At the head of Dingbian City, the soldiers of the Ming army took off their scarred helmets and iron armor, and sat on the women's wall tiredly. Their faces were blackened, and the red battle jackets on their bodies were dyed purple and black with the blood of both the enemy and us.

When the gap was plugged before, the sergeants' physical strength and spirit were too much exertion, and they didn't even have the strength to speak at this time. Until someone's stomach growls.

"Fuck, I'm starving, why didn't you bring food?" The soldiers looked at the sky, and they had already eaten at this time.

They were muttering when they suddenly smelled a tempting aroma and looked in. I saw that it was the leader of the gang who came to deliver food with a food bowl.

"What's so delicious?" The quiet city was bustling with activity.

"It's dumplings, stuffed with green onions and pork!" The men replied with a smile: "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, Uncle specially ordered Bao." ”

"Ahh Chinese New Year today? The soldiers were all taken aback, after a long time on the battlefield, none of them could calculate the date accurately.

"Yes, Uncle didn't say it, and we didn't think about it." The captain replied with a smile: "Hurry up and kill the pig and chop the stuffing with noodles, hurry up and hurry, or delay everyone to eat." ”

"Don't delay, a good meal is not afraid of being late." The soldiers swept away the depression, hula and gathered around, did not wash their hands, pinched the dumplings and ate them.

"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's ......"

"Mmmm, this stuffing is so delicious, this is the New Year's dumplings." The soldiers were full of praise, and at the same time, they swept the clouds and soaked dozens of dumplings full.

"That's gone, I haven't eaten enough." The sergeants licked their lips in disgust.

"Haha, there is more, the uncle said, the dumplings of the New Year must be full!" The men replied with a smile: "But this dumpling is only delicious now, waiting for us to cook it again!" ”

"Okay!" The soldiers responded happily.

"The more arduous the battlefield, the more obvious the improvement of the morale of officers and soldiers is the better a good meal." Seeing this scene, Hu Quan said to Ningzheng:

"If there is no dumplings today, and let the soldiers know that tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, this battle will not be fought."

"Really." Ning Zheng nodded approvingly, and put himself in his shoes to think about it, the sergeants had to fight hard against the enemy in southern Xinjiang, far from their hometowns.

If you don't come to this soothing dumpling, your morale will definitely plummet......

"This is also what Uncle learned in Hongdu?" He asked admiringly. I always thought that Hu Quan was a cold and precise general, but I didn't expect that there would be such a delicate side.

"No," Hu Quan shook his head and said, "I learned it from my lord." ”

"Indeed." Ning Zheng suddenly said: "There is no one in this Ming Dynasty who understands people's hearts better than the prince." ”

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Just when the soldiers were happily waiting for the hot water dumplings, on the lookout at the head of the city, the alarm bell suddenly sounded!

"Night Attack!" The scout's shrill shouts pierced the night sky. "Zhengdong has discovered the enemy!"

"Zhengxi has discovered the enemy!"

"Due South has discovered the enemy's situation!"

With the warning sound of the scouts, the soldiers of the Ming army quickly put on their helmets and armor, picked up their weapons and took their positions.

Lying on the women's wall, I saw that the Luchuan army had already touched the city, and wanted to take advantage of the night to sneak attack.

"it, don't let people rest in Chinese New Year's Eve!" Unbeknownst to him, it successfully aroused the anger of the Ming soldiers.

"I haven't finished eating dumplings yet!" The soldiers of the Ming army were furious one by one, frantically throwing rolling stones and pouring boiling water into the city, which was much more ferocious than usual!

The Luchuan army did not expect to hit the south wall headlong, and was smashed all over the head, and suffered a lot of losses. But there were still some Luchuan soldiers who climbed to the top of the city under the cover of night.

Who knew that they were greeted by a group of Ming soldiers who wanted to eat people. Throw them to the ground as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, and then throw their corpses off the city.

The Luchuan army was here to steal chickens, but they didn't expect the Ming army to react so violently, and they were not psychologically prepared to fight to the death, so they were quickly defeated and ran away......

As a result, it did not delay the soldiers of the Ming army to eat hot water dumplings.

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The next day was the New Year's Day of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, and the Ming army after the New Year swept away its fatigue and shook up its spirit to meet a new round of attacks.

After fighting like this for more than ten days, the soil under Dingyuan City turned purple and black, and when you stepped on it, what didn't reach your feet and necks was no longer muddy water, but blood water.

Dingyuan City has long been riddled with holes. Just the previous gap was opened in more than a dozen places, and the Luchuan soldiers also attacked more than a dozen times, but each time they were repelled by the Ming army, and then the gap was filled again.

After day after day in vain, the Luchuan soldiers finally couldn't stand it. Since the beginning of the war, they have lost 10,000 troops under this small Dingbian city. And most of them are soldiers......

In other words, the loss of the soldiers was already halfway through, and the rest were exhausted and had serious war weariness. Many of the Tirat soldiers even had a deep fear of that small earthen city. I couldn't help but shiver as soon as I got closer.

If Dingbian City hadn't stopped their retreat, they would have become deserters a long time ago.

At the time when there was no way to advance or retreat, a bigger trouble arose - the Luchuan army began to run out of food. This is normal, because it has been almost two months since they left Mengmao, and they only brought a month's military rations with them when they set out on the expedition.

According to the original plan, they should have controlled Jingdong Mansion at this time, ordered the Tusi of various prefectures and counties to pay tribute to the labor army, and eat and drink spicy food in Jingdong City.

But before driving the mountain people to die for them, it completely ruined the reputation of the Luchuan army, so that the people within a radius of 100 miles fled cleanly, and there were not many people in Jingchuan City. I just can't find anyone because of the food.

As a last resort, Dao Wulang had no choice but to order his general Jin Mailang to go to Jingdong City to collect grain. Dao Lang gave a death order, no matter what means used, he must raise enough military rations for emergencies.

This was half a month ago...... Today, the general Jin Mailang, who was expected by the Luchuan Army, finally returned.

But he brought only a group of dejected wounded soldiers, but did not bring back a grain of grain......

"How did this happen? What about the grain?! Dao Lang had a gloomy face and questioned Jin Mailang.

"Back to the marshal, we easily looted a large amount of grain, but on the way back, we were ambushed by the Russians, and they snatched the grain back......" Jin Mailang replied on his knees in despair:

"I led my brothers to resist desperately, but there are too many people in Otao, at least 20,000 people, and we can't resist it at all." Jin Mailang raised the arm hanging from his neck, wept and said miserably: "As a result, I was also seriously injured, if it wasn't for the brothers who desperately rescued each other, I would never see the marshal again, woo woo......"

"Cry your mother!" Dao Lang shouted angrily, which frightened Jin Mailang and silenced him. But he is the son-in-law and confidant of the knife man, and the knife man can only scold, can he really punish him?

"What now? I can't eat enough, how can I attack the city? Attack the city! The sword man looked at the generals angrily.

ps. The next chapter is soon.

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