Even in this era, pigs were still regarded as cheap meat, and people from those aristocratic families did not eat it because pork was cheap.
But Chencang is just a small town, and in just five days, most of the domestic pigs raised by the surrounding people were slaughtered and eaten.
Fan Chou led the civilians and soldiers to continue paving roads and building bridges.
Wang Ding, on the other hand, took his personal guards, Xu Huang and Han Sui out of Chencang and entered Liangzhou.
He is going to Liangzhou to bring back some meat for 30,000 civilians and 10,000 soldiers.
Digging earth and moving rocks every day is not enough without meat.
Wang Ding has five hundred personal guards, all of whom are equipped with war horses. When everyone was in Chang'an, they trained desperately every day.
On the Xiliang side, Zhang Liao had just destroyed 20,000 cavalry, and Han Sui surrendered, and now he is with Wang Ding.
This time when we entered the territory of Xiliang, Han Sui, a former local snake, was following him, which was also convenient for Wang Ding.
He led more than 500 people directly into Anding County.
With Han Sui as his guide, Wang Ding attacked the wealthier tribes.
Last time, Han Sui and Ma Teng gathered 50,000 people, 20,000 of whom stayed in Chang'an.
Now these tribes in Liangzhou are also severely weakened.
I never thought that at this time, Wang Ding would bring people to rob them.
When they saw the sudden appearance of the cavalry team, the people of the Xiliang tribe were dumbfounded.
Compared with Guanzhong, Liangzhou is more sparsely populated and has only a few cities. Most of them are Qiang people, who don't like to live in cities.
Most of the people living in the city are Han Chinese.
Most Qiang people still make a living by raising animals, so it would be very inconvenient for them to live in the city.
Moreover, the leader of the tribe does not want his people to escape their control.
Wang's target is these Qiang tribes still living outside the city.
He only has 500 personal guards. Even if the city of Liangzhou is not high and the gate is not thick, it cannot be captured by 500 cavalry.
In the past, it was the Qiang people who came to plunder the Han people.
Today, the feng shui finally changed. Wang Ding brought the Han people to Liangzhou to plunder the Qiang people.
Wang Ding did not go on a killing spree in Liangzhou. In Wang Ding's view, these Liangzhou Qiang people will also be the people of the Han Dynasty in the future, and they will eventually integrate into the Han Dynasty.
His target is the cattle and sheep of the Qiang tribe.
"My lord, Anding County has a population of almost 200,000, of which 120,000 are Han people and 80,000 Qiang people." Han Sui introduced to Wang Ding.
After all, stability depends on Guanzhong, and the number of Han people is greater.
Han Sui is indeed a local leader in Liangzhou. Not only does he know the population of Anding County and the locations of many tribes, Han Sui also remembers them very clearly.
He took Wang Ding and galloped through Anding County, looting each Qiang tribe.
In just a few days, Wang Ding took away tens of thousands of cattle and sheep from the Qiang tribe.
Many Qiang people hid in the city after hearing the news. There was also Ma Teng who received the news and personally led his soldiers and horses from Beidi County to Anding.
But by the time he arrived in Anding County, Wang Ding had already returned to Chencang with tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.
"Here comes the meat, here comes the meat." Someone shouted loudly while they were still outside the city.
Happily driving the cattle and sheep into the city.
At the city gate, many pairs of green eyes stared at the cattle and sheep entering the city, paying attention to them.
Gudong!
Gudong...
A lot of swallowing sounds.
Whether it's the working men and soldiers, or the ordinary people in the city, they haven't eaten meat for many days. They can't even smell the oil.
"Prepare a bonfire tonight and let everyone eat roast mutton together." After entering the city, Wang Ding immediately announced these exciting words.
"The Lord is mighty."
"The Lord is mighty."
There were cheers everywhere in the city.
I just don’t feel bad when I take things from other people’s homes.
Looking at the cheering people, Wang Ding was also very happy.
But it is naturally impossible for Wang Ding to really let everyone eat freely.
This time he just brought back tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and there were more than 40,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. If the original people in the city were added, the number would be 70,000.
If we really let them eat freely, I'm afraid none of these 10,000 cattle and sheep will survive tomorrow morning.
Wang Ding is only prepared to bring out a thousand sheep.
Some of the remaining sheep will be selected and sent to Wudu, so that the trapped ones in Gao Shun's hands can also be replenished.
If everyone in the city comes to eat the roasted sheep tonight, a thousand sheep will not be enough.
It takes about seventy people to share a sheep equally, and each person may only be able to eat one bite.
But not all of those people will come.
The main ones are 10,000 soldiers and 30,000 civilians.
When night fell, piles of bonfires were set up in the city.
A thousand fat sheep were driven to the field, and then they were slaughtered by the soldiers. Their wool was pulled out, their entrails were taken out, and their limbs were tied to wooden sticks. One by one, the hairless fat sheep were put on the fire.
On the pile.
Thirty or forty people gathered around a roasted lamb, singing songs, clapping their hands, and looking straight at the roasted lamb on the fire.
After paving the road all day today, everyone is very tired, but now there is no sleepiness at all, everyone is very happy.
Civil servants and soldiers were mixed together without distinction.
Generals such as Wang Ding, Xu Huang, etc. were also mixed in the ranks, following the soldiers and civilians, singing "loyalty to the country" and waving their hands together.
Some people brought tambourines and danced while playing.
This bonfire dinner lasted for two hours.
Everyone is still unsatisfied and not full of mutton, but everyone feels very satisfied.
Whether they are soldiers or civilians recruited from Chang'an.
"It might be better if there is wine." Someone said by the campfire.
"What are you thinking about?" Someone slapped him.
"As a human being, you must be content."
Wang Ding looked at the noisy soldiers and civilians, sitting by the campfire, with a smile on his face all the time.
Wang Ding also held a piece of roasted mutton in his hand. It tasted good, just like that. Although he added some salt, the smell of mutton was still too strong.
But eating happily makes people happy.
Wang Ding and Xu Huang followed the others and jumped up around the bonfire.
There are many ethnic groups and various customs in Chencang.
Wang Ding doesn’t care, he just follows suit.
Many people from the people in the city also came.
It didn’t matter if they couldn’t eat the mutton. They sat around the campfire together, chatting, singing and dancing.
Such a bonfire completely unites the hearts of Chencang's soldiers and civilians.
The military and civilians unite as one.
Han Sui can be sure that as long as these people are still in Chencang, no one will be able to break through this small city.
Such a united city is what all attackers least want to see.
Even if there are ten times the number of defenders, it will be difficult to break the city. If you want to break the city, you can only waste time, surround the city, and cut off the food and grass in the city.