The sunset has collected its last rays of light, and it will not be night, but it is the darkest time of the day. (.marshmallow)

As soon as the bonfire was lit at the intersection in the center of the deserted village, the ruins around it dragged a long shadow in the firelight

。

Freshly beaten game is grilled on the fire and is roasted to a creaky oil. The smell of spirits permeates the night, strong and long.

Scout cavalry scurried up and down the village road, tossing a dead rabbit through the air with the tip of their knives and laughing unscrupulously.

Zhu Ting, who was sitting in the distance, stretched out his tongue and licked his dry lips, and sighed angrily: Aren't these guys tired or thirsty? I hadn't drunk water for a day, and I was still so energetic, and the Tatar barbarians I had seen with my father on the steppe were no more than that. This group of guys is an outlier in the Ningxiang Army.

The armor on Zhu Ting's body had been removed and thrown aside, wearing only a moon-white thin shirt. The slender figure is stunningly beautiful in the flickering firelight.

"Miss Zhu......" A cavalryman walked over, looking very cautious, but not as fierce and rebellious as other comrades-in-arms.

Scout cavalry is the essence of the essence of the Ningxiang army, in addition to serving as scout sentry, guard, and the task of opening the way for the army, the cavalry also has to charge into battle during the war, and have to pursue the rout after the war. Although the treatment is exactly the same as that of other non-commissioned officers of the Ningxiang Army, the equipment is first-class. Moreover, because of the particularity of the scout cavalry, Sun Yuan was also quite indulgent to them every day. This also made the scouts look arrogant, but as the founder of this cavalry, Zhu Ting was even higher than Sun Yuan in the hearts of the cavalry to some extent. Everyone was also very careful when talking to her, for fear of annoying the aunt.

The weather was too hot, and it was finally cool, so Zhu Ting naturally refused to sit by the fire. She had already rested on the edge of a broken wall early, and when she saw the scout coming, she straightened up: "Can you find water?" ”

The cavalryman shook his head: "The girl forgives her sins, but she didn't find a drop." ”

"It's useless, it's a big village, and where there are people, there are wells. If you can't even do such a simple thing, what use do you need? Zhu Ting snorted coldly: "If you are thirsty for a war horse, can you afford it?" ”

As soon as she said this, her voice became hoarse. After a day of thirst, his throat burned like a fire.

She grew up in the capital of Beijing, and in her mind, the Gyeonggi area was originally a land of fertile water and grass, and it can be said that there are rivers and wetlands everywhere. But it's only been ten years, and when I come back this time, there is a terrible drought here. All the rivers had almost dried up, and after a day of walking, I couldn't find a single source of drinking water.

War horses, such large livestock, have well-developed sweat glands, and need to drink a lot of water to replenish them after a long march

。 Moreover, the war horse is very squeamish and thirsty, otherwise, it will be sick. As long as you fall ill, you will be completely ruined. And it takes at least three to five months to train a qualified war horse, and the Ningxiang army can't afford to lose.

With a loud noise in his heart and a terrible thirst, an evil fire rose in Zhu Ting's chest.

The cavalryman was scolded by Zhu Ting so much that he couldn't raise his head, and when she finished venting, he said, "Girl, it's not that there is no well." But...... But ......"

"But what?" Zhu Ting glanced at him majestically.

The cavalry's voice was lower: "There are more than 30 households in this village, hundreds of people, and there are two wells in the village. However, when I went to fetch water just now, I found dead bodies in both wells. It's so hot, it's all soaking......"

Zhu Ting was silent for a long time before waving his hand: "Forget it, it seems that you can't find half a drop of water here." Tell everyone to stop making trouble and seize the time to rest. Half an hour later, let's enlarge the warning circle for ten miles to see if we can find a river with water to drink horses. ”

"Yes." The cavalryman retreated, and cried out, "The girl has a life, tell everyone to be quiet, and set off after half an hour's rest." ”

"Order!" Thirty scout cavalry rushed at the same time, and then leaped from their horses with great agility.

Then, just lie down on the cold ground and sleep.

The bonfire was still burning, and after only half a pot of tea, the snoring sounded on the ground. After more than an hour of patrolling and sentry just now, the realm circle of the Ningxiang Army has been enlarged to about twenty-five miles. Thirsty and tired, everyone was tired.

"This group of animals is not afraid of the cold?" Zhu Ting couldn't help but shake his head, but after thinking about it, weren't these humanoid animals trained by himself and his father? Since Chuzhou began to train cavalry for Sun Yuan's thief, the Zhu family's father and daughter have trained these sergeants according to the standards of Mongolian cavalry.

Besides, there is no point in going into the house to sleep now, is there still a decent house in this village?

When they advanced to the village first, Zhu Ting and the others were stunned by the unprecedented tragedy in it. I saw that all the houses had been burned clean, and there were corpses everywhere

。 The vast majority of them are women, the elderly and children. No need to ask, it must be the handiwork of Jianzhou Tartar.

It must have been ten days since it was looted by Jiannu, which can be seen from the degree of decomposition of the corpses. Almost all of the corpses emitted a strong stench, and the corpses were crawling with maggots, and thousands of red-headed flies were densely covered on them, as if they were wearing a black cotton jacket. As soon as the person walked over, it flew away with a bang.

Many of the women's bodies were stripped naked, and some were even stuffed with a rolling pin by Jiannu.

Because they were naked, it was easy to see their lower abdomen bulging high, which had become translucent, as if it contained a packet of liquid.

Zhu Ting went to Liaodong with his father when he was a child, and he also saw the ferocity of Jiannu, but he didn't feel anything. The scouts of the Kening Township Army were mostly mountain and Shaanxi border soldiers and homeless people, and they were suddenly so shocked that they couldn't stop vomiting, and poured a few sips of liquor to calm down the sour water gushing up in their chests.

Jiannu's ferocity made everyone grit their teeth with hatred. However, after a while, everyone quickly recovered. Most of these people are thieves, and their hands are not much clean, and they have seen a lot of dead people over the years, and their hearts have become firmer.

Moreover, they were all heartless people, so they gathered around the fire to eat large pieces of meat, drank a lot of wine, rode horses and frolicked, and vented their excess energy.

At this time, Zhu Ting suddenly remembered what Sun Yuan had said: that is, through the training of a large amount of exercise, the soldiers will start to practice non-stop every day as soon as they open their eyes, until it gets dark. In this way, you can reserve enough physical energy.

Sun Xiaothief's words really make some sense.

"This time, I came to the capital with my father, if nothing else, my father will go to the Jinyi pro-army command yamen to serve, and I will not meet the south again in the future. In this way, I am afraid that I will not be able to see Sun Xiaothief in the future! Sun Xiaothief promised to marry me...... However, I have offended my future mother-in-law to death, this ...... This marriage ......"

Thinking of this, Zhu Ting was angry for a while.

At this moment, the well-bred Western Regions horse lying beside him suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance.

Zhu Ting felt a layer of goosebumps suddenly appear on his body.

She stood up abruptly and shouted, "Get up, the Jiannu scouts are here!" ”

To download the latest txt e-book of this book, please click:

This book is read on mobile phones:

Post a Review:

In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click "Favorite" below to record this reading record, and you can see it next time you open the bookshelf! Please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.), thank you for your support!!