After this bloody battle, the soldiers did not stop after they had eaten their own horse meat and dry food. Because of the information obtained at hand, it was learned that there were no other Jiannu scouts nearby, so Sun Yuan and the others simply lit torches and hurried overnight.

This fire pier has been abandoned and can no longer be inhabited. Besides, it will be an unprecedented battle soon, and this area will not become a battlefield in the future, so it is better to go home quickly because of the long nights and dreams. A hundred recruits saw blood in this battle, but they always lacked training, and even Sun Yuan did not have the confidence to lead them to survive the cruel battlefield in another battle.

Marched overnight, thinking that he would never encounter any more earthlings along the way. However, I was frightened a few times along the way.

It turned out that along the way, there were people who dragged their families and fled to the west.

When the people saw Sun Yuan and the others fully armed, they were naturally frightened and fled, and even Sun Yuan, a hundred or more recruits, was so frightened that they almost bombed the camp

。

After confirming that Sun Yuan and the others were soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they had the audacity to ask Sun Yuan what part they were and where Jiannu was now. The more intelligent people leaned over and asked if the army needed to hire men and foot power, and they didn't need money, just stuttering. More people silently followed Sun Yuan and the others, walking forward step by step, no matter how Xiao Mao, Guan Xuan and others scolded and intimidated, they just didn't give up.

The clouds of war had already fallen on the people of Gyeonggi, and those who were close to the capital, or who had relatives in Beijing to vote for, took refuge in the city early. Others blindly fled with their families and what little possessions they had. I don't know where to go or how far I'm going. But either way, it's better than staying at home and sitting back.

Everyone has a herd mentality, and Sun Yuan's hundreds of people are walking with torches in the dark, and the goal is so eye-catching. Almost subconsciously, as long as they saw the light of the fire, the people would subconsciously gather and follow them numbly and mechanically.

When the sky was bright, Sun Yuan was surprised by the situation in front of him, but he saw that there was a dense flow of people in front of him, and the total number was tens of thousands.

Like a returning bee, the sky is filled with buzzing and tired footsteps.

This was just the beginning, and as the team continued to move forward, the group continued to expand.

By the time Sun Yuan and the others returned to Bohai Institute, the number of people gathered behind him had reached an astonishing thirty or forty thousand.

The Bohai Sea was originally a mountainous area, and when you stand on the Great Wall and look down, you can see that the pits and valleys are full of displaced people. It had been a day of walking, and the people were tired, thirsty, and cold. As soon as they reached the ground, countless lines of cooking smoke rose up. Everywhere there were people digging in the ground, supporting shacks, and scooping water in mountain streams.

This was simply a black torrent, which made Sun Yuan unable to breathe, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on his body.

Speaking of the sea of people, he has not seen it, and the battle of Chuzhou in which hundreds of thousands of horses and horses fought each other in a small area is much more spectacular than this scene. Not to mention the morning rush hour in the previous life, the subway in Beijing was a miracle in life.

But with so many fleeing people, Sun Yuan saw it for the first time, and the shock in his heart was indescribable.

Seeing that Sun Yuan brought back so many people, the generals of the Ningxiang Army were also dumbfounded.

Sun Yuan looked at the refugees, looked at the officers who came to greet him, couldn't help sighing, and said, "The people are suffering, let's live and settle."

。 ”

"Yes, General, I'll go down and make arrangements." Fayon nodded and was about to go down.

Guan Tao hurriedly said: "General, no." ”

Sun Yuan: "What's wrong?" ”

Boss Guan looked anxious: "General, the subordinate doesn't have much at hand." In the past year and a half, our army has been stationed in Bohai, and the military expenditure allocated by the imperial court has not been seen at all, and it is all supported by previous savings. Thirty percent of the food for more than 2,000 horses has been consumed. As for the consumption of artillery, fodder for war horses, and firearms drills, it is a hole that cannot be filled, which costs another fifty percent. By now, our army does not have much silver. ”

"How many are left?" Sun Yuan was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

Guan Tao: "Back to the general's words, we still have more than 10,000 taels of silver left in our hands." ”

"Only more than 10,000 taels left?" Sun Yuan was shocked: "Isn't that why we just watched so many people ignore and watch them freeze and starve to death?" ”

The donkey also shouted loudly: "That's it, this is the people of our Ming Dynasty, if you don't save you when you see death, can you sleep at night, boss?" ”

Sun Yuan: "Guan Tao, look at this......"

Guan Tao still refused to let go: "General, some of the tents can still be allocated to help the victims, but there is not much food." Bosuo does not produce grain, and the soldiers and officers are fed by us with real money and silver bought from the market. In the past few years, the weather has been very cold, and the price of grain in the north is very expensive, but it is more than forty percent more expensive than in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

He let out a long exhale, white gas filling the air. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that it was already very cold.

Guan Tao: "Have you thought about it, general, it will be an unprecedented war soon." The food we have on hand is only enough for the soldiers to eat for a month, and if it is distributed to the victims, how can the soldiers kill the slaves if they can't eat enough. Therefore, the opinion of the subordinates is that the grain cannot be distributed. ”

The donkey shouted, "It's not right for you to do this, you can't do this!" If we don't have enough food, we can ask the overseer for some! The general is the most effective general under Inspector Lu, and he can speak in front of his old man. ”

Lu Xiangsheng was robbed of love by the emperor and was recruited back to the capital, and Sun Yuan had already talked to the generals about the governor's soldiers and horses just now

。 Everyone felt very excited, and they all said, great, the superintendent returned to the court this time, we can be regarded as someone above, and we are no longer a person who does not care about my grandmother and uncle.

As soon as the donkey said this, Wen Laosan, who had always liked to raise the bar with him, sneered and said sarcastically: "Supervise the teacher, supervise the teacher, the old man has a clean sleeve, and he is also very poor." Don't forget, it's been two years, and he still owes 200,000 taels of silver for two Huai salt shipments! This time, he rushed from Nanjing to Beijing to lead the army, and I guess he didn't have much money or food on hand. Perhaps, when the battle is fierce, we will have to take out some to supplement Inspector Lu! ”

"Yes, yes, that's it." Guan Tao is an iron rooster that does not pull out a hair, and immediately agrees with the sound.

The other officers also refused to take out their rations and give them to the people, and they all shouted, yes, they still had to worry about themselves first. Our soldiers eat food as soldiers, and we have to have strength to fight with Jiannu. If you can't even eat yourself, how can you go to the battlefield? In the future, if the war is lost, even if the people eat for nothing, won't they end up as slaves of Jiannu?

Also, the lives of the people are none of my business. They are not related to us, and they are not our military households, and when the battle is over, they have to go back to their own homes, who still knows our Ningxiang Army?

……

The discussion of his officers Sun Yuan can also be understood, and the Ming Dynasty implemented a military household system. In a sense, soldiers are the private property of officers, but they have no thoughts of family and country in their hearts.

If he really took out food to help the people, his subordinates would not accept it in their hearts.

However, if he insists on going his own way, with Sun Yuan's prestige, it is difficult for the soldiers to say anything.

However, Wen Jianjian's words made Sun Yuan's heart move. Yes, I'm afraid that Lu Xiangsheng doesn't have much food in his hands, according to real historical records, Lu Du's army is very poor, and his army is often half hungry and half full, just two of him, the commander, have also been hungry for a day and a night. If he really distributed all the food to the homeless, I was afraid that he would not expect Lu Xiangsheng to be able to move some of it for him from somewhere else.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and without food, how can the Ningxiang army still fight?

No wonder when he was at Juyong Pass, as soon as he heard that he wanted food and military salaries, Yang Guozhu was greatly unhappy, and Lu Xiangsheng was also embarrassed. Come to think of it, they don't have any food leftover.

"Sacrifice...... In the face of this national war, both the military and the people must make their own sacrifices and fulfill their obligations

。 Warriors, to be bled to death on the battlefield; The people will endure displacement and hunger. It's also a helpless thing. All for war, all for victory......"

Behind him, the donkey was still arguing with Wen Laosan and the boss. And Tang Wenxing, the leader of the scout cavalry, also joined the battle group and asked Guan Tao loudly: "I don't like to hear what you say, boss, why are our cavalry food-eaters, and what money to raise a horse can raise seven foot soldiers?" Without our scouts, you would all become deaf and blind, and the cavalry would eat better and spend more money, is it wrong? ”

"Musketeers have to train non-stop, and qualified gunners are fed with gunpowder and lead bullet. Moreover, when the musketeers were set up, it was proposed by General Sun. At the beginning of my Ningxiang Army, I only needed musketeers, why, I thought we were spending money, and I Shaowei was not convinced? Shao Wei also jumped out.

Sun Yuan shook his head, sighed lightly, and silently turned his head to leave.

Reason told him that now to help the victims, it will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Ningxiang Army.

However, he could not bear to see the fleeing people starving right under his nose.

Perhaps, escaping is the best way, right?

Out of sight, out of mind.

Except for Sun Yuan, who was a little depressed by this incident, the Ningxiang army was very excited. Sun Yuan annihilated 20 Manchu elite Bayala troops with 100 recruits who had not undergone a day's training, causing a sensation in the barracks.

You must know that the last time they entered Beijing to offer prisoners, the Ningxiang army only cut off the heads of more than 50 true Tartars.

And these twenty Zhenyi are all cavalry, and it is said that their combat effectiveness is even stronger than that of those fifty people.

"General Sun is really the reincarnation of Sun Wu, no matter how scumbag he is, if he falls into his hands, it only takes a moment to train him to become a tiger warrior."

"This time, we have gone through another year and a half of training, if we follow General Sun to the battlefield, I don't know how much credit we will make?"

For a while, everyone looked at Sun Yuan's eyes full of admiration, and they had more expectations for future meritorious achievements.

As for the twenty heads of Jiannu, the Ningxiang Army sent people to Juyong Pass on the second day to ask for rewards for meritorious soldiers.

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