Winter has already entered smoothly in the north, and the time between two heavy snowfalls is getting shorter and shorter. People are getting ready to enter cat winter mode. Winter food and firewood such as dry food, pickles, bacon, etc. have been sorted out. These things can ensure their safety. You can safely survive the cold winter until the ice melts in February next year.

In the Ganzhou military camp, after two or three months of training, the new recruits gradually became more capable in terms of formation and confrontation techniques.

Many people were selected and classified into different arms to continue more detailed and rigorous training.

"The Huanshou Sword is the best way to fight against the cavalry. As long as the enemy falls from their horse, their legs will be removed. In terms of confrontation on the ground, the Huihe gang are no match for us."

"Just like a chef decapitating an ox, beheading a horse also requires skill. You must avoid the collision of the horse and be wary of the enemy's attack on horseback."

Huihe is good at slashing and killing on horseback, and the momentum of the rapidly galloping horses is extraordinary. When confronting cavalry, you must do what the instructor said, kill the horse first and then kill the enemy.

In the end, there were only a hundred people left in the knife team, and one of them had a face that had not completely faded away from his tenderness, and he stood out among the team.

Li Erlang changed his harmless appearance as a young man, standing in the team just like when he faced off against the bandits, his whole body was as sharp as a blade.

Coach Liu looked at the knife team he trained with satisfaction.

From the initial confrontation with wooden swords to fighting with sharp blades, everyone gradually adapted and learned the sword skills of fighting.

Now they came to the racecourse of the military camp. Liu Tishou glanced at the soldiers with a meaningful smile, and finally stared at one person: "Li Changxiang, come out."

Everyone just felt that Li Changxiang was going to be in trouble again, and the coach might have new ways to "torture" Li Changxiang.

In the past two months, Li Changxiang has become more and more frustrated. Sometimes he was trained so harshly that even a strong man couldn't hold on. He was so tired that he vomited and fell unconscious, but he didn't hear his words to quit. This persistence inspired everyone to be very motivated.

Ever since Vice General Cao came to inspect their training results, at the end of every evening training, Coach Liu would take away Li Changxiang after he had finished using his military stick. No one knew where he was taken, and he was not released until night.

Every night when he returned to his tent, Li Changxiang looked like he was suffering from pain. Sometimes he was soaked and covered in ice slag, and sometimes he had tiny wounds that made people unable to understand. He remained silent when asked, and his whole body became more and more silent. .

Li Erlang, who was named, walked out of the team silently. He was completely different from when he first arrived at the barracks for training. Even though he was the youngest, people in the same sword team did not dare to joke with him as casually as they did before, looking down on him. His strength is gone.

Liu Tishou: "I have already said that physical confrontation is the best way to fight against cavalry. Li Changxiang, let us see what you are going to do."

As the instructor, he has taught the soldiers all the key points of dealing with cavalry, and now it is time for practical training.

Facing a menacing war horse, staying calm is the key, followed by counterattack.

The practical training is a simulated battlefield, not a real battlefield. The horses in the barracks cannot be harmed. Li Changxiang only has a wooden knife in his hand.

The wooden knife was stained with powder, and he had to face the galloping horses. While avoiding the impact, he also needed to use the wooden knife to hit the horses and the "enemies" on them.

"I have made the principle clear. Preservation of life is the first priority, followed by killing the enemy, and lastly not harming the war horse."

Military merit is not only calculated on human heads, but also on supplies. War horses are important war supplies. Keeping one is a credit. Some soldiers with strong abilities will pay extra attention to retaining the functions of war horses when killing enemies, so as not to harm the horses. The vital points will not be harmed.

But most people can't take care of everything. All these require a long period of experience accumulation, and just meet the most basic requirements for killing enemies.

Li Erlang stood in the racecourse with a wooden knife stained with powder. The "enemies" opposite him were sitting on horses. The horses were gearing up and eager to gallop. They turned their heads and snorted in dissatisfaction and pulled the reins.

Just waiting for Liu Tishou's order, the two horses rushed towards Li Erlang in a flanking attack, and were in front of him in an instant.

The galloping brought about a whirlwind, and a suffocating sense of oppression hit the face. The adult war horse was tall. If it directly collided with a person, under such impact, the person who received the blow would be disabled or disabled in the future.

What's more, there were two "enemies" holding wooden scimitars on horseback. They stared at Li Erlang closely and considered his avoidance direction in advance.

Li Erlang was also staring closely at the two horses until the horses approached with the "enemy" on their backs, but even so, he still didn't seem to make any evasive movements.

Is this a tough call?

Liu Tishou and the soldiers watching were very puzzled.

When some people face this kind of formation for the first time, they will be so frightened that they will be unable to move or react.

They didn't think that Li Erlang was too frightened to react. Just looking at the way he held the knife as if he was about to face a collision, they knew that Li Erlang was already prepared.

In the blink of an eye, the "enemy" rushed towards him on horseback with a scimitar in hand.

Li Erlang squatted slightly, turned his body sideways, and managed to hide in the gap between the two horses.

Even if they attack from a flank, the enemy must reserve a position as an attack zone so that the two horses cannot stick together.

It was this gap that Li Erlang seized.

But this is just a way to avoid the impact as much as possible. The enemy on horseback is not stupid, allowing people to avoid it safely. They took the opportunity to slash at Li Erlang who was in the gap. Li Erlang turned his head and raised his hand to put the knife on his back to resist the scimitar's chop.

Just when people thought that the first round of attack and defense was over, Li Erlang actually took advantage of the moment when the horse ran forward and passed him. It was a flash of lightning. Before he could even take back his resisting posture, Li Erlang immediately turned around and reached out to grab the horse. Use the calf of the person on the horse to get on the horse, and at the same time stab the "enemy" in the chest and push him off the horse.

Just when everyone thought that Li Erlang could maintain his current advantage against another "enemy", they didn't expect that the horse underneath him would resist first.

War horses all retain a certain wildness. Horses that are too gentle will not be used on the battlefield. Moreover, these horses recognize their owners, and strangers riding on them will stimulate their wildness.

The horse raised its forelimbs and stood up, trying to throw the stranger off its back.

"Alas--"

The person on horseback clings tightly to the horse, clamping the horse's belly with both legs, and holding the reins tightly with one hand.

Seeing that this method didn't work, the horse jumped impatiently again and insisted on knocking Li Erlang off.

Li Erlang had never practiced horse training or equestrian skills, so he only supported the horse's first resistance, and then was knocked down by the horse.

In the battlefield, it is taboo to snatch and ride powerful horses at will.

This time Li Erlang suffered from the disadvantage of having little experience.

Li Erlang, who was thrown to the ground, had already made an anti-collision posture to protect his body, rolled on the ground a few times and stood up again.

The war horse that lost its master snorted and returned to its master's "corpse" with disdain.

While Li Erlang was contending with the war horse, the other surviving enemy had already changed direction, reset his offensive, and charged over.

Li Erlang no longer showed mercy, but was secretly annoyed at the unnecessary action just now. If he was thrown off the horse on the battlefield, he would be put in another kind of danger. There were thousands to tens of thousands of people on the battlefield, and the situation was complicated. In the melee, swords were slashed and swords were stabbed. If someone was accidentally stepped on the ground, he could not get up. He had died countless times.

Without superb equestrian skills, this method of capturing is still not feasible for the time being.

Facing the charging enemy again, Li Erlang drew his knife directly, and while ducking to avoid it, he aimed at the opportunity and struck the upper joint of a horse's leg.

If it were a real battlefield, this leg would have been broken into two pieces. Likewise, this horse would be considered useless.

The joints in the horse's legs are recognized points of attack, and they are trained as such.

Liu Tishou raised his hand to indicate that it was time to stop. Li Erlang did not do the best, but it was satisfactory enough to have such a performance for the first time on the court.

This kid is indeed courageous, observant enough, and daring to try.

Li Erlang retreated and returned to the team. While thinking about possible countermeasures, he sighed to himself that horse training was still his weak point. He wondered if he would have the opportunity to practice and improve his equestrian skills in the future.

"Xianglang, well done!"

"Look, Vice General Cao was also watching there just now. Although he expressed some surprises, the Vice General still looked satisfied."

Li Erlang looked in the direction pointed by his companion. As expected, Vice General Cao was standing at the edge of the racecourse.

He recalled those nights when he was called away alone. It was for no other reason than the "special training" given to him by Vice General Cao after a month, as promised.

This deputy general who seemed so cheerful and talkative actually had a "dark and ruthless" side.

The additional training prepared for him turned out to be to prevent forced confessions. Of course, there were other trainings, but the repeated torture every night gradually made him feel physically and mentally exhausted.

These methods are only directed at inner torture, not traditional torture to extract confessions. After all, every day's training and military sticks can be regarded as a kind of "torture to extract confessions."

Li Erlang was puzzled as to why Deputy General Cao wanted him to receive training in preventing forced confessions. During the war, Deputy General Cao wanted him to complete some dangerous tasks, so he had to train in advance to prevent him from falling into the hands of the enemy. Any important message?

Even thinking of this, Li Erlang was not afraid. The stimulation-loving gene in his body kept clamoring and looking forward to it, and at the same time, his troubled heart was also worried and hesitant.

He is willing to accept these trainings from the bottom of his heart. For him, being trained is also a good opportunity to see these methods, although the training process is not easy and even a bit difficult.

In addition to preventing forced confessions, he was also taught how to use other weapons, including the dagger he encountered before.

Li Erlang could gradually realize what Vice General Cao expected of him, but he knew what he wanted to do. Before he was capable enough, he should not speak, just accept and learn.

Ji Qingyue and his family, who were staying in Shandan, knew nothing about Li Erlang's training. Instead, they were infected by the rare busyness in the city. Every day when they had free time, they would go out to join in the fun outside the county government office, because there were many people crowded at the gate of the county government office. People who come to buy fields.

The county magistrate and the county magistrate led their officials to deal with these people. While reviewing their qualifications for re-naturalization, they also asked the county lieutenant to investigate the unknown things behind them. As long as they did not contaminate innocent lives, they could all be given a wide berth and return to the village. .

More than 20,000 acres of fields were confiscated from the temple, and counting the number of people who came down the mountain to return to the village, there were more than 2,000 people!

These two thousand people are not just a lost population, settling them well will be a great benefit in reducing the causes of unrest.

Based on the number of returnees, the county magistrate set a maximum land purchase limit of ten acres per person. The fertility of the land is different, and the price is also different. They are all lower than the market price. Those who have no money can buy it by borrowing it. In fact, If you can't afford the land, Muramasa Satomasa is willing to come forward as a guarantee and pay it back slowly in the future.

The county government's allocation of farmland continued for more than half a month. When the land froze and going in and out of the mountains and forests became more and more dangerous, it seemed that everyone who was able and willing to go down the mountain had come out, and the county became quiet again.

But even so, the popularity in the county is higher than before. I wonder if it is because those who have successfully come down the mountain are living in groups again. They went to the county government to apply for household registration and land registration again, and returned to the village before the New Year.

The land purchase matter is finally over.

All the more than 20,000 acres of land were sold.

When spring plowing comes next year, it will be a different scene.

Ji Qingyue and the others planned to return to the village after the college had a holiday. In previous years, the county would have a holiday on New Year's Eve, so they could buy some New Year's goods and go back.

The New Year is coming soon, and I don’t know when Li Erlang will come back.

It snowed one after another. In order to keep the temperature in the bedroom within a range suitable for cotton growth, I had to light the charcoal pot every day. Thanks to the magical soil improvement of the seeds, their insect resistance and cold resistance were greatly improved. Big improvement, as long as you water and fertilize at the right time, cotton can grow smoothly.

This will achieve the purpose of testing.

Waiting and waiting, Ji Qingyue did not wait for Li Erlang's return, but waited for the county magistrate's post inviting him to be a guest at the county government office.

Also waiting, the team of envoys waited outside Chang'an City for nearly a month. The soldiers had long been accustomed to the bitter and cold life. In addition, Yang Huang's residence, as the Marquis of Pingyao, was within the city, and his wife would send someone here every once in a while. Charcoal fires and hot food improved the soldiers' hard and boring guard environment.

The soldiers are no longer suffering, but the Uighurs are suffering. They can only huddle together in the carriage to keep warm.

Yang Huang didn't care about this. He stared at the letter sent by Tu Peng's people, and veins bulged in the hand holding the letter.

"No? How could you not find it?! No living or dead people were found? Are you saying that there is no one around my sister-in-law who fits the clues?!"

Yang Huang couldn't believe it!

The clues given by my sister-in-law must be correct. Could it be that Li Xu remembered it wrong? ! But the strokes of "One Five" are very simple. Since Li Xu can tell this clue, it cannot be just random nonsense!

What exactly went wrong? !

"Tell me, how did you find it?!"

The person who sent the letter was a confidant of brother Yang Huang who had left behind in Tupeng. He was very ashamed that he could not find the person. "Reporting to the Marquis, we followed the clues you gave us and summoned the people who stayed in Tupeng, including a guard who was with the general's wife."

"What did he say?"

"He did know a guard named 'Li Dayu'. They followed the general's order to guard the general's wife. That person was the only one who met all the conditions! But when we went to Tupeng County to transfer military registration , and found that the military registration records of that year had been destroyed in that military rebellion. Not only Tupeng’s military registration, but also more than ten county offices along the way were burned down by the Uighurs!”

Yang Huang stood up, thinking with his hands behind his back, and then turned around: "Have you checked the Ganzhou military registration?"

"Master Marquis, my subordinates have sent people to Ganzhou. However, there are a huge number of military registration records in Ganzhou, and it may take a lot of effort to search them."

Yes, the military registration of a state involves information on hundreds of thousands of people, and it is even more time-consuming and labor-intensive to search for it.

"Do the guards left behind by my sister-in-law remember where 'Li Dayu' is from? Where do they live? Do they have any relatives?"

The person who sent the letter: "That Li Dayu is taciturn and rarely talks about his family, so he knows very little about Li Dayu."

tsk...

and many more! !

Li Dayu? !

"You ask them to check Shandan's military records immediately!!"

Yang Huang suddenly remembered that Li Changji’s father’s name was Li Dacai!

Although the surname Li is widely distributed, with such regular names, they might come from the same family! !

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