Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 173 Arriving at a Sensation (1)

Yansui Town is different from other border towns in Ming Dynasty. There are two side walls along the side, which are divided into outer side and inner side.

Except for Yansui Town, which passed by a few days ago, the troops of Wuzhaibao all marched along the inner side.He travels during the day and rests at night. Most of them camp in the wild, and sometimes they go to the city to rest.

As for the supply of grain and grass along the way, there is no need to worry because of the prior arrangements of the merchants.And the farther west you go, the bigger the caravan behind the army.This peculiar phenomenon has attracted countless onlookers along the way.

On a long march, the most important thing is to maintain good physical strength, which requires rich and sufficient nutrition.Huang Laifu's own army and the caravan behind him can bring enough grain, grass, salt, tea, some ham and meat, dried beans and vegetables, and canned salted eggs, etc., but they cannot bring fresh vegetables, etc. This requires buying along the way.

Every time the Wuzhaibao army traded fairly and never harassed the local area, this gave the Wuzhaibao army a very good reputation. Many people along the way surrounded the Wuzhaibao army camp and came out of the camp. The convoy sells its own good things, such as fresh hens and ducks, fresh chicken and duck eggs, fresh vegetables and tofu, etc. There are many things that Huang Laifu can't name, but they can be eaten anyway.

Around the camp, adults often call children to make trouble, just like Chinese New Year.When Huang Laifu became interested, he would also ask the girls in the propaganda team to sing a few military songs and folk songs of Wuzhaibao for these common people, which aroused applause every time.

In the frontier area in the past, it was rumored that the Wuzhaibao army killed people without blinking an eye, everyone had three heads and six arms, and Huang Laifu's reputation could stop children from crying at night.This march has greatly clarified the negative side of the Wuzhaibao army. Although the Wuzhaibao army is brutal, it kills only foreign bandits, not ordinary people. Don't be afraid.

From Yansui Town, to Qingping Fort, to Xin'an Bianying, and then to Sanshan Fort, gradually, the landform of the Loess Plateau gradually decreased, and the appearance of desert wind erosion became more and more obvious.Along the way, Huang Laifu also collected a lot of agricultural, geography, minerals, humanities and other materials.

"My lord, the Ningxia defender is already in front, the border of Huamachi."

Exploring the horse returns.

"Fine, move on."

This Huama Pond is today's Yan Pond. Its terrain is very important. It is known as "flat and solid gates, rings and throats".Therefore, after the Hongzhi period, Ningxia guards were added here. During the Jiajing period, the Shaanxi Trilateral General Administration moved to Huamachi, which shows its military importance.

And here, you have entered the boundary of Ningxia Town.

Hearing that they have entered Ningxia Town, everyone is refreshed.

Several governors and military prisons shouted one after another: "Follow up, keep up, don't fall behind."

At this time, the girls from the propaganda team also came forward to sing and encourage the soldiers, and marched all the way. In the Wuzhaibao army, in addition to the horse scouts, the girls from the propaganda team, and the army doctors, they You can ride a horse all the way, and the rest, Huang Laifu, walk all the way to save horsepower.

The Wuzhai Fort army's usually harsh outdoor weight-bearing training finally came in handy. So far, no soldier has been left behind. In the past few days, the boys in Wuzhai Fort have gotten a lot suntanned and lost a lot of weight. They are very energetic, and their eyes are very bright.Of course, how far behind the merchants and guys in the caravan fell behind was not within Huang Laifu's jurisdiction.

Since it was still early, everyone did not go to Huamachi City, but continued to march.In the evening, I arrived at a civilian town called Tiezhuquan, which is a civilian fort.

The army meandered, and when they reached the outside of the town, the Chief of the First Banner of the Front Bureau reported: "It has arrived outside Tiezhuquan Town."

All the flags were passed back to Huang Laifu of the Chinese army. Huang Laifu said: "Enter the town to camp."

Soon, Huang Laifu's order was handed over to each banner chief, to the first banner chief in the previous game, and finally passed back one by one: "Every banner understands."

For the Wuzhaibao army, every thousand people is a unit, and each unit has one thousand generals, two thousand soldiers, one is the front army, and the other is the rear army. Zhenfu military prison, including doctors, is the Chinese army.

Soon, there was the sound of cannon blasting from the front, indicating that thousands of former soldiers had arrived outside Qi Town.Seeing that everyone has arrived, Ma Shouzong, the former commander-in-chief of the army, ordered the gong players in his department to play the gong. The soldiers of the former army all sat down with one buttocks, and everyone sat down and rested.

Soon, the three armies, including the auxiliary soldiers, had arrived. Huang Laifu ordered the Chinese army to blow the order, and immediately the captains of each department, each division, each bureau, and each banner took out their own color flags. , got up and held the flag and went into the town, looking for someone to rest.

Each team went forward one after another, and when they found a family, they planted their team flags on the door of that house.Regardless of soldiers or officers, everyone sat in the open air at the door of their resting house, waiting for orders.

The town is quite large and there are many people, it is possible to allow the troops of Wuzhaibao to rest.As for those caravans, they were already a few days behind the Wuzhaibao army intermittently, so there was no need to pay attention to them.

Soon, a patrol flag came out of the town to report to Huang Laifu: "My lord, I'm done with the rest of the family."

Huang Laifu nodded, and said to the mayor of Tiezhuquan Town and Li Changsun beside him: "Our army passed by to rest, and we will leave tomorrow. I have to thank Lizhang Sun and all the folks in Tiezhuquan Town."

Sun Lichang was quite old, with gray hair, small eyes, and wrinkles. He had already heard the news that a guest army was passing through the territory, so he brought a few village elders out to greet him.

At this time, seeing the fierce and fierce appearance of the Wuzhaibao army, I couldn't help but beat my heart secretly, thinking: "These army masters look more vicious than the army from the Xuanfu a few days ago. It’s fine if they harm the townspeople like that, Tiezhuquan Town can’t stand the disaster anymore.”

Because Tiezhuquan Town passed through an important place, and because the imperial court put down the rebellion in Ningxia Town during these times, some military horses from other places often passed by here and headed for Ningxia Town.To be honest, except for the Qi family army, the military discipline of the rest of the Ming army is not good, especially the transit army.

No, a few days ago, when Li Rubai and Li Ruzhang's Xuanfu vanguard passed through Tiezhuquan Town, the townspeople suffered. Not only were many girls and daughters-in-law in the town molested, but also the chickens, ducks and pigs raised by the townspeople The sheep, etc., were also swept away. Of course, they ate for nothing, and they couldn't get a penny of compensation.

Right now, this group of officers and soldiers looks even more like wolves and tigers than that one. I don't know what will happen to the townspeople.

Sun Lichang wept secretly in his heart, but he could only say on the face: "Your Excellency, Wang Shiping is a thief, and we will naturally obey."

Huang Laifu waved his hand, and the Chinese army blew up the double snoring, and the sound of the Chinese army got up.Then the Chinese army fired three cannons, blew the horn three times, and the Chinese army shouted three times, and then Huang Laifu and others entered the town.

When Huang Laifu entered the town, he saw several streets inside. The main street was a bluestone avenue, and the houses on both sides were low thatched huts. There were not many brick houses, so it was obviously a poor place.

In front of every house, there is a group of Wuzhaibao sergeants sitting along the street. As for the local townspeople, they were scared to hide in their houses because everyone came, only some bold ones looked out the window. Probe into the brain.

The place where Huang Laifu and the Chinese army rested is the house of the head of the village and the elders nearby. The place is quite large, and they can all rest there.When we arrived at the door where we rested, everyone stood at the head of the door.

Huang Laifu issued an order, and when the trumpets sounded, the Chinese army's gongers spread the gong along the street. Immediately, all the teams entered the houses to rest. Besides, except for the sergeants on patrol, the rest of the soldiers were not allowed to move around easily. .

In the distribution of the rest camps in the local area, the entire army of Wuzhai Fort is concentrated in one street for each round, and the hundred commanders of this round follow.The first division is in the corner, and this division will follow the general manager.One is on one side, the headquarter is followed by thousands of generals, and finally the Chinese army is in charge.The various bureaus of the headquarters are not allowed to mix, the divisions of the division are not allowed to mix, and the teams of the banner are not allowed to mix.Each team stays at one house, and they are not allowed to leave each other during the rest period. If they do not live with the team, the captain and each soldier will rule by law.

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As night fell, every household in Tiezhuquan Town emitted cooking smoke, and a scent of food floated in the air, especially the smell of meat, which made many residents of Tiezhuquan Town smell it. All of them are salivating.

Zhang Dasan has now been promoted to be the head of the banner, and he and a dozen sergeants live in a family surnamed Tian.

The head of the household, Tian Fangming, is only in his 40s, but he already looks like a man in his 50s, with messy hair, shabby clothes, and wrinkled face.The burden of life has already overwhelmed him.

Seeing a dozen or so tall and tall non-local sergeants with sharp weapons living in his home, he was terrified at first.In addition to my mother-in-law and aunt, there is also a daughter-in-law in her 20s, who is also considered pretty.There are also two younger grandchildren, one male and one female, these military masters, will they?
Tian Fangming's worries were not without reason.A while ago, the large group of Xuanfu guest troops passing through the border left a deep impression on Tian Fangming and others.I heard that old man Yang in the next street had a daughter molested, which made old man Yang unable to lift his face until now.The lessons learned from the past must be guarded against, not to mention Tian Fangming, even his son Tian Fangyang watched Zhang Dasan and the others with full vigilance, ready to protect his daughter-in-law at any time.

But fortunately, although these army men look fierce, they are friendly and do not harass or speak.The adults were still hesitant, but the children got to know each other quickly. Seeing that Zhang Dasan and the others were friendly, Tian Fangming's two grandchildren soon surrounded Zhang Dasan and the others, laughing and making noises.

Tian Fangyang, Tian Fangming's son, was relieved when he saw the polite manners of these military masters from Shanxi, and looked at them enviously.These military masters are all tall and burly, not to mention blushing, even the fabric of the battle clothes on their bodies is extraordinarily expensive, which is not at all different from those poor and fierce soldiers I have seen before.

I seem to have only seen that kind of fabric made into clothes by the village chief in the town, and he even showed it off for a long time, but I didn't expect these military men to have the same clothes.

And their military appearance is also so neat and tidy.The Wuzhaibao army pays attention to military appearance and military style, and usually requires standing like a pine, sitting like a bell, and walking like the wind.After years of training, this kind of military appearance has already penetrated into the bones of each soldier.Everyone's every move is full of heroism, which is unforgettable.

Seeing that the sky is getting dark, it's time to make dinner.

Zhang Dasan looked at the dilapidated house, the dilapidated tables and chairs, and the dilapidated kitchen.With the wealth of this family, it is impossible to provide food for people like themselves.He borrowed a pot from Tian Fangming's family to prepare meals for his brothers.

Of course Tian Fangming agreed, and his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law even rushed out to cook for the military men, saying that cooking has always been a woman's job, how can a man cook?As soon as Tian Fangming gritted his teeth, he even wanted to take out some of the only rice in his rice cabinet, thinking that the military men were cooking, and these military men were so kind and polite that they were willing to fast themselves.In order to prevent those outsiders from laughing at the people in Tiezhuquan Town for being unhospitable in the future.

However, Zhang Dasan declined the kindness of the head of the household with a smile. When Tian Fangming and others opened their eyes to the widest, each soldier took out his own rice, noodles and meat with the army, and helped him with all his might, cooking and frying vegetables at the same time.The Wuzhaibao army's food quota, every meal has ham sausage, dried tofu, salted eggs, etc., as well as dried alfalfa, which is used to make soup.

Especially at the beginning of the year, Wuzhaibao successfully developed cans, which can store fresh meat for several months. The canned Wuzhaibao luncheon meat with the army named by the deputy commander Huang Laifu himself is very popular.

Soon, the smell of rice kept coming, and the canned luncheon meat was opened. Zhang Dasan cut it into slices and fried it in the pan. Tian Fangming and the other adults also stood aside, swallowing unceasingly.

Ningxia Town was already poor, and they often didn't have enough to eat in good years, not to mention the perennial disaster years. In the memory of Tian Fangming and others, they hadn't eaten meat for several years.At this time, smelling the aroma of meat, I couldn't bear it.

Seeing the expressions of Tian Fangming and others, Zhang Dasan smiled slightly. The performance of Tian Fangming's family was not beyond his expectations, and they came all the way. Every time the army stayed overnight, they often saw such expressions of the head of the household and their family members. up.Thinking of this, Zhang Dasan couldn't help but think of his family in the past. He thought that his family was the same as them back then. Fortunately, he joined the Wuzhaibao army, which changed his life.

Soon, the meal was ready, and I borrowed pots and pans from Tian Fangming's family, a large bucket of rice and vegetable soup, a large bowl of fried luncheon meat, a large bowl of dried tofu, and thinly sliced ​​ham sausage , many salted eggs have been cut in half.The fly in the ointment is that there are no fresh vegetables.However, the tempting aroma of the food made Tian Fangming's family crowd aside, unable to leave his body.

Zhang Dasan warmly greeted Tian Fangming's family: "Master Tian, ​​let's all eat together!"

"Can't, can't."

While being polite, Tian Fangming's family unknowingly sat down at the table.

More than a dozen people crowded together in the kitchen, which seemed a bit crowded.Everyone was sitting, standing or squatting, everyone looked different, but they all ate deliciously, especially the two children, who ate very happily, with rice grains all over their mouths and faces.

At this time, Tian Fangming and his son Tian Fangyang had already developed a strong interest in this Wuzhaibao army, and kept asking Zhang Dasan about the origin of this army.

Zhang Dasan explained in detail, his mouth was full of pride.After hearing about the situation in Wuzhai Fort, Tian Fangming couldn't help sighing, he didn't expect such a good place to live, it's a pity that it's too far away.For a place like Tian Fangming who has only been to Huamachi, the Wuzhai Fort thousands of hours away can be said to be another world.

His son Tian Fangyang was full of yearning and envy for the Wuzhaibao army.He asked Zhang Dasan if he could join the army. Zhang Dasan shook his head and said that only Wuzhaibao natives are eligible to join the Wuzhaibao army. Tian Fangyang was very sorry to hear about the military household registration.

That night, everyone was well fed, especially Tian Fangming's family, who hadn't been this comfortable for a long time. The two children fell asleep after eating enough.Zhang Dasan and the others are also preparing to rest, and they are all planning to lay the floor in the inner courtyard of the hall.

Tian Fangming hurriedly dissuaded him from giving up his and his son's room, and said that there is no one who would let the military master's guest sleep on the ground, and let outsiders laugh at us for being unkind.Zhang Dasan and the others declined with a smile, and said that this is the military discipline of their own army, and they cannot violate it.

Tian Fangming was stunned for a while, remembering that Mr. Shu said that the Yue family army led by Grandpa Yue in the Song Dynasty and the Qi family army in Jiangnan led by Grandpa Qi in this dynasty were called the teachers of benevolence and righteousness. I saw it.

Early the next morning, the entire Wuzhaibao army set off. When Zhang Dasan and the others bid farewell and came out, Tian Fangming's family reluctantly said goodbye. When they went out to the street, they saw the same situation among their neighbors.Obviously, Tian Fangming's family did not have the story last night.

Then there was another governor, who took a few military prisons and went door-to-door asking if the sergeants who stayed overnight had harassed or violated military discipline?All the townspeople shook their hands again and again, how could there be any violation of discipline, these army masters are the best army masters I have ever seen.Many people have something hard to say in their hearts, that is, if these military masters stay a few more days, then they can eat delicious meat and rice for a few more days.

Then there was another man who was in charge of the family, and led a group of people to distribute the money from house to house. Every household that lived in a soldier had a coin to share. Looking at the broken silver or thick copper plates in their hands, everyone was shocked. Somewhat overwhelmed.

It was only when they saw the army set off that everyone unknowingly came out to see them off.When we got outside the town, everyone suddenly realized that almost every townsman in the town had come out, and it was dark.
Huang Laifu was also accompanied by Chief Sun and several village elders. Seeing that the army was ready, Huang Laifu asked Jiang Dazhong to bring a large ingot of silver and put it in the hands of Li Chief Sun. A little thought, please accept it."

As he spoke, Huang Laifu smiled slightly, shouted orders, and the army marched away.

Sun Lichang held the white and heavy silver ingot in his hand, and watched the Wuzhaibao army go away, just dazed with a few village elders.

After holding back for a long time, Sun Lichang came back to his senses. He took a step forward, opened his thin, wrinkled eyes to the fullest, and finally said: "Ah, ah, what do you think these soldiers are doing?" Is it strange that the Lord is not surprised, there are people who want to pay for meals and nights!"

(End of this chapter)