Li Laiheng, Li Guo, and Liu Fangliang's three troops arrived in the mountains together, and there were a large number of military tents like clouds around the victory camp. In the morning, chickens and dogs were crowing, and people were shouting.
They were used to transport grain, fodder, baggage, and captured mules, horses, and donkeys.
The mountain people woke up when they heard the chaotic and powerful sound of the iron paws of animals treading on the stone mountain road. Everyone knew by word of mouth that "Master Li" had returned to the village, and many people ran to the tent with vegetables and eggs.
Reward the troops before.
The women's families living together in the old camp were finally reunited with their fathers, brothers, husbands and nephews who were fighting abroad. Xiong'er Mountain was full of lively and touching scenes, with cooking smoke rising from every household and the fragrance of rice filling the air.
There were many children who heard the news and ran outside the village to watch the mighty army. Only a few of them were villagers who had followed the Chuang army in the north and south since the Northern Shaanxi Uprising. Most of them were Li Laiheng, Mrs. Gao, and Bai Bai recently.
Henan orphans recruited by Wang.
The children were extremely curious, their eyes were shining with hope, and they envied the armor, swords, guns and horses of the soldiers.
Even Li Laiheng was surrounded by many children, and everyone wanted to listen to him tell the legendary story of the invasion army's southern and northern wars. It took a lot of effort for Li Laiheng to squeeze out of the crowd of children, after being separated for such a long time.
, he really misses his mute sister.
"You Ci!"
The little sister has grown a little taller, but she still looks extra petite and weak compared to Li Laiheng. She is still unable to speak, but her eyebrows and eyes look more energetic than before.
You Ci was holding a plate of food in her hand, which was the breakfast she specially prepared for Li Laiheng: pancakes made of millet and wheat flour, and white porridge with a few red dates.
The girl's fingertips are still soft and white, but there are also a lot of calluses under the fingertips. In the old camp, she not only assisted Mrs. Gao in writing and writing work, but also became better and better at nvhong skills. She often mended and knitted for the soldiers.
Combat robe.
Little bits of warmth arose in Li Laiheng's heart. He caressed You Ci's temples, and then said with a bad smile: "This meal is so exquisitely cooked, it shouldn't go bad again, right?"
In the past, when Li Laiheng was practicing equestrianism with Luo Yanqing, Cao Ying's "Sword Horse Dan", You Ci had sent him rancid meals several times, which impressed Li Laiheng deeply.
You Ci didn't even give Li Laiheng a look, but just stuffed a plate of food into Li Laiheng's hands, clapped her hands and turned around to go back to the old camp.
Only then did Li Laiheng realize that something was wrong. He hurriedly picked up the food and apologized repeatedly before comforting his little sister. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he felt extremely satisfied with the warm, peaceful and stable atmosphere in the old camp of Desheng Village.
You Ci urged Li Laiheng to eat quickly, but she couldn't speak, so she hit Li Laiheng with her head. There was a big height difference between the two of them, and You Ci could only hit Li Laiheng at a position higher than Li Laiheng's abdomen, and almost hit his stomach.
Then he asked Li Laiheng to spray the rice out.
After so many battles, Li Laiheng's martial arts skills were not outstanding, but they were still higher than many ordinary soldiers. However, after being hit by You Ci like this, he almost lost his footing and fell to the ground.
He thought to himself, what did Mrs. Gao feed You Ci all day long? To raise such a little sister to be so strong and arrogant!
Hey!
Speaking of Mrs. Gao, she just gave birth to a lovely little daughter for King Chuang a while ago. Li Laiheng couldn't remember whether Li Zicheng had any heirs. In his impression, Li Zicheng should have no male heir, but it seems that some historical data mentioned that
Did Li Zicheng have a daughter?
The baby has not grown yet, and its wrinkled face makes people feel a strong desire for protection. Mrs. Gao has not named her yet, saying that she will wait for Li Zicheng to return to the old camp, and then Li Zicheng will personally pick a meaningful name for her.
Good name.
"If a marshal has a daughter, he will have an offspring!"
Li Laiheng also knew that Li Zicheng's emotional experience was really tragic.
It is said that when Li Zicheng first lived in his hometown of Mizhi, his wife named Han had an affair with someone else. Later, Li Zicheng rebelled, became a general, and married a wife named Xing.
, was also responsible for managing the military supplies of the camp, but she had an affair with Gao Jie, the general of the camp, which caused Gao Jie's defection.
It was not until he married Mrs. Gao that Li Zicheng's love life stabilized. Perhaps because of this painful experience, Li Zicheng almost hated women. Unlike Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, who had many wives and concubines, they only had age.
Mrs. Gao, who is not young, is just one wife.
At such an age, Mrs. Gao could still successfully give birth to a daughter, which was considered to be a profound blessing. At least Li Zicheng had a direct descendant.
Speaking of Li Zicheng and Mrs. Gao's daughter, Li Laiheng suddenly had some thoughts about his marriage.
He looked at You Ci and said, "Brother Shuangxi has already married Uncle Yufeng's daughter. Yigong and Lao Bai also have wives respectively. Should I consider this issue someday?"
You Ci raised an eyebrow, and immediately ran back to the kitchen and brought another bowl of tofu soup to Li Laiheng. Li Laiheng had just finished eating the porridge, noodles, and tofu soup. It was just right, so he didn't care and immediately brought You Ci to the kitchen.
The soup that was brought down to my stomach, and the fact that I had diarrhea for a whole day later, is a story for another day.
During the period when Li Laiheng left Desheng Village, Bai Wang made great achievements in his business. Originally, this area was full of sloping hillsides, but after Bai Wang's initial leveling, roads and canals were built. The flat open space in front of the village was also greatly expanded, and the area of the school field was
An increase of four to five times.
Bai Wang also strengthened his control over various cottages in Xiong'er Mountain. Many of the cottages sent their children to Desheng Village to serve as Bai Wang's subordinates. He organized these people into a team and increased their rations and living allowances.
They received better treatment and strengthened training, making them the arm of the Breaking Army extending into the Xiong'er Mountains.
As Bai Wang said, the Chuang Army has been operating in Xiong'er Mountain for about a year. "Every village has submitted" and the rear is relatively consolidated. Although it has not yet captured an important city as a base, the territory of the two mountains and two villages can also be conquered.
Supply the Chuang army for a period of time.
But it may still be difficult to maintain it for a long time.
Once Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai brought an army of more than 20,000 people to the mountains for food. Coupled with the larger number of family members of these troops, as well as other refugees who went to the mountains to farm, the original residents of the mountains could also cope with reclaiming wasteland.
part.
But most of them still had to eat the grain captured in Luoyang.
It is difficult to achieve a long-term solution by sitting on your hands.
"Alas, the Chuang Army still has no hope of occupying a base area and stabilizing their farming development!"
Li Laiheng sighed endlessly, while most of the other generals in front were in a happy mood and rested very relaxedly in the victory camp.
After Li Shiwei was punished by Li Laiheng for a period of time, due to the lack of field commanders of the firearms unit, he returned to his position as the leader of the gun and artillery unit.
He was afraid of angering Li Laiheng again, so he was cautious and did not dare to slack off or make any mistakes in his work. After returning to the old camp in Desheng Village, he still did not dare to relax. He started training strictly at dawn and brought a group of soldiers to the school field to practice formation.
Hao Yaoqi, Guo Junzhen and other generals were much more relaxed. Miao Lichen was an outsider in the army, so he was always cautious in his words and deeds. Although he was arrested by Hao Yaoqi and others for tea, he still
Very silent and speaks very little.
When the generals under Li Laiheng came to have tea and argue, most of them were Hao Yaoqi and Guo Junzhen talking. Needless to say, Hao Yaoqi was careless and completely stupid, and he didn't say anything.
Strange. But Guo Junzhen has his eyes above his head and dares to say anything.
As for Zhang Pizhu, he is a serious admirer of Li Laiheng. Every time when everyone comes to drink tea and chat, Zhang Pixu is always asked to speak first and talk about the "great achievements" of the whistle in the past few days, and then Guo Junzhen starts
Hao Yaoqi responded to the vicious comments without thinking.
This time Zhang Pikui added fuel to the fire and boasted about how the young sister was so fascinated by the whistle that she was obsessed with Li Laiheng.
Hao Yaoqi was so nervous that he stood up immediately and said that he was going to talk to Li Laiheng about this matter and quickly make things happen between the captain and You Ci!
It was Guo Junzhen who grabbed him tightly and said with a smile: "Hey, silly guy. You should take a closer look. The captain will have diarrhea when he eats the little girl's food. Is this a good thing? Wait until the captain can
Let’s talk about it later after settling this matter!”
After he finished a cup of tea, he asked Miao Lichen: "Brother Miao, have you paid attention to the geographical situation of Nanyang Prefecture along the way? I think it's better to draw the graphics quickly and let's study it carefully.
How can Xiong'er Mountain support an army of 20,000 to 30,000 men? I'm afraid it won't be long before we go out again and have a head-to-head confrontation with Li Xianfeng, Yang Wenyue, and He Renlong."