Chapter 260 Begging Camp(1/2)
It is lonely on a snowy night, and Woniu Mountain in the cold winter is like an old cow frozen to death in the cold wind.
From the gravel at the foot of the mountain to the ancient pines on the top of the mountain, it seemed that they had fallen into the silence of death.
There seemed to be no other sound in the world except for the gust of cold wind.
To the west of the mountain, near the top of the North Cliff, there is a sky-looking stone dozens of meters high, as if the last shout from the old cow to God before his death.
According to Feng Shui Master, the Woniu Mountain hides wind and absorbs energy, and it is possible that the dragon veins can be produced after dozens of times.
Therefore, many bandits have set up doors here, and the beggar camp has set up a large camp here.
Speaking of begging camp, it is indeed mostly due to Zhu Zhen.
It was his operation in Suzhou that led the Chen family and Zhu Wenzheng to successively become famous for their bandits in Jiangnan, which also made many major forces realize that those who abandoned their household registration and land and ran around to make a living can actually become a huge force.
In addition, Junshan won consecutive victories, and those who understand can see at a glance that these refugees who have no support in troubled times can only work hard for you as long as they give you some food, so Zhang Shicheng also followed him without any scruples.
But Zhang Shicheng is not Zhu Zhen after all, so he dare not adopt all the refugees unconditionally.
Having achieved Zhang Shicheng's position, even if he often thinks, he has to rely on his butt to decide his head.
There is nothing we can do about it, the people who support him are the most powerful rich and famous people in Gusu. Although everyone shows a gentle smile when they are having banquets, reciting poems and talking about eternal elegance.
Once they violate their interests, these wealthy and celebrities will definitely drive themselves off without hesitation.
Therefore, even if Zhang Shicheng wanted to make use of refugees, he could only make use of it on a small scale, but he also selected many strong men.
So, the beggar camp came into being.
The camp in front of me was actually just one of Zhang Shicheng's dozens of begging camps. Under the North Cliff, there was a camp of about 2,000 people in size, and some lanterns were lit in the central tent.
At the bottom of the cliff is a warehouse filled with food and livestock they robbed from all over the place.
These food and grass will be transported to Zhang Shicheng's camp by these begging camps through the defense line.
Next to the warehouse were several wooden houses with air leakage, and from time to time, the sound of women wailing and slapping the doorman came.
The women inside were all good families they plundered from all over the place for them to enjoy.
The Quaihuo Camp is not a regular army, and the materials are raised by them themselves.
Moreover, because they were active in Zhu Yuanzhang's jurisdiction, their daily actions can be described as unscrupulous.
Moreover, any adult man who was selected to enter the begging camp can be adopted by Zhang Shicheng in a camp outside Gusu City. His family can barely have porridge to live by eating two meals a day.
If you make military achievements in the beggar camp, your family can eat meat rice for three days.
If he unfortunately died in battle, his family would be assigned to the land and included in the Huang Book, becoming the official supporter of Zhang Shicheng.
Therefore, the combat effectiveness of this group of brutal soldiers of the Qihuo Camp was surprisingly strong, and many of the Qihuo Camps were even stronger than that of Zhang Shicheng's regular army.
But these people have long been used to robbing women and raped women and cannot be bound by the regular army at all, otherwise Zhang Shicheng would even want to incorporate them into the regular army.
The central tent is the only area with lights here, and there are occasional cruel laughter and the wailing of women.
There was a charcoal fire in the middle of the tent. Because of the wet weather, the charcoal fire was filled with thick smoke. The men in the house didn't care. Sometimes they took the rock-scissors and shook the color, and sometimes they picked up the wine bowl and took a few sips.
Behind the central table was a solid man, his legs covered with hair were supported on the ground, and a pair of iron hammers hung on the wall, which seemed to be about 40 or 50 kilograms.
He was surrounded by officers from this begging camp. He drank happily, regardless of the weather, and all of them were full of breasts and exposed their breasts. While drinking, he was talking nonscrupulously.
Behind the fat man, there was a woman's body. The woman was dressed in rags and died with eyes open, with ferocious marks on her neck.
The honest man stood up and showed a hideous and quite inconsistent face. After a fierce smile, he waved his hands casually. A group of waiting soldiers rushed over fiercely. After a fight, he obtained the right to mating the woman's body.
"His grandma's!"
The honest man raised his pants and slapped the table in front of him, and said with a look of scent: "This serious woman has a taste."
"Brother, what's so fun about such a married man?"
"That's it, brothers, I'll help you to get some ladies from a family tomorrow. Let me tell you that those virgins are shy and have a scent of orchids on them."
"You guys know nothing.
A group of unsavvy birds, this woman can only have a taste when she gets married.”
After saying that, he looked at the military advisor who was eating with his head in silence, and grinned.
This military advisor is a regular officer under Zhang Shicheng. He is responsible for training soldiers and giving advice in the Qihuo camp.
After staying with these guys from the begging camp for a long time, he also understood the temperament of these people.
I never thought about saving them, because in his opinion, the more beastly these guys were, the more barbaric these guys were, the more combative they were in his hands.
"Military advisor, you are following your brothers to fight all day and don't play with women, what are you trying to do?"
The leader drank a big sip of wine, which was very puzzled.
The military advisor put down the wine bowl, looked at the soldier who was lewd, shook his head invisibly, sighed and said, "We should work hard for the King of Wu, we shouldn't just play with women! Do you want to fight on the battlefield all your life?"
The leader understood the military advisor's meaning and nodded quickly and said, "Military advisor, we understand what you mean, but what can we do to help King Wu in addition to having the strength?"
"You are stupid, you are really a headache!"
Logically speaking, a group of Killers who hang their heads around their necks should have blown up the house in an instant when they are insulted like this.
But what is unexpected is that even if the men in the tent are humiliated, they dare not say a word of refutation, and even seem to be a little used to it.
"Military advisor, what do you say is what you say.
We brothers are still counting on you to lead your brothers to live.”
As he said that, the leaders of this team remembered how the military advisors trained them after they entered the begging camp, how they took them to sweep the villages and rob supplies.
It all depends on the military advisor's plan for everyone today, so he didn't care about how the military advisor said it to everyone, but instead asked for advice humbly.
"Usually, it is difficult for you to change your destiny, so you can do something pickled for the King of Wu. One day, someone will be chopped off on the battlefield.
But today the opportunity has come, and an opportunity for you to truly achieve success and enjoy your salary."
The military advisor said, deliberately providing a voice, and the tent that was already noisy suddenly became quiet.
"Military advisor, what do you mean is that we, a group of rough men, still have the opportunity to make achievements. Will we eat royal grain in Gusu?"
The leader widened his eyes and looked disbelief.
"That's natural! What do you think this is?"
As he said that, the military advisor took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the leader.
The leader opened the envelope, looked at the handwriting on it for a long time, shook his head and said, "Military Advisor, aren't you kidding me?
I was a blacksmith before, so how could I know this thing?”
The military advisor shook his head again, spread out the letter, pointed to the signature on it and said, "Did you see, this secret letter was written by Shao Rong.
Do you know who Shao Rong is?"
"We know that they are a general under Zhu Yuanzhang, and they are said to be very capable."
A thin man in the tent said.
"good."
A sneer appeared on the corner of the military advisor's mouth, "But you only know one thing, not the other. It is true that Shao Rong is a general under Zhu Yuanzhang, but he has a disobedient attitude towards Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time. I had received the order from the king before, and he ordered us to cooperate with Shao Rong at a critical moment.
The opportunity has come now."
"Military advisor, you said.
As long as we can make contributions and go to Gusui to eat imperial grain, we are willing to do anything."
"Yes, military advisor, we all listen to you."
Most of the men from a group of begging camps couldn't even understand the relationship between Shao Rong and Zhang Shicheng, but they heard about the opportunity.
The military advisor smiled and said, "Shao Rong said that Zhu Yuanzhang had an elite force who was moving forward quickly, intending to support Lan Yu and Geng Bingwen who were besieged in Hengyang. If we can stop them a little, this would be a real achievement."
"Military advisor, are you kidding?
How could we fight head-on with the regular troops under Zhu Yuanzhang?"
Hearing this, the leader was a little timid.
It’s not that they have never fought with Zhu Yuanzhang, but because they were so crazy that they knew how terrifying that was.
The military advisor shook his head and said, "Who asked you to fight with the regular army? Shao Rong told me in the letter that at the supply point near Chuzhou, the reinforcements cannot get a grain of food. If they want to replenish supplies, they can only find the nearby village.
And if we rob all the food in all nearby villages, what would you think of this reinforcement army?"
"Start to death on the road."
The leader grinned and said.
"That's right. This is an elite soldier of three thousand people. People chew horses and feed them. There are not a few foods and grasses needed.
If we block them halfway, do you think this is a great achievement?”
The military advisor asked.
"Calculate!"
"Forget it! Forget it!"
To be continued...