A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 71
Chang'an, outside the Golden Light Gate.

On the bank of Yongtong Canal, the military camp.

The Fumin Canal, which was dug during the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty to divert the Weishui River, followed the old course of the Cao Canal in the Han Dynasty to Tongguan in the east and reached the Yellow River for more than [-] miles, transported the millet from the Kanto and East Rivers to the capital, but it was silted up at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

The prosperous and bustling Fumin Canal during Kaihuang’s reign has lost its clear waves and white sails, only today’s military tents and countless gathered soldiers from the Guanzhong government.

Huaiyu, dressed in military uniform, left Huaiyuanfang early, with a sturdy team behind him, the guest Ma Zhou was also dressed in military uniform with a horizontal knife, Xin Zhao held a spear and bow on his back, and the eight sons and grandchildren of the warrior Ling followed closely. Then came the Cheng family's eight-part series, the warrior's sixteen-part series, the warrior's Xun's eight-part series, and eight medical workers and fellows from Qianjintang who followed the army.

In addition, Runniang's elder brother Chen Xing who followed temporarily.

It happened to be a team of 50 people.

Huaiyu rode Yezhaobai. Although he was not wearing armor, he held a black lacquered horse lance, hung an iron horizontal knife given by the prince on his waist, and carried a rhinoceros horn bow on his back. On the saddle hung a cut horse given by Fan Xuanfu and a gift from Qin Qiong. golden mace.

A large cloak is tied on the shoulders, and a red tasseled hat is on the head.

It's really a bit majestic, like a general.

Half of the group rode horses and a few walked, followed by a team of mules to carry equipment.

The parts sent by each family are all on horseback. Although it is not as good as a horse like Yezhaobai, it is also a good ride, and even one person with two riders.

That is to say, Huaiyu's Qianjintang guys didn't have horses to ride, so they followed on foot.

After leaving the city gate, looking at the huge camp, Huaiyu felt blood rushing up uncontrollably, as if going to a concert with tens of thousands of people.

Before approaching the gate of the camp, several people checked their identities.

Huaiyu, a large group of people, did not attract much attention.

Wu Junwei is the younger brother of the fat Wu Junya, in his early thirties, but because he was born to a maidservant, his status is very low, especially the samurai Ling is particularly capable of giving birth, with more than 30 sons. This Wu Shibalang was in Xuancheng Gong There is no difference between the mansion and the transparent people, not to mention being an official, even a three guards officer is not qualified, usually go to the outer court to say that he is in charge, but in fact he is equivalent to a servant.

This time, Lao Wu still remembered that he had this son, and asked him to join the expedition to see if he had a chance to make some military achievements.

Although Wu Junwei is the son of a maid whom everyone dislikes, he is still tall and strong. He often walks in the capital, and he knows more about the battles of the Tang army than Huaiyu.

According to what he said, in fact, when the imperial court enlists soldiers from the government, it also recruits the three guards, honored officials, and scattered officials of the inner government to accompany the army.

There are even children who accompany the army. The children of the Tang people are very broad, such as the children of the Imperial Army, the children of Chengpang, the children of Unity, and the children of Shanhe.

Children outside the army can also be recruited voluntarily, and they can get honors even if they make contributions.

Some of these children were recruited directly with their fathers and brothers in the camp, while others were sent to a separate camp, instead of entering the camp of the government soldiers, and carried out their own "righteous conscripts".

In addition to volunteering by children outside the army, officers can also bring their servants with them.

These parts are equivalent to private servants. They are family soldiers in the camp. They are not brought with them to serve, but they also have to dress up as guards or kill the enemy.

Therefore, when the Tang army fights, sometimes the composition is complicated. The main force is of course the government soldiers, and there will also be children from outside the army, and even civilian volunteers.

In the early Tang Dynasty, there were many battles, and there were many opportunities for meritorious service. Especially at this time, the rewards or land rewards for meritorious service were relatively real, not fake ones, so they were often recruited in one battle. Packing reports, there will be fathers and sons and brothers who also set up their own luggages to accompany each other, and with one heart, they will go to the military. Of course, seizures on the battlefield, or even looting in enemy territory, are also rich income.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, these children have been very welcome to volunteer, and officers and generals are also allowed to bring their own parts with the army, because no matter whether they are children or parts, they are often young and strong, even have good martial arts, and they often have relatively poor family conditions. Well, they can bring their own clothing, food and luggage. At the same time, these people are eager to make contributions and have a strong will to fight. This will greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, so why not do it.

Anyway, rewards are given for meritorious service, and the court doesn't have much to pay.

As long as they enter the battalion, regardless of whether they are children or trilogy, they will actually be given pickle rations, and they will all obey the command of the army.

Whether it was Cheng Yaojin or the samurai Xun, they knew this very well when they gave Huaiyu a trilogy or sent their children to join the army.

As soon as Huaiyu entered the gate of the camp, the guards at the gate saw his status as a member of the army, and immediately asked a soldier to take him to the camp.

"Prince Right Guard leads the government to join the army and reports from Wu Huaiyu!"

"come on in."

In a large tent, many officers were already seated, and the right guard's governor, Shi Lu Huairang, was also there. He came up and dragged Huaiyu in, and introduced everyone to him.

"Everyone, this is Wu Huaiyu Wu Erlang, who joined the army led by our right guard. He is a son of a high-ranking man who came down from Zhongnan Mountain. He has superb medical skills and can make alchemy and draw talismans. The portraits he drew of Duke Yi and General Yuchi are amazing to me. , paste it on the main gate of the Eastern Palace, so that His Highness the Crown Prince can sleep peacefully until dawn, and of course, I believe everyone here has at least one bottle of Erlang's healing medicine, right?"

"Erlang is not only a young handsome man of our right guard, but also my relatives. Mr. Ying Guogong Wu Shilang is my uncle, and Huaiyu is Ying Guogong's nephew. Our right guard leads Suguo Gong, the great general Cheng. Reminding Wan Wan, let me take good care of him this time, this is the treasure of our Youwei Commandery, and General Cheng even fell in love with him and wants to take him in as his son-in-law."

Although this Princess Wanchun's son-in-law was judged by Cheng Yaojin as a dude, he was really good at talking, and after a few words, everyone got a lot of information. Although this young man was a low-ranking man who came to Zhimaguan from the ninth rank, his background was not good. Simple, Ying Guogong's nephew pointed out that this person was even famous among the princes, and even met Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong, and was favored by General Youwuwei and Prince Youwei led by Cheng Yaojin.

"Erlang, this is the right vanguard of our Longyou Camp, General Youwuwei Zhonglang, Baron of Weicheng County."

Niu Jinda has a square red face, thick eyebrows, big face, thick and long beard, a pair of eyes as big as bells, and a man with a nine-girth belt, like an iron tower, wearing a battle robe. He looked at Huaiyu for a few times, and then came up The slap was on Huaiyu's shoulder, as if he wanted to slap him into the ground.

Fortunately, Huaiyu and Cheng Yaojin often talked to each other, and they got used to it, and prepared their strength in advance, even after being hit hard, they still didn't move as loose.

"Hey, looking at your skin, tender flesh, white, clean and gentle, I didn't expect you to be in good shape. No wonder Lao Cheng likes you and wants to recruit you as his son-in-law. It's really good."

The old cow speaks very directly.

Huaiyu did some homework yesterday, and got to know the backgrounds of the generals in the Longyou camp. This old man is also a son of a wealthy family. Although he is a baron of Weicheng County now, he is a loyal brother of Qin Shubao and Cheng Yaojin , Lao Cheng has always been Qin Qiong's partner, and Lao Niu has always been Lao Cheng's deputy.

Now Cheng Yaojin is the general of Youwuwei, and this Niu Jinda is the general of Youwuwei Zhonglang. He abandoned Zheng to Tang with Qin Qiong Cheng Yaojin, but he was relatively young, and now he is only in his early thirties. The second general of Cheng was great. His great-grandfather was Duke Pingyuan of Shangzhu Kingdom in Western Wei Dynasty. His grandfather was General Zhendong of Northern Qi Dynasty and Taishou of Huaibei. His father was also a magistrate of Sui Dynasty.

His wife, the Pei family, is also the daughter of the Pei family from the famous Hedong family, and the father-in-law, Pei Shen'an, is also the Duke of Chengcheng.

"Humble duty to meet General Niu."

A thin-faced man next to him also kept looking at Huaiyu, "Old Niu, don't scare people. This kid is a civil servant. In the future, there will be 5 people in the camp in Longyou. You can rely on him for medical rescue." He pointed at Huaiyu. Yu smiled, but Huaiyu who smiled had goosebumps, as if a weasel gave a chicken New Year's greetings.

"Old Liu, do you want to snatch Yizhen's son-in-law, let me tell you, this is not authentic." Niu Jinda said hey. "Erlang, don't trust this guy."

"I'm Liu Lancheng, the left vanguard of Longyou Camp, a native of Pingyuan County, from Beihai, Qingzhou." Liu Lancheng smiled.

As soon as Huaiyu heard this name, he immediately remembered the information he had collected about this person. He is also a legendary figure. It is said that he likes to read scriptures and history and speak well about success and failure, but he is really awesome because he often leads tens of hundreds of people to defeat tens of thousands of enemy troops. .

But this person was originally the secretary of Poyang County in the Sui Dynasty. He returned to his hometown of Qingzhou due to the war, and met 3 thieves. The people who did it abandoned the camp and fled.

But the powerful officials in the city who were rescued by him actually wanted to kill him. Angrily, Liu Lancheng escaped from the city to catch up with the defeated bandits. In just three sentences, the leader of the bandits, Qi Gongshun, said that he would ask him to be his eldest brother on the spot. Liu Lancheng refused and just did it. Chang Shi turned around and took the defeated army back to Dongyang. He won Dongyang with 150 people.

Then another branch of thieves attacked with 5 people, scaring Qi Gongshun to run away, and it was Liu Lancheng who persuaded him to calm down, and then they rushed with 5000 people in light clothes. Liu Lancheng even brought only 5000 cavalry into the enemy camp. Taking the commander-in-chief of the bandit army of the Chinese army, beheading the generals and capturing the flag, Qi Gongshun led 5 people to cover up and kill [-] enemies. Thousands were hacked to death, and the rest were annexed by them. They became the biggest force in Qingzhou in one fell swoop.

But later Liu Lancheng persuaded Qi Gongshun to lead his troops to join Wagang. After Li Mi was defeated, he immediately went to Tangshan Road to appease Li Shentong, the ambassador of Tangshan Road, and was granted the title of Shangshu Shenglangzhong.

Although he also voted for Wagang, but he was not a direct descendant. After he voted for Tang Dynasty, he was also Li Shentong, and he never entered the Qin Palace.

There are many rumors about Liu Lancheng. Some say that Liu Lancheng is cunning and bloodthirsty. Some say that after he captured Dongyang, he killed all the powerful officials in the city. many people.

Neng Wen Neng Wu has mixed up to now but is only fourth grade, the main reason is that he has not followed the right person. If he followed Li Shimin as early as Qin Qiong and the others, his status must not be low now.

Huaiyu is a little wary of him, he still likes Qin Qiongcheng, a straightforward person like Jinniu Jinda, Liu Lancheng makes him feel that this person has a rich family, even a bit dark, and has a strong desire for revenge.

I'm not afraid of hooligans with high martial arts skills, but I'm afraid of hooligans with culture.

While talking, a few more people came in, the first one was an acquaintance, Xue Wanche, the general on the right, the Duke of Wu'an County, and his three brothers, Siji Xue's family, the Dukes of the two counties and the Dukes of the two counties all came together, and they all wanted to go Longyou camp.

"Hey, Wu Erlang is here too."

Xue Wanche was a little surprised when he saw Huaiyu, and then came up with a big smile and gave him a warm hug, "I was assassinated last time, thank you Erlang for saving me, your sword skills are average, but your elixir is really amazing, genius doctor .”

(End of this chapter)