"For dinner, let's have a stir-fried locust."

After Qin Tian said this, Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but pout.

Who dares to eat locusts?

This is the god of locusts, who eats and will suffer.

Several people trembled in their hearts, but they didn't care, thinking that Qin Tian was saying that although they gave those refugees some food, they still had some left, and before rushing to Dangyang City, if they could wait for the relief food from the imperial court, then everything would be easy to say.

The refugees got the food and left with a thousand thanks, and Qin Tian and the others continued to set off with the team.

Before dusk came, they finally found a small stream, although the creek was a small stream, but the water level was very shallow, and it might not be a few days before the stream dried up.

The Berserk Army filled their respective kettles with water and prepared to cook.

However, just as they took out the grain, Qin Tian shook his head: "From today onwards, we will no longer take grain as our staple food, we will eat locusts, and tonight, we will eat fried locusts." ”

Qin Tian looked at everyone and said, but after everyone listened, they were stunned for a moment and did not move.

"Didn't you hear Ben Hou's words, do you want Ben Hou to be dealt with by military law?" Qin Tian's expression became cold, soldiers, they only need to obey orders, if soldiers don't know to obey orders, there is no way to fight.

Finally, someone stepped up.

"Master Hou, the locust plague is the locust god is angry, punishing us, eating locusts, just afraid of ominous."

"Yes, Master Hou, we have food, why do we eat locusts?"

"Lord Hou......"

Everyone muttered, and Hu 18 suddenly shouted angrily: "Shut up!" ”

Hu Eighteen's voice was very loud, the originally noisy military camp suddenly quieted down, Qin Tian had a gloomy face, and said: "As a member of the Mad Demon Army, you are going to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and you are going to survive between corpses and blood. ”

Qin Tian's voice was deafening, everyone looked at each other, and suddenly felt that it seemed to be this reason, they were soldiers, that is, licking blood on the knife edge, they could die at any time, what they did was to make a living, and they were still afraid of eating locusts at this time?

After reacting, a person suddenly asked: "Master Hou, are the locusts delicious, if they are not delicious, we won't eat them." ”

This was a joke, everyone laughed, Qin Tian was not angry: "Ben Hou's fried locusts, I promise that after you eat them, you still want to eat them, okay, don't talk nonsense, hurry up and catch them, Ben Hou will eat with you." ”

Hearing that Qin Tian also ate, the soldiers had fewer worries, so they went to catch locusts in twos and threes, with their own tools.

There are still a lot of locusts here, although they are not as large as they are seen today, but as long as you want to catch them, you can catch a large number of them casually.

More than 5,000 people were caught at the same time, and there were even more arrested.

Originally, there were a lot of locusts next to the stream, but when they caught them, it was a little difficult to find some locusts in the end.

If humans are good at eating, they can eat a lot of things, and locusts are no exception.

Dusk came, and soldiers kept bringing the locusts they had caught and asked the men to fry them.

The man's side, very busy, after the locusts were caught, they were put in a bag and directly shot to death, and then poured into the oil pot for stir-frying, and soon, the fragrance spread in the barracks.

These locusts are small, but they are still a piece of meat.

The locusts are fried, these soldiers take the steamed buns and eat them, not to mention the taste, they are really fragrant, some people, even more steamed buns are not needed, they just grab the plate and eat it, a plate of locusts, not enough for one person to eat.

The guy was tired and sweating profusely.

And when the twilight was falling, all the people were going to burp upon their food.

"Don't say it, this locust stir-fry, it tastes really good."

"Who said no, when there was no locust plague before, I liked to eat locusts at home."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, this stuff is delicious."

After they had eaten, the soldiers talked more, and the more they did, the less their fear of locusts grew.

Cheng Chumo and these people were originally reluctant to eat, but seeing that Qin Tian and Hu Shibai were eating with relish, they had no choice but to eat.

"Brother Qin, is this locust really okay?"

"The reason why there is a locust plague is mainly because of the great drought, the great drought, the lack of water, and the environment is conducive to the reproduction of locusts, in fact, these have nothing to do with the locust gods, let alone the ...... of heavenly punishment."

During the meal, Qin Tian popularized the knowledge of the locust plague with Cheng Chumo and the others.

If the people had not been so afraid of locusts and had started to get rid of locusts earlier, would they have all these troubles now?

It's all foolishness that kills people.

The night passed like this, and the next morning, the mad demon army continued to set off, along the way, but whenever they saw locusts, they would directly catch them, waiting for the next meal to be served.

Five thousand mad demon army, go all the way to catch all the way, although the locusts breed quickly, but five thousand people eat, it is by no means a small number, so everywhere they go along the way, locusts are extinct, they are simply locust nemesis.

And just after they walked like this for a few days, when the early summer came, and the weather was a little unbearable, they finally came to the outside of Dangyang City.

Dangyang City is not a particularly prosperous city, and under the ravages of locust plagues, it looks even more depressed.

Under the bright sun, the rebels on the city tower were hot and sweating.

When a rebel saw the Tang army rushing towards this side, he immediately wiped his eyes, saw that he was not mistaken, and hurriedly ran down.

When the Yangcheng Mansion was in the palace, Han Yi was taking refuge in the pavilion, and at this time, the rebel ran over in a hurry.

"My lord, it's not good, the Tang army is here."

Hearing that Tang Jun was coming, Han Yi's whole person suddenly jumped up, he was originally an obese man, and when he jumped up, the whole person looked extremely funny.

"The Tang army is here, this ...... How good is that? ”

Saying this, Han Yi seemed to suddenly remember something again, and asked, "How many people, how many people are coming from the Tang Army?" ”

Han Yi knew about the fact that the imperial court had sent three groups of soldiers and horses, but he still asked.

"It's not much, maybe about 5,000 people."

Hearing that there were only about 5,000 people, Han Yi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he smiled: "The Tang army also underestimates us too much, with only 5,000 soldiers and horses, they want to defeat me as the soldiers and horses of Yangcheng, I want them to know that I am powerful, come here, gather soldiers and horses, and go out of the city with this official to fight." ”

Han Yi didn't take Tang Jun seriously, he was not a shrewd person.

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