Chapter 16: Looking Back
In 1975, two pieces of wooden coffins were unearthed in the sleeping tiger land of Yunmeng County, Hubei Province, which were letters from two ordinary Qin soldiers who participated in the battle of Huachu. He said that if his mother didn't send the money quickly, his life might not have been saved. When he didn't have enough money, he borrowed money from others and hoped that his mother would send him money. Hefu wanted his mother to send her summer clothes as soon as possible. If the cloth at home is expensive, send more money and buy your own cloth to make summer clothes. When he went out, he thought it was not a long time, and he was still wearing relatively thick clothes, but now that it is hot and there are no clothes, I hope that the family will send him clothes. ’
Lu Zhe looked at the two brothers in front of him in a daze, the black man who was in charge of taking care of the firewood was stout and had a full beard, but he was already asleep, but he looked thin, and there was a beard raised on both sides under his nostrils.
The ancients were old, and most of them could not tell their age from their appearances, but he guessed that he was about forty, and Heifu was probably in his thirties.
In the records, these two brothers participated in the battle of Huachu, and Lu Zhe didn't know how many years BC it was, but from what they were wearing, it can be seen that Heifu and Jing had no gains in the battle of Huachu, both of them were dressed in gray-black robes and had no armor.
After asking again, Lu Zhe learned that the two were not in the same tun, and Heifu was under the command of a tun chief named Jian, and the shocked tun chief was a flail with a good relationship.
Lu Zhe was surprised: "There are so many people who take a single word......"
Indeed, since the Spring and Autumn Period, there are very many names with only one character, and very few have surnames.
For example, Shang Ying, he also has only one word 'martingale', and when he introduced himself, he first called himself 'Wei Ying', not surnamed Wei, and the meaning expressed was 'he came from Weiguo (Wei Di), and his name was martingale'. Later, he had a fief 'Shang' and became a 'feudal monarch', and his fief name became a surname, and others called him 'Shang Jun', and his self-introduction was changed to 'Shang Ying'.
The first word of people's names is usually the place of birth or the title, and the second is the name, as for the clan, it is only the big nobles, and the people who have the clan indicate that the ancestors are very prominent.
Lu Zhe has been living in this era for almost a year, and due to the limitations of underdeveloped information, he knows very little about the Tao, because he usually has more contact with people with a single name, but his understanding of surnames and first names is very thorough.
Sometimes he would think, "If one day you have a fief and become a small nobleman with a fief, and that fief happens to be in a place where the name 'ghost' begins, then you have to change the name to 'ghost zhe'." ”
Originally, I wanted to talk a lot, but in order to have a spiritual march tomorrow, Lu Zhe, who was originally exhausted, also wore a blanket and fell asleep in the warmth of the bonfire.
I don't know what the considerations or restrictions of the road were, the Qin army only traveled thirty miles a day every day, and when it reached thirty miles, it was immediately stationed.
All the way north, when the troops passed through the county seat, the county lieutenant would always lead some county soldiers to escort grain and grass into the barracks. However, the further north they went, the more sparsely populated they became, and sometimes the troops would be stationed for a day and send their soldiers to nearby county towns or villages to collect food.
At this time, Lu Zhe learned that the Qin army did not carry military rations when marching within the country, and the grain and grass were provided by the counties along the way.
He sometimes wondered, "If you don't provide enough food and grass, you are worried about the army defecting?" ”
Repeated for half a month, it was a kind of torture for Lu Zhe, who did not have this experience, because the soles of his feet would inevitably blister after walking too much, he could only hide in the tent every night and endure the pain to break the blisters, and no matter how uncomfortable he was the next day, he couldn't show it.
There is a reason why they hide in the tent and pick up foot bubbles, there are very few people among these 500 people who will have foot bubbles, some soldiers will be ridiculed by their robes if they have blisters, and the officers will also consciously reject them.
Lu Zhe understood what it was for, it was a sense of distrust. He now finally knew that almost all of them had experienced the war to unify the six countries, and Xinding, who had no combat experience, would be bullied by veterans and distrusted by the commanders. As a "modern" self-esteem, he does not want to be looked down upon, let alone ostracized by his colleagues.
In addition to covering up, it may be that the words of the people out of the barracks are also increasing, and he hears more and more information, but it may be that he lacks a "sense of substitution" and doesn't care much about the relationship.
Although it has been almost a year and he has lived in the Qin army for more than five months, Lu Zhe has always been in that passive state of life, which is a kind of confusion that he can't think, a day when he can't make decisions on his own.
Maybe after changing the environment, everyone will have a sense of out-of-place, and he seems to have regarded himself as a spectator for a long time?
Since the army was launched, the surrounding environment has changed again, and more and more things have been experienced and contacted, and it is no longer a daily supervision, no longer a relatively stable environment, as if an invisible atmosphere has suddenly shrouded and locked everyone firmly.
Everyone's face or actions will show a ...... How so? It's an atmosphere that can't be described without being in it!
In his spare time, everyone around Lu Zhe was talking about the war, and of course there were many people who were eager to have gains, but a small number of people whispered and talked with each other to show a kind of confusion.
“…… An army of 500,000 was assembled in the south, and I heard that the general of the unified army was the captain of the country. ”
"The Six Kingdoms have been destroyed, and I thought there would be a few good days......"
"I've heard that the places further south are all barrier forests and poisonous fog, what's so good about that place?"
“…… We are ...... to the north."
"Fortunately, it's to the north, not to the south!"
"The north is all grasslands and deserts......
Lu Zhezhi is called Tu Sui, and he seems to be an unlucky guy who was killed not long after taking office? But he didn't know that Lu Dao turned out to be one of the three princes.
He didn't know how many years BC Lu Dao was now, but knowing the future historical development of Lu Dao, he began to think that he was going north to fight the Huns, but the information he heard didn't seem to be like this?
It seems to have become a habit to keep hurrying, and every day I will still actively and passively hear more talk, and once when chatting with the flail, the flail told about the past combat experience......
"The Chu people are barbaric, their combat power is very strong, and it is very difficult to attack them."
“…… King You's death was very fortunate, and after the flail, he followed Wu Chenghou (Wang Qian) to break the Chu army, kill Xiang Yan Yuqi, capture the king of Chu, and pacify the Chu State. ”
Lu Zhe seemed to be stunned for a moment: "Xiang Yan? His face sank into a sense of recollection.
The flail was talking excitedly: "Exactly! When it comes to the Chu State, the Xiang family must be said, Xiang Yan was killed, and the Chu State has no generals to finally break. Although the flail was the chief at that time, he also participated in the pursuit, but unfortunately the Xiang family escaped all of them, and they were not captured for a long time. Otherwise, the flail will be either a hundred or five hundred......"
Lu Zhe finally came back to his senses and shouted, "Ah! The exclamation interrupted.
He was stunned: "What are you doing in shock?" ”
Lu Zhe, who has consciously or unconsciously closed himself for a long time, has had a hard time during this time, and slowly feels that this "spectator" has done a really hard job. Recently, the talk that has been heard has affected his mood to become depressed, and he used to have an inexplicable sense of urgency when he didn't know what to do, but at this moment, he seemed to suddenly return to his soul.
"Yes, Xiang Jia...... Xiang Yu? Lu Zhe had a stunned expression: "I'm in the Qin Dynasty, here not only the Qin army swept through the south and north to attack the Xiongnu, but also the uprising at the end of Qin!" ”
Fortunately, after a long time, I didn't see Lu Zhe answer and leave by himself, otherwise I don't know how Lu Dao would react when he heard such a self-talk.
"Chen Sheng, Wu Guang; Liu Bang, Xiang Yu......"
The names of people who only know the names of the Tao or who generally know their life experiences are constantly circling in their minds.
"How many years B.C. is it?"
As if he had been asleep for a long time and suddenly woke up, Lu Zhe looked down at the Qin army robe he was wearing, and muttered to himself, "The ancestral dragon is dead, and the earth is divided" In an instant, his face became ugly, very ugly......