Nightfall Chapter 111: Go to war (second more)

In the accounts of the magnificent war in the world many years later, Tang's first counterattack was from the moment Ning Que escorted the queen and the sixth prince back to Chang'an City and killed Li Hunyuan.

But in fact, Tang’s initial counterattack did not come from Ning Que, nor from the Zhenbei Army fighting against the Golden Tent King’s Court, or even from the Chao Xiaoshu who led the Xiaoqi Camp alone out of Chang’an to face the tens of thousands of invaders in Eastern Xinjiang It was not a navy officer who made Qinghe red, but a farmer.

In the fertile wilderness of the south of Datang, there is a village.

There is a stream next to the village and a stone mill by the stream. Opposite the mill is a raised meadow with dense grape racks. The grapes on the racks have long been picked, and only some dysplastic grapes are left behind. The place, covered with autumn frost and dust, looked very inconspicuous.

This is a beautiful village, but it is not much different from other villages in Tang Country. It looks as inconspicuous as the small bunches of grapes hanging on the grass **** under the grape racks.

There is a farmer in the village called Yang Erxi. Although he insists that he is a painter, in the eyes of the villagers, this fat guy who makes a good pitchfork and feeds the pigs is of course a farmer, which is still the best. For the kind, Yang Erxi couldn't refuse this kind of praise, so Shen acquiesced.

Like many men in the countryside of Datang, Yang Erxi worked in the army, fought with the Yan people in the frontier fortresses, and chopped down the prairie cavalry. This is a good skill for painting, and he also learned it in the frontier army.

In the years since he was discharged from the army, he married a wife and had children, earned money to support his family, and lived a peaceful and joyful life. Apart from the common quarrels in every household, there was nothing to worry about.

The ups and downs of life have been left in the border fortress years ago. Apart from encountering a **** horse who likes to drink porridge, there are no new and exciting experiences in life.

Yang Erxi sometimes misses those days at the frontier.

One day, he was painting a wall in a public school with a bucket of tree paint. Suddenly a government officer walked into the public school. Put a piece of white paper on the wall, and then hurried away.

Yang Erxi had been making trouble for two years, but in the end Yamen still refused to raise the money. He was beaten by his father, and was crying for a long time by his daughter. He had to agree to come to school. He was in a bad mood and became even more annoyed at this time, thinking that these guys didn't see me painting. Paste such a large piece of white paper here. How to brush it?

Of course, he wouldn't admit that what he was most annoyed about was not being able to read the words on that piece of paper.

The literacy rate of the Chinese is extremely high. He has been mischievous since he was a child. After joining the army, it hasn’t changed. He would rather suffer a military stick than participate in a literacy class. So now he has become one of the few illiterate people in the village, and he is often teased by the neighbor's children, so this has become his last regret.

Fortunately, a bell rang in the public school after a while, and the people in the village heard the bells coming one after another, ready to listen to the Jie Lü teacher to explain to everyone what the court promulgated.

The Jie Lü teacher of the public school has not yet come out. Those literate people have already understood the content on the white paper, because it is not a new law. It's a battle report.

Everyone was silent, and his face became very ugly.

Yang Erxi still didn't know what was written on it. Seeing everyone's expressions, he became more anxious. He grabbed a child who wanted to go home to notify his parents, and shook his fist, finally knowing the answer.

"Northeast Frontier Army. Ambush and defeat in Yan State."

There is still a lot of content in the court document, especially for the people in the counties and villages in Eastern Xinjiang, requiring them to evacuate as quickly as possible, and the state's Xiang army organizes defense on the spot. Recruit men with military experience...

No one paid attention to these contents, because there is still a long way to go from Yan State. Those words were not for them, people were just shocked and angry at the failure of the empire, and there was a lot of discussion.

Some people were worried and asked whether Yan's troops would attack here, which immediately evoked a lot of ridicule. No one believed it at all. Everyone believed that as long as the court sent a large army, Dongjiang would definitely be fine.

Yang Erxi has been very silent. After the crowd dispersed, he took the Jie Lü teacher from the public school and seriously consulted the contents of the court documents.

He is not in the mood to paint again, anyway, the county government doesn't give much money.

He returned home and drank with half a pot of pig's feet and a basket of pickles. The more he drank, the more bored he got.

The wife squatted outside the threshold, scooping out grape skins and dregs from the wooden barrel, preparing to make wine, and suddenly realized that she hadn't heard a man talking for a long time and asked: "What's the matter?"

Yang Erxi said: "It's okay."

The wife said: "You should also eat some food. Drinking on an empty stomach is a thing."

Yang Erxi gave a hum and continued to drink. The more he drank, the more silent he was, but his eyes brightened.

Suddenly, he said to his wife: "I'm going to a far door."

The wife raised her head and asked in confusion: "What's the matter?"

"Something happened to the east."

Yang Erxi recounted the contents of the court documents and said: "I want to go and have a look."

The wife froze for a while, then laughed, the grape juice in her hand was flying everywhere, and laughed: "Something happened to the east... Is your pigsty east or grape shelf east? It seems like Da Tang is Like your home, are you the emperor or the empress? You are a farmer."

Yang Erxi said angrily: "I paint, not farm!"

The wife didn't take his words seriously, thinking he was drunk crazy, she lowered her head and continued to work, muttering: "Every time I drink a little wine, I like to talk nonsense."

After Yang Erxi was silent for a moment, he buzzed and said, "I'm not talking about drinking. It is written in the back of the court document that men who have served in the army will be recruited as long as they are under 40."

Only then did my wife realize that what the man said was really not about drinking. She took her hands out of the wooden barrel, wiped her clothes indiscriminately, and said nervously: "The imperial conquest order was issued to Dongjiang, and we What does it matter?"

"We are close to the city of Chang'an and far from the eastern frontier. I am afraid that it will take several days for the court documents to arrive. Maybe at that time, the Yan people and those **** barbarians have already attacked, and there are What's the use."

"Even if the imperial court wants to recruit...you have to wait for the county government to organize. Isn't this still not happening?"

Yang Erxi said in a deep voice: "It's too late to wait for the county government organization."

The wife trembled and said, "But...what's the use of you going alone?"

Yang Erxi said: "Even if Eastern Xinjiang is invaded, the court will definitely set up wartime yamen there. When I get there, I will naturally vote for them."

The more the wife listened, the more upset she became, and she screamed at the next room: "Father, come on!"

Yang Erxi patted the table heavily, dipping pickles and gnawing leftover trotters, all fell to the ground.

He furiously said: "What to shout! I usually ask you to call Daddy over to eat, why your voice is not so loud!"

The courtyard door creaked and was pushed open. An old man crouched in came in.

Yang Erxi stood up and said, "Father, have you eaten yet?"

The old man looked at the wolves, clicked his lips, and said, "No."

Yang Erxi said: "Then let your daughter-in-law chop the wax legs?"

My wife looked at her father-in-law with tears in her eyes, thinking that she didn't short the food of your old man on weekdays, so she didn't call you the last time when braising pork leg. You can't be angry because of this. If you can keep this drunken guy at home. Not to mention the cured pork leg, I chopped off my leg to honor you.

The old man didn't speak for a while.

Yang Erxi is a little nervous.

"Your noisy noises are so loud, just across a wall. How could I not hear?"

The old man said.

Yang Erxi is very strong and tall, but at this time he honestly lowered his head, just like when he made mistakes when he was a child. He whispered and said, "I am the one who retired from the frontier army. If I don't go at this time, it's nothing..."

Before he could finish speaking, the old man stared his eyes and sternly shouted: "Is it amazing to be a soldier? Your father and I also served as a soldier! I also made it to a small school! What are you showing up here? "

The wife heard the words and stopped crying, looking forward to the father-in-law with great hope.

The old man was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "If you want to go, then go. If I am not sixty, or forty. I will go with you."

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Yang Erxi took out a well-maintained boxwood bow from the cabinet.

Then he carried the sharp and reflective pitchfork on his shoulders, and his wife tied a heavy pork leg to the other end of the pitchfork, and asked, "Would you like to tie another pot of wine."

The daughter-in-law in the country of Tang Dynasty usually has this kind of temperament. Seeing that they can't change it, they accept it silently. Then began to take care of his man seriously.

Yang Erxi said: "This is going to be a war. Drinking is against military discipline."

The wife put down the newly brewed wine, thinking that she is not a serious soldier, where is the military discipline?

The two children ran home at this time, and the younger brother ran out of breath. His face flushed and wanted to say something. But she couldn't tell. The older sister looked at Yang Erxi and said angrily: "Father, the school paint hasn't been finished yet, Mr. Teacher is very upset. Do you want us to not be able to read books, are we all like you?"

If it was normal, Yang Erxi would definitely lose his temper after listening to his daughter talking like this, and then honestly carried the paint bucket to public school to finish the rest of the work, but today he just smiled slyly Laughed.

"Tell sir that I will finish painting the paint when I come back."

Yang Erxi looked at his father again and said, "Father, I'm leaving."

The old man nodded and said, "Be careful on the road."

Yang Erxi kissed his wife **** the cheek, very loud.

The two children probably watched more of this kind of scenes, and were not surprised, they were just curious about other things.

The son opened his eyes and asked: "Father, where are you going?"

Yang Erxi said: "Go to the east."

The daughter asked: "Father, what are you going to do."

Yang Erxi said: "Go to war."

The daughter said excitedly: "Father, we must win."

"Of course I will win."

Yang Erxi smiled, carrying a bow and arrow, carrying a pitchfork, and went out.

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(I really like this chapter. When I write it, I always feel that there is a very clear childish voice in my ear asking, what are you going to do, Shen Om said, go to war, this feeling is really true Ok. I am a little happy to write, so I have a few words) {PiaoTian Literature www.PiaoTian.com Thank you for your support, your support is our greatest motivation}