stubborn thief

Chapter 5
It was just dawn, and Liu Chengzong had fed the horses, and stood in the courtyard brushing his teeth in a leather jacket. A messenger stood on the roof of the Siheyuan cave house and announced that today's big exercise was canceled.

Frontier troops have small exercises every day, led by team officers for training; large exercises are held every five days, and the whole battalion is trained by the garrison.

When they can eat enough, their training is very intensive. In the past, He Renlong got some food and grass from other places. As long as he had enough food for five consecutive days, he could not spare the whole fort’s officers and soldiers to carry [-] pounds of weight, three The ration and grass are out of the fort, and the high-intensity training such as marching, camping, and digging trenches is completed.

Nowadays, the supply of food and grass is not enough, and the training is more than enough.

Without military pay and rations halved, the most shrewd general in moderation is restraint.

It is difficult to improve without thinking about it, and it is difficult to maintain. As long as it can restrain the soldiers from escaping from the fort and looting the people, it is worthy of the emperor and his old man.

If it weren't for this, the job of hunting out of the fort would not fall on the shoulders of a family like Liu Chengzong.

Where's the point of letting the most elite soldiers go out hunting for a living?

After getting up early and having a bowl of porridge in the porridge, Liu Chengzong took the red flag and Xiao Zhanfeng for a stroll out of the city, but unfortunately he didn't see any prey.

In the morning, I wanted to go back to the fort to see if the wild goose was cooked, but as soon as I arrived at the gate of the city, I saw Little Sixteen waiting for him, and when he saw it from a distance, he shouted, "Brother Lion, come back soon!"

Take him to Liu Chengzu's barracks.

"what happened?"

"The management team was called by the general to the council hall at noon, and when I came back, let me find you, and hurry to the barracks."

Along the way, I saw someone in the other courtyard, with a frowning face, carrying luggage on the back of the mule and horse, which made Liu Chengzong's heart skip a beat, and his uneasiness became more intense.
Start without eating a full meal?
But the bell and drum tower on the street did not ring.

When Liu Chengzu was in the courtyard of the barracks, he saw that there were quite a few frontier soldiers who were familiar with other teams standing in the courtyard of the cave dwelling.

At the entrance of the team's barracks, Liu Chengzu was wearing a red cloth and iron armor in a mandarin duck jacket, holding a two-petal Northern Army helmet, and tore off the small flag on the helmet and gun. He looked up and saw his brother in the room, beckoning: "Come down, If something goes wrong, Sixteen also comes in and packs my things for me."

Having said that, he turned and entered the barracks.

Liu Chengzong greeted people he knew in the yard as he walked. Cao Yao, the management team who entered the barracks and saw a scar on his forehead, was also sitting on the kang and asked, "Brother, what happened?"

Liu Chengzu tore the map from the wall, rolled it up and handed it to Sixteen who was following him to tie the rope, pointed to the bed for Liu Chengzong to sit down, and said, "General in the morning told me to wait for the discussion, um... the situation is not good. "

The expression on the elder brother's face was extremely complicated. He didn't know where to start. He looked up at Liu Chengzong and said, "The Governor Wu of the three sides of Shaanxi committed suicide."

Wu Zhiwang, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province, is a genius doctor.

He served as the military preparation road in Haizhou and Gaizhou. He was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Shandong police and served as the military preparation of Yongping. Later, he took over as the governor of Denglai from Yuan Keli. He could not get along with Mao Wenlong. The two often scolded each other in official documents. Be the Governor.

It's not even a year.

"Why did you commit suicide?"

Liu Chengzu took off his helmet and scratched his head, frowning and said: "Guyuan Town has changed, and the border army has been harassed. Last year's longevity festival in the twelfth lunar month. The governor did not report to the court. This year, the mutiny troops have moved to Jingyang, Fuping, and Sanyuan. , and captured a guerrilla general Li Ying."

"On the official document the general brought back from Yulin, Luochuan, Chunhua, Sanshui, Lueyang, Qingshui, Chengxian, Hancheng, Yijun, Central, Shiquan, Yichuan, Suide, Jiazhou, Yao, Jingning , Tongguan, Yangpingguan, Jinsuoguan and other places, there are thieves.

The dead are dead, and the living are afraid of guilt. "

Liu Chengzong opened his mouth, thousands of emotions stuck in his throat, unable to say a word.

In my memory, there was the Shaanxi Uprising before the demise of Daming. This uprising finally broke into Beijing and destroyed Daming, but he never thought that he...was already in it.

"The imperial court was busy fighting with the Donglu, and all the silver and grain were transported to Liaozhen, so they didn't care about paying us wages. Not only did the general go to Yulin without paying for the army, he was also forced to order more than a dozen horses by General Wu's soldiers. There is a solution, and Senator Hong gave him an idea to take the empty pay."

Wu Zongbing called Wu Zimian. He was like a businessman. He was greedy for food and horses in the army.

The frontier soldiers didn't like him. Every morning when the people in the barracks woke up, the entertainment activities consisted of scolding each other without naming names, complaining about revenge and taking revenge.

Such a chief soldier has effectively bridged the gaps that may exist between the soldiers and soldiers, and everyone has always been close as brothers.

The frontier troops in Yansui Town are probably looking forward to when he will be transferred or dismissed.

"Eat free pay?"

"Yes, the family members have double rations and double pay. Now the imperial court does not pay the frontier troops, and the military rations delivered to the nearest neighbors in the disaster years are also halved, but in the end they can still feed one person."

Liu Chengzu sighed as he spoke, raised his hand to rub his jaw with a short beard, and said, "The general overreported 460 to his servant."

"If the imperial court can approve food for 200 people, the army in the castle will not be so hungry that they want to run away; if it approves 400 people, they will be able to go out to fight in the city after three days of food, but..."

The elder brother changed the topic and said, "It will take some time for the imperial court to appraise the grain and grass for the family, and the remaining grain in the fort will not even be enough to drink millet porridge for a month.

When it comes to deploying troops, the troops will be deployed before autumn. The family members will not have enough food, and the soldiers will go to war when they don’t have enough to eat, and they will only run even harder.

Therefore, the general decided to take the risk of dispersing his troops, let out some people, and form small groups to hunt for food. Whether it is begging along the street or going into the forest to save himself, it does not matter if he is bold and joins the rebels and bandits. "

Liu Chengzu said, shook his head helplessly and said: "I heard that the general's idea seems to have been approved by Hong Canzheng in private. In name, it is to make an envoy to many rebels and rebels, but in fact it is to find food for himself."

Hong Shenzheng, is Shaanxi's grain supervisor Hong Chengchou.

Liu Chengzong probably understood what this meant, and said, "In this case, I'm afraid the people who let it out won't be able to come back."

"It's definitely not going to come back much, but now that the food and grass are scarce, it is better to let the soldiers go away than to let the soldiers become deserters. Even if they don't let go, there will be more and more deserters.

The subordinates released by the general himself will still have a chance to come back, whether the general makes military exploits or the court distributes food.

These people must be accompanied by officers, so the general manager and the management team are drawn in the conference hall, those who draw long draws stay, and those who draw short draws go. "

Said all these words in one go, Liu Chengzu looked a lot more relaxed, he sighed a long time, he could not tell whether it was a heavy responsibility or a relief, and then he slowly extended his hand.

A wooden sign in half was lying in the palm of his hand.

Cao Yao, who was sitting on the kang, was not as solemn as the brothers.

"We've been chosen, Lion, let's go with the brothers?"

Note:
①. The selection of the husband and sergeant is both good and well-mannered, and the method of strict training is necessary to revive the wind of depression. Each battalion has 230 soldiers. Although there are generals to control them, one official from each field is still appointed to supervise them. Every five A big exercise every day, a little exercise every day, and a large exercise combined with a battalion of people and horses.Beginning with the following battalion performances.It is not allowed to continue the child's play just like facing the enemy in front of the battle.Repeated orders.Moderately awe-inspiring.Advance and retreat left and right.The battle is not chaotic.The shape is round but not scattered.There are few mistakes.That is to say, it is a heavy responsibility. —— "Huangming Jing Shiwen Volume [-], Zeng Mishu"

②.Wu Zhiwang, Guanzhong Hongru, became a doctor after a long illness, compiled "Jiyin Gangmu" and "Jiyang Gangmu", especially good at gynecology.

(End of this chapter)