With systematically forged identity documents, Wen Qing easily sneaked into the army. Can it be easy? There have been constant wars at the border all year round, and there have been countless casualties. The blood replenished is far less fast than the wasted holes. Going to the battlefield is equivalent to never returning! Therefore, the common people would rather break the male man's legs to escape the corvee than let someone come over to kill him.
The recruiting offices all over the street were filled with white money, and as long as they signed up, they would be given two taels of silver as a settling allowance, but no one went there. Money is good, but you have to live to enjoy it, right? The scholar in the original book was lured into it by two taels of silver. His mother was seriously ill and was in desperate need of money, so he signed up to join the army. Then, he died in battle and never came back.
Wen Qing entered the battalion with the recruits of the same period, and was sent to the battlefield after half a month of training. It's no wonder that Da Chen's casualty rate is so high. Some of them couldn't even hold their knives steady, so they were sent up randomly. Isn't it rushing to give the enemy a head? These can't even be called cannon fodder, after all, there is no artillery in this era!
It has been more than 300 years since the Great Chen Dynasty seized the country from the previous dynasty and established it. After several changes, it has no longer returned to its original heyday. On the surface, it looks like a prosperous scene, but in fact, it has already decayed from the inside.
The royal family is extravagant and extravagant, lustful and chaotic; The country began to stare at it. The barbarians in the north, the Qiang people in the west, the Yi people in the south, and the pirates in the east harass from time to time. Today's Dachen can be said to be besieged on all sides, and it has become a trapped beast.
However, the border gates are clearly in dire straits, but the capital is still glamorous, full of prosperity, trying to whitewash the peace. Comparing the two, there is already a sign of national subjugation.
However, there are still some available people in the imperial court, and there are generals guarding the southeast, northwest, and Chen Guo will not perish for a while. The place where the original owner served as a military prostitute was in the south, so Wen Qing naturally chose this place. Before coming here, she studied some information about the southern general Li Ang, and she already had a plan for the future in her heart.
Li Ang is brutal by nature, addicted to killing, and has a bad reputation among the people. For such a general who doesn't take human life seriously, the death rate of his soldiers is also the highest. Wen Qing intends to use this as an entry point to hold the military power in the south in his own hands. However, right now she is just a recruit who has just entered the camp and is on her way to be cannon fodder.
The terrain of Nanyi is complicated, the mountains are densely covered with dense forests, and there are many poisonous snakes and ants in the forests. People who are not familiar with it can easily die if they get in. Those native Yi people are like a fish in water inside. Therefore, they did not confront Da Chen head-on, but only sent a small group of soldiers to harass and make trouble, and after the fight, they burrowed into the dense forest, as slippery as a loach.
Da Chen's soldier gritted his teeth with hatred, but there was nothing he could do. Li Ang led his troops to kill them several times, but they all returned without success, and many people were lost. Some fell into the hands of the barbarians, and some were killed by him in venting his anger. Death at the hands of the enemy is a worthy death, but what is death at the hands of one's own? But everyone dared to be angry and dare not speak out. If they died, they could only admit that they were unlucky. No one dared to seek justice for them.
Wen Qing sent troops this time because he found a group of barbarian soldiers nearby. This small group of barbarian soldiers came to disturb their sight. Exhausted. This is a demanding and thankless task, and the superiors casually send these recruits out to perfunctory.
The leader of the team was a centurion, surnamed Niu, who dragged two to five to eighty thousand people. He had been cursing since he left the camp, "Damn it, I'm leading the team again! It depends on how easy I am to bully, right? Sooner or later All of you will be killed!"
"What are you looking at? A bunch of little bastards! Who are you allotted to me? They're so weak, they're not enough for a barbarian dog to squeeze between his teeth!"
Wen Qing frowned. Is it necessary for her to take over this kind of rubbish
When they got to the place, the barbarian soldiers had already run away, and the surnamed Niu led them back cursing again, and a group of recruits followed behind him dejectedly.
Suddenly, a sharp arrow pierced through the air, made a sharp whistling sound, and directly passed through the centurion's head and nailed it to the tree.
It turned out that the barbarians didn't go far, but just hid. Seeing that the recruits were being searched this time, they were ready to attack directly, because they all knew that recruits were the weakest and had almost no resistance.
The only centurion with combat effectiveness had already killed him with one blow, and the remaining fifty recruits were stunned, their legs were weak, and they were in a mess, and they could barely hold their knives.
Seeing that the enemy army had already surrounded them, everyone shouted in their hearts: My life is over. At this moment, an unusually calm voice came from among them.
"Everyone, don't panic, we have half as many people as them. Can two of us beat one? They are all seven-foot men, don't be cowardly at this time! Take the knife in your hand, and if you die, you will have to back it up !"
What he said was very reasonable. The recruits were only scared out of their wits by the centurion's death with an arrow. Now that someone was supporting the situation, they gradually recovered. Immediately afterwards, Wen Qing rushed forward and killed a few enemies. Her saber technique was not gorgeous, but it was very practical. She killed all of them with a single blow. The recruits who watched were excited, and gradually regained their confidence, and rushed forward waving their swords.
Wen Qing's martial arts has already achieved a little, and it is easy to deal with these people, without letting anyone get close, he knocked down all the enemies.
Of the more than twenty enemies, none of them escaped. Wen Qing killed more than half of them by himself, and the others worked together to kill the remaining half. Except for the centurion who died at the beginning, only four people on their side suffered some skin trauma and did not die.
The recruits looked at Wen Qing with bright eyes, admiring and excited at the same time,
"Youde, you are really powerful! You killed more than a dozen people by yourself, and I didn't realize that you have such skills before!"
Shen Youde is Wen Qing's current name, it was chosen randomly by the system, it is more down-to-earth, and it also fits her fabricated identity.
"Thanks to you this time, otherwise we would have died at the hands of those barbarians!" A group of people sincerely thanked Wen Qing, whether it was Wen Qing's peace of mind at the beginning, or the later one against ten, it made people feel grateful .
When they went back, these people spontaneously led by Wen Qing, and obeyed her from body to heart. The army is such a place, the strong are respected, as long as you have convincing skills, you can get everyone's support.
What happened this time gave Wen Qing some prestige among the recruits, and because her skills were really good, she was promoted to be a centurion, with a hundred men under her command.
Wen Qing specially selected all recruits from her group, who have not yet acquired the bad habits of those soldiers. It doesn't matter if the combat power is weak, you can train slowly, these are her team, and the character must pass the test.
In Shen's mansion, Mrs. Li was flipping through the books in the mansion while taking care of the twin sons who were playing on the kang. The two boys are very solid, and they haven't been sick since they were three years old. They are not as weak as children born to other elderly women. For this reason, the old lady did not know how many times she praised her for being able to raise children.
A faint smile appeared on Li's face, with three sons and one daughter, her life was considered complete. It was just that the smile on her face gradually disappeared when she thought of her daughter recuperating far away in the south.
At this time, the door curtain was lifted, and the maidservant came in with a happy face to announce the good news, "The Hou Mansion envoys have come to report that the eldest girl has activated it this morning and gave birth to a little son, seven catties and six taels!"
The eldest girl refers to Shen Wenshu. She married into the Marquis of Chengyuan three years ago, and there was no movement in the past two years. It is said that the Marquis felt sorry for her that her bones had not grown, and could not bear her suffering, so she is happy now.
Mrs. Li didn't think about it, so she just said indifferently, "It's indeed a happy event. The family rewarded me with a month's money, so I'm also happy. Send someone to tell the master and the old lady."
The maid answered and went out. Li Shi sighed and said to the dowry mother: "Shen Wenshu is only two years older than Wenqing. She got married three years ago, and now she has a child. Pity my Qingqing is still here." Suffering, and the marriage has nowhere to go. The tongue-twisting guy also said that my Qingqing is no good, it really does not accumulate virtue!"
The nanny persuaded her, "Auspicious people have their own destiny, the second young lady is a blessed one, and time will last."
Mrs. Li was just asking for psychological comfort, "I don't know what happened to Qingqing. The letter always said that everything was fine, but she wouldn't let me see her. How can I be at ease?"
"Second Miss is caring for you, and she is afraid that you will suffer from exhaustion."
"Yes, Qingqing has always been caring."
However, Li Shi didn't know that her caring little padded jacket was fighting bravely on the battlefield thousands of miles away.
In three years, Wen Qing climbed from a small centurion to the position of commander of the first army step by step. Not only was he deeply supported by the soldiers, but he was also registered with the Holy Majesty. Li Ang felt threatened and always looked at her disliked, but he couldn't suppress her. Who let her capture the prince of the Yi clan alive for a while, and the leader of the Yi clan alive for a while, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he can't take credit for her at all. It can be said that most of Pingyi's credit belongs to Wen Qing, otherwise the Holy Majesty would not be able to make an exception and appoint a person she has never met to be the governor.
Now that the leader of the Yi tribe has been captured, the Holy Lord, Longyan Dayue, is planning to hold a grand captive offering ceremony to show off Da Chen's extraordinary might, and Wen Qing will also lead the way. But before that, there was a celebration banquet in the barracks, and it was held by Li Ang specially for her tonight.
But it's hard to say whether it's a celebration banquet or a Hongmen banquet.
While Wen Qing was thinking, she walked towards the new barracks. The soldiers she met on the road all looked at her with admiration and respect. Every soldier in the barracks is familiar with Wen Qing’s legendary deeds. Breaking into the enemy’s camp alone is like entering no man’s land; Hearing the news, he was frightened, and he threw away his helmet and armor...Everything can be taken out to make people admire and admire.
This is what Wen Qing did on purpose, in order to create momentum for himself, otherwise it wouldn't be able to spread so deeply into the hearts of the people.
"Scholar, you are blessed. Your birthday coincides with Dutong Shen's celebration banquet, so you can have a big meal!"