The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 342 Lin Tiha’s encounter ()

Lin Tiha's name was Lin Youqing, and his father was Lin Guangye, a heroic general in the Japanese army.

Lin Guang is a very powerful person. He can be said to be a replica of the famous general Wang Shao.

Lin Guang was a man of moral character, he was fond of charity, and he studied "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals" well. He was prudent in handling affairs, good at predicting the enemy, and used his wisdom to gain and lose in "Eight Chen Pictures". He also wrote more than a hundred items of restraint, which were widely used in border areas. Of.

Lin Guangshu had many military exploits. He was once worshiped as the defense envoy of Weizhou and the chief of the cavalry army at Yuhou. His reputation shocked Xixia.

The Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia said that Chinese generals are only afraid of vastness.

When Guang was there, Xixia did not dare to invade.

At that time, there was a barbarian rebellion in Luzhou, and Lin Guang conquered it.

When Xixia heard that Guang was leaving, they dared to raise troops to join the bandits.

Lin Guang was worried about the situation in the northwest, so he was in a hurry to quell the chaos and carried out excessive killings. He captured and killed more than 30,000 barbarian soldiers and civilians.

Therefore, although he pacified the Luzhou barbarians, he left some hidden dangers, which caused the Luzhou barbarians to repeat themselves and deceive the latecomer Han Cunbao (history was that Han Cunbao was defeated in the battle against the Luzhou barbarians, and Lin Guang took over to pacify them, and wrote a letter exonerating Han Cunbao, allowing Han Cunbao to be exonerated. avoid death).

Lin Guang immediately captured the Luzhou barbarians and hurriedly returned to resist the invading Xixia army. However, he died of gangrene due to a neck injury at the age of forty-eight.

When Lin Guang died, Lin Que was still young (referring to his youth). At that time, someone used Lin Guang's killing of Luzhou barbarians to write a petition for impeachment. Therefore, although Guang had many military exploits, Yinzi's contributions were less.

In the end, Lin Youqing failed to obtain the Chongban of the Inner Palace, which was a must-win for General Yinzi of the Great Song Dynasty. He only joined the Japanese army and became a small officer.

The Japanese Army is one of the Four Armed Forces of the Forbidden Army, and its status and treatment are needless to say. However, the Fourth Army also has a shortcoming that is not a shortcoming, and that is that there are too few opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

Whenever there is a war in various places, other forbidden troops who are not members of the Fourth Army can get the opportunity to go out to fight in the wild every now and then. Only the Fourth Army cannot do anything unless it is a major event that will overwhelm the country.

For example, the founding of the Xixia Kingdom, the invasion of the Northern Liao Dynasty, the rebellion of Nong Zhigao in South Vietnam, etc. Only at this time did the Fourth Army have the opportunity to dispatch.

When working as a sergeant in the Fourth Army, it would be fine if you were a bastard who just hangs around and earns a salary, but if you are a motivated person who wants to achieve fame and honor your ancestors and be rewarded for your meritorious service, it would be unfriendly.

And Lin Youqing, just like Chen Congshan, shoulders the responsibility of revitalizing the reputation of his father's generation. How can he be willing to die in the Japanese army? !

This time the army attacked the rebel general Zhao Huaide. The imperial court mobilized 10,000 forbidden troops, including 4,000 troops from the Tianwu Army of the Shangsi Fourth Army, and more than 7,800 troops from the left wing of the Imperial Army.

However, after Lin Youqing received the news, he immediately asked someone to transfer him to the Tiger Wing Army through connections.

If a junior officer of the Upper Fourth Army is transferred to the ordinary Forbidden Army, it is customary to be promoted one level in rank and two ranks in rank. Generals like Lin Youqing who are eager to fight will receive even more preferential treatment.

With this preferential treatment, Lin Youqing was promoted from a small guard class to the rank of commander in the army (similar to Lu Da and Sun Li when they appeared in Water Margin), and became a general of the Imperial Army in the Western Campaign.

However, just when Lin Youqing was gearing up to make some achievements in the crusade to honor his ancestors, the Forbidden Army actually started an internal strife with the Zhao'an Rebel Army, which was an allied force.

It’s like a beeping dog!
Lin Youqing didn't understand why Commander Cao wanted to have trouble with the Zhao'an rebels.

There is a recognized chain of contempt in the military circles of the Song Dynasty.

The upper four armies despised the ordinary imperial troops, the ordinary imperial troops despised the Xiang army, and the Xiang army despised the thieves.

If it were normal times, or in the capital, there would be nothing wrong with it.

But if it comes to wartime, if you have this kind of understanding again, it will be pure suicide.

Even Di Xiangwu didn't dare to do this back then.

Lin Youqing could only attribute this to the willfulness of the general's son.

Lin Youqing could only worry about this kind of thing, but there was nothing he could do about it.

It was not until the Zhao'an Rebel Army finally broke with the Forbidden Army and stationed troops on Qishan Mountain that they cut off their retreat. Lin Youqing, with some complicated emotions, reaffirmed his duty as a general.

Although your Zhao'an Yijun was wronged, if you rebelled again and stood on the opposite side of the Song Dynasty, then Lin would have no choice but to fight against each other and show no mercy to each other.

Lin Youqing, who was eager to make meritorious deeds, did not hesitate to ask his superiors for a fight when the Forbidden Army attacked the Qishan Camp of the Rebel Army.

He fought bravely and broke into the rebel camp with unexpected success, and then they realized that they had been ambushed.

Originally, Lin Youqing still had a chance to lead his men out of the encirclement, although that would cost most of his men. But when Ergou appeared on the battlefield, Lin Youqing decisively chose to give in.

Even though Cao Ping's military ability was not recognized by Lin Youqing, his military power was really strong, and he was invincible against the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army.

Of course, Lin Youqing was lucky that he did not catch up with Gao Gongji's overwhelming years. At that time, he was just a little kid who peed and played in the mud.

Although Lin Youqing never fought with Cao Ping personally, he had a friend who was better in martial arts than him, a Forbidden Army instructor who was accustomed to using Zhangba Snake Spear, but he was under Commander Cao (Cao Ping's job). Can't make it past ten rounds.

Comparing this, Lin Youqing suspected that he might not be able to get through five rounds under Cao Ping.

As for Ergou's battle with Cao Ping outside Lantian County, anyone who wasn't blind could tell that Commander Cao was much stronger.

This also means that if Lin Youqing chooses to break out, he will most likely be stabbed to death by Ergou.

The sages said that if you die before you leave the army, it will always make the hero burst into tears.

But he, Lin Youqing, had never even really begun to "discipline", so how could he "die first"?
So Lin Youqing voted decisively.

Originally, he thought that he and his men would be released by the rebels. After all, the Qishan Camp was in a desperate situation, and leaving them here would only consume the rebels' food and grass.

Who would have thought that Lin Youqing and his men would be sent to an unknown place to work as coolies building a city.

The coolie labor in Chengdan (an ancient punishment for building city walls) is really hard!
Lin Youqing only worked for three days before he felt like he was about to collapse.

She had never suffered so much in her life.

However, those ordinary soldiers and civilians were really adapted to this kind of hard work. Although they were a little tired, they all did their job with enjoyment.

Of course, the biggest reason for this is that Ergou has formulated extremely generous food rations for people who do hard work.

Ergou stipulates that a coolie who works hard must eat at least three meals a day, with a total ration of eight taels of rice (about three hundred grams), six wheat cakes (about forty grams each), and two bowls of vegetables. , one pound of meat, two fruits, a small plate of pickles (about ten grams), and three bowls of sheephu soup.

This kind of treatment directly confused all the civilians and surrendered soldiers!

This is out of season, even wealthy landlords would not dare to eat so extravagantly!

King, are you sure this is food for lowly people like us?
You're not confused, are you? ! Almost everyone was uneasy about such a sumptuous meal, including some of the leaders of the rebels.

However, Ergou still insisted on setting the food standards for everyone so high, despite everyone's opinions.

The white rice, the fragrant wheat cakes, and the fat and tender stewed mutton were placed in front of them. Even if everyone felt uneasy, they could not resist the urge of their stomachs.

No matter what, let's enjoy the feeling of a full stomach first, and then we'll talk about the rest.

I have to say that people in this era are really good at eating!
After a bowl of rice, a large piece of meat as big as a palm and two fingers thick, vegetables and fruits, and a bowl of light mutton soup, many people still don't feel full.

After you've eaten and drank enough, it's time to face the consequences of "eating too much".

The so-called eating a big meal is a unique saying in ancient China.

There are only two types of people who can eat a big meal. One is those who dare to die and work hard to eat a comfort meal before they risk their lives; the other is a death row prisoner who eats a decapitation meal before being executed.

Both meals have one characteristic, that is, they are extremely rich.

Of course, the civilian husbands and hard laborers would not think that what they were eating was decapitation food, so it could only be a life-saving meal.

Speaking of which, we have to talk about a characteristic of the Chinese nation.

That is to know how to be grateful.

To give a very simple example, if a rich man gives food and property to the poor, if this were done to most other ethnic groups, they might say some words of thanks on the surface, but behind the scenes there is a high possibility that they would think Rich people make stupid mistakes and then take advantage of them with peace of mind.

Most Chinese people may not be able to say many words of thanks, but they will keep this kind of kindness in their hearts, and then think of repaying the kindness of the rich.

Of course, there will be a few ungrateful scum, but the Chinese nation as a whole is such a grateful nation.

There are two most obvious contrasting examples in later generations, namely John Rabe and Oskar Schindler.

Both of them showed their noblest brilliance when the human nature around them was at its darkest.

But in the end, one gained the gratitude of the entire country and nation, and even future generations benefited.

The other one not only died in despair and became a tool for some people to make money, but was also used to analyze the so-called complexity of human nature with ulterior motives, calling him an "opportunist".

The topic has gone too far.

After these civilians and surrendered soldiers from the Song Dynasty had a very sumptuous "working meal", they did not even need the supervision of some rebel supervisors, and started working hard on their own initiative.

They really worked hard, with almost no thought of laziness or slippage.

Well, it's not like there aren't some smarter guys who want to steal something, but then they are beaten by the "idiots" who work honestly around them.

If it hadn't been for the rebel stewards to stop them, those "unkind bastards" would have been beaten to death on the spot!

This is a characteristic at the core of Chinese civilization, to put it in more elegant terms.

A man dies for a man who knows himself, and a woman looks good for a man who pleases her.

If you treat me as a scholar of your country, I will repay you as a scholar of your country.

By the way, Lin Youqing and Lin Tiha were one of those "smart people" who were beaten up by the coolies.

Although he had good martial arts skills, he still did not fare well when faced with the beatings of dozens of strong men with his bare hands.

Speaking of these hard laborers, Lin Youqing found it a bit incredible.

In the Song Dynasty, those who worked hard may be very strong, but most of them were extremely lean, and there were few strong men.

However, the laborers on the rebel side had to work harder and harder, but they were all extremely strong. It is not an exaggeration to say that each person has a big head and a round waist.

Of course Lin Youqing didn't know that this was the result of three consecutive months of free-spirited eating.

Adequate nutrition and hard work (work) have created a group of high-quality soldiers numbering more than 30,000, which is even better than the basic quality of the current regular soldiers of the rebel army.

Of course, if you want to provide enough food for tens of thousands of people, the material consumption is definitely not small. It is naturally unrealistic to rely only on the material replenishment from the Song Dynasty.

Fortunately, the land in Shenyangjie is really surprisingly fertile, and the various animal and plant resources are staggeringly abundant. It makes people feel like a mouse has fallen into a rice vat and an oil tank.

Whether it is a big black goat with a brain or a variety of real beasts, the pioneers of the other world let go of hunting and killing them every day, but they still appear in a steady stream, and they can be killed in groups.

Of course, these people from the Song Dynasty are not stupid. Unless their lives are threatened, no matter how cruel the Song people are, they will not deliberately kill animals for no reason.

They would never be like some pirate colonists of later generations who deliberately killed wild animals for no reason other than to eat them.

Hundreds of wild sheep, wild deer, and bison were hunted every day, and the carcasses were brought back to the camp for everyone to eat. This was a rich source of meat for the pioneers from the Song Dynasty.

And these hunted animals are not even a drop in the bucket compared to the number of their communities.

Moreover, people have grown vegetables and fruits for consumption, and food crops have also been planted on a large scale.

Since the climate in Shenyang Realm has always been relatively warm, at least where the rebels are located, the growth period of food crops is relatively fast.

Among them, the corn grown by people can be harvested in more than half a month, while wheat and rice need to wait another one or two months before harvesting.

What should I do if there are not enough food supplies before the rice is harvested?
Then we can only increase the supplement of meat and replace the consumption of plant carbohydrates with animal protein and fat.

When Lin Youqing was captured and worked as a coolie, the diet of ordinary civilians had been adjusted to three taels of rice and wheat, two kilograms of meat, two portions of vegetables, unlimited pickles, and mutton soup every day. Replaced with thin rice porridge.

Lin Youqing got into a fight at the city wall construction site. Although he was eventually knocked down, at least twenty strong men were knocked down by him in the process. This outstanding "record" attracted the attention of the upper echelons of the rebel army.

Obviously this is a guy with great martial arts skills.

Then this guy was taken away by Ergou who knew the situation and became one of his cavalry. Then Lin Tiha saw another unexpected thing in this land-the beastman.

Lin Tiha did not object to being a soldier. As long as he did not fight with the Song Dynasty army, he was even willing to contribute a share of force to the rebels.

Just seeing the soldiers around him setting up some strange traps, various rough animal traps, tripping ropes, rope nooses, acrobatic mandarin duck formations, and the smelly flesh and blood corpses made Lin Tiha doubt what they were doing. What are you fighting against?

　It's still too late, so I'll make up Chapter 69 tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)