Chapter 56: The Scout's Contest
The fog was steaming over the huge iron pot, and a long line of soldiers lined up to receive the big white buns. Jiangnan people are used to eating rice, but steamed buns are a food that quickly became popular with the soldiers.
Wei Qing is far less rich than Yun Xiao, and it is impossible for him to have a big steamed bun with beef filling. However, the leek egg filling can still be done, although it is a vegetarian bun, but the soldiers quickly fell in love with this new food.
The soldiers' complaints were much quieter, and the delicious food was well rested. This is what the soldiers like to see, and Wei Qing found that as long as these guys are fed and sleeped. They get along very well, and even more people take the initiative to give gifts when they see Wei Qing.
Wei Qing helplessly endured the stench emitted by the leather armor. Jiangnan is damn ghostly, the leather armor seems to have never dried, and everyone exudes a foul smell. It's really hard for these guys to eat, and the fist-sized buns can eat more than a dozen at a time.
There are also some boring guys who start a bun-eating contest, and the fist-sized buns seem to have entered a bottomless pit. I threw it in and disappeared, and I don't know how I had such a good appetite. I don't care about the eyes of the cook who almost kills.
Except for the necessary sentry and scouts every day, Wei Qing does not arrange any activities. He's waiting, Lao Tzu is here to eat and drink. Now it's up to you to see if you can afford to wait.
Ou Zhenming smelled the fragrance of the buns, and looked back at his subordinates who kept foaming. His head was so angry that it was almost smoking, and his grandmother's gang was eating and drinking spicy food. His own soldiers have been eating dry food for ten days, and if they continue like this, they will collapse first without beating themselves.
"General, the battalions have already secretly lit fires at night. It's too cold this night to control! Let's see if we should quit first, and then the dry food is running out now. Some of the soldiers had to eat raw rice and rolled on the ground with stomach pain. If this continues, our military spirit will be scattered. It will cause trouble. ”
"Yes! General, let's get out and recuperate! ”
"Yes, General......"
"The general should go out of the mountain, I really can't live this day."
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The captains were talking nonsense, and Ou Zhenming's eyes blinked and flickered. The opponent is as cunning as a fox, and when he smells the slightest smell, he flees. Now the terrain is changing, and the valley mouth is narrow, and it is impossible for me to rush out. Is it so hard that you can only be dragged to death here? Gotta figure figure out, must come up with a way. Even the most cunning fox can't fight a good hunter.
"Get out of the valley, but we're waiting at the mouth of the valley on the other side. Grandma's, I want to ask Lao Tzu about the sword in his hand first. "Ingenuity can come up in a second, or it can come up in a year.
Ou Zhenming didn't come up with a suitable plan, so he could only withdraw his troops and pile more than 10,000 soldiers at the valley mouth on the other side. If you can't attack it yourself, it will be difficult for Wei Qing to rush out. The two sides faced each other across a valley more than twenty miles long, and no one had the ability to break the stalemate in front of them.
Winter in Jiangnan always seems to be cloudy. The gray sky sometimes rains a winter rain. It seems that there is no temperature on people's bodies, and the living seem to be as cold as the dead. It's just that the dead have no temperature, and they can't feel the cold.
Lying on the ground was a corpse, dressed in Han army leather armor. There were four or five arrows with tail feathers stuck in his body, and next to him lay a wounded horse. The horse had more arrows on its body, and its big black eyes stared at its master. The stomach was short, and the four hooves occasionally spasmed as if they had to move.
It seems that it has a good relationship with its owner, and it did not leave its owner to escape alone until it died. The result is to put your life on the line. Gradually. The horse's belly no longer rises and falls. His limbs were stiff and straight, and a pair of black horse eyes looked at the gray sky. His eyes were also gray.
For several days, scouts from both sides fought fiercely in this forest. Both sides tried to understand each other's situation through the Guò Gorge, and unexpected encounters or deliberate ambushes became commonplace.
There was a slight noise in the woods, and the bull was holding a shield. His eyes looked around vigilantly through the grooves in his shield, and his feet slipped from time to time. The bull tried to walk carefully and carefully, and even a staggering slope in this dangerous jungle could kill him.
The crossbowmen of the Dongou Army like to stay in the trees. Now the crossbowmen of the Han army are the same. Not much for the scouts, who can only walk through death.
There was a sound of falling behind him, and the fallen robe fell into the leaves that had accumulated for an unknown number of years. There was a dull sound.
Da Niu glanced back dissatisfiedly, but did not scold in his mouth. At this time, if you can't make a sound, don't make a sound, which alarmed the Dongou army, and no one has good fruit to eat.
Despite the fact that it is winter. The gray roots are still covered with dark green moss.
"It's a place, it's not human." The big cow spat and cursed quietly.
A conscription order from the government turned him from a peasant to a sergeant. Yesterday he was holding a hoe, but today he has a knife and a gun. The young general has arranged a lot of tiring training projects.
At first, he was just as dissatisfied as those people, but now he is somewhat grateful to the general. It was because of that training that he was able to save his life.
The big bull survived and became the sentry commander. And many people died in this jungle, sometimes because they said one more word or did one more action. In an instant, he was shot into a corpse by a crossbow arrow flying from an unknown tree.
"Sentry chief, the little bolt has been caught in the trap." A sudden shout came from behind him, which made Da Niu break out in a cold sweat. He subconsciously dodged and hid behind a tree,
"Bang", "Bang", "Bang" three crossbow arrows were nailed to the tree in succession, and one of them slid and flew against the trunk of the tree, not knowing where to fly.
These newcomers almost killed Lao Tzu. I don't know what kind of bird a rookie is, but the young general likes to scold newcomers like this. Over time, Da Niu also likes to scold newcomers like this.
After the bolt was fired, for a brief moment. The big bull rushed out with his shield on his head, and the crossbow bolt just now was a flat shot. Prove that the other person is not on the tree, but on the ground. They're scouts too, and it's a chance encounter. Thank goodness not a set trap.
Behind the bushes rushed out a Dongou soldier dressed in sackcloth, and the shield in the left hand of the big bull opened the short sword that stabbed at him. The big knife in the right hand has already slashed Huashan with force, and the "poof" knife is clean and neat. From the shoulder, diagonally to the hip bone. Before the blood could spurt out, the bull had already kicked the corpse away.
The clothes washed in this hellish weather are always dry, and no one wants to hang around all day in wet clothes or covered in the smell of blood.
The silence of the woods seemed to sink into a commotion for a moment, and a dozen men scuffled in the woods. The clanging of metal, the "poof" and "poof" sound of stabbing into the human body, and the cursing sound of each language.
As the name suggests, the big cow is as strong as an ox. Because of this, Wei Qing sent him to lead the team. Dead than he could fight, and smarter than he was agitated. Now only the big bull can be used as a scout to lead the team.
A simple and practical action, the big bull swings the spear of a Dongou army. The big knife in his hand was slashed diagonally again, and this action was forced by the young general to practice countless times. has long been rotten in the chest,
The continuous fighting caused the body to fall, and the broadsword did not split the enemy in half as it did last time. Instead, it is stuck in the bone seam, and it can't be pulled out.
The sound of breaking wind sounded in his ears, and the big bull didn't have time to draw the big knife. A tumbling on the spot, an axe slashed at the roots of the tree.
Da Niu was taken aback, the people who used such heavy weapons on the battlefield were all fierce generals in the army. It seems that I can't please today! Sure enough, the big cow looked up. I saw that this guy was a foot tall and hung zero, and he had a huge axe in his hand.
The muscles were pimpled, and there was a hideous scar on the face full of horizontal flesh. In such weather, he was naked. A slap-wide heart guard looks so abrupt in the cold wind, this is a ruthless person. Da Niu relied on several judgments that were out of his mind and died, and came to a conclusion.
The strong man seemed to recognize the big bull, and this guy killed two scouts in a row. It must be the most difficult person in the opposing team, as long as you kill him. I'm not afraid that the remaining Han army will be difficult to clean up.
The axe was plucked from the root of the tree, and swept horizontally towards the big ox that had just stood up. The big bull who had just gained a foothold couldn't dodge, so he could only hold up the shield with both hands.
"Bang" The giant axe smashed firmly on the shield, and the big bull seemed to have been hit by a galloping carriage. The body flew up diagonally, and I didn't know how many branches I scraped along the way. It wasn't until his back hit a big tree that he stopped.
There was a tightness in his chest, and Venus was rushing in front of him. The big cow only raised his throat and eyes were a little sweet, and his big mouth spurted out a mouthful of blood.
The big man walked unhurriedly, and the other party had no weapons. He suffered such a severe internal injury, as long as he tried again, he could be killed.
The big bull stared, it's over. It's over, and the bones all over my body seem to fall apart. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't move, and his mouth still smelled bloody. Da Niu closed his eyes helplessly, and it looked like his life was about to be confessed here.
The giant axe of the mountain was raised violently, and the strong man felt that something had hit him in the back of his heart. Looking down, a crossbow bolt came out of his chest.
"Whoosh" "Whoosh" ......
Crossbow arrows kept pouring out of his chest, and the roots were covered with blood. Dahan felt that his strength was rapidly disappearing, and the big axe, which he usually felt very suitable for, seemed to be getting heavier and heavier.
Finally, the axe fell to the ground with a "bang". He turned around, between some wearing black armor. The guy with the red feather on his head was shooting the Dongou soldiers with a bow and crossbow not far away.
"It's a trap!" This was the last thought of the big man, and he opened his mouth to yell one last time. The gushing blood filled his mouth, and he couldn't make a sound in his throat. He could only spurt blood in large gulps, and his strong body fell on his back. In the eyes of the big cow, it is like falling down a mountain. (To be continued......)