Chapter 832 Whisper in the Dark
After returning to the mountaintop camp in Qingqing Gorge, Tiezhen secretly summoned other members of the Jinwu Guard who were also lurking here during dinner time, that is, the commanders of the army at all levels that he currently led. Then everyone held a meeting together, talked about Xue Qingyao's rebellion plan, and talked about the main policies of "Three No Killings" and "Three Major Rewards".
Then everyone discussed the specific propaganda methods, and after arranging all the things, they dispersed and left, and began to carry out the tasks that Yang Feng had given them.
After dinner, at night, the entire camp was under a lights-out policy. Except for a few patrol soldiers who had torches in their hands, other places were pitch black.
There were many sheds built with bamboo and straw mats in the camp, which were where the soldiers slept and rested, but these soldiers lying in the sheds were not sleepy at all. The battle of life and death was imminent, and these people who had never been in contact with war were afraid that no one could sleep, so some long sighs could often be heard from the sheds.
Normally, the leaders who patrolled the camp at night would scold them and tell them to shut up and go to bed, but tonight was unusual. Some of the sheds were full of people talking, but no one cared. Some of the topics could even be brought up.
What everyone was discussing was the issue of dinner. They had less food than usual.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound in the dark shed. It was because someone was hungry.
"Child, you didn't eat enough at night. I have a handful of fried beans here. Eat them to fill your stomach. People can't sleep when they are hungry. It's so frustrating." An old man in his thirties heard the child sleeping on the straw mat next to him crying because of hunger, so he took out a handful of fried soybeans from his pocket and handed it to him helplessly. Although the
boy next to him was called a child, he was already thirteen years old. According to the customs of Takeshima, he was already an adult, so he was also pulled to serve as a militia.
As the saying goes, a half-grown boy can eat me to death. Boys at this age are at the stage of growing up with the largest appetite. They cannot bear the sudden reduction in dinner intake, so at nightfall their stomachs start to growl.
"Thank you, old man."
The young man was also very hungry. He thanked him and took the beans and began to chew them one by one. It was like pouring a bucket of cold water into a frying pan. The crunching sound of chewing the beans was extremely harsh in the quiet shed. As the young man started chewing, the stomachs of dozens of people in the shed suddenly rumbled. Everyone was hungry,
so someone complained, "Why do you reduce our food for no reason? How can we resist the elite Han army if we are not fed enough?"
"Didn't you hear what the commander said? The most suitable places for growing grain on our Zhudao have been occupied by the Han tribe. Now these grains are our food reserves this year. By next year, if the Han army does not retreat, we will not have so many fields to cultivate, and we will not have so many people to farm. Therefore, before we defeat the Han army, or before the Han army retreats, we can only rely on these stored grain to survive. That's why we have to eat sparingly so that we can hold on for a while longer." Someone in the tent suddenly explained.
"If we want to save money, we should save money together. Why do we only reduce our food? Why do those shepherds from the other side of the sea eat more than usual?" Another person couldn't help complaining. The shepherds from the other side of the sea he was talking about were the grassland soldiers in the army.
"That's right, those shepherds don't even know how to grow crops. Why do they eat the food we grow? We have to reduce our food by half so that they can eat more. This is unfair."
"Didn't the commander say that they came to help us fight the Han tribe? If you don't let them eat enough, what will they do when they leave? With these bamboo poles and iron shovels in our hands, can we beat the Han tribe who are all made of iron?"
After this rebuttal, everyone lost their temper. Everyone had heard that the Han army wore iron clothes and were invulnerable to swords and spears. Ordinary young and strong men couldn't beat one of them. However, those shepherds from the other side of the sea were skilled in archery and horse riding, good at riding and shooting. Even if they didn't have horses now, the bows and arrows in their hands could make the Han army afraid.
So although they felt that the distribution of food was unfair, they dared not really do anything, and could only curse those grassland people behind their backs.
But at this moment, another voice suddenly sang a different tune from the dark corner of the tent.
"I don't think so. Who told you that those shepherds must come to help us fight the Han tribe? Maybe we are implicated by them."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, even the boy who had been chewing beans was stunned for a moment, and the whole shed was suddenly quiet for a moment.
The old man who gave the beans at the beginning suddenly asked, "What do you mean, do you know something?"
Hearing someone asking, everyone pricked up their ears waiting for the person to answer, but suddenly heard a burst of self-mockery from the dark corner, "Hehe, I'm just a farmer, what can I know, just a blind guess."
"Xun brother, don't say that, everyone in our village knows that your family is the closest to the Han tribe. When the Han tribe came to teach us how to grow hemp and weave cloth, it was your old man who acted as a matchmaker. You are the one who speaks the best Chinese in the village, and the hemp cloth woven by your wife is also the best in the village.
You must know something. This is a matter of life and death for everyone. We cannot hide it from everyone. Tell us what you know."
"That's right. Tell us."
"If it can save everyone's life, we will all listen to you."
"Yes, that's right. Tell us."
The man just now laughed at himself. I don't know who "happened" to expose his identity. He put forward a great cause of life and death, which attracted everyone to ask questions again and again, as if the man named Xun Ge'er could really save them.
The young man called Xun Ge'er was also not vague. Seeing everyone asking questions, he simply turned over and sat up. Looking at the dark heads in the shed, he opened his mouth and asked, "Do you really want to hear it?"
"Yes, of course I want to hear it."
"Yes, tell us quickly."
"Okay, then let me ask you first, before those shepherds came to our Zhudao, did the Han tribe attack us? How did the Han tribe treat us at that time? "Brother Xun suddenly asked in a serious tone.
"Those shepherds seemed to have come a few months ago, and the Han tribe attacked us only in the past ten days."
"Huh? Yes, what you said makes sense. If the shepherds came to help us fight the Han tribe, why did they come so early? Instead, the Han tribe started to attack us after they had been here for such a long time. Could it be that the Han tribe attacked us because of these shepherds?"
Brother Xun's words immediately aroused suspicion and confusion among the crowd, and the spearhead was directed at the grassland soldiers.
The old man who sent the beans at the beginning also said, "The Han tribe was mostly kind when they got along with us before. The methods they taught us to grow hemp and weave cloth were really convenient. They also taught us other production methods. They were also very fair when they sold iron to us a while ago, and they did not oppress us. We have never made enemies with the people of the Han tribe. If it were not for those shepherds, they really would have no reason to attack us.
Brother Xun, do you know the reason for this? "
There is a reason for everyone to say this. The Han tribe, or the delegation led by Shouya, has been very well behaved and well-received in Zhudao over the years. They never argue with the local people and always appear in front of them with a strong, intelligent and kind face. They are responsible for promoting some production technologies that Zhudao has not mastered yet. Therefore, in the minds of the people of Zhudao, the reputation of the Han tribe has always been very good.
There is no grudge between the two sides, so there is really no reason to attack them. If you say that the Han tribe has set its eyes on their land in Zhudao, they themselves don't believe it.
There are iron mines on the land of the Han tribe. , can smelt more useful iron tools, have good varieties, and the rice yield is not much lower than their corn. The key is that their rice tastes better. There are all kinds of products that only the Han tribe has, but Zhudao doesn't. You say they are interested in your land, but what can the Han tribe like about you?
Even if they are interested in their population, the population of the Han tribe is much larger than theirs, so there is no need!
So this group of people began to be confused. Therefore, the reason why the Han tribe suddenly went to war with them can only be attributed to the grassland herdsmen who suddenly appeared on their side, otherwise there is no explanation at all.
"I don't know the reason, but I just heard some things. I feel that I should let everyone know, instead of being used as a gun by those people."
Brother Xun paused, and then continued.
"I don't know if anyone knows that at the beginning of the year, our commander-in-chief summoned a group of young and strong people to go to the grassland. I heard that there were two or three thousand people who went there that time. They all wore bamboo armor and made a lot of weapons. And these people never came back after they went there." "
I know, I know. "The voice that just 'just happened' to expose Xun Ge's identity rang out again
(End of this chapter)
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