The county lieutenant of Baling County replied to Jiang Sheng's question and said, "The scale of Chang'an is ten times that of Baling!" ”

"Humph! My 3,000 city defense troops and 5,000 temporary patchwork volunteers annihilated more than 20,000 enemies. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Just this small tomb, abandon the city without 10,000 defenders? You are still the official of the imperial court, a standing man! ”

The county commander and the county lieutenant were silent after being reprimanded by Jiang Sheng.

"Li Tong!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"From this moment on, the soldiers of Baling will be under your command, and you will immediately consolidate the city defense and prepare for battle!"

The lieutenant is the highest military commander in the country, equivalent to the chairman of the military committee, while the county lieutenant is the military commander of the local garrison, equivalent to the battalion commander. Jiang Sheng seized the military power with one sentence, and the county lieutenant could only stare dryly, the official was one level older and crushed people to death, not to mention that it was so many levels bigger!

Li Tong received the order, that is, he took over more than 2,000 people, and for ordinary non-commissioned officers and low-ranking officers, whoever is the leader is the same, and everyone has no opinion on Li Tong's takeover.

Jiang Sheng walked around the barracks and said to the county order: "I will live in the barracks, you go back to collect grain, grass and materials to defend the city, and transport them directly to the city." ”

"Captain, the lower officer has prepared a resting place for you, the barracks are in poor condition, and life is inconvenient-"

Jiang Sheng interrupted him and said, "The soldiers can live here, so why bother me?" Just because I'm a lieutenant? ”

"This—"

"The top priority is to try to hold the tomb, and everything else is simple. Go back. ”

"Retire!"

Those soldiers were somewhat excited and moved when they saw Jiang Sheng's respect for Captain Tai, but they lived with them in the military camp with poor conditions. Most of these soldiers were poor peasants, because they had no land and couldn't survive, they joined the army, at least they had food to eat, and they didn't dare to expect dignity or anything, but Jiang Sheng did not look down on them, and ate and lived with them.

A soldier had already packed out a room for Jiang Sheng and Diao Chan to live in, and vacated a room next door for the four hairpins to live in, because there were women, the thatched house of the military camp was divided into two, a thatched wall was built in the middle, and a door was opened from the other side for Diao Chan and the four hairpins.

At dinner, Jiang Liuchai went to the room to serve rice, and found that there was only brown rice and some wilted vegetables, so he asked the man: "Is there no meat in the barracks?" ”

The man said, "Meat? I've been cooking here for three years and haven't seen meat before! ”

"Then you usually eat rice and vegetables?"

"That's what we usually eat."

"Can you stand it like this?"

"I can't stand it, so many people can't hold on and leave. Originally, there were 5,000 soldiers and horses here, but now more than half of them are gone. ”

Jiang Liuchai understood this, the county order said before that the soldiers were timid and afraid, but it didn't seem to be the case, so he went back and told Jiang Sheng about it.

Jiang Sheng said: "Originally, I had some suspicions, but sure enough, there was something else. How much money do we have with us now? ”

Jiang Wuchai said: "The general wants to pay his own money to improve the food of the soldiers?" ”

Jiang Sheng nodded and said, "I can't eat well, how can I have combat effectiveness?" ”

Diao Chan interjected: "Xianggong is always too kind-hearted!" The salary for raising soldiers must have been greedy by the county order and the county lieutenant, so why not let them spit it out? ”

Jiang Sheng said: "It's not the time yet, no matter how you say it, they will welcome us into the city!" If we all leave the county officials as soon as we come, who will dare to let us enter the city in the future? Today, the county lieutenant has been dismissed, and it can be regarded as beating the county order, so let's stop in moderation. Let's go out for a walk. ”

Jiang Sheng and Diao Chan left the barracks under the protection of the four hairpins and wandered around the streets, the city of Baling County looked prosperous, and most of the shops on the street were open to welcome guests, not at all like what they looked like before the war.

The main road in the city is bustling with the signboard of "Pine Crane Tower", Jiang Sheng walked into the Pine Crane Tower, there are many people eating inside, Zhen Yan saw Jiang Sheng come in, and hurriedly went over to greet him, Jiang Sheng followed Zhen Yan to the private room on the second floor, and Xiao Er sent refreshments over.

"My lord, there is news from Jizhou, Yuan Shao and Liu Yu have joined forces to deal with Gongsun Zhan, and General Chu Yan has also gone south to attack Youbeiping County, how should the relationship with Yuan Shao be handled now?"

"Yuan Shao is still nominally still a taishou under my rule, and it's not good to tear your face, you send a message to Chu Yan, and Yuan Shao will neither confront nor cooperate, and each will fight his own."

"Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the message right away."

"By the way, how is Zhang Ning's side?"

"Zhang Ning occupied the three counties of Dongguang, Jinghe, and Yangxin, and there was no sign of marching north, and it was precisely because of this that Yuan Shao dared to send troops to deal with Gongsun Zhan."

"Well, your people should pay attention to Zhang Ning's Yellow Turban Army, I'm worried that this little girl won't be able to control the situation."

"My subordinates understand! Is the lord going to rest here tonight? ”

"No, I'm just out and about. The food in the barracks was very poor, and before the war, you arranged for people to send some meat, eggs, fish and fresh vegetables to the barracks every day to ensure that the soldiers could eat well. Only when you have eaten enough can you have the spirit to fight. ”

"Don't worry, your subordinates will make proper arrangements."

Jiang Sheng and the others returned to the barracks after eating in Songhe Tower, Diao Chan was already asleep beside Jiang Sheng, but Jiang Sheng was not sleepy at all, now the Xiliang army is not stable, and the people also have a lot of resentment, it is a good time to counterattack, but the Xiliang soldiers are strong and strong, and the siege is bound to increase killings, I really don't know when this bloody day will be a head.

Early the next morning, someone in the barracks cheered, and Li Tong hurriedly came to see Jiang Sheng: "Lord, there is a convoy outside that has sent a lot of ingredients, but the lord paid for it?" ”

"Well, if the soldiers don't eat well, they won't have the spirit to train and fight, so let them eat well first."

"Thank you for your understanding, I'll go tell the whole army!" Li informed that this was a key move to buy people's hearts.

After Li Tong went out, he ascended the high platform and announced to the officers and men of the whole army that this was the Tai Lieutenant's reward for the soldiers, and those soldiers who had lived a hard life for several years could not help but burst into tears, looking at the mountains of meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, flour, etc., in front of them, and they were all elated. Those low-ranking officers all came to the outside of Jiang Sheng's room one after another, and said in unison: "Captain Xie Ende!" In the future, I am willing to listen to the dispatch of the captain and go to the soup and fire, and I will not give up! ”

When Jiang Sheng went out, everyone knelt down and thanked him repeatedly. Jiang Sheng said: "Brothers! The world is constantly fighting, how can you go to the army and work hard, how can you not have enough to eat? When you are full, you don't want to go home, and you don't want to be a good soldier if you don't want to be home! To be a soldier, you must first train your soldiers, and your combat effectiveness has been raised, and countless combat exploits are waiting for you to get them! I will give you the opportunity, it depends on whether you can make meritorious contributions, whether you want to be promoted! Now I will let you eat well, and you must train your soldiers well. Now if you sweat more in training, you will shed less blood in battle, I saw you standing here before the battle, and I hope you will still stand here after the victory! ”

Everyone shouted: "Sweat a lot of training!" Fight less bloodshed! The voices came and went, and the whole morale was raised.