Chapter 6: Cold Autumn

Seeing that everyone had a surprised expression, Doctor Sun went on to explain: "Li Pingbei is his third grandfather, and he has been killed by the Tuliao people. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Hearing this, the two of them were embarrassed to sum Wang Da Fat Gu. Doctor Sun sighed and said: "Pingbei was also a hero back then, but it's a pity that he broke his leg during the war, injured his muscles and veins, and couldn't cultivate his qi, otherwise my Weibei battalion would definitely have one more general." Although Li Youshui is gone, fortunately, he has his own fixed number in the dark, and his juniors actually came to our army again. Gotta one, you come here. ”

Li Deyi approached Old Doctor Sun, who grabbed Li Deyi's wrists with both hands and ordered: "I am going to infuse a piece of original qi into your body now, probe the veins of your body, and relax your whole body." Li Deyi agreed, only to feel a cool breath flowing into his body from his hands, swimming all over his body along a route that he couldn't say. After a while, Old Doctor Sun put down his hand, exhaled and said, "Yes, there is no congenital deficiency, and the body is quite strong." ”

But then the old doctor Sun sat quietly for half an hour, and no longer paid attention to Li Deyi. Han, Qian and Wang Da Fat were also silent. Although Li Deyi didn't understand what was going on, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only wait quietly, took out the strength of waiting for rabbits in the mountains, and stood there without moving. Half an hour later, Old Medical Officer Sun opened his mouth first: "Well, the concentration is good." Child, do you know what is the most important thing in order to cultivate qi? ”

Li Deyi replied: "Extremely talented? Good brains? "What you say is important, but that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is concentration, and only when you live can you go far and cultivate. You have to keep that in mind. Although Li Deyi didn't understand this very well, he felt that it was the same as when he first learned to set rabbits, it was normal not to understand, just practice slowly, and if you practice more, you will naturally be able to catch rabbits. So Li Deyi blindly agreed: "I remember, what you said is what Old Doctor Sun said." ”

Seeing that he was so taught, Old Doctor Sun nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Back then, I and your third grandfather and a group of twelve people beheaded chickens, burned yellow paper, and worshipped together. So you can call me Grandpa Sun in the future. Hey, I think about how high-spirited my brothers were back then, but now I am the only one left. And you remember, your third grandfather's original name was Li Youshui, and later he became the personal guard of Di Dashuai because of his merits, so he was given the name Pingbei by Dashuai. When Old Doctor Sun said this, the corners of his eyes were red, he reached out and touched his eyes, and then asked, "Deyi, do you want to avenge your third grandfather?" "Yes! I promised the third grandfather when I buried him in the soil, but the third grandfather refused to close his eyes at that time, and he closed his eyes when he heard me swear to take revenge. "Li Deyi's answer was particularly loud." That's good, that's good. Now go back to the camp and rest, you're tired enough this day. Wang Zhuangbiao, you go and get him some food later, be more delicate. "Old Medical Officer Sun instructed the fat man Wang." "The big fat man hurriedly agreed, "Little brother, come with the Sprinkle family." ”

Li Deyi ate a meal of mutton steamed buns beautifully, and returned to the wounded barracks with a full burp. When he entered the camp tent, there was only one medical officer Xiao Liu, who was reading a medical book in his hand, and when he looked up and saw Li Deyi coming back, he put the book down and asked, "Are you literate?" Li Deyi touched a handful of oil on his mouth, and quickly replied, "I don't know." "Then I'll be in charge of teaching you to read, so I'll recognize ten of them tonight, starting with your name." Li Deyi honestly sat down opposite Dr. Xiao Liu and began to follow along. Li Deyi is very serious about learning, he has grown so big, although he has not been taught by his father and mother, but Li Deyi is very serious about the ability to learn his hands, and he always feels that he may be able to use it when he can.

After studying for an hour, Dr. Liu dispersed and let Li Deyi sleep. This sleep was the sweetest sleep Li De had in a few days, and he slept until dawn.

The sky was bright, Li Deyi was woken up, and when he opened his eyes, Old Medical Officer Sun had already arrived. "Tie this to your calf, and you can't take it off at any time except sleeping." Old Medical Officer Sun threw over a set of pitch-black leggings, I don't know what kind of fabric they were made of, they were very heavy, and Li Deyi's strength could barely hold these two sets of leggings. Watching Li Deyi slowly wrap the leggings, Old Medical Officer Sun turned around and left. After Old Doctor Sun left, Medical Officer Xiao Liu took Li De to take stock of the consumption of the wounded barracks these days.

"In this big battle, our bandages are almost exhausted. Master said that there will be supplies brought in throughout the winter this year, and I am afraid that there will be no more war. The gold sore medicine is also not enough, and the stretcher that carries people is also damaged a lot. Every time Dr. Liu said the same thing, he couldn't help but sigh and frown, thinking hard about where to get some supplies. Who is Lee De-il? Report to the staff office quickly! Suddenly, he heard a summons from someone outside the tent, Li Deyi put down the work in his hand, said to Dr. Xiao Liu, and ran out of the tent, followed the herald and went straight to the staff office.

When he arrived at the staff office, he reported his name, and the soldiers guarding the door let Li Deyi enter the tent. In the military tent, the two generals of Sun Lao, Han, and Qian were all there, and when they saw Li Deyi arrive, Sun Lao Medical Officer pointed his hand and asked Li Deyi to stand beside him.

Dr. Sun led Li Deyi to a wooden tray made of mud and gravel, and the terrain of mountains, rivers, and so on. It was the first time Li Deyi saw the shrunken mountains and rivers, and he was very curious, and his eyes widened and he kept looking. "This is called a sand table, which was originally invented by the Taizu of this dynasty in order to command the march and fight for the convenience of war. The one in front of you is I personally led people to explore the geography of the nearby mountains and rivers, and made it myself. "Grandpa Sun, you'll have a lot." Li Deyi is now convinced of this grandfather Sun from the bottom of his heart, and he has a lot of skills.

Old Medical Officer Sun's face turned red, and then he said: "This time, the Tuliao people invaded the border, and broke several passes and important towns along the road, and the flying eagle of the reconnaissance horse came to report last night, and even Anguo Town, the gateway town to the north of the Zhongshen City, did not stop them. Our Cao Qian, the general manager, got the news and fled from the city overnight. It is estimated that he went to find his uncle Cao Guo, who ran away. Although he had expected it, Mr. Han couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Straight thief mother, you can grab credit faster than anyone else, and escape faster." ”

Old Medical Officer Sun continued: "There is no need to worry about Cao Qian's affairs, the most important thing at the moment is to find out the movements of the Tuliao people. I have already sent the most powerful flying eagle to the vicinity of the remnant sun pass, hoping to get accurate information. When the news comes back, we will have to wait for tomorrow at the earliest, and we have more important things to do today. Now most of the autumn grain outside our city has been snatched away by the Tuliao people, and the rest is not enough for us to survive this winter, and we must find a way to solve the food problem first. "Last night, when the Tuliao people retreated, they were frightened by our army, and a lot of grain was dropped, and three major carts have been picked up this morning, all of which were snatched by the Tuliao people from nearby Zhuangzi, and a small part was set on fire by the Tuliao people. Other ordnance, flags, tents were also picked up quite a bit. I have already sent soldiers to collect grain and grass in the city, but Dingbei is a small county, and there is no such family of huge rich people, so I am afraid that I will not be able to get much grain. Without other supplies, we can last up to two months. Qian said with a worried face.

"Relying on the grain and grass in the small county of Dingbei, we all have to starve to death, and the Tuliao people have blocked all the roads in the east, and not a single grain of grain can be transported. We had to find another way! Slamming the table, Old Doctor Sun made a summary. This time the force was too violent, which made Old Doctor Sun breathe a little, took a few breaths, and then said: "I recently heard from the local villagers who often go to the mountains to chop firewood, there is a path that can bypass the Qingyuan Mountain in the north......" As soon as Old Doctor Sun said this, Han General picked it up, "I understand, the military advisor means that he still uses the trick of Di Dashuai back then." Let's take advantage of the dispatch of the Tuliao army, the grassland is empty at this time, let's go to the grassland to sweep and grab some food to come back for the winter! Mr. Han said excitedly. No, this time the situation is different, this time our army has a total of more than 1,100 people, and in the past few days, many old brothers have been killed and wounded in defending the city, and the Tuliao people are still eyeing not far away. Therefore, we can only dispatch secretly, and at most 200 people, and if there are more, if the Tuliao people come back again, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold it. When the old doctor Sun said this, he took a sharp breath, slowed down for a long time before exhaling out, and smiled apologetically: "It's all old and injured, and when it's cold, I get sick and delay my work." This time, we went to fight back against the Tuliao people's grass valley, but we could not dispatch cavalry, and we had to cross Qingyuan Mountain, even if we got grain, it would be very difficult to transport it back, so we had to think of a more secure way. ”

"Then what should I do, Strategist, you should always think of a way." After hearing this, Qian General also began to be anxious, and the sweat on his forehead came out in the cold weather. "We went to the Tuliao people to fight the grass valley this time, and we could only dispatch 200 people, and we were afraid that the county would be in danger. Therefore, we should not scavenge grain this time, because it is very troublesome to transport the grain, and it is necessary for people to carry it, and two hundred people will not be able to carry much grain at all. And we need to walk a long mountain road, and it is not convenient to use grain trucks to transport grain, so this time we only grabbed sheep! ”

"Sheep?! In winter, the sheep also have to be fed, otherwise they will lose fat, and our food self-sufficiency is not enough to eat, how can there be more for the sheep to eat! Mr. Han couldn't help but raise his own questions. Old Doctor Sun said confidently: "Don't worry about this, the old man has already prepared, have you ever eaten air-dried mutton?" Han Jiang always raised his head and sealed his eyes, as if he was recalling the past, "When Di Dashuai was there, he often led us out of the customs to fight the autumn breeze, and at that time, air-dried mutton could often be eaten. What do you mean by being old? ”

The old doctor Sun laughed: "Yes, the old man doesn't plan to catch the sheep and come back to herd the sheep and be a shepherd." That's what I'm going to do to make air-dried lamb. And the sheep don't need to be carried over the mountain, as long as the leader is good. Moreover, the sheep did not walk slower than the people, and the soldiers would surely be able to withdraw safely before the Tuliao people reacted. You go and prepare, you will go out of the city after dark, and you will personally lead the team, you also followed Di Dashuai to the grassland back then, and you should still remember the habits of the grassland tribes. Remember, we only want sheep this time. "Wow! I'll go and pick the sergeant. Han said yes, turned around and walked out of the tent. Wait, this time to select a sergeant, we must choose a strong runner! Being able to fight is still secondary. Old Medical Officer Sun hurriedly reminded Mr. Han in the back.

When Han Jiang walked out of the tent, the old medical officer Sun said to Qian Jiangzong again: "You go to the county government in the city, and ask Hu County to transfer you a hundred people, and then say that you will go out of the city to cut down big trees in case the Liao people attack again." But do not go into the mountains by day, but go into the mountains after it is dark and cut down. You follow this route, and you order people to cut down the trees along the way, and you don't have to transport them out, but only clear the road so that three or five people can walk side by side. During the day, you can let Minzhuang bring some firewood back to the city, pretend to go out of the city to collect firewood, in order to confuse the Tuliao Tanma, I will send Wang Zhuangbiao to take a hundred healthy soldiers along the way to escort, so that the Tuliao Tanma does not dare to approach the exploration. As he commanded, Old Medical Officer Sun pointed with his hand in the sand table and drew a path. The general manager of the money was also ordered to leave, and only Li Deyi and Sun Lao Medical Officer were left in the account.

Old Medical Officer Sun looked back at Li Deyi and asked, "Do you understand?" Li De nodded and said, "I think that's the case." Every summer when there is a drought in our village, we compete for water with other villages, and the village chief always lets others rush to the front, and he and his son follow behind every time to pick up the cheap, and when it comes to the final distribution of water, the village chief can always take a big head. The third grandfather said that the Tuliao people did the same thing every time they hit the grass valley, and the big tribes forced those small tribes to send out young and strong men to take the lead, and they followed behind to pick up ready-made cheap. This time, the previous fight was so fierce that the men in the small tribes on the grassland who could ride horse-drawn bows were estimated to be free. Let's take advantage of this time to go to the grassland to fight the autumn wind of those small tribes, as long as we avoid those big tribes, we will definitely gain a lot. "Well, it's nice to think of that at such a young age. You go and prepare, and go out of the city tonight to help clear the path. Old Medical Officer Sun waved his hand and asked Li De to go out, Li De nodded and agreed, turned around and walked out of the tent. As soon as Li De walked away, Old Medical Officer Sun closed his eyes tiredly, and after a while, the snoring sounded. This short staff officer plane almost consumed the old man's little energy.

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu." As soon as Li Deyi learned the identity of the third grandfather, he felt that he had a closer relationship with Xiao Liu, and consciously began to call his brother. "What's the matter?" Medical Officer Xiao Liu was cleaning up the used bandages, and looked up to see Li Deyi entering the tent, "Grandpa Sun asked me to go out of the city at night to help fetch firewood, what do you think I should prepare?" Li Deyi asked seriously.

"Since you want to avenge your third grandfather, you will definitely lead troops to fight in the future, so you can't practice crop skills. You bring this knife, I think your knife on the city wall is very good, I think you have practiced swordsmanship. As he spoke, Medical Officer Xiao Liu handed Li Deyi a standard saber in the army, the handle of the knife was wrapped in linen, and the blade was shining with cold light.

"How do you chop wood with this knife?" Li Deyi took the knife and muttered in his mouth. Medical Officer Xiao Liu knocked Li De's head suddenly, "Silly boy, I really should let you chop wood, that is to let you take the opportunity to practice and familiarize yourself with the actions of the army, so that you can participate in the night operation." Won't you cut down those trees as Tuliao dogs and they will end? "Whew." Li Deyi understood this time, and now he sold it to Xiao Liu Medical Officer and gave a half-tone military salute. This made Dr. Xiao Liu cry and laugh, and he raised his hand to beat him again.

Li Deyi turned his head and dodged, smiling proudly at Brother Liu. Dr. Xiao Liu said with concern: "The night in autumn is very cold, so bring more clothes." I see that you have escaped, and you have no extra clothes, so put on mine first. Doctor Liu took out a thick cloth robe from the box and handed it to Li Deyi. Li Deyi immediately put it on happily, but after all, he was eight or nine years old, and Li Deyi hadn't grown taller yet, and a short shirt looked nondescript from hood to foot.

Doctor Xiao Liu looked at him like this, and couldn't help laughing, Li Deyi lowered his head and looked at it, and laughed too, and the little brothers laughed for a while.

After eating, since there was no war for the time being, the wounded barracks did not have much work, just change the dressings and bandages for the wounded soldiers. The only thing that needs to be taken care of is Mr. Li, who is seriously injured and still unconscious, this is taken care of by Medical Officer Xiao Liu himself, and Li Deyi takes advantage of his rare free time to review the ten words he learned last night. Wait for Dr. Liu to finish his work, and learn ten new words from him.

When it was dark, the assembly call in the camp sounded, and Li De took his knife and hurried to the school grounds. When they arrived at the school grounds, they were assembled in a short time, and Qian Tong always stood on the platform and spoke: "I have to work tonight, so everyone will be given a cake, and after a while, the people will follow the torches, cut down the trees pointed by the people who carry the fire, and they must not act without permission, and they must not make loud noises, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Qian General was always on the stage reading the military orders one by one, and Li Deyi, who was standing on the outermost periphery, noticed that Wang Zhuangbiao, a big fat man, had already left the city ahead of time with two teams of sergeants.

Less than half an hour later, the assembled people were also led out of the city by the money commander, escorted by dozens of sergeants. At this time, it was completely dark, and the autumn night in the north was extremely cold, and a cold wind came out, and the cold air went straight to the bones. As soon as he got out of the city, Li Deyi made the cold wind shiver, so he could only rub his hands and breathe hot air to warm up. After a short time the procession was deep in the woods, and the soldiers began to pick up torches, and the money distributed the trees that needed to be cleared along the way.

Walking to the tree that had been given to him, Li Deyi exerted his strength and began to cut it with his hands. The tree is a little out of the way, so it doesn't need to be cut down entirely, just the thick branches that stick out to block the road. Li Deyi adjusted his breathing, and according to the knife technique taught by the third grandfather, he began to slash one by one. Thinking that he would avenge the third grandfather in the future, Li Deyi practiced extremely energetically, and after a while, sweat soaked his chest and back. In the shadows that Li Deyi couldn't see, Old Medical Officer Sun also came at some point, silently observing the ten-year-old child.

This night, I have tired these 100 people to choke enough, and tomorrow night, I will change a group of people to continue to cut them. When the sky was bright, the money manager told the big guy to rest, and everyone sat down on the spot, took out the cake and ate some pickles. When he went out of the forest, the money manager always said that each person could carry a bundle of firewood on their backs and carry it home for themselves. Hearing that they could carry bundles of firewood home, the people were overjoyed. Only Li Deyi had a bitter face, he carried back the firewood, and there was no place to make it, his eyes rolled, and Li Deyi still carried a bundle back.

Walking out of the woods, the autumn wind became even colder, especially before dawn, which was the coldest time of the day. Li De was shivering all the time, thinking in his heart, "It's so cold this autumn, maybe how many people will freeze to death in winter." ”

Entering the city, the smell of mutton soup wafted to everyone's noses, and Mr. Qian said to Minzhuang: "Knowing that you folks are working hard, our Weibeiying specially burned a pot of mutton soup to reward you." One bowl per person, come in line. Hearing that there was sheep soup to drink, Minzhuang smiled, feeling that this night's hard work was not in vain, there were bundles of firewood, and they could drink sheep soup. As soon as Li De drank the hot soup, he remembered the delicious mutton, but he could only chirp and chirp. After drinking the hot mutton soup and practicing the knife all night, Li Deyi felt that his upper and lower eyelids were fighting now. After the disbandment, Li Deyi rushed back to the tent of the wounded barracks, threw himself on the bed, rolled over twice, and fell asleep.

Old Medical Officer Sun and Mr. Qian did not rest at this time, and were anxiously waiting in the camp for the news from the flying eagle in front of them.