The two sides of the quarrel were mainly Jiang Wanli and Cao Bianjiao, and the reason for the quarrel was really a grain word.

Jiang Wanli discussed with Song Qing that if he wanted to eat human flesh, it was better to give it a go and send elite cavalry to intercept the rebels who were transporting grain from Dengzhou to Laizhou. His proposal was approved by Lin Junyi, Guo Cheng, Wang Fei and other generals, and they all echoed it.

Cao Bianjiao was an opposition soldier to intercept grain, and he didn't know when the Dengzhou rebels would transport grain to Laizhou. The second is to consider the success of Dengzhou. If someone is sent to intercept the grain, then the rebels in Denglai and the two places must know that there is a problem in the rear of the road, Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng are strong generals of the Liao army, and they know how to use soldiers, and they will never let the Jinzhou army haunt the heart of Denglai. Even if the rebels in the direction of Laizhou do not come to suppress, it can also be expected that when the Jinzhou army arrives at the city of Dengzhou, the gate of Dengzhou City will be closed!

The Jinzhou army did not carry siege equipment, no matter how fierce the wolf cavalry was, no matter how strong the Jinzhou army was, no matter how capable the Jinzhou army was, it could only be helpless in the face of the fortified city. At that time, there were Dengzhou rebels in front of them, and there were Laizhou rebels in the back, and there was no food in the army, and the Jinzhou army suddenly fell into a desperate situation, fearing that this army of more than 4,000 soldiers of the Son of Heaven would be wiped out in this Denglai land.

As long as there is controversy, there are supporters. Those who supported Cao Bianjiao included Li Dashan and Li Gu, Qi Sanbao, the officer of the baggage battalion, and Wang Tiande, the general who is now in the left battalion of the infantry army. They knew what the consequences of supporting General Xiao Cao were, but none of them wavered.

"Man is not as good as heaven, who of you dares to guarantee that you will be able to intercept food here? And who can guarantee that the wind will not leak out! If we can't take Dengzhou, we will be traitors and rebels, and it is not a pity to cut them with a thousand knives! After almost shouting these words, Xiao Cao's face turned red, he absolutely couldn't accept that he really became a chaotic minister and thief in the eyes of the court and the world!

Dengzhou, you must take Dengzhou, I don't want anything but Dengzhou!

Cao Bianjiao did not agree to send troops to intercept grain, and the wolf cavalry army could not move, and without wolf cavalry, there was no way to talk about cutting off grain. This is a matter of one or two hundred miles back and forth, and it is impossible for cavalry to do it.

Jiang Wanli shook his head helplessly, still unwilling, and asked Cao Bianjiao: "Is Xiao Cao willing to eat the flesh of that living person!" Your Cao family has been a gate for generations, are you really willing to do evil things that make your ancestors humiliated! ”

At the mention of the door, Cao Bianjiao's face suddenly turned pale, but in an instant, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "The matter has come to this, if you don't do it, you have to do it!" Men and children, when you know how to be flexible, the living can be suffocated by urine! Are there fewer people who ate in the Daling River on that day's ancestor Dashou! Compared with him, Xiao Cao I eat with peace of mind! But if he can solve the worries of his father, Xiao Cao will slaughter thousands of cities and kill hundreds of millions of people, and he will not frown! ”

After speaking, he turned around sharply and pointed out of the tent, "Which of those thieves and captives is not evil, how much blood of my Daming people are stained on their hands, and I don't know how many families have been destroyed, even if it is not for the people of Denglai today, it is against those women and children in the camp, Xiao Cao, I should swallow them alive!" ”

Wang Tiande, who had been sitting in the corner, heard these words, and got up without hesitation and shouted: "What General Cao said is right! Take Dengzhou as a big festival, and the rest is insignificant! ”

Qi Sanbao held his own identity, and his words did not dare to be fierce, but he also echoed: "The top priority at the moment is to take Dengzhou, otherwise how can I correct my name?" This grain is not a big success, in case it is empty, but it really leaks his whereabouts. ”

Cao Bianjiao didn't say a word, he had never been so excited, standing there, clenching his fists tightly, and his young face was also flushed.

Looking at his gritted teeth, Jiang Wanli and Song Qing looked at each other, and Lin Junyi, Guo Cheng, Wang Fei and others were even more cold: For the sake of righteousness, can you really do things that are inferior to beasts? ! Can that human flesh really be eaten?!

For a time, no one in the tent could speak, except for the two torches that flickered in the breeze.

Outside the tent, the stars are dotted, a crescent moon dots the sky, and clouds drift by from time to time, so that the night has never been a little brighter.

"I'm waiting here to argue, and I'm delaying my efforts, but everyone still disperses and returns to the camp, and this matter is on me, tomorrow I will slaughter a hundred people, wash them and cook them!"

Li Dashan's fierce light appeared, and he couldn't bear to say more here, so he wanted to pull out his legs and leave the tent, but he saw dozens of Jinzhou veterans pouring into the tent.

These veterans are all assigned to the pro-barracks and the left and right battalions of the infantry army as officers, and they are not in their respective battalions at the moment, what are they doing in the big tent?

All the generals in the tent were puzzled, Jiang Wanli's face was the first to hang up, and he asked first: "You don't stay in the camp, what are you doing here?" ”

Song Qing's brain turned quickly, and suddenly he was excited, and subconsciously pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife, and shouted angrily: "You have not received a military order, and you have left your post without permission, but you regard military law as child's play!" ”

Hearing him drink like this, Li Dashan and Cao Bianjiao also suddenly woke up, could it be that because of the food shortage, coupled with the ambush and killing of the Beijing camp in Shangxian County, these old soldiers have been dissatisfied, and they came to the big tent to make trouble?

Since the founding of Taizu, there have been countless mutinies in the army due to food shortages, and the most ferocious is the Liao soldiers' salaries that year, which made the governor of Liaodong commit suicide by hunger strike. The impact of this incident is so great and wide-ranging that it is the first after today's son ascended the throne, and it has never been surpassed so far.

Jiang Wanli, Song Qing and others were all born in Liao soldiers, and when the Liao soldiers were in trouble, Jiang Wanli and Song Qing were all under the command of Wujing Liumangui, and they were also deeply impressed by this matter. Seeing so many old soldiers pouring into the big tent, he naturally thought of the troubles back then, and his face was not gloomy, but hideous and terrifying. If these old soldiers really came for the matter of food shortage, they were afraid that they would have to strike first and kill the first few people, and this chaos could be suppressed if they couldn't say anything, otherwise the whole army would be moved, and the Jinzhou army would be completely finished.

Cao Bianjiao was born in the general's door, and it is not strange to see how much of this kind of soldier is chaotic, and he is also secretly angry at the moment, and glances at Jiang Wanli and others, as long as the situation is not right, he must strike first.

I don't want to, but the old soldiers who were in the first tent saluted first, and then the old army who served as an officer in the left battalion of the infantry army raised his voice: "Back to your lords, we came to the big tent on the orders of the general, not without permission!" ”

Coming on the orders of the general? All the generals were stunned, and they looked at each other without knowing what was going on, but no one knew what was going on.

Just when he was confused, there was a sound outside the tent, and the old soldiers gathered in front of the tent consciously separated and made way to make way, but it was Shi Dayong who led a group of personal guards to come.

Dayong walked to the tent, and nodded with the old soldiers on both sides, most of these old subordinates are from Songshan, and they are also the essence of the Jinzhou Army, and now they are all serving as team officers in each battalion, with them, the Jinzhou Army's frame will not collapse. After a little run-in, the Jinzhou Army is still a strong army. I only hate myself for being incompetent, but I led them down such an unbearable road, and I want them to do that kind of thing!

Dayong's heart was heavy, and without saying a word, he passed through his subordinates and stepped into the tent. Without waiting for the generals in the tent to move, he turned around and shouted outside the tent: "Get the meat!" ”