Bab 527: 527. The world is full of vicissitudes.

After clearing the remaining enemy, the Legion firmly took An Zhou.

Shi Rongchun convened the officers for a meeting and called Fu Fangsheng over.

After busying themselves for half a day, everyone was hungry; he ordered the Auxiliary Army to bring up meals, and they all ate and talked.

The food was packed in buckets, and the place was filled with the sounds of hearty eating and drinking.

Shi Rongchun picked up a bucket and guzzled down half of it in two or three gulps before he opened his mouth to speak:

"Not bad, fine white rice! At the Gukou Battery, I even had noodles blessed by the True Sovereign. Just like that, six years have gone by."

A few of Shi Rongchun's old subordinates chimed in:

"Back then, the Imperial Court feared we'd start a war on our own and stopped our supplies. Luckily, the True Sovereign donated food and we chased away the foreign devils."

"A million pounds of fine noodles. They even had salt and spices in them, so delicious indeed."