Nie Chen had other uses for the remaining 10,000 surrendered troops and arranged a very relaxing and enjoyable job for them.
Outside Nie Chen's camp, to the east of the enemy's camp, the surrender soldiers and the Huotou Army worked together to set up many pots and tables and began to make fires for cooking.
In those large pots, some were cooking porridge. The porridge contained thick corn, meat cubes cut from beef jerky, and vegetables such as radishes, sweet potatoes, etc. The aroma was fragrant and very tempting.
In some large pots, mutton is cooked, and the mutton is also filled with star anise, pepper, angelica, cardamom, bay leaves, cinnamon and other aniseed medicinal materials. The aroma of the aniseed ingredients matches the aroma of the mutton, making the taste even more attractive.
There are live sheep in Nie Chen's army. Of course, these are not to rob the people, but to compensate them from the top of the bird.
Of course, in this year, the landlords had no food left, and they could not live a life of eating meat every day. Meat would only be supplied before the war, so that the soldiers would have the strength to fight, which they did not have in normal times.
The aroma of meat porridge and mutton soon spread throughout the entire camp, and drifted to the opposite camp on the wind.
In spring, there are more easterly winds and less northerly winds. Those winds blow all the fragrance to the camp opposite.
The surrendered soldiers were cooking and shouting to the camp opposite.
"Brothers, I am from the 1st and 6th Corps. We have surrendered now. Master Nie treats us very well. We have meat and rice here, which is delicious!"
"Brothers, Lord Nie is a good man. Lord Nie does not kill prisoners or abuse prisoners. We are now members of the Feng Army. We are regular soldiers, not slaves!"
"Brothers across the way, come and smell the deliciousness of our food. Made, this lamb is from the grassland. It's so fresh!"
"Brothers, come out and surrender. Lord Nie said, if the wind people don't kill the wind people, they will be brothers when they come, and they will all have good food and meat!"
"We are all Feng people, not some bullshit Koreans. My father is Feng people, my mother is Feng people, my grandfather and the whole family are Feng people. We have been Feng people for generations. Don't do it. The traitor’s lackey!”
"Feng Ren will not kill Feng Ren, as long as Feng Ren will treat Feng Ren kindly, come and join Emperor Dafeng's tent, and let's fight against the traitors together!"
"Brothers, are you cold? Come over and drink the mutton soup to warm yourself up."
"I just drank a bowl. It's so warm. I'm sweating. It's so comfortable!"
"The people standing on the wall opposite are brother Li Hu? I'm Guan Lun. Come over here and let's eat together. Are you hungry, brother?"
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The surrendered soldiers shouted outside, and the attractive aroma soon spread throughout the Korean army camp.
The hungry Korean soldiers had no food to eat after fighting for a whole day yesterday, so they had to eat what little dry food they had with them to satisfy their hunger.
But with that little dry food, I couldn't even eat half full. Not long after I ate, I felt hungry again.
Last night, they were so hungry that many of them could not sleep. The early spring night was still very cold. With empty stomachs, they could only huddle together to keep warm.
Early this morning, Mingwu ordered some people to go to the mountains to hunt game for military rations.
But the mountain was not big. In one morning, the Korean soldiers scraped away three feet of the entire mountain, taking out everything from birds flying in the sky to rat and snake holes on the ground.
Even the squirrel holes in the trees were not left open, and the squirrels were taken out and eaten together with the pine cones that the squirrels had hoarded for the winter.
But how can this little thing satisfy the diet of more than 40,000 people?
The officials might be able to share some meat, but the soldiers couldn't even get a sip of soup.
If there wasn't a river to the south, they would have had trouble drinking water.
The soldiers smelled the aroma wafting from the east, and all ran to the wall of the village. They looked out curiously, looking at their former comrades, listening to the shouts of the surrendering soldiers outside, and smelling the alluring aroma. , moved tears flowed from the corners of his mouth.
The comrades outside were feasting, their faces were full of oil, and they were shouting loudly. They were so hungry here that their chests were pressed against their backs. Comparing the two sides, they immediately felt unbalanced.
Not long after, Mingwu rushed over and saw his own soldiers standing tightly on the wall. There were so many soldiers lying on the wall below, looking outside through the gaps, and he couldn't help but get furious.
"What are you all doing? Have the enemy troops come to attack? If not, what are you doing here?
Hurry up and go up the mountain to find something to eat! Do you all want to rebel? "
After hearing this, a soldier was dissatisfied with Qi Dao.
"Commander, we've dug all the things on the mountain, and there's really nothing left to eat."
Hearing this, Mingwu became even more angry, pointed at the soldier and said,
"Go and catch him!"
The escort immediately went over and took the soldier over.
Mingwu carried out the glorious tradition of the old Ming family, waved the riding crop in his hand, and whipped the soldier head and face.
"Mad! Go find something to eat if you don't have anything to eat! It's no use to me! If you are hungry, isn't I, the handsome man?"
What's the use of complaining? Can complaining fill your stomach? Do you want to be like those traitors outside, betraying me and the emperor?
I'll beat you to death for being a traitor. I'll beat you to death for confusing the morale of the army and spreading rumors! "
Mingwu cursed and beat the soldier, causing wounds all over his body and blood marks on his face. He kept whining for mercy and begging for his life.
When Mingwu got tired of fighting, he threw away the whip in his hand, pointed at the soldier and said,
"Hang him up and show it to the whole army. This is the fate of a traitor and this is the fate of spreading rumors!"
"yes!"
The escort immediately went over and hung the soldier up.
Mingwu stared at the soldiers and shouted angrily,
"What are you looking at me doing? Can I make you full by looking at me? Go back quickly. You can save some energy by lying down!"
The soldiers dispersed in a hurry and returned to their camps.
They were indeed full, but they were not full of food, but full of resentment.
The general yesterday walked up to Mingwu, held his hands and said,
"Commander is wise. To deal with such people who confuse the morale of the army, we should use severe punishment, kill chickens and scare monkeys, and serve as a warning to others. Only in this way can we stabilize the morale of the army."
After giving Mingwu a compliment to make him happy, the general said again,
"Commander, just continuing like this is not the way to go. Soldiers are all human beings and have to eat. Our army is in trouble now. We are dealing with special things. Why don't we kill the pack horses and military horses in the army so that the soldiers can eat as much as possible?" Eat something.
If people really starve to death, they will rebel. "
