At dusk, the entire Shunjin City is bathed in the setting sun.
In the military camp in the city, it was dinner time.
The officers and soldiers of each battalion lined up in a long line to receive dinner one after another.
Tonight's dinner is very simple, with two steamed buns per person and a bowl of vegetable soup. However, the steamed buns are too small and can be swallowed in one bite, which makes many soldiers feel quite unhappy.
A stout soldier swallowed the steamed bun in a few mouthfuls, and drank the vegetable soup with two vegetable leaves floating in it. His stomach was not yet half full. He looked around at his other companions and saw that their faces were not very good-looking.
A few soldiers sitting on the ground glanced at each other before asking: "Why are these steamed buns getting smaller and smaller? Are you full?"
"One bite will make you full." Others were also full of complaints.
"I heard that Long Rui's army is about to attack." One person said softly: "If we are surrounded by Long Rui's army, food from outside will not be able to come in, so just in case, we have to reduce our rations."
The stout soldier turned his head and looked not far away, and sneered: "Reduce the rations? Look over there? Why are their steamed buns so big? One is worth three of us. If we want to reduce the rations, why only reduce ours?"
"Those are General Qian Lang's men, direct descendants of the general." One person whispered: "Can we compete with them? If we fight hard, we are in the front, eating meat and drinking wine, we have to be behind them, otherwise
Why do they claim to be direct descendants of the general?"
The man's tone was sinister, and he was obviously unhappy.
"Let's go there together." The stout soldier said: "Why should we charge ahead during the war? Come on, let's go over and ask why the food can't be treated equally."
Everyone else looked at each other.
"Lao Qi, forget it, just be patient." One person advised: "Don't cause trouble. In the past two days, those Sun Tzu gang have been talking behind our backs, saying that we are all defeated soldiers and have been prisoners, so we don't deserve to eat food.
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"Yesterday Liang Huzi was also unconvinced. When he went over to ask, he was mocked and said that we should stay with Long Ruijun and eat in prison." A person next to him also said with a bad face: "They also said that the Liaodong Army has never been
We are all invincible, but we actually fell into the hands of a bunch of bandits, how dare we come back."
The stout soldier Lao Qi's temper was obviously very irritable. He wiped the bowl with his lapel and strode over there without waiting in line. He said to the soldier who was handing out food: "Give me two steamed buns."
The soldier took one look and said, "Go in line behind you."
"It's not his turn to queue up." Among the soldiers who were queuing up, someone immediately said: "He came from the captured soldiers."
As soon as these words came out, the other soldiers all looked at Lao Qi.
Lao Qi was quite a man, and he said directly to the soldiers who were handing out meals: "Why are the steamed buns here so much bigger than ours? Also, there is something in your soup, but we only have a few leaves. What do you mean?"
"Why, you are not convinced?" The soldier held a big spoon in his hand, "If you return in triumph, you will be served with big fish and meat every day. After losing the battle, becoming a prisoner, and running back in embarrassment, it will be considered good if you have a bite to eat.
You're still picky." He waved the big spoon and said, "Get out of here!"
Lao Qi was furious and cursed: "I'm working hard in the front, but you guys are sitting back and being turtles. Now you're eating better than me. What's the point?"
"Desperately?" The soldiers laughed loudly: "I didn't see a single stab wound on your body. How did you fight so hard?"
"I heard that when they saw Long Ruijun appear, they were immediately frightened and didn't even dare to draw their swords."
"Long Ruijun was all a grass bandit. I heard that many of them were farmers who couldn't even hold a knife." Someone added fuel to the fire and mocked: "When they saw those farmers, they surrendered directly. This is a disgrace to the adults."
.The reputation of our Liaodong Army has been ruined by these people."
Someone immediately said: "What the hell are they called the Liaodong Army? Those who surrender without fighting are not worthy of calling themselves the Liaodong Army, and we don't even bother to be with them."
For a while, there was a constant stream of curses, and Lao Qi's face was extremely ugly. When he saw someone cursing fiercely, he was furious and shouted: "You bastard, how dare you curse again? No matter whether I win or lose, I'm better off than you guys."
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"Mom, who are you scolding?"
"Just scold you grandsons." Lao Qi said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the man rushed forward and punched Lao Qi right in the face.
Lao Qi's skills were not bad. He avoided the punch with his head on one side and raised his hand to hook the opponent's neck. He thrust his right knee forward and hit the man's abdomen. The man let out an ouch.
, Lao Qi then punched the man in the face again, knocking him to the ground.
At this moment, there was a "choking" sound, but someone snatched out from the side and slammed the porcelain bowl in his hand on Lao Qi's head. The porcelain bowl fell into pieces, but Lao Qi was also hit dizzy.
, blood came out of his head.
Lao Qi was looking for trouble here, and many of his comrades in the camp had been watching. When they saw him taking action, several people immediately rushed over. However, others saw that the one who rushed over first was the captain Cui Bo.
Many soldiers no longer hesitated, and at one time hundreds of people rushed over.
When the soldiers on the other side saw this, they thought Cui Bo was bringing people over to attack, and he was also saying hello to his companions.
For a time, countless soldiers in the barracks rushed towards the scene of the incident.
Before Huangfu Yunzhao led his troops into the city, there was only one barracks in the city, which was located in the west of the city. It was the station of Shunjin's two thousand soldiers and horses. After Huangfu Yunzhao led his troops into the city, there were so many soldiers and horses that the barracks in the west of the city could not bear too much.
Soldiers and horses were stationed in the city, so Huangfu Yunzhao specially found an open space in the north of the city, even moved some of the houses, and set up a barracks in the north of the city. The Liaodong Army also stationed two barracks.
Song Shixin led 5,000 elite troops out of the city. Almost all the barracks in the north of the city were transferred away, leaving only a thousand troops of General Qian Lang. When Han Ying returned with more than 2,000 people, some were arranged in the barracks in the west of the city, but most of them were
It was arranged at the barracks in the north of the city.
Except for a small number of soldiers assigned to guard the city, there are currently five or six hundred men under General Qian Lang in the barracks. On the contrary, there are two thousand defeated soldiers returning from the front line. In terms of numbers, General Qian Lang's men are naturally at a disadvantage.
, soldiers from both sides gathered at the place where the incident occurred. Before long, Qian Lang's 400 to 500 men were surrounded by thousands of defeated soldiers coming from all directions.
Lao Qi was hit on the head, bleeding profusely, dizzy, unable to hold up, and had already sat down on the ground.
Cui Bo rushed to the nearby area with his men. First, he asked people to quickly deal with the wound on Lao Qi's head. Then he glanced at the opponent's soldiers and asked in a cold voice: "Who succeeded? Stand up for me?"
"He was the one who made the first move." A person from the opponent's formation stepped forward and said, "We are here for self-defense."
"Do you really think that my brothers and I are blind when you give your mother's shit?" Cui Bo said angrily: "It's obviously your people who made the first move, and you bully the few with the majority, why are you so shameless?"
Lao Qi sat on the ground and said loudly: "Master Xiaowei, they attacked from behind, how shameless."
"Then you're looking for a beating on your own." Someone said: "We were lining up to receive the meal, and he came over to make trouble, and called us... called us cowards. Shouldn't we be beaten?"
Lao Qi said angrily: "You are eating steamed buns one for a head - there are three of us. I came here to ask what happened? Not only did you not talk nicely, but you also said... You also said that we are prisoners and should be jailed."
I’m not worthy of military rations, is that what you said?”
Cui Bo and his large group of officers and soldiers had indeed been captured by Long Rui's army. The most taboo word was the word "captive". Hearing the other party's insults, they immediately became angry and had a bad temper.
He had already pointed at the opposing soldier and cursed: "Which Sun Tzu is the one who scolded me? You have the guts to stand up."
"I'm going to the battle to kill the enemy, but you cowards are hiding behind and eating white steamed buns, and you dare to scold us. I'm going to tear his mouth to pieces."
Suddenly I heard someone shouting loudly: "Who is causing trouble? Are you going to rebel?" Several people quickly squeezed in from the crowd, and the first one was none other than General Qian Lang, wearing armor and a sword on his waist, with an ashen complexion.
When he saw Cui Bo, he became even more angry and shouted: "Cui Bo, are you going to take the lead in the rebellion?"
Cui Bo saw Qian Lang coming over. Although he hated this person in his heart, he was a general after all, and he must have a higher status than a captain. He could only hand over his hand and said: "General Qian Lang, he is a brother.
There was a dispute, so I came to mediate."
"What's going on?" General Qian Lang looked at his subordinates and asked.
The subordinates explained the situation, but they would inevitably say that Lao Qi came to stir up trouble and made rude remarks, and they couldn't bear it anymore, so they took action.
"That's not what happened." Lao Qi sat on the ground and listened to the other party putting all the blame on himself. He immediately defended: "The younger one came over to ask why the food on both sides is different, but when they opened their mouth, they insulted us as defeated soldiers.
The prisoners said that we didn't deserve to eat military rations, but only deserved to be in cells. I was so angry that I cursed back, and they started beating me. General Lang, look at my little head, which was broken by them. I beg General Lang to make the decision.
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Qian Langjiang sneered and said: "Making the decision for you? You're so good, you came here to cause trouble. If I don't kill you, I'm already widening the net. Do you still want me to make the decision for you?" He ordered: "Someone, drag him away.
Go down and beat a hundred military sticks."
Cui Bo and others all changed their faces in shock.
Everyone knows that military sticks are ruthless. Even if you are strong, you will be covered with bruises if you are hit by thirty or forty military sticks. If you are hit by fifty or sixty military sticks, even if you are strong, you will still be killed. If you are hit by a hundred military sticks, it will not hurt at all.
There may be a chance of survival.
General Qian Lang directly ordered to beat Lao Qi with a hundred military sticks, which was actually equivalent to pulling Lao Qi down and beheading him, which would lead to death.
What's more, if he asked his own men to hit him with military sticks, the other party must be fighting with all their strength. Lao Qi couldn't hold on for thirty or forty sticks.