We Eat Bran Vegetables, but the Liangshan Army Across the River Has Meat for Every Meal?
"Congratulations, my lord!"
While everyone was dumbfounded, He Tao suddenly spoke with a face full of joy.
Huang An was feeling depressed. When he heard He Tao's words, his expression was unfriendly. He said coldly,"What joy?"
"Milord, how can I not like killing horses to satisfy my hunger on Mount Liang?”
Huang An was stunned for a moment before his face was filled with ecstasy.
He immediately understood what He Tao wanted to say.
The Liang Mountain Army was definitely out of rations. This was what he had come to know based on his past experience in raiding bandits. However, he could clearly smell the fragrance coming from the Liang Mountain.
Why? Because he had killed a warhorse!
Warhorses had always been precious. There is nothing like a dragon in the sky and a horse in the earth. Horses are the foundation of armor and weapons, and are of great use to the country. They were all talking about the importance of warhorses.
However, raising a warhorse was quite costly. Normally, it would take 25 people to raise a warhorse. These were all extremely ordinary horses.
The best horses naturally came from the Great Prairie. In the area of Jinrecha and Ganliang Hetao, these were natural pastures, and it was also the easiest to raise the best warhorses.
However, the Northern Song Dynasty was more miserable. They had lost the best horses in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, so they had always been in short supply of war horses. Even if they had some, they treated them as treasures.
Not to mention others, the soldiers sent by the Jeju Prefecture could be said to be the elites of the prefectural army. However, there were no more than ten horses accompanying them, and only a few commanders were qualified to ride.
Not to mention the Liangshan bandits on the other side. Even if they had horses, they definitely didn't have many.
These few horses were definitely guarded like precious treasures.
However, once the army was seriously short of food, in order to prevent a mutiny, killing horses to satisfy their hunger was an inevitable move, but it was also a helpless move.
So...
The Liang Mountain Army must have killed their warhorses to satisfy their hunger, but this meant that the Liang Mountain Army had reached the most critical moment!
This was definitely a joyous occasion!
Huang An was in a good mood. He praised," He Guan is indeed meticulous. The Liangshan bandits are already at the end of their rope. They will most likely launch a desperate attack after eating horses to satisfy their hunger.”
"In this case, they are already fugitives who can't withstand a single blow.”
"Pass down my order, everyone is to be on standby. If the Liangshan bandits attack, stop them on the other side of the river.”
"With this Stronghold Head River as a barrier, slaughtering the Liang Mountain Army is like slaughtering dogs!”
The combat quality of this group of soldiers was quite good. Soon, they all began to shout.
The breakfast that he did not eat was swallowed in two or three mouthfuls. After all, this was the way of marching and fighting. There was basically no enjoyment, unless he won a battle or encountered a village with oil and water.
However, what made the group of people dumbfounded was that after waiting for a long time, the Liangshan Army opposite them did not move at all.
By noon, the fog was about to dissipate. However, a strong wind blew again, making them unable to even figure out the situation of Liangshan across from them. They were all dumbfounded.
Huang An also scratched his head and pondered. Logically speaking, how could the horses of the Liangshan bandits be enough to feed thousands of people?
At most, it would be a meal, and everyone would just drink some meat soup.
In the end…he still didn't fight?
However, the problem now was that the river was still flowing rapidly. Whoever crossed the river would definitely suffer a huge loss. He could not launch a general attack.
He was really worried, so he sent out a small team of scouts.
It wasn't that they hadn't sent out troops before, but the rain was too heavy and the river was too fierce. It was very difficult to cross the river. Now, there was a chance to go downstream from the village head river.
According to Zhu Tong's prediction, the water flow downstream of Zhaitou River would be even smaller. Those who knew how to swim could sneak over at night.
Confused, the second meal of the day was ready.
It was dinner.
They still adhered to the tradition of having two meals a day when there was no war.
The rice was still boiled pancakes, tasteless and difficult to swallow.
However, just as he was about to start eating, a gentle breeze blew over, and a rich fragrance once again enveloped him.
This time, the fragrance was obviously more fragrant than in the morning. With the help of this gust of wind, it easily entered the noses of all the soldiers. These days, their mouths had long been extremely light. When they smelled this fragrance, everyone could not help but drool.
"It smells so good!"
"This is…the smell of pork. That's right, it's pork.”
"It's steamed lamb. It's steamed lamb. It definitely tastes like this.”
"Why do I smell the smell of braised prawns?”
"Smoked chicken, yes, smoked chicken…It really smells like smoked chicken!”
……
Everyone identified the smell and named different dishes.
Then, they looked at the other side of the river together.
It was already night, and it was so dark that nothing could be seen. However, this fragrance definitely came from the other side of the river!
Huang An couldn't swallow the Boiled Pancake in his bowl anymore. He got up and walked towards the riverbank again.
And this time, because there was a gentle breeze blowing from the other side of the river, plus…the food of the Liangshan Army at night was much more sumptuous than during the day, the taste that made one drool was extremely obvious.
Huang An's sense of smell was much more sensitive than the average person.
The more he walked, the more obvious the smell became. He alone could distinguish many delicacies.
" There's sauced chicken, sausages, and braised duck. This taste is definitely bacon…"
"No, there's also steamed Eight Treasures Pig and stuffed duck!”
……
The more he identified, the more Huang An exploded.
"Isn't Liangshan short of food? Why is there so much delicious food?"
"Men, bring me the soldiers who have been in charge of monitoring and patrolling these few days.”
In order to prevent any sudden sneak attacks from Liang Mountain, he had patrols and soldiers monitoring the movements of the Liang Mountain Army on the other side every day. Of course, due to the rain and fog, these soldiers could not see the other side.
Therefore, it was mainly to prevent the other party from ambushing them.
However, these soldiers had always been the ones who understood the other side the most.
Soon, many people were brought over.
Originally, these soldiers had only had doubts in their hearts. However, the sky was clear and the breeze was blowing. When they smelled the rich fragrance of food from the Liangshan Army across the river, the doubts in their hearts completely disappeared.
"Sir, now that you mention it, when I was patrolling, I really seemed to have smelled the fragrance of food across the street.”
"Milord, I also smelled it, but I'm not too sure.”
"I often smell the aroma of the Liangshan Army eating meat, but when I go back and tell them, they all say that I fainted from hunger, so I have fantasies.”
"Now that you mention it, I realize that Liangshan does indeed eat meat often!”
……
One of the veterans had the most say.
Although this troop was elite, not everyone was like a dragon. There were still some old, weak, sick, and disabled people. The bullying of the weak in the troop had always been serious, so this veteran had been forced to stand guard for the past few days.
Every day, he would stay by the river and accept the temptation of the food at Mount Liang.
He said," Sir, I've been standing guard here for the past few days. I can guarantee that the Liangshan Army opposite will eat meat every meal. It's just that sometimes the wind and rain are strong, so the smell is not obvious. However, if you look closely, you can still smell it."”
"They also eat a lot of different things.”
After thinking for a moment, the veteran said,"There's something to eat..."
"Roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose, roasted pig, roasted duck, sauced chicken, preserved meat, pine flowers, small belly, dried meat, and sausages. Assorted Su plate, smoked chicken and white belly, steamed eight treasure pig, glutinous rice stuffed duck. Pheasant in a can, quail in a can, braised meat, braised goose, pheasant, rabbit breast, vegetable python, whitebait…"
Huang An kicked the veteran away, his anger soaring to the sky.
Why are you memorizing the names of the dishes?
Then, he turned his head and looked at the Liangshan camp opposite him.
The sparks of fire hidden in the night sky emitted a fragrance that soared into the sky. Among them, the fragrance of meat was the most obvious, making the greedy worm in his stomach unable to help but cry out.
But at this moment, Huang An's mentality was extremely explosive.
"Motherf * cker, we're eating rice and vegetables here, but the Liangshan Army opposite is actually having meat for every meal?”
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