Chapter 985
"Letters from home are here!"
"Letters from home are here!"
In mid-March, with the mailing of several major car stations, the soldiers who had been training here for half a month immediately became excited.
Letters from home are the old rules in the Qin army. Although Qin has always been criticized for being unkind and inhumane, it is very humane in this regard. Whenever the post is traveling, soldiers can send letters to their homes, and they will reply at home, and even bring some money and clothes. After all, except for a set of standard armor clothes, weapons and collective food, they must bring their own.
And I heard that this may be the last opportunity to contact our family before the army set off...
A large basket of family letters from the camp has been transported recently, and the soldiers stood in line under the organization of their respective officers, looking forward to the army calling out their names.
"Ganting, Yuji County (Zhouzhi, Shaanxi) is not even shrugged!"
"promise!"
After waiting for a long time, it was finally his turn. The Shrike, who was already the governor, immediately stepped out of the line and walked to the front of the army and took the letter. This was a poor paper sealed with cloth. It was much lighter than the wooden slips that Heifu used to write letters to his home.
After receiving the letter, the shrike did not turn on the viewing, but instead put the paper next to his nose and smelled it, or hoped to smell his wife's breath. This was his favorite smell. Unfortunately, the letter traveled a hundred miles, and even if it had a breath, it was gone, leaving only the smell of paper and ink.
Shanqu is called Yu and Shuiqu is called Yu. Because of the county name, they were assigned to the westernmost part of Shanglin County, a place with mountains and water for hunting, fishing and safe farming.
The land was fertile after burning the wasteland. In January, he used the rewards he received after the Northern Expedition to buy a cow in the county town, bought a plow, and plowed the land at home in one go. His wife held a pottery pot and followed closely behind, sprinkling seeds bit by bit, because Gongsun Li had never done farm work in the past, and seemed clumsy and had to teach her step by step.
"I don't know if she can take good care of the land in her family."
The shrike was worried. Although the Tianjie arranged peasant women to teach these women who had just married from the palace, no one could tell the truth. It is still unknown whether these former palace maids could adapt to the life of the farm.
Although he wanted to know what his wife said, unfortunately, he couldn't read the Shrike, so he had to ask the military judge for help.
The military judge has been very busy these days. There was a long queue outside the hut where he lived. Many soldiers came to ask him for help in embarrassment. The new law stipulates that this is the duty of the military judge and that they must not refuse to read and write letters for the soldiers.
In this way, military judges from the school department can get closer to the soldiers and understand them, but if the same work is repeated too much, they will be tired.
The military judge was surprised when he took the letter from the shrike.
"Where is this? The words written are so beautiful?"
"This is my wife's word, my wife is literate."
The shriek cannot hide its pride. People who can read literacy are very popular now. Being able to read in the army means better promotion and there is still a chance to become an official in the future.
He had no chance. Gongsun Li taught him to read, which was more difficult than a cow climbing a tree, so he could only count on his son.
There were still many people waiting outside. After taking a sip of water, Judge Jun started reading:
"March 10, I dare to ask my husband again...
"I am not good at Tianchou, but I can weave cloth and send it to peasants in the middle of the village. I asked him to teach me how to cook Tianchou. My husband still has enough money, but I am full of food and clothing, but I only want a gentleman..."
"A gentleman is in charge of the army, neither day nor month. How can he have a rooster? A chicken lives in Jie. After a day, sheep and cattle are under the throne. If a gentleman is in charge of the army, he will not be hungry or thirsty?"
The military judge stopped and said in surprise: "Your wife still knows poetry?"
Although Shrike didn't understand what the poem said, he became even more proud: "She is a doctor's daughter." Computer:/
The military judge praised him for his good luck and said that this was the regent's policy, so he continued to read.
"When you enter Chu, do not slaughter the son of a man or not. If you don't seek wealth and honor, you can just return with a gentleman."
"My wife is from Chu." Shriku explained, "I'm afraid I will hurt her relatives."
The military judge nodded: "This is the difference between the wife of the Qin people and the wife of the six countries. In Guanzhong, the husbands who want to go out to serve, all say that they will not cut off their heads and get the title and do not return. Women from the six countries hope that there will be no more killings and that their husbands will be safe."
After reading the letter, the military judge also had the service to write the letter, but the shriek was a little shy and hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't make a word.
At this time, I heard a shout from outside, saying that it was a commissar, announcing that the battalions would gather tomorrow and head towards the large camp of the opera!
The entire Guanzhong was mobilized. This time, the black husband was able to retrain the old soldiers in just one month, with a total of 100,000 people, and the majority of them were in Guanzhong.
In addition, there are also soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army who were placed in Shanglin after getting married, and the prisoners of Guanzhong, known as the "Wugui Army", also officially formed an army. Their origins are "hidden officials" between common people and slaves. They are given less land than ordinary people and pay more rent than ordinary people. Now they are all working hard to make themselves and their families truly free!
Seeing that time was tight, the military judge urged the shrike:
"Do not write? If you don't write, go out and let the next one come."
"Write."
"I wrote!"
The shriek blushed. He could not say love words, and even poetry could not be harmonious. He could only blurt out:
"Tell my wife that if you really don't know how to cook, just stop it. We, the heroes of the Northern Expedition, can get back three years of rent. As for food in the coming year, I will earn it with military merits!"
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Yang Xi, a native of Ning Qin who successfully married a concubine of Hu Hai, was also recruited, but his responsibility was much heavier than that of a grassroots soldier. He took a thousand soldiers and was ordered to escort a team of mysterious figures to the Xixia camp.
Not all Weinan areas are open to farming, and it is easier to be a county and township. There is still a forbidden area near Chang'an Township, which has convenient transportation, but it is no longer a hunting place for royal nobles. It has become the territory of Ruolu Lingcheng in the Shaofu, which specializes in creating new weapons and advanced equipment here...
At this moment, Yang Xi looked up at the equipment in front of him as tall as a car, covered with cowhide and linen, and was a little surprised.
"Is this a siege to siege?"
"You young man, have you ever fought a war, siege cars and other objects, just to be temporarily built near the battlefield. How could you build it hundreds of miles? You will be pushed to the city and it will be dispersed long ago!"
The person who traveled with Yang Xi to the play was named Gongshu. After Lu Ban, he surrendered to the Northern Expedition Army after the Battle of Wuguan. As the Shaofu Ruolu Ling, he specialized in creating collecting weapons, while the test work mastered by the Mohist was specialized in civil craftsmanship.
One is responsible for military industry and the other is engaged in civilian use. With the public send-off, the black man does not have to force the Mo to create a killing weapon.
This equipment is confidential and its shape cannot be seen by outsiders, but Gongshu has always liked to show off, so he must teach Yang Xilai a lesson:
"Young Master, how many stones can you shoot in the army? How far can you shoot?"
Yang Xi said honestly: "The crossbow with one stone to three stones, and the strings are carried with the hands; the crossbow with four stones to six stones, and the strings are carried with the waist and feet; the biggest one now should be the big yellow crossbow with ten stones, and the strings are carried with the winch..."
"Hahaha."
Gongsun Yun laughed and shook his head: "The Mo family is not happy to control the soldiers who kill, so they refuse to do their best. However, our Gongshuo has specialized in this art for hundreds of years. I have adopted the crossbow made by the Regent, with a large string of wood as a bow and a feather spear as a arrow. I am igniting the air and firing it out, shooting at a distance of 500 steps, killing many of them, and its strength is tremendous!"
"Qianjun!?" Yang Xi was frightened. Qianjun had twenty-five stones. How big is such a strong crossbow...
He looked at the equipment in front of him as tall as a car and covered with leather cloth, and suddenly understood: "Can this be that thousand-jung crossbow?"
"If this is not the case, you cannot have the power of five hundred steps."
Gongsun was proud of it. This was his masterpiece that took him half a year. The size of this crossbow is huge. The combination of wooden crossbow bow and iron base requires multiple people to cooperate to turn and shoot.
Secondly, the giant crossbow has a complex structure. The crossbow relies on manpower to rotate the crane and copper chain to drive the bowstring to achieve energy storage and emission.
Finally, the giant crossbow has a high and low shooting realm, which is highly practical and has great lethality.
He boasted: "Don't talk about killing people, killing dragons!"
Yang Xi was in awe for a moment and wanted to see the truth. Unfortunately, this thing was a military secret, and even the escorts could not see their true appearance. It seemed that they could only wait for the battlefield to see its power.
He could only ask: "Dare you ask Ruoling, what is the name of this crossbow?"
"This was named by the Regent himself."
Gongsun Yun said: "The Regent said that the remnants of the six kingdoms are the stars of the Yingmao who came out to disrupt the world. They must let the three armies use this giant crossbow to wipe them out one by one." ァNewsヤ~8~1~Chinese Network.x~8~1zщ.om
"So it is called 'Star Destroyer'."
Gongsun Suo made an exaggerated gesture, thinking that this name is indeed extraordinary, and said it again:
"The Great Qin Star Destroying Crossbow!"
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ps: Chapter 2 at night.
Also recommend a new history book, "The Resurrection of the Tang Dynasty" written by a reader.
Chapter completed!