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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 727
"Village elders, village elders, there is a group of Southern Army military masters outside!"
At noon, the courtyard door of Zhoujiazhuang's respected village home was pushed open, and a dark-skinned middle-aged man stepped into the courtyard.
The village elder with a goatee heard that a group of southern troops had come outside, so he hurriedly put down his job and stood up.
"Go, follow me to greet you."
The Southern Army is the army of the imperial court. Compared with the murderous Qinghe Army, they have more trust in the Southern Army.
By the time the dark-skinned middle-aged man helped the trembling village elder out of the yard, the news had already spread in the village.
The jumping children and the villagers who watched the excitement all flocked to the entrance of the village.
When the village elder arrived at the entrance of the village, a group of whispering villagers had already gathered at the entrance of the village.
And under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, a group of about a hundred Southern Army soldiers were resting in the shade of the tree.
"Master Jun, I don't know what to do in our Zhoujiazhuang?"
Surrounded by several village men, the village elder stepped forward to meet an officer wearing the uniform of a hundred-man general of the Southern Army.
Ma Jin, an officer of the Qinghe Army who pretended to be a hundred-man general of the Southern Army, raised his head high when he saw the respectful village elders.
"I was ordered by the general to collect the rations." Ma Jin said proudly.
Hearing that this group of southern troops came to collect the rations, the onlookers all felt tense.
Although the Jiangnan Province is rich, most of their land is occupied by wealthy families and country gentry.
The same is true of the land in their Zhoujiazhuang, most of the land belongs to the big families in the town.
The people in their village actually cultivated only about 40% of the land, and after paying taxes on food, they could barely maintain food and clothing.
"Master Jun, it's not time to collect taxes and rations." The village elder couldn't help but said.
"Listen clearly, what we collect is not tax rations, but military rations."
The village elder asked cautiously: "Then how much will be collected?"
"A thousand stones."
"ah?"
"Why, don't you want to?"
"No, Lord Jun, a thousand stones is too much, we"
"We fought against the bandits on the front line, with our heads pinned to our trouser waists, and now we're levying a little grain from you, and you're all jabbering. I think you're getting impatient!"
Ma Jin and the others were ordered to sneak into the Southern Army's control area, and their main purpose was to discredit the Southern Army.
So seeing that the village elder wanted to bargain, Ma Jin gave him a wink, and several brothers around him immediately drew out their sabers from their waists, showing a fierce look.
At first, the villagers in Zhoujiazhuang were still watching the excitement. After all, the Southern Army drove the Qinghe Army away, and they were still very happy.
But now seeing the southern army suddenly showing their ferocious faces, they also showed horror. Many villagers hurriedly scolded the children who were watching the fun and returned to the village.
The village elders didn't expect that these trusted southern soldiers would draw their swords at each other if they disagreed, and their faces turned pale with fright.
"Master Jun, we really can't get together a thousand shi of grain." The village elder was quite embarrassed.
When these southern troops came, they opened their mouths like lions, which caused the surrounding people's favorability towards the southern army to drop rapidly.
"Since you can't afford food, you can pay for it with other things!"
Ma Jin waved to more than a hundred brothers wearing southern army uniforms at the entrance of the village.
"Enter the village and search for food!"
"No!"
More than a hundred brothers like wolves and tigers broke into the village like bandits with weapons in their hands.
?They kicked open the doors of the courtyards, and began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to search for valuables, and at the same time began to move food and so on.
Seeing the brutal behavior of these southern troops, some young and vigorous people in the village were naturally unwilling.
Many young adults also tried to stop them angrily, but they were quickly knocked to the ground and punched and kicked.
Facing these heavily armed Southern Army soldiers, the unarmed civilians were not opponents at all, and it was difficult to stop them.
More than an hour later, Ma Jin returned with a full load of more than a hundred brothers, leaving behind a messy village.
"My God, what has happened to us."
in the villageFood and valuables were almost wiped out by Ma Jin and the others, and many young men were also bruised and swollen, looking horrible.
Because it was in the area controlled by the Southern Army, the things that Ma Jin and the others looted were not brought back.
They hid the things, and then began to replicate the actions in Zhoujiazhuang.
In just a few days, dozens of villages were looted in Tongshan Mansion and Xinmen Mansion occupied by the Southern Army, and some caravans were also robbed by the Southern Army.
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. The story of the Southern Army's looting in some remote areas spread quickly.
The military discipline of the various units of the Southern Army was already lax. After occupying the prefectures and counties, things like petty theft and overlord meals also happened from time to time.
Therefore, when news of many remote villages being plundered by the Southern Army came out, the people's favorability towards the Southern Army dropped rapidly.
When the Southern Army first came back, because it was the imperial court's royal teacher, the common people welcomed them very much, and entertained them with good wine and dishes.
However, in a short period of time, the people's attitude towards the Southern Army has undergone a 180-degree turn.
After hearing what the friendly troops had done, the troops of the Southern Army stationed in various prefectures and counties were not ashamed but proud.
Some of the more courageous Southern Army also sneaked into the surrounding villages and towns in groups of three or four, using the name of the Southern Army to extort some money, further tarnishing the reputation of the Southern Army.
After hearing that some villages had been plundered and some soldiers were taking what Ka Na asked for, the officers of the various units of the Southern Army laughed it off and didn't take it seriously.
In their view, fighting on the battlefield is hard work for soldiers, and it¡¯s okay to take something from the common people.
After all, if the control is too strict, the army will not benefit, and the team will not be easy to lead, so they almost turn a blind eye to these things.
But what they didn't expect was that behind this incident was not their loose military discipline at all, but that the Qinghe army was making trouble behind, trying to mess up their reputation.
After Zhennan General Luo Mingyuan saw that the front line was stable, he transferred his command from Sishui Mansion in Dongjiang Province to Tongshan Mansion in Jiangnan Province.
Luo Mingyuan, the Zhennan General, is quite sensitive. After he entered Tongshan Mansion, he was puzzled when he saw the people onlookers pointing and pointing at them with disgust on their faces.
Zhennan General Luo Mingyuan hurriedly sent someone to investigate why this was the case. When the investigation was clear, Luo Mingyuan was also furious.
"asshole!"
?Because the military discipline of the troops occupying the prefectures and counties was lax, and even dozens of villages were looted, it is no wonder that the people are very disgusted with them.
"We are the army, not bandits!"
Zhennan General Luo Mingyuan summoned the main generals, scolded them, and then asked them to quickly rectify military discipline after returning, trying to restore their reputation.
But reputation is such a thing, it is not easy to maintain a good reputation. Once the reputation is damaged, it is even more difficult to restore it.
What's more, the chief generals of the various units of the Southern Army have always been used to being lazy, and they didn't realize the importance of reputation at all.
? When they returned to their troops, they only passed down an order, asking the troops to restrain the soldiers, and not to do it too blatantly.
It is precisely because the generals of the various troops do not pay attention to this thing that the looting has not stopped, but has become more and more serious.
The common people are also miserable in the face of the Southern Army with lax military discipline, and they begin to miss the Qinghe Army with strict military discipline. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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