Since Yongjia, a large number of refugees have crossed the border in Jiangzhou. These homeless people have no fixed place to live, and they are separated from the king, and they are prone to cause disasters for a long time. Therefore, since Zhongxing, the successive Jiangzhou assassins have taken the pacification of the displaced people as the top priority, and the most effective ones are Ying Zhan and Wen Qiao in the early years.

Thanks to the efforts of the successive assassins and county guards, the reclamation in Jiangzhou is now quite large-scale, with tens of thousands of military households and official households, most of which are distributed in Yuzhang, Poyang, Linchuan, Xunyang and other counties. When Jiangdong Chengping had nothing to do, these military and civilian officials would stay in the farmland for cultivation and weaving production, and once something happened, tens of thousands of troops could be called in an instant.

Mo Yu is an ordinary member of the tens of thousands of military households, the old hometown He Xiang has long been forgotten, in the early years he followed Du Tao to Jiangzhou, and when Du Tao was defeated and died, these remnants of them were placed in Jiangzhou nearby. As soon as he entered the army, he was a lifelong pawn, in the past twenty years, Mo Yu didn't know who he was following, whether he was loyal or rebellious, in short, he had participated in more than ten battles large and small, and he was lucky not to die on the battlefield, and he could still marry a wife and have children, which is also an outlier.

Now Mo Yu is settled in Haiyang County, west of Poyang Lake, with a wife and a concubine, a son and three daughters, more than ten hectares of land and gong fields in the family, and there are still three or five farmers who are attached to it, which can be described as a solid family.

Mo Yu is more than forty years old, which is a rare longevity in the current military households, except for the left foot was cut off half of the soles of the feet on the battle formation in the early years, it is still considered to be a full beard and a full tail. Therefore, the military family in the left near is a person who accumulates blessings, and he is also very useful for this, and he is willing to eat it.

Today's Mo Yu is also an old senior in the military household, and he has never died in many battles, and even the captain who is in charge of them above his head has to treat this old soldier with courtesy. Thanks to this qualification, ordinary military training and labor can be exempted, and Mo Yu can be exempted from being called up. He did not need to go to the field to plough the fields himself, and he had those unnaturalized wanderers who rushed to join him, as long as he could manage their full food, he could work as cattle and horses at all four hours of the farm.

The only thing that is not beautiful is that Mo Yu's son has been sick since he was a child, and he is unbearable for farming and training, so he really doesn't look like a soldier child. For the sake of his own only incense, Mo Yu also took great pains to leave a daughter at home to recruit a strong slave, who could usually be used as a military envoy and replace his son's military service in wartime.

Although there is a rule that the town is not levied, but in this era, who keeps that kind of false text, and when his family opened the field, it was the family of Sanding, once the conscription was issued, he could not hand over the full amount of Dingkou, and the military order should be beheaded, who would care about his life or death.

Spring ploughing has begun for a long time, but the grain seeds have not been distributed in Tunxia for a long time, and the neighbors begged him, so Mo Yu asked his son-in-law Mo Zhong to drive an ox cart to the Tun Mansion to ask Shangguan. However, there was a mess in the tun mansion, and no one answered him at all, not even the veteran lieutenant who had often pulled him to chat in previous years.

After many years in the army, he naturally developed a sense of crisis, Mo Yu quickly left the tun mansion and told his son-in-law to drive back to his hometown quickly.

"In such chaos, I am afraid that we will raise troops again, if it is a big call...... Slave, this time you're ready to fight for your brother! ”

Mo Yu said worriedly on the ox cart that the name of his son-in-law had long been unknown, so he changed his family name, but Mo Yu was still used to calling him a slave and did not regard him as a family.

"I know, I know, grandpa."

The son-in-law, Mo Zhong, was born tall and big, burly and strong, with a simple face, and nodded again and again after hearing this. Suddenly, the ox cart hit the dirt and rocks on the road and bumped, Mo Yu glared, and the bamboo strip went down: "Stupid slave look at the road carefully, whose car is forbidden to drive so bumpy!" ”

Mo Zhong arched his back and took it honestly, turned around and smiled and apologized. Seeing him like this, Mo Yu was even more annoyed, and he twitched a few more times and scolded a few times: "It's really stupid!" Why did you accept you stupid thing by mistake back then......"

The cantonment is located in a beach, with many houses, Mo Yu is considered to have some family backgrounds, spacious mansions, and even ox carts to spare, which is already a first-class family among military households. After returning home, there were already a group of villagers waiting here, Mo Yu got off the car and waved his hand: "There is no news, let's go back to our respective homes." ”

After sending everyone away, Mo Yu immediately gathered his family and told his old wife: "This time there may be a big call, my slave and I will join the army, you women are at home, you must guard my family Anu." All the households in the field were driven away, and if the commander found out, it would be a disaster for the family......"

After a lot of explanations, and then the family was busy preparing, and the grain, cloth and other family funds accumulated in previous years were hidden in the cellar a little far from home at night, and even the old cows and chariots were pulled out of the house and hid in the tidal reed pond.

The reason why he didn't tell others what he had observed was not that Mo Yu was dark, but that things like military affairs have always been secret. If he preaches it to the public in advance, it will lead other families to hide Dingkou and track it down, Mo Yu's ten heads will not be enough.

Mo Yu's judgment was not wrong, and on the third day after returning home, the summons was sent to the cantonment. A lieutenant in his twenties led more than 100 heavily armed soldiers to gather all the families.

Mo Yu, who had already been prepared, and his son-in-law Mo Zhong were about to go out with rations on their backs, and an old bow without strings at home instructed his son-in-law to put it on his back: "You stupid slave doesn't have long eyes, and you have a good physique, so you may not be able to be selected by the commander." Bringing your own equipment is also a guarantee of life. ”

Mo Zhong was used to being scolded by his father-in-law, and when he heard this, he just smirked and didn't refute it.

The little slave in the family is seventeen years old, but he is thin and has not yet grown into a physique, and before going out, Mo Yu carefully told his son to hide it and not to be discovered, so he went out.

When Weng and his son-in-law arrived at the entrance of the village, more than 100 people had gathered here. When everyone saw Mo Yu coming, they stepped forward to inquire. If it was in the past, Mo Yu would also be happy to be an old veteran to tell everyone about military matters, but seeing that the recruited lieutenant was not very old, but his demeanor was cold, he knew that this kind of cucumber egg was the happiest to provoke the veteran to establish his prestige, so he pulled his son-in-law and shrank in a corner, unwilling to arouse attention.

"After three drums, three hundred and sixteen should be recruited, and sixty-three are missing."

After the armoured soldiers at the entrance of the village had finished counting, they returned to report to the captain. When the young lieutenant heard this, his face turned dark, and he held the saber between his crotch and shouted to the soldiers: "Make another drum, enter the village to check later, and kill those who hide it!" ”

When the other military families heard this, they were still giggling and didn't care. This kind of scene, they have not experienced it, no matter how fierce they shout, in the end, they will not be killed.

But Mo Yu remembered the chaos he had seen in the Tun Mansion earlier, and the veteran commander who had followed him for many years was actually replaced by a young man, so he was faintly awe-inspiring in his heart, and after a little groaning, he whispered to his son-in-law: "Go home quickly and call your brother." ”

When Mo Zhong heard this, he didn't say much, even if he left the team and rushed home. When the others saw this, they couldn't help but be surprised and whispered about it. After a while, some families also returned home to call for help, but many more remained indifferent.

As soon as the drum was finished, the lieutenant raised his horsewhip in his hand and shouted, "Get on the ground! ”

Mo Yu hurriedly pulled his son and son-in-law who had just joined the team and lay on the ground, and everyone saw this, and they all lay down one after another. Then, more than thirty people were divided behind the captain, holding bows and swords, and the others galloped towards the village under the leadership of the captain.

Seeing this, many of the people lying on the ground let out exclamations, and before they could make a move, they heard the surrounding thugs shouting: "Kill those who trespass!" ”

There was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the village, and when he heard those shouts, Mo Yu couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, fortunately he saw the opportunity early. He rolled his eyes, tore off the old bow on his son-in-law's shoulder and stuffed it to his son, and commanded in a low voice: "Don't be alarmed, little slave, follow Grandpa later, there will be no danger......"

Before the words fell, a series of howls and cries were heard in the village, and without a twist, the captain returned again, and the soldiers behind him drove nearly a hundred people back to the entrance of the village.

When the captain arrived at the entrance of the village, he pointed to one of them and shouted, "Who's the son?" ”

The soldiers lying on the ground were silent and did not dare to make a sound.

"Kill!"

As soon as the words fell, the butcher's knife was swung up, and the big head rolled to the ground.

"Son......"

Seeing this, a middle-aged man who was lying on the ground was stunned, and his head was raised suddenly. Then a sharp sound sounded through the air, and a feathered arrow shot out, nailing the person to death on the spot!

The captain saw that everyone was silent, the corners of his mouth were already sneering, and he turned his horse around the Ding Kou that was searched from the village, and the horsewhip pointed casually: "Out of the ranks, you are also out of the ranks......

More than a dozen people were ordered one after another, and they came out one by one with their heads hanging down and trembling, but in the end, they were greeted with the word "kill", and more than a dozen people fell to death on the spot under the random arrows in an instant!

"This time, a light punishment will be given, and if there is a repeat offense, both men and women will be punished!"

The lieutenant stood in a pool of blood, and his tone was as cold as ice: "Get up, line up!" ”

The crowd scrambled to their feet, barely forming a line, and then they were driven to the next camp. After four or five cantonments, the team gradually expanded to more than 1,000 people. Then, under the leadership of the captain, he went to Nanchang County.

"Grandpa, I'm tired, I'm hungry ......"

In the team, the Mo family children drooped their heads and said weakly.

Mo Yu was also covered with dust at this time, his face was full of sorrow, after all, he was old and weak, and he walked non-stop for nearly a day and a night, his steps were already staggering, and he was unable to take care of his son.

"Little slave is silent, brother-in-law carries you!"

Mo Zhongxing, who had been muffled behind, came up, he had three grain bags hanging on his waist, bent down to carry his brother-in-law, and at the same time stuck one hand in his father-in-law's ribs, and walked forward with difficulty with one back.

With the help of his son-in-law, Mo Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and rarely looked at his son-in-law and said: "The stupid slave can finally borrow strength, and my rice and grain are not wasted......"

After Mo Zhong heard this, he smiled again, but did not speak, and the sweat had already gathered under his neck.

The sound of the horse's hooves suddenly sounded beside him, Mo Yu turned his head to look, and he couldn't help but fly out of the sky, only to see that the young captain was looking at the three of them coldly outside the ranks.

"Quick, let go of me, let go of your brother......"

Mo Yu hurriedly stood up straight, and at the same time ripped his son off his son-in-law's back.

"Get out of the line!"

The lieutenant's horsewhip pointed at Mo Zhong weakly, and his tone was as cold as ever.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law don't ......"

The little slave of the Mo family had seen how cruel this captain was, and he was afraid that his brother-in-law would die immediately, so he held Mo Zhong's hand and did not let go.

"Let go, let go!"

Seeing this, Mo Yu was even more dripping with cold sweat on his forehead, raised his hand and pushed Mo Zhong out of the ranks, and he also chased him out, pulling Mo Zhong to kneel in the dust on the side of the road.

The lieutenant lowered his head and looked down, pointed at Mo Yu and waved his hand: "Get back into the formation!" ”

Mo Yu opened his mouth, patted Mo Zhong's shoulder, and crawled back into the team.

"It's a brave force, give him armor, and enter it into the superintendent array!"

The lieutenant looked at Mo Zhong on his horse, dropped a word, and then turned his horse away. Several other soldiers stepped forward, and there was no lack of envy and stuffed a light armor and a long knife into Mo Zhong's arms.

"This—This is? I still have a father-in-law, a wife and a brother to take care of......"

Mo Zhong ate and ate, and a person next to him patted him on the shoulder and shouted: "Silence, go into battle later and fight for your life, who can take care of whom?" When you enter the Governor's Formation, you are the commander of the soldiers, and the future is unlimited! ”

Mo Zhong looked back at the team again, and the figures of his father-in-law and brother-in-law were gone, and the soldiers next to him were urging again, so he could only put on his armor, stepped on the ring sword, and hurriedly caught up with the team.

When the family met again, they were already outside Nanchang City, and Mo Zhong finally understood what the overseer he had joined was. They need to guard the Lord's vicinity, to oversee the battle when they are about to fight, and to cut off those who do not obey the order.

"Sure enough, people want clothes, and my stupid slave is put on battle armor, and he is also a soldier!"

Entered the camp outside the city of Nanchang, and the military order was slightly relaxed. Mo Yu's father and son have also received their own armaments, a knife, a bow, and arrows are only rationed when they go into battle, but there is no armor on the defense, only a shirt with broken knees and bare elbows.

Mo Yu held his son-in-law in his hand, and said in his mouth: "What a foolish man, your father-in-law was also born and died, and he has never been elected to the supervision array." What a stupid slave my family is...... Gee! ”

Mo Zhong was still smiling, and when he saw that there was no one near him, he stuffed two palm-sized pieces of iron armor wrapped in rags to his father-in-law. Mo Yu's eyes lit up when he entered his hand, and he hurriedly tore open his son's shirt and stuffed it in, and said in a low voice: "If you can survive, you must remember that your brother-in-law gave you a life!" ”

Weng didn't have to talk for a long time, and immediately after the meal, he started immediately, but the target was a huge manor not far away. There was no one to command the manor, and a group of family members dispersed, and then the sergeants rushed into the garden, and a large amount of rice, silk, goods, and so on were carried out.

"Grandpa, so many meters! So much...... Who can save so much money! ”

The little slave of the Mo family carried a grain bag on his shoulder, stepping on the rice grains full of white flowers on the ground, his eyes were shining, he had never seen so much rice grain in his life! There are more than a dozen large warehouses, each of which is like a mountain of rice, and their group of people is like rats falling into the rice warehouse.

However, Mo Yu's face was full of melancholy, and when he finished carrying and gathering, he slapped his body hard, so as not to get a grain of rice, and at the same time helped his son to slap.

"Silly, Ah Zhong, which house are we attacking?"

Seeing his son-in-law hurrying by, Mo Yu hurriedly shouted and asked.

Mo Zhong saw that no one was paying attention to the left and right, so he leaned over and whispered: "I heard that it was Yuzhang Luo, Grandpa, don't say more, don't hide it privately...... I've already beheaded seventeen or eighteen people myself......"

After finishing speaking, Mo Zhong left in a hurry.

When Mo Yu heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath, and the little slave next to him was curious: "Grandpa, what kind of official position is Don't Drive?" Where did his family save so much rice? If you don't have a hundred and ten dings, you can't harvest so many ......"

"Silence!"

Mo Yu covered his son's mouth with his backhand, and then sighed: "What a fool, one hundred and ten?" Yuzhang Luo's family, thousands of mouths have not arrived! If you can't keep such a portal, this Jiangzhou is only afraid of chaos! ”

This father-son gossip is still underestimated after all. Yuzhang Luo's has a long heritage, and within one day, more than a dozen manors were confiscated. There are more than 2,000 households and 8,000 men and women!

The whole confiscation operation continues, but the Mo father and son are not fortunate to participate, because they are going to open again, going up from Nanchang, and will go to Xunyang.

"Xunyang is too guarded by Zhou Fu to make trouble, and Jingzhou is a dog, and our department is ordered to recapture Xunyang!"

The military situation from the son-in-law's mouth made Mo Yu worried, it is true that he is just a soldier, but he has been in the army for a long time, he still knows where Jingzhou is and who the dog is. Trembling all the way, running for his life. When they were approaching the city, they were stationed in this unit, waiting for follow-up reinforcements.

"Three big ships, full of corpses! The river is full of flesh and blood, and you can't see the water......"

In the night, there was a sudden sound of dreams in his ears, Mo Yu hurriedly turned over and covered the mouth of his son who was shouting in his sleep.

Suddenly, there were a few wild birds chirping in his ears, and after Mo Yu heard it, he suddenly turned over, quietly slipped out of the camp, and watched for a moment in the night, only to find his son-in-law hidden behind the haystack, he leaned over and whispered: "Ah Zhong, what's wrong?" ”

"There were three thousand in front, nearly half of them died, and nearly half of them fell...... I can't hold it, grandpa, don't sleep deep these nights, wait for me to call you! ”

After finishing speaking, Mo Zhong climbed out of the camp with difficulty.

After this night, Mo Yu redoubled his vigilance, sleepless every night, and his eyes were bloodshot. Stationed here for a little and a half months, they only went out of the camp once, still to clean up the battlefield. The wreckage on the ground and the blood on the hands made many people vomit and lose sleep at night. The only thing to talk about is that his little slave gradually adapted to this atmosphere, but slept steadily.

After another three days, the drums suddenly beat in the night, Mo Yu hurriedly picked up his sleeping son, rushed out of the barracks in the dark, grabbed Chen's knife and gun outside the camp, and rushed to the firelight.

A group of people who were awakened from their sleep staggered into the night like ghosts. Running wildly all the way, it was dawn in an instant, Mo Yu dragged the bamboo gun, and dragged his son who was stumbling with his drunken footsteps with one hand, and all he saw were soldiers running wildly, and a few flags were faintly visible in the distance, but they were no longer what they looked like.

Mo Yu's father and son ran wildly with the chaotic army, and it was not until the middle of the day that they finally stopped in a river bay. A group of people fell to the ground crookedly, allowing the soldiers to shout and scold, and none of them got up. Only when I heard the sound of the cooking drums, did I get up like a walking corpse and walk towards the place where the smoke rose.

"I'm afraid there are more than 3,000 people!"

Mo Yu looked at it, and soon made a judgment, goodbye to the riverside is only a dozen large stoves, and it is clearly not enough to use. He was in a hurry and dragged his son to speed up. However, before he got close to the nearest stove, there was already a fight ahead, roaring, shouting and scolding one after another, and as far as the eye could see, knives and guns were flying, and flesh and blood were flying!

"Volley! Voltaic ......"

Not far away, a group of hundreds of soldiers in neat armor rushed over, surrounding the source of the turmoil, shooting in unison.

"Grandpa, are we going to die? Where is this? Where is home? ”

The little slave of the Mo family was knocked down by Grandpa and curled up in the dirt pit, trembling all over.

"Anu, don't be surprised, don't be surprised...... We're not going to die, we're not going to die...... And your brother-in-law......"

Although he comforted his son, Mo Yu's heart sank suddenly, and he was very familiar with the vision, it was clear that the defeated army was fleeing, where he was going to flee, and whether he would die on the way was undecided. Will they be able to return to their hometowns in the future? He really doesn't know! I haven't seen Mo Zhong so far, I'm afraid that he has been more than lucky.

With his hand pressed on the warm piece of iron on his son's chest, Mo Yu couldn't help but burst into tears: "Where are you, stupid slave?" I don't know if I'm alive or dead, how can I explain to your lady......"

A large number of troublemakers were killed, and the Mo family father and son finally approached the pot stove and got half an urn of thin soup.

"Grandpa, drink ...... quickly"

The little slave of the Mo family grinned and drank a large mouthful of hot soup, and then stuffed the crockpot into Grandpa's hand.

"Grandpa is not hungry, not hungry......"

Mo Yu waved his hand, and the other hand was always holding the saber, looking at the confused or vicious eyes around him with vigilance.

After resting for less than half an hour, the group was kicked and urged to go on the road again. Just stop and go, occasionally settle in some manors or cities in the middle, but after a short time, it is often a hasty escape. Rao is an old pawn of Mo Yu, and at this time, he can't figure out how many commanders have been replaced, but he only knows how to hold on to his son and keep up with the team firmly.

The green onions became thicker and thicker in the night, and they didn't know how many days and nights they had escaped, and the original brigade of three or four thousand people was now less than two thousand. The saber in his hand had long since rusted, but he had never drunk blood, and he did not know what he was running away.

On this day, the group arrived at a vast lake, and before they could stand on their feet and rest, suddenly a rapid drum sounded in the straw mat in the lake. Then, several large ships slowly drove out of the lake, and many soldiers on board, with strict armor and bright swords and guns, made people dazzle.

"Where's the front? Rapid abandonment notice! The Dongyang Army was ordered by Shen to enter Jiangzhou to pacify the rebellious army! ”

There was a loud shout from the big ship, which fell on the ears of the remnants of the soldiers on the shore, but it caused a lot of commotion. Even Mo Yu, an old pawn, couldn't help but have strong doubts in his heart: since they assembled, they have been exhausted and have not killed a single person, why did they suddenly become a chaotic army again?

Seeing that the big boat was approaching, some people on the shore began to run and flee, and when the people on the big boat saw this, they put down the small boat and rushed to the shore with a full load of soldiers. ”

"Grandpa, ......"

Seeing this, the little slave of the Mo family was already pale with shock, and suddenly his hand sank, but he saw that Grandpa's face was distorted, and his knee socket had been pierced by a stray arrow. He was about to carry Grandpa on his back and flee for his life, but when he saw another round of arrow rain coming through the air, he hurriedly hugged Grandpa and fell into the grass and half-submerged water, trembling all around.

By this time, the boat had hit the shore, and a large number of soldiers rushed down from the boat, led by a burly general in scale armor. After coming ashore, he was not in a hurry to kill the enemy, but flew to the rebellious soldiers fleeing to the left, and shouted: "Is it the sea dusk camp? Isn't it ...... the camp of the sea sunset?"

"Anu, are our father and son going to die? How did I hear your brother-in-law calling me? I hated him when I was alive, and I bothered him when I died! You reply, reply, don't let his wandering soul miss it, our family soul is in the same place......"

Under the grass mat, Mo Yu's eyes were confused and his tone was ethereal.

The little slave of the Mo family was trembling in the grass, and when he heard what Grandpa said, he raised his head and listened, the voice was getting closer and closer, and then the burly body suddenly jumped into his eyes: "It's a brother-in-law, it's a brother-in-law!" Grandpa, that's my brother-in-law......"