The old ghost stretched on the bed with his eyes closed, and then yawned a long time, every morning when he woke up, he would be very glad that he was still alive, and did not die on the battlefield like other brothers, in fact, the reason why he got the title of old ghost was not because he was really old, in fact, he was only in his thirties, and his face was not very old, the reason why others called him an old ghost was mainly because he was able to survive from the battlefield again and again, although in exchange for a body of scars, but at least he was still alive, which was enough.

Thinking of those brothers who died in battle, the old ghost couldn't help but sigh, and then slowly opened his eyes, the first thing that caught his eye was a dozen huge burdens placed in the corner of the room, these are the relics left by those brothers who died in battle, before they went to the battlefield, they packed the valuable things on their bodies, as well as the spoils of these battles, and then agreed with each other that if they died in battle, these things would be handed over to the living people to take care of, and they would be sent to their families one by one, for which they all swore a heavy oath, In order to ensure that the living will never take these relics privately.

"Alas, there are not a few old brothers left, the seventh and the ninth they all went to Jingzhou, and now I don't know whether they are dead or alive, I am the only one left who stays in Xi'an, and the things of the elder brother are temporarily kept by my old ghost, but the old ghost I also received an order to go to Jingzhou for reinforcements in 9≌, what can I do with my brother's things?" The old ghost looked at the dozen or so big burdens in front of him, and said with a sad face, as if he was talking to himself and the burden in front of him.

When he first came to Xixia, the old ghost was just a small soldier, and he messed around with nine brothers in Shili every day, and he didn't have any big ideals and ambitions, just to be able to go back alive, but after conquering Xi'an. The Great Song Dynasty army was almost invincible, which made the old ghosts and they all aroused their fighting spirit, and they rushed to the front along the way, and made great achievements in the attack on Mingsha City and Yingli City, but one of their brothers was killed and wounded heavily, fortunately, this time the court had already prepared. Every time a soldier is killed or wounded, it will be replenished immediately, trying to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, and as a result, after a few big battles, the old ghost has almost changed twice, and in the end, except for a few survivors, most of them have become these burdens in front of him.

Speaking of which, after the invasion of Western Xia, Zhao Ji and Yang Wenguang restrained the army and did not allow looting in the army, but there were always some exceptions. For example, when attacking a city, it is inevitable that the houses will be injured by mistake, and there are some stubborn Tangut people who take the initiative to assist the Tangut army to block the Song army, and finally their homes are raided. If some of the property is handed over afterwards, then the army will turn a blind eye to it.

It is precisely because of the above reasons. Therefore, the soldiers of the army who entered the Western Xia this time have gained a lot from top to bottom, and there are even rumors in the army that the upper side seems to be discussing that after conquering Xingqing Mansion, they will reward some of the property of the Western Xia nobles in the city to the soldiers in the army, you must know that Xingqing Mansion is the capital of Western Xia, and the Western Xia nobles are even richer. Even if it is only a part of the property, it is enough for the soldiers in the army to be excited.

However, the old ghost is not interested in the goods in Xingqing Mansion, because he knows that in order to get those goods, you must first survive the battlefield, and in addition, you must have the ability to bring those goods back. For example, like the dozen or so big burdens in front of him, the things in them were all exchanged for the lives of those brothers, but unfortunately they all died in battle, and they could only be entrusted to trusted brothers to bring back, but in case of a trust, these things could not be delivered to their homes at all, and even if the people entrusted to them also died in battle, then these things became ownerless, and in the end, I don't know who they would be cheaper?

Thinking of this, the old ghost couldn't help but sigh, in fact, the army has a special method for dealing with the spoils, which generally need to be handed over to the quartermaster for safekeeping, and then the army will send people to send these things back to the soldiers' homes, but this method has a huge drawback, that is, after the loot is handed over, it will definitely go through layers of exploitation, for example, if you hand over a gold plate, it may become a copper plate or even an iron plate if you send it to your home, so in addition to those recruits who don't know anything will hand over their own loot, The other soldiers preferred to take the risk of handing over the spoils to their brothers, after all, if the living brothers kept their promises, the booty would be enough for their family to buy a few acres of land.

The old ghost has been in the army for a lot of years, and naturally he will not hand over the spoils to the army for safekeeping like those recruit eggs, but now he is also going to be transferred to Jingzhou City, it is said that Jingzhou City has been conquered, but the next step will definitely be to storm the Xixia Taoist Xingqing Mansion, although this greatly boosts the morale of the Song people, but the old ghost is worried that if he dies, the property entrusted to him by these brothers in front of him will not be sent back.

"Alas, could it be that it can only be handed over to the quartermaster for safekeeping, so that although there is no one in ten when it is delivered to the house, it is much better than nothing?" The old ghost finally couldn't help but say to himself worriedly, he was just a small soldier before, and even the battle made him accumulate merit and be promoted to the head of the capital, this time he was sent to Xi'an Prefecture to recuperate, and these things were stored here with him, but unfortunately now it has become a huge burden, and even he is already considering handing it over to the quartermaster.

However, thinking of handing over these belongings to the quartermaster, the old ghost remembered that when attacking Yingli City a few months ago, most of the soldiers under the command of a young capital head were killed and wounded, and he also left a large amount of property, but the young capital head was very angry, and directly asked people to call the quartermaster over, and then pointed to these belongings to warn the other party, asking him to return these belongings to the home of the dead soldiers, otherwise he would be skinned.

You must know that although the rank of the quartermaster is not high, but he has real power in his hands, how dare ordinary people speak to him like this? So at that time, the old ghost and some other generals were waiting to see each other's jokes, but what they never expected was that after the fat quartermaster heard the words of the young Dutou, he immediately nodded and agreed, and patted his chest to promise that there would be absolutely no less, and everyone was stunned by this, and later the old ghost They learned that the young Dutou was born in the general's family, and he was also a descendant, and he heard that he graduated from some military school, and he was hard behind it, even if he gave the quartermaster a hundred guts, He didn't dare to embezzle a penny from the other party.

"It's a pity that none of us have that life, so let's think of other ways!" Thinking of the young man, the old ghost could only sigh again, and then got up and walked out of the house. The old ghost is a capital head, and he is also in charge of a hundred subordinates, but he has just been promoted to the head of the capital, and his soldiers are all transferred from the rear, and they are all ready to make meritorious contributions and make a fortune, but unfortunately the old ghost knows that the more people who think like this, the faster they generally die on the battlefield.

Tomorrow I have to leave for Jingzhou, so today the army has a day off, let the soldiers do some private things, the old ghost's soldiers have also run away, it is estimated that they are either going to drink or prostitution, or both, you must know that the Hu girl in Xi'an Prefecture has a unique style, and many soldiers have squeezed out the money on them.

At the moment, the old ghost first went to the canteen in the barracks to have breakfast, and there are few people in the canteen that is usually crowded, and the head soldiers in the canteen are also a little listless, the old ghost gives himself a breakfast, since he came to Xixia, breakfast is almost the same corn porridge for ten thousand years, plus two sweet potato noodles, white noodles and steamed buns made together, because it is winter now, so there are only pickles and the like, today's old ghost is lucky, the canteen actually prepared tofu milk, this thing is said to be produced in Hebei, A small piece can eat a whole steamed bun, and it is delicious, and it is very popular with soldiers in the army.

The old ghost eats very carefully, chewing for a long time with every bite, and the steamed buns that fall on the table will also be picked up and put in his mouth, and he is also used to leaving a mouthful of steamed bread to the end, and then use the steamed bread to clean the corn porridge in the bowl after drinking the polenta.

In fact, it's not just the old ghosts, most of the soldiers in the army are from poor people, after they have eaten, the bowls and plates are cleaner than one another, after all, they have not had enough to eat since they were children, and they have a pious awe for food, and wasting food in their eyes is even more intolerable than killing people and setting fires.

After eating a simple breakfast in the army, the old ghost wanted to take a look around the barracks, hoping to try his luck, in case he met an acquaintance who could be trusted, he could also entrust those belongings to the other party, but he soon found out that he was wrong, there was no one in the barracks today, so if he wanted to try his luck, it was better to go to the street.

Thinking of this, the old ghost turned around and left the barracks directly, some time ago he has been recuperating from his injuries, and then he was busy training his soldiers, so he has not been out of the barracks during this time, and today he came to the streets of Xi'an Prefecture to unexpectedly find that the entire Xi'an Prefecture is very prosperous, you must know that when he invaded the city with the army, the whole city was full of dead bodies and war, but it was only a few months, Xi'an Prefecture has recovered its former prosperity, no wonder those guys in the army like to run out when they have nothing to do.

The old ghost went around twice along the most prosperous street in Xi'an, and the result was that he saw a lot of people who knew him, all of whom were old acquaintances in the army, but there was no one who could make him trust, and finally it was noon, but he still got nothing, which made the old ghost very disappointed, and he was not willing to spend money to eat outside, so he was ready to go back to the barracks, but just when he came to the gate of the barracks, there was a scene in front of him that surprised him very much. (To be continued......)