At the foot of Mopan Mountain, a fence was erected on the thick log at the mouth of the bowl, and the open gate faced the direction of Mopan Mountain, within the fence, dozens of gang leaders were boiling gruel, as the water boiled, the rice was churning in the boiling water, slowly turning into rice flowers, slowly being stewed, and the aroma also drifted to Mopan Mountain little by little with the wind. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Dozens of men boiled the porridge and extinguished the fire, but left the fence and let the dozens of cauldrons stand in the fence.

On the mountain, countless Qi troops swallowed their saliva, although they had only worked for a short period of ten days, they basically did not have the appearance of a single person.

In the previous time, they were able to pull something out of the ashes, and even the carcasses of charred animals would be stuffed into their mouths.

But now, there's nothing. As Wu Ling said, if it is a few days later, the corpses of those burned Qi soldiers will also be eaten into their stomachs.

Of course, Qin Feng would not allow such a thing to happen, he didn't want these Qi people to become beasts, because if such a thing really happened, then between him and the Qi State, there would really be no death.

"Your Majesty, it's been the third day, and there is still no one from Qi going down the mountain!" Dazhu had some regret, but also some admiration, "The Qi people are much more ruthless than the Qin people, no wonder they are the number one country in the world." ”

Qin Feng smiled and said: "Look at it, someone will definitely come down, the reason why they are so tenacious is because they are the Dragon Pavilion, the Dragon Pavilions are all from the families of the noble officials of the Qi State, and they have their pride." But this pride always has a bottom line, Dazhu, do you know why I did it? ”

Da Zhu was puzzled: "Your Majesty, in fact, we are attacking now, and we can take them all down at a short cost." There's no need to go through such a fuss. ”

"Because Your Majesty will destroy their pride." A voice came from behind him, and Da Zhu turned his head and saw Wu Ling walking towards him.

"Destroy their pride?" Dazhu was very puzzled.

"Yes, destroy their pride." Wu Ling pointed to the Qi army on the mountain: "These people, now for us, are a hot potato, it is easy to catch them, but we can't destroy their pride, because now we can't kill them." ”

"Why can't you kill?" The big pillar was puzzled.

Qin Feng nodded appreciatively at Wu Ling: "You can't kill it, every Qi person here represents an official in the Qi country, so if you let the Qi people kill them in this situation, it will be an unexplainable hatred, each on the battlefield is its master, and if you die in battle, there is nothing to say, but now, it is a massacre." Even if I let them starve to death, I still have to use them as bargaining chips to negotiate with the Qi people! ”

"What does that mean to destroy their pride?"

"These people have experienced this cruel war, and when they return to China, they will become the backbone of the Qi military, they all have backgrounds, and over time, they will inevitably become the backbone of the Qi army, they have a bitter hatred for us, if they are allowed to return to the Qi country with this hatred and pride, they will become our great enemies in the future. Therefore, their pride must be defeated. Qin Feng said with a smile. Look, there will definitely be people coming down from the mountain, Wu Ling, remember, they can eat in this fence, and it is okay to go up the mountain again after eating, but they are definitely not allowed to bring a grain of rice to the mountain. ”

"Understood!" Wu Ling said with a smile: "Even if it is Cao Ge, if you want to eat this bowl of porridge, you have to go down the mountain by yourself." ”

Dazhu suddenly realized and looked at the fence, "This seems to be raising pigs!" ”

"It's pig farming." Qin Feng laughed: "As long as these proud Qi soldiers come down from the mountain, then they will no longer be soldiers!" Such a person, when he returns to the Qi State, will no longer become a qualified soldier, and the Emperor of the Qi State, the more proud guy, will never let these people join the army again! ”

"If a soldier loses the most basic pride, he is no longer a qualified soldier!" Wu Ling sneered, "Your Majesty, don't worry about going to Dengxian, I will turn them into pigs." ”

Dazhu looked at Wu Ling, and his heart was inexplicably a little frightened, Wu Ling, this guy, would rather eat human flesh than surrender to the Taiping Army, this is the kind of pride he is talking about.

"I'll leave it to you here, I'll take the Shaking Mountain Camp to Dengxian County." Qin Feng nodded and turned to leave.

Late at night, those dozens of pots of porridge have long lost their aroma, and it is cold, but it is still left by the Ming army, and the Qi army on the mountain understands that when it is dawn tomorrow, the Ming army will have someone to pour out these dozens of pots of porridge, and then re-boil new porridge. It was a new round of torture.

There was a deathly silence on the mountain, where almost all the people were lying, and if it weren't for the occasional roll of their eyes, they would all be dead bodies.

Zhang Bai and Huang An are the highest-ranking people on the mountain except for Cao Ge, but they are only two captains, and the original generals were either killed in battle or burned to death. Cao Gemo was stunned, and now the two of them have become the backbone of everyone here. Now the two of them are also paralyzed on the ground, no matter who they are, they will become like this if they don't eat for a few days.

"We're going to starve to death here." Zhang Bai is as angry as a gossamer.

"There is boiled porridge at the bottom of the mountain, will you eat it?" Huang An heaved and said.

"I'd rather starve to death!" Zhang Bai snorted.

Huang An sat up, "I'd rather starve to death, here, everyone thinks the same way as us?" ”

"Of course, we are the Great Qi Dragon Army." Zhang Baidao.

"We're not yet!" Huang An looked at the fence at the bottom of the mountain, and his eyes suddenly flashed: "Zhang Bai, someone has gone down the mountain." ”

Zhang Bai stood up with the handle of the knife, and sure enough, there were dozens of figures, staggering out of the darkness and into the dimly lit place.

The Ming people were very vicious, and at night, they would light countless torches on top of the fence to illuminate the pigsty as if it were day.

"I'm going to kill them!" Zhang Bai said angrily: "They are the disgrace of the Dragon Pavilion. ”

Huang An smiled bitterly, lay down again, and pulled Zhang Bai to lie down again, "Everyone has their own choice, and now, we can't kill anyone." After eating this bowl of porridge, they can no longer be soldiers. ”

"I'd rather die than be dishonored!" Zhang Bai's teeth were gritted.

The fence was bright, but it was dark all around, and in the darkness, there were a few pairs of bright eyes staring here, and I saw dozens of Qi soldiers walking down the Mopan Mountain, walking into the fence, and seeing them holding a handful of gruel with their hands, eating with tears, but the owner of those pairs of eyes laughed.

"Okay, finally down the mountain. The general was right that no one could resist the persecution of hunger. They looked like they had eaten almost, and they were going to take some clothes and go back to the mountains, ha, that wouldn't work. Someone stood up in the darkness and clapped his hands lightly, and the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and dozens of horses drove out of the darkness and galloped towards the fence.

"It's okay for you to eat enough, and it's okay to go back to the mountains if you're full, but you are not allowed to bring a single rice back to the mountains." The face of the cavalryman was enclosed in an iron helmet, and his face could not be seen clearly. The sharp spear was raised flatly, and it stopped in front of those Qi troops who came down the mountain, dozens of people, but none of them had weapons.

"Of course, you can also go up the mountain and follow us!" The knight's spear was retracted.

Dozens of Qi troops looked at the cavalry in front of them in despair, and the porridge in their hands that was hard to hold with their torn clothes fell weakly to the ground. They hid their faces and ran to Mopan Mountain.

On the fourth day, hundreds of people descended from Mopan Mountain.

On the fifth day, the number of people increased several times.

In the camp of the Ming army not far away, Wu Ling listened to the report of his subordinates, but the smile on his face became more and more prosperous. Your Majesty's strategy is ten times more powerful than killing them. These people are considered useless.

Wu Ling knew that hunger was terrible, because he had experienced it personally, and when he remembered his experience in the mountains in those years, he couldn't help but shudder.

Zhang Bai and Huang An also want to keep their pride, they are already hungry. There was no longer any strength to get up, so I could only lie there and wait quietly for death to come.

Although it does not move, it does not mean that they do not know what is going down the mountain, more and more people are going down the mountain, they are saving their lives, and they are not going to have the dignity of a soldier, they don't know whether this is right or wrong.

Suddenly, there were many more people around, all of them were their former subordinates, and they stared at the two of them deadly, and the light in their eyes made them shudder.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Bai's hand grasped the hilt of the knife, but his weak body did not allow him to have the strength to pull out the hilt, and after a moment of silence, several pairs of powerful hands suddenly penetrated the flank of the two, lifted the two of them, and rushed down the mountain.

In other words, when a group of people falls, they will not see that there is anyone higher than them. Cao Ge and they didn't dare to move, because it was a general and a member of the imperial family, but Zhang Bai and Huang An were former captains and the officers closest to them.

When the sweet porridge was forcibly poured into the mouths of Zhang Bai and Huang An by the soldiers, the two once proud officers burst into tears. Their pride was completely shattered as the porridge water was poured into it.

A day later, the two stood behind Cao Ge, one holding a helmet with some gruel in it, and the two carefully poured the porridge water into Cao Ge's mouth.

Cao Ge's eyes blinked a few times, and the person didn't react much, but subconsciously began to swallow.

There are still people boiling porridge in the fence under the mountain every day, but the Qi army who goes down the mountain to eat porridge is no longer at night.

When the Qi people began to go down the mountain to drink porridge, Wu Ling began to transfer the troops one by one, and in the end, there was less than a team of 1,000 people left under Mopan Mountain, and half of them were slightly injured.

Wu Ling didn't care about these Qi people at all, they couldn't be regarded as an army anymore.