Volume II, Chapter 17, The Army's Heart
In addition to the officers and soldiers on duty, nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Xuanlong Army stood in a large area in the dark, waiting for today's newly arrived commander to speak, many people looked at Yang Tian is stomach full of resentment, just because of his arrival, these two thousand people practiced for several hours under the scorching sun on an empty stomach.
Although Shi Wansui looks rough, he is not a stupid person, although this drill is to find an excuse to turn Yang Tian away, but he does not dare to fake, except for Shi Wanzai himself with two building owners and a few cronies, the rest of the people are real drills, at this moment after the drill, everyone is tired and wants to die, and can only fight their spirits.
Yang Tianyi looked all the way, seeing that although these people were all covered with vegetables and sweating profusely, they could still stand still, many of them had several scars on their bodies, and their ages were between twenty and thirty, and he was overjoyed, knowing that these people in front of him were veterans who had been on the battlefield and killed, as long as the food supply was in place, their armor and equipment were complete, and it would not take a few months to regain into a first-class elite soldier.
"General, the soldiers are waiting for you to lecture." Shi Wanzai said respectfully.
Looking at these 2,000 soldiers, Yang Tian wanted to give an inaugural speech, so that everyone's blood boiled, and he was willing to die for himself, but he knew that it was a little unrealistic, and now I am afraid that most of the people in the field are scolding themselves in their stomachs.
"Soldiers, Ben General knows that everyone has been practicing for most of the day, and they have worked hard, okay, now listen to Ben General's order: disband, eat!"
The soldiers didn't react, they stood for a long time before they let out cheers, and suddenly dispersed, and many people turned their heads to look at Yang Tian, and suddenly had a little more affection for the newly appointed general.
Wang Shu whispered in front of Shi Wansui: "General, it seems that the person who came is not good. ”
Shi Wansui's face was gloomy, and he snorted: "It's just a little trick, Ben Jiang doesn't believe it, and even a child can't help it." ”
Yang Tian looked at Wang Shu and Shi Wansui as if they were muttering, and interrupted them: "General Shi, General Ben and Yigan have been hungry for most of the day, so let's eat together in the barracks." ”
Shi Wansui said: "General, the food in the army is quite rough, how noble the general is, how can he be slow, the last general will send someone to Chang'an Restaurant to call a table of good wine and food to welcome the general to take office." ”
This military camp is dozens of miles away from the city, if you really wait for Shi Wansui to send someone to Chang'an Restaurant to ask for food, I am afraid that the person who ordered the food will not even have time to get out of the city gate and it will be dark.
Yang Tian saw Shi Wansui's little trick at a glance: "No, what the soldiers eat, the generals will eat." ”
"In this way, I will wait for the general." Shi Wansui smiled at Wang Shu, Wang Shu understood and nodded.
After a while, Wang Shu ordered several soldiers to bring up a large pot of rice, and a small pot of dishes, half of which was corn and half of wheat husk, and the dish was boiled radish strips.
Luo Yi, Shi Tao and the others are all angry, since they were accepted into the village by Yang Tian, their daily diet is mainly rice and pasta, and the dishes are meat and vegetarian combinations, how have they ever eaten such food.
Seeing the demeanor of the person behind Yang Tian, Shi Wansui felt a little proud in his heart, I don't believe that the son of the Suiguo Mansion will be able to eat this kind of food, if you don't eat it, when you are hungry, you will naturally get out of the barracks to buy food, and then see how the soldiers serve you.
Don't say that in the Guogong Mansion, even if Yang Tian was a small citizen in his previous life, he didn't need to eat this kind of food with wheat husks, he knew that Shi Wansui intended to embarrass himself, maybe the soldiers really had to eat such food every day, Yang Tian only had to sweep over those officers to know that Shi Wansui and other generals would never share weal and woe with the soldiers to such a point, those officers were all strong and powerful, and only soldiers had a good face.
It's just that Shi Wansui obviously underestimated himself, in order to make the soldiers feel good, not to mention just letting himself eat a meal of oatmeal, and he could grit his teeth and insist on eating a few more meals, Yang Tian picked up a bowl, filled his bowl with a meal composed of corn and wheat husk, and put a little radish strip in the bowl, and said with a smile: "Come, let's serve it together." ”
With Yang Tian taking the lead, Luo Yi and the others had no choice but to follow suit and serve a bowl, Shi Wansui sneered, he finished the meal, and stared at Yang Tian with wide eyes to see how he swallowed.
Yang Tian took a mouthful of corn into his mouth, and there was a rough feeling of encouragement in his mouth, making him want to open his mouth and spit it out, but Yang Tian still quickly chewed a few bites and swallowed. I put a few more radish strips in my mouth before swallowing the corn completely.
Seeing Shi Wansui looking at himself stunned, Yang Tian smiled slightly: "General Shi, let's eat together." ”
Shi Wansui hurriedly took a few mouthfuls and stuffed them into his mouth, it was not that he had never eaten this kind of meal when he was a petty officer in the army before, but after becoming a general, he also paid attention to his diet, and now that he ate it again, he felt more uncomfortable than Yang Tian in his heart, so he could only swallow it.
Although it was uncomfortable, Yang Tian seemed to have eaten delicious food, and he ate most of the bowls in succession before stopping, and Luo Yi and the others could only grin and eat the coarse food.
"General Shi, is the diet of the soldiers like this every day?"
"Of course, the army can't even get half of the supplies now, otherwise, I'm afraid the soldiers will starve to death." Shi Wansui said angrily.
Yang Tian nodded, he picked up the bowl and walked towards the sergeants who were eating, the canteen in the barracks was too small to accommodate two thousand people to eat at the same time, so most of the sergeants were either standing or squatting, and ate on the school ground.
Seeing Yang Tian coming over, the squatting sergeants all hurriedly got up, some were silent, some hurriedly said hello, and most of them had a strange look when they saw the food in Yang Tian's bowl.
Yang Tian came to a sergeant in his twenties, who had already eaten the food in the bowl, and even licked the residues in the rice bowl. Yang Tian asked gently, "Have you eaten enough?" ”
Yang Tian's arrival made the sergeant a little nervous: "General Hui, no... Not full, uh, no, full. ”
"Is this corn delicious?"
"Good, delicious."
"I don't believe it." Yang Tian shouted loudly.
All the sergeants looked in the direction of Yang Tian, and the sergeant was even more at a loss, whether he had offended the general in front of him, so he had to hold the bowl and say: "General, it's really delicious, you see, the villain has eaten clean." ”
Yang Tian took the soldier's bowl and raised it high: "Everyone said, is this food delicious?" ”
Everyone didn't know Yang Tian's intentions, so they didn't dare to answer, and the entire school was suddenly quiet.