Chapter 317: Overnight in the barracks

This night, Cao Liang didn't go home at all and stayed in the barracks.

For Cao Liang, this is simply a matter of accustomation, for more than half a year since he went out with the army, that night was not a night in the barracks, eating and living with ordinary soldiers.

Even when he didn't go on the expedition, Cao Liang's father Cao Yan, as a cavalry general, often stayed in the barracks.

Therefore, Cao Liang took it for granted that he lived in the Yueqi camp.

But his move, in the eyes of Lin Zhubo and others, is unbelievable and incomprehensible.

The previous few Yue cavalry captains, let alone staying in the barracks, couldn't even see a trace on weekdays, and occasionally came to the Yue Cai Battalion on business, but they just shook for a while, and then they didn't see anyone.

On the first day of Cao Liang's tenure, he made every effort to clean up the Yueqi camp, not only killed the military marquis Guo Yang and Dubo Fan Jin, and forced them to be coolies for a day.

After all, Cao Liang looks gentle and elegant on the surface, but if he plays the command, he can make people's heads fall to the ground, who would dare to provoke such a "demon king"?

Lin Zhubo could have gone home, but Cao Liang didn't leave, and he didn't dare to leave with ten guts, so he accompanied Cao Liang cautiously, and even spoke carefully, for fear that the word would be wrong, Cao Liang was angry and killed him too.

Cao Liang saw all this in his eyes, and naturally knew it, today he came to the Yueqi camp, originally he didn't have the intention of killing, but seeing such a chaotic situation in the Yuecai camp, it can't be rectified, but if you want to rectify, you must first have Liwei, if you don't Liwei, how can you obey.

Unfortunately, the military marquis Guo Yang and Dubo Fan Jin became unlucky and broke off the stage, the effect of these two heads is indeed very good, and they have played a role in killing a hundred people, and now the entire Yue cavalry battalion is afraid of Cao Liang, and the atmosphere does not dare to gasp.

But Cao Liang knows that if you only rely on tough means to govern the army, it will not work, kill a few people, let others be afraid, that is just fear, if you want to really lead the army, you have to let your subordinates revere and respect, so that they have a sense of awe, so that you can be united and let the army form combat effectiveness.

To put it simply, to govern the army, it is necessary to use both grace and power, and now that power is enough, Cao Liang must work this grace word.

The food in the Yue Cavalry Battalion is good, much better than when Cao Liang was in the Southern Army, after all, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, no matter how bad the treatment is, it is much better than outside.

Cao Liang and the soldiers ate in the same cauldron, without disliking the poor food at all, and ate with relish.

Those soldiers were surprised, but they had a sense of intimacy, after all, there were really few high-ranking officials like Cao Liang who were close to the people, and they could actually eat with ordinary soldiers.

You must know that those high-ranking officials in the past were all high-minded, keeping a considerable distance from ordinary soldiers, not to mention eating in a pot, or even looking at them and making a show.

Cao Liang and the soldiers ate together, and immediately shortened the distance between each other, although Cao Liang's iron-blooded side made them afraid during the day, and at this moment the fear became less unconsciously, Cao Liang now gave people the feeling that it was not so difficult to get along with, and there was a sense of approachability.

However, the two bloody heads of Guo Yang and Fan Jin are still hanging at the gate of the camp, so that these soldiers dare not make a mistake at any time, and when they eat, they are all following the rules and keeping to themselves, even the whispering people are gone, everyone is buried in eating, except for the rustling sound of chewing, no other sound can be heard.

Lin Zhubo has already arranged a room for Cao Liang to stay, because the Yue Cavalry Battalion is stationed outside the palace all the year round, so the barracks are all bungalows with a brick structure, unlike the Xiao Cavalry Battalion stationed outside the city, where they live in tents.

Lin Zhubo vacated the largest and best room, originally this room was reserved for the captain of Yue Qi, the front hall and the back room, which was relatively spacious. However, several of the predecessors had never lived here, so the house was always vacant with some miscellaneous items.

Taking advantage of the time to eat, the forest lord Bo sent someone to clean up the house, and the bedding was all replaced with brand new, and the house was burned with charcoal with a brazier, and by the time Cao Liang came in, it was already clean and warm.

Cao Liang looked at the room, nodded, and said that he was very satisfied, and Lin Zhubo's hanging heart was put back in his stomach.

To tell the truth, Lin Zhubo knows Cao Liang's identity, the little prince of Gaoling Mansion, the younger brother of the royal family, such a noble identity, the food, clothing, housing and transportation in the Hou Mansion must be extremely luxurious, and the conditions of the military camp are so simple, Lin Zhubo doesn't know if Cao Liang is satisfied.

In fact, Cao Liang's living conditions in the Hou Mansion are indeed not low, but Cao Liang himself does not have much pursuit of material pleasure, food can satisfy the stomach, clothes can cover the body, and the place where he lives can be sheltered from the wind and rain, which is enough.

Although the conditions of the Yue cavalry battalion are not as good as those of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, but compared with the conditions of the southern army, they do not know how many times better, in the most difficult time of the Huainan War, they are all sleeping in the field, eating hard dry food and drinking a sip of cold water, it is already very good, the most nervous time, can only be hungry.

The point is that you have to fight even if you are hungry, and you have to fight bloody battles with the enemy when you are hungry, and now you can eat a hot meal and sleep in a clean bed, which is like going to heaven.

Cao Liang was not in a hurry to rest, but accompanied by Lin Zhubo, he lit lanterns and inspected the barracks of the troops one by one.

Naturally, the barracks where ordinary soldiers live have no beds, they are all spread with some hay on the ground, and the soldiers sleep in their clothes, at most they are wrapped in a felt blanket, and those with better family conditions may be covered with a fur blanket.

However, there was no fire in the barracks, and it was still cold in the barracks on such a cold day.

Cao Liang asked why, and Lin Zhubo told him that it was not because of the lack of firewood, but because there was a fire in the barracks, and it was easy to run water, so he simply froze.

Cao Liang can also understand this, after all, there are at least dozens of people living in a barracks, there are many people, and the room is full of fire-causing things, if you light an open flame, it is easy to have a fire accident.

Since it is impossible to make a fire, after Cao Liang looked at it carefully, he asked Lin Zhubo to strengthen the warmth measures of the barracks, such as closing the doors and windows, and spreading more grain grass for the soldiers, so as to ensure that each soldier has a felt blanket to survive this cold winter.