Li Dongchu gave an order, and the army of more than 3,000 people dispersed in a hurry. They couldn't wait for a long time. Just now, besides being sad, what everyone was thinking about the most was how to eat a real meal!
This is what everyone has been longing for for many years.
Li Dongchu watched with a smile as his subordinates set up the big pot as quickly as possible, collected enough firewood from all directions, and started to add white rice to the pot. When he saw the cook holding a big ladle and gritting his teeth, he added two ladles.
White rice, ready to cover the pot.
Li Dongchu felt that his already red eyes had become extremely sour, so he walked to the pot and dug out three more scoops of white rice from the rice bag in one breath. The monkey took out three salted fish from the salted fish cart and planned to wash them with water before throwing them away.
Go in, the salted fish is too salty, and you won't be able to eat it if you throw it in this pot of rice.
The cook understood his intention, grabbed the salted fish, and threw it directly into the big iron pot. He kept mumbling nonsense like prodigal son. He had no choice but to smile and shake his head. He didn't plan to eat this meal.
After eating it, I heard that rats will turn into bats if they eat too much salt, but I don’t know what will happen if people eat too much salt.
Thirty cauldrons were lined up in a row, which was very impressive. The monkey ordered it several times but still couldn't figure out how to eat this meal. The number of Ningwu soldiers was at least 3,600. Thirty cauldrons were
How can the rice cooked in a pot be enough to feed so many people?
"Stop counting, there are only thirty iron pots in the army, and the other iron pots are all made into arrows." Li Dongchu said to the monkey nonchalantly. Seeing that the monkey was still confused, he continued: "On weekdays, the army only cooks one meal.
The meal will take a whole day to cook. The cook will boil the millet porridge first, let it cool and wait for the millet porridge to solidify before breaking it into slices. Each person will have a large piece of it every day. Only in this way will people not starve to death."
The monkey knocked his head and said: "I seem to have heard this allusion from the general about making porridge for food."
Li Dongchu smiled and said: "It's just the old wisdom of Duke Fan Wenzheng, who was the envoy to the northwest at that time."
The monkey looked at Li Dongchu and said: "The worst time I followed the commander was just eating beans. Apart from farting more, there was no serious problem. How can you fight with such lies?"
Li Dongchu said with a smile: "There have never been big battles in these years, but the cavalry of the Liao people who are attacking the grass valley often want to break through Ningwu Pass and enter Taiyuan to rob. All we have to do is to prevent them from entering the pass. We are with the commander in Qingtang
Fierce fighting cannot be compared."
The monkey took out his own wine bottle from the horse bag, uncorked it and gave it to Li Dongchu: "Many things are easy to say, but too difficult to do. I am just a servant of the Marshal. I respect heroes like you very much.
, there is a jug of wine here, drink it!"
Li Dongchu smelled the aroma of wine, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he swallowed and said: "Don't drink during the march!"
The monkey looked at the sun in the sky and whispered: "There is too little wine. It won't hurt you to take a sip to warm yourself. I won't tell anyone. Lao Liang and Lao Peng in the army all drank secretly, and they didn't see any big trouble."
Shuai punished them, you are about the same age as them, it doesn't matter."
Li Dongchu chuckled, found a clean empty bucket, poured the wine from the jug into the bucket, and then in full view of everyone, added a full bucket of water to it, and then ordered the cook to put the bucket of wine or water into it.
The food was distributed for the whole army to drink.
The monkey jumped on his feet and said: "This is a good wine steamed by my wife. It is priceless and has no market in Tokyo, and it is all wasted."
Li Dongchu smiled with tears in his eyes: "We can't waste it, we can't waste it, those who died in Ningwuguan, and those who didn't die in the battle, we can drink them all, and there won't be any left!"
The monkey watched with his own eyes as the group of people drank up a bucket of water mixed with alcohol and drank it up bit by bit. Li Dongchu drank it with his own taste. He couldn't understand how a person with the rank of a commander could find
Less than a jug of wine.
"Our general's family used to be a rich man! We had no food to eat, so the general sold all the family's big house and fields..."
The monkey listened to the soldier plowing rice into his mouth and talking about Li Dongchu's past. A cook gave the soldier the largest piece of salted fish. The monkey didn't even have time to stop him, and saw the guy salting such a big piece in one bite.
The fish is stuffed in the mouth...
I didn't see this guy getting a fish bone stuck in his throat, because he didn't have a chance, so this guy chewed up the fish bone to pieces, and then swallowed it with a look of happiness on his face. The monkey felt uncomfortable all over.
He came to Li Dongchu, who had closed his eyes to rest after eating, and said: "Let's get to Yanmen Pass as soon as possible. This kind of life really shouldn't be yours. After you integrate into the army, you will know what a real warrior should enjoy."
life."
Li Dongchu spread his legs and basked in the sun lazily and said: "It's so comfortable..."
After Yun Zheng listened to the monkey telling what he had seen and heard along the way, he opened his eyes and looked at the plaque on the tower that read "The Grand Pass of the World" and said with a smile: "The reason why the Song Dynasty can persist until now despite being riddled with holes is not because of its ancestors."
Blessing is not a destiny. It is because of such a group of idiots who risk their lives to protect them regardless of life and death, honor or disgrace. The Song Dynasty is what it is today. The emperor should not worship the heavens, but should worship the heroes who died in the war.
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Zhao Shidan, the prefect of Kangzhou, tried his best to help the Song Dynasty to buy time. His daughter Zhao Yingchun and her younger brother hid in a cave, remembering to pass on the expired military information. Now, there is another one here who will not hesitate to defend the Song Dynasty even if his family is broken.
General at the border, Zhao Zhen, how can you be so virtuous that you can let the world's heroes go through life and death for you?"
After Yun Zheng finished speaking, he closed his eyes again. He really was worrying too much. The reason why the Song Dynasty could persist for so many years in a world surrounded by powerful enemies was indeed reasonable. It would not be because of his appearance.
There are no big changes.
Yun Zheng has always been worried about change the most, so he will be extremely nervous whenever there is a slight disturbance, fearing that it will bring a crisis of collapse to this fragile dynasty because of himself. Therefore, he will be careful and cautious at every turn.
He forgot that the Great Song Dynasty had its own heritage. This heritage was invisible and intangible, but it actually existed and formed part of the country's strength.
Li Dongchu arranged it very well. After they were forced by the military judge to take a shower and change clothes, they were arranged to see Li Chang. After Li Dongchu signed up and entered the account, what greeted him was Li Chang's face as warm as the spring breeze.
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"Li Dongchu, courtesy name Shuhuan, was originally a wealthy family in Daizhou. In the ninth year of Tiansheng's reign, he failed in the Xinwei Ke Grand Competition and joined the army. Within three years, he was promoted from a war officer to the promotion and protection department. In the second year of Qingli, the Liao people went south to clear grass valleys in large numbers. You
He beheaded three Liao people in the Ningwuguan formation, and then went to Daizhou for inspection. In the third year of Qingli, he again beheaded two people and was promoted to the important position of general manager of the Ningwu Army in Daizhou. From then on, he never made any progress!"
After Li Chang finished reading the record of Li Dongchu's official certificate, he closed the official certificate and put it on the table. Seeing Li Dongchu kneeling on the ground, he smiled and said: "Brother Shuhuan, why are you like this? I never thought that you and I are still brothers Nian. In the ninth year of Tiansheng
Xin Weike, Li Chang got lucky and got the title of second-class and third-class, and this is what he is today. Did Brother Shuhuan ever regret when he decided to join the army?"
Li Dongchu cupped his fists and said: "Brother Li is now an important minister of the country, Shuhuan dare not talk to Brother Nian!"
Li Chang came out from behind the desk and helped Li Dongchu up, pressing him on the chair on the left and saying: "What are you talking about? Didn't you just call me Brother Li? You have been defending our country through life and death in Ningwuguan these years.
, it can be said that the hard work is great, why can't it be preceded? I only regret that Gao Jixuan did not know how to recognize people, and let my brother waste his time in vain, which makes people sigh."
Li Dongchu bowed and saluted: "It's not because of Gao Shuai, Gao Shuai has been kind to me again and again. It's because I don't know how to praise myself. I just want to stick to Ningwuguan and don't want to leave the subordinates who share life and death. I have been here for more than ten years."
No progress can be compared to my brother's sword-fighting in the Qingtang, and he is so powerful in a foreign land. Compared to Brother Li, he is really ashamed to kill!"
Li Chang raised a thumb and said: "Today is different from the past. Yun Shuai likes people who are loyal to the country the most. Now, the Liao people are ready to make a move. There will be a war in the near future. Yanmen Pass is an opportunity for Brother Nian to show off his skills. If you can
It is not difficult to achieve extraordinary feats and get the recommendation of Commander Yun, and you will be granted the title of Marquis immediately."
Li Dongchu repeatedly raised his hands and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare!"
The monkey behind the tent lowered his voice and whispered to Yun Zheng who was lying on the deck chair: "How long do they plan to be so upset?" Yun Zheng rolled his eyes and then stopped talking.
He listened carefully as Li Chang continued to tell Li Dongchu about his heroic appearance during the battle with Qingtang, and couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Brother Nian, there are only three thousand remaining soldiers in the Ningwu Army, and they are short of armor and weapons. To be able to guard Ningwu Pass until now, I think I have tried my best. Now at Yanmen Pass, I have seen the majesty of the army.
, I just ask my brother to re-equip the Ningwu Army, the Ningwu Army is indeed at the end of its rope."
Li Chang heard what Li Dongchu said and said with a smile: "You go back now, you will be able to recuperate your health. One day you will make great contributions. Equipment is a trivial matter. After I discuss it with the commander, I will give priority to arming the Ningwu Army."
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Seeing that Li Chang was ready to end the conversation, Li Dongchu stood up and left. After Li Chang walked out, he walked behind the curtain with a smile and faced Yun Zheng and said: "This person is stubborn but not a stickler for the past. Officialdom is funny.
But he also knows a little bit and can distinguish priorities. When I call him Brother Nian, he actually knows how to crawl along the pole and ask for equipment from me. Such a person is considered a talent."
Yun Zheng sat up and said: "I have been frightened every day these days. I always feel that something big is going to happen. No one knows whether Gao Jixuan's plan will succeed, but His Majesty took the lead in cutting off the retreat of that army. God knows what will happen in the north.
More than 10,000 soldiers have fallen into the wolf's mouth. Let's find out the situation here as soon as possible so that I can feel at ease.
It seems that the Ningwu Army still has combat effectiveness. I heard from Sun Dazhi that these people are all warriors who have survived hundreds of battles, and they are all locals, but they are physically weaker. They are very familiar with the situation outside Yanmen Pass. Once our army
These people are indispensable when dispatching. Please arm them as soon as possible and adjust their bodies in the shortest possible time. This is crucial." (To be continued)