Chapter 042: Wait for the Opportunity
Everyone followed the sound and looked, only to see a cobra with a thick bowl mouth holding its head high in the water meadow, spitting out a scarlet letter, as if to warn: "Don't touch me, this is my territory, get out!" You abominable humans! ”
"Brother, be careful!" Gong Changyu ordered the soldiers to hurry back to the shore, and then cut the wound on the leg with the short knife that had been burned with fire, sucked out the venom little by little, and ordered the soldier to apply the medicine.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous general Wu Qi once sucked pus and blood from soldiers. Gong Changyu also came to this trick, which made the soldier very grateful. The sergeant's name was Liu Dawei and he was from Rulin County.
The soldiers of the reclamation caught several large baskets of fish, shrimp and frogs, and everyone was very happy, which was several percent less dangerous than fighting wild wolves, and a sumptuous dinner was underway......
Because of the attack of the wolves last night, Gong Changyu ordered the soldiers on duty to be vigilant, cheer up, and once they found out about the situation, they must immediately issue a warning, and the violators will be beheaded.
Although Li Dayu was injured in the battle with the wolves, after active treatment in the army, he quickly recovered his vitality and his life was fine, and he was designated by Gong Changyu as the captain of the night patrol. Li Dayu told all the sentries to abide by their responsibilities and not to slack off.
After the Shen hour, the moonlight shone like flowing water, shining on this wilderness, and every grass and tree was clearly visible. The camp is quiet, and the bark of owls comes from time to time in the jungle not far away, which is the so-called "bright moon shines among the pines, and the birdsong mountain is more secluded".
After the guard man fought outside the camp, the soldiers were tired from the daytime, they all fell asleep, and one by one fell asleep, and the whole camp was quiet.
Gong Changyu always had an ominous premonition, he didn't sleep, and the lights in the tent were still on. I was so tired that I lay down on the desk to take a nap, and before I knew it, I fell into a dream......
The Blue Wolf Army attacked the squad, one by one, dressed in night suits, with black cloth on their faces, showing only their eyes, and silently infiltrated the camp. Behind the officer on duty at the head of the detour, he was killed with a knife, and it was neat, and the officer did not make any sound, and he became a ghost under the knife.
The leader of the Blue Wolf Army made a gesture to indicate safety, and the rest of the people quickly came up, joined in and said a few words, and then dispersed.
Before long, the camp was full of flames, and a blue wolf army rushed into Gong Changyu's handsome tent, and stabbed him in the chest, Gong Changyu struggled to resist, grabbed the opponent's throat with one hand, and grabbed the opponent's hands with the other, and held on to death......
"Come on, the tent is mixed with assassins!" Gong Changyu shouted loudly in his dream, and then the whole camp was in a commotion. The sergeant outside the tent heard the shouts and quickly rushed into the tent, not seeing the assassin, but seeing Gong Changyu lying on the desk, still making a look of killing the enemy and fighting back.
The sergeant came up and woke Gong Changyu awake, only to see him sweating profusely: "General, you are frightened, there are no assassins in the camp." ”
Gong Changyu carefully inspected himself and found that there was nothing unusual, so he calmed down: "Pass my order to the brothers to strengthen their vigilance, and report back immediately if there is any trouble." ”
"Yes! Checkmate. The sergeant withdrew from the camp and went to give orders.
After this nightmare, Gong Changyu didn't dare to sleep anymore, and he couldn't sleep. So he had to sit down, and he couldn't help but think of his Feng Jiao'er coming, and it was another sleepless night.
It's a calm night and nothing happens. Dongfang Xiaobai, Gong Changyu lay down with peace of mind and took a nap for an hour.
The next day, Zhu Shuiqiang and Yu Qian led more than 200 people stationed at the foot of the mountain, brought some fresh vegetables and meat, carried hoes, rakes, etc., led more than a dozen ploughing cattle, and all the staff walked to the "Lenghu Grange".
As soon as Feng Jiaoer entered the camp, she saw that Gong Changyu had become a "panda eye", she had obviously lost weight, and she almost fell out of tears, so she hugged Gong Changyu: "Old learner, you make me worry about death......"
"Jiao'er, aren't I okay?" Gong Changyu said.
"Still poor. In the past few days, I have always dreamed that you are being chased by wolves......" Feng Jiao'er pinched Gong Changyu's nose and said.
"Look, what kind of ...... is this" Gong Changyu took out a leg of barbecued wolf meat from the case a few times.
"Wow, dog meat! Where did you get that? Feng Jiao'er was puzzled.
"Fool, this is wolf meat. On the first day of going up the mountain, the brothers fought more than a hundred wolves, which I specially left for you. You taste it. Gong Changyu said with a smile.
"Hmm. Old learner, you are too good to me. Feng Jiao'er took the wolf meat and kissed Gong Changyu on the face.
"Jiao'er, you follow me on Lenghu Mountain, what do you want, you will suffer." Gong Changyu put his hands around Feng Jiao'er's shoulders and said.
"Compared to the days when he was chased and killed by the Blue Wolf Army, this bit of suffering is nothing." Feng Jiao'er took a bite of wolf meat, "This wolf meat tastes good, it's really fragrant." ”
"I don't know when I'll be able to get down?" Gong Changyu was a little frustrated.
"Wait for the right time. When the court needs you, it will naturally call you back. ”
"Hmm. I hope so. ”……
In the early morning of the third day, heavy rain fell on the reclamation site of Lenghu Mountain. The reclamation work was temporarily suspended, and the rain stopped before the time came. A bright rainbow appeared in the sky, and the rainbow was very strange this time, two in the sky, one inside and one outside.
Is there going to be something big? Gong Changyu muttered in his heart.
After the heavy rain, more water was collected in the swamp, and in order not to delay the construction period, the soldiers continued their work yesterday. A few jackdaws swept across the sky with a "bang".
After about an hour, several sergeants had reached the center of the swamp and accidentally fell into the quagmire, a detail that was immediately noticed by Gong Changyu, who was on the shore.
"Don't move, don't struggle!" He ordered the sergeants to cut down a few bamboos, and the sergeant who rescued them tried to hand them to the trapped soldiers, who finally grabbed the bamboos and climbed out desperately.
How do you know that after these struggles, the body continued to sink, and slowly only saw their hands, pouring mud over the top of their heads, and the whole disappeared into the mire, and several fresh lives disappeared in an instant.
These soldiers were personally brought out by Gong Changyu from Baocheng Mansion, they charged on the battlefield, fought bravely to kill the enemy, and did not die on the battlefield, but now they fell on the battlefield without gunpowder smoke - this vast water and meadow, how can it not be painful? A few hot tears rolled down Gong Changyu's face,
Entering the heart of the swamp, several innocent lives were mercilessly devoured. Gong Changyu blamed himself and felt guilty. I have to find a way to get through this quagmire and look at the towering trees all over the mountain, which is very unpleasant.
"Cut down trees, sink into the water, fill in the mud!" Feng Jiao'er, who was accompanying her, came out coldly.
"Yes, cut down trees, why didn't I think of that?" Gong Changyu frowned and looked at Feng Jiao'er.
"There are so many things you can't think of!" Feng Jiao'er said with a smile.
"Brothers, come up for me!" Gong Changyu shouted at the water meadow.
So the sergeants stopped their cultivation and went ashore to the mountains, waving their swords and axes one by one, and soon a large area of the woods was bare.
The soldiers carried and carried, and all the places suspected to be quagmire were full of wood. From one side of the water meadow to the other, a wooden path was quickly paved, with which the life of the sergeant was guaranteed
As the wood continued to sink into the mud, on the morning of the fourth day, the bodies of the killed soldiers floated to the water, and they were soon discovered by the sergeant on duty, who immediately reported Gong Changyu, which was destined to be another sad day.
Gong Changyu had the soldiers' corpses salvage, wash the mud off their bodies with clean water, and then carry them to a relatively steep slope, and ordered people to dig a big pit, and there was no military music, no cannon roar, no flowers, only silent mourning when they were buried.
At the tomb, Gong Changyu wrote a few big characters on the tombstone - "The Tomb of the Warriors of the Qing and Kingdom Countries" (Feng Jiaoer taught him to write). This is the first batch of soldiers who died on Lenghu Mountain.
Rest in peace, warriors of the Jingnan Army, my brothers!
After all the soldiers bowed three times in front of the grave, everyone left sadly. Reclamation proceeds as usual......
"Boom, boom, boom" An elk sprang out from the depths of the grass, followed by several hunters dressed as peasants. The presence of hunters in this wilderness would be normal in non-war times. However, this bone appeared on the eye, which immediately attracted the attention of the scout.
This matter is not trivial, and it also applied for Gong Changyu's dream. In order not to startle the snakes, he signaled his subordinates not to make a noise, and pretended to continue to open the fields in the water meadows as usual, humming a tune leisurely.
At night, Gong Changyu had already deployed everything, just waiting for the spies of the Blue Wolf Army to throw themselves into the net. Everyone pretended to lie down and turned off the lights. The wind was gently flowing, and the cicadas were chirping.
After midnight, the squad was on patrol. Suddenly, more than twenty black-clothed people came out of the jungle, all of them agile, and turned over the gate quietly. Instead of attacking the sentries, they went straight to the warehouse where the grain was stored.
The leader of the men in black had no trouble opening the copper lock. The leader found that there was no one in the warehouse, and the bags of grain seeds were neatly arranged in the middle.
"Haha, burn the grain of you hungry wolves, and starve you to death!" The leader got carried away and said, "Set fire!" Then the rest lit torches and prepared to burn the grain.
There was a clang, and the warehouses shut. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh", the archers hidden behind the sacks had been waiting for a long time, and a flurry of arrows shot at these unidentified men in black.
The leader knew that he had been ambushed, and he estimated that he would not be able to escape, so he quickly took out a small bottle from his body, opened it and drank it all. Within a few seconds, there was no heartbeat, and then stiffened.
Gong Changyu walked in and found that a man in black had not yet died, so he grabbed him by the collar and wanted to ask what was going on. The guy suddenly pulled out a dagger with a cold light from his body and stabbed it into Gong Changyu's chest.