Chapter 153: Retreat West
The grassland outside the plug is already a world of ice and snow at this time, and ordinary people can't stand it after watching it in the snow for a long time. In a slightly undulating place in the low depression of the hill, a simple wall was built with ice and snow, and a small iron pot was erected, and something was boiled in the pot, and it was very difficult to find even some dry firewood on the grassland in winter, and the soldiers ate mostly fried rice and dry food prepared in advance. It is not easy to eat a little hot once in a while, although every few cars are pulled with coal, and there are many transfer stations that have some coal in stock, but the distance is long, and the materials consumed by hundreds of thousands of people moving west are astronomical, and they still have to save some money.
"Camp Chief Zhuang, give me some coal, my mother-in-law has been sick in the past two days, and the two babies haven't eaten hot for a few days, so I'm afraid my body won't be able to hold it." The middle-aged man begged Zhuang Huchen honestly.
"Go get it yourself, we're boiling hot water over there, you can call a little later." Zhuang Huchen waved his hand weakly, most of the food, valuable things were snatched away by Tang Zuofu and Cui Xingwu's cavalry, this middle-aged man was called Ma Yousan, the family moved westward, and the little value saved by the family was robbed, more than 20 oceans, there was nothing left, his mother-in-law wanted to live or die, refused to let the other party rob, and was slapped twice, the only property was gone, and he was sick in the past two days.
Zhuang Huchen escorted a lot of things, but there was little food left, according to the distance there was no way to get to the next supply station, Zhuang Huchen took a group of people to take care of the machinery in situ, and sent people back to inform the convoy behind. I don't know how this matter will be handled. Fortunately, Tang Sasuke was not interested in the coal. Otherwise, they don't know how to survive in this harsh environment.
The ordinary people who had moved with them also stopped. Therefore, it is rare to see in the grassland, which looks like a scene of primitive tribal life.
"The wheels are stuck in the ground, everyone is on the shoulders, big man, you go and take a hand!" Just a few miles away from Zhuang Huchen, another convoy approached. One of the wagons got stuck in a mud puddle beneath the snow.
One of them, a tall young man, walked to his right hand side where the wheels were sunken, grabbed the side of the car with both hands, and let out a low shout. A few cars that could not be lifted by laborers were copied by the young man alone.
"Big guy, good guy, guys work hard." The others took advantage of the momentum and pushed the car up.
The young man smiled innocently, clapped his hands and made no sound.
"Driving the ......." The sound of the horses' hooves sounded not far away, and Jiang Li led the cavalry to gradually approach in the snow at a not too fast speed.
"Who of you is in charge here, Zhuang Huchen?" Jiang Weiting's horse came out and asked.
"Sir, I am Chen Qianshan, who is in charge of transportation here, and now I am about to meet Zhuang Huchen, and now I am only two or three miles away from Zhuang Huchen." Chen Qianshan stepped forward and said.
"Let's go, you man. The strength is not small, how can a good body not join the army in the logistics team. It's like I've seen you somewhere, and it's familiar. Jiang Li stepped forward, and he could see it clearly the moment the young man picked up the carriage just now.
"The commander has a good memory, the little one is called Zhang Chujiu, he was tied up by the Japanese in the arsenal on September 18, if the commander hadn't arrived with the troops, the little one's life would have been handed over to the Japanese." Zhang Chujiu smiled honestly and said, "The little one was saved by the commander, and he was about to join the army to serve under the commander after recuperating for more than a month, but his mother was seriously ill, so he went back to his hometown in Gongzhuling, and stayed in his hometown for more than two months. ”
"The foundation is good, he is a man, follow me in the future, Wei Ting, give him a horse." Jiang Li said to Jiang Weiting.
"Thank you, Commander." When Zhang Chujiu heard this, the joy on his honest face could not be concealed.
Chen Qianshan didn't expect that the person who came turned out to be Jiang Li himself, there were only two people in the team who moved westward who could be called the commander, Huang Xiansheng, who was already thirty-five or sixteen years old, had already gone to Guisui, there was no doubt that Jiang Li was in front of him, but he didn't expect Zhang Chujiu, a big man, to have this blessing, and he was directly promoted to be promoted by Jiang Li to be a personal soldier. However, it is not an exaggeration to call his strength an innate divine power. is also a person with capital.
When he saw Zhuang Huchen, Jiang Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the machinery was still there, fortunately he only lost some food, but the morale of the convoy was extremely low, and some people could be heard sobbing from time to time. At this point, most people looked at this team in amazement, which was bigger than the previous ones. Some timid people thought that Tang Zuofu and these people had come back, and they couldn't help but be startled, and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Zhuang Huchen's face amiable, and greeted him with some grievances, it seemed that the army of Fengtian in the east had withdrawn.
"Tang Sasuke's people even robbed these people?" After seeing Zhuang Huchen, Jiang Li asked with a frown.
"Robbed, everything of value was snatched, and even a little food was left for us." Zhuang Huchen said with a sad face, "There are thousands of people on the other side, and there are less than 200 guns on the other side, so in order to avoid casualties, I didn't fight them, please ask the commander to punish them." ”
"If it's the Japanese, you decide that even if the Japanese don't kill you, I'll kill your head, but you're doing the right thing in this matter, tell the people who marched together, don't cry and cry, you find a few people who can write, count their losses, I'll go to Tang Zuofu to get it back, let them report it appropriately, damn it, the robbery came to my head, don't give these people a little bit of power, let them spit it out with their own profits, and think I, Jiang Li, am a good bully." Jiang Li scolded, the large army was still behind, in order to prevent Tang Zuofu and Cui Xingwu from continuing to make trouble, Jiang Li deliberately led the cavalry to take the first step.
"Commander, then Tang Sasuke is still Tang Laohu's second son, if you take these cavalry to go, I'm afraid you will suffer, if the commander doesn't dislike it, he will go with the commander." Zhuang Huchen said eagerly, he pretended to be his grandson in front of Tang Zuofu for a long time that day, and Zhuang Huchen also wanted to get the field back. Although Zhuang Huchen is not too clear about Jiang Li's character, he always knows a rough idea, and even the people who dare to disobey the orders of Chairman Jiang and the young marshal are considered a fart by Tang Laohu, the chairman of Rehe Province. Zhuang Huchen also has a spectrum in his heart, and he was still a little afraid of Tang Tiger when he fought with the Japanese army before, and now that tens of thousands of troops have withdrawn eastward, it is almost the same bad luck not to look for Tang Laohu.
"There aren't so many horses now, the people here are familiar with you, you can do a good job of pacifying." Jiang Liyi pulled the reins, although the machine had no loss, but he couldn't eat this dumb loss, before going to northern Shaanxi, he had to make some momentum, so that those cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods didn't dare to offend easily.
"Okay, don't cry, don't cry with a sad face, the commander has spoken, and Commander Jiang will help you get back everyone's losses!" Although Jiang Li's application to find a venue was rejected, but when he heard that Commander Jiang was going to personally lead troops to pursue Tang Zuofu's doggy day, Zhuang Huchen still felt quite energetic, and led a few soldiers to shout loudly in this group of fleeing refugees. The soldier who took out the pen and paper was even more excited, raising the paper in his hand and shouting that the refugees who were beaten by the other party could also declare medical expenses and the like, and suddenly the entire refugee group was excited.
"Commander Jiang, that's Commander Jiang in front!" Hearing the shouts of Zhuang Huchen and the soldiers, many refugees wept silently and knelt in the snow to bow to the cavalry group in the distance. Most of them have accumulated praise for many years to save their current net worth, and now they have left their hometowns, their future is uncertain, and the only savings they have have been robbed by the wolf-like cavalry of Rehe, so how can these people who drag their families live in the future? But Jiang Li's strength and Jiang Li's calf protector gave these refugees hope, even if they didn't know them, Jiang Li could stand up for the refugees who moved west together, and go to those unreasonable bandits to get back the losses. When the news reached the front of the refugee team, these refugees couldn't help but have a reliance in their hearts, even if they were uprooted from their hometowns, even if they were fleeing from the war, they still had the protection of Commander Jiang. (To be continued......)