Chapter 1227 Extinguish this eclipse
In the typhoon shelter, the Tatar old lady Arutai was eating meat and drinking wine with a group of Tatar nobles, at this time the sandstorm outside was getting bigger and bigger, Arutai enjoyed the flattery of a group of Tatar nobles, and felt that this wine and meat were extraordinarily delicious at this time, and couldn't help but drink a few more bowls. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info After all, the old lady is old, and she feels dizzy and heavy in the middle of the night, so she asks people to help her go back to sleep.
The Tatar nobles hurriedly sent the old lady to the door of the tent, and Arutai waved his hand to everyone drunken and said, "You go on, the old man will go back to sleep first, and then we will continue to fight!" ”
"Old lady, just rest, we're waiting for you!" The Tatar nobles watched Arutai leave, and they couldn't wait to go back and continue to drink.
"I'm scared all the way, I have to sleep with one eye open, and I can finally sleep happily!" It was the only thought that crossed Arutai's mind.
The carnival was still going on, and the old lady was not there, and the Tatar nobles were even more open. Especially Abu Zhi'an, I am afraid that my indulgent appearance will be glimpsed by the old lady, which will affect the hard-won status of the heir, and when I drank wine and ate meat just now, I couldn't let go. Now, as soon as the old lady left, his nature as a drunkard was revealed, and he drank wildly regardless of it. He not only drank by himself, but also pulled a group of Tatar nobles together, guessing and punishing wine, and he was very happy.
With Abu Zhi'an taking the lead, those Tatar nobles did the same, and for a time the tent was staggered, laughter and laughter were everywhere, and they were happy. Not to be outdone, the Tatar soldiers below, many of whom had already been drunk once, ran out of the tent and vomited, and came back to continue to drink wildly. In the typhoon shelter, there is a drunken cow that can smoke a live cow!
In the camp of the Ming army, all the soldiers have been awakened, and at this time the meal is ready, and the whole army has begun to eat.
Since yesterday, the supply of the soldiers has been halved, and naturally they are all hungry. At this moment, I saw a pot full of rice and a large piece of barbecue, which was closer than seeing my relatives! At this time, no one cares about thinking twice, and they are all swallowing wildly, lest they eat slowly and let others snatch their share.
There is skill in eating in the army, and when one person can't get a bowl, it's fine, and when there is still something left in the pot like this, the first bowl must not hold too much. Otherwise, if you don't finish the first bowl, the few people have in the bowl will already serve the second bowl.
Therefore, the correct way is to serve a small bowl first, and then go to the second bowl after eating, which must be much more than a large bowl and not able to hold the second bowl after eating.
When the experienced veterans served the second bowl, the speed of eating suddenly slowed down. They held rice bowls, huddled together in groups of three or five, and secretly discussed: "The third watch shouted to us to get up and eat in the middle of the night, and we were so full that it seemed that we were going to fight." ”
"Hit it! As long as the marshal is there, he will not be able to please any bullshit Tartar. "Naturally, there are many soldiers who are full of confidence in Wang Xian.
But some people are worried: "If someone really cuts off our food supply, this battle is really not easy to fight......
"Salty and don't worry about eating radish, if we really cut off the grain channel, can we still let go of eating?" As soon as their stomachs were filled, most of the soldiers regained their optimism, and no longer looked as languishing when they were hungry last night: "If you eat something, you can eat it fiercely!" As for whether to fight or not, it is arranged by the marshal. ”
"Yes! Oh, yes! All the soldiers nodded and said, "Didn't we run to this prairie to fight?" What nonsense, let's fill our stomachs first! ”
When all the officers and men of the battalion had finished eating, they came to the open space in the camp under the command of the officers to assemble in formation.
After all the soldiers were assembled, there was silence in the open space in the camp, only the whistling wind swept over everyone's heads.
On the high platform in the center of the camp, there were several fires made of firewood, and the wind blew the flames danced, and strings of sparks were swept into the sky.
All the generals were fully armed, standing solemnly on the high platform, and the soldiers did not dare to breathe when they saw the appearance of the officials, and the atmosphere of the camp was extremely solemn.
"The marshal has arrived!" A shout broke the silence in the camp, and the officers and soldiers turned their heads in unison, and looked at Wang Xian, who appeared on the high platform surrounded by Liu Sheng, Mo Wen, Xu Huaiqing and other generals, and saluted him.
Wang Xian wore a dark cloak on his shoulders, and the sword of the Son of Heaven with a golden shark skin swallow and a pearl embedded in his waist hung from his waist, with a calm expression and a firm gaze.
"Stinky boys," as usual, Liu Sheng first opened his mouth to the soldiers, "Are you all full?" ”
"Hehe, I'm full...... the officers and soldiers said embarrassedly.
"I don't think I'm full." Liu Sheng smiled.
"Master Hou," the officers and soldiers were stunned, "we are really full......
"When you're full, fuck it louder!" I heard Liu Sheng shouting at the top of his voice.
"I'm full!" At this time, everyone shouted with all their might, and their voices went straight to Xiao Han.
"That's pretty much it." After Liu Sheng finished speaking, he turned to one side and said, "Please give a lecture." ”
The soldiers held their heads high and looked at their commander.
Wang Xian's gaze swept over the soldiers, and he smiled slightly: "It's good to eat enough." After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "This is probably our last full meal......
"What? What the? With a bang, the soldiers who were originally solemn couldn't help but panic when they heard the sound, and some of them turned their heads and ears: "Look at you, what am I talking about, our grain road has really been cut off!" ”
More looked at Wang Xian nervously, hoping that the marshal was joking with them.
The officers were also so shocked that they forgot to scold the soldiers and maintain order.
As for the senior generals who knew the specific situation, they were even more shocked, and they didn't know why Wang Xian wanted to tell the truth? Let the soldiers know the real situation, what morale is there to speak of? Now there is no need for Tatars, let alone Duoyan Sanwei to attack, the army itself will collapse!
Everyone's eyes were staring at Wang Xian, and there was strong shock, strong incomprehension, strong questioning, and strong panic in that gaze...... If ordinary people are stared at by these eyes, I am afraid that they will collapse directly, but Wang Xian seems to be unaware, and still looks at himself without changing his face: "Yesterday, I learned that our grain route was cut off by at least thirty or forty thousand people a few days ago, so what you just ate is our last military ration!" ”
All the soldiers gasped, if it weren't for Wang Xian's love for soldiers like a son and his command on weekdays, he would still have a high prestige, and the soldiers would scold lightly, and it would be possible to tear this guy apart directly.
Knowing that you are running out of food, don't you save some? Don't you know what you haven't eaten? Do you turn into if you eat too much?!
"So, Ben Shuai is here to announce that we have run out of food." Wang Xian said to himself like no one else: "We have two choices now, one is to retreat westward, but the Duoyan people will definitely chase after us, and the old bastard of Arutai probably won't let go of this opportunity to pick up cheap, we don't have food, how can we persevere, escape thousands of miles, and return to Dawang City?" ”
The soldiers looked at each other one by one, speechless, they never imagined that the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the changes were so rapid that the heroic army that had won consecutive battles and fought fiercely was about to flee for their lives in the blink of an eye.
What is more tragic than running for your life in the blink of an eye is that you can't escape at all...... As the marshal said, there was no food in the army, and there were pursuers in the rear, and the plan of retreating westward seemed to be completely unworkable.
Many soldiers suddenly realized, no wonder the marshal wants us to eat a full meal, every fart of grain and grass for three days is used, it is better to be a full ghost!
"Then go south and fight with them!" After knowing that there was no way out, the soldiers pulled their necks and shouted: "Slaughter those Tartars, eat their meat and go back!" ”
This is the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the early Ming Dynasty, swept away from the Song Dynasty, the humble cowardice of the Han people, with an attitude of arrogance to heaven and earth, standing on this ancient oriental land! Catch up with the Han and Tang Dynasties!
This is the Chinese martial soul that Wang Xian wants to protect no matter what, he must not let the Han people's high fighting spirit and this pride of looking down on the world be cut off in his own hands!
The torches in the camp of the Ming army were shining brightly, the wind was getting louder and louder, and the rolled up gravel and stones hit the soldiers with pain on their faces. But no one cared about this, they just waited for the commander of the ruined boat to give an order, and then went south to fight those Tartars to the death!
However, Wang Xian poured a basin of cold water on them and said: "It's not appropriate to go south, the Duoyan people are as cunning as foxes, they will definitely avoid fighting, as long as they drag us for a few days, we will be hungry and can't open the bow, can't swing the knife, and then they will pounce again, killing pigs and sheep, without much effort......"
"Ah......" Hearing Wang Xian's words, the soldiers also knew that going south was also a dead end. Deng Shi was stunned there, he couldn't go west or south, could he commit suicide collectively?
"Marshal, what should I do then?!" The soldiers looked anxiously at their backbone, and at this time they could only look at the commander.
Wang Xian looked at the expressions of the soldiers and knew that the fire was almost over, so he said loudly: "Fortunately, on the road of endless heaven, our scouts have discovered Arutai's hiding place!" ”
"Ahh In the exclamation of the soldiers, Wang Xian's angry voice resounded over the camp: "There is an oasis in the desert for a hundred miles, called the typhoon shelter!" It was the hiding place prepared by Arutai, and he stored a large amount of food and grass in it......"
When the soldiers heard that Arutai had been discovered at first, their reaction was not very strong, and when they heard Wang Xian say that a large amount of grain and grass materials were stored in the oasis, they couldn't bear the buzz at this time! One by one, they were eager to fly over with their wings, shouting one after another, and asked Wang Xian to fight: "Marshal! Please give the order, we are willing to smash the enemy's nest and destroy this dynasty! ”
"Yes, Marshal, give the order! We're already hungry! The soldiers were so excited that they were talking nonsense. (To be continued.) )