Chapter 30: Long talk about fish and water conditions in the river
In fact, when Wang Zheng was capturing the dock, he knew in his heart that he had guessed it right. These water bandits had dealt with officers and soldiers too much. Now he had a deep understanding of officers and soldiers. He never expected that he would sneak attack their nests. He was probably still busy in Ninghaizhou dozens of miles away.
Although there had been expectations before, Wang Zheng was still a little unbelievable when he easily captured the Water Gate. He heard that the official army had been defeated several times and was called a natural barrier by the rest of the people. This time, he was seized by Wang Zheng like a treasure.
The water bandits fled in panic. Except for some water bandits who had nowhere to escape, no so-called leader organized a decent resistance.
In the past few days, Wang Zheng and Dong Youyin, Huang Yang, Heizi searched the water village several times. The waist knives everywhere, white silver and jewelry were packed together in boxes, and Wang Zheng and others were dazzled.
Even Wang Zheng felt a little shocked and suddenly remembered something. Wang Zheng put his hand into the leather jacket and took out a pair of hairpin and earrings.
He smiled bitterly. Since he escaped from Ninghaizhou City Hou, Wang Zheng had forgotten these two objects completely. Now he suddenly remembered that he had already gone to war. It would be better to give it to Yu'er and Zhang Ping after he got back.
At this moment, Shi Chang Gaoliang ran over with excitement on his face, and shouted from afar.
"Sweeper, good news! Good news, brothers found a lot of fat pigs and mules and horses in captivity behind the water village!"
Wang Zheng quietly stuffed two things into his inner jacket and stood up and said, "Pigs and horses in captivity? This is really good news. Call the brothers back quickly. Let's have a meal tonight!"
"Okay!"
Hearing Wang Zheng's words, Gao Liang smiled and couldn't wait to tell others the good news.
Pigs and horses are indeed great news for Wang Zheng and the recruits of Liushou, which means they can finally eat meat.
Whether in Yijingzhuang or after arriving in Wendeng City, these recruits who even had to save money even when they lived a life, except for a very small number of who had gone out to sell private salt with their heads to get a little money to improve their food, the other honest farmers could not get a few oily times a year.
When they heard that they were about to eat meat, the recruits seemed particularly happy, and some even hugged each other with laughter, which was even more excited than when they found several large boxes of gold, silver and treasures a few days ago.
That night, except for a few of the new recruits at the Six Posts were keeping watch, the rest happily carried out a few large fat pigs from the backyard, and some thin mules and horses were also taken out together.
These mules and horses are so thin that they cannot pull any supplies without long-term maintenance, and will not play any role in Wang Zheng in a short period of time.
Since it is useless, there is no need to keep it anymore. Keeping it is a waste of horse materials. In order to make everyone feel comfortable this time, Wang Zheng gave the order and these thin mules and horses will be slaughtered together to eat meat tonight.
After hearing this news, the recruits were even more excited. Not only were these meat enough for more than 200 recruits to eat with their belly open, but even more than 300 rescued people could eat a lot.
These people were very hungry and were very weak. Wang Zheng dared not let them open their stomachs to eat. Eating like this would cause death.
When the people heard Wang Zheng’s earnest explanation, they felt a little sorry. They finally caught up with such an opportunity to eat meat but couldn’t eat too much, and they felt a little depressed.
"Some of them will be good to eat. If there is no sentry officer to save you, you will even lose your life in the hands of these water bandits. What other broth is needed."
Hearing Dong Youyin's snorting with sarcasm, the people thought about it carefully and said that it was really reasonable!
They were locked in the dark water village by the water bandits, and were abused by the virtual man all day long. They were almost on the verge of collapse and despair, and had no chance of survival.
If it weren't for the divine weapon from heaven, Wang Zheng brought the new soldiers from Wendeng Camp to rescue him, they would not have doubted that they would die here, so where could they drink the hot broth in their hands?
At this moment, under the leadership of several old people, these people put down the broth in their hands, knelt and bowed to Wang Zheng and others, and called Wang Zheng a living Bodhisattva.
Why did Wang Zheng have seen such a scene? He didn't care about chewing the pork in his mouth. He put down the bowl and walked forward to help several old men one by one, clasped his fists and said.
"All the villagers have killed Wang. We were originally poor people and were deeply harmed by the chaos of soldiers and bandits. Now, as officers and soldiers, we are entrusted with everyone's food and wages, and we must protect the people and eliminate the thieves!"
The recruits were all simple farmers. When they saw this scene, they were already filled with tears. Suddenly, they felt heavy on their shoulders. From the hard training for months, to the unexpected capture of the water camp after running dozens of miles overnight, and all of this has meaning.
Dong Youyin couldn't laugh, his eyes shaking.
He was also a hard-faced and soft-hearted person. He looked at this scene dullly and didn't know what to do. Thinking of the sneer he had just said, Dong Youyin felt a little hot on his face, and suddenly stepped forward a few steps.
"All the elders are on a blind date. I, Dong Youyin, are here to accompany you. I just pretend that I didn't hear it!"
An old man in the front heard Dong Youyin's words, thrilled, shook his head and sighed.
"Mr., compared to the officers and soldiers we met in the past, a few sneers are nothing."
A middle-aged man said angrily: "Yes, those people eat meat and don't spit bones!"
"The activities done by the water bandits are mostly secretly, but the officers and soldiers are robbing openly. We really have no choice."
Upon hearing this, Wang Zheng said, "I heard from the accent of the fellow villager, they are from Mouping. We are from Wendeng Camp, so we are a little curious about what happened in Mouping."
While drinking and eating meat with the new recruits, the people talked about the various rebellions of officers and soldiers in the Muping area. The new recruits in Wendeng Camp were shocked.
How is this different from the bandits wearing official clothes? It is really a robbery!
No one noticed that while they were sitting together, a "rattle" suddenly sounded in the dark corner of the river bank.
The clamor was overshadowed by the hot discussions in the field. The three new recruits who were patrolling the village did not hear the movement here, and they still stared at the shimmering river surface intently.
Under the cover of this noisy sound, the water pattern successfully arrived at the village. Here was a visual dead corner, and a black head gradually surfaced. It was Jiang Da, the only water bandit leader who escaped from Shuimen a few days ago!
The ugly Han Jiangda glanced at the officers and soldiers patrolling the village, and a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes. At first glance, Jiangda knew that the combat effectiveness of these officers and soldiers was at least much higher than that of the so-called elite soldiers and generals he had seen in the past.
Jiang Da murmured to himself: "Where is the servant from where I came from? Otherwise, I would not have broken through the water camp so quickly. I don't know how the second in commander was being beaten by the dog soldiers."
When Jiang Da heard the talk of the officers and soldiers from the village, his thoughts that he wanted to leave immediately were suppressed by curiosity. He wanted to know what news made the officers and soldiers so angry.
Jiang Da finally had a hint of surprise on his ugly face. Could it be that the officers and soldiers did not capture the second in command, so they were so angry?
Chapter completed!