As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Mou's mind was immediately attracted, and he asked, "Oh, Captain Zhao, what's your idea?" Please speak quickly~! ”

Zhao Hu was a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhuge Mou to behave like this, so excited, he lost the calm momentum he had just now, and he didn't have that calm and relaxed, his mind then turned, he stopped slightly, and then said: "Zhuge Staff Officer, when I was scouting the periphery of the Tongzhou camp, I cleaned up those secret posts, and I saw a big pit in its northeast direction, with a small hill on its back, if you throw the corpse in it, and then blow up the hill to bury it, you can save a lot of manpower and dispose of a lot of Qing soldiers' corpses." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

A hint of surprise flashed on Zhuge Mou's face, and just as he was about to speak, he seemed to have thought of something, thought for a while, glanced at the small hill in the northeast, looked back at Zhao Hu, and said loudly: "Not only that, there are a lot of dead trees and leaves and hay nearby, if you order the army to cut down some wood, collect hay, and put it in a big pit to ignite, you can cremate the corpses of these Qing soldiers, and if you do this, it is enough to solve and bury these corpses." ”

"Yes, if this is done, the corpses will be disposed of quickly, just send a brigade of soldiers, you can cut down enough wood, collect enough hay, and before dark, you can dispose of these corpses." Zhao Hu nodded and said slowly.

When the sun rises to the highest, in the northeast direction of the camp of Tongzhou Daying, in the center of a large open space, there is a large pit with a radius of dozens of meters, the depth is ten meters, at this time, the big pit is full of wood, it is a well row structure, it is six or seven meters high, the hollow place below and in the middle is stuffed with hay, and there are many corpses on the top.

Not only that, but there are also a lot of dry firewood and piles of corpses around the pit, the two are distinct, and they are not far from each other, and four shelves stand tall, protruding along the level of the pit, distributed in the four directions of the pit, extending the distance from the ground to the center of the pit.

At this moment, it was not just someone who shouted: "Ignition!" ”

With a hula, the hay under the pit was ignited, and then spread, steaming gas, all around the wood, the flames flowed straight out, and after ten minutes, the wood in the pit was burning, making a crackling sound, and the scorching heat rose sharply, and soon the top corpse was burned and turned into dust.

Gradually, people began to carry the corpses from the four directions of the pit, along the four wooden shelves, to the edge, and then threw the corpses down, into the fire, submerged in the fire, in the blink of an eye, they were burned, and some people carried the wood and threw it into the pit to ensure that the flames in the pit were burning and the temperature was unabated.

In this reciprocating cycle, the mountains of corpses around the pit became shorter and shorter, and the wood became less and less, and the smell of burnt fur permeated the surroundings, filling the air, spreading far away, and the smell of barbecued meat made the soldiers present look sallow, very ugly, and retch.

Therefore, the soldiers who were responsible for cremating the corpses of the soldiers changed one after another.

In the northwest direction of the Beijing Division, a distance of ten miles, a relatively wide and flat area, the Xishan Jianrui Battalion is stationed here, guarding the safety of the Beijing Division, when the rumbling artillery sound came from the Tongzhou battalion, the defense of the Xishan Jianrui Battalion entered a state of combat readiness, and the patrol personnel increased significantly.

Ten miles away from the Xishan Jianrui Battalion, in the northwest direction, Huo Xiong's army was hurrying, gradually approaching the Xishan Jianrui Battalion, at this time, Huo Xiong rode a horse, and Ruan Yuan followed closely to his side, introducing the situation of the Xishan Jianrui Battalion.

"Army commander, the predecessor of the Xishan Jianrui Battalion was the cloud ladder army of the Qing court, founded in the 14th year of Qianlong, the military and political system is the same as the Tongzhou battalion, there are palm seal ministers, wing commanders, acting wing commanders forward generals, forward officers, agency forward leaders, forward schools, deputy forward schools, Lan Ling Chang, pen post style, forwards, committee forwards, raising soldiers, in normal times, there are three to fifty thousand establishments, and now the total strength has reached 100,000 people."

"The battle on the side of the Zhuge staff officer, as soon as the cannon sounds, it will definitely make the Xishan Jianrui battalion vigilant, if we want to sneak attack again, it is estimated that there is little hope, and it is easy to be discovered."

"Sneak attack? Staff Officer Ruan, the commander of this army has never thought of a sneak attack, and is ready to fight openly and destroy the Xishan Jianrui Battalion~! Huo Xiong didn't care about Ruan Yuan's words, he still believed in the reins, looked into the distance leisurely, and said slowly.

At this moment, it seemed that Ruan Yuan wanted to say something, but in the end, he swallowed back the words that reached his mouth, and asked instead: "Commander, my subordinates are a little puzzled, why didn't the marshal use the airship troops to bomb when he attacked the outer city of the Jing Division?" ”

As soon as Ruan Yuan's words were finished, he seemed to think of something again, and added: "As long as the airship flies high enough, those strong bows and crossbows of the Jing Division can't shoot them at all, so there's no need to worry about being shot down." If we use airship troops and carry out the first wave of bombardment of the Beijing Division, we will be able to overthrow the Qing court faster. ”

After finishing speaking, a picture appeared in Ruan Yuan's mind, the airship dropped bombs from high in the sky, the nine gates of the Jingshi turned into a sea of fire, and those Qing soldiers defending the city were killed, however, Huo Xiong's voice sounded, pulling it back to reality.

"Staff Officer Ruan, from the southwest to the Central Plains, then to the east across the Yellow River, to take Shanxi, into Zhili, along the way, have you noticed that the army rarely appears to bombard the city, and the city gate and city walls are basically intact."

After this reminder, Ruan Yuan immediately recalled, it was really as Huo Xiong said, there were really few cases of city destruction and death, all of which were aimed at the Qing army, but he still said subconsciously: "Then, what does this have to do with the marshal not using airship troops?" In any case, the Beijing division has about 400,000 troops, and if it attacks the city as it has done in the past, it will pay a great price and casualties among the soldiers. ”

At this moment, unable to Ruan Yuan to continue asking, Huo Xiong suddenly grabbed the reins and waved his hand to stop Ruan Yuan, only to see a soldier running quickly in front of him, coming to Huo Xiong's body, as soon as he stood still, he immediately said: "Report to the army commander, and then march forward for five miles, and you will reach the periphery of the Xishan Jianrui Battalion, and there will be a secret post of the Qing soldiers inside." ”

"Moreover, there are a lot of barren and one-person-high dead grass on both sides of the road, and it is easy to hide people inside, once the Xishan Jianrui battalion discovers us, it is very likely to send people to ambush on both sides, if we continue to march, the army is easy to be attacked suddenly."

Ruan Yuan had been listening, and when he heard this, he instinctively urged anxiously: "Then quickly send someone to investigate the barren grass on both sides of the road first, whether there are ambushes?" ”

"Report to the chief of staff, due to the large area of the barren grass, if you send someone to investigate, it will take a long time, which will affect the progress of the army's march, and it is estimated that in the afternoon, you will be able to pass through the barren grass area."

Hearing this, Ruan Yuan became speechless, a little dilemma, and didn't know what to do? At this time, Huo Xiong ignored the two, but took out the binoculars and looked at the situation in front of him, with a faint look of thought on his face.

The vast expanse of dead grass is almost endless, undulating with the wind and waves, next to ravines and hills, which is very conducive to hiding and ambushing.

Not long after, Huo Xiong put down the binoculars, his eyes bloomed with a cold light, and he said in a decisive and decisive cold voice: "Order the vanguard troops, set fire to the barren grass, and burn them clean with a fire!" ”