Lord Han, the military rations have fallen! ”

Zhang Zuofeng led An Ge to the position, and shouted at Han Qi, the commander of Qingtian County, from afar.

Han Qi was discussing the matter of military rations with several chief officers of the logistics company, and he was really struggling to help Xu Rui raise military rations in the past few days.

Originally, Xu Rui left from Gonghe Mansion in a hurry, and in order to ensure combat effectiveness, he brought a large number of weapons and ammunition, but he didn't bring much military rations.

Qingtian County is a small county, and in order to restrict him as an outsider, the Cui family often asks his Shangguan to urge grain under various names.

So much so that after Han Qi and his entourage attached themselves to Xu Rui, Tianqiwei was even more short of food, and the nearby villages that were looted by bandits from all walks of life could not meet their needs at all.

At present, there are only three days of surplus food left in the Tianqiwei, which is sad for Han Qi, who is responsible for raising military rations, and when he heard Zhang Zuofeng shouting at this moment, he immediately stood up in surprise.

"Lord Zhang, you can't joke in the army, what you say is serious?!"

Zhang Zuofeng smiled: "Naturally, take it seriously, I don't believe you asked me this brother!" ”

As he spoke, he slapped An Ge heavily on the back and knocked him in front of Han Qi.

An Ge arched his hand at Han Qi and said, "I came here with a grain team from New Chang'an, and hid in the woods thirty miles away!" ”

"Really?!"

Han Qi asked in surprise: "How much grain is there?" ”

Zhang Zuofeng said: "Originally, there were a total of forty-two cars, but there were chaos along the way, and there was a shortage of manpower, and there were only thirty cars that could be transported here." ”

"Thirty cars!"

Han Qi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Enough, enough, thirty carts of grain are enough for the army for half a month, with this food, we have time to think about it in the long run!" ”

Saying that, Han Qi immediately arched his hand towards Zhang Zuofeng: "General Zhang, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, I have to borrow a hundred people from you to bring back the grain as soon as possible, it is best to leave now!" ”

Zhang Zuofeng said with a smile: "Military rations are a big deal, and the matter of borrowing people is naturally easy to say, but we have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest." ”

"Why is that?"

Han Qi asked puzzled.

Zhang Zuofeng sighed and said solemnly: "The Southern Dynasty wants to raid our country and fight a war, so we must ensure that this matter is confidential enough, but even if hundreds of thousands of pigs rush into Xichuan, it will be even more difficult not to be discovered, not to mention that they are so big."

At the moment, although the Cui family is helping them delay time, and the imperial court will notice it for a while and a half, but this is only temporary, they must be in a hurry to march north and smash Huanglong.

And the existence of our army just delayed the pace of their Northern Expedition, and if they want to complete the strategic raid, they must solve us as soon as possible and use Xichuan as a stable rear.

Therefore, in the past few days, the army of the Southern Dynasties has carried out frequent fire reconnaissance of our positions, and I speculate that they should launch a surprise attack tonight, because only at night can their cavalry break through the artillery fire network by night. ”

Hearing Zhang Zuofeng say this, Han Qi nodded: "If it really comes to the expectations of adults, tonight will definitely be another vicious battle, the Apocalypse Guard is already exhausted from the fierce battles for days, and the lower officials will go back to prepare, and my people will also go to defend the position together tonight!" ”

With that, Han Qi solemnly arched his hand towards Zhang Zuofeng and An Ge, and strode towards the barracks, as if he had done what he said, and went to prepare for battle.

An Ge looked at his back from a distance, as if asking casually, "Brother, what do you think of this Han Qi?" ”

Zhang Zuofeng was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "This person is resourceful, although he is a person from the King of Liao, but he can see the right and wrong very clearly, after the fall of Xichuan, only he insisted on resisting, not to mention, after he arrived in our army, he was also unreserved, you have also seen, he is so concerned about the matter of military food, at least before he got out of trouble, he and we are almost the same heart." ”

"Oh, is that so......"

An Ge looked at Han Qi's disappearing back, his two eyes narrowed into a line, and he recalled in his heart what Xu Rui had explained to him when he was in the handsome tent before.

"I don't know why, I always feel that there is something wrong with Han Qi, but I asked the shadow maid to secretly observe him for a few days, but I didn't find anything abnormal, it just so happened that you just arrived, he is defenseless against you, you go and find out his details for me."

Seeing An Ge stunned, Zhang Zuofeng gently patted him on the shoulder and said: "Let's go, we have to prepare well, the lord said that tonight is probably a battle of life and death, only by resisting the past, can we win a trace of life, otherwise the Apocalypse Guard will still be unable to escape the end of the entire army." ”

An Ge came back to his senses, nodded, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as the young master is here, I will never let the barbarians of the Southern Dynasty take advantage of it tonight." ”

At night, the cold wind blows through the old woods, shaking the treetops to play a symphony of "rustling".

After a short period of baptism of fire, the Apocalypse Guard is growing at an astonishing speed, and every soldier's face is a little less apprehensive and more calm.

However, this time is different from the past, when the whole army was mobilized, Zhang Zuofeng made it very clear that the enemy is bound to use all his strength in this battle, whether it is life or death, it depends on tonight.

In fact, it is not accurate to say this, the number of Apocalypse Guards is too small, there is no chance to make mistakes, every battle they have experienced since the Xichuan Incident is a battle of life and death, but the enemy they have to face today is more tricky.

Everyone was aware of the tragedy and hardship of this battle, and they were all ready to die generously.

This group of young people in their teens and twenties has completed the transformation from recruits to veterans in just a few days, and they are no longer impetuous.

In the face of the upcoming judgment of life and death, most people did not speak, while silently counting their weapons, they seized the time to rest, the tempering of blood and fire had made them understand that every detail in front of them could decide their life and death.

Due to Xu Rui's poor health, this battle was still commanded by Zhang Zuofeng, and at this time he was lying on the front line, looking intently into the distance.

Today is a cloudy day, thick clouds obscured the starry sky, and after the sun completely set, I couldn't see my five fingers, let alone see the Black Flag Army a few miles away, and even my comrades a few meters away couldn't see clearly.

"It's troublesome, I can't see anything, the artillerymen are completely blind, this battle is not easy to fight......"

Zhang Zuofeng rubbed his sore eyes and said to himself.

"We can't see them, they can't see us, maybe they won't dare to come tonight."

At this moment, a deep voice suddenly came from his side.

"Hey, you're covered in injuries, how did you get here?"

Zhang Zuofeng looked back and saw that it was Cao Siyuan who spoke, and he couldn't help frowning.

Cao Siyuan ignored Zhang Zuofeng's questioning, stretched his neck to look into the darkness, and then said lightly: "I carry the lives of all the brothers of the reconnaissance company, from now on, as long as it is the battle of the Apocalypse, I will not be absent, and I will pay back everything I owe them." ”

Zhang Zuofeng glanced at him, sighed and said: "You don't have to blame yourself for the matter of the reconnaissance company, the lord said that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, not to mention that the opponent is the Wuling pro-army, and the number of people is still so huge." ”

Cao Siyuan shook his head: "You don't have to comfort me, the experience is summed up by the living, the mistakes I made, but the brothers died, since those unjust souls will never hear such comfort, I will not use this kind of lame reason to make myself feel better!" ”

Zhang Zuofeng opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but saw Cao Siyuan suddenly raise a finger on his lips.

"Shh......h

Zhang Zuofeng was stunned: "What's wrong?" ”

Cao Siyuan said: "Listen, what is that sound?" ”

"Voice?"

Zhang Zuofeng frowned and listened, and sure enough, there was a "woo" sound that became clearer and clearer, as if it was the sound of a horn blowing through the valley.

"It's ......"

Zhang Zuofeng groaned slightly, suddenly his complexion changed greatly, and he shouted urgently: "All of them, lie down quickly!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a terrifying sound of breaking wind above his head suddenly exploded, and then a black shadow more than a foot high fell from the sky, and smashed beside the two of them with a "boom".

At this moment, it was like a meteor falling, and the earth suddenly shook violently, and the strong shock wave lifted Zhang Zuofeng and Cao Siyuan out of a meter or two.

Immediately afterwards, the second regiment, the third regiment......

Countless huge black shadows fell from the sky, the sound of "boom" was as dense as raindrops, the earth shook wildly, the winding position was smashed to a thousand holes, and some unlucky soldiers were hit by the black shadow in this way, and they didn't even have a chance to scream and died.

Zhang Zuofeng struggled to stand up, shook the sand on his head, and his eyes suddenly froze.

He finally saw that the things that were falling like raindrops were actually huge rocks with a radius of more than a kilometer.

"Back to the gun, it's back to the gun!"

Zhang Zuofeng exclaimed.

"Look!"

Before he finished speaking, Cao Siyuan suddenly pointed to the sky and yelled.

Zhang Zuofeng looked up and saw that a dense fireball suddenly appeared in the sky, smashing towards the position like a meteor shower.

"It's a lit oil drum, everyone be careful, lie down quickly!"

The speed of the fireball was unbelievably fast, and it flew overhead in the blink of an eye.

Cao Siyuan hurriedly pulled down Zhang Zuofeng, who was still reminding the soldiers to be careful.

"Boom!!"

An oil drum more than half a man high fell outside the position, and there was a violent explosion, and the burning oil splashed everywhere, and a soldier hid in the trench, but was ignited by the flying oil, and rolled on the ground screaming.

Before his comrades could rush up to extinguish the fire on his body, more oil barrels fell to the ground one after another, and the old forest suddenly turned into a sea of fire.

"Oh no, they're aiming at artillery positions!"

Zhang Zuofeng saw that most of the oil drums had crossed his head and smashed behind him, and he suddenly exclaimed, ignoring the fire around him, leaned out of half of his body from the trench, and looked at the artillery position behind him.

After just one glance, he immediately felt cold, the artillery position at this time had turned into a sea of fire, the trenches of the Tibetan soldiers and the pits of the hidden artillery were wrapped in flames, and many of the Apocalypse guards struggled and screamed in the flames.

Artillery is the absolute killer weapon of the Apocalypse, and it is also the basis for the Apocalypse Guard to be able to compete with the army of the Southern Dynasties, but I didn't expect it to be wiped out by the enemy so personally.

"It's over......"

Zhang Zuofeng subconsciously sighed in his heart and sat on the ground.

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