Chapter 846: The Wounded Tiger
In the evening of this day, Wang Dan returned to the camp with his brothers as usual, although he instructed his brothers in advance to pretend to be tired, but there were still many people walking vigorously, without the slightest tiredness, fortunately more than 2,000 of them walked together, and they were already chaotic, so this little flaw should not arouse the suspicion of others.
Dinner is rice plus two dishes and a soup, of which the soup is fruit soup, the most important thing that is not lacking here in Yuezhou is fruit, the Huotou army is to chop the fruit and throw it into the cauldron to cook, it is very sweet without adding sugar, as for the dish, it is a meat and a vegetable, the meat is braised fish, and the vegetarian is fried beans, but it is said to be fried, it is better to say that it is boiled, the beans are boiled, as for the taste of the dish, there is no need to force it, anyway, it is not bad to eat the stomach.
"General, seeing that there are only seven or eight days left in the one-month period, our project has not even been completed by two percent, and there is no trace of Li Qiande's rebels as you mentioned, if it is really the end of the month, we people will have nothing, I am afraid that you and Commander Cao will punish them." At this time, Zhou Dabeard came to Wang Dan with a large coarse porcelain bowl in his left hand and sat down beside Wang Dan, the rice in the bowl was very sharp, with a fish and beans piled on it, and the other hand was holding fruit soup.
"What are you anxious about, let me tell you, we can sit here and eat safely now, but Li Qiande's people are definitely more anxious than us, maybe they are now in full swing preparations, and they may attack our camp tonight, so the patrol at night must not be sloppy, I will patrol from time to time, if I catch the patrol person lazy or sleeping, I will close the small black house tomorrow!" Wang Dan said with a glaring in the end.
Hear the words "little black house". As a result, Zhou Dabeard was scared, and when it came to the little black house, it still came out of the military academy, and now it has become the standard punishment of the army, although this thing is not beaten or scolded, but that kind of mental torture is simply worse than death, and Zhou Dabeard has been fortunate to "enjoy" twice. Every time he came out, he swore that he would never enter the small black house again after he died, and even a guy like him who crawled out of the mountain of corpses and blood on the battlefield couldn't stand the little black house, let alone ordinary people.
When the bearded man next week immediately shut up, lowered his head and ate the rice in a big gulp, but he was a broken mouth, and he couldn't stop his mouth when he ate, and he kept muttering while picking up the rice in his mouth: "This rice is beautiful and delicious, but it's not hungry, so eat such a big bowl of rice." I was hungry in less than half of the night, and I was still hungry from the oily noodles in my hometown, and I was not hungry the next morning after eating such a big bowl......
Listening to Zhou's bearded chatter, Wang Dan couldn't help but feel a little emotional, he was from Tokyo. I grew up eating pasta since I was a child, but since I came to Yuezhou. At the beginning, he had a sour stomach every time he ate rice, but now he finally got used to it, but when he thinks about the food in his hometown. It's really nostalgic.
Although Wang Dan deliberately arranged the tasks during the day not to be heavy, after all, he also needed to work, so after dinner, most of the people chose to go into the tent and sleep well, after Wang Dan personally arranged the patrol. He also fell asleep in the tent, but at about the third watch he suddenly woke up from his sleep, and then got up and put on his clothes, and prepared to go out to make rounds. Speaking of which, he has a skill, that is, no matter how tired he is at night, as long as he thinks about which hour to wake up before going to bed, he will definitely wake up at that hour, which is more accurate than fighting.
Although it was the middle of the night in February, the climate in Yuezhou was not only not cold, but also cool and breezy, which made people feel very comfortable, Wang Dan went out of the tent and stretched a long lazy waist, and then called a few guards out of the camp and began to check the situation along the patrol area arranged before, in fact, the main thing is to see if those patrols and light and dark piles are lazy.
After inspecting most of the circle, Wang Dan did not find that anyone dared to be lazy, which made him very satisfied, then he came to the easternmost part of the camp, where a dark pile was arranged, and the location of the hidden pile was in a half-withered tree, and the wood in the heart of the tree was completely rotten, forming a large hollow, enough to accommodate several people to go in, Wang Dan arranged two people inside, so that in case of an enemy sneak attack from the east, they could warn in advance.
Because it was a dark pile, Wang Dan didn't dare to bring torches, but approached quietly with people, which also tested the vigilance of the dark pile personnel, but as soon as they approached the dark pile, they heard an alert voice from inside: "Who! ”
"The moon is in the middle of the sky!" Wang Dan reported tonight's password, like this kind of hidden pile is generally arranged at the edge of the camp, if there is an enemy they must be the first to encounter, so the danger is also the greatest, if someone suddenly approaches at night, and can not give the order, they will immediately light the grenade they carry and throw it over, one is to report to the people in the rear, and the other is to buy themselves time to escape, so when encountering this kind of hidden pile, he does not dare to have any sloppiness.
Hearing Wang Dan's order, the soldiers in the dark pile were obviously relieved, and then allowed Wang Dan to get closer, and waited until Wang Dan came to the tree hole, with the help of the starlight in the sky, he saw that there were two soldiers with blankets in it, although the weather in Yuezhou was not cold, but the dew at night was very heavy, and if you didn't use a blanket, you would definitely get wet all over, and you might fall ill the next day.
"General!" When they saw Wang Dan, the two soldiers completely relaxed their guard at this time, and at the same time let go of the grenade and fire fold in their hands, and Wang Dan also nodded with satisfaction, "Dissatisfied, the vigilance is quite high, have you found anything abnormal?" ”
"General, everything is normal!" The soldier on the left whispered, but the soldier on his right was a little reluctant to speak, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
Although the starlight in the sky was not bright, Wang Dan's eyes were sharp, and the abnormality of the soldier on the right did not escape his eyes, and he turned his head to the soldier and asked, "What, do you have any abnormal findings?" ”
"This ......" I saw that the soldier hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "General Qiyu, half an hour ago we saw a tiger running out of the woods, its hind leg was injured, and it was limping, there are not many animals in the jungle that can hurt the tiger, and we didn't hear any big movement, so I have some doubts......"
The soldier's words were not finished, but the meaning was very clear, there are not no animals in the jungle that can hurt tigers, such as elephants, rhinoceros and other large animals, can hurt tigers, but the movement of these animals when fighting with tigers is definitely not small, that is, those who can hurt tigers without making too much noise are most likely people. Of course, it is also possible that the place where the tiger was injured was relatively far away, so they didn't hear it, but the range of tigers on this side of Yuezhou is not very large, and they all have a fixed territory, so this soldier's suspicion is also reasonable.
"You used to be Orion?" Wang Dan suddenly asked the soldier who was speaking.
"Huh? General, how do you know? The soldier on the right was immediately shocked and said, he was indeed from the Orion family, and he was very familiar with the habits of tigers, but he was from the north, and the habits of tigers in the south were different from those of his hometown, so he was not too sure.
"You have made a great contribution this time, you two don't have to guard it anymore, go back with General Ben, and you will have a heavy reward tomorrow!" Wang Dan immediately spoke, turned around and left after speaking, the military situation was urgent, he was naturally not in the mood to chat with the two soldiers again, although the abnormality found by the other party did not mean that there might be an enemy ambush in the jungle, but the so-called caution made the Wannian ship, especially in the special period that Li Qiande might choose at any time.
Wang Dan hurriedly returned to the camp with people, and then sent someone to call Zhou Dabeard and other five heads, and then told them the discovery of the hidden pile, and asked the five of them to immediately gather their soldiers quietly, but on the surface, no one could find any abnormality, so as not to be discovered by the enemy who might be ambushed in the jungle, so as to give up the plan of sneak attack.
Of course, Wang Dan did not forget to send people to inform other troops, after Commander Cao and others received his notice, they were all vigilant, they had all experienced the battle of life and death on the battlefield, and knew that any negligence on the battlefield could cause huge losses, so although the news sent by Wang Dan was just his guess, they did not dare to have any carelessness.
However, in contrast, the high-ranking commander from the capital, after receiving the news from Wang Dan, scolded angrily, and then drove the messenger out, because in his opinion, judging that there might be an enemy lurking in the jungle based on a tiger that could be injured alone is simply unreasonable, and even his brain is abnormal, and as a person with a normal brain, he will not believe such nonsense.
After the high commander drove the people away, he continued to sleep with his head covered, not making any preparations at all. Speaking of which, Wang Dan and Cao Commander's army were arranged under the four city walls to facilitate their construction of the city wall, while the army of the high commander was on guard outside the city wall during the day and stationed near the city lord's mansion in the city at night, and was responsible for protecting Zhao Hao's safety by the way.
It is precisely because of this that in the eyes of the high commander, even if someone sneaks up, he will attack Wang Dan's army first, and he will have enough time to react at that time. It's just that what Commander Gao never expected was that it was his kind of thinking that almost cost him and Zhao Hao their lives. (To be continued......)