Loess Gang, bare, soft soil, every rainstorm season, the torrent wrapped in sand and gravel, from top to bottom, will destroy the vegetation on the loess slope. The scattered seedlings of the trees were washed away before they could grow up, becoming a veritable loess slope, but it was a necessary way to enter Dongshuanghe Town and Xincun from the north. Following the mountain, from the foot of the mountain upwards, a mountain road, twisting and turning, stretches upward. The blocking battle that took place earlier was on this mountain road.

Yu Xiang stood in the command post, holding a telescope, looking towards the bottom of the mountain, only to see that the enemy army by the Shihe River was digging camps, dense human heads like ants back and forth, busy, a sea of people, the fluttering sea of flags, boundless, Yu Xiang took a long breath of cool air, the number of enemy troops, far superior to the new army, and is a strong enemy who has been on the battlefield for a long time and can conquer and fight. The battle of tomorrow is extremely dangerous.

Zhang Xianzhong came from afar, if he did not achieve his goal, he would never give up, if he could avoid this catastrophe, Yu Xiang secretly made up his mind that he must strengthen the military strength of Xincun.

The engineers of the Aniu organization and the soldiers of Xincun are designing a formation defense according to Qi Dayong, digging trenches along the hillside, due to the loose soil of the loess slope, the pure steel tools of Xincun are effective, and the project is progressing smoothly.

The formation defense of the loess gang, from the top of the mountain down, dug a total of five trenches, the first two trenches are about seventy steps apart, about one hundred meters, just the new village fire. The best firing distance of the gun not only gives full play to the fire. The maximum power of the gun, but also to avoid and reduce the lethality of the enemy's bow and arrow, the first two trenches are deep, is to defend against the enemy's trenches, the last three trenches are shallow, used for soldiers to hide, shooting.

The excavated earth was built behind the trench into a small wall, which was not high, half a man or half a man high. Infantry encountering these trench walls can hinder their advance and prevent them from charging at close range. New Village Fire. Gunners can lean against low walls and shoot down from a high position, leaving the enemy with nowhere to hide.

Between the last three sections of the trench, there will be vacant spaces of more than 20 meters, which is convenient for the enemy to charge, which can directly cause their charging forces to be crowded, and their own side can also concentrate superior forces to counterattack the enemy and cause great damage to the enemy.

On the loess hill, a simple barracks were erected, crooked, and weak, and I have to say that there were great omissions in Xincun's combat preparations, the main reason was that Yu Xiang did not expect Xincun to be so quickly put into such a large-scale battle, and Xincun's combat readiness was not ready for large-scale operations, Yu Xiang's original training was to deal with small bandits and achieve the purpose of self-defense, and his imaginary enemy was not a thief-level opponent like Zhang Xianzhong at all.

But having said that, a small village like Xincun, without the actual support of the imperial court, has developed into the current scale of a team of 1,000 people in a short period of time, and it is commendable to achieve such results.

With the concerted efforts of the military and civilians of Xincun, the defense line of the Loess Gang position was finally properly arranged before dark.

Yu Xiang changed the habit of buttoning the rope, killed a few big fat pigs, fished a lot of fish from the pond, and with seasonal vegetables, Ding Dafu personally took charge of the spoon and made a rich war meal.

In the entire Gangshang camp, everyone was beaming, the meat tube was enough, and the food tube was full, just like a festival, and there was no tense atmosphere before the war. Eat until everyone's belly is round, until they are full of burps, and then they are satisfied. There was a jubilant and festive atmosphere on the battlefield.

Under the loess hill, Zhang Xianzhong's cavalry sentry galloped around the loess gang, and the mountain wind blowing down from the mountain, with a strong smell of meat, made these cavalry swallow their saliva. I can't wait to run up to the earthen hill, raise my hands to surrender, and eat a bite of the war rice of the new village.

Zhang Xianzhong was sitting in the big tent, and a sentry was briefing him on the latest information: "There are about 1,000 soldiers in Xincun guarding Huangtugang, many of whom are recruited temporarily, and there are only about three or four hundred soldiers with actual combat experience. ”

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he laughed and said: "Yu Xiang Xiaoer, it is ridiculous to dare to resist my 10,000 army with a rabble of thousands of people. ”

When several generals around him heard this, they all laughed, disdainful of opponents like Yu Xiang, they saw the victory and smelled the aroma of wine and meat.

In the weather of June, the heat wave was gusting, and in the temporary field hospital, Zhang Zhongyang and Zhu Jishi were busy preparing herbal tea for summer vacation. We all know that tomorrow will be an extremely difficult day, and everyone will not dare to slack off.

It is now June weather, the heat is scorching, Yu Xiang estimates that early tomorrow morning, the enemy will attack, so he called on everyone to enter a state of rest early, and asked the logistics personnel to prepare war meals before dawn tomorrow morning, and prepare the soldiers' dry food for the day, and be ready to meet the hard battle.

That night, Yu Xiang gathered all the generals to discuss the matter, analyzed various situations that may occur, and agreed on an emergency plan.

After the discussion, Yu Xiang asked the rest of the people to go back to the camp to rest, and he walked around with the red lady. The two of them were silent and patrolled around the perimeter of the camp on the post.

The entire camp was heavily guarded, the soldiers patrolling were constant, and the shouts of passwords were constantly sounding. The rest of the soldiers held their guns, and each found a flat and cool place, and slept in his clothes, but the tent was empty, and the lanterns and torches in front of the tent gave a dim light.

In order to prevent the enemy from stealing the camp, a large number of night watchmen with torches were arranged here, which were placed on the rows of wooden poles on the ground, and layers of air death wind lamps were hung, which shook from time to time in the night wind and illuminated the surrounding boundary.

In this era, it is not easy to steal camps, most people suffer from night blindness, and at night, there are no good communication tools, and it is difficult for everyone's actions to be unified. It's okay for a small group of people to sneak attack, but a sneak attack by a large group of troops is purely to add to the chaos, and if you don't get it right, you will trample on each other. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for Xincun to steal Zhang Xianzhong's camp, and in the same way, it is not so easy for Zhang Xianzhong to sneak attack the camp of the new army.

Yu Xiang stood on the hillside, looking at the dense sea of lights in the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain, he was a little trance-like, and seemed to have a little back to the modern society in the later generations, facing the sea of lights in the city. A deep sense of homesickness came over him, and he thought of his sick mother, his gray-haired father, his sister and brother, and after this battle, it was not known whether he would be alive tomorrow, and even if he survived, it was unknown whether he would be able to return to the distant modern world.

Yu Xiang looked up at the stars in the sky, it was the Milky Way that he had been familiar with since he was a child, the familiar Cowherd and Vega, he remembered counting the stars in the shade at the entrance of the village when he was a child, listening to the words of his relatives, thinking of his parents and brothers, playmates when he was a child, everything, all kinds of thoughts about distant relatives, all kinds of thoughts came to his heart.

He couldn't help but whisper the song "Homesickness" by teacher Zhang Yi of his school:

Loyalty and filial piety have been passed down for a long time,

Cultivating and reading is long.

The hoe and sickle walk with the stars,

Poetry and books are fragrant to the moon.

Glough raises children,

The rise and fall of the clay kang burning.

At this time, the most memorable,

Childhood hamlet.

Yu Xiang is immersed in the artistic conception depicted in the poem, when he was a child, he carried a hoe and a sickle, and ploughed with his parents in the middle of the night; In order to get admitted to university, Wen Ji got up and memorized poems. When I was a child, I still complained about the hardships of life, but now looking back, what a happy thing, at least there was no war and hunger at that time, living a life full of hope, and being able to see a bright future.

Farming, studying, and keeping the industry, loyalty and filial piety are passed on to the next generation, what a leisurely realm of a peaceful world.

The mountains and rivers of his hometown appeared in front of his eyes like a picture scroll, a small river next to his village, his friends swam and fished and fought in the water, leaving him countless laughter and laughter, countless good memories, he wanted to go back to his childhood, saw his father return from the field, he stretched out his arm, ran towards him, and fell into his father's warm embrace!

Thinking about it, Yu Xiang was a little drunk, stayed where he was, and remained silent for a long time.

The red lady stood by Yu Xiang's side, listening to him read the poems, her heart was very warm, these verses, let her also have a lot of emotion, since she can remember, she has lived in a poor life, and later followed her adoptive father to the north and south, eating and sleeping, living in a fixed place, especially in recent years, natural and man-made disasters, not only to fight against disease and hunger, but also to beware of bandits and bullies like Gu Batian, living on the knife every day, I don't know where the road ahead is, I have to get by every day. It wasn't until the man next to her appeared that she found a sense of security, found hope and goals for life, as long as she stood by Yu Xiang's side, her heart would feel extremely peaceful and down-to-earth. Even when she faced Gu Batian in Budai Valley and was ambushed by the Black Tiger Gang, she was not afraid at all, and firmly believed that victory would definitely belong to her, and today, she was the same, and she had an unshakable trust in Yu Xiang.

Listening to the poems in Yu Xiang's mouth, between the words, there was a strong sense of homesickness, which she deeply experienced, and she often had this feeling when she was in the takeaway art before. She vaguely felt that Yu Xiang's background was far from being as simple as he said.

Late at night, Yu Xiang felt that tomorrow would be dangerous and abnormal, he didn't want to leave regrets for himself, he didn't shy away from it, took the matchmaker's hand, and returned to the camp tent.

As a handsome tent, there is a cotton mattress on the ground, a mattress on the top, and a white tent.

Yu Xiang said: "Matchmaker, just rest in my tent!" ”

The red lady did not object, and lay down obediently, after all, she was a girl, she was more shy, and she didn't dare to get too close to Yu Xiang.

Yu Xiang smiled and said heroically: "Matchmaker, this battlefield is our cave house, today I solemnly propose to you, can you marry me?" ”

She blushed, turned around, turned her back to Yu Xiang, and whispered, "I do!" ”

Yu Xiang stretched out his arm, turned her body over, and said, "Today, let heaven and earth be the medium, and the loess gang as the bed, and let this battlefield become our cave room." I, Yu Xiang, officially married the matchmaker! ”

The red lady leaned towards Yu Xiang shyly. Yu Xiang took the red lady in his arms, and felt the fragrance coming from the red lady, the red lady's current posture is too tempting, Yu Xiang's heart jumped wildly, and he looked down to see the red lady's delicate face leaning sideways, the bright red and seductive cherry lips, as long as Yu Xiang is willing, he can suck hard as soon as he lowers his head, the white and flawless pink neck, the small ear beads are in full view, her crisp breasts tremble slightly with light panting, full of temptation to refuse and welcome. Yu Xiang's head slammed to the ground, and his body was about to explode for a while.

The red lady rested her head on Yu Xiang's arm and exhaled like an orchid. Yu Xiang hugged the waist of the red lady, felt the elastic skin, and could imagine her indescribably soft and smooth nature, and also feel the pleasure of the two of them. As depicted in the poem:

The fairy is delicate and flesh and bones, and her heart is drunk with Bi Luoyin. The love is really a peach source meeting, and it is wonderful to promote the willow leaves. The spring in the cave is full of square inches, and the butterflies love a spring among the flowers. It is clear that you and I are indistinguishable, and God is a gift to match people.

Yu Xiang couldn't help himself, and was about to take further action, when he saw the red lady sleeping peacefully in the faint light of the fire, like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world, sleeping calmly and peacefully.

Yu Xiang's frantic mood slowly calmed down, he couldn't bear to disturb her sleep, after all, the red lady was tired these days.

Yu Xiang quietly looked at her who was asleep, and after falling asleep, the innocent face of the red lady was no longer as serious as before, in Yu Xiang's arms, like a little girl who didn't know the world, as innocent as a city, and occasionally, it seemed that she was still dreaming.

She uses Yu Xiang as a haven from the wind and rain, and Yu Xiang willingly does so.

Yu Xiang, who had a busy day, also felt sleepy and fell asleep groggily.