At night, the second watch, Da Xi's goodwill camp, is still brightly lit, more than a dozen soldiers in a pile of soldiers have sat around the blazing fire, on the fire set up a mouthful of cauldron, the mutton soup or beef soup in it is constantly bubbling, the fragrance is overflowing, even in the rich Sui Dynasty, this is not a good meal that can be eaten at any time, but most of the soldiers, but the face is sad, the heart is heavy.

A muscular black-faced soldier flipped over the pot of broth with a large wooden spoon in his hand, swallowed a soak of saliva, and said, "Hey, this meat is already cooked to medium rare, don't you want to eat it?" Then you're welcome. ”

The corners of another yellow-faced soldier hooked the corners of his mouth: "Li Erniu, are you still in the mood to eat now?" ”

The black-faced soldier named Li Erniu scratched his head: "What's the matter, if you don't eat meat, what are you doing?" ”

The yellow-faced soldier sighed: "There will be a war tomorrow, I don't know if it's dead or alive, the meal we ate today is almost the same as the decapitation meal of the prisoners in prison." Can you eat? ”

Li Erniu laughed, put the soup into his bowl by himself, scooped up a large piece of meat and bones, drank the soup, and said: "It's okay, I listened to the pro-soldier Hu Sanzhu today, the rebels are all people, boatmen, and they don't know how to fight at all, we are all soldiers of the Fanshang, and we are all strictly selected to enter the Zuotunwei army, is it not as good as those boatmen?" Liu San dog, don't be scared. ”

The yellow-faced little soldier named Liu Sangouzi shook his head: "But, but it was Yang Xuangan who led the troops." Isn't he the number one general in the world? As the saying goes. Soldier bears one. will be a nest of bears, even if it is a civilian boatman, with Yang Xuangan, I am afraid that it is not so easy to deal with. ”

Li Erniu put down the bowl in his hand: "So what, let's be soldiers, we eat this mouthful of food, we just have to fight, what's the use of thinking too much?" When you are full, you will have the strength to fight tomorrow. Right? ”

A rough and dull voice sounded: "You don't have to fight, who said that if you eat this meat, you must be sent to death?" ”

The faces of all the sergeants changed, and they all looked at the person who spoke, and saw a small soldier with a thin body and a dark face, but a pair of eyes that were unusually bright, squatting in a dark corner, munching on a dirty bun and drinking a bowl of white water.

The corners of Li Erniu's mouth hooked. He was the deputy leader of this team, and he was also given an order to stabilize the morale of the army. So although he was also beating the drum in his own heart, he still made a look of not caring, and when he heard this person speak, his brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Who are you?" Why eavesdrop on us? ”

The little soldier was dressed as a red whisk, she raised her head and smiled slightly: "I was personally guarded by General Daxi, and I was sent to inspect the battalions, and I happened to mix some broth to drink." As she spoke, she shook a forged token from her waist towards the crowd.

Li Erniu's face stretched, and he said with a smile: "It turned out to be a brother of the pro-guard, come on, let's drink soup together." ”

Hong Fu smiled, didn't refuse, sat down, and was next to Li Erniu, only to see Li Erniu looking at Hong Fu, with a flattering smile on his face: "This brother, what do you call it?" ”

Hong Fu replied: "My surname is Hong, my name is Fu, and the people in the village call me three fat people." ”

Li Erniu said "oh": "It turned out to be Brother Hong." Fortunately, fortunately. General Daxi, is there any information about the enemy army? What do you mean by that? ”

A mysterious expression appeared on Hongfu's face: "This, I don't dare to talk nonsense, otherwise let the general know, I won't be able to eat and walk around." ”

Li Erniu laughed: "Don't worry, our brothers are all from the same village, and their mouths can be strict, we won't spread it out what you say, anyway, there will be a war tomorrow, and it's uncertain whether they can survive or not, how can Da Xi Dashuai have the kung fu to control the nonsense of our little soldiers?" As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Sangouzi on the side, Liu Sangouzi understood, and hurriedly brought a bowl of broth to Hongfu.

Hongfu took the broth, thought about it, and nodded: "That's right, okay, for the sake of you inviting me to drink the broth, I'll just say a few words, you must help me keep a secret." ”

Li Erniu nodded hurriedly and said to the surrounding soldiers: "If you hear it, you are not allowed to be nonsense to the outside world, if any of the big tongues hurt Brother Hong, hehe, I recognize him, I can't recognize these fists!" As he said this, he shook his right fist, which was the size of a punching bag.

A group of small soldiers hurriedly said: "Listen to Second Brother Li, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense." ”

Hongfu took a sip of broth and smiled slightly: "Actually, I listened to General Daxi's military discussion today, he said that Yang Xuangan is very powerful, the rebel army has a great momentum, it is not trivial, I heard that there are 50,000 people now!" He set up camp twenty miles to the north, and from a distance, the lights continued for dozens of miles. ”

Li Erniu opened his mouth in surprise: "So many people? Didn't you say that the rebels were only a few thousand? How did it become 50,000 all of a sudden? ”

Hongfu sighed: "When they left Liyang, it was only a few thousand, but along the way, Diao people and thieves joined one after another, just like in Jijun City, thousands of Ding Zhuang all joined the rebels, so now the anti-thieves are strong, originally General Daxi wanted to take advantage of the situation to break through the rebels and fight a decisive battle with Yang Xuangan, but he knew that there were many of them, and now he camped to wait for reinforcements." ”

Liu Sangouzi's body began to tremble, and his voice changed slightly: "Then, then, can't we win the rebels this time?" ”

Hongfu shook his head: "Xuan, I don't think General Daxi is sure, so he asked us to eat and drink enough to stabilize the morale of the army, and at the same time sent a messenger to the back to ask for help, do you know?" This time, Yang Xuangan was not alone, he sent eight brothers, led the Eighth Route Army, and divided the troops into a strategy. ”

"Now from Liyang to Ji County, Hanoi County, and Tiger Prison Pass, they have all fallen into the hands of the enemy. The momentum of the rebels is huge, tens of thousands of people join every day, relying on our soldiers and horses in the eastern capital alone, I am afraid that it is enough to choke, I heard that the soldiers and horses of Daxing in the western capital will also be urgently transferred to us. ”

Li Erniu said "ah": "This, how is this completely different from what the marshal said, when he brought us here, he was very confident, saying that he could obtain Yang Xuangan's first rank in a battle, and the brothers could be promoted and rich." (To be continued.) )

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