"Ah!" With a loud shout, the sword that was chopped down by the head was frozen in the air, and it made a buzzing sound. The blade of the sword couldn't help trembling. The force of this chop was extremely great, but it stopped suddenly, which showed even more

He showed his extraordinary skills as a sword wielder.

Taking a slow breath, Wang Zhu put away his knife and stood upright. On his naked upper body, streams of sweat flowed from his bronze skin.

I walked under the eaves, scooped out a bucket of water from a large vat, lifted it up, and poured it down all over my face. It was early spring, and it was still very cold in the morning. When the bucket of water went down, a mist of air immediately appeared on my body.

He casually pulled off a piece of linen cloth from the pole and wiped the water off his body. As soon as he put on his coat, he saw my mother helping my father out of the house.

There are five members of Wang Zhu's family. In addition to his father and mother, there is also a pair of nephews and nieces left by his eldest brother Wang Zhu.

Similar to the way father follows son in the Fourth Army, in the frontier, families like Wang Zhu also follow father, son, and grandson generation after generation.

Wang Zhu's father, Wang Silang, lost a leg on the battlefield.

Wang Zhu's eldest brother died in a conflict with the Liao people six years ago. Six months after his death, his wife gave birth to a pair of twins. At that time, Wang Zhu was just fifteen years old and took over his eldest brother's armor.

With weapons, he joined the Dingwu Army.

A year later, Wang Silang took the initiative and married off his widowed daughter-in-law. The old couple took care of the eldest son's posthumous son.

Then, he followed Wang Zhu to the capital.

When they were at the border, they still had a piece of land. When they went to Beijing, it was originally agreed that every household would be allocated a piece of land, but now more than a year has passed, and not even a shadow of the land has been seen.

On the contrary, life is becoming more difficult day by day, because Wang Zhu's income is getting lower and lower.

The salary of the Fourth Army is very high.

Every year, the imperial court invests more than 200 coins in each of the Upper Fourth Army. I include weapons, armor, training funds, soldiers' salaries, allowances, position subsidies, etc. After excluding all expenses, each ordinary soldier has one

You can get about a hundred guan a year. Of course, this is the price after converting all the things you get, not just money, but also clothes, food, wine, meat, etc.

And Wang Zhu can get more every year, because he is the chief, the leader of twenty-five soldiers, and can be regarded as a small officer. In one year, he can get ten or twenty guan more than ordinary soldiers.

Although the money is not much, it is still enough for Wang Zhu's family.

Because their residence was assigned by the imperial court.

If you want to rent a house in Bianliang, then this little money is not enough.

In addition, although Wang Silang is disabled, he has the skill of weaving bamboo utensils. He makes some bamboo baskets, bamboo mats, sieves, etc. at home every day, and his wife gets the money to sell them. Apart from the capital, he can earn dozens of dollars a year.

Money.

But these days came to an abrupt end after autumn last year.

"Zhu Zhu, is this the day when food and wages are distributed this year?" Sitting under the eaves, Wang Silang picked up the half-woven bamboo mat yesterday and looked at Wang Zhu who had packed it up and was about to go out, and asked.

"Yes." Wang Zhu nodded: "I didn't get paid enough last month, but I said I will make up for it this month. The salary should be ten guan! There is also a bucket of rice! I will go there early and buy a few kilograms of meat when I come back.

Come back, Dahu Erfeng told me yesterday that she wanted to eat braised pork!"

Wang Silang warned: "You have a bad temper and are easy to get into trouble. Remember not to argue with others. Even if you suffer a little loss, it doesn't matter. Your father can make money by weaving bamboo. At this time, don't cause trouble for the ruler."

Do you know?"

"Dad, how can I cause trouble!" Wang Zhu smiled and buckled his belt, tied the knife on the buckle, took off his hat and put it on, "I heard that the new chief assistant has just taken office, you know

Where did the new chief assistant come from? He is Duke Xia, the prefect of Daming Prefecture on our Hebei Road!"

"So what?" Wang Silang sighed: "They are figures on the clouds, and we are crawlers in the mud. How can they see us? Every year when wages and grain are distributed, there will always be people who take advantage of it.

The good thing is, this is no longer the time when we are at the border, this is the capital, and even if you are angry, you have to endure it."

"Got it!" Wang Zhu agreed, holding back his temper, and strode out: "Tell Dahu Erfeng that we will eat braised pork tonight!"

When he walked out of the door, Wang Zhu saw men coming out on both sides. They were his partners and his subordinates. Everyone's face was beaming with joy, and they greeted Wang Zhu naturally.

They gathered behind Wang Zhu.

The day when wages are paid is naturally a happy one.

But it turned out that they were happy too early.

According to the plan of Xiao Ding and Jing Wang Zhao Zhe, the border troops were transferred to Beijing in rotation. The border troops transferred to Beijing were dispersed and transferred into the upper four armies. The officers of the border army were automatically promoted one level from top to bottom. Just like

Wang Zhu was originally a guard, leading twenty-five people. After entering the Fourth Army, he was automatically promoted to a general, commanding fifty people. The extra twenty-five people were naturally made up of the original senior officers.

The Fourth Army was incorporated.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the four armies can be improved in a very short period of time through one belt and one belt.

Now, the Dingwu Army has been dispersed and transferred to the upper four armies, but the initiative to automatically upgrade to one level and command fifty people has been indefinitely shelved.

It's easy to say, King Jing has fallen, who will take his words seriously?

And with the current situation, how can we let the red guys like Dingwu Army control more troops?

However, in the eyes of many people, King Jing did a good job in breaking the Dingwu Army into pieces. In the camp where Wang Zhu was located, there were only twenty-five of them from the Dingwu Army.

Wang Zhu looked at the old rice in the grain bucket in front of him, his fists clenching loudly.

It doesn’t matter that the rice is old. The key is that there is a lot of moldy rice in it. I took a look inside and found a lot of sand and gravel. “Open your pocket!” An officer who was distributing grain in front of him looked at Wang Zhu.

, roared.

Wang Zhu could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. When he first received the army pay, he only received eight guans. The words from the superiors were that because of the defeat in Hebei, the court was short of money and food, so he had to owe it again. Thinking about it before leaving

He endured what his father said at that time.

Because he saw that the person in front of him had received enough.

Who allowed himself to be from the Dingwu Army?

Bear with it!

But now, he really couldn't bear it anymore.

Because just a few steps away, the Lumi received by other soldiers was shining white and shiny, and it looked like this year's new grain.

There is no such thing as bullying!

Not to mention that they are all heroes who have made meritorious service and shed blood on the frontier, but that they and others are now regular forbidden troops of the Fourth Army. Why should they eat old rice when others eat new rice?

Moldy rice?

"Are you deaf?" the team general in front of him yelled impatiently, his stomach tumbling.

Wang Zhu did not speak, but raised his hand and pointed to one side: "Why are they good rice? Why are we old rice and moldy rice? Is this edible?"

"Isn't this inedible?" The team general chuckled, "You country bumpkins, it's great to have rice like this, but you still want to eat new rice? Brothers, they want to eat new rice!"

The general laughed, pointed at Wang Zhu, and laughed with joy. In the courtyard, hundreds of other Imperial Guards from the Fourth Army burst into laughter.

The captain's laughter suddenly stopped because Wang Zhu reached out and carried him to his side like a chicken. He reached out and grabbed a handful of Chen rice from the bucket and stuffed it into the captain's mouth.

Stuff that team's mouth full.

There was a sudden uproar in the yard.

"Wang Zhu, how dare you beat Shangguan!" another team general next to him shouted.

Wang Zhu sneered, picked up the general and threw it heavily to the ground: "I want to eat new rice too!"

Holding his bag, he strode towards the team next to him, picked up the grain bag, and opened it to see that it was all full of new rice.

"Are you blind? Wang Zhu beat Shangguan, take it down, take it down!" The general who was thrown to the ground finally regained his breath and shouted sharply before he could get up.

In the courtyard, hundreds of soldiers from the Fourth Army shouted and rushed towards Wang Zhu and others.

"Protect and defend!" Twenty-five soldiers under Wang Zhu's command shouted in unison. When Wang Zhu took action, they had already formed a circular formation.

"Don't draw the sword, don't draw the sword!" Wang Zhu knocked over a forbidden soldier who rushed towards him with one punch, and shouted loudly. Although he was filled with anger at the moment, he still retained some sense.

If you don't draw the knife, it's a fight. If you do draw the knife, the casualties will be really uncontrollable.

Twenty Dingwu troops formed a formation and fought with more than a hundred forbidden troops from the Shangsi Army.

Outside the courtyard, a forbidden soldier who arrived later took a look and immediately shrank back.

After more than half an hour, groups of heavily armed soldiers surrounded the place. A commander walked into the yard with a knife. He was stunned when he looked at the situation in the yard.

The entire courtyard was filled with soldiers of the Forbidden Army, and the sounds of wailing and pain could be heard endlessly. In the middle of the courtyard, there were more than 20 Forbidden Army soldiers, you were supporting me, I was supporting you, they were holding knives tightly in their hands, and they were glaring angrily.

Look at them.

Fortunately, no one died.

Seeing that the knife was not out of its sheath, even though everyone in the yard had bruises, bruises, and maybe even broken bones, no one was dead after all. While the commander let out a sigh of relief, he cursed in his heart.

One sentence.

Damn you, more than three years ago, General Manager Xiao Dingxiao and ten people selected hundreds of cavalrymen from the Fourth Army.

This year, there are twenty-five Dingwu soldiers and more than a hundred infantrymen of the Fourth Army!

This is so damn shameless!

Looking at the mournful and shouting soldiers on the ground, the commander suddenly wanted to go up and stab these people a few times to prevent them from being embarrassed.

Wang Zhu and others were captured without a fight.

Not only because the people who came were of a much higher level than them, but also because the troops coming in from outside were fully armored and had bows and crossbows opened. If they took action, they would be destined to die.
To be continued...