"Rice has been distributed. The grain officers of each battalion have gone to the central tent to receive grain!"
With the sound of grain being released, the entire Ming army camp was boiling. The grain officers from each town and their soldiers rushed to the grain trucks happily. Watching them carrying grain like holding life-saving straws, they looked aside.
The soldiers in the Qingzhou Army's supply camp who were distributing food still had smiles on their faces. They brought a lot of food this time, and a large part of it was stolen from Liaodong. There is nothing wrong with using it to help their friendly troops.
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By the time the food officers of all the battalions had collected the food, it was already late. After the officers and soldiers of each battalion carried the food back, they all couldn't wait to light fires and make meals. There were curls of smoke from all over the camp, and waves of food floated in the wind.
and the smell of meat. From time to time bursts of laughter erupted from all over the place. The food distributed by the Qingzhou Army was not only sorghum and millet, but also horse meat. In public, the soldiers ate hot meals, delicious broth, and even large pieces of horse.
After eating the meat, they were all extremely grateful to the Qingzhou Army for distributing the food to them.
In the afternoon of that day, Lu Xiangsheng held a banquet in the central military tent and invited Pang Gang and the generals to drink. At the beginning, everyone was silent and worked hard on the rice and horse meat in front of them. There was a sound of chewing in the tent.
The sound, and the sound of drinking soup.
Pang Gang smiled and looked at the generals who were eating and drinking desperately, while slowly eating the rice in front of them. After two quarters of an hour, everyone slowly stopped what they were doing and filled up.
Their movements began to become gentler. Today, he sat in the lower left seat of Lu Xiangsheng. Originally, this seat should have been occupied by Yang Guozhu. If this arrangement was usually arranged like this, some people would definitely be dissatisfied, but today it was unanimous that no one objected to Lu Xiangsheng.
Objection to this arrangement.
After Hu Dawei drank another large bowl of horse meat soup, he couldn't help but burped. Then he reluctantly put down the big hand in his hand and looked around. No one seemed to notice him, so he laughed at himself embarrassedly.
He said, "In the past, I always thought horse meat tasted disgusting, but I didn't expect it to be so fragrant today. I probably ate more horse meat today than I have in the past year."
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng also stopped what he was doing, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea and drank it slowly, but there were already four or five empty bowls placed in front of him.
When Lu Xiangsheng saw Hu Dawei's actions, he laughed and said, "General Tiger, now you know the benefits of horse meat."
After saying that, Lu Xiangsheng turned around and asked Pang Gang: "General Pang, I just saw that you have a lot of horse meat there. Where did you get so much horse meat?"
Pang Gang smiled lightly, "It's nothing. Since the last time the general said goodbye to the governor, he went to Liaodong. He walked around Liaodong and killed thousands of Tatars. He also killed some of their horses.
I brought back some horse meat, no, I came here because I remembered Governor Lu." When Pang Gang said this, his tone was very understated, as if he was just doing a very ordinary thing.
"hiss........."
When all the generals heard this, they all took a breath. This guy was so courageous. He even dared to break into the Tatar's lair. There was nothing else in the world that he didn't dare to do!
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Pang Gang, why did you go to the Tatar's lair? Did you go there by boat?"
Pang Gang secretly admired him. He was worthy of being the commander-in-chief of an army. He immediately guessed the crux of the problem. He nodded and said: "Yes, the general went there by boat, and he encountered some trouble on the way there.
....."
Therefore, Pang Gang told the story of the attack on the hinterland of Liaodong in detail. Although he had no right to speak out about the thrilling process, it was enough to make the generals stunned.
It took a long time before Yang Guozhu exclaimed: "My dear, I always thought that I, Old Yang, was the most courageous, but today I realized that Brother Pang was the most courageous. He actually dared to lead thousands of people into the Tatars.
His lair, if it were me, Old Yang, I would never have the guts."
After saying this, Yang Guozhu looked at Pang Gang in amazement and said, "Also, I, Old Yang, can't do anything like the village massacre your brother did in Shengjing."
Having said this, Lu Xiangsheng said seriously: "General Yang, let's not mention this matter from now on. We will all keep it in our stomachs. If those censors know about it, it will cause another trouble."
The generals all agreed after listening to Lu Xiangsheng's words. Although Pang Gang killed all Tatars, this kind of massacre of villages does not sound good after all. If those censors who are always thinking about how to find bones in the eggs know,
Although there won't be any big trouble, people will always make irresponsible remarks.
But even so, Hu Dawei on the side also sighed: "My dear, brother Pang has annihilated more than six thousand Tatars. This is a great achievement. With this achievement, it is not impossible for you to join the cabinet and worship the prime minister in the future."
Maybe."
Pang Gang smiled bitterly and said: "It is not up to me to decide to enter the palace to pay homage to the prime minister. I just hope that the court can be noble and let me go and recite Amitabha!"
Everyone was silent when they heard this. Also, since the Yongle Emperor, none of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty have been able to join the cabinet. They, the old and rough, can only be known as warriors.
However, Pang Gang still wanted to thank Lu Xiangsheng and the others for their kindness. He stood up and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "The general also thanked the governor for his kindness."
Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "You're welcome, Chaodong, the food and grass you brought today saved the lives of more than ten thousand soldiers of our Xuan Army. It's not an exaggeration to say that you are our savior. Come on, all the generals will follow.
I would like to offer a cup of tea to Commander Pang instead of wine, come and do it!"
"Come on, do it!" Everyone stood up and raised their bowls to Pang Gang.
Pang Gang smiled and drank the tea in the bowl, then made a half circle to show it to everyone, who also drank up the tea in the bowl.
After thanking everyone, everyone sat back in their seats. Lu Xiangsheng glanced at everyone with his bright eyes and said loudly: "Everyone, our army is now supported by General Pang's food and grass. If we rest for a few more days, we will be in trouble again."
As a tiger and wolf warrior, we should also seek a decisive battle with the Tatars!"
As soon as Lu Xiangsheng said this, the generals began to frown. Since the division of troops, Lu Xiangsheng's 20,000 soldiers and horses have been reduced by nearly half. Now there are only 12,000 or 3,000. If they fight the Tatars again, they will lose
The loss of manpower will be even more. These days, none of the generals know the importance of their own strength. If you don't have strength, no one will take you seriously.
There are by no means a handful of people who have this kind of thinking. Even loyal people like Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei who have left their names in history are not exempt from this practice.
Seeing everyone frowning, Lu Xiangsheng thought about it and understood everyone's concerns. Although he was the governor, he could not do anything to offend the public, so he moved his eyes to Pang Gang's face, hoping that he would stand up.
Say something.
Pang Gang saw the look in Lu Xiangsheng's eyes and knew what Lu Xiangsheng meant. He stood up and said to everyone: "Dear lords, what Governor Lu said makes sense. Now the Tatars are rampant, invading our borders and killing our people. We are soldiers."
Everyone hates it. Now that our soldiers are well-fed, it is natural to seek a decisive battle with the Tatars. Do you think this is the right thing?"
After the generals looked at each other for a while, Yang Guozhu said in embarrassment: "Although Pang Pang's words are not unreasonable, our army has suffered more than half casualties at this moment, with only more than 10,000 troops. Even if General Pang's troops are included,
There are only more than 20,000 people. It should be noted that there are 70,000 or 80,000 Tatars at the moment. If they are dumped, they may not even be able to escape."
Yang Guozhu's words are what the generals are saying. Now they are backed by Baoding, and they are the horns of each other with Baoding City. Although Baoding Governor Zhang Qiping only listens to the words of Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, relying on each other always makes people feel a sense of security. If
It would be different to leave here and fight the Tatars elsewhere. The huge casualties along the way had frightened them.
Pang Gang also knew the concerns of the generals. He knew that in order to give the generals confidence, he had to show them something: "Actually, you don't need to worry so much. This time I not only brought more than 10,000
Soldiers, and they also brought a navy, which is enough to protect my army from worries!"
"Navy Master!"
All the generals looked at each other, and Hu Dawei asked doubtfully: "Man Pangda, it's not that we don't believe you, but I don't understand. What does your navy have to do with our fight against the Tatars? Is it possible that it's still there?"
Will you go to land and help us fight the Tartars?"
Pang Gang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Let me ask you, General Tiger, what are we fighting for? Isn't it just food, fodder, baggage and reinforcements? Although my navy cannot come ashore to fight for us.
Tartars, but they can also help us a lot, such as transporting reinforcements and food for us. If the war situation goes bad, we can just get on the boat and leave. Do you think it will be useful?"
"this......."
Everyone was silent. It sounded good, but why did they feel that it was unreliable?
When Pang Gang saw that no one took the bait, he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "These old foxes really don't let go of the rabbit before they see the rabbit. It's really difficult to make them fight until they see the real benefits."
Finally, it was Lu Xiangsheng who spoke, and he said with a straight face: "Why have you forgotten where Pang Gang just came back from? It was from Liaodong! How did he get to Liaodong? Didn't he rely on the navy?
With the help of Commander Pang and the navy, we can go to Liaodong for a while, but maybe those Tatars can still swim and keep up with us!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this. Although they knew that Lu Xiangsheng's words were just a joke, everyone also knew that if Lu Xiangsheng continued not to agree, military law would be used to deal with everyone, so they agreed without hesitation...