The bacon was stabbed and boiled in the cauldron.

The soldiers sat up straight in a circle of tree stumps, each with a busy squirrel on it—its body not moving, but its throat jumping up and down.

His eyes were busier, strolling back and forth, glancing at a few wine jars in the circle, and then at the cauldron of fried bacon not far away.

Guo Xu couldn't help laughing. Military discipline can control Brother Bing's legs and feet, but it can't control their gluttony. When the two armies faced each other, the soldiers looked around and wanted to kill their heads. But right now, no one is accounting for that.

The horns on the big boat on the river are whining, and it's time to eat.

A man's appearance can be called ugly; The eating appearance of ten men can be called rough; Hundreds of men eat like that, that's bold.

A whirlwind of mouths, chewing, chopsticks clapping dishes, exclamations, echoes, low laughter, and hiccups quickly rolled up on the riverbank.

The soldiers ate as fast as they charged; The strength of their rounded teeth is no less than the strength of their rounded swords.

After the hurried hand-to-hand fight, the jars for wine, the cauldrons for meat, the wooden basins for vegetables, and the barrels for rice were empty. You don't have to look to know that there will be no small vegetable leaves, a small shredded meat, a small grain of rice, and certainly not a small drop of wine.

The people live on food, and so do the soldiers. The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days means that when there is no war, the country must feed the soldiers with three meals a day; The so-called temporary use of soldiers means that when the war starts, they have to feed the soldiers with enough food and drink. In addition to killing people, being a soldier is actually eating, and if you don't have food, you won't kill the enemy, so you can only turn around and harm the country.

On Guo Xu's third day as a soldier, he had a fight because of food. On that day, the court had a reward, saying that it was two catties of meat for each soldier. In fact, before the meat reached the camp, half of it was taken and sold by the stewards, who were to pay their respects to the governors. The rest of the meat arrived in the camp, and it was deducted layer by layer, and it was distributed to the soldiers, and it was thankful that there were two taels.

It's this poor two taels of meat, and it has to be divided among the veteran ruffians in each shed, and the recruits don't even think about dipping some lard. Guo Xu first arrived, he didn't understand this rule, and he didn't accept it even if he understood it, so he fought with a veteran, and at the beginning of one-on-one, Guo Xu had the upper hand. Later, a few veterans in the neighboring shed came in, seeing that Guo Xu was about to suffer, another recruit stood up to help, although this recruit did not have Guo Xu's big waist and round waist, but he was very agile, and the two joined forces, but they did not let the veterans take advantage. This recruit is Chen Song.

After Chen Song was promoted, he did not prohibit veterans from bullying new recruits, because he also knew that this was a way to beat soldiers. Soldiers who can't even break through this level can only be attacked by the enemy on the battlefield.

However, the withholding of soldiers' rations and salaries was not among them.

Almost half of Chen Song's prestige among the soldiers was established by relying on this.

After Liu Yu, who was born in the army, took control of the Beifu soldiers, he corrected a few officers who drank the blood of the soldiers on the spot, and no one dared to fight this idea again.

Today's tooth sacrifice is full of portions, and all the soldiers eat hard.

Four people walked towards Guo Xu. The three are Guo Xu's soldiers, mung beans, vegetable insects and madman Zhang. The other big guy was familiar, but he didn't recognize him. It was only when I came to the front that I remembered that this was the Guanzhong fellow who yelled at the Xianbei people on the boat, saying that he was going to cut off people's ** to feed the dogs.

Mung Bean is Lu Zhou's nickname, Cai Zhongli's real name is Cai Zhongli, and the madman Zhang is not actually surnamed Zhang, his surname is Feng, and his name is very particular, called Feng Zizhang. But when it came to the mouths of a group of soldiers, he became a madman Zhang, and over time, people forgot his real surname. At first, it was just the brothers in the team who called them nicknames, and then Guo Xu also began to call them like this, and then even the team leader Chen Song called them like this, but no one used the real names of the three people.

Guo Xu went from a small soldier to the owner of the building, and the friend of life and death was a river beach, but when he fought a big battle, he broke a few, and these three were considered fateful, and they lost all the way.

The vegetable worm pushed the big guy in front of Guo Xu:

"Big brother, I found you a fellow in Guanzhong, Xu Zhihao."

Guo Xu wanted to hold Xu Zhihao's hand, but Xu's two hands were occupied.

Xu Zhihao smiled innocently, showed a pair of tiger teeth, and leaned over to put a wine jar on the ground.

"Brother Xu heard that you are a fellow countryman, so he insisted on asking the brothers to drink less and set aside half a jar of wine as a meeting gift."

Guo Xu was greatly moved. The Guanzhong people who were exiled to Jiangdong attached great importance to the friendship of the township party. However, in the army, in order to meet with the village party, it was almost a matter of condemnation to the world, and there were not many people who had the courage to do so. is a small soldier, and this has not aroused public anger, which shows that this Xu Zhihao's popularity is still quite good.

Everyone sat down in a small circle.

After Xu Zhihao toasted Guo Xu, the madman said that Brother Xu gave Brother Guo a meeting wine, and it is said that we should not mix it, but Brother Guo has never eaten alone, and today he naturally has a share. However, you can't drink it separately by one person and one bowl, so you still have to make a drinking order. One person picks up one sentence at a time, and the ones that come up drink and can't catch the maggots crawling.

Maggot crawling is a way of playing on the training ground of the Beifu soldiers, that is, the hands are close to the sides of the body, the legs are tight, and the body is shrugged forward, like maggots. This was originally a training method for the navy, which was intended to allow soldiers to master the essentials of surfacing even after their hands and feet were tied, but it was later learned by the infantry. The army of the Southern Dynasties is always inseparable from the boat, the boat is the navy, the landing is the infantry, and it is always good to have one more water survival ability.

This dog-day madman has this ability, and he can always make you have to do what he says, or it will seem that you are not authentic. Guo Xu thought with a smile.

Mung Bean said, "Madman, you are one of us who has drunk ink. The literati have a drinking order, and they can't catch the drinking, why is it reversed when you get it? ”

The vegetable worm said that you still don't understand this, the madman just wants to drink a little more, I don't know if he has always called himself the king of wine?

The madman closed his eyes, stroked his goatee with his hand, shook his head and opened his mouth:

"There's a river around," and then opened his eyes and pointed to the vegetable worm next to him, "It's your turn." ”

The vegetable worm is also not ambiguous: "Five brothers sit." ”

Guo Xu opened his mouth and came: "I'm your eldest brother,"

Mung Bean said honestly: "There is not enough wine to drink." ”

It was Xu Zhihao's turn. He was at a loss when everyone said it, and now he still doesn't know the essentials, he looked around stupidly, and held back for a long time before he spit out: "This is too difficult, I've never played it!" ”

A few people burst into laughter. Xu Zhihao was even more overwhelmed. The madman held back a laugh and said, "'I've never played'!" Very good! Although it is not neat, the rhyme is still there, and it is very frank! ”

Several people laughed again. In the end, he was still a madman, and seriously told Xu Zhihao the rules of the drinking order: "What you say should be the same as the number of words we say, the meaning should be able to be connected, and the last word should sound like it, such as the 'river', 'sit', 'brother' and 'drink' just now." ”

Xu Zhihao suddenly realized: "Grandma's, I was stunned that you were frightened!" What's so hard about this! This time I'll come first. ”

Everyone drank a small bowl each, according to the rules of the madman. Xu Zhihao swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth:

"The army goes to the Northern Expedition!"

This time the madman is in second place:

"The soldiers will fight."

The vegetable worm paused slightly:

"My wife stays at home,"

Mung Bean: "Look at the fence." ”

Guo Xu can't wait to smoke a vegetable worm. Originally, according to the words of the first two people, they could say something like "I'm not afraid of evil battles", but this hateful rookie led the topic back to his hometown, so he had to follow him. is a good end of a wine order to recover the rivers and mountains, and he has become a mother-in-law. Just thinking about it, several people have already urged one by one.

Guo Xu gritted his teeth: "How can one person give birth to a baby?" ”

Several people laughed maniacally. The madman laughed so much that his whole body twitched, and he pointed at Xu Zhihao with his finger: "Hurry up and pick it up, you can't break it." ”

Xu Zhihao originally thought that everything would be fine when he got started, but he didn't expect that after a turn, it would be his turn again. I didn't make a sound for a long time. Finally, he counted his fingers for a long time, and blushed and came out with a thick neck:

"Xianbei!"

This time, all four spectators fell to the ground laughing. Don't look at this Xu Zhihao's three big and five coarse, he still has understanding, and the rhyme level is passed. It's just that there is ambiguity in the words: is it the Jiangnan resentful woman who guards the empty house alone to vent her anger against the Xianbei people, or is the military discipline of the soldiers out of control and determined to take practical action against the Xianbei people's mother?

The madman took the lead in recovering Mr. Fù's demeanor: "It's hard for you to remember that it's five words, and you just gave 'me' away." In my opinion, it's still 'I'm cāo Xianbei' is more energetic! ”

Xu Zhihao escaped the maggot crawling, but the "Xianbei" was too strong, and he hammered down, not only mashing the garlic, but also penetrating the garlic nest, which was unprecedented and unsustainable. Everyone simply touched and drank happily, and the half jar of wine dried up in a few rounds. Guo Xu played with the wine bowl with his hand and asked Xu Zhihao:

"Brother Zhihao, why haven't I seen you before?"

"I joined the army only a few days before the departure of the army, and I am not on the same ship as you, so I have never met."

"What did you do at home before joining the army?"

"Blacksmith."

"Blacksmith!" Guo Xu almost jumped up. Several others covered their mouths and snickered. There are more than 2,000 people in the team, and only Guo Xu was born as a blacksmith before, and he was picky about the weapons built by officials and craftsmen at every turn. Mung Bean is a fisherman, a vegetable worm is a pharmacy guy, and a madman is a monk. Now when I was pulling fiber by the Yellow River, I suddenly bumped into a blacksmith, which really smelled like a bosom friend from heaven.

Guo Xu grabbed Xu Zhihao's hand and spread out his palm to see that it was full of calluses. When I looked at his face closely, I noticed that there were some small burns on the sun-tanned skin.

Guo Xu suddenly felt a little sad. Xu Zhihao's hands and face reminded him of his family's old iron stove. Naturally, I thought of my grandfather and father.