Chapter 961 Gao Ye
“The savages are coming!”
“The savages are coming, run!”
Accompanied by the screams of the farmers in Chudi, people from the northeast In the direction, a group of wildling cavalry rushed out. Their size was not large, only about twenty riders. Except for the leader who had a very simple leather armor, the rest of them only wore pure animal skin clothing.
Compared with the lack of armor, their knives are standard. At the same time, the bows and arrows carried on their backs can also be seen as the style of the old Yan army.
In the early days of the Yan army, in addition to all flying the black dragon flag and being black, the specific weapon systems and armor systems were diverse.
The Zhenbei Army has its own system, the Jingnan Army also has its own style, and the local troops and horses also have their own characteristics.
Even today, this is still the case;
After all, it is extremely difficult to maintain a huge army. If you want to replace it... the price will be even higher, so , armor and some special weapons such as horseshoes and so on Yes, it can be used as a family heirloom, passed down from father to grandson;
But there is a place where the person in charge has always had an almost demanding pursuit of military equipment, and he also enjoys standing in front of it. The kind of unified scenery when inspecting on the high platform.
Jindong's change of clothes actually started six or seven years ago.
The foundry outside Fengxin City has long grown to an extremely terrifying scale, and it also possesses extremely mature forging skills. In addition, various types of materials are constantly found from the Tianduan Mountains and even the snowfields. Minerals are enough to support the overall change of the Jindong Palace's regular soldiers.
In fact, savages have always lived on the "treasure house". It seems that the more birds don't poop, there will always be treasures underground;
It is a pity that savages lack the ability to explore and dig. , Er also lacks forging and smelting skills;
And these are not problems for the demon kings.
In the past few years, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and even the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court of Yan State had issued official letters more than once with good words, hoping to purchase some ordnance from eastern Shanxi.
But in the end, except for the three hundred sets given by the regent to the emperor's personal guards as a facade, no one was able to come up with one.
Even the emperor had nothing to do about it. Although commerce in Eastern Jin Dynasty was developed, it was impossible to sell out ordnance manufacturing. It was a real contraband, and the Jin Eastern Army itself It’s too late to use it, how can it be exported?
Furthermore, Jindong belongs to Dayan in name, but in fact, it maintains a relationship similar to tributary with the imperial court. During festivals, both sides will send people to each other to send some gifts;
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The imperial court's military pay and food and grass do not go to Shanxi, and Shanxi has never been very interested in licking their nominal emperor.
If their prince hadn't been suppressing them, and there was also the threat from the Chu Kingdom next door, coupled with the almost tacit goal of unifying all the Xia, perhaps what the military leaders in Eastern Jin Dynasty and the middle-level generals wanted to do most was, Just cross Wangjiang River and go horse racing under Yanjing City.
The major change of equipment naturally eliminated a large number of old-fashioned ordnance, most of which were decentralized layer by layer.
For example, when the Qin brothers went to serve as auxiliary soldiers, Qin's father asked the local fort commander for this backlog of ordnance.
As for the savages, Gou Moli in Fan City is directly under the savage army, so he will naturally ration them in full. There is no reason to be so harsh after leaving them in such a dangerous place;
But It is certainly impossible to provide any good equipment to these barbarians who are temporarily transferred to the pass as servants. They are by definition cannon fodder. Even for the most basic auxiliary equipment, they have to get military merit in exchange for it.
The attitude of the palace is:
If you want the dogs to work hard,
you have to let them starve.
Work hard for the palace, and you will not only get weapons, but also rewards, and the biggest reward is the identity of the bidder.
In the past ten years, the palace has spared no effort to enrich and enhance the spiritual civilization of the snowfield,
Excellent results have been achieved, and many savages have begun to feel that:
The stars are despicable,
The cold wind is despicable,
I... It’s also lowly.
In the early years, Dayan adhered to a policy of Daxia national chauvinism, which emphasized that people who are not of our own race must have different hearts.
At that time, the Zhenbei Army County took the initiative to kill other tribes. Li Fusheng's love of destroying tribes for fun is the best example;
Even King Jingnan followed the policy of massacre when he led his army into the snowy plains.
The prince of Jindong did not like this policy of physical destruction.
To be precise, there are two ways to destroy a nation. One is the simplest and most cost-effective way, which is called physical elimination; the second is the most cost-effective and most efficient way, which is called spiritual annihilation.
First destroy your faith, and then help you rebuild your "faith". It is obviously ravaging you and exploiting you, but you are willing to accept it, and you kneel down with sincerity and sincerely shout from the heart "My old man" Father".
The blind man is an expert here. Over the years, the rebellion has been repeatedly frustrated. The reason why the blind man is neither crazy nor depressed is that he has devoted a lot of energy to the snowfield.
Many savages in the snowfield now have realized that their hairstyle, their language and even their skin color are all dirty. They can only enter the snow customs, become a standard household, and become the prince's subjects. Only in this way can we get real salvation;
This This strategy has better results, especially when the basic material life of the people in the two places is very different;
The "Steamed Buns with Stuffing" launched by the Wangfu and designed by the prince has a great impact on the land of Zhuxia It is extremely attractive to common people, let alone the people of Snowfield.
The year before last, Chen Daole wrote a secret book himself, praising the prince's far-reaching layout. He even directly pointed out that these steamed buns are not only filled with fillings, but also filled with blood. In the book, it is even more clear The royal family's policies towards the snowy plains are collectively called... the "human blood steamed buns" policy.
After the prince himself saw this envelope, he didn't know what to say.
On the other hand, the blind man was trying to smooth things over, saying that Chen Daole had learned from him, and now he had finally understood it and had become a disciple.
“Kill!”
Manton led his men and began to kill these Chu people. After killing all the Chu people within sight, they got off their horses and cut them. Take their ears and put them in your own bag. These are the certificates of military merit. They need to use this to exchange for their rewards from the palace.
Due to the current position of the battle, the palace is not worried at all that these savage servants will kill good people and take credit, because they are killing good people to take credit.
"Go back!"
Manton has noticed that a Chu army has appeared not far away. Although he is very covetous of the military achievements of the Chu soldiers, Manton knows that just relying on his own men can now It would be unwise for the remaining people to go head-to-head with the Chu troops.
A month ago, he had more than fifty people, but now, less than half are left. He doesn’t feel it is a pity, because these people can get a part of the military merits. It will be counted on myself. Now, I am getting closer and closer to becoming a "standard household".
As the savages left, the Chu army who arrived one step behind saw the corpses of civilians lying on the ground with one ear missing. The leading general was extremely angry and stabbed his knife into the ground. , to vent the anger in his heart.
In the past month, a large number of savages have begun to flood the three counties of Moya, Wenqiu and Shangyang County. It is the time of autumn harvest, and they specifically attack the common people who are robbing the harvest;
Although the Chu army implemented a shrinking defense policy against the main force of the Jindong Army, internally, it had never stopped strangulating and intercepting these wild cavalry. However, they were like weeds, and a group of them were cut off quickly. A new batch grows.
The most annoying thing is that in addition to their naive belief that they had arm-wrestled with the Chu army and had many head-on conflicts with the Chu army at the beginning, the savages who had suffered so much now began to fight when they saw the regular Chu army. They ran away early, and after the Chu army left, they circled back secretly, and when they saw the people who were preparing to rob them, they immediately drew their bows and arrows.
The Chu army internally organized several chases mainly based on cavalry, but after these savages fled, they still knew how to "invite you into the urn", which led to the Chu army chasing the cavalry several times, and then they encountered The result of joining the regular army cavalry of Eastern Jin Dynasty who were waiting for work would naturally not be ideal.
......
Manton led his men to patrol the wild for a few more days. After collecting enough ears, they finally withdrew from the "hunting" circle. Back to the rear.
The so-called rear area is actually within the Moya County Army. To be precise, a quarter of Moya County is now completely in the hands of the Yan Army.
Because the Chu people did not dare to take the initiative, a large number of civilians were mobilized in eastern Shanxi and began to build military strongholds and castles. Some cities that were originally abandoned by the Chu people were now picked up by the Yan people. Repairs are underway.
Firstly, it is for war needs; secondly, after these facilities are built, they are not disposable and can continue to play a role in the future;
Thirdly, and the most important point is... If there is no war now, everyone will have to eat in vain if they are idle, so let's get active and do things.
When there was still some distance from Junzhai, Manton signaled his men to dismount and began to lead the horses away. Soon, another Jindong cavalry from Junzhai came over to explore and verify their identities and confirm their identities. After everything was correct, Manton and others were able to enter the village.
There is a place in the village that is responsible for counting the trophies of the savages, and the corresponding rewards will be distributed directly at this time.
There are two main rewards that are most popular among savages. One is to exchange military merit for "standard household" points. After reaching a certain number of points, you can become a standard household and be allowed to bring your wife and children to settle in Shandong. ;
The other is to exchange military merit for "commercial coupons", which can be purchased at a 50% discount on the products sold by the palace to the snowfield. Nowadays, the palace has set up nine shopping malls in the snowfield, with many products. It is also a necessity for life in the snowfield.
Some ambitious savages or individuals who come in groups often pursue the first reward, while some savages gathered from tribes mostly want the second reward. .
Manton piled the ears collected by himself and his men on the empty table next to him, and three clerks were responsible for counting them.
There are two counting positions nearby, and a team of savages is also doing the counting at this moment.
Among them, a man with no ears and a teacup in his hand was patrolling. When he came to Manton, Manton immediately leaned over and saluted.
"The harvest is good this time, is it coming soon?" Guo Dong took a sip of hot tea and casually chatted with Manton.
"Sir, please hurry up and go out once more, that's enough." Manton said humbly.
"Congratulations." Guo Dong replied politely, and then walked to another table to continue his inspection.
It stands to reason that a person without ears checking the ears here would give people a weird feeling, but no one dares to look down on him here, because his status is really not low in terms of logistics, and at the same time Many people know that he has a good brother who is now a senior official in the military and is in charge of military discipline.
Guo Dong did not feel any discomfort at all, because his ears and nose were dug out by Nian Yao's orders. At that time, he was hung on the flagpole, his life hanging by a thread. Finally, the prince led his army to arrive , which saved his life.
Some people with disabilities will always be depressed by the eyes of others, and will become inferior and sensitive in their hearts. Unlike Guo Dong, he has become more mature and magnanimous;
Original He was responsible for the management of the granary north of Zhennanguan. Now that the war started, he was assigned to the army to be in charge of logistics.
Looking at the ears of these Chu people, he didn't have much perverted pleasure in gloating, but he didn't have much sympathy either.
At this time, a subordinate came forward: "Sir, General Xu is here."
"Oh."
Guo Dong put down his tea cup and walked over.
Xu An saw Guo Dong and asked, "Are you tired?"
"It would be easier to have fewer parts on your body, so you won't be tired."
"Haha, I just came to deal with two savage disputes."
In the savage team, some of them started to take advantage of others because of stealing ears. This trend must be killed in advance.
"Have you taken care of it?"
"Well, I'll chop off a few heads and then come to see you."
"Okay."
At this time, one of Guo Dong's men brought a bag according to Guo Dong's instructions.
"Your sister-in-law made the fried noodles with enough ingredients. You can take it and eat it." Guo Dong handed the bag to Xu An.
Xu An did not refuse and accepted it directly. This was not considered a bribe.
Although once you join the army, the palace will take care of everything when you go on an expedition, but your family can still ask someone to deliver things. Every once in a while, the military secretary will help write a batch of letters for someone to send home.
"How long do we have to wait?" Guo Dong asked.
"What?" Xu An smiled.
"Oh, what's wrong."
"This is a matter decided by the superiors. To be precise, it is a matter decided by the prince. Besides, the people of Chu can't come out now. Then we can only continue to wait."
"It's a pity that the food is consumed every day." Guo Dong said with emotion.
“Human life is more important than food.” Xu An said.
Guo Dong shook his head, "I'm surprised that you can say this."
Because Xu An's parents were taken away as two-legged sheep, and he experienced a period when human life was worthless.
Xu An reached out, patted his wrist guard, and said:
"Before, our lives were not valuable, but now, the prince said that our lives are valuable."
“Oh?”
"Anyway, there is no shortage of food." Xu An said.
"Of course there will be no shortage, I'm just afraid of spoiling it." Guo Dong twisted his neck, "I have been in charge of the granary for many years, and I have feelings."
Xu An reached out and patted Guo Dong's shoulder:
"I'm just here to use it now. You have to Think about it, the Chu people across the way should be more nervous about food than us. We have almost ruined the autumn harvest of his three counties."
Xu An bent down and leaned into Guo Dong's ear, reminding him. ; "In the future, don't ask anyone casually about this kind of thing."
"What am I afraid of?"
Guo Dong really doesn't need to be afraid. He has a good foundation. His father died in the hands of the Chu people. He himself was tortured by the Chu people. He was also given the "Golden School" by the prince. "Captain", the badge is still hanging on his waist.
"Where are the people around you?" Xu An asked.
“You mean...”
“Some nails were well hidden before, but now they can’t be hidden anymore, and they have to be taken care of again.”
"Okay, I understand."
"Well, I'm leaving first, take care of yourself."
"Take care of yourself too."
Manton saw Guo Dong again I walked back and was busy laughing with her.
Guo Dong nodded to him and picked up his tea cup again. The tea was cold, but he didn't care and continued to drink.
After the inventory and proofreading was completed and the military merits were calculated, Manton was satisfied and took his men to receive the meal.
There are a lot of people in Huotou Camp, and everyone needs to use their own waist card to receive daily meals. Because this is a logistics camp, the meals are not fixed.
When Manton and others entered, they happened to see a few savages who had just finished eating, sitting on the wooden pier over there. One of them, with a scar on his face, was picking his teeth.
These savages are wearing brocade clothes!
Manton immediately led his men to kneel down and salute the wild men in robes.
"Ha."
The faces of the savages in brocade clothes showed contempt.
There are savages among the prince's royal guards, but they are not many in number.
During this period, with the large-scale use of savage servants, the Jinyi Guards would often send people to inspect these logistics camps, especially the Jinyi Guards who were born as savages, were sent here. has the highest probability.
They themselves actually like to come.
This brocade robe is not only a symbol of glory among the Jindong Army, but also brings happiness tenfold and a hundredfold in the eyes of his fellow tribesmen.
Looking at these savages still desperately using the crudest weapons and equipment to earn their meager military achievements on the Chu people's territory and risking being intercepted by the Chu army,
Jin Yi The savage feels more and more proud,
and is extremely glad that he gave up the so-called so-called The stars and hairstyle, swearing allegiance to Jindong and the prince. Nowadays, the people in the snowfields of the snowfield pastures and even the sunshine in the snowfields can bring them some physical discomfort;
I just feel that everything there, They are all full of backwardness and ignorance, but in eastern Shanxi, it seems that even the wind has a sweet smell.
They ignored the salutes of Manton and others.
How can these despicable savages be qualified to speak to them?
But Manton and the others did not dare to make any mistakes. They still stood up slowly and cautiously, hunched their waists, and walked past these savages in brocade clothes. Their eyes were full of envy;< br>
Becoming someone like them is their biggest pursuit in this life, and it is...a pursuit that is visible to the naked eye.
The year before last, Gou Moli returned to Fengxin City for a short period of time to report on his work. The blind man invited Gou Moli to drink.
The blind man said at the wine table: "Now the barbarians in eastern Jin Dynasty are becoming more and more like one of our own people."
The former barbarian king took advantage of his drunkenness and
asked back:
"Are the savages from eastern Jin and the savages from the snowfield still the same kind of people?" (End of this chapter)