Chapter 480 Forward! Forward! Forward! Our team Xiangtai
Chapter 480 Move forward! Move forward! Move forward! Our team faces the sun!
"All you soldiers, come with me down to the ridge!
When we get down from the mountain, it’s victory! That’s when we’re about to make great achievements!”
Ma Dai said excitedly.
Then he took the lead in moving forward with his legs again.
"thump!"
The mountains were steep and the snow had not yet melted and was very slippery. After climbing over the mountains and ridges, he suffered from hunger and cold. Ma Dai's physical strength declined seriously. He just took two steps forward when his feet slipped and he fell to the ground.
Then my body grumbled all the way down uncontrollably, and the speed of descending the ridge was very fast.
There was a buffer of snow, so he rolled down the mountain without any damage.
I just feel a little dizzy.
Everyone who was worried when they saw Ma Dai slipping started to imitate him.
They were also extremely tired and didn't want to take another step, so they all started to roll down.
In an instant, countless snow dumplings fell.
Shaking my dizzy head, the joy of finally climbing over the mountains began to fill my chest.
"Let's go, we are about to make a contribution!"
Ma Dai was full of excitement and said with a smile to the approximately 900 subordinates who had gathered.
Everyone also smiled and agreed, very excited.
The group of people walked forward through the snow for about a mile, turned a corner, and were immediately stunned!
Because in front of them were hundreds of well-equipped Guanzhong soldiers waiting in formation!
How could this be?
They had already circled north for almost a hundred miles before starting to climb over the mountains. How come they were stopped by the soldiers from Guanzhong as soon as they arrived here?
Could it be that all the soldiers in this pass are unable to fly?
Or are these people able to predict the future?!
The soldiers of Xiliang, who had been extremely excited just now and were about to perform extraordinary feats, were stunned on the spot. They were like buckets of ice water poured down from their pockets, making these people instantly cold from head to toe, and from the inside to the outside.
"Here you come, brother?"
Zhang Yi, holding a gun in his hand, looked at the sluggish Xiliang soldiers who looked miserable. It was obvious that they had suffered a lot when crossing the mountains before, and greeted them with a smile on his face.
The rest of the soldiers from Guanzhong who followed also had faces full of joy.
They really didn't expect that they would have such an unexpected gain at this time.
Ma Dai paused for a moment, waking up from the initial blank and confused state.
"Come here, my second uncle! Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy!
If you want to survive, you can only fight to the death!"
After gritting his teeth secretly, he clenched the gun in his hand, shouted at the soldiers, and then charged away.
Seeing this, the Xiliang soldiers behind him also gritted their teeth and charged with Ma Dai. At this moment, they had no choice but to surrender!
As for escaping, they really had no idea. Their physical strength was so severely reduced that they couldn't escape at all.
And, where to escape?
Behind them are mountains that they never want to walk again after walking through them once...
"He's got some backbone!"
Zhang Yi said something aloud, and then led others to meet him.
"Bang!"
The spears in Zhang Yi and Ma Dai's hands collided and made a sound.
Ma Dai took the gun and was shot straight away.
Although he had courage, he could not endure the severe physical exertion.
Even if he was determined to fight, he was still no match for Zhang Yi at this time.
Zhang Yi shook the gun in his hand and switched from stabbing to drawing.
The barrel of the gun hit Ma Dai's body, and Ma Dai fell down in response.
There was no room for fighting back.
Ma Dai's eyes were full of bitterness. He stretched out his hand, took out the long sword in his hand, and pointed it at his neck.
If the thing cannot be accomplished, the only option is death.
Otherwise, if you are captured by Guanzhong soldiers and horses, you may have a difficult life in the future and suffer humiliation in vain!
"Bang!"
A gun came over and hit his wrist. Heart-wrenching pain was felt, and the sword in his hand fell out of control.
As soon as the gun probed and picked up, the sword that landed on the ground flew out, and then it was drawn again, forcing Ma Dai's body, which had just straightened up a little, to fall to the ground again.
"Tie this man up!"
Zhang Yi shouted an order.
Immediately some soldiers took action and quickly tied up Ma Dai, without even leaving him a chance to die.
Zhang Yi's five hundred soldiers had been recuperating here for many days, and they had long been exhausted. At this time, they met the military glory that came to their door, and naturally they became more and more courageous as they fought.
The physical strength of Ma Dai and others had long been spent on climbing mountains and ridges, and they had lost their temper due to the severe cold.
Now that we have finally climbed over the mountain, before our joy can spread out, we encounter the Guanzhong troops who have been waiting here for a long time. The blow to morale can be described as a disaster.
As Zhang Yi took action with his troops, it only took about half an hour for all these people to be eliminated.
Looking at the Liangzhou people who were tied into rice dumplings, as well as some people who were hacked to death and beheaded for excessive resistance, the faces of the Guanzhong soldiers showed the joy of the harvest, and they all looked like simple old farmers...
Being escorted by Guanzhong soldiers and horses towards Aotou Pass, Ma Dai's heart was filled with despair.
There is nothing like a plan that was carefully executed by oneself, which was already expected to hit people!
For a moment, Ma Dai was doubting whether he and others could break through Aotou Pass and enter the middle of the pass this time.
When Ma Dai was tied up and sent to the Aotou Pass camp, and after seeing the scene behind Aotou Pass, he felt that his idea had come true.
Previous suspicions became reality.
There are far more soldiers and horses stationed behind Aotou Pass than I expected!
Judging from the current situation, it seems that Guanzhong has already judged that their side will send troops, so they are extremely well prepared.
Some of the so-called troops being mobilized from Aotou Pass are true, and some of them are just deliberately putting on a show for themselves and others!
An extremely bad premonition appeared in Ma Dai's mind.
This time I and others may be deceived by the people in Guanzhong!
When this idea appeared in his mind, he carefully thought about all the things that had happened before. The more he thought about it, the more possible it became, and the more real the idea became.
My heart became even more anxious and heavy.
He very much wanted to tell his uncle and others to withdraw their troops as soon as possible and stop fighting here.
Aotou Pass can drain all the power in their hands.
But such an idea can only be thought about in the mind and cannot be realized.
Under such circumstances, he simply had no ability to pass on the news...
Not to mention the brutal and thrilling offensive and defensive battle here at Aotou Pass, we only talk about Liu Cheng and his party who led three thousand elite soldiers, left Aotou Pass at night, marched all the way at night, and entered the Death Swamp before Ma Chao and others arrived.
"It's snowing! It's snowing!"
This sudden spring snow covered a large area. It not only fell in Aotou Pass, but also in the mountains that Ma Dai and others climbed. Heavy snow also fell in the Death Swamp.
Unlike Ma Dai and others who were so angry when they saw the heavy snow falling, the soldiers led by Liu Cheng who went to Jincheng for a sneak attack couldn't help but cheered after seeing the heavy snow falling.
Heavy snowfall means it will get colder in the coming period.
When the weather gets colder, the mud and water bubbles will freeze solid, making it much easier for them to walk!
Don’t worry about falling into the mud and being unable to get out as you continue walking.
Not only the soldiers were cheering, but the face of the general Liu Cheng was also full of smiles.
When he set out from Aotou Pass, the scene he had been looking forward to finally happened. How could he not be happy?
At this time, Liu Cheng looked very different from before.
When I was in Yushan before, there were several wives at home who took care of him properly. Whether it was clothes or decorations, they were all tasteful and exquisite.
By this time, these exquisite features have long since disappeared.
On the real battlefield, there is not much refinement.
After all, Liu Cheng is really fighting now, instead of filming some youth idol drama with hairspray on his head, his clothes spotless, and not even a wrinkle.
Dried mud spots can be seen everywhere on his armor.
There is also a patch on the left side of the face, and the hair appears to be scattered and stained with some dead grass.
But even so, it couldn't hide his handsome and resolute face.
On the contrary, it gives him a bit of battlefield iron-blood and the charm of a mature man. (Is the sense of substitution coming?)
Liu Cheng's outfit looked a little strange.
The main thing that is strange is the clothes he wears.
To be precise, it is the clothes worn on the lower body.
The style of this clothes is completely different from the clothes of this era.
It's a jumpsuit.
To be more precise, they are similar to the rain pants of later generations.
It's just that the rain pants of later generations were made of rubber, but the ones Liu Cheng wore were made of cowhide and other leather.
The inside and outside sides are repeatedly soaked in tung oil and dried in the sun, the joints are glued with fish bladder glue, and the outside is also brushed with tung oil for waterproofing.
The top is pants, and the bottom is connected to boots, and the whole thing is one.
This is the secret weapon prepared by Liu Cheng.
Previously, Dong Zhuo transported it to Aotou Pass, and then sealed it there, preventing Niu Fu from opening it and looking at it. Basically, this was the thing.
This was Liu Cheng's special preparation for this attack.
When crossing the swamp, if the weather is not very cold in summer and autumn, there is no need for this thing.
But in this season, if there is no such thing to protect the body, it will be extremely uncomfortable.
Even your feet and legs may step on them and get into mud or water at any time. Once your shoes and clothes get wet, they will not dry out in a short while.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible to walk far at all, and people will be unbearably cold.
If it goes on for a long time, the legs and feet will be frozen.
During long-distance marches, the most important thing is the legs and feet, which are the key objects of protection.
Therefore, Liu Chenggong had someone make this thing in advance.
In addition to rain pants, he also carried twenty sheepskin pouches.
The main purpose is to prevent encounters such as rivers and large bubbles that cannot be bypassed on the way forward.
With these sheepskin bags, there is an extra layer of protection.
In addition to these things, each ten people also carried an extremely strong hemp rope forty to fifty meters long.
This is mainly to prevent someone from falling into the quagmire or encountering other dangers, so that the person who is trapped can be pulled out...
It can be said that Liu Cheng was very well prepared for this march.
This is fighting a prepared battle.
However, even so, attrition is still inevitable.
From the time they set out until now, they have walked more than half the distance, and more than a dozen of them have died.
Two people were completely trapped in the very thin mud, and were completely submerged before others could rescue them...
The rest are non-combat attrition due to illness.
It was too difficult to walk through the mud for hundreds of miles.
This was the result of Liu Cheng asking Hua Tuo to prescribe a lot of medicines for treating colds and diarrhea in advance. When someone was sick, he would immediately boil the medicine and give it to them to drink.
If this were not the case, the number of attrition due to illness would be even greater!
These medicines were packed in the car that Liu Cheng transported from Yushan, pretending to be transporting grain and grass, and transported them to Aotou Pass.
"We'll go ten miles further and we'll camp and rest! When we get there, I'll make soup for the fire myself!"
Liu Cheng looked at everyone and said with a smile.
As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of cheers and thunder.
Everyone took advantage of the joy and excitement of the snow falling, and Liu Cheng's encouragement, and followed Liu Cheng forward.
The energy and spirit are completely different from those of Ma Dai's soldiers and horses who cross mountains and ridges for sneak attacks.
After walking forward for a while, Liu Cheng suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs: "Forward, forward, forward, get ready, sing!"
As soon as the voice fell, a chorus of songs rang out: "Forward, forward, forward, our team is facing the sun!"
With our feet on the land of our motherland, we carry the hope of our nation..."
After the lyrics, Liu Cheng made some changes and changed them into lyrics that fit this time.
This is a song that Liu Cheng taught everyone on the way forward, a song that in later generations, as long as the melody is together, can make his blood boil and his eyes filled with tears!
It has inspired many people and gathered much strength.
Now Liu Cheng has taught it to the team he leads, hoping to use it to boost morale and gather strength!
Facts have proved that there are many things in common regardless of age.
Especially after Liu Cheng adapted some lyrics to be more suitable for this era, when the song comes out, people's hearts will surge!
Heavy snow like goose feathers fell from the sky, and the cold wind howled and got into people's clothes.
In the midst of the heavy snowfall, Liu Cheng and others were shouting songs, arm in arm, and marched against the wind and snow.
The flesh and blood body seemed to be made of copper poured into iron.
For a time, even the sky full of wind and snow and the endless cold became a foil!
Zhang Lu, Li Yan and other Yizhou surrendered generals who followed Liu Cheng were all fascinated and shocked by it for a while!
I feel lucky to be one of them now.
It was inevitable that he and others were defeated by Uncle Liu Huang when they were in Yizhou.
Being able to lead such a team and make the team so cohesive is really not something that ordinary people can do!
Singing and marching all the way, everyone marched for more than ten miles before stopping and setting up camp.
Some people set up camp, while others took out some other 'secret weapons' and headed towards the water bubble not far away.
Using the weapon in his hand, he smashed the ice on the side and threw it in...
This is a fish cage made of bamboo strips.
In addition to the fish cages, there are also people lowering nets into the pools of water.
This is another secret weapon prepared by Liu Cheng for this operation.
Long-distance marches require carrying a large amount of food. However, carrying too much food will put a huge load on the army, especially the teams led by Liu Cheng, which have no civilians at all.
If you are marching in other places, you can borrow some food from villages and towns along the way.
But it was really hard for Liu Cheng and the others to do this this time.
After all, the place they passed through was a deserted place.
Therefore, Liu Chenggong had people prepare fish cages and fishing nets in advance and carry them with him.
After all, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish.
Carrying a large amount of food is tiring, so it is better to carry tools that can obtain food.
Liu Cheng's inspiration came from the text learned by later generations, the golden fishhook.
The old squad leader took a few patients out with a fishhook made of a sewing needle, but the old squad leader stayed there.
If the old squad leader had a fishing net in his hand at that time, the situation would completely change.
In the wild, wherever there is water, there are fish, and the water is rich in products.
Of course, what we are talking about here is ancient times, not the later generations where Liu Cheng lived.
In the later generations that Liu Cheng lived in, when he was a child, there were a lot of fish, shrimps, crabs and other things in the stream near the village, but by the time he reached high school, these things had basically disappeared.
In the area where Liu Cheng and the others were walking, there was no need to worry about this situation at all.
As early as before, Liu Chenggong had already sent people to find out.
This is an uninhabited place, with water in many places all year round.
There are many fish in the water.
After all, there is no one to catch them, so they can grow freely here.
Facts have proved that Liu Cheng's decision was not wrong at all.
They set out with their fishing tools. When they camped every day, they found places with many water bubbles to camp and lowered fishing nets and fish traps into the water bubbles.
It usually takes more than an hour to harvest once, take down the caught fish, arrange the fishing nets, and fish cages, and then go into the water.
From the evening until the next morning, you can often get quite a harvest if you come three times.
This is mainly because the fishing net is not strong enough. If it is the kind of fishing net of later generations, the harvest will be greater.
Of course, Liu Cheng will not put all his food on fishing. Sometimes it is a matter of luck. Sometimes it is more, sometimes it is less. The uncertainty is too great, so it can only be a supplement.
He still carried a lot of food with the army.
Of course, these fishing nets and fish cages have indeed improved the quality of life and greatly reduced the food pressure faced by Liu Cheng and others here.
Think about it, after a hard day's march, you can have a few bowls of fish soup, eat some fish, and dip the dry pancakes into the hot fish soup. What a wonderful thing it is!
If they had not eaten well and the fish soup was nutritious, more of the three thousand soldiers led by Liu Cheng would have gotten sick.
After stopping to set up camp, Liu Cheng was not idle. He fulfilled his previous promise and personally cooked soup for everyone.
Of course, it would be impossible for Liu Cheng to cook for three thousand people.
However, if there are many people helping out and the food is soup, then there will be no problem at all.
I have basically finished the seasonings, but I brought enough salt.
The cooked soup is still mainly fish.
These fish were caught this morning when the nets were collected and the fish cages were closed. They were not eaten after cleaning and were kept for dinner in the evening.
Put some dry vegetables inside, there are no green vegetables at this time.
The materials are limited, and even if Liu Cheng is proficient in cooking, he still can't make any tricks and can only cook casually.
But even so, when they started drinking the soup, everyone was still full of praise.
I don’t know if it’s because Liu Cheng’s food really tastes good, or if it’s because of the ‘celebrity effect’…
After the meal, Liu Cheng personally urged everyone to soak their feet in hot water before letting everyone go to bed.
Lying in the tent, listening to the sound of wind and the rustling of snowflakes on the tent, Liu Cheng felt surprisingly calm...
Early the next morning, the person responsible for getting up early to collect the nets and fish traps encountered some troubles. The water surface was blocked by a thick layer of ice. The ice needed to be broken open to collect the fishing nets.
Fortunately, Liu Cheng's fishing net is a bottom net, which is the kind of net that will sink to the bottom after being lowered into the water.
All you need to do is break a hole in the shore.
If they are floating nets, then these nets can be declared unnecessary.
When closing the net, I encountered a surprise. A grass carp weighing more than 40 kilograms was pulled out directly from a sticky net.
It's like a big piggy, very pleasant.
Of course, this means it is winter now, the water is cold, and the fish appear stiff.
Otherwise, such a big fish may not be able to be pulled out with such a net, and it will easily escape.
With the joy of a good harvest, Liu Cheng and his party set out on the road again.
The snow is still falling, but it has become much lighter.
Although it was covered with snow, the ground was frozen hard, so walking was faster than before.
In one day, everyone traveled more than fifty miles.
At this rate, in one day or tomorrow, we will be able to get out of this land of death that even the locals are afraid of and dare not go deep into!
In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Cheng and the others were still ten miles away before they could completely leave this swamp of death.
Liu Cheng ordered the soldiers and horses to stop, set up camp, eat some fried noodles, and grab a few handfuls of snow and melt it in his mouth to quench his thirst.
Go to bed immediately to replenish your energy and refresh your mind.
This time, Liu Cheng did not let his soldiers light a fire, mainly because he was about to emerge from the swamp, and he was worried that his target would be exposed and his success would be in vain!
Time passed little by little, and soon it was night. Liu Cheng woke up all the soldiers and left the fishing nets, fish cages, bulky rain pants, tents, and many unnecessary things here.
Here comes a man traveling lightly.
"Gentlemen, march with me and attack the Golden City at night!
Tomorrow morning I will eat and sleep with you in Jincheng!"
Liu Cheng held the big iron halberd, looked at the crowd and shouted.
Then take the lead.
Many soldiers, with high spirits, followed Liu Cheng, trampling on the snow, and rolled away.
There was no fear at all, just excitement and trust.
They believe that under the leadership of their commander, they can successfully capture Jincheng!
