On the tenth day of April, the convoy had just passed Jinyang and the rain suddenly arrived.
A small earthen city that looks like a military town appeared in front of me. I wonder if it was a certain Longpu Mansion garrison.
When the drizzle first fell, a yellow-brown water glow appeared on the earthen walls.
The soldiers brought a reed mat to cover the wall one by one. The raindrops fell along the grid made of ramie rope,
Form a series of water curtains.
The soldiers were already wearing straw raincoats, and the armor under their clothes was shining with a cold light. They were leisurely in their arms, leaning on various weapons such as spears, steps, and halberds, and quietly looking into the distance.
Valleys of all sizes in the distance turned into ink balls of varying depths in the rain curtain, and pine willows drew blue-gray arcs in the wind. Sheep and horses neighed in the mountains, and the shepherds nervously drove away the livestock, looking for a shelter from the rain.
The rain is getting heavier and heavier, gradually becoming overwhelming.
The water diversion canals on both sides of the post road began to rush and turbid currents were wrapped in fallen leaves, and the mud and water from grass crayons continued to wash forward through the wooden gates.
"——" The wheel hub of the ox cart was deeply trapped in the softened loess and could not be pulled no matter how hard it was. The driver in the straw raincoat was furious and was about to urge him, but he was stopped by his mother Qiu Lu.
He called someone and said, "The Puci Long Mansion is ahead. You can negotiate and ask Duke Dai and Madam Tai to go to the city for a while. Let me explain it clearly to the people in the military mansion that there are noble people in the convoy."
"Yes." This person understood and quickly disappeared into the rain.
Not long after, Puci Longju Mansion sent a chief of the clan to receive it.
"Where is the governor of the army?" asked his mother Qiu Lu.
"I'll go to Luoyang to make a move." The chief replied.
"The Master of the Tribe went there in person?"
"It's a turn." The chief of staff waved his hand and called out more than ten government soldiers, led the convoy into the military city, and said, "The chief of the army, the chief of the army, the deputy chief of the army, and even me, must take turns to lead them.
Team."
Mother Qiu Lu nodded.
After the convoy entered the city, the caravan drivers, grooms, guards and even the brigade of Xianbei cavalry could only live in a somewhat dilapidated wooden camp outside. I heard that they lived temporarily before the military city was built, and they were almost abandoned.
Full of debris.
Mother Qiu Lu personally came to the two most gorgeous carriages, looked at Dai Gong Tuoba Shi Yijian and Mrs. Wang who got off the car one after another, and said, "The rain is quite heavy, Dai Gong and Mrs. Dai Gong can go tonight.
This is a temporary break."
The twelve-year-old Tuoba Shiyijian is quite tall, with a faint fluff on his mouth, and looks like a young man who is about to grow up. When he heard his mother Qiu Lu's words, he did not answer, but asked in a rough voice.
: "Where to live?"
The chief of the department watched coldly, and heared the words, and said, "Duke Dai, please follow me."
Tuoba Shiyijian followed directly with a straight face, with more than ten young men surrounding him.
"Madam——" Mother Qiu Lu said again.
"Live here." Mrs. Wang nodded and walked forward.
The Central Constable Xuan Huai brought palace servants, followed by the eunuchs. Some of them held umbrellas and some of them held daily necessities.
Some people also hold two children, one older and one younger.
Mother Qiu Lu looked at her heart. The older one was a girl, who looked five or six years old, with her small braids that were common on the grassland, and her little face was blushing and very cute.
The younger boy is about two or three years old, wearing a high felt hat on his head, which looks a bit funny.
At this moment, he was looking around with his eyes wide open, obviously very curious.
In this entire convoy, including Dai Gong, Mrs. Wang and the Xianbei nobles who were escorted by troops, none of these two children were as important as those of their children, at least in the eyes of their mother Qiu Lu.
Mrs. Wang and her group live in an independent courtyard. It is said that it is the daily office of officials of the Longju House of Puci. It also serves as a palace, which stores military records, account books, hay, grain and other things. It owns dozens of large and small houses.
11 In fact, this military city is not big at all, and the streets can be seen at first sight. Most of the soldiers in the palace live in the countryside outside the city.
When Mrs. Wang lived in the innermost room, she was only a street from the city wall. There was even an attic built in the middle of the courtyard wall, and the number "Baizilou" was actually not a hundred feet at all.
Baiqi Tower is a typical military-purpose building.
You can climb high to observe the enemy situation, suppress enemy crossbows, or use as a high platform for command. At this time, a large flag with the word "liang" hanging on it, which has been wet for the rain and is tightly wrapped around the flagpole.
Wang stepped on the creaking wooden railings and climbed up the steps.
The maid, eunuch, and guard followed behind and did not dare to ask any more questions. This woman cleaned up a group of officials in February, and her power was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The rain was still falling, but it was a little bit lighter.
The soldiers on the Hundred-foot floor had already withdrawn. Wang stood on it, blew the south wind full of moisture, his clothes fluttered, and he was a little lonely in the coldness.
In the distance are green fields.
The irrigation canals are densely packed and introduced from the Fen River and its tributaries, repeatedly nourishing the fertile land.
There were farmers working in the fields. They waved their hoes and spread a large hole in the ridge of the field. The turbid mud and water poured out and poured into the irrigation canal.
The Fen River also seemed to have a little temper. The water was vigorous and rustling, repeatedly hitting the embankment.
The Stone Beast of Shui Zhen looked at the surging waves coldly, as if as long as it was here, Fenshui would not be angry.
Only serve others well.
Confused rain and fog gradually rose in the pine forest, sometimes mixed with clamor.
The post road stretched forward from the peas by the forest, and a group of soldiers wearing straw raincoats hung steel knives on their waists, as if they had just returned from another place.
Behind them, a Mai tribe, led a tired pack horse and a donkey suddenly.
The pack beast was almost overwhelmed because it had not only water, equipment, armor and stomach on its back, but also other things, such as spoils.
The soldiers in the palace were very excited, and almost all the joking voices could be heard from the military palace.
As we approached, a group of young men held umbrellas and rushed towards their father and brother, talking and laughing, and being intimate.
The soldiers who had just gone to commit the murder of the house became gentle all of a sudden.
Someone took the cheese from the horse and handed it to the child, laughing at them as they were satisfied.
Someone took out a piece of colorful silk from the box, the child took it over, and then rushed to a house outside the military city and shouted loudly. When the woman picking vegetables saw it, her eyes lit up and she looked at her house with a shy look.
Husband.
Some people picked up a set of leather armor covered with blood and gun holes and put it on the spot for their son to wear. The son looked childish, but he was almost as tall as his father's shoulders. Their lives were more than their father's.
After a step, I am destined to grow taller and stronger than my parents.
The young man wearing leather armor begged his father to lend him a knife, then threw away the umbrella, and slashed it a few times in the rain, looking at it with a decent look, obviously he had practiced it.
After a while, he ran to his own team and took over a heavy wooden shield.
The shield surface was full of crisscrossing scratches. The young man raised the shield with his left hand, protected his chest, held a knife with his right hand, slanted across his forehead, and stepped heavily on the ground. When he moved forward, mud and water splashed everywhere, full of momentum.
When the soldiers saw this, they burst into laughter and joked that he would practice for a few more years.
Yes, how can a soldier train be that simple?
Some people say that they recruit Ding Zhuang and fight non-stop. After a few battles, those who survive will be qualified soldiers. But if you have a choice, are you willing to recruit tianshefu or are these teenagers who have practiced various skills since childhood for at least ten years?
Is the effect really the same when they fight?
Wang retreated his gaze and looked into the city.
There are only two "streets" in the military city, with more than ten stores scattered in the north and south.
Someone hurriedly ran into a certain residence with a piece of rain cloth. After talking to the owner, he took a small string of copper coins, then took the empty bamboo basket and left in the rain.
A woman held an umbrella and whispered outside the residence. After a while, the shop owner carefully counted twenty chickens and put them into the basket at the woman's feet.
The woman did not leave, but continued to say something. This time the voice was a little loud, and words such as "expensive" were faintly heard.
The shop said patiently that his father was sick again and he had to hunt for a few days after entering the mountain. Finally, he finally agreed to put a large piece of dried meat into another basket of women.
After the woman left, the store had no business for a while, so she sat in the corridor to sort out the bird feathers.
Not long after, a strong warrior walked over, and after a conversation, he bought all Tooba.
There are also grain shops, oil shops, cloth shops, etc. in the city, and people come to buy various things from time to time.
A small military city actually has everything, and it seems that there are a fixed group of people who buy food, meat, and eggs.
Essential things such as cloth and firewood.
From this point of view, the system of government soldiers established by the man seemed to be operating very well, at least the government soldiers did not make a living because they often went to war. They could still live for the time being, and they could even say they were doing well.
It was also at this time that Wang knew about the bird feathers, beast tendons, skins, and honey in Mayi and Yunzhong County.
Who bought medicinal materials, horses and even slaves?
She remembered the grassland nobles who fought in wars and often recruited men above the wheel to bring their own weapons.
Horses go on a battle. But can such a chaotic team really fight?
Perhaps, there is no need for so many soldiers to fight. Let a group of warriors afford meat and stomach equipment,
If you have slaves to help with your work, and then use official titles and wealth to motivate them, they can defeat more than several times the mob.
Mrs. Wang sighed softly.
A small Puci Dragon Mansion can recruit more than a thousand elite soldiers, and there are several times the number of reserve soldiers. Although these people are not elite soldiers, they are not comparable to those temporarily recruited.
How many such Longpu Mansions are there in this world? Wang dare not think about it.
She knew very well the purpose of the man calling her past, that is, to beat and scold her.
The attack on Tuoba Huai has not passed.
Men support her and help her, but also limit her. The complexity of the relationship between them is really difficult for outsiders to figure out.
If she had blame, beating, scolding, or even other embarrassing punishment this time, she would have to bear it.
The rain gradually stopped, and a ox cart drove past the street and stopped in the yard.
A man jumped out of the car, took out a thick thread-bound book from his bag, and shouted: "The books sent by Taiyuan Bookstore are one of Longxiang Mansions, come and take them away."
A moment later, the chief of the army who had previously brought them appeared in the courtyard, negotiated with the visitor, and signed and handed over.
"In a while, there may be Meng Yangshu and Yunshu. It's time for you, Longpu Mansion, to invite someone to teach you to study." The visitor said with a smile.
"This is not easy to find." The chief of the department said with a wry smile: "If you don't let Taiyuan Martial Arts send someone over."
"Then the emperor nodded." The person who came smiled and said, "It's time to leave."
The chief of the department sent him to the door and returned for a long time.
Mrs. Wang went downstairs and stopped looking.
Chapter completed!