Battle of the Red Chamber Ring III

Most of the conscripts recruited from each place are put in the new barracks, and some who have bribed the relationship are arranged in a relatively relaxed place. When they arrive at the barracks, all the recruits live together. There are only one bed in the Datong shop for more than [-] people. quilt.

Early in the morning, you have to go out for exercises, and those who don't arrive after the three whistles will be hit with five-stick army sticks.Wait until the exercise is over before you can eat breakfast. There are a lot of steamed buns and pickles, and then there is a lot of free time. Of course, many of them have to do farm work. I don’t know who made the rules. Every camp is self-sufficient. You should grow your own food.Behind the newly arrived new barracks is a large area of ​​farmland.

Among the twelve people who came out of Zengjia Village, the five headed by Zeng Tie grew up eating hundreds of meals, or their biological mother died early, or their biological mother remarried, and they formed a whole of their own.The six people headed by Zeng Lu are military households, and they made a decision early on, either because of family difficulties, or because they had high expectations for the army. There is no shortage of sons in the family, but they are just making a living.And the strangest thing is Jia Huan. By the way, he can't be called Jia Huan anymore. His official name is Zeng San, and others call him Ah San.After all, he didn't live in Zeng's village, and he didn't know a few people well, but Zeng Lu got the order of the village chief, so he naturally took care of him.Zeng Tie and the youngest son of the Zeng family were good friends, and they didn't make things difficult for Jia Huan, so he saved a lot of worry.

On the first day, Jia Huan hurriedly ran to the land that was said to be free for people to plant. There was a piece of land behind the barracks for the soldiers to cultivate by themselves, and the large piece of land behind was hired to look after it for the army next year. Farmland for daily consumption.

But now it was nearly Chinese New Year, and there was no life on the ground. Jia Huan squatted on the ground to touch the soil, and someone behind him shouted, what are you doing.

When Jia Huan turned his head, he saw a man in his forties, dressed in coarse clothes, holding a wooden stick in his hand.Holding the rough cloth on one end, it was obvious that he just got out of the drill. The man ran to Jia Huan, carefully looked at the little millet left on the ground, and looked back at Jia Huan: "Recruit?"

Jia Huan nodded, and the man said "Oh—" and poked his stick on the ground, saying, "I'm Zhu Da from Ding Ying. What's your name?"

"I'm Zeng San from the new barracks." Jia Huan nodded to Zhu Da, because he was young and his bones hadn't grown, so he only reached Zhu Da's chest.

Zhu Da looked Jia Huan up and down and asked, "How old is it?"

Jia Huan honestly said that he was fourteen.

"That's the same age as my third brother, so it's no wonder he looks young." Zhu Da smiled, and then pointed to the next few plots of land: "If you want to plant something, then go, the innermost plot is the If the ones distributed to you are planted in the wrong land, no one else will care, they will just pull them out." Zhu Da was originally a rough person, so he told the truth when he saw Jia Huan, and then pointed at himself. Potatoes on the ground: "I keep them for the winter. I don't need to eat them because I'm too old, but it's a change."

Jia Huan leaned over and took a closer look. He didn't know anything about farming. He just learned a little bit about it when he went to collect rent a while ago, but now that the Chinese New Year is coming, he knows it even with his knees. Potatoes are estimated to be the only three remaining.

Afterwards, Zhu Da told Jia Huan when to sow seeds and what to do afterwards, but there was nothing needed in the army, and even if there were, he would not distribute them to everyone. In fact, what he got was only one or two bags of seeds. , After all, you rely on soldiers to fight, so how can you spend too much time on farming?

Jia Huan nodded and left. After that, he followed Zhu Da for a few days and got a general idea of ​​the barracks. This is the Green Forest Army, mostly Han people. It is different from the barracks of several other ethnic minorities. Most of them are backup, and the general charge has nothing to do with them. They are responsible for digging ditches, burying horse ropes and other things.

"Don't underestimate these. Those who have done a good job basically stay with the general. You also know that our general is a first-class celebrity. All the twelve cavalry around him are capable people. When I mentioned it at the beginning, Who in the northwest doesn’t know, but now only the 24 Qiji who are next to the new deputy capital can stand up to him.” Zhu Da’s news is very well-informed, and this has something to do with the habits of the Dingzi camp. Anyone who can enter the Dingzi camp Even the humble Zhu Da can speak three or four languages, not to mention the local dialect in the northwest, the official dialect in Kyoto, and he has lived in the grassland for a few years, so he also understands the dialect there. term.

Jia Huan thought for a while and then asked: "What is the origin of the general?" He knew that the general was called Nian Yao, and he seemed vaguely similar to someone he knew.

Zhu Da looked at the open space, and then looked behind him: "I heard that the general was not bad at the time, he was an old man in the former prince's mansion, and he has a younger sister who is very doted on, and he is also a capable person. Earlier, when the Supreme Emperor was still alive, he was valued by the Supreme Emperor, and when he ascends the throne, he is also a celebrity in front of the palace, hey, it is different from little people like us."

"Didn't it mean that there have been no wars recently, wouldn't it be better to return home after three years in peace?" Jia Huan looked at him with his face lifted.

Zhu Dao: "Nature is also good." He looked at Jia Huan with a smile, and stretched out his hands to rub his hair: "You are still young, and it is best to live in peace in this life. I don’t know what the general is thinking, but he’s going to be recruited.” He said as he grabbed the withered grass on the ground.

Waiting for the New Year in the army, many people just had a meal together around the bonfire. Zeng Tie greeted the people who came out of Zeng’s village early on, and sat together while waiting to receive the food. He didn’t know where to get it. A small piece of beef was brought out and shared among several people, that is, one bite per person. Although he had objections to Zeng Lu and the others, the food was still distributed to them in the end.

Zeng Lu took it with a smile, and followed Zeng Dashu, Zeng Agen sat on the west side, Zeng Tie sat on the east side with Zeng Baijia, Zeng Yang sat on the east side, Jia Huan sat alone in the middle, his small face was illuminated by the bonfire It's bright red.

Several people went back to the camp early after eating. It seemed no different from before. Jia Huan was still sitting in front of the bonfire and kept adding firewood. Several people did this. It seemed that they were all from the south. Jia Huan Huan sat alone, listening to the crackling sound of burning wood, buried his face in his arms, closed his eyes and thought about his past life.

Before he had time to be sad, he heard a person sitting next to him. He turned his head and saw that it was Zeng Tie who was holding a firewood and throwing it into the fire.

"Why are you here?" Jia Huan asked.

Zeng Tie looked back at Jia Huan expressionlessly: "It's rare that you can ask." His brows did not move, and there was an expression on his face that Jia Huan couldn't understand.

Zeng Tie's background is not good, although now he looks like an ordinary person.His father died when he was two years old, and his mother died when he was three years old. After that, he lived with his grandmother. When he was six years old, his grandmother also passed away. It was supposed to be taken over by his uncle, but he was kicked out after only two days. His uncle's only seedling fell ill.His uncle should think that Zeng Tieke killed his brother, then his mother, and now he wants to kill his son.

"It doesn't matter if I die, but my son is the only child in my family. It's not that I have no conscience. I just want him not to live with us. I will send him food every month." Uncle Zeng Tie knelt in front of the village head, His daughter-in-law was also crying with tears and snot in her nose. In the end, the chief had no choice but to let Zeng Tie live alone in the hut built by his father.

It seems that in this era, there is little food and clothing, and human life is very worthless.

Zeng Tie didn't know that Jia Huan was thinking about his life experience, so he took out half of a potato from his pocket and handed it to Jia Huan, saying, "It happens that there are some left over, so I'll give it to you."

Jia Huan shook his head and didn't go to pick it up: "I'm full, you can eat by yourself."

Zeng Tie laughed, and gnawed on the potatoes by himself. He knew they were old, but the smell of potatoes slowly permeated the area. Jia Huan stared at the moving flames, lost in thought, and saw Zeng Tie eating After finishing the potatoes, he threw the potato skins into the fire, wiped his mouth, and said a message: "You know, we will go to war next March?"

Attracted by the topic, Jia Huan turned around and looked at Zeng Tie.

Zeng Tie's dark eyes stared at Jia Huan, and his smoky face came closer: "In March next year, we recruits will be sent to the front. It sounds like the general is going to use his troops, saying it's for the new recruits. Let’s have a look at the same color as the vices.”

This is the second time Jia Huan has heard of the new Deputy Dutong. The adjectives he has heard all the time are wise and powerful, young and promising, and he is not very old.

"If there is a war, you will be facing Galdan's people. You know Gerdan, they are all riding tall horses, and they will take your head in the past." Zeng Tie's smile contained malice. Waiting for Jia Huan's frightened expression, it was a pity that he was disappointed.

Jia Huan didn't even move a single eyebrow, but after hearing Zeng Tie's words, he turned around and continued to add wood to the fire.

The two of them kept adding firewood silently like this, and Zeng Tie babbled on a lot of things to Jia Huan, most of which were information he had inquired about. What do these kinds of news mean, but he said it very seriously, and Jia Huan listened very carefully.How much of these news is true and how much is false, no one knows, but there is one thing, the new barracks may really be leaving.

After the new year, the originally loose drills began to be intensive, often without stopping all day long. In the past, those who looked at the benevolent bosses, and the bosses began to become fierce, most of them changed from the original practice of not moving their mouths. Hands, up to now do not speak, just kick.

The atmosphere became more and more tense. One day in February, Zhu Daxun went to Jia Huan and told him that he had to leave first. Zeng Lu was one of them, and Zeng Tie was transferred out of the new barracks to serve as the Tushe.

Zeng Lu took over, Zeng Dashu and others were a little different from the past. Before Zeng Tie left, the children were hugged together and no one bullied them. Now that he left, the remaining Zeng Baijia became the target. , although he was older than Jia Huan, but he was born petite and stubborn, and he was not easy to bow his head, so he was excluded by everyone, and the remaining three didn't like it, so they hugged Zeng Lu His thigh, after all, is a person from his own village, so he will be taken care of no matter what.