The drizzle in late summer and early autumn is soft and weak, as if the backbone has been ripped out, far less violent than the turbulence of summer. Looking at this style, it has begun the rhythm of "one autumn rain and one cold".
Several people from the young master's family came to the barracks courtyard. They looked at the recruits holding armors in their hands, their faces full of embarrassment and expectation, and they couldn't help but want to laugh. The young master discussed with the three or four swarthy young men, and with a wave of his hand, they asked the stuffed melons and eggs to get ready, and then began to formally proceed step by step, wearing silk clothes and armor.
This group of extremely excited little kids stopped making noises. When they heard the leader shout out the words "Start Armor Piercing", they could no longer restrain themselves from getting busy. They gently put the armor in their hands on the ground at their feet, then hurriedly reached out to grab the luxurious and expensive silk underwear, eager to put it on themselves.
"Wait a moment……"
The young master saw the anxious behavior of these children and quickly shouted. Not to mention that although the young master is not much older than these dolls, he has been in the army for a long time and is taller than the average teenager. The command he shouts is quite intimidating. After hearing the shouting, these little chickens looked at each other for a while, confused and confused, but they also stood up obediently, but they couldn't bear to put down the expensive silk dress in their hands, waiting for the leader. command.
When the young master saw that these child soldiers were still obeying the orders, he felt quite proud. He puffed up his chest and said:
"Everyone listens to the order and takes off their shirts. Then put on that silk dress when you are naked!"
When the child soldiers heard this command, they were a little confused at first. They thought that the adults had changed their minds and were stingy with the silk and would not wear it for them. After hearing the order, they realized that they were allowed to wear it with their flesh attached. After being stunned for a while, although they didn't understand the purpose of this, they obeyed obediently and took off the coarse clothes they were wearing, revealing their rib-like upper bodies.
Children from poor families can only eat and drink more in good years. In the past few years, they lived a carefree life, and each of them was relatively strong. However, over the past year or so, they have been inexplicably affected by this troubled world. Many families had to survive because their food rations were robbed, and the children were naturally starved to the point of being skinny and skinny. In addition, they are relatively young, so they don’t look like plucked chickens. Looking at the appearance of these dolls, several members of Shaodong's family were also touched. They couldn't help but feel that compared to them, they were already lucky.
Who do people with toothache think are the happiest? Of course the tooth doesn’t hurt!
Because it is early autumn, the weather still has some traces of summer. Although there will be some sporadic drizzle, this is normal. In previous years, farm children would wear a single coat as winter approaches. The drizzle fell bit by bit on the backs of these children, actually softening the scabs accumulated on daily basis. When they were gently rubbed with their hands, their hands were absolutely covered with streaks of mud. Adults and children in farm families don't often take baths. For children, it's better in summer. They can splash around with a little water. They can happily play with water from rain wells, rivers, or even water accumulated in trenches after heavy rains in summer. Covered in mud. But in winter, let alone taking a bath, you don’t even wash your face often. To heat hot water, you need firewood, and you have to buy it with copper coins. Their family is not rich enough to boil a pot of hot water for them to take a bath. . Therefore, compared with children from wealthy families, children from farm families basically do not have the habit of bathing. Boys are better, they can shave their heads and have short hair, but girls cannot do that. They have to grow braids at the age of five or six. Over time, their hair will be covered with clothes. You can catch a handful of lice on your body. These little beasts suck people's blood, regardless of whether you are fat or thin, dead or alive.
At this moment, dozens of naked and dark dolls gathered and stood in a pile. The scene was quite indescribable. The young master and his gang looked at these naked chickens and couldn't help but want to laugh. In this way, the dolls took advantage of the rain, wearing silk clothes, picking and rubbing here and there, and took an informal bath, laughing and joking, and finally put the silk clothes on themselves, sticking to their flesh. It's cool and feels slippery. It's really different. It's indescribable compared to the coarse clothes I wear. It turns out that those rich men really live a more comfortable life than they do.
After putting on the silk underwear, although it was made of very ordinary plain material, these dolls were still very happy. It is almost the first time for them to wear new clothes, and they are made of such expensive fabrics. They don’t know where to put their hands. They want to reach out and touch them, but they are afraid that their hands will be too dirty and tarnish this gift.
After watching these dolls put on silk clothes, the young master followed the steps of wearing armor and asked them to put on coarse cloth underwear and trousers. Many kids learned the lesson this time. Some of the thick-skinned ones were not shy when they saw that they were going to wear new coarse trousers. They actually took off their old tattered trousers and were not afraid of others seeing their bare buttocks and crotch. The bunch of little birds below were swaying, and a bunch of little people put on the new trousers with smiles. After tying their belts, everyone looked lively and could not help but look up and down, as if they had been given a new lease of life.
The clothes and pants are all put on, and the next step is the military boots.
Shoes are very important to a person. You don’t need to wear a shirt, go shirtless, or don’t wear pants, as long as you are thick-skinned enough, but you have to wear shoes. Without shoes, you can hardly do anything, not to mention farming in the fields, climbing mountains and rivers, just walking normally. Without shoes, the stones and rubble on the ground can cause you to bleed and hurt. If you are unlucky, you will get a prick. It took a long time to pick out the tiny thorns, and the pus-filled sores made it even more painful. Therefore, as long as people know the pain, they usually have to wear shoes, unless you really can't even afford shoes.
However, among the hundreds of dolls who came today, there were actually quite a few without shoes. Many of the dolls were barefoot, not even the humblest pair of straw sandals, and their young feet had already developed thick calluses. In Shaodong's team, there are more than a dozen people without shoes, and they are all thinner and more miserable.
The difference between humans and animals is that one wears clothes and the other does not. Although humans can be so poor that they have no shoes to wear, and their feet can be pricked with blood, normal people will still wear a piece of clothing. Being poor is not afraid of pain, and it is shameless. horrible.
Military boots are made of thick-soled sheepskin, which is very strong and durable. However, because they are made of sheepskin, they are very hard to put on. It is impossible to wear them without cloth socks as a base. If you wear them barefoot for a while, you will definitely get a few blisters. These children, who usually couldn't even wear straw sandals, are now able to wear sheepskin boots and coarse socks, which makes it difficult for many children.
It's either that they don't know how to wear shoes and socks, or that no matter how stupid they are, they will instinctively know how to wear them after seeing these things. What makes them difficult is not how to wear them, but that they are embarrassed to wear them.
The socks are too white and the soles of the feet are too dirty.
Holding those bright white cloth socks in their hands, every child can't bear it. Although they don't wash their bodies often when wearing silk, they are wrapped in clothes after all, and the dirt is not too rampant, but the feet are different. No matter whether you wear shoes or not, the toes, ankles, soles, and fingernails are all covered with thick black scabs. Wearing such white socks on them is really a waste!
It was obviously not the first time for the Young Master family to encounter this kind of scene. When they saw the dolls holding up their socks and having trouble, they waved their hands and pointed to the water tank in the corner of the yard, asking them to wash their feet first.
When encountering an amnesty, the children happily ran to several water tanks, holding socks in one hand and grabbing the water scoops with the other. There were many people and only a few water scoops. After a while, you and I snatched them, and the water splashed everywhere. After finally getting my feet wet, I quickly found a place to sit down and rubbed them with one hand, as if I were inseparable from those stains that killed my father and took my wife! After they were clean and clean and happily put on new cotton socks, they were in trouble again.
No shoes to wear.
A group of people just went to wash their feet in a hurry. After the feet were washed, they could wear socks. However, after they put on white socks as expected, they realized that they had forgotten to bring new boots. They deliberately went to get the boots with bare feet, but their feet were white. Wearing new socks and stepping on the dirt to get them is even more reluctant! Just when they were in a dilemma, the young master and the dark-skinned boys each took two or three pairs of boots in their hands. They walked up to the group of dolls, threw the boots to the ground with a dark face, clapped their hands and walked back without looking back. . A dozen children hurriedly put on the dozen pairs of boots that were thrown over, and then hurried to the pile of boots in the courtyard, grabbed a few with both hands, carried them to their companions, dropped the boots, then turned back and picked them up again. . Now that I have shoes to wear, I hurriedly put on my boots. I didn’t have time to think about whether I had put them on or not. I quickly stood up and joined the army of moving boots. Unintentionally, through the matter of foot washing, everyone subconsciously formed a group of mutual help. form.
It didn’t take a while for these dozens of dolls to have put on their boots and returned to the courtyard. Standing next to their armors, wearing new clothes, new pants and new boots, the new-looking chicks felt the same at this moment. It was so worth it. ! When we arrived at this place, we had everything to eat, drink and wear. It felt so happy to wear new clothes for the first time in my life. Although they still don't know what the war is about, the treatment at this moment is already more satisfying than during the New Year!
What is "life"? Being born and living is "life", but life is often like this, it is easy to be born but difficult to live!
These little chickens are now considered to have been born in the soil of the military, and then they have to survive. Living has never been easy at any time. It was as if they were putting on armor at this moment and slowly realized that something was not what they thought!
The armor is really beautiful and majestic, but it’s also really hard to wear and heavy!
The Ordnance Department followed Master Zhang's instructions and distributed armors to newly recruited soldiers according to their age. Considering that the newly recruited soldiers were getting younger and younger, they accordingly simplified the distribution of many armor parts, including skirts, armor, and neck guards. , the less important parts such as hand guards are temporarily dispensed with. After they start training and adapt, they will be added a little bit. When they really have to go into battle to face the enemy in the future, those who are capable will be equipped with full armor. In the early stage, it still varies from person to person. Step by step.
But even this simple armor weighs more than ten kilograms when worn one by one. These skinny children are still a little overwhelmed. Maybe it will get better as time goes by. But the process of piercing armor is more of a headache for these dolls than the weight.
Although I was poor in the past, my family had no financial resources and I had very few clothes. When the weather is a little warm and I can bear it, I just wear a single piece of cloth clothes and trousers. When it's hot, I either go shirtless or wear a waistcoat, and wear a pair of shorts underneath to cover my crotch. If the crotch doesn't leak, I won't feel sad. In winter, it was just another thick coat outside. The grandma and grandma from a wealthy family would make a shape according to the height, fat and thinness of their children, then sew them with cloth and stuff them with linen hair. A piece of thick winter clothing is ready, and the thick clothes are wrapped around the body, like a straw bag. Wearing a thick coat of kudzu, you will not be afraid of any heavy wind or snow. Those who have no conditions and are even poorer can only stuff some wheat straw, hay and reed flowers, mix them together to make them as fluffy as possible, and sew them with coarse cloth. However, compared with linen and animal hair, they are not as attractive in terms of appearance or warmth retention. For example, even so, a piece of winter clothing is usually worn by the older sister and worn by the younger brother, and the younger brother wears the younger sister. If it is torn, it is sewed, and if it is rotten, it is repaired. One piece of clothing can be worn by a series of children! When adults and children have free time, they will compete with each other. Who has more patches? You have five and he has eight. It is obvious at a glance whether he is poor or you are rich. In this way, the hard days will no longer feel hard! However, not all of them could survive the severe cold and scorching heat. Young children and elderly people all lost their lives as a result.
In comparison, the condition of Shaodong's family is much better. Although the clothes they wear in the winter are not the brocade hats and mink furs worn by the nobles, but they are no longer kudzu fur coats, but soft and warm cotton coats filled with price. Cotton is not cheap. This species was introduced from the Western Regions and is only grown in small quantities in the northwest frontier. Although they have excellent warmth retention properties, they are not used by everyone due to the cumbersome origin and production process. To be precise, they are not used by everyone. Used by poor people.
Let’s get back to the topic. Although the clothes in poor people’s homes are not warm and often leak, they are very easy to wear. Wear a thin lining, and when you put on the thick clothes, your arms will slip through the sleeves of the clothes, and when you button them, The same method is used for buttoning and trousers. With a push of the feet and a few breaths, the clothes and trousers are neatly put on. The belt is tied, the hands are folded and hidden in the sleeves, the animal skin hat is buttoned, and the head is turned The next step was to shrink, it was windy and warm, and I could only shiver a few times when I stood in the snow. They are used to being so neat at home, but coming to the military camp today and wearing this shiny armor is really a waste of effort. Breastfeeding may not be as tiring!
In fact, soldiers in the early Tang Dynasty did not wear Mingguang armor. At that time, infantry had special infantry armor, and the first generation of Mingguang armor was only standard equipment for cavalry. Later, with the strong military actions of a generation of empresses, unprecedented national power supplies were added As a result, the military reformed its armed forces and created the Mingguang Armor, which could be used to equip infantry. Compared with the cavalry's Mingguang Armor, the infantry's standard armor has removed many components, such as the terrifying shoulder and belly swallows, the ear protection on the helmet, and the hanging legs on the legs, etc., which have reduced the weight and increased flexibility. Sex, the color is also made of low-key silver, unlike the bright and noble golden yellow used by the cavalry. It is precisely the sophisticated equipment such as the Mingguang Armored Tang Hengdao that makes the foreign barbarians feel as quiet as a chill when they mention the Tang Dynasty. Hit them in the head with a knife.
But man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations, and man-made disasters are worse than natural disasters.
The Tang Empire, which made foreigners kowtow to apologize, actually had trouble in its own belly. That dead fat pig An Lushan, who was cut into pieces by a thousand cuts, did not have enough good local emperors, so he insisted on grabbing a great emperor. As a result, his selfish actions made the entire world miserable and resulted in countless deaths and injuries. However, he himself repaid the consequences too quickly. Before the emperor's throne was warm, he had his own son slaughtered like a pig. This can be regarded as a reflection of his character. body shape.
Although An Lushan suffered retribution, his son was not a good thing. Dragons gave birth to dragons and phoenixes, and the son of a mouse knew how to dig holes. An Lushan's son, An Qingxu, was just as bad as his father. Killing his own father did not eliminate harm to the people, but only worsened the situation and deepened the evil. The rebels of the An family were no better than those of the foreign countries. They enjoyed the emperor's favor and used the swords, guns and men given by the emperor. Unexpectedly, these people used the spears rewarded by the emperor to stab the emperor in the buttocks. Who knew that favored "loyal minister" The old emperor, should I cry or laugh.
The emperor is ridiculous, and the rebels are also ridiculous, but are the suffering people among them ridiculous? They are not funny at all, they are very pathetic. They see the world in chaos in an instant. It is difficult to distinguish between soldiers and bandits, officials and thieves. Without guidance, they do not know who to listen to, until their family's money and food are robbed in waves. , the family members were almost dead one by one, and they were scared to the point of despair, and then they thought of picking up sticks to protect their families, but at this time they did not know which was good and which was bad, and where the road was and which way the sky was. The people of Yongqiu are lucky. They still have Magistrate Zhang to follow them. Although they don't know who he works for, he is a good official. You should be able to survive by following him. Zhang Xun was the last straw they could grasp.
The people of Suiyang are also lucky. Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan gave them the direction to live. So these little chickens could hear the call and came to this barracks with a little hesitation. The so-called choice was just a matter of weighing the pros and cons. It was up to them to wait for death or fight. Even though he was trying to survive, he also thought that it might actually be a way out. Anyway, he was going to die on both sides, so it was better to take a gamble.
This should be the most incredible gamble in the world. The bet is life. Who dares to accompany you!
It’s really troublesome to wear life-saving armor!
They were familiar with the young master's family. They pulled over a slightly taller boy and the dark-skinned boy. They picked up the armor on the ground and explained the names and functions while helping the boy soldier put it on. The others followed suit, and several others The young sergeant walked to the middle of the group of these dolls, and when he saw someone who was really stupid, he took it upon himself to demonstrate and help. The group of people was full of enthusiasm and noisy.
The Mingguang Armor is complicated to wear, starting with the inner lining of cloth, then the lining, which is the leather inner armor; and then the iron body armor, which is the core, protecting the chest and abdominal internal organs, and the four round guards on the front and back Just at the front and back; next are the shoulder armor and arm armor. Although they are thick, they are reasonably designed and basically do not affect the lifting and reaching of the arms. Some generals who have outstanding military exploits and noble status wear a pair of animal-faced shoulder armors on their shoulder armors. There are many styles of shoulder swallows, and they are also very particular. Some of them are dragons and yaizi, which are mostly used by royal nobles. If ordinary people dare to wear them, it is considered treason and their heads will be chopped off! Next is the tiger head, which can only be used by great generals, and then the leopard head, which can be used by ordinary generals. As for the further divisions, the Shaodong family doesn't know yet!
Those little chickens listened to the leader in front of them talking incessantly. They never imagined that a small piece of armor would be so exquisite. It seems that we little soldiers must not wear random clothes in the future. What happened if we were not careful? Taboo, even after having his head chopped off, he is still a confused person.
The next slings are leg armor. The young master ordered that since these dolls are still new soldiers and have not been on the battlefield recently, they do not need to wear slings yet. But there is one thing that is indispensable, and that is the life-saving protective parts, "front armor and rear falcon tail". These two pieces of armor are hung on the front and back of the crotch to protect the owner's little brother at all times. If it cannot be damaged, it is better to have the arm broken than to damage the root. If you are not careful, that would be extremely unfilial!
Although the young master himself is still a young boy and doesn’t know much about what is going on here, he often hears the veterans in the camp talking nonsense and is influenced by what he sees and hears, so he can be regarded as half of the same people. For sophistication. These children listened to the instructor's instructions. Although they were young and ignorant, they still subconsciously clamped their thighs, guarding against a hidden arrow flying from somewhere and hurting their roots. Then they would cry without tears. When the time comes, they will burst into tears. "Mom, the child is unfilial"! How sad!
Qiu Yu gradually became sharper, and the young masters and the others saw that what they had taught was almost done, so they asked these dolls to return to the barracks to practice on their own. Everyone must put on and take off ten times before going to bed, and supervise each other. Anyone who fails to do so will be dealt with by military law! Although I can't remember what military law is exactly, these dolls didn't dare to ask. After the team was disbanded, they ran back to the barracks from the yard one by one, put on their armor, and lay down on the kang. After resting for a while, they got up obediently and followed the instructor's instructions, helping each other to take off and put on, take off and put on again.
The autumn rain finally became heavier. In the attic of the inner city, there was still the same meeting hall. The elegant general in armor stood in front of the window, looking at the pouring rain, his frown finally relaxed a little.
I hope this rain can last longer!
