At this moment, in a dilapidated and decayed Wubao on the eastern outskirts of Chang'an City, Li Jue and Guo Bang began to worry again.
The Tianjia around Wubao have become the places where Xiliang soldiers are stationed. There is a mess everywhere, and there are many people arguing with each other over the few remaining houses in Wubao. If it were not for the sake of fellow villagers, it would be a mess.
Maybe a knife was used, but even so, there were still fights and fights from time to time.
Li Jue and Guo Si could understand to some extent that the soldiers were in such a situation because of their inner restlessness, but they had no better way. In order to avoid suspicion, Jia Xu went to the east and has not returned, while Hu
Although Zhen said he would obey the orders of Li Jue and Guo Si, in fact he only wanted to return to Xiliang and had little interest in attacking Chang'an.
Having more people and horses is a good thing, but money and food cannot be increased immediately.
Fortunately, it is spring now. Although the fields are deserted, some wild vegetables are still growing in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In addition, Li Jue and Guo Bang ask people to fish for fish in the river from time to time. Although it does not completely solve the problem, it can still
Hold on for a few days...
But it can only last a few days.
We can't blame Li Jue and Guo Si for ostracizing Jia Xu, or distrusting Jia Xu. It's just that Jia Xu, how can I put it, anyway, when Li Jue and Guo Si see Jia Xu, they always feel uncomfortable in their hearts, as if they don't trust him.
It's as if I know when I will be plotted against, so I can't get close to him no matter what.
Although Jia Xu had said before that as long as he showed goodwill to the Hongnong Yang family, food and grass would definitely be delivered, but so far he has not seen much food and grass. Once or twice, there are three or five fully loaded trucks on the roadside.
Then when they saw Xiliang coming, they did not hide. They claimed that it was sent by their owner, but refused to say who it was.
Li Jue and Guo Bang felt that the food and grass might have been sent by the Yang family of Hongnong, but there was no solid evidence to prove this, so they accepted it temporarily, and they could not detain the servants who sent the baggage carts.
Fearing that the Yang family of Hongnong would be offended and even the subsequent food and grass supplies would be gone, they had no choice but to let them go.
Without Jia Xu to advise them, Li Jue and Guo Bang didn't have many ideas about what to do next, but now they had no money and food. The previous batch of food and grass had already been eaten, and the next batch of food was still missing.
, so even if you want to attack Chang'an, it is not very realistic.
Under the dilapidated wall of Wubao Village, there was a row of simple thatched sheds, with hot white steam rising inside, where meals were being cooked.
The inside of the basket was dark, half the size of a fist, and could make one's throat sore. It was only mixed with a small amount of grains, and most of the rest was bark and grass roots pulled from unknown places, kneaded into a ball, and steamed.
The steamed cake is made like this, and it still seduces the soldiers in line to stare at it, and the corners of their mouths will twitch from time to time.
Although these foods are hard to swallow, they are more precious than anything else to these Xiliang soldiers.
Several tough elite soldiers stood next to the basket. While handing out black steamed cakes to the ordinary soldiers passing by in line, they shouted loudly: "One bowl of hot soup and one steamed cake for each person! The general is kind, and there is something in the soup."
Fish! These are just caught from the water bend thirty miles away! They are also salted! Salted! Hey! You kid, hold it carefully! If you sprinkle it, it will be gone!"
Regardless of the size of the fish, the fish belly is simply peeled off and then chopped into fine pieces. Even the fish scales are not discarded, and they are all stewed in a pot until they are pulpy.
Huo Toujun stirred the cauldron with his big ladle, then poured in a ladle of fish soup water, which was enough to fill a wooden bowl.
A few people who were familiar with the Huotou Army were somewhat familiar with each other. When it was their turn, they said with playful smiles: "Brother, please give me something thicker. I haven't seen anything oily in the past few days, so I feel sorry for you...
"
The fire-headed soldier glared, and immediately spat back: "I'll give you the thicker one, and let others eat the thinner one! We are all brothers, and you have the nerve to ask for it! Get out of here!" Although the words were harsh, the hands were strong.
The spoon inside shook less.
The soldier who got the advantage quickly covered it up, quickly found a corner and swallowed it, even the fish bones were reluctant to spit out, and ground them into powder in his mouth, and then licked the wooden bowl back and forth, and then swallowed it.
It saves you the trouble of cleaning.
"Food!" Li Jue angrily pounded on the table, "If we win Chang'an, I will sack Taicang all over! In this way, I will not even think about the days when I have to worry about one meal and one meal every day.
Got it!"
Guo Bang glanced at Li Jue, and then nodded silently. Before, he was just a relatively capable captain. Whether it was weapons or food, they were all deployed and distributed by Dong Zhuo or the generals above. He had never worried about this.
This kind of thing, now the whole army has to take care of everything, including food, drink, and toilet...
Although Guo Si doesn't like to talk much and is silent most of the time, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have some thoughts in his heart.
To support tens of thousands of soldiers in battle, it is impossible to even think about it without ten thousand shi of food reserves. Although Guo Si didn't say anything, he had already made the same decision as Li Jue in his heart!
Hongnong is considered disabled, and there may still be some hidden in the mountains, but it is obviously impossible for his troops to go into the mountains to search, so they can only attack the Sanfu area, although this area can also be regarded as the original Xiliang Army
Belonging, but now Guo Bang also realizes that at the moment, only protecting the little military power he has on hand is the real thing, and the rest...
Just throw them all away.
"We are almost entering the realm of Sanfu..." After a moment of silence, Guo Bang said with a strange color in his eyes, "I remember that there should be some village forts a little way ahead..."
"...Forget it! Someone is here!"
The soldiers outside the tent immediately came in and bowed to salute.
Li Jue grinded his teeth, made a fierce gesture, and said: "God deserves to be killed! As long as there is some way, we will not do this! Since God does not give us a way to survive, then we can do it ourselves."
Fight for a way to survive! Send me scouts to search if there are any villages within thirty miles! If you find one, report it immediately!"
Doing this is undoubtedly killing the goose that lays the egg, but if you don't do this, you won't be able to survive, so how can you control much!
Li Jue and Guo Si didn't know that the method of raising food and grass they had chosen out of desperation opened a door for these Xiliang troops, a door to unscrupulous and wanton destruction. From that day on
From the beginning, the Xiliang Army completely lost the word "army" and became a "thief" that they themselves were not willing to admit...
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At this time, Zhao Wen had already sneaked out of Chang'an, grabbed a guard beside him, and said: "You should go east quickly... just say that a certain person has come to give him a fortune!"
