Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 178 Camp prostitute, the evil of human nature

Quanyang County is not big, but it is quite strong. Forty miles east of the city, there is a Loess Town, which is also very solid. However, the Loess Town was attacked by another general under Yang Minggui.

If Chen Mo goes to ask for food again, there is no need to think about it, he will definitely be rejected.

Yuan Youchun died because he had allocated [-] shi of food. He refused to admit that he only allocated [-] shi, and [-] shi was enough for Chen Mo's army for half a month, so he definitely would not give Chen Mo food.
Chen Mo also expected it, and the reason why he still asked was just to have reasons to argue at every joint later.

Hujie's army fought without any rules. When August [-]th arrived, they announced that they would attack Quanyang County the next day.

Before this, there was no investigation into Quanyang County at all.

For example, how many enemies are there?
where is it?
With or without the cavalry, how is the morale?
Is there any friendly activity from enemy forces nearby?Yuan Youchun could hardly answer any questions about where to raise food and grass. Instead, using his reputation as the commander-in-chief, he ordered Chen Mo's army to be the vanguard and launch the first wave of attack on Quanyang County tomorrow.

Chen Mo refused without thinking.

If you want to use his people as cannon fodder, there is no way.

Even if Yuan Youchun threatened him with military orders, Chen Mo would not be afraid.

If you want me to cooperate, don't even think about dying.

It was finally decided that tomorrow each party would send 1000 men to launch a feint attack to test one or two.

Chen Mo agreed to this.

After leaving, Chen Mo listened to Sun Meng's advice and stopped to camp to spy on the enemy.

This sounds a bit like fighting a tough battle, but it is a very safe response strategy.

Moreover, Chen Mo's fame this time was only for the sake of support. He didn't have to gain anything, but he had to try his best to reduce the losses and let him rush forward regardless of the results, without even thinking about it.

……

The night was getting dark, and just after Xu hour, the army took a rest.

The soldiers were divided into two waves, one to rest and eat, and the other to be on guard patrol.

The logistics team worked hard to take care of the livestock, and a handful of more than a dozen war horses, adjusting salt water and feeding them with concentrate.

Chen Mo was sitting on a piece of bluestone, using the bonfire next to him, writing a letter to Geng Songfu. At this time, Chen Mo had made an agreement with him to report that he was safe.

After writing the letter, Sun Meng came over carrying the carrier pigeon.

This homing pigeon belonged to the original garrison and had been trained a long time ago.

After simply encrypting the written letter, he tied it to the pigeon's leg and let it fly.

Then Chen Mo asked Sun Meng, "How are the soldiers' home letters written?"

The so-called family letters are actually suicide notes. Things are changing rapidly on the battlefield. Who knows whether you are alive now or dead next moment, so you must write a family letter in advance.

If the soldier is killed in action, the family letter will be sent to the soldier's family after the war.

If he survives, the family letters will not be burned, but will be kept for next time.

"It's all written." Sun Meng said.

"what"

At this moment, a woman screamed not far away.

Chen Mo was stunned and asked Sun Meng to send someone to check.

Soon, Chen Mo learned that the woman's screams just now came from the Hujie Army's military camp. The soldiers of the Hujie Army were enjoying themselves, and the woman's screams came from the prostitutes in the military camp. .

Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

Camp prostitutes, also called camp prostitutes and military prostitutes, have existed since ancient times. They were first established to meet the sexual needs of single, unmarried soldiers.

Later, it was discovered that camp prostitutes could relieve the pressure of soldiers and boost morale before war, so the practice continued and has never been discontinued.

He had heard from Wei Qing before that there were prostitutes in the Qingzhou army, some of whom were recruited from local brothels and Goulan, and some of whom were the wives and daughters of guilty ministers.

However, the camp prostitutes in the army are semi-forced, because the treatment in the army is not good. Once the women are drafted to serve as camp prostitutes, most of them will die in the army, and in order to ensure the army's logistics, it is necessary to Do heavy chores.

Over time, if there is no force, no one will come at all.

Moreover, the advantages of this kind of camp prostitute system outweigh the disadvantages. This greatly reduces the burning, killing and looting of the people after the army breaks through the county town.

"What's the situation like with the Divine Warrior Guard and the Divine Warrior Guard?" Chen Mo frowned and asked.

"There are already some soldiers who are ready to move. Those bastards from the Hujie Army took the prostitutes out of the tent to play. All our patrolling soldiers saw it." Sun Meng said.

"Are you so energetic? Let's do a ten-mile stretch first." Chen Mo said.

"promise."

……

On the other hand, Yuan Youchun condoned this behavior. Not only did he condone it, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as encouraging.

He even said that after the city is breached tomorrow, whoever grabs the women will belong to him, and whoever grabs the money will belong to him.

As soon as these words came out, the morale of the whole army was high.

In the camp, Xia Zhining took off the mask on her head.

Life in the military was not as good as she imagined.

First of all, the conditions in the army are poor and it is impossible to take a bath every day.

Secondly, there is no one to serve.

In the end, the army is a men's camp after all. In the summer, thousands of people gather together, and a gust of evening breeze blows, and the smell of sweat is very sour and refreshing.For Xia Zhining, who had basically never lived a hard life and was "joining the army" for the first time, she already felt some regret in her heart, regretting that she should not have followed.

What made her most uncomfortable was that Chen Mo didn't say a word to her during the march, and there were no soldiers under her command.

At this moment, a familiar sound of footsteps sounded outside the camp, and Xia Zhining was stunned because she recognized that it was Chen Mo.

It's so late now, he's coming over.
Xia Zhining's face turned red, and she had a guess in her mind, but what she did immediately was not to deal with it, but to straighten her clothes and hair.

Liu Ze had known about the relationship between the two young ladies and Chen Mo, so he let Chen Mo in without stopping him. In fact, he couldn't stop him.

Seeing Chen Mo open the curtain and walk in, Xia Zhining immediately picked up the long sword on the side, put her hand on the hilt, made a gesture of drawing the sword, gritted her teeth and glared at the young man: "You do it. Well?"

Chen Mo threw her a pair of leather armor and said: "We will fight tomorrow. Put it on. This leather armor is new and no one has worn it. Remember to follow me tomorrow and be careful not to be shot to death by random arrows."

After saying that, Chen Mo left.

Xia Zhining caught the leather armor thrown by Chen Mo and was stunned for a moment. Does this bastard... care about me?

Although Chen Mo's tone was cold, the content of his words was full of concern.

"It seems that he still cares about himself in his heart. The reason why he is cold to him is because he was hurt by him."

This was the thought that emerged in Xia Zhining's mind.

After reacting, she herself was frightened by this idea.

But whether she admitted it or not, her mood at this moment was much better than before, and she even raised the corners of her mouth without realizing it.

August fifth.

The two armies first sent people to arrange a battle at the foot of Quanyang County. After the letter of challenge was sent, there was no response.

When the two armies organized a feint attack with 2000 people, Quanyang County also chose to stay behind closed doors and not fight. It was not until they got on the siege ladder that they started to resist.

Since Chen Mo and Yuan Youchun were at odds with each other, although Chen Mo wanted to cooperate with the other party, he certainly did not want to let his troops die.

So on the sixth day of August, after discussing a joint attack, the two armies began a full-scale attack, and in the afternoon of the same day, they captured Quanyang County.

Only then did the two discover that the garrison in Quanyang County was less than [-], and half of them were formed by local people themselves. The magistrate of Quanyang County and the local big families had long since fled.

The only people left in the city are some people who are kept in the dark and unwilling to leave.

When the army entered the city, one could imagine what would happen to the people inside.

The Shenyong and Shenwu armies were restrained by Chen Mo, and the soldiers did not dare to hurt anyone, but Chen Mo of the Hujie army had no control over them.

After entering the city, Hujie Army soldiers broke into houses, raped women, and robbed money.

Chen Mo's men were itching to see it, but under the constraints of military discipline and his wife and children at home, they controlled it.

They are different from the Hujie Army. They have a base, a house, a wife and children, not nothing.

Moreover, they have received education from the village school run by Chen Mo and have moral restraint.

But the Hujie Army is different. Their treatment is not as good as that of the Shenyong and Shenwu Guards. The reason why they are still in dispersion is because of this support.

There is no tomorrow, and I might die in the next moment. You want me to be a good person, a saint, and just take care of my mother!

Believe it or not, the soldiers below will swarm you and chop you to death.

The Tianshi Army was caused by this.

Its starting point was good. In the early days of its establishment, it was definitely for the sake of the people. However, as it continued to develop and grow, it became a bit uncontrollable...

The temptation to release the evil in human nature is not ordinary, especially when there are no consequences.

By night, it was almost a living hell.

Only the west of the city is peaceful.

Because this land was "robbed" by Chen Mo Lai, Hu Jie's army was not allowed to search across the border.

After all, if a county is conquered, the contents inside must be divided up.

Yuan Youchun didn't say anything when he saw this, because their Hujie Army had already taken advantage of them.

Chen Mo did not rob the people in the west of the city, but only collected "protection fees" from them, which was some food.

Even if Chen Mo doesn't want to accept it, he still has to accept it.

Because if the protection is free of charge, the people below will have objections.

Movies and TV shows let bullets fly, why did Zhang Mazi and his gang break up?

Zhang Mazi returned all the money to the people and left nothing for his brothers.

You are quite selfless, but what do you think of your brother who puts his head in his waistband and follows you?
Can you guarantee that they are also selfless?
Especially in this shitty world right now.

Quanyang County is so poor that all the big households have left.

Therefore, after only one day of plundering, Hujie's army could not plunder anything.

On August [-], the two armies set off again, heading deep into the southwest of Yuzhou, attempting to annex the entire Yuzhou. The Huangtucheng side was also successfully captured by Dai Wangmin, another general under Yang Minggui's command.

On August [-], the armies of Chen Mo and Yuan Youchun successfully captured another city, and the two armies divided it up according to the quotas agreed upon in Quanyang County.

Similarly, Chen Mo's army still only collected limited protection fees.

(End of this chapter)