The entire world seemed to have fallen into a bottomless abyss, and the endless dark clouds pressed on the top of the head, and the raindrops like iron beans hit the body and the ground, crackling and exploding. The long line of Qing troops crowded on the narrow mountain road like chicken intestines, leaving it unobstructed to let the rain and endure the baptism of this torrential rain.

When the expeditionary force launched the campaign, they forgot to prepare sufficient rain gear, and on such a battlefield, every raincoat was almost a life. The Qing army obviously made such a mistake, and tens of thousands of soldiers who braved the rain to climb such a high mountain struggled in the torrential rain. It's a pity that they don't have an emergency delivery from the Air Force, so they can only be exhausted and miserable.

In the continuous rain, the temperature dropped sharply. Especially in the high-altitude Gaoligong Mountain, the wet clothes are attached to the body, and it is really cold to the bone. If the former Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan, and even the vast majority of the Qing army, would not believe that people would freeze to death in this warm May, then the fact will teach them many ruthless lessons.

Daniel Zhang sighed heavily, staring at the two soldiers who were carried over, they were cold and couldn't move. Touching their hands and foreheads and cheeks, they were cold, and their eyes were wide open and still turning. But when the people brought the hot soup to feed them, they couldn't drink it anymore, so they watched them die.

"Governor." Hu Xiance, the veteran and serious general, cautiously said, "More than 100 people have frozen to death, and the number of wounded and sick is increasing. Grasshoppers and gnats are rampant, the rain is continuous and rarely clear, and the soldiers are unbearable. What if—"

Daniel Zhang raised his hand to interrupt his subordinates' words, closed his eyes and let out a long breath, "There are enemy troops blocking the road in front, and several attacks have been fruitless, but the losses are not small." Trapped in this hellish mountain forest, the strength of our army is declining day by day, shouldn't you be in a hurry? If it were only our Ganshan Green Battalion here, it would not be difficult to order a retreat. But the Han army of the line commander is also there, who proposes it first, it is inevitable that he will not be punished by his boss in the future, so what can he do? ”

In Kunming's view, it is obviously not difficult to destroy the remnants of Tengchong's Ming army, and if the losses are so great and they return without success, if they are held responsible, Daniel Zhang and Xian Guoan may have to bear the black pot if they first propose to retreat. Therefore, although Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan both had the idea of retreating at this time, no one wanted to put forward it first and give it to others.

If Daniel Zhang led the Ganxi Green Battalion to withdraw first, the line Guoan could tell Kunming that he was alone and put the blame on Daniel Zhang, and vice versa. These two people are actually supporting, or still have the illusion of breaking the Ming army's resistance and rushing out of the mountains and forests.

However, in terms of combat preparations, the impact of the rainy season on the Qing army was even more significant. The Bird Gun Soldiers under the line Guoan were completely useless in the rain, while the Ming troops stationed on the hill had rain shelter facilities, and someone was specially responsible for drying the gunpowder in the back, and the musketeers could still ensure a high rate of fire. The bow and arrow of the Qing army, the impact of the rain is greater, the bow arm is damp, the bowstring is wet, and the arrow feather is wet, not only is it very difficult to shoot the target, but the bow is still constantly scrapped and lost. The crossbow used by the Ming army's Mengshan Keshi had little impact, and the crossbow arrows did not have arrow clusters, which could still basically ensure the range and accuracy.

It's one thing to know by heart, it's another to make a decision. In the past few days, the physical strength of the Qing army has decreased, the attack has been frustrated, and there is not even much dry firewood left for heating and cooking, and the situation is getting worse and worse. But neither Daniel Zhang nor Line Guoan dared to make a decision easily, and they were spent here.

"Besides—" Daniel Zhang stopped talking, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

Since the "Bangzi cavity" sounded from time to time on the position defended by the Ming army, Daniel Zhang felt embarrassed, after all, it was not a glorious thing for the soldiers he led to surrender and become the Ming army. There is no need to worry too much about the morale of the army, Daniel Zhang is worried that if he returns without success, the line Guoan may make a fuss about it and put the blame on him. Therefore, in any case, he cannot take the initiative to retreat, and in order to stop the mouth of the line Guoan, he must also show the desire to actively attack and the determination to strive for victory.

"This trick of the pseudo-clan is indeed very insidious, which makes the governor and the line commander suspicious, and also forces our Ganshan Green Camp to have no way out. If you retreat, you will give someone a handle! Hu Xiance sat down dejectedly, sighed and said: "Even abandon the gray slope, Dazhai, tea house, Qiaotou, Lengshuigou, and Hokusai public house, luring our army into the mountains and forests to be trapped in the rainy season, what a poisonous strategy, such a big courage, what a terrible rainy season in western Yunnan!" ”

Daniel Zhang bowed his head slightly with deep sympathy, and now he was in a dilemma, only then did he realize that he had fallen into the Ming army's plan to lure the enemy. He touched his beard under his chin and speculated: "Could it be that Li Dingguo's guy is here, so the puppet Ming army has been so adjusted and trapped our army." ”

"Pseudo-Jin King?" Wang Ziqi, the general of the Qing army, was slightly startled and silent. King Li Jin was a famous king and a famous king, and he naturally believed Daniel Zhang's speculation more than he believed that the Pseudo-Ming Sect would have such a strategy.

After a long time, Daniel Zhang stood up and said, "Don't worry, wait for me to meet the line commander, remind me, and then discuss how to break through the Ming army's blockade and get out of this difficult place!" ”

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When it is violent, it pours down, and the raindrops are like iron beans; When she stops, she is like a resentful woman, hysterical in endless time, and she can't stop. This is the rainy season in Yunnan, the rainy season in the subtropics.

Zhu Yongxing gently brushed the rain falling on his face, and stood under the grass shed to look up. The mountains and wilderness seem to have undergone baptism, and thousands of springs flow together between the stone crevices, splashing the waves and rushing to the road. Looking down the hillside, the beauty immediately disappears, replaced by a miserable and disgusting scene.

The corpses of Qing soldiers who were too close to the trench or fell into the trench are vividly visible, and there seems to be a stream on it, and the stream composed of white maggots is slowly wriggling. It's only been two or three days, and it has become like this, Zhu Yongxing was secretly shocked.

It has long been heard that there are two kinds of bugs that have the most in the rainy season in the subtropics, leeches and maggots, one that eats the living and the other that eats the dead. Zhu Yongxing is now considered to have understood all of them, and even himself once looked at the finger-sized vampire hanging from his calf and screamed terribly.

But compared to the corpse in front of the position, Zhu Yongxing felt that it should be a happy thing if the Qing army could let the locusts bite, at least prove that he was still alive. If the locusts ignore you, there will only be one kind of insect left to visit, maggots on the rotting corpses of white flowers.

Zhu Yongxing looked away, looking at the mountains and obstacles, and the smoke curled up, which was less than yesterday. When the Qing army no longer had dry firewood for cooking and heating, they could only eat raw rice. Without hot food and hot water, even the strongest man will quickly weaken during the rainy season in the jungle at high altitude.