"! Why are you eating this again? It's bitter and astringent, and it's ruined this pot of good chicken soup! ”

When it was time to start the meal again, I saw a deputy envoy in charge of the eighth battalion of the decisive army, glaring at a pot of chicken soup with an attractive aroma, it seemed that he had been dissatisfied with the special ingredients in this pot for a long time. I don't know what happened to these fireheads, so they added these ingredients to the dish every once in a while.

"That's it! We're getting nosebleeds from eating this thing! It's not much of a war in this battle, but we have been made popular by our own guys, what a hell! Seeing that the bosses took the lead in complaining, the decisive sergeants sitting around the cauldron also coaxed.

Although everyone unanimously condemned this "ghost thing", there were still a few knowledgeable soldiers who made a lot of money there, looking for these ingredients that were disliked by their comrades in the pot, and sent them to their mouths with great joy.

You know, this thing is placed in the city of Tokyo, and it is a high-level tribute that can only be enjoyed by high-ranking officials and nobles, not to mention these forbidden soldiers, even ordinary officers are rare to taste.

When the sergeant looked back in surprise, a strong man with a purple and black broad face and cinnabar marks on his sideburns appeared behind him. Salute! ”

"Sit down, sit down!"

The person who came was the red-haired ghost Liu Tang, the deputy general of the decisive army, and I saw him waving his hand casually, holding the bowl and scooping up the marching pot in front of him, only to listen to him say while fishing:

"You people are poor! You will not know if you put gold before you! What is this 'ghost' thing? The best Korean ginseng! Well? Haven't you heard of Korean ginseng? That ginseng always knows! The landlord is reluctant to eat the best supplements, and he can use them to hang his life at a critical time! What are we going to do all the way over the mountains and mountains...... Alas, don't drag the words, anyway, I'm as tired as a dog, and I have to fight along the way, if I don't make up for it. Where did you get the strength to cry out here? ”

"Brother, this thing is really unpalatable!"

The deputy envoy is also a middle-level officer in the team, and he is also a familiar figure in front of Liu Tang, but he didn't see it at all, but squatted next to Liu Tang with a bowl and began to complain.

"If you don't eat it, won't you drink more soup? Besides, it's not for you to eat every day! Just these Korean ginsengs that you have wasted, and mix them in the hay, and the horse will jump straight up when he walks! That's right. And you boys, don't recognize it as a treasure, don't eat it! It's evil to eat too much of this thing, this pot is the amount of twenty people, don't eat it all in the stomachs of a few of you! Don't laugh, mother, the people who go to the military doctor to see the doctor these days are all from Tokyo! ”

With a "coax", everyone laughed, even the former forbidden soldier whose chopsticks were knocked off just now. They all grinned embarrassedly. Liu Tang scooped up half a bowl of chicken soup in this pot, stood up and took a sip, and said to the brothers who were watching him around:

In a word, if you don't want to eat, eat more. It's time to take medicine. If you are willing to eat less, you can't bear it if you eat too much! After the battle, our cottage will arrange for you to bring some Korean ginseng to your family. That's it. Dine! ”

After Liu Tang's explanation, everyone knew how precious these disgusted Korean ginseng were, and they learned that they could bring some back to honor the elderly at home in the future. They all cheered and jumped.

Seeing this, Liu Tang waved his hand and was about to leave, but the deputy envoy said, "Brother, just eat something here with us, and then leave after eating!" ”

"I thought! This is not Xiao Junshi summoned a few of us to the big tent to discuss matters, and there can be no delay! Liu Tang raised the bowl in his hand, nodded to the brothers present, and left with his own soldiers.

"If you hear it, you should take medicine! Come on, dry this bowl! With a generous posture, the deputy envoy took the lead in drinking the bowl of ginseng and chicken soup in his hand.

Liu Tang sent the pro-army down to eat, and drank soup while walking in the camp by himself, and when the soup was finished, he happened to come to the door of the big tent of the Chinese army, and just put the bowl at the door, only to hear a voice from the tent:

"This bird place is full of barren mountains and mountains, and we haven't fought a few battles, but we almost didn't tire us to death. According to me, it is a good place to gather here, but with the flat land in Jinju alone, how many people can be moved in the future? We've walked this way, and we haven't met many natives! ”

Without thinking about it, Liu Tang knew that it was the big voice of Shan Shiqi, a fellow villager in Hedong, who had a loud attack, only to see him open the tent and enter and greet the leaders present.

"What's wrong with the mountains? There are many treasures hidden in the mountains! Trees can be cut down to make wood, and there are many uses for wood! This mountain can also grow medicinal herbs, grow wild vegetables, and in addition, there will be hundreds of beasts in the mountain, counting inside and out, I don't know how many people can be fed! "The silk is from the mountains, and I don't agree with Shanshiqi's opinion.

"The family is full of treasures, brother, you still come out and work hard!" Shan Shiqi is on the same page as the "Mao".

"I'm forcing corrupt officials to do it! In the future, we will be called in charge of Liangshan, as long as we don't exploit the people, abuse the department, and ensure that it is a different look! "Kick is justified.

The two of them were so happy that Xiao Jiasui and Sun An couldn't help but look at each other and laugh, as the chief and deputy commanders of this army, the two of them must have a more comprehensive grasp of the situation than the two fierce generals, Shan Ji and Shan Shiqi.

The entire Gyeongsang Province was divided into South Gyeongsang Province and North Gyeongsang Province in later generations, and it is true that there are many mountains in the boundary, but there are also many hilly basins, among which the Nakdong River and its tributaries Namgang, Hwanggang and Miryang River basins that flow through the south have a lot of fertile and fertile fields, and there are the Gimhae Plain and the Jinju Plain, which are famous on the peninsula in the southern part of Gyeongsang-do alone. In the northern part of Gyeongsang Province, the number of registered acres is 1.5 times that of the southern part of the province, and the land in Jeolla Province may not be as fertile as the granary of Jeolla Province next door, but the number is about 30% higher than that of Jeolla Province.

Therefore, although there are many mountains on this road, it does not mean that it is not suitable for the survival of the people, and the four roads of the Sichuan Gorge of the Great Song Dynasty are the same as the mountains and mountains, and the terrain is dangerous, and in the end it is not the same as being called the country of abundance? As long as you have one or two capable officials here, you can make efforts to govern the place well, and it is definitely not the kind of chicken ribs that "the food is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it" in the mouth of Shan Shiqi.

What's more, there is one of the biggest natural advantages here, which is that it is sparsely populated. Originally, the army rarely encountered large-scale villages on the march, and everyone at first thought that it was because the terrain was too steep for the people to choose to settle here.

But when it came to Jinju, which was one of the three major cities in Gyeongsang-do, when the Yangsan army broke through the city. I was surprised to find that the inhabitants of the city and the troops surrendered were less than 10,000. At this time, not to mention that compared with the ordinary county town of the Great Song Dynasty, even Zhujiazhuang at the foot of Liangshan is much more prosperous than it.

At the beginning, Xiao Jiasui and Sun An thought that the war had caused the population here to decrease sharply, but later they learned that this was not the case at all. Gyeongsang-do Province has always been sparsely populated, and as the largest province in Goryeo, it has one of the smallest population bases (the northern and eastern borders are also small in population, but there are many garrisons).

What Xiao Jiasui and Sun An don't know is that this area is about half the size of Gyeongsang Province, which is larger than Jeolla Province. It is and will continue to be one of the least densely populated areas on the peninsula, accounting for only 6 percent of the total population of the peninsula, although the population of the entire region exceeded 5 million in later generations.

At this time, the population base of Gyeongsang-do, according to the household registration data obtained by the Yangsan military from Jinju, before the war, the registered population of this "province" on the edge of Goryeo was more than 150,000. Add in slaves or other unregistered fish that have slipped through the net, and there are more than 200,000 to 300,000 people combined.

But according to the actual situation at the moment, it has first gone through countless bloody battles between the north and the south. Coupled with the population of Han Anren's retreat to Jeolla Province, there are currently 100,000 remaining natives in the more than 30,000 square kilometers, and of course, this number does not include the occupation forces left here in the central part of the country.

Even if it didn't encounter this north-south war. With such a large area and such a small population, it can only be said that Gyeongsang-do has not been developed at all. It didn't work as well as it should. For the people of Liangshan, who make use of the corners of Liangshan, what are the lofty mountains and mountains, the same terraced fields are served, and the hills are the same as the plains are reclaimed.

This is a process of starting from nothing, and the attitude of picking fat and thinning is not suitable for this exciting moment, so when Shan Shiqi was corrected by the trip, his master Luan Tingyu did not say a word. waited until the apprentices finished teaching the leaders, and Luan Tingyu spoke:

"It is said that this Goryeo country has been established for 200 years, but if Yangsan can develop according to the land of Goryeo for ten years, the world can go there! This is the gap between people and people! ”

Xiao Jiasui smiled, nodded at Luan Tingyu, took the initiative to take over the conversation, and got back to business:

"We've been going all the way, and we've figured out the specifics. The city here has basically been divided among the powerful people from the north. Since the cities belong to different powers, they are certainly not as closely connected with each other as the regular army, and most of them are even the kind of goods that sweep the snow in front of their own doors. The experience along the way also proves that everyone hopes that the city in front of us will resist us, and no one will sacrifice their lives to be a substitute for others. When we besieged Jinju, we wanted to besiege the city and send reinforcements, but we watched their helpers go out of the city one after another, and we didn't wait for any reinforcements, but told us to spend our precious time under Jinju City. ”

"Therefore, after discussing with General Sun, I decided to divide our troops in Yining, and General Qi and I diverted our route to march north. And the troops of General Sun and General Luan continued to march eastward, aiming at Tokyo! ”

"What? Goryeo also has Tokyo? Xie Bao looked at his brother Xie Zhen in surprise.

"Not only Tokyo, but also Nishikyo, Nanjing, and Kaikyo! Sijing is very complete! "Xie Zhen gave her younger brother a literacy.

"I heard that there was a Yelang country in the past, isn't his mother's Goryeo a living treasure? If we call Qingzhou Beijing and Dengzhou Tokyo, won't we laugh at people in other state capitals? Shan Shiqi was being said to be aggrieved, and he had no place to steam his anger, and he suddenly became energetic when he heard the words.

"It is said that the defenders of Tokyo should be about 3,000 people, and this place is the common trophy of several powerful and powerful Chungju in Yang Guangdao, but Chungju has been broken by Shi Wengong a few days ago, and all his reinforcements have been lost, and they have become rootless trees. Therefore, the morale of these occupying troops should be extremely low, and we will have the assistance of the naval army Ruan Xiaoqi at that time, and it should not be a big problem to break the city. This way is dominated by General Sun, supplemented by General Luan, do you still have any opinions? ”

Sun An is the deputy commander of the army appointed by Wang Lun, and it is justified to serve as the main general of the road at this time, Luan Tingyu certainly has no opinion, and his team at this time is not complete, leaving four battalions of soldiers and two battalions of auxiliaries behind him to occupy the city and maintain order.

At this time, the squirrel assigned to Xiao Jiasui's hands suddenly made a fuss, "Why, dignified Tokyo won't let me fight?" ”

"My brother, you have made great achievements in Jinju, why don't you leave a soup for the brothers to drink!" Liu Tang said with a bitter face.

"That's Tokyo! I haven't played Tokyo in my life! "Attacking the complex of Tokyo is the ultimate dream of almost all the heroes of the green forest, no wonder Suke is so obsessed.

"Brother, they all say that Gyeongsang-do Gyeongsang-do, they fight Gyeongju (Tokyo), let's fight Sangju, it's the same!" Xie Zhen became a peacemaker. Originally, when he fought Jinju, he made his first contribution, and then shot Gyeongju with others, so he wouldn't be Shi Wengong who ate alone?

"That's Tokyo!" After a long time, he was reluctant to give up, and muttered again.

"If we don't fight with you in the future, and we stop others from fighting with you, it's okay, right?" Sun An and Luan Tingyu looked at each other and smiled, both of them slapped their chests "thump". (To be continued......)