The seventh year of Jingtai, New Year's Eve

It is almost the eighth year since Emperor Zhou Chengxuan of the Great Zhou Dynasty ascended the throne. Looking back at the past seven years, you will find that major events happen almost every year.

King Fu's Rebellion, the collapse of the Qi Party, Beiliang's attack on Liao, plague raging, and famine everywhere...

Disaster after disaster caused the empire, which was extremely powerful a hundred years ago, to gradually decline.

Jingtai Jingtai, has there ever been peace for the country and the people?

Even in the New Year, which is the most anticipated event of the year, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops confronting each other on Jiuchang Road in the southern border, and the tragic atmosphere of war permeates the air all the time.

After Yuwen Chenghua's army suffered a defeat in Linfeng Mountain, the imperial army withdrew to Changcheng, the capital of Jiuchang Road, and consolidated the defense line based on the strong city to prevent the rebels from deepening further.

The Yellow Shirt Army led by Chen Tiansheng took advantage of the situation and invaded the territory of Jiuchang Road, aggressively captured the city and expelled the government troops. As of today, more than half of the entire Jiuchang Road territory is in Chen Tiansheng's hands.

The expansion of territory brought about a sharp increase in soldiers and horses. Now there are nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses who directly obey Chen Tiansheng's orders, not to mention many people who nominally respect Chen Tiansheng as the leader of the rebel army.

The Yellow Shirt Army and the official army that invaded Jiuchang Road formed a criss-crossing situation, fighting for every city and land. The Yellow Shirt Army's headquarters was located in Gancheng, which was far away from Changcheng. Gancheng was right in the center of the battle line.

, to facilitate the coordination of wars in various places.

Today is New Year's Eve. As night falls slowly, fires light up one after another in Gancheng. Everywhere is filled with laughter and laughter. Soldiers in yellow military uniforms eat meat and drink around the fire.

Drinking, singing...

"Come on, drink, I won't go home until you're drunk today!"

"Boss, you're not funny. Why is there still half of the wine in this bowl? Are you looking down on your brothers?"

"That's right, drink up!"

"No, brothers, I really can't drink anymore."

"Drink, drink, drink!"

Beside a bonfire, a centurion was drunk by his soldiers, and finally vomited violently. This is the life of the soldiers in yellow shirts tonight.

Drink wine and eat meat!

Have a happy New Year!

It makes people forget that they are still in the middle of a war.

Perhaps a month or two ago, they were victims of a disaster on the verge of starving to death, or farmers in exile, but they never dreamed that they would live such a prosperous New Year.

All this is Ling Gong's idea, to reward the three armies and let the brothers eat well and drink well, then they will be willing to go to war, otherwise eating his mother and drinking his mother will become a lie.

Chen Tiansheng has no objections to this matter. He also comes from a poor family and knows what the New Year means to the common people.

In a luxurious mansion in Gancheng, tables were filled with wine, and nearly a hundred military generals of all ranks gathered together, whispering and laughing from time to time.

This mansion was originally the residence of a wealthy family in the city. It was very spacious. After the Yellow Shirt Army invaded the city, it became the residence of King Huai. As for the original wealthy landowner, he had already fled.

's disappeared.

The generals in the courtyard have all rushed back from various battle fronts, and King Huai will entertain these meritorious generals at a banquet today.

Of course, unlike the generals in the imperial court who wore official hats, most of the generals in the Yellow Shirt Army still wore khaki military uniforms. At most, they had a piece of iron armor on their chests. The weapons on their waists were also various, ranging from broadswords to

Long swords are all snatched from the hands of the officers and soldiers anyway, so you can use whatever comes to hand.

Most of the wine tables were placed in the spacious courtyard, and there were only three tables in the house. There was no doubt that the people who were qualified to sit in the house were all powerful figures in the Yellow Shirt Army.

Stomping your feet will make the battlefield tremble.

The main seat at the main table is still empty, but there is not one empty chair, but two.

To the right of the main seat sat the only scholar in the room: Military Advisor Ling Gong. Now everyone in the army knew that Ling Gong was the most trusted by King Huai, and everyone respected him.

Wu Zhiyong next to Ling Gong looked at the generals in the courtyard and sighed: "A year ago, I was begging for a mouthful of hot porridge. Now I can't even imagine this scene!"

"King Huai only wins the hearts of the people. From ancient times to the present, those who obey the will of heaven will prosper, and those who go against the will of heaven will perish." Ling Gong smiled softly and said, "Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people following King Huai in rebellion."

"Hey, sir, he is a scholar after all, and what he says is profound." Wu Zhiyong laughed cheerfully.

Ling Gong curled his lips: "General Wu, you, even with all your strength, you need to look back and read more about writing. How about I take the time to teach you?"

As soon as he heard about reading and writing, Wu Zhiyong's head was as big as two. He immediately looked around and said pretentiously: "Brother, why haven't you come yet? I'm waiting for him. I'm already hungry."

"Ha ha!"

Seeing this, Qin Xiaotian laughed loudly.

"King Huai is here!"

A loud shout suddenly silenced the entire audience.

"Welcome to King Huai!"

At the same time as the loud shouts were heard, Chen Tiansheng's figure appeared in the courtyard, dressed in yellow brocade clothes, with a smile on his face, and waved gently: "No courtesy, everyone, please take a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Chen Tiansheng, who finally appeared, was not alone. There was a beautiful woman holding his arm beside him. She was bowing her head a little shyly. She was wearing a silk robe and was full of grace.

In fact, the generals present had long heard rumors that Chen Tiansheng met a woman named Pei Bingtong in Jiuchang Road, who was just in her early thirties. Pei Bingtong was originally a woman from a wealthy family, but was persecuted by the government and her entire family was killed. She was the only one left.

Alone.

From then on, Chen Tiansheng took this woman with him. As for the relationship between the two, everyone knew it, but this was the first time that Chen Tiansheng brought her to such a grand occasion.

Looking at the man and woman slowly taking their seats, Ling Gong and Wu Zhiyong also had smiles on their faces, because Chen Tiansheng has never come out of the shadow of his family being broken up and his young daughter starving to death, and now he can have a woman by his side.

It’s also a good thing to be around.

At least Chen Tiansheng now has a smile on his face more than before, and Ling Gong has already checked Pei Bingtong's details privately, and there are no problems, so he can feel relieved to let her stay with Chen Tiansheng.

After sitting down, everyone's wine glasses were filled with fine wine. Chen Tiansheng stood up holding the glass and laughed loudly: "Generals, we won't talk about fighting and killing in the New Year. Today we only have one thing, eat well."

Have a good drink! If anyone feels that the food is not to your taste, please bring it up as soon as possible. We will try our best to satisfy you. If you pass this village, there won’t be this restaurant."

"Hahaha!"

All the generals in the courtyard burst into laughter. They were all country bumpkins and didn't talk so much in convoluted ways.

Chen Tiansheng raised his glass and shouted:

"The rebels will win, let's do it!"
Chapter completed!