Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 13 When to Return
In the jungle far southwest of Yizhou, which probably belongs to the territory of later Burma, an army is slowly marching. Although this place is called Shan State, Shan State is actually very small. It is a relatively large tribe or a tribal alliance. , Now these places are no longer within the scope of the Shan country, but because there is no name, everyone simply calls it the Shan country.

Moreover, this Shan country has been destroyed more than ten years ago.
This place is extremely unfamiliar to the Han people, and in the primeval forest of the Han Dynasty, it can be said that there are many crises. Tigers, leopards, insects, snakes, and poisonous spring miasma can kill people at any time. In addition to the super high temperature, it is really impossible to not be slow!
Yan Yan found a bare stone and sat down. The scouts had already set off to explore the way, and the troops would not continue until they had news reports, so they kept walking and stopping, but even this required a lot of physical strength.The scouts are not specific either. Almost everyone in this army can serve as a scout. There is no doubt that he is leading a mountain and jungle elite, and their purpose is to sweep up the surrounding aboriginal cottages or caves. .
If it wasn't for the purpose of catching these native savages, they could have set fire to them like the soldiers of the frontier army in the rear. After the fire burns out all combustibles, it is so convenient to reclaim fields, build new roads, add mines and even build villages. Another prerequisite is that there must be sufficient labor
Yan Yan remembers that since he followed his lord and his father-in-law, Wei Zhen, the king of Southern Chu, who came here to destroy Shan, he spent most of his time arresting people
It is actually not difficult to attack these aborigines' cottages and camps, but it is difficult to find them, so Yan Yan's marching time will be longer and the distance from his family will be longer, but he has gradually gotten used to these, just like those Labor is also crazy to resist at the beginning, and after paying a lot of blood and flesh, it will gradually get used to it. Human adaptability is always very strong.
Yan Yan doesn't think there is any problem, even if those laborers are abused in various ways, even if most of them will eventually die, the price of the weak.
But seeing these all the year round will naturally not give you a good mood. The only consolation is that every time you return to the army, you can see the ever-changing changes and prosperity near Nanchu City, and the happy look of your wife and children when they welcome you.
The King of Southern Chu is very wise, and he managed the Southern Chu Kingdom from scratch. The Han people who came here are well-fed.

The King of Southern Chu also attached great importance to him. Not only did he marry his daughter Wei Qing, but he promoted him step by step until now he became General Annan, and the army under his command gradually increased to [-] elites. Only a small number of troops will be brought, but these troops do belong to him, and they are naturally under his command if they are trained by him.

He also asked his two younger uncles, Wei Xun and Wei Chen, to go out with him several times to learn how to run the army, and he almost obeyed his advice. Except for returning
Gradually returning to her thoughts, Yan Yan heard the guards teasing each other: "I said Dashi, I'm going back to the army soon, your baby misses his wife and children in the house, and he was talking in his sleep last night."

"You melon baby is only talking in your sleep, the general didn't even say you want to go back to the army, you know it."

"Thousands of them have been arrested, and it's almost enough to catch another village."
These guards came all the way from Yan Yan's hometown, Yizhou, Bajun. Hearing their chattering accents, Yan Yan's thoughts diverged again.

Yan Yan can be regarded as loyal to the King of Southern Chu, but he knows that there is still a gap between them, because Yan Yan still can't understand why Wei Zhen doesn't want to return to the Han Dynasty or even contact the Han Dynasty. Expansion to the south, saying that there is a sea in the south, if you expand to the sea, you will have a bigger world!

This is the only thing Wei Zhen didn't listen to Yan Yan's suggestion. Yan Yan didn't understand why he couldn't return to the Han Dynasty. Back then, Wei Zhen was General Pingnan who was ordered to quell the rebellion of the Yi people in Yunnan County. One thing is not a big achievement, how good it is to return to your hometown even if you want to become a king and dominate one side, you can also contact the Han people in Yizhou. As long as you get all kinds of material support for business, you can even accommodate refugees and attract people. How can it be better than it is now? The development is faster, why would you rather do business with small barbarian countries such as Jianli and Shendu than with your own people? Yan Yan just can't figure it out.
What these personal guards said was that they naturally wanted to return to the army and return to Nanchu City. They also had wives and children in the city, but Yan Yan knew that they were the same as him and hoped that he could return to his real home.
Yan Yan smiled and listened to the chatter of these guards, but in reality her mind was distracted, and suddenly she heard the guard named Dashi shout: "General, I'm afraid they will gain something when they come back..."

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In the northwest grassland of Shanggu County, Youzhou, Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to reach out and scratch the itchy blood scab on his back, but his hands were tied with hemp rope and his range of motion was limited. Hasty steps sounded behind him, and he hurriedly dragged his heavy steps and tried to walk a few steps quickly, restoring the formation that was somewhat deformed by his pause
This is a long snake formation made up of the trophies of Xianbei's southward march. Many goshawks circled and croaked in the sky above, as if they were inspecting them, and they seemed to be doing pre-dinner activities.
Thousands of chariots walked in front, those pulled by horses, a few oxen, and of course the most were pushed and pulled by Han people. There were women in the middle, and there were thousands of them. Although they wore various clothes, they were all the same. It was tattered, some were not clothed at all, and seemed messier than the rest of the crowd.
Then there are groups of children, both male and female, shorter than the 1.2-meter free ticket line in later generations, but the height is not much different and neat, about one meter or so is about the same height as the wheels of the Han Dynasty standard carts, because no matter how tall they are, they will be rejected. Killed, no matter how short they are, they are either younger or weaker, and most of them have not been able to survive this journey.
Walking at the end of the array is Liu Bei's group of artisans. Before the Xianbei set off, they gathered all the captives and made a screening. The young women and the children who were shorter than the wheels naturally set off first, followed by the Xianbei The man shouted in broken Chinese: "Craftsmen who know how to craft stand up and avoid death!"

Naturally, there are many people who try to muddle through, but none of them get what they want. The screening method is very simple, on-site talent show, no materials and tools?The Xianbei people left several carts of raw materials beside them.Don't have the right material tool?What kind of talent is that, go to hell!Except for blacksmiths and carpenters, other carpenters are dispensable.
Liu Bei was coerced. There is no doubt that all the Han people here were coerced, but under the bloody demonstration before, he took the attitude of a dead horse as a living horse doctor and muddled it
Of course, it’s not that Liu Bei’s luck is good, but because his family is poor. His mother taught him some bamboo craftsman’s skills in order to make a living when he was young. He found dry hemp grass, found a corner of the crowd, and suppressed the fear in his heart to weave it up. When he handed the straw sandals that he had spent [-] cents, no, [-] cents to the Xianbei little head, he unexpectedly Seeing a slightly playful smiling face, the man pointed at the roped team with a horsewhip to pass
Liu Bei no longer remembers what happened afterwards, anyway, he has only one thing to do like everyone else, go and go, go and go
What I still remember deeply is the burning pain from the horse whip. If you walk slowly, you will be whipped. Less frequently.
Sometimes in Liu Bei's mind, the face of his mother's advice before he went out to travel, and then he would brag to his friends under the old locust tree in the village that he would see the grasslands, the frontier fortresses of the barbarians, and the generals footprint.
Every time Liu Bei thinks about these things, he will be left with endless regrets. Why did he come here to increase his knowledge, why did he go north, and why didn't he go to Lu Zigan who had agreed to study?I walked northward for more than ten days, and the weather is getting colder and colder, can I still live?Can I still go home?Can you still fulfill your dream?
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At the Taipingdao Camp in Chengwu County, Jiyin County, Yanzhou, Yang Feng was wearing a Taoist robe and smilingly greeted everyone he met along the way. A sentence, or a sentence of Huang Tian Dang Li, he is already familiar with all this and is extremely calm.

But when he returned to the tent and sat on the stool, Yang Feng had a gloomy and cold face after removing the disguise, this was actually the most comfortable state for him.
Personal guard Sanlang entered the tent with a copper kettle full of water, ready to make tea soup for Yang Feng, seeing Yang Feng's expression and knowing that he was thinking about something, he wanted to leave the tent.

"Sanlang, do you have any news about Xiao Wu?" Yang Feng stared at him and asked.

"Reporting Qu. Qu Shuai, this, not yet, the villain will go to inquire again." Saburo leaned over and replied before turning around and leaving.

"No need, come here and make me a bowl of tea soup." Yang Fengchang let out a sigh of relief. Now he has only one personal guard left, but there are more and more guards. There are almost a hundred of them, but the only one who can get close to him is Saburo, Yang Feng, when he entered the Taiping Road, he brought five people with him, all of them were neighbors' brats, because he had studied and was smart, so he became a doll head
"Where do you think Xiaowu and the others are now?" Yang Feng looked at Sanlang busy, and said as if talking to himself.

"The villain doesn't know either, maybe...maybe it's time to enjoy the blessings," Saburo replied unintentionally.

"Do you think Xiaowu and the others regret it now? Do you regret it?" Yang Feng said again in the same tone.

With a bang, the tea bowl in San Lang's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces, "Mr. Qu Qu is handsome, the villain has never had a different heart!" San Lang ignored the broken bowl on the ground and knelt down and kowtowed like garlic.

"Hey, you get up first, don't let the outside of the tent hear you, I don't mean anything else, I just think of my childhood." Yang Feng froze for a moment and quickly helped Sanlang up.

"It's the villain who is confused, so I'm going to get the tea bowl now." Sanlang ignored the wound on his head cut by the broken tea bowl, cleaned up the broken tea bowl, and got up to leave the tent.

"No need, go and treat the wound, I don't want to drink tea soup, I just want to talk to you." Yang Feng waved his hand
Yang Feng can be regarded as a branch of the Hongnong Yang family. The blood relationship and the patriarch Yang Biao are naturally outside the Wuhu. It was very hard for the two brothers.

But no matter how hard life is, the mother still tried every means to make Yang Feng and his younger brother Yang Ran learn to read and understand the rituals, and repeatedly emphasized to them that even if they fell, they were still from poor families and the Yang family, and they were different from those mud-legged people nearby.
Although Yang Feng never objected to this point, he didn't really understand the meaning of it until Yang Gui, the sixth elder of the Yang family, came to his home two years ago. Nong Yang's family is the owner of the manor, and Yang Feng thinks that they must be happy in the future. Should it be?

It is such an honor for Yang Feng and the others to return to the lord's house and be upgraded from a poor family to a noble family!But this glory does not belong to him, because the price is that he has to change his name and join the Taiping Dao. As the Yang family's secret son, although Yang Gui strongly emphasizes that if he does well, he, Yang Feng, will have the day to return to the Yang family with integrity. But Yang Feng didn't believe it was just a sliver of comfort from the bottom of his heart, but sacrificing himself for the happiness of his mother and younger brother was worth it no matter how you look at it!
Yang Feng is not worried that the people in the main family will break their promises and the family will have a bad life, because if there is an exchange, they will keep their promises. This is the rule of the noble clan.

Moreover, whether his family can live well depends on whether he can do well here, so after joining the teaching, he worked hard to study and study religious teachings, continue to work hard to hone his martial arts in his spare time, and make friends with people in the circle, and earnestly complete the work. What Shangfeng explained.

The development model of Taipingdao is actually very simple. A copy of the Taipingjing, a few political slogans, and some alchemists began to spread the word. However, the effect is indeed very good among these low-level people. There are more and more believers and disciples, and the area involved is getting wider and wider. , there is a rule in the teaching, whoever is fooling around. Well, no, whoever develops the believers will be responsible for management. Of course, after reaching a certain number, there will be direct disciples of the great virtuous master and the teaching's inner strength to assist.
However, Yang Feng knows that these people are actually more of a supervisor than an assistant.
Because his talent and brains are far behind those mud-legged people who can't read, and he worked hard to study, so Yang Feng quickly made achievements, and gradually gained appreciation and became Qu Shuai!

After seeing the great virtuous teacher last time, he was promoted, and he brought some believers to Chengwu County to develop believers as instructed. Jiyin County was hit by a flood just now, and the believers developed rapidly. It went well, and Yang Feng's previous worries had long since dissipated, but as the level of contact became higher and higher, another worry arose. This great virtuous teacher and the others are probably planning to do something that will be exterminated.
So he wrote a letter in detail about the situation he knew and asked his own guards to send to the master's house, but half a year later, he wrote four letters to the four guards one after another, none of them came back. nor
"Xiao Wu is the most witty of them, and his martial arts skills are good. It is impossible for him to make a mistake. If he was intercepted and betrayed, then something should have happened to me." Yang Feng frowned and tapped on the tea table in front of him. Said to himself.

Suddenly, Saburo excitedly led Xiao Wu into the big tent, and Xiao Wu immediately knelt down and handed over a letter when he saw Yang Feng.
After a long time, Yang Feng closed the letter and muttered: When can I return?
(End of this chapter)