In another military tent in the joint camp outside Xiaqiu City, as the commander of the Feihuang Capital, Wang Wu was also taking the lead in maintaining the firearms he was holding. The flames were disassembled and wiped to prevent the melted snow particles from infiltrating into it. It would either freeze the mechanical spring or make the tide medicine and it would not sound.
And beside him are two soldiers concocting food in a flat pot on the fire of dark red briquettes. It is condensed into a block of yellow and reddish mutton oil, cut a piece with a knife and pour it on the boil. Yes, with the squeaky bubbling and dissolved fats, a spicy breath immediately filled.
Then pick out a large piece of frozen meat soup from the canned bean stew, chop it into pieces, and fry it in a flat pan into golden brown scorch, and finally sprinkle the dried cake into strips. And salt melon, stir and fry a few times in the oil, then you can serve it on a plate;
For a while, Wang Wu, who was picky about the meat soup slivers, only felt that his almost unconscious tongue was frozen in the cold, and under the stimulation of the spicy and heavy salt position, the feeling of surviving quickly made him feel very much. It is useful and comfortable.
Then, pick up a few clean pieces of snow from the spare big bucket and place them on the leftovers at the bottom of the pot. It will soon melt into hot soup under the charcoal fire, and then sprinkle in the chopped dried vegetables, dried sauce, and vinegar. , It suddenly became a hot and sour and delicious spicy soup.
However, when he was able to drink to the second bowl, he suddenly heard a faint sound of sharp tapping on the gold plate in the wind and snow outside; in an instant, he did not hesitate to drop the soup bowl in his hand and grabbed the fire. Gunpeng took the lead and sprinted away; and the fire gunpowder in his hand was also installed in an instant, ready to go.
As an elite with a small median of the Eastern Capital Army, it is also the firearm unit most closely resembling the Taiping Army in terms of equipment and training; Feihuangdu plays a task on standby at night. Therefore, when Wang Wu, as a commander, arrives, Most of the soldiers from Feihuang Capital gathered around and started counting spontaneously.
And in the direction facing the west gate of Xiaqiu, there was already a roar and shouts of killing after a while; but it was the Taiping army in the city that, under the cover of the snow in the second half of the night, suddenly slammed out of the city to start the night. Attack; if this were placed in the Eastern Capital Army in the past, it would suffer a bit or two, but now it is different.
Zhang Juyan, who was in charge of the rear management and grain supply from the Eastern Capital, just replenished them with a large batch of grain weapons and supplies, including a batch of special new equipment. Therefore, later I saw Feihuangdu who had already lined up in front of them, and the dark red plumes of smoke that rose up several times volleyed into bright flames and burst out.
All of a sudden, the scattered flames illuminates the plain white snowy ground below, which is full of chaos, and like a wolf like a tiger, it pushes down the horse, fills in the trenches, and destroys the fence and floods in over the wall. Large groups of enemy soldiers. For the Feihuang City, who was leaning on the inner breast wall as a preparation for the battle, guided the target.
I saw a row of crackling sparks splashing out, the enemy soldiers pouring into the camp from the gap, along with the snow, wood chips and dirt that splashed around, like wood that was suddenly dragged on. The piles are normal, and they fall one by one alternately. . . .
After the weather was re-opened, Wang Wu fell into a frost and snow and waited for Wang Wu to realize that last night, almost all three camps in the east, west, and north were raided by the city's defenders; but only in the west, which was supported and defended by Feihuangdu, had the least casualties; The enemy was close to a thousand, but only a dozen people were injured.
However, in the east camp, due to the barriers of Dushan Lake and Nanyang Lake, it was a bit sloppy and slack; as a result, the enemy who bypassed the city and the frozen ice on the river in the south broke into it, and finally sent out the horse team from the north of the city. It was intercepted and beaten back.
And these enemies who were shot to death and killed in front of the South Gate are mostly ragged or thinly dressed. They seem to be hungry and full for many days, but they look a little weak and have a yellow face and thin skin. A few prisoners and wounded died after the fierce battle, their faces were pale and pale when they were frozen by the wind and snow.
While cleaning up these corpses, one of the dead men with a pale face suddenly got up and shouted hoarsely at the moment when the sword and gun were about to come to him.
"I am the messenger of the White Tiao Army of the Tuban, and I want to see the commander of your army..."
—I am the dividing line —
And in the distant capital of the King of Silla, Cui Zhiyuan, who was full of wine, meat and powder, sat paralyzed on the bullock cart, drunk and slowly recalling the banquets and banquets, singing peace, summoning and meeting in the return of the week. , A day passed by in vain.
The Mendi’s Home in the Wangjing City was drunk and dying. The ground outside the city was starving and the refugees froze in the wild. And this is the 200,000 households and Qiansanchengfang, and “there is no thatched house in the city, but there is no thatched cottage in the city. The best portrayal of the prosperous city and metropolis where the walls are full of songs and the road is endless day and night.
Even if he was an erudite who had returned from the Heavenly Kingdom, he has lost sight of the facts. Why can't these well-dressed people see it or understand it? Later, after experiencing these three personal experiences, he realized that it was not these nobles who turned a blind eye or deaf ears, but that they could be called human in the eyes of the other generations, and that these thousands of households and their families under the "bone product system" Dependents and vassals only.
He thought that with his own knowledge and the teachings and doctrines of the saints brought from the Middle-earth Tang Dynasty, he could change people's hearts and act for good, so that the people could be innocent, and the officials would know the destiny and be diligent in the affairs of the king. Change the pattern of poverty and weakness where most people in the country are suffering. However, the reality has given him relentless setbacks and blows.
This is because the nobles who hold power and righteousness did not expect any changes at all; even if the official system of the Tang Dynasty was introduced in the past, the profound and sophisticated Buddhism was introduced, and the three graves and five classics, four books and five classics were introduced. The saint’s teachings asked; but they are still trying to maintain the unchangeable vulgar customs for thousands of years, all for the purpose of holding on to the power and dignity.
From this, Cui Zhiyuan became more and more invented. Given the size of the world in Middle-Earth, why only the Taiping Army can rise to the top of the world in response to the times. If it weren't for this kind of fierce cleansing of the world and the fight for death at all costs, how could it be possible to open a way to survive for those humble people who have accumulated profound accumulation
After all, under the clan conflicts that have lasted for hundreds of years, the decline and decline of Silla's national power is no longer the true sage queen sitting in the high court hall, or the deacons at the "Peace Conference". If you want to change, you can change; in other words, even if someone wants to see the change, they are still firmly bound by relatives, cronies, tribes, and subordinates, and even backlashed.
Although there have been kings Jingwen and King Xiankang in the past dynasties, they tried to revive the kingship, but they were unable to recover. For example, during his tenure, Emperor Yuan Sheng started to strengthen the royal power and followed the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty in China. In the fourth year of Zhenyuan (788), he implemented the "three grades of reading subjects" and selected officials through examinations for Chinese students. However, due to the deep-rooted bones system, coupled with the overseas students from the Tang Dynasty, it easily overwhelmed the local students of Silla, and the initial attempts to promote the imperial examination in Silla declined.
The reason why these families of Wang and Gongqing, who have lasted for so many generations, value him as a returning scholar, but because of the official body and halo that he used to be an official in the celestial kingdom. What is more hoped is that the aura of Shangguo he brought back will be able to deter the insurgents and thieves who have made the kingship shaky in the locality under the situation that "the prefectures and counties do not lose tribute, the treasury is empty, and the state is poor";
Or use the reinterpreted words of the saints and the essence of the classics to assert authority for the court and bridge differences and suspicions, or even to promote Buddhism between the mountains and rivers of Silla, continue to paralyze and appease those suffering Li Shu people, The servants and servants lied to the people, and continued to obey as oxen and horses forever like dust and mud.
Or the king from the very beginning had a foresight to see through his essence, and also saw the roots of the ills and sufferings accumulated in the world, and then he gave him all kinds of convenience and assistance in his own way. Let him wake up and return to the relatively correct path.
In any case, when the Silla Kingdom also needs to change, no matter whether this change comes from the internal heroes and the rebellious party, or from the intervention and intervention of the external celestial kingdom. But at least he still has some usefulness in front of the Taiping Army, and he can also act as a submissive and good collaborator, so that things will not be corrupted and collapsed to an unacceptable level.
Only when his bullock cart returned to his hotel, he saw a Wang Yishe who had been friends with him on weekdays, walking in the cleared snow, breathing out smoke. I don’t know how long I’ve been waiting, see. When Cui Zhiyuan came up and said in a low voice:
"Mr. Cui, not long ago, the Deacon’s Department has issued a Wang Daguo, appointing dozens of selected officials to lead the tribe to various states and counties to collect taxes and clear debts. Wherever they go, military owners and child owners must cooperate."
"broken."
This was the first reaction of Cui Zhiyuan's whole body aroused.
We must know that since Zhang Baogao, the ambassador of Cheonghae Township, the power minister who returned from Andong Prefecture, was killed, due to the continuous civil strife of the King Clan of Shilla, the local wealthy and clan forces have rapidly grown. They are divided into ten buildings in the territory of Kyushu, Silla. Wang Jun, however, became more and more disused and in decay because of this.
As a result, the local tyrants have infiltrated and controlled the subordinates of the generals, governors, and provincial governors in various regions, and they have emptied and suppressed the officials and generals of the king, and gradually violated and disobeyed the king’s orders against Wang Jingyang, just like the vassal rule of the Middle-Earth. Where Wang Ling really went out was limited to a small part of Jinzhou including Wuxiaojing.
And the people of the Li concubine, slaves and servants in these places, because they want to support and worship the royal family and many noble families, they are already suffering and rebellious like dry wood and tar; although he does not know why the true king would give this order , But if you continue to push in this winter, it will really be a bit of chaos.
"Hurry up, change my horse, and go out of the city to the Huainan Pavilion in Gimhaekyo (Gimhae City, Gyeongsangnam-do)"
At this moment, Cui Zhiyuan’s drinking spirit had disappeared for a few hours, and he hurriedly ordered to the driving sorrow: The Taiping Army’s far-traveling business group established a so-called "Huainan" in Jinhaejing (now Gimhae City, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea). Museum", as well as the port city and urban defense controlled by the corresponding ship regiment’s guards, will be the safest place next.
There is also a grand prince (Silla official name, also known as Da Yin) as a decoration in the local area, Jin Kyu, who will undoubtedly be of great use in the next situation. (End of this chapter)