Section 32: Humans Die by Eating?
This is an era of collapse in faith. Everyone is fighting for fame and fortune, but no one comes to ask about the future of such an army. Many people even hope to see this army disappear. Luo Ye looked at the chaotic situation outside the tent with a little lonely look.
The entire Sixth Army now has only four battalions, and each battalion has only sixty or seventy percent of its troops, and one army has only more than one thousand six hundred people, which is more than eight hundred from the full 2,500 people.
This is an army that once fought fiercely with the Shatuo people in Hedong without losing weight, and it is also a strong army that once fought with the Khitans. This army also defeated the Xi people's army, but now they are even wearing dilapidated leather armor, holding repair weapons, and even this year's winter clothes have not yet been settled, and their wives and daughters can't even fill their belly.
Luo Ye didn't know where his way out was, of course it was a short answer to leave everything behind and go home, but he couldn't do it.
But where can we lead such an army? The situation of Chengde Army in the south is as bad as that of Liu Shouguang. The Ya army of Chengde even had mutiny and rebellion, which shows how Chengde Army's performance was.
Perhaps the Pinglu Army is a place to go, but the Wang family of Pinglu Army has been reputed and has rarely acted, especially the Wang family is very xenophobic and is not very willing to accept the effect.
When Luo Ye thinks of this, he feels a little sad.
The Jiedushi would rather compromise with the Khitans than give it a try, and would rather lay off the troops than reorganize the defense. In fact, everyone has realized this long ago.
Yes, the Khitans are indeed very powerful, but the Han people still occupy the majority in Youyan land, and they have no choice but to fight. However, Liu Shouguang dared to fight with the Shatuo people, but was unwilling to break up with the Khitans, which was also difficult for many people to accept.
There is not only the Sixth Army, the situation of the army stationed in Yizhou, Zhuozhou and Mozhou is almost the same. Every year, there are many troubles over the issue of food and salary supply. Over the years, the army has been tortured to a point where it is too much tolerated, and the troops cannot be replenished and the supply is insufficient. By a certain time, it will be destined to be eliminated.
It’s okay to be eliminated, but how can a group of old brothers live on returning home like this?
Even though the land price in Heshuo is not expensive, it is not easy for these big-headed soldiers to maintain a family life over the years. If you want to save two people to buy land, you will be just a fool. In the end, you have to end up selling a child and a woman who puts a bid for the first place after decades of war. This is really hard to accept.
After thinking about it, Luo Ye couldn't see the future. Could it be that he could only watch the fate of the abolition falling on the Sixth Army?
My mind returned to the Mingla on the desk in front of me. I heard from my brother that this person had met this person a few months ago. This person claimed to be going to Caizhou and his party. Could it be that this person has entered Caizhou? What is the intention today? Could it be that he wants to recruit him instead of Caizhou?
Thinking of this, Luo Ye couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Caizhou and Daliang are old rivals. After several wars, the three towns of Heshuo were trapped in, but the Lulong army was in trouble in recent years. Without the supply of food, fodder and supplies, its combat effectiveness has dropped sharply. In addition, Hedong also defended the Flying Fox Trail, which made it difficult for Lulong army to succeed. So later, Daliang gave Wei Bo army more support to restrain the Taining Army.
Caizhou suffered heavy losses in the battle with Daliang last year, but he was able to withstand the strong attack from Daliang, which is enough to show the strength of the Yuan family in Caizhou. If Caizhou wants to take over, it will be a good place to go.
But originally he was an ally with Daliang, and it would be a bit embarrassing if he really wanted to meet on the battlefield in the future, but when he was born in a chaotic world, he could only care about so much.
"Sir, the guest is here." The personal soldiers came in and reported.
"Please come in." Luo Ye packed up all kinds of messy thoughts, walked to the desk, and stared outside the tent.
Since leading the Sixth Army to Hejian, he has been living in the military tent, unlike some officers who bought houses in Hejian City, or even took concubines to build a family.
For Luo Ye, this situation is not a long-term solution. The officers of the battalions below can just pass by, but he dare not think so. Otherwise, if the order is lifted, he will be afraid that it will be a disaster immediately.
Before Wang Miao came here, he had already been to the Fifth Army.
It should be said that what he felt and came into contact with when he came to Lu Long this time was much beyond his previous expectations. The situation in Heshuo area has changed with what he learned in the past few months. Of course, this may have a lot to do with his deeper contact this time.
It turned out that he thought that the Cheng German army was the worst. In addition, the Cheng German army itself had a certain influence, and even some acquaintances from more than ten years ago were still able to make connections. So he felt that he was still confident that he could achieve his goal with the Cheng German army.
Originally, Lu Long came to see and understand it, and he didn't have much hope in his heart, but after this contact, he realized that perhaps Lu Long was easier to succeed than the Cheng German army.
The problem with Chengde Army was that Zhang was lacking in prestige and the heads of the army had different ambitions. Although Zhang did not have enough control over the army under his command, the heads of each army still had relatively strong control over the army under his command, but the Lu Long Army was different.
In addition to the Ya Army, the Jiedushi Liu Shouguang not only had weak control over the troops under his command, but also had little intention to control these troops that he seemed to have become troublesome in his opinion.
Especially the troops stationed in the south have not provided substantial supplements or supplies in recent years.
It can be said that in addition to giving some food, fodder and money intermittently to make it survive and preventing these armies from mutinizing and rebelling immediately, Liu Shouguang's idea was probably to slowly weaken it in this way, and finally solve the problem more easily when the layoffs were lifted.
It should be said that this idea is quite clever.
If you continue like this, use various means to provoke internal struggles among the various armies, exhaust their troops, disrupt their hearts, fall into their ambitions, and weaken their foundations. In this way, in a few years, an army will fall to a vulnerable level, and then the tooth army can easily disarm these troops.
Unlike the Ya Army that Liu Shouguang himself controlled, there were six armies in the Right Fang Army of the Lulong Army, which were basically stationed in the northern border of Lulong. They were all troops under the army of Li Kuanwei and Li Kuangchou, the former governor of Lulong, who were later annexed by his father Liu Rengong and became the main force of the Lulong Army.
These armies have been stationed in the northern prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Lulong, and have fought countless wars with the Khitans, Tuyuhun people, and Shatu people. The Khitans and Tuyuhun people both hated these armies to the core, especially the Khitans, who hated and feared these armies, so they strongly demanded that Liu Shouguang abolish these armies.
After Liu Shouguang imprisoned his father Liu Rengong and seized the position of Lu Long Jiedushi, he was already worried about these old subordinates of his father. He slowly moved these troops to the southern prefectures through the change of defense.
Liu Shouguang used the excuse that the troops stationed in the south had no war and gave priority to the military funds and the Jin army in the west to ensure that the troops fighting against the Hedong and Jin army in the west were gradually weakened the strength of these armies. In a few years, the armies that could have competed with the Khitan and Hedong became like this.
These armies have undergone small mutinys several times and are suppressed. One of the main reasons is that most of the soldiers are recruited from northern states such as Tanzhou, Yizhou, Jizhou, etc., and their families and relatives are all in their hometowns. If they rebel, they will inevitably involve these relatives, so the scale of the mutiny is not large and they dare not rebel completely.
Since the qi sensing of people's movements, Luo Ye knew that this person's martial arts level was not inferior to his, at least in the late stage of Tiandi Realm's resting, and it may even be one step away from the Taixi Period. The other party was only about thirty years old, which was two or three years younger than him.
"Wang Miao from Hengzhou has met Lord Luo."
"You are polite, Lord Wang and your brother are Sushi. When you come to our Hejian, Luo should take the initiative to visit Master Wang. Please sit down." Luo Ye was also very polite. He was not sure about the other party's identity now, but the cable reported that this guy had contact with the people in the Fifth Army.
"Haha, Lord Luo is polite. Wang was just planning to go to Lu Long to see the original old friend, but he didn't want to disturb others. It was Wang who was rude." Wang Miao was also very calm.
"Mr. Wang's old friend is also in Hejian? But Rong is a guest today and drinks together?" Luo Ye asked casually.
"That's good. Someone's old friend is Zhang Yin of the Fifth Army. I wonder if Lord Luo can recognize him?" Wang Miao also said with a smile.
Luo Ye's face turned slightly dark, and he pondered for a while before saying, "Don't you know the situation in Hejian City these days?"
"Learn a little, the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army fought for the distribution of military funds and supplies, which made me feel very sorry. I didn't expect that the Lu Long Iron Cavalry, who once blocked the Hu's edge in the north, used it to his own family. It really makes people sigh. The reason was for a few bags of millet, wheat, and a few scattered silver coins. I'm afraid no one would believe it if he said it."
After saying this, Luo Ye's face became feverish and his ears were hot, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Although the other party’s words are mean and sharp, they are also the truth. Isn’t it? Isn’t it just for a few bags of millet and wheat and a few coins of silver?
But both sides just left dozens of corpses, with more than a hundred casualties, and they were all robes that fought together in the north of the Selangor region in the past. I thought it was ashamed, but in the face of the cruel reality, all this seemed so natural. People died of money and birds died of food, and now people even died of food.
The tent became quiet for a moment, and only Luo Ye's heavy breathing could be heard.
Chapter completed!