Chapter 69: The Soldiers Mutiny, and the crisis looms

The commander of the Chinese army.

Lei Jin smashed the bowl full of rice directly on the head of the man who was kneeling in front of him, and immediately bled like a torrent of blood.

"The soldiers work tirelessly, march day and night, and you give them this kind of food!"

Cao Yong, the deputy general on the side, scolded angrily, "General, if you don't cut this wolf-hearted bastard, I'm afraid it will be difficult to calm the anger of the people!" ”

"Don't!"

The head of the gang was so frightened that he trembled like chaff, he didn't care about the wound on his head, and cried to the ground, "General, my subordinates are just a gang chief, what kind of things are sent from above, how can my subordinates have the right to ask."

That's what the food is delivered, it's either mixed with sand or stale and moldy, but this should be the responsibility of the quartermaster! ”

Lei Jin glanced at Cao Yong when he heard this, Cao Yong immediately took people out, and after a while, the quartermaster was tied in.

"The general spares his life!"

entered the big tent, and before Lei Jin could torture him, the quartermaster knelt on the ground in fright and took the initiative to beg for mercy.

"The supply of grain and grass is carried out by the household department, and the subordinates are only responsible for receiving-"

"Bastard!"

Lei Jin was furious when he heard this, and slapped the table violently, "As a quartermaster, he can't inspect the grain and grass in detail, and he has committed the crime of dereliction of duty!"

General Ben didn't bother to ask if you had made a lot of money out of it.

Come!

Escort this man out, and behead him in front of all the soldiers! ”

When the quartermaster heard this, he was paralyzed and cried out with a struggle, "The general spares his life!"

I beg the general for the sake of His Royal Highness, spare his subordinates this time, and dare not commit it again in the future! ”

"General." When Cao Yong and the other generals in the tent heard the words "Second Highness", they were stunned for a moment and tried to stop them.

Lei Jin shouted again, "Push it out!" ”

Word spread quickly.

Countless soldiers gathered around the execution ground, eager to eat the quartermaster alive.

The quartermaster, who was tied up and kneeling on the ground, was still struggling, although he was already frightened.

"General, the little sister of the subordinate is the concubine of the Second Highness, please look at the second palace and spare the subordinates this time!"

When Cao Yong Luo Ming and the others heard this, they persuaded again, "General, it's better to punish this person first, so as not to offend His Royal Highness ......."

The surrounding soldiers heard the quartermaster's plea for mercy and gradually fell silent.

Second Highness, for them, is completely a high-minded existence.

Although what this quartermaster did was extremely hateful, if he annoyed His Royal Highness because of this, they would be fine, and as the commander, Lei Jin, I am afraid that he would really get into a lot of trouble!

Countless pairs of eyes looked at Lei Jin.

Lei Jin stepped forward and pushed away the knife and axe hand who carried out the execution.

This action finally relieved the quartermaster.

The surrounding soldiers sighed secretly.

There's no way, whoever you change, you don't dare to provoke the Second Highness easily!

No one blames their manager, but this breath in his heart is really hard to swallow!

Lei Jin looked around and shouted in a deep voice, "All the soldiers followed this general, did not hesitate to throw their heads, spill their blood, travel day and night, and go north to die."

But because this person is greedy for small profits, he pretends to do evil in the name of His Royal Highness, and does not care about the life and death of the soldiers, which is really a great crime!

Even if His Royal Highness knew about this, he would never tolerate it!

General Ben will behead this person in front of you today, and use the prestige of the army! ”

Hmmm-

The waist knife was drawn out instantly, and it slashed down cleanly.

A big head rolled down, his eyes were round, and he didn't expect that Lei Jin would be so resolute until he died!

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers were silent for a moment, followed by bursts of cheers.

Lei Jin immediately killed the quartermaster, and finally calmed the complaints in the army for the time being.

However, the problem remains.

The inferior food sent to the army was enough to eat for ten days and eight days.

Even if the new batch arrives, I am afraid it will soon arrive at the front line in Suizhou.

In desperation, Lei Jin urgently sent someone to hurry up, report the matter to the imperial court, and urge the grain and grass, while continuing to lead the troops north.

Although the soldiers admired Lei Jin, they inevitably complained whenever they had a meal.

In less than two days, all the main generals found that the problem was getting worse.

The speed at which he could travel seventy or eighty miles a day dropped unconsciously, and most of the soldiers were listless.

Even the group of Light Smoke Pavilion felt a little puzzled.

In order not to be punished, Lu An and others desperately chased after them, and barely kept up with the trip.

But in the past two days, it has been easy to keep up with the team.

Just when everyone was secretly happy, two screams suddenly came from the rear team.

The two soldiers who were in charge of escorting the prostitutes in the barracks picked up their whips and whipped them fiercely at the last two of them.

"If you walk so slowly, you can't find death! Hurry up! ”

While shouting and swearing, the two soldiers whipped and beaten.

Immediately afterward, another of them who was left behind suffered and kept screaming.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly quickened their pace.

The two escort soldiers let out a hearty laugh.

"Little girl, are you tired, how about letting your brother help you carry the baggage?"

Not far away, an escort soldier reached out to a girl from the Light Smoke Pavilion, who screamed like she had stepped on a snake, causing another burst of laughter.

The situation is getting worse.

Within half a day, five unlucky rakes were whipped to varying degrees, and two girls were harassed.

The people Lu An brought with him panicked again.

It has only been six days since the departure from the capital.

I don't know what will happen to the next trip!

Finally, in the evening, everyone silently put down the felt tent, but the atmosphere was even more dull than the previous two days.

By Lu An's felt tent, Mu Lingfeng, Xiao Qingzi, Xifeng and Pan Qing gathered together, muttering quietly while picking up the sand in the bowl.

"An Shao, I'm afraid the situation is a little bad."

Mu Lingfeng looked around, and whispered with a worried expression, "Although the matter of military rations has been temporarily suppressed, the soldiers eat these sand-mixed meals every day, and they will inevitably feel angry in their hearts.

Those unlucky guys were beaten today, obviously those soldiers were angry with them, presumably Lei Jin's generals also understood this, but they didn't ask in order to appease the soldiers.

But in this way, our people will suffer.

It's okay for them to get beaten a few times, I'm afraid of those girls—"

As soon as Mu Lingfeng said this, Pan Qing and the others also nodded again and again, "An Shao, I really can't stay up these days, why don't we find a way to escape at night?" ”

Run away?

Lu An's eyes lit up when he heard this.

That's exactly what he had in mind!

As Mu Lingfeng said, because of the inferior food, the soldiers are holding back their anger in their hearts, and they are the best punching bag!

Escape!

Gotta escape!

However, as soon as this thought came to his mind, he suddenly heard two screams in the distance.

The people followed the prestige.

After a while, they saw several soldiers dragging two corpses in front of them.

The first commander carried a blood-dripping waist knife and said in a cold voice, "The general has an order, and anyone who escapes from the battle will be killed!"

If any of you try to run, these two are the end of it! ”