"October 1st, burn the cold clothes."
The boatmen on the boat got up early and gathered at the bow of the boat, watching the boat boss lighting paper money there. With the help of the wind, the fire of the paper money quickly grew in size and burned fiercely. Everyone was silent and looked at the fire.
In the past few years, countless innocent souls have died in a foreign country. Just when the Jin army forcibly moved the people from the west of Beijing to the north, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people died on the road. The road from Luoyang to the north is almost every step of the way.
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These innocent souls in a foreign land, in the cold winter, someone finally burned them a piece of clothing to protect them from the wind and cold.
People of this era especially believe in this. The boatmen who gathered around the bow of the boat, many with tears in their eyes, watched the fire quietly.
Zhang Jun got up early and stood behind the crowd, just watching them quietly.
It's not as cold in the canyon as it is in the mountains. The morning wind blows on you with a fresh breath, not too cold. An occasional crow call came from the distance, breaking the tranquility. The chirping carried far across the canyon, carrying echoes.
After burning the paper money, the boat boss took out Ming Yi again. While putting it into the fire to burn, he said in his mouth: "The sticky paper is made of clothing and cut, and burned in the early morning to turn it into ashes. Is the fruit of the cold spring table useful? But the sad sound is pleasant to my ears - "
The tone of voice was very strange, neither chanting nor singing, and it was not the tone of his usual speech. There is a special sadness in my ears.
After Ming Yi was burned, the boat boss led everyone and kowtowed three times.
Zhang Jun looked at the paper ashes on the bow of the boat, and then at the surrounding mountains, and suddenly felt desolate. If it were a peaceful time, the wild ghosts in the mountains would not feel too sad. But it's different now. The Jin soldiers were raging in the north, and the mountains and valleys were filled with dead wild ghosts. Who should they tell?
At noon, the boat arrived at Wubaozhai, and Jiang Min led people to greet it at the dock early.
Zhang Jun stood at the bow of the boat and saw Jiang Min early.
Jiang Min at this time is different from before. His body has obviously grown taller, stronger, and much burlier. Standing there, I have a sense of momentum
Zhang Jun whispered: "I haven't seen him for a year, but he really looks like a general now."
The boat docked and Zhang Jun stepped ashore. He cupped his hands to Jiang Min and said, "Damn it, I bothered you to pick him up personally!"
Jiang Min looked serious and said: "Qian Ju took office and personally went to supervise the transportation of military rations. How dare I not come?"
Zhang Jun smiled and said: "This is my responsibility, so what else? Everyone is polite."
Jiang Min always had a straight face and did things in a orderly manner. Zhang Jun was smiling all over his face, and he didn't know whether it was a fake smile or a real smile. While talking, they entered Wubao Village.
Wu Bao Village is built with rammed earth on the inside and stone walls on the outside. It is not far from the Yellow River. There are cliffs to the east, south and west. Only the north gate has a path connecting to the ridge behind it. It is an important place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. However, Wubao Village is on the west side of the Yellow River, Jiang Min only garrisoned troops here, and the dock is on the east bank of the Yellow River.
Entered the village hall and sat down. Jiang Min said: "Thanks to Qian Ju this time. Hukou no longer sails on dry land, but uses ships upstream. The military rations are indeed much faster. In this way, even though we have tens of thousands of troops, we can ensure that we will not go hungry this winter. .”
Zhang Jun said: "Du Tong, when we are sailing on dry land, the trackers are as bent as a shrimp, and the boat cannot move. I don't know how difficult it is. In order to pull the boat from downstream to upstream, it will take two or three days. How can we do it?" It’s not like we don’t have any boats upstream, so why bother?”
Jiang Min nodded: "Qian Xia is right, I didn't think carefully."
In fact, Jiang Min is the commander of an army of tens of thousands, so how can he have the energy to take care of dry land boating? Whatever the people below report is what it is, it is impossible to see it in person. It's just that there is no need to explain this kind of thing clearly to Zhang Jun. After Zhang Jun came, these matters were originally under his control.
I asked Zhang Jun about his hardships on the road. Looking at the sky, Jiang Min said: "We have prepared wine tonight to prepare for Qian's rule. Xuanfu strictly ordered that no drinking be allowed in the army, so we had to go outside. There is a Chen's Restaurant in the fort, and the food and wine are delicious. Let's go there. "
After finishing speaking, Jiang Min added: "In the evening, Deputy Commander Liang Xing will rush to Wubao to meet Qian Jue. The other generals can only go to Lishi to see them again."
Zhang Jun said: "It doesn't matter, it's the same if we see you sooner or later."
Jiang Min nodded and said nothing more.
The personal soldiers arranged to help Zhang Jun move, salute, and place him in a place of residence. Seeing that there was no one around, he whispered: "The ground in Shizhou is not three feet flat, and there are ditches and bumps everywhere. It is extremely difficult to arrange an army of 30,000 people. Dutong has been worried about this matter for the past few days."
Zhang Jun said: "These days when sailing, things are like this everywhere. Indeed, to arrange 30,000 troops in such a place is to break the commander's head. I don't know what the king is thinking, and to arrange 30,000 troops in this place." here.
Several soldiers arranged their luggage and waited aside for instructions.
Zhang Jun asked: "Which one of you is the leader? I've been busy for a while and I forgot again."
One hurriedly came forward and said: "It's me. My name is Chen Minghao, and I used to be the head of the capital."
Zhang Jun looked Chen Minghao up and down and said, "My memory is not good, please remind me from time to time."
Chen Minghao agreed, with a happy face.
In fact, how could Zhang Jun forget? Even if you forget, the military uniform of an officer is different from others, and you can tell it at a glance. It's just that Wang Xiao's hunting army is not allowed to lead his subordinates. Wherever he goes, he will arrange his own soldiers. Zhang Jun wanted to see if his own soldiers were specially selected by Jiang Min. As one of the two chief officers, if the personal soldiers were selected by the other party, his situation would not be good.
Now it seems that Chen Minghao and the others followed him as if they had won a prize, and it was not like Jiang Min had chosen them specially.
I guess that should be the case. As a close confidant of Wang Xiaolie, Jiang Min would not use such unflattering means to fight for power. As long as Jiang Min doesn't fight for power, it will be easier for him to do his job in the future and to cooperate with Jiang Min. And if Jiang Min fights for power, things will be difficult to handle.
After letting the soldiers go out, Zhang Jun went to bed to rest for a while. After days of sailing, Zhang Jun was indeed tired.
In the past, I didn't like to cooperate with others and always kept to myself. After studying in the military academy, I suddenly found that working with others is quite interesting, and I am particularly suitable for it. Perhaps, this is what people often call growing up.
Once he discovered this, it opened the door to a new world for Zhang Jun. In particular, the position of command assigned by Wang Xiaolie seemed to be tailor-made for Zhang Jun. I'm really looking forward to working with Jiang Min this time.
I am not good at or like arranging troops, but I am very interested in the relationships between people. Jiang Min is different. His relationship is as simple as possible and he focuses on leading troops to fight. Speaking of which, the two are truly a match made in heaven.
(It should be getting better soon. The update will be once a day for the past two days. If you adjust it, it will return to two updates a day in two days.)
