Piles of corpses lay scattered within a dozen miles along both sides of the river, everywhere in the fields and in the river channels. Broken battle flags were stuck diagonally in the soil, and fragments of chariot shafts could be seen all over the ground. Most of the corpses had been stripped of their armor.
, lying naked on the ground, and it could only be distinguished from the tattered light yellow cloth still remaining on a few corpses that most of them belonged to the Lulong Army. Crows rose and fell all over the sky, hovering in the wilderness, bit by bit of carrion on the corpses.
While taking it away, the heads of all the Youdu brothers were numb.
Li Chengzhong led everyone slowly along the river bank. A tragic and tragic emotion surged in everyone's hearts. Everyone was shocked by this scene, and no one had the strength to speak.
After walking a few miles, Youdu found a person on the river embankment. The man was sitting among the piles of corpses on the embankment, with his back to everyone, and seemed to be eating something. Li Chengzhong made a gesture, and everyone dispersed.
He opened the car and quietly surrounded the man. As he got closer, the man came over alertly and stood up abruptly. He was holding a piece of bread soaked red with blood in his hand.
This scene left a very deep impression on the Youdu brothers. The story of the civilian husband named Zhong Silang eating bloody bread among the corpses was widely circulated among Li Chengzhong's army, and finally evolved into the story of Zhong Silang eating the bloody bread.
The horrifying legend of the dead body could even stop children from crying at night for the next ten years. Of course, Zhong Silang did not know what would happen in the future, and it was even less likely that he would know that a figure like himself would be spread in the history books in the world from now on.
At this moment, Li Chengzhong was indeed a little sad. Looking at the ragged little man in front of him and the blood-red noodle cake in his hand, he sighed. He asked Zhao Da to hand over a piece of dried meat, and the little Zhong Silang hesitated to accept it.
He came over, looked at the noodle cake in his hand again, and seemed a little reluctant to throw it away. Zhao Da handed over another piece of fresh noodle cake, and Zhong Silang finally threw away the noodle cake and started to gnaw on the meat and eat the cake.
Zhong Silang was among the first batch to leave Weizhou with the Minfu Camp's baggage team. When the Bian Army and Wei Bo Army were chasing and killing them, he did not run around blindly, but closely followed the flag of the Lulong Army's Central Army to escape. For the Lulong Army Brigade
In pursuit, the cavalry of the Bian Army adopted piecemeal tactics with great experience. They rushed into the rear of the Lu Long Army and separated hundreds of soldiers who were fleeing at the end, and then annihilated them. They waited for the brigade of the Bian Army and the Wei Bo Army to catch up.
, caught up with Lu Longjun again and continued the division.
In the process of escaping, you don't have to run faster than the pursuers, you just need to run faster than your companions. Although Zhong Silang is short in stature, he has great endurance when running. He always runs among the Lulong Army Brigade
, did not fall behind, and thus avoided the fate of being massacred. However, escaping the pursuit of Bian Army and Wei Bo Army was not enough. When Zhong Silang fled to Yongji Canal with the Lulong Army Brigade, he encountered a group of robbers on the way.
robber.
The name of the robber is "Cheng Dejun", and the name of the robber leader is Wang Rong. Cheng Dejun was originally one of the three powerful towns in Hebei, but unfortunately, when Wang Rong came to power, Hedong was in the west, Wei Bo and Xuanwu were in the south.
Lulong and other powerful towns in the northeast surrounded and suppressed it, so it has not been easy for the past two years. Originally, the Chengde Army relied on Hedong, but later the Hedong Army was defeated by Liu Rengong, so in the past two years, it relied on the Lulong Army.
The Lu Long Army was following Liu Rengong's lead, and Jiedushi Wang Rong also relied on Liu Rengong to survive. This time, Liu Rengong's southern expedition, Wang Rong did not accompany him for various reasons, and Liu Rengong did not take it seriously. With the German army's small strength, the Lu Long Army really did not care.
In his eyes, Liu Rengong even thought that this was good. After annexing Wei Bo, he no longer needed to allocate territory to Wang Rong.
But now that the Lulong Army was defeated, taking advantage of people's danger was indeed a common practice in this era. So Cheng Dejun played his cards as usual and stabbed the defeated Lulong Army hard in the abdomen and back. Although he was defeated before, he still still
The elite of the Lulong Army's central army that remained organized were completely routed by this sword. The defeated troops were forced into the Yongji Canal under the cover of the Chengde Army, and there were numerous casualties on the spot.
Zhong Silang was smarter. He hid under the river embankment, covered himself with dead bodies, and then lay there without running around. He waited until the German army chased the Lu Long Army far away before escaping from the battlefield. After leaving the battlefield, Zhong Silang went to the nearby area.
He wandered around the villages, looking for something to eat, but Cheng Dejun did a really good job in killing people and robbing goods. There was no human habitation within dozens of miles nearby, and all the villages were looted. Zhong Silang wandered around for two days and found nothing.
, had no choice but to come back here again to see if he could find anything. But he was still disappointed. When the German army cleaned the battlefield, they even took away the clothes of the dead soldiers. How could they leave food for him? In the end, he could not find anything.
Just a few pieces of bread soaked in blood.
The above is the whole story. Li Chengzhong sighed after asking, and the Youdu brothers were already furious. Everyone cursed Cheng Dejun and Jiedushi Wang Rong. Even Wang Rong himself could not remember the previous generation clearly.
The distant ancestor was also in bad luck. Zhou Qidao was so angry that he yelled at Cheng Dejun, and finally pointed at Wang Dalang's nose and said: "You Shenzhou people are all white-eyed wolves!"
Wang Dalang became anxious on the spot and said angrily: "Not all people in Shenzhou are from Chengde Town, a certain person is from Lulong Town! People with the surname Zhou, please don't slander me!" The northeastern part of Shenzhou and the city belong to the Lulong Army.
The southwest part belonged to the Chengde Army. Zhou Shaidao was confused and didn't know much about this aspect. At this moment, he was so angry that he couldn't help but express his anger at others.
Zhang Xingzhong is an old expert in this field. He frowned and said: "The commander-in-chief is also from Shenzhou, but he may not be from Chengde Town."
Zhou Qidao came to some realizations and knew that he was in the wrong, but he had nowhere to vent his anger. Faced with Wang Dalang's angry glare, he had no choice but to pretend he didn't see anything and just snorted.
Angry as hell, everyone knows that they can only vent their anger verbally at the moment. As for whether they can avenge this in the future, no one knows for sure.
This time the Lu Long Army was completely devastated. Tens of thousands of their brothers died on the way to the southern expedition. I don’t know how many years it will take for them to recover. Especially the commander-in-chief Ya Nei Army, Ba Duqi, the disciples from the back of the mountain, and Yin Gourd.
After waiting for many armies to die in battle, the Lulong Army's elites were almost completely lost. According to Zhang Xingzhong, a descendant of a general family who knew some inside information about the army, the Lulong Army now has no troops that can go into battle. Those traditional and veteran troops have been wiped out.
In Zhang Xingzhong's words, it was a painful experience for Lu Longjun that "hurt his muscles and bones."
After searching around, Youdu was disappointed to find that the Chengde Army had indeed cleaned up very well. All that was left on the ground were tatters. Apart from military armor and clothes, there were no intact swords and guns left that could still be used. Even the
The iron heads of the broken wooden guns were all removed. In addition, even the iron sheets and nails on the broken cars were pried off and taken away.
Youdu, who couldn't find anything to use, reorganized his team and prepared to trek across the river from the shallow water. Zhongshiro was very active during the entire search process, and he was also very active in helping up and down. Youdu looked at the formation of the queue.
As he was about to head north, Zhong Silang murmured from the side: "I want to..." but still couldn't say it.
Li Chengzhong saw his thoughts and looked Zhong Silang up and down: "Want to be a soldier?"
Zhong Silang nodded: "The person who applied for the recruitment that year was a healthy soldier..."
"Then why did you enter the civilian camp?"
"They think a certain person is short..." Zhong Silang blushed and said.
Li Chengzhong nodded and said: "Well, he is short... he is indeed a bit..." Zhong Silang's head only reached Li Chengzhong's chest. According to Li Chengzhong's estimation, he was only about one and a half meters tall, which was indeed true on the land of Yanzhao.
It's quite short.
When Zhong Silang heard what Li Chengzhong said, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on his face: "I really want to be a soldier..." He didn't know what to say. He just tried his best to express his wish, but in his heart he already felt that there was little hope.
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Li Chengzhong turned to look at Zhang Xingzhong, Zhou Maidao and Jiang Miao: "Shall we recruit people?" In addition to the appointment and dismissal of officers above the rank of gang leader, which requires orders from superiors, in newly recruited battalions such as Jianzu Camp, officers in wartime
He can recruit people at will. Li Chengzhong has this power, and his authority has been initially recognized by all the brothers in Youdu. However, his current official military rank is only the deputy lieutenant of the accompanying army. From the ninth rank down, there are Zhang Xingzhong and Zhou Qidao in Youdu.
He must seek the opinions of three officers with the same rank as Jiang Miao and Jiang Miao.
Jiang Miao nodded as usual. He always agreed with Li Chengzhong's decision.
Zhang Xingzhong was born in the army. He said to Li Chengzhong: "Yes, but you need to report to your superior when you go back, otherwise this brother will not get military pay."
Zhou Qidao had some different meanings: "Yes, yes, but this kid...can he hold a knife?" He looked at Zhong Silang with a slight disdain.
Hearing Zhou Qidao's question, Zhong Silang was a little excited. He blushed and said loudly: "Although I am short, I am still brave enough to risk my life!"
Li Chengzhong smiled at Zhou Machete: "We are short of manpower now, how about letting him help Zhao Da first?" In fact, even if Li Chengzhong insists on accepting Zhong Silang directly as a soldier, Zhou Machete will not object, since he helped him avenge himself.
, Li Chengzhong's weight in his heart was already very heavy. What's more, he arranged for Zhong Silang to help Zhao Da. Strictly speaking, he could only be the Huotou Army. While Li Chengzhong insisted on his subordinate Zhong Silang, he was giving Zhou Machete a step up in disguise.
, this step is very comfortable, Zhou Qidao’s opinion is fully respected, and Zhou Qidao is very satisfied.
Hearing that Li Chengzhong was willing to accept him as a soldier, Zhong Silang was extremely happy. As for helping Zhao Da with logistics and so on, he didn't care at all. His wish to join the army as a soldier had been fulfilled. He didn't dare to demand too much. Even if he was a Huotou Army, then
They are also soldiers, and they are regular soldiers who can get military pay and go into battle at critical moments with their swords in hand.
Zhao Da was naturally very satisfied to have such a helper. Zhong Silang was also familiar with the road and picked up the logistics affairs quite quickly. He led the ox cart in front, while Zhao Da followed behind comfortably and empty-handed.
Seeing that Zhong Silang was still willing to join the army despite the Lu Long Army's defeat, and was so active and enthusiastic, Li Chengzhong suddenly felt guilty. He felt that even if Zhong Silang's wish was fulfilled, it would not be impossible for him to formally carry a gun and sword into battle against the enemy.
After thinking about it, he went over and comforted Zhong Silang softly: "Don't think that you can't be a good soldier because you are short."
Zhong Silang was stunned, blinked, and looked at Li Chengzhong.
Li Chengzhong looked back at Zhou Qidao. Seeing that Zhou Qidao didn't notice him, he whispered: "Fighting does not rely on the body alone, the key is to use the brain." Seeing Zhong Silang thinking deeply, he continued: "You
Do you know there was a man named Napoleon in the West?"
Zhong Shiro shook his head in confusion.
Li Chengzhong smiled: "That guy is taller than you. He later became a marshal and led the army to conquer many countries!"
When Zhong Silang listened, his eyes suddenly shone with light.