Chapter Forty-Eight: The Soldier's Trickery (2)
On the fifth watch, many soldiers came out of the tents. The firemen and miscellaneous soldiers also began their toil.
These fireheads and miscellaneous soldiers are all people at the bottom of the army. Dry more, take less, where will they pay attention to the pile of grain and grass and yesterday there are slight changes.
As usual, they threw the forage bean feed into the trough to feed the horses. A meal was cooked and then distributed among the soldiers.
Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, Peng Xi and other senior generals, their food is of course better than those ordinary soldiers.
A few of the soldiers took the porridge made from the clay pot and gave it to the general to enjoy.
The march and combat are already hard, and the firehead soldiers are not celebrity chefs, and Hu Yanzhuo and they don't care about how it tastes, as long as they can eat it.
After three or two bites, he drank the meat porridge into his stomach, Hu Yanzhuo touched his mouth with his hand, and asked the soldiers to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.
There are still two days to go to Liangshan, and Hu Yanzhuo is about to discuss the military situation with Han Tao and Peng Xi.
An envoy in charge of the military commander hurriedly ran into the tent and shouted, "General, it's not good. There are nearly six, seven, or eight hundred war horses! ”
"What!" When Hu Yanzhuo heard it, he shouted: "Don't go to the veterinarian yet!" ”
The commander of the army said: "I have already checked with the veterinarian, it seems that it was caused by eating something unclean!" ”
Hearing that the war horse had eaten something unclean, it was diarrhea, and Hu Yanzhuo became angry.
He shouted, "Damn, who is in charge of feeding the horses today." The war is approaching, and they are so negligent that they can't get around. Grab them all and ask for them! ”
The ironclad chain horse is Hu Yanzhuo's killer weapon, and if you want to use the ironclad chain horse, you must have a war horse.
Ordinary horses and bad horses are not good, they can't carry and charge even heavy armored soldiers with more than 200 pounds of armor.
Even if you barely use it, the horse will be scrapped later.
In addition to the more than 1,000 war horses deployed by Gao Yu, the other nearly 2,000 war horses were almost exhausted by Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, and Peng Xi.
These war horses are Hu Yanzhuo's greatest reliance, and they are also the most valued and precious.
War horses are scarce, but it is not a trivial matter.
If one is not handled well, it is easy to die due to dehydration. What is even more terrible is the fear of contracting the plague, so that it is not a matter of killing and wounding dozens of horses, which will endanger the whole army.
Even if the horse is cured, it will take ten days and half a month to recuperate and function again.
But in another 2 days, they will arrive at Liangshan, and the illness of these seven or eight hundred war horses will affect the battle to encircle and suppress Liangshan, and may even affect the final result.
But because of the negligence of his subordinates, they actually let them eat unclean things, resulting in diarrhea, which made Hu Yanzhuo not angry.
Just as the commander of the army was about to go out to deliver the order, another army commander rushed in.
He also shouted anxiously: "General, it's not good, there are one or two hundred soldiers who have diarrhea!" ”
"What?" Hu Yanzhuo heard that one or two hundred soldiers were also thin, and he suddenly felt bad.
Hu Yanzhuo was thinking about the problems of the war horses and soldiers one after another, whether it was a water quality problem, or a plague, or ......
Han Tao and Peng Xi suddenly jumped up and rushed out.
Hu Yanzhuo saw that he was wondering what happened to the two brothers, when suddenly he felt a cramping pain in his stomach, and there was a rumbling sound, followed by a chrysanthemum tightening.
Hu Yanzhuo was also so frightened that he hurriedly ran out.
When the military village was built, the place where the grain was reincarnated had already been planned.
But on the march, that's what a day or two of stay is for. Of course, it won't be built so high-end.
It's just planning an area, digging a few pits, and covering it up with dirt when you're done!
When Hu Yanzhuo hurriedly rushed out of the camp tent to find a place, he found that there were thirty or forty soldiers in the barracks who could not occupy the pit and were digging holes everywhere, and more and more soldiers rushed out to find a place to dig holes.
Hu Yanzhuo felt that the matter was serious, but at this time, his stomach was turning over the river and the sea, and he couldn't think about it anymore, he had to deal with his own affairs first.
Many soldiers ate a lot, and now they almost don't pull out their intestines, and some even have symptoms of dehydration.
Soon the barracks were filled with this unpleasant smell.
The spies who had been paying close attention to the officers and soldiers in the barracks also discovered the abnormalities of the officers and soldiers, and they hurriedly returned to report Shi Jin.
Shi Jin laughed when he heard it, and said, "If this battle is won, Brother Shi Qian should make a great contribution!" ”
Shi Qian was overjoyed when he heard it, but he still shouted in his mouth: "Shi Qian doesn't dare to take credit, it can have such an effect, and there are many medicines configured by the Shen Shen Doctor!" ”
Shi Jin waved his hand and said, "Imperial Doctor An has prepared this medicine, but it is completely useless without you to give the medicine." Now the officers and soldiers are afraid that they will no longer have the will to fight, and the whole army will attack, so as to defeat this officer and soldier in one battle! ”
Many of the leaders said, "Yes! ”
The war drums sounded, and the Liangshan army was suddenly like a tiger escaping from the cage, fiercely killing the officers and soldiers.
Hearing the sound of drums not far away, Hu Yanzhuo knew that something was wrong.
The enemy has deliberately set a trap for himself.
His men and horses had been hit before they knew it, and now many of them were squatting with weak legs.
Hu Yanzhuo was furious, the enemy's vile and shameless and indecent moves.
If he could, he would lead the heavy cavalry to trample those bastards to death.
But he really can't get up and organize his men to resist and deal with it now.
Hu Yanzhuo squatted and roared: "Quick, those active officers quickly organize people to hold the military village and repel the enemy!" ”
Hu Yanzhuo knew the current situation, and he didn't expect anything to defeat the enemy at all, and it would be a victory to be able to hold the military village and wait for the men and horses to recover!
It's a pity that his ideas are good, but the reality is ruthless.
Of course, it is impossible for one person to have medicine in all the grain and grass.
In fact, there were less than 1,000 officers and soldiers who took laxatives. But the problem is that most of the officers and soldiers recruited are officers.
They are all privileged people, who eat a lot of food, and they are also the ones who suffer the most.
Six or seven out of ten officers are now squatting on the tuba, and the few officers who have not been recruited have heard the order and hurriedly organized the soldiers to resist.
The catapults of the Liangshan Army took the lead in attacking, and hundreds of pounds of stones roared down, killing many officers and soldiers and smashing the wooden fence.
Seeing that the wooden fence was smashed, the cavalry battalion immediately launched a charge.
In ancient times, the grass-roots officers of the army did not reach the level of a company, and when the senior officer fell into paralysis, the soldier immediately fell into a state of disorder.
Seeing Liangshan's cavalry killed, some people turned around and fled in fear, and some people took up weapons to resist under the orders of the officers.
There were not many cavalry in Liangshan, only 500 people, and they were light cavalry, but even the charge of the cavalry regiment composed of more than 500 people could be resisted by the chaotic officers and soldiers.
Like chopping waves, the horses knocked over many officers and soldiers where they passed, but more often they were cut by sharp sabers.
In just an instant, countless smears of blood splattered up, and countless heads and stumps flew and then fell......
The scattered resistance of the officers and men could not prevent the wolf-like Liangshan Army at all.
It's like a drop of water falling into the sea, and it can't even turn up the waves.
The cavalry battalion broke through the weak defensive line of officers and men without much effort, and rushed to the barracks in one fell swoop.
Some squatting officers and soldiers saw the enemy approaching and were pulling on their belts to escape.
Originally, two legs couldn't outrun four legs, not to mention that now their two legs are still sore, shaking badly, where can they escape.
The Liangshan cavalry easily harvested their lives.
Hearing the chaotic and frightened shouts of the officers and soldiers, Hu Yanzhuo knew that the enemy had already killed the barracks, even if he didn't look at it.
Hu Yanzhuo endured the pain and wanted to gather his soldiers and repel the enemy.
But the discomfort in his stomach made him feel weak at all.
An army commander could not care about the unpleasant smell at this time, and ran to the side of the tunnel and shouted: "General, it's not good. The enemy is too powerful for our men to resist. The enemy will be killed in the middle camp, let's withdraw first! It's too late! ”
Hearing that the enemy was about to reach the middle camp, Hu Yanzhuo shouted in despair: "Retreat, retreat first!" ”
Hearing the order to retreat, the officers and soldiers who had barely arrived turned around and fled, desperately trying to escape.
Hu Yanzhuo's generals' war horses were not fed with the war horses of ordinary soldiers, and their war horses were all handed over to their own soldiers to take care of.
It is not far from the middle camp, so it is fortunate that when the war breaks out, it can be quickly mounted.
Hearing the order to retreat, Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao and their personal soldiers hurriedly pulled their horses.
Hu Yanzhuo, Han Tao, and Peng Xi At this time, even if their stomachs still hurt, they could only endure the discomfort and fled on horseback.
It's just that when Hu Yanzhuo pressed the saddle with one hand and stepped on the stirrup with one foot, and just wanted to turn over on the horse, the supporting leg was weak, and the whole person fell down.
The squatting time is too long, and his legs are weak and weak!
fell to the ground, and the armor weighing forty or fifty pounds made Hu Yanzhuo unable to get up for a while.
When his own soldiers saw it, they hurriedly ran over and helped Hu Yanzhuo up.
It's just that this fall, and then get up, has wasted the opportunity to escape.
When Luan Yanyu came over with the cavalry, he saw Hu Yanzhuo's tall war horses and exquisite armor, and immediately knew that this was a big fish.
He shouted excitedly: "Quick, arrest these people, I want to live!" ”