In the fifth year of Wude, Yuan Junzhang and Gao Manzheng attacked Daizhou at night, broke through Yanmen Pass, and entered Daixian County. Liu Shirang, who was stationed in Xinzhou, led his troops northward to expel the enemy.
"Now Mr. Yuan has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and all the past has been wiped out." Liu Wu shook his head, "In the battle formation, either I will kill you, or you will kill me. What is there to say..."
After a moment of silence, Brother Zhang asked: "Even if the land is granted, there will be no harvest..."
"Everyone has rations distributed." Liu Wu said softly: "There is no shortage of food in Daizhou, Xia City is prosperous, and merchants are constantly coming and going... Even if you do some business and work as a waiter for the caravan, it is enough to support the family."
Brother Zhang was thinking about it in his mind, hesitating a little. This condition sounded a bit tempting. He would be granted land, food rations, a woman, and a house.
"That's not all." Liu Wu added: "Taxes are exempted for the first three years. If you perform corvee work, you will make up for it with money and grain. However, you still have to register on the government's military roster and practice in your free time."
There was a commotion in the restaurant. They didn't care about registering the list of soldiers. The system of soldiers was not unique to the Tang Dynasty. It existed in the Sui Dynasty. It didn't mean that you had to go into battle if you became a soldier, but you were exempted from taxes for three years... …This is quite tempting to them.
Even if they were not military leaders like them, if the ordinary soldiers below were demobilized, moved to Daizhou, granted land and houses, it would only take a year or two for them to live a prosperous life.
Someone next to me couldn't wait to ask: "Liu Wu, where is the second one?"
"Military camp." Liu Wu explained: "The King of Handan intends to march to the military camp. It is said that the fields have been selected. It is at the junction of Xinzhou and Daizhou, approximately southwest of Wutai County."
"Isn't there a shortage of food in Daizhou?"
Zhang Sange's eyes flickered, "The purpose of marching to the camp is to attack Hu!"
Liu Wu was stunned, "No way... The Turks are so powerful, the Tang army actually..."
"As long as Mayi is stable, it will be difficult for the Turks to break through Yanmen Pass." Brother Zhang said in a low voice: "I think the King of Handan has the intention to make contributions... The return to attack the camp last year is proof!"
"But...but King Handan will return to the court in a few months."
"What?" Brother Zhang was very surprised and immediately asked: "If the King of Handan returns to the dynasty, what he promised before..."
"Of course there is nothing to worry about. Your Highness was granted the title of Prince of the County and won the favor of the Tang Emperor... Some of the personal guards who accompanied Yuan Gong to the court returned to Daizhou. They mentioned that the King of Handan beat Yu Gushe again in the palace." Liu Wu whispered: "And the person who is appointed as the general manager of Daizhou is from the Li family in Longxi. It is said that he is very close to the King of Handan... By the way, Brother Zhang should know this person."
"who?"
"Li Pharmacist, the Duke of Yongkang County, was the county magistrate in Mayi."
"Is it him?!" Brother Zhang slammed the table and looked excited, "It's actually Pharmacist Li!"
The tall and thin man next to him interjected: "My second brother and I were under his command back then... In the thirteenth year of the Great Era, I remember we met on the first day of the first lunar month. The next day, Pharmacist Li suddenly disappeared. Liu Gong asked before he set off to attack. This issue."
Talking about old events, everyone was sighing. After Liu Wuzhou raised his army, he killed Wang Rengong, attacked Yanmen, and sacked Daizhou. After that, he gathered Song Jingang and marched across Hedong. If King Qin hadn't appeared in the sky, he almost crossed the river and entered Guanzhong.
In the end, after the Battle of Baibi, the King of Qin personally led 800 cavalry and pursued them all the way to Yanmen Pass for three days and four nights. Liu Wuzhou's grand hegemony disappeared.
After a while, Liu Wu said quietly: "It's been five years."
Brother Zhang Sange said in a low voice: "It has been ten years since I entered Mayi in the seventh year of Daye."
"With the permission of Mr. Erlang that day, I moved to Daizhou. All I want is to live in peace." Liu Wu's tone was bleak and relieved, "No more licking blood with the knife, no more killing with the knife. There is no need to worry about falling asleep and never seeing the next day..."
There was silence all around. Liu Wu's second brother died in Mayi last year, on the night when Gao Manzheng surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Everyone present had personally experienced Gao Manzheng's incident, and they all felt it in their hearts. They were all military leaders, the most junior officers in the army. Even they were looking forward to living a peaceful life, not seeking glory and wealth, but just no longer being afraid.
Liu Wu thought in his heart that His Highness's speculation was not wrong at all. Even if the generals in the army had different intentions, the soldiers and even most of the military leaders did not want to live like this anymore.
Killing.
Being killed.
How many people are willing to keep walking if they can't see the bright road ahead?
As for the position of power, Yuan Junzhang has no ambitions. These junior officers in the army are ordinary soldiers below, so what ambitions do they have?
With this idea in mind, Liu Wu was bombarded with all kinds of questions. Some asked about the specific situation of military villages, some asked about the detailed standards for granting land and houses, and some jokingly asked about the difficulty of marrying a wife. There are also a few who intend to stay in the army, but are hesitant about whether to stay in Mayi.
Liu Wu, who had clear answers, explained them one by one, and he also agreed to ask the rest of the questions for everyone... Everyone knew that he was going to ask the King of Handan.
Only Brother Zhang didn't say a word. He was thinking in his mind whether he could take advantage of Liu Wu's path... In Mayi, he still had a relationship with Pharmacist Li.
Unlike others, this Brother Zhang has the ambition to make contributions. That is why he was able to keenly discover that Li Shan marched in Daizhou to prepare for his future attack on Hu... Regardless of whether Li Shan or Li Jing will lead the army in the future. .
Just when Brother Zhang thought for a long time and was about to speak, chaotic and rapid footsteps sounded, and four or five soldiers rushed in with angry faces. The leader shouted: "Brother Zhang, I really can't bear it anymore!"
"Um?"
A cloth bag was thrown on the table, and the yellow rice grains scattered. Liu Wu's nose twitched, and he immediately smelled a musty smell.
"Originally, it was just a shortfall, but this time..." a man said angrily: "There is no way to eat it!"
Brother Zhang Sange turned to look at Liu Wu, "Yesterday the King of Handan announced at the city gate that grain and grass will be distributed today... who will be in charge?"
Liu Wu was stunned for a while, "His Highness should not interfere, it should be Chang Shi or Sima, right?"
"It's Liu Bao!" The man cursed and said, "I usually make sarcastic comments, but this time I even...actually said...that everything is free of charge and that I can eat as much as I like!"
"Third brother, Tang Jun said it nicely, but the King of Handan is nothing..."
"Shut up!" Brother Zhang's face darkened, thinking that this was an opportunity. After thinking for a while, he said: "Brothers, please bear with me. For the past six months, the King of Handan has been transporting grain and grass from Daizhou to Mayi. , nothing like this has ever happened.”
"Third brother?"
Brother Zhang San looked at Liu Wu and said, "Take..."
Before he finished speaking, several more people rushed in from outside.
"Third brother, Fang Dalang went to talk to Liu Baofen, but he was knocked over and detained!"
Brother Zhang's expression changed drastically and he stood up suddenly, but he was thinking that the opportunity had come.
There are heroes in the wilderness, but if you don't have a family background or a reputation, you have to seize every possible opportunity.
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
