Faced with the question from the paramilitary leader, Marquis Wuxiang of the Great Zhou Dynasty, all the soldiers who were questioned answered the questions enthusiastically.
This reflects that the officers and soldiers of the Zhou army are united and united, and are similar to the armies of the separatist warlords in Qianyuan, Houjin and other places.
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Yang Qingyuan was also very pleased to see such enthusiastic speeches.
"Don't be anxious! Tell me one by one! Any news or legends about Zhenhu City are fine."
One of the soldiers said, "I heard that there are corpses of Hu people under the Hu City, and they are used to suppress the fate of the Hu people!"
"Yes! I've heard about this too. My grandma told me a story when I was a child. The town of Hu City cut off the Hu people's dragon vein luck. Otherwise, we in China would not have an Emperor Taizu Gao to save our people.
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"Yes, I heard that too!"
"..."
"I also heard that all the treasures in Zhenhu City were stolen from the Hu people."
The soldiers told a lot of stories, but they were all based on folklore and had little practical value.
"Then do any of you know the approximate location of Zhenhu City?!"
After Yang Qingyuan asked this question, the originally lively scene immediately turned cold.
Who would know about such a thing!
If you knew that, wouldn’t you have gone to find the treasure in Zhenhu City long ago?!
One of the old soldiers who had been silent until now said, "If anyone in our Tiance Army really knows, it must be Uncle Liu!"
"Yes! Uncle Liu!"
"He must know!"
The old pawn's words resonated with everyone present.
Yang Qingyuan turned to look at Li Chengen and Yang Ning, who were still making eye contact.
"Grand Governor, who is Uncle Liu!?"
As soon as Li Chengen heard Yang Qingyuan's inquiry, he immediately stopped making eye contact with Yang Ning.
"Oh! Uncle Liu! He is a veteran of the Huotou Army. He is the oldest person in our Tiance Army. He is already seventy-four years old! Because he has no family members and is unwilling to leave the Tiance Army.
Let him stay in the Tiance Army and become the chef of the Huotou Army."
Huotoujun, no wonder!
In later generations, there were three magical arms on the Blue Star: the Soviet political commissar, the American medical corps, and the Chinese fire-headed army.
There has always been a crouching tiger, hidden dragon in the Huotou Army. This is almost a tradition in China throughout the ages.
Han Huaiyin, the first general of the former Han Dynasty and an unparalleled soldier in the country; a famous general of the early Tang Dynasty, Duke of Pingyang, General Zuo Xiaowei, and Xue Li who set the Tianshan Mountains with three arrows; one of the ten generals of the country, who participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising and protected
During the Chinese War, Zhang Shengzhi was the most senior.
These people are all from the Huotou Army.
"Grand Governor, let me go see Uncle Liu! I happen to be hungry too!"
Yang Ning and Li Chengen were busy with military matters, so naturally they could not stay with Yang Qingyuan for a long time, so a captain led Yang Qingyuan to the Huotou Army barracks of the Tiance Army.
It was already approaching noon, and the Huotou army was already in full swing, cooking meals.
In Taizu's time, the conditions of the frontier army were still very difficult. The soldiers could only eat until they were full. As for what they could eat, it was not certain. There was rarely minced meat in the meals.
After Emperor Zhou ascended the throne, he vigorously developed domestic productivity, which led to the rapid improvement of the economic and living standards of the Zhou Dynasty. In the history books, a "Yong'an rule" must have been inevitable. The prosperity of civil rule was extremely rare in three generations.
Now that Yang Qingyuan has regained land from the two wars to supplement his martial arts skills, most history books will rate him as "Yongan and prosperous age".
Similarly, the prosperity of civil society is also reflected in military pay and military rations. Now the frontier troops are not only well-fed, but also able to eat meat!
Emperor Zhou also exempted the people on the border from paying taxes. The local government collected military rations, fruits and vegetables in lieu of taxation, and encouraged the armies in the west and north to seize cattle and sheep and graze them on their own.
The combination of these policies led to a sharp increase in the food supply of the Tiance Army. The cattle and sheep captured by the Tiance Army also established several huge pastures for border herdsmen to graze and reproduce.
On average, each hundred-man team of the Tiance Army can allocate fifteen sheep every month.
Nutrition is replenished, and combat effectiveness is naturally improved.
When Yang Qingyuan came here, he was cooking mutton soup.
Under the guidance of the captain, Yang Qingyuan and Mrs. Mingzhu came to a stove where mutton soup was being cooked.
An energetic old man in an apron was holding a large spoon and seasoning the food.
"Mr. Liu, this mutton soup is very fragrant!"
When Uncle Liu who was making soup heard this, he turned around, saw Yang Qingyuan, and looked at him carefully.
"Isn't this Lord Yang?! Jinyang, you are back from Jinyang?!"
Yang Qingyuan: "..."
He fully knew that his reputation was great, but he didn't expect that his appearance would be so widely spread among the Tiance Army!
But Yang Qingyuan still asked humbly, "Mr. Liu knows me?!"
"Master Yang, who doesn't know me?"
Yang Qingyuan would not miss a good opportunity to serve a cup.
I think it must be because of his two battles and his reputation that he is so highly recognized among the Tiance Army.
Just when Yang Qingyuan was looking forward to it, Uncle Liu continued to speak.
"You are General Xiao Cao's future husband! You know, when General Xiao Cao was a child, he only ate the food I cooked. I didn't expect that so many years later, General Xiao Cao would also get married!"
"..."
This reputation seems to be different from what I thought, and who spread the rumor?
If this doesn't get married, it will be difficult to end!
Mrs. Mingzhu on the side looked at Yang Qingyuan with a playful expression.
"Ahem!" Yang Qingyuan coughed lightly and decided to put this issue aside for now.
"Mr. Liu, I want to ask you about a place."
Uncle Liu put the lid on the pot and turned around, "Yang Hou, feel free to ask, my old man doesn't have any other abilities, he's just old."
"..."
Yang Qingyuan was slightly silent when he heard this, "No, no, no, you are not only older, but you also have good vision!"
"Excuse me, old man, do you know that there is a Zhenhu City on the border between Dazhou and Qianyuan?"
Hearing this name, Liu Bo paused for a moment before letting out a long sigh.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Unexpectedly, after so many years, I heard this name again."
Uncle Liu used the tongs to stir up the firewood in the earth stove, then turned around and said, "Sir, if you ask others, you may not know this place. I may be the only one in Tiance's army who has been there!"
Hearing Uncle Liu's words, Yang Qingyuan couldn't help but shine.
If someone has been to Zhenhu City, then finding Zhenhu City will get twice the result with half the effort.
"That was almost forty years ago. It was still the fifth year of Hongwu. After Emperor Taizu Gao pacified the southern states, he began the Northern Expedition. At that time, King Zhongshan led his army to Dingqing and Qi in the north, and King Kaiping was ordered to send troops from Bingzhou , attacked Yuanmeng from the north. However, King Kaiping died of illness and was replaced by King Qiyang. At that time, I was a cavalryman in the elite cavalry camp under King Qiyang."
Yang Qingyuan knew about this matter. King Qiyang was ordered to do so in danger, and it became a good story.
"At that time, we had a decisive battle at the Onan River with Mu Lihua, the general who held the country in Daqian. King Qiyang has always been famous for his strong winds and was good at fighting fast! But when he continued to march in pursuit, he was ambushed. Although the prince He gathered his troops in time, but our unit was still scattered."
Mu Lihua, the great general who controlled the country in Daqian, was the head of the generals under Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty, and his ability in using troops should not be underestimated.
"King Qiyang finally led his army to fight hard for three days before completely defeating Mu Lihua's army. Of course, I heard these things later from my brothers in the army."
Uncle Liu felt that the mutton soup in the big pot was about the same, so he turned off the heat, took out three bowls, and filled a bowl of mutton soup for Yang Qingyuan, Mrs. Mingzhu and himself, and sprinkled a handful of green on the surface of the soup. of green onions.
"Come and try my old man's craftsmanship. I'll tell you about it slowly!"
Yang Qingyuan and Mrs. Mingzhu took the mutton soup. Although it was a big pot dish, it was very delicious.
Sheep are not fed, cows are not peppered.
The mutton soup is authentic, but the smell of mutton is not very strong. Even Mrs. Mingzhu, a master chef, has to praise that this big pot of food is cooked to a certain standard.
Uncle Liu took a sip of the mutton soup and continued, "At that time, we and the stragglers of the Qian army were fighting and chasing from the grassland to the Gobi, and finally lost our direction. Of the entire hundred people, there were only twenty-three of us left. .”
"Just when we were looking for the army, we encountered a sandstorm on the Gobi! At that scene, the yellow sand covered the sky and the sun, sweeping in. We could hardly see our fingers in the sandstorm, although everyone surrounded the horses. It went around for a while, but was eventually buried by a sandstorm."
"When the sandstorm passed, only nine of our brothers and eleven horses were left around, and the rest of the men and horses were missing."
I have to say that this Uncle Liu is very talented in storytelling, and he speaks vividly.
"At that time, the water bags around us had been finished. If we could not find any water source, our brothers would all die in the Gobi Desert. We walked forward for more than ten miles with great effort. I couldn't bear it and fainted. By the time I When I woke up, my brothers and I were already in the same room."
Yang Qingyuan thought thoughtfully, "That's Zhenhu City over there!?"
"That's right, that's Zhenhu City! The people living in the town don't know about the Song Dynasty, let alone the Zhou Dynasty. They are the survivors of the former Qin Dynasty. After hearing that we were an army fighting against Yuanmeng and Dagan, they We bandaged our wounds, prepared enough water for us, and gave us nine camels, and my brothers and I walked out of the Gobi."
Yang Qingyuan knew that these should be the people left by the former Qin Emperor to guard Zhenhu City. Back then, the Qin Emperor drove Donghu northward and left behind 300,000 border guards near Jiuyuan.
This 300,000-strong army and the Baiyue Expeditionary Force are both known as the two trump cards of the Qin Army.
The leader of the Jiuyuan Army will be Meng Tian, and there are many children of the Meng family in the army, so it is also called the "Meng Family Army".
The second emperor of the former Qin Dynasty, Hu Hai, ordered the death of the Meng brothers and his son Fusu, and the tens of thousands of Meng children in the Jiuyuan Army were also missing. It is very likely that they went to this town of Hu city.
"Later, when the class teacher returned to the court, we reported this matter to the captain and received the general's order. We took the gift of thanks and went to thank him, but we could not find the town of Hucheng."
When recalling this past event, Uncle Liu was filled with emotions. What happened forty years ago seemed like it happened yesterday.
There were no road signs in the Gobi and it was really impossible to identify the direction, so they ultimately failed to find Zhenhu City again.
"Uncle Liu, do you still remember where Zhenhu City is located?!"
Uncle Liu frowned, "I definitely don't know the specific location. After all, we couldn't find Zhenhu City the second time, but I vaguely remember that we were walking northwest to avoid a group of Yuan Meng. The pursuit by the cavalry team of a thousand men lasted for more than twenty days before they left the grassland and entered the Gobi. After entering the Gobi, there were no signs. We could only know that we were probably heading north, but we didn't know anything else."
The Gobi Desert is full of wind and sand, and even people who are familiar with the path will get lost in it, let alone foreign soldiers like them.
"Uncle Liu, are there any of those old men who went to Zhenhu City with you back then who are still alive?!"
Uncle Liu sighed after hearing this, "There were nine of us who went to Zhenhu City back then. The following year during the Third Northern Expedition, Lao Wang, Lao Chen, Lao Li, Lao Zhao, and Lao Feng died in the hands of the Yuanmeng people; The one who had the best luck was Ah Hu. He was named a school captain because he beheaded and shot two thousand captains of Yuan and Meng. Unfortunately, he changed after becoming an official. His embezzlement of military pay was investigated by the general who came to inspect the army. The Imperial Censor also caught him and sentenced him to death."
"Only me and Gangzi, Sanwang, Gangzi died of illness twenty years ago, and Gangzi died five years ago. I may be the only one left in the Tiance army who has actually been to Zhenhu City. !”
Uncle Liu is already seventy-four years old. It is rare to live seventy years in ancient times. He is already a rare longevity. His age should be about the same as his, but his life span is not as long as his.
Then Uncle Liu said some more details, but because it took so long, many of them were forgotten.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have rarely thought of it, but when you mentioned it, it seems like it happened yesterday."
These words made Liu Bo recall the past with a lot of emotion.
However, for Yang Qingyuan, although he did not get the specific location of Zhenhu City, he still gained a lot.
Through Uncle Liu's words, we already know that this town, Hucheng, is in the Gobi not far from the grassland.
Combined with the information obtained from Wangyue Yujue and Dragon Pattern Jade Huang, finding the ruins of Zhenhu City will not be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Especially since there are still people living in Zhenhu City, people living there need to communicate with the outside world, which will definitely leave traces.
After listening to the story and drinking the mutton soup, Yang Qingyuan also stood up and said, "Old man, I want to thank you very much this time!"
As he said that, Yang Qingyuan took out ten banknotes from his arms, all of which were small-denomination bills worth twelve taels each.
"A little thought is not a sign of respect!"
Uncle Liu's expression turned serious when he saw this, "That's right, am I, Old Liu, just greedy for this money?! Besides, I have no children, what do I need these idiots for?"
Yang Qingyuan smiled and said, "Didn't Xueyang grow up eating your food? Just think of this as the meal money I paid to Xueyang!"
After saying that, Yang Qingyuan said no more, just took Mrs. Mingzhu with him, and then disappeared beside the earthen stove.
Uncle Liu was left alone, shaking his head and smiling bitterly.
