Chapter 8 Digging a Pit
Before heading to Gongsun Zhan's camp, the army under Tian Yu was fully armed, including bows and arrows, iron armor, ring-headed swords, horses, carts, and so on. Most of these weapons came from the arsenals of the prefectures and counties, and only the horses and carts were requisitioned from the prefectures.
The armament of the Han army has always been based on bows and crossbows, and the army is equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows of various types. Chen Cheng commanded more than 100 people, and he was divided into 30 strong crossbows. Among Tian Yu's personal soldiers, there are also those equipped with sharp weapons such as rhubarb crossbows, which are very powerful. During the demonstration, the shield a hundred paces away was shot directly into pieces. It is said that the maximum range of this weapon is 400 steps!
The only drawback of the rhubarb crossbow is that it is very slow to wind, and it is very bulky, and it must be placed on the chariot in order to move. But think about it, if this powerful weapon shoots fast, then will others live? There is no need for any iron armor shields, so let's play ballista and shoot together.
Chen Cheng got a three-stone strong bow and liked it very much. This bow was specially found from the arsenal after Tian Yu knew that Chen Cheng was good at ejaculation, so Chen Cheng had to admit another favor. Sanshi's strong bow is used with heavy arrows, and can shoot through all armor except iron armor in 30 steps. It's iron armor, and it can shoot a few points. He put away the spare bowstrings, put his shields, spears, ring-headed knives and other weapons on the cart, and went down to the ground himself, pushing the cart forward with the soldiers.
Most of the camp, which had just been repaired for a few days, had been dismantled, and the tents with iron nails had been properly stowed away and loaded onto carts.
More than 600 troops pulled out a distance of two or three miles on the road. Although Tian Yu is young, he is also decent in his use of soldiers. He marched forward with his cavalry, which was divided into two parts, the front and the rear, and protected the baggage in the middle. Chen Chengbu is the Chinese army who is protected in the middle, carrying all the baggage.
When the army marched, many villagers from the Zhuangzi on the side of the road came out to stop and watch. Many of these recruited soldiers were from good local families, and when they saw their fathers coming, they all greeted people loudly as they advanced.
"Click!"
Chen Cheng was pushing the car, and suddenly there was a crisp sound in front of him, and many people shouted, "Tun Chang, the car is broken again!" ”
He poked his head out to see a large car crashing into a pothole in the road, and the rut broke. This is not the first time, he shouted loudly: "The car behind stops first!" ”
With that, he took out the hammer, the nails, and the planks from the cart, ran up and said to the soldiers who were surrounding him: "I shout one, two, three, and everyone will lift the cart together." ”
"One, two, three, go you!"
The food, armor and other items on the cart have been moved down and placed on the side of the road, the car is not heavy, and Chen Cheng can carry it alone. But if someone has a hand, why should they carry it alone? He was alone on one side, and a soldier was on the other, and the five of them worked together to carry the cart down.
Other soldiers dug up some soil with shovels and filled in the pits on the road. The broken car was repaired by its own people, and half of the contents of the car were thrown on the car behind, and half of it was carried forward by the soldiers. When the army goes out on the expedition, it usually brings a lot of people, sometimes called masters, and loses on behalf of the horses or something.
However, now he went to join Gongsun Zhan's army, so he did not levy the people to accompany him, and the heavy objects were thrown on the soldiers. It was the turn of the soldiers who carried the supplies, and all of them were complaining. If it weren't for Chen Cheng himself wearing iron armor, carrying a ring-headed knife, a spear, and carrying one or two hundred catties of food, I was afraid that some soldiers would have to run away that night.
Rao is like this, and there is no shortage of strange words. Compared with their miserable infantry, the cavalry masters looked much happier, riding on horseback every day and walking around in front of them.
Wei Ran, who was promoted to the captain of Chen Cheng's personal army, complained: "We push the cart every day, we are tired and tired, and we have to cook for them after camping, and the soldiers are very angry." ”
Chen Cheng said angrily: "Then why don't you say that you eat more than others every time?" If you want to get it, you must pay for it. If you don't want to do it, I'll talk to the other chiefs and transfer you. ”
"Hey, hey, I'm just saying," Wei Ran said with a smile: "Where are the others longer than Shangtun?" I'm going to follow you for the rest of my life! ”
While the two were talking, the camp in the distance was already in sight. I saw that inside and outside the gate, there were soldiers and horses. Above the enemy tower, crossbowmen loomed. Chen Cheng has seen a big scene, and he doesn't think there is anything. But his subordinates and the soldiers accompanying him were different, they were all shocked by the murderous army of tens of thousands, and they all became shrinking.
Orr, the horn sounded in the camp, the middle gate was wide open, and a group of cavalry rushed out, shouting loudly: "The lord returns to the camp, and the army avoids!" ”
Hundreds of horsemen on white horses appeared in the wilderness and rushed out of the camp gate like the wind. The first person was eight feet tall, with a three-inch-long beard under his chin, and his appearance was very beautiful.
Chen Cheng looked up, and saw that this white horse general in the north of the earth was very powerful, with a tiger's back and a face with a national character that was not angry and self-threatening, he was wearing a hood, wearing iron armor, and a red cloak behind him, looking like a fierce general. Gongsun Zhan went straight into the barracks, and didn't even look at Chen Cheng and the infantry who came to join the camp.
The mighty white horses enter from the fish, and the white horses of all colors look very pleasing to the eye.
After a while, Tian Yu rode out on horseback and took his men to find a place in the camp. Naturally, Chen Cheng returned to his old job, first setting up tents, and then leading his soldiers to dig dung pits and set up places to dump garbage. It's late summer, and there are a lot of mosquitoes, so in order to prevent the breeding of diseases, Chen Cheng treats digging toilets and disposing of garbage as a top priority.
When he used to read history books, he often saw records of various epidemics in the army, but he didn't want to come here to experience it himself.
There were already Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Yue, Tian Gang, Zou Dan and other soldiers and horses in the camp, and when they saw Chen Cheng digging a pit in the camp, they were very curious to ask, and after learning that such a big effort was digging a pit, they couldn't help but ridicule him as a "dung pit general".
Chen Cheng was not angry when he heard this, he was already past the age of being moved by other people's words, and he just took care of his own work. Wei Ran couldn't stand this kind of anger, and couldn't help but ridicule him. The spectators intensified their efforts and made their speech even more unpleasant.
"Yo, what's wrong with saying that your tun chief is a dung pit general? Aren't you digging a manure pit? ”
"Hahaha, I'll just say that they have a smell of, the dung pit general's subordinates must all eat dung!"
"Haha, exactly, little one, let's eat!"
Wei Ran was furious, crawled out of the bottom of the pit, and shouted with a shovel: "Dog, put it in your mouth!" ”
"Phew, what's wrong with us just not putting it clean?"
"If you might as well hurry up, our family will teach you a lesson for your grandfather!"
When a soldier with five big and three thick men heard this, he stood up and said, "Come on, come on, let's see who is the grandson!" ”
Wei Ran's anger swelled up, and he was about to step forward, but Chen Cheng shouted: "Stop!" What do you want? Fighting in the army, thirty canes! Have you forgotten? ”
The military law of the Han army was harsh, and the charges for brawls in the army could be large or small. When Shangguan is in a good mood, he may just reprimand a few words. If Shangguan is in a bad mood, it is possible to kill his head. Chen Cheng is not willing to violate military law for such a trivial matter, if he wants to say it, let the family say it, and he will not lose a piece of meat.
Wei Ran said aggrievedly: "But ........"
Chen Cheng grimaced and said, "The dog bit someone, do you still want to bite it back?" ”
The stout soldier was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Who are you scolding for being a dog?" Don't want to live anymore? ”
Chen Cheng is a person who has sprayed with water friends on the Internet, and he is full of complaining skills, and when he heard this, he squinted at the military man and said, "Whoever promises me will scold him." ”
The soldier was even more furious, and rushed forward with his fists clenched. He is a well-known wrestler in the army, and few people can match his brute strength. He thought that this punch would be able to put Chen Cheng down, but the latter just reached out and pressed his fist, and his body flew out involuntarily.
The military man knocked over a few people, fell to the ground, and after getting up dizzily, he shouted: "Demon law, you are using demon law!" ”
When everyone on the side heard this, they all looked frightened and retreated one after another.
Chen Cheng said: "Phew, what kind of demon law?" If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense! This is....... Shadowboxing! ”
"Tai Chi?" Jun Han scratched his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, is this punch very powerful?" ”
"Of course it's amazing!" Chen Cheng stretched out his palm, hooked it, and said, "If you are not convinced, you can come again!" ”
"Come again, come again!"
The soldier lowered his body and rushed forward. Seeing this, Chen Cheng gave up a few centimeters to the side, stretched out his foot and stumbled, and the soldier fell into the mud. He lay on the ground and bared his teeth and asked, "What kind of kung fu is this?" Isn't it said that good tai chi? Why do you still use your feet? ”
"Hey, I'll be more than just tai chi?" Chen Cheng stood on the ground on one leg, raised his right leg up, raised it to the top of his head, and then split it down, and said, "This is the twelve-way Tan leg, are you convinced?" ”
After seeing Chen Cheng's juggling moves, everyone said that the difficulty coefficient was too great and they couldn't learn it. Jun Han Wu refused to be convinced, and shouted: "If you have a seed, don't use these demon methods!" Do you dare to compare your strength with me? ”
Hearing this, Wei Ran and the others all looked at the soldier with pity, as if they were looking at a fool. They had been following Chen Cheng for a while, and they knew that the strength of their own commander was enough to compare with several strong men.
However, there are still people who support the stout soldiers, and some people shout: "That is, there is a kind of strength compared to Yang Chun!" ”
It turned out that this military man's name was Yang Chun, and he was the personal soldier of Gongsun Yue, the younger brother of Gongsun Zhan's Lu clan. However, Chen Cheng is open-minded........
A minute later, Yang Chun said in frustration: "I lost!" ”
It is not uncommon to be defeated by others, but it is unbelievable that he was simply put down by Chen Cheng in the wrist wrestling. Even those brave generals in the army, they are not his opponents simply by strength! However, he quickly recovered from the blow and said to Chen Cheng: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that you were.... Be..... That one...... It's just that I'm wrong, well, can you teach me Tai Chi and what Tan legs? ”
Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Tai Chi can move thousands of catties in four or two, which is very powerful, but you can't practice it." ”
"Why?"
"Because your strength is too small," Chen Cheng said: "If you want to do four or two thousand catties, you must first have the strength of a thousand catties." I ask you, do you have a thousand pounds of strength in your hands? ”
Yang Chun hung his head and said dejectedly: "No, that Tan leg ......."
Chen Cheng glanced at him and said, "The same." ”
Yang Chun sighed, "Alas! ”
Wei Ran and the others all laughed when they saw him like this. Chen Cheng turned his head, glanced at them, and said, "Are they all so idle?" Hurry up and dig it, you won't have anything to eat after digging today! ”