"How can this be?"

And in Tongguan, which controlled the mountains and rivers on the surface, a voice that had just recovered from an obvious injury, but was full of energy, roared

"Those people in the court are bent on making our sons hungry"

"Go and fight for them, what kind of rebellion."

"There is less and less rice from the rear."

"There's really more and more sand and bran mixed in."

"Is it possible, let my soldiers be the gods of that meal."

Saying this, he slammed his gauntlet on the wall,

"What can I do if I lack food and clothing before the army?"

"Don't let us move to the town to eat and repair, and we are not allowed to write a way to fill in the belly?"

"Since ancient times, I have never heard of a person who can be defeated by starvation and cold."

"If you don't go to the nearby Huaidi to find a way, do you want to watch the soldiers trapped in this Xiongguan lock key?"

"We have endured all the hardships for the imperial court and are tired enough to keep this hub out of the Northland."

"For the great cause of the imperial court, it will be in vain to endure hunger and cold for a while, but this gunpowder, lead, swords, soldiers, armor, and wounding medicines, did they fall from the sky?"

Of course, he still has unfinished thinking about it, that is, the convenience of this firearm in defense and defending the city. Only after using it did I really feel that it was an indispensable good thing, even if it was the most obsolete old-fashioned firearm, under the danger of relying on the fortress, even if it was a tired and weak newly defeated army, or even a new soldier who had never been on the battlefield at all, it also had the confidence and credentials to confront and thwart the superior enemy.

Therefore, just relying on an edict to make them change their ways, cut off the input and supplement from Huaidi, and even desperately under the current situation of foreign enemies, turning to swords and soldiers is really a dizzy disguised way of death.

"The imperial court naturally has its own corresponding hardships and difficulties."

As the envoy of the Guan army in the Shu army, he also accompanied the smiling face and said continuously.

"This edict is also a helpless thing."

"There is absolutely no reason to pursue and interrogate the past."

"I just hope that Yan Shuaichen can make a public statement and be an example for all the marshals with righteous hearts."

With that, he took a soothing breath

"Of course, if the soldiers below have violated it."

"The enemy's momentary negligence at the moment is also excusable, not ?。。"

And Yan Tieshan, who was the commander-in-chief, only snorted heavily, and then continued to talk about the matter for the time being.

"I don't care what the adults in the rear court think, and what reasons and excuses they have"

"Just don't shorten the supply in front of our army, then everything is easy to say."

"Also, stop taking those official tickets and military bills as rewards and bonuses."

"What can this kind of waste paper-like thing that no one recognizes in the Northland be used for?"

"Besides, under the increasingly difficult situation in the Northland, even if you have real money, you may not be able to buy decent things."

"Isn't there any difference between forcing the use of these military bills and letting the subordinates rob them?"

However, it is like the truth that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop.

"Iron Handsome"

A general hurried over and said

"Recently, some rumors have suddenly appeared in the army.

"It is said that the imperial court intends to order the army to withdraw and go south to Jingbei."

"How can it be?"

Yan Tieshan was a little bit again, and glared fiercely at the military envoy next to him.

"Who made this rumor. And who is spreading"

"Pass my order, and those who dare to disturb the hearts of the army should be beheaded."

"I'm giving you the right to dispose of it."

Saying this, he turned to look into the distance between the narrow mountains behind him.

"At present, there are dozens of dumped fields outside the gate, and the harvest is imminent."

"Whether you can resist for a long time, or even gain a firm foothold, depends on this."

"Don't mess up people's hearts."

At this time, the beacon of the sentry tower on Yaoshan Mountain in the distance of Guancheng once again burst out on behalf of the enemy's attack, and all kinds of early warnings and transmissions, the clarion call of mobilizing and reorganizing the army sounded into a sea of early warnings inside and outside Tongguan.

The offensive of the Western Army, which had not been long ago, once again came with a bang when the autumn was high and the horses were fat.

However, it can be said that it is no coincidence that in the vast northern land, after the Jiangning Incident has been delayed in distance and fully brewed in the process of propagation, a series of echoes and aftermaths are still rippling and fermenting, and more different things have come out.

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At the same time, Hebei Province,

Located at the north end of the Cangzhou Canal, a frontier sentry village at a fork in the river, Diaoyutai Village, once again ushered in a rare and leisurely morning.

It is said that it is a sentry village, but in fact, it has abandoned the traditional rough wooden fence wall, or the more labor-saving, material-saving, civil and engineering mixed structure of the village; The method of building the wall with a large number of soil and bricks was changed, and the foundation was laid with a ten-foot foundation that was tamped and raised to the ground, and a large platform with edges and eight corners was presented, and the outer wall was also smoothed and filled with mortar produced in Huaidi, which was as hard as a hard stone and was not afraid of the erosion of wind and rain.

The inside of the sentry village is relatively closely divided into three layers, and various buildings and facilities are arranged step by step along the outer wall from high to low, from the high guard tower and artillery fortress to the repair room, hardware shop, arsenal, sub-pharmacy, granary, canteen, barracks, and houses; to the low-lying corrals and stables, buried sauce tanks and breweries, indoor wells and open-air fire pools, drainage ditches connecting the inside and outside, etc.;

Except for the two large and small school fields reserved in the center, and the tall wrench signal tower, which is also a beacon and a pigeon house, the tops of all the internal buildings are uniform; Therefore, it is very connected by various aisles and rope bridges into one upper activity space one after another, most of which are attached with thick soil and collected manure, and are planted with all kinds of fast-growing vegetable beds and melon and fruit nurseries.

It not only reflects that Huaizhen has matured, regardless of the various fields of military and civilian places, and can initially realize a large number of repeated templated architectural styles, but also shows a certain strong localized style between the layout and stuffing.

In addition to the two teams of guns and one team of white soldiers, fifty or sixty miscellaneous servants and auxiliaries, there are also eight scattered small cannons and six revolver guns, which can be transferred and maneuvered along the preset gun positions; Coupled with the artificial geographical victory type that controls the turning point of the estuary, and only meets the enemy on both sides in the northeast, not to mention the so-called rebels and rogues who are wandering everywhere on the land of Hebei, even if the Pinglu Dao side that bears the brunt of the attack is killed again, they can resist one or two and wait for an opportunity to hold on for a while.

Because of the convenience of the canal with its back and initial dredging, it can also be transported and replenished by the river fleet when necessary, and even the long-range support of the ship's fire projection; Therefore, this Cheng Lei also exists in isolation from the history of military division, but through the land and water, and various military bases and cities in the upper and lower reaches, it has been revitalized into an overall pattern of a line.

Therefore, through this series of fortifications along the nodes of the old canal, like centipedes, most of the territory of Cangzhou has become much calmer, and it has not been seen for a long time that groups of foreign migrants have been armed.

On the opposite side of the river in the northwest of Diaoyutai Village, the burned Pinglu military camp and the stronghold along the river have not shown any signs of recovery, and only some crooked and oblique edge pillars are left, buried in the crazy wild grass.

And Wang Qiu, a veteran soldier who had just walked down from the night guard post and was dressed in dew against the afterglow of the morning sun, was also trying to comfort his somewhat stiff body, and listened to the subtle moaning sound of the bone joints.

Since the "Cangzhou War", he has been recuperating from injuries for several months before he can return to the team, and then he finally got the letter of recommendation for non-commissioned officer training and the letter of guarantee provided by his old acquaintance Chen Yuan, and after a year and a half of tossing in the very painful reciprocating qualification examination,

He, who was not justified in his name, finally became one of the regimental lieutenants with the rank of captain in the newly formed 31st Battalion of the garrison after the expansion of the army, and was specially responsible for leading and training the white soldiers of that team.

Then he smelled the fragrance of the cook, and he couldn't help but chew on some marching biscuits all night, and his saliva was about to flow down. Therefore, he couldn't wait to shout and greet the kung fu who was still coming down the ropeway on the top of the wall.

"What did you eat for breakfast today?"

"Mixed bean rice balls, or breaded cakes, roasted wheat bran or mixed meatballs?"

"Seafood miso soup or dried mushroom oil residue soup, or spicy gnocchi soup? Old pulp sour soup? ”

"It's not going to be the leftover baked jicama, this thing is not hungry and old pantothenic flatulence,"

"It's really not appropriate to eat more, so let's leave it to those servants and handymen to eat."

Of course, for him, the most intuitive thing is undoubtedly the obvious changes brought about since the foundation of Anton.

It is that there are already some enviable types of food in the army, which have become more abundant; Even the names of various canned food for military and civilian use, portable marching biscuits, and compressed rations, have been added to many new varieties.

In the frontier stronghold such as the sentry village, in addition to the daily hoarding of rice, wheat, salt, vegetables, canned biscuits and other daily necessities, the round-trip vehicles and ships every ten years will not only pick up and transport the wounded and sick, but also send some special rations and daily necessities, such as tobacco leaves, sugar, preserved fruits, tea cakes, shochu, tooth powder, ointment, and even seasonal dates, pears, walnuts, persimmons and other local fruits.

During his lonely stay, when there was no woman to vent to, his only interest and pastime was focused on changing his tricks to tinker with these foods. For example, catch some trash fish from the river to make sauce vinegar, and beat a few hares, badgers or something from the field with a fire hammer, and spice up and improve the taste from time to time.

And a few days ago, after a green-skinned old donkey fell into the water and drowned, it simply became a gluttonous carnival for them. However, before he could enter the room, he was startled by the sudden sound of a siren horn.

"Panic what..."

He couldn't help muttering with some dissatisfaction, and ran back to the guard post.

"The world is big, what is bigger than filling people's stomachs?"

"Where did you come to deliver the dead goods?"

Then he was completely stunned, for in the distance on the horizon to the southwest, there was a faint smoke and dust, a long-lasting sound of concussions, and a faint military song and trumpet.

And a big flag swaying high in the air in the nearby mirror, suddenly let him grasp the half of the burnt hooves in his mouth, and fell into the mud and dust without realizing it, and then he stepped on it without hesitation, and shouted in a voice full of joy and excitement.

"Quickly raise the flag and send a signal."

"Greetings and gifts to our commander."

(End of chapter)