Chapter five hundred and fiftieth chapters wind meal camping
The beacon light shines on Xijing, and I feel uneasy in my heart.
Yazhang bid farewell to Fengque, and the iron cavalry circled Dragon City.
The snow is dark, the flag paintings are withered, and the wind is heavy with the sound of drums.
It is better to be a centurion than a scholar.
——"Joining the Army" Yang Jiong (Tang Dynasty)
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After leaving Luoyang, the scouts followed the Sogdian caravan eastward along the Yellow River. Between Bianzhou (now Kaifeng, Henan) and Puzhou (now PY, Henan), the Lone Eagle team parted ways with the caravan.
According to General Li Guangbi's inference, when Shi Siming's army went south, Huazhou, Bianzhou and Huaizhou were likely to be the targets of the first battle.
The mission of the Lone Eagle Team is to patrol between Bianzhou and Puzhou to detect the rebel movements.
After separating from the caravan, the scouts were one man and two horses, but the camels were still driving five camels. Bai Fu was quite surprised and asked: "We are scouts, don't we pay attention to coming and going like the wind? Is it okay to carry camels with us?"
Affect marching speed?”
Iron Hammer said with a smile: "The horses of our scouts are all war horses. One has amazing explosive power and is used for short-distance charging. The other is good at endurance and is used for long-distance running. But both war horses are not suitable for carrying heavy loads over long distances.
We don’t know when the war will break out, and we need to survive in the wild for a long time. With camels, our supplies can be carried by camels.”
Bai Fu continued to ask: "Then why don't you use horses with strong load-bearing capacity to pull the carriage, so that you can carry more luggage?"
The scholar said: "When the scouts march, they often take narrow paths. The roads are muddy and rugged, and the carriage cannot go on them."
Bai Fu suddenly realized.
The camel also laughed, and Weng said: "Once the white camel I ride starts to run, it becomes faster and faster. The speed is no worse than our war horses. It's just that it is lazy and won't run until it is in crisis."
It’s a slow walk.”
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When traveling with the Sogdian caravan at first, there was nothing wrong with everyone sharing food and accommodation. After they were separated and camped in the wild, the differences between the scouts became apparent.
When burying the pot to make rice, Bai Fu found that Iron Hammer was very particular about the location he chose. First of all, it had to be close to a water source, and it must be a flowing, clean water source.
If there is a pika burrow near the water source, the hammer will not pile up the earth for a stove like a normal picnic, but dig a hole like digging a tunnel and connect it to the pika burrow.
When the firewood is lit, the camels use windbags to blow the smoke into the tunnels. Rat and rabbit tunnels are like underground cities, extending in all directions. Once the smoke enters the tunnel, it will either be invisible or appear very far away to ensure that the smoke will not curl up.
Raise, revealing the scout's position.
Occasionally, a hare couldn't stand the smoke. When it came out of the hole, the lynx fired arrows. After killing the hare, the lynx's hound took the hare to the hammer, washed it and skinned it, and served it as a meat dish for everyone.
After eating, the scouts would bury the ashes on the stove and all food remnants with sand so that no one could see the traces of burying pots for cooking.
While chewing the rabbit leg, the scholar muttered to Bai Fu: "In order to hide, many scouts did not dare to make open fires, so they could only eat dry pancakes and fried rice in cold water. As time went by, survival in the wild was like torture, and the body became thin and weak.
Sometimes I experience diarrhea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Only following the hammer squad, going out on patrol is like hunting with a hawk, going out to enjoy the flowers and pastoral scenery, it is so happy."
When setting up camp in Iron Hammer, try to camp in a sunny place with mountains and valleys. When you are at a high place, you have a wide view and are easy to defend. On the sunny side, the camp is relatively dry, warm, comfortable, and less likely to get sick.
The camel unloaded the baggage from the camel's back, and the scouts each set up their own tents. The scouts of the Lone Eagle Team did not want to sleep in a big tent and liked to be alone.
Bai Fu worked hard for a while before setting up his tent. Looking up, he found that the lynx had disappeared at some point.
Bai Fu asked the scholar, but the scholar smiled and did not answer. He raised a red flag and planted it on the ground. There was a "swish" sound, and a cold arrow flew from nowhere and was nailed to the flagpole.
The scholar then replied: "Lynx'er is a sniper, and he will always stay hidden from us. On the one hand, he will be vigilant from a distance; on the other hand, if something happens to us, Lynx'er can evacuate in time and report the situation to the generals in time to ensure that
The news will not cease."
At the end of the day, Bai Fu benefited a lot, and thought to himself: "These scouting experiences have never been written in any military book. If you don't experience it yourself, you are like an idiot."
This was indeed the case. When Bai Fu went camping with the scouts for the first time that night, he was discriminated against by his teammates.
It turned out that the weather turned cold that night, and Tie Hammer asked everyone to put a blanket on the ground to prevent them from catching cold. The other scouts wore sheepskin blankets and sheepskin jackets. Only Bai Fu took out a bearskin blanket and put it on the ground to cover him.
Ferret fur cloak.
Hawkeye looked at it and couldn't help but murmured a few words to Iron Hammer. Although the other team members didn't say anything, Bai Fu still read a meaning from each other's eyes - this noble gentleman is not the same as us.
people.
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The scouts all have triangular tents, which can only be occupied by one person. The wind is howling outside the tent, but it is as warm as spring inside.
Bai Fu lay on the bearskin blanket. The bearskin was thick and warm, and he could not feel the coldness of the ground and the gravel on his back.
It's strange to say that the conditions for camping in the wild are certainly not as good as the large carved bed, gauze curtains, Sichuan brocade quilt, aromatherapy heater in the Bashu guild hall... But Bai Fu just feels comfortable and at ease.
After the siege of Suiyang, Bai Fu often dreamed of Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and other comrades. When he woke up, he burst into tears.
Sometimes the bloody battles and bloody killings would wake Bai Fu from his dream. After he woke up, Bai Fu was in shock, panting, and could not calm down for a long time.
Here and that night, outside the tent, the neighing of horses, the howling of wolves, and the chirping of insects and owls gave Bai Fu an inexplicable sense of security and belonging.
Bai Fu rested his head on his arms, looked at the roof of the tent, thinking about the next strategy, and unknowingly entered Mengxiang.
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When I woke up, it was already slightly bright. When Bai Fu walked out of the tent, he felt the cool air, which was refreshing and refreshing.
Luo Tuo'er and Xiucai took turns on duty last night and were still sleeping, while Hawkeye and Lone Wolf were already up.
Eagle Eye released Hai Dongqing, and the two falcons soared in the sky, changing their flying postures from time to time and drawing various patterns in the sky.
Eagle Eye said to Iron Hammer: "Hammer Squad, within a radius of ten miles, it's safe!"
After receiving the message, Iron Hammer started to light a fire to cook. He washed the two skinned wolves and threw them into the pot. Then he added the secret seasoning bag and simmered slowly.
After finishing everything, Tie Zhui sat next to Bai Fu.
Bai Fu said: "Zui Ban, was this wolf you hunted last night?"
Tie Zhui shook his head and said with a smile: "How could I get up? I snored so loudly last night, didn't you hear me?
The lynx set up three traps outside our camp. When we closed the trap this morning, we caught two. Another one bit off its own leg and ran away. This is a cruel guy."
After a while, the wolf meat was stewed, and the aroma was overflowing. Iron Hammer handed everyone a bowl carved from rock salt, and rubbed the wall of the bowl with the wolf meat, like dipping salt.
With the addition of spicy seasonings and salt, wolf meat, which is usually fishy and slightly sour, is as delicious as mutton.
After eating the wolf meat, drink wolf soup.
Sprinkle some minced wild vegetables into the soup. The milky white soup is dotted with green cauliflower, which makes people want to eat. After eating the wolf soup and pancakes, I will be sweating all over the body and feel full of energy.
Iron Hammer replied: "As the saying goes, if you eat solid food early, you will be full for the whole day. The military situation is urgent and ever-changing, and the scouts' schedules are unpredictable. One meal may not always be the next. So whenever you have a chance to eat, you must eat as much as possible."
What the scholar said is true.
Only then did Bai Fu realize the charm of Tiechui's cooking. If Huang Zhen's dishes were as elegant and vivid as Bashan Shushui, Tiechui's picnic was like the desert outside the Great Wall, with winding scenery, high sky and wide grass.
A delicious meal can improve the relationship between people. Eagle Eye, who had slightly criticized Bai Fu yesterday, also calmed down, took the initiative to exchange a few words with Bai Fu, and handed a bunch of plump wolf liver to Bai Fu.
There is only a lone wolf, alone and lonely.
He did not eat wolf meat, and sat alone on a boulder in the distance with his knees in his arms, looking at the morning star gradually fading into the sky.