With a mournful roar, Tang Wenxing's favorite war horse fell to the ground, and the hot blood flowed down the river bank into the water, flowing with the cold water. Then it flows downstream with the fine ice floes.

The river was full of red, red rivers, red ice, red blood.

"Brother Tang, Brother Tang, why did you kill the horse?" A Tang Wenxing's guard cried out for a long time: "Our Ningxiang cavalry is not in the habit of eating their own brothers. ”

Tang Wenxing's eyes flashed with water, and he tried his best to raise his head, as if the tears would flow back into his eyes by themselves. He didn't want others to see his weakness: "This horse has eaten green for so many days, and it has been thin for two days, and there is no way to survive on such a battlefield."

。 Rather than let it live and suffer again, it is better to give it a good time. ”

"General Tang." The guard was suddenly annoyed, and with tears on his face, he grabbed the hem of Tang Wenxing's clothes: "But you shouldn't eat it, General Tang, we have to have a conscience, a conscience!" ”

Tang Wenxing's tears finally fell: "General Sun's order cannot but be executed, this is the military discipline of the Ningxiang Army, Hugh has to say more." ”

In the tears, more than a dozen stripped people in the river were busy, wielding sledgehammers and nailing large wooden stakes into the river. On the riverbank, many soldiers were busy carrying sacks of sackcloth filled with sand and earth into the water.

A small dam had begun to take shape, and after the thin river sailors had blocked it, it slowly accumulated, and the waterline had reached the waist of the soldiers.

The river water for thirty-nine days was so biting that the soldiers could not withstand it after only working under the water for less than a pot of tea, not to mention, they had not eaten anything serious for several days.

One of the soldiers finally couldn't stand the cold, and ran to the shore with a rolling belt, and fell to the ground with a thud. Looking at his appearance again, his face was already pale, his gums were clenched, and he didn't even have the strength to tremble.

The men on the shore rushed up, quickly wiped the water off his body with cotton towels, and then poured a mouthful of hot horse broth down.

After a while, the frozen soldier woke up with a groan: "Am I dead or alive?" ”

"Brother, you're still alive, come and drink some broth, and go over there to roast the fire first."

Two bonfires had been lit on the shore, and on one of them there was a large cauldron with horse meat tumbling with the boiling hot soup, and the rich aroma wafted in the wind and spread far away.

The bones of a horse that had been cut off were thrown on the sand on the riverbank, and two horsemen were digging a pit in the ground with hoes to bury their comrades. Another man was carrying a knife scraping the remaining scraps on the horse's bones.

A few naked soldiers drank the broth in one gulp, and then threw their whole bodies on the bonfire, letting the flames lick their body hair until they were roasted red as shrimp. Only then did he shout, picked up the sack on the ground and jumped into the water: "Dog's day, grandpa is cold to death." Keep the horse's intestines for grandpa and use them when I'm done with the work at hand. ”

"you, the horse's intestines are mine."

"Leave me a bite of the meat on my front legs, my God, I've never drunk such a delicious broth in my life

。 ”

……

Hearing Tang Wenxing mention the military discipline of the Ningxiang Army and General Sun, the crying cavalry stopped talking. He just sat on the ground, covering his face with his hands, and his shoulders twitching.

Tang Wenxing reached out and wiped his face and touched the ice cream in his hand.

But he didn't feel the slightest cold, and his whole person was completely numb.

Looking at his hands again, they have been blown by the northwest wind and are full of cracks.

He didn't know why Sun Yuan knew that there was a small river called Artemisia Water here, and why he was sure that Jiannu would be attacked by a large army tomorrow, and asked him to build a dam to store water to block it. However, after a year in the Ningxiang Army, he has become accustomed to following orders. Everything just needs to rely on orders to do, there is no need to think about it at all, and soldiers take obedience as their duty and do not need to have their own thoughts.

To cut off the entire river, there is really a lot of work, .cc [marshmallow] has no choice, Tang Wenxing can only recruit people from the Tianxiong Army. To do this, he killed a sick horse on which he was riding.

The soldiers of the Tianxiong Army, who were already hungry, had green eyes when they smelled the fragrance of horse broth, how could they not be willing.

Soon, Tang Wenxing had hundreds of people on hand, and the progress of the project was also fast, and gradually, the river began to rise.

……

The broth was so tempting that in the process of work, soldiers kept running in the direction and asking if they wanted more.

Because of this, Tang Wenxing's momentum here is getting louder and louder. And the news that he had meat to eat here soon spread in the barracks, and soon, more and more people came, and people on the banks of the river began to gather.

The rule set by Tang Wenxing was to carry fifty sacks to a bowl of broth, and for this food, the soldiers began to scramble, and order began to be chaotic.

The two cavalrymen guarding the soup pot shouted hoarsely: "Don't rob, don't rob, you still want to eat meat if you don't have a fucking job, it's so beautiful?" ”

"Get out of here, get out of the way, line up in the back

。 ”

"Stick, take out the stick, I'll count it first, yours is indispensable."

Looking at the black snowy sky, it was about to dawn in two hours, and the project was half completed, Tang Wenxing was a little anxious in his heart: "Tell them to hurry up, don't rub it off...... I'm afraid we'll have to recruit some more people. If you can't do it, kill ...... again."

"You can't kill horses anymore, you can't kill horses anymore, General." A cavalryman pounced and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Most of the horses are dead, and it is difficult for everyone to ride alone." General, is it possible that we all have to become infantry. ”

"What a mess this is!" Tang Wenxing suddenly felt anger in his heart, and shouted with red eyes: "Get up, stand up for Lao Tzu, my cavalry army does not have the habit of kneeling indiscriminately, kill horses!" ”

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Tang asked, what are you doing?" ”

This voice is so loud, it is Lu Xiangsheng, and he is followed by Yang Guozhu, the former chief military officer of Xuanfu Town.

"The Overseer is here, the Overseer is here!" In the midst of a shout, a passage flashed out.

Tang Wenxing looked fixedly, but saw Lu Xiangsheng walking over with a group of guards with a blue face.

"The last general has seen the overseer." Tang Wenxing hurriedly bowed.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't go to help Tang Wenxing, and asked angrily: "Tang Wenxing, let me ask you, what are you doing in the middle of the night when you use horse meat to lure so many soldiers here to disturb the three armies?" ”

Tang Wenxing: "Governor Yudu, the last general is building a dam to stop the water." The water was cold, and the soldiers had not eaten for many days, which was killing the horses. ”

"Hold back the water, what do you do to stop the water?" Lu Xiangsheng was puzzled in his heart: "Whose idea is this?" ”

Tang Wenxing originally planned to make this matter a matter of Sun Yuan's bag and your arrangement together with Lu Xiangsheng, but after thinking about it, when General Sun gave him this bag, he made it clear that the orders in it were destroyed after reading it, and he could not let the second person know. Sun Yuan said that the Qing army would attack the whole army early tomorrow morning, which was just his speculation, but it was not easy to talk to others.

"If you return to the Governor's Division, the last general will think that Jiazhuang is in no danger to defend, and if the enemy army attacks, our army will immediately fall into a desperate enemy. This river was the only one that could stop the enemy's attack, but the water was too shallow for the enemy to wade through, so the general brought people over to build a dam to lock the water in

。 ”

"Well, it's right for you to be careful, but if you make such a big move here and disturb the military camp, if it causes a roar in the camp, can you afford it?" Since Yang Guozhu saw the capture of the Ningxiang Army that day, his view of Sun Yuan's people and horses has changed three hundred and sixty degrees, and his voice seems to be very soft.

He turned his head to Lu Xiangsheng again and said, "Supervisor, not to mention that the Ningxiang Army is brave in battle, and it is also very safe to do things. It was originally a good thing that General Tang brought people to garrison the dam. However, it was wrong to shake the hearts of the people in the barracks. If the merits and demerits are low, there is no need to punish General Tang anymore, right? ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face looked better, and he snorted coldly: "Okay, I won't pursue you in this matter." Tang Wenxing, it will be dawn soon, and the army will be pulled out to Shunde, but I am afraid that by that time your dam has not yet been built. Our army marched for a long time, and the non-commissioned officers were already tired, so there was no need to do such a futile. Don't evacuate this place soon, go back to the camp early and rest quickly. ”

Seeing that the dam that had just been repaired was about to be completed, Tang Wen was in a hurry, and couldn't help but shout: "Supervisor, if the Jiannu army attacks early tomorrow morning, how can we go to Shunde Mansion?" When the time comes, if our army has not built any fortifications, what will happen to the overseers at that time? ”

Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiannu is now bent on attacking Shunde Mansion, and Dongyi knows best, and is bent on profit. They don't want to do things that don't have profits. How could you leave Shunde alone and come here to intercept my Tianxiong army, your conjecture is unreasonable. ”

"Supervisor, the essence of the art of war is actually in every detail, every possibility of any battle must be imagined. In this way, even if something unexpected happens, we will not be at a loss. This is called a plan, and General Sun said that before doing anything, two or three ideas must be made, which is the way of a soldier. Tang Wenxing's voice became high-pitched.

Speaking of which, the hardships he endured here in the Tianxiong Army during this period of time, and the grievances buried in his chest completely exploded.

"What did you say?" Yang Guozhu was furious and shouted: "Bastard thing, dare to contradict the superintendent, everyone listen, immediately go back to the camp to sleep." If it is nonsense, it will be dealt with in the Xiao camp, and it will not be spared. ”

As he spoke, he lifted his foot and kicked the pot of hot horse broth to the ground.

Just now, the news that Tang Wenxing had horse meat to eat here had spread in the barracks, and the entire hungry Tianxiong Army was in a commotion. The rich aroma made everyone insomnia, and there were already soldiers who discussed not sleeping or sleeping, so they ran to Tang Wenxing to get some food first. If this continues, what morale will this army have?

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