Chapter 207 The chicken tastes crunchy
Cao An felt very sorry because he was unable to eliminate this main force of the fleeing Japanese people.
Although the total number of this group of Japanese was more than 30,000, only about 10,000 of them were young and strong enough to fight, so they let a large number of the old, weak, sick and disabled in the team rush to the front to test the strength of the enemy army.
When they found that there were more than 5,000 elite teams of the Blue Wolf Battalion led by Cao An in front of them, and they could not break through this defense line with their strength, the leader of the Japanese people immediately abandoned the tens of thousands of old and weak people who were charging in front and fled to the rear with tens of thousands of young and strong Japanese people.
Although the old and weak soldiers of the Japanese who charged in front were scattered by Cao An with thousands of soldiers at one time, and tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners of war were captured, it was precisely because of the delay of these Japanese old and weak that Cao An only captured hundreds of Japanese young and strong.
This caused Cao An to look at these old and weak widows in front of him and be even more upset, what else can these widows do except be able to make dung, now the Weinong Plain urgently needs a large number of people to develop, and the escape of so many widows is not a delay? Therefore, Cao An was very unhappy.
The only thing that comforted Cao An was that the headquarters of the Ao Honghang stationed in Owari successfully intercepted several groups of Japanese deserters who tried to cross the blockade line from the plain, and captured a total of more than 3,000 Japanese young and strong, which is better than nothing for the manpower needed for the entire Ono Plain.
In the end, Cao An still saw it, anyway, now Kyoto and its surrounding areas of the Japanese Kingdom have formed a large encirclement by their own side, even if this Japanese team escapes back, it is still in this big encirclement, anyway, this piece of meat is rotten in their own pot.
The most important thing Cao An has to do now is to scatter a large number of scouts to prevent these cunning widows from escaping from this mountainous area with complex terrain, after all, the mountainous area more than thirty miles wide is not something that Cao An can completely blockade in all aspects.
'Bang la' A withered yellow leaf fell on Li Biao's sweaty forehead, Li Biao didn't care about it at first, but after finding some dry and whitish bird feces on the leaves, he immediately disgusted Li Biao, and quickly wiped it with his sleeve.
Li Biao, who was already very tired, was extremely depressed, what was going on these days, I was poisoned by a big scorpion a few days ago, and now even God bullied me, am I not miserable enough?
Although there is a lot of hazy weather in the autumn country, and there is no hot power of those autumn tigers in the Central Plains, but because the mountain road taken today is indeed a little far, coupled with the fact that Li Biao is still wearing a thick camouflage suit and a few weapons for jungle warfare, Li Biao is very sweaty.
Although Li Biao was already very tired, when he saw that Zhang Tao and Gu Lun, the two veterans, had more weight on their bodies than himself, and the two of them had been walking forward without hurry, and from time to time they would pay attention to some marks left in the grass or on the trunks of trees around them.
Li Biao didn't say anything more, just wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand, and then shook it with his hand, and then heard a 'rustle' sound of sweat sprinkled on the leaves of the plant.
After wiping his sweat and opening the kettle on his waist to drink a few sips of mountain spring water, Li Biao adjusted the equipment on his body, raised his spirit and trotted a few steps, keeping up with the pace of Zhang Tao and Gu Lun.
A few days ago, after being bitten by the big scorpion, Li Biao was very worried about his happy life in the future for a few days, and later the doctor told Li Biao that fortunately, Gu Lun gave him medicine in time, which made Li Biao keep some parts on his body.
After the effective treatment of the military doctor in the barracks, Li Biao quickly regained his mobility, and of course the doctor calmly told Li Biao that he could still marry a wife and have children.
After being a sick general for a few days, Li Biao, who had recovered a little, was quickly brought out of the camp by Zhang Tao, after all, the interception of the Japanese people is now entering a critical moment, with the number of Japanese people running out more and more, the manpower of Cao An's army is becoming more and more tight, and one more person can always have a little more strength.
After suffering the big loss of almost being chemically castrated by the scorpion last time, Li Biao of course would no longer care about some of the regulations that the scouts followed, he changed some of his previous problems, and followed the footsteps of Zhang Tao and Gu Lun for several days to learn step by step.
In fact, Li Biao is very smart, and being able to be selected into the Dryad Scout before also shows that his martial arts skills are very superb, after several days of observation and study, he found that Zhang Tao and Gu Lun, two veterans from Orion, not only pay attention to some taboos when walking in the jungle as they usually say in class.
It may also be because the two of them are born in Orion, and in the past few decades, they have integrated some things in the jungle into their blood, and when they walk, they always look at the six directions and listen to all directions, and every step they take will see clearly in advance where they want to step on the next dozen or even dozens of steps.
While walking, you can also notice whether there are poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders and other dangerous objects around you, and you can also notice whether there are traces left by the Japanese people when they walk, and what Li Biao admires the most is that the two of them can know what prey is passing around as long as they look at it casually.
Anyway, these days, Li Biao and the two of them have never worried about having no food, the only pity is that they can't make fire and can only eat raw when they hunt good prey.
Looking at the movements of the two people in front of him, Li Biao learned to walk step by step, but after only walking dozens of steps, he felt very tired and panicked, and then Li Biao knew that the two veterans had already developed a habit of these actions in the jungle, so they would seem so natural.
Knowing that he was still far behind the two veterans, Li Biao, who thought that he was strong in martial arts and a little arrogant, quickly suppressed the little pride in his heart and calmed down to correct his position.
"Li Biao, hurry up and come over to replenish some energy!" Just as Li Biao carefully erased some of the traces left by the walking of several people, Gu Lun whispered to Li Biao not far in front.
The word 'energy' in Gu Lun's mouth obviously carries Wang Ze's style, but this word was not spread by Wang Ze on purpose.
The word 'energy' was originally coined by Wang Ze when he was lecturing in the Faculty of Science, and was initially only used in some courses in the Faculty of Science, but as the scale of the various majors in the Faculty of Science gradually expanded, a large number of students from other colleges often came to listen to the lectures.
Some of the vocabulary in the Faculty of Science also began to spread outward, and some of the students in the Outer Courtyard felt that some words were very fresh, and they often used words such as 'energy' on their lips, and quickly spread to the whole society, and finally even these soldiers learned this word that they thought was very fashionable.
Hearing Gu Lun shouting to himself, Li Biao immediately knew that Gu Lun had caught a prey after a while, and immediately walked a few steps to Gu Lun's side, it turned out that Gu Lun found a big snake that was about to hibernate under a big rock on a mountain cliff.
This large snake is a non-venomous cauliflower snake, but it is significantly larger than the rest of its kind, the length of a person, the thickness of a wrist, after a autumn of energy accumulation, this large snake has grown very fat, and looks very appetizing.
"Old Gu, how are we going to eat this thing today? Is it boiled or stewed? If only I could boil a pot of snake soup! "Although Li Biao is not from Orion, he once followed Zhang Tao and Gu Lun to a meal with other teams during his break last month, and he has always been a little obsessed with a snake soup inside.
Gu Lun glanced at Li Biao with a smile while cleaning up the thick cauliflower snake and said, "Are you thinking about the snake soup that day again?" Now we are still on duty to abide by the wartime regulations, don't think about it, we can only eat this thing raw today! ”
Gu Lun seemed to be very comfortable with picking up the prey of snakes, just holding down the snake's head and cutting the skin of the snake's abdomen with a dagger, and then cutting off the snake's head with the skin, and then just tore off the entire snakeskin, revealing the snow-white snake flesh inside.
Soon the big snake that was up to one person was cut into four or five inches long snake segments, piled up in a pile on a cleaned bluestone slab, Gu Lun washed his hands and wrapped the still wet snake skin on a smooth willow stick, this snake skin can also be used for some purposes in the future.
Watching Gu Lun pack up the snake skin, Li Biao didn't rush to move the snake meat in front of him, he hadn't eaten raw snake meat before and didn't know if there were any other taboos in it, so he just watched Gu Lun's movements.
Soon Gu Lun finished cleaning up the snake skin in his hand, and then said to Li Biao: "Actually, it's good to eat this raw snake meat dipped in some salt, especially the most delicate tail, chew a small bite of crunchy chicken!" ”
Saying that, Gu Lun put a piece of snake meat into his mouth and chewed it, and his mouth kept making a 'rattling' sound, and Li Biao, who was watching it, frowned, and didn't know if he could adapt to this taste.
After watching Gu Lun eat for a long time, Li Biao still picked up a small piece of snake meat like him, and then dipped it in salt and took a small bite carefully. I love Search.com
Gu Lun smiled and watched Li Biao's movements, and encouraged in his mouth: "Don't spit it out, don't spit it out, the first bite will always feel fishy, but as long as you chew it carefully for a long time, you will feel a little fragrant, in fact, eating snake meat is the most suitable for drinking a sip of wine, it's a pity!" ”
Li Biao knew that Gu Lun's pity was because he was still in a big battle, and the soldiers were strictly forbidden to drink, he barely chewed for a long time, and he didn't know if he was too hungry.
After carefully chewing two pieces of snake meat, Li Biao wiped the corners of his mouth and said to Gu Lun: "Brother Gu, you eat slowly first, and I'll replace the captain!" ”
At this time, Zhang Tao did not gather with them, but climbed to a pine tree with still dense leaves, which was better concealed and had a wide field of vision, so that it was easy to find out if there was any movement of the Japanese people around.
According to the wartime regulations of the Dryad Scout Force, whether it is to replenish food or do other things, it is necessary to conduct group activities in groups of at least three people, and when the others are active, at least one of them must be in charge of the realm, and they must be vigilant enough.
Compared with the general team members, the squad leader and other officers of the rank and above should be the first to be on duty, and they can only eat after the other soldiers have eaten to replace their guards, so Li Biao also thought that it was time to replace Zhang Tao to eat.
Who knew that Gu Lun grabbed Li Biao and said with a smile: "Don't you know that Lao Zhang's family has someone who belongs to Xiaolong?" "Most of the people in the land of Sanqi call snakes as small dragons, and usually anyone in the family who has a family member or uncle who belongs to a snake or a dragon will respect the snake and dare not harm it, let alone eat a snake.
After knowing that Zhang Tao didn't eat snake meat, Li Biao hesitated a little and said: "Then let's eat, the captain can't eat anything, I still have a bag of meat floss here, do you want to send it to the captain?" ”
Gu Lun looked at Li Biao with a smile and said: "You better keep this thing, we can't catch prey in the future, we can eat this thing, you don't have to worry about the captain, he eats pine nuts on the tree!" ”
The big tree that Zhang Tao climbed was a red pine tree, full of large and small pine towers, although it was a little difficult to eat, but it was no problem to satisfy hunger, it seemed that Zhang Tao was really an expert in the mountains and forests, and he thought about it when Gu Lun caught the big snake.
After knowing these things, Li Biao also let go of eating, during which Gu Lun took out another generation of mustard for Li Biao to dip and eat, which made Li Biao accidentally cry, and Gu Lun, who only laughed, laughed, teasing this little brother has always been one of his hobbies.
At this moment, Zhang Tao suddenly jumped down from the tree, and the bottom branch was only more than a long distance from the ground, and there was a thick layer of pine needles under the big tree, which was extremely soft and would not hurt people's knees.
Seeing that Zhang Tao, who had been watching the wind from the big tree, suddenly jumped down from above, Gu Lun, who was still playing tricks on Li Biao just now, immediately stood up vigilantly and asked, "What's the matter with Lao Zhang?" Is there a situation? ”
Seeing Zhang Tao and Gu Lun's expressions, they immediately became serious, and Li Biao, who had tears and snot on his face just now from mustard, quickly wiped his face clean, and leaned in to listen to what was going on.
Zhang Tao glanced at Gu Lun and Li Biao's faces and said, "Just now I saw that there are our people not far away from the vicinity who are giving a signal, it seems that there is an enemy who wants to escape, let's hurry over and take a look!" Saying that, Zhang Tao was the first to rush towards the northwest.
Gu Lun looked at the direction Zhang Tao was running and immediately shouted: "Hey, hey, Lao Zhang, why are you going in the direction of Lake Piwa?" Is it a mistake? ”
Zhang Tao didn't answer Gu Lun's words, but he made a gesture to show that it was in this direction that the enemy situation appeared, and Li Biao also looked at Zhang Tao with a puzzled expression, after all, the position where he and the others were located was not far from Lake Biwa, could it be that the Japanese people who had lost all the sailors still had boats in the inland river?
Several people took out the crossbow on their waists while galloping forward, and at this time, several figures suddenly appeared in front not far away, Li Biao was immediately nervous and wanted to lift the crossbow, but was held down by Gu Lun: "Don't panic, that's our own people!" ”
At this time, a few people in front also found Zhang Tao in the back, and immediately the two sides made a gesture to indicate their numbers, Li Biao calmed down and took a closer look, the few people in front of him who ran in the same direction were indeed their own people, and their outfits should be the newly added Kuyi soldiers in the army.
Compared with the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion, these Kuyi soldiers are more good at jungle warfare, after all, most of the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion were only hunters in the mountains before joining the army, and hunting in the jungle was only a part of the year, but the Kuyi people needed to get the food they needed in the jungle every day all year round.
The perennial hard training coupled with the Kuyi soldiers' fear of death often charged in the first line when they cooperated with the army of the Blue Wolf Battalion to eliminate those Japanese people who hid in the mountains and forests, so not only did many soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion learn a lot of skills in the cooperation with the Kuyi soldiers, but even Li Biao's Dryad unit also learned a lot of things.
Before, Li Biao's team was about seven or eight miles away from Lake Biwa, and by the time they had walked more than five miles, they had already gathered seven or eight reconnaissance teams, as many as twenty or thirty people.
When they reached the shore of Lake Biwa, they saw a group of soldiers jumping and scolding at the lake, and it turned out that there were several small ships of the Wa Kingdom in the lake that were passing through their own defense line and heading into the distance.
If Sun Xing had been here, he would have immediately recognized that these ships were actually the ones that had escaped along the Yamato River into Lake Biwa after the Battle of Awaji Island, and at this time, the ships that were not very good at sea turned out to be the escape route for these Japanese people.
Previously, because of the limited number of troops, Cao An's army and Meng Xian's army were already very good at holding the defense line of dozens of miles on one side of Lake Biwa, but as a result, there were no ships to defend Lake in the middle, but this time it was drilled into a big basket by the Japanese people.
Seeing that there was nothing to be done, the other dryad scouts and Kuyi soldiers immediately said hello to the other teams and went through the woods, leaving only Li Biao's team to look at the distant warship in a daze.
"I think the number of people carried on these warships is no more than five or six hundred, and in terms of sparseness, the ships must be big names in the Japanese kingdom!" Zhang Tao's eyes flashed with excitement, he stared at Gu Lun and Li Biao and said, "Are you two willing to go on an adventure with me?" ”
Before Zhang Tao's words fell, Gu Lun shook his hand and said fiercely: "It's done, I'm afraid of him!" ”
Saying that, both of them looked at Li Biao, who was a little hesitant, and was stared at by the two big brothers, Li Biao was under a lot of pressure, and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Since you two brothers are not afraid, what am I afraid of?" Done! ”
Groups of scout troops shuttled through the mountains and forests of Omi, and once a scout found a large number of Japanese troops, soon a large group of soldiers from the Blue Wolf Battalion or Kuyi soldiers would quickly arrive on Cao An's orders, and almost no Japanese team would be able to escape from the pursuit.
In particular, there were a large number of hunter-turned-soldiers in the Blue Wolf Camp and Kuyi soldiers who were particularly sensitive to tracking, and with the help of these soldiers, although the total number of soldiers blocking the large mountainous area of Omi was only 10,000, it was enough to intercept most of the Japanese army.
Originally, Cao An was also preparing to gather troops to have a decisive battle with the fleeing Japanese army here in Omi, but the Japanese people had already been defeated in the first battle of Kyoto, and after fleeing for thousands of miles, they were already demoralized, where could they form a large army to break through the encirclement.
Although there were several groups of relatively powerful Japanese troops in the middle, they still maintained the scale of two or three thousand people, but in the face of the one or two thousand soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion temporarily mobilized by Cao An, they could wipe out all these Japanese people.
Of course, it was impossible for these 10,000 soldiers to stop all the fleeing Japanese troops, and even during the period, a group of Japanese who seemed to be more noble escaped through the encirclement of Cao An and Meng Xian on several warships, but this has nothing to do with the overall situation
In the following month, Cao An, Meng Xian, and Chu Honghang, with a total of 20,000 or 30,000 troops, successively blocked more than 100,000 Japanese people, of which at least 50,000 or 60,000 were suspected to be young and strong Japanese troops.
After this battle, the entire Wa Kingdom can be said to have been shattered, even if there are still a large number of remnants of the Wa people on the Kii Peninsula who are still resisting, but when the encirclement of Wang Ze's army gradually shrinks, their demise is irretrievable.
And the entire Wa Kingdom is no longer a large tribe with a military force of more than 10,000 people, even if the remaining population of the entire Wa State is probably not even 500,000, it can be said that the Wa State has been wiped out now!