novelaction Chapter 1268 Extra Zhou Dacang 2
Chapter 1268 Extra Zhou Dacang 2
Old Zheng and the others couldn't believe it. "No wonder you are so good. It seems that it is inherited from your family. Your little niece is even better than you. If she joins the military camp, she may achieve more than you."
He did not deny it.
Along the way, Zhou Guo has been very capable. He can go to the military camp with peace of mind because she is at home. Otherwise, if he wants to go to the military camp, it might be really troublesome.
It turned out that he was right.
But he didn't expect that he could also enjoy the glory brought by Zhou Guo in the army. The entire taxation in the north has increased. How could the source of this matter be hidden from the general?
When the general investigated, he found the cause of the crime was Zhou Guo.
He was shocked. This little girl actually acted under the banner of General Xu's daughter. She was too bold. She didn't even think about whose territory the North belonged to. How could she hide such a big move from General Xu?
He immediately apologized, but General Xu was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed. "It's okay. This little girl is very capable. She has only been in the North for a short time, but she has been able to increase the tax revenue of our North so much. If we give her two more years, the tax revenue of the North will only be higher."
Someone took the opportunity to say, "General, if we can take over the neighboring prefectures and turn them into the territory of the North, then the tax revenue will be even more considerable."
The imperial court has stopped paying salaries to the Xu family army, which has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, since a few years ago. They have to collect the money on their own. If they don't find a solution, what will these hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat and drink?
Not to mention the military pay, everyone will starve to death. How can we fight the war?
General Xu pondered in silence.
The proposal was shelved.
In recent years, the court's taxes have become heavier year by year, the people are living in misery, many places have risen up in rebellion, the world is in complete chaos, and the court is unable to take care of itself.
The rebels were approaching the gates of the capital, and the court sent General Xu to help the emperor.
Zhou Dacang’s chance has come!
In just a few years, he went from being a private to a general capable of commanding tens of thousands of troops.
The night before leaving, General Xu talked with him all night.
It was this night that made him make up his mind to follow the general for the rest of his life.
His biggest mission on this trip to Izumo Province was not to serve the king, but to recruit soldiers and horses, and to take a look at the situation in various places and how the people were living.
It’s really miserable!
There are so many people who cannot even afford clothes or food, and have to trade their children for food, and the whole world is in ruins.
When the people saw the soldiers, they were terrified as if they had seen ghosts, and shouted, "The arrests are coming again!"
The armies in various places could not capture enough able-bodied men, and even those in their fifties and sixties were captured, leaving only the children who could not even walk steadily in the house to fend for themselves.
Such things were innumerable in every place they visited.
The people are suffering terribly!!
He felt that General Xu's plan was not wrong. The imperial court was immoral and if they continued to let them rule the country, the people would have to endure such hardship for who knows how many years.
This time they didn't even reach the capital, but only made a few trips to the south, suppressing some rebel forces and recruiting them. Over the past few months, the Xu family army, which originally had 50,000 troops in the south, had expanded to nearly 200,000 when they returned to the north.
Greatly expanded the military strength of Xu's army.
What's more, after their visit, more and more people in the North knew about Xu's army, and the refugees went to the North with their families, so the North will welcome more people.
He led his army back to the north and set up a large camp in Huaishan. This was the only road to the north, so troops had to be stationed here.
The first battle he led independently was fought in Huaishan, and his camp was set up there.
The most he had before was only 50,000 soldiers and horses, including logistics.
But in the Battle of Huaishan, the 100,000 soldiers and horses were truly 100,000.
This battle made the name of Zhou Dacang famous. Many people knew that there was an extremely young General Zhou in the Xu family army in the north.
He was also happy to see his reputation spread.
He thought, if his name Zhou Dacang could spread far and wide, like the name of General Xu, then maybe his two brothers would come to find him?
The world is so big, it's not easy for him to find them, but if he becomes a pillar, will it still be difficult to find him?
But perhaps it was because Zhou Dacang's name was still not well known, and year after year, there was no news from his two brothers.
Or maybe...
Although he felt desperate sometimes, he always remembered what he promised his mother. He would find the two of them alive or dead, even if it meant digging up their graves.
Later, he left Yunzhou again and went south to fight in various places. He always rushed to the front and served as the vanguard, looking for his two brothers while fighting. Unfortunately, he defeated so many armies and recruited so many people, but there was no news of the two brothers.
As the years passed, this matter became an obsession in his mind.
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As Zhou Guo's reputation grew and her achievements became more and more significant, her name became more and more important in the North. No one, even the generals, could ignore her existence.
The general adopted her as his goddaughter and wanted to include her in the family tree.
He had mixed feelings. On the one hand, he felt that his niece had been robbed, but on the other hand, he knew that this would only benefit Zhou Guo and his Zhou family.
Just to say one thing, relying on General Xu's power to find the two brothers is much more reliable than relying on them as uncle and nephew.
Fortunately, God had a good vision. Just before they captured the capital, the two brothers were finally found.
When Zhou Dacang heard that there were people named Zhou Dafu and Zhou Dacai among the captured people, and that they were brothers, he was shocked and his chest was pounding. After so many years in the military camp, he could count the number of times he couldn't control his emotions like this on one hand.
He slowed down and walked towards the prisoner camp by himself.
From a distance, he saw two people and paused. Even though so many years had passed and he hadn't seen them for so many years, he had never forgotten the figures of his two brothers and often met them in his dreams.
This moment feels so unreal.
The two people opposite him looked at him curiously and walked towards him involuntarily. The guards did not stop them.
Zhou Dacang looked at the two people getting closer and closer. The blurry faces became clearer and clearer, and gradually overlapped with the two faces in his memory. He seemed to see his two brothers taking him to work in the fields, going up the mountain to chop firewood, and coming back from the market to throw a pile of things to him, asking him to distribute them to his nephews and nieces.
When he got into trouble, his second brother scolded him harshly, while his eldest brother protected him kindly...
Zhou Dacang was a man who faced the enemy's siege and blockade without even frowning, but he couldn't help but reddening his eyes.
He thought to himself, "Dad, Mom, I finally found my two brothers."
Zhou Dacang found his brother and accomplished the most important thing in his life. From then on, he felt that nothing could stop him.
He was again at the forefront when the army entered the city that night.
Xu Xiushan ascended the throne as a matter of course. He was granted the title of Duke of Yingzhou and his family inherited the title. The Zhou family became the new elite in the capital.
He also became a hot commodity in Beijing.
This was something he had not expected. He had originally thought that as he was getting older, even if he would not have trouble finding a wife, he would not have many good marriage opportunities.