There are more than a million troops stationed in and around Xieyang City, and there are millions of local residents. The daily consumption of horse chews is an astronomical figure that is unimaginable to ordinary people. After the business here is cut off from the Dajiang Dynasty, everything needs to be reorganized. The South shipped supplies.
In the wind and snow, horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts carrying supplies came from all directions. If you stood at a very high place and looked down, it would seem that ants were gathering on the ground. They were so densely packed that you couldn't count them.
Merchants pursue profits. Although this is the main battlefield and extremely dangerous, there are still merchants who travel long distances for profit and brave the wind and snow to continuously transport goods here.
The risks of coming here are high, including weather, war, and disasters. These factors must be taken into consideration, but the benefits are also high.
The merchants have made money, but it is the animals and helpers at the bottom who are suffering. Many of them died on the road in order to transport goods here. The bottom people risked their lives to come here, and in many cases they can only get a little income that is barely enough to survive.
But under war, human life is not as good as that of a dog. As long as one can survive, no matter how dangerous it is, people will do it.
Of course, merchants alone are not enough to consume this place. Military logistics are the main source of supply. You don¡¯t need to think about it to know that there are at least 100,000 military logistics personnel working here to serve, and there will only be more
Within ten miles of entering Xieyang City, road access has long been taken over by the army, which has been divided into pedestrian areas, vehicle and horse access areas, and military logistics areas.
Strictly control the situation. Whenever a riot occurs, the army will come to inquire about the situation in no time, which will delay the smooth flow of roads. Those who are minor will be held accountable, and those who are serious will be dealt with according to military law!
People of all kinds gathered here, including scholars, civilians, merchants, and soldiers, speaking with different accents.
There are notices posted next to the tall city gate. I don¡¯t know how long they have been frozen on the wall. The writing is a bit blurry. The curfew is vaguely visible. If there is no special reason, if you go out at night outside the specified time, you will be caught by patrol soldiers. Stop and kill!
There are many similar prohibitions, such as no fighting with more than four people in the city, and those who disobey the order will be executed, and another example is not spreading rumors and causing trouble to shake the morale of the army, otherwise military law will be dealt with
The prohibition notices rustled in the cold wind, making people's bones shiver.
"Anyone who disobeys orders here will be punished. There is no sense in it. You will really die if you seek death!"
"I have the honor of being a civil servant, and I am here to study and serve the imperial court. Why do I have to queue up to enter the city?"
A voice of dissatisfaction sounded at the city gate, and the speaker was a scholar in his thirties.
"Take it!"
However, he was answered with a sneer, followed by two bangs. His feet were hit hard by the scabbard and he knelt in the snow. The next moment, he was dragged away like a chicken by soldiers in armor.
student? A sense of superiority?
"This does not exist in Xieyang City. The commander-in-chief has orders. Soldiers in Xieyang City have priority, and scholars have to stand aside. Don't you agree?" If you have the guts to clean up your meal, go find the commander-in-chief to argue with you.
Soldiers fought bloody battles, and they were born and died in obscurity. Wouldn't it be chilling if scholars were allowed to stand high and shout at them here?
¡°In Xieyang City, no matter how arrogant a scholar is, he has to restrain himself, no matter how unruly a charlatan is, he has to tell me the rules, and no matter how smart a businessman is, he has to put away his cunning face.
After queuing up according to the rules, Yunjing was able to enter the city smoothly after strict interrogation. As long as he obeyed the rules here, he would not be in trouble.
There is an endless stream of patrol teams in the city, and the sound of cold armor friction makes the atmosphere here extremely serious. Instead of the high-minded talk and gentleness of the southern city, there are only hurried footsteps and serious expressions. Ordinary people may not be able to adapt to such a short time when they first arrive here. environment.
Xieyang City is very large, at least thirty miles in length and breadth, but the city seems very empty, not because there are few people, but because of the emptiness caused by the layout of the buildings. The roads are wide, and even the distance between lanes is not less than five meters, and around the city walls There are no buildings within five hundred meters.
This layout is to facilitate combat when necessary.
Who is the commander? Who are the commanders of each army? What do the Jianghu circles here usually do? What is the circle of scholars doing?
These are things that Yunjing needs to understand slowly after he comes here. He comes here not just for a visit. He just punches in and counts as having been here, and then he can go home.
Of course, when the two countries are at war, he, a commoner scholar who has just arrived, can't get involved at the moment. Knowing the generals in the army is of little significance, but his master is here, and he must meet him if he has the opportunity. The premise is that Li Qiu, Yunjing's master Li Qiu was among them. He had not changed much from when he left Yunjing. After putting on the armor, he was no longer a frail scholar, and he had an iron-blooded aura that he had not had before.
As for that special person, it is the second prince Xia Tao. He is also here, but even though he is a prince, he is sitting properly at this time. Moreover, he is still under the general Qin Antai, and he has a way of treating himself as a mascot. the meaning of.
In fact, when he came to the northern battlefield, he was basically a mascot.
When more than a dozen military generals present browsed through a document in their hands, Qin Antai looked at everyone and said: "Generals, you have also read the strategy of seizing the east and attacking the west presented by General Zhang. What do you think?"
When he said this, Qin Antai's eyes paused on Li Qiu.