"Chen Junhou, I am Song Xin, and I would like to order some mao."
Chen Tao raised his eyelids again at this time, but did not speak. At the same time, he cut a piece of mutton with the knife in his hand and put it in his mouth. After chewing it and swallowing it, he said lazily: "Are you the team leader who was arranged?"
Song Xin nodded and said, "Exactly."
Chen Junhou picked up another sheep bone, took a sip of the bone marrow, and then said angrily: "Why did you arrive just now? You missed today's order. Do you know that if you don't order the order, it will violate military discipline?"
Song Xin hurriedly explained: "I'm waiting for orders, so I couldn't arrive early."
Chen Tao looked Song Xin up and down. He seemed to be quite tall and strong, but young. He threw away the sheep bone in his hand and winked at the short fat man next to him. The man understood and said contemptuously: " Sir, I ask you, what achievements have you made? What are your abilities?"
Song Xin straightened up and said, neither humble nor arrogant, "I fought on the front line in Jingzhou and made some minor achievements."
Before the short fat man could say anything, Chen Junhou stabbed the knife on the table and muttered: "Huh, you have made a small contribution? What is your background? What is your position?"
"I'm from Yanzhou, and I used to serve as Mr. Chong's attendant."
A hint of cunning flashed in Chen Junhou's eyes, "Looking at your thin skin and tender flesh, you don't look like someone who went to the battlefield to kill the enemy. But come here, you will get nothing if you want to go around in vain, and you can't kill the enemy." First level, please don’t come back to see me.”
Song Xin was slightly startled, this guy was really rude. It was immediately clear that the guy in front of him regarded himself as a descendant of a noble family with mixed seniority.
At this time, the children of the noble clan would join the army to obtain qualifications for their future future. If they could cut off one or two heads, they would be able to become officials in the future. But in most cases, the private soldiers under his command were to behead the enemy soldiers and send them to the master to ask for credit. This was what Wei Qi had planned on the way to Jingzhou.
Chen Tao seemed to feel that Song Xin had disturbed his interest, so he waved to him impatiently, and the short fat man immediately said: "Okay, okay, Sir, I'm tired. You can go to the military quarters to get weapons, food and rice."
Song Xin didn't want to waste time talking to this person, so he bowed and turned around and walked out.
After seeing him go out, Chen Tao muttered, "What on earth did the higher-ups think that they would arrange such a burden for me?"
At this time, the short fat man said: "Sir, this Song Xin is not the Song Xin that Young Master Chen mentioned, right?"
"Huh?" Chen Tao was startled and frowned, "Go and call Chen Kang. Then go tell the quartermaster and give that boy a few pieces of bad armor to throw away."
Not long after the words were spoken, Song Xin came to the quartermaster's office and explained his purpose. The man looked Song Xin up and down, and saw that except for Zhang Hu and Zhou Zhong, no one behind him was wearing armor. So I gave them some pieces of leather armor, and as for weapons, I gave them some broken knives. Some of the knives had so many gaps that they could be used as saws. Song Xin took a look and saw that there were more than fifty people on his side. Naturally, these few pieces of armor were not enough.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Hu became angry instantly: "Hey, we are here to fight. Just don't give us clothes and armor, don't you even give us decent weapons?"
But the quartermaster cursed angrily: "Come on, hurry up, no, no. There are so many people in the army, how can everyone wear armor? If you have the ability, just go to the battlefield and peel off the enemy's armor. Why is this knife bad? Otherwise, you Let me chop you and see if you die!?"
"How dare you say that again!" Zhang Hu was furious and clenched his fists tightly.
"What? You are just private soldiers recruited from the local area. You don't have any armor or weapons yourself, and you still want to come to me to ask for them? Let me tell you, if you dare to mess around, I won't give you these armors and weapons. When the time comes, you will just Get your ass on the battlefield!"
Zhang Hu had been in the army for a long time and knew all about the conflicts and intrigues in the army, but he was also angered by this guy. After holding back his anger, Song Xin wanted to beat the quartermaster to relieve his anger, but Song Xin quickly stopped him and said, "Brother Zhang, please calm down and be careful not to violate military discipline."
He turned around and looked at the quartermaster, "You just said, we're going to strip the enemy's armor ourselves? If we get it, it's ours, and we don't have to hand it over, right?"
The quartermaster sneered, "Yes, it's yours if you peel it off."
"That's good."
The quartermaster folded his arms and snorted, "You're not stupid, just take your stuff and get out."
Zhang Hu snorted and followed Song Xin back to the camp angrily.
As soon as Zhang Hu entered the camp, he said angrily: "Sir, this Chen Tao has made it clear that he is causing trouble for you. He must have arranged that quartermaster! There is no reason for people to fight without weapons."
Song Yu and the ghost soldiers on the side also nodded.
Song Xin smiled and picked up a piece of armor on the ground. He saw that the cowhide on it had been turned up, the rivets were rusty, and the shoulder straps were worn to the point of breaking. Wearing this kind of clothes into battle would probably kill someone even if they weren't beaten to death. It will make the enemy laugh to death.
"Brother Zhang, these clothes and armor are in shabby condition. Wearing them into battle is asking for death. Don't worry, I will give you clothes and armor before tomorrow."
"What?" Zhang Hu was stunned, "Sir, why do you have clothes and armor?"
Zhou Zhong also lowered his voice and said, "Sir, you didn't hide your armor secretly, did you? This is a capital crime."
Song Xin smiled and said, "You don't have to worry."
Zhou Zhong thought he was trying to comfort him, so he didn't ask about the armor anymore, "Sir, this time may be different in Jingzhou. I heard that most of Chen Lanleixu's men are thieves, and they are all very fierce. I'm worried about your men. These brothers..." He glanced at Song Yu as he spoke. .
In fact, it's not to blame for his suspicion. Song Yusheng was so handsome that he didn't look like a master who could go to the battlefield and kill people.
Song Xin smiled and said, "My servants all have special skills, so you don't have to worry about them. By the way, you just said that most of Chen Lan's men are prostitutes?"
At this time, the Di people were one of the five barbarians in the north. Song Xin thought that they should all be nomadic in the northern grasslands.
Zhang Hu said: "Young master, I don't know. There are many Hu people in our Han army now. In addition, there were also many Hu people who moved inland in the past few decades. There are also many Wuhuan and Xianbei people under General Zhang Wenyuan's account." Soldier."
Zhou Zhong nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, it's just that the young master has been following Mr. Wei and has never seen him. Moreover, those aristocratic families often encounter corvees sent by the imperial court. Their sons and nephews cherish their lives. In addition, the farmers are gone and they are afraid that the fields will be deserted. They spent money to find some barbarians who had been living in the Han region to serve as corvees for them. These guys were just trying to earn a living, and they were not afraid of hard work in eating food with the army. Over time, there were many barbarians in the army."
Zhang Hu said: "Yes, General Zhang also has many Xianbei soldiers."
Only then did Song Xin suddenly realize. This was the early stage of great ethnic integration, and it became more and more common for Hu and Han people to live together. While the mainland replenished the population, it also brought about a series of problems for later generations.
While Song Xin and others were discussing, a young man dressed as a team leader walked into Chen Tao's tent.
"Uncle, did you call me?"
Chen Tao looked at the young man in front of him, his eyes no longer showed the indifference he had when he treated Song Xin, but a look of kindness, "Chen Kang, I came to you to inquire about someone."
If Song Xin were here, he would definitely recognize this person as Tian Qing'er's husband Chen Kang. At that time, Tian Qing'er was driven out of the house in anger. As a result, the old grandmother of the Chen family became furious. Chen Kang did not dare to go back, so he simply followed his clan. My uncle is hiding in the army. It happened that they were going on an expedition, and Chen Kang followed the army out of nowhere.
"Brother-in-law, just ask."
"Today, General Zhang arranged for a team leader named Song Xin. Is he the Cao Chong attendant Song Xin you mentioned before?"
When Chen Kang heard this name, he gritted his teeth and said, "How could it not be him? He caused my great-aunt to die of illness, Wei Qian to die, my uncle to drive me out of the house, and my uncle to lose a house and a horse farm. "
Chen Tao's eyebrows narrowed, "It's really him. Humph, this is really a narrow road for enemies to meet. It takes no effort at all to get here."
Chen Kang gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, don't underestimate him. This guy has some skills. Not only is his medical skills great, he is also very skilled."
Chen Tao snorted coldly, "Good martial arts and good medical skills? So what, all this will be meaningless when he becomes a dead man on the battlefield."
"Uncle, what are your plans?"
Chen Tao sneered, "On this battlefield, there are plenty of opportunities for him to die inexplicably.
. I have already ordered the quartermaster to give him some pieces of shabby armor. When he goes to the battlefield, that layer of shabby armor will not be used at all, and he will definitely be shot to death by random arrows. "
Chen Kang gave a thumbs up, "My uncle still has a way."
"Don't show your face for the time being, don't let that kid find you." Chen Tao gave the final warning, and just as he was about to send Chen Kang away, Chen Kang walked to the tent door and turned around with a smile, "Uncle, I'm I brought a few girls with me this time, and tonight I’ll send two over to help my uncle with his legs.”
Before Chen Tao could say anything, a woman with tears on her face walked in from outside the tent.
