mizusawa, it is actually safe enough.Because with people like them, it is really worthless to attract those soldiers to continue to expand their search. Once the original dock wall is empty, they will soon be forgotten.

The meadow has a good environment, a large number of shallow ponds and reeds, and even more than ten acres of thin land have been reclaimed, woodcutters, fishing and hunting, and some grains are also planted. It is not difficult to feed a group of hundreds of them.To survive, sometimes it is difficult to reach the sky, and sometimes it is a very simple thing.

There are rebels in the wilderness, this is what the cavalry who discovered Wubi told Wang Xue and others earlier, and the cruelty of the rebellion is extremely exaggerated.This is also one of the reasons why many villagers chose to leave on the way. They didn't think that entering the Ze was a good choice, and they were very likely to be destroyed by the chaos, so they chose a way out that they thought was better.

Although Wang Xue and a group of people were really inconspicuous in this vast marsh, they were still discovered by the rebel army in the first winter after they entered the marsh, when the vegetation withered and the shelter was reduced.But the rebel army did not kill them, nor did they take them away. They ignored them until they were sure that they were refugees fleeing from the nearby countryside, and left them to fend for themselves, without even touching the rations they had accumulated for the winter. .

At that time, the villagers were full of fear, thinking that they would die imminently. After surviving the catastrophe, they all heaved a sigh of relief, and then yelled at the so-called master Wang who forced them to flee from their hometown earlier. At least there was a way for them to survive without harming each other.

Hearing these cursing voices from the villagers, Wang Xue just smiled and said nothing. In the past many years, he lived in chaos, and he didn't even know which side he followed, but one thing is certain, Wang Shihe has also done it. He also did it.

Those cavalry kings who drove them away from their habitat were not necessarily bad, and the rebels who found them and abandoned them were not necessarily good either.In other words, these refugees are just weeds on the side of the road, and they are not even qualified to let the soldiers show whether they are good or bad, they are not worthy.Because Wang Xue was once one of them, whether it was the rebellious army or Wang Shi, and he had treated other refugees like this.

Earlier, Wang Shishi opened his mouth and asked them for food that was impossible to get. If those people really intended to do this, they might as well just rob them at that time. It is really unnecessary to give them time to raise money. They couldn't afford any more time.So those people's intention is just to drive them away and drive them into Daze.So knowing that there was a rebellious army in the Ze, Wang Xue still chose to lead the crowd into the Daze, because if he fled to other places, it would be a real dead end.

After these people entered Daze, they were equivalent to eyes and ears, able to make the disorderly army hiding in the depths of Noze panic and have nowhere to hide.

The reason why the rebel army didn't kill them or take them away was because they kept them as eyes and ears, and because they didn't have much money to squeeze.They are a buffer zone between the king's division and the rebellious army. If there is any disturbance on either side, they will be alarmed, and the other side can use their commotion to speculate on the enemy's movements.

Therefore, they can only exist as weeds to observe the direction of the wind. Once they have a little value beyond this point, they will be immediately eaten by a certain party.

After surviving the harsh winter and before the arrival of warm spring, there are more and more soldiers around Nozawa, and there are frequent conflicts and fights.The rebellion army and Master Wang had a tacit understanding and chose to sweep the outskirts of Heze at this point in time. Wang Xue, a small group of refugees, was swept into a deeper area by the rebellion army.The bitter cold in winter is a test. Apart from luck, those who can survive will more or less have some unique means of making a living.It would be a pity to regard it as a lookout weed.

Wang Xue is no stranger to this process, and he has even participated in it several times.He knew very well that as long as they could survive this difficult period, they would be eligible to join a certain party.Therefore, before the sweep, he led the crowd to migrate inward, choosing to move closer to the chaos.

It's not that he agrees more with the rebellious army, both sides are the same.He doesn't expect to be able to live in peace and happiness for a long time, but judging from past experience, the weaker side generally treats the people more softly.He himself doesn't care, but now that he has a wife and daughter, he will be bound, and he is no longer in his prime, so he will naturally choose the one who is in a better situation.

Sure enough, after arriving at the new resettlement place, the situation is not too bad.It was a huge village, and when they arrived, nearly a thousand refugees in similar situations had already gathered.The rebel army didn't push them to a dead end, so they drew one out of three, and put the rest in the stockade.There are farmland, mulberry gardens, hemp gardens, etc. in the stockade for them to work.As for the food and items produced, they will be taken away regularly. Although there is not much ration left for them, the harvests such as fishing and harvesting other than farming and weaving can be preserved by themselves.

Without the intrusion of military disasters, they can work steadily and produce, and they can also get some food for subsistence. For these tortured people, it is already the best life imaginable in their lives.

In such an environment, Wang Xue naturally shines, his fishing and hunting skills are even among these refugees who have their own livelihood skills.In order to provide sufficient security for his wife and daughter, he does not hide his ability. He spends his spare time fishing with nets, and often harvests a lot, but he only leaves enough for his own food every day, and donates the rest to outsiders.

Soon, Wang Xue became popular in the village, and even attracted the attention of the commander of the rebel army. He was exempted from ordinary labor, and many young men were assigned to his subordinates to be under his command, specializing in fishing and hunting.So gradually, he became a lieutenant in the rebel army, and he was in charge of hundreds of people, and he went to the waters and meadows every day to catch fish for food.There are a lot of water in this area, and at the most, it can even catch thousands of catties of fish and shrimp in a day.

And Wang Xue also became famous in the rebellious army because of this credit. Some generals in the rebellious army even met him personally, and from this he finally knew that the leader of their rebellious army was the king of Zhao Guowei. Liu Zheng, the governor of Xuzhou and general Fubo under his command.Among these official titles, whether it is the governor or the general, Wang Xue is as far away as the stars in the sky.But he was personally received by this great man, and he was given a half-worn armor.

"There is great righteousness in the grass, and there is no need to rely on the prestige of a husband to kill the enemy alone. Raise the army with heart, and the king will succeed in the future, and you will all be able to be named marquises!"

The great man laughed at Yan Ran, and patted Wang Xue's fishy shoulder to encourage him.

Wang Xue knelt down and thanked her, her face was full of gratitude, but her heart sank suddenly.He doesn't understand the turmoil of the world, the ups and downs of the general situation, but he is well aware of his own weight. He is becoming more and more eye-catching in the chaos, making the surrounding audience extremely envious. However, every time he stands out, his mood becomes worse. Isn't he It is presumptuous to belittle oneself, but with his tricks, he can still get ahead. It is conceivable that this chaotic army is really nothing special.

After being received by that General Liu Zheng, Wang Xue no longer fished full-time, but was in charge of guarding several warehouses of the rebel army, and the soldiers assigned to him became more courageous.No matter how high her status was, Wang Xue couldn't be happier. She felt that an invisible butcher's knife was slowly descending above her head.

One day, Wang Xue suddenly received a military order and led the crowd to evacuate from the island he was defending.There are two warehouses and three villages on this island, and there are more than 2000 people, men, women and children.Although he didn't know the meaning of the military order, Wang Xue didn't dare to question it, and quickly summoned the soldiers to leave.Not long after they left, they saw two warships full of soldiers heading towards the island on the other side of the island. After a while, the island was full of figures running and howling, and then billowing smoke billowed.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xue felt very fortunate. If he hadn't been notified first and led the crowd to evacuate, he and his more than 300 soldiers would have been stuck fighting bloody battles on the island immediately.At the same time, there was no lack of doubts in my heart. Five or six hundred enemy troops in two ships went deep in. How could they approach the island so silently?
On the way to evacuate, another warship appeared head-on, and the flag was fighting against friendly troops. When he approached and found that the leader of the troops was a general he knew, Wang Xue was relieved.

"Change, follow!"

The five ships on the opposite side were not small in scale, and together with Wang Xue's three ships, more ships joined along the way, gradually forming a fleet with more than two thousand soldiers.Wang Xue also inquired about the nearby ships, but they couldn't tell where they were going.

As night fell, this chaotic army landed on a sheltered pier outside Nozawa, and immediately the general led his troops and quickly disappeared into the night.Not long after, flames flickered in the dark night several miles away.

"Go ashore quickly, kill the laggards!"

The confidants left behind by the general raised their swords one after another, staring at Wang Xue and other soldiers.Although everyone was still in the dark at the moment, they didn't dare to be negligent after seeing the situation. They went ashore and lined up to rush towards the fire under the leadership of others.

It was a large-scale dock wall built against a mountain. When Wang Xue and others arrived, the inside and outside of the dock wall gate were already ablaze, and the flames had already spread to the wooden fence.There were running and fleeing figures inside and outside the flames, and the rebel soldiers who had rushed in earlier had already charged in and started fighting.

"You don't have to go there, Zhuanghou warehouse, hurry up and move, don't leave anything behind!"

The general's pocket was stained with blood, and his face was also spattered with blood. Behind him were several women with disheveled hair who were being held hostage by the soldiers.In the flickering flames, the general's teeth were shining brightly, like the sharp teeth of a beast: "You can also hide it privately when carrying it, just be careful if you will be discovered!"

Wang Xue and the others did not dare to slack off, and under the leadership of General Bu Qu, they knocked down the wall of fire and ran to the back of the village.When they arrived at the scene, several warehouses connected together had been opened, and corpses lay all over the ground. White grains of rice and salt flowed out from the warehouses, as well as piles of silk that shone brightly under the light of the fire. Silk, and many other goods, all of which are in short supply in Nozawa.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers couldn't help gasping, unable to believe the scene in front of them.Without the urging of others, they all rushed into the warehouse one after another. After touching the real thing with both hands, they finally confirmed that it was not a dream, and all of them howled in ecstasy.

Wang Xue didn't squeeze into the barn at the first time, it's not that he was unmoved by foreign objects, it's that after he recovered his life on the battlefield a few years ago, his physical fitness has not been considered good, and he already has the strength to run and march here at night If you don't support it, you really can't squeeze the front.Falling behind, he had time to look at the surrounding environment of the dock wall. There was no moon in the night, and he couldn't make out the specifics. He could only see the outline of a strangely shaped mountain in the distance.

Although the mountain is not high, it is extremely steep, like a blade.Because of the weird shape, Wang Xue had a lot of impressions about it. After thinking about it for a while, her face suddenly changed, and she hurriedly pulled a general to say: "There is an enemy camp on this mountain, which is not small in scale. Earlier I led the people At this point in fishing and hunting, he was ambushed and killed, and nearly a hundred lives were lost! Quickly report to the general, this place may be a trap..."

When the confidant heard this, his eyebrows twitched, and then he grinned, looking at Wang Xue as if looking at a fool, but seeing the armor on the other party, he still swallowed the sarcasm that came to his mouth, and just replied: : "Don't worry about soldiers, generals have their own wisdom."

When Wang Xue heard this, she was taken aback for a moment.After a while, I suddenly remembered the military order I received during the day, and my face instantly became extremely ugly. The corpses around the warehouse at my feet seemed to come to life, dancing in the sea of ​​flames one by one, with desperate roars from their mouths, just like the He saw the scene on the island.

Then, a look of crying and laughter appeared on his face, cold sweat poured out from under the heavy armor, and he felt even more like a joke. Although he was wearing a soldier's armor, he was still a pedant monkeys.Born in troubled times, there is really no need to blame others, no matter how miserable the fate is, you will bring it on yourself, just because you can't learn others' cruel hearts and killing methods.

There are a lot of things stored on the dock wall, and it took most of the night to fill the accompanying ships, but there are still many loads left.The general appeared again and told the participating soldiers to take as much as they could.

Wang Xue was still dazed at the moment, but her hands and feet were numb, watching the soldiers looting with obsession, but there was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth, she didn't know who she was speaking for.

When the sky was bright, the rebellious army returned with a full load, and Wang Xue's mood recovered at the moment. When all the goods on board were stored in the warehouse, and there was no other military order, he called up his soldiers and placed them in a temporary camp. Only then did I take two parts to go home.Although he did not participate in the final looting, but as a soldier, it was natural for someone to contribute. Several feet of silk, dozens of bags of round-grained rice, and some refined salt were all piled up on the cart, and the two men followed closely behind back.

The rebellious army did not have a fixed camp, and the family members of the commanders were all scattered among several islands in the depths.Wang Xue is not a very conspicuous general in the rebellious army, but there is no shortage of people and land here, so he was also allocated a small courtyard on a certain island with seven or eight households.

"Grandpa, Grandpa is back..."

Beside the creek, a rather handsome young lady in linen was playing with several average-sized girls. When she saw Wang Xuexing approaching, she immediately smiled and waved her arms to meet her.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xue's mood also became softer and cheerful. Suddenly, she saw a little fire flashing from behind the running figure of the little lady, her face changed suddenly, she clutched the saber at her waist, and shouted sharply: "Song Mother, come quickly, come to grandpa!"

Seeing this scene, the little lady looked suspicious, she turned her head and looked behind her, her body staggered suddenly and was pulled behind her by Wang Xue, and then she saw Grandpa's old face covered with pock marks, standing menacingly in front of her , as if there is danger approaching in the open space in front of you.

"Ah, grandpa..."

"Nothing, nothing. Grandpa is tired, tired..."

Only then did Wang Xue come back to her senses, shook her head and gave a wry smile, bent down to sweep away the grass clippings on the side of the little lady's clothes, looked at the suspicious little face, and said with a smile: "My lady It's really unusual, Grandpa has to take care of it and choose a good son-in-law for my little lady."

The father and daughter have no blood relationship at all, and now they are walking side by side to the house, the scene is actually very beautiful.The woman walked out of the door with a bamboo basket in her hand. After seeing this scene, a shiny smile appeared on her wrinkled face. Happy, but seeing the blood stains on Wang Xue's armor again, she was worried, and stepped forward to take the pocket from Wang Xue's hand, sighing: "The family has enough food and food, don't, don't tire yourself..."

"No, no, this thing is dirty."

Wang Xue withdrew Douhou behind her, not wanting to be touched by the woman, and had been dependent on each other for several years. He was still ashamed and grateful to see the woman. This woman not only saved his life, but also made him understand what he should do. live.Seeing the worried look on the woman's face, he clumsily wiped off the blood stains on the front breastplate, and said with a naive smile: "Other people's, it's all other people's..."

　I've always wanted to write about someone who I feel is a hero. . .Alas, I planned to make up for the delayed update on the weekend, but I couldn't stay on the weekend, and I am on a business trip again today, sorry, sorry. . .Don't forget how much you have delayed, if you have time, try to make up for it

　　
　
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