When He Pu led his army to withdraw from Suye City, although the morale of the entire army was relatively low, it was still within a range that could be recovered. Although the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu had been controlled by the Nine Kingdoms of Dashi for decades, they had never cut off the traffic between these countries and the Tang Dynasty. Many merchants of the Tang Dynasty went to the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu to do business, and some of his soldiers had been there.

Therefore, although these countries are also foreign countries, they are still familiar with each other. It is not a bad thing to be able to convince themselves to go to these countries, and they can settle down.

But after the Dashi Army was defeated from the Jiushi Kingdom of Zhaowu, the situation changed. Compared with the Jiushi Kingdom of Zhaowu, Khurashan was completely unfamiliar with the people of the Tang Dynasty. Even merchants rarely came, and none of the soldiers in the army had set foot on this land. They were truly a foreign country. The soldiers' thoughts turned 180 degrees, and many wanted to return to their hometowns.

But they are all guilty. Not only did Li Gong and other upper-class people hate them, but the people of Anxi also hate them. If they run back secretly, they will definitely be reported and exposed by neighbors, be sentenced to severe punishment by the government, or even executed.

So if they want to go back, they must make meritorious contributions. Since the entire army evacuated Kangju City, Hardy soldiers secretly killed the Dashi soldiers, or killed the Dashi people who fled back to Khurashan, or killed the Jiumen of Zhaowu who looked similar to the Dashi people, and hid them with their heads, and after the Tang army came over and came out of the hiding place to apologize.

He Pu soon discovered this behavior and immediately restrained it strictly. Although He Pu's confidants did not account for the majority of the entire army, they could be unified and organized closely. However, those who opposed him were divided and unable to form a joint force, and were suppressed by him. During this process, the entire army fled to Mulu City.

After escaping to Mulu City, many soldiers were depressed at first: they even had the opportunity to secretly kill the big food soldiers and escape; but soon, they discovered another good opportunity to make contributions: Xiancheng.

Mulu is the center of Khurashan. If Mulu loses the entire Khurashan, it will change hands; at the same time, this city has been repeatedly repaired by the Governor of Khurashan of the Dashi Kingdom, and is very strong. If it is difficult to seize, it will definitely suffer heavy losses. If they can assist the Tang Dynasty soldiers to seize the city, they will make a great contribution. Most of the past sins can be written off and they will return to their hometown.

As for whether the Tang Dynasty soldiers would attack Khurashan, this question flashed through their minds. With their current situation, what else can be done besides hoping for Li Gong to send troops?

Once this idea was proposed, it quickly spread throughout the entire army, and most soldiers, including a considerable number of He Pu's confidants, agreed. When He Pu knew about it, no one in the entire army knew about it.

He Pu's first reaction after learning it was to suppress it severely: such an idea was equivalent to rebellion; but when he learned that it had spread to the entire army and that most people in the entire army supported it, he tore off the already written orders.

Although the importance of the Hardy Army is getting lower and lower, his status in front of other generals is getting lower and lower, after all, there are still chairs when meetings; if all the soldiers who want to rebel under his command are demoted to slaves or executed, how many people can the Hardy Army be left? By then, in addition to the verbal praise from Bingbosilin, what else can he get? I am afraid that even the chairs during meetings will disappear.

Therefore, he must never punish the soldiers, and even try every means to conceal this situation and not be known to others.

But he could not allow the soldiers to rebel. For the Anxi government, although ordinary soldiers of the Hardy army were at fault, they were among the people who could be saved. If they made contributions, they could make meritorious. He was the number one traitor. The Anxi government even issued a pursuit order to kill him. Even if he made meritorious, his most tolerant treatment would be given to hang himself and his wife and children were exempted from being punished. Therefore, he could not return to Anxi, so he would not have the idea of ​​making meritorious.

Even if he could not deal with it, and could not rebel with the soldiers, He Pu could only seal the entire military camp and not allow the soldiers to leave; he did not dare to let Bingbo Silin enter. This did not solve the problem, he could only delay, but he had no better way.

"General, before returning to the barracks, it is best to buy some meat from the market." He Pu was thinking, and an escort said: "Since the governor said that he would send back the deducted food, most of the time it will be sent back today. It is better to hold a banquet to reward the soldiers."

In fact, why are there so many people who want to rebel? In addition to returning to their hometown, they are also because they are in a poor situation after arriving in Mulu City and there is not enough food to eat. When they were in Suiye Town and the Jiujun Kingdom of Zhaowu, they had enough food. Many people were worried that the cannibals would demote the entire army to slaves, so they were willing to rebel.

In the evening, the general rewarded the soldiers and told everyone that the food was not enough in the first three months was not because the governor deliberately lent it less, but because the officials in charge deducted it. The soldiers' worries dissipated, so there would not be so many people who wanted to rebel."

"General, Brother Zhang said that buying some meat and buying a few hundred kilograms of wine will definitely calm the anger of the soldiers." Another guard also said.

"Old Zhang, Xiao Zhao, what you said makes sense, but where do we have money?" He Pu said with a wry smile: "Reward the soldiers, there are more than 1,000 people in the army, and at least one pound of meat and at least half a pound of wine?

Nearly half of the military pay was deducted, so we had to hire people to take out manure and buy some food from the market from time to time to appease the soldiers. The soldiers' families of the army had a copper coin for military pay, and they all had to rely on military pay subsidies. After three months, there was not much money left at all. Although there were still some, how could they buy a thousand kilograms of meat and five hundred kilograms of wine?"

"Oh, Tianfang Taoism actually fasted pork, which made it impossible for people to find a place to sell pork in the city, only beef and mutton, which was too expensive." Lao Zhang sighed.

Regardless of wine, because the Tianfang Cult is fasting for pork, people who do not believe in the Tianfang Cult will not risk violating the ban because they have substitutes such as beef and mutton, so pork gradually disappears.

"No meat, wine is fine." Xiao Zhao said: "Most soldiers like to eat wine. With wine and food that is open, it is enough to comfort the soldiers."

"That's all." He Pu thought for a while and said. It's better than nothing.

"Lao Zhang, you take three people to buy wine. Buy more, at least 800 kilograms. You can weigh it and don't be deceived by local vendors." He ordered.

"General, don't worry, I will know how heavy it is when I lift my hand. I will know how heavy it is when I look at the wheel marks of the car. It will not be bad." Old Zhang said while patting his chest.

"You go buy it quickly, remember to go back before dark." He Pu nodded. Lao Zhang bowed again and left with three people.

"General, my subordinates know where to sell pork in the city." Lao Zhang and others took a few steps. He Pu was about to take the rest of the people to return to the military camp when he suddenly heard another guard say.

"Do you know where to sell pork?" He Pu turned around and looked at the person who was talking.

"Yes. The last time I came out with Brother Zhang to buy grain, the merchant walked in the market a few steps when he loaded the car, entered a relatively remote place and found a pork dealer."

"real?"

"Really!" the guard agreed and emphasized: "General, because there have always been Zoroastrians and Ming dynasties in the city, the local government has never ordered a ban on selling pork, but most people do not sell or buy to avoid trouble; but there are always people who cannot afford beef and mutton, and can only eat pork, so there are people who have been selling it."

'Xiao Tang is my confidant. I used some excuses to punish the soldiers who were most urgently planning to rebel in the camp. He firmly obeyed my orders and should not agree with the rebellion.' He Pu thought to himself and said to him: "Since you know where to sell pork, just take a few people to buy it."

"There is no need to bring more people. The vendor is also afraid that the person who buys meat from him will not come again after encountering trouble, so if the purchase volume is large and the goods are responsible for delivering them to the door, there is no need for a few of us. Except for subordinates, there are two more people." Xiao Tang said.

"Then go with the two behind you." Hearing that he did not say that he would marry Caimai by himself, He Pu went all suspiciously and ordered.

"Yes." Xiao Tang agreed and led the two of them to turn their horses to the market.

"General, general." He Pu continued to take people back. But this time he didn't take a few steps, and suddenly he appeared in front of him on a horse and shouted to him.

"Li Si, why did you leave the camp to find me if you don't stay in the camp? Could it be that something unspeakable happened in the military camp?" Seeing the appearance of the person calling him clearly, He Pu was stunned, and then thought of the worst situation.

‘Didn’t it fail?’

"General, that's not the case." Li Si immediately understood what he had thought of and hurriedly said, "Suddenly, dozens of large food soldiers brought many big trucks to the military camp and showed the governor's order, saying that they were here to return the deducted food.

After discussing for a while, several of them had to open the door and let them in; their subordinates hurriedly came to inform the general.”

"The food was delivered so soon? Okay, it's so great." He Pu was immediately overjoyed. He was worried that he would not be able to deliver food today.

"Don't worry, this is the order of the governor, and he has no other intentions. He just punished the food and grass officer and returned the food." He said to Li Si again.

"This is really great." Li Si also smiled. He originally thought that many soldiers wanted to rebel and was learned by Bingbo Silin, who used this as an excuse to investigate the garrison in the military camp and was going to be besieged at night.

"Let's go back quickly, tell the soldiers what the governor thought, and then tell them to reward everyone tonight." He Pu said again, whipped the horse's butt with a whip, and quickly returned to the military camp. Everyone hurriedly followed.

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"Basaimu, may Allah give you peace." The guard Tang Shaodong dismounted and walked into an inconspicuous yard, and said to the person who opened the door in a big sacred manner.

"May Allah give you peace." Basem responded, and said, "Are you here to buy pork? I remember seeing you and buying a few kilograms of meat."

"I'm really here to buy pork." As he said that, Tang Shaodong took out fifty gold coins from his waist and shook it in front of the man. "I want pork worth so much."

"So much?" Barsemmu was shocked. "This is enough for a thousand people to have a full meal."

"It's for food for a thousand people. Do you have enough stock here?"

"No, all the pork is added together, at most, it is only enough for 300 people to eat. But don't worry, it's still a while before dark, and we have dozens of pigs outside the city. I'll go slaughter it and pull the meat in with a cart, and just pull it to the barracks where you are." Barsem said again, then walked into the house and said a few words, and soon came out and said to Tang Shaodong, "Let's go outside the city."

"No need to pull the cart?"

"No, there are cars outside the city. And you will most likely ask to send the meat directly to the near-campus. A few big cars will be taken into my small yard, which will cause suspicion."

"Let's go." Tang Shaodong didn't drag it down, and agreed, walked out of the yard with the person behind him, came to the entrance of the alley and said a few words to the guards who were looking at the horses. The three of them turned over on the horses. After a while, Barsem came out on a donkey and rushed out of the city with the three of them.

They soon left the city and came to a small village not far from Mulu City. Basaimu walked into a yard and heard many pigs screaming before he could enter.

"Are you afraid of being reported by you if you are free to stock like this?"

"Not afraid, the whole village relies on raising pigs and selling meat for food. Even people who don't like it dare not report it."

They walked in and quickly picked up the pig. Basaimu was about to slaughter him, but Tang Shaodong suddenly approached him and said, "Can you transport the live pigs into the city without killing them?"

"This requires extra money. Live pigs entering the city are even more dangerous."

“Yes. But you can’t add too much.”

"Don't worry, there won't be too many." Barsem smiled.
Chapter completed!