Devil’s Advent

"The savages are coming!"

"The savage is coming, run!"

Accompanied by the screams of the peasants in Chu, a wildling cavalry rushed out from the northeast. They were not large, only about twenty cavalry. Except for the leader who wore a very simple leather armor, the rest People only wear pure animal skin clothes.

Compared with the lack of armor, their knives are standard. At the same time, the bows and arrows on their backs can also be seen to be the style of the old Yan army.

In the early days of the Dayan army, apart from the fact that they all played the black dragon flag and fashioned black, there were various types of weapons and armor.

The Zhenbei Army has its own system, the Jingnan Army also has its own style, and the soldiers and horses in various places also have their own characteristics.

Even now, it is still the case;

After all, it is already extremely difficult to maintain a large army, and it would be even more expensive to refit it... so, armor and some special weapons such as horse lances can be heirlooms, grandfather used by Sun Chuan;

However, the people in charge of one place have always had an almost harsh pursuit of military equipment, and they also enjoy the unified scenery when standing on a high platform for inspection.

Jindong's change of clothes actually started six or seven years ago.

The foundry outside Fengxin City had developed to an extremely terrifying scale long ago. At the same time, it also possessed extremely mature forging skills. Coupled with the various minerals that were continuously found from the Tianduan Mountains and even the snowfields, this was enough to support it. The overall change of the soldiers of the Jindong Palace.

In fact, the savages have been living on the "treasure house", and it seems that the more sloppy the place is, there will always be treasures underground;

It is a pity that the savages lack the ability to explore and dig, and they also lack forging and smelting skills;

And these, for the devil kings, are not a problem.

In the past few years, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households and even the Ministry of Industry of the Yan State court have sent official letters more than once, saying that they want to import some ordnance from Jindong.

But in the end, apart from the 300 sets sent by the regent to the emperor's personal guards as a facade, there was no other set available.

Even the emperor, there is nothing he can do about it. Although the commerce and trade in Eastern Jin is well developed, it is impossible to sell out the ordnance manufacturing aspect. It is a contraband in the true sense, and it is too late for the Eastern Jin Army to use it. How is it possible? to export?

Furthermore, Jindong belongs to Dayan in name, but in fact, it maintains a relationship similar to that of a tribute with the imperial court. During the festivals, the two sides will send people to each other to send some gifts;

The military pay and food of the imperial court do not enter Jindong, and Jindong has never been very interested in licking their nominal emperor.

If it wasn't for their prince's constant pressure, and the threat from the neighboring state of Chu, coupled with the almost unspoken goal of unifying Zhuxia, what the military leaders in Eastern Jin and those middle-level generals would most want to do is, It is to cross the Wangjiang River and go to Yanjing City to race horses.

The big change of clothes naturally eliminated a large number of old-fashioned ordnance, most of which were distributed layer by layer.

For example, when the two brothers of the Qin family went to serve as auxiliary soldiers, Father Tan asked the local Captain of the Fortress to ask for these backlogs of ordnance.

As for the savages, Gou Moli in Fancheng is directly under the savage army, so naturally they will be rationed in full, there is no reason to leave them in such a dangerous place and be harsh;

But for these savages who were temporarily transferred into the customs as servants, it is definitely impossible to give them any good equipment. Their definition is cannon fodder, and even the most basic auxiliary equipment must be exchanged for military merit.

The attitude of the palace is:

I want the dog to work hard,

Just keep them hungry.

To work hard for the palace, not only can you get weapons, but also rewards, and the biggest reward is the identity of the bidder.

In the past ten years, the palace has spared no effort to enrich and improve the spiritual civilization of Xueyuan,

Excellent results have been achieved, and many savage identities have begun to feel:

The stars are lowly,

The cold wind is base,

Myself... is also humble.

In the early days, Dayan adhered to a Daxia ethnic chauvinism policy, which emphasized that people who are not of my race must have different hearts.

Back then, the Zhenbei Army Commandery took the initiative to punish other tribes. Li Fusheng liked to destroy tribes for fun is the best example;

Even King Jingnan, when he led his army into the snowfield, also adopted a policy of massacre.

But the royal palace in eastern Jin did not like this policy of physical destruction.

To be precise, there are two ways to destroy a nation. One is the simplest and most cost-effective method, called physical elimination; the second is the most cost-effective and most effective method, called spiritual annihilation.

Destroy your belief first, and then help you rebuild your "faith", obviously ravaging you and exploiting you, but you are willing to do so, and you kneel down and sincerely call "my old father" from the heart.

The blind man is a good hand here. Over the years, the rebellion has been repeatedly frustrated, and the reason why the blind man has not gone crazy or depressed is that he has devoted a lot of energy to the snow field.

Now many savages in Xueyuan have realized that their hairstyle, their language and even their skin color are dirty. Only by entering Xueguan, becoming a standard household, and becoming a subject of the prince, can they get real salvation;

This strategy has a better effect, especially when the basic material life of the people in the two places is very different;

The "stuffed steamed buns" launched by the palace and designed by the prince are very attractive to the people in the land of Zhuxia, let alone the people in the snowy plain.

The year before last, Chen Daole wrote a secret booklet himself, admiring the profound layout of the prince, and directly pointing out that the steamed buns are not stuffed but bloody. In the booklet, the palace's policy towards Xueyuan is clearly Collectively referred to as the "Human Blood Mantou" policy.

After the prince himself saw this note, he didn't know what to say for a while.

It was the blind man who smoothed things over, saying that Chen Daole had inherited his master from him, and now he finally understood it, and he was considered a master.

"kill!"

Manton led his men and began to kill these Chu people. After killing all the Chu people within sight, they got off their horses and cut off their ears and put them in their bags. These are proofs of military exploits , They need to use this to exchange their rewards from the palace.

Because of the current position of the battle, the palace is not at all worried that these wildling servants will kill the good and take meritorious service, because they are killing the good to get merit.

"go back!"

Manton has already noticed that a Chu army has appeared not far away. Although he is very envious of the military exploits of the Chu soldiers, Manton knows that only the remaining people under his command can fight against the Chu soldiers. It is very unwise for a horse to head-on.

A month ago, he had more than 50 people under his command. Now, there are only less than half of them left. He doesn't think it's a pity, because part of the military merits obtained by these subordinates will be counted on himself , Right now, I am getting closer and closer to becoming a "standard household".

With the departure of the savages, the Chu army, who arrived one step behind, saw the corpses of civilians lying on the ground with one ear missing. The leading general stabbed his knife into the ground in great anger to vent his current heart. anger.

In the past month, a large number of savages began to flood the three counties of Moya, Wenqiu, and Shangyang County. It was the time of the autumn harvest, and they specially attacked the people who rushed to harvest;

Although the Chu army implemented a shrinking defense policy against the main force of the Jindong army, within itself, the strangulation and interception of these wild cavalry had never stopped, but they were like weeds, and they were cut off quickly. Grow a new batch.

The most exasperating thing is that, apart from their naive belief that they wrestled with the Chu army and had many confrontations with the Chu army at the beginning, the savages who have suffered so much now start to run away early when they see the regular army of the Chu army. After the Chu army left, they came back secretly, and when they saw the people who were about to snatch them, they immediately raised their bows and arrows.

The Chu army had organized several times of chases mainly by cavalry, but after these savages fled, they still knew how to "invite the king into the urn", which caused the Chu army to chase and kill the cavalry several times. For regular army cavalry, this result is naturally not ideal.

...

Manton led his men to patrol the wilderness for a few more days. After collecting enough ears for this group, they finally withdrew from the "hunting" circle and returned to the rear.

And the so-called rear area is actually in the Moya County Army. To be exact, a quarter of Moya County is now completely in the hands of the Yan Army.

Because the Chu people did not dare to take the initiative to attack, so Jindong mobilized a large number of civilians and began to build military forts and castles. Some cities that were originally abandoned by the Chu people were now picked up by the Yan people for restoration.

One is for war needs, and the other is that these facilities are not disposable after they are built, and they can continue to function in the future;

Three, and the most important point is... now that there is no war, everyone still has to eat for nothing, so let's get moving and do things.

When there was still a distance from the military camp, Manton signaled his subordinates to dismount and began to lead the horses away. Soon, another Jindong cavalry from the military camp came to check their identities. After confirming that they were correct, Manton waited Talents can enter the village.

There is a location in the stockade that is responsible for counting the spoils of the savages, and the corresponding rewards will be distributed directly at this time.

There are two main rewards that are most popular among savages. One is to exchange military merits for "standard household" points. After reaching a certain number of points, you can become a standard household, and you are allowed to bring your wife and children to Jindong to settle down;

The other is to exchange military merits for "commercial coupons". You can buy products sold by the palace to Xueyuan at a 50% discount. Now the palace has set up nine shopping malls on the snowfield. There are many commodities, many of which are still necessities for life in the snowfield.

Some savages who are ambitious or come in groups of individuals often pursue the first reward, while some savages gathered by tribes want the second reward more.

Manton piled the ears collected by himself and his men on the empty table next to them, and three clerks were in charge of counting them.

There are two counting positions next to it, and there is also a team of savages doing the counting at the moment.

Among them, a man with no ears and a teacup in his hand patrolled among them. When he came to Manton's side, Manton immediately bowed and saluted.

"The harvest is good this time, isn't it coming soon?" Guo Dong took a sip of hot tea and casually spoke to Manton.

"If you go back to the adults, hurry up, go out once more, that's enough." Manton said very humbly.

"Congratulations." Guo Dong replied politely, then walked to another tabletop to continue inspection.

It stands to reason that a person without ears checking the count of ears here will give people a strange feeling, but here, no one dares to belittle him, because his status is really not low in terms of logistics, and at the same time Many people know that he has a good brother who is now a senior official in the army and is in charge of military discipline.

Guo Dong didn't feel uncomfortable at all, because his ears and nose were dug out by Nian Yao. At that time, he was hung on the flagpole, and his life was hanging by a thread. Finally, the prince led the army and rescued him. own life.

Some people with disabilities will always be depressed in the eyes of others, and will become inferior and sensitive in their hearts. Unlike Guo Dong, he has become more mature and open because of this;

Originally, he was in charge of the management of the granary north of Zhennan Pass, but now that the war started, he was dispatched to the army to take charge of one of the logistics.

Looking at the ears of these Chu people, he didn't have much perverted pleasure of gloating, but he didn't have much sympathy either.

At this time, one of his subordinates stepped forward: "My lord, General Xu is here."

"oh."

Guo Dong put down his teacup and walked over.

Seeing Guo Dong, Xu An asked, "Are you tired?"

"It's easier to have fewer parts on your body, so you don't get tired."

"Hehe, I just came here to deal with a dispute between two savages."

Among the savage team, some of them started to cheat because they robbed their ears. This trend must be killed in advance.

"Is it done?"

"Well, I chopped off a few heads, and then I stopped by to see you."

"good."

At this time, one of Guo Dong's subordinates brought a bag according to Guo Dong's instructions.

"The fried noodles made by your sister-in-law have enough ingredients, you can eat them." Guo Dong handed the bag to Xu An.

Xu An didn't refuse, and just accepted it, which is not considered a bribe.

Although once in the army, the palace will take care of everything during the expedition, but the family can still ask someone to deliver things. Every once in a while, the military clerk will help write a batch of letters for someone to send home.

"How long do we have to wait?" Guo Dong asked.

"What?" Xu An smiled.

"Heh, what is there?"

"This is a matter decided by the higher-ups. To be precise, it is decided by the prince. Besides, the people of Chu can't get out now, so we can only continue to wait."

"It's a pity that the food is consumed every day." Guo Dong said with emotion.

"Human life is more important than food," Xu An said.

Guo Dong shook his head, "I'm surprised you can say that."

Because Xu An's parents were taken away as two-legged sheep at the beginning, he had experienced the period when human life was worthless.

Xu An stretched out his hand, patted his wristband, and said:

"In the past, our lives were worthless, but now, the prince says our lives are worth a lot."

"oh?"

"Anyway, there is no shortage of food." Xu An said.

"Of course there will be no shortage, but I'm afraid it will be ruined." Guo Dong twisted his neck, "I have managed the granary for many years, and I have feelings."

Xu An reached out and patted Guo Dong's shoulder:

"The storage is for use right now. You have to think about it. The Chu people on the opposite side should be more nervous about their food than we are. We have almost ruined the autumn harvest of his three counties."

Xu An bent down, leaned close to Guo Dong's ear, and reminded; "In the future, don't ask people casually about this kind of thing."

"What am I afraid of?"

Guo Dong really needn’t be afraid, his root is Miaohong, his father died in the hands of Chu people, he was tortured by Chu people, and he was once bestowed by the prince as a "Captain Mojin", and now the waist badge is still hanging on his waist .

"Where are the people around you?" Xu An asked back.

"you mean……"

"Some nails were well hidden in the past, but now they can't be hidden anymore, and they have to be cleaned again."

"okay, I get it."

"Well, I'll go first, take care."

"You take care too."

Seeing Guo Dong coming back again, Manton hurriedly laughed along with him.

Guo Dong nodded to him, and picked up his teacup again. The tea was cold, but he didn't care, and continued to drink.

After counting and proofreading, and counting military merits, Mandun satisfactorily took his hands to receive the meal.

There are a lot of people in the gang camp, and everyone needs to receive their daily meals with their own badges. Because this is a logistics and military camp, the meal schedule is not fixed.

When Manton and others went in, he happened to see a few savages who had just finished eating, sitting on the wooden pier over there, and one of them with a scar on his face was picking his teeth.

These savages are wearing brocade clothes!

Manton immediately led his subordinates to kneel down and salute the savages in brocade clothes.

"Ah."

The savages in brocade clothes showed contemptuous expressions on their faces.

There are savages in the prince's Jinyi personal guard, but there are not many of them.

During this period of time, along with the large-scale use of wildling servants, Jinyi's personal guards will often send people to these logistics camps to patrol, especially Jinyi's personal guards who are born as wildlings have the highest probability of being sent here.

They themselves, in fact, like to come.

This brocade suit is not only a symbol of glory in the Jindong Army, but in the eyes of my fellow clansmen, it can often reap ten times and a hundred times the happiness.

Seeing these savages still desperately using the most crude weapons and equipment on the Chu people's territory, risking being intercepted and killed by the Chu army, earning those meager military achievements,

The more the brocade savage felt proud,

I am also very glad that I voluntarily gave up the so-called stars and hairstyles early in the past, and swore allegiance to Jindong to be loyal to the prince. Now, the people in the snowy field of the snowy pasture and even the sunshine of the snowy field can bring them some physical discomfort;

I just feel that everything there is full of backwardness and ignorance, only in Jindong, it seems that even the wind has a sweet breath.

Manton and others saluted, they dismissed it.

Where are these lowly savages and untouchables qualified to speak to them?

But Manton and the others didn't dare to do anything wrong, they still got up slowly and cautiously, bowed their waists, and walked past these savages in brocade clothes, their eyes were full of envy;

Becoming people like them is the greatest pursuit in their life, and it is... a pursuit visible to the naked eye.

The year before last, Gou Moli had returned to Fengxin City for a brief report on his work, and the blind man invited Gou Moli to drink.

The blind man said at the wine table: "Now the savages in eastern Jin are more and more like our own people."

The former savage king, through the spirit of wine,

I asked a rhetorical question:

"The savages in eastern Jin and the savages in the snowfield, are they still the same kind of people?"