Chapter Twenty-Three: The Yurt by the Lake

On the first night after stepping into the country, thousands of soldiers and civilians fell ill, and Zheng Runcheng couldn't continue to move forward even if he was reluctant in his heart. Stop and treat, only if these people are cured, at least they have to wait for the condition of the soldiers and civilians to stabilize before they can continue to march.

The number of sick people in the ranks reached a third, a ratio that no commander could possibly give up. Zheng Runcheng was also unable to abandon a third of his troops.

Mental laxity is contagious, and with the stagnation of the troops, more and more soldiers and civilians begin to be put down by various incurable diseases. The pace of treatment by military doctors has not kept pace with the rate of new patients. Seeing that this army, which had already crossed the threshold of victory with one foot through hardships, was on the verge of survival, Zheng Runcheng knew that he had to find a way.

Looking at all the units of the Volunteer Army, only Hu Fei and his Einsatzgruppen officers and soldiers were not entangled by illness on a large scale. Of course, this may have something to do with the fact that the Einsatzgruppen has always had more food than other units. The soldiers are less hungry, and they are cavalry and have war horses, so their bodies are naturally more abundant, and their resistance to diseases is of course stronger.

The Volunteers have fallen into an extremely dangerous life-and-death situation, and Zheng Yuncheng needs someone to move troops for help! The Einsatzgruppen is strong, who will go if they don't go? Commander-in-Chief Zheng personally came to find Hu Fei.

The army turned out to be like this overnight, and Hu Fei, as a member of the Volunteer Army, was of course anxious. But it's useless for him to be anxious, he is not a doctor, and there is no cure for the world to treat these sick soldiers and civilians; He was not a landlord or a wealthy businessman, and he did not have a large amount of grain on hand to feed the soldiers and civilians. Hu Fei only had to be in a hurry.

At this time, Zheng Runcheng came, and the commander-in-chief asked Hu Fei to lead the special team to help the volunteers find food, medicine, and rescue soldiers in a rare polite tone. It is said to be a request, but in fact it is a request. At this juncture, how can Hu Fei refuse?

Zheng Runcheng, the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army, gave Hu Fei a letter of introduction written by him and stamped with the seal of the commander-in-chief of the Volunteer Army. With this piece of paper, even if Hu Fei has an official identity, otherwise people with white teeth would have to believe him just out of thin air?

Holding the letter of introduction in his arms, more than 100 cavalrymen of the Einsatzgruppen were gathered, and Hu Fei saluted Zheng Runcheng on his horse. With a flick of the reins, "Drive!" The most complete cavalry unit of the Volunteer Army quickly left the camp. Zheng Yuncheng raised his hand to return the salute, and did not put his hand down until the Einsatzgruppen was completely out of sight.

"Drive! Drive! Hu Fei loudly urged the crotch to get off the horse, and the Spotted Horse's four hooves in the air had already exerted the fastest speed as a thoroughbred horse! More than a hundred cavalry blew like a gust of wind across the desolate meadow wasteland.

It's been nearly four hours of continuous galloping, and the Einsatzgruppen still hasn't seen a single figure, and Hu Fei is getting more and more anxious! He can't help but be in a hurry, there are more than 20,000 people waiting for him to save his life on the border! Stepping off the spotted horse was already sweating, "Huh-" Hu Fei gently grabbed the reins.

It's not a problem to run like this! Who knows where there are? What if there was a herdsman's tent or something on the other side of the mountain, and he couldn't see it and ran past?

Hu Fei looked around, there were mountains nearby, grasslands around, and there seemed to be a river in the distance. If there were people within a dozen miles, maybe they would set up camp near that water source!

A hill of more than 100 meters is not far from the left-hand side, Hu Fei shook the reins and shouted, and rushed towards the hill first. He wanted to go up to the mountain to see what was going on near the water source over there. More than 100 cavalry followed, and the hooves of the horses echoed like drums on the empty grassland.

There is nothing wrong with standing tall and looking far away. Hu Fei stood on the top of the hill, and the water source he had just seen was unobstructed.

It's a natural lake like a sapphire. In the middle of the lake, there are a lot of waterfowl, sometimes playing in the water, sometimes taking off; A flock of sheep grazing leisurely on the meadow; There are two yurts near the hillside over there.

Finally found the locals! Hu Fei was overjoyed! At this moment, he didn't care about what impression the sudden appearance of a cavalry would have on the owner of the yurt, Hu Fei just wanted to hurry over and find the herdsman to inquire about the situation in the vicinity!

The sound of horses' hooves sounded like thunder again, and this time the goal was clear, it was the two white yurts!

Hu Fei took the lead, and the Dalmatian, who knew human nature, knew that the owner was in a hurry, and ran like a fly without Hu Fei's urging. Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse! It didn't seem to be far from the yurt, but even the Dalmatian ran for almost half an hour.

Approaching the front, four herdsmen in fur coats and fur hats walked out of the yurt. It seems that they are a happy family. The family was obviously stunned by the sudden appearance of the cavalry, and the family of four stood outside the yurt in a daze and watched the cavalry run closer and closer.

The faithful shepherd dog began to bark, the herdsman family awoke from their surprise, the woman and child hid in the yurt, and the man of the family took out a long-barreled shotgun from the yurt and looked coldly at the approaching cavalry.

"Big brother, big brother!" Hu Fei saw the herdsmen's vigilance, and began to shout loudly from afar, he didn't believe that the herdsmen would not understand this sentence in Chinese.

Hu Fei guessed correctly, the herdsman really knows Chinese, although he doesn't know much, he still knows the meaning of the word "big brother". The herdsman's nervousness seemed to ease a little, and the muzzle of the gun was no longer aimed at the cavalry, but he also did not pick it up, and grabbed it with his two hands, one in front of the other.

Hu Fei ran to a distance of 20 meters from the herdsmen, jumped off the horse, ran to the herdsmen at a trot, clasped his hands into fists, and bowed. The herdsmen returned the fist salute. Time was limited, Hu Fei casually exchanged a few words with the herdsmen, and immediately told the other party his identity after knowing that the other party understood Chinese.

"I am a Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, and this is a detour to return from the Soviet Union. Our troops are in trouble at the border and are in dire need of doctors, medicine and food. I'm going to Tacheng, how do I get there? ”

"Northeast Volunteers?" The herdsman exclaimed, turned around and called his wife and children to come out to see Hu Fei and his troops. In the hearts of the herdsmen, the volunteers who fought Japan are heroes, and it is a blessing to be close to heroes!

He knew about Tacheng, but the herdsmen still asked Hu Fei and his soldiers to drink a bowl of goat's milk to moisten their throats first.

Is this thing a throat moisten? This is obviously a high-grade tonic that is highly nutritious! The smell of goat's milk in the bowl has become the most beautiful taste in the world in Hu Fei's mouth.

Hungry people are not picky eaters, Hu Fei held the bowl of goat's milk and drank it all! wiped the milk that overflowed from his mouth, and the feeling of hunger and thirst disappeared suddenly. There was a burp, a smell of goat's milk, and the whole person was surrounded by a warm feeling from the inside out.