Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 490 92 Five Lakes Company under the pillow-1

In a large open space in the Raozhou camp, hundreds of soldiers sat on the ground around large and small pots and stoves.The big guys looked eagerly at the middle of the camp.The Huotoujun of the Yabing Camp who arrived in advance had already boiled a pot of water. The half-fat and half-thin chunks of pork rose and fell up and down in the pot. Swallow.

"I heard that the Yabing Camp has meat to eat every day." Xu Shiqi said enviously.

"Scared," Ma Yuanyi said, "You have to have the ability to eat meat if you are willing to risk your life. The big brother in Yabingying is not a big brother who fights with fists as big as a fist, and fights in turns when eating." At this time, Ying There was a commotion in the middle, the meat was already cooked, the Huotou army took out large pieces of meat from the pot, and cut them into slices as thick as a little finger, half the size of a palm, strands of cooked meat The breath became more and more intense.Ma Yuanyi couldn't help 'licking' his lips.

"Send out the steamed buns, send out the steamed buns!" Accompanied by the yelling of the Huotou army, the captains of each team stepped forward to receive the steamed buns one by one, and the steaming steamed buns were quickly distributed to the soldiers.Before entering the mouth, Ma Yuanyi turned over the steamed bun, exposing the thick piece of meat, and saw a piece of fat meat, which was as white as snow in the sun, shining crystal clear light, and the side of the fat meat was connected with Narrow shreds of meat.

Xu Shiqi couldn't help shouting in a low voice: "Brother Ma is lucky, what a big piece of fat!"

Ma Yuanyi smiled smugly at him, then carefully pinched the piece of meat back, took a bite of the dry meat, and felt that it melted in the mouth, his mouth was full of oil, and every pore in his body felt so comfortable. opened.

"This is the steamed bun that the Commander rewarded." Ma Yuanyi swallowed the mouthful before sighing in satisfaction, "It's glorious!"

Xu Shiqi was also holding a steamed bun with meat in his hand, looking at the steaming pot in the middle of the camp, his eyes flickering. "I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat. I want to eat meat." A voice, like a devil, rang repeatedly in his mind.A claw seemed to be protruding from the abdomen, and grabbed the meat bun.

Not far away, soldiers began to cheer.Commander Zhao Xingde came among the soldiers, found a random pot and sat cross-legged, made himself a bowl of porridge mixed with chestnuts and wild vegetables, and drank it calmly.

"Even if you are the pacifier of these few roads," Zhao Xingde said with a smile to Zhang Jiurong beside him while holding a porridge bowl, "it's not as good as I have tasted the flavors of all the states and counties. Zhao is really lucky!"

"Yes, yes." Zhang Jiurong nodded.He pretended to be calm, but his trembling hands exposed the excitement in his chest.

"Since your battalion has been stationed in Shuzhou, is there anything you're not used to?" Zhao Xingde asked in a pleasant manner, "Do you have any complaints about military affairs and rations?"

"No, no." Zhang Jiurong shook his head vigorously, afraid that Zhao Xingde might misunderstand.

Although he is in the army, he is like a master who has just been pulled out of the study room for the exam. It is really difficult to learn from him the actual situation in the camp.Apart from studying military books and war strategies hard, Zhang Jiurong almost handed over all the mundane affairs in the camp to his subordinates.Fortunately, Mrs. Zhang is quite popular in Raozhou.Although the subordinates are miserable, they are doing their best, but they also look down on this Shangguan in private.Zhao Xingde sighed from the bottom of his heart, Zhang Jiurong's mind was like a paste, he could be regarded as an "honest and good man".Even so, Zhao Xingde still didn't speak lightly to control the officers, he only gave good words to enlighten each time.

Zhao Xingde murmured: "In this case, let's listen to the soldiers' complaints."

This is also a custom, every time Zhao Xingde inspects the camp, he listens to the soldier's statement when he has a meal with the soldiers.And there is a rule, in order to avoid difficulties for the officers in the camp, all the soldiers who make a statement, if they don't talk nonsense, will be taken away by Zhao Xingde and enter the camp of the Chinese army.Compared with the left and right armies under the command of Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi, the number of the Chinese army defending Zhao Xingde is very small, only about a thousand, of which hundreds are from the Yabing Battalion of Commander Du Chuijiao, and the other one or two hundred are mostly due to petitions. Ordinary soldiers who were brought into the Chinese army.These people left the main camp full of fellow countrymen, and were not qualified to be selected as soldiers of the Ya Bing Battalion, and their food and salary were no different from ordinary battalion heads.But the commander Zhao Xingde himself was not lucky enough to join the left and right soldiers.Therefore, if there is no real grievance or dissatisfaction, the soldiers will not express their feelings to the commander.Conversely, officers will not feel too much resentment and resistance.

"The commander has listened to the petition!" "The petition has been made!"

The commanding envoy's soldiers walked around twice beating the gong. These people had settled their grievances because of their petitions.Therefore, the look is very solemn, as if doing something sacred.But no one from the top and bottom of the Raozhou Camp stood up. Some looked at the commander's soldiers curiously, but when the soldiers looked over, they all turned their heads away.This battalion is all from the same village, and they looked down and saw each other. If they hadn't formed a deep hatred, who would have stabbed the matter to the commander and exiled themselves from the Raozhou camp.

This is the case in most battalions.Zhao Xingde saw it in his eyes, knew it well, and said with a secret smile: "It seems that Zhang Jiurong has a good command of the army. The Raozhou Camp is not a mess." He raised the thick porcelain big hand, "There is a saying in the art of war, the one who wants to win. A glass of water and wine, I will respect the brothers in the Raozhou camp, drive out the northern captives in the future, and then drink with the lords!"

"Thank you, General Zhao!" Zhang Jiurong picked up the wine bowl flattered.

"Thank you, sir!" "Thank you, General Zhao!"

Everyone in the Raozhou camp raised their bowls, shouting loudly.Due to the severe shortage of food during the war, this water wine was genuine. It was mixed with a jar of wine into a large tank of water, and it had a slightly faint smell of alcohol.What is rare is the face that the commander personally respects each other.Everyone enjoyed themselves, and the atmosphere of a little embarrassment because no one made a statement just now disappeared.

............

The Henghai Navy was originally one of the few elite naval forces in the Song Dynasty.After the northern captives invaded the south, Jingdong Road was expanded, and the military capacity was even better than before.This time Han Shizhong led his navy to the south to aid Hubei, with hundreds of warships, over [-] soldiers, and thousands of horses.Compared with the warships of the Zhenjiang Army and the Baoyi Army, the ships of the Henghai Navy are particularly tall. The largest warship can not only carry hundreds of soldiers, various grains, grass and daily necessities, enough to drift on the sea. More than a month.Some military officers even placed their family members on board to show that they would never give up the warship and live and die with Paize.

The fleet of the Henghai Navy sailed mightily in the middle of the river, and there were various small boats on the periphery. water bandits.Most of the naval fleet consisted of [-] warships, with wooden walls built on the side of the ship for sailors to defend, and war towers built with thick wood at the bow and stern, where bed crossbows, fire tanks and iron barrel guns were placed.In addition to style and row of oars, many warships also have treadmill water wheels protected by thick skirts.

Among the ordinary warships, there is a large warship that is the ship of Han Shizhong, the commander of the Henghai Navy.Like a marshal in the army, its height and length far exceed that of ordinary sea ships. Although the hull is huge, it is by no means clumsy.There are several masts of various sizes standing on the ship, and sails of various shapes catch the wind in various directions and convert them into driving force for sailing.There are as many as thirty or forty water wheels on both sides of the ship's side, and they can move forward and backward freely even when there is no wind.

In the cabin, Han Shizhong had his hands behind his back, and on the table behind him, there were two letters spread out.A letter came from Qingzhou, and the appeasement envoy Hou Huanyin specially sent a letter urging that the decisive battle with the Liao army must be done with caution, and not to take chestnuts for others and damage the Jingdong children who are in the navy.If the battle is unfavorable, the Henghai Navy will give up aiding Hubei, and instead retreat to the lower reaches of the river, trying its best to seize the two prefectures of Jiangning and Hangzhou, and manage the Jianghuai area near the sea.The other letter came from Yue Fei, the Jiedu envoy of the suppressing party, asking him to go to discuss the matter of defeating the Liao army.

Over the years, Han Shizhong first followed Wang Yan to conquer Fangla in the south, and after the change of commander, he was squeezed out and forced to go to the east of Jingdong.Wang Yan, the former Ministry, relied heavily on him, acquiescing to Han Shizhong's business with Liaodong, imitating the artillery warships of the Han army to build new ships, and training and expanding the Hengjun Navy.The northern captives invaded the south, and after Wang Yanzhan died, the camp in Hebei was scattered.The appeasement envoy Hou Huanyin was also knowledgeable, and he almost handed over the entire Jingdong Road soldiers and horses to him.After breaking the Liao Army Navy, Han Shizhong also became a well-known general from an unknown officer.With the growth of power and fame, he has to weigh and consider many more interests than before.

In all fairness, Hou Huanyin's letter just proved Yue Fei's worries. "If Ezhou is lost, with the strength of Henghai's army and more than [-] troops, how can we keep Jiangning?" He smiled helplessly, "If the Liao army breaks through Bianliang and Xiangyang, the situation is over. Why can't Hou Xianggong understand? What about it?" However, he never said these thoughts to others, in the eyes of others, Hou Huanyin treated him with respect and kindness, and Han Shizhong didn't want people to say that he was an ungrateful villain.

Looking at the battle of hundreds of boats on the river, Han Shizhong heaved a long sigh before making up his mind.

A burst of small footsteps came from behind, and the person who came just heard this long sigh, couldn't help being stunned, and then stopped.The sound of turning over the letter sounded behind him, and Han Shizhong didn't turn around and stop drinking.Only one person dared to do so without his permission.Although Madam came from a very innocent background, she acted decisively and wisely. When Han Shizhong was in trouble, he would often ask her.

This kind of situation is not surprising in the army. Some officers are promoted only by their bravery, and they are not very good at reading and writing.It's just that Han Shizhong has been promoted to the command envoy, and he is in charge of the power of soldiers and horses along the way. The position of this lady from a brothel is still firm, which is quite arousing gossip.Hou Huanyin, the appeasement envoy of Jingdong Road, has already hinted at him twice, asking him to change his wife to a well-known Shuyuan of comparable status.In addition, some gossips rumored that Mrs. Han had ulterior motives and used very powerful skills to hold Han Shizhong firmly.