Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

"Don't be messy! Everyone line up! One bowl per person, all of them!" The bearded cooker whispered.

Zhao Gan was in the middle of the line, his back was covered with sweat, and he was chilled by the north wind.He also imitated the soldiers who lined up in front and back, jumping in place to keep warm.

Zhao Gan surrendered to the Runing Army in Xuzhou this time, and this time he was incorporated into a temporary auxiliary corps to act with the main force of the Runing Army.But in Yingzhou, the auxiliary regiment was dismantled, the cavalry was assigned to the cavalry regiment, and the remaining auxiliary soldiers were also dispersed among the various units of the Runing Army.

After staying in Yingzhou for a few days, the entire Runing army moved towards Huainan.Fortunately, on the first day, the whole army marched at a normal speed for more than thirty miles during the day.But on the second day of today, in addition to marching during the day, the Runing Army suddenly marched at night with the whole army, rushing to the Huaihe River section in Huainan.

And now it was the rest time of the rush march, and every soldier of the Runing Army could drink a bowl of hot ginger soup.

While jumping, Zhao Gan looked curiously at the cart behind Cooking Bing.The cart was blocked by wooden boards on three sides, and there was a long flue sticking out beside it, which looked weird.

"What are you looking at?" Cheng Niu behind him elbowed Zhao Gan, "Are you looking at this big-tailed car?"

Cheng Niu is a veteran of the Runing Army, and this time his company commander asked him to bring these auxiliary soldiers.However, Cheng Niu's temper is quite bright, and after just a few days of work, he has become acquainted with Zhao Gan and the others.

Zhao Gan nodded and asked with a smile: "Brother Cheng, this car looks rather strange, what is it used for?"

"What else can it be used for? Follow those cooking soldiers, of course they are used for boiling water and cooking." Cheng Niu was a little proud when he mentioned the equipment of the Runing Army, "Don't underestimate this car. Build such a car. The money of the car is worth ten ordinary carts."

"It's so expensive!" Zhao Gan's eyes widened.

"Of course!" Seeing Zhao Gan's reaction, Cheng Niu also opened up the chatterbox proudly, "When I first joined the Runing Army, I didn't have a good life like Ganzi you are now. When I usually train for night marches, I only I can have some cold food and cold water. It was later that our adults cared about me and asked the workshop to build a batch of cooking vehicles for us."

"However, it is not easy to build the cooking cart, and it is not possible for the enemy troops in the distance to find us lighting a fire, and it is also necessary for the cooking soldiers to boil water and cook on the marching cooking cart. So there was a lot of trouble at the beginning. What a joke!"

"Look at the big voice that made ginger soup today. At that time, his hair was burned several times. One time he didn't even keep his eyebrows. His face was smoky like Bao Gong. He even burned the kitchen several times."

"Later, all the masters from the workshop went to our army, and lived with our cooks for several months, constantly improving and building, and finally became like this."

Seeing Zhao Gan, he couldn't close his mouth when he heard it, Cheng Niu pushed him and said, "It's your turn!"

Zhao Gan quickly turned around and took a bowl of ginger soup.Wait until Cheng Niu wants to take it.The bearded cook said: "Big cowhide! What are you talking about me again? Today's ginger soup is not for you!" This made the team laugh.

The company commander who maintained order quickly reprimanded: "Keep your voice down! Do you want to be scolded?"

A group of people shrank their heads and hid aside to drink ginger soup.Zhao Gan covered the bowl with both hands.While drinking ginger soup in small sips.At this time, he saw several soldiers pushing fodder, bean cakes, and black beans to feed the horses.Zhao dared to think of the days before his rebellion when he couldn't even eat bean cakes.I couldn't help sighing in my heart: "It's so rich here!" When thinking of this place.Zhao Gan couldn't help but growl in his stomach.

Cheng Niu on the side heard the movement of Zhao Gan's stomach, and said with a smile: "It's for the horses. We can't eat too much when we march. There will be food for us after the march. In fact, they also have something to eat with loud voices." It's tiring, and they still have to work all the way. Don't drink like a little wife. Drink quickly, there is still some pot bottom in the big voice, and we will be snatched up by others when we go late."

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When the march started again, Zhao Gan indeed found that the cooking soldiers were busy on the cooking cart.And what's amazing is that if you don't observe carefully, even the people nearby can't see the flames of the cooking truck.

"How are you feeling these days?" Cheng Niu asked beside him.

"It's not bad. It's just that the road is tiring!" Zhao Gan also told the truth.Zhao Gan, who had just joined the Runing Army, hadn't accumulated any fat on his body, so the forced march for several days was really too much for him.

"It's okay! They are all strong guys. It will be fine after a month or so." Cheng Niu explained with a smile, "Actually, our Runing Army is not the most tired of fighting, it is hard during training! I want to eat hot Soup and hot food? There is no way at all! Every night, those bastards from the cavalry disgust us, and they don’t want to sleep well all night. In the morning, we have to march in a hurry and practice tactics, so tired that our eyelids will droop!”

"Really?" Zhao Gan asked in disbelief.

"Of course it's true!" Cheng Niu nodded and said, "Our adults said that we sweat more in normal times and bleed less in wartime. But when it's time for training, I really want to go to that bloody day. Don't tell my company commander! Did you hear that?"

Zhao Gan nodded quickly and said, "Brother Cheng! I'm not afraid of suffering!"

"It's best not to be afraid of hardship! You will definitely become a good soldier. Remember! You have never been trained to hide behind me during this battle. You are easily injured. Be smart and hide!"

"Ok!"

In the middle of the night, the Runing army marched another thirty miles and set up camp on the spot.Under the orders of the officers, the soldiers immediately formed large and small car formations on the periphery, and then dug trenches outside the car formations, and set up tents inside the car formations.

After the camp was set up, the cook sent each soldier a hot bun, a meat stick and a bowl of broth.After eating, everyone received a clean underwear.

Taking the team as a unit, the soldiers went to the cooking cart one by one to fetch hot water.After wiping my body clean, I put on clean underwear to prevent typhoid fever.

Then there is the foot wash.Veterans like Cheng Niu checked the soles of the soldiers' feet while washing their feet. If there were blisters on their feet, they immediately picked out the blisters with horsehair to prevent someone from being unable to walk the next day because of the blisters.

After finishing all these tasks, the soldiers who did not have the task of sentry went into the tent to sleep.Before falling asleep, Zhao Gan thought in a daze: "Finally, we are living a good life!" (To be continued...)