Reborn Wu Dalang

Chapter 170 Migration

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In Majia Village around Fenyang City, except for a dozen young people who joined the army, the rest of the young people stayed in their hometown and joined the reserve service. ~~

In the afternoon of this day, all reserve soldiers were called up.The leader was a middle-aged man in his 30s, holding a real steel knife in his hand, and beside him was a huge box containing brand new steel knives.

The rest of the reserve soldiers looked at this middle-aged man in amazement. They had heard rumors two days ago that he might go to the battlefield, but they didn't expect it to be true.

"Brothers, we have switched from reserve to active duty!" the middle-aged man said loudly.

"Ah!" "It really is true!" "We actually became active duty!"

For a while, the soldiers below talked a lot, and they were shocked by this incident.

"Here are weapons, each of you takes one, then go home, tell your family about this, and then follow me to the battlefield!" The middle-aged man waved the steel knife in his hand and said.

These reserve soldiers stepped forward one after another to get their weapons.When they got the weapons, they were a little excited. In the past, they basically used wooden knives for training, but now they got brand new weapons, and they couldn't help but fiddle with them.

"Go home quickly and tell your family the news! Don't waste time!" The middle-aged man frowned and said.

At this time, a group of people suddenly came from a distance.Judging by the direction they were walking, it was obviously here.

The middle-aged man couldn't help being taken aback, and the rest of the reserve soldiers also fell silent, looking at these people in the distance.

"It's the commander!" Suddenly a reserve soldier shouted, and the rest of the reserve soldiers also shouted.

The leading middle-aged man was also taken aback. He didn't expect Lin Chong, the commander of the Hedong theater, to come here!He was originally an active soldier, but because his younger brother died in battle and there was no longer any man in the family, the army voluntarily asked him to retire and let him go back to raise his parents.A long time ago, he was Lin Chong's personal soldier!Seeing Lin Chong at this moment, he was very excited and strode forward, wanting to kneel down, but remembering the rules in the army, he hurriedly gave a military salute and said, "Commander, I finally see you again!"

Lin Chong looked at him and said with a smile, "It's Ma Yun! How are you doing, have you been doing well for the past two years?"

Ma Yun shook his head and said: "It's not good at all! I want to go to the battlefield, and this time it's finally my turn again!"

Lin Chong frowned and said, "Your brother is dead, so don't go to the battlefield this time. If you die in battle, who will take care of your parents?"

Ma Yundao: "My parents also want me to go to the battlefield! We are all citizens of Liangshan, and everyone has the obligation to go to the battlefield! If everyone doesn't want to go to the battlefield, who will fight for Liangshan and who will defend our country?"

Lin Chong nodded lightly. Ma Yun insisted so much that he didn't persuade him any more.He strode towards the reserve soldiers, his eyes swept over the reserve soldiers, all the reserve soldiers were standing there, feeling extremely nervous.

"Soldiers, we are about to go to the battlefield, are you afraid?" Lin Chong asked fiercely.

"Don't be afraid." The soldiers said in unison, but Lin Chong could see that some soldiers' expressions were not very good, obviously with a hint of terror.

"Are you afraid?" Lin Chong asked again.

"Don't be afraid!" This time, the voices of the soldiers were much louder. Under this loud voice, the fear on the faces of the soldiers seemed to be less.

"Actually, it's quite normal to be afraid! When you go to the battlefield, you have no eyes, and anyone may be injured, or even die, and you will never be able to see your loved ones again! But, soldiers, have you ever thought that if you don't go to the battlefield, What will happen to you if the imperial court occupies this place?" Lin Chong asked.

No one answered, and the surroundings were quiet. After a long time, a soldier suddenly stood up and shouted, "Commander, I know!"

Lin Chong said, "Tell me about it."

The soldier said: "If the imperial court occupies this place, then we will face exorbitant taxes from the imperial court, and even our land will be occupied by high-ranking court officials! Our parents and our wives will be oppressed by court officials! From now on , can’t get enough to eat every day, and is worried and frightened every day, and it has become the kind of life many years ago!”

After the soldier finished speaking, the surrounding soldiers showed expressions of "deep sympathy", and they all recalled their childhood memories.At that time, they had no land, and all the land was in the hands of officials and gentry. They were oppressed by exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.They were still young at the time, but they remembered that many of their little friends starved to death because they had no food to eat. In the ditch at the east end of the village, there were many corpses of children every spring and winter, and those were all starved to death.They don't want to live that kind of life anymore, and they don't want to suffer the cruel rule of the court anymore.

Lin Chong nodded and said, "That's right! So we have to go to the battlefield and fight for our family, don't you think?"

"Yes!" The reserve soldiers roared again!

"Farewell to your family, then pick up your arms and follow me!" Lin Chong said.

The reserve soldiers in Majia Village followed Lin Chong, and the reserve soldiers in various villages, towns, and cities were mobilizing. In just three days, all the reserve soldiers were assembled and headed for various places.

The focus of Liangshan's defense is Fenyang, Jinning, and Gaizhou. Fenyang is facing the attack of heavy troops from Taiyuan City, while Jinning and Gaizhou are facing the attack of 20 troops from the northwest.

Lin Chong, Zhu Wu, Hu Yanzhuo and others discussed and decided that Lin Chong would guard Jinning himself, Hu Yanzhuo would guard Gaizhou, and Zhu Wu would guard Fenyang City.

In the early morning of this day, Lin Chong officially left. Mrs. Lin hugged the child to see him off. She was extremely worried, and there was a trace of tears on her face.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Lin Chong said with a smile.

Looking at Xiao Lin Yu in Mrs. Lin's arms, Lin Chong stretched out his hand and hugged the child. Now that the child is only three years old, he kissed the child on the face and said, "Xiao Yu, you must listen to your mother. Dad When you're not here, don't mess around."

Xiao Lin Yu nodded and said, "Dad, I will take care of Mom."

Lin Chong couldn't help laughing, kissed the child again, and said, "I'm leaving, bless Dad."

Xiao Lin Yu waved his fist and said in a crisp voice, "Daddy will win!"

Lin Chong smiled and rode on his horse, leading countless troops and countless reserves towards Jinning in the south.

Two days later, he came to Jinning City. Now the total number of troops in Jinning City has reached 15, and the soldiers have begun to defend closely.

But before the enemy arrives, apart from defense, the soldiers have another important thing to do, and that is to relocate the people around Jinning City.

The people around Jinning City are reluctant to leave their hometown.

"Lieutenant, can't we leave?" In the village next to Jinning City, countless ordinary people surrounded a battalion commander and asked anxiously.

"You have to go! It's not that you don't know the virtues of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. They are all introduced in the book of strong people! Especially the Western Army, the military discipline is very poor, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. Staying here, there is only a dead end. One." The battalion commander advised.

"But we don't want to leave! This is our home, we left, what about our home? There are also our fields, we can't abandon them!" Some old farmers knelt on the ground and cried.

They have gone through decades of hardships, finally waited until Liangshan's soldiers and horses arrived, finally got their own home and land, and now they have to give up all this, how can they accept it?

"Don't worry, we will definitely fight back! At that time, the land will still be yours! If your house is destroyed, the army will help you rebuild it! In addition, the army will also make other compensations for you, so hurry up .” said the battalion commander.

Even with such painstaking persuasion, there are still some people who are unwilling to leave. In this case, the Liangshan army had to use coercive means to take these people away.But after all, these are a very small number of people. The land of Hedong is under strict military control, and even the common people must obey the military law.After these two years, ordinary people no longer dare to violate military laws at will.

"The people have worked so hard! I hope that the people will not be affected after this great battle!" Standing on the city wall of Jinning, Lin Chong looked at the people moving north below the city, feeling very emotional.

The reason for moving all the people away is to save the people from the disaster of war on the one hand, and to fortify the walls and clear the country on the other hand, so as not to leave any supplies for the enemy, so that the enemy will face huge logistical pressure.

Now it is the ninth month of the lunar calendar, it is late autumn, and the weather is already very cold in the middle of the night.However, the soldiers in Jinning City were all wearing cotton padded clothes, so they were not afraid of the cold.Liangshan is always preparing for the war, and has a large amount of military reserves, whether it is cotton clothes or food, it is enough to cope with this big war.

Lin Chong was always respectful in everything he did. He took some personal soldiers to patrol around late at night. When he reached a corner of the city wall, he saw a group of reserve soldiers standing guard.

"Brother, I'm a little scared." A boy who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a military uniform, looked into the distance and said softly.

"Don't be afraid, follow me, we will win!" The "big brother" he mentioned was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and there was a trace of childishness on his face.

But even though he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, looking at his military uniform, he is already a brigade commander!Although this brigade commander is only in the reserve service and is now on active duty, the position of brigade commander may be canceled after the war, but that is not easy!

There are thousands of reserve soldiers in a brigade, and this young man can stand out from thousands of people, which is quite extraordinary!

"It has been more than two years since we moved from Henan to Hedong. We have lived such a happy life in the past two years. We must not let this happy life be destroyed! Therefore, we must do our best to guard our homeland!" The young brigade commander said.

"Yeah!" The boy next to him nodded.

Lin Chong became more and more interested in the young man. As he approached, the young man and several soldiers around hurriedly saluted.

Lin Chong looked at the young brigade commander and said, "What's your name?"