Ren Zhong returned to the shack where he lived exhausted, took out twenty large coins from his arms and handed them to his wife Su'e.

"Today's wages!"

After taking the money, Su'e dug out a blue cloth bundle from the haystack, opened it, and carefully stuffed twenty large coins into it. When she put the money in, there was a jingling sound. Apparently, there were some copper coins inside.

"Dad, I went to smash stones today and earned three cents!" Du Shan, the adopted son, looked up at him with an expression on his face that he was waiting for praise.

Ren Zhong took his hand, feeling a little sad. The ten-year-old child had thick calluses on his hands.

His wife Su'e had to take care of her little son, who was only over one year old, so she had no choice but to stay in this small shack.

"Don't go there tomorrow, dad can support you." Ren Zhong patted his adopted son on the head.

"I've grown up!" Du Shan shook his head: "Besides, it's not tiring to smash stones. There are younger ones than me. They can do it, why can't I do it? Five cents a day is not much, but it can do it."

I need to support myself!"

"Let's eat!" Su'e brought over a few black noodle buns, as well as a bowl of porridge and a bowl of pickles. "During the day, I heard from the chief official in charge of our area that Xiayi has been captured by the army.

Maybe they will relocate us there and allocate land to us! I heard that there are ten rooms and nine empty houses there. The rich people who hid in Xiayi City to fight against the army were all arrested, and all the land was destroyed.

Confiscated."

Ren Zhong nodded: "There is such a thing. I heard about it on the construction site during the day. Everyone was very excited."

"If we can really get a piece of land, then we can settle down. After all, this is not a long-term solution." Su'e said.

Ren Zhong bit the dough head vigorously, as if he was thinking about something.

They have been living in the refugee camp for a long time.

At first, they relied on government relief to survive and had enough to eat. They could only hang their lives, and they were not allowed to leave this homeless camp.

Later, relief-for-work began.

People like them who have the strength are gathered together to build ditches and dig weirs and ponds. They work for twenty cents a day. Although the price of one stone of rice here has now increased to two cents, twenty cents can still make a family happy.

People are full.

There are a lot of jobs, but as long as you work hard, you won't starve. Like the adopted son Du Shan, who went to break stones. An adult can earn twenty or thirty cash a day, but someone like him can earn five cash a day.

, it was already a desperate effort.

The Song army suddenly launched an attack on the Zhao army and captured Xiayi in one fell swoop. Now the army was approaching Shangqiu and Songcheng.

Xiayi has become an important rear area for the army.

Immigration and settlement to replenish the rear area must be done.

It is the easiest way for the government to confiscate the land and properties of those who fought against the Song army to resettle refugees.

But Xiayi is not safe because of this.

As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, Ren Zhong naturally knows the importance of places like Shangqiu and Songcheng to the Zhao army. If these two places are lost, Kaifeng will be in danger.

Therefore, in these two places, I am afraid there will be a tug-of-war that lasts for many years.

The Song army had less than 10,000 troops in this direction and had no advantage.

Is Xiayi really safe?

not necessarily.

Sitting cross-legged at the door of the shack, looking through the cracks in the curtain at the sparse lights in the homeless camp, I heard the soft breathing of two children behind me.

It was very cold, so the two children nestled themselves in the hay and hugged each other tightly.

"Are you worried?" Su'e stretched out her hand and held Ren Zhong's hand. Both of their hands were cold. "I have been absent-minded when I came back at night."

"When I came back today, I saw a recruiting flag at the city gate!" Ren Zhong whispered.

Su'e was startled and immediately grabbed Ren Zhong's hand, her nails digging deeply into Ren Zhong's palm, "Don't go, can't we live now? If we divide the land, life will get better day by day.

Yes, I don’t want you to be a soldier anymore. I don’t want you to be like Dushan’s father, who goes out as a living person and comes back with only a few ashes.”

Ren Zhong took a deep breath and stretched out his arms to hold Su'e in his arms: "You can't escape. In this world, no one can escape war. Moreover, I don't want you to suffer like this all the time. You can see it during dinner tonight (this chapter is not over yet)

!)

Chapter 610: Surrender to the Army

No, Xiao Shanzi said he was full even though he clearly didn't eat enough. It's the time when he's growing up, and you've lost so much weight that you can't go on like this."

Su'e cried softly.

"With my resume, if I apply, I can at least become an officer like a captain. I looked at their conditions. The salary of a captain is enough for me to support the few of you. And if I really become an officer, I will

You can be placed in the city, which will be safer." Ren Zhong said.

Su'e just cried. This man was just like the man before her. Once he made up his mind, Jiu Niu couldn't pull him back.

"The children need a better life, and I am also dissatisfied." Ren Zhong clenched his fists and said: "Brother Du is dead, and hundreds of my brothers were also killed by the Liao people. I will not replace him."

Their revenge will make me feel uneasy for the rest of my life."

"The Liao people are so vicious!" Su'e cried sadly: "Even our emperor was captured by them."

"It's different now. In the past, treacherous ministers were in power." Ren Zhong patted Su'e's back gently: "The chief minister Xiao who is in power now is a capable man. You can understand it by looking at our current situation. From Hebei

We escaped all the way, where have you seen such an orderly place? Moreover, I have seen the White Feather Army and the troops from Yunnan, they are really powerful. Much stronger than our previous team."

"I am destined to die." Ren Zhong hugged his wife tightly and whispered.

Before dawn, Ren Zhong got up, opened the curtain and walked out.

He knew that his wife beside him had not slept all night and was just pretending to sleep at the moment.

He stood at the door of the shack for a while, then resolutely turned around and walked towards the city gate.

"Name!"

"Ren Zhong!"

"Refugee?"

"yes!"

"Who else is with you?"

"My wife also has a ten-year-old baby and a one-year-old baby!" Ren Zhong stood in front of the table and answered the official's questions.

There are many people who want to be soldiers. Although it has just dawned, a lot of people have already gathered in front of this shed.

A clerk was in charge of registration, and another team general was sitting aside, apparently responsible for the selection.

You don't just become a soldier if you want to.

At least that's the case here. If you don't have two brushes, people won't want you at all.

"Brother, your conditions are not good!" The clerk put down his pen and said, "You have a wife and children, who are the backbone of the family, and you don't have any brothers, nephews or anything like that. We are recruiting soldiers here, not single men."

Of course Ren Zhong knows these conditions.

"My name is Ren Zhong, and I escaped from the north. I was once a frontier soldier in Hebei Province. I served in Tianmen Village and lost the battle with the Liao army, so I escaped," said Ren Zhong.

When he heard that he was from the Hebei frontier army, the eyes of the general sitting beside him lit up.

"Have you ever done this to the soldiers on the riverside? Judging from your appearance, you must not be an ordinary soldier, right?"

Ren Zhong hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth: "When I was in Tianmen Village, I was a camp general. When I threw myself into the Juma River, I encountered the Shushan Army. There were hundreds of brothers, but few of them survived."

"General!" The general jumped up and looked at Ren Zhong up and down.

"Shangguan, that's all in the past. Now I'm just a refugee. I want to be a soldier. I want to avenge my brothers and fight back to Hebei." Ren Zhong said.

The team general took Ren Zhong into the city.

When recruiting troops, there will be instructions from above. If there are former Hebei frontier soldiers to apply, it will open the door to convenience.

This Ren Zhong was not only a member of the Hebei frontier army, but also a battalion general. This was the first since the Eastern Army recruited troops.

Ren Zhong met Li Yan, the commander under Gao Yingxiang, who was also the person in charge of this recruitment.

It is said that the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army are to be recruited from Jiangnan, but if those people really dare to come, Xiao Cheng really does not dare to use them. At most, they can only let those people guard the city and transport food and grass. Without thorough training, weeding out the bad and keeping the good, the Jiangnan Army

, basically unavailable. Letting these people do auxiliary work can also free up more troops to deal with the current situation.

A real fight may not be necessary, but a confrontation is certainly inevitable.

Liu Yu and Qu Zhen are both old foxes, so they discovered their trip to the east (this chapter is not finished yet!)

Chapter 610: Surrender to the Army

If the troops are not strong enough, they may join forces and fight.

Therefore, Xiao Cheng still needs to recruit a group of warriors who are ready to use and dare to fight.

No one is more suitable than the former Hebei frontier army!

After a little cross-examination, Li Yan confirmed that Ren Zhong was not lying. There are many things in the military that you absolutely cannot make up without personal experience.

"Coming from Hebei, you have traveled thousands of miles and suffered a lot, right?" Li Yan asked.

"Yes, I also worked as a bandit for a period of time in Liangshan, east of Hedong! A few border soldiers I recognized fell into bandits there, and a lot of people gathered there!" Ren Zhongdao.
To be continued...