Chapter 60: Endure the pain and burn the grain
A sudden fire, in this abusive night of the autumn wind, suddenly happened, the original warehouse prepared for the coalition army burned for most of the night, and finally under the joint efforts of thousands of people, finally saved one-fifth, the fire was extinguished, counted, the original 40,000 stone of grain, now it is less than 8,000 stone left.
Looking at the warehouse with lingering smoke, Guo Tianxing and Zhao Dahai were covered with black ash, and complained to a tiger in frustration exhaustedly: "It's all a time when there are many people stationed in the fortress, the fortress is small, and we are negligent in taking precautions, this fire will make us suffer heavy losses, hey——"
A tiger also stomped his feet and sighed, and said incorrectly: "It's all about me, I didn't restrain the team well, and caused such a big loss to the allies, damn it, damn it." ”
In fact, it was Lu Shi who was really distressed by this loss, a fire came down, which was much greater than Lu Shi and others expected, but such a result really has an unshirkable responsibility of a tiger and others.
Originally, when the fire broke out, the brothers of Woniu Mountain, under the initial reorganization of Lu Shi, took the team as a unit to carry out firefighting step by step, and controlled the fire within a bearable range, but the bad was on the body of a rabble of tigers.
A tiger's pole has no rules, just entered Zhangjiabao to see everything is fresh, after a full meal is a group of east and west gang scurrying, see that Woniu Mountain does not say that disdain to take away things, are indiscriminately scrambling, during which there are also a few fights for a little material, thanks to the brothers in charge of discipline in Woniu Mountain, even persuaded to push and pull to eliminate a fire.
Just these rabble, when the fire burned, immediately blew up the camp, more than 4,000 people shouted and ran like flies without a head, and the Woniushan brothers who were originally orderly fighting the fire were thrown into chaos, and also blocked the passage of everyone's firefighting, if it weren't for later, to see that the situation was about to get out of control, Zhao Dahai was ferocious, and took Lu Shi and Guo Tianxing's personal soldiers to drive away those scurrying poles, and now this granary has long been burned into a white ground, so Lu Shi and the others' helpless plan to burn grain has really become self-inflicted and counterproductive, By that time, I won't be able to find the right to cry.
Look at the 8,000 stone of grain snatched out of the fire, even if you save some food, it can only be used by the coalition army for ten days.
It was not only Lu Shi and the others who were annoyed, but also a tiger.
Now I secretly think about it, I am greedy, thinking about some unrealistic things, so that Guo Tianxing and his military advisor can see their thoughts, this is a deliberate act, cut off their own thoughts, and now they are going to fight the county if they don't fight the county, and at the same time, they are also despised by everyone, which is really worth the loss.
Chunlan has a simple temperament, and she constantly complains that her brother will not restrain his subordinates, so she has such a catastrophe, and she keeps apologizing to the gentleman on the horse's neck instead of her brother.
A morning was spent in the aftermath.
In the afternoon, the non-sticky mud arrived with a large group of people and horses and the poles that would come along the way, and according to statistics, there were 50,000 people, chaotic and noisy, and the momentum was stationed in Zhangjiabao, and for a time tens of thousands of troops filled the small Zhangjiabao.
When it was half dark, Gai Zhaotian also came with 5,000 poles, and there were more people and horses, and the fort could not stay, so he relied on Zhangjiabao to be stationed around. For a time, it was also full of momentum and magnificence, and the surrounding landlords did not dare to face it, so they closed the fort door tightly, mobilized the old and weak of the whole village to go to the wall, guarded day and night, and did not dare to slack off.
Fortunately, it is only autumn, although there are no tents and other things on the poles on all roads, and if you live in the wilderness, you will not freeze to death, but there are conflicts between the poles everywhere for such and such incidents, but fortunately, Lu Shi has already thought of this, and sent Zhu Tie to obtain the consent of the leader of the non-muddy alliance, and press everywhere, so that there is no major disaster.
Arrange the garrison of the army, and at night, the leaders of the poles gather in the hall of the old house of the Zhang family to discuss the future action.
Zhangjia Hall, now renamed Juyi Hall, according to the rules set by everyone before, the non-sticky mud became the leader of the alliance, sat on the seat, Guo Tianxing to the east to the identity of the left hand to accompany, the right hand is a tiger, etc., Lu Shi and Zhao Dahai can not have a seat here, so they stand behind Guo Tianxing, which makes Guo Tianxing very uncomfortable, and always looks back apologetically at Lu Shi and Zhao Dahai.
Of course, during this period, Lu Shi and others did their best to arrange the banquet again, which is also a popular way of communication among the Chinese people now, the so-called wine and meat table is easy to discuss, no matter how big the matter, talking at the banquet can enhance the relationship.
As soon as the wine and food were served, the atmosphere in the hall became more enthusiastic for a while, shouting and shouting, and some small pole leaders didn't care about etiquette at all, reached out to grab the big fish and meat, and began to eat Haisai nonsense, which made the non-sticky mud and Zhao Dahai and others look at Zou Mei.
Don't stick to the mud to see that everyone has arrived, and they have eaten about the same, put down the wine glass, cough, and take out the posture of the alliance leader to start exercising the alliance leader power.
First of all, I introduced some small cottages to the host of Guo Tianxing, and the little leaders were in charge, but what kind of South Mountain Tiger and North Mountain Wolf, what Fire Fox, and Eagle on the Tree, which made Lu Shi almost burst into laughter, where is this Hero Conference, is it simply a gathering of a hundred beasts.
Of course, Lü Shi knew that in the early days of the outbreak of the uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, the peasants and their leaders who rose up showed naïve characteristics in terms of ideological understanding, combat capability, and military organization.
First of all, ideologically, the rebellious peasants, although they took up arms, did not realize that they had begun the grand cause of overthrowing the Zhu Ming dynasty. They still considered themselves to be the subjects of the imperial court, and their hatred was often focused only on the officials and gentry who directly oppressed and bullied them, and their struggle was only forced by hunger and cold, to use force to thwart the government's urging, and to take the money to survive from the granaries of the rich and the rich.
Because of this, at this stage, they are often bound by feudal orthodoxy. Many of the leaders of the revolt and even some of their subordinates and soldiers almost gave themselves nicknames.
The historical books say, "For a while, the head of the thief, the pride of the multilateral army and the position of a good family, do not want to be heard by name, for fear of being tired of relatives, so he is famous for himself." This practice of giving names and establishing nicknames continued until the middle of the Peasant War at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the later period, the rebel army had grown in strength and gradually became regularized, and it was common to use their real names.
After the introduction of non-sticky mud, everyone who knows each other for a long time looks up to each other, but it seems to be full of harmony.
After the ceremony, everyone ate and drank about the same, so they all stopped eating and drinking, and Shi Shiran stood up, obviously thinking of himself as the master here, and he didn't take Tianxing and other juniors in his eyes at all, and picked up a glass of wine to clear his throat; "Everyone, all the heroes, today thanks to everyone's face, in response to the invitation of the old man to go to the big event, my heart is very moved, here to prepare a thin wine for you to catch the wind, I hope you don't dislike the wine and meat."
Everyone was polite and polite, and for a while, the hall was even more chaotic.
The non-sticky mud continues with the word of confidence; "Now we are here, there are seven large and small cottages that have gone to the alliance, as well as the convergence of the celestial star, a tiger's men and horses, and more than 50,000 troops in the republic, which can be described as a strong army and a strong lineup of extremely powerful, and when the army is launched tomorrow, the rice fat will immediately collapse, and the grain, grass, taxes and silver money in the city will be in everyone's pocket." I couldn't help but laugh proudly.
When everyone heard this, they all cheered excitedly.
After everyone cheered for a while, the non-sticky and majestic pressure hand stopped everyone's cheers and continued; "Now although we are strong and powerful, but we are not in each other's regions, so we do not belong to each other, it is really a plate of scattered sand, and when the war starts tomorrow, you will not delay the big thing if you go to me and me."
So, everyone nodded in agreement, and some of them were still buried in the wine and food and ate wildly, and all kinds of performances varied.
There was even a big boss who coaxed: "It's all said, it's not a big boss of the mud, everyone listens to your old man's dispatch, if you dare to disobey, see me wear a lark and be the first to chop him over." ”
This is what the non-sticky mud wants, and after pretending to postpone it for a while, it is logical to sit on the position of the leader of the alliance.
Guo Tianxing hurriedly seized this opportunity at this time, stood up and said loudly: "Since everyone is pushing the old hero who is not sticky to the mud as the master of this alliance, we should be in a group in the future and advance and retreat together. ”
This proposal was vigorously responded to at that time, and although the other poles had their own thoughts, they would not ruin the atmosphere at this time, and they applauded one after another, so they left their seats one after another, and took care of a big rooster that had been prepared for a long time, and arranged the incense case to drink blood and wine with the blood of the poles, and swore poisonous oaths to the gods, saying some old sayings of blessings and hardships.
The reverence of the gods in this era is deep in the bone marrow, and since they have made a poisonous oath to the gods, they will definitely abide by them, unlike in reality, which regards a promise as a reason to tear it up at any time.
But in the face of the coming benefits, how many truly god-fearing gods can walk according to the covenant, only God knows.
The whole process of worshipping and making a blood alliance was solemn and important, and according to the rules of the time, Lu Shi also did his homework, but there was a feeling of watching a trick in his heart.
When all this is over, everyone will sit back and set the rules of the army with everyone while it is hot, but those who advance and retreat will be killed, and those who cannibalize each other will be killed, and so on, and everyone will abide by them one by one.
Finally, Bu Mu said loudly: "Now, we have asked the military advisor of the Celestial Star to explain to you the siege strategy we originally agreed upon. ”
Lu Shi was stunned, why did he still have his own business? But seeing everyone looking at themselves in unison, I had to reluctantly step forward and explain to everyone the future offensive and defensive matters.
While explaining, I thought that I was making a lot of noise here, but I didn't know what kind of scene it was like in Mizhi City now.