Chapter 492: Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival (23)

This mixed cavalry force drawn from several armies marched quickly, but it did not travel many kilometers a day like the Mongols.

The Mongols have many horses, and they can rush frantically at the expense of horsepower. But Gao Yang's side can't do it, we don't lack him, and the most lacking thing is horses. You can't break it off while you're on the march.

Everywhere he went, after he set up camp, Gaoyang would send troops with a large amount of food to all directions to provide relief to the local people who had no food and clothing. Give a part to the local government and a part to the people.

The government in this era can still be trusted. Most of the local officials still have some of the integrity of the scholars.

Not only food, but also a large amount of meat, clothing, shoes and socks, edible oil and other daily necessities. When he has the ability, Gao Yang doesn't mind doing more good deeds. Sitting on the huge productivity of modern time and space, this little material consumption is not worth mentioning to him at all.

Anyone in the states and counties along the way can see such a stark contrast.

On one side is the Song army, which eats and drinks nonsense, and occasionally goes out to rob if it is not enough. On the one hand, there was no offense against the local Qiu, but on the contrary, it was a guest army that tried its best to help the people of Li. This strong contrast really has a playful drama.

It's hard to build a reputation, but it's extremely easy to ruin. The reputation of the Chang Shengjun began to accumulate little by little, and those Song soldiers were already ten miles away from the wind.

News of this mixed army soon spread in all directions. It's even faster than they can march!

Whenever they set up camp in one place, a large number of people who heard the wind would hula and surround the camp of the victorious army and pray for help. And the Song military camp not far away on the side couldn't even see half a figure.

That's it, if you don't come, you won't come. The Song army also didn't know what it meant to be a military and civilian fish and water situation. On the contrary, it can be idle.

However, there is nothing left of the labor and army supplies sent by the local government! This is unacceptable to these Qiu Ba.

When approaching local officials and asking them for supplies. People come up to give a big eye first. "The guest army is trying its best to help the people, but you, the army of the Great Song Kingdom, are looting everywhere. This official really can't figure out who is the army of our Song Kingdom! The words of a county magistrate made the generals who went to beg for baggage all blush.

This year, the harvest in various parts of the country due to natural and man-made disasters is not good, and the various taxes of the imperial court have not been reduced or reduced, but have increased a lot. Many peasants had to flee for the desert if they had not paid enough for their taxes. These local governments are also having a hard time.

Previously, those local officials saw that this army was going to King Qin of Bianliang City. It's all a gritted tooth and a burden. But the most frightening thing in this world is contrast!

What the victorious army did was seen by everyone. Who will send the baggage again in this case? Everyone's life is not easy. Everywhere there are homeless people waiting to be helped!

"Straight sissy thief! I can't live this day! "A general of the Jinning Army touched his nose when he went to ask for a burden, and he couldn't stand it anymore in a hurry.

"I also saw that those victorious soldiers didn't carry much baggage at all. I thought that they were also thinking about the supply of the states and counties along the way, just like us, who would have thought that they seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of food over there! How is this possible!? As the commander of the Shengjie Army, Chen Ning's mind was not as rough as his big black face.

"Now is not the time!" In the big tent, the commander of the Fengxiang Army, a burly northwest man who exuded a fierce aura all over his body, said with a cold face.

When they went south from Taiyuan City, Zhang Chunxiao only provided them with a little military rations. In the words of the prefect, there is no food left in the city. You are all the heartland of the Emperor Song along the way. Just let the state capital supply along the way.

That's right. Originally, the long-distance march needed to rely on the supply of the states and counties along the way, and the Song army didn't care.

But not anymore.

As soon as the Chang Shengjun came out to help the people, their lives were not easy. Before, some people even begged their military camp to provide them with help. After driving everyone away with sticks, the life of these Song cavalrymen who were alone in the army was even more difficult.

Reputation! The mouths of the seven aunts and eight women in the countryside are enough to make them stink all over the radius in the shortest possible time. Walk all the way stinky all the way.

"What now?" Chen Ning grimaced and looked at Li Ye, the commander of the Fengxiang army on the side.

"What else can I do!" Li Ye said angrily, "Now that there is no food in the army, either I will ask the high general to reward me with some food, or I will force the local state and county to supply." There is no other way. ”

As a senior general. Li Ye also pays more attention to his identity when he speaks. When he said that he was forcing local states and counties to supply, he actually meant forcibly demanding.

"This." Chen Ning frowned, and after a moment of silence, he said with some hesitation, "Isn't this okay?" ”

"Humph!" Li Ye glanced at him and said coldly, "When is this?" The army can't open the pot today! We can even do the thing of going south to Beijing without an edict. What's the point of that? If you can pull down your face and ask the high general. Then act as if someone didn't say anything. ”

They are all high-ranking military officers, and no one who asks Gao Yang to borrow food will be able to erase this face. Besides, this thing was originally done by Gao Yang. If he hadn't helped the hungry people everywhere, where would he be in the predicament he is in?

They didn't dare to get angry at Gao Yang. I had to take those people under the knife.

Things were quickly settled. There was no food to eat, and the Song soldiers, who had already begun to make noise, rushed out of the camp on war horses and went around to plunder the people. Replenishment of military rations. Of course, on the surface, it was borrowed and the IOU was returned. It's just that I don't know when someone will go.

When the sun was setting in the distance, the sergeants who had returned with a full load of goods returned to the barracks with various supplies.

They brought back a large amount of food supplies. The firehead army and the auxiliary soldiers began to bury the pot to cook, and the smell of tempting insects wafted through the camp. A large number of sergeants gathered together with bowls and scoops, waiting for a feast.

"Brother San'er, did you worship God today? Why do you eat so much meat! A sergeant of the Fengxiang Army said with a greedy face when he saw the pieces of meat tumbling in the oily broth in the cauldron.

The firehead soldier called San'er held a large iron spoon in his hand and stirred vigorously in the pot. Without looking back, he said, "No matter how delicious the food is, it can't stop your mouth!" If you eat some of them, you will eat them, and you will make a lot of noise! Don't look like a! ”

"Hahaha" The sergeants around them all laughed loudly. For these sergeants, eating and fighting is all that is all for life.

It didn't take long for the sumptuous dinner to boil. The sergeants laughed and gulped and ate.

"Brother, what is this?" A sergeant of the Fengxiang Army took a piece of dark chocolate in his hand with a puzzled face, and asked an elderly team member on the side.

"Don't you know after a bite?" The team had never seen chocolate before, so he fooled the sergeant to taste it first.

"Can you eat this black thing?" The sergeant asked with a puzzled look on his face, looking at the chocolate.

"Don't eat it for me!" A large hand reached directly from the side, almost snatching the chocolate away.

Fortunately, the sergeant was very concerned about food, and instinctively dodged in a flash. When he turned around, he saw that only half of the chocolate in the hand of the sergeant who wanted to rob him was left, so he immediately raised his hand without hesitation and bit off a large piece of the chocolate in his hand.

"Whew!!" The sergeant looked surprised and shouted, "Sweet! It's sweet! Is this sugar!? ”

People love to eat sugar because sweetness makes people happy. But in this era when there is no large-scale industrial production, the production of sweetened food is very small. Generally, only rich and noble families can eat it. Where can little soldiers like them see these things on weekdays?

There was a lot of laughter in the camp, and everyone was very satisfied with the dinner. Not only are there sweets, but there is also a large supply of beef and mutton. The large pieces of cooked meat, the oily broth, made all the sergeants very excited.

When there was laughter and laughter in the camp of the Song army. Not far from the outside of the camp, under the burning clouds that reflected half of the sky, a large group of ordinary people with grief and indignation on their faces rushed over angrily under the leadership of the local government officials.

When they received the news, Chen Ning and his generals were drinking and eating meat in the big tent of the Chinese army. When they heard that the local people and officials surrounded the camp, they were all stunned.

Chen Ning immediately looked at Li Ye on the side with a dark face. The things that went out to rob food were all done by Feng Xiangjun, and they must have caused trouble outside.

"No big deal." Li Ye took a leisurely sip of wine, stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth, and said loudly, "Straight mothers and thieves, we have left a note, it's a big deal to return it in the future." Still chattering about what to do here! ”

"Alas~~~" Chen Ning couldn't eat it anymore. threw the leg of mutton in his hand, and wiped his greasy hands on his body indiscriminately. He stood up and said in a deep voice, "Let's go out and have a look." ”

When this group of slightly drunk generals came to the gate of the camp, they were really startled.

There are a large number of people outside the camp who are pressed by the black, and there are thousands of people just looking at it! Everyone's faces were full of grief and indignation, and there were howling and crying voices from the crowd.

"How many fucking people did you rob?" Chen Ning was taken aback, and immediately looked at Li Ye on the side with a dark face and roared angrily.

Li Ye was obviously weak-hearted, and said with some apprehension, "I just let my subordinates grab some food, how can there be so many people?" ”

Before they could call the generals who led the team over to inquire carefully, the crowd on the opposite side saw their gorgeously dressed generals come out, and immediately became noisy. (To be continued......)