Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 71

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The thunderous hoofbeats made the dark night tremble.

Luo Cheng struck the ground with his knife, panting heavily.

The gray morning light has already tore through the night with the sound of hooves, and spilled through the gaps in the branches and leaves of the forest tops.

He raised his head and looked into the distance.

Fully armed and wearing blue hakama pleats, Qijun soldiers are galloping forward. Among the groups of soldiers, there are also three or three cavalry cavalry in bright red cloaks. Some slashed with a knife, or stabbed with a spear on horseback, and the bandits who blocked their way and escaped fell to the ground one after another.

Luo Cheng saw Wang Bo fleeing northward in a state of embarrassment with more than thirty riders. They rode fast horses through the trees in the forest and fled like rabbits.

He also saw the head of Old Zhao, riding a horse and swinging a garlic hammer, smashing a bandit's head with one blow.

The thieves and bandits are like dogs in mourning, panicking and not choosing their way.

When more thieves found no way out, they knelt down and begged for mercy!
I can't run anymore.

Luo Cheng felt that once he stopped, he would no longer be able to move his legs.

Last night, they fought all night on the mountain, and then chased them all the way, from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, at least twenty miles away.

"Xiao Wu, I can't run anymore. Damn it, Wang Bo can't catch it. It's a pity that I lost a big fish. When I see my hand, I'm almost there!"

Luo Si lay directly on the ground, sticking out a long part of his tongue.

Xiao Liu was quite calm, but Luo Cheng and Lao Si didn't leave, so he stood firmly beside them, holding a mixed copper eight-edged golden cudgel and guarding like a king kong.

Morning haze.

Zhang Xutuo came galloping with more than a dozen personal guards on horseback. He saw Luo Chengle stop his horse.

"Wang Bo ran away again?" Zhang Xutuo asked with a smile.

"It's right in front. It's up to Jun Cheng whether we can catch it. The few of us can't do it anymore. Our lungs are about to come out."

A voice said, "Deputy Luo is really fierce. He asked you to scout the terrain, but the 12 people just broke through the camp of hundreds of people! Bullish!"

As he said that, he looked at Luo Si on the ground again, "Compared with you, your brother is worse."

Luo Si turned his eyes unconvinced, "Who are you talking about! Come out and practice if you have the ability!"

"Have a good rest, and Wang Bo will hand it over to other people. This time you have made another great contribution, and I will remember it, and I will ask for it for you one by one." After finishing speaking, Zhang Xutuo said again, " By the way, congratulations, you have rescued your brothers intact!"

"Thanks!"

Zhang Xutuo galloped past with his parts.

"We made such a big contribution, so we just dismissed it with a few words?" The fourth child sat up dissatisfied, and said to Luo Cheng to Zhang Xutuo who was going away.

"What else do you want? If you act recklessly like that, it's against the military law, even if you're cut off, it's not an exaggeration."

"Didn't we also make great contributions? Although we missed that day, we still cut down a dozen bandits. Last night, if it weren't for our help, how could you break the bandits? How can we say that our credit is still better than that of the bandits?" Too many sins."

"Save that for another time."

Luo Cheng simply lay back and rested on the battlefield.

For him, this time the bandit suppression is over. Whether Wang Bo and Wang Bodang can be caught is Zhang Xutuo's business, and how many bandits can be caught is no longer his business.

My head is a little dizzy.

The sky is so blue.

The sun broke through the cover of the clouds, and thousands of rays of golden light shot down.

"Xiao Wu, I want to eat barbecue."

"Fifth brother, I want to eat too."

Xiao Si patted his belly and shouted, "Damn it, I was locked up for two days, I was hungry for two days, I didn't have any water or rice, and I fought with you all night last night, I really don't have any strength to lie down."

"Where does this meat come from?" Luo Cheng snorted, but still didn't want to move.

"Now I can eat a bandit's leg!" the fourth child said again.

After lying down for about a cup of tea, I finally felt more comfortable.

The sweat on his body has subsided, and he trembles a little when the wind blows.

"Brother, I'll light the fire."

Seeing this, Xiao Liu took the initiative to gather firewood for the fire.

Lao Jia also came over at some point.

"Damn, I'm starving to death."

He took off the iron helmet on his head and set it on fire, "boil some water and cook some meat to eat."

I don't know where he took out a piece of black and hard jerky in a different way, and it was impossible to tell what kind of meat it was.

"Where did it come from?"

"It went well in the village last night."

Luo Cheng smiled, "Aren't all of you veterans who have been with the county magistrate have special qualities, you can kill while you can order something to eat and drink on the battlefield?"

"Why not? War is not just for fun. Sometimes you don't know if you will fight for days, nights, or months or years. So, it's time to maintain your strength and seize every opportunity to fill your stomach Not to mention that there is ready-made meat on the battlefield, and the food needs to be smooth, even if there is no, you have to sneak in to catch some mice and snakes to eat, or even if there is nothing to eat, then the bark of wild vegetables, or even dead human flesh. You have to eat two bites too."

He said this casually, but Luo Cheng felt a chill in his heart when he heard it.

There are not many armies that cannibalize people in history, and besieged cities and food shortages also happen from time to time, but he really can't be half-hearted like them, and he can also solve food by the way.

The dried out meat was boiled in water with no seasoning.

Lao Jia took out a piece of black cloth with a sour smell, cut off a small piece with a knife and threw it in for cooking.

"What are you doing?"

Luo Cheng couldn't stop him, so he could only drink and ask. He was hungry for a long time and wanted to eat meat in pieces later.

"You know what a fart, this is vinegar cloth, cloth boiled with vinegar and salt water. Front-line soldiers go to war, and it is inconvenient to carry seasonings. This is how they eat. Each person is given a piece of vinegar cloth. When it is time to eat, Cut off a piece, throw it into the army rations and cook together, when you eat it, there will be salt, vinegar and taste."

There are vinegar cloths, there are also salt cloths, and some even have salt and vinegar cloths together.

Lao Jia took it for granted, but Luo Cheng just stared at the black cloth tumbling in the water, seeing a lot of black material continuously dissolving out, almost gagging.

While talking, Qin Qiong came over, and he threw a cloth bag over.

"Let's eat some dry food."

Luo Cheng opened it, only to find that there was a bag full of steamed cakes inside.

"Thank you, second brother." Luo Cheng was very grateful that he didn't have to eat the black jerky boiled in vinegar and salt cloth.

Pick up a steamed pancake and eat one in three bites.

Seeing that there was something to eat, the fourth child immediately jumped up, grabbed three with one hand, and devoured them hungrily.

"Eat steamed cakes, fill your stomach first."

Luo Cheng stuffed the second one into his mouth, and then brought the bag in front of Xiao Liu and the others.

After distributing the steamed cakes, Luo Cheng walked over to Qin Qiong with a steamed cake in one hand and sat down.

"Second brother, are you injured?"

"It's just some skin trauma. There is no bloodshed in war. It is a common thing to bleed and get injured during training." Qin Qiong glanced at her wound and said indifferently.

"Second brother, don't be sloppy. If the wound is not treated properly, it is prone to infection and inflammation... No, it is easy for wind and evil to invade. Let me help you deal with it."

"Xiao Wu, do you still know how to treat wounds? When did you learn the doctor's Jinchuang healing technique?" Qin Qiong asked a little strangely.

(End of this chapter)