Being able to eat a mouthful of hot food while fighting outside is already a beautiful thing.
Usually when these cavalry are out, they eat some dry food prepared in advance, which is hard and unpalatable, or fried noodles soaked in sweat, which always tastes rancid.
Although the pancakes you carry are dry and hard, you can soak them in hot porridge. After soaking, eating them will not only fill you up, but also warm your stomach. It is much more comfortable than eating cold food directly.
"Captain, eat a piece of salted fish." A cavalryman took out a piece of salted fish and handed it to the cavalry captain.
The cavalry captain stretched out his hand to take the salted fish and said in greeting: "Everyone eats half of the salted fish."
For the nutrition of the army's officers and men, Tiger Character Banner has never stopped supplying meat to the army. Even small groups of soldiers and horses outside will bring some meat such as dried meat and dried salted fish that are easy to carry and store.
Tiger Character Banner has never treated its soldiers badly. Compared with soldiers in the Ming Dynasty who had not enough to eat and often owed pay, as long as they become soldiers in Tiger Character Banner, they can not only get their pay on time, but also often eat meat. .
After years of cultivation and development, the Tiger Flag has made great progress in various livestock and poultry. In addition to the fish, shrimp and eggs that are usually caught, it has been able to meet the needs of the military.
With adequate nutritional intake, only in the military can we train once a day.
The elites of the Ming army could only conduct one small training every five days and one training every ten days. It was difficult for the vast majority of the Ming army to have large-scale military training again, and in many cases it was rare to do so once every few months.
The Ming army, who didn't even have enough to eat, naturally didn't have the energy or energy to expend physical energy to participate in training.
How could a group of Ming troops that could not even maintain training be a match for the elite troops trained by Tiger Character Banner every day.
And the basis of all this is because the Tiger Character Banner has sufficient logistical conditions to provide the army with the nutrients it needs. Even the fake gold that is said to be invincible is not enough.
"Captain, someone has been sent from the camp." A cavalry patrolling outside came to the cavalry captain.
The cavalry captain who was eating swallowed the food in his mouth and looked back.
He saw a person who was not one of his subordinates standing next to him.
"I've met Captain Sun." As a messenger with a lower position in the army, he took the lead in greeting the cavalry captain.
The cavalry captain handed the rice bowl in his hand to the men on the side, wiped his hands on his pants, then stood up and said with a smile on his face: "It's been a hard journey, what are the orders in the camp?"
"The captain's order." The messenger said solemnly, "The second squadron of cavalry is ordered to stay on standby outside Ziyang City and wait for the next instruction."
The captain of the cavalry took out a pack of cigarettes, took one out and handed it to the messenger in front of him. At the same time, he asked: "To be more revealing, is the army coming to Ziyang City?"
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In addition to selling tobacco bags and pipes, Tiger Flag also started selling cigarettes wrapped in oil paper.
Because it is artificially made, the output is not large, and there is no filter.
Even so, once it was launched, it was immediately popular among smokers.
Many smokers in the military carry a few packs with them.
"I don't smoke." The messenger refused the offered cigarette and immediately said, "Captain Sun's guess is correct. The army will march to Ziyang City soon."
It was not a secret in the first place, but now that he could sell the other party a favor, he was naturally happy to tell the cavalry captain in front of him.
"Thank you, brother." The cavalry captain thanked him. He still had half a pack of cigarettes left in his hand and stuffed it into the courier's hand. "Put this half pack of cigarettes away. If you don't want to smoke, you can give it away."
The messenger did not refuse this time and put away the remaining cigarette.
Seeing this, the cavalry captain was very happy. He took the other person's arm affectionately and said to his men surrounding the fire: "Come, come, come, make room. I'm preparing a rice bowl and a spoon."
One of the cavalrymen stood up from the fire and gave way.
The messenger broke away from the cavalry captain's hand and said: "I won't eat anymore. I have to go somewhere else to deliver the order. If I don't leave, it will be completely dark."
"Let's go after eating. It won't take long. I made porridge with dried meat in it." The cavalry captain didn't want to let the other party leave like this.
The messenger sent from the big camp to deliver orders often has contact with the camp commander in the camp, and he also wants to have a relationship with him.
No matter whether it can be used in the future or not, it is always right to make good friends.
The messenger waved his hand and said: "We really have to go somewhere else. We can't delay any longer. Next time I have a chance, I will definitely have dinner with Captain Sun."
When the cavalry captain saw that the other party was not trying to shirk the blame, but that he really had something to leave, he stopped trying to persuade him and sent the person out of the village himself.
"Hey, hey, hey, you guys, leave some for me." The cavalry captain who had just returned saw that the porridge in the pot had reached the bottom. He hurriedly squeezed over, picked up a spoon and scooped it all into his own rice bowl.
The remaining food in the rice bowl was already a little cold, but now with the hot porridge just out of the pot, it tasted just right.
"Captain, the army will arrive at Ziyang City tomorrow. Do you think Shizheng and the others will continue to send troops eastward after taking Ziyang City?" the cavalryman who came up asked curiously.
The cavalry captain who heard this said while chewing food: "After taking Ziyang City, we will definitely continue to the east. Our Tiger Character Banner will take down the entire Shandong this time just like we did with Henan."
He was a frontier soldier from Ningxia. Not long after he joined the Tiger Banner, he happened to catch up with the battle in Henan and was promoted to captain of the cavalry.
Most of the cavalry under his command were from Shanxi and Shaanxi. Only a small number of cavalry were from Henan, and they all participated in the First World War in Henan.
"Further east is Qufu. I heard that Saint Kong is there." The cavalryman said.
Even many non-students have heard of Kong's name, and Qufu, where the sage Confucius lived, is a holy place in the minds of scholars.
Of course, this holy place is only in name or in words. More scholars are from the imperial court, and their goal is to become officials, so the imperial court can allow them to become officials.
Of course, scholars like to flaunt themselves, so they will never admit that the imperial court is the holy place in their minds.
"So what!" the cavalry captain took another big mouthful of porridge and swallowed, "Sage Kong has been dead for many years. Those who are left in Qufu are all descendants of Saint Kong, so they cannot be considered saints."
"That's also a saint family." said the cavalryman on the side.
The cavalry captain glanced at him and said: "That's bullshit saint family. This Kong family is just a big squire landlord. The Kong family is just like the landlords you have seen in ordinary times. If Saint Kong knew that his descendants were like this Such a great virtue, maybe even the coffin boards of anger will not be able to hold it down."
"No way, that's the Saint family!" A cavalryman said hesitantly.
