Chapter Forty-Nine: The Road to the Spring Cold
Hurriedly ran back to the wounded barracks, there was no class at this time, the children were gathering to play, and when they saw Li Deyi coming in, they all gathered around. Li De, the pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info glanced at it, saw that the fifty-three radish heads were all together, and said: "I have something to do tonight, and the duration of this trip is uncertain, the long is one month and two months, and the short is twenty days." During this period when I go out, you must also study hard and do not slack off. Now I will assign you all the homework for these days, and you will have to check it when I come back! The eldest of the children raised his hand, and Li Deyi saw him raise his hand and asked, "Say, what do you have to ask?" Cheng Daqi asked excitedly, "Brother Li, are you going out to fight again this time?" ”
Li Deyi said with a straight face: "You shouldn't know about this, don't ask around, the most important thing for you now is to learn your skills first, and then there will be opportunities for you to go into battle." During the time when I am not at home, you must read "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao" well. If I am not there, I will be led by Cheng Daqi, and the seven of you will take them to read and recite together. If you don't understand a word, go and ask my master, and he will teach you. The homework is to write all the words we have learned ten times, and wait for me to come back and check them. In addition, the morning and evening classes must not be interrupted, you must insist on it every day, and I will let the master supervise you for me. If anyone dares to be lazy and let my master punish him, don't blame me for being punished even more severely after I come back! As he spoke, he deliberately put on a serious appearance and frightened the children into a daze. As soon as Li Deyi finished his homework, he called all the eight enlightened children to him, and talked about his cultivation experience in the Hehe realm in detail, so that they could keep it in their hearts, and they would slowly experience it first, and then slowly teach the eight of them when they came back.
As soon as this instruction was nagged, it was simply endless, and Li Deyi really wanted to pull the children to his eyes one by one and ask him again. After instructing the children, Li Deyi hurried back to his house, carried the small hammer into his arms, and then picked up the saddle specially made for the "Hummer". Glancing around the room, there was nothing else to bring, so he turned around and walked out, closing the door. rushed to the horse farm, found the "Hummer" who was there to spread Huan'er and bully those new Tuliao war horses, chased after him and hugged his neck, and said: "Don't make trouble, Master told us to go out immediately, time is pressing, hurry up and follow me." The "Humvee" is still a single person, and it is also turning around and leaving, and there is nothing to pick up. Li Deyi left the horse farm with the "Humvee", leaving behind the soldiers who took care of the war horses and sighed, "That uncle is gone, we can finally relax for a while." After all these years, there is finally someone who can control this mule uncle. ”
took the "Hummer" to the gate of the camp to meet with the senior brother, and when Li Deyi didn't pay attention to the door, he found that the "Four Eyes" actually followed. Li Deyi pushed him back twice but didn't drive him away, and finally had to let him follow. Medical Officer Xiao Liu is ready for this time, and he has brought a total of fifty people on this trip, all of whom are elite experts in the Weibei Battalion. Among them, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, he are the most experienced scouts in the Weibei Battalion, and they are the best at reconnaissance and tracking. Because they were too old to be in good health, and they couldn't go to battle anymore, the old doctor Sun arranged for them to serve as team leaders in the yamen of Dingbei County, so that they could support their old age. This time, a large amount of salt was too important to be missed, so the old doctor Sun had no choice but to personally invite them out of the mountain.
There are also two elite infantrymen You Da, You Er, they were originally thugs who were fighting on the street, and secretly those ninth-rate people were the most open-minded, and later because of their crimes, they were assigned to the Weibei battalion. At that time, not long after the death of the commander of Jiedi, the Weibei camp was the most difficult time, with the instruction of the ministers of the central government, all places only sent this kind of thorn thief to the Weibei camp, and the serious soldiers did not give a single one. It's a pity that those people didn't expect that Dashuai Di had already turned the Weibei camp into a melting pot, and the Weibei camp had rounded up these thorns and integrated them into his own army, not to mention, they would all come in handy until now.
The rest of the soldiers also have a unique skill. The Weibei battalion has been suppressed by a group of Zaifu led by Han Weiqi in the DPRK and China for so many years, and in order to make a living, the soldiers have long been trained in a unique skill. It is said that these veterans with stunts are usually very proud, and they usually don't move at all. Why did you listen to the words of Xiao Liu's medical officer and brother this time? Honestly go out of the mountain and follow his brothers on this trip? Of course, there is a reason for that.
The eldest of these 50 people are married and have made a home in Dingbei County. Needless to say, at the beginning, their old and rough soldiers were able to talk about their daughters-in-law, thanks to Li Deyi, a big matchmaker. If it hadn't been for Li Deyi to help them get their ideas, I'm afraid they would only be able to beat up singles by now. Now that they can go out with the big matchmaker to do errands, they finally have the opportunity to repay their kindness, of course, they have to exert twelve points of strength.
Not to mention Medical Officer Xiao Liu, who has a lot of ability, and has been in the wounded barracks for so many years, I don't know how many veterans' lives have been saved. In addition, now the matter of building a house in Weibei Camp is decided by Medical Officer Xiao Liu, and each of these veterans can now be assigned to a courtyard to enter, and he said that his daughter-in-law has a Wuwa house to live in, which is thanks to Medical Officer Xiao Liu.
Although these veterans are capable and arrogant, they are very respectful to the two little medical officers, and they are also serious and serious when they are executed in response to orders. As for those young soldiers, not to mention, they don't have a daughter-in-law, they will say that the daughter-in-law still has to point to the little medical officer, and the housing is counting on the little medical officer, which one dares to disobey the slightest?
Along the way, Li Deyi and Xiao Liu Medical Officer walked at the front of the team, followed by "Humvee" and "Four Eyes", and then eight carts, carrying goods and a group of 50 soldiers. On this trip, Weibeiying was still used as a caravan to sell goods to and from the grassland, carrying some leather goods and high-quality blankets and other goods from the grassland, but there were not many in total, and most of them were taken away by Weibeiying to make warm clothes. Li De didn't want any of the warm clothes with skin, and after he entered the Qi Zhuang Realm, wearing cotton clothes was enough to withstand the severe cold of this northwest frontier, so the clothes with leather were given priority to those ordinary soldiers. The little leather that was left was easy to leave, and this time the laps were taken out and stacked on several pallet cars. Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu rode horses and wandered far in front of their heads, scouting the situation on the road ahead at any time.
After driving for two hours, Dingbei County has completely disappeared behind him, and the low city wall can no longer be seen. "Two hours further on, we will go out of the territory of our Northwest Zong'an Mansion, our Weibei Battalion has cleaned up bandits all the time, and the farthest is here. I'm afraid the road ahead is not smooth, so let's start our spirits! Doctor Xiao Liu shouted loudly to raise the spirits of the soldiers, and Li Deyi asked in a low voice: "Senior brother, how far do you have to go to Xijing Luodu?" Dr. Liu looked at the road ahead, observed the snow that was melting on the ground, and said: "I'm afraid this trip will be delayed, you see that the snow on the ground has just melted, some of the ground has become muddy and slippery, and some of the ground is slippery, which has greatly slowed down our speed." A few years ago, I took a trip to the city of Los Angeles, and even though it was snowing and delaying some efforts, it was there in eight days. But if it goes on like this, it would be nice to walk for ten days. ”
"Senior brother, is it safe to go back and forth on the road?" Li Deyi then asked. Medical Officer Xiao Liu pondered for a moment and replied: "After all, Xijing has not been affected by the war yet, and the condition is not bad. Li Deyi said lightly: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay." Doctor Liu really couldn't get used to the slack appearance of his junior brother, so he stretched out his hand and grabbed his ear, and reprimanded: "You give me care, now that spring has just begun, the winter food of the people everywhere has basically been eaten." Those who are bold and come out to temporarily do a robbery in order to fill their stomachs, there are many such things. Besides, since the fall of the Pingzhou court last year, there have been swords and soldiers all over the world, and I don't know how many routs and bandits there are. Li Deyi grinned and shouted: "It hurts, it hurts, senior brother, I know, I must be cautious in the future, you loosen, let go." ”
The "Hummer" behind him saw Li Deyi's deflated appearance, and let out a short whistle, how did Li Deyi hear and think that the "Hummer" was laughing at himself. Turning his head and saying to the "Hummer": "You have no meat to eat when you rest later, dare to laugh at me!" When the "Four Eyes", who was watching the play with his head up, heard this, he quickly lowered his head, made a deferential appearance, and kept his piece of meat.
As it got late, the last rays of sunlight finally disappeared on the other side of the mountain, and it began to get dark. As soon as the sun set, the temperature suddenly dropped a lot, and Li Deyi pulled his collar with his hand and shrunk his neck in.
After looking around at the terrain, Doctor Liu turned around and ordered loudly to the entire team: "An hour further south, there is a leeward cliff, and we can camp at the foot of that cliff for the night." When I went to Xijing with Mr. Han a few years ago, I rested there and knew each other very well. We must hurry to the bottom of the cliff before it gets completely dark. ”
The poor road conditions greatly slowed down the speed of the march of Dr. Liu, and in order to be precautionary, Dr. Liu had to stop the team before it was completely dark, arrange for people to find some dry firewood to light torches, and use ropes to string the soldiers in groups of three or five around their waists. Some of the soldiers were almost blind at night, and if they kept going at this pace after dark, and if they were not careful, some people would be left behind, and then they would be able to keep up with a rope tied to their waists.
It was originally an hour's journey, but it took nearly two hours, and by this time the sky was completely dark, and I couldn't see my fingers, even if I had a torch, it could only illuminate two or three steps in front of me. Finally rushed to the bottom of the cliff, and Dr. Liu immediately gathered all the torches, and there was a bright source of fire, and the backward soldiers finally followed the light of the fire. Medical Officer Xiao Liu pulled Li Deyi over and ordered: "You take two people to collect some dry firewood, and I will take people to camp here." It's already so late, it's time for jackals, tigers and leopards to come out, and I don't feel at ease to let others go. ”
"Senior brother, I'll just go alone, and then bring the "Humvee" is enough. Li De nodded and said. Okay, let the "Hummer" help you carry firewood and pick up more firewood. Doctor Liu thought for a moment and agreed. Li Deyi whistled and beckoned the "Hummer" to collect firewood, but he didn't notice that the "Four Eyes" also came with him. Li De glanced at the eyes of the "Four Eyes" that glowed with a bright green light in the dark night, and did not push the "Four Eyes" back. The three of them went together to collect firewood.
At first, Li Deyi picked up some firewood on the ground, and found that most of them were wet, and he couldn't make a fire, so he had to hit the idea on the tree and try to get some dry branches down. As soon as Li De got up the tree, the "Hummer" uncle waited boredly under the tree, and the "Four Eyes" played in circles around the woods alone. Li Deyi climbed up and down for a long time, only to gather a large bundle of firewood, touch the sweat on his forehead, and then look at the two of them who were having fun, I don't know how happy they were. Li De pursed his mouth, rolled his eyes, and snapped his fingers at "Four Eyes": "'Four Eyes', will you catch rabbits?" If you can catch it tonight, go back and I'll roast you a bunny!" "The 'Four Eyes' had just opened their minds and was not yet complete, so they still couldn't understand so many words, but they could still understand what the rabbit was, and they howled happily, and then they swooped out and disappeared into the night.
Looking at the "Humvee" again, Li Deyi directly threw a large bundle of firewood on his back, and the "Hummer" shook his back, and wanted to shake the firewood down, Li Deyi held down the firewood, leaned on the ear of the "Hummer" and said: "Wait a while, the 'Four Eyes' will catch the rabbit, do you want to eat it?" If you want to eat, you can honestly carry firewood on your back. As soon as the "Hummer" heard this, he immediately became honest and let Li De put a large bundle of firewood on his back.
After being busy for a while, Li Deyi finally gathered two large bundles of firewood, pulled out some dry bark and bundled each other, and then connected the two bundles with bark, and one bundle on each side of the back of the "Humvee". As soon as he finished picking up, "Four Eyes" came back with three rabbits in his mouth, and Li Deyi checked them one by one, and they were all quite fat. "Let's go, go back," Li De shook his little hand and walked back triumphantly. Picking grass and beating rabbits -- should you piggyback?
Before reaching the camp, the "Humvee" suddenly threw the two bundles of firewood on his body to the ground and said that he would not carry anything. muttered in his mouth, "Die to save face." Li Deyi could only carry the firewood into the camp on his own. Medical Officer Xiao Liu took the firewood, lit the bonfire, and placed a small fire around the outer circle to prevent the fierce beasts in the night. Li Deyi personally picked up the three rabbits, washed them with some snowy water, skewered them with wooden sticks, and roasted them against the fire. Doctor Xiao Liu said strangely: "Let you go to collect firewood, why did you get a bunny rabbit back?" Li Deyi secretly smiled and said: "I didn't arrest it, it was 'Four Eyes' who caught it." Next to him, "Four Eyes" wagged his tail triumphantly. Medical Officer Xiao Liu touched the head of the "Four Eyes" and said, "Okay, we have all learned to pick up the grass and beat the rabbit, and I will leave one of the rabbits for the first wave of soldiers who will keep vigil later." ”
"Well, I see."
After a night of silence, when they got up early in the morning, everyone simply ate some dry food with boiling snow water, and went directly on the road. In the next two days, Dr. Xiao Liu led everyone to hurry away, intending to cross the muddy water river that flowed through this place before the spring flood came. After a circle in the mountains, the river will eventually flow through the foot of the city of Luodu and join the Yellow Turbid River, and then flow all the way to the southeast. After two days of traveling, he finally arrived at the bank of the Turbid River at noon.
When they arrived at the river, Medical Officer Xiao Liu ordered the soldiers to rest in place and prepare to cross the river, and then sent Xiao Wu and Xiao Six brothers to explore upstream to see if the river was rising. Li Deyi was bored, seeing that his senior brother didn't pay attention, and took "Hummer" and "Four Eyes" to sneak out to catch rabbits. Medical Officer Xiao Liu was pacing back and forth by the river, anxiously waiting for Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu brought back the news, and he didn't notice that his junior brother had deserted.
After waiting anxiously for more than an hour, Xiao Wu finally brought back the news that Dr. Xiao Liu wanted, and the river water upstream had not risen, which meant that the spring flood had not yet arrived. Doctor Xiao Liu waved his hand, "Cross the river." He led the party to the bank of a river where he had once walked, and was ready to cross the river from there again. When they arrived at the shore, Medical Officer Xiao Liu asked the soldiers to be in groups of three or five, and tie their waists together with ropes again, in case they were caught in the middle of the river, and they were washed away by the river and could not stand on their feet, and an accident occurred. Seeing that the preparations were almost complete, Dr. Xiao Liu tightened the rope in his waist, pulled up his trouser legs, and was the first to go into the water, and the people behind him also followed one after another.
At this time, the spring flood had not yet come, and the river had not risen, so it didn't take much effort, and Dr. Liu crossed the river. After crossing the river, he directly untied a little dry firewood behind his back, and made a fire, so that the soldiers gathered around him to dry his clothes. Turning his head and wanting his junior brother to pick up some firewood again, he suddenly found that he couldn't find Li Deyi's figure, and Xiao Liu's head was directly sweating, "Senior brother!" Bro! Where did it go? Hurry out and get out! Have any of you seen my brother? ”
After searching for a while, Dr. Xiao Liu made sure that Li Deyi was gone, so he grabbed his trouser leg and planned to cross the river to find someone, "You pick up some firewood here, make the fire prosperous, dry the water on your body, and then continue to go down when I come back." After explaining, Dr. Liu went directly into the water, and one leg was waded into the water, and Li Deyi's shouting suddenly came from his ears, "Senior brother, don't cross the river first, I'm here!" ”
Turning his head suddenly, Dr. Liu found that Li Deyi was riding a "Humvee" from not far away, and he actually crossed the river at some point. As soon as Li De knew that he was in trouble this time, he jumped to the ground from a distance, and ran all the way to Doctor Xiao Liu, covering his ears with both mobile phones first.
Doctor Liu was angry and laughed, raised his hand and shone Li Deyi's head, then went around his back and kicked Li Deyi's cheeks again. Li Deyi sighed in a bitter face: "It's useless to cover your ears." Senior brother, are you angry? If it disappears, I still have important things to say. ”
"There's something to say, there's fart. I was so bold that I dared to run out by myself and said, what is the matter? If you dare to fool me, I'll give you a taste of what the stick stew tastes like! Doctor Xiao Liu said viciously.
didn't dare to mention that he had just taken the "four eyes" to pick up the rabbit stubble, Li Deyi said vaguely: "I was bored waiting for myself just now, so I wandered around with the 'Hummer', found a shallow place, and tried to cross the river." When I crossed the river, I noticed that I had fallen somewhat, so I walked slowly along the river. Then I found that there were a lot of homeless people not far from us, about a thousand people......" Before he finished speaking, Medical Officer Xiao Liu pulled his junior brother to the side, "Don't talk nonsense, they have already come!" Array! ”
The soldiers of the Weibei battalion quickly lined up, raised the short knives in their hands, and waited in place for a large number of displaced people to slowly emerge from the woods.