choke element

Chapter 195

Outside the tent, light and shadow flickered.

Zhao Jue, who was on duty outside, heard the noise in the tent, so he looked around.

"fine."

Just as Guo Ning waved his hand, the table tilted with a clatter, and the pen and ink documents on it rolled to the ground.

Zhao Jue wanted to help clean it up, but Guo Ning strode out instead: "Throw it away, don't worry about it. Let's walk around the military fort to get some air."

"Yes."

The two of them circled down the road in Tunpu, one behind the other.

This fort is located on the hills south of the port.The scale of Tunpu is quite large, with an irregular hexagonal appearance, long from north to south and narrow from east to west.Although the stone wall of Tunpu is not high, it is very thick.

On that day, Guo Ning's troops attacked Tunbao, just like smashing a crispy walnut with a hammer, it was as easy as pie.That's because the Tunpu has not been repaired for decades, and the Jurchens stationed inside are not ready for battle.After more than ten days, Guo Ning himself stayed here, urging the soldiers to take more reefs from the coast to rectify them, and the whole fortress soon took on a new look.

After repairing several gaps and building a new fort wall of more than ten feet, the fortress became stronger.The stone wall is also the outer wall of the houses in the Tunpu. The roofs of the houses are covered with thick planks, and the place where the defenders stand in battle is also spacious.

Because the edge of the hill is tortuous, the wall is also concave and convex, forming several corners. There used to be watchtowers on the north and south sides, but now one is built at each corner.The only door on the stone wall is on the west side, and the road in front of the door happens to be within the overlooking range of the three watchtowers.

Guo Ning's Chinese army tent is at the foot of one of the watchtowers, close to the barracks.When he passed by the barracks, many soldiers were gathering together, slowly preparing for battle.

Seeing Guo Ning's figure, the soldiers stood up and saluted one after another. Some said they would see Jie Shuai, some said they would see Guo Langjun, and some senior officers called Liu Lang carelessly.

A soldier who joined the army in Zhongdu was reckless, and called Liulang.His general was busy mending his leather boots, and quickly smashed his leather boots on the soldier's helmet, making a clang: "You can call Liu Lang too!"

Guo Ning heard the sound, smiled and turned to General Shi and waved his hand, then put his finger in front of his lips and made a gesture of silence.The soldiers hurriedly lowered their voices and stopped greeting them loudly.

They had all been ordered by the leading generals before, knowing that they would hide in the military fort for several days and not reveal their whereabouts easily.

To them, this is nothing.Lying in the tall grass in the wilderness, living days full of mosquitoes and insects all day and all night, now I can eat and drink in my own military camp, as long as I whisper... Isn't that too comfortable?
Just now they all heard the cheers of the people outside the military fort, and knew that Guo Zhongyuan's troops had won the battle.But they are different from the common people, and they don't think that one victory is all.

These soldiers have too much experience in fighting, and they know that since the Mongolian army has launched, it will inevitably continue to fight fiercely.Guo Zhongyuan has nothing to be proud of when he leads some miscellaneous soldiers and wins a battle.That was just the beginning, to decide the outcome, we must rely on the real elite under Jie Shuai's command.

You will definitely fight, you will fight big and bad battles!
In the past few days, Jieshuai has skipped everyone's military training and literacy classes, and the food he eats has meat in every meal, which is great.Some low-level officers were even more relieved, because they finally escaped the nightly discussion and analysis of battle cases.Take the opportunity to rest and prepare more.

Soldiers who have just been signed into the army will feel that fighting in battle is to charge forward with a sword and gun, and it is good to have the sword and gun in hand.As their experience becomes richer, they will find that preparation before battle is very important. A little more negligence will kill you, but a little more preparation will save your life.

Soldiers who have a few scraps of armor leaves on hand should hurry up and use them. The easiest way is to sew the armor leaves on the inside of the leather armor or leather waist.Some armor or weapons were damaged in previous battles and were not repaired in time, so I hurried to the military officer in charge of logistics to see if they could be replaced.Naturally, the military officials had already been ordered to open the supply of weapons stocks.

Some soldiers gathered together a few companions to apply for a whole load of linen.They cut the linen into large and small strips, some of which were used to bind the handles of gun shafts and knife handles, and some were repeatedly folded and thickened, and then sewed horizontally on the back of the armor in the vital parts of the chest and abdomen as a lining.When hammered by heavy weapons, an extra layer of sackcloth relieves the force, and the bones may not break.

Some soldiers were particularly cautious, and asked the military doctor in advance to take medicine to stop bleeding and ward off wind.The prescription is very simple. Sichuan pepper, deer antler, etc. cannot be used in the army. It is nothing more than crushing and frying angelica, Alisma, burdock, aconite, camphor root, dried rehmannia glutinosa, and Turkic white.When things come to an end, the first four are mixed and swallowed, and the latter three are applied externally.Some old soldiers often keep some medicinal materials with them, and at this time, they will smash them with a wooden pestle for later use.

More soldiers sat scattered, chatting softly with each other, or listening to their own generals talking about precautions during combat.

This kind of talk is different from pre-war mobilization.

The pre-war mobilization must be impassioned, so as to inspire the soldiers' determination to fight.But for these old soldiers, they have heard the words mobilized before the war over and over again many times, and each of them can speak the same words, leaving the recruits stunned.

What the veterans need is to repeatedly confirm their respective strengths, confirm the cooperation methods between each individual and each unit, and agree on some gestures and codes that can be used on the battlefield, and even the order of command within the team in an emergency.

It is said that these things are very important to Guo Jieshuai. When he was in the camp of the Army River, he specially invited Mr. Jinzhi to compile them into a book.However, I heard that Mr. Shinzhi has been busy in the Central Capital recently, so he probably won't be able to take care of this matter.

Everyone followed their own habits, you and I discussed slowly, making decisions one by one.

Guo Ning walked past them, sometimes saying hello, sometimes laughing and scolding a certain officer for always not thinking.

He saw a soldier named Zhang Shao and beckoned him to come over, reminding him not to bruise his arm when he drew the bow.

Zhang Shao was also a member of Yehuling's rout, because the old injuries to his bones and muscles had not healed for a long time, which was not conducive to fighting, so Yan Yan was still a pawn at this time.

Although Guo Ning's words sounded like a mockery, they also confirmed his familiarity with Zhang Shao.

Zhang Shao was a little ashamed, but more proud.

His face was flushed, and he patted his chest to promise that there would be no mistakes this time, and he would try his best to kill a few Mongolian officers to show Liu Lang.Suddenly someone on the side shouted, what officer to kill?Hundreds of households or thousands of households?Can the Great Khan of the Black Tartar kill himself?
So many people couldn't help laughing, and fell silent again under the pressure of the officers.

Guo Ning continued to walk towards the lower part of Tunpu.After half a circle, we arrived at the stables.

War horses crossing the sea by boat, most of them are not used to it, and they are not acclimatized.So these days, the people who take care of the horses have been very hard. Fortunately, the officer in charge of elevating the horses, Wang Kouer, is very skilled, so the horses are getting more and more energetic.

Wang Kouer is Li Ting's old acquaintance in Baodi, the central capital.He was originally a horse dealer from Linhuang Mansion. He used to sell horses in Zhizhong. Because he offended Hu Shahu, the good horse he sold was robbed by Hu Shahu's subordinates Xie Lie beggars, and even his companions died.

Wang Kouer took his only daughter with him and managed to escape.But he never thought that Hu Shahu was killed by Guo Ning within a few days of trembling.

Wang Kouer then followed Guo Ning and collected many soldiers and horses for Guo Ning in Zhigu village.

At this moment, Wang Kouer replaced all the war horses with fine materials.There are some good horses and big horses, and raw eggs are mixed in the food.

The horses ate the bran, shook their heads and tails, and snorted through their nostrils. They were very satisfied, but they seldom neighed.

War horses are like people. After a long battle, they can experience the atmosphere of battle.Perhaps they are also looking forward to galloping freely with their masters, going back and forth across the vast battlefield, biting and pedaling with enemy horses, and knocking over crowds, or maybe they also expect that their companions will die in large numbers, so they are mourning?

Guo Ning grabbed a handful of horse feed and was about to feed the yellow puma himself, when several guards around him saluted.It turned out that it was Lu Han who came.

Holding the food box, Lu Han asked angrily, "Is there any reason not to eat? Huh?"

"Take time to go out for a stroll, I forgot for a while." Guo Ning laughed.

He took the food box in Lu Han's hand, opened it to have a look, took out a steaming pancake, stuffed it into his mouth, and said repeatedly: "It's delicious!"

　The prescription is recorded in the "Tiger Seal Classic", omitting some more expensive medicinal materials such as deer antler...don't take it seriously...

　
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