Resistance without strength is of no use and will only lead to more suffering.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, when every household was enjoying the joy of the festival, the prisoners who had worked hard to go north had to move on again, but the difference from before was that they were all disrupted and divided into small groups.
Teams, some with more than a hundred people, some with only a dozen people, were taken by the soldiers in different directions. Fortunately, on the first day of the new year this year, the border guard king gave them a relatively rich meal.
A meal can be regarded as a meeting gift for these "warriors".
Chen Mo was assigned to a small team of more than a dozen people. He was not assigned to anyone he knew well. After gathering, he continued to move forward amidst the shouts and curses of the soldiers who had complaints.
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To the north of Shuozhou is Lazhou, which has many hills. There is a small fortress on the border of Lazhou, called Huqiu Fort. The fortress is built on a small hill. Looking to the north is the endless Shang Kingdom. At the foot of the hill
Five miles away, there is a winding river with no name.
To the north of the river is Shang Kingdom, which is a flat land. It is not correct to say it is flat land. The ground covered with vegetation is undulating. Looking down from the Tiger Hill Fort, it is full of potholes, and hares shuttle there from time to time.
Farther away, there is the enemy's camp, separated from the Tiger Hill Fort by longing, like two lovers who see each other, flirting with each other, but no one is willing to be the first to cross the small river that hinders their lingering.
The whole surface of the river is the territory of the Chu State. After crossing the river from the Shang State, there is a land of disorderly hills. The Tiger Hill Fort is one of the top fortresses in this area.
They just observe the enemy's actions, engage in guerrilla warfare, or take advantage of the terrain to hold a wave. If the enemy is really coming in large numbers, they probably won't be able to sustain it for long.
There are about a hundred people in Huqiu Fort, which is considered a fortress with a relatively large number of people. Some forts are so pitiful that they only have about ten people. Those places are even worse, and it is difficult to find anyone to talk to.
On the only watchtower in Huqiu Fort, a thin man stared solemnly at the situation on the other side of the river. Even though no one was found there, he did not relax at all.
"Bamboo pole, those two little brats haven't caught any fish. They've been out for a long time and haven't farted. Please respond." Under the watchtower, an elderly man was lying on the stone slab, enjoying this rare opportunity.
As soon as he saw the sun, he shouted to the thin man on the tower.
"Commander, please don't bother me all the time. If I make a mistake, those two little kids won't be able to come back." Zhugan said angrily. At this time, he knew that his mission was important and he couldn't be careless.
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"Hey hey hey~"
"What are you doing? You're so surprised." The team leader under the tower crossed his legs and shouted, as if that was the tone of his voice, and his thick voice was like shouting.
"There seems to be movement on the other side."
With a simple sentence, the captain of the team made a quick move, and a carp came up and jumped up. He quickly climbed up the tower, followed the direction of the bamboo pole, and squinted his eyes.
"It seems like it is true. Hurry up and call him back. He's so playful. It's not worth taking such a big risk for two small fishes. I won't bother to care if someone shoots him into a hedgehog. At most, I'll do it for you."
They collect the bodies." The corps commander said nonchalantly.
"Didn't you ask them to get two river fish and come back to improve the food? Why are they turning their backs on me now?" Zhugan looked down on the team leader's speed of changing his attitude.
"Why are you still nagging? Why don't you blow the whistle quickly? Do you really want the two of them to die there as kappas?" The corporal sergeant slapped him on the head.
Although he was aggrieved, Zhugan still put his two fingers into his mouth, and a loud and harsh whistle sounded from his mouth, piercing the sky and reaching the ears of two sixteen-year-old boys by the river.
middle.
The two teenagers rolled up their trousers and looked for big fish in the cold river that were reluctant to move out in the cold weather. At this time, their baskets already contained fish of all sizes, and they were just missing a big fish worth eight hundred dollars.
Decorate today's harvest.
"I touched it!!" A young man put his hand into a water hole hidden by a pile of weeds on the river bank. He felt that there was a big guy flopping around inside, but the entrance to the hole was blocked by the young man's arms and it couldn't get out.
Come.
Just then the loud whistle reached their ears.
"It's the signal from the bamboo pole. We have to go." Another boy said.
"Catch this big fish first!" The boy didn't give up. He didn't want the big fish he had already caught to slip away, so he just had to catch it and put it into the fish basket.
"Then move faster." The other boy hesitated.
"Then why are you still standing there? Hurry up and pass the fish basket over!" The young man cursed: "You are still so worried and scared, you have to change."
"Oh oh oh." The other boy didn't care if he scolded him. They were peers in the fortress and the best playmates.
The whistle of the bamboo pole kept ringing in their ears, urging them to go back quickly.
"Hurry up." The other boy was anxious. If the person next to him had been anyone else, he would have run away immediately.
"Come on, come on, don't rush it." The young man was concentrating on fishing in the invisible water hole, and was having a fierce battle with the big fish.
"It's not me who's urging us, it's the bamboo pole that's urging us. His whistle almost blew my soul out." The other boy was so anxious that it was okay to run, and it was okay not to run.
"I got it!!" the young man said excitedly. At this moment, he felt that his hand had caught the gill of the big fish. He pulled out hard, and a fish half as big as him was pulled out by him.
The water splashed by the fish reflects in colorful colors under the bright sunshine, which is particularly beautiful.
"This is too big!!" Another boy was shocked. He didn't expect that the big fish his friend mentioned was such a big fish, but the fish basket couldn't fit in it!!
The boy also realized the problem, immediately hugged the unexpectedly big fish, and then wanted to roll to the shore. After rolling several times on the shore with the big fish intimately, he hugged the fat fish and ran away.
He ran away: "You weakling, why are you still standing there? Run quickly and don't forget to take my shoes."
On the high tower of the fortress, the bamboo poles were blowing so hard that I was out of breath. I cursed the eighteen generations of the ancestors of these two boys in my heart, and stopped when I saw that they were finally willing to run back.
"Good job!" The captain used his fingers to widen his eyes, looked at the two bastards running back desperately, and shouted, but his eyes mostly stayed on one of the teenagers.
The big fish that I hugged was exclaimed in my heart: Oh my god, this must be the king of fish in this river, right?!
When the two teenagers ran back to the foot of the mountain, on the other side of the river, enemy scouts also drove their horses to the river bank. After a short inspection, they didn't see much abnormality, and then patrolled to other places along the river bank.
The two teenagers came back to the mountain panting, huffing and puffing. They proudly showed off their today's victory to their team leader, but they didn't expect that one of them received a big slap on the head.
"You two are desperate. If you were a step too late, I would have sent someone out to save you. How will you feel if someone sacrifices for you by then?!"
The captain scolded these two ignorant little bastards in a thick voice. The bamboo pole behind him looked at him with contempt and did not speak for the two teenagers.
"Today I will force you to set up a pot and boil water. If there is another time, you will not even think about dinner."
The captain said this, but his eyes were fixed on the big fish that had no strength in the boy's arms. He naturally reached out and took it, and then let the bamboo pole pick up the other boy.
I took the bamboo basket.
"What are you still doing? Get to work quickly."
The team leader kicked a young boy on the buttocks. The two boys made faces at the departing team leader's back, then set up a pot to boil water.
The sun is setting in the west, and the setting sun is infinitely beautiful.
In the hot Daguo, the large pieces of fish meat were tumbling, the clear boiled water had been boiled to a milky white color, and the five flavors began to overflow. Many people came over and praised them with their vulgar words.
They wanted to get a piece of the pie from here, but they were driven away savagely by their team leader.
"Get out of here, everyone. What are you talking about? I couldn't hold back a good word for a long time, so everyone went back to their respective homes."
The two teenagers looked at the fire and snickered. The laughter was full of showing off: I told you that you had delicious food before and you didn't take us with you.
"Commander, Commander, Lieutenant Li is here." A soldier from the fortress ran over and said to the commander, still glancing at the delicious fish soup in the iron pot.
"Tiedan, you will be punished on the spot for lying about military information." The commander said angrily as he looked at his uncontrollable drooling.
"Commander, do you think I am like this?" Tiedan still stared at the fish pieces tumbling in the pot.
"Like, show me the way quickly."
"It's such a big place, so there's no way to lead it. I'll just wait here for you to come back."
"Hey, I'm rebelling against you? Stop talking nonsense and move on." The captain wanted to kick him in the crotch.
"Hey, hey, Captain, although my name is Tiedan, I'm not really Dantie." Tiedan quickly covered his crotch.
"Why don't you hurry up and lead me the way?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Tiedanxin reluctantly led the way.
"You two bastards, keep an eye on this pot of fish soup for me. If anyone dares to stretch their hooves over, I will allow you to chop them off on the spot, do you hear me?"
The captain's voice was without any concealment. He was exhorting the two teenagers and also warning those who were eyeing his masterpiece.
"Yes, Mr. Wu, before you come back, I guarantee that this pot of delicious fish soup will not go wrong at all. You can go with peace of mind." The two teenagers said uprightly.