On the third day of the fourth month of the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen, it was originally spring, but it was already very hot in the mountains of Myanmar.

The weather is too hot, wearing long sleeves that cover the skin will cause heat stroke, and wearing short-sleeved military uniforms can not withstand mosquito bites.

Everywhere there are nasty mosquitoes. As soon as the soldiers of the Yizi battalion stopped driving for a moment, the mosquitoes immediately clinged to the soldiers' skins and pierced the blood-sucking straws under the skin. The soldiers of the Yizi battalion were bitten all over in the mountains, but they were helpless.

On such a hot day, there was no way to talk about any training, and Li Dingguo's task for the Yizi battalion was to cultivate, recuperate and prepare for the big war.

The soldiers had no training mission, but they also had to fight mosquitoes. Many people have been infected with malaria due to mosquito bites. Because of malaria, the number of non-combat attrition is higher than the number of combat casualties in half a year of fighting.

For the sake of health and safety, the soldiers had to stay away from the low-lying ponds and rivers and rest on the higher hills.

Jing Shanning, a soldier of the third line and the first team of the fourth team of the "Loyal and Brave Bureau" and "Lizi Brigade" of the Yizi Battalion, is known as the lynx and is an active member of this brigade. He looked at the mosquitoes buzzing overhead, and said, "Hemp, how long are we going to stay in this place?" ”

Hemp Zi is the captain of this Wu, he glanced at the lynx, and said, "There is food and drink, what are you anxious about?" ”

The lynx chirped, "What is there to eat and drink, and how many people have died from this malaria?" This Nanyang is really not a place for people, we still want to go back to Henan. ”

After a pause, the lynx said again: "And the prince has not paid us the Yizi camp until now." Although we surrendered as thieves, we fought a war in Japan, and now we have fought in the South Seas and destroyed four countries. ”

"There is no pay for being a soldier, how can you let me marry a daughter-in-law?"

Hemp Zi sneered and said, "Your virtue, you still want to marry a daughter-in-law?" ”

The lynx looked angry and scolded, "What's wrong with me? My Lynx has lost a bit of weight, but it has a good face. When I was a child, the female dolls in the village liked to play with me, who said I couldn't find a daughter-in-law? ”

Hemp looked at the dense forest on the hill and didn't speak.

Beside the bobcat, the short soldier known as "Crawling All Over the Ground" came over and said, "Hemp, after such a long battle, I think it's time to pay for it." Why don't you go and ask us about it, maybe we have started to pay and we haven't been notified? ”

Hemp Zi was stunned and asked, "Did you hear the news?" ”

He touched his head and said, "When I went out to Gong, I saw the soldiers of the letter brigade next door holding a Tianjin banknote and looking left and right, with an excited face. You say that if he doesn't pay his money, where will he get the money? ”

Hemp Zi thought for a moment and got up from the ground: "I'll go to the brigade and ask." ”

The hemp seed strode down the mountain.

Crawling all over the ground and watching the hemp go away, he came to the side of the lynx and said, "The burbcat, I didn't dare to say it when the marijuana was here, now that he has gone to the brigade, I will ask you." ”

"You said that our Yizi battalion and the 110,000 warrior army were guarding the Burma that was killed on this day, and we had to deal with 200,000 Indian soldiers and horses, isn't this looking for death?"

"I've heard that the Indians also have guns and cannons, and their equipment is similar to ours. Our Yizi battalion thieves are not a strong army, how can we defeat India's 200,000 army with one enemy and two? ”

"Those samurai soldiers are even more shabby, they don't even have rifle guns, how can they really withstand the rifle cannons of the Indians?"

"Isn't it a battle of 100,000 against 200,000 that we are sent to death?"

The lynx looked up at the crawling all over the ground, frowned and said, "Crawling all over the ground, you want to be a deserter?" ”

Crawling all over the ground waved his hand and shook his head in a panic, and said, "No! Don't talk nonsense about the Lynx! ”

After looking left and right, making sure that no one noticed him, he crawled all over the ground and said, "I just feel that we can't be sent to death like this." ”

The lynx sneered and said, "Don't think about it, there is nowhere to escape from this Burma?" If you take the main road, you will definitely be caught and shot. The mountains are full of Burmese natives who have been defeated by us, and they will definitely be hacked to death by the natives when they enter the mountains. Where can you escape alone? ”

"This is not Henan, you can escape all the way back to your hometown."

Crawling all over the ground heard the analysis of the bobcat, and spread it on the ground weakly, sighing.

Although the two of them spoke quietly, the other two soldiers around them heard it. When they saw that Wu Changzi was not there, they all came over.

"Lynx, you have the best brain, you analyze and analyze, can this battle be won, and how many people will die?"

"Is there a way to escape?"

"How about getting a fishing boat and driving away?"

The Lynx scolded, "You brainless fools, which of you will raise the sails and sail?" How can a fishing boat drive back to Henan, thousands of miles away, without an old handle? ”

"Stay honestly, let you fight when you fight, let you rest when you rest! Being a soldier is this life, whether you can survive or not depends on your fate! ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while, sighed helplessly, and each returned to the shade to lie down.

After a while, Wang Mazi walked back with a hemp bag on his back.

Everyone's faces were a little listless, and no one cared about what Wang Mazi was carrying.

Wang Mazi looked at everyone's faces, pondered, and scolded: "While I'm not there, I talked about the war again?" Want to be a deserter? ”

"I tell you, whoever escapes from me, Wang Mazi will be the first to kill him!"

The lynx said: "No, Wang Mazi, we are just wondering when this salary will be issued!" ”

Wang Mazi carefully put the sack on the ground and took out twenty-seven Tianjin banknotes from his pocket.

"Come and get the money, from this month onwards, there will be a salary, my Wang Mazi is seven taels, and each of you is five taels."

Hearing this number, everyone's eyes lit up. Five taels of silver, that's not a small number. You must know that the military salary of the Huguang official army is only two or two months, and they will be deducted by the officers.

Five taels of silver a month, save a few years, and go back to Henan to live a good life.

Wang Mazi left seven taels for himself and handed twenty taels to the lynx. The other three happily surrounded the Lynx. Wang Mazi took out a shotgun from the sack.

"A new gun in the brigade. It's called a shotgun. ”

When the four of them heard that a new weapon was being issued, they all stopped grabbing the money and looked at the new gun in unison.

Winning this battle and saving your life is more important than money.

The use of the shotgun is the same as that of an ordinary rifle, Wang Mazi skillfully loaded the charge and aimed it at the dense mountain forest ten meters away.

"Boom!"

The rifle spewed a huge spark that shot the shotgun into the dense mountain forest.

Ten meters away, the mountain forest seemed to be hit by a storm. In the one-meter circular area, the small branches were all crackled, and the leaves fell like rain. Even a two-finger-thick banyan branch was broken, revealing a rough yellow-white fracture.

The five of them looked stupidly at the damage caused by the shotgun, and were speechless for a while.

It took a long time for the hemp seed to laugh: "Good gun!" What a gun, with this gun, how many Indian soldiers will be killed! ”