Attack after the end of the Sui Dynasty

"What do you mean!" Wang Cheng stared blankly at Lin Tong, opened and closed his mouth for a long time, but couldn't say anything.The lack of military rations is a terrible thing. If it is in other places, it will be fine. This is fighting Goguryeo. One bad thing is that the entire army will be wiped out.

"Brother Wang, don't worry. If you don't believe what I said, go out and ask a few peasants to see how much they brought back in one cart this time. You just need to ask." Tong pulled Wang Cheng up.

After asking a few folks, Wang Cheng was stunned for a while, and his brows were also knitted into a ball.

In the end, Wang Cheng helped to take Lin Tong out, and found another soldier who was friendly with him, and spent some money to bring Lin Tong aboard. Seeing Lin Tong's figure getting farther and farther away, Wang Cheng did not move for a long time one time.At this time, Wang Cheng was a little envious of Lin Tong. He had a family and cared about him, unlike him who was alone, even if he went back, no one would wait for him.

After landing, the man urged Lin Tong to leave as soon as possible. Lin Tong thanked him and left without looking back.

Now you can't go on the official road, you can only take the trail. Fortunately, Lin Tong went to the mountains with Wang Cheng many times because of hunting, and he has gained some common sense in the wild.It's just that the danger in the mountains is not as simple as he imagined. The ancient mountains and forests are full of poisonous snakes and beasts. Before walking, one must explore the road ahead to see if there are poisonous snakes.

Moreover, there is no road at all in this mountain, and I barely recognized the direction to go forward. Many times I came to the cliff, so I had to go back and find the way again.Don't dare to move casually at night, because you don't know where the soil is floating soil, and if it is not good, you will step on the air.Once Lin Tong was trapped by a pack of wolves, and he was trapped in a tree for two days before he came down. During this period, he could only find bugs from the tree to eat when he was hungry, and he could only wait for the dew on the leaves in the morning when he was thirsty.Fortunately, this is early summer, otherwise the sudden drop in temperature in the mountains at night would freeze people to death.

After walking like this for more than a month, Lin Tong suffered a lot in the mountains. He was so thin that his lips were bloodied, his hands and feet were scratched, and his clothes were torn.When he saw the crowd, he felt as if it had been a hundred years for a while.The so-called population is nothing more than a small village, a small village deep in the mountains, the hunters who hid in the mountains to escape corvee, and those who have not been registered in the official government, have a total of about ten people.According to modern terms, these people are actually black households.

When these mountain people saw Lin Tong's appearance, they knew that it was another runaway peasant husband. They had met several times in recent days, and they could help the first time, the second time, the third time...these people also It is not rich.Giving Lin Tong a few bowls of hot water and a bowl of hot porridge can be regarded as his best effort.After eating cold food for more than a month, Lin Tong's nose felt sore when he touched hot food for the first time.

When Lin Tong regained his composure and asked where he was, he realized that he had been traveling around Hebei for the past month, and now he had just arrived at Shanggu County. (now Beijing).There shouldn't be any problems going up the official road.

After asking the way, Lin Tong borrowed a needle and thread, and sewed the clothes a little, so as to cover the skin and flesh.Then I exchanged the beast skins on my back for two or three catties of acorn noodles and a leather water bag with the hunters.His wild animal skins have never been tanned, and he has also used these skins to protect him from wind and rain this month.This leather has been ruined by him long ago, it is not worth much at all, and what can be exchanged for something is the other party's pity for him.

When he came back from Liaodong, Lin Tong had no other defenses except for the dagger Wang Cheng gave him. Now this knife has already curled its edge because of too much use.

I need some money, Lin Tong thought silently while looking at the dagger in his hand.Now he is penniless and has no travel expenses to go back, so he has to raise some travel expenses.He tied the dagger to the cut branch, wandered around the mountains for a few days, and stabbed to death a wild boar delivered to his door with his perverted strength.After draining the wild boar's blood, Lin Tong carried the pig down the mountain.

In the clear sky and broad daylight, a man covered in blood and mud suddenly ran down from the mountain, carrying a wild boar on his shoulders, and the surrounding mountain people watched from afar.

It's the end of June now, and the weather is already unbearably hot. Lin Tong didn't feel it when he was on the mountain, but when he got down the mountain, he immediately felt the heat wave rushing towards him, and flies and insects were constantly flying around the wild boar on his shoulder.Blood stains mixed with sweat stains, Lin Tong felt that he really stinks right now.

This is just at the foot of the mountain, and there is still a long distance from the city. If I carry such a wild boar there, I don’t know how many mosquitoes and flies I will attract. The worst thing is, if the meat deteriorates due to the heat, they will not accept it.Moreover, it was difficult for him to enter the city in this appearance, and the defenders of the city did not know whether to let them go or not.After much deliberation, Lin Tong simply borrowed a wooden barrel, washed the wild boar clean in front of these mountain people, and directly skinned and sold the meat.

The mountain people are poor and can't afford meat at all. If the meat is sold at a high price, no one will buy it.Lin Tong cut the meat piece by piece, put it on the laid leaves, and yelled, "One piece of meat for three renminbi! One piece of meat for three renminbi! Pick whatever you want!"

These days, a catty of corn costs more than this price, not to mention meat, Lin Tong's meat is also cut into big pieces, a piece is more than two catties, and it was snatched up in a short while.How much can a wild boar weigh? It weighed a hundred catties to death. After digging out the bones and internal organs, and selling a pig's head, Lin Tong only got less than a hundred coins.These mountain people have benefited, and they have let go of their guard a lot, pointing at Lin Tong and laughing, this man is really a fool, the meat is so cheap.Really want to die.

Lin Tong carried the pork bones and pig offal to a noodle stall by the side of the road, and exchanged these things with the shop owner for a bowl of noodle soup and two black dough balls.After wolfing it down, he patted his butt and went up the mountain again.Two days later, these mountain people saw Lin Tong carrying a male deer from the mountain, selling it at a low price as usual.After going back and forth for seven or eight days, including the money for selling the animal skins, Lin Tong finally got together two thousand dollars.

I bought a pair of old clothes, no matter who wore them before, and spent a thousand cash to exchange the old dagger for a half-new one, carrying dozens of black dough and pickle lumps on my back. road.

Along the way, eat and sleep in the open.Lin Tong was still worried that someone would requisition civilian husbands, and when he heard that a large group of people was coming, he would hide in the grass by the side of the road and wait for the other party to pass by.

When they were halfway there, they heard the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion in Liyang.Lin Tong didn't pay attention to those large groups of people anymore, but stepped up and rushed to Shanxi day and night, the world was going to be in chaos, and he had to rush back to his son.

By the time he rushed home, it was already mid-July, when Yang Xuangan was attacking Luoyang.But this is not about Lin Tong's business anymore. He went out at the beginning of the year and only came back in July. For half a year, I don't know what happened to Nan Nan.How much taller has he grown? Has he recovered from the illness he suffered when he left?

Lin Tong couldn't wait to trot all the way back home.After he went there for half a year, his face was tanned black and red, he had lost a lot of weight, his clothes were torn, and the villagers didn't recognize him for a long time.When someone recognized him as Lin Tong, the expressions of these villagers changed one by one, and they hurriedly left after saying a few words with a dry smile.

How can a person who has been in the mall for a few years not be able to see other people's faces clearly.Lin Tong's heart suddenly turned cold, did something happen to Nan Nan?Lin Tong was dumbfounded when he ran to the door of Wang's family.That Wang's house was obviously no longer inhabited, the door was wide open, staggeringly open, and all the things in the house were gone.

"Where is Wang's sister-in-law!" Lin Tong knocked on the neighbor's door and asked with a pale face.

When the neighbor scolded him for reciting, he had seen Lin Tong's skills. This man also went hunting with Wang Cheng up the mountain, and also hunted wild boars several times.If he knew the truth of the matter and got angry, he... thinking about it, the man shrank back.Lin Tong's eyes were reddened, and he grabbed the man's clothes and shouted, "Where are the people from Master Wang! My son..." After a pause, remembering that the other party didn't know Lin Nan's identity, he changed his words and asked, "My brother Where is Lin Nan?"

"Brother Lin, don't be in a hurry, just listen to me slowly." The unlucky neighbor told the Wang family's affairs in detail, and then said that Chen Xian brought Lin Nan into the city.Lin Tong left this person behind and went straight to the city.

It's all me, I didn't clean my hands, and I didn't get rid of the root of the disaster.Lin Tong was so remorseful that he wished he could take a knife and slash himself to relieve his hatred.

The neighbor wiped off his sweat and said to his wife, "Hurry up, hide out for a few days. We'll come back when the evil star is gone!" He dared not tell what happened to Lin Nan later.People around here have heard about that incident, knowing that such a well-behaved child was beaten to death, these people also sighed for a while, but they still have to live their lives as they should.

To calm down, Lin Tong kept telling himself to calm down.But as long as he thought about what bad things might happen to his son now, his heart was like a fire, and he couldn't calm down at all.

I asked a few people in succession, and those people shook their heads, wondering how long they could remember the two children who came to the city a few months ago.What Lin Tong is worried about now is that Chen Xian took Lin Nan to other places in order to avoid Fang Wuliang and the others.In this chaotic world, the two children can't survive at all, what should I do, how can I find them.

"I heard that Zhang Yannian of the Zhang family bought a few more boys. It's really a crime."

"That's right, last time it was said that he was directly beaten to death and dragged to the mass grave without leaving a body." Two passers-by sat at the noodle stall and said while eating. The one they said was killed was Lin Nan. Now everyone here thinks that Lin Nan has been beaten to death by the Zhang family.

Because Lin Tong had inquired about the Zhang family's affairs before, he felt that it sounded familiar, but at this moment, he only felt that it was familiar. After all, there were so many people with the surname Zhang, so he didn't care.

"The baby who was beaten to death is said to be only six years old, and looks as handsome as a little girl. Why did he suffer such a murderous hand?"

The Zhang family has lost its reputation since Lin Nan's incident got out.But whenever his family bought a newcomer, as long as it was a man, he would be discussed by the people around him.In fact, not all the people they bought were played by that master. Now that Zhang Yannian has been poked blind in one eye, his vitality is seriously injured, and he is lying in bed all day recuperating, unable to do anything at all.The boys newly bought by the Zhang family were just working, but the reputation of the family was already bad. As long as they bought little boys, people would talk about it behind their backs.

The author has something to say: The Sui Dynasty had strict controls on ironware. In the 15th year of Kaihuang (AD 595), Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, issued a special edict to prohibit the private manufacture of weapons, and even a dozen kitchen knives required administrative approval. Fourteen years later, Yang Guang stipulated that even iron forks and hooks were not allowed to be owned by the people.But at this time it is already in chaos, so it is still possible for the protagonist to get a dagger.