It was afternoon, and the weather was hot, but inside and outside the Purple Earth camp of the Taiping Army, the enthusiasm of the soldiers was even hotter than the day! Because of the thick rice soup and the accumulation of strength, everyone's complexion improved significantly, and after a while, some soldiers were eager to eat a full meal and eat beef and mutton.

Luo Yang personally entertained Shi Dakai and other generals, here, he served the thick rice soup to everyone, first gave Shi Dakai a bowl, and then, handed it bowl by bowl, everyone took it, and smiled at him gratefully.

The sound of the rice was suddenly filled with the camp, and soon, everyone finished drinking the rice soup, Luo Yang inquired about the situation, and sent someone to bring the beef and mutton!

Suddenly, the intoxicating smell of meat floated in the tent again.

When Luo Yang went north, he carried all the materials that might be missing, as for spices and the like, they were absolutely rich, so he scooped up a large piece of meat on the table in front of him, put it on a large plate, and cut it with a knife, "Yiwang, Zeng Zaifu, Wei Zaifu, Huang Zhongcheng, please use!" ”

"Thank you, Luo Yang, thank you!" Wing King Shi Dakai stood up, bowed deeply, and arched his hand: "Thanks to the Luoyang brothers today, we have a glimmer of survival, this king represents the fathers and brothers of the whole army, thank you!" ”

"Yes, yes, as the saying goes, great grace is not grateful, indeed, we are all men who are torn and killed on the battlefield, and we don't know etiquette, Brother Luoyang, our lives are saved by you, in the future, what you say, we will do anything! I listen to you! Zeng Shihe said impassionedly, patting his chest.

"Yes, yes, Luo Yang, you are really our good brother! Good brothers! Wei Pucheng and Huang Zaizhong are also very grateful. As for the other generals, dozens of people were also full of gratitude to Luo Yang.

Luo Yang's heart was turned upside down. Hehe, we've only been through for a few days? Can the first-class revolutionary heroes of the late Qing Dynasty be admired so much? A sense of accomplishment, the value of life!

"Don't talk about it, Wing King, Zeng Zaifu, seniors, brothers, please use meat!"

All the seasonings are complete, salt, sauce, onion and garlic are smeared, and the generals cut the meat with knives and eat happily.

"Serve!" Luo Yang shouted, and immediately a soldier served clear white wine, pale yellow rice wine, let everyone drink, as soon as the wine came up, everyone was impatient, Shi Dakai saw everyone looking at his face together, so he waved his hand boldly: "Today, our army is in a desperate situation, it can be described as a great celebration, brothers drink, regardless of military rules and etiquette!" ”

"Okay, thank you Winged King!"

While eating and drinking, the wine came up, pouring grief and indignation, Shi Dakai told in detail about the situation after he set off from Shimian County, and Luo Yang couldn't believe it.

Indeed, Shi Dakai's contempt for the Dadu River is not arrogant and ignorant, but is really an abnormal change in the climate. Originally, the normal flood season of the Dadu River will be a month later, Shi Dakai's strategy of slowly crossing the river, there is no problem, unfortunately, there is a heavy rainstorm on the same day, within three days, the Dadu River can no longer pass! Three days later, when the Taiping army crossed the river after the raft was tied, the Qing army had already arrived and set up a defensive line. Shi Dakai did not panic, several times to cross the river, especially the largest one, five thousand elite rushed to cross the river, although the Qing army guns and artillery fired, still could not stop the elite troops of the Taiping army, but, seeing that it was about to reach the other side of the river, it was about to succeed, but unexpectedly, the upstream flood peak suddenly surged, and all the hundred rafts were washed away in an instant, and the five thousand elite soldiers did not survive! Then, Shi Dakai turned to the small river Songlin River in the northwest, although it is shallow, but there is a rapids in the center of the river, the Taiping army crossed with a high warp treading water, was washed down, and swam with hundreds of good hands, but unfortunately, the water of the Dadu River and the Songlin River, mainly from the melting of the high mountain snow water, extremely cold, most of the swimmers were stiff and drowned halfway, Shi Dakai was unwilling to fail, and repeatedly rushed to cross, all failed, just crossing the river, the Taiping army from May 13 to the Dadu River, as for today's June 9, In more than 20 days, more than 10,000 people of the most elite core were lost.

The purple earth is a mountain basin, the day is extremely hot, but the night is extremely cold, the temperature difference is so large, so that the foreign Taiping officers and soldiers are difficult to adapt, have suffered from malignant malaria, this disease is contagious, because of the siege, lack of medicine, and a large number of officers and soldiers and their families died, seven days ago, Shi Dakai's army is engrossed in rushing across the Songlin River, from the Shaluo Pass, the Qing army and the Tusi of the Tibetan people and other troops took advantage of the weakness to enter, attacked the Taiping Ma'anshan military camp from behind, and burned the hoarded food and materials. Tens of thousands of wounded, sick and family members were also slaughtered. After that, hunger and disease, and a large number of people's lives, the Taiping army again robbed the river could not succeed, the material was cut off, completely fell into a desperate situation, the Taiping army decided to go east, to get rid of the burden, in the Dadu River and other places to throw water suicide and thousands of people, so, Shi Dakai's main force with more than 50,000 family members, now there are only more than 8,000 people left, if it is not for Luo Yang to come in time, the more than 2,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, have long been thrown into the river to become a resentful soul.

"Drink! Wing King! Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, so you don't have to worry too much! Luo Yang comforted Shi Dakai.

It seems that the failure in Purple Land is mainly not Shi Dakai's incompetence, but a factor caused by the objective environment, so Luo Yang has understanding and sympathy for Shi Dakai's fiasco.

"This king, this king is really guilty!" Wing King Shi Dakai had tears in his eyes, and while he was drinking, he suddenly stopped and slapped his thigh a few times, "If it weren't for the mediocrity and incompetence of this king, how could he let so many good brothers die in vain?" They all died because of this king! How can this king be at ease? With that, he threw the bowl to the ground with a clatter.

There was silence in the tent, and everyone looked at each other, without saying anything.

"Rest assured, King Yi, although our army has suffered heavy losses, but the Qing army is definitely not much better, don't be sad, when we are full of food and drink, I Luo Yang will lead our new force to fight a decisive battle with the Clear Demon, we have a huge flying thunder cannon, we have an absolute advantage, we will win!" Wait for us to defeat the Qing Demon Army on the southern front, wait for the opportunity, and then go north to cross the river and take Chengdu directly, Yiwang, generals, brothers, I, Luoyang, swear here, I must bring out this evil breath for Yiwang! We must break through Chengdu and lead the brothers to create a new situation! Luo Yang stood up and said impassionedly.

"Good!" Everyone shouted together.

Shi Dakai looked at Luo Yang and grabbed his arm tightly: "Good brother, the biggest gain of this king in this life is to promote and reuse you!" ”

A few hours later, the entire Taiping army was well fed and drunk, rested and recuperated, and then quickly formed a new unit.

"Luo Yang, how can you break through the siege of the Qing Demon Army and enter the Purple Land?" Not only Shi Dakai, but also other generals were the most confused.

The Luoyang army had lost contact with the brigade before, and many people believed that they had been surrounded and eliminated by the Qing army.

Luo Yang told the process of leading his troops to the south and north, especially the battles of the attack on Tie Zai Zai and the Shaluo Pass, which was the most detailed, and all the generals were enthusiastic and ready to go: "Good! ”

"Well, Luo Yang is really good! Then, this king will order now, and all the battles from then on must be reported to the Luo Yang brothers before they know about it, oh, and this king will now crown Luo Yang as the ...... of my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

Everyone looked at Shi Dakai and guessed.

"Jaesuke!"