Anqing Shipai City has a rare sunny day, and the temperature has risen rapidly. There are many wooden boats in the Matang Lake in the northwest, and fishermen cast nets into the water from time to time. The ripples reflect the sunlight, which is quite dazzling. The boy
Yang Guangdi squinted his eyes, carried two wooden buckets and came to the lake. He looked around and saw that there was no fishing boat nearby. He quickly picked up a fishing rod from the ground, hurriedly threw the line into the lake, and immediately threw the fishing rod
Inserted in the soil, hidden obliquely
In the grass, you can't find it unless you walk close, and then use a stone to press the roots. After wiping the sweat on his forehead, Yang Guangdi picked up the bucket again, walked to the water's edge, looked at the water surface, and used a small
The three buoys made by cutting reed poles were rising and falling slightly. Then I carefully put the wooden bucket sideways into the water, slowly filled most of the bucket, and then lifted it up.
As soon as the buckets left the water, they suddenly became much heavier. After the two buckets were filled, Yang Guangdi looked at the buoy again. There was no movement. He struggled to lift the two buckets of water, turned around and walked to the shore. On the nearby lake shore, there were hundreds of people.
Horses were scattered around grazing, and some soldiers in red fat coats stood
At the periphery, they prevented the horses from getting lost and also allowed their horses to drink water. Yang Guangdi was rescued by the guards in Chuzhou and traveled a long way to Anqing. At that time, there were more than a thousand people with him, and he was briefly resettled in Shipai City. Selected in Chuzhou
When you are a refugee, the garrison camp has corresponding goals, and most of them have various skills, either
Even those who were strong and good at raising horses like Old Man Zeng were quickly transferred away from the riding camp. People from workshops, ship shops and banks appeared in the camp from time to time and took people away one after another. Because
Yang Guangdi was recruited by Mr. Hou as an extra favor. One of his skills was horse riding, but the riding camp tried him once, and of course he failed. The riding camp did not investigate how he was recruited, but nothing happened.
Fang's skills
No, Yang Guangdi could only continue to stay in this refugee camp. Later, Pang Yu took over part of the Taihu city construction project. Yang Guangdi worked with the brigade in Taihu Lake for three months, and then returned to Shipai and continued to have a unit.
The team came to receive them, and the team became smaller and smaller. There were only more than 400 people left, of which 100 were counted as Dingkou.
Seventy, and the rest are family members. There are not enough people to even build the barracks, and the garrison camp has to recruit workers from the surrounding areas. After the beginning of the new year, the barracks were also repaired, and this small team had nothing to do. Fortunately, there was a cavalry camp stationed nearby, and the Anqing garrison
The camp cavalry had more horses and fewer soldiers, and the extra horses lacked manpower to take care of them, so they recruited a group of camp auxiliary soldiers in Dingkou. Yang Guangdi
When I went in, I went to work with the old man Zeng I knew.
"Master Zeng, will the next flower-washing horse be a dark horse?"
"Flower horse."
The wrinkled Zeng Zhimu pointed forward. When he saw Yang Guangdi sweating profusely, he smiled and asked with a rare smile, "Did you catch any fish?"
Yang Guangdu shook his head, with a sunny smile on his dark and thin face, "It's not that fast. There was a boat before and I didn't dare to fish, so I just put down the pole."
Old man Zeng patted the field beside him and said, "Son, take a break and go wash up."
Yang Guangdi didn't say anything, and sat down next to Old Man Zeng. Before he could sit still, he jumped up again, ran not far away, picked a few flower buds, came back, and handed one to Old Man Zeng.
"Master Zeng, suck it, this flower is so sweet."
Old man Zeng shook his head. Yang Guangdi kept stretching his hand, so old man Zeng had no choice but to reach out and take it. The red flowers were very bright, with some condensed dew inside. The old man took a sip hard, and there was a faint sweetness.
"You didn't lie to Master Zeng." Yang Guangdi smiled and sucked his own flower.
Old man Zeng held the flower in his hand, turned his head and looked at Yang Guangdi and said, "My dear, why are you so happy every day?"
Yang Guangdi pointed to the barracks in the distance, "In the future, I will also buy a brick house like this for my mother to live in. When I think of this, I naturally feel happy."
Old man Zeng turned around and took a look. The rows of barracks were neat and elegant. They were currently used as housing for the cavalry camp. There had been a lot of troops coming recently, and there were tents everywhere inside the walls. Old man Zeng didn’t know how many soldiers had come, but
There should be thousands of people.
He sighed and said, "That brick house costs only a few taels of silver. When will you, a little kid, be able to earn it?"
Yang Guangdi said without any worry, "My father and I learned to ride horses here. Once we got the hang of it, we went to the riding camp. They said there are two or three taels in a month, so it only takes a few months."
Old man Zeng looked at Yang Guangdi's smiling face and couldn't help but laugh twice. He subconsciously looked at the men in red military uniforms, that is, the soldiers in the cavalry camp. There was a big battle by the Qingliu River, and old man Zeng stayed in the camp.
The front collapsed for some reason. People were shooting everywhere in the camp. The old man was taken prisoner inexplicably. He was not captured by the garrison battalion. In fact, he was bought by the garrison battalion. So.
I have never seen the garrison fighting. The old man is not sure whether these officers and soldiers can fight. On weekdays, the old man is in charge of the horse stables, mainly taking care of the extra idle horses, and does not have much dealings with the soldiers. However, I see that they are very diligent in training, and they come every once in a while.
What kind of assessment is there? The horses are required to be maintained by the soldiers themselves. The soldiers are not seen robbing the people outside.
, they are all different from the officers and soldiers I have seen before, and they are even more different from the rogue master, but the old man is not sure who is more powerful in fighting.
"Master, look at me mounting my horse!"
Yang Guangdi jumped up, ran to the white horse with a saddle, jumped up with a whoosh, and sat down firmly.
The old man waved to him quickly, "Get down quickly, that horse is not an idle horse!"
Yang Guangdi immediately jumped down again, ran back to the old man and sat down and said, "Master, what do you think?" "I think it's okay." The old man put the flower in his mouth again and took a sip, "These soldiers will tell you
No, their training method is a bit weird. Even getting on a horse is done exactly the same. First, stand on the side of the horse, wait for the call to be called, and then step on one foot.
When you pedal, you have to stop for a while, and you have to do the same thing when going uphill or downhill to cross water. I don’t think it’s as good as those old... or those street thieves.”
"I'm not afraid of those thieves!" Yang Guangdi stood up, pulled a dog tail in his hand, and said viciously, "As long as I have a knife, I will kill them all!"
The old man looked at the stern black and thin boy in front of him, buried his head and sighed, "They are all poor people who stutter."
The young man waved his dog's tail to himself, "I only saw them killing people. Half of our village was killed, and those who could walk were captured and kept as their own. If we don't kill them all, the brick house I built for my mother will not be saved."
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The old man was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said nothing more. The young man had finished waving the dog's tail and turned back to fetch water to wash the horse. Suddenly, a rapid drum sound came from the camp.
Several red-coated soldiers nearby were originally very leisurely. When they heard the sound of drums, they felt as if they were being chased by whips. They looked for their mounts everywhere, but there were too many idle horses around and the horses were mixed together. They couldn't find them for a while.
They were all anxious. Old man Zeng was used to listening to the drums in the camp, and he knew that it was a rallying drum. If the three links were not met, he would be slapped with a plank and be fined with monthly wages. He called Yang Guangdi and other grooms to help them search. Yang Guangdi worked very hard.
He ran very quickly to find the saddled horses and sent them to them one by one.
In the hands of the cavalry, when the second tom drum finally sounded, the cavalry all found their horses and galloped towards the competition field as if running for their lives. After the soldiers left, Yang Guangdi hurriedly collected the fishing rods, but did not catch the Matang crucian carp. When he came back, the horsemen
There was a lot of discussion. Normally, the drums would be beaten during morning drills, and then they would disperse after assigning training tasks. They would not beat the drums again until dinner to show off their performance.
The number of horses in the parade, each department reporting on the day's training, and drumming in the middle of the parade usually means there is an urgent military situation.
There have been reports of rogue bandits from time to time recently, and drumming has become more frequent. The horsemen thought that there might be a war this time. Everyone discussed it for a while, and sure enough, Zan Hua, who was in charge of the idle horses, came on horseback and asked everyone to take the horses back to the camp and prepare the carriages immediately.
shelf.
Yang Guangdi was not an official groom. He said goodbye to Old Man Zeng at the camp gate and prepared to go home with other temporary workers. Before he could walk a few steps, another officer came out.
"Go back and tell your commander-in-chief to name all of them and go with the cavalry camp. We are going to fight the bandits."
Before the other temporary workers could say anything, Yang Guangdi responded quickly and ran back to the slum area with bare feet.
The size of the slum area is much smaller than before. There are now less than 200 Dingkou, and one is always fifty Dingkou. There are only four generals left, all of whom were transferred from the Cao Gang. Yang Guangdi knows where to look at this time.
them.
Running to a tent in the middle, Yang Guangdi stopped to take a breath, only to hear a sudden shout from inside, "Two flowers, oh, haha, thirty thousand dollars is coming again, brothers, please be careful, the bar is on
The cost is two cents of silver for each family!" Yang Guang opened the curtain first, and sure enough, all four generals were there. The four of them gathered around a small table, each occupying one side, and started fighting in the improved horse general tiles. Tan, the general manager,
General Manager A happened to be facing the direction of the door. General Manager Lu on his right was standing excitedly. Just now
He touched a card and was rubbing it with his fingers without even looking at the card. Mr. Tan was scratching the skin on his head, grinning.
As soon as Tan Leizi saw Yang Guangdi, he immediately said in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"The officer of the cavalry camp said to call the commander-in-chief to point Qidingkou to fight the bandits!"
At this time, Mr. Lu didn't listen at all. He rubbed the results with his fingers, and his face was filled with surprise, "I'll go ahead..."
He raised his hand high and was about to slap the cards on the table. "The bandits are coming!" Tan Lezi stood up with a cry, and accidentally knocked the table with his knee. The low square table suddenly overturned.
Mr. Lu was unable to stop his hand in time, and his hand just hit the edge of the table. Mr. Lu jumped up with a cry of pain, and there was no flower card.
Hold it firmly and it will fall to the ground with the other cards.
"This important task of beating the thieves cannot be delayed." Tan Laizi looked serious.
Mr. Lu's hand was in severe pain. Although he was angry, he was speechless for the moment. He reluctantly pointed at Tan Lezi with his left hand.
The other two generals agreed in unison, "Business matters are important, and we can't delay the fight against the gangsters for any reason, otherwise we wouldn't be considered human beings." Tan Laizi glanced at the cards on the ground, and suddenly reacted and said, "Well, how can the table turn over?
Who did it? It’s just that all my cards are sure to tie. The cards are all mixed together. It’s just what I say and it’s unfounded, so it’s an advantage for you.
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Mr. Lu kept waving his right hand, which made him cry. When he heard this, he shed even more tears.
The other two generals scolded, "It's time to talk about the cards. My cards are the sure draw. I won't argue with you anymore. Click Dingkou, click Dingkou!"
Tan Leizi flicked his sleeves and said, "I haven't killed any bandits since Hezhou. My hands are itchy. They dare to come to my door. I'll ask all Anqing about who can offend me, Tan Ya!"
After saying that, the three of them pulled each other out of the tent together. Yang Guangdi also hurriedly left, leaving Mr. Lu who kept shaking his hands. It took him a long time to regain his composure, but tears were still streaming down his face.
The horse general cards all over the ground said, "Flowers!"
...On the official road outside Taihu County, a group of officers and soldiers had just come from the east and encountered some scattered people who were fleeing to the southeast. A group of officers and soldiers broke away from the group, snatched away the things that the people were carrying, and threw them to the ground.
Slightly more valuable
The things caused a lot of looting, and the people did not dare to stop them and cried together. On the south gate tower, Cheng Long, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Yongsheng Prefecture, was discussing with several aid generals. Yang next to him
Zhuo Ran's expression was dull, and he seemed to be indifferent to the cries outside. Although he was still Taihu's parent officer, compared to what he had experienced in recent years,
, what is happening in front of me seems to be normal. Since the city was massacred two years ago, Taihu County has not regained its vitality. This year, the bandits have repeatedly harassed, and then officers and soldiers came and went, causing the remaining people nearby to flee. Almost all the people around the county town.
There is no human habitation anymore, but farmers
The village area has retained more people, and rural soldiers have been organized near the mountains to deal with scattered bandits. However, when encountering large groups of bandits, they can only rely on officers and soldiers. Although there was an agreement with Pang Yu before, the garrison camp promised to give priority
To save Taihu, the county government deposited the city-building silver in Dajiang Bank. The Taihu project went more smoothly than Qianjiang and Susong. Nearly half of the deposited money was used up, and the relationship with the garrison naturally began to grow distant. Yang Zhuoran was not too worried at first.
Because Shi Kefa promised that as long as the city is built, troops will be stationed in Taihu Lake. However, most of the earthwork last year was completed. The next step is to ram the soil and then cover it with bricks. However, after the rogue bandits came out of the mountains in the autumn,
All construction projects were stopped, and the permanent garrison was gone. Now Yang Zhuoran is in an embarrassing situation with neither a city nor soldiers. He has left the city three times this year to avoid the bandits. Last time Zuo Liangyu led the troops to drive out the rogue bandits.
In Anqing, Yang Zhuoran thought that this year's banditry situation was over. The bandits should go to other places anyway. They had a few months of leisure. At least they didn't have to worry about it until the end of summer. At least they could work on another part of the city. Who knows how long it would last?
In January, rogue bandits once again entered Susong in large numbers. The Jinshan Camp stationed in Erlang Town collapsed when they saw the enemy and fled all the way.
Returned to Fengxiangyi. At present, there are no ordinary people in Taihu County, and all the subordinates of the county government have fled. Yang Zhuoran is just a polished commander. Since this half-sized earthen city is useless, we have to rely on the Jiangnan assistance and suppression led by these generals on the tower.
Soldiers and horses, since they have something to ask for from others,
We can only let go of the sense of superiority of civilian officials and pretend not to see things like snatching on the official roads outside. These generals come from five battalions in the south of the Yangtze River. The Changzhou Biao Battalion is stationed in Fengxiangyi, and the general made a special trip to attend the meeting.
Yes, the other four battalion heads are in Taihu Lake. Two more battalion heads have arrived today, and most of the Jiangnan reinforcements and suppression troops have arrived. Yang Zhuoran didn't know whether Shi Daotai wanted to stick to Taihu Lake. He didn't know until these generals finished their discussion.
Should he leave the city for the fourth time to avoid the invaders? But he privately believed that Shi Kefa wanted to fight this battle because he knew that when Zhang Guowei came last time, he gave the officers a lot of money.
Although Mr. Ma is gone now, he is no more than a supervisor of the army. Soon after, the new general climbed up the tower and talked to Cheng Long and others for a while. Cheng Long suddenly clapped his hands loudly.
He shouted, "How long are you waiting for him? But Zuo Liangyu can beat two battalions of thieves, and I can beat Jiangnan soldiers, so that Zuo Liangyu will know that he is not the only one in the world who can beat him. When Pan Shenjiang arrives, we will
Kill his mother first so that his brain will blossom."