"Food, come and get food!"

"The grain has been distributed, and the grain officers of all battalions have gone to the central tent to receive the grain!"

With the sound of grain, the entire Ming army camp was boiling, the grain officers of the towns and the soldiers happily rushed to the grain truck, looking at them carrying the grain as if holding a life-saving straw, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army Baggage Battalion who distributed the grain on the side still had a smile on their faces, they brought a lot of food this time, and a large part of it was snatched from Liaodong, and there was nothing bad about helping their friendly troops.

By the time the battalion grain officers had finished receiving the grain, the time had come for them to come, and after the officers and men of the battalion had carried the grain back, they all couldn't wait to make a fire to make food, and the smoke of cooking rose from all over the camp, and the smell of food and meat wafted in the wind. Bursts of laughter broke out from time to time, and the grain sent by the Qingzhou army was not only sorghum and millet, but even horse meat. After the soldiers ate the hot meal, the delicious broth, and even the large pieces of horse meat, they were all very grateful to the Qingzhou army that distributed the grain to them.

In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Xiangsheng set up a banquet in the Chinese military tent and invited Pang Gang and the generals to drink. At first, everyone did not speak, and one by one they desperately dealt with the rice and horse meat in front of them, and the tent sounded the sound of chewing and drinking.

Pang Gang smiled at the generals who were desperately eating and drinking, while slowly eating the rice in front of him, and after two quarters of an hour, everyone slowly stopped their movements, and their movements began to become gentle. Today he sat in the seat of Lu Xiangsheng's lower left hand, originally this seat should have been Yang Guozhu's, if it was arranged like usual, some people would definitely be dissatisfied, but today it is very consistent that no one objected to Lu Xiangsheng's arrangement.

Hu Dawei couldn't help but burp after drinking a big bowl of horse broth, and then reluctantly put down the big wrist in his hand, looked around, as if no one noticed him, and then embarrassedly laughed at himself, "I always thought that horse meat tasted scratchy, but I didn't expect to find out that horse meat is also so fragrant today, and the horse meat that the official eats today is estimated to be more than he ate in the past year." ”

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also stopped the movement in his hand, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea and drank it slowly, and there were already four or five empty bowls in front of him.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw Hu Dawei's movements, he smiled and said, "Tiger Commander, now you know the benefits of horse meat." ”

After speaking, Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and asked Pang Gang: "Chief soldier Pang, the old man just saw that you have a lot of horse meat, where did you get so much horse meat?" ”

Pang Gang smiled faintly, "It's nothing, since the last time the last time I said goodbye to the governor, I went to Liaodong, went around Liaodong, killed thousands of Tartars, and killed some of their war horses and got some horse meat back. Pang Gang's tone was very light when he said this, as if he had just done a very ordinary thing.

"Hiss......"

When the generals heard this, they all gasped, this guy's courage is inevitably too big, even the Tartar's nest dares to break in, what else in this world he doesn't dare to do!

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Pang Gang, why did you go to the Tartars' lair, did you go by boat?" ”

Pang Gang secretly admired that he was worthy of being the commander of the first army, and he guessed the key point of the problem at once. He nodded and said, "Yes, the last general came by boat, and he was in some trouble when he went......

So, Pang Gang told the story of the attack on the hinterland of Liaodong in 1510, and although he did not have the right to say the thrilling process during the period, it was enough to make the generals stunned.

After a long time, Yang Guozhu exclaimed: "My obedient, I always thought that my old Yang was the bravest, but today I learned that Brother Pang's courage was the greatest, and he dared to take thousands of people to go straight to the Tartars' lair, and if I replaced Lao Yang, he would definitely not have this courage." ”

After speaking, Yang Guozhu looked at Pang Gang in amazement: "Also, like the slaughter of the village that your brother did in Shengjing, I can't do it." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng said with a straight face: "General Yang, don't mention this matter in the future, everyone will rot it in their stomachs, if it is known by those imperial histories, it will inevitably be another trouble." ”

The generals listened to Lu Xiangsheng's words and agreed, although it was said that Pang Gang killed all the Tartars, but this kind of slaughtering the village is not good after all, if you let those imperial historians who are thinking about how to pick bones in eggs all day know, although there will be no big trouble, but it is inevitable to be talked about.

But even so, Hu Dawei on the side also sighed: "Good girl, Brother Pang annihilated more than 6,000 Tartars, this credit is great, with this merit, it is not impossible for you to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister in the future." ”

Pang Gang smiled bitterly: "Entering the cabinet to pay respects to the prime minister, this is not up to the younger brother to decide, the younger brother only hopes that the court can raise his noble hand and let the younger brother recite Amitabha!" ”

Everyone was silent when they heard it, too, since the fight against Emperor Yongle, none of the generals of the Ming Dynasty can enter the cabinet, and they can only be a martial artist.

However, Pang Gang still wanted to thank Lu Xiangsheng for their kindness, he stood up and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "The last general has also thanked the governor for his kindness. ”

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "You're welcome, the grain and grass you brought today Chaodong saved the lives of more than 10,000 people from the top and bottom of my Xuanda army, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you are our life-saving benefactor." Come, all the generals will follow the governor of Bendu to toast Pang Zongbing with tea instead of wine, and come to do it! ”

"Come on,!" Everyone stood up and raised their bowls to Pang Gang.

Pang Gang drank the tea in the bowl with a smile, and then made a half-circle to show everyone, and everyone also drank the tea in the bowl one after another.

After thanking them, everyone sat back in their seats, Lu Xiangsheng glanced around at everyone with bright eyes, and said loudly: "Everyone, now that our army has received the support of General Pang's soldiers and grass, and if we rest for a few days, we will be a tiger and wolf division again, and we should also seek a decisive battle with Tartars!" ”

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng said this, the generals' brows began to wrinkle, since the division of troops, Lu Xiangsheng's 20,000 soldiers and horses have lost nearly half, and now there are only 12,300 people, and if they fight with the Tartars again, they will lose even more manpower. In these years, the generals who don't know the important surname of their own strength, and no one will look at you if they don't have the strength.

There are by no means a few people who have this kind of thinking, and even loyal and righteous people like Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei who have left their names in history are not exempt from vulgarity.

Seeing that everyone was frowning, Lu Xiangsheng thought about it for a while, and also understood everyone's concerns, although he was an overseer, he couldn't do anything that offended the anger of the people, so he moved his eyes to Pang Gang's face, hoping that he could stand up and say something.

Pang Gang saw Lu Xiangsheng's eyes, he knew what Lu Xiangsheng meant, he stood up and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, what Lu Dudu said makes sense, now the Tartars are rampant, violating my border passes, killing my people, we are all hated as soldiers, and now we are waiting for the soldiers to have enough food, and it is natural to seek a decisive battle with the Tartars, do you say that this is the reason?" ”

After the generals looked at each other for a while, Yang Guozhu said in embarrassment: "Although the words of the huge people are not unreasonable, but our army has already suffered more than half of the casualties at the moment, only more than 10,000 people, even if you add the men and horses of General Pang, there are only more than 20,000 people, you must know that there are 70,000 or 80,000 people in the Tartars at this moment, if they are wrapped in dumplings, I am afraid they will not even be able to run." ”

Yang Guozhu's words are the words of the generals, now they have their backs to Baoding, and Baoding City is each other's horns, although Baoding Governor Zhang Qiping only listens to Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian's words, but relying on each other always makes people have some sense of security, if they leave here to go elsewhere to fight with the Tartars, it will be different, and the huge casualties along the way have scared them.

Pang Gang also knew the concerns of the generals, and he knew that if he wanted to give the generals confidence, he still had to show them something: "Actually, you don't need to worry so much, this time this official not only brought more than 10,000 soldiers, but also brought a sailor, with this sailor, it is enough to keep my army worry-free!" ”

"Sailor!"

All the generals looked at each other, and Hu Dawei asked suspiciously: "Huge man, it's not that we don't believe you, I don't understand, what does your sailor have to do with us fighting Tartar?" Could it be that it will go to the land to help us fight Tartar? ”

Pang Gang smiled: "It doesn't matter, Chief Tiger Soldier, let me ask you, what are we fighting for?" Isn't it just grain and grass, baggage and reinforcements, although the sailors of this officer can't go ashore to fight tartars for us, but they can also help us a lot, such as transporting reinforcements for us, sending grain and grass, if the battle situation is not good, we can also just get on the boat and leave directly, you say it is not very useful. ”

"This ......"

Everyone was silent, which sounded good, but how did they feel a little unreliable.

Pang Gang saw that everyone still hadn't taken the bait, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: "These old foxes, they really don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, it's really difficult to make them desperate before they see the tangible benefits." ”

In the end, it was Lu Xiangsheng who spoke, and he said with a straight face: "Why did you forget, where did Pang Gang just come back, from Liaodong!" How did he get to Liaodong, didn't he rely on the sailor? With the assistance of General Pang Bing's water division, no matter how bad it is, we can go to Liaodong to go around, is it possible that those Tartars can still swim and keep up with us! ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it, although they knew that Lu Xiangsheng's words were just a joke, but everyone also knew that if they didn't agree to Lu Xiangsheng again, they would have to use military law to deal with everyone, so they also agreed......

(To be continued)