Chapter 276: How Many Soldiers Are There in the Hundred Thousand Army?
What Third Uncle Chu didn't know, the only reason Chu Lixuan didn't kill him was that Chu Lixuan was grateful to him deep in his heart.
Things are uncertain. Without Third Uncle Chu's betrayal, he and Jiang Xinyan would still be staying in the Hou Mansion. The husband and wife might not know each other!
As long as Third Uncle Chu doesn't commit any more crimes, Chu Lixuan will not kill him if he commits another crime again.
Chu Lixuan is not a kind person either. He only gives him the opportunity once and treats it as a thank you.
It was only after Jiang Xinyan heard what Chu Lixuan said that she gave up on killing the wretched third uncle.
After all, if her wretched third uncle had not betrayed the Marquis, she, Jiang Xinyan, would not have been able to come to this ancient time.
She had the same idea as Chu Lixuan, she should be grateful for giving him a chance.
As long as he doesn't offend this couple, the wretched third uncle can still live freely.
The fate of the wretched third uncle is in his own hands. In fact, everyone's fate is in their own hands.
Undoubtedly, Uncle Ersuo is lucky, but Uncle Ersuojie is not as lucky as his father.
He suffered a lot in exile, but when he returned to the capital, he suddenly enjoyed himself and squandered money. The third family of the Chu family had no source of income.
The wretched Jie squandered his mother's dowry, and then stared at his wife's dowry. After a few months, he was reduced to relying on his mother's family for financial support.
The concubine Chu in the eldest prince's mansion was also living a miserable life. She hated her father every day. If she hadn't brought down the great supporter of the prince's mansion, why would she be like this!
In the courtyard, Chu Lixuan saw that King Zhenbei and the others had eaten and drank enough, so he said goodbye.
"Your Majesty, we will continue drinking tomorrow. Now we say goodbye as husband and wife."
Chu Lixuan wanted to leave a long time ago. His little wife was too kind and would not tolerate others abusing her servants.
He himself didn't have much sense of touch. He had lived that kind of life since he was born, but he changed it later in the military camp, and then he changed even more completely when he met her.
King Zhenbei and his son stood up to see each other off, and King Zhenbei, who was in a high mood, put his hand on his son's shoulder.
Watching Chu Lixuan lead Jiang Xinyan out of the yard, he watched the couple leaving hand in hand and leaving sweetly.
Xuanyuan Chen said to Concubine Li who was eating in the hall: "Mother, let the maids and ladies go to our table to eat some food first."
"Mom hasn't eaten enough yet, why are you in a hurry?" Concubine Li said matter-of-factly.
"You go and eat first, I'm full." Wu Meiren heard Xuanyuan Chen's words and immediately said to her maids.
Xuanyuan Shuang lowered her head and said nothing. She did not dare to refute her mother, but what her brother said made sense.
She whispered to the maids who were waiting for her: "You should go and eat quickly."
King Zhenbei took a deep look at the situation inside the house, frowned and said to his son: "Go with your father to see the soldiers."
"Yeah." Xuanyuan Chen was in a low mood.
The father and son came out of the yard and heard cheers outside. This was a scene they had never seen before in the Northern Army.
"Father, the soldiers are very happy. Why is this?" Just to have a full meal?
Before the famine, their Zhenbei Army had enough to eat and drink every day!
"You'll know if you go over and take a look. Chen'er, you are still too young! You are so startled that you seem to have never seen the world."
Xuanyuan Chen: "..."
Xuanyuan Chen burst out laughing inwardly, speaking as if he had seen the world before. Mrs. Chu said that Tianshan snow lotus fruits are dug out of the ground.
His father insisted on saying that Tianshan snow lotus grows on the cliffs, and others said that what they drank was Gu Shaojiu.
They brewed it themselves from rice, and his father wanted to say it was some kind of rare wine...
He also said that he was shocked and had never seen the world. Xuanyuan Chen felt that his father was nothing more than mediocre.
King Zhenbei didn't know it yet, but his tall and powerful image had become ordinary in the eyes of his son.
"My lord, are you full?" A general saw King Zhenbei and stepped forward and asked.
"I have finished eating, what about you?"
"We were so full. The pork ribs stewed with Tianshan snow lotus fruit were really delicious, and the braised beef was also something Mo Jiang had never eaten before..."
"What? Did each of you eat pork ribs stewed with Tianshan snow lotus?"
King Zhenbei was shocked beyond belief. There were 300,000 of them!
"Yes, one bowl for each person. It tastes very delicious. The people here are very good at cooking."
King Zhenbei: "..." Good food is inherently delicious, so what kind of cooking skills are needed?
What a waste of natural resources!
His emperor's brother treasured the snow lotus in the sky, and Chu Lixuan cooked the soup for 300,000 soldiers to drink!
Xuanyuan Chen saw his father in shock. He didn't dare to make trouble in person, so he could only say in his heart, is this what you call seeing the world?
Then the general explained in detail how to divide the dishes, how to serve the rice, and how to divide the soup.
After everyone finished eating, they washed their dishes and took them back to their rooms.
"Your Majesty, they have more than 500 people here to take care of 300,000 of us. They have plenty to eat, and they are not tired at all."
"What did you say? How do you know they are not tired?" King Zhenbei was unhappy.
Can he be happy? Five hundred people! It only takes five hundred people to cook a meal for 300,000 people!
Among his half-million-strong army, the Huotou Army numbered nearly 100,000, and some of them were civilians responsible for transporting grain.
In an army of 100,000, only 40,000 soldiers are actually used for fighting. But in a large-scale war, everyone has to go into battle and cheer.
The most fortunate thing is that of the 300,000 people who came out with him this time, nearly 170,000 were soldiers, and another 130,000 were fire-headed soldiers, horsemen and miscellaneous people.
The grain and grass transporters almost betrayed King Zhenbei and stayed in Youzhou City with He Jianjun. Of course, there were also 20,000 soldiers left in the city.
They feel that this time is an opportunity. Without the general, they can glorify their ancestors in the future.
The general saw that the prince was obviously unhappy, so he suggested that they go to their room to have a look.
When King Zhenbei saw the accommodation conditions, he was surprised again. No wonder! No wonder!
In the past, the Chu army could often win battles, but the original Marquis of Zhennan was so talented.
Xuanyuan Chen admired Chu Lixuan even more. He admired Chu Lixuan so much that it was one thing to hear Bing Po talk about him before, but it was another thing to actually see him.
When Chu Lixuan and his wife went back, they only saw his grandmother and Jin Niang, the third aunt, the fifth aunt, and the women from the second room of the Chu family eating.
"Xuan'er, Yan'er is back. Have they settled down?" the eldest princess asked.
"It has been arranged. We are not planting vegetables this afternoon. We are all going to help cook. Tomorrow we will give them food for them to cook themselves."
Jiang Xinyan replied that Chu Lixuan rarely spoke even to his grandmother and mother.
"Brother Xiang said that five hundred people came to help today?" Jin Niang confirmed in disbelief.
"We have arranged for five hundred people, which is relatively small. Their Zhenbei Army only has hundreds of thousands of people cooking!" Jiang Xinyan also heard what Chu Lixuan said.
She had thought that there were at least 400,000 soldiers in the 500,000-strong army!
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