"If it's hard to fix, find a way to fix it. Tear down the west wall first, and turn the head to the east. ”

"Bricks will be laid out of the city. We're here to block the Xilu, not to defend Urumqi! Song Xuan retracted his thoughts and said.

"Yes, Commander." Liu Yi and other thousands of households agreed, and began to command the soldiers of the post to tear down the west city wall and fill it to the east to block the gorge.

The soldiers immediately rolled up their sleeves and got to work. Now build an extra brick, and when the West Prisoner hits, he may be able to hold on for a moment longer, but it will not be ambiguous. After a day and a night's efforts, they demolished half of the western wall, and piled all the bricks on the eastern side, blocking the entire gorge. For a while, it was impossible to put it together, so it was applied to the surface with water and mud.

"Quick, order Song Yuan to lead his thousand households to base those stones over there; ...... order," Song Xuan kept commanding.

"Commander, let them all rest." Tang Tan saw that the soldiers started to work at dawn in the morning, and they have not stopped until now, so he couldn't help but persuade Song Xuandao.

"No!" Song Xuan said: "The western captives will come at any time, sweat more in peacetime and shed less blood in wartime, you won't forget the words that the emperor said when he inspected our guard, right?" Now is normal time, it is better for the soldiers to be tired than to be beaten to death by the West at that time. ”

Speaking of this, Song Xuan paused and continued: "Although this is an errand of nine deaths, I also want to let more soldiers live until the reinforcements led by Zhang Fu arrive." ”

Tang Qin didn't care that according to the official system, he should call Zhang Fu General Zhang or Deputy General Zhang, but said: "But if you continue to do this, when the Xilu fights, the soldiers will not have the strength to fight." ”

"I have sent out a sentry, and if I find out that the Xiyu is about to arrive, I will give the soldiers a good rest."

As soon as Song Sheng's words fell, he heard the whistle outside, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Tang Qin was also stunned, and said with a smile: "Commander, Xiyu is coming soon, let the soldiers rest." ”

"Did you learn prophecy or something? How can you say it so accurately? Song Sheng also smiled, turned his head and ordered: "Pass my order, the Xilu will arrive in half an hour, and order the soldiers to divide into two shifts to eat, and then eat for a while, and rest after eating." ”

"Yes, Commander." The soldiers immediately agreed and went down to give the order.

Each thousand households immediately divided their subordinates into two shifts to take turns to eat, and Liu Jiao and Liu Shu brothers were no exception. They were in Uncle Liu Yi's thousand households, so they were assigned to eat first. Hearing the order from the hundred households, their brothers put down the guys in their hands, returned to the tent and took out their own utensils to line up with Uncle Liu Yi to eat.

Today's meal was extraordinarily hearty. Although they have eaten better than usual these days, and the mutton is enough, it is far less than this one. Huotou Jun cooked all the good things left in the kitchen, and the food was comparable to the New Year. A large plate of grilled sausages, roasted whole lamb, cabbage stewed pork slices...... Serve it, the quantity is enough, and you can eat as much as you want.

Today's staple food has also changed. Normally, the bread was baked in advance, but all the rice that we will bring today is steamed, and the steaming heat spreads to the sky.

The commander of the Huotou Army turned out to be a soldier of the left guard of the government army, and he was injured in a battle, and he was old again, so he withdrew from the combat unit and became the Huotou Army after Yunxi implemented the new policy. This time to block the Xilu, most of the Huotou army stayed in the rear, as long as a few people, including him, followed the army to Urumqi City.

At this time, while cooking for everyone, he said seriously: "Brothers! Eat hard, eat to your heart's content. When Xilu called, I don't know when I will be able to eat such a good meal! When Liu Yi spoke, he saw that his eyes were red, and he didn't feel a little worried.

Seeing that the expressions of the soldiers in the thousand households were unnatural, Liu Yi was about to say something, when the commander of the fire head took out a bottle of soju out of nowhere and poured a little bit for everyone. His hometown is from Henan, Shandong, and at this time, he picked up the wine bowl and said in an official dialect with a thick accent: "The brothers are about to meet the Xiyu, so I won't talk about the scene, just say a few auspicious words." He said, lifting the bowl. I wish you all a victorious start, success, a long life, and a long life! "Drink it all and shine the bowl.

Liu Yi also raised his glass: "For the emperor, for victory, for the future!" Cheers! ”

Half a thousand soldiers raised their glasses and shouted: "For the emperor, for victory, for the future!" Cheers! ”

Immediately, all the soldiers who were queuing up to eat raised the bowls in their hands, poured a bowl of water without wine, and shouted loudly: "For the emperor, for victory, for the future!" Cheers! "The sound moves the sky.

"I hope that everyone can really live from this war, live a long life, and be a prince for all generations." Liu Yi thought in his heart.

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Just when the soldiers of the left and right guards of the government army shouted loudly, fifteen miles east of Urumqi City, more than 100,000 people were gathering together to eat at this moment.

These people were the same people who had fled all the way from the Iwu Basin. They fled westward under the leadership of Timur's grandsons Shahru and Salha, but miraculously did not break up, and although the last soldiers were wiped out by Zhang Fu's troops, most of them still managed to escape into the gorge and prepared to flee back to Samarkand.

But when they didn't want to flee here, they suddenly found that there were riders wearing Ming military uniforms, and they were shocked. Shaharu immediately sent men to chase after the rider and take a look, and when the men he sent out returned, he told him: "General Shaharu, General Salha, now that the city of Urumqi is under the control of the Ming army, there are at least 10,000 Ming troops blocking the exit of the gorge. ”

Shaharu felt hopeless. They finally ran here, but they didn't expect to be blocked by the Ming army, is this the evil god who wants them to die here?

Shaharu immediately planned to kill himself, but was stopped by Salha. "Shaharu, it's not a moment of despair. We have more horses in our hands than Zhang Fu's, and we are faster than him, and it will take at least four hours for Zhang Fu to lead the army here. ”

"These four hours are our chance. In these four hours, we will break through the defense line of the Ming army in front of us, and we will not seek to completely annihilate them, but only to break through a way of escape, so that we can lead most of the soldiers to escape back to Samarkand. Salha said.

"Then let the soldiers attack the Ming army immediately!" Shaharu put down the knife in his hand again and said.

"It's not time yet! The soldiers were tired from running all morning, so let them eat before attacking the Ming army! Although time is urgent, you can't just rush forward. Salha added.