Chapter 115 joining the army

Qi, the sixth year of Xingyuan, December 1st.

When the 200,000 troops led by He Tianfang arrived at the peacekeeping city on the border between Qi and the mainland, it was already early winter. Due to the long journey and the cold climate conditions of the peacekeeping city, the combat effectiveness of the whole army decreased by nearly 30%. Before arriving at the peace city, He Tianfang was worried about whether the army stationed outside the city would raid when he reached it, but this proved that this was not the case. The army was still stationed outside the city at the same time, which also made him feel something wrong with the strangeness of the soldiers.

Wu Mou, who joined the army under Shen's unreasonable arrangement, gradually adapted to the life in the army after more than two months of infection. However, although he was a captain with no power, he was bullied a lot along the way. Fortunately, He Tianfang saw that he had some cleverness to upgrade him to a military division, which made several vice generals of He Tianfang quite I was dissatisfied, but when I thought about joining the army, I didn't have any real power, so I turned a blind eye.

Wu Mou naturally knew that the reason why he could become a military commander was completely unreasonable, so whenever He Tianfang discussed military intelligence with several vice generals, he would feel that he would find some excuses to leave, which made several vice generals who had not like him a little more favor.

The streets made of thick black boulders look particularly cold in the early winter, and the buildings in the city are far from the exquisite style of the capital, but there is a kind of simplicity and freedom unmatched by the capital.

Wu Mou, who had been around the city for a long time, decided to fill his stomach first and asked Lejia Restaurant for a bowl of mutton noodles, but after taking a bite, he was so spicy that he burst into tears and ran out, so he roared, "Xiao Er, why is your noodles so spicy?"

The second child of the shop knew that Wu Mou was not a local when he was dressed, and then said with a smile, "Objectively, you are not from here, are you? It's freezing here, so we all like to eat some spicy food to resist the cold. I'll change a bowl of non-spicy for you right away.

"Wait, bring me a bowl of water by the way."

"Good!"

The big man sitting opposite Wu Mou said with a bare arms and disdainfully, "It's a useless scholar. He can't even eat such a little spicy food. No wonder the army of the State of Qi is not as good as their land."

"Is it useless to be a scholar? How to say this?" Seeing that the man was still naked in such a cold day, Wu Mou couldn't help sighing: Aren't people here afraid of the cold?

"Well, of course, killing the enemy in battle depends on martial arts and big knives. Is it possible for you to take a pen to kill the enemy? Or can you make the enemy surrender obediently by chanting poems to the enemy's thousands of troops?

"Listen to your tone, you must also be a member of the army?"

"Well, I'm not going to join the army. Which of you officials from the capital is not open to money? I just block it in every way if I commits something."

"Oh? What have you done?"

At this time, the shopkeeper took a bowl of not spicy mutton noodles and put it in front of Wu Mou and said, "Objectively, you don't know anything about it. His name is Zhao Hu. His martial arts is one of our best. Unfortunately, he killed several bandits a few years ago, so he was imprisoned for several years."

"So it is." Wu Mou said, "Then would you like to join the army now?"

Zhao Hu picked up a bowl and poured a few mouthfuls of wine and said, "I have martial arts but it's useless. Naturally, I want to join the army, but unfortunately I'm a person with a foundation."

"Then follow me. I promise to let you join the barracks smoothly." Wu Mou said.

"Is this true?"

"Real, how about you come with me to see the general?"

"Good." Zhao Hu stood up and walked to Wu Mou and said, "If you can really let me join the army, I promise that this kindness will be doubled in the future."

After eating mutton noodles, Wu Mou took Wang Hu to the mansion of Zhao Ming, the county magistrate. Because the sudden influx of 200,000 troops was a big problem for maintaining the city, the county magistrate arranged for each family to solve the food, drink and accommodation of the two soldiers. As a general, He Tianfang and vice general, including Wu Mou, naturally lived in the county magistrate. The mansion.

Wu Mou learned that He Tianfang was discussing military situation with several vice generals, so he consciously took Zhao Hu to walk around the yard. It was two hours after He Tianfang's discussion. Wu Mou has always felt that it is a wonderful thing to discuss the military situation, because it takes a few hours to come to a conclusion in the end, but he still has to discuss it repeatedly.

As soon as He Tianfang walked out of the yard, he saw Zhao Hu, who was two meters tall. Then he looked at Wu Mou, who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and asked, "Wu Mou, are you?"

"General, I want to recommend someone to you." Wu Mou looked at Wang Hu beside him and said, "I don't know what you think, general?"

"General, I hope to be under your command, and please agree." Zhao Hu knelt down after saying that.

"Give me a reason." He Tianfang is not a fool, and he is still extremely cautious about things in the army. "If you are a spy sent by the State of Lu, won't I be finished?"

"This..." Zhao Hu obviously didn't expect this to happen, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this time, Zhao Ming, the county magistrate, came over. He saw Wang Hu kneeling on the ground and looked at He Tianfang's pale face. He didn't know what had happened, so he had to ask bravely, "General He, I don't know what my brother has done?"

"Your brother?" He Tianfang and Wu Mou asked at the same time.

"Ha ha, I'm sorry, he is his younger brother Zhao Hu." Zhao Ming said with some embarrassment, "If something happens, please deal with it according to the law."

"I didn't do anything." Zhao Hu held his breath and said, "Can you not always look at me like that? I know that Zhao's ancestors are proud of you, but you can't look down on people so much."

"You, you..." Zhao Ming shook his sleeves angrily and didn't know what to say.

"It seems that your brothers don't get along well?" He Tianfang asked, "What's going on?"

"General, you don't know that my brother is irritable and killed several people in the past few years..."

Before Zhao Ming finished speaking, Zhao Hu interrupted, "I killed a bandit. For the people, only you, a long-sighted dog officer, will lock me up, hum..."

"You...you..." Zhao Ming's white face suddenly turned green. If He Tianfang hadn't been present, he would have asked the government officials to reward his brother's fifty boards as before.

"Why did you join the army?" He Tianfang asked.

"Men should join the army, otherwise what do they do in this world? Is it right to recite poems every day?"

"Do you want to be a general?"

"Think." Zhao Hu said, "I must become a general, otherwise what kind of soldier will I be?"

He Tianfang suddenly remembered what someone once said to him: A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

This seems to be what King Jinheng said to him.

"Good." He Tianfang said, "Wu Mou, he will give it to you from today. If there is any chores, just tell him to do it."

"I know." Wu Mou replied.

"Do you feel wronged when you do chores?" He Tianfang clearly saw that Zhao Hu's face was a little unhappy, but he did not dare to show it.

"Aggrieved, but since the general said so, I'll do it." Zhao Hu said, "As a soldier, you must know how to obey."

He Tian said with a smile, "I learned very fast! County magistrate Zhao, your brother is not bad. Hahaha..."

"Shame... Zhao Ming laughed.

Outside the peacekeeping city, the 100,000 troops of the State of Lu have been stationed for three months. General Xu Zhoufeihong, who had not received orders for a long time, was full of uneasiness. How could he not worry when he saw the strength of the soldiers being exhausted in the day-to-day waiting? The so-called one-in-a-life, then decline, and three-and-out are not unreasonable. Of course, Zhou Feihong believes that it may be because of the lack of logistics supply that he has not sent troops for a long time, which can only be regarded as an excuse to comfort himself.

On this day, when Zhou Feihong's vice general reported to him that the 200,000 troops of the State of Qi had lived in the peacekeeping city, he had a strange feeling. He didn't know why he felt a little fear after the battlefield for a long time. At that time, the fear did not come from the enemy, but from the king's will and the complex court that he could not figure out after coming to himself. Struggle.

Lu Guo, 25 years of Jiude, December 10th.

The slowly falling snowflakes in the sky kicked off the war, but no one thought that the originator of the war was an extremely lowly person.