In the ancient army, could soldiers assigned to cooks be good soldiers?
Basically, they are all people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they have never seen any big scenes.
No!
The cook soldier in front of him was lifted up by Li Guang. He immediately shivered in fear and said in panic: "Old General, how dare I deceive you? This is really the food that ordinary soldiers eat!"
However, Li Guang said angrily: "That's nonsense. Before coming to the military camp, that big farmer ordered Sang Hongyang to tell me that this time His Majesty allocated a huge amount of money and food for the Battle of Mobei. Don't talk about this moment. Even one hundred thousand cavalrymen cannot eat all the food in one year."
"That's a full 10% of the money and food taxes that I, a big man, have received in the past two years!"
"Tell me, did you guys keep this stuff for yourself?"
If the kitchen soldier hadn't been carried by Li Guang at this moment, he would have been so frightened that he would have knelt on the ground and cried out that he was wronged.
Not to mention money.
This has nothing to do with them, the kitchen soldiers.
As for food?
How could he, a kitchen soldier, swallow so much food from the ground? Can't swallow it!
What's more.
This was still in the Beida Camp. Basically, every move of the kitchen soldiers was clearly seen by the soldiers.
Want to be greedy for food?
It’s more like living impatiently.
No, the kitchen soldier with an aggrieved face could only complain at this moment: "Old General Li, I'm just a kitchen soldier. I can only cook along with whatever food is served!"
"If you don't believe it!"
"You can go to our kitchen soldiers and see what kind of moldy ingredients they are made of!"
When Li Guang saw this, he originally wanted to continue questioning.
But Huo Guang, who was on the side, saw that the cook soldiers were about to be beaten into submission by the old general, so he immediately said something and said, "Why does General Li make things difficult for the cook?"
"That's what the average soldier eats."
"If you also think there is a problem here, how about joining me to advise His Majesty?"
Advice?
As a flying general, Li Guang could kill the Huns.
He will not do the things he advises.
Because of advice.
No matter good or bad, it will make His Majesty the Emperor extremely dissatisfied and angry. If you can't help it and take out your anger on yourself, wouldn't it be a small gain but a big gain?
so.
After hearing this, Li Guang let go of the chef in his hand and glanced at Huo Guang secretly.
After this demeanor.
He silently withdrew his gaze and sighed: "It seems there must be something fishy here. I have 50,000 cavalrymen in the Nanda Camp. It's really annoying to eat these pickled foods."
The words fell.
Li Guang pushed the "pickled food" to an inconspicuous place without leaving any trace.
This gesture made it clear that he did not want to eat this bowl of food for ordinary soldiers.
But how could Huo Guang let the flying general get his wish?
He immediately stepped forward, pushed the bowl of food in front of Li Guang, coughed, and said: "Old General Li, no matter how pickled this bowl of food is, this is what the soldiers eat. Since you have always advocated that the general should fight with My soldiers share the joys and sorrows, so please eat!"
When Huo Guang said this, Li Guang felt a little embarrassed.
This type of food?
It was worse than the game he hunted in the countryside, how could he eat it?
immediately!
Air General Li Guang pushed the food away again and said with a serious face: "Sharing hardships is better than sharing joys. It is really sad that the soldiers eat such moldy food."
"I have decided."
"I must tell His Majesty personally to improve the food for our soldiers."
However.
Huo Guang couldn't listen to the old general's words.
He only focused on the food he pushed aside, placed it in front of Li Guang again, and said, "It's still warm, so eat it while it's hot, General Li. It won't taste good when it's cold."
Seeing Huo Guang being so unreasonable.
General Li suddenly changed the topic and said: "Captain Huo, as a ministerial officer, you should be considerate of your subordinates. It doesn't matter whether I eat this food or not. Can eating it change the status quo? ?”
Huo Guangjian was almost done.
Immediately he took the food away and said with a smile: "Old General Li is absolutely right. What about the troop deployment?"
A mention of troop deployment.
Old General Li immediately snorted: "No way!"
Seeing Li Guang's refusal, Huo Guang brought the food again without saying a word and said: "If we can't even share the hardships, sharing the joys is even more nonsense. So, let's ask the old general to eat this bowl of 'delicious food' first." !”
Li Guang: "."
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The two were in a stalemate for a long time, but no one compromised. Huo Guang did not get the soldiers transferred, and Li Guang did not eat the food of ordinary soldiers.
only.
Both of them have their own things to be busy with, so naturally they can't delay for too long on the issue of eating.
No!
After a stalemate for a long time, Li Guang left the camp, and Huo Guang also walked out.
As soon as Huo Guang came out.
Lin Yaoqing and Yan Xiao, who were waiting outside the camp, came over and asked, "Captain Huo, has General Li Guang agreed to mobilize troops?"
"What a promise!"
Huo Guang said angrily.
This Li Guang is like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard.
It would be foolish to hope that some troops would be mobilized from his front march.
Lin Yaoqing and Yan Xiao saw that Huo Guang was in a bad mood, so they didn't say anything. Maybe they were afraid that Huo Guang would be angry with them, right?
At this time.
After Huo Guang thought for a moment, he realized that there was little hope of deploying troops here with Li Guang, so he immediately asked: "Uncle Lin Du, are there any other generals who have asked me to sit in their camp?"
When Lin Yaoqing heard this, he nodded and said: "There are many Colonel Huo, the right general Zhao Shiqi, the rear general Cao Xiang, the rear general Cheng Bushi, and the school captain Gongsun Ao."
Lin Yaoqing didn't finish his words.
Huo Guang stretched out his hand and interrupted: "Okay, okay, just one word is enough. If you say too much, I won't bother to remember it."
"Let's go find the right general Zhao Shiqi first!"
"See what he said?"
After making their decision, the three of them walked towards the camp of Zhao Shiqi, the right general.
After entering the camp.
When he saw the face of Right General Zhao Shiqi, which was filled with the same anger as Li Guang, he immediately smiled and said: "You General, I have always respected you."
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The same set of words used by General Zhao Shiqi had completely different results than that used by Li Guang.
after all.
Huo Guang had never offended Zhao Shiqi before.
It can be said that the two of them have not even crossed paths!
certainly.
Perhaps this was because of General Wei Qing's face, which prevented Zhao Shiqi from getting into trouble with Huo Guang.
Wait until you get out of the right general's camp.
Yan Xiao and Lin Yaoqing stepped forward and asked, "Captain Huo, does General Zhao agree?"
Huo Guang nodded and said, "Yes, he said he agreed to deploy two hundred elite soldiers to me, and asked me to wait first."
When Yan Xiao heard this, he immediately stepped forward to flatter him and said, "Colonel Huo still has a way, it's amazing!"
Lin Yaoqing couldn't see Yan Xiao's villainous face and immediately said: "You are the only one who knows how to flatter and brag about it afterwards!"
Yan Xiao served Huo Guang because Huo Guang's military rank was half a rank higher than Yan Xiao's.
Lin Yaoqing is half a level below Yan Xiao.
Immediately!
Yan Xiao replied: "Why, does Uncle Lin think what I said is wrong? Or do you think there is something wrong with Captain Huo's method!"
Lin Yaoqing said immediately: "I didn't say there was anything wrong with Captain Huo's method, but I feel disgusted by your flattery!"
Seeing that he was being humiliated, Yan Xiao couldn't bear it anymore and said, "How dare you, Lin Yaoqing, this deputy captain is your superior, how dare you contradict me?"
Lin Yaoqing wanted to reply again.
At this time.
Huo Guang was disturbed by the two of them, and immediately snorted: "Shut up, everyone, what are you arguing about? How about you come to General Cheng's side?"
The two heard this.
Then they both lowered their heads.
They don't have Huo Guang's background and connections. If they dare to say those words to those general-level figures in the army, they might not want to die.
The two of them didn't speak.
Huo Guang then nodded and said: "Let's stop arguing, right? Okay, let's continue working. This time, let's go to General Cheng!"
"promise!"
Then Huo Guang came to General Cheng and started following the same pattern.
that's all.
Over time, Huo Guang angrily raised the issue of food for ordinary soldiers in front of the generals, and gradually spread among the army.
In the past, General Wei Qing was in charge of Nanda Camp, and no one dared to gossip.
It's different now.
In the absence of the general, the South Camp was controlled by figures of various general levels.
There are also differences among the generals.
This also led to the formation of factions among his soldiers.
But these are not important.
The important thing is that since the departure of General Wei Qing, various rumors have spread in the South Camp, and the main reason is because of this faction.
People!
Everyone has a tendency to gossip, men and women alike.
then.
Rumors began to circulate that Huo Guang was complaining about the soldiers' food in the army.
certainly.
Among them, Lin Yaoqing and Yan Xiao have contributed a lot.
Wait until this statement comes up.
Huo Guang attracted a lot of goodwill among the army, but unfortunately, the goodwill did not have much effect.
The generals refused to release him, and the soldiers did not dare to jump to Huo Guang privately.
to this end.
Huo Guang decided to make things a little bigger.
No!
He asked Lin Yaoqing to go to Chang'an and ask him to find the restaurant owner Bu San and bring over several carts of fresh ingredients, including a lot of meat.
Wait for the fresh ingredients to arrive.
Huo Guang ordered the kitchen soldiers to start cooking, and brought the delicious meals to the school grounds. He specially took advantage of the crowds in the school grounds to drag his 100 people up to train.
In training.
Those with excellent grades will eat meat, those with good grades will drink soup, and those with poor grades will also have fresh meals to eat.
Training is common, but food rewards are not.
Soldiers from other armies on the school grounds came over to join in the fun. Seeing Huo Guang and the hundred people eating meat and drinking soup while chatting, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
in.
Some brave soldiers asked: "Colonel Huo Guang, my arrows are accurate. Can you come and have a drink of soup?"
Huo Guang immediately smiled and said: "You're right? If you're right, you should eat meat. What kind of soup should you drink?"
The soldiers' eyes lit up immediately and asked: "Really?"
Huo Guang did not directly answer the question of whether it was true or not. Instead, he asked curiously: "Then whose subordinates are you?"
The soldiers replied: "We are marching forward!"
"March forward? The subordinates of Air Force General Li Guang, oh, that's a pity. The old general is very resolute. I proposed to improve the soldiers' food, but he didn't agree!" Huo Guang smiled and waved his hand, rejecting their request.
then.
This group of people could only watch helplessly as Huo Guang and the hundred or so people ate meat and drank soup, feeling very unhappy.
To know!
The conflict between people is the inequality of wealth.
The conflicts between soldiers are also very similar, but the treatment is different.
All the same soldiers.
I'm obviously better, why should my food be deducted? They obviously didn't train well, so why should they eat meat and drink soup?
No.
Huo Guang made a quick move.
A contradiction arises.
After the key conflict came out, the soldiers could not say that they were jealous of Captain Huo's soldiers eating meat, and they could not feel jealous.
then.
They put the breaking point of this conflict on the issue of food.
The current food is obviously not as good as what was said in the recruitment of warriors into the camp. All day long, it is just moldy soybeans and messy staple food. It is even worse than what they eat at home?
I have never seen any meat dishes.
Who can bear this!
then!
Unknowingly, there was a commotion in the Nanda camp to support Huo Guang's investigation of the military ration issue.
In a fuss.
Things took off in a big way, and there were faint signs of developing out of Huo Guang's control.
And on this day!
Wei Qing, the great general who had always been in disarray, was actually released by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che. After Wei Qing came back, the leaderless Nanda Camp suddenly had a backbone.
As for the food issue?
There is nothing that one meal of meat cannot solve. If there is, then two meals.
Wei Qing's method of dealing with the problem was very simple. If the soldiers wanted to eat meat, then give them meat. Let’s not discuss the issue of money and food for now. The important thing is that there should be no mutiny in the army.
Once mutiny.
It would kill people, and it would be a river of blood.
After calming the soldiers' emotions, the general did not investigate the issue of military ration theft.
Why is the food of ordinary soldiers moldy and rotten?
He didn't ask.
Instead, they brought explosive news, and the army set off directly towards Daijun.
at the same time.
Another Peking camp led by Champion Hou also dispatched to Dingxiang.
Both armies were dispatched at the same time.
It is clear.
This is Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, going to war against the Xiongnu in Mobei.
then!
After a delicious meal, the soldiers of Nan Daying began to set off towards Daijun.
In fact, at this moment, Huo Guang wanted to go to the Beida Camp and tell his brother not to drink the water from the streams in Mobei when he attacked the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu wizards had put cattle and sheep there that had died of the plague, and the water quality had been insulted, making it unfit to drink.
But it's a pity.
The soldiers from Beidaying went directly to Dingxiang.
The soldiers of Nan Daying were going to Daijun.
Both parties set out from Chang'an. If they went directly to their original destinations, there would be no possibility of meeting them.
Huo Guang's reminder was in vain.
And on the march.
General Wei Qing specially called Huo Guang over and criticized him for exaggerating the food conflict among ordinary soldiers: "Captain Huo, do you know that your actions may cause a mutiny in the army?"
Huo Guang immediately shook his head and said: "General, I didn't expect so much. I just don't see anyone making rumors and slanders, saying that the Wei family has withheld military rations, so the conflict is amplified."
However, Wei Qing snorted: "Is this the only reason?"
Huo Guang shook his head and said: "There is another reason. His Majesty made me a captain, but he only has a hundred cavalry under his command. I want to transfer some troops from the army, but the generals are unwilling to let them go! "
Regarding this statement.
General Wei Qing criticized again and said: "You are confused, if the generals don't release their troops to you, you can't act recklessly!"
At this moment, Huo Guang had no choice but to obey his uncle's words and did not dare to refute.
After the army had traveled for half a day, suddenly, an urgent message came from the rear.
It was an edict from Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
This forced General Wei Qing, who was criticizing Huo Guang, to stop and start to carefully read the secret report sent by Liu Che.
Wait until you finish reading.
Wei Qing's eyebrows had already knitted together. After thinking for a while, he said to Huo Guang: "Captain Huo, I order you to inform the former marching general Li Guang that the army will change its route and set off for Dingxiang!"
Heading to Dingxiang?
Hear the words.
Huo Guang frowned slightly and said: "General, isn't Dingxiang County where my brother's Beida Camp should be stationed? Why did you go there suddenly?"
(End of chapter)
