"In today's battle, seventy-three more soldiers died, and twenty-five were seriously injured, and the rolling wood has also run out, without the assistance of the rolling wood, we will be exterminated by the other party tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!"

The difficult day passed like this again, and when the night approached, the natives at the bottom of the mountain also stopped attacking the mountain, giving the Hongtang team members a chance to breathe. In the tent on the top of the mountain, there were two or three fewer figures than after this morning, needless to say, they were killed in today's battle.

Dong Haoran meticulously reported the situation of today's battle, and told the follow-up prediction of the battle from their participation department.

"Time is also fate, I thought that this battle of the Western Expedition was the time when I Lu someone had great ambitions, who would have thought that the sky was unpredictable, but in the end it became the opportunity for me Lu to die!" Lu Kui's face was gloomy, although when he was fighting with the Hongtang soldiers outside, Lu Kui still had a fighting spirit and an indomitable face, but at this moment, in front of many henchmen who shared hardships, he showed his decadence without doubt.

"It's a disappointment to the hall master's painstaking cultivation of us, this time my whale department was frustrated, and I don't know how much energy and effort it will take to reorganize the whale department in the future." The main generals are already like this, not to mention the other non-commissioned officers, although Hongtang has experienced many battles so far, but it can be compared with the tragedy of today's battle, I am afraid that it is only when Bengang was surrounded and attacked by Dahai and other natives.

"Otherwise, while the team still has some combat strength, let's all break through tonight, fight to the death, it's better than sitting here and waiting to die!" However, Niu Qiangwei, a battalion commander who was born as a young pirate, did not give up hope and put forward his opinions to the non-commissioned officers present.

"Breakout?" The eyes of several battalion and company commanders lit up, and then they gloomed again: "It's not easy to talk about, now our Hongtang team members are all injured, and their hands and feet are weak, even if they barely break through, they will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the natives in the end!" ”

"It's better to stay here, relying on the geographical advantage, we can kill a few more natives and weaken the strength of the other party!"

Everyone talked about it, but most of the final opinions had a negative attitude towards the breakthrough, and obviously did not agree with Niu Qiangwei's proposal.

The look of shame in Niu Qiangwei's eyes flashed, he was still young, but he didn't want to be buried in this primeval jungle like this. These days, others share weal and woe with the team members, but as the battalion commander, he still keeps an eye on it, and withholds a little food to hide, so at this time he still maintains the physical strength of his heyday.

Originally, I wanted to say a few more words, but I was suddenly looked at twice by Lu Qi's unclear eyes, and in the end, Niu Qiangwei still didn't dare to say more, and this proposal was useless.

"I haven't eaten for a day, and the brothers below must be very hungry, can you all think of other ways to satisfy your hunger?" Seeing that the decadent mood caused by himself was still spreading, Lu Yu, who had finally come back to his senses, immediately looked for an excuse to divert everyone's attention.

"We have scavenged the bark of wild vegetables and trees that can be eaten around us in the past few days, and even the rats and earthworms buried in the soil have been dug up and eaten by all of us, and it is difficult to find other food." When Niu Qiangwei heard this, he frowned and talked about their respective gains.

But there is no end to the road, and just when everyone is at a loss, there is a sudden shout outside the tent: "It's raining, it's raining!" ”

Sure enough, by the time Lu Yu and the others ran out of the tent, the sky had begun to drizzle sporadically, although it was not very heavy, but many Hongtang team members ran out of their hiding places one after another, opening their lips to the sky, so that their chapped lips and tongues could be moistened by the rain.

More Hongtang team members turned out their ponchos, which were used by Qixintang to remove a layer of leather with animal hair from the skin, and after saltpeter nitrate, they were distributed to Hongtang team members to protect themselves from the wind and rain.

Soon, the drizzle fell on the poncho, forming a trickling stream, which fell into the iron pot and water bladder that had been prepared long ago on the ground.

Without food, everyone can endure it for two days, but if they don't drink water on this day, everyone's hearts will be as uncomfortable as a fire, and they can't exert their strength, which is extremely uncomfortable. If the manna falls today, it can be regarded as bringing a ray of life to everyone.

Seeing that everyone was busy using various tools to follow the rain that continued to fall, Lu Yu's sad face dissipated a little, and when they saw everyone's ponchos, and then saw the belts around everyone's waists and other products, suddenly Dong Haoran's eyes lit up, and he shouted: "There is, there is food!" ”

Lu Kui and the others, who were taken aback by Dong Haoran's shout, looked at Dong Haoran with great attention, and even the Hongtang team members who were originally catching the rain in the open air were alarmed, and a pair of hungry wolf-like eyes all looked at Dong Haoran.

"I ...... I heard a story told by the hall master that an army relied on the belts and leather shoes we wore to make soup, and it survived the most difficult days. Isn't our situation similar to the story told by the master, then we can also boil our belts into soup for everyone to eat! Dong Haoran's face turned pale, and he hesitated and said a solution that he had thought of by chance, but then even he himself didn't believe the edible belt in this story.

"I said Director Dong, are you hungry, such a hard thing as a belt, how can you think we can bite it?" A company commander smiled, and even untied the belt around his waist, and the two ends were stacked end to end, stretching and shrinking to beat the belt loudly.

"Not necessarily!" However, Lu Yan touched the hard and flexible belt around his waist and said, "The belts we have distributed are all made of beast leather, why can't they be eaten?" ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes were stunned, and then they thought that the raw material of this belt was indeed a flexible skin that everyone was unwilling to chew in the past, but it didn't mean that this skin couldn't be cooked!

"The order is to go down, and all the companies will crush the belts, ponchos and other leather objects on their bodies, and cook them into food for everyone to eat." Lu Lu also didn't care about doing any more experiments, everyone was tired all day, and at this time, I am afraid that they all need a meal that can fill their stomachs, since this story comes from the mouth of the hall master Li Tianyang, then presumably this method can work.

"No!"

For a while, the members of the entire Hongtang team took action, and soon a few wisps of hot air with the smell of saltpeter wafted out of the entire camp, and before long, there was a burst of chatter like the rat gnawing on the furniture, accompanied by the cursing of the Hongtang team members.

(End of chapter)