On the sixth day of March, Dan, Wenshui Ferry outside the city of Bo County, Taishan County.
The ferry here in Bo County is the largest good ferry on the Wenshui River. The water here is wide, and it is very suitable for commercial and private ferry crossings. Once you pass the ferry here in Bo County, the Wenshui River will narrow here and pass through There are several miles of shoals, and then it divides into two tributaries: Yingwenshui and Mouwenshui. The one that flows to Ying County in the east is Yingwenshui, and the one that continues to flow to Mou County in the south is naturally Mouwenshui.
At this time, the Wenshui River, which was several miles wide, was full of boats. Countless men drove the rafts and transported the baggage on the boats to the shore. By now, the bank was already covered with heavy baggage. From time to time, military officials would count the baggage. Prepare to be transported to a large camp two miles away.
This camp was the conquest force of the Jibei Kingdom. They arrived outside Bo County in the middle of the night, and then set up camp on this fertile field overnight.
When the villagers in the nearby village woke up in the morning, they saw a large camp rising from the ground. They knew that the soldiers were coming. At that time, the experienced ones wanted to take their wives and children to hide, but it was already too late.
Like wolves and tigers, the officials of Jibei Kingdom have swarmed into these settlements and villages scattered on the banks of Wenshui River, recruiting visible young men to work in the main camp of Jibei Kingdom. As for what to do? Some of them can be used.
Now you can carry baggage, win food and send it to the front line during the war. Even when you want to attack the city, you can let them charge first and consume a wave of enemy defensive equipment.
At this moment, a settlement by the Wenshui River was being raided by a group of Jibei soldiers, and there were cries and begging for mercy everywhere.
The nearby village officials and pavilion chiefs came after hearing the news. When they saw these old revolutionaries making trouble, young village officials stepped forward to stop them. However, they were knocked to the ground by Jibei soldiers without any explanation. They just threw down a letter. , arrogant.
The bewildered village official bent down to pick it up, only to see that there was no word on the letter, only the seal of the Prime Minister of Jibei Province in the lower left corner. Seeing this, these villagers and pavilion chiefs fell silent, knowing this. The soldiers were not defeated soldiers but soldiers from the Jibei Kingdom next door.
Therefore, they could only watch as these Jibei tiger and wolf generals confiscated all the strong men, pigs, sheep, and grains from the houses, and even the door panels of some respectable houses were removed by these people.
The country official who was beaten before had now returned to his colleagues aggrieved. He was unconvinced and said to his countryman:
"Why do they, soldiers from Jibei Kingdom, rob our Bo County?"
The foreigner Qiangfu waved his hands in a hurry to signal that he should stop talking.
But one of the soldiers from the Jibei Kingdom who was obviously sharp-eared heard it. He snorted coldly, and Da Ma Jin Dao walked up. He looked at these timid country officials and said mockingly:
"Why? You have to understand clearly that Mr. Nai is fighting for you. It's because you Bo County people are useless and can't stop the bandits, so our brothers came to this hellish place like yours. What? Brothers are bleeding on the front line, so I'll take you Will you live or die if you ask for something? It’s an unfaithful and unjust thing.”
After saying that, the soldier snatched the wordless memorandum from the hands of the village officials, picked up a pen and wrote in the blank space:
"I hereby order you to collect 500 shi of grain and 300 shi of cud grass and deliver them to the Jibei Kingdom Expedition Camp by March 11th."
After finishing writing, he smashed the letter on Xiang Qiangfu's chest again and said sternly:
"Don't miss the deadline. Our brothers won't be so polite when they come again."
After saying that, he led all the Jibei soldiers to catch up with the strong men and harvest, and walked away.
It was only then that the villagers began to read the letter to see what the man had written, but as soon as they read it, he collapsed on the ground and cried:
"You've done evil, these Qiu Ba are trying to force us to death."
Similar scenes are constantly played out in the houses on the east bank of Wenshui River. The grain-driving soldiers of Jibei Kingdom vividly interpret the four words "the soldiers are like combs."
In fact, these Jibei Kingdom's grain pushers have restrained themselves. The land in Bo County along the east bank of Wenshui River is the most fertile land in the whole territory, and it is densely populated by natural villagers. These villagers and Jibei soldiers also have
Bargaining power, if ordinary people dare to stop them from demanding food and recruiting men, how can it end with a slap in the face?
It is precisely because these places have owners that the village officials have the courage to stop them. For example, why did the village officials come as soon as the Jibei National Soldiers came to this village? It is because this is the largest village in the village.
Hao was from the village official's family who impulsively stepped forward. How could he not do his best to protect his family's property? If the Jibei soldiers were robbing other Guizhou officials who didn't follow suit, do you think these village officials would come out?
But having said that, those Guizhou leaders asked Jibei soldiers to rob them, but they didn’t rob them. Apart from their miserable lives, what else did the poor people have worth robbing? On the contrary, these fat pig country tyrants who were not good enough were suitable for them to take action.
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The Jibei soldiers returned to the camp with great satisfaction, but no one expected that on the way back to the camp, they would be ambushed by the Taishan soldiers.
A small team with no flags and well-equipped fighting equipment sprang out from the forest and ambushed the unprepared Jibei soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables. They shouted Taishan dialect, so that these soldiers from Bo County were forcibly recruited.
The young man lay down on the ground to avoid being accidentally injured. In just a moment, the Jibei country team that was still waiting for Zixiong was killed.
Then, after distributing part of the grain and millet to the diners, the small team drove the ox cart to seize the remaining grain and load it, and headed east, leaving behind the diners with grateful faces.
One of these young men looked at the convoy going away and muttered:
"Those are ours too."
Then his mouth was covered by his companions, and one of them said:
"Just save your life. Do you still think about those things that you have and don't have? Besides, are those yours? Isn't that the Sun family's? Aren't we in hand?"
After saying that, he showed the grain bag he was carrying. When the man reminded him, the man thought for a moment and said, yes, and smiled happily.
An old man in the crowd sighed:
"Don't think so much. They gave us these to keep us alive. These are probably enough food for us to escape for a while. We can't go back to the countryside, at least we have to wait until the battle is over before we can go back. Otherwise sooner or later we will have to go back.
If you are captured by those Jibei soldiers, you will be dead when the time comes to fill in the ravines."
The old man was obviously a prestigious member of this group of people and had experienced many things, so when he said it, everyone agreed. Someone asked:
"Where can we run to? This is a plain, there is no way to hide anyone."
The old man looked at the slowly passing Wenshui River and said leisurely:
"Let's cross the Wenshui River and hide in the Culai Mountain."
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About two hours later, in the rear camp of Jibei Kingdom's extermination army, a bearded general with a military officer in charge slapped the table and became furious:
"What, the team that went out to collect food only came back with more than 20 people? You must know that 400 old soldiers went out, and a whole department went to collect food. Now you are telling me that only more than 20 people came back? Tell me,
How did you collect this food? Not to mention being ambushed, even 400 pigs would have taken a long time to capture."
This angry general was Zhou Feng, the captain of the Jibei Kingdom. There were four thousand soldiers in the Jibei Kingdom's army. There were three captains, the former military captain Zhang Rong, the middle military academy captain Li Chen, and the rear military academy captain Zhou Feng, each with one thousand and five soldiers.
Even some large and powerful independent battalions were surrounded by the Chinese army's tent.
Zhou Feng had just finished a military meeting with the Central Army. As soon as he came back, he heard from his subordinates that more than 20 people who had gone out to collect food in the morning had returned by now. He couldn't stand it anymore. He had to know that he only had four troops in total.
, now the war has not started yet, and one unit is gone?
After being scolded by Zhou Feng, the general who collected food trembled and said:
"Today we went out to collect food. We were divided into twenty teams, each with two teams, and went to nearby villages to collect food. But who knew that by now, a food collecting team closest to the camp would come back.
, no one else came back.”
After hearing this, Zhou Feng cursed loudly:
"Why don't you die together? You can't send more people to see if he hasn't come back? Hot girl, it's not you, it's my brother-in-law. If you're so stupid, I'll kick you out of the camp. Stupidity will kill people.
.Damn it, you will make your sister a widow sooner or later."
Just when Brother-in-law Zhou Feng was in a hurry to leave the tent and send someone to investigate, someone opened the tent and came in. This man was eight feet tall, with a dark complexion and strong muscles. At first glance, he looked like an arrogant man.
As soon as this gentleman came in, Zhou Feng's expression softened and Wen Yan asked:
"Yu Nian, why are you here? The camp has already made arrangements?"
This man named Yunian, whose surname is Liu Mingyan, is a descendant of the Liu family in Lu County, Jibei County, Yanzhou. He is calm and courageous, and is a general under Zhou Feng.
When Liu Yan arrived, he did not say hello to Zhou Feng's brother-in-law, but reported to Zhou Feng:
"Colonel Lieutenant, General Panbu told me that the food collection team has not returned, so I have sent people to investigate. As soon as I got the information, the brothers were stripped of their clothes and armor, and they were still on the nearby country road.
I sent out five teams, and all five of them responded like this, and I think the rest of the teams that didn't come back were also like this."
General Fanbu is Zhou Feng's brother-in-law, Fanyi. He comes from the Fan clan of Jibei Kingdom, and his clan Fanzhao is one of the Five Dragons of Jibei, and is also considered a small powerful clan. Zhou Feng also looked at Fanzhao for his sake.
I just scolded Fanyi and didn't really punish him. Otherwise, how could it be so simple if such a big thing happened?
But when Zhou Feng really learned the news from Liu Yan that the four hundred old soldiers were gone, his heart still felt cramped. He pointed at Fan Yi and couldn't say a word. He slumped down on the bed and cried. :
"It hurts me."
These four hundred old soldiers were all saved by Zhou Feng for who knows how long. They are his direct descendants, otherwise he would not let his brother-in-law be this general. But who knows, after several years of hard work, he will Because the entrustment is not human, everything will be lost in one day.
When he saw Fanyi lowering her head and pretending to be shedding tears, Zhou Feng became even more angry. He picked up a cattail leaf fan on the desk, smashed it and cursed:
"Go back to Lu County, Naigong. Get out now."
After saying that, he raised his sleeves, covered his face and cried:
"My four hundred children, I, Zhou Feng, have misjudged the wrong person and misjudged you. I regret it."