——— Longteng Empire, Northern Pass State

Xuanyuan Banmeng, who had just returned to the Tiger Pass, continued to train his troops, according to the meaning of the Fuhu Army Commander, Long Tengzheng Sipin Fuhu General Zhuo Sheng, don't care about the Snow Country Army, the Raya Mountains are garrisoned by the Snow Wolf Army, and now he has 20,000 cavalry, he can become an army alone, and he can appoint five commanders, as for the candidates, Xuanyuan Banmeng will look at it himself, Xuanyuan Banmeng intends to release it first, and wait for the spring of next year to make a decision.

This training is much easier, with the assistance of the old soldier, he does not have to do everything himself, so that he has enough time to study the military book, practice martial arts, and be both civil and military for the handsome, wise and brave, which was taught by the generalissimo when he was still the personal guard of the generalissimo Moxie.

He may still be able to do martial arts, because the northern pass is also martial, and his kung fu has not been weak, but he still doesn't know much about the art of war, and now he has more and more soldiers, which still needs to make up for his own shortcomings.

On this day, Xuanyuan half-dreamed of going to Zhuo Sheng's place to report military affairs as usual, and when he saw Zhuo Sheng's sad face, he asked what happened, it stands to reason that after the last time Generalissimo Mo Xie led the troops to defeat the Beast Yang Empire, the Beast Yang Empire retreated for a hundred miles, and since then there has been no war on the border, and now it is winter again, and it is impossible to have no war, how can the general still have a sad face.

Zhuo Sheng smiled bitterly and said: "You don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, since the beginning of winter, our grain and grass supply has been seriously insufficient, and the food and salary have not been paid for two months, your cavalry is okay, because the cavalry is the first-class main force in the field, so every time the military food arrives, it is to supplement the cavalry as much as possible, the infantry has a lot of complaints, I have talked to the infantry generals, they all expressed understanding, but the bottom soldiers are still complaining and complaining, and they may mutiny!" ”

"How so? The last time I went to receive new soldiers, I also went home by the way, and I heard that the Qingyun Prefecture Mansion has increased taxes, plus the grain and grass requisitioned by the empire, it should be enough to meet the needs of wartime! Although Xuanyuan knew that the supply in the army was sometimes tight, he didn't expect it to be so serious.

"Alas, the Bei Pass Prefecture is indeed raising military funds, but the amount is far from enough, and I don't know how to get it. There is also the military salary of the imperial court, Longwei Pass and Jiading Pass are also pressed by the army, the war is much tighter than ours, and most of the materials of the imperial court are transported there. I've been urging the imperial court, but the military salary I can get is still a drop in the bucket, this time the army of the Snow Country is stationed in the Raya Mountains, and the court has concentrated the supplies to the Snow Wolf Army camp in the Northern Liang Raya Mountains! Zhuo Sheng said the truth.

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Banmeng also frowned, he didn't want to say anything about the arrival of the army of the Snow Country in the Raya Pass for the time being, he needed to wait for the court to have a definite result, after all, it was not his scope of responsibility, the first thing for a soldier was to obey orders, but if he really went to war with the Snow Country, he Xuanyuan Banmeng would definitely not go to war! He knew the Han Ghost God King and the Han Xiao Governor, and the prestige of the Han family in the army was second only to the Generalissimo Mo Xie!

"General Zhuo! I'm willing to squeeze out a third of my salaries and supplies for the infantry army! ”

"Good! General Xuanyuan is a person who knows the general situation! Zhuo Sheng nodded in praise.

"Duty! Bailiyun, a hard trip! Let the quartermaster distribute one-third of the supplies and military rings to the Fuhu army camp! ”

"No!" Bailiyun bowed down to receive the order, and then walked out of the big tent.

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And the leaders of the hundred households came, and they came to the camp and sat down.

A hundred households spoke: "General Xuanyuan, what are you doing here, it's not easy for anyone to come today, we all have to starve to death if we can't get military salaries, grain and grass, we can do everything!" ”

Xuanyuan didn't panic in half a dream: "I know, you are all forced to have no choice, but you must know that the mutiny in the military camp is not a trivial matter, and the leaders who make a big mess are all going to punish the nine clans, don't think about yourself, think about your family!" ”

"General Xuanyuan, don't scare people with this, I'm starving to death, are you still afraid of killing your head?" An angry hundred-man slammed the table.

Xuanyuan Banmeng threw out his own conditions: "Don't worry, I have already asked people to get military salaries and get grain and grass, this is all squeezed out by my blood, I will deal with it for you first, I know that although it is a drop in the bucket, you can hold it for a while, and wait for General Zhuo to think of a way, and the grain and grass of the imperial court will definitely be sent to everyone." ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and when they heard that Xuanyuan Banmeng took out the grain and grass in his camp to give them, they were all a little moved.

"General Zhuo is by no means favoritism, giving all the grain and grass to the cavalry, because people can starve for one meal or two, and if the mount starves to death, it will be difficult to replenish it, and once the war starts! There is no cavalry, let's think about how much pressure we have to face to resist the tiger and close the city. You make such a fuss, not only can't you get the money, but you also lose your life in the end, it's not worth it, and we all face the difficulties together! I, Xuanyuan Banmeng, promise you that if you have a bite to eat with my blood, you will have yours! Xuanyuan half dreamed that persuasion was effective, so he went all out and attacked everyone's psychological defense line one after another, he knew that no one really wanted to die, they were all forced to be helpless.

Several leading hundred households fell silent, discussing something with each other in a low voice.

Zhuo Sheng and Xuanyuan Banmeng watched quietly like this, and did not speak again.

At this time, Bailiyun had already transported the grain and grass and military salaries, and was distributing them to the infantry soldiers, and several hundred households were very moved when they saw that what Xuanyuan Banmeng said was true.

A hundred households stood up and said: "General Xuanyuan, we believe in you, we will go back to the camp immediately, but we have a request, a few of us have caused a big disaster, it doesn't matter if we want to kill or chop, but please don't embarrass the brothers below." ”

Xuanyuan half-dreamed and patted his chest and promised that he would never let anyone be harmed.

An impending mutiny was resolved, and Zhuo Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

——— the Huguan meeting hall, the generals were silent, the almost mutiny in the barracks this time made everyone feel palpitations, everyone climbed up step by step from ordinary soldiers, the brothers joined the army to eat, and now they want money and no money and no food, they can understand the mutiny, although the incident has subsided now, but there is no way to solve the grain and grass so far.

Qianhu Guan Dai paused and said: "General Zhuo, the hundreds of households who took the lead have tied themselves up and are now locked up in the barracks, how do you think this matter will be handled?" ”

Zhuo Sheng smiled bitterly and said: "That's it, it's the responsibility of me, the main general, to not be able to raise food and grass, let it go, they were also forced to be helpless, so they simply didn't mutiny." But if you don't take it as an example, some things can't be done, you will be dismissed for the time being, and in the future, you will not be held accountable for the crimes, and ordinary soldiers will not be held accountable, you should now go back to the battalions to persuade you, you must stay calm, and we will find a way again, this mutiny will end here, and it is not allowed to spread out, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! ”

Everyone nodded, knowing that Zhuo Sheng did this to protect the soldiers below, and Guan Dai took the order to go.

Xuanyuan was thinking about the grain and grass in his heart, and suddenly Zhuo Sheng said to him: "Xuanyuan, what do you want?" Thanks to you this time, you are calm and calm, otherwise this time it will be another mutiny, alas! Is there any way to do anything about food and grass, help me come up with ideas together? ”

Xuanyuan shook his head helplessly: "General, there is no grain and grass in the sky, and I can't do anything now, but in two days, I may have a way, you wait." ”

Zhuo Sheng looked puzzled, what was this kid doing behind his back, he was always mysterious, but he still didn't ask patiently.

This winter is destined to be an extraordinary winter, at the border of the Chen soldiers of Beastyang, the Longteng soldiers are constantly complaining, the border army is unstable, the people at the border have been overwhelmed with heavy taxes, and the entire border of Longteng Qingyun Prefecture is full of pessimism from top to bottom.