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Chapter 321 Silla soldier Cui Da

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A group of soldiers were wearing Silla army robes and training hard on the school grounds in the bitter cold wind. Next to these soldiers, there were many instructors wearing Tang Dynasty armor. These instructors were carrying whips. Seeing that any Silla soldier dared to relax at all, they would whip up, which was extremely strict.

This is Dingchuan City, twenty miles south of Jincheng. This is the largest military city in the south of Jincheng. Like Kinmen City in the west, it is one of the gateways of Kinmen City. However, compared with Kinmen City in the west, Dingchuan City is blocking the road between Baekje and Kinmen City, so this military city is more important than Kinmen City, and the city is naturally larger and stronger.

Because of its special geographical location, Dingchuan City was not only stationed in a large number of Silla troops, but also the largest training place for the Silla dynasty. However, with the battle with Baekje, the army in Dingchuan City was almost all drawn. When Jin Gengxin and Jin Chunqiu fled here, the reason why they did not hold the city was not only that they knew that they could not stop the Tang army, but also that there was no soldiers in the city.

However, today there are a large number of troops stationed in Dingchuan City, and most of them are Silla troops, and these troops have just retreated from the front line in the past few days.

Some time ago, Li Yan took the power of the tiger as the general and led the 10,000 elite troops borrowed from Zhang Jian to the front line, replaced all the Silla troops, and then gathered to Dingchuan City to disrupt the reorganization, and then selected instructors from the Tang army to conduct regular training for these reorganized Silla troops. The reason why Li Yan did this was naturally to completely control the Silla troops in his own hands.

"You guys, Silla, eat every day, are very good at having sex, but when they are training, they are like women, all cheering me up. Who dares to steal Lai and squeeze out his eggs..."

A young Tang general walked forward with a fierce look and stared at the training Silla soldiers. However, before he finished speaking, he saw a Silla soldier next to him without using force when he waved his hand. He probably couldn't even kill a chicken if he cut down with one knife. This immediately made the young Tang general angry and ran a few steps and kicked it over, and suddenly kicked the lazy Silla soldier three or four steps away.

"Bastard, your team's supper is cancelled, and the whole team will be hungry with this kid!" The young general said gritting his teeth. He was originally a general in Pyongyang City. He was borrowed by Li Yan to help train soldiers with a group of brothers. He originally thought that following His Royal Highness King Qi would definitely be a good match, but now he found that the good match was indeed a good match, at least he got a lot of money. However, the group of Silla soldiers he trained were too unsatisfied and could not even complete the most basic training. He was so angry that he cursed on the training ground every day. If it weren't for the generous reward, he would have really wanted to leave.

Seeing this young general making such a big fire, a middle-aged general Tang, who was also an instructor, smiled and said, "Guozheng Lin, please stop the fire. These Silla soldiers are not in a state of being so angry, and Your Highness is not so strict. Just let them look like a soldier."

The young Team Lin was hearing the words of his colleagues, and he immediately suppressed his anger and pointed at the Silla soldiers under his command and said, "Although he said that, your highness did not expect these Silla people to fight any big battles, but I was angry when I saw them, who were just eating but not working hard!"

At this moment, another bearded general came over and laughed and said, "Brother Lin, it is a good thing for you to be serious and responsible, but you have to separate people. Even if you yell, it is useless for these Silla people to not understand!"

The bearded general Tang finally came to the point. They usually communicated with these Silla soldiers based on the translations assigned by His Highness King Qi, but because there were few translations, they were so busy that they couldn't find anyone. Now there was no translator around them. No wonder Team Lin was shouting so loudly just now but it was useless.

However, the bearded general's words were obviously a bit absolute. Just as the Tang generals laughed at the misuse of their Silla soldiers, among the group of Silla soldiers who were training, a short Silla soldier cursed his lips. At the same time, he cursed these Tang generals in Silla words in their hearts, but he did not dare to relax at all in the training.

This Silla soldier could obviously understand Chinese, but he had no prominent background. He was just an ordinary Silla man. The reason why he could understand Chinese that only Silla nobles could learn was thanks to the small restaurant he opened in Jincheng before.

This Silla soldier named Cui, who is from home, so he usually calls him Cui Da. There is a brother named Cui Er in the family. In addition to the two brothers, there is also an old mother in the family. Both brothers are married. Cui Da has two children, while the second brother has only one child.

Originally, their brothers lived in a restaurant. Because the food was good in the restaurant, the Tang Dynasty merchants often came in to eat, so Cui Da slowly learned some Chinese. Although it was difficult to speak with his mouth, there was no problem understanding it. However, since the war broke out with Baekje this year, Cui Da was very unlucky to be arrested and joined the army. He finally saved his life on the battlefield. Now he has retreated. He thought he could go home to reunite with his family, but unexpectedly he was trained by these fierce Tang generals.

When Cui Da thought of the practice during this period, he couldn't help but curl his lips. In his opinion, these Tang generals were just deliberately trying to make things difficult for them. A simple slash of swords would have to practice fifty times a day, and they were holding a heavy real knife. How could anyone bear this? Unfortunately, Cui Da didn't know that slashing hundreds of times a day in the Tang army was the basic movement that every soldier had to complete.

After finally completing the training this afternoon, all the trained Silla soldiers seemed paralyzed, sitting on the school ground one by one, and could not get up. Unlucky recruits were ordered to fetch water. However, every time the water was lifted, it immediately attracted the loot from people around him, which naturally caused the Tang general to scold him. Unfortunately, for these Silla people who were speechless, it did not have much effect at all.

"It's time to eat!" Before we could hear the sound of the canteen drums, which made everyone feel energetic. All the Silla soldiers who were just like dead dogs jumped up one by one, and then rushed towards the canteen like rabbits. In the blink of an eye, the entire school field was empty.

Mr. Cui has short calves, but he is not slow to run. When he was fighting with the Baekje people and the Japanese, they were broken apart several times. Cui Da escaped with his legs. Now, when he heard about eating, he ran faster than the speed of his escape.

Actually, it’s not a big deal to Cui Da. When they were on the battlefield, they had never had a few full meals. At most, they could only eat a black, thick-dough steamed bun before fighting with the enemy, and they could only drink dilute at other times. But now it’s different. Since they retreated to Dingchuan City, all the food and drinks were provided by His Highness, the King of Qi from the Tang Dynasty. They could drink a bowl of thick noodles and two steamed buns at each meal, and occasionally there would be mutton. Although they could not compare with the food of the Tang army, at least fullness was not a problem.

Cui Da finished his portion voraciously, then patted his bulging belly, and left the cafeteria with satisfaction. There was no training at night, and Cui Da didn't have the heart to go outside. After all, after training for a day during the day, he was already exhausted, so he simply returned to the barracks where he lived and prepared to have a good sleep.

However, just as Cui Dagang lay down, he heard someone calling his name outside. When he came out and asked, he found out that someone outside the military camp was looking for him and said that he was his family.

As soon as he heard this news, Cui Da was immediately excited and jumped up and ran to the camp gate. Since he returned to Dingchuan City, he immediately sent a message to his home, telling them that he was still alive. Unexpectedly, someone in the family came to see him today, but he didn't know who was coming? I thought it was his brother Cui Er, after all, he was the only man left in the family.

However, when Cui Da ran to the camp gate, he found that it was not Cui Er who came, but his wife, which made him feel a little strange. However, when Cui Da's wife saw Cui Da, she immediately rushed over and cried and laughed. After all, not many men who went to the battlefield could come back, at most one or two out of ten. Cui Da was able to come back safely for half a year, which made Cui Da's wife keep saying thanks to the Buddha and so on.

The couple was naturally very happy to meet, but Cui Da next asked about the situation at home. It was said that it was his brother Cui Er who came to see him today, but he did not come. This made Cui Da feel a little scared and thought that what happened to his second brother? However, after hearing his wife's explanation, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Cui had guessed that there was not enough food at home, and in order to earn some food for his family to survive, his brother Cui Er had been hired by the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that he went to the Tang Dynasty to build a big city, which seemed to be far south. The family also received the food exchanged for Cui Er's work. Now the family has already gotten rid of the famine, which has relieved Cui Da.

Cui Da and his wife chatted for a long time, and they were just homely words. It was not until dark that the two of them moved into the special small tent provided for them in the military camp. After all, since these Silla troops retreated from the front line, their families have been constantly looking for relatives. The military camp is also very humane, so they simply built some small tents to let the families who came to look for relatives.

Cui Da's wife stayed in Dingchuan for a few days before going back. This time she came to visit Cui Da and told him about the situation at home, but also wanted to discuss with him that a Tang Dynasty merchant opened a wool textile factory outside Jincheng. She and Cui Er's wife wanted to work in it. Although the food she earned was not as good as Cui Er, they were also quite a lot together. They were all afraid of being hungry, so it was a little bit more to save, but they were just women after all, and if they wanted to go out to work, at least they had to agree with the men at home.

Regarding this matter, Cui Da thought about it and agreed to let Cui Da's wife go alone and let Cui Er's wife help watch the children at home. In addition, after he completed the training, he heard that there was still military pay and could subsidize the family at that time, so there was no need for all the adults at home to go out to work.

Just as Cui Da and other Silla soldiers were stepping up their training, the southernmost part of the Andong Protectorate finally welcomed a group of distinguished guests.
Chapter completed!
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