There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5211: Fighting for a living and strengthening the people
Chapter 5211: Fighting for a living and strengthening the people
Liu Jingxuan nodded and said: "Yes, we know very well that the refugee brothers in Huaibei are forced to attach themselves to the noble families of Wudi, and their food and clothing are provided by them. They are also forced to hand over their wives, sons and nephews to them.
To feed them, and at the same time serve as hostages, and we become the village owners and castle owners of the refugee group under some official names."
"Actually, to put it bluntly, this is a high-ranking family in Wu. In view of the fact that after the Su Jun Zuyue Rebellion, we who were exiled from the north were further divided and refined. They will no longer allow tens of thousands of troops.
, there are thousands or tens of thousands of armed fighting groups with military households, and they will not let such a group obey the orders of one person, whether it is Su Jun or Zu Ti, the leader of the refugee army that they cannot control is
It will not be allowed to exist anymore."
"However, without this kind of powerful northern refugee armed force, let alone the six counties in Jiangbei and Yuzhou and Huainan will be difficult to maintain. Even Jiangnan may not be safe. Once the Hulu can unify in the north, they will definitely move south in large numbers. Therefore,
The imperial court needs a force capable of fighting to guard the border in Huaibei for a long time. This is the value of the existence of strong men like us in Huaibei. The final result of the compromise between the two sides was that the refugee groups were scattered in various cottages and fortresses, without being subordinate to each other, and they were not allowed to
Form a joint force, but allow them to constantly conflict with the Hulu forces in Qingzhou and Yanzhou without the need for orders from the court, support the refugees to go south, and plunder the Hulu country's population, food, ordnance, especially war horses.
We are like the defenders of the ancient Great Wall, but we have no official status. Fighting is our daily life."
Liu Yu took a deep breath, looked at Liu Jingxuan's well-developed tendons, and said with emotion: "Actually, this is the life we Jingkou men have always wanted to live, but if we really want to live a life like yours, we have to live in the north all the time.
If you have no status and no reward for fighting on the border, I guess most people are not willing to do so."
Liu Jingxuan sighed: "So many of our brothers in Huaibei later left. They would rather go to the manor of aristocratic families to be generals and private soldiers, because we cannot send troops to Qingzhou on a large scale, so we can only fight with Hu
Some horse gangs and bandits went to fight some back-and-forth battles. Today he will fight, and tomorrow we will fight. Even if we break through the lair of these bandits, they cannot stay long, lest they give the excuse of the Hulu army coming to attack.
.So, both sides have maintained this underground secret war tacitly for more than thirty years."
Liu Yu murmured: "More than thirty years, that's enough for two generations, your great-grandfather, your grandfather, all the way to your father. This is equivalent to three generations from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the Battle of Feishui, sixty years.
Always fighting."
Liu Jingxuan nodded and said: "After all, they still have some military positions and official titles. My grandfather had the title of General Conquering Prisoners, but this was not passed down to my father because when my father took over the Black Tiger Village,
Most of the old brothers from those days have been separated. Some have returned to the north and are willing to become farmers under the protection of the powerful Han people. Some have gone south to Wudi and become caretakers of wealthy families. To tell you the truth,
When Diao Kui took office in Jingkou and became the governor of Yanzhou in the south, more than half of the more than a thousand soldiers of the Diao family led by general Diao Qiu were from our old tribe in the Huaibei village."
Liu Yu sighed: "No wonder these people are well-trained and fierce in their attacks. They are far beyond the ordinary officers and soldiers of the imperial court. It's a pity that they secretly joined a family like the Diao family and became their minions, hawks and dogs."
Liu Jingxuan shook his head: "They are not usually parasitic on the Diao family. More than half of them are Diao Kui. After being beaten hard by you in Jingkou, the only people invited from Huaibei with a lot of money were Diao Qiu and more than two hundred ordinary soldiers. They are
His old subordinates of the Diao family, he thought that these people could suppress Jingkou, but he didn't expect that they were beaten to pieces by you Jingkou people and sent back. It was precisely because this matter spread to Huaibei that he replaced my father at that time.
I'm stationed at Black Tiger Village and I'm interested in going to Jingkou to see how good you are."
Liu Yu laughed: "No wonder you came to me as soon as you entered the Beifu Army. It turned out that you wanted to avenge Diao Kui's men, those brothers in your village. If you had told me earlier, I should have come to you when you entered the camp.
If I compete with you before, I will save you so much trouble later."
Liu Jingxuan laughed and waved his hand: "Don't get me wrong, Jinu, I'm not uncouth. I have no grudge against you. I just want to meet a hero like Liu Da in Jingkou, because I know that the heroes in Jingkou are just like us.
, they are brothers fighting side by side, and they will target the Huru in the future. Moreover, at that time, Fu Jian has already unified the north and wants to go south in a big way to destroy our Jin Kingdom. Once the Jin Kingdom is destroyed, how can we, the strong men of Huaibei, exist? So,
When Xie Xuan formed his army, all the leaders of the major villages in Huaibei mobilized all their subordinates, including some old troops in Qingzhou, and asked them to focus on the overall situation and return to the stronghold to protect the country.
In Huzhai, more than two thousand people returned in more than a month, enough to form an army."
Liu Yu nodded: "So your father appointed him as the army leader as soon as he came up. The same goes for other veteran generals such as Gao Su, He Heng, Zhuge Kan, and Tian Luo. Although the Beifu Army is said to be mainly composed of men from Jingkou
The army was formed, but in fact, there are at least tens of thousands of troops, and they were composed of you Huaibei strongmen at the beginning of the army's establishment."
Liu Jingxuan nodded: "Yes, most of those who died in Wuqiaoze were these strong men. Now you know the origins of our strong men in Huaibei and what they think."
Liu Yu sighed and said seriously: "I understand now. In this way, the strong men in Huaibei are those who are disappointed with the Jin court and do not want to join the family as slaves, but they also do not want to be ruled by barbarians and have a deep hatred against them.
Some heroes who want to keep fighting, in Huaibei, sent away their wives and children, so that they can fight without burden, so as to hone their skills and become the best soldiers in the world."
Liu Jingxuan smiled slightly and said: "Yes, here in Huaibei, scars and beheadings are proof of a man's strength. We do not fight for glory and wealth, but only to kill more Hulu and avenge them. Therefore, only those who have been killed by ourselves can
, is the proof of our strength and the reward for our fighting. This is something that those young men from high-ranking families can never understand. In their eyes, we are just a group of people who eat their food and wear their clothes.
, they are just the defenders standing guard in Huaibei with their weapons." (End of Chapter)