Old things in Nancheng

Wang Zimo felt that she should be angry, but she wasn't. It wasn't that she had perfected her Qi-raising skills, but that she knew that Chen Wangshu had always been obsessed with Yan'er.

Everyone's views and expressions of love are different. Although in Lin Zhilan's eyes, Chen Wangshu's view of love is so rough, but also a child of a farmer, Wang Zimo understands Chen Wangshu and knows that Chen Wangshu has paid a lot for Yan'er. Great sacrifice.

Who would spend so much dowry to marry a village girl, who would be willing to be in-laws with someone like the Shen family, and who would silently wait for a girl to grow up?

Undoubtedly, Chen Wangshu solved all the problems in his own way. Although he did not do it so beautifully and relied on Lin Zhilan's help during the process, he finally shouldered his due responsibilities and worked silently for Lin Zhilan to pay off his debts. Brother's daughter-in-law and fiancée's sister-in-law do unseemly jobs.

Wang Zimo understands Chen Wangshu, so even if she is no longer the poor Wang Zimo she used to be, the Wang family and the Chen family are no longer in the same family, she is still willing to let Yan'er marry Chen Wangshu, because Chen Wangshu is sincere to Yan'er and to herself Yes, responsible.

Wang Zimo kept raising his glass, staring at Chen Wangshu sharply. She didn't believe that Chen Wangshu would change his mind, otherwise he wouldn't go north to find her regardless of life and death. She was waiting for his explanation.

Chen Wangshu gradually felt guilty when Wang Zimo looked at him, his eyes wandered, and he kept wiping the sweat from his palms on his pants with his two big hands, but he looked embarrassed and didn't speak.

Wang Zimo felt that the arm holding the wine was a little sore, he raised his head and drank the wine, put down the glass lightly, took a deep breath, and said softly, "Brother Shu, have you seen the gold seal on my face?"

Chen Wangshu turned his eyes from the dog outside the store to Wang Zimo's face, a young face, still childish, with white face, no beard, unrestrained hair, gentle and sad eyes, exquisite facial features, so delicate that he was in a trance would have thought it was a woman's face.

A familiar face, but on the left forehead, there is an extra tattoo, red, a small frame, with a stroke inside, this word is familiar to Chen Wangshu, and everyone in the Song Dynasty should know it. It is engraved on soldiers and prisoners. The word "prisoner" on the face.Wang Zimo's fair face made the gold seal look even more bright red.

The familiar face became unfamiliar because of this golden seal. After looking at it for a long time, Chen Wangshu suddenly realized that he didn't know Wang Zimo, just like looking at a word for too long would make him unable to recognize it.

The innocence, childishness, and cowardice of the past can't be found on this face. Instead, it is vicissitudes, forbearance, and tenacity. Chen Wangshu still remembers that when she rescued Wang Zimo a few days ago, the way she cried was very similar to when she was a child It looked like being bullied by other children in the village, but at this moment, Chen Wangshu didn't recognize Wang Zimo, and was even a little afraid of Wang Zimo's increasingly cold temperament.

"Brother Shu, if you join the army, you will also have this mark on your face!" Wang Zimo pointed to his forehead and said with some grief and indignation: "At that time, you will be no different from me, a prisoner! Put on that military uniform, you You lost your life, but when you take off your military uniform, you lost your dignity! From now on, no one will mention your name again, and what others will call you will always be 'thief with the army'!" Wang Zimo raised his head again and poured the wine into his own mouth.

A good man does not serve as a soldier. The widely circulated saying in later generations began in the Song Dynasty.

Before the Song Dynasty, only prisoners who had been sued by lawsuits would get facial tattoos.Zhu Wen of the Later Liang Dynasty decided to "behead the team", that is, if the school is killed in battle, all the soldiers under it will be beheaded, so that the soldiers often flee because the leader of the army they belong to dies, and dare not return to the team.Zhu Wen then ordered all the sergeants to tattoo their faces to record their military numbers, so that most of the escaped people would be recognized by the passers-by and sent back to where they belonged.

This system of facial tattooing was abolished after Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor, but it was picked up again by the Song Dynasty, which emphasized civility over military affairs.The Song Dynasty treated the sergeants who defended their homes and the country without any respect. They were treated as slaves of cattle and horses, and they were branded with a seal. You are my family, and you have to do whatever I ask you to do.Some kind-hearted people, as long as they can live on, no matter how hard or poor they are, they will never agree to their children serving as soldiers for pay.

Chen Wangshu hesitated because of Wang Zimo's words. After all, he was just thinking about it. He would not forget what Yan'er said to him before he left, and Chen Wangshu felt it. An equal disgrace to the Golden Seal.

Wang Zimo took a deep breath, calmed down his mood, and said, "Brother Shu, what's the matter, let's talk about it when we go home. I will never let you join the army. Think about your aunt, think about your family."

The shortcoming of parents is not what Wang Zimo should pay attention to now, what she cares most about is Jiang Shangpei and others, tossing and turning every night, unable to sleep.

Yue Fei also began to worry. With Jin Wushu's pressing attack on the city, Xiangyang suffered a lot of losses.Some big households have already begun to prepare to flee south, the chaos in the city is beginning to appear, the troops are stretched, and tens of thousands of refugees outside the city are putting pressure on them.Yue Fei desperately needed two thousand "Beiwei Army" to return to stabilize the morale of the army.

Another day, when the sun was about to set, the Jin soldiers receded like a tide, leaving behind a field of corpses. There were Jin soldiers and Song soldiers.

Yue Fei's face was covered in dust and dust, his armor was stained with blood, and he was resolute in his exhaustion. The corpses all over the ground made him very sad.

"General, in this battle, our army lost [-] soldiers, [-] soldiers were injured, and the enemy lost [-] soldiers. The wounded are unknown."

"All the soldiers have worked hard. After cleaning the battlefield, take a good rest. I will lead the team to defend the city tonight."

"General, you haven't closed your eyes for two days, why don't you let the last general guard the city."

"That's good, set up your defenses carefully, the gold thief may come again at night."

Victory is victory, but both sides are reducing their staff. Now that this battle is over, they are fighting for their lives. It depends on who can persist.Fortunately, Xiangyang's city defenses are strong, the Yue family's army is amazingly powerful, and the city's defense equipment is advanced. In the short term, Jin Wushu won't be able to get cheap.

However, the pressure from the northwest attack was still great, and Yue Fei, who had returned home, rode on horseback, thinking of a good way to defeat the enemy.In terms of intrigue and political acumen, Yue Fei is not even comparable to Prince Mo, but in terms of military tactics, no more than one hand can be found to match him.

"Report~General, the eldest son is back."

Yue Fei raised his head and saw a pro-army approaching on horseback. He heard that Yue Yun had returned, and he immediately relaxed from his tense day. He put his legs between the horse's belly and galloped towards the general's mansion.

As soon as Yue Fei arrived at the gate of the mansion, he heard Wang Zimo screaming hoarsely: "Quickly, quickly call the doctor, quickly carry the man in, thief woman, I will never stop with you!"

Yue Fei was surprised, this Prince Mo had always behaved modestly and politely, but he never expected to get angry sometimes.Yue Fei entered the door in a hurry, only to see Wang Zimo holding a knife in both hands, with red eyes and a ferocious expression, waving his martial arts at a man wearing a hood. If it wasn't for the sergeant supporting her from left to right, he would have been chopped off by her long ago. It's broken into pieces.

"stop!"

Yue Fei yelled loudly, and the chaotic situation instantly quieted down. He strode up to Wang Zimo, snatched the knife from her hand, and said to Yue Yun: "Put the prisoner in prison, and carry the rescued wounded to the wing. The best doctor in town is here."

Wang Zimo was very upset when he heard this arrangement, he stiffened his neck and wanted to argue, but Xing Rong held him back.

"Silly boy, it's important to save people. She has been arrested, can she still escape!"

Only then did Wang Zimo control his behavior, and followed others to take care of the rescued subordinates.

Including Jiang Shangpei's subordinates, Wang Zimo and his entourage consisted of more than 30 people, seven or eight accountants, and more than [-] guards. Because Wang Zimo and Zheng Daming escaped, the "Red Lady" killed many people. This time, they were lucky to be rescued. Those who came back were five accountants and eight guards. Fortunately, Jiang Shangpei, Taohua, Xiaoliang, Wang Fulai, and Zhang Bucai were all alive, which was the greatest of misfortunes.

"My lord, don't be angry. This time, little general Yue Yun led the Yue family army to take down all the famous villages near Jinlun Mountain. Jinlun Mountain killed and injured countless people, and it can be regarded as revenge for the brothers." Zheng Daming couldn't hide his excitement on his face. It was obvious that he followed the bandits and killed many people this time, and he killed them very happily.

Wang Zimo had already calmed down, listening silently to Zheng Daming's story about suppressing the bandits.

The army is led by Zheng Daming, and the magic soldiers usually appear in Jinlun Mountain. The two sides launched a fierce battle. The thieves took advantage of the terrain and the Yue's army was amazing. The two sides fought fiercely for two days. Jinlun Mountain was not supported because of too many staff reductions. Living.Yue Yun launched an attack resolutely and finally reached the top of the mountain.

At this time, the "Red Lady" ordered people to kill the captives, and at the same time went off to kill the enemy. Such a sturdy "Beiwei Army" was hacked to death by the "Red Lady" more than ten people.Yue Yun couldn't bear to have his own soldiers slaughtered, so he joined the "Red Lady" and relied on Yue's family gun to stop the momentum of the "Red Lady". , joined forces with Yue Yun, and fought for hundreds of rounds before capturing the "Red Lady" alive.

Seeing that "Red Lady" was captured, the thieves in Jinlun Mountain lost morale immediately. Yue's army quickly took control of the battlefield, and regardless of the thieves' pleas for surrender, they killed them all, even the elderly and children.

However, one person was spared, that is, the "pimp" old man.The old man was still so kind, talking and laughing, he confessed all the dens of thieves near Jinlun Mountain, and consciously, positively, and happily expressed that he would lead the way for the army. Human life cannot be stopped.

The old man did a good job and loved his work. He instructed the Yue family army to put on the clothes of the Jinlun mountain bandits, and led the team himself. When he reached the top of other people's homes, he showed his old face and asked them to politely invite the Yue family army in. Then he shrank in the corner Watching the performance of the Yue Family Army hacking people, so many times, every time he is very supportive, every time he is as focused as he is seeing it for the first time, and every time the performance ends, he presents flowers and applause, as well as endless admiration .

An old man in a family is like a treasure, and the Yue family's army, relying on the old man to lead the way, swept all the way and wiped out all the famous villages near Jinlun Mountain.

I learned from the old man that the military pattern of "Red Lady" did not come from Xiangyang, but from Jinzhou, and it didn't have much relationship with Jin State.Jinzhou has been controlled by the Kingdom of Jin, and the general who sold their blueprints has been killed. , enough to supply Xiangyang's army for half a year.

As for the iron ore guessed by Wang Zimo, the old man also pointed out the direction, but time was running out, and Yue Yun didn't send anyone to look for it.

This trip has been fruitful.The old man deserves great credit, but he does not claim credit or pride. He treats young people with care and care, like a spring breeze, and from time to time on the march, he imparts some good remedies for healing injuries, good remedies for maintenance, good remedies for aphrodisiac, and chicken soup for the soul.

Even outstanding people!

Zheng Daming was such a fierce and fierce man, he trembled a little when he talked about the old man, which made Wang Zimo's attitude towards the old man change from disgust to curiosity, but only after hearing the doctor's diagnosis result, it turned into disgust.

Jiang Shangpei's health was bad and he had to recuperate for several years, Xiaoliang was the eunuch, Taohua and a few old shopkeepers were just frightened, but the guards were miserable, they were tortured, and they were considered half-disabled.