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Chapter 199
With a safe place to stay, everyone breathed a sigh of relief from the shock.

After receiving the report from the army, Su Su, the magistrate of Feihu County, Gao Chu, and Zhao Wansan also immediately went out of the city to meet Li Chongjiu's [-] cavalry.And mobilized the civilians and civilians in the city early, cooked hot water and hot meals, cleaned up the general camp and cleared a large area for Li Chongjiu and the others to rest.This night is a little bit of unsaddling, and people have to eat.

Sleeping in the county government for one night, the next day Li Chongjiu was full of energy, so he took Ertuo, Ying Hefu, Wang Mahan, and Sun Erniang, accompanied by Su Su, to inspect Gaochu's five regiments of county soldiers who had been trained for four or five months Come.

These county soldiers have only been trained for four or five months, and they are very well-drilled. At present, they only lack the killing spirit of having been on the battlefield.But Erto, Ying Hofer and the others are very envious.The reason was that among the five of them, who were not considered elite soldiers, two of them wore armor, and there were quite a few iron armors, and the total number of armors of their nine thousand prairie cavalry did not exceed five.

They don't know, of course it all depends on the blacksmith workshop in Feihu County. Li Zuojiang's blacksmith workshop can now produce fifteen armors of two grades every month, so the county soldiers are equipped with a lot of iron armor. As for the arsenal in the county, There are still a lot of leather armor left, so nearly half of the county's soldiers are all wearing armor.

"The life of the Han people is really precious!" Ying Hofer suddenly became very unbalanced.

Li Chongjiu heard Yinghefu's complaints, what was the subtext, and he knew what the subtext was, and the forehead directly increased his cheeks, and said to Li Chongjiu: "Khan, when will we equip our sons with armor?"

It is true that there is no poverty but inequality. Nine thousand cavalry are nine thousand armors. They would really speak like a lion. Before Li Chongjiu could speak, Su Su smiled and said, "Is the armor not difficult? Just ask the two generals Is there anything I can do to get it?"

"Where is it?" Eto and Inhofer asked together.

Su Su pointed to the east and said: "Naturally, I have to ask Song Jingang for it. When Yi County was attacked, I heard that the bandits confiscated [-] armor from the arsenal. As for the other counties, who is called Shanggu?" It's Bianjun, the arsenal is full of weapons, I heard that Song Jingang's [-] elites have already put on iron armor."

Hearing that there were four thousand armors, Yinghefu's eyes immediately lit up, and four thousand armors were enough to equip nearly half of the nine thousand cavalry, and all of them were armored.

"Khan, how is Song Jingang better than Gao Tansheng?" After missing out on thousands of iron armors in Huairong County, Er Tuo immediately asked about Song Jingang's details.

Li Chongjiu's eyes turned, how could Song Jingang's ability as a traverser not know, under the attack of this person, Li Yuan almost gave an order to abandon the land east of the river and guard the west of Guanxi.Li Yuan was afraid that he would rather not even have his hometown in Taiyuan and Hedong, just want to keep Guanzhong.

However, Li Chongjiu couldn't say it directly. Su Su already spoke highly of Song Jingang, and said: "The two commanders, I heard that Song Jingang is good at running the army. Xue Shixiong didn't take advantage of him." Hearing this, without Li Chongjiu speaking, Yinghefu fell silent.Li Chongjiu smiled, and immediately praised the training equipment of the county soldiers, so he returned to the county government with Su Su, Zhao Wansan, and Gao Chu.

Back at the county government office, Li Chongjiu immediately asked about Song Jingang's military strength and distribution.

It turned out that after Wang Xuba suffered a setback at the foot of Feihu County last year, he led his army south to Hengshan County for food, and handed over the entire Shanggu County to his commanding general Song Jingang.In the past year, Song Jingang taught soldiers to farm while preparing for war. He repeatedly defeated the surrounding officers and soldiers. He had [-] troops under his command, of which [-] were elites.Song Jingang is now stationed in Yi County and Fan Yang with a large army.Song Jingang personally stationed in Yi County as the base camp, while Fan Yang stationed [-] troops, guarded by General Xunxiang.

Hearing Fan Yang's name, Li Chongjiu's heart trembled. Yi County is the seat of Shanggu County, and Wuyang City, the lower capital of Yan State, the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, was built here to defend against the heroes in the south.And Fan Yang was known as the land of Dukang in ancient times, and it was the land of Dukang that Jing Ke presented when he assassinated the King of Qin.Jing Ke told the king of Qin that this was the fertile land of Yan, so he exhibited the map for the king of Qin to see, and Fan Yang was also the place where Anlu Mountain, which ruined the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, started.

After hearing this, Li Chongjiu asked, "Why did Liu Wuzhou divide his troops into two places?"

Su Suyan said: "Yi County is the prefecture of Shanggu County, where the population is located. Liu Wuzhou himself wants to sit in the town, and Fan Yang is the land of money and food in Shanggu County, so of course he must guard it."

It turned out that this was the case, Li Chongjiu suddenly realized.
In Shanggu Yi County, there is Rushui originating from Yuyi Town in the north, and Yishui flows in the south.The wind in Yishui is still rustling, and I can still see Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang crossing the river to the west.Jing Ke, after Qin Wuyang, so the ancients said that the brave men are all the men of Tuiyouyan.And now in the military camp near Yi County, Song Jingang's Erlang Army is stationed here, and it seems that they are about to prepare for dinner.
Anyone who has been in the military camp knows that soldiers have always devoured food like a pack of wolves.Song Jingang's military camp was no exception.Right now on the big wooden table, there are pancakes stacked as high as hills on one plate, and vegetable leaf soup with a few stars of oily flakes floating in the other big bowl.At this meal, all the soldiers and men ignored the vegetable leaf soup and just grabbed the pancakes.

And beside the wooden table, a big man with a black face was sitting there straight. This big man was tall and straight, like an iron tower. Even if he was sitting there, he was almost as tall as others. Huge man.Everyone was eager to grab the pancakes, chewing with both hands.

However, he filled a bowl of vegetable soup without slowing down, took a piece of pancake in his hand, and ate the pancake one bite at a time.This pancake is as big as a big sea bowl, even a soldier who can eat it will have to eat more than a dozen mouthfuls before he can eat it.Unexpectedly, this big man has a mouth full of blood, a mouthful of pancakes goes in and his teeth are stirred up and down like knives, three mouthfuls of five bites are enough to solve one, and then the cow takes another pancake after drinking a mouthful of soup.

The hill-like pancakes on the wooden table fell rapidly, and everyone was vying for it, but this big man still had his leisure, three or five mouthfuls of pancakes, and when everyone had eaten at most four pancakes, he had already eaten eight pancakes .

"Damn it! Hungry ghost reincarnated? Charcoal face!"

Just as the big man was grabbing the ninth pancake, a half-eaten pancake was thrown directly on his face, and a military man sitting diagonally across from him stood up, pointed at him and said angrily, "Black! Tan Lian, since you entered the third battalion, I have never had enough to eat every day, is there anyone like you?"

"Beat him! Beat him!" The people around shouted in unison.

Hearing what he said, the other party withdrew his hand, looked at the pancake in his hand with nostalgia, put the pancake back, and let out a long sigh.

"Look at the troubled times in this world, how many people don't have enough to eat. No one in any county or family in my Shanggu has starved to death. How many people have died of starvation even if you eat so much food by yourself? How many people have been harmed, do you have a wife and children, do you have parents? I see you as a disaster, and I have to teach you a lesson today."

After speaking, the people on the wooden table shook the food in their hands, and waved their fists to greet them.The big man squatted on the ground and covered his head with his hands, and saw seven or eight people punching and kicking around him.This tower-like man didn't say a word, just silently being beaten with his head in his hands.All the soldiers beat him up and saw the big man, he neither resisted nor begged for mercy, nor was he interested in it, and the people watching all around laughed, saying that he had no guts, even though he was so big, he didn't dare to fight back.
The crowd dispersed, and there were only some food residues left on the ground. The black-faced man immediately picked up the broken pancakes scattered on the ground and stuffed them into his mouth.While the big man was picking up the sound of footsteps, a person stood beside him, picked up a quarter-sized pancake, and handed it to him.

The black-faced man took the pancakes and said, "Don't get close to me, you might get beaten up too."

Hearing the other party's words, he laughed and squatted down with the black-faced man, saying: "They dare not hit me."

The black-faced man heard something strange in his voice, turned his head to see the other person clearly, then fell down on the ground and said, "So it's the commander-in-chief!"

Song Jingang, dressed in commoner clothes, smiled and said, "Didn't you be fine just now? Stand up and talk."

The two stood up together at the same time. Song Jingang saw that the other party was tall and strong, and immediately showed admiration. He saw that his sackcloth and tattered clothes were covered with dust footprints. If nothing happens, and your body is stronger than others, why don't you resist?"

The black-faced man said: "Master said that I have a bad temper, and he is afraid that I will go down the mountain to maintain my courage. He told me not to fight others because of personal grievances."

Song Jingang couldn't help but nodded, and said: "Keep your word, don't insist on bullying the weak, you are really a righteous man, your master must be a master?"

The black-faced man showed a trace of nostalgia, and said immediately: "My master is a tutuo who travels all over the world. I don't know where I am right now, and I miss him very much."

Song Jingang admired this person even more when he heard it, and immediately wanted to recruit him, and asked, "Then where are you from? What's your name?"

The black-faced man said: "The younger one is from Shanyang, and his surname is Yuchi, and his name is Gong."
Shanyang Yuchi Gong and Song Jingang recited it silently, and suddenly said loudly, "Come here, change this Yuchi brother into a new suit, and make him the leader of the third battalion!"

"Thank you, Marshal!" Yu Chigong clasped his hands together and saluted immediately.

Song Jingang nodded in satisfaction.

At this time, in Feihu County, Li Chongjiu summoned Su Su, Zhao Wansan, Gao Chu, Wang Mahan, Sun Erniang, Er Tuo, Ying Hefu, Yan Yelie and other generals to discuss the campaign against Song Jingang.

During the discussion, everyone looked solemn, because this was Li Chongjiu's first battle in the true sense since he entered the Central Plains, and this would be a review of the strength of his grassland army.

(End of this chapter)