(This chapter counts as yesterday's, see if I can come back to another chapter in the evening)
In the scorching hot wind of the early summer, the wild vegetation in the Huainan wilderness was swept across the wild, and the air was filled with a dry breath that was utterly sun-dried.
Regardless of how to practice and work hard, the team deputy Wang Qiu, who still looks slightly fat, also tried to listen to the belly under the armor, riding on a large mule in a flowery skin without proficiency; there are still rows of knives on the saddle. With short spears and hand crossbows, they rattle and tremble with the marching kick and strong wind.
Since the Battle of Dantu, he has not only received a corresponding battle commemorative medal, he has also been awarded the third-class bravery (other titles such as daring to fight, first ascend, and attack) and the third-class rock (there is also an iron wall, Jincheng, etc.) medals; as a way to increase the qualifications of granting fields and relocating to the army in the future.
Therefore, he simply gave up the opportunity to change from team deputy to team upright. Since then, riding on the east wind of the further expansion of the Taiping Army after the war, he has received assault training on riding, and changed from a horseless pawn to a mount. Riding pawns. It was a step closer to the majestic and better-paid Ma Jun.
Because in a series of battles in Runzhou, tens of thousands of mules and horses were seized from the official army sequence to which the imperial court Zhenhai Jiedu belonged, plus the number of large livestock levied by the local government. The animal power suddenly became abundant. Therefore, after giving priority to supplementing several cavalry camps and cavalry camps in the front line, they began to promote mule horseization in the rest of the Taiping army sequence.
One of the biggest changes is the addition of two or three cavalry camps to the various formations of mixed military orders. After all, compared to the need to charge into the formation and emphasize explosive power and speed, the horses that need to be trained by cavalry in order to come in handy; the requirements and thresholds for riding infantry are relatively simple.
As long as they have the corresponding endurance and physical stamina, it is good to be able to provide the soldiers with the mobility to quickly enter and travel to and from the battlefield; therefore, if there is no suitable military horse, even the simple donkeys and mules can win at any time.
Coupled with the heavy carts carried by the pack horses, maneuvering within a hundred or eighty miles above the watery plain is just a matter of moments. If the maneuvering range is extended to a range of two to three hundred miles, the response will be nothing more than a night and a half of a day.
Despite this, as an authentic southerner from Guangfu who was not good at riding; Wang Qiu fell a lot of times when facing this flower-skin mule named "Daluo Luo", biting his back and buttocks. His back fell into bruises, and only then was he able to grasp the basic driving strategies roughly.
However, since becoming a riding pawn, his ten-day service allowance and food allowance have naturally increased a lot; he even has an extra portion of soybean meal, potato cakes and fried wheat special for the horse. Quotas to maintain basic daily body weight and attendance status.
If there is an urgent need for intense exercise, fish bone meal, glutinous rice flour, and potato flour will be rationed to make small pieces of grass cakes that are no problem even if people eat directly. For example, this time the secret escort mission from Yangzi County to Tianchang County.
It's just that after he survived the fiery city of Dantu, it took him more than ten days to recover; when he felt that his physical condition was adequate and ready to go out to find a woman, he received an order to leave the camp, and I had to leave the prosperous and wealthy Dantu, so my wish to find a woman fell through again.
After arriving in Huainan, he found that the place had been beaten to the ground, and the place had been repeatedly scraped by the officers and rebels several times, so his hope was delayed step by step. However, when he reorganized while training in Yangzhou, he had a new idea after staying for a while.
The so-called fireworks sacred place and bustling place in the world-Yang Yiyi Er, Yangzhou local women are also well-known and well-known in the world, or find a right eye, find a way to bring back to the rear to live a good life.
After all, he is now a not-so-no-small boss anyhow, and he can completely support several people on salary alone. The qualifications have already met the criteria for applying for a family. As long as it can be approved, there will be ready-made houses and basic utensils to be allocated, just wait to live in.
Wang Qiu was thinking about floating on the mule, and he saw that the detective horse clearing the road suddenly turned back with a whistle; he couldn't help shouting at the head of the flag that was followed by the left and right flags:
"Before the call was sent, the team dismounted and ended up on the spot, and the rear team was on the spot immediately...the left and right rides scattered..."
Then, he loosened the buckle on the hanger and took down the crossbow, firmly mounted a heavy steel arrow from the arrow sleeve, hung the short spear diagonally on the side hook, and buckled the small group card on his elbow. Go up; Wang Qiu drove the mule to step over, beside the carriage that was closed and tightly covered by the inside and outside.
The flag heads on the left and right also pinched a cylindrical medicine arrow in their hands, making a gesture that could be excited at any time. At this time, a man and horse appeared in the faint smoke ahead.
They were wearing the ochre yellow banner, and everyone was dressed up in ochre Baotou yellow shirts, and they shouted.
"Brothers of the Taiping Army, don't be surprised, we are here on the orders of the military mansion."
"There are seals and official documents here, please check in person..."
After they stopped in front of them, a pale-faced military general rode his horse and leaned forward and said loudly.
"A certain is the official of the military mansion, Lin Yan, and your Zhou leader are old acquaintances and colleagues in the Cantonese mansion..."
So after a short delay, the two teams once again merged and set foot on the way to Tianchang County again.
In spite of this, a group of veterans including Wang Qiu were led by the foot cavalry lieutenant Zhao Jingfan, who was arranged by the carriage, and the converging sergeants were secretly guarded and isolated in the periphery.
It's just that after two more hours, the sergeant who was in charge of leading the way in front suddenly turned back and reported:
"The bridge slab in front was in disrepair, and the pillar collapsed after only a few dozen people."
"Need to get nearby materials to repair before passing... Do you want to camp on the spot for a while..."
"This can't work, we can't stay here..."
As the leader of the school lieutenant Zhao Jingfan, looking at the nameless river with clear waves, he categorically denied it, and then he bent to Wang Qiu next to the carriage and ordered.
"Pharaoh, you take a few more waters to explore the river, can you find a place where the carriage can also wade across the river..."
"promise.."
Wang Qiu nodded and agreed. Then he took off the cumbersome armor with his hands and feet quickly, and tied it to the mule's back together with the weapons, leaving only a linen vest and short hips, holding a bladeless spur in his mouth to lead the mount along the unevenness. The pebbles slowly stepped into the river stall.
Except for Wang Qiu, who was exploring the road with his bare hands, the other soldiers behind him were holding short soldiers or crossbows in one hand. I saw the clear river slowly flooding their half of their bodies, and then again exposed their thighs and knees as they walked farther and farther in a swaying momentum.
After passing the river safely, Wang Qiu did not meet the sergeants who crossed the river first; instead, he took two short spears to form a flag gun, and shook it vigorously against the other shore a few times in response. confirm;
Then they disregarded the dampness on their bodies, re-dressed their armor on the spot, and then dismantled all kinds of ordnance and dispatched them to guard in place. Seeing that the first group of people had already started to cross the river on the other side, Wang Qiu took the half-burning man with a Duanbow license, and under the scorching sun, he searched and searched on the spot along the river bank.
With the vigorous movement of the bushes and bushes, the grasshoppers and flying insects, which were frightened and jumped up from time to time, scrambled to flee in front of them; even if the sweat coming out of the body was mixed with the water that soaked the inside, it made people Wet and uncomfortable; but Wang Qiu still meticulously maintained the basic formation.
But not far away, the soldiers of the sergeant who crossed the river first were already leaning and squatting in various shades of trees and shady places, and they looked at these meticulously patrolling in the sun with interest. Towing the Taiping Army.
When Wang Qiu's team turned back, a new team set off; and at this time, a lot of wet soldiers and equipment had crossed the river bank; and the heavily protected carriage was also pulling forward and pushing hard. Below, it just rolled over halfway in the river with a bump.
At this time, there was a sudden change, and the soldiers of the army who were hiding in the shade of the trees screamed. They stood up and were pierced by arrows flying in the distance and fell to the ground; then these arrows fell on the heads of Taiping soldiers on the river bank.
At this time, they had already raised their hands one after another, or leaned down to look for cover. At the turning point in the upper reaches of the river amid the roars and roars, a man with bright armor but a very strange banner came out.
"An enemy strikes halfway... Quickly let go of the arrow..."
Wang Qiu also yelled loudly.
Then, the arrows thrown from the opposite side have turned into rockets with little smoke trails, but they passed the already formed rows of Taiping soldiers, and shot into the river far away; most of them fell in concentration. Around the big car.
In the sound of the intensive fall into the extinction, the soldiers on the left and right immediately fell into the water with arrows; and the cart was hit by more than a dozen fire arrows, and black smoke and flames appeared.
At the same time, the pioneers and soldiers led by Wang Qiu had already completed the lineup, and shot the first round of crossbow bolts against the oncoming enemy; and between the oncoming men, they trot and raised their cards and swung their swords. Among them, struggling to hack and smash.
Another soldier picked up the trumpet arrow in the flag head's hand that fell to the ground with the arrow, and forcefully dropped the igniting wire toward the back of the sun. After a few breaths of delay, the sound of the collision shot out a flame with obvious smoke trails.
At this time, on the other side, there was a faint clamor again, but a man and a horse came out from the horizon in the distance; however, they ran on one side and shouted loudly:
"Brother Huang, don't be afraid, I'm here to save you..."
With these clamors one after another, there was another flame rising in the air, and then a third way further away. . . . And in a town more than ten miles away from the south, the jumper who had just arrived in it turned Lin Ming, also watching the fireworks rising in the distance facing the left and right roads.
"The snake is out of the hole, ready to be served..."
At the same time, the blood-stained figure of Yiqi also fled out of the gate of Tianchang County in embarrassment. (End of this chapter)