Daming kill

Chapter 279 Yiling Fog
Since it is going to go up the river, the wind strength and direction when the army sets out must be at least acceptable.

Anyway, it is definitely impossible to have no wind or headwind.

Although the weather may be unpredictable, anyone who often walks on the river knows that absolute headwinds are extremely rare.

And as long as there is no absolute headwind, an experienced ship boss can always let the ship advance with the wind.

Therefore, despite sailing against the current, whether the boat was fast or slow, or straight or curved, Liu Rushi's boat arrived in Yiling Prefecture (now Yichang, Hubei Province), which is also the capital of Jingzhou, more than 200 miles away in the evening of the next day.

It was also here that Liu Rushi understood why they had to change boats, and she hadn't seen any larger boats traveling with them along the way.

The river near Yiling Prefecture has not only become much narrower, but the water flow has also begun to rush. Moreover, there are many mountains on both sides of the river, and the end of the river cannot be seen at a glance.

Even here they changed boats again, smaller boats.

And the original small ship and all other ships of the same size began to unload people and cargo to prepare for the return voyage.

This means that the spacious cabin and comfortable environment will bid farewell to them, and should also bid farewell to everyone else, including Li Ping, the chief military officer they have not met yet.

Of course, the number of people guarding them has also decreased.

Taking advantage of the timing of changing boats and the limited space on the "small" boat, Liu Rushi continued to carefully observe everything around and on the shore with complicated emotions.

In just over a day, she saw too many things that made her unimaginable.

Although they could only stay in the cabin at that time, Liu Rushi could easily observe that the soldiers and horses entering Sichuan were not all by boat, but by virtue of the unrestricted windows on the boat for them and the two daytimes with good sightlines during the voyage. It is land and water, and most people actually travel by land.

But the strangest part is here!
Because the passengers on the ships around her are obviously mostly women, old people and children, and there are very few real soldiers.

And by observing the not-too-distant shore, it can be easily distinguished that most of the people who are advancing rapidly along the river in an orderly and large-scale are mostly military men and middle-aged men.

This almost completely overturned her cognition.

To give up boats to old men, women, and children, and soldiers to walk on foot, is so unheard of, it seems like something only in books.

Liu Rushi has figured out that the official soldiers of this army basically wear uniform uniforms, including the female soldiers who guard them.

Yes!

It is also shocking that there are women soldiers in this army, and the number does not seem to be rare.

And these questions, she has already obtained evidence from the female officer He Xiu'er who has been with them all the time.

Although the contact time is still very short, the well-informed Liu Rushi has judged that He Xiuer, who doesn't talk much, is a kind girl.

Besides, He Xiuer didn't need to lie to them about these issues.

And not only is He Xiu'er a kind girl, but also the sullen female soldiers guarding them all day long and those soldiers who look tough and vicious at first glance are also surprising.

They all displayed not only a strong sense of discipline, but also a high level of breeding.

If the sense of rules and strict military discipline may be inseparable, but education is something that cannot be obtained simply by military discipline.

It often needs education to shape, but also needs the environment to nurture.

"Sister Shen Ru, everyone can't sleep right now, so tell us a few more stories about Datang! It's best about how powerful Datang is." Dong Jiangpeng, who had been away for a long time, joined the Come up and ask.

This young man named Dong Jiangpeng should know Liu Rushi's strengths. There was nothing wrong with the boat, so he quickly entangled him.

Of course, it is very polite to come to pester.

From time to time, Dong Jiangpeng pestered Liu Rushi to tell stories about historical celebrities and major events, especially about strong men and the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, she is often asked to teach writing and arithmetic.

And at these times, He Xiuer, Qi Gang, and other soldiers on the same ship would come over to listen and study carefully whenever they had free time.

Because of this, Liu Rushi also unexpectedly learned that Li Ping's army is compulsory to organize cultural studies, and soldiers must pass the cultural examination when they are promoted to officers and then promoted to officers.

This made Liu Rushi extremely shocked, and even the degree of shock was unmatched by other incredible things.

Because this is unprecedented in history.

This also made it no longer unimaginable and unimaginable that the personnel she saw in Li Ping’s army, whether they were boatmen or ordinary soldiers, were all surprisingly clean and neatly dressed, and most of them even had the habit of brushing their teeth and generally using expensive toilet paper. understandable.

After all, scholars love cleanliness and are particular about it.

"Okay!...Well...then I'll tell a story about Tang Taizong Li Shimin and his prime minister Wei Zheng!" Liu Rushi first readily agreed and then thought for a while before thinking about what he wanted to tell this time.

She decided to play tricks to see if she could disintegrate these caretakers who were not vicious from the inside.

And Dong Jiangpeng did not suspect him, and immediately happily called other interested and temporarily free people to come and listen.

While other people on board and off the boat surrounded one after another, Liu Rushi looked at the more and more busy lights on both sides of the bank and asked: "It's been two days of continuous marching, everyone should be very tired, Why don't you take a break, but get busier?"

Liu Rushi guessed where Dong Jiangpeng went after getting off the boat. She wanted to make more quotations, and then follow the trend to formulate words. Maybe she could get some useful information.

"We will continue to go tomorrow morning, and we will not take a day off as planned." Dong Jiangpeng said without thinking.

"Ah! Why?" Liu Rushi was taken aback for a moment.

"Yeah! Why?" Qi Gang, He Xiu'er, and everyone else who had just come over were also taken aback. Since they hadn't received any instructions, they were all talking about it just now.

They traveled by boat, although they traveled day and night, but overall it was relatively easy.

But the men and horses marching along the road by the river are different!

Most of those people should be very tired at this time, and many of them should have not yet reached Yiling Prefecture. Although some are still marching here in the dark, some are probably already organizing rest along the way.

Dong Jiangpeng curled his lips and said: "Brother Qi, Gu Xiu, you should probably receive the order soon. According to the information just received, Zhang Xianzhong has conquered Wanxian and Fuzhou, and is currently besieging Chongqing Fucheng. We must speed up the march immediately Otherwise, the people of Sichuan will be in great trouble."

Wanxian, today's Wanzhou District of Chongqing, is about 500 miles away from Chongqing Fucheng. It is named after "Wanchuan Bihui" and "Wanshang Biji".

Fuzhou, today's Fuling District in Chongqing, is about 150 miles away from Chongqing Fucheng. It is the first important pass after entering the Sichuan Basin. According to ancient people's measurements, it is about 1700 miles away from Jiangling (also known as Jingzhou) waterway.

In history, Zhang Xianzhong went north to Sichuan at the beginning of the 17th year of Chongzhen. On February [-], he broke through Wanxian County. Then he stopped for three months due to the swell of the river and the difficulty in collecting grain and grass. After that, he gathered the old Huihui tribe in Jingzhou and quickly broke through Fuzhou, followed by Chongqing. Fucheng, fully entered Sichuan.

Although Zhang Xianzhong's army is now more complex and far less elite than in history, its marching speed is still similar to that in history, and because it did not stop at Wanxian, it also gave the defenders in the Sichuan Basin less time to react and prepare , so the attack speed after crossing Wanxian is faster.

"It is said that this riverside is a dangerous pass. How can this loyal march be so fast? It seems that the officers and soldiers in Sichuan are useless. I think Chongqing's prefectural city may not be able to defend it. We really have to leave quickly! "A soldier exclaimed immediately after hearing Dong Jiangpeng's words.

And as soon as his words fell, he received a lot of echoes.

A soldier also yelled that he thought Zhang Xianzhong could be dealt with at the Xiachuan River (the section of the Yangtze River in Sichuan below Chongqing), but now it seems impossible, but in any case, we must try to save the people in Sichuan from suffering.

Li Ping has successfully incited the strong anger of the officers and soldiers against Zhang Xianzhong's series of evil deeds, made the officers and soldiers realize the necessity of chasing and defeating Zhang Xianzhong, and solved the problem of the motivation of the troops to enter Sichuan.

Moreover, his series of complete victories against Zhang Xianzhong also made the troops full of confidence in completely defeating Zhang Xianzhong.

At the same time, Li Ping also organized an explanation to the officers and soldiers of the geography of the mountains and rivers that entered Sichuan, so that the officers and soldiers could fully understand the difficulty of marching in the long mountainous area, especially the treacherous Three Gorges area, and the difficulty of supplies after passing through Yiling Prefecture. To Chongqing should be a long-term process.

In this way, he had a reasonable explanation why he had to stay in Jingzhou for a longer period of time to make complete preparations instead of chasing Zhang Xianzhong in a hurry.

Seeing that the soldiers and young generals around were filled with righteous indignation, Liu Ru was a little dazed. If she didn't know that she was in a mess, she would almost have gone to fight against the enemy.

At the same time, she was even more confused, what kind of army is this!
But the discussion didn't last long, because Dong Jiangpeng quickly remembered the business and urged Liu Rushi to tell them stories quickly, and their boat quickly became quiet as a result.

At this time, telling the story between Li Shimin and Wei Zheng was not simple. Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan were a little worried, but most of the audience listened with gusto.

Liu Rushi observed that Dong Jiangpeng frowned slightly after a while, and the look in her eyes became a little complicated, but soon the expression remained the same.

This surprised Liu Rushi a little.

Suddenly, a group of busy people sang a song in the distance, and then more places followed suit.

However, the singing is not consistent, but the tunes are different in style.

And some even sang solo.

Of course, most of the songs are uplifting and well suited to the hustle and bustle of the moment, but some don't quite fit in, and some are even love songs or can't figure out what they are.

But no matter what, the busyness around him quickly became cheerful and more efficient.

This distracted Liu Rushi a little.

But after looking at the faces of most of the people around her who were surprised and eager to continue listening to the story, she could only withdraw her curiosity and concentrate on telling the half-finished story.

But Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan are different.

The two of them were almost engrossed in listening to those songs that were fundamentally weird to them, and even Li Xiangjun hummed along with some of the songs in his heart, only seeing his lips move but not hearing the sound.

The completely different and diverse songs of later generations undoubtedly have a great impact on people of this era.

Over the past two days, the female officer He Xiuer hummed a few songs when she had nothing to do, and the tunes that were often heard on the surrounding ships and on both sides of the river were unprecedented in style, and the lyrics were mostly vernacular and even vulgar at times, but they were loud and clear. Undoubtedly, Liu Rushi's later songs are another point that shocked the three of them, especially Li Xiangjun, a quyi master.

Even Liu Rushi, who was the least good at rhythm among the three, showed great shock.

Influenced by Qinhuai Fengyue, Liu Rushi has a much better musical quality than ordinary people even if she is not good at rhythm. She can naturally distinguish between good and bad and has a strong sensitivity to brand-new tunes.

What's more, these songs, especially those solo songs, are very different, and the variety and novelty of their styles are almost dizzying, and they are completely different from any songs that can be heard in Daming at this time.

The shock of Li Xiangjun, a folk art expert who is good at singing, can be imagined, she was almost mesmerized.

Moreover, when the night was already deep and the surroundings had long been completely silent, Li Xiangjun, who had to sleep next to Liu Rushi because of the small boat, could not fall asleep for a long time. She was a little excited and continued to hum repeatedly in her heart. Several newly heard songs.

Li Xiangjun couldn't sleep, and neither could Liu Rushi.

She is also full of thoughts!

In less than two days, this army has already brought her great shock and confusion, as well as too much confusion.

Not to mention these brand-new songs, Dong Jiangpeng, He Xiuer and Qi Gang, the people they had the most contact with, especially some inexplicable words that often popped out of Dong Jiangpeng's mouth also made her unable to understand, and it had nothing to do with the accent at all.

As for "science", "culture", "military", "society" and "surgery", etc., she could roughly understand the meaning of some words, but some of them had to be explained in detail.

It seemed like a whole new society here, completely different from all the places she had ever known and known.

She couldn't figure it out, she couldn't understand it, and at the same time, she had countless curiosity.

What's next for the journey?Liu Rushi suddenly realized that she no longer seemed to be so afraid, and even had a little expectation to see what happened.

(End of this chapter)