To be honest, these soldiers who have followed the Yellow Turban Army up to now have not lived a good life.
When the powerful landlords in Xuzhou and Qingzhou were in trouble, they did everything from burning, killing, looting, doing business secretly, and collecting taxes. Relying on these incomes, they lived a prosperous life.
In those days, they could eat meat every few days, and they could eat at least one dry meal every day. The food was comfortable for everyone. Many people gained weight, became stronger, and were more powerful in fighting.
Already.
At that time, it was normal for them to be full. They could even chase the Xuzhou officers and soldiers, beat them to pieces, and then steal their supplies and eat and drink, not to mention how happy they were.
In addition to delicious food, there is also a lot of property that can be looted and seized. After taking the property, they can go out to have fun, play with women, and buy luxury goods that they have never dared to think of before. They don't know how fun it is.
But the good times did not last long, and everyone had to go south, because the Luoyang court sent people, and the people they sent were quite capable, forcing everyone to survive.
It was easy to cross the river and come to this hellish place. I managed to survive, but the good days were gone forever. Let alone eating meat, it was not easy to get a good meal.
Now if you want to eat meat, you have to hunt. The ways to obtain meat are very limited, so only officers can eat meat.
It must be a mid-level and high-level officer. Ordinary low-level officers can't get a bite of meat to eat. They can only drink a few bowls of broth. Big-headed soldiers like them have almost forgotten what it feels like to eat meat.
All the fat that was originally built up with great difficulty has now disappeared, and many people who were originally relatively strong have now returned to skinny appearance, as if they could be blown over by the wind.
However, those Han soldiers still ate meat in front of them every day, and Haese didn't know how happy they were to eat indiscriminately. This comparison made it easy for these Yellow Turban soldiers to have some not-so-good ideas.
Fortunately, in the morning, as it was approaching noon, the Han army began to have lunch, and all the serious dishes were served.
Since the Yellow Turban Army follows a two-meal system, there is no food at noon.
They usually eat their first meal at ninety o'clock in the morning, and the second meal is not available until around three or four in the afternoon. After eating, it will be almost dark and they can go to bed, so there is no need to eat.
But the Han army had three meals a day, exactly according to the old men's pattern.
The meal at noon was particularly solid. Pots of delicious stewed mutton were brought out in pots, and pots of delicious fish soup and bone soup were brought out. The soldiers sat together in teams, eating meat.
Drinking soup from a bowl and eating with a big spoon will make your cheeks sore from chewing, not to mention how enjoyable it is.
One by one, the soldiers of the Han army turned into food maniacs, as if they wanted to use up all their appetites for the whole year. They ate so enthusiastically that they didn't even have time to talk.
The temperature in the Han army camp was unusually high in this bitterly cold day.
In contrast, the gloomy atmosphere in the Yellow Turban Army's camp made the temperature there even lower than the air temperature.
Xu He, Sima Ju and others soon learned that the Han army was holding a banquet to celebrate the New Year. The fragrance had spread all over their military camp, and they only planned to give the soldiers some meat porridge at night to celebrate the New Year.
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Now the soldiers are holding porridge bowls, drinking tasteless porridge, and smelling the aroma of meat. The overall morale is very low, and there are many complaints. The situation has made the officer in charge of the frontline camp a little worried.
Xu He and others suddenly felt very depressed.
There are only two ways to control your subordinates, either give them money or give them ideals.
They definitely can't afford the money. If they can afford it, they won't be reduced to this situation. So what about the ideal?
It is a pity that Xu He, Sima Ju and others did not possess Zhang Jue's speech ability and charisma, and could not use the moral principles of Taiping Dao to give ideological guidance to the soldiers. They just knew what was happening but did not know why.
The previous rebellion was purely for food, and the way to gather people's hearts was to allow everyone to eat, eat good food, and get a lot of money. Even when they were crossing the river, everyone believed that they could make a comeback.
, but now...
The situation is really bad.
Xu He was at a loss what to do, and the other upper-level Yellow Turban Army officials didn't know what to do either.
Sima Ju proposed to take out the meat and share it with the soldiers, but many upper-level officers objected. The reason was that they could eat this small amount of meat, so if all the meat was taken out, everyone would not be able to get a bite.
This will only make it more unbearable for the soldiers.
I have endured it for so many days, so I will go to Fei Zhan after the New Year, apologize to him, and exchange food. As long as Fei Zhan exchanges food with them, everything will be fine.
As long as Feizhan helps, everything will be fine.
Sima Ju had no choice but to nod in approval and gave up his idea. So on this day of the New Year, the upper echelons of the Yellow Turban Army did nothing.
In the evening, the Han army continued to have a meat feast, including mutton, pork, fish, fragrant pancakes, rice, and wheat rice, which made everyone extremely happy.
Guo Jia showed off his social skills on this night and played a chorus with a group of soldiers he had just become acquainted with. Everyone sang songs from his hometown and performed dances performed during festivals in his hometown.
To put it bluntly, the singing was ugly and the dancing was ugly, almost like a dancing group of demons.
But everyone is happy, everyone is happy.
As for whether the Yellow Turban Army will take this opportunity to attack...
What Guo Jia meant was that if the upper-level generals of the Yellow Turban Army could mobilize the Yellow Turban Army to attack the Han army under such circumstances, then they would have enough ability and appeal to fight all the way to Luoyang.
But they don’t have this ability, you know?
With a group of resentful people working late at night and overtime, there will probably be a mutiny before the halfway point.
This is also true.
It’s not like no one proposed taking advantage of the New Year’s Eve to sneak attack the Han army and let them eat and drink!
But soon, this suggestion was rejected.
First of all, if the Han army dared to do this, they must have been prepared. It is impossible for the entire army to just let themselves go without any preparation. If they launched an attack rashly, it would definitely be disastrous.
Secondly, except for their own soldiers, the soldiers probably have no morale to continue fighting. Instead, they are full of resentment. If they still fight under such circumstances, they may mutiny.
So, it's better to be honest, give the soldiers some meat porridge, and let's get over it.
A night full of happy memories for the Han Army and full of desolation for the Yellow Turban Army passed like this. Early the next morning, a very sober Guo Jia secretly went to the Shanyue Group under the protection of several Guan Yu guards.
On the top of the mountain where he was, he secretly met with Fei Zhan.
Guan Yu stayed in the camp, reading the military manual and waiting for Guo Jia's return. After lunch that day, Guo Jia came back.
He did not come back empty-handed. Instead, he came back with a lot of belongings.
"General Guan, it's done. This is Fei Zhan's sincerity, a small and insignificant greeting gift."
"It's done?"
Guan Yu was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Are you really sure? Fei Zhan really wants us to go find him?"
"He told me that if I don't go to him today, he will come to me tomorrow."
Guo Jia said with a smile: "He and the Yellow Turban Army have basically had a stalemate, and he himself does not want to live and die with the Yellow Turban Army at all. He cooperated with the Yellow Turban Army before because he saw that the Yellow Turban Army was very capable of fighting and beat the official army to death.
I was so pissed off that I thought I could use it, but I didn't expect that the imperial army was the one who could really fight.
Now he regrets it too much. He knows that it is very difficult to get forgiveness from the court, so he gave us some greeting gifts first. Then he decided to personally lead a sneak attack on the Yellow Turban Army and use the head of the Yellow Turban bandit leader to defeat the enemy.