Chapter 40 Section 2 Liaodong Military Camp in Ice and Snow

To the east of Jicheng, there are two huge waters, one is Rushui and the other is Liaoshui. These two waters are the ancient fiefs of the princes of the Central Plains.The Rushui area is a Guzhu country that was feuded by the Shang Dynasty, and the fiefdom is called Lingzhi.Because of the wrong words, it is also called Lengzhi, Lizhi, Lizhi, and Bulingzhi.After the Yin and Shang Dynasties were destroyed by the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were two great lonely and loyal celebrities in the Guzhu Kingdom. They were Boyi and Shuqi, the two sons of the Guzhu Kingdom.Both of them wanted the other to be the king and escaped from Guzhu one after another. After the collapse of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the two brothers made a move that shocked the world as survivors-not eating Zhou millet and starving to death!From then on, Rushui Guzhu Kingdom became famous all over the world, and King Wu of Zhou made an exception and made Guzhu Kingdom a vassal.When the Spring and Autumn Period was in full swing, the Guzhu Kingdom was swallowed up by the powerful Qi Kingdom.At that time, the state of Qi was Jiang Qi, the monarch was Duke Huan of Qi Jiang Xiaobai, and the prime minister was the famous Guan Zhong.However, at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qi State declined greatly, and the entire vast landscape to the east of Rushui was completely occupied by Donghu.At that time, Hou Yanguo was too busy to take care of himself, so he had no choice but to send hostages to Donghu constantly, begging Donghu not to invade.King Yanzhao came to the throne, and together with Le Yi, he decided to follow the example of Duke Mu of Qin when he expanded Xirong, recapture the entire Rushui and Liaodong, and build a vast backyard for Yan.After some secret business, the monarch and his ministers sent Qin Kai, a general who had been a hostage in Donghu, to launch a surprise attack on Donghu in the third year of Le Yi's military training.Within half a year, this 50,000 new army that had not yet been fully trained drove Donghu back to the distant Mobei grassland.Yan State set up three counties on this vast land: Youbeiping County (Runshui area), Liaoxi County (west of Liaoshui), Liaodong County (east of Liaoshui).

Galloping from Rushui along the southeast sea to the northeast, and crossing the rolling mountains, is the Liaoshui surging into the sea.The castle of Liaodong County is more than a hundred miles east of the Liaoshui River, and it is called Xiangping.The camp of the new army of Yan State is located in the Liaoshui River Valley in the southwest of Xiangping.The mountains here are continuous, the valleys are open and hidden, the forests are vast, and the water and grass are luxuriant. It is indeed a good place for military training.However, laying the foundation of the new army here is not only because of the convenience of Liaodong's terrain, but also because of the convenience of secrecy, the continuous canyons in the hinterland of Yanshan Mountain are even better.

The value of Liaodong lies in the mountains and rivers, but also in the people. At that time, Liaodong stretched from Liaoshui in the west, Huishui in the east, and the sea in the south, with a radius of more than a thousand miles, vast mountains and rivers, bitter cold of ice and snow, and few people.In the eyes of the Central Plains people, Liaodong and Lingnan are two barren lands with great cold and great heat.However, in this bitter, cold and desolate place, the civilization of the Central Plains has already laid a solid foundation here.During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, this place was the fiefdom of the Yin and Shang royal family's Jizi, and it was called the Kingdom of Jizi at that time.The feudal city of the Zizi Kingdom is located in the southwest of Weishui, and it is called Lelang.Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, because of the virtuousness of the Osmunda seed, he generously preserved the Osmunda seed country.Throughout the hundreds of years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the common people of the Osmunda Kingdom were called "Gaoyi" by the people of the Central Plains, also known as Goguryeo, Goryeo, Gouli, Gouli, etc.When it came to the Spring and Autumn Bandang, a group of old aristocrats in the Osmunda kingdom missed their homeland, and they considered themselves subjects of the Yin and Shang dynasties and alienated themselves from the Central Plains.In the Warring States period, the monarch of the Osmunda kingdom called "Man" became the king on his own, and the Warring States of the Central Plains called his country "Gaoguryeo".Qin Kaiping Donghu naturally swallowed up this "Gaoguryeo", and the Osmunda Kingdom of that year became the Liaodong County of today.

The bitter cold and desolation of eastern Liaodong gave birth to a fierce and industrious fishing and hunting tribe.After thousands of years of assimilation and return, the Korean people and the Central Plains people have already become one.Both men and women are born strong and strong, eat hard and endure hard work, fight wild beasts in the mountains and forests every year, and fish in the sea.Back then, Zizhi fought against Donghu, relying on the 50,000 strong army composed of Liaodong fishermen and hunters.However, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, most of the hunters and fishermen in Liaodong have been slave peasants. They are not allowed to be knights in the army, and they are not allowed to be honored by officials for their meritorious service. They are almost always the most humble soldiers in the army. Pensions and even corpses were ruthlessly discarded on the battlefield.But because of this, Liaodong fishing and hunting slaves were too afraid to avoid joining the army.At that time, Zizhi sent out Liaodong Orion, using the power of "restraining the orders of the emperor outside the country" to carry out the new policy privately, using the three methods of settling down, giving barren land, and returning the floating wealth looted after Xu Zhansheng, he managed to collect 50,000 yuan and swear to his death The children of Liaodong fishermen and hunters became brave teachers in the Allied Forces of the Six Nations in one fell swoop.The generosity and fighting spirit of the Liaodong people can be seen.

The most important source of troops in the world is the most important reason why Le Yi formed an army in Liaodong. After the state of Yan was stabilized, Le Yi went to Liaodong County to implement the new law in person.He promulgated a Yaqing decree that shocked Liaodong: Except for the survivors of the Ouzi king's family, all the old families of the Ouzi country will move to the west of Liaoxi, and all the arable land in Liaodong County will be used as military rewards!At that time, Liaoxi was fatter than Liaodong. The old aristocrats of the Osmunda Kingdom were originally the roots of the old Central Plains. Although they were nostalgic for the unique charm of this land of white mountains and black waters, they finally left slowly.As soon as the old aristocratic family moved away, Le Yi immediately abolished the slave farming system, and distributed all the wasteland in the flat plains to the new civilians who were willing to change their careers to fishing and hunting; , each person will be given ten acres of fertile land first, but if they have military merits, they will be rewarded for their merits!According to the character of Liaodong people, as long as any of these methods are put into practice, they will be cheered, not to mention that the shackles will suddenly be released, and they will suddenly become the "nationals" that have been dreamed of for generations!All of a sudden, the children of Liaodong fishermen and hunters rushed to join the army. In just three months, 100,000 strong soldiers joined the army, and the follow-up crowd is still coming in an endless stream.Le Yi didn't expect to be able to form an army so quickly, so he ordered to recruit slowly, practice while recruiting, practice while recruiting, and finally stopped the frenzy of joining the army.

How can such Liaodong not make the general's heart beat? Le Yi, who loves military affairs, finally saw a strong soldier formed under his banner, leading such a large army to a decisive battle with Qi, why worry about being invincible.Known as the "Northern Weakness", if the Yan Kingdom can defeat Qiangqi with an army of 600,000, it will be nothing less than a thunderstorm in today's world!It will announce the rise of the Yan State, and will once again greatly change the pattern of the Great Warring States.If it can adhere to the new law for three generations like Qin State, Yan State will definitely become a powerful force in the Central Plains.In the end, maybe Yan State is the master of unifying China.At that time, Le Yi's name will always be engraved on the towering historical monument, becoming the first cornerstone of the great cause of Yan State.It is true that this is the case, but the dream of a famous general who has been pursuing so hard is so small!

Driving all the way, Le Yi's mood could not be calm all the time. Ten days later, Le Yi and the shogunate team finally arrived at the Liaoshui River Valley camp. It was the twelfth lunar month, and the dripping water turned into ice.The cold wind from the snow field howls from the far north, even if you wear three layers of armor, it will still be cold to the bone.During the bumpy ride, the sweat of the knights repeatedly froze and melted between the close-fitting clothes and the outer armor, and it had already turned into iron armor and ice armor.As soon as he entered the big tent, Le Yi yelled: "Quick! A few pots of stewed meat, and millet dumplings, the hotter the better." Qin Kai, the general who stayed behind in the Chinese army, hurriedly said: "Take off your armor first. See if there is any frostbite?" Le Yi and a group of military officials quickly took off their clothes and unarmored, and in a short while, they saw more than twenty naked men all covered in bruises, but their combat boots could not be removed no matter what.

Qin Kai glanced at it, and rushed to the tent with a stride, shouting: "Doctor! Hurry up!" In a moment, a team of military doctors rushed over with a medical box.In the lead, an old doctor with gray beard and hair, lean and hale and hearty, looked around and ordered loudly: "Remove the burner, put up the leather curtain, and let the wind blow for half an hour. The generals walk when they can walk, and sit when they can't walk, as long as they don't leave the tent I'll wait for one by one." Then he turned to Qin Kai and said, "Please bring some large basins of clean snow." Qin Kai immediately shouted the order, and when he was young, a group of soldiers carried seven or eight large wooden basins, each of which was covered with white snow top.With a wave of his hand, the old military doctor knelt and sat at the naked Le Yi's feet, and the medical assistants behind each guarded a wounded person. First, they cut open the combat boots with a sharp dagger, and then rubbed their feet with a large cloud of white snow. If it becomes hot and red, apply a layer of clear bear ointment.After being so busy for more than half an hour, I just took care of the frostbite of a group of people.

"General," Qin Kai said with a bow, "please come to the cooking camp for dinner." "It doesn't matter if it's cooler, it's easy to move here." After a lot of tossing, Le Yi's whole body seemed to be falling apart, and the feeling of hunger was gone, so he wanted to hurry up and finish his meal. "No." Qin Kai smiled stubbornly, "External coolness can cure frostbite, but inner coolness is about to get sick. It's better to go to the cooking camp." "Okay, let's go to the cooking camp." Le Yi has never been stubborn about trivial matters.

This Liaodong cooking camp is different from ordinary cooking camps.It is not set up under the tent, but it is a large house made of stone slabs.Seen from a distance, these slate houses are no taller than a person, and the big black chimneys on the roof are within reach, and the smoke that gushes out of the kitchen in a hurry drifts away in the cold wind, which does not have the soaring charm of the Central Plains military camp at all.It turns out that this extremely cold place in Liaodong has winter weather for half a year, and the north wind howls after October.But when it was snowing and cold, the soldiers went out to pee, and accidentally found a long popsicle between their legs.The barracks started to cook, and the stewed meat in big pots and pots turned into lumps of ice as soon as it was distributed to the soldiers' bowls.Although cold food in military camps is commonplace, if this happens all the time, the soldiers will be sick and weak.Before the first winter day was over, Le Yi ordered more than a hundred Liaodong artisans to be conscripted. The soldiers took turns to do small jobs, and built nearly a hundred cooking camps, most of which were buried in the ground. Soldiers all went to the slate house to eat.In the bone-chilling Liaodong, the sergeants can have three warm meals a day, which is really easier said than done!With this one action alone, the soldiers' love and reverence for Le Yi was immeasurable, and Le Yi's reputation of loving soldiers spread like wind all over the world.

"Is there any frostbite among soldiers this winter?" Le Yi asked limping. "Come on!" Qin Kai simply picked up Le Yi on his back, and said as he walked, "No. Leather boots, leather socks and leather armor, how cold can it be? The whole camp is screaming all winter, and everyone is calling for a fight. The barking is the loudest. When the general arrives, I think he is going to blow up the camp." "Okay!" Le Yi punched Qin Kai on the shoulder, "If you have a battle, don't worry." Stepping down the seven or eight large stone steps in the dry snow, the warm air in the hall supported by the thick wooden pillars rushed towards the face with the smell of meat and rice. Le Yi was suddenly hungry, so he jumped off the ground and said, "Let's go, find a corner to sit. Come on, hurry up and finish the meal." It turns out that the cooking hall here can accommodate three thousand soldiers at a time, and there are ten rows of white wood long tables that can't be seen at a glance. On both sides, each side is exactly one hundred and fifty wooden boards to seat one hundred and fifty people.There are six wide exits on each side of the hall, but three thousand sergeants can rush to the ground in a short time after hearing the horn order.After ten years of military training, as long as Le Yi was in the barracks, he had to inspect the military food every meal, and sat on the white wooden boards with the soldiers to eat and eat.Today was different, Le Yi just wanted to go back to the account and deploy military affairs quickly, and didn't want to delay here, so he sat down in a corner and wanted to finish eating quickly and leave.As soon as he sat down, Qin Kai brought a cooking soldier and hurriedly brought a large pot of red and black stewed meat, a large pot of red millet rice dumpling, a large bowl of vegetable soup, and a large bowl of millet wine. Rich and fragrant. "Good military food!" Le Yi praised and was about to put down the chopsticks, but suddenly frowned, "Military orders are not allowed to drink, take it away." Qin laughed and said: "The general is cold all the way, I specially ordered to bring it." Le Yi Yi shook his head: "The sergeant is cold every day, do you have any wine?" Qin Kai smiled helplessly: "Okay, take it away. Hey, this bear's paw is a game hunted by the army, you have to eat it." The cooking soldiers immediately raised their chests and said: "Yesterday, you hunted back, that's right!" Le Yi said solemnly: "There is a military law: bear paws are only rewarded to those who have made meritorious service in the hunting of the Japanese army. Take them away and exchange them for a pot of boar offal." Qin Kai stopped laughing: "General, wild boar offal is not hungry, it is only eaten by violators of military law, at least a pot of wild boar is here." Le Yi suddenly sighed: "The national humiliation has not yet been snowed, and eating meat safely is a matter of conscience. I’m ashamed.” The stout and dark cook panted, “Report to the general: there are no boar offal today, only roe deer offal!” Qin Kai laughed loudly: “Look, look! It’s roe deer offal, Hurry up and get it!" "Hi!" The thick and dark cook hurried away, and in a short while another pot of stew came out, but it was a fat and skinny roe deer with a full back leg. It weighs three or four catties.Le Yi couldn't help but chuckled and said, "Okay, let's go." Then he started to gobble it up. The rear white is also the rear hip of the roe deer.This roe deer has a fat buttocks, but it is born with two round white hairs, so Liaodong hunters call it "houbai".Orion has many inexplicable customs and customs when he ventures in and out of the mountains and forests all the year round.Not eating the white buttocks of roe deer is one of the most important points.Seventy-eight out of ten of the Liaodong army are Orion children, so naturally there is this taboo.Le Yi, a famous scholar in the Central Plains, naturally does not believe in this taboo, and he does not want to waste everything. Seeing that this rare fat is thrown away every day, he established a peculiar military law: the rear of the roe deer is listed as "punishment meat" in the army, but those who have no intention of The sergeant who violated the law but had to be punished was punished by eating the back of the roe deer!In fact, the hips of roe deer are strong and thick, which is the most tonic.The Orion children in Liaodong knew it all, but they couldn't eat it out of taboos. Once they were punished and had to eat it, they would secretly enjoy it after eating it.After a long time, everyone knew the secret, and this inexplicable taboo became indifferent in the barracks. A roe deer swallowed the hindquarters, and Le Yi suddenly felt refreshed.Seeing that the soldiers had already marched into the hall, Le Yi hurriedly left from the exit beside him.Entering the big tent of the Chinese army and setting up a huge drawing board, Le Yi and Qin Kai secretly discussed it until the third watch of the barracks, and the big tent was still brightly lit.