When the miserable white sun slowly climbed overhead, Sun Zhongshan finished inspecting the three city gates of Yi County and returned to the barracks.

He had been back for three days, but he had not returned to Huojiabao to see his wife; His wife's father-in-law, Huo Liu, did not visit him, but only said a few words to Huo Liu at the door of Huo's house. He was too busy, the defense arrangements in the county, the transportation liaison with the big camp in the north and Zhaoji in the south, the preparation and training of the township brave and strong men, and the worry about the food and straw supply of the team, he had to be busy until late at night every day, and he couldn't spare time to take care of other things.

The orderly saw that his face was ugly, and his steps were a little tired, so he immediately brought him hot water. When he washed his hands and face outside the barracks and entered the house, his lunch was already set on the table. A bowl of coarse yellow rice, a bowl of crushed tofu and salted vegetable soup, and a plate of pickles were his lunch. Except for the fact that the tofu cubes in the soup look more numerous and larger, and there are a few oil splashes floating on the soup noodles, which is no different from the food of ordinary soldiers. To be honest, it's impossible to barely fill your stomach with such a little thing. But what can be done? This is the current situation in Yi County, and even this bit of food for the garrison was squeezed and squeezed out by the county order Qiao Zhun desperately. Alas, because the Turks occupied Beizheng and were besieging Duanzhou, it only took more than ten days for seven or eight thousand people to flee from the city of Yixian. In order to solve the problem of eating and drinking these people, the county commander Qiao Zhun almost turned over the grain depot, and even swept out the grains in the brick cracks in the corners...... There are too many people, the little emergency food in the county is not a problem at all, and there is not much food left in several large households, but the people fleeing from the north and west are still rushing towards Yi County, and the people in the county are getting more and more day by day. Right now, whether it is the anxious Qiao Zhun or the anxious scholar and half of the servants, everyone knows that if they don't think of a way, they don't know how many people will starve to death in the next few days. But in addition to the Nanguan camp outside the city, where is there food in the entire county? The grain in the Nanguan camp was piled up, but it was the military rations prepared by the imperial court for the war, and no one dared to touch a grain of grain there without an order.

Sun Zhongshan, who had been hungry for a long time, had no appetite. He sat on the drum stool, staring at the food in front of him, and did not pick up his chopsticks for a long time. It's not that he doesn't dislike the food, but he can't eat it at all, and his mind is still stuck on the scene he saw just now......

As he walked back from his tour of Nancheng, he passed by the mouth of a small alley. In three days, he had walked through that alley a dozen times, and he had never paid any special attention to that place. In his impression, it was the same as other streets and alleys, and the people who sat and fled under the walls were the same; These people were unkempt, ragged, expressionless, and their empty eyes were completely devoid of any sparkle, just staring blankly at a certain point. But today, I don't know why, the god made him stare at a woman by the pharmacy at the entrance of the alley from a long distance. The woman sat on her knees in the mud by the foundation of the house, with her dirty and knotted hair, her jacket and pants had already rolled to rot, she lifted the black jacket with one hand, and stuffed a shriveled ** into the mouth of the doll in her arms with the other. The baby's small, thin hands were exposed to the cold wind, her fingers curled up like chicken feet, her eyes were closed, and her bloodless face and lips were tinged with a blue-gray color; No matter how much his mother teased him, he didn't react at all, and the black nipples were stuffed into his mouth over and over again, and slipped out of the corners of his mouth over and over again......

Sun Zhongshan, who has walked countless times on the battlefield, can see at a glance that the baby has ......

When he thought of the baby who died young, and the numb faces of the people who sat and reclined against the walls in the streets and alleys, his heart felt as if he was blocked by something.

He clenched his fists in pain and pounded twice on the case.

The thumping sound alarmed the orderlies. He walked in, saw that the food on the table had not been moved, and asked, "My lord, the food is cold, why don't I take it and warm it up?" ”

Seeing that Sun Zhongshan didn't speak, the orderly was ready to pack up the rice and vegetable soup.

“…… No, just put it there. Sun Zhongshan suddenly spoke, "I'll eat it now." He stretched out his hand and slowly touched the chopsticks, as if they were not two wooden sticks, but a thousand-pound stone mountain, and every move almost exhausted the strength of his whole body.

He picked up the bowl and took a bite of rice into his mouth, chewing it bite by bite, and the weeds and dirt in the rice made a screeching sound in his mouth......

The orderlies standing at their feet looked at their commander in horror. He probably thought that he had done something wrong that made Sun Zhongshan so unhappy.

Small bites of chewing soon turned into big gulps of swallowing, Sun Zhongshan seemed to be venting the hatred and viciousness in his heart, and quickly swept away all these foods, not only did not have a grain of rice left in the rice bowl, but the soup bowl also asked the orderly to flush some boiling water and rinse it, and even drank the soup with water.

Sun Zhongshan threw away the bowl and let the orderly come over to clean it up, leaning against the table with his forehead in one hand, trying not to think about the thin arm that stretched out into the air and tried to grab something.

But the more he didn't let himself think about it, the more that scene kept flashing in his mind. The thought of that little gray face made his heart clench.

In a trance, he seemed to hear the sound of horses' hooves, then the sound of Dingdang's spurs, and then a group of people rushing towards him. Before he could ask the orderlies to see what was going on, he heard someone at the door say loudly, "Hurry up and let the guy cook some hot food!" Yiyi mother, I rushed one hundred and twenty miles in the morning, and the water and rice have not touched the teeth until now! With the words, Qian Laosan, who was wearing a black blindfold, walked in with the curtain in full suit, sat opposite Sun Zhongshan without saying a word, and shouted: "Quick, get some water!" ”

Sun Zhongshan hurriedly took the teapot and was looking for something to fill with water, Qian Laosan snatched the pot, lifted the lid of the pot and poured it into his mouth, and finally wiped his mouth and put the empty pot away, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Sun Zhongshan asked in surprise: "Aren't you stationed in Yanzhou, why did you come here without saying a word?" Are you here to replace me? ”

Qian Laosan groped out a red-headed stick in his arms and slapped it on the table: "See for yourself!" He walked to the door and said to Sun Zhongshan's orderly: "You, go to the room to see if there is anything else to eat!" Cold cakes, cold buns, and cold rice are all made, so grab a few pickles for me if you don't have them! I'm going to starve to death! ”

Sun Zhongshan gave up his seats to the two lieutenants, asked someone to bring tea, and opened the military order with a frown:

"It is hereby ordered: From the date of arrival of this order, all defense affairs in Yi County, which is under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Battalion of the C Brigade of the Yanshan Chinese Army, shall be immediately transferred to the 4th Battalion of the C Brigade of the Yanshan Chinese Army. From the date of the arrival of this order, the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Battalion and the 12th Post of the 4th Battalion of the 2nd Battalion of the Yanshan Central Army in Yixian County were immediately reorganized into the provisional Xin Brigade, and Sun Fu, the captain of the 2nd Battalion, was temporarily appointed as the commander of the Xin Brigade. Sun Fu's department, before the fifth son of the first month of November, captured Ruqi, Guangpingyi, and Beizheng, cut off the retreat road of the Tuqi people in the direction of Yandong, and guarded the above three places to the rest of Qiangou in Yixian County. This order. Sima Shang of the Yanshan Zhongjun. Date. ”

Sun Zhongshan examined the military order back and forth twice, checked that Shang Cheng's seal was signed correctly, and then carefully put it away and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Qian Laosan grinned, shook his head that was still steaming with wisps of white steam, wiped the hot sweat flowing down his forehead and sideburns, and said: "Xingying ordered, you lead the team from Yi County to take the mountain road in Yanshan, and go around to the back of Ruqi Village to fight." I'm here to take over the military. As he spoke, he took a folded military order from his bosom and continued, "All the civil and military officers and soldiers in Yixian and Nanzheng are under my dispatch, and they will start to fight north on October 28. One of the death orders issued by the adults must advance to Beizheng within six days, and if you can't learn with you before the seventh day of the first month of November, you will cut off my head. ”

Hearing that Qian Laosan would take over all military affairs in the two counties, Sun Zhongshan did not feel strange at all. In the first battle of Luhe, Qian Laosan made great contributions when he broke off, and now the honorary position is already above him, and it is only a matter of time before he independently commands the operation in a certain direction. He thought for a moment and said, "Today is the ninth day of the tenth month, and by the fifth day of the next month, it will only be twenty-five days, and it will be a bit tricky to march in the mountains and conquer three walled cities. ”

Qian Laosan interrupted him and said with a smile: "There is not much time. You know that, I know, adults know, and you know. This errand was asked by the adults to go, and others couldn't rob it, and he didn't feel at ease if he said that someone else would do it. I'm not afraid that you will be angry when I say it, and I also wanted to snatch this messenger at that time, but I was smashed out by an adult teapot. ”

Sun Zhongshan glanced at him and said, "Are you embarrassed to rob me?" You are two levels higher than me, and you have won this merit, so I will talk to you in the future, and I must not look up at you? Qian Laosan salivated and smiled, and muttered, "As long as you defeat Beizheng and stop the more than 10,000 soldiers in Yandong, promotion is not a matter of talking......"

Sun Zhongshan frowned suddenly, and asked in surprise, "There are so many enemies surrounding Duanzhou?" "There are only a few military commanders in the Nanzheng and Nanguan camps in Yixian County, and there are only more than 3,000 soldiers in total, and only half of them can be sent at most, excluding the manpower left behind to guard the town...... After thinking about it carefully, he said, "The enemy has noticed that the back road has been cut off, and if you really want to break through, you and my people can't stop it." ”

Qian Laosan bared his teeth and grinned, and said, "Even the two of us will definitely not be able to stop the big tent soldiers besieging Duanzhou one by one, but there are more than 3,000 soldiers, and there are seven or eight black flags that have been played. Fortunately, it is not only the two of us who are dispatched this time, but my Ding Brigade is already on the way to Yi County, and it is estimated that it will arrive around the 17th. Fan Quanjizheng's B Brigade will also be transferred to the direction of Duanzhou. You and I still have Lao Fan and them, there are 6,000 people in the three brigades, plus more than 8,000 soldiers in Duanzhou, which is almost enough. As he spoke, he glanced left and right to see that there was no one in the barracks, and then he lowered his voice and said, "There are also confidential military orders in the camp for you to take down Beizheng one by one, you don't have to wait for me, in addition to leaving a city to defend the city, you must continue to move along the ancient official road to Guangliang through Mazhichuan, and strive to leave the 10,000 enemies in Yanzhong." ”

Catch a turtle in an urn!

Sun Zhongshan's gaze jumped.

That's a lot of money! As long as the front line of North Zheng Guangliang Liuzhen is opened, when the Zhao army is flanked back and forth, the 20,000 Tu people who have penetrated into the territory of Yanshan will have to shed their skin if they do not die!

The burden on his shoulders immediately became extremely heavy.

He only understands now, Qian Laosan's words, one by one, the adults asked you to go......