"Let's go, don't stop. It will be time for dinner soon. If you go back late, you will definitely not be full." Tan Fei, who had just climbed ashore soaked all over, turned around to pull Liu Shitou and Zhang Xiaobao. The three of them were lying on the ground.
The people on the river bank gasped for air. After regaining their breath for a while, the three of them stumbled towards the camp carrying backpacks full of stones. Wu Laosan, who was riding a tall horse, followed them, for fear that there would be someone among them.
Some fell unconscious on the road.
The weight-bearing swimming had exhausted Zhang Xiaobao's physical strength. His fifteen-year-old body was already on the verge of collapse under the intense military training. He fell down several times and decided not to get up, but was pulled back by Liu Shitou and Tan Fei.
He stood up and struggled to stagger forward. Although Zhang Xiaobao grew up by the Fushui River, swimming was nothing to him, but this was his first time swimming with a backpack full of stones, not to mention
Before swimming, Hou San had already forced him to run several miles.
Zhang Xiaobao's legs have long been numb, his lower abdomen is throbbing with pain, his lungs seem to be on fire, and his heart is beating wildly near his throat, and he will spit it out as soon as he opens his mouth. Previously, I saw Liu Shitou and Tan
When Fei crawled back to the camp like a dog, he was still happily watching the fun, but he never imagined that he would also be as embarrassed as a dog.
Tan Fei, the oldest among the three, is also struggling. Although he is the oldest, his physique is not necessarily better than Liu Shitou and Zhang Xiaobao. Tan Fei has always hoped to strengthen his physique through super-intensity training.
He wanted to be a qualified warrior like what Tang Cheng said, but the current training method made him almost collapse. It would hurt when he fell, the wound would bleed, and the sweat flowing down from his chin would even cause him to collapse.
The sting's face was burning and painful.
It was almost there. Tan Fei, who was exhausted, stretched his neck and looked forward. He seemed to be able to smell the aroma of the broth in the camp. Although Fatty Ma had a look of not looking at him, the broth he cooked was
It was very delicious. When Tan Fei thought of the hot broth, a sudden surge of strength came out of his body, and his staggering steps became a little faster. The three of them returned to the camp almost in no particular order. Tan Fei
He didn't even have the strength to crawl to the meat pot, so he could only lie down on the ground.
Zhang Xiaobao was grabbed by Liu Shitou's arm and stumbled into the camp. When Tan Fei threw himself to the ground and gasped for breath, Liu Shitou and Liu Shitou had already thrown away their backpacks and rushed towards the meat pot, regardless of whether their hands were on their hands or not.
After being clean, he first reached into the basket, grabbed the big cake and stuffed it into his mouth. It was right to ignore the food and fill his stomach first. He barely ate a piece of big cake, and Liu Shitou, who had regained some strength, took a piece of pancake and bit it.
At the same time, he picked up another piece of cake and walked towards Tan Fei.
Turning over on the ground, Tan Fei looked at the blue sky above. He had never felt that the clouds were as white as cotton. If Liu Shitou's face hadn't appeared in front of him, Tan Fei would have really wanted to blend into the blue sky and white clouds.
"Eat quickly. The company commander doesn't seem to be here right now. If he finds out that I'm bringing you something to eat, I'll have to suffer a lot at night." Liu Shitou handed the extra piece of pancake to Tan Fei, and the two of them stood back to back.
Holding the pancake and wolfing it down.
After eating a piece of pancake, Tan Fei finally had the strength to stand up. The past 20 days of training had made this originally gentle scholar Rui look a little military. He dragged Liu Shitou to the meat pot and took the one handed by Fatty Ma.
Broth, Tan Fei looked around and said, "Where is the company commander? Why aren't Hou San and Dice here?" Liu Shitou, who was drinking soup from a bowl, heard the sound and looked up. Sure enough, he didn't see Tang Cheng and Hou San.
Even Wu Laosan, who returned to the camp with the three of him, disappeared.
Fatty Ma smiled and said nothing, but the smile on his face looked fake, as if it was squeezed out of his face, which made Tan Fei and Liu Shitou even more confused. "Old Ma, hurry up and say, company commander and the others"
What on earth are you doing?" Fatty Ma didn't answer his question. Tan Fei immediately put down the bowl in his hand. Although Liu Shitou was still holding the bowl, he looked straight at Fatty Ma.
"I don't know about this. I just know that after Dice and Hou San came back, they went to the Yunnan Army and they were chattering without knowing what they were talking about." Fatty Ma was forced to become anxious and had to confide.
Where they went in Tangcheng. From the time they crossed the Xiangjiang River, the people in the Yunnan Army and the people in Tangcheng had to cook separately. Although the food on both sides was basically the same, the people on the Yunnan Army side ate mostly large stoves, while Fatty Ma's side
It was only a small kitchen for 10 people. Tang Cheng suddenly took people to the Yunnan Army, which immediately aroused the doubts of Tan Fei and Liu Shitou.
"This is the situation. This is what I have been worried about after crossing the Xiangjiang River." When Tan Fei and Liu Shitou found Tang Cheng and the others, Tang Cheng was gesturing on a map with the Yunnan Army people. "
When we passed Wanbao Town, I was worried that bandits would appear. Although we had more than a hundred people, there were less than 20 of us who could actually fight. Besides, we were aware that the bandits were hiding, and as long as the bandits occupied our brothers'
Advantage, we may not be the opponents of the bandits."
"We didn't encounter bandits in Wanbao Town, but now trouble is coming. We are going to Xinhua soon. There are bandits on Huanglong Mountain and Tanjialing. Although you Yunnan and Guizhou people are not outsiders, if you want to be safe
It has passed the new transformation, but there is still some trouble." Tan Fei and Liu Shitou came a little late. Although they only listened to the second half, they also understood the purpose of Tang Cheng's coming to these Yunnan troops.
Although Hou San and Dizi, who were in charge of exploring the road, had already detected that there were bandits in front of them, they had not found out the bandits' flags. If the bandits were strong, it would be difficult for them to deal with them with such small manpower. Hou San and Sizi were both bandits, so they had no idea what they were doing.
The behavior of bandits is also familiar. The bandits who dominate the mountains do not care whether you are a disabled soldier who defends the country. Those carts and mules and horses mean food and wealth in the eyes of the bandits.
Tang Cheng told the people of the Yunnan Army everything he needed to say. Obviously, the people of the Yunnan Army didn’t have a good idea. In the end, the only one who made the decision was Tang Cheng, the one with the highest rank. “Actually, I don’t have anything good to do.
There is no way, but those civilians who have followed us all the way can use it." Hearing that Tang Cheng had targeted those civilians, everyone focused their attention on Tang Cheng in confusion.
"Although there are only about 20 of us who can still fight, we carry more than 60 weapons with us. I thought, these civilians are going to follow us all the way to Yunnan anyway, so we might as well explain things clearly to them.
Okay. Select a group of people from among the civilians, put on your military uniforms, take your spare weapons and pretend to be soldiers. You don’t have to ask them to actually fight with us. They just need to pretend to be soldiers. Seeing that we have many people and well-equipped weapons, the bandits may not
Dare to intercept us."
Tangcheng's idea was obviously a bit unbelievable, and no one dared to say anything. Civilians were civilians after all. If the bandits saw the flaws, these civilians pretending to be soldiers might become the targets of the bandits. See the Yunnan Army
Those people didn't seem to agree with his proposal. Tang Cheng said, "If this doesn't work, then you must at least come up with a feasible plan. Is it possible that we can only be robbed by the bandits? Or should we go back and start from the other side?"
Pan Bridge changed route?"
It is obviously no longer possible to go back and change the route. These Yunnan soldiers who are eager to return home chose to take the Huanglong Mountain precisely because they chose the shortcut to return home. But if they go back to Panqiao and change the route to the west, they will have to walk an extra 100 meters.
It was a kilometer of road, and after changing the route, they might not encounter bandits. Everyone was not sure about their decision, and finally had to agree with Tang Cheng's method, but the matter of negotiating with the civilians was also left to Tang Cheng.
"Why do you want to bring all this nonsense to yourself? It's not like they don't have a mouth to talk about it themselves. We spend money and worry about it along the way, but look at them, they just treat it like
I feel at ease." As he helped Tang Cheng walk back, Liu Shitou complained fiercely to Tang Cheng. Among the people around Tang Cheng, only Liu Shitou could say such things to Tang Cheng unscrupulously.
At most, Hou San and the others muttered a few words in their hearts.
"What do you know?" Tang Cheng smiled and gave Liu Shitou a slap in the face, "We are going to Yunnan. Yunnan is the home base of the Yunnan Army. The 88th Division may have reported us as killed in action long ago. Wait for us
When we get to Yunnan, we have to rely on the banner of the Yunnan Army to get by. It's not worthwhile to fall out with them over such a trivial matter. Besides, they are just bandits. There are not many bandits we have to deal with in Mengcheng and Macheng. As long as we plan properly,
It’s not necessarily possible that we can’t pass Xinhua safely.”
Tan Fei, who had been silent until now, listened to Tang Cheng's words and fell into deep thought. At this moment, Tan Fei suddenly realized. Tang Cheng's main goal in reducing the speed of travel was not to find opportunities to train himself and himself.
Liu Shitou and others wanted to gather more people on the road. Training the three of them was just an excuse for Tang Cheng. The real purpose of Tang Cheng's move was to give the bandits the illusion that they had more people on their side.
, as long as there are a large number of people, the bandits on the way may not dare to block the road.
"Have you guessed it?" Tang Cheng looked at Tan Fei with a smile. Until the latter nodded, Tang Cheng continued, "As long as you are still wearing a military uniform, you are still a soldier. You should use what you learned on the battlefield to look at the situation in front of you.
Everything. Although our actions will put those civilians in danger, it is also very likely that they will survive the plunder of bandits. As long as the plan is implemented properly and smoothly, the results we expect may not be impossible to achieve. "
Tang Cheng's words made Tan Fei nod in agreement. After thinking about all the arrangements Tang Cheng had made along the way, Tan Fei was no longer surprised by what Tang Cheng was going to do now, because Tang Cheng was a man who would do anything to achieve his goals.
Tan Fei even suspected that what Tang Cheng said in front of the civilians yesterday was also deliberate. The purpose was to pave the way for persuading those civilians to agree to pretend to be soldiers today.