"The Huotou Army can not only cook, but also defend the Chinese army and kill the enemy at critical moments. The old spoon head patted Man Thirteen's shoulder and looked around, "My brothers all have good skills, and they will never lose to those soldiers who charge ahead. ”

"Wu Chang abandoned!" the herald in the big tent called.

Abandon the hurry and rush into the tent, Jian Heng has already waited there.

"Come, Cang Lingwei," Jian Heng pointed to the side, "This is your boss, and the two Sima Dou are divided." ”

Abandon the man, with yellow skin and triangular eyes, looking at himself coldly.

"Military affairs, but if you don't know, you can consult the two Simas. Jian Heng only explained one sentence, and then turned and left.

Abandon the forward salute, and the sinus is only slightly bowed.

"Come here!" Dou Jie beckoned to abandon and led him to the other side of the big tent, where dozens of leather carts were parked, and the old spoon head and others were already waiting here, ready to go.

"Queue!" Dou Jie shouted, and a group of soldiers surrounded him, and a column of five people quickly stood up. At a loss, the old spoon head pulled him forward and stood at the front of the line.

Dou Jie pointed to the two cars on his side: "The car is the baggage of the generals of our Chinese army, and it has a lot to do." Twenty-five people are responsible for the safety and maintenance of these two leather carts, and they are in charge of safekeeping, firewood, feeding, and cooking. It is a capital crime for a person to be in a car, a car to be killed, a car to abandon and leave, or a chariot to be seized! On the battlefield, military orders are like a mountain, and those who violate the orders will not be immediately killed! Can you understand?"

After speaking, he glanced at it again.

"Understood!" everyone replied with their heads held high, but there was a hint of awkwardness in their hearts.

The voice fell, "Woo-woo-" The horn sounded, it was already three o'clock in the morning, the 200,000 army was marched, and the Emperor Cangyu personally went outside the city to give wine and food to the three armies.

It was the first time to participate in such a grand event, but I heard the sound of shouting and shouting for dozens of miles, and the drums in mid-air shocked the heavens and the earth.

The army marched to the southwest day and night for three days and three nights, and the people only fetched some water and ate dry food along the way, and did not make a fire to cook.

At dusk of this day, the people drove to the bottom of a steep mountain, and they were already tired.

"Rest in place for half an hour!" said a fast horse that swept past the crowd, and the man who gave the order on the horse shouted.

"I'm afraid that tomorrow the army will clash! The southwest of our country is full of lofty mountains, and there are many passes, but the dragon army is fast enough-" The old spoon head leaned in and whispered. He had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he knew everything about this march and battle.

The baggage traveled slowly, and as soon as it stopped, everyone hurriedly prepared to feed the war horses and make a fire for cooking.

"Wait for five people, go and get firewood and water quickly! Wait for ten people to dig the earth and build a stove! The rest of the people quickly prepare the ingredients! Light a fire to cook within one moment, cook the rice in two minutes, finish the meal in three minutes, and start on time in half an hour. "Dou except for a meal arrangement.

Abandoning the livelihood since childhood, cooking is a trivial matter, but there are many people in a hurry, and some don't know where to start.

Fortunately, the old spoon head and the others were all familiar with the road, and the food on the march was very simple, he only helped to fight on the side, and in a moment he had prepared all the ingredients. Just wait for the firewood and water to arrive, and then you can put it into the pot.

But the five men who had gone to fetch firewood and water did not return.

Dou was anxious: "They are all old people, where there is firewood, where there is water, you can get it at a glance, why is it so slow today?"

Turning around, he shouted to the abandonment: "Don't wait here, quickly divide the people to meet the person who fetches firewood and water." Old spoon head, you take a few people to stay in the same place, and as soon as the firewood and water arrive, you will immediately make a fire to cook. If it is late, it will be punished by military law. ”

"Captain Wu, just leave the lid of the small pot to help me. This is a place of dense mountains and forests, and it is a place of close proximity, so you must be careful. ”

Qu nodded, and led the full thirteen and the tall thin man to run in the direction of the man who had just fetched water.

There were no roads in the mountains, and the group had already made a trail out of the thick bushes and headed straight into the valley low.

After waiting for the three of them to walk for a while, they heard the sound of flowing water.

"It's not very far from the camp, why haven't those people turned back?"

"Slow!" suddenly had a hint of foreboding in his heart, and raised his hand to block the two people behind him. As a hunter, his instincts told him that it was too quiet.

They had gone down into the valley, and though it was still bright, it was dark and dark. Birds flew everywhere into the forest, screaming dumbly, but there was no sound here except flowing water.

"Whoosh!" is the sound of arrows breaking through the air.

"It's not good, fall down!" he shouted, jumped out of the air, and rolled behind a big tree.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—" I don't know how many arrows came from all directions, like locusts in the darkness. For a while, the sound of the "tuk tuk tuk" arrow burrowing into the trees was like a shower hitting the drum surface, the stumps and broken leaves were dancing all over the sky, and a strange smell rippled in the air, which was a death breath mixed with plant juice and human blood, which was terrifying.

The rain of arrows finally stopped, and he turned around to see that the tall and thin man had an arrow in his heart, and the arrow came out from the back of his head, and his body was pierced like a sieve, and he had already laid straight on the ground without breath.

"Wu Chang......" is thirteen, he dragged one leg and crawled towards the abandonment.

"Thirteen, are you injured?" he looked at his right leg as he was pierced by two arrows, leaving a black river of blood behind him.

"Captain Wu, I'm only afraid of ......" Man Thirteen's face was bruised, and his throat seemed to be choked.

"That arrow is fed with poison?!" he was shocked and turned to anger, "Who is so vicious that he is lying in ambush here to take our lives." You hold on!"

Discarded from the tree pole, there were dozens of more feather arrows in his hand, and he got up and spun around, and those feather arrows flew out with a whistling sound, shooting towards those dark corners. In the interval between the arrows, he had gone up to the treetops.

I saw that the branches and leaves of Suosuo were shaking, and it should be those sneak attackers who saw that they had missed their hands and fled quickly.

Abandoned and fell, and another round of feather arrows was thrown, and this time there was no movement around.

Abandon the full thirteen and rush up.

"Captain Wu, Thirteen—what's going on?" Seeing that the two of them were covered in blood, the old spoon head shouted: "There is an enemy!"

Immediately, he shook his hand, and the pot and spoon in his hand rolled up the big iron pot with a "snap" and protected it in front of the three people.

The lid of the small pot rolled up, and he also lifted a lid and protected the three of them.

The old spoon head shouted, and the surrounding soldiers "poo" swords were unsheathed, and everyone was on guard, but they did not see the enemy.

"What about the enemy army? How can there be enemy troops?" Dou Ji came over, "I haven't seen any figures, old spoon head, what are you shouting here? Disturb the morale of the army, beware of our military sticks!"

Seeing the blood stains of the Thirteenth Body, he also seemed to be taken aback, and leaned in front of the two of them: "Is there really an enemy army ambushed in the drinking place?"

Qu shook his head: "It's too dark in the valley, I can't see who it is! Thirteen was hit by a poisoned arrow, hurry up and call someone for treatment." ”

Dou Jie put his fingers on the end of Man Thirteen's nose, took his pulse again, and stood up: "It's useless, I'm going to die early!"

The old spoon head threw the pot and spoon, squatted in front of Man Thirteen, took his pulse, and opened his eyelids to look: "The seven orifices are bleeding, the bottom of the eyes are bruised, is it a poisonous arrow?!"

Qu nodded.

"What about the firewood collectors, are they back?" asked Dou Jie loudly, but no one answered.

"What the hell did you hit today, someone!" Dou Ji took a waist knife and raised a shield, "You guys, come with me to have a look." ”

A few of the ones he ordered, trembling and taking the blade, the skin and the rope, followed him.

The old spoon head and the abandoned man put Man Thirteen away, took out the kitchen knife at his waist, carefully cut off the feather arrow on his leg, took out the arrow, and tore a piece of clothing from him and wrapped it.

"Old spoon head, why did you take this arrow off?" the lid of the pot was a little curious.

"I seem to have seen this arrow somewhere, but I can't remember it for a moment......" The old spoon head held the arrow in his hand, thoughtful.

Only a moment later, Dou Jie actually returned with those few people, and also carried back a few bags of water and a few bundles of dry firewood.

"Hurry up and make a fire to cook, don't miss the hour! I still have to explain to the Chinese army's account. Dou removed his eyes and scolded and left, "This has not yet been on the battlefield, but it has been broken in half." Bad luck, bad luck!"

"Phew!" we broke our brother, and he didn't come to ask, but felt unlucky, what the hell? Phew!" The lid of the pot quietly took several sips.

"You can see that tall and thin brother in my ranks, but his remains are still by the stream?"

The men all shook their heads: "There are indeed traces of fighting by the stream, and the ground is covered with blood, but there are no corpses to be seen. I didn't dare to stay long, so I quickly fetched water, chopped some dead branches, and came back. There is no trace of the brothers who were collecting firewood in my army. ”

That's strange! Why did the sneak attackers take away all the corpses?

"Wu Chang, don't think about it again, they are all hard-working people, and they didn't plan to be able to live a good death. Dying on the battlefield like this can be regarded as a wish fulfillment and liberation for them. The old spoon head kept his hands on the bottom, only stepping up the cooking, "Small pot lid, quick, add more firewood." We have to rush to the task at hand, and there are less than two moments left before the army is ready. ”

Abandon what he said, and hurry over to help. Several people hurriedly got the food out.

As soon as the meal was ready, the old spoon head immediately asked the small pot lid to be sent to the Chinese army's tent, but he didn't eat it, took a shovel, and went straight to the sunny place on the hillside. Abandon the heart to understand, and quickly take the shovel to follow.

The two of them only dug a shallow pit on the hillside, and then saw that the lid of the small pot had carried the body of the thirteenth man on his back.

The three of them hastily buried him.

The old spoon head went to fetch two bowls of noodle soup and placed them on the grave: "Thirteen, chopsticks, the old brother has sent you off! Chopsticks, don't complain about the captain Wu, he really can't get you and Thirteen back, you can rest there." These two bowls of noodle soup, you eat well, go on the road when you are full, find a good family in the next life, and no longer suffer from this!"

The tall and thin man was called chopsticks.

"Woo-woo-" The army is about to march again.

Looking back at the lonely new grave on the hillside, I abandoned the unspeakable loss and melancholy in my heart.