Chapter 177: Battle of Liangquan (1)
Not long after Lin Feng and the others left Liangdang City, the Feng family army led by Li Xiaofeng, who had arrived in Liangquan County, had already gone through a whole day's rest, and at this time the entire military camp was making rice in the rain, and the whole breakfast was actually a copycat version of mutton steamed buns, and the soldiers donated all the mutton they carried, and Zhuge Cheng's team also carried a hundred sheep with the army when they set off.
Whether it is mutton, lamb liver or lamb lung, as long as it is something that can be eaten on the sheep, it is cleaned and thrown into the pot. The firefighters in the battalion had already begun to prepare at the third watch, and at this time they were distributed in various camps, and under the makeshift sheds, a pile of high firewood was burned, mixed with a small amount of coal and charcoal. There is a large black pot with a diameter of more than one meter on it, and the broth inside is making a gurgling sound, bubbling blisters the size of a child's fist, and the smell of meat is unscrupulously exuding to the surroundings.
For many days, Nie Lang and the 10,000 soldiers under his command stationed here were no better than Guan Wen of Yushuang Mountain, and even much worse than them. Because of the heavy rain for several days, their food has long been cut off, and the soldiers who could have eaten three meals a day can now only divide one meal into three meals, and they are hungry, and the soldiers also have a lot of complaints on weekdays, if it weren't for Nie Lang treating them like brothers, maybe someone would have taken the lead in mutiny or fled without permission.
In the past few days, these soldiers have eaten flour and rain water every day, and sometimes because of the lack of fuel supply such as charcoal and coal in the logistics, the soldiers may not be able to drink a sip of hot water for two consecutive days, and a small number of soldiers have been infected with wind and cold, and can only hold the quilt in the camp tent every day. Fortunately, Nie Lang isolated all these soldiers who were infected with wind and cold in time, which led to no large-scale infection to others, but there were still people who continued to be infected with wind and cold, and for all this, Nie Lang seemed powerless, and even said that there was no way.
It wasn't until yesterday afternoon when Lian Yong and Ye Song led the Feng family army that everyone's food was greatly improved, although everyone only had a few bowls of broth with ginger added, but this was enough to make everyone happy for a long time.
And after everyone learned last night that there was mutton steamed buns early this morning, everyone got up early in the morning, and those soldiers who wanted to sleep a little longer also rushed out of the camp after smelling the tempting smell of meat.
And now the sky is not yet dawn, basically no one is still sleeping in the tents of each battalion, and the same strange situation has appeared in each camp, that is, there is no cauldron around the people who can see a group of people around the black pressure, there are umbrellas with umbrellas, and those without umbrellas can find a guy to cover the rain above their heads, even if it is not yet time to eat, everyone is still full of excitement around them, as if just smelling the smell of these meats can fill their stomachs.
Doing so was also Li Xiaofeng's first order on the evening of his arrival, that is, no matter what method he could think of, all the soldiers must be fed for breakfast and lunch the next day.
"The bread has been distributed, and the battalions have lined up to receive the bread!" In one of the camps, with a crisp and melodious shout, everyone looked towards the source of the sound, which was the personal soldiers under Li Xiaofeng and the law enforcement team in the army began to distribute the bread made overnight in each camp.
Although everyone wants to be the first to get it, whether they eat it now or later, people will always have such a little bit of caution. But when they saw the soldiers and the law enforcement team standing behind the man who was handing out the cakes and holding the war knife with a murderous expression, everyone still pushed and shoved each other and slowly lined up.
"Whoever gets the bread gets the broth, and it's full this morning! Mutton steamed buns! The man who distributed the bread handed out the bread to the people lining up in front of him, and raised his head from time to time shouting, like a vendor selling something in the market.
The soldier who received the dough cake carried a large porcelain bowl to the shed, where the man would naturally scoop him a big spoonful of broth, and then pick out four or five pieces of mutton and haggis of different sizes from the cauldron and add them to it, so that each soldier could not only drink the broth, but also taste the meat, after all, everyone had not opened meat for many days.
The so-called mutton steamed bun was also thought up by Li Xiaofeng, at this time there was actually no real mutton steamed bun, but there was no better way at the moment, Li Xiaofeng thought of this, after each soldier received his own broth, he broke the dough into small pieces and threw it into the hot broth, and ate it with the soup, so that the cold in the body could be swept away immediately, so that everyone's spirit could be much fuller.
Li Xiaofeng and other generals' food is not special, even the meat slices in the broth are only four or five pieces of different sizes like the rest of the soldiers, originally when Li Xiaofeng was cooking, the man saw that it was him, so he scooped a few more pieces into it, but he didn't expect Li Xiaofeng to take it and directly poured the broth in the bowl back into the pot, and then handed the bowl to the man again, and said in a cold tone: "I am also a member of the Feng family's army, and I am also a soldier, why give me a few more pieces of meat?" ”
In desperation, the man had no choice but to re-inject Li Xiaofeng with the same broth as everyone else. This scene also made the surrounding Feng family army look in the eyes, although no one applauded at the time, but everyone secretly gave a thumbs up to Li Xiaofeng's actions in their hearts, and even regarded Li Xiaofeng's actions as a topic that must be talked about every time when they chatted and bragged in their spare time, which also made Li Xiaofeng's prestige in the Feng family army a higher level.
Originally, Li Xiaofeng wanted to take special care of Zhuge Cheng, although Zhuge Cheng currently has the badge of the Feng Family Army and his position is not low, but Li Xiaofeng is not treated like an ordinary soldier.
However, when Li Xiaofeng instructed the man to add more meat to Zhuge Cheng, Zhuge Cheng also learned from Li Xiaofeng's previous behavior, snatched the bowl from the man's hand and poured it back into the pot, and at the same time turned his head to look at Li Xiaofeng and said with a smile: "Doesn't the general make the soldiers of the whole army laugh at this?" I am also a dignified seven-foot man, am I a little weaker than you? ”
After Zhuge Cheng finished saying this, he handed the bowl to the man again, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the badge on his right arm, and said in a commanding tone: "I am also a member of the Feng family's army, although I can't fight with a sword and gun like all the soldiers, but I can share weal and woe with all the soldiers!" Bring me a bowl of the same! ”
For Zhuge Cheng, everyone in the Feng family army doesn't know much about him, but they vaguely know in their hearts that Zhuge Cheng is probably a figure like a military advisor of the Feng family, but everyone is very unfamiliar with him.
But after seeing Zhuge Cheng's performance at this time, the surrounding soldiers were even more stunned, and even the bowl of hot mutton steamed buns in their hands couldn't attract their attention, and in their hearts, they had a deep respect for this airborne military strategist. However, this also makes those who rely on what kind of squad captain they are, what kind of general, and force the gang to add two more pieces of meat, feel shameless and deeply ashamed of what they have just done in their hearts.