Chapter 48 Huangsha City Incident
After Asi gave each soldier in the wounded camp a sip, the wine jug was empty.
Everyone in the wounded camp stared at the wine jug with burning eyes, and at the same time they were very grateful to Asi.
In such cold weather, even if they put on their thickest clothes, it was still difficult to resist the cold, not to mention that they were all injured. A sip of spicy wine poisoned them and a surge of heat rushed to their limbs, making them shiver in comfort.
"This is a reward from the general. If you can win a round on the martial arts stage, you can get a pot of wine." The youngest narrowed his eyes and smacked his lips. "If I were still young and strong, I would definitely go to the martial arts stage to fight."
The wounded camp was silent, but the youngest's words had planted a seed in the hearts of those lying or sitting. The spicy aroma of wine lingered in their mouths, and the stimulation of the wine warmed their hearts. A small flame was ignited in the hearts of those who had originally lost hope. If they could get better...
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The Great Zhou military camp has implemented a system of rotating military commanders. Two years have passed, and soon the commanders of the border cities of the Great Zhou will be replaced.
It's truly astonishing that a system so full of loopholes that completely exposes flaws to the enemy has been implemented until now...
The Turks had never expanded and seemed to be a very honest neighbor of the Great Zhou - except for the occasional "harmless" plunder of the people on the border of the Great Zhou.
Normally, this should be something that cannot be tolerated. However, the current situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty is that civil officials are more important than military officials, and most of the civil officials who control the government are peace advocates. As a result, they have been able to "coexist peacefully" with the Turks until now.
However, Yan Xuanyu, who had already seen the subsequent developments, knew that the Turks had always been ambitious. They had long set their sights on the fertile land of the Central Plains and had been slowly infiltrating the Great Zhou. They would soon attack the border of the Great Zhou and fight all the way to the capital.
The exchange of military generals to defend the city should have been abolished, but it was not appropriate to take action now to let some people in the court notice. Yan Xuanyu discussed with Yuan Kang and decided to use this rotation of the chief generals to try to regain the military power peacefully.
After all, he really didn't want the Great Zhou soldiers to suffer too many losses, as there would be neighbors eyeing them covetously in a few years.
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Great Zhou, Huangsha City.
The commander here is Nie Baocheng. A few days ago, he sent a letter to the commanders of the surrounding cities by carrier pigeons.
The reason was none other than Yuan Kang who had returned from the capital.
Before this, he had already sent his deputy general to pass on the order, giving his soldiers a good lesson.
"When Yuan Kang comes to Huangsha City, he will be in big trouble." Nie Baocheng had a scar on the side of his face, which made him look very vicious and scary when he smiled.
"This ignorant brat is relying on his father's achievements to think he can control me."
Deputy General Zhong Cang laughed and said, "Doesn't General Yuan really care about his soldiers? I bet he won't punish our soldiers after he arrives in Huangsha City. Otherwise, we'll have to ask him for an explanation."
If the soldiers don't obey Yuan Kang's orders, they can't blame them. If Yuan Kang dares to punish their people, they will definitely get it back.
"Tomorrow we will go to the border town to take a good look at the soldiers trained by Yuan Kang." Nie Baocheng punched the table, stirring up a layer of sawdust.
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At the same time.
"You're going to Huangsha City? They're just a bunch of scoundrels!" Wang Qingyun couldn't believe it. "Is Nie Baocheng coming?"
Yuan Kang hummed a sound. Since Wang Qingyun's military token was already in his hands, Yuan Kang shared some things with him: "I'm going to Huangsha City to train those soldiers."
"Nie Baocheng is really a piece of shit. He's trying to intimidate you." If Wang Qingyun could see it clearly, how could Yuan Kang not know it too?
Yuan Kang laughed and said, "Then let's see who wins and who loses."
The supply from the capital will continue throughout the winter.
If things continued to develop in this way, the next rotation of the main general would be in two years. However, Yuan Kang knew that he would have to return to the capital within a year. During this period, he wanted more soldiers to train a truly brave army for the Great Zhou.
"What about your Yuan family army? Are you going to just leave it to Nie Baocheng?" Wang Qingyun asked.
Yuan Kang shook his head: "Of course not, I left Yuan Sheng to watch over the situation here."
Ever since Yuan Kang took over his soldiers, Wang Qingyun has been convinced by Yuan Kang. Yuan Kang has never thought of sidelining him as a general. He provides food and clothing for his soldiers and trains them every day. Less than a month has passed, but Wang Qingyun has clearly felt that the soldiers are gradually not as stagnant as before.
After a while, he sighed.
Is there really such a saint?
If he were to be honest, Wang Qingyun couldn't do it. He couldn't even provide food to other people's soldiers, let alone help train the soldiers using his own methods.
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The next day, Yuan Kang and Nie Baocheng met.
After the two men saluted in a formal manner, Nie Baocheng said with a half-smile, "General Yuan, I leave these soldiers under my command to you."
"General Nie, please treat the soldiers in the border town well." Yuan Kang said in a voice that only the two of them could hear. Then he pulled the reins, and the horse under him neighed and raised its four hooves to run forward.
"Okay, Yuan Kang, I want to see what you want to do!" Nie Baocheng said gritting his teeth.
The two city lords will now be exchanged.
Yuan Kang entered the Huangsha City barracks with several of his trusted men and personal soldiers.
The soldiers were scattered about in a sparse manner, their clothes all over the place, not like soldiers in the barracks, but more like scoundrels and beggars.
Their noisy voices seemed to cover up everything.
Yuan Kang walked through the weapons camp and saw piles of weapons piled up in a disorderly manner on the weapons racks.
It was pretty much as he imagined.
Yuan Xun shouted, "General Yuan is here! Everyone line up and come forward!"
It seemed as if no one heard him, so Yuan Xun shouted a few more times, and the soldiers came over slowly.
Yuan Kang's deputy general's forehead veins bulged, and he said fiercely: "Soldiers who disobey orders like this should have been punished by military law long ago!"
However, before coming to Huangsha City, they had agreed with Nie Baocheng that the commander-in-chief would not arbitrarily dispose of the soldiers of both sides.
"Are these soldiers from our Great Zhou?" The deputy general clenched his fists.
Yuan Kang patted his shoulder and signaled him not to be angry.
The soldiers below stopped in scattered groups and did not form a team at all.
Yuan Kang strode onto the platform, his voice echoing in all directions. "I am Border City Commander Yuan Kang. Today I take over the position of Commander of Huangsha City. Starting tomorrow, I will train you according to the methods I used to train soldiers in Border City."
"Now, those who don't want to be trained by me, Yuan Kang, go over there. The rest of you, stand where you are."
As the voice fell, the soldiers of Huangsha City all looked at Yuan Kang.
They seemed to be slowly testing this general who was rumored to have a good reputation.
Soon someone walked to the right, and after a while, more and more people walked over, making mocking laughter.
The deputy general clenched his fists. Their general was kind and never treated his soldiers harshly, nor would he steal their credit. In every charge, the general always took the lead. But at this moment, he wished that the general would not be so kind, as this would only make these rats look down on him.
In the end, there was no one left under the stage in front of Yuan Kang.
The soldiers of Huangsha City burst into laughter below the platform.
The soldiers didn't have the courage to do that unless someone told them to.
"Well, since you all don't want to..." Yuan Kang continued slowly on the podium, "Then I guess there's no need for me to provide you with food."
Yuan Kang spoke very calmly, as if the provocation of the Huangsha City soldiers was nothing in his eyes - the soldiers must have been told to do this by Nie Baocheng behind the scenes.
Food? There is food in Huangsha City too!
Although Nie Baocheng was not a good man, he at least gave his soldiers food to eat, so that most of them did not starve to death.
So the soldiers didn't take Yuan Kang's words seriously. Is this all Yuan Kang, who prides himself on being kind, can do?
Just as Nie Baocheng thought, after Yuan Kang arrived, he would only be a general without real power.
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"Do you smell anything?"
“It smells so good…”
"You're drooling!"
The soldiers suddenly became restless.
As the fragrance got closer, they could hardly stand still and kept looking around to find the source of the fragrance.
Yuan Kang appeared calm on the surface, but in fact he saw everything clearly.
This pot of rice was certainly not the stewed noodles that Yuan Jun ate, but a pot of rice fried with grains and silver vegetables unique to the border of the Great Zhou, mixed with spicy sauce.
"What is that?"
The soldiers craned their necks.
Yuan Kang's deputy general said, "This is the most common meal we eat every day."
A large pot of fried rice with sauce filled the air with a spicy and fragrant aroma, making the soldiers even more restless!
Is it an exaggeration?
It's not an exaggeration.
If Yan Xuanyu were here, he would cite an interesting question and answer he had seen on the Internet: If the laborers of a certain dynasty were given enough food every day, what would they do?
Here is an answer: Maybe it can go beyond China and reach the world.
In ancient times when material resources were very backward, vinegar had to rely on dirty vinegar cloths to get its flavor, not to mention salt - at that time, smuggling salt would result in imprisonment, and it was lucky for the soldiers at the border to be able to eat a few bites of dry food.
So when this fried rice with soy sauce that could crazily stimulate the taste buds of ancient people was served, the soldiers of Huangsha City started to riot!
"Grab it!" Someone said it, and the others suddenly realized.
Yes, this is their Huangsha City, their territory!
There is only one pot of rice, first come first served.
What followed was an even bigger commotion. Many people rushed over and tried to snatch the cook's pot. As they got closer and closer to the rice, joy appeared in their eyes!
But they were destined to be disappointed.
Yuan Kang's personal soldiers are no pushovers. Facing these people in the Huangsha City military camp, they can easily defeat twenty of them alone, let alone a hundred.
Not to mention that the personal guards have undergone special training and have enough food every day, which the soldiers of Huangsha City cannot compare with.
“Ouch!!”
“Ouch!!!!”
"Who stepped on me?"
Seeing the place falling into chaos, the soldiers in front were knocked aside one by one, and the soldiers behind rushed over to try to grab the pot of rice.
But how can one pot of rice be enough to feed everyone in the Huangsha City military camp?!
Yuan Kang waved his hand, and his personal guards retreated, leaving the pot of rice for them to fight over.
Everyone went crazy. They ignored the scalding hot fried rice and reached directly into the pot to grab it. From time to time, someone was pressed underneath, and someone else rushed over and tried to reach their hands in.
Some strong men pulled the people in front aside and passed by themselves, while others were pushed to the ground and rolled to the side.
Those who grabbed the fried rice stuffed it all in their mouths, and then a hand reached out from nowhere to grab it out...
"Listen to my orders. From now on, everyone can eat at least one bowl of this mixed grain rice every day!"
Yuan Kang's voice was obviously not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone.
Some people were licking the sauce on their hands in ecstasy, while others were desperately sniffing the fragrance in the air.
"I won't lie to you." Yuan Kang said calmly.
"I said, as long as you train every day, you can eat this every day."
Can you eat it every meal every day?!
The soldiers of Huangsha City looked towards the platform in a daze...
Slowly, the first one, the second one...
"Come back! Have you forgotten what the general said?!" Someone scolded the soldier who was walking over.
The soldier turned around and said fiercely, "I'll obey whoever gives me food to eat!"
Soon, the soldiers of Huangsha City were divided into two groups.
Almost half of the soldiers in the Huangsha City military camp defected to Yuan Kang.
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