diskusbooks Chapter 351 The hero's stumbling block on the road to escape from the famine 2
Chapter 351 The hero's stumbling block on the road to escape from the famine 2
The world in this book is a tripartite world of four kingdoms, namely Qi where the male protagonist lives, Rui to the east, Yun to the south, and Chen to the west.
Qi State was in the north, and the middle was the border, so the four countries simply divided the territory equally.
The periphery of the four countries is either snow-capped mountains that cannot be climbed or the sea. As for whether there are other countries on the other side, it is not mentioned in the novel, so let's just assume that there are only these four countries for the time being.
Qingzhou, where the male protagonist is located, is the border of the four countries. This means that if there is a disaster here, the territories of the other three countries will not be much better off.
The male protagonist took advantage of the famine and the chaotic time when the people were in panic and put together his own makeshift team.
That's right, he did not use the power of his father, the county magistrate, but ran out under an assumed name, wiped out a bandit's nest, and then led that gang of bandits to recruit people in the surrounding areas.
After he conquered several other counties in Qingzhou, he revealed his identity to his father who was preparing to pack up and run away.
Then, with his father and family helping him to guard the rear, he began to lead his troops to fight.
He did not take over his own country first, but directly attacked other countries, starting with the State of Chen. The two countries were separated by a mountain, so he attacked them directly.
Next was the Yun Kingdom. This was a bit more troublesome as there was a river in the middle. However, with the help of the system, we built a lot of large ships in a year and attacked directly.
Soon all three countries were taken into his possession, changed from countries to states, and finally returned to the base camp. This time there was no need to fight, the old emperor of Qi surrendered directly.
In this way, the male protagonist completed the unification in five years and became a generation of overlord. He named the country Wei and the year Tianqi.
Of course there is a harem, which is a must for men, but because this is a story about fighting for hegemony, there is no detailed description of the love affairs with those women. Most of them are political marriages, either princesses sent by various countries to marry, or the legitimate daughters of ministers.
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This seems to have nothing to do with Xiao Yun, but in fact, the conscription they encountered was not initiated by the imperial court, but by the male protagonist.
The male protagonist has now conquered Annan County. His makeshift team has upgraded their weapons and directly taken over the government and garrison here, so those officers and soldiers who came to arrest people were sent by the male protagonist.
The original body's husband and three sons were all unknown people, so they naturally became cannon fodder to help him charge into battle, and died on the battlefield in the first battle.
The original body's wish was simple, to rescue her husband and son, and to live a good life as a family. If her parents could help, they would help, but if they couldn't, forget it.
When the original body was at her parents' home, her parents did not treat her badly. After all, they did not abandon her or sell her for food when they fled from famine. They also found her a pretty good husband, which was considered pretty good.
It's just that her mother died several years ago, and her father remarried a widow with two teenage children. She has been married for more than ten years and has no feelings for her.
As a daughter, she was never very close to her father, and with the addition of a stepmother, they hardly interacted with each other except during the New Year holidays.
Not to mention my brothers and sisters, they have all started their own families and have grandchildren. It is impossible to help so many families, so this is not a wish. I will help if I can, and it is also optional if I don’t want to.
Xiao Yun chose to ignore this. He didn't have to help.
The most important thing now is to break away from the Kuiyang Village team. If they continue to follow them, they will get further and further away from the three men.
Although the original body in the previous life was carried away by his daughter, he died within a few days, leaving behind two little girls. One can imagine what happened to them. Without a male in the family and without the protection of relatives, anyone could bully them.
"Yue'er, put mom down, and you guys take a rest too."
Xiao Yun said weakly, she was not pretending, she was really weak now.
"Mom, I'm not tired. We are already at the end of the group. If we stop any longer, they will be far away."
Gu Mingyue replied, panting. After all, she was only twelve years old. No matter how thin her mother was, she still weighed several dozen pounds. She had been unable to walk for a long time, but as the distance between her and the villagers in front of her was getting bigger and bigger, she could only grit her teeth and keep up.
"Yes, mother, we can't stop. If we stop, we will fall behind the villagers."
Gu Mingxing, who was carrying a backpack on the side, wiped the sweat from his eyes with his sleeve and agreed with gritted teeth.
My elder sister had to carry my mother on her back, so she was the only one who could carry the luggage. In fact, there wasn't much stuff left as the other luggage had been snatched away during the chaos. All that was left were some water, dry food, and two sets of clothes. They didn't know how to survive from now on.
Seeing that they didn't listen, Xiao Yun lowered his voice and said, "Don't you even listen to your mother? Put me down now!"
Hearing this, the two sisters finally stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the tree beside the road.
Although the tree is dead, at least its branches are still there and can block out some of the sunlight.
After being put down, Xiao Yun leaned sideways against the tree trunk. She was injured on her back and it hurt so much when she moved. It must be a bone injury.
"You guys sit down and rest for a while. Then go over there and see if you can find some Baogai grass. Fresh or dried will do."
Xiao Yun instructed that the comfrey is the easiest medicinal herb to find at present. It is in the original body's memory and is often seen on the ridges of fields and roadsides. I just don't know if there are fresh ones now. The dried ones can also be used, but it is a bit troublesome.
Gu Mingyue, who was also sitting against the tree, nodded. She also recognized what they ate as wild vegetables that spring.
Gu Mingxing took out some dry food and water. They had been so busy catching up with the villagers that they had not eaten or drunk anything.
The three of them each ate a piece of bread in small bites and drank only a sip of water. There was no water source nearby, so they had to use it sparingly.
But when Gu Mingyue was about to get up to collect herbs, she found that she couldn't stand up. She hadn't felt it before, but now her legs were as soft as noodles.
She looked at her mother helplessly, "Mom... my legs, my legs can't stand up anymore!"
Xiao Yun knew that this was temporary muscle weakness after high-intensity exercise. It could also be said that he was supported by adrenaline before and has now returned to normal.
I asked her to sit closer and rubbed several acupoints on her legs. Two minutes later, Gu Mingyue recovered.
He stood up and stamped his feet, saying, "Mom, you are amazing. My leg is healed! I will go collect herbs now. Xing'er, take good care of me."
Gu Mingxing nodded heavily, "I know, I will stay by my mother's side and won't go anywhere."
As he said that, he sat down in the seat where Gu Mingyue had just sat, looking at Xiao Yun seriously.
This little look almost made Xiao Yun laugh. She rubbed the little girl's face, but she couldn't bring herself to touch her hair because it was too dirty.
Not only the two children, but she herself too, felt itchy all over her body and head. Due to lack of water, they hadn't washed their hair or taken a bath for a long time.