The flood in Zhangnan County, Qinghe County finally receded in early winter, but it flooded all the fertile fields in Zhangnan County, cutting off people's last glimmer of hope. The famine immediately swept the whole county, and the population of the whole county dropped by nearly half in autumn and winter. Dou Jiande
The Liujiatun where he is located has also dropped from more than 100 households to more than 30 households. Others either starve to death or escape, but there is no way to survive if they escape. They either become bandits or die in a foreign land. All hopes have been cut off.
, In the eyes of farmers, the seven-year life of Daye is even darker than the bottom of the pot. [This chapter is updated by netizens]
Dou Jiande did not escape. On the one hand, he still had a little surplus food and could spend this most difficult time by making porridge. On the other hand, he was a person who was extremely attached to his hometown. He would never leave his hometown until he had no choice but to do so.
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But he had no choice but to do so. Since mid-March, news came from all over the country that the government began to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and all brave and powerful people in each township would join the army to Liaodong to participate in the Battle of Goryeo.
This news starts from all counties in Qinghe County. If you join the army and go to the capital to guard the garrison, everyone will sign up enthusiastically in order to eat military rations, but when you go to Liaodong, everyone understands that it is going to die.
The escaped Chao swept across the southern Zhangnan county again. Those who knew a little martial arts fled home one after another. Even Dou Jiande's close friend Liu Heita left his wife and children and left.
Dou Jiande did not dare to leave at will. He had a wife and son. If he ran away, he would implicate his family. Moreover, he was thirty-eight years old and was a grandfather. How could the government arrest him? Besides, there are so many rumors these days.
mao, who knows whether it is true or false?
It was not until the morning of March 17 that the county magistrate personally brought dozens of yamen runners to his home, and handled the service registration for him on the spot, and took him away directly. He realized that he had thought things too simple.
Each county has a quota for recruiting troops, and then split it into the county, Zhangnan. The quota for the county is 3,000, and 3,000 brave and good at fighting are needed. In this way, how could Dou Jiande escape?
Although he was recruited as an army member, Dou Jiande decided to accept his fate. He cooperated with the government very well. In addition, he served as the village chief and had a high prestige in the village. Soon he was appointed as the leader of 200 people and trained in the county town.
, preparing to rush to Liaodong in early April.
Dou Jiande's training site is located in a small school yard covering an area of seven or eight acres next to the southern men of the county. It was originally a place for training county soldiers, but now it has become a training site for nearly 500 brave young and strong men. They train bows, arrows, spears and techniques every day.
The commander of a county lieutenant.
If it weren't for going to Liaodong, such a rien would be good. In addition to training and sleeping every day, there is also one or two meals of official grain to fill up. Dou Jiande is 200 people long and can get a little more rice. I ask someone to bring it to him.
His wife, even he himself thought that such a child was good. If he had better luck, he might have escaped by chance in the East Expedition to Goryeo.
Early that morning, a shocking news came from the county that the county magistrate was killed when he went to recruit bravery. The news quickly spread throughout the county, and even Dou Jiande and the others heard about it.
However, there are still three days left before departure. The county magistrate has nothing to do with them. Dou Jiande also led his subordinates to train bows and arrows on the school field. In fact, everyone is a trainer, who can't help but arrows.
Dance sword? These so-called trainings are just to deal with the lieutenant. Dou Jiande himself is a very skilled martial arts man and is skilled in archery and horses. Since he is two hundred people, he must set an example.
"Each person took 100 arrows this morning, and in the afternoon, we arranged to practice spears. We have been training for the last few days, so everyone is working hard!"
Dou Jiande shouted loudly, and he also picked up a Badou Bow, and took the arrow, slightly tilted to an elevation angle. When the string was loosened, the powerful arrow broke out and drew an arc, hitting the bull's eye, which attracted a burst of applause.
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Dou Jiande was a little proud and smiled when he stroked his beard. At this time, a soldier shouted in the mouth: "Dou Baichang, someone is looking for him!"
Dou Jiande gave a few instructions, turned around and walked quickly towards the big men, walked out of the school grounds. It was his wife who asked someone to send a letter, and he knew him from the village.
"Silo, what's the matter?"
"Brother, sister-in-law asked you to go back and said there was something urgent."
Dou Jiande was a little worried now, so he went back and asked the captain for a leave. Since Dou Jiande performed very well and had no intention of escaping, the captain agreed and stipulated that he must return to the camp before dawn tomorrow.
Dou Jiande's home is about ten miles away from the county town. He was worried and ran home all the way. As soon as he entered the house, he asked loudly: "Madam, what happened?"
"Dalang, you are finally back!"
His wife came out and said nervously: "Sun Er is here."
She whispered in her husband's ear, "He was covered in blood, as if he had committed a murder."
The Sun Er mentioned by his wife is his good friend Sun Anzu, who is two years younger than him. He has been a disciple with him since he was a child and is considered a brother and brother.
Dou Jiande was shocked, "Where are others?"
"Brother, I'm here!"
I saw Sun Anzu walk out of the inner room, half of his clothes were covered in blood. Sun Anzu was tall and thin, and had a nickname of "Sun Lu". He was a famous chivalrous and righteous man in the county. He was in Renshou for four years.
He went to Beijing to participate in the martial arts competition. After failing, he returned to his hometown to open a martial arts hall and recruited hundreds of disciples to practice martial arts. He was also a well-known figure in the county.
Seeing that Sun Anzu's expression was nervous, Dou Jiande asked, "What's wrong?"
"I killed... the county magistrate!"
Dou Jiande was shocked and quickly pulled him into the house and asked, "How could this happen? What's going on?"
"Just in the morning, the county magistrate brought a group of yamen runners to my house and ordered me to summon my disciples to serve in the military. I said that my wife died of illness and starvation last year. The government did not care, but now I ask me to recruit disciples to serve in the military. If I don't do it, the county magistrate will use a whip.
I was furious and pulled out his knife and killed him. I guess the county will catch me soon. I want to ask you to borrow some money."
Dou Jiande was also anxious and turned around and said to his wife: "You go to the small cellar under the woodshed to take out the bag of wheat."
His wife was stunned for a moment and turned around reluctantly. She planned to leave the bag of wheat for nv.
"Sister-in-law, no need!"
Sun Anzu saw the difficulty on Dou Jiande's wife's face, turned around and left. Dou Jiande sighed and grabbed him. He pulled off a small cloth bag from his close-fitting underwear and stuffed it to Sun Anzu, "There are 15 in total.
A silver bean is my last little property. I will go to Liaodong in three days. If you don’t care about you, you can run away by yourself!”
Sun Anzu felt endlessly and said in a deep voice: "I have asked someone to inform my disciples and ask them to go to Gaojibo to visit. Jiande, the court is unkind, please go with me!"
Dou Jiande's son Tianshun sent rice to Liaodong last year and never came back. He didn't know how to live or die. His daughter-in-law died of dying in winter. Only his wife and married nv sons were left in the family. He couldn't bear to leave them, so he shook his head, "I have it."
Wife nv, if I follow you, they won’t be able to survive, you go! If one day, I can’t live anymore, I will go find you.”
Sun Anzu bowed to him, "Jiande, we will have a date later!"
He didn't leave, but jumped gently, jumped over the courtyard wall and left, and soon disappeared without a trace. Dou Jiande stood there for a moment and couldn't help but sigh.
When he turned around, he saw his wife carrying a bag of wheat and was stunned, "What are you doing?"
The wife said with displeasure: "Send it to NV'er. There is only one bag of wheat at home. You still give this one and that one all day long. I'll starve to death. I don't want NV'er and grandson to starve to death as well.
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Dou Jiande sighed helplessly. He was just now and forgot that there was only this bag of wheat at home. He had to nod and said, "Okay! If I am not here, you live in NV's house. I will leave until the fourth morning and send it to you.
We will come back, and we will drink the last bottle of wine as a farewell."
His wife wiped her tears and turned around and left. Dou Jiande went back to the house to pack up his things. His family was a very wealthy middle-aged family with more than a hundred acres of land. The family had stored food, two cows, and wealth, but natural disasters and *
*, which made him completely bankrupt. Last month, the emperor wanted to offer food to pass through the border. The government took away his last cow. He had already spent all his money, leaving only a few broken houses washed away by the flood.
Dou Jiande sat blankly in front of the windowsill. He didn't know what to do for the rest of his life. Before he knew it, it was already afternoon. After he calculated that his wife should come back, he sighed and found the last bottle of wine from the box.
Prepare to part with your wife.
But at this moment, he faintly heard his wife's shout: "Dalang, run!"
The voice was about dozens of steps away, and Dou Jiande was shocked. He rushed to the roof and saw his wife running desperately towards the house, chasing a large group of soldiers and yamen runners behind him. This was the person who came to arrest Sun Anzu. Someone reported to the government that Sun Anzu fled
When they arrived at Dou Jiande's house, the soldiers and the yamen runners immediately came to arrest him.
His wife fell to the ground, and several soldiers rushed up and slashed Dou Jiande's wife to death on the spot.
Dou Jiande's eyes turned red. He roared to the sky, turned around and jumped out of the room, and ran towards the small river hundreds of steps behind. He fell into the river. He took a knife and strode towards the captain's corps.
When I walked over the room, I happened to meet the captain at the entrance of the men. "Dou Jiande, I came back quite early!"
Dou Jiande said nothing, and stabbed him in front of him with a long sword into the lieutenant's chamber. The lieutenant screamed and fell to the ground and died.
Hearing the screams, the brave men in the barracks rushed out one after another. Dou Jiande cut off the head of the lieutenant with a knife and whispered to everyone: "In the 18th year of Kaihuang, the great Sui Dynasty was prosperous and powerful. The late emperor sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Goryeo, but
Failure, now floods are flooded, hungry people are everywhere, and devastated, but the emperor does not know how to be polite to the people and still send troops to conquer Goryeo. The world will definitely be great. A real man was born in the world. Even if he dies, he will do something big. How can he fill the ravines in Goryeo
, Dear brothers, I, Dou Jiande, decided to go to Gao Shida. Those who are willing to go with me, we share wealth and achievements together, and those who are unwilling to go with me, you can go to the government to report that I killed the school captain so that I would not be tired
, Brothers, those who are willing to rebel, come with me! Go and open the granary and snatch the rice and rebel!"
Suddenly someone raised his arms and shouted, "It's better to go against it than die in Goryeo, and there is still a way to survive."
"Reverse!"
Hundreds of people shouted together, Haohao Dangdang ran towards the county grain warehouse, and countless hungry people followed them. Dou Jiande led his subordinates to open the grain warehouse and release grain warehouses. Dou Jiande led hundreds of brave men to Gaojibo to join Gao Shi