Is this the army?

Looking at the barracks in front of him, Lotte even doubted his eyes.

The fence around the huge barracks was already decaying, dozens of dilapidated tents stood there, the martial arts arena was overgrown with withered yellow weeds more than half a person high, and the dilapidated flags were swaying in the wind, and there was a dilapidated scene everywhere.

On the school grounds, groups of men dressed in various colors gathered there in groups of ten or eight, and after a slight estimate, there were nearly a thousand people.

Judging from the clothes on their bodies, some are weavers, some are craftsmen, some are farmers, and even some are miscellaneous people...... Only occasionally some soldiers in armor were mixed in.

"This is the soldier in the Huaikang army?" looked at Wu Erli beside him, and Lotte's eyes were full of surprise.

"If you go back to the officials, these people are all soldiers in the Huaikang army!" Wu Erli replied,

Lotte asked in surprise and curiosity: "Why are these soldiers not soldiers, but like people in the market." What's more, so many people gather here, aren't the generals at all levels of the Huaikang Army afraid of trouble? ”

Wu Erli smiled bitterly: "The generals in the army are busy running workshops, opening restaurants, and running granges, and they come to the barracks to inspect on weekdays, and the generals and sergeants are regarded as domestic slaves...... This is nothing new in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Lotte understood why his group entered the barracks, and the soldiers guarding the barracks neither checked nor asked, it turned out that the soldiers of the Huaikang Army had become the private slaves of the generals and dressed as ordinary people.

"It's really a good calculation, the soldiers who are raised by the imperial court have become the private slaves of the generals at all levels, and they don't need to be paid salaries for hiring them in vain, so don't the imperial envoys of the imperial court just ask about it?" Lotte laughed almost angrily, he was used to seeing all kinds of unfairness and injustice in his previous life, and even the shady scenes of corruption, compared to what he saw and heard now, it was simply weak.

Suddenly, Lotte remembered that in his previous life, he had heard a historian comment on Yue Fei and said that the army in the Southern Song Dynasty Gaozong had its own industry, and Zhongxing Sihui would run the wine business. It seems that Yue Feiyue's business is very distinctive, it is said that he has opened casinos, made loan sharks, and done real estate, but I don't know if this historian's argument is really substantiated.

"Now there are a few officials in the Great Song Dynasty who don't love money, don't say that this small Huaikang army is the Gongwei Jingshi, and the elite forbidden army under Gao Taiwei is also like this, no different from ordinary craftsmen and slaves." Wu Erli's voice was full of helplessness, and he lowered his voice again: "As for the imperial envoy, do you dare to participate in the impeachment of the close ministers around the official's family?" ”

The army has eroded into this appearance, and it is not surprising that the "shame of Jingkang" ten years later.

Lotte still remembers the records of later generations in his heart, when the Jin army besieged Bianliang for the first time, there were still soldiers and horses from all over the country, and the second time the Jin army besieged Bianliang, Qinzong issued gold medals to convene the soldiers and horses from all over the country. When the reinforcements arrived, they could have held out for a while, but Qinzong listened to the god stick Guo Jing to use the six soldiers and six armor methods to break the enemy, so that the outer city of Bianliang was broken, and there was a change in Jingkang that had been shamed for thousands of years.

From this point of view, it is reasonable for Liu Jinhua, Wu Erli and others to think that the Huaikang soldiers cannot mutiny.

Seeing this situation in front of him, Lotte was worried about himself again, the Huaikang Army could not mutiny, so wouldn't the information he reported become alarmist, thinking about the punishment that the Imperial City Division might issue to him, Lotte couldn't help but chill his body.

"Brothers, look at what kind of military food we are eating, this corn is not only mixed with sand, but it is still moldy and spoiled, even if it is fed to pigs, it is not fed like this!"

Just when Lotte was deeply worried about his future, he heard someone shouting in the school yard with a bowl of corn. When Lotte cast his eyes, a wave of joy arose in his heart, and it seemed that there were signs of mutiny.

The man who spoke was a man in his thirties and thirties, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and judging from his dark skin, it was evident that he had been cultivated by a long period of labor in the fields.

"Yes, I sold my coolies for nothing, but I want to eat this pig-like thing, do you still treat me as a man?"

"I ate this moldy and spoiled thing, Lao Tzu had diarrhea for several days, and his hands and feet were still sore, do these officials don't even have a conscience?"

"It's just a day or two, I've eaten pig food like half a month in a row, do you want me to wait for my life!"

……

Just after the man shouted, some people followed suit, and it was a mess for a while.

Let's make trouble, let's make trouble, right now the master is afraid that you will wait for the trouble, and if the trouble is big, the master will be able to explain to the top, Lotte thought in his heart.

However, to Lotte's disappointment, these farmers and craftsmen gathered together and hung up on the coats of soldiers shouted for a long time, seemingly the crowd was excited and noisy, but it was dry thunder and no rain, and there was no hint of rebellion and mutiny.

Lotte fell into deep thought again, and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Wu Erli! ”

"The subordinates are here." Wu Erli replied.

Lotte asked, "Do you have any soldiers in the barracks?" ”

"There are some." Wu Erli replied.

Lotte commanded: "Call your men, gather the boats of the ferry on the south bank, and if these soldiers really mutiny, as long as they see that there is no boat to cross the river, they will disperse!" ”

"The officials are too worried." Wu Erli said.

"Prevention is better than prevention." With a little displeasure on his face, Lotte reprimanded: "At present, there are a large number of people gathered on the school field, which is not much different from the mutiny, if there is really an incident, how many times will you cut off this head on top of the official?" ”

Although Wu Erli thought that Lotte's worries were a little superfluous, he also thought that it was not unreasonable, and answered yes, so he went to find some subordinates to do things according to Lotte's instructions.

Before Wu Erli left, Lotte Tu Si went with Wu Erli, and specially instructed, "Don't forget, leave a boat for Le to go back to the city." ”

Seeing that Wu Erli was leading more than a dozen soldiers to the shore to collect ferries, Lotte called Shakuchi and Zhang Biao aside and commanded in a low voice.

After listening to Lotte's instructions, Shakuchi and Zhang Biao's faces immediately turned pale.

Seeing that the two of them looked embarrassed, Lotte sighed and said: "If you two don't want to do what I tell you, you can do it, just rot this matter in your stomach, Dang Le never said it." ”

Although Zhang Biao was afraid, he still bit his hand and said: "This little life is given by Mr., so naturally I don't dare to disobey it!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Biao agreed, Shakuchi also followed and said, "The little one is willing to do as he is told." ”

"Good!" Lotte nodded: "The two of you will see the opportunity to act in a while, and after the matter is completed, the benefits of the two of you will be indispensable." ”

When the words fell, Lotte left the ruler of seven and two people in the barracks and walked towards the river alone.

Seeing Shakuchi and Zhang Biao with Lotte, Wu Erli and Tu Si didn't ask much, and when Lotte got on the boat, they crossed to the south shore.

After getting off the boat, Lotte commanded, "Burn all the ferries!" ”

"Official!" Wu Erli was surprised.

Glancing at Wu Erli, Lotte said: "Without a boat to cross the river, these people are powerless even if they want to mutiny, can they still fly across the river to make trouble in the city?" ”

Listening to what Lotte said was reasonable, and besides, he said that he was just a subordinate, how could Wu Erli disobey the order and order his subordinates to burn the ferry to the fire.

A group of Huaikang soldiers were arguing in the barracks, and suddenly saw thick smoke billowing by the river, and they couldn't even see the city wall of Caizhou City in the distance, and they were immediately shocked.

"Is something happening in the city?" Someone exclaimed.

"Eight or nine times out of ten, there are brothers in the army who went to the city to make trouble because of food and grass!"

"Could it be that he is a brother on the side of the Xiang Army!"

Someone shouted from among the soldiers gathered on the school grounds.

"Yesterday, a few brothers vomited and diarrhea after eating such moldy food, and now they only have half of their lives left."

"I also have a few brothers who are in this situation, eating these pig-like things will die sooner or later, can I just sit back and wait for death, it is better to go to Nazhizhou to ask for an explanation, maybe there is still a way to live."

At this time, someone in the gathered crowd shouted again, it turned out that it was Shakuchi and Zhang Biao who were fanning the flames there. It's just that most of the sergeants in the Huaikang army are working everywhere, and they are very familiar with each other, but they don't feel any different.

"Every day we work hard, but we eat such pig food every day, is it true that I am waiting for pigs and animals?"

"I don't even eat pigs with this kind of food, but I want to wait for it to eat, and I don't treat it as a human being."

"If this continues, sooner or later it will be a death, so it's better for me to wait and go to the state government to ask for an explanation."

"yes, go ask for an explanation!"

"Ask for an explanation to ......"

In addition to shakuchi and Zhang Biao provoking, there were also some soldiers who had long been dissatisfied and took advantage of the situation to shout. These sergeants are all rough people, who have been feeling unfair for a long time, and everyone inevitably has a fire in their hearts, and now they see the thick smoke billowing from the opposite bank, and they are agitated again, and the restlessness suppressed in their hearts is immediately released.

For a while, these soldiers dressed in various colors were excited, and immediately turned into rolling people and rushed towards Caizhou City.

It's just that no one saw it, and Shakuchi and Zhang Biao gradually fell behind these soldiers, and when no one was paying attention, they slipped into the distance.

Although Tu Si is also called by Lotte's subordinates, but after all, he is the subordinate of his sister-in-law Li Dutou, although he is called up, but he is far from being as loyal and close to him as Shakuchi and Zhang Biao, how can Lotte rest assured that he will do it.

Back in Caizhou Prefecture, Lotte said to Ye Zhizhou: "Xia Guan went to the Huaikang Army to check, and sure enough, he saw that thousands of sergeants gathered in the army colonel field, were clamoring because of grain and grass, the scene was extremely chaotic, and he had reached a place out of control. ”

"General Le did a good job!" Ye Mengde nodded, and then ordered: "Pass the order, close the city gate, the whole city will have a curfew after dusk tonight, and those who dare to walk around at will at night will be killed!" ”

"Oh no......"

Just after Ye Mengde's words fell, a man who looked like a soldier stumbled in from outside.

Ye Zhizhou was shocked and asked, "What's the matter?" Say it! ”

I only heard the soldier say breathlessly: "Report to the boss, the Xiang army has mutinied......

This novel comes from reading books