0868 Remaining in troubled times
Sishui is also an extremely important tributary in the lower section of the Huai River. It gathers many rivers such as Sui River, Bian River, Tong River, Yi River, etc. in the basin. There are lakes such as Qingshuize and Fulingze in the south, and Peize in the north and Juyeze in the north, which together form a huge water system connecting the Yellow River and Huai River.
The water area here is vast, with rivers, lakes and lakes connected to each other, swamps and reeds mixed in a variety of terrain and complex terrain. Therefore, in times of troubled times, this area often becomes the source of disasters. Since there are not many ways for the army to sweep deep, once the chaotic people gather here, the disease of scabies can often cause a heart-wrenching problem.
In the early years, Zuti's Northern Expedition started from this, recruiting food and eventually swept across Henan. A few years ago, many rioters of Jie Kingdom fled into this area, and have developed into a large-scale rioters.
Although the Xuzhou army has been advancing elsewhere in the past few years, sweeping the entire Xuzhou area, even from Qing and Yan, there is no way to do anything about the Liu Zheng rioters entrenched here. Moreover, due to frequent wars and chaos around, the Xuzhou army's various military disciplines cannot be said to have any strict military disciplines, and the local people did not have much awareness of welcoming the royal army. In order to avoid military disasters, a large number of people poured into the riverside, and then became controlled by the rioters, and gradually grew stronger.
Earlier, Xuzhou Governor Xi Jian, also organized several encirclements and suppression of the riot army, but either most of them gathered and returned in vain due to the terrain, or a small group of people advanced and were defeated separately. Liu Zheng's riot army also made full use of the advantages of the terrain. If the invading enemy was too strong, they would break up their troops into pieces and use the complex Heze ditches to hide their whereabouts. If the enemy entered separately, they would concentrate their superior forces to attack them.
Now, this place has become an embarrassing situation. The chaotic troops wandering in the Sishui area cannot be suppressed, and if they ignore it, they will become a confusing problem. Therefore, some troops can only be placed around the surrounding areas to prevent these chaotic troops from rushing out of the chaotic places in the river.
Wang Xuenai was a soldier lieutenant in the Sishui chaos army. Although his name sounds poetic, he was actually a burly man with a burly figure with a numb face and a thirty-five or sixty years old. His ability to serve as a soldier lieutenant in the chaos army has nothing to do with the level of force. The main reason is that he was a clerk in the Langya Kingdom who was responsible for fishing and hunting. His ancestral swimming and fishing skills were quite skillful, so he was elected as the leader by the rioters around him.
People may think that the Sishui area occupied by the chaotic army may be in chaos and the people are living in poverty, but in fact, the rivers and lakes are much more peaceful than the outside world. There are many lands between the ditches and grasses, and the people live in one place and make a living through fishing, hunting, woodcutting and woodcutting.
Wang Xue was originally from Fei County, Langya. He was originally a fief of Emperor Yuan of Jin in the south. However, when Wang Xue grew up, the original lord, King Langya, had already crossed the river south and became an emperor in Jiangdong. However, as an ordinary official household in Langya County, Wang Xue didn't know much about such major events. He only knew that the king's flag was changing on the top of the city at that time, and no matter who occupied the place, these poor and cold officials had endless things to do every day.
The reason why he was carried from Fei County to Qingshuize, which was hundreds of miles south of the south, was not what he wanted. He only knew that all the officials and households in the county were used as soldiers and fought south. At that time, Wang Xue had already had his wife and children in the village, but the soldiers did not reason with him. He sent a bamboo gun with a rusty gun in his hand, and then he was carried all the way south. He was stationed in Siyang City, and there was no chance of fighting. He just settled and farmed around Siyang.
But a few years later, the team advanced to Jiaocheng, which was closer to Huai River, and stayed longer this time. Wang Xue was able to follow the team to participate in several battles. Although it was said that there was no fierce battle. Often, the generals led their troops to rush forward. The soldiers waving their simple arms behind and howled. When they rushed into the battlefield, there was no trace of the enemy.
After fighting like this for several years, whether to stay north of the Huai River or south of the Huai River, the direction of the rush changed several times, and I didn't know who I followed or why I fought. I only knew that the soldiers of the army in front rushed forward, and they followed them. When the soldiers of the army retreated, they had to retreat faster, otherwise the ending would be extremely tragic.
After a few years of this kind of life, Wang Xue gradually became old and didn't even know where the countryside was. As for the wives and children who were abandoned in the village in their early years, they had long forgotten them. Perhaps they had already turned into piles of corpses in the wild. Occasionally, they would miss their hometown, but they no longer knew what to miss.
Later in a battle, Wang Xue and her comrades around him rushed around. He had not experienced any fighting, but he found a mother and daughter lying in the grass around the chaotic battlefield. At that time, Wang Xue had already run away from the brigade in the chaos. After discovering the mother and daughter, he was still very excited at first because there was an order in the army that as long as he could bring back the heads, he could exchange rice and grain.
Wang Xue rushed towards the mother and daughter who were trembling with the rusty ring-headed sword in her hand, who was trembling like a quail. The mother was holding a young girl who was only six or seven years old and kept kowtowing to Wang Xue for mercy. Although Wang Xue couldn't understand what she shouted, she looked like this. However, Wang Xue didn't feel much about this and still slashed the sword in her hand. In his opinion, these two living lives were just a pile of military rations.
But when he rushed forward, his ankle tripped by the vines in the grass and threw himself to the ground. The blade of the blade hit his ear and flew. The rusty blade was really not sharp, but it just touched his left face with a burning pain.
Although he had not experienced any tragic battles in his career in Rongli, Wang Xue also had a good skill after running around like this. However, after falling, he did not turn over immediately, because from this angle, he could see the mourning woman flashing plump in the broken clothes on her chest. Although the woman's whole body was stained with mud and grass chips, this plumpness brought him a temptation that was far beyond filling her belly.
So after he got up, he was not in a hurry to pick up the weapon, but instead smirked at the woman and pushed her into the grass. As for the young girl who was in trouble, he left her aside. The woman was very obedient and even catered to her. Wang Xue had even forgotten that feeling, but she felt that this woman was much more touching than the wife who was wandering in the village.
But he was not satisfied yet. The sudden pain from his back interrupted his movements. He turned around in horror and found that the young girl was holding the ring-headed knife he had just discarded, standing behind him with the knife, with a ferocious face that was not about his age. However, the trauma behind him was not that the young girl slashed out with the sword, but a ravine flying from the battlefield.
The woman pressed under him pushed him aside, then turned over and took the knife from the young girl's hand. At that time, Wang Xue had closed her eyes and waited for the butcher knife to fall. The arrow pierced his left abdomen directly, and the more he struggled, the faster he would die. In such a world, he had already prepared to die in the wild one day. Before he died, he suddenly remembered something, took out a piece of grain cake soaked in blood and sewage from his arms, and raised his hand to the young girl.
The reason for this action was not to beg for mercy. The arrow had already penetrated his belly. Even if the woman didn't kill him, he might not survive. He was just worried that the mother and daughter would not dare to pick up his body and were worried that food would be wasted. This piece of grain cake was the food he had received before the war. It would be a pity if he was pecked by fish, shrimp, birds and insects.
The girl took the cake and chewed it in big mouths. The woman's knife was not cut off after several swings. Not only did she not kill him, she helped him treat his wounds, but the methods were not very clever. When she broke the stray arrow and pulled it out, she tore his wounds even more seriously.
Then Wang Xue cried, half because of the pain, and the other half because of the woman's nervous face was full of sweat. She held the torn linen in both hands and covered his wounds. The action reminded him of the wife at home. The price of the wife in his family was just a broken net and three big fish. The fish net was made up by him and he caught the big fish himself. Perhaps because the price was too cheap, even if she was thrown in the village and fend for herself, Wang Xue didn't feel a pity.
But at this moment he cried, probably not so painful since he was born. His crying made the woman even more at a loss, and the girl was very panicked and stuffed the blood-soaked grain cake back into his mouth.
Perhaps it was because of the woman's careful care, or perhaps Wang Xue was really desperate and suffered such severe injuries, but in the end he did not die. But when he was able to stand up, the battle had already ended, and the original battlefield was empty, with only the decayed corpses lying on the ground. Most of the corpses were in disheveled clothes, and there were obvious signs of being cut in some places. This reminded Wang Xue of the vigorous greased barbecue he ate when he was ill, and she couldn't help but feel nauseous, and the woman also looked at him with fear and nervousness.
Finally, Wang Xue took the woman's hand and hugged her young girl and left the Shura field. They seemed to be a family, who had been wandering in the wilderness for several days, and was finally accepted by a dock wall surrounded by mountains and rivers. After being injured, Wang Xue would feel cramped with chest and abdomen after exerting a little force, but he had extraordinary fishing and hunting skills. He rubbed a woven net in the dock wall and took people to fish, hunt and eat in the wild zodiac. He always gained a lot, but he was highly respected in the dock wall.
After a few years of peaceful days in the dock wall, chaos came again. One day, a group of dozens of knights appeared in the desolate wilderness outside the dock wall and rushed into the fort. The king's army was strong and he had already defeated the raging Jiehu army. The next step was to sweep the Central Plains, so people needed to gather strength. Nearly a hundred families in the dock wall were driven out to liquidate the population. Each of them had to donate two hu of grain and five feet of marijuana, and agreed to deliver it ten days later. If the amount was not sufficient, all the men would join the army to work.
This variable immediately cast a shadow on the originally peaceful wall. The old master of the wall wall stepped forward to argue, but he only received a whip and died two days later. Then Wang Xue was elected as the main force, but he could not raise the food and food required by the soldiers. He could only lead the crowd to escape from the wall wall that had lived for several years and enter Qingshuize a few days before the deadline.
Chapter completed!