21. Prepare for war

As soon as the next day dawned, everyone in the village was coaxed and scolded by Liu Ce, and started a busy day.

In the open space in front of the Zhuangzi Hall, more than 100 men held the bamboo guns and square shields that Feng Ying had made overnight, and stood in a military posture according to Liu Ce's instructions......

Feng Ying finally knew why Liu Ce wanted to cut an inverted triangle gap for this so-called shield, which could facilitate the spear holder to stab through the gap when arraying, especially with those bamboo guns that were less than 2 meters away.

Originally, Liu Ce wanted to make the bamboo gun three meters long, but considering that most of these men are currently not physically fit and cannot hold it steadily, let alone fight, he gave up this idea and made the bamboo gun 2 meters long and cooperated with the square shield for drilling. Liu Ce didn't think about distributing the weapons of the thieves who had been confiscated, but the weapons of these thieves were varied, and Liu Ce really couldn't think of how to set up a reliable formation for these weapons, so he could only pick some short knives and short spears for some men who looked stronger to carry with him in case of emergency, and throw the rest to Feng Ying for processing.

"Raise your shield, stand!" Liu Ce stood in the middle of the training crowd and scolded, and a man beside him gritted his teeth and raised the half-height square shield in front of him, and the bamboo spear in the water was stiffly set up in the middle of the gap, and slowly approached and joined together with the team.

"First row, imagine that in front of you are thieves who are going to kill your wife and children's parents, stab!" Another order, a column of men in the front row stabbed out the bamboo guns with the strength of milk, in Liu Ce's opinion, there was no momentum at all, but now the time is pressing, there is no time to make special corrections, just hope that the team can keep the array intact.

Sun Cheng continued to supervise this group of men, who was not serious and mercilessly slapped him on the buttocks, under the double oppression, although this group of men was not very skilled in cooperation, but they did grit their teeth and persist, and they made a lot of progress compared with yesterday.

In the corner of the wall, Han Feng looked at Liu Ce practicing this group of homeless people who had no military knowledge, holding a branch feather arrow in his hand, with a gloomy face and an expressionless face. In the battle of Houtu Fort, he lost two friends who grew up together, and learned from Xu Hui that Zeng Yan died at the hands of thieves in order to save himself from danger, and he has been in guilt, and rarely speaks again.

At the entrance of the village, Feng Chou Nian fixed two grinding discs weighing more than 200 catties with an iron rod above his head, and then put down and lifted again, back and forth dozens of times, and a group of homeless people around him were amazed. Yang Kaishan, who was on the edge of Feng Chou Nian, looked at Feng Chou Nian, who had no place to make it, snorted lightly, spit out the hay at the corner of his mouth, lifted the ghost head knife in his hand, and danced on the side, attracting the attention of many people, and bursts of applause, which made him very proud in his heart, and danced even more happily......

Ye Bin stood in front of the steamer, looking at the slightest bit of heat coming out of the huge steamer in front of him, and he still had some doubts. Ye Bin manages a medicinal herb business in his own family, and is still very confident in pharmacology, although he is not as experienced as a perennial doctor, but he thinks that he still has a lot of experience in bruising and trauma patients, and as a result, he had a conversation with Liu Ce in the house last night, and when it came to the skin trauma of several homeless people in the village, Liu Ce suggested that it was best to find clean details and use a steamer to disinfect them and bandage them, and also said that "alcohol" has the best effect on clearing wounds, which can avoid the tragedy caused by inflammation to the greatest extent. Ye Bin listened to the clouds in the fog, what disinfection and what alcohol didn't figure out what it was all night, so he simply tried it today, alcohol is impossible now, Heyuan has been dry for two consecutive years, and the grain that was originally produced in four seasons can only be produced in one season now, plus the thieves are destroying everywhere, and they can't eat enough, what to take to make wine? But to "disinfect" the cotton cloth used to bandage the wound, you can still try......

Qin Mo sat alone in the room, using the charcoal pen in his hand to draw thin lines on a yellowed piece of paper, recalling his conversation with Liu Ce last night, the expression in his eyes became extremely firm......

Near noon, when Feng Chounian and Yang Kaishan were still showing off their skills at the gate of the village, Huzi and Guo Tao, who had gone to inquire about the thief's intelligence from a distance, came back, and after saying hello to the two of them, they hurriedly ran to Qin Mo in the village, Feng Chounian and Yang Kaishan watched Guo Tao and Huzi enter the Zhuangzi and then glanced at each other, Yang Kaishan's eyes were sharp, the corners of Feng Chounian's mouth were raised, and he hooked him with his fingers, and then walked to a wooden table not far from the village, and found a bench to sit down, rolled up his sleeves, Yang Kaishan was happy, Without saying a word, he walked over and sat down opposite him, and the surrounding homeless people also surrounded him in an attitude of watching the excitement......

"Okay, get ready to eat, continue to practice after eating and rest for half an hour, and practice for another hour in the afternoon!" Seeing that it was already noon, Liu Ce shouted and disbanded the team, and everyone sat in place with sweat and panting to rest and wait for the meal to start.

As soon as Liu Ce wanted to walk down the steps to drink saliva, he heard Guo Tao call: "Brother Liu, Mr. Qin asked you to go to the house." ”

Liu Ce and Guo Tao immediately stepped towards Qin Mo's house, and bursts of cheers broke out at Zhuangkou, it was Yang Kaishan and Feng Chounian who were evenly matched, attracting everyone to cheer......

"Brother Liu, you see, this is the structure of the thief camp, all sides are built with rough wood, about half a mile long, there are four thieves at the entrance of the camp in each square to take turns to guard, every two hours will be replaced by a wave, the camp is estimated to be no less than eight hundred people, if we want to attack, we can only break in from one side, take advantage of the situation to disrupt the deployment of the thieves, kill the head of the thieves in one fell swoop, and frustrate their spirit......" Qin Mo pointed to a painting on the table with countless black lines spelled out into yellow paper, and put forward precautions and some points to Liu Ce, and raised his eyes from time to time to look at Liu Ce's face, for fear that he would not understand, Fortunately, Liu Ce used his finger to press the said direction from time to time, only to know that he was worried about being redundant.

Of course, this picture is not difficult for Liu Ce to understand, although the details are far from being comparable to a bunch of drawings in his previous life, he can still easily understand what this picture means......

Liu Ce pondered for a moment, Qin Mo was right, if he wanted to break through the camp quickly, he could only enter from one side of the camp, but the problem was that at present, Liu Ce didn't expect these one hundred and twenty homeless people to have combat effectiveness, and the real main combat force was still himself, Feng Chou Nian, Yang Kaishan and some other veterans who had experienced a hundred battles on the battlefield.

"How's the rogue's combat power?" Liu Ce asked.

"There are less than 100 elite thieves in the camp, 300 soldiers, and the rest are wanderers who have not long joined the thieves, mainly responsible for guarding and transporting grain and grass."

"Less than 100 elites? Three hundred thieves?" When Liu Ce heard this, his mind moved, and he was slightly more optimistic than expected, he still knew the combat power of the ordinary soldiers of the thieves very well, and there was no essential difference between them and the homeless people who had just joined the gang, and the remaining ones who had just joined the camp of the homeless people were not to be afraid, only nearly a hundred elites were not easy to deal with, and they must plan their tactics well to maximize the combat power of more than 100 people.

"It's time to eat!" Outside the door, Xu Hui, Sister-in-law Qing and several other women and children pushed the bucket and shouted, and many people suddenly rushed up to the empty field, and began to crowd again to grab the food.

A man pulled the woman and child in front of him to the ground, and was about to push another old woman, when suddenly a heavy scabbard slapped in front of him, and suddenly felt a hot pain in his cheeks, and fell to the ground wailing...... Sun Cheng stood on the side with a pale face, looking coldly at the man covering his face on the ground.

"Squeeze another one for Lao Tzu!" On the other side of the queue, Feng Chou Nian picked up a homeless person who was crowding women and girls in front of him with one hand like a chicken, and raised it above his head, the homeless person's legs were half floating in the air and kept kicking, and his hands were tightly grasping Feng Chou Nian's hand, his expression was full of horror, and Feng Chou Nian had a fierce face, like a Shura, which made people shudder.

"What's going on!" When Liu Ce and Qin Mo went out and saw such a noise, they scolded loudly, and everyone gradually quieted down......

"Crazy, put people down first." When Feng Chou Nian saw Liu Ce speak, his hand holding the homeless man was loosened, and he threw it aside and ignored it.

After Liu Ce understood the situation, he sighed, the thinking of this group of homeless people cannot be changed in a day or two, it needs to be gradual and gradual, but now that the soldiers are in chaos, how can they have time to talk to them about the truth, after thinking about it, Liu Ce said loudly: "Whoever does not abide by the rules will be expelled!" Lunatic! Sun Cheng! You two stared at the point, and then someone scrambled to beat me out of Zhuangzi, dare to resist and kill! ”

In troubled times, instead of bitter and earnest, it is better to drink it as a stick, and the effect should be more prominent! As soon as these words came out, the homeless people began to consciously and obediently queue up to receive their food......

"Alas, Brother Liu, when is this day a head...... Qin Mo sighed, "I originally thought that all parts of the Far East have been in war every year, and the people are not happy, and I don't want this place to be even more dangerous and abnormal compared to the Far East, the court is corrupt and incompetent, causing the people to be displaced, I really don't know what face stands in this world." ”

"Mr. Qin, don't worry so much about it first, since the imperial court can't count on it, then we can only rely on ourselves, whether we can survive the current difficulties can only depend on tomorrow's battle." Looking at the long queue of homeless people receiving meals, Liu Ce put his hands behind his back, revealing a determined expression.

After the meal, Liu Ce, Sun Cheng and others continued to train the homeless, because they had to ensure sufficient energy to deal with the thieves tomorrow, they disbanded the team in just one hour and let them go back to rest and maintain a good state, and looked at Han Feng who was shrinking on the wall of the village, he had lost a lot of weight these days, he was indifferent to everything, and his face was decadent.

Liu Ce walked over and sat down beside him, took out a water bag and drank it and handed it to him, but he didn't answer, still holding a dagger and sharpening wooden arrows, Liu Ce took back the water bag, picked up the short bow he placed on the ground, and watched.

Since Han Feng's infantry bow had been damaged in Houtu Fort before, this short bow was snatched from the hands of thieves, and it could not be compared with the previous one in terms of range and quality, and after making it for a while, Liu Ce was slightly disappointed, put it next to Han Feng, patted him on the shoulder, and got up to leave.

"Do you think I'm useless?" Han Feng's slightly hoarse voice came from behind him, "I watched Wang Tong die in front of me but couldn't do anything, Li Zhi was beaten to death in order to save me, and even more harmful, Zeng Yan, who had nothing to do with me, died innocently, and now I can't even find their corpses, do you think people like me deserve to die the most?" ”

"If you are still like a bird, then they are really worthless to die, you have to remember that you are now living for three people, and you have to live as a person, so that they will be very happy to know it!" Liu Ce left without looking back, leaving Han Feng alone, he believed that Han Feng would figure it out.

Night falls again, approaching September, the climate of this world is slightly different from the previous life, it is no longer stuffy, and the breeze blows across the face when it already feels a little cool, Liu Ce was a southerner in his previous life, and he has an indescribable disgust for summer, especially in August, when the sun is empty, he can only hide in the air-conditioned room when he rests. It's just summer to cross into this world, but fortunately, the weather is not as hot as in the previous life, because there is no industrial gas emissions, the summer in this world is quite acceptable, and now there is a cool breeze hit, and the whole body is even more indescribably comfortable.

Everyone gathered around the bonfire to discuss how to fight tomorrow's battle, and Xu Hui took the lead in saying: "Due to the increase in the amount of food in the past two days, our current food has bottomed out, and it is only enough for one meal tomorrow." ”

"Brother Xu Hui, tomorrow we will give priority to preparing meals for the displaced people who are going to war, try to make everyone eat enough, and leave the rest alone." Liu Ce said.

"But, in that case, what will happen to the rest of the people in the Zhuangzi tomorrow?" Xu Hui was skeptical.

"Huh." Liu Ce smiled bitterly, "If we can't come back tomorrow, let them each run for their lives, why don't you care?" ”

Xu Hui was stunned, and if he thought about it carefully, if he didn't get back the food in the battle tomorrow, he really didn't have to stay here anymore.

"Brother Liu, how did you say the night attack? Let's kill it now?" Chen Qing made a very good suggestion in the morning, but it was quickly rejected, the reason is very simple, most of these homeless people, including the men who are practicing, have night blindness caused by long-term malnutrition, and they are at a loss to take these people out, and it is a question whether they can find the thief village.

"Needless to say, tomorrow according to the original plan, we will rebel at the right time, set off at the same time, and strive to rush back before the afternoon Shen Shi." Liu Ce calculated that the time should be about the same, the battle should be over at noon without accidents, and the escort materials should be able to rush back before Shen Shi after resting, of course, this is on the premise of winning, if it fails, then don't worry so much......

The target route was determined, and everyone gradually dispersed, Liu Ce also got up and walked towards the residence of the homeless people who were training, and just a few steps away, he saw a large group of people sitting in the open space, the fire shone on their emaciated faces, and their faces were full of worry, it was the group of people who practiced during the day, seeing Liu Ce coming, they quickly stood up, Liu Ce stopped and motioned for everyone to sit.

"Aren't you going to rest?" Liu Ce casually found a man to sit down.

"Master Jun, you said that there will be a war tomorrow, will we die?" A homeless man had the courage to ask everyone's worries.

"Dead?" Liu Ce smiled, "I know that you are all afraid of death, and to be honest, I am also afraid, but what can I do, if you want not to die, you have to pick up weapons and fight, and fight hard." ”

"That's different, you're so good, of course you won't die so easily, but we've never fought before, I'm really afraid." One of the homeless people replied tremblingly.

"You're wrong!" Liu Ce said, "The more you are afraid of death on the battlefield, the faster you will die, on the contrary, you have to be afraid of death, the knife and gun will go around when you see you, you look at the madman, why is this guy so desperate?" Just because he is crazy and is not afraid of anything, even the king of Hades does not dare to accept him, as long as you have half of his courage, then I guarantee that you will live for a long time tomorrow. ”

After a series of coaxing and deception, the bluffing crowd was stunned, and Feng Chou Nian in the house not far away sneezed, scolded secretly, and continued to turn over and sleep.

Liu Ce saw that the heat was about the same, and continued: "What's more, the village is about to run out of food, do you want to see the scene of people eating people?" Seeing the hungry people in the village go crazy and kill each other, and your wife and children are boiled to rotten meat?"

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed a look of fear, and everyone fled all the way to here, and there were "hunter" teams everywhere, and when they caught the homeless, they would either steam or roast them, and the human flesh was given a creepy but very elegant name: want meat, which means to eat it once and never forget it. If this kind of thing really happens to you, then you might as well fight with the thieves.

"Damn, the dead birds are facing the sky, instead of waiting to starve to death, it is better to fight with the thieves!"

"Yes, fight! The thieves are just like us, they don't have three heads and six arms, they have nothing to fear, they do it! ”

"Okay, fuck him, it's better to die in battle than to starve to death, and my son will be upright when he mentions his father in the future!"

"Good ......"

Looking at the impassioned shouts of the homeless, Liu Ce smiled, his morale was finally there, and he had an extra chance of winning tomorrow.

Not far away, Ye Bin and Qin Mo looked at the prospect in front of them, unable to calm down for a long time.

"This Liu Ce ......" Qin Mo became more and more unable to see through......