Water Margin Survival

"Damn! Why are you eating this damn thing again? It's bitter and astringent, ruining this good pot of chicken soup!"

When it was time to eat again, I saw a Deputy Commissioner of the Eighth Battalion of the Decisive Army, staring at a pot of chicken soup exuding an attractive aroma, complaining loudly. It seemed that he was dissatisfied with the special ingredients in the pot It has been a long time.I don't know what's wrong with these fire-headed troops, but they add these ingredients to the dishes every now and then.

"That's right! We're going to get nosebleeds after eating this stuff! It's not a big deal in the battle, but we've been popularized by our own cook, what a ghost!" The decisive victory soldiers sitting around also booed one after another.

Although everyone unanimously condemned this "ghost thing", there were still a few knowledgeable soldiers who made a fortune in silence, looking for these ingredients that were despised by their colleagues in the pot, and happily sent them to their mouths.

You know, this thing is placed in the city of Tokyo, it is a high-level tribute that only dignitaries and nobles can enjoy, not to mention them soldiers of the Imperial Army, even ordinary officers are rarely able to taste it.

With a sound of "crack", a pair of chopsticks that were stealing the "treasure" from the pot were knocked off. When the sergeant looked back in surprise, a strong man with a purple and black face and a cinnabar mark on his sideburns appeared in front of him. Behind him, when the sergeant was at a loss, he suddenly heard Deputy Tisha shout: "Everyone stand up! Salute!"

"Sit down, sit down!"

The person who came was the red-haired ghost Liu Tang, the deputy general of the decisive victory army. He waved his hand casually, and took a bowl to scoop up the general in the marching pot in front of him. He said while scooping up:

"You people are so fucking poor! You don't know gold in front of you! What is this 'ghost' thing? The best Korean ginseng! Huh? You haven't heard of Korean ginseng? Then Ginseng always knows! Landlords and rich people are reluctant to eat high-quality supplements. It can be used to hang your life in critical moments! It seems like there are going to be wars along the way, if you don't make up for it, where do you have the strength to scream here?"

"Brother, this food is really unpalatable!"

The deputy envoy is also considered a middle-level officer in the team.He was also a familiar figure in front of Liu Tang, but he didn't see anyone at all, instead he squatted next to Liu Tang with a bowl and began to complain.

"It's unpalatable if you don't eat it, you won't drink more soup? Besides, you are not told to eat it every day! Just mix the Korean ginseng you ruined with grass, and the horse will jump straight up when it walks By the way, there are you guys. Don’t recognize it as a treasure, so eat it desperately! It’s evil to eat too much of this thing, this pot is for twenty people, don’t eat it all in the stomachs of the few of you Don’t laugh! Damn, those who go to the military doctor to see a doctor these days are all from Tokyo!”

"Coax" sound.Everyone laughed.Even the former imperial soldier whose chopsticks were knocked off just now grinned in embarrassment.Liu Tang scooped up half a bowl of chicken soup from the pot, stood up and took a sip, and said to the brothers who were watching him:

"In a word, if you don't want to eat more, take it as medicine. If you want to eat less, you can't bear it if you eat too much! After the war, our cottage will make arrangements according to the circumstances and let you take it along with you." Some Korean ginseng for the family. That's it, eat!"

I got Liu Tang's explanation.Just now everyone knew how valuable these Korean ginsengs were, and that they could take some back to honor the elderly in the future, and cheered for joy.

When Liu Tang saw this, he waved his hand and was about to leave. The Deputy Tijutsu asked to stay, "Brother, just eat something with us, and leave after eating!"

"I really want to! It's not like Military Master Xiao summoned us to go to the big tent to discuss matters, and there is no delay!" Liu Tang raised the bowl in his hand, nodded to the brothers present, and left with his soldiers.

"Have you heard that? It's time to take medicine! Come on, finish this bowl!" Deputy Tisha took the lead to drink up the bowl of ginseng chicken soup in his hand with a gesture of generosity.

Liu Tang sent his relatives down to eat, and walked in the camp while drinking soup. It happened that when the soup was finished, he happened to come to the door of the Chinese army's big tent. A voice said:

"This bird's place is full of barren mountains and wild mountains. We didn't fight a few battles, but we almost died of exhaustion. According to me, it's a good place to gather and howl, but Jinzhou's flat land alone, in the future How many people can be moved here? We have traveled this way, but we have not met many natives!"

Without even thinking about it, Liu Tang knew that Shan Shiqi, a fellow from Hedong, had a loud voice, and he opened the curtain to enter, and greeted the leaders present.

"What's wrong with the mountains? There are so many treasures hidden in the mountains! Trees can be cut down to make wood, and there are many uses for wood! You can also grow medicinal materials and wild vegetables on this mountain. In addition, there are many animals in the mountains, inside and outside. Counting it all together, I don’t know how many people can be fed!” Yan Jiao was from the mountains, and he disagreed with Shan Shiqi’s opinion.

"The family is full of treasures, brother, you still come out and work hard!" Shan Shiqi "mao" with Lian.

"I was forced by corrupt officials! In the future, Liangshan will be the master here. As long as we don't exploit the people and send out officials indiscriminately, we can guarantee that it will look good again!" Li Ji said confidently.

The two had a great fight, Xiao Jiasui and Sun An couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, as the chief and deputy commanders of this army, the two of them must have a more comprehensive grasp of the situation than the two fierce generals, Yan Ji and Shan Shiqi.

The entire Gyeongsang-do was divided into Gyeongsangnam-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do in later generations. It is true that there are many mountains in the boundary, but there are also many hilly basins. Among them, the Nakdong River and its tributaries Namgang, Huangjiang, and Miyang River flow in the south. There are many fertile and good fields in the river basin. In the south of Gyeongsang-do, there are the famous Gimhae Plain and Jinju Plain on the peninsula.In the northern part of Gyeongsang-do, the number of registered land is [-] times that of the southern part. The land in the whole province may not be as fertile as Jeolla-do, the granary next door, but the amount is far higher by about [-]%.

Therefore, although this road has many mountains, it does not mean that it is not suitable for the people to live in. Think of the four roads of Chuanxia Road in the Song Dynasty, which are also high mountains and dangerous terrain. In the end, isn’t it also called the land of abundance?As long as there are one or two capable officials here, work hard to manage the place well.It is definitely not the tasteless taste of "tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away" in Shan Shiqi's mouth.

What's more, there is one of the biggest natural advantages here, that is, it is sparsely populated.Originally, the army rarely encountered large-scale villages on the marching road. At first, everyone thought it was because the terrain was too steep and no people chose to settle here.

But when they arrived in Jinju, one of the three major cities in Gyeongsang-do, when the Liangshan army broke through the city, they were surprised to find that there were less than 1 residents in the city plus surrendered troops.At this time, let alone compare it with ordinary counties in the Song Dynasty.Even Zhujiazhuang at the foot of Liangshan is much more prosperous than it.

At the beginning, Xiao Jiasui and Sun An thought it was the war that caused the population to drop sharply here, but when they found out later, this was not the case at all.It turns out that Gyeongsang Province has always been sparsely populated. As the largest province in Koryo, it has one of the smallest population bases (the population of the northern border and the eastern border is also small, but there are many garrisons).

What Xiao Jiasui and Sun An didn't know was that Gyeongsang-do, whose area was half the size of Jeolla-do, was now.Or in the future, it is one of the areas with the lowest per capita density on the peninsula. Although the population of the whole area has exceeded 500 million in later generations, it accounts for only [-]% of the total population of the peninsula (the sum of the north and south bars) .

At this time, the population base of Gyeongsang-do was based on the household registration information obtained from Jinju by the Yangsan military.before the war.The registered population of this "province" on the edge of Koryo exceeds 15, plus slaves or other unregistered fish who slipped through the net, adding up to 30 to less than [-] people.

But according to the actual situation at the moment, after countless bloody battles between the North and the South, plus the population of Han Anren who retreated to Jeolla Province, the remaining natives on the 3 square kilometers can count as 10. Of course, this data does not include the occupying forces left here by the central tycoons.

Even if there is no such a big merger between the north and the south, it is because of the large area of ​​Gyeongsang-do.Coupled with such a small population, it can only be said that Gyeongsang-do has not been developed at all and has not played its due role.For the Liangshan people who make use of all the corners and corners of Liangshan, what are the mountains and lofty mountains, they are served by terraced fields, and what are the hills, they are also treated as plains for reclamation.

This is a process from scratch, and the attitude of picking the fat and the thin is not suitable for this exciting moment, so when Shan Shiqi was corrected by his teacher Luan Tingyu, he didn't say a word.Luan Tingyu didn't speak until the disciple finished teaching the leaders:

"It is said that Koryo has been established for 200 years, but if Liangshan can develop according to the land of Koryo for ten years, the world will be able to go! This is the gap between people!"

Xiao Jiasui smiled, nodded towards Luan Tingyu, took the initiative to take over the conversation, and got back to business:

"We have been walking along the way, and the specific situation has been figured out. The cities here have basically been divided up by the powerful forces from the north. Since the cities belong to different powerful forces, the connection between them must not be as close as that of the regular army, and most of them are still The kind of self-sweeping thing. The experience along the way has also proved that everyone hopes that the city in front will resist us, and no one will give up their lives to be a scapegoat for others. When we besieged Jinzhou, we wanted to besiege. Watching helplessly as the people they asked for help left the city one after another, we didn't see any reinforcements, and told us to waste our precious time in the city of Jinzhou."

"Therefore, after discussing with General Sun, I decided to divide our troops here in Yining. General Lian and I diverted to march north. General Sun and General Luan's team continued to march east, aiming at Tokyo!"

"What? Goryeo also has Tokyo?" Xie Bao looked at his elder brother Xie Zhen in surprise.

"There is not only Tokyo, but also Xijing, Nanjing and Kaijing! The four capitals are very complete!" Xie Zhen taught her younger brother to literacy.

"I heard that there used to be a country called Yelang. Isn't his mother's Goryeo just a real treasure? It's only a small place like our Jingdong. If we call Qingzhou Beijing and Dengzhou Tokyo, we don't call people from other states. Are you over laughing?" Shan Shiqi was being suffocated by the words, and he was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.

"It is said that the defenders in Tokyo should be around 3000 people. This place is the common spoils of several tyrants in Yang Guangdao and Zhongzhou. However, Zhongzhou has been captured by Shi Wengong a few days ago, resulting in the loss of all its reinforcements and becoming a rootless tree. Therefore, the morale of these occupying troops It should be extremely low, and we will have the assistance of Ruan Xiaoqi, the naval army, so it should not be a big problem to break the city. General Sun will be the main route, and General Luan will be the assistant, do you have any opinions?"

Sun An was the deputy commander of the army appointed by Wang Lun, and it was justifiable to serve as the leader of the road at this time. Of course, Luan Tingyu had no objection. Besides, his team was not complete at this time, leaving four battalions of soldiers and two battalions of auxiliary soldiers to occupy the city behind him. Maintain order.

Who would have thought that at this moment, the man assigned to Xiao Jiasui's subordinates would suddenly start a fuss, "Why, Tangtang won't let me fight?"

"My brother, you have made great contributions in Jinzhou anyway, so you have to leave a mouthful of soup for the brothers!" Liu Tang said with a bitter face.

"That's Tokyo! I've never fought against Tokyo in my life!" The complex of attacking Tokyo is almost the ultimate dream of all green forest heroes, so it's no wonder that he is so persistent.

"Brother, it's said that Gyeongsangdo is Gyeongsangdo, they fight Gyeongju (Tokyo), and we fight Sangju, it's the same!" Xie Zhen became a peacemaker.Originally, he made his first contribution when fighting Jinju, and then shot Gyeongju with others. Isn't that Shi Wengong who eats alone?

"That's Tokyo!" Yuu finally refrained from giving up, and muttered again.

"If we don't fight with you in the real Tokyo in the future, but stop others from fighting with you, is that okay?" Sun An and Luan Tingyu looked at each other and smiled, and they both slapped their chests loudly. (to be continued~^~)