The baggage convoy was ready to go, and the mule carts were full of goods, all of which were urgently needed by the front-line troops, pot helmets, steamed buns, pickles, oats and hay for war horses, as well as cigarettes and liquor for the commanders, and 50 carts were fully loaded.

The people who drove the car were all people brought from the suburbs of Tianjin by the rebel army, sitting on the car with whips, the mules stood quietly, snorting from time to time, and the twelve big-headed soldiers of the cooking class not far away were gathering in line to receive a lecture from their superiors.

The quartermaster said a few words briefly, nothing more than that the war on the front line was tight, and the brothers wanted to transport the dry rations safely and quickly, which delayed the military law of the fighters, and finally asked: "Brothers, all work hard to defeat the border guards, and I invite everyone to drink." ”

"Obey!" Zhao Yufeng saluted, ordered the soldiers to board their respective cars, and the convoy drove west in the night.

Fifty carts drove along the rural dirt road to Gaobeidian, because it was a march in the rear, so there was no need to worry about the story of killing a man and horses to intercept grain in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the bright moon hung high in the sky, the stars were shining, and the air exuded the fragrance of earth, such a beautiful summer night, Zhao Yufeng's mood was not better at all.

The scene in the Judge Advocate General's Office still made him tremble, the military police captain's smiling face must have known about his embezzlement of military rations, if it wasn't for the urgent task to escort the military rations, he must have been tied to the tiger bench of the Military Judge Advocate General's Department, Wu Dashuai has always been strict in governing the army, although he was only greedy for 500 yuan of black money, it was enough to eat a gun.

At the moment, he has escaped for the time being, but the shit on his ass can't be wiped off, and he will definitely be questioned by the Military Justice Department after he goes back, Zhao Yufeng is in a state of confusion and doesn't know where to go.

On the other mule cart, there was also a person sighing for a long time, the horseman Li Changsheng was almost shot during the day, thanks to the intercession of the brothers, he was spared, thinking that the octogenarian mother in the family was about to die, but his unfilial son could not go home to serve in front of the bed, his heart was like a knife.

Following the cooking class to escort grain and grass was a good opportunity to escape, but if you run away, the brothers will suffer, and you can't just take care of yourself.

Mother, mother, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, and the son can only wait for the battle to be over, and then go to your grave to kowtow, Li Changsheng silently shed tears.

The mule cart he drove was full of wicker baskets, and the baskets were full of pot helmets made by the cooking squad working overtime, this kind of dead dough cake was repeatedly beaten with a wooden mallet and baked with dough, and the hardness and thickness were enough to be used as a shield, not only to suppress hunger but also to be preserved, and it was really a high-quality military ration.

Chen Zikun sat on top of these pot helmets, with a straw stick in his mouth, holding his Mauser horse gun in his arms, and his heart was full of emotion.

It's not the first time he's on the battlefield, when he was a horse thief in Kanto, he was used to licking blood from the knife edge, but it doesn't matter whether it's beating homes and robbing houses and smashing kilns or fighting against the encirclement and suppression of officials and soldiers, the scale of fighting is hundreds of people, and this kind of general battle of hundreds of thousands of people has not been experienced.

Finally able to go into battle to kill the enemy and make a contribution, old man, it's up to you, Chen Zikun picked up the horse pistol and kissed it on the cold barrel.

Wang Degui was sleeping in Zhengxiang, the bullet belt on his chest was full of straw, there were no bullets at all, and he also persuaded Chen Zikun to come and escort the grain and grass, so he didn't need to be so nervous.

In the early hours of the morning, people were sleepy and tired, and the coachmen continued to drive the car, and some of the soldiers who escorted the car had already fallen asleep, and the snoring sounded loudly, only Zhao Yufeng, Li Changsheng, who was full of worries, and Chen Zikun, who was overly excited, did not fall asleep.

The convoy entered the vast green gauze tent, and it was extremely quiet all around, with the occasional owl call or two.

Suddenly, Chen Zikun felt cold on his body, and an ominous premonition came to his mind, and before he could come back to his senses, Wang Degui, who was lying in the car and was standing up, suddenly opened his eyes, yelled badly, and kicked Chen Zikun under the car.

With a "chirp", a bullet hole appeared in the place where Chen Zikun was sitting just now, and if he had been delayed by a second, he would have been killed in the carriage.

The gunshots were loud, the sound of killing was loud, and the fastest reaction was Zhao Yufeng, who rolled over under the car and plunged into the green gauze tent.

Li Changsheng's movements were not much slower than him, and as soon as he threw away the horsewhip, he hunched his waist and ran away.

The others suffered, and the escorts sleeping in the carts were beaten as live targets, and the sound of gunfire and shouting and neighing of horses was chaotic.

Chen Zikun reacted very quickly, rolled on the spot, used the wheels as a cover, pushed the bomb to load with a bang, and was about to find the location where the enemy fired, Wang Degui jumped out of the car, pulled him up and left: "Run, there is an ambush." ”

"What about military rations?" Chen Zikun's neck was bruised.

"Listen to this gunshot, at least one company, leave Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood, run!" Wang Degui still has the appearance of a half-minute on weekdays, shooting with a Mauser rifle bolt on a flat end, without even aiming, the movements are extremely smooth, in one go, after every gunshot, the opponent's firepower density is a little weaker.

Chen Zikun gritted his teeth, hunched his waist and turned his head to run, the bullet kicked a row of smoke and dust behind him, and after plunging into the green gauze tent, he lay on the ridge of the field and shot at the place where the muzzle flame flickered in the darkness, covering the old king's retreat.

Wang Degui just finished firing a bullet, and quickly snaked over with a gun like an incomparably dexterous beast, and the training pacesetters on the colonel's field could only be compared to him at the level of apprentices and grandchildren.

Jumping into the green gauze tent, Wang Degui burst out of his teeth with a word: "Run!" ”

Chen Zikun didn't say a word, withdrew the gun, and followed Wang Degui's lifeless run, and the gunfire gradually thinned out behind him.

"Lao Wang, rest." Chen Zikun panted.

"You're not as young as me." Wang Degui is getting old in the end, and he has been running all the way, sweating profusely and embarrassed, but this mouth is still unforgiving.

"I'm afraid you'll be tired." Chen Zikun took out two bullet bridge clips, threw one to Lao Wang, and the other pressed into the chamber, holding a gun on guard.

Lao Wang lay on the ground and listened, and said, "I didn't chase after me." ”

Chan asked, "What about the brothers?" ”

"The bullet doesn't have long eyes, I'm afraid they're all dead." There was not the slightest sadness in Wang Degui's tone, and suddenly he pricked up his ears and shouted: "Password? ”

"Third Division, return order." An answer came from the grass.

"Mighty, come out, Lao Li." Wang Degui took the gun.

Li Changsheng came out of the grass, unkempt, and lost his gun, and saw the two grinning miserably: "Let people make dumplings." ”

Wang Degui said: "The border guards of Dog Day actually attacked our grain road, which is not kind at all. ”

Lao Li said: "What's the matter now?" ”

Wang Degui said: "You ask me, who do I ask, all the fifty truckloads of military rations have been lost, just a few of us will run out, and we won't be shot immediately when we go back." ”

Li Changsheng said: "Hengzhi is a death, it's better to just run away." ”

Wang Degui said: "Fighting everywhere, where to run, this time let the gendarmes catch you, but no one will intercede with you, and you will be beheaded on the spot." ”

Li Changsheng pouted: "Bird feathers." ”

Chen Zikun interjected: "Why do you want to run, in my opinion, the opportunity to make meritorious service has come." ”

The two veterans looked at him together, like looking at a monster: "Are you stupid, the food has been robbed, and you are still fucking meritorious?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Why do you only send one of our men and horses to escort the fifty truckloads of military rations?" ”

Wang Degui rolled his eyelids: "This is the rear of the battle line." ”

Chen Zikun slapped his face: "Yes, the enemy's small forces have infiltrated our rear and robbed the military rations, they can rob us, they can rob the army train fleet, the herald, this is a major military situation, and it can't be delayed." ”

Wang Degui understood: "You mean to go back and report quickly?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "It is definitely not possible to go back empty-handed like this, at least we must find out how many troops the enemy has and where they are going." ”

The two veterans looked down and pondered for a while, feeling that there was some truth in his words, so the three of them returned along the same road, the more they walked, the more frightened they became, the vast green gauze tent was really a good place for ambushes, and they didn't know which bastard chose this road, and all fifty carts of military rations were given away.

When he was close to the place where the battle took place, Wang Degui asked the two to stay, crawled forward alone, and walked back after five minutes, saying, "It's okay, come and have a look." ”

When the three of them came to the road, they saw five corpses lying on the ground, the guns and bullets on their bodies were gone, and there were messy rut marks and footprints everywhere. ”

Chen Zikun is also a master of tracing and looking for traces, and when he took a look, there were indeed three different pairs of riding boot prints, and the others were cloth shoe footprints, looking at the length, stride length and depth of the footprints, these soldiers were all tall and strong elite soldiers.

"What a Xu Shuzheng, he really did it with soldiers." Chen Zikun muttered to himself.

Wang Degui asked, "Hey, how do you know that it is a soldier sent by Xu Shuzheng?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "The former commander-in-chief of the eastern front of the border guards is Xu Shuzheng, and the former commander-in-chief of the enemy on the western front is Duan Zhigui, and this is between the east and west fronts, and there are possibilities on both sides, but Xu Shuzheng has always liked to use tricks, so I guess it was the men and horses he sent to intercept our grain routes." ”

Wang Degui listened to what he said, admired it in his heart, and said: "Okay, you kid, there is ink in your stomach." “

The three of them worked together to put the bodies of five comrades-in-arms together, and the brothers who bragged and fart together during the day were already separated by yin and yang at the moment, looking at the familiar faces, Chen Zikun sighed, put on his military hat and said, "Brothers, let's go." ”

Wang Degui urged: "Let's go, the speed of the mule cart is slow, we may be able to catch up, and if we don't knock him down, I'll be sorry for my dead brothers." ”

After chasing forward for a while, suddenly Chen Zikun made a stop gesture and pointed to the grass not far away, Wang Degui understood, pulled out the dagger and went around, just about to start, a trembling voice came from the grass: "Don't shoot, I surrender." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it was the voice of Zhao Junjian.