In the camp of the Qing army, a group of soldiers were lining up in a long line, each of them took over two yellow-black wowotou from the hands of the man, and all the Qing soldiers who received the wowotou were carefully held, for fear of a little mistake. One of the soldiers accidentally dropped the head of the nest on the ground, and quickly picked it up, desperately blowing away the dust with his mouth, and when he saw that the dust was really not clean, he did not break off the clay, but ate it with his mouth, and was reluctant to waste a little.

This nest is mixed with half of the wheat husk, and each size is about three taels. From before the Chinese New Year to the present, this is the daily food that the Qing soldiers have eaten for a month or two. Even when I was in the city, the weight of each nest was only two taels, but now it has increased by half, because there is a war, and we must be generous. And the people of Lin'an Mansion City, they can't even eat this kind of nest.

A scent wafted through the air, and the scent was so enticing.

A Qing army officer sniffed sharply and muttered, "The meat is fragrant, this is the smell of pork, not only that, but also chicken, salted fish, ......" As he spoke, he involuntarily walked in the direction of the fragrance.

"Meat, where did it come from?" More Qing soldiers smelled the fragrance and walked in the direction of the fragrance like the officer in front, and soon many Qing officers and soldiers found that the fragrance was wafting from the Qin army position opposite, so they could only stop and be disappointed.

Don't say that compared with the simple food of the Qing army now, it is compared with the ordinary small landlords in the Taiping period, the Qin army's gang? Food is considered a luxury. Not only rice and white flour steamed buns are enough, but also braised pork, chicken, sea fish, etc., especially salted fish made of various sea fish, which is indispensable for every meal.

Liangguang Fujian. Even in Vietnam, there are millions of people living along the coast. How many fishermen go out to sea?

There is a lot of seafood in the territory of the Qin army. Tens of thousands of fishermen set up boats to go to sea, catching countless fish every day. After these sea fish were made into dried fish, the army became the largest buyer.

"The short-haired thief raised by the son of a bitch, he is not afraid of being punished if he eats so well!"

"If you can eat like this, Lao Tzu will be worth dying."

"These short-haired thieves can really eat so well, they can't fool us, right?"

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Qin Jun shaved his hair up and down. Liu Xian didn't say whether he had long hair in ancient times or short Western-style hair, but at least at this time, every one of them was short or bald. Therefore, the short-haired thief became a contempt for the Qin army by the Manchus, and Liu Xian's personal guard battalion was even scolded as a 'bald army'.

Some people scold, some people envy, some people doubt. The reactions of Qing officers and soldiers varied. However, it is certain that after the trial battle in the morning, the morale of the Qing army, which was already low, was even more sluggish at this time, and the food that I thought was good in the early stage was not as good as the pig food compared with the enemy. Then why can't we even eat enough pig food like this, while the enemy can eat big fish and meat? In such a comparison, any achievements are not attractive.

There is nothing bigger than being able to eat enough.

For an army that has not had enough to eat for a long time, the allure of food is immeasurable.

"What's going on?" The noise of the soldiers outside has reached the Chinese army camp.

In the camp tent, Zhang Shusheng and other senior officials were also eating, and the food was not as bad as the Qin army on the other side. Hearing the noise outside, Chen Chaogang first frowned and asked.

One of the soldiers hurriedly ran out. After a while, he came back to Chen Chaogang: "Report to the town, it was the brothers who smelled the aroma of food wafting from the camp of the short-haired thieves, and couldn't help but discuss. ”

"Ridiculous, that's to be discussed. Summons, no uproar, otherwise military law will deal with it. "That's the reason for that. Zhang Shusheng, who sat on the top, felt that his face was shady, and this group of Qiu Ba didn't give himself a long face. There's something to talk about when eating. But I didn't care. It was not uncommon for the two armies to smell each other's food. But it's not for nothing.

"Obey." He had his own soldiers answering, and he turned around and was going down.

"Here you go." Yang Fengchun greeted Chen Chaogang's personal soldiers. He didn't feel that this would be a conspiracy of the Qin army, but he was bored and asked, "Do you smell the aroma of the short-haired thief's food, what do they eat?" ”

"Back to my lord, there are pork, chicken, salted fish, ......" said the pro-soldier Lian Lian and drooled.

No way!

The first reaction of more than a dozen generals in the camp was that the pro-soldier was lying. If you want to let the aroma drift for miles, it is definitely not possible to do less, how can Qin Jun be so extravagant.

"Let's go out and have a look." Zhang Shu said.

More than a dozen senior officers in the army, if they come out to patrol the camp together on weekdays, everywhere they go, it is absolutely silent. But today, it's different......

"MD, shorthair is a dirty trick. The morale of the army is scattered, how will the war be fought next?? ”

Zhang Shusheng's face was gloomy all the way. At this time, he slammed the table, "Command artillery, fire!" ”

The smell of meat and meat in the food was a silent cannonball, which directly contributed to the spiritual defense line of the Qing soldiers. Then he will return it with a real cannon, and I will let you eat it again!!

Soon the sound of artillery sounded again on the battlefield. But the Qing army couldn't eat the horse grain store at all. These Qing soldiers, who could only charge with their guns straight, even if they broke up the queue, with the assistance of more than a dozen heavy machine guns and more than 20 mortars, as well as eight three-inch breech guns, could not rush to the position of the Qin army at all.

In one afternoon, the Qing army carried out three attacks, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses, which fell on the battlefield.

Zhang Shusheng is like a gambler who loses red eyes, preparing to gather troops to launch a general attack after nightfall, but the Hunan army troops in front of him failed to block the main force of the Qin army, Zhang Shusheng did not have time to push all the gambling books in his hand onto the gambling table, so he had to take over the Hunan troops who retreated from the front line, and all of them withdrew towards Fucheng.

The 12,000 men at the time of the expedition returned to the city and were counted, and the number was less than 9,000. Among them, of course, there were soldiers who were scattered during the retreat, but many more fell on the battlefield. And twenty steel cannons and a large number of shells were discarded.

The climate of Lin'an Mansion City is like a cold winter, and as far as the eye can see, there are all soldiers with their heads down.

The next day, the Qin soldiers who arrived on the outskirts of the city immediately launched an attack on the positions outside the city.

"Boom ......"

Countless grenades fell from the sky and exploded violently in the trenches of the Qing army, and the Qing army, which was still relying on the trenches to shoot at the Qin army just now, was suddenly plunged into a smoke of gunpowder and screams. When the smoke cleared, the scene in the trench was really horrible, with severed limbs and stumps everywhere.

The guns of resistance had died away, and only the moanings, cries, and wails rang out one after another.

"Boom-"

The Qin army's shells began to extend backwards, falling in the ranks of the Qing army in the rear and exploding, each shell taking several or even more than ten lives. The Qing army, which had just retreated from the battlefield, was suddenly in a big mess and spread its legs again and fled.

"Steady, steady! No backwards! Several Qing army officers were shouting loudly.

It's just that these Qing troops have long been frightened by the Qin army, even if the rear is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, they don't want to face the guns of the Qin army, let alone just shout. No one paid any attention to the orders of a few officers, and thousands of people scrambled to flee backwards, and there were countless tramples.

In half a day, the Qin army swept all the Qing army positions outside the south gate and west gate of Lin'an Fucheng.

The Qing troops at the north gate and the east gate began to take the initiative to retreat, and in the case of the east gate, that is, Zhong Wanxin, Liu Jianghua and other miscellaneous cards retreated to Yang Fengchun's position. The entire east gate, north gate, and the positions outside the city were all abandoned, and only the position under the nose in front of the city gate was retained.

It was getting dark, and Lin'an City fell back into darkness. The streets were deserted, and Yuer could see a lantern or two swaying in the wind, and there was no one under the lanterns. For most ordinary soldiers and civilians, the fear of the day has passed, and it is time to rest well at night.

Compared with the darkness in the city, the city of Lin'an is full of torches, and the four heads of the east, west, north and south are as bright as day. Groups of sergeants were still patrolling back and forth, and the slightest disturbance outside the city would cause a commotion in the city, which would not stop until it was sure that there was nothing to do.

The positions outside the city were dark. Like a shadow hidden in the light, no one knows how many people inside are watching.

At the east gate position, Yang Fengchun personally led the team to patrol the trenches. Not far outside is the outpost of the Qin army, and the Qing army here is more nervous than the Qing soldiers on the city wall. The soldiers on duty at night had already reported the military situation several times in succession, but fortunately, it was a false alarm in the end.

Approaching the corner of the trench, there was a sound of footsteps. A personal soldier beside Yang Fengchun hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”

Zhong Wanxin picked up the yellowing wind lantern of the first battle and walked out of the corner: "It's me." ”

Seeing that it was Zhong Wanxin, the soldier immediately stepped forward to say hello. A few days ago, he followed Yang Fengchun to Zhong Wanxin's mansion for a banquet, and he was naturally familiar with Zhong Wanxin. hurriedly said: "My lord, it's Lord Zhong." ”

Yang Fengchun walked over at this time, "It turned out to be Brother Zhong." Why are you here at this time? Regardless of whether Zhong Wanxin was true or false to him, Yang Fengchun was quite surprised to see him at this time.

"The eldest brother has worked hard for the past two days, and the younger brother got some wine and food to invite the eldest brother to drink. Suppress the big brother! ”

Yang Fengchun was silent for a while, shocked, this would really be shocking. "Good brother, go, come this way." It's always time to let go after the thrill. Yang Fengchun even wanted to continue to deepen his friendship with Zhong Wanxin and tied him firmly to his boat.

"Huh. Have a good time with your big brother today! Zhong Wanxin felt that the completion of the task was getting closer and closer to him. After speaking, he shouted to the back: "You two, quick, bring the things over." ”

"Yes, sir."

Someone in the back responded, and the two pro-soldiers each carried two cages in their hands, the cages were tightly wrapped in cloth, but they could still smell the smell of meat.

'Goodong, Goodong' sounded several times, but it was several personal soldiers around Yang Fengchun who swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva. Yang Fengchun himself is a deputy general, and he can guarantee good food. But the pro-soldiers around him are much more pitiful, only a little better than ordinary soldiers.

Zhong Wanxin was not just two people behind him, but four people. There were also two people, one holding wine, and the other carrying two vegetable cages. These two vegetable cages were prepared for the two of their own soldiers. (To be continued......) R1292