This was a special period, and the atmosphere in the city was a little weird, and Chen Mu found that the soldiers' eyes were a little erratic.

Outside the city there were enemy troops, but they surrounded them but did not fight. They only cut off the supply lines of Jiuquan City, but they did not block all the roads. If Liang Jun wants to escape, he can tear open a hole and break out at any time.

Faced with this situation, Chen Mu said that this was a plan by the enemy general Alando. He suggested that Tang Hong get everyone together when he had nothing to do, either engage in some entertainment activities or give an impassioned admonition, but Tang Hong didn't care, saying that it was all false.

Seeing that Tang Hong didn't accept it, Chen Mu didn't force it, walked out with his hands behind his back, and saw that the general Li Xiu was busy working. The city is littered with corpses that must be disposed of immediately, otherwise it could easily lead to a plague. Li Xiu instructed his subordinates to build a high platform with wooden planks, and piled the corpses of the soldiers on top of it, ready to pour oil and burn them.

Before burning the corpses, Li Xiu gathered the soldiers under the city and held a brief memorial service, and under the gaze of everyone, Li Xiu came to everyone with torches in hand.

Li Xiu handed the torch to others, took out the hard clip book from his pocket, held it in both hands, and shouted in front of the high platform where the corpses were accumulated: "Brothers, I have registered your household registration book, you are all martyrs, your parents, wives and children are raised by the imperial court, you can rest assured that you can go on the road!" ”

He took back the booklet, took back the torch, and shouted: "Brothers, go well!" ”

"Pouring oil on ——!" The East Flag Bearer waves the flag.

"Set fire to ——!" The West Flag Bearer shouted.

"Drum and trumpet——! Send - brother! Li Xiu roared and threw out the torch in his hand.

The drums of war were beating, the trumpets were ringing, and the flames were raging.

"Loyal Soul West!"

The crowd shouted, "Brothers, let's go!" ”

Under the firelight, the emotions revealed in everyone's eyes were very complicated, some people were remembering, some people were angry, some people were whimpering, and some people were crying, but at this time, no one said that the crying person was cowardly.

The smell of burnt human corpses is actually similar to pork, but Chen Mu felt sick for a while, and after he looked at it for a while, he asked Zhang Han to stay and obey the general's command, and he took Zhang Cripple back to his house.

"I don't know what the fight is like on Wuwei's side, we just wait, in case Wuwei's side loses, we will be finished." Zhang lame closed the door and sat down on a wooden pier.

Chen Mu turned his head to look at Zhang Cripple and didn't speak.

"Have you thought about it, what are you going to do if there is no movement on Wuwei's side for a long time?" Zhang lame patted his futon: "I hid some grain here." If the situation is not good, let's consider slipping away. ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "You have been a soldier for thirty-six years, to be honest, how many times have you run?" ”

Zhang lame smiled: "I don't dare to say more, there are always five or six times." But running away is also a science. If you can't escape, your life will be gone. Either by the enemy or by our own monitoring team. Even if they escape, they must make up lies in advance, and only say that they have come out to report the news, and never say that they are deserters. ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You veteran oil, you have become a refinement." ”

Chen Mu is very glad to have this veteran by his side, and he can learn a lot of practical things from him.

Promotion or life-saving, which is more important, Chen Mu will not hesitate to choose the latter.

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The sunrise and sunset kept turning, and soon ten days passed.

Alando's troops are still surrounded but not fighting, and Jiuquan City is still on high alert. The soldiers on the four walls are constantly rotated. Today it was Chen Mu's turn to guard the south city, Chen Mu took people to the south gate upstairs, and chatted with Zhang Cripple and Zhang Han while drinking tea. I don't know why Zhang Han is in a good mood today, he seems to have something to say, but he has been holding back.

On duty outside at this time was the newly promoted captain Lu Han. Lu Han, like Zhang Han before, was nervous when he saw the chief, and he couldn't say a whole sentence for a long time. He didn't even dare to integrate into Chen Mu's circle. Of course, Chen Mu will not include anyone in his circle. In his circle, everyone has to play an important role.

Zhang Han put down the teacup and said as if he had the courage to say, "Chen Du, I have practiced to the fourth grade." ”

Chen Du is the abbreviation of Chen Muduwei, and everyone is generally called so.

The excitement in Zhang Han's eyes was difficult to hide, but when he talked about it, he was a little shy. After all, Chen Mu, who was sitting in front of him at this time, was only seventeen years old, but his internal strength was far higher than him. He felt ashamed that he had played a big knife in front of the public.

Before Chen Mu could speak, Zhang Cripple said loudly: "Four products so soon? Oops, you're a genius too. ”

Zhang Han blushed and smiled even more.

Chen Mudao: "How do you judge your skills?" ”

Zhang Han took off the crossbow behind his back: "I am an adjustable arm crossbow, adjust the bowstring mouth, every time I increase a grid, it will increase the combat power by one level, this morning I adjusted to the fourth grade, and I can easily pull it away." ”

"What is the maximum number of products you can get with this crossbow?" Chen Mu asked.

Zhang Han smiled ashamedly: "Five products." ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

This level is no longer cared about by Chen Mu.

Chen Mu stood up: "How can I know my combat strength?" ”

Zhang lame smiled: "It's a pity that the Third Brigade doesn't have a measuring scale, otherwise Tang Hong will definitely let you try." ”

"Power scale?"

"yes. After the level is high, you can't always have a hand-to-hand competition, that's too unseemly. The dynamometer is similar to the mechanism of Zhang Han's crossbow, both of which are to adjust the strength of the bowstring to see if you can easily pull it apart. There are also bows with fixed strength, and the power is measured by pulling the bow. ”

"Oh."

The tea was not delicious, Chen Mu took two sips and let Zhang Han stay in the city gate, and he and Zhang Cripple went outside and walked on the south city wall.

When the soldiers saw Chen Mu appear, they all stood up straight.

Chen Mu led Zhang Cripple to the easternmost watchtower, and pointed to a road to the east: "This road is the road to Luoyang, if you walk on foot, I don't know how many days it will take." ”

Zhang lame said: "Jiuquan to Luoyang, three thousand miles away." The rapid march was a hundred miles a day, rain or shine, and thirty days to Luoyang. ”

"A hundred miles?"

"Yes. Why, do you think it's fast, or slow? ”

Chen Mu smiled and didn't speak.

I calculated in my heart that if you count the baggage truck, you can still travel a hundred miles a day, which is not slow.

This is also in line with the evaluation of Xiahou Yuan in the "Book of Wei": Yuan is a general, goes to emergencies, and often surprises the enemy, so the army says: "Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the military academy, five hundred in three days, and one thousand in six days." ”

If Xiahou Yuan's speed can be regarded as speed, Bai Qi led his army to march 800 miles in eight days during the Battle of Huayang, and the average was 100 miles per day.

That's the speed of the infantry.

It can be seen from this that the marching speed standard set by the Liang Dynasty troops is not low.

After Chen Mu finished reading the city defense, he planned to go back, but he heard a woman's screams in the distance.

Chen Muyi frowned.

Zhang lame said: "Those women in the Western Regions were all accepted by Tang Hong. ”

Chen Mu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said in his heart: It is difficult to get fat alone, and it is difficult for this son to become a big tool.