The enemy really wants to 'lure the enemy deeper'.

As soon as Zhang Qingshan and the others retreated, the enemy's gunfire quickly became silent.

As for Guan Yumin's appearance, as well as the information and suggestions he brought, Zhang Qingshan was also skeptical.

In this deserted vast water meadow, suddenly run out of the enemy camp and tell you what to do, will you be convinced?

But the problem is that Guan Yumin's intelligence is combined with reality, and you have to pay attention to it, so in the face of Guan Yumin, he suggested again: It's enough for everyone to retreat four or five miles, and the bullet is definitely not so far.

Zhang Qingshan followed this advice at first, and after retreating four or five miles, he ordered a fire to be made and cooked.

When he had finished eating, he ordered everyone to rest in their place until nightfall, when neither enemy nor enemy could see each other, and he suddenly and resolutely ordered to retreat five or six miles: if only four or five miles back, plus the distance of five or six miles from the mountain, it would be almost ten miles away. Supposedly, the bullet is not so far, but the question is, if the enemy dares to go deep into the water meadows?

And there is another benefit: although Guan Yumin said that the main force of the Red Second Front Army walked out of the water meadow from the right, a hundred miles away from them, and, according to Guan Yumin's intelligence, the enemy did not dare to enter the water meadow - the enemy is active around the water meadow all year round, if you have to say for sure that they do not dare to step into the water meadow for a single step, it is indeed a bit nonsense, after all, everyone is a soldier, from a normal military point of view, which army will allow the soldiers to be timid about the geographical environment? There will definitely be special training.

In case the enemy ventures into the water meadow, sets up an ambush between Zhang Qingshan and the main force, and then sends Guan Yumin to be a dead soldier to lead Zhang Qingshan and them into the enemy's ambush circle, then the whole army will really be wiped out. Therefore, retreating fifteen or six miles will not only surprise the enemy's expectations, but even if the enemy sets up an ambush, it is impossible for the enemy to design such a large ambush circle. Coupled with the cover of the night, even if you encounter an enemy ambush circle, it is likely to be a 'bump', not a 'drill' - the difference between the two words, but there is a world of difference.

Everyone is experienced, not to mention Zhang Qingshan, who has been walking on the water meadow for more than a month, and Guan Yumin also understands Zhang Qingshan's defensive order.

At the same time, out of hatred for traitors and enemy mortals, Zhang Qingshan felt that Cao Cao's approach was very correct: if one was hacked to death, one would be less!

Therefore, after retreating five or six miles again, Zhang Qingshan asked Xiang Tao to take the people of the security squad to the northeast to reconnoiter and open the way, and everyone was four or five miles apart.

Peng Peng was sent to bring four comrades with relatively good physical strength to 'take care' of Guan Yumin, the purpose of which was naturally to arrest Guan Yumin as soon as it was determined that Guan Yumin was a traitor or a dead soldier sent by the enemy, and after interrogation, he would be killed mercilessly.

When people are unlucky, they stuff their teeth when they drink cold water. At the same time, I have to say that Guan Yumin wants to thank Zhang Qingshan for ordering him to be arrested, not directly shot, otherwise, this is a big injustice.

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The night is hazy, the moonlight is light, and the visibility is extremely high, but except for the "grunting" sound made by the more than 100 people walking on the water and grass pile, and the water and grass pile sinking slightly, the heaven and earth are dead and silent, which makes people panic.

However, because they saw the edge of the water meadow, thought that they could actually get out of the water meadow alive, and looked forward to the celebration scene of meeting with their comrades, everyone had a feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, and they held their breath in ecstasy and excitement, and the pace under their feet could not help but be much brisker, and the morale of the troops was naturally very high.

During the transfer of troops at night, Liu Bing and Zhou Ping found Zhang Qingshan, pulled him aside, and said while hurrying to the road: "Lao Zhang, there is something that you need to decide." ”

To Zhang Qingshan's surprise, their faces were actually a little angry, which aroused Zhang Qingshan's strong curiosity: "What's the matter?"

After Liu Bing looked at Zhou Ping beside him, he told Zhang Qingshan the reason.

Speaking of which, it's still a matter of food.

Although Luosang prepared three or four times as much food and necessary medicine for Zhang Qingshan and the three of them, this way has grown from the original three to the current 168 people, and the original food and medicine are far from enough, and now, they have eaten everything except salt. To be more accurate, two days ago, these more than 100 people had not eaten oil, and the last remaining bit of oil was also consumed in last night's meal because the security squad was going to reconnoiter and open the road this morning, and needed to maintain physical strength.

At this time, everyone can be described as exhausted, with an empty stomach, and both physical fitness and physical strength are seriously reduced.

At this time, it is necessary to move the army urgently, and now, a certain amount of guarantee is needed for physical strength or physical fitness, so the question is: where to get food, especially oil and water, to ensure everyone's physical strength and physique?

After all, no matter how important the horses are, no matter how important the horses are, no matter how important they are, human lives are not as important, so if there is a serious decline in physical strength and physique, then don't say anything, even if you fight with the enemy with bayonets, you can only be slaughtered, so he strives to kill at least one horse, let everyone eat two meals, and replenish everyone's physique and physical strength as soon as possible. However, Zhou Ping regarded these four emaciated horses as treasures, and naturally did not allow them, thinking that they had not yet reached that step, and said that as long as the transfer was fast, everyone would be able to go out safely, and it was even very likely that they would meet those comrades who stayed to respond, and at that time, every horse was very important, and it was a pity to kill it now......

In this way, it is inevitable that the two will have a quarrel.

Although neither of them could convince anyone, fortunately, both of them were cadres and knew the importance of influence, so although the two had a quarrel, they only avoided everyone and argued privately on the side.

Originally, this matter could also be discussed with Peng Peng first, but Peng Peng is now bent on 'taking care' of Guan Yumin, and if they didn't find it, they could only come to Zhang Qingshan, who was the company commander.

After Zhang Qingshan pondered for a while, he said to Zhou Ping with a straight face: "Old Zhou, kill the horse!"

"No!" Zhou Ping was shocked and shouted: "Lao Zhang, everyone said that they couldn't kill horses until they had to do so." ”

"Lao Zhou, I know that you cherish horses and can't bear to see them damaged, but you see, it's time for last resort. Saying that, Zhang Qingshan glanced around, although he couldn't see it very clearly because of the light, but from the figure that walked with little step, obviously a little lacking in physical strength, Zhang Qingshan's brows involuntarily wrinkled, and said to Zhou Ping: "Old Zhou, look at everyone's situation, everyone is exhausted, although you haven't encountered the enemy yet, but do you have to wait until you fight the enemy, and then kill the horse to replenish everyone's strength and physique? Don't you think it's too late by then?" Therefore, I still say the following sentence: Human life is greater than heaven! In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, in order to enable comrades to have the physical strength to maintain the speed of rapid marching, in order to have the physical strength to fight in case of circumstances, and in order not to let everyone go hungry to meet the victory. And now, if you want to replenish your strength as soon as possible, meat is the best choice, besides, we have nothing else to eat, so, Lao Zhou, I order you - kill the horse!"

Perhaps thinking of the situation in case of a battle that really ran into the enemy, Zhang Qingshan's face became more and more solemn, and his tone became more and more severe, and finally, he almost gritted his teeth and said: "In order to replenish everyone's strength as soon as possible, tonight's supper is horse meat, and tomorrow's breakfast must also eat horse meat...... In this regard, Lao Zhou, you can grasp it yourself. ”

Hearing Zhang Qingshan's task of killing horses by order, Zhou Ping knew that killing horses was inevitable. He looked at Zhang Qingshan, glanced at Liu Bing again, and finally, nodded slightly, sighed, and said to Zhang Qingshan: "Okay, I obey the order, but can you kill only one horse?"

"Old Zhou, it's not that I'm ruthless, but the reality is so compelling......" Zhang Qingshan also glanced at Liu Bing, nodded to Zhou Ping, and said, "I can't promise you to only kill one horse, because no one knows what will happen next." However, I can assure you that I will not kill horses until I have to. ”

After speaking, he said to Liu Bing: "Lao Liu, Lao Zhou cherishes horses, you go and help him." ”

Liu Bing naturally understood that Zhang Qingshan wanted Liu Bing to kill the horse.

Nodding his head, he said to Zhou Ping: "Old Zhou, let's go and choose a relatively thin horse." ”

Zhou Ping wanted to say that he didn't need his help, he had to do it himself, but thinking about it, he really couldn't do anything to the horses, so he could only bow his head and shut up.

Seeing the back of the two of them leaving, Zhang Qingshan sighed and continued to hurry: he also likes horses, but who made the reality so cruel?

Morning!

Zhou Ping led the three horses far away, and Liu Bing, with a few soldiers, put down the thinnest horse chosen, tied the horse's limbs, and ...... with a bayonet

The ensuing scene proved everyone's desire for food, and also proved Zhang Qingshan's correctness, or rather, everyone's correctness, including Zhou Ping. He naturally understands the truth in this, but he just doesn't want to.

Half of the meat is reserved for the next meal, and the other half is cut into small pieces and eaten by everyone: one large and one small pot is used to cook the horse meat, which is mixed with a lot of wild vegetables, and more are grilled over the fire. What is sad is that many comrades really swallow saliva while roasting horse meat, and even some people have not even thoroughly cooked the horse meat, and after pulling a few times on the horse meat with salt, they can't wait to gnaw it......

"Lao Zhou, it's baked, eat it quickly...... Why don't you eat it?"

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