A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1 Fire Road Pier

The wind whizzed past, rolled up a cloud of dust, and made the clothes on his body rattle.

With a "wow", Wang Dou lifted a bucket of water from the river, breaking the calm of the sparkling water.He carefully placed the bucket on the bank, and washed his face. The cool water refreshed him.After straightening up, Wang Dou took a long breath, looked into the distance, and narrowed his eyes habitually.

The scenery in front of me is very different from the beauty of the Jiangnan. The faint mountains, the vast land, the sparse trees on the plain, the faintly visible fortress villages, and far away always make people feel a sense of desolation and vastness. .

This is Xuanfu Town, the scenery in the north of Daming Border Town.

"It's been sixteen days since you came to this world, right? Time flies so fast."

Wang Dou thought silently in his heart.

Yes, although the body of Wang Dou in front of me is from the Ming Dynasty, the spirit and soul of this body are not from this world, but from a history teacher in his 21s in the 30st century.To put it simply, it is Wang Dou who traveled through time and space to possess his body. The process is very inexplicable, and the specific circumstances cannot be tested. In short, it is Wang Douzhan of later generations who has the body of this ordinary Dunjun of the Ming Dynasty.

It is also a coincidence that the owner of this body is also called Wang Dou, but the slight difference is that the Dou of the Wang Dou of the Ming Dynasty is the Dou of the Big Dou and the Dou of the Small Dou, while the Dou of the Wang Dou of the later generations is the Dou of Struggle. , but the meaning is completely different.

Wang Dou couldn't explain the inexplicable things that happened to him, and he had no chance to find someone who could clear up his doubts, so he could only keep it in his heart silently.However, anyone who had such a strange thing happened would feel terrified, and Wang Dou was no exception.Fortunately, in future generations, Wang Dou is a person with a calm mind and a relatively strong inner quality. After just a few days, he accepted what happened to him, and began to think carefully about what to do in the future .

When Wang Dou possessed his body, he also possessed the body's memories and thoughts, which saved him a lot of unnecessary troubles. From the memories in his brain and his own silent understanding these days, he roughly understood that his body identity environment.

I came to this world on the 28th of July in the seventh year of Chongzhen, more than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and now it is the [-]th of August.The location is in the Baoanzhou area of ​​Huailongdao East Road, Xuanfu Town, and her identity is an ordinary Dunjun in Jingbiandun under the jurisdiction of Dongjiazhuang, Shun Township. There is an old mother and an unmarried daughter-in-law in her family. It's a child bride.

The Wang Dou of this world is 22 years old, much younger than the Wang Dou of later generations. He is also tall and strong. I am gratified, but it is a pity that although Wang Dou of the Ming Dynasty is tall and strong, but he is stupid, timid and cowardly, and he is often bullied and dare not resist. Wang Dou of memory can't help mourning his misfortune, angry at him for indisputable!

However, in later generations, Wang Dou's character was cautious and calm, so after possessing him, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary rashly, but observed the surrounding environment with a cold eye, and at the same time recalled the history of the late Ming Dynasty that he knew.

Later generations of Wang Dou taught middle school history texts in a certain place in Fujian. He was personally proficient in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and he also had deep knowledge in geography, especially the geography of Hebei and Shanxi.As far as he knows, the history of the late Ming Dynasty can be described as internal and external troubles. Decades of continuous disasters created endless bandits and wars, until the last trace of vitality of the country was destroyed, and finally the huge empire collapsed. The fruit was stolen by aliens.

In a very chaotic era, it is better to be a dog of peace than to be a troubled person. Human life is like a straw, even if you are a soldier, you are also at risk.The more he understands this period of history, the more worried Wang Dou is about his future survival.

Sometimes in the dead of night, Wang Dou would think of his parents, wives and daughters in future generations, and when he thought that he would never see them again in this life, he couldn't help but feel a dull pain in his heart.But deep down in his heart, Wang Dou was still faintly excited about coming to this world.In later generations, he was a person who was unwilling to be mediocre. He had a great desire for power. Unfortunately, he had no chance to rise to the top. Perhaps in this era, he can have a different life trajectory.

It’s just that ideals are ideals, and reality is always cruel. Right now, I’m just an insignificant Huodun soldier, and my previous reputation of cowardice allows anyone to step on him. Although Wang Doufu’s back is cold and silent now. It looks like he is not easy to mess with, but before he does something, others still treat him as transparent, and he is still the first to send him to do the hard work and dirty work in the tunnel. The work of carrying water here.

The perennial drought has dried up the wells in Jingbian Dunnei where Wang Dou lives, and the daily water needs of several Dunjun and family members in the Dunnei have fallen on his head. Go back and forth with Huolu pier several times.

This river is called Dongfang River by the local people. After originating from the high mountain in the south of Baoanzhou, after passing through the territory of Huiyaobao, Shunxiangbao and Dongjiazhuang, it flows down for ten miles, and then flows into the famous Sanggan River in later generations. It was called the Hun River at that time.

Looking around, the Dongfang River is clear, and there are many grasslands and green trees on both sides of the river, but after crossing the two banks of the river, there are large tracts of dry land, and the wind blows casually, and a piece of dust is rolled up from time to time.On both sides of the river, there are some fields of troops or civilian households. The river meanders to the northwest, and has been moisturizing and irrigating these lands by the river. However, due to the long-term drought, the water level of this river has dropped a lot, revealing There are many river beaches.

Wang Dou withdrew his gaze, thinking that after carrying this water, today's water carrying amount will be completed, and he can relax a little.

At this time, he was wearing a worn red looped jacket, the original bright color had almost faded away, the red military cap on his head was almost half way over, and a pair of worn red jacket shoes were also under his feet.This is the standard military uniform of the Ming Dynasty that he is wearing: mandarin duck battle jacket.

In the old days, the mandarin duck war jackets of Ming soldiers were rewarded every three years, but at this time, the battle uniforms of many frontier soldiers in Ming Dynasty might not have been changed in ten years. On the contrary, the starch was washed very clean, which is all thanks to the child bride-in-law Xie Xiuniang, her virtuousness goes without saying.

On Wang Dou's waist, there is also a waist card that shows his identity. The waist card is made of wood, with the six characters "Dun Jun guarding Wang Dou" engraved on the front, and "Bao Bai Si Shi Wu" engraved on the left side. On the back is engraved with the words "Fantun army guards hang this card, those who don't have a card will be punished according to the law, and the borrower and the borrower have the same crime".This is an important evidence for Wang Dou's defense at Jingbiandun, and losing it is a serious crime.

Next to the bucket, there was still his long gun.Wang Dou picked up the gun, and a feeling of flesh and blood welled up in his heart. In this precarious age, this spear is the greatest guarantee for his survival.Wang Dou held the gun in his left hand, bent down to pick up the bucket, and habitually looked around vigilantly at the movement.Wang Dou couldn't help but be careless, even though most of the Jin army had gone to the Datong area after this time, there were still a small group of rangers operating in the Baoan Prefecture and Huailaiwei area, so he had to be careful when meeting them.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of last month, after Jinhan Huang Taiji, known as Huang Taiji by the Ming people, led the army to conquer the Chahar tribe of Mongolia, he used the name of Mingbian generals to disturb his territory, kill his people, hide and flee people, etc. , Leading tens of thousands of troops broke into Shangfangbao, and then plundered Xuanfu town, and then surrounded the town. Xuanfu city guards fired artillery to repel him, and Huang Taiji retreated to Datong.After the news of the Hou Jin army's invasion, the Ming Dynasty was shaken. On the ninth day of the lunar month, the capital was under martial law. At the same time, the Ministry of War urgently ordered Baoding General Chen Hongfan to guard Juyong, and the governor Ding Kuichu to guard the Bauhinia to prevent the Hou Jin army from entering the capital.

On July 23, five days before Wang Dou came to this world, the Houjin Middle Route Army captured Baoan Prefecture.Later, under the leadership of Azig, the Houjin Middle Route Army retreated to Datong to join Huang Taiji. When Wang Dou came to this world, all parts of Baoan Prefecture were still devastated.According to Wang Dou's understanding of history, although most of the Jin army should be raging in the Datong area after this time, they will not retreat to the outside of the Great Wall until the eighth month of leap, so I still have to be careful.

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Wang Dou carried the water and walked eastward. His body can be called a burly body. Although he carried two heavy buckets for several miles, he still felt effortless.

Along the way, it is all flat land. Looking around, the terrain is open and the soil quality is considered good.This Baoanzhou is Zhuolu County in later generations, but at this time Baoanzhou is much larger than Zhuolu County in later generations. Later generations belong to Xinbaoan, Dongbali, Xibali, Shacheng, Sangyuan and other places in Huailai County. All belong to the important castle township of Baoan State Guard.

The environment in Baoanzhou is superior. It is known as the saying that "a thousand miles of sanggan, but rich Zhuolu". On both sides of the Sanggan River and the Yanghe River, the land is fertile and easy to irrigate. Here, rice can even be grown.Especially on the south bank of the Sanggan River, where rivers and canals are widely distributed, it is an important place for farming in Xuanfu Town.

However, in the area around Shunxiangbao, since it is close to the hilly and high mountain area, irrigation is not very convenient. In addition to the recent more and more large-scale drought, except for those fields near the river and canal, Wang Dou saw many fields that were originally The good fields are laid waste.

After walking for more than a mile, and far away, I saw a tall fire road pier majesticly standing on a slightly raised hill. The pier is more than ten meters high. There is a 30-meter-long horse enclosure wall around the pier, and there is a moat outside the wall. There are seven defenders in Jingbiandun, and Wang Dou is one of them.

Daming built a large number of piers and abutments in various places along the Nine Sides, generally one pier every three li, one every five li, and even in some critical places, one pier was built every mile. Each pier is guarded by five or seven people, and there are more than forty piers of various types in the entire security guard.

The Jingbian pier where Wang Dou is located is just an ordinary Yandun, so the entire pier body is built with rammed earth and not covered with bricks.If it is covered with bricks, it is called a building. The surrounding wall of the horse pen can be more than 100 meters long, and the trench outside is deeper. However, to build a building requires at least 8000 yuan of blue bricks and nearly [-] stones of lime. With the financial resources of Daming, We had to build a platform in some important places.

Seeing that he was about to arrive home, Wang Dou felt joy in his heart, so he couldn't help speeding up his pace. Soon, he came to the trench outside the wall of Jingbiandun. This wall is about four meters high, and there is a gate facing south. "Jingbiandun" three big characters.There is a hanging building at the top of the gate, which contains guarding weapons such as ring stones, and controls a suspension bridge. Usually, the pier troops in Jingbiandun rely on this suspension bridge to enter and exit.

Wang Dou carefully avoided several hidden cellar traps next to the trench, came to the gate, rushed upstairs and shouted: "I'm back, let the suspension bridge go!"

He yelled a few times, and after a while, he poked his head out lazily from the hanging tower, saw Wang Dou, and said with a smile: "Fool Wang is back? You are very fast at carrying water, is there any water on the way?" Met Tartars?"

Wang Dou knew that this man was called Yang Tong, and he was a sycophant. He usually followed Jia Zhang Zhong Dayong's side and pretended to be a tiger. From time to time, he took pleasure in making fun of Wang Dou. Wang Dou had never liked him. He ignored him and just shouted: "Release the drawbridge!"

Yang Tong was bored, and couldn't help cursing: "Damn, why are you in such a hurry, why don't I just set up the suspension bridge?"

While cursing, he lowered the suspension bridge and shouted into the wall: "Fool Wang is back, open the door quickly."

Soon, the suspension bridge was lowered, and then the door under the hanging building was opened, a burst of male and female noise came out, several heads appeared in sight, all looked at Wang Dou and smiled, and one even shouted: " Idiot Wang is back? Didn't he get caught by the Tartars?"

Wang Dou carried the water onto the suspension bridge. Two heavy wooden barrels creaked the wooden boards under his feet. With a gloomy face, he ignored those people and went directly into the enclosure.

(End of this chapter)