As a group of thieves, there is no exact number of soldiers under his command. According to him, he brought 3,000 soldiers to Luoyang, Xijing. In fact, according to the observations of Jie Linong and others, there were only more than 1,000 people at most, and it would definitely not reach 2,000.

Most of the thieves gathered in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo, had this characteristic. The soldiers and horses under their hands were all twelve, but they didn't have a certain number. They only had two or three thousand people in their hands, so they dared to say that they had tens of thousands of soldiers or even hundreds of thousands. Anyway, the court did not send their food and salary, so they let them whisper. Just like Ding Jin, he also boasted that he had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was inspecting the Kaifeng Prefecture. In fact, there were so many? Thousands of people were amazing.

This incident made Wang Xiaolie feel confused and a little helpless.

Based on his knowledge in his previous life, Zong Ze guarded Kaifeng Prefecture and worked hard to help him with millions of rebels under his subordinates, and his morale was like a rainbow. If Song Gaozong Zhao Gou had not been greedy for life and feared death and did not dare to return to defend Kaifeng, the war against the Jin army would never have been as passive as in history. When he came to this era, he should have gone to Kaifeng Prefecture to assist Zong Ze in defending Kaifeng. As long as millions of rebels are reorganized, what is the Jin army's concern!

But reality tells Wang Xiaoli that this is not the case.

The millions of rebels were based on the number of reports reported by the thieves gathered by Zong Ze. There were so many people, where did Kaifeng Prefecture get the food and grass to raise them? I am afraid no one can tell how many people there are. Even the leader of the rebels himself doesn't know how many war soldiers these people are? They can't explain clearly. But according to Wang Xiaoli's estimate, even if they are all reorganized, it is already amazing to have 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers to fight.

The Jin army invaded the south, attacked Jingdong Road in the east, Shaanxi Road in the west, and Jingxi Road in the middle, which obviously emptyed Kaifeng Prefecture in the middle. What Zong Ze faced was not the main force of the Jin army. Zhengzhou and Huazhou that had been fighting were just the partial divisions of the Jin army. How many people were there? According to the habit of the Jin army's invasion, more than 5,000 people were the well-deserved main force. The Jin army faced by Kaifeng Prefecture was probably only a scale of two or three thousand. These two or three thousand people were in a stalemate fight with Zong Ze, and Zhengzhou and Huazhou were both gains and losses.

The millions of rebels in the capital are just sayings and should not be true.

According to historical memory, you should go to Kaifeng Prefecture. But in reality, guarding Kaifeng Prefecture is not very useful. At least people like Wang Xiaoli are not very useful. What is useful is that Zhao Gou goes to Kaifeng Prefecture. He really made up his mind to fight the Jin army with the power of a country. If others go, Kaifeng Prefecture will definitely not be able to be defended, and it does not make much sense.

In fact, the Jin army invaded the south at this time and had no intention of occupying land. The Jin army went south mainly to loot wealth and population. Of course, there was another purpose, which was to capture the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. However, the Jin army did not know where Zhao Gou was and did not deploy it.

Kaifeng Prefecture has been stolen, the city is broken, and there is no oil in the eyes of the Jin army. The three routes invaded the south, and they just avoided Kaifeng Prefecture. To be precise, this time it was not because Zong Ze was able to defend Kaifeng, but because the Jin army did not regard it as its target at all.

The gap between historical knowledge and reality made Wang Xiaoli a little at a loss.

After descending the hill, there was a small village. Ding Jin's troops camped around the village, which seemed a little messy.

Wang Xiaoli entered the village, but no guards came up to ask, allowing them to walk to the village. When he arrived in the village, Wang Xiaoli felt that it was inappropriate and said to Shao Ling: "We have never been here, and we don't know where Ding Duxun lives. Please find a soldier and ask, don't find the wrong place."

Shao Ling said no. Seeing that several soldiers were basking in the sun under the tree on the roadside, he stepped forward and sang no. They asked them where Ding Jin lived. The few people looked up at Wang Xiaoli and Cao Zhiyan, and raised their hands to point to the courtyard in the middle of the village.

The three of them followed the dirt road in the village and arrived at the courtyard in the middle of the village. They saw guards guarding in front of the door. Wang Xiaolie stepped forward and sang a promise. He said, "When the rebel leader Wang Xiaolie went down the mountain to see Ding Du Xun. The Du Xun ordered him, please inform me."

A guard entered the courtyard. Soon after, he came out and crossed his hands and said, "The emperor and the generals discuss matters, please go in."

The three of them entered the yard. There were a main room in the middle, and there were a few men sitting inside, clamoring and making noises. After entering, Wang Xiaoliu crossed his hands and said, "When the rebel leader Wang Xiaoliu went down the mountain, he got the command of the Duzhang to come and discuss matters."

A man in the middle had a sturdy figure and a dark face. After hearing this, he looked up at Wang Xiaoliu and said aloud: "The little sergeant has been sleeping for many days and has never been able to meet. When he woke up today, he didn't expect to be such a good man!"

Wang Xiaolei grew up, but she was slender and couldn't tell when she was lying down. Only when she stood up could she tell that she was not thin. These days, Ding Jin and others have never looked down on Wang Xiaolei, so when they met today, they praised him as a hero.

At the last seat, Cao Zhiyan and Shao Ling stood behind him. Ding Jin introduced the leaders present. In addition to Yu Huan, there were also Ma Xi, Peng Tan and Shi Jian, most of whom were Ding Jin's partners when he started the army.

He ordered the soldiers to pour wine for Wang Xiaohun, and Ding Jin said, "Good luck today. The men found a cow and slaughtered it for a meal. Many days, no mutton came to their mouths, and a bird faded out! The little housekeeper came just right."

Wang Xiaoli hurriedly bowed and thanked him.

The most common meat at this time is mutton, followed by pork, chicken, etc. Unlike later generations, wild game is generally not very popular because of its small meat and a light taste. In addition, rare things are precious, and wild game is not difficult to cook at this time, so of course it is not valued. Unless it is a particularly rare and good taste, it is a valuable thing.

Of course, there is also beef. However, it is sold to poor families without money, and people with a little status do not eat it.

In Wang Xiaoli's memory, there are many stories about the people of the Song Dynasty who like to eat mutton the most. Only when he really came to this era did he realize that it was not the case. For example, the Song people are expensive to eat mutton and pork, and regard pork as cheap meat. Later generations found many reasons, such as not raising pigs, and the meat tastes fishy and smells fishy. Or pigs are raised in pens and are not clean compared to sheep, so people with identities do not eat it. In fact, it is just a statement compiled based on the situation of later generations. This era does not exist. Of course, pigs are bad, and meat is not cheaper than mutton, and different places. In some places, mutton is more expensive than pork, and in some places, there are places where pork is more expensive than mutton. For example, in Kaifeng Prefecture, after the Jin soldiers plundered, the prices are high, and mutton is 8,000 yuan per pound, and pork costs 6,000 yuan, which is not much different. At this time, logistics is inconvenient, and the price difference between mutton and pork depends on the supply and demand situation in various places.

It is not just pork and mutton, but the legend of beef is even more outrageous. China in the agricultural society prohibits slaughtering oxen. Later generations misrepresented that the ancients did not eat beef, so many explanations came out. For example, in the novel "Water Margin", when heroes often get a few kilograms of beef when they arrive in the store. Some smart literati have developed this way, saying that the government is not allowed to eat beef, and the book writes this way to illustrate the heroes' rebellious spirit. When I heard it in my previous life, Wang Xiaolio thought this statement was very reasonable, and people read deeply. Only when it was truly time for this era, I realized that it was completely fabricated out of thin air.

China only prohibits slaughtering oxen, but does not prohibit eating beef. If the beef is not slaughtered, will it not die? It is nothing more than beef eaten, and it is a diseased beef that has a bad taste. At this time, the general beef is limited by the government, at 20 cents per pound. And mutton and pork are usually 100 cents per pound, or even more, and the beef is much cheaper. The heroes sat down in the hotel and asked for a few pounds of beef, just because they were poor. Beef is the cheapest meat in this era, and the taste is not good, so rich people don’t eat it.

The government's price limit of 20 pounds is targeted at sick cows. In other words, the slaughtered cows must be sold at this price, and it is sold by officials and in line with the policy of forbidden slaughtering oxen. Therefore, the people slaughtered oxen for 100 pounds, making a lot of profits.

The main reason for so many stories is that there are not many records of prices and incomplete information in the Song Dynasty and before. Moreover, due to inconvenient transportation, prices vary greatly from place to place. In addition, some literati like to make up stories, which makes them seem so profound.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with a detailed statistical yearbook, the prices of pork, beef and mutton were clearly seen. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the cheapest meat was beef, followed by mutton, and pork was the most expensive. With the development of agriculture and the acceleration of industrialization, the price of pork that is relatively more suitable for industrial breeding decreased. Later, there were vegetable beefs that specialize in meat, and the price of beef increased, which was basically the same as mutton. By around 1978, due to the development of agriculture, the new pig breeds were bred, and the price of beef gradually exceeded the price of pork.

In later generations, pork prices were much lower than beef and mutton. In industrial society, pork was more suitable for industrial feeding. In fact, in many other countries, beef and mutton were still cheaper. In the society before the founding of New China, pork was not much cheaper than beef and mutton. It was just that the regions were very different, and the situations were different in different places. When slaughtering oxen and there were no vegetable beef that specializes in meat, beef must be the cheapest.

As Ding Jin, today is freshly slaughtered beef, the price is the same as that of mutton. When the Jin soldiers robbed and the West Jing Road was almost white, it was indeed a blessing for Wang Xiaoli to have a full meal of beef.

After drinking a big sip of wine with everyone, I felt that the smell of wine was light. Wang Xiaoli slowly sucked the smell of wine and watched the people judging the situation.

Putting down the wine bowl, Ding Jin said loudly: "A few days ago, Taiwei Zhai attacked the Jin camp, and the news leaked and lost. He posted a message that he would take us to fight the Jin army again in the past two days, so we could not do it. He just arrived in Yong'an County today. I don't know what the war in Luoyang City is like."
Chapter completed!