Tao Feng was enjoying the company of another beauty when suddenly someone outside shouted, "It's terrible! Refugees have stormed in!"
Tao Feng was startled and immediately sat up, shouting, "Who is making a commotion in the military camp?"
The guard outside immediately replied, "General, we don't know either. We're sending people to find out."
Tao Feng got up, put on his clothes, and, having drunk quite a bit, staggered out of the tent, only to find that a fire had already started inside the camp.
"Are they really refugees?"
Just then, a soldier came running up, panting: "General, something terrible has happened! Not only are the refugees causing trouble, but some soldiers have also mutinied."
"What mutiny? Kill them!"
Tao Feng was a little tipsy, and the breeze outside the tent made him even more intoxicated, but he still knew that the first thing to do when a mutiny was to quell it.
He tried to pick up the gun, but the heavy iron spear made him stumble.
Tao Feng leaned on his iron spear, wobbling unsteadily. When the guards tried to help him up, he pushed them aside.
"I don't need your help, I'm going to kill the mutinyers."
He said he was going to kill the mutinous men, but the alcohol made it impossible for him to pick up a gun and mount a horse.
Several guards immediately helped him sit down.
"General, why trouble yourself to quell the rebellion? Commandant Zhao has already led his men there."
Captain Cui Pingwei ran over, wearing only a helmet that was askew.
"Oh? Not bad."
Tao Feng felt a wave of nausea in her chest and vomited.
He waved his hand, clearly feeling extremely dizzy.
Upon seeing this situation, Cui Pingwei realized that the general could not personally take command, so he followed the guards and was helped into the tent.
The beauty in the tent was already dressed. As soon as Tao Feng entered, she immediately helped Tao Feng lie down on the bed.
"Take good care of the general. If you don't, you might lose your head."
These guards were very strict with the beauties; they were the general's playthings, and the general would even give them to the general to play with when he had had his fill.
The beauty nodded hastily.
Cui Pingwei left the tent, patting his chest. He had led several hundred men to the general's place before he felt safe.
That's fucking terrifying.
In his battalion, more than 3,000 soldiers mutinied.
Fortunately, he ran fast; otherwise, how could he have survived?
Multiple fires have broken out in the camp, and the granaries have been looted.
At this time, Zhao Peng was leading his soldiers to quell the rebellion.
He shouted, "Put down your weapons and surrender, or you will be spared!"
The mutinous soldiers naturally didn't believe it; if they were going to mutiny, they certainly wouldn't surrender.
"Soldiers, they are all eating and drinking well, but we are struggling to get enough to eat. Once we seize the grain, we will have something to eat."
There were leaders among the mutinous soldiers.
"They looted the grain."
The mutinous soldiers numbered in the thousands.
This was just a mutiny among the soldiers, and also among the logistics personnel who followed them.
The logistics personnel included both soldiers and civilians.
One combat soldier requires a ratio of three to five support personnel.
Zhao Peng had already learned the reason for the mutiny from his own people.
Some soldiers are going hungry.
Several captains embezzled the rations of soldiers from other regions, giving them only one meal a day, and even that wasn't enough.
If displaced people dare to rebel, it must be because a mutiny has first occurred within the army, and then the displaced people take the opportunity to start a rebellion.
"Let's quell the rebellion first, and we'll deal with the rest later."
This time, they deployed a total of 50,000 troops, and with logistics support, the total number reached 170,000 to 180,000.
Even when setting up camp, people don't all crowd together.
In General Tao Feng's central command tent, there were a total of 20,000 soldiers, followed by 10,000 logistics personnel.
Several thousand soldiers mutinied, and with the logistical chaos and the influx of refugees, the total number of people involved exceeded 20,000.
Strangely, apart from Zhao Peng, the other three captains did not come out.
The urgent military intelligence has already been sent out.
Both the vanguard and the rearguard will send troops to suppress the rebellion.
Zhao Peng had accurately assessed the situation, knowing that these mutinous soldiers, refugees, and some logistics personnel would not be able to do anything to Tao Feng.
That's why they chose to quell the rebellion.
Most of the soldiers Zhao Peng led were from Bian'ai County.
They all possess considerable combat capabilities.
Zhao Peng chose to approach General Tao Feng's side, set up a battle formation, and gathered the soldiers from other battalions who had not participated in the rebellion.
And General Tao Feng's guards, numbering over a thousand, were on high alert.
As soon as the soldiers set up their shield formation, arrows flew from their bows and immediately repelled the first wave of rebels who were attacking.
Upon seeing this, the mutinous soldiers knew that it would be difficult to kill General Tao Feng.
Their mutiny was motivated by a desire to seize grain.
Of course, they didn't want to seriously consider the motives of their leaders.
These leaders were all lower-ranking officers, originally centurions, who were promoted to chiliarchs during the battle due to the increase in personnel.
They often led thousands of people in rebellion.
This time, it was a group of centurions and two military commanders who led a rebellion.
Zhao Peng stood at the front of the battle, sword in hand.
Seeing that some of the mutinous soldiers were backing down, these people became anxious.
They were planning to kill Tao Feng.
If Tao Feng doesn't die, they will have difficulty explaining themselves to their master.
A centurion spurred his horse forward and charged straight at Zhao Peng.
Zhao Peng was naturally not afraid.
After exchanging blows for more than ten rounds, Zhao Peng swept his longsword forcefully, instantly severing the spear in the centurion's hand.
Upon seeing this, the centurion was so frightened that he turned his horse and fled.
Zhao Peng spurred his horse to give chase, moving at great speed. With a swift stroke of his blade, he cut the centurion down from his horse.
Upon seeing this, the mutinous soldiers, who were already inclined to retreat, mostly fled like a receding tide.
The remaining centurions and military commanders, seeing that things were not going well, immediately led their close subordinates and retreated hastily.
Zhao Peng then pursued the victorious enemy.
More than 20,000 mutinous soldiers and refugees were chased around by Zhao Peng.
In the end, several thousand people were killed or captured.
The rest ran off in all directions.
Zhao Peng sensed something was wrong. Why hadn't the vanguard and rearguard arrived to provide support for so long?
Just then, one of Zhao Peng's guards approached him and said, "Captain, there have been mutinies in both the vanguard and the rearguard."
Zhao Peng had already sensed that something was wrong.
The vast majority of the rear guard consisted of grain transport troops, and the majority of logistics personnel were stationed within the rear guard.
The oppressed people may rebel.
The vanguard included some of Tao Feng's direct troops and some miscellaneous troops from other places, and there was a possibility of oppression and rebellion.
However, apart from him, the central army consisted of Tao Feng's loyal and close troops. Logically speaking, apart from a few bullying others, there shouldn't be a possibility of many people rebelling.
Are several captains now openly refusing to feed the central army?
How is that possible?
Unless, someone in the military is causing trouble!
Launching an operation tonight is far too early. Judging from the chaos of the mutiny, it's clear that they weren't fully prepared before things went awry.
Another guard came to Zhao Peng's side and whispered to him, "The commander's messenger has arrived."
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