[69 Book Bar - www.] I was shocked. The snake man was still several miles away, but from the bamboo tube, it was several times closer. No wonder it was called a telescope. I went up to take a look again, and sure enough,
You can see a forest in front of the camp, which is exactly the forest in front of the snake camp.
Jin Qianshi said on the side: "Yesterday night, we were waiting for Qin Quan's signal outside the woods, but we never got it. Fortunately, Xue Miaoshou saw the commander on top of the flagpole in the morning, and we immediately set out to respond and met him.
Your guards are extremely anxious. They happen to have the kind of medicine that can cause anger. Originally, we were afraid that the snake people would rush out and be difficult to deal with, so we prepared for a bloody battle. Even if we risk our lives, we still have to save Master Shen's head. It just happened.
Join forces together. Haha, this battle was the most enjoyable one, and none of us suffered any casualties."
He was beaming with joy as he spoke, and the two soldiers were also fascinated by what they heard, but I was still looking at the telescope, thinking to myself: Not to mention there were no casualties. Qin Quan and several of his Dragon Scale Army had already died in the battle, and my
Tan Qing, the sharp archer of the fifth forward battalion, also died in the snake-men formation.
At this time, someone suddenly called out: "Is General Chu here?" It was Qi Lie's voice.
Jin Qianshi stopped talking, stuck his head out from the edge of the arrow tower, and said, "Here. Who are you?"
I put down the telescope and was at the arrow tower when I saw Qi Lie and the few remaining commanders carrying a bag of things. When he saw me, Qi Lie shouted: "General, you are here."
He rushed up to the archery tower, knelt down in front of me, and said, "General, are you okay?"
My left hand was still hanging with a bandage, and I just patted his shoulder with my right hand. His soft armor had already been marked with a centurion mark. I smiled and said, "You were promoted?"
Qi Lie said: "Commander Lu has appointed me the centurion of the fifth camp." He couldn't help but feel proud in his words. He is only nineteen years old this year, and only twenty during the Chinese New Year. He was promoted to centurion, which is better than me.
I was still young when I became a centurion. I smiled and said, "Do a good job."
Qi Lie said: "By the way, where is your camp? The king and his army gave each person in the forward camp ten kilograms of white rice. I will bring these to you."
I looked at Jin Qianshi, and he was a little embarrassed. The Dragon Scale Army made great contributions in this battle, but there was no reward. After all, the forward battalion is a direct descendant of Marquis Wu, not as good as the Dragon Scale Army.
I said: "General Jin, please take this white rice to the kitchen and cook porridge for the brothers in the evening."
After conquering Gaojiu City, we didn't get much food. Our usual food was just some rough dry biscuits. Although everyone took a lot of property, they can't exchange for food and drink. Senior officers only have some white rice occasionally. Wu Houci
Giving each person in the vanguard camp ten kilograms of white rice, which means they have to come up with more than ten thousand kilograms at a time, is considered a big deal. This pile of rice must be more than ten kilograms, or even thirty kilograms. I'm afraid Qi Lie and the others got it from their own reward.
I saved some money and added it in.
Jin Qianshi was a little dazed and said: "This..."
I said: "What about this and that? We share the blessings and share the hardships."
I turned to Qi Lie and said, "Come, brothers, please come to my camp to rest."
As soon as he entered the camp, Qi Lie couldn't help but admired: "Oh, General, you are living really well now."
Indeed, the west city that the right army captured was the richest in Gaojiu City, and the treatment of the Dragon Scale Army was better than that of the forward camp. We sat down and I said: "Xiao Lie, do you want to launch a counterattack?"
Jin Qianshi didn't know clearly, but the forward battalion must know the inside story of this counterattack. Qi Lie said: "Yes. General Lao once saw you flying out of the snake camp on a kite. He offered a plan and did many things.
Let people throw the gunpowder bag on the kite into the snake camp, and use fire to win."
No wonder Xue Wenyi was also transferred to the short dead soldiers. I couldn't help but admire Lao Guoji. It is early spring, the northeast wind is blowing, and the wind is blowing to the southwest, which is also the time to reach the snake camp. Attack snakes on the flat ground.
People, I'm afraid the chance of winning is very slim, but such a fire attack is condescending, even the snake people are not very afraid of fire, they are bound to be completely defeated. But this strategy is too dangerous, those who throw gunpowder packets in the sky above the snake people camp
The lives of the dead soldiers are all tied to a small rope, and I am afraid that more than half of them will not come back.
I asked: "When will we leave?"
Qi Lie said: "All the craftsmen have been mobilized and are working hard to make that kind of big kite. Xue Gongzheng from the Right Army said that at most fifty can be made by the evening."
I said, "Fifty people? Is that enough gunpowder?"
"Mr. Zhang said that the Huoyun Cave outside the north gate produces sulfur, but nitrate powder can be scraped from those old walls. Prepare each person to bring a pound of gunpowder and a wooden barrel of wine that can be burned.
, these are not difficult to handle.”
I thought about it and felt that this plan is indeed very feasible. We have all seen the power of gunpowder, plus the kind of wine that ignites as soon as it touches the fire, but gods can't escape. Wu Hou really can't resist it.
The temptation is to defeat the snake man in one fell swoop. However, in my heart, I vaguely feel that something is wrong, but I really can’t tell what is wrong with it.
After talking for a while, we parted ways with Qi Lie and sent them out. Jin Qianshi brought some remaining officers of the Dragon Scale Army to see me. The Dragon Scale Army was divided into five sentries in the front, left, and right, each with a sentry commander.
After that defeat, only Jin Qianshi was left as the commander of the Dragon Scale Army's five sentries.
I said goodbye to them and returned to the tent. The two women who were serving me were already standing by and said, "General, please have a meal."
On the table, there are two steaming bowls of white rice porridge, and some boiled dried beef. The dried beef is originally food brought from the capital. It has no taste when it is dry and hard, but it has some flavor when it is cooked.
Fragrance. I picked up the bowl with one hand and wanted to drink it, but it was a bit hot and I couldn’t move the other hand. I was a little overwhelmed. A woman picked up the bowl and the other scooped up a spoonful with a small spoon.
Give it to me. In the past, in the forward camp, Qi Lie also served me a bowl when he was my guard, but he really couldn't compare with women in serving bowls. No wonder the Dragon Scale Army, which values enjoyment, uses women to serve it.
When the sweet rice grains enter your mouth, you feel that they are completely different from the dry biscuits you usually eat. This kind of white rice porridge is not a big deal in the capital, and rice produced in the south is not a rare thing. But now that the war is raging,
Being able to eat this is really a great enjoyment. It suddenly occurred to me that the citizens detained in the National Square had no idea what they could eat.
Just after taking two bites, I suddenly asked: "Have you eaten yet?"
A woman was a little embarrassed and said: "General, we..."
Only then did I pay attention to them. They all had the same look on their faces. I said, "You guys can eat too."
The two women looked at each other. The woman holding the bowl put the bowl on the table, and the other put the spoon in the bowl. They both knelt down at the same time and said: "General, we don't dare."
I said, "What are you afraid of? What do you usually eat?"
They looked at each other for a long time before one of them said: "In the past, General Jin gave us dry biscuits."
I couldn't help but laugh as I imagined them eating those hard-to-edest dry biscuits. They didn't know why I was laughing, and they were a little scared. I said, "Bring me two more bowls."
They took out two bowls, and I divided the two bowls of porridge into three bowls. I intentionally left one bowl smaller and said, "Here, one bowl per person. If it's not enough, soak the dry biscuits in it to make it more delicious."
, brought the smallest bowl to me, took out a piece of dry biscuit from his arms, and said: "Here, help me tear it up and soak it in it."
After eating the porridge, they felt very comfortable. The two of them had gone to rest. I am afraid that they had never had a day without fear after being captured. Although they were still a little scared, it was more or less the same.
He smiled a little and told me that one was named Bai Wei and the other was named Zi Liao, and they were the twin daughters of a mid-level official in the Republican Army.
Looking at the small tent where they were resting, I couldn't help sighing. If Cang Yue Gong had not rebelled, they must have been two pampered ladies, surrounded by a large number of young gentlemen. Little officers like me wanted them to use false pretenses.
Even the color is difficult, but now they are serving me like two docile slaves.
We were going to launch a counterattack tonight, and I really couldn't sleep. When I walked out of the door, dusk was approaching. In the distance, there was no sound in the snake camp. I went to the arrow tower again, but looked at the telescope. Those two soldiers
He also recognized me and bowed to me respectfully.
Looking through the telescope, it was blurry and nothing happened. What made me a little worried was that it was already a little brighter in the snake camp. Maybe the snake people were gradually adapting to the light and were no longer afraid of fire day by day.
I looked at it for a while, and my eyes were a little sore. I was about to leave, but suddenly, I glanced out of the corner of my eye and seemed to see a black shadow moving in the telescope.
What is that?
I leaned in front of the telescope again. The telescope was not very clear to begin with, and it was already dusk, making it even more difficult to see clearly. Just now I seemed to see the shadow roughly in front of the woods, but now I couldn't see anything.