march to victory

The enemy really wanted to 'lure the enemy to go deep'.

As soon as Zhang Qingshan and the others retreated, the enemy's gunfire quickly fell silent.

As for Guan Yumin's appearance, as well as the information and suggestions he brought, Zhang Qingshan was dubious.

In this desolate and vast water and grassland, if someone suddenly ran out from the enemy camp and told you what to do, would you believe it?

But the problem is that you have to pay attention to the combination of Guan Yumin's intelligence and reality. Therefore, facing Guan Yumin, I suggest again: Everyone retreats four or five miles, and the bullet is definitely not that far away.

Zhang Qingshan followed this suggestion at first, and after retreating four or five miles, he ordered a fire to cook.

After eating, he ordered everyone to rest at the same place. Until nightfall, neither the enemy nor us could see each other. He suddenly and resolutely ordered to retreat another five or six miles: if we only retreated four or five miles, plus The distance from the mountain that was five or six miles away was almost ten miles away.Ordinarily, the bullet is really not that big, but the question is, what if the enemy dares to go deep into the water and grass?When the time comes, suddenly charge over and kill everyone.

And there is another advantage: Although Guan Yumin said that the main force of the Second Red Army walked out of the water and grassland from the right, a hundred miles away from them, and, according to Guan Yumin's information, the enemy did not dare to enter the water and grassland-the enemy did not dare to enter the water and grassland. They are active around the water and grass all year round. If you have to say for sure that they dare not step into the water and grass, it is a bit nonsense. After all, everyone is a soldier. From a normal military point of view, which army would allow soldiers to Are they timid about the geographical environment?There will definitely be specialized training.

So it's still the same saying: Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case!In case the enemy ventured into the water and grassland, set up an ambush between Zhang Qingshan and the main force, and then sent Guan Yumin to be a dead soldier, leading Zhang Qingshan and the others into the enemy's ambush circle, when the time comes, the whole army will really be defeated. Overwhelmed.Therefore, retreating for fifteen or six miles would not only exceed the enemy's expectations, but even if the enemy set up an ambush, it would be impossible for the enemy to design such a large ambush circle.Coupled with the cover of the night, even if you encounter the enemy's ambush circle, it is likely to be "meeting" instead of "getting into"-the difference between the two words, but there is a world of difference.

Everyone is an experienced generation, not to mention Zhang Qingshan and the others who have been on the water and grass for more than a month at the commander level, even Guan Yumin understands Zhang Qingshan's defensive order very well.

At the same time, out of hatred for traitors and enemy dead soldiers, Zhang Qingshan felt that Cao Cao's approach was very correct: if one is killed, one will be lost!

So, after retreating another five or six miles, Zhang Qingshan asked Xiang Tao to lead the security team to scout and open the way to the northeast, and everyone was separated by four or five miles.

Then Peng Peng was sent to bring four comrades with relatively good physical strength to 'take care' of Guan Yumin. The purpose was naturally that once it was determined that Guan Yumin was a traitor or a dead soldier sent by the enemy, he would be arrested immediately and killed mercilessly after interrogation.

When a person is unlucky, drinking cold water will clog his teeth.At the same time, I have to say that Guan Yumin would like to thank Zhang Qingshan for ordering arrest instead of shooting him directly, otherwise, this would be a case of great injustice.

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The night is hazy, the moonlight shines lightly, and the visibility is extremely high. However, except for the "grunt" sound made by the more than 100 people who stepped on the water grass pile when they were walking, the world was dead silent, which made people feel horrified. Panic.

However, seeing the edge of the water grass field, thinking that I could walk out of the water grass field alive, and looking forward to the celebration scene of reuniting with comrades, everyone felt a sense of survival after a catastrophe, holding their breath in ecstasy and excitement , The pace under the feet can't help but become a lot lighter, and the morale of the troops is naturally very high.

While the troops were moving at night, Liu Bing and Zhou Ping found Zhang Qingshan, pulled him aside, and said while driving, "Old Zhang, there is something I need you to make up your mind about."

What surprised Zhang Qingshan was that both of them had a bit of anger on their faces, which aroused Zhang Qingshan's strong curiosity: "What's the matter?"

After Liu Bing looked at Zhou Ping beside him, he told Zhang Qingshan the reason.

After all, it's still a matter of food.

Although Lausanne had prepared three or four times as much food and necessary medicines for the three of Zhang Qingshan at the beginning, it has grown from the original three to the current 160 people. Not enough, by now they had eaten up everything but salt.To be more accurate, two days ago, these 100 people had not eaten oil, and the last bit of oil was lost last night because the security team was going to investigate and open the way this morning and needed to maintain their strength. That meal was consumed.

At this time, everyone is exhausted, their stomachs are empty, and both their physique and physical strength have seriously declined.

But at this time, there is an urgent march and transfer. At this time, a certain guarantee of physical strength and physique is needed. Then, the question arises: where to get food, especially greasy things to ensure everyone's physical strength and physique?

Therefore, Liu Bing paid attention to the horses, thinking that everyone must eat well at this time. After all, no matter how important the horses are, they are not as important as human lives. , if the physical strength is insufficient and the physique is seriously declining, then don’t say anything, even if you fight the enemy with the bayonet, you will only be slaughtered, so he strives to kill at least one horse so that everyone can eat two meals as soon as possible. Replenish everyone's physique and strength.However, Zhou Ping regarded these four emaciated horses as treasures. Naturally, he didn't allow them, thinking that he hadn't reached that point yet, and said that as long as the transfer was fast, everyone could go out safely, and it was even very likely that they would meet those resident horses. Comrades who are responding, by that time, every horse is very important, and it would be a pity to kill it now...

In this way, it is inevitable for the two to have a quarrel.

Although neither of the two can convince the other, fortunately, both of them are cadres and know the importance of influence. Therefore, even though they had a quarrel, they only avoided everyone and argued in private.

Originally, this matter could also be discussed with Peng Peng first, but Peng Peng is now focusing on 'taking care' of Guan Yumin, and they couldn't find him, so they had to come to Zhang Qingshan, who is the company commander.

After Zhang Qingshan pondered for a while, he said to Zhou Ping seriously: "Old Zhou, kill the horse!"

"No!" Zhou Ping was shocked, and shouted: "Old Zhang, everyone agreed at the beginning that you can't kill horses unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Old Zhou, I know you cherish your horses and can't bear to see them damaged, but look, it's the time of last resort." As he said, Zhang Qingshan looked around, although he couldn't see it very well because of the light. Clearly, but looking at the figures who were not walking very fast and obviously lacking physical strength, Zhang Qingshan frowned involuntarily, and said to Zhou Ping: "Old Zhou, take a look at everyone's situation, Everyone is exhausted. Although you haven't met the enemy yet, don't you have to wait until you fight the enemy before you kill the horse to replenish your strength and physique? Don't you think it will be too late by then? So, I still have the same sentence: Human life is more important than the sky! In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, in order to allow comrades to have the physical strength to maintain the speed of the rapid march, in case of any situation, comrades can have physical strength to fight, in order to prevent everyone from starving Going to meet the victory with a stomach. But now, if you want to replenish your strength as soon as possible, meat is the best choice, besides, we have nothing else to eat, so, Lao Zhou, I order you-kill the horse!"

Maybe it was because of thinking about the situation in case of encountering the enemy and fighting, Zhang Qingshan's expression became more and more solemn, and his tone became more and more severe. Finally, he almost gritted his teeth and said, "In order to replenish everyone's physical strength as soon as possible!" , Tonight's supper is horse meat, and tomorrow breakfast must also eat horse meat... In this regard, Lao Zhou, you can handle it yourself."

Hearing Zhang Qingshan's order to kill the horse, Zhou Ping knew that killing the horse was inevitable.He glanced at Zhang Qingshan, then at Liu Bing, finally, nodded slightly, sighed, and said to Zhang Qingshan: "Okay, I will obey the order, but can we just kill one horse?"

"Old Zhou, it's not that I'm cruel, but that the reality is so compelling..." Zhang Qingshan also glanced at Liu Bing, nodded to Zhou Ping, and said, "I can't promise you that I will only kill one horse, because no one will kill you." I don’t know what will happen next. However, I can assure you that I will not kill a horse unless it is absolutely necessary.”

After finishing speaking, he said to Liu Bing: "Lao Liu, Lao Zhou loves horses, so go and help him."

Liu Bing naturally understood that Zhang Qingshan wanted Liu Bing to kill the horse.

Nodding, he said to Zhou Ping: "Old Zhou, let's choose a relatively thin horse."

Zhou Ping wanted to say that he didn't need his help, but he had to do it himself, but after thinking about it, he couldn't bear to do anything to the horses, so he had to bow his head and shut up.

Seeing the backs of the two of them leaving, Zhang Qingshan sighed and continued on his way: He also likes horses, but who made the reality so cruel?

Early morning!

Zhou Ping led the three horses and walked far away. Liu Bing led a few soldiers, put down the thinnest horse selected, tied the horse's limbs, and used bayonets...

The subsequent scenes proved everyone's desire for food, and also proved Zhang Qingshan's correctness, or everyone's correctness, including Zhou Ping.He naturally understands the truth in this, but he just doesn't want to.

Half of the horse meat is reserved for the next meal, and the other half is cut into small pieces for everyone to share: two pots, one large and one small, are used to cook the horse meat, which is mixed with a lot of wild vegetables, and more of them are optional. Roast.What makes people sad is that many comrades really swallow their saliva while roasting the horse meat. Some people even have not even roasted the horse meat thoroughly. ...

"Old Zhou, it's baked, eat it quickly...why don't you eat it?"

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