In Majia Village around Fenyang City, except for a dozen young people who joined the army, the rest of the young people stayed in their hometown and joined the reserve force.~~!-
In the afternoon of this day, all the reservists were summoned. The leader was a middle-aged man about 30 years old. He held a real steel knife in his hand, and beside him was a huge
The box also contains a pair of brand new steel knives.
The other reservists looked at the middle-aged man in surprise. They had heard rumors two days ago that he might go to the battlefield, but they didn't expect it to be true.
"Brothers, we have switched from reserve duty to active duty!" the middle-aged man said loudly.
"Ah!" "It's true!" "We actually became active duty!"
For a time, the soldiers below were talking a lot, and they were extremely shocked by this incident.
"Here are weapons. Each of you take one, then go home, tell your family about this, and then follow me to the battlefield!" The middle-aged man waved the steel knife in his hand and said.
These reserve soldiers stepped forward one after another and went to get their weapons. When they got the weapons, they were a little excited. In the past, they basically used wooden knives for training, but now that they got brand-new weapons, they couldn't help but wield them.
"Go home quickly and tell your family the news! Don't waste time!" the middle-aged man frowned and said.
At this time, a group of people suddenly came from a distance. Looking at the direction they were walking, it was obvious that they were here.
The middle-aged man couldn't help but be startled, and the rest of the reserve soldiers also calmed down and looked at these people in the distance.
"It's the commander-in-chief!" Suddenly a reserve soldier shouted, and the other reserve soldiers also shouted.
The leading middle-aged man was also surprised. He did not expect Lin Chong, the commander-in-chief of the Hedong War Zone, to come here! He was originally an active soldier. Later, because his younger brother died in the war, there was no longer a man in the family, so the army took the initiative to ask him to retire and let him
Go back and raise yourself
His parents. A long time ago, he was Lin Chong's personal soldier! Seeing Lin Chong now, he was very excited. He strode forward and wanted to kneel down, but he remembered the rules in the army and hurriedly performed a military salute and said
: "Commander, I finally see you again!"
Lin Chong looked at him and said with a smile: "It's Jack Ma! How are you, how have you been in the past two years?"
Ma Yun shook his head and said: "It's not good at all! I want to go to the battlefield, and this time it's finally my turn again!"
Lin Chong frowned and said: "Your brother is already dead. You don't want to go to the battlefield this time. If you also die in the battle, who will raise your parents?"
Ma Yun said: "My parents also want me to go to the battlefield! We are all citizens of Liangshan, and everyone has the obligation to go to the battlefield! If everyone does not want to go to the battlefield, who will fight for Liangshan and who will defend it?"
Our country?”
Lin Chong nodded lightly. Ma Yun was so insistent that he stopped trying to persuade him. He strode towards the reservists, his eyes swept over the reservists. All the reservists stood there, feeling extremely nervous.
"Soldiers, we are about to go to the battlefield, are you afraid?" Lin Chong asked fiercely.
"Don't be afraid." The soldiers said in unison, but Lin Chong could see that some soldiers' faces were not very good, and there was obviously a hint of fear.
"Are you afraid?" Lin Chong asked again.
"Don't be afraid!" This time the soldiers' voices were much louder. Under this loud voice, the fear on the soldiers' faces seemed to be less.
"Actually, it's normal to be afraid! On the battlefield, without a weapon or a weapon, everyone may be injured, or even die, and never see their loved ones again! But, soldiers, have you ever thought about what would happen if you didn't go to the battlefield?
What will happen to you if the imperial court takes over this place?" Lin Chong asked.
No one answered, and everything was quiet. After a long time, suddenly a soldier stood up and shouted: "Commander, I know!"
Lin Chong said: "Let's talk about it."
The soldier said: "If this place is occupied by the imperial court, then we will face exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes from the imperial court, and even our land will be occupied by high-ranking imperial officials! Our parents and our wives will be oppressed by imperial officials! From now on.
, not having enough to eat every day, being frightened every day, it has become the kind of life we had many years ago again!”
After the soldier finished speaking, the surrounding soldiers all showed expressions of "deep sympathy", and they all recalled their childhood memories. At that time, they had no land, and all the land was in the hands of the officials and gentry, who imposed heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
They were so oppressed that they couldn't breathe. They were still young at the time, but
But they remembered that many of their friends had starved to death because there was no food to eat. In the ditch at the east end of the village, there were many corpses of children every spring and winter. Those were all starved to death. They did not want to live that life anymore.
Such a life, no longer willing to suffer the cruel rule of the imperial court.
Lin Chong nodded and said: "That's right! So we must go to the battlefield and fight for our families, don't you think so?"
"Yes!" the reserve soldiers roared again!
"Say goodbye to your families, then pick up your weapons and follow me!" Lin Chong said.
The reservist soldiers from Majia Village followed Lin Chong away, and the reservist soldiers in various villages, towns, and cities were mobilized. In just three days, all the reservist soldiers were gathered and headed everywhere.
The focus of Liangshan's defense is Fenyang, Jinning, and Gaizhou. Fenyang faces heavy attacks from Taiyuan City, while Jinning and Gaizhou face attacks from 200,000 troops from the northwest.
After discussion, Lin Chong, Zhu Wu, Hu Yanzhuo and others decided that Lin Chong would personally guard Jinning, Hu Yanzhuo would guard Gaizhou, and Zhu Wu would guard Fenyang City.
In the early morning of that day, Lin Chong officially left. Mrs. Lin held the child in her arms to bid him farewell. She was extremely worried and had a trace of tears on her face.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Lin Chong said with a smile.
Looking at Xiao Lin Yu in Mrs. Lin's arms, Lin Chong stretched out his hand to hold the child over. The child was just three years old now. He kissed the child on the face and said: "Xiao Yu is good, you must listen to mother. Dad.
Don’t mess around when you’re not here.”
Xiao Linyu nodded and said, "Dad, I will take care of mom."
Lin Chong couldn't help laughing, kissed the child again on the face, and said, "I'm leaving. Bless dad."
Xiao Linyu waved his fist and said in a crisp voice: "Dad will win!"
Lin Chong smiled and mounted his horse, leading countless troops and countless reserves towards Jinning in the south.
Two days later, he arrived at Jinning City. The total number of troops in Jinning City now reached 150,000, and the soldiers had begun intensive defense work.
However, before the enemy arrived, in addition to defense, the soldiers had another important thing to do, which was to relocate all the people around Jinning City.
The people around Jinning City are reluctant to leave their hometown.
"Captain, can't we just leave?" In the village next to Jinning City, countless people surrounded a battalion commander and asked anxiously.
"We have to go! You don't know the virtues of the imperial soldiers and horses. They are all introduced in the strong people's book! Especially the Western Army, military discipline is very poor, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. Staying here will only lead to death.
One piece." The battalion commander advised.
"But we don't want to leave! This is our home. What will happen to our home if we leave? We also have our fields. We can't abandon them!" Some old farmers knelt on the ground and cried.
They have gone through decades of hardships, and finally waited until the soldiers and horses from Liangshan arrived. They finally had their own home and their own land, and now they have to give up all this. How can they accept it?
"Don't worry, we will definitely fight back! By then, the land will still be yours! If your house is destroyed, the army will help you rebuild it! In addition, the army will also make other compensations to you, so hurry up and leave.
." said the battalion commander.
Even with such painstaking efforts, some people were still unwilling to leave. In this case, the Liangshan army had to use force to take these people away. But these were a very small number of people after all. Strict military control was implemented in Hedong.
Even ordinary people must obey military law. After these two years, ordinary people no longer dare to violate military law at will.
"The people are really working hard! I hope that after this war, the people will not be affected!" Lin Chong stood on the city wall of Jinning, looking at the people below the city migrating north, feeling very emotional in his heart.
The reason for relocating all the people is, on the one hand, to protect the people from the disaster of war, and on the other hand, to strengthen the walls and clear the country, leaving no trace of supplies for the enemy and putting the enemy under huge logistical pressure.
It is already the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the late autumn season, and late at night, the weather is already very cold. However, the soldiers in Jinning City are all wearing cotton clothes, so they are not afraid of the chill. Liangshan is preparing for war all the time, and there are a large number of soldiers
The military supplies reserves, whether it is cotton clothes or food, are very sufficient, enough to cope with this war.
Lin Chong, who must be respectful in everything he does, led some soldiers around late at night. When he came to a corner of the city wall, he saw a group of reserve soldiers standing guard.
"Brother, I'm a little scared." A boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a military uniform, said softly, looking into the distance.
"Don't be afraid, follow me, we will win!" The "eldest brother" he was talking about was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a hint of childishness on his face.
But although he is only 17 or 18 years old, looking at his military uniform, he is already a brigade commander! Although this brigade commander is only a reserve, he is now on active duty. After the war, the position of brigade commander may be abolished.
, but that is quite not simple!
In the reserves, there are thousands of people in a brigade. This young man can stand out among thousands of people. It is quite extraordinary!
"It has been more than two years since we moved from Henan to Hedong. We have lived such a happy life in the past two years, but we cannot let this happy life be destroyed! Therefore, we must do our best to protect our home!" said the young brigade commander.
"Yeah!" The boy next to him nodded.
Lin Chong became more and more interested in this young man. As he approached, the young man and several soldiers around him hurriedly saluted.
Lin Chong looked at the young brigade commander and said, "What's your name?"