Chapter 931: Fight, Brothers (4)
The fierce battle was followed not by euphoria, but by nausea and vomiting.
Even if the people in this dock fort, basically everyone has been on the battlefield, seen blood, and killed people.
But in the past two days, hundreds of slaves of sin died under the dock fort. The corpses of these people were layered around the dock fort, and after being ignited by a fire, the long-lasting smell made these men unbearable one by one.
But that's not the end of the story.
Because that fire can't completely burn these corpses.
And in such weather, if you don't deal with these things quickly, it will cause them big trouble.
At this point, Cui Dalang, who has many years of military experience, has received a special education. In the Tang Army, the medical officers who accompanied the army had considerable rights. The military health manual, compiled by Li Ze himself, was controlled by the medical officer, and once it was violated, the punishment was real.
Therefore, in the Tang Army, the medical officer is not only to save the life and help the wounded, but has the real power to control these sergeants.
And this is to develop some good hygiene habits and basic epidemic prevention knowledge for soldiers like Cui Dalang.
After confirming that the guilty slaves had retreated, dozens of soldiers from the fort fell down from the fort to collect a large amount of firewood and bellflowers, and burned the half-charred corpses for a second time.
Black smoke billowed for a whole day and a night.
And taking this opportunity, Cui Dalang held a simple funeral for the twelve comrades-in-arms who died in the dock fort. They were buried deep in the ground, and there were no graves raised on the ground, nor tombstones, but the ground was made by Cui Dalang to be no different from other places nearby. I just ask everyone to remember this place firmly and wait until the war is over in the future, and then erect a tombstone for these comrades-in-arms.
Now, if their whereabouts were revealed, those crazy slaves of sin would have dug up their graves and cut off their heads for credit.
"If anyone survives in the future, remember this place." After a final careful inspection, Cui Dalang instructed the surrounding brothers.
Everyone nodded sadly, the man who was alive a few days ago is now buried deep in the soil with insects and ants.
"These brothers are still lucky, at least they can be buried with all their tails." On the way back, Yang San suddenly sighed: "We're just afraid that we won't have this good luck at that time." When the time comes, if you are lucky, you can still have a jar of ashes, and if you are unlucky, you don't know what else will be left. ”
None of them spoke.
Yang San was not bad.
Although these criminal slaves under the command of the Liao people have temporarily retreated, they will definitely still come, and these hundred and ten people in the dock fort have a fatal attraction for them.
For them, the battle is not over, but has just begun.
The first to die in battle, as well as the living brothers, helped to burn the bodies into ashes, and then put them in the altar and buried them in the ground. And once the dock fort is breached, the last group of people who fall are destined to move.
"Then hold on until victory." Cui Dalang didn't want this pessimistic mood to make everyone feel down, so he waved his arms vigorously and said, "We have enough weapons, we have enough food, we have the courage to win, and we will definitely be able to defend until the final victory." Fight, brothers, even if there are only three or two people left when we finally win, the brothers who died bravely in the first place will be buried in the ground, and our story will be forever passed on this land. ”
"Fight, brothers!" Encouraged by Cui Dalang, the group cheered up again, and raised their arms and shouted together while walking towards the dock fort.
Above the dock fort, the other soldiers also roared in unison.
"Fight, brothers!"
Cui Dalang's big black dog, with its two front legs on the fort, also barked loudly.
Although the enemy retreated for the time being, Cui Dalang did not let everyone rest, once people calm down, it is easy to think about it, only when they are busy, they will forget the current predicament, forget the grief of losing relatives and brothers.
Everyone has something to do.
Some of them strengthened the dock fort and set up mechanisms that had been destroyed during the previous battle, and among these people, there were many craftsmen such as carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons, and everyone was thinking about how to make the dock fort stronger.
Some were arranged to clean the fort.
Now in the whole dock fort, the strange smell is long-lasting, although the water is washed over and over again, everyone's nose, but it still does not seem to dissipate. Several pools were dug out of the fort, and the water brought out of the well filled the pools, which was Cui Dalang's precaution, they could burn the enemy with fire, and the enemy would not treat them in the same way.
Of course, although the Liao people also have fierce fire and oil bombs, but for the Liao army, this is a precious thing, and it is impossible to use it for these criminal slaves, Cui Dalang is mainly to prevent the enemy from other means of ignition. Although the dock fort is strong, there is not much room for manoeuvre. Once the inside is burned, then everyone will properly turn into a roast pig.
The weapons inventory is also out.
Knives and guns are sufficient. However, there were only 2,000 feathered arrows left, and the most threatening crossbow was less than fifty feet left.
The ones that were shot out of the earlier battle were carried away by the hateful slaves, and it was also an excellent weapon for them.
Over the years, the imperial court has been implementing a steel embargo policy on the north, although the Liao people also have iron ore, but their smelting level has not been able to rise, and the technology is not good, which has led to their steel has always been in a state of deficiency.
If the strong crossbow has no crossbow arrows, it will become an ornament, Cui Dalang can only ask the carpenter to make more wooden crossbow arrows, sharpen the front, and launch it with a strong crossbow, although it can't be like a standard crossbow arrow can string sugar gourds, but the problem of killing a person at a time is still not big.
Everyone was busy and hard, but they really forgot about the predicament in front of them, and laughter and laughter appeared in the dock fort again.
It's just that when it's time to eat, after smelling the aroma of meat, everyone involuntarily retched, and everyone only nibbled on some steamed buns. This made the soldiers in charge of cooking have to fall out of the fort and go outside to find a few large baskets of wild vegetables back, that is, at this time, there are still abundant wild vegetables to dig up.
Such days, after a few days, a few galloping war horses on the horizon made everyone nervous again.
It is not the enemy who comes.
A few scarred people were hoisted into the dock fort by ropes, and Cui Dalang couldn't help but sigh when he saw a few familiar faces. These people are from the nearby Dock Fort. Their presence here means that these dock forts have been breached.
"Dead, all dead!" Looking at Cui Dalang, the knight cried.
Everyone silently surrounded these people, allowing them to cry loudly and cry happily, in fact, when they decided to stay, everyone had a clear psychological preparation for death.
After the knight finally calmed down, Cui Dalang said in a deep voice: "Okay, since you're here, let's prepare to fight!" Killing one more enemy is tantamount to avenging the dead. Killing one is enough, killing two earns one, if we can kill ten by ourselves, it is worth it. ”
The surrounding dock forts have been cleared and emptied, so it will be their turn again. This time, I'm afraid there will be more people coming.
This time it was no longer Cui Dalang and his big black dog who let off steam, half of them stayed on the top of the dock fort, and the other half returned to the fort to rest.
Perhaps it is really to put life and death aside, even if they know that the enemy will arrive at any time, but the resting people still sleep and snore.
Three days later, a large number of Liao slaves finally appeared outside the dock fort again, this time, they were no longer sneaky, but appeared in a majestic array, Cui Dalang saw that there were many more Liao officers in the ranks, and what made him even more annoyed was that there were several strong crossbows in the enemy's ranks.
Bastard, when the dock fort was breached, the people guarding the fort didn't even destroy these things, and now they have cheapened the enemy in vain, and they have become their biggest threat.
Through the questioning of those knights, Cui Dalang already had a rough idea of the process of the destruction of several dock forts around him.
Some of them were attacked by the enemy and were caught off guard, just like the first attack they encountered. If it weren't for the black dog's alertness, or he wouldn't be spared.
Some of them did not seal the gate of the dock fort, and were smashed through the gate by the criminal slaves, and they could be drowned by the tactics of the sea of people.
Some of them were actually dug by the enemy and dug directly into the dock fort and were breached.
Fortunately for Cui Dalang, the terrain of their dock fort is a bit special, and there are patches of rocks underground, which can be seen from the inside of their cellar, and if you want to dig a tunnel from them, it is destined to outweigh the losses, but just in case, Cui Dalang still arranged for someone to listen in advance, just in case.
Compared with these, what made Cui Dalang feel even more troublesome was the few strong crossbows captured by the enemy, as well as some simple versions of trebuchets that had recently appeared.
Simply use two tree poles, bend them slightly with fire, and then bend them backwards and eject the stones to attack the Dock Fort, although it is completely dependent on the Dock Castle from the point of view, but only one of them will be enough to smash it on the Dock Fort. The enemy has made dozens of these things, even if it is a blind cat catching a dead mouse, there is always good luck.
This time, there was obviously a more knowledgeable official from the Liao side, and they seemed to know that this dock fort was more difficult to fight, and they no longer expected to go down with a drum, but to make all the preparations before attacking it.
Of course, compared with these instruments, what makes Cui Dalang's scalp tingle even more is that there are as many as nearly 3,000 criminal slaves.
Lao Tzu only has more than 130 people now, but he has to fight against 30 people.