Chapter 32: Wolves
For the first time in his life, Chu Ze realized how painful it was to fight in ancient times, and the suffering was not on the battlefield, but in the process of marching, and this kind of suffering could really be regarded as unspeakably bitter.
The bumps on the horse were definitely beyond Chu Ze's imagination, it had been five days since he set off from Chang'an City, and he had probably walked about two hundred miles, and Chu Ze felt that all his internal organs were going to be turned out of his chest. The buttocks hurt violently, the inner thighs hurt hotly, and I don't know if the skin is worn out. At this moment, Chu Ze remembered a divine comedy in later generations, 'Friction friction, friction, friction on the back of this smooth horse', jumping off the horse's back, Chu Ze felt that he couldn't walk anymore, and his legs were forked like a "lame man".
As for the food, it is even more uncomfortable, corn and some wild vegetables and fruits that I don't know what their names are, boiled into a paste-like porridge, plus a piece of black cake that is hard enough to kill a dog, this is a dinner.
Looking at the bowl of rice in his hand, Chu Ze remembered that when he was burying the pot to cook rice just now, Chu Ze happened to pass by and saw a fat-headed and big-eared firehead army untie a piece of salt-flavored cloth from his waist, put it in the pot and simmer it twice, picked it up and wrapped it around his waist. I don't know if the saltiness in this rice is the taste of salt or the smell of sweat from the fat firehead...... The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable it becomes.
At this time, Chu Ze missed the individual rations in his previous life very much, and he had to find a way to solve the problem of eating, so Chu Ze was very worried that he would starve to death before he reached Liangzhou. Chu Ze thought about how to make some simple and practical military rations, compressed biscuits must be made now, not to mention anything else, just the puffing equipment can't be made under the current conditions.
"Chu boy, why don't you eat?" A voice interrupted Chu Ze's thoughts.
Wang Qizheng, who was still eating on the side, raised his head and said to Chu Ze.
"I'm not hungry, a piece of bread is good, I can't eat this meal, I'll give it to you." Chu Ze really couldn't eat it, so he gave it to Wang Qizheng with a bowl.
"Hey, good boy, yes, I know that my old man is not full." Wang Qizheng didn't shirk it, picked up the bowl and purred, and ate it in a few bites. Rubbed his stomach, licked his lips, looked at Chu Ze and said, "Meidi is ruthless, next time I can't eat it, I will give it back to the old man, hehe!" Wang Qizheng showed his two big teeth and looked at Chu Ze with a strong smile, and Chu Ze saw a black wild vegetable leaf between the two big teeth.
"Forget it, you just have a good time,"
After finding some water to drink, today's dinner was settled like this, Chu Ze went back to the barracks and lay down, because he was not hungry when he fell asleep.
The winter nights were silent, and there was no sound except for the whirring of the cold wind. Chu Ze, who was sleeping soundly, heard the neighing of a horse, and woke up from his dream in shock, it was month by month! Pick up the gentian bright silver spear and walk towards the outside of the barracks.
After coming to Datang for so long, Chu Ze saw the most shocking scene in his life! There was a pack of wolves half-squatting at the door of the barracks, and under the reflection of the moonlight, their eyes glowed with green light, and in the blink of an eye, there were more and more green lights, not to mention that there were hundreds of wolves, and some wolves had begun to gnaw on the guardrails of the horses.
This march Zuo Wuwei was the task of exploring the way and reconnoitring the enemy situation of the entire Tang army of the vanguard troops, and in Zuo Wuwei, Chu Ze and his gang were arranged to walk in the front, and their camp was still some distance away from the camp of the army behind. The wolves, who had been hungry for a winter, were staring at their group at this time, and from a distance, Chu Ze could even smell a fishy smell!
The neighing of the horses was even louder, waking everyone in the camp! Zhou Tiezhu rubbed his eyes and walked out, and when he saw Chu Ze in front of him, he said, "Why do you scare Chu Ze, why is the horse screaming?" ”
Chu Ze didn't answer, and pointed ahead. He glanced forward along Chu Ze's hand, and after just one glance at the iron pillar, he couldn't wake up anymore, and shouted loudly, "Wolves!" Wolves! ”
Everyone in the camp walked out, and when they saw the wolves in front of them, they all opened their mouths wide and exclaimed, "There are so many wolves!" "In the face of this group of hungry wolves who have obviously been hungry for a winter, these dozen or so people are so small. Wang Qizheng, as the head of the team, has no idea at the moment.
Chu Ze has never seen so many wolves in his two lives, and the team composed of this group of wolves in front of him gave him a strong illusion, a hungry wolf is like a soldier, and there must be a wolf leader hidden in the middle of the wolf pack who is commanding everything, and the whole wolf pack is silent, and the queue is orderly, which all reveals a kind of iron and discipline that only the army has.
He clenched the spear in his hand and said, "Don't panic, everyone, the wolves won't be able to attack for a while, block the gate of the camp first, prepare bows and arrows, and get the torches!" ”。
Woohoo, woohoo, the wolves start attacking!
With a wolf howl, the wolves began to move, and their target was none other than Chu Ze's group.
"Chu Ze, what should I do! There are too many wolves! Tie Zhu held a long knife in his hand, his face turned a little pale and shouted hurriedly!
Chu Ze shouted, "Don't mess up, listen to my command!" Shoot these brutes! ”
A wolf jumped up and pounced, in mid-air, without waiting for the wolf to react, Chu Ze held a spear and hit the wolf's fatal waist first.
Behind Chu Ze, everyone who had already prepared, bent their bows and arrows, and the archers almost missed their arrows at a distance of a few meters, and the arrows hit!
But this obviously didn't help, more and more wolves pounced, and at this time there was a fishy smell in the camp, and the ferocity and fearlessness of the wolves at this moment were undoubtedly revealed!
It's not a way to go on like this, sooner or later you will be consumed to death by this group of beasts, Chu Ze doesn't want to become a dinner for this group of beasts before he goes to the battlefield, he has to find out the head wolf! Chu Ze danced with a spear that was impenetrable, and three wolves died under the spear in an instant. As the three wolves fell, a wolf howl came, and the wolves gave up the target in front of them, and surrounded Chu Ze, listening to the sound and identifying the position, and saw the head wolf by the moonlight. The wolf was half-crouched in the middle of the pack, his body was obviously stronger than the other wolves, and his eyes were full of bloodthirsty ferocity.
Chu Ze jumped forward, his feet were on the head of a wolf that rushed over, and one pounced on the head wolf with his strength, and the spear danced a spear flower in the air, stabbing straight at the head wolf's eyes. The head wolf, who felt the threat of death, wanted to jump away, where would Chu Ze let him escape, his wrist changed the direction of the stab with a force, and with a strong pick, the tip of the spear came out from the back of the head wolf's head, pulled out the spear, and a bloody arrow flew on Chu Ze's body, and a thick fishy smell entered Chu Ze's nose, and the wolf couldn't die anymore!
Chu Ze shouted, "Quick, throw all the torches out and ignite the fire oil!" ”
As the torch was thrown, the raging fire burned, and the wolf closest to the fire was burned alive with a mournful cry of whoop~whoo~.
Seeing that the first wolf was dead, the wolves had already lost their minds, coupled with the natural fear of fire, the wolves temporarily stopped attacking, their paws kept picking up dirt on the ground, and there was another wolf howl, the wolves turned and left, and in the blink of an eye, the remaining wolves in the camp ran away, leaving only bloody and dead wolves all over the ground.
By the light of the fire, everyone looked at Chu Ze, his body was blood-red, like a demon returning from hell! Everyone looked at Chu Ze with a kind of respect in their eyes, a kind of respect for the strong! In the cold winter night, when encountering the attack of the wolves, if it weren't for the young man in front of him, I am afraid that everyone would have already become the womb of the wolves.
Everyone's eyes made Chu Ze feel a little unnatural, grinned, made a grimace and said, "What are you doing?" Look at me like that? ”
Tie Zhu stepped forward, his face was still pale for the rest of his life, and he bowed down to Chu Ze and said, "In the future, my life will be yours, I will obey you!" ”
A group of people came over to thank Chu Ze for saving his life, and expressed their willingness to listen to Chu Ze's dispatch in the future, Wang Qizheng was not unhappy about everyone's attitude towards Chu Ze, and stepped forward to help Chu Ze wipe the remaining blood on his face and said, "In the future, the lives of our group will be handed over to you!" With his ability, Chu Ze won the respect of this group of people. The man in Guanzhong is like this, and he will repay his kindness!
"Okay, what is not fateful, in the future, if there is me Chu Ze, there will be everyone. Let's all go back to sleep, we have to march tomorrow! Chu Ze waved his hand and said, everyone went back to sleep, after a big battle, they were all tired, and after a while, a huge snoring sound.