Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1115 Human head is also small money

  Zhang Ji sat on the grass next to a forest, stretched his legs hard, and sighed contentedly. Many of the surrounding soldiers were also like this, either sitting or lying down with their legs straight.

  Cavalrymen all have this problem. Even if they get off the ground, they will still involuntarily bend their legs. Therefore, it is a kind of comfortable enjoyment to find a place to straighten their legs.

   Zhang Ji has been very busy these days.

Although Suyi County is not big, it is still a bit difficult to surround, cast a net, and kill some scouts for reporting or detecting. Fortunately, most of these scouts and messengers are relatively stubborn, and they are either going to Chang'an or In the direction of Tongguan, so it is still busy.

Zhang Ji divided the 800 men into eight parts, and they hunted around Suyi in rotation, just like a pack of wolves, they would kill the ones who were alone. The troops on the side and rear hunted together.

Although this kind of tactic can cut off Suyi's sources of information very well, it is very troublesome. If Zhang Ji hadn't had some experience as a horse thief in Xiliang before, and there were many veteran soldiers among his soldiers, it would have been difficult to complete General Fei's expedition to the west. Qian's order, at most, would be great if he set up an ambush on both sides of the official road, if the enemy went around the trail, there would be no move.

   But the result of this is just too tiring!

   Horses and men are the same, they all need to rest, even to a certain extent, war horses are worse than humans. In other words, war horses have less stamina and tire more easily than humans.

Generally speaking, as long as a person meets four hours, that is, eight hours of rest, then the rest of the time can be spent on activities, whether it is marching or labor, most of them can support it. Nothing was too much trouble.

But for war horses, eight hours of rest is far from enough. In order to maintain the full strength of war horses, they need to rest for every hour of running a day, at least half an hour, so that war horses can drink some water and eat some food. Beans, slow breathing, etc., plus the rest time at night, the war horse basically needs six hours a day, which means that half of the time is resting...

Therefore, if fighting for a long time, war horses are more prone to fatigue than humans, so it is necessary to control the intensity of the battle within a limited range, resolve the battle as quickly as possible, and pay attention to the strength of the war horse all the time. The most basic requirements for cavalry generals.

   But once on the plains, if there are a large number of cavalry and can dominate, the control of the battlefield will be completely in the hands of the cavalry.

  Zhang Ji didn't understand Fei Qian's orders at first, but after two days of such sporadic killings, he also cut down more than two hundred soldiers, and he gradually realized some of them.

  The sound of horseshoes came from a distance, and a group of cavalry who had just returned raised their flag high to represent their own side, and then led by the cavalry patrolling around, they arrived at Zhang Ji's forest where he was hiding and trimming.

The leader of the team laughed, then dismounted, and untied the four or five heads tied around the horse's neck. Then, under the resentful gazes of the dozen or so cavalrymen behind him, he threw the heads aside and turned around. He turned his face to the military judge in the army and shouted: "Click a little! Don't count less!"

The human head rolled on the ground and bounced a few times. Some of the coagulated plasma was also scattered in the vibration. The semi-solid purple-black thick blood flowed out from the gap in the neck and stained the face of the human head. It looked extremely weird.

The cavalry behind this man not only rode himself, but also led the three horses with ropes in dismay, then dismounted and tied his own and the three newly captured war horses to a tree trunk on one side, and then walked to this place. On the side of the horse led by the famous team, and then reached out to untie the bag of horse supplies led by the team.

  The team leader stared and shouted, "Little brat, what are you doing?"

  The little soldier didn’t hesitate, and directly pushed back, saying: “Of course you feed the horse you captured! You can use mine too, and I’ll be the one who gets it?”

  The team leader suddenly laughed, scratched his head with his hand still stained with dried blood, then waved his hand, and let the cavalry untie the horse feed bag...

Zhang Ji glanced at it, and couldn't help laughing and cursing: "Old knife black! This habit has not changed even after being the leader of the team! When you thought you were still a long corporal leader, you have to take everyone with you now, don't I'm always thinking about those heads! Look, you probably killed them all by yourself, and you didn't leave any brothers..."

Hei Laodao, who was called Hei Laodao, smiled and said: "Lieutenant Zhang, it's not that you don't know, there are only a few... If you say there are still a few left, then my wife and children are still thinking about adding a few more." New clothes and so on, how many here and how many are here, isn’t it that the mother-in-law at home has lost her mind? No, no, at least save some money for my mother-in-law first!”

A long-looking guy next to him was undoing some of the silk sash of the side rib armor, and then stretched his hand inside. He didn't know whether to scratch itches or scratch lice. Hearing what Hei Laodao said, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Hei Laodao Knife! How does the newly married woman taste? Is it good?"

  Hei Laodao laughed a few times and didn't speak, but it can be seen from his expression that he is quite satisfied and proud.

Another team leader was laying dry Gebu on the horse's back, and then put the saddle back on, and was lowering his head to tie the leather **** the saddle. Hearing this, he couldn't help but raised his head and laughed and said, "Aha! You don't know , I live next door to Hei Laodao, I know best! That day General Zhengxi held a merit ceremony outside the city, and Hei Laodao caught a good one. That waist, that butt, are as round as a bucket! Tsk tsk! Look! I know it’s easy to give birth! Let me tell you, that night..."

  When Hei Laodao heard this, he rushed over quickly, and was about to cover the leader's mouth.

  While hiding, the team leader laughed and shouted: "Haha! Good guy! Our dog hasn't stopped barking all night!"

   Those who were listening with their ears pricked up at the side all burst into laughter at this moment.

   There is another good thing shouting: "Hei Laodao, I heard that I still brought you a kid? Whose surname is it?"

  Hei Laodao pulled his neck and said, "If you follow me, you will follow my surname!"

  Because it was not easy to give birth in the Han Dynasty. In fact, the concept and attitude of the Han people in the Han Dynasty and the Hu people towards children are not much different. Whoever they follow, whoever raises them, and whoever eats is the father...

   is not a derogatory term, but in this era, as the most grassroots people, it is not easy to have a bite to eat and survive. Whether it is your own bloodline is actually not the most important thing for the Han Dynasty people who have the concept of ancestral sacrifices, but after their death, there are still people who can light a stick of incense for themselves and burn some paper money for themselves. The most important thing is to pass on my surname.

   Everyone was laughing and joking, but Zhang Ji just smiled and ignored it. Originally, this is for repairing, and it is also for the tense nerves of the soldiers to relax, otherwise they would be chopping off people's heads with weapons every day, and the **** ones would be depressing.

This has always been the case in the army. Although the brothers and sisters fighting together are big and small, young and old, they are like brothers to each other. It is not a big deal to tease each other on weekdays, and even quarrel over some things. Fighting is not absent, but as long as they are on the battlefield, they are still reliable comrades-in-arms. Brothers who risk their lives, even if there are some small festivals on weekdays, they will be ignored.

  Because in this day and age, these maybe a little vulgar men understand a very simple truth. In battle, if you don’t rescue others today, then when you need others to rescue you, no one will rescue you...

   And the only one who didn't take part in molesting Hei Laodao didn't smile, but was still sullen and scrupulously squatting in front of the head of the person on the ground, the military judge who was inspecting.

Originally, the military law of the Han Dynasty was formulated following the former Qin Dynasty. The so-called first-level merit is the most important meritorious service in the army. There are special personnel for tasks such as counting heads. The head of a hundred people, and the rest like servant soldiers, laboring civilians, etc., are all counted.

It's a pity that in the late Han Dynasty, with the departure of the Huns, the credit of the head of the head may be to suppress these vulgar warriors who rose rapidly because of their military exploits, or it may be because of the extremely distressed finances that they have reached the point where they cannot support them. Gradually the power of the first level was cancelled.

  In addition, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty peddled the folk lords, which caused the lordship to depreciate a lot because of this reason. As a result, the martial and fierce spirit handed down from the former Qin Dynasty is gradually disappearing...

  The reward for murder is no longer distributed to each soldier, but to the entire army in name. In fact, it is equivalent to giving to the general who commands the army, not the soldier who really faces death.

   Such a result naturally led to the lack of motivation for the most grassroots soldiers to go to the battlefield to win the wealth and status of their families.

  Thus, during the period of Emperor Han Ling in the Han Dynasty, the source of soldiers gradually became the recruitment system, and the brave ones were all private soldiers raised by the gentry in captivity, and the era when the whole people worshiped martial arts seemed to be gradually fading away.

Fei potential merged with the North, and fought against the Xiongnu Xianbei. In order to cultivate more military families, it is convenient to generate more elite military families. The original military merit system was brought back into use...

"Without armour, with horses..." The military judge who checked the heads stood up, pushed the two heads aside, and said, "But there are only three horses, so they can only be counted as three heads! Old Dao, if there is no problem, I will count it!"

The soldiers who came out from Suyi to report the letter were generally not wearing armor in order to reduce the burden on the horses, to run faster, and to run longer distances. As for the two more heads, it was not these two Not soldiers, but these two were shot dead at the beginning, and then the horses they were riding ran away. After killing the three people behind, it was a bit difficult to find the horses. not coming...

   "Hi! Unlucky! Success, this is it!"

Hei Laodao stepped forward, kicked the heads of those two worthless people aside, then lowered his head, stretched out his hand and pulled out a hemp rope from his neck, and then took off the two strings that he was wearing next to his body. A small thin copper piece was handed to the military judge together with the hemp rope.

  The copper sheets are all products of Huang's workshop. The thin sheets forged by hydraulic forging can be regarded as Feiqian's unique army soldier nameplate system.

  Although it was inevitable that he was a little upset, he didn't say anything more. Hei Laodao also knew that it wasn't that the military judge was trying to embarrass himself, but because military law was military law, and if he could make a discount for negotiation, it would become a business, not military law.

Seeing that Hei Laodao also agreed, the military judge took Hei Laodao's two copper sheets tied with hemp rope, and then set aside the copper sheet that marked Hei Laodao's personal information, and took another one. A small copper piece, using a knife to add a new three-level first-level merit on the copper piece.

  According to the military merit system currently implemented by Fei Qian, an ordinary recruit can be converted into a regular soldier as long as he beheads a soldier, that is, the enemy's armored soldier, and the rations and salary will no longer be discounted.

If it is the third level of beheading, you can change to the first level of military merit, or you can change to a corporal position in the army, or you can exchange for money and items, etc. Of course, the higher you go, the higher the level of beheading you need to advance. The higher the number. Like Hei Laodao achieved the level of team rate, the credit of the third-level beheading basically does not help him improve the level, but it is really like what he said, he can exchange some money to subsidize the marriage. It's just for the mother-in-law's family.

Military meritorious titles are linked to the number of land tax reductions and exemptions in the family. The difference between ordinary land and military meritorious land is basically doubled, so those families who have allocated some land naturally never forget these heads. Everyone knows the matter, so when Hei Laodao personally killed the scouts and got the head, but did not give it to his subordinates, he was naturally slightly despised by his soldiers, which is the reason.

  The team rate is still counted as heads, and for those who go up to the top, they no longer count individual heads, but mainly use the number of heads of the entire team to calculate individual merits.

  Xiaobing gets a few heads, which can reduce a big burden on the family, and can reduce some land taxes, and Hei Laodao, if he gets these heads, he can only exchange them for money...

  After the military judge finished engraving the marks, he took out the bamboo slips used by the army to count meritorious deeds in front of Hei Laodao, and added Hei Laodao's records to it. This was considered to have completed the overall process.

   "Okay, chop off the head and bury it."

The military judge returned the bronze medal to Hei Laodao, then called his subordinates, pointed to the head and said, then turned to Hei Laodao and the others, and shouted loudly, "Say it again, you can only cut it after the battle. Go to the head! Those who cut off the head during the battle, and those who loot the head, the first 30 lashes! After that, they will be beheaded!"

   "Got it, got it, I shout every time, is it annoying..." Hei Laodao muttered softly as he took the bronze medal and put it around his neck.

  The military judge had no expression on his face, and said to Hei Laodao with a straight face: "If you don't say anything, you will have someone's head cut off if something happens, and it will be you, will you say it?"

Hei Laodao laughed twice, then turned around and shouted again: "Everyone heard it! The heads are only cut after the battle! Those who cut the heads during the battle and looted the heads are all beginners. Ten! Repeat offenders beheaded!"

  Seeing Hei Laodao like this, the military judge's stern face relaxed a little.

Hei Laodao sat next to Zhang Ji, looked at the copper piece happily for a while, then stuffed it back into his collar, turned his head and said to Zhang Ji: "Captain... these scattered pieces are not enough for teeth. Shit, when are you going to do a serious job?"

Zhang Ji squinted his eyes, basking in the warm winter sun, and lazily said: "Want to get a big one? Let's talk about it first. When there is really a big fight, you kid will just stare at the leader and miss it. I will kill you first!"

   "Hey, how can this be possible! Captain, don't worry!" Hei Laodao smiled a little embarrassedly.

Zhang Ji hummed, and then said slowly: "Almost, it's just these two days... Don't ask, you will know when the time comes... Go and take your brother to recuperate, there is heat in the open space in the forest Soup, go drink some, and then rest, after three hours, it will be your turn to watch the night today..."

  (end of this chapter)