"Brother Huang, come and eat a steamed cake, I'll help you get it." Bai Youwu shouted loudly and handed Huang Shan a cake.

The blood and mud on Huang Shan's face had not been washed away, and he took it tremblingly, the steamed cake was the steamed bun of the later generations, the fragrance of white noodles came, and the saliva in Huang Shan's mouth came out one by one, and he raised his head with some trepidation and looked at the white house in front of him.

"The first meal is all heavy white noodles, and then I don't know when to send one, basically all multigrain cakes, but I won't starve." Bai Youwu sat down next to him and nibbled on his own multigrain cakes.

Huang Shan saw that Bai Youwu began to eat, and also lowered his head and took a bite gently, the steamed cakes were so delicious, Huang Shan couldn't remember when he had eaten them, maybe it was the New Year before last, when he still had an elder brother, and he was also in a village, Huang Shan himself was not married, and the New Year was with his brother, as if in the blink of an eye, he was thousands of miles away in the strange Lushun, a place he had never heard of, and his brother's family had died on the way to Liaodong.

He took small bites, savoring the delicious taste of the steamed cakes, tears flowing silently from his cheeks.

This is a small camp on the west side of Lushun Water City, where the soldiers of Toucheng live temporarily, surrounded by a simple earthen wall, with some torches inserted at the root of the wall, and some Dengzhou soldiers sit on the earthen wall. Huang Shan knew that they were guarding against the internal response in the coat, these Ming troops were neither vicious nor friendly, and the eyes of the coat were a little strange, but Huang Shan still felt that he had come to the right place.

When he climbed to the edge of the ditch, he called out loudly to show that he had surrendered, and was allowed to enter the earthen wall. The two soldiers pressed him to the ground, searched him, tied him up, and escorted him inside.

Huang Shan watched all the way. There were some soldiers on duty on the earthen wall, and a few soldiers were walking towards the barrage, they were holding muskets, that is, ambush troops, to prevent the other side from attacking at night.

There were some straw huts under the earthen wall, and there was a breastwork on the side near the earthen wall, in which rows of soldiers sat and there were many people coming and going behind the grass factory. Carrying torches, they were looking through the corpses on the ground, which were denser than those in the middle of the ground, mostly Houjin soldiers who had broken through the earthen walls during the day. These auxiliaries all took off their helmets when they looked through them, and when they saw that it was a rat's tail, they cut it down, and once they found the body of the Dengzhou soldier, they carefully put it away. If the limbs are broken, they are wrapped in cloth and placed neatly near the second earthen wall.

At the entrance to the second earthen wall, Huang Shan was transferred to a man with a white helmet, who led him with two strong soldiers to the back of another earthen wall, and in front of the second earthen wall there was also a trench, deeper and wider than the first. The back is about the same, but there are fewer soldiers, and there are some auxiliaries boiling water and cooking.

When he arrived at a nest, the white-helmeted Ming Jun asked him about his identity in detail, and heard that it was after Bai Youwu and a cow were recorded. recruited Bai Youwu to recognize the person, and only after confirming the identity of the coat did he untie the rope. Two soldiers brought him here.

In the blink of an eye, Huang Shan crossed the earthen wall that seemed to never be able to pass through guò, and arrived next to the city of Arthur, which he had seen countless times. It was like in a dream, and it wasn't until he ate the steamed cakes that the sweet taste brought him back to reality.

Huang Shanyou looked around, there were a lot of Baoyi who surrendered some time ago, there were about 300 people here, and there were even more than a dozen Mongolians, they themselves were in a ball and gobbled up, Huang Shan just took a look at it, the status of the Mongols in Houjin was slightly higher than that of the Han people, and in essence, they were also Baoyi, and there was no difference between the masters and the masters, so Huang Shan didn't look down on these people very much before.

Most of these people who took refuge were relaxed, eating their own food, some familiar ones were talking to each other in low voices, making some pleasant laughs, as long as it was not too loud, and the soldiers around them did not interfere.

Huang Shan looked at the few people who were talking and laughing while eating, and slowly showed some smiles, and he felt an unprecedented sense of security in his heart, and no one would suddenly come to kill him. His eyes became smart again, and after his eyes rolled, he smiled and asked Bai Youwu, "Brother Bai, how did you come here?" ”

Bai Youwu said a little proudly: "I was on the easternmost edge of our Niulu that day, and the Niulu really asked us to dig a wider nest for him to hide, and I slipped down the earthen wall by pouring soil, and crawled over the ground along the horse barrier, I couldn't go to the ditch, there were iron nails." At that time, I thought that even if I was cut down by the Dengzhou soldiers, I would die and die, which was better than being no one and no ghost in Jiannu. ”

"Brother Bai, what should you do with your daughter-in-law?"

"I died a few days before I left, and I was tired." After Bai Youwu finished speaking, he took a sip of water, and handed his coarse porcelain bowl to Huang Shan, and said in his mouth, "She doesn't die, I really don't dare to run over, only after I came over, I learned that these soldiers are all heavenly soldiers and generals, but guess what, they were just homeless farmers a year or two ago, and they fought with Lord Chen, and they became heavenly soldiers. Kill the Tartars for Lord Chen. ”

"Instructor?"

"It's the official Zhang who just came to speak, the one who spoke kindly. I heard that it is the family of the chief instructor Lord Huang, which is equivalent to Bayala, I heard that he has just arrived in another bureau, and we will be under his control in the future, Lao Tzu came early, and Lord Zhang said to me at that time, 'Bai Youwu, your name is good, and you will definitely have a house and a daughter-in-law in two years.' ’”

Bai Youwu learned from Lord Zhang's demeanor, and his face was full of smiles.

"Brother Bai, you are really a good man." As soon as Huang Shan heard that Bai Youwu was familiar with Master Zhang, his demeanor became more respectful, and he immediately ripped off half of the steamed cake in his hand and handed it to Bai Youwu, "There are only a few people who have run out of our Niu Lu, and Brother Bai will have to take care of it more in the future." In the past, in the village, brother, I thought that Brother Bai, you are righteous, even those Tartars are strict, and I haven't said a few words to the eldest brother, but I admire that arrogance, brother. ”

Bai Youwu looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention here, so he quickly took half a cake, and then took a bite before whispering to Huang Shan: "Brother, I sue you, the heaviest thing in Dengzhou is military merit, if you don't want to fight, you can work with peace of mind, now Dengzhou is divided into ten acres of land in Tunbao, and two buckets of grain per mu are enough." But it's better to be a soldier, in the future, it will be a hundred acres of land in Liaodong, Lushun you have also seen, Jiannu will be killed sooner or later, and Liaodong will be harvested in the future, you will plant a hundred acres of land, and the daughter-in-law will not be able to come. ”

Huang Shan's face was full of smiles, and his eyes flashed with hope as he looked at Bai Youwu. The other two coats from the same Niu Lu also came over, and they naturally felt close and chatted warmly with each other in low voices. A group of people who still have braided coats are already dreaming about a better future, or scolding someone in the original Niu Lu together, Huang Shan's words are the most, and several people have been chatting until the second half of the night, and after they cursed the worst ones together, they finally couldn't help falling asleep, Bai Youwu went to get a few quilts, and they squeezed into a nest to sleep.

"Go to bed early, tomorrow these soldiers will lead you to take a bath and cut your braids, and everyone should be respectful to the soldiers." After Bai Youwu told him, he turned over and fell asleep.

There was thunder of snoring around, and the bonfire outside was slowly extinguished. Huang Shan exhaled comfortably. There was a slight chill in the night sky, the quilt was a little damp, and there were some fleas, but this was countless times better than his house in Zhang Zhongqi, where he could only sleep in a pile of ura grass. In Huang Shan's heart, this is the best night since he left his hometown, at least he doesn't have to worry about surviving tomorrow.

He subconsciously looked to the north, thinking about the Zhang Zhongqi who let him go, I don't know if he saved his life when he went back, if Houjin still wants to continue to attack, Huang Shan is sure that Zhang Zhongqi will not survive tomorrow.

"Alive." Huang Shan muttered in the dark......

The night passed quickly, and another dawn came. That night, the auxiliaries of Dengzhou Town were busy, busy cleaning the battlefield and repairing the battle line.

The deputy commander-in-chief of the left association of Dengzhou Town in the center of Lushun, and the central organization of Dengzhou Town in Lushun is here, including the battalion headquarters of the fourth battalion and the Dengzhou divisions stationed in this time. The courtyard was brightly lit, and the chief officers, tangma, and staff officers of various departments came and went, and went to each department to handle their own affairs. There were few people in front of the gate of the inner courtyard, and in front of the wall stood the soldiers of the guards, only high-ranking officers were allowed to enter, and the aftermath and defensive arrangements were being arranged in the combat conference room inside.

Chen Xin yawned and turned out from behind the wall, and he temporarily stayed in it so that the officers could ask for instructions temporarily. He had been dealing with military affairs and inspecting the wounded last night, and slept for two hours in the second half of the night, and forced himself up when it was close to dawn.

Although he was a little tired, Chen Xin was in a good mood, there were two more critical places in yesterday's battle, he saw the blue and yellow assault on the east side of the second earthen wall, where the earthen wall had been occupied by the Houjin soldiers, the spearmen guarding were repelled to the front of the second earthen wall, and the follow-up Houjin soldiers poured in like a flood, and the two sides repeatedly tug-of-war between the two earthen walls, Liu Pojun successively put in a mandarin duck formation division, two phalanx companies, combat engineers and the first general detachment of the first battalion, and the surrounding field artillery also rushed to help, Both the four-pounder and eight-pounder guns demonstrated far superior mobility to the Hongyi cannons, and after a fierce battle, they finally expelled the opponent from the wall.

Chen Xin had been observing the battlefield from an artillery position behind the second earthen wall, and at the most critical moment, he once felt that Liu Pojun might retreat to the second earthen wall, but Liu Pojun was very good this time, and his counterattack was very resolute, and he did not use the first line of defense as a position to be abandoned.

The appearance of each ministry also shows the quality of the professional army, Chen Xin is the first time to look at the battlefield from the perspective of an observer, without thinking about dealing with it at any time, the town of Dengzhou he saw is very brave, and there are still many shortcomings, mainly in terms of the coordination of the arms, but on the whole he is very proud.

After yesterday's battle, Chen Xin confirmed that Huang Taiji could not capture Lushun, so he was in a very happy mood, and now it depends on whether Huang Taiji is willing to persevere. Sent someone to the door to call Liu Pojun and Huang Side to meet, and the three of them took the guards to inspect the battle line together, although Chen Xin was also a little tired, but at this time, the main general must set an example and remind all the soldiers not to relax. At the same time, he also needs to go to Xiguanshan to observe Houjin's movements, and then confirm the main work of the day. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Biquge www.biquge.info to vote for recommendations and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )