Horse on the World

Chapter 587 Attack
On the night of the New Year's Eve, the weather that had been clear for several days was again cloudy, and the whistling north wind blew in, making people feel like a knife with a handle, stabbing directly into the bone. In the middle of the night, the snow came first. The seeds rustled down, hitting the tent on the roof with a rattling sound, and slowly, snowflakes came down.

Today is the third year of the Lunar New Year. Although the war is imminent, every household in Yizhou City still hangs festive red lanterns and pastes Spring Festival couplets. When every household closes their doors, they still have to celebrate. One is to celebrate the arrival of another spring, and the other is to celebrate the safety of Yizhou. The enemy can no longer pose a threat to Yizhou City. Not long ago, several One hundred thousand troops besieged Yizhou, and the common people were lying if they said they were not afraid. The king's flag was changed on the top of the city, and they fought back and forth. The people who suffered the most were always the common people.

The common people closed their doors to celebrate the New Year, but the officials and army in Yizhou City were not so lucky. Li Qing's New Year's thunderous plan was in full swing. In Yizhou City, government offices and military camps were brightly lit and full of people's voices. The messengers with small flags on their backs rode fast horses, yelling, and quickly shuttled through the streets. Fortunately, most of the soldiers who can walk on the streets are neatly lined up, and there is no danger of bumping into people.

In the barracks, it was a scene of enthusiasm. In order to boost morale and prevent soldiers from feeling dissatisfied when they sent troops in the New Year, Dingzhou Army and Yizhou Army spent a lot of money, and every soldier They all got the next year's military noon and New Year's reward in advance. In the barracks, dumplings were being cooked in a huge iron pot, and each soldier was even given a small glass of wine.

These wines are high-grade wines specially brought by Li Qing from Dingzhou. Although a lot of water has been mixed into them, it is still much stronger than wines from other places. It is extremely rare. Although Dingzhou can brew this kind of high-alcohol wine, because Dingzhou has been short of food, this kind of wine is only allowed to be used for medical treatment. It is difficult to taste this kind of wine if it is not of a certain level.

As soon as the wine is in hand, it is natural to drink it up, and then take advantage of the warmth brought by the spirits, take a big bowl, wait in line for the dumplings to be cooked, the tempting aroma wafts in the air , in the barracks, the loud sound of swallowing saliva can be heard at any time.

"Get up the pot!" Standing in front of the cauldron, the leader of the gang waved an iron spoon in high spirits, waving the iron spoon, and yelled: "Stand up, line up, Luo Laosi, you son of a bitch, You are bullying Xiao Dingzi again, stand back and stand back!"

A sturdy burly man waved a big bowl and said in a rough voice: "Grandma, you have sharp eyes. When I was a soldier, this doll was still playing around in his mother's arms. What's the point of letting me go?" It's amazing!" Even though he said that, he retreated obediently, but everyone laughed coquettishly, and the little boy saw that he was a recruit, with a blushing face and lowered head.

Amidst the laughter, bowls of dumplings were handed out. Everyone found a place at random, squatted down and ate big mouthfuls. Although the food of the Dingzhou soldiers was good, there were not many days to eat dumplings, and today was another day. It's the New Year, and it has a special meaning in it.

"The master is here!" Someone yelled.Everyone stood up coaxingly, but Luo Lao Si was unmoved, still squatting there and chomping, and said with a smile: "The old man was joking again, and there is going to be a big battle soon. Then come to our place to watch our little soldiers eat when you have time, you are fooled, haha, I am still smart!" After a few bites, he jumped up and rushed to the cauldron again, "One more bowl, another bowl!"

Luo Laosi, who was holding a big bowl with outstretched arms, suddenly noticed something wrong with the look of the gang leader, and the long spoon stopped there out of thin air as if it had taken root, and the soup in the spoon was flowing down in a straight line.And the surroundings suddenly became quiet, so quiet that the sound of torches burning in the air could be heard.

Luo Laosi looked back with some difficulty, his eyes widened suddenly, and there was a group of people behind him at some point, and judging by the clothes of these people, all of them were high-ranking officers, and his post chief, who looked like a Captain Yunhui, who was even more ruthless than himself in battle, followed cautiously at the end, and was looking at himself with a look that hated iron and steel, with that look, he wanted to cut himself a few times.

Luo Lao Si is just a small soldier, so he has never met Li Qing, and he doesn't even recognize most of the people in this group, but he naturally knows his own sentinel commander, and the one-armed battalion commander of his Hengdao Battalion. Yes, seeing General One Arm Guan standing behind a young man with a beard and wearing a padded robe with a half-smile, he naturally knew who he was.Although I have never met Marshal Li, who in the family of a veteran from Dingzhou has not bought a portrait of Marshal Li on the market to hang at home!
He is more handsome than the one in the painting, younger than the one in the painting, but the one in the painting is much gentler. The handsome man in the painting is full of domineering spirit!In panic, Luo Laosi actually compared the real person in front of him with the portrait at home.

Seeing Luo Lao Si still staying there, the little white-faced captain became even paler with anxiety.Fortunately, Luo Laosi finally came to his senses at this time, his legs softened, "Forgive me, Commander, I thought they were joking!"

Li Qing laughed loudly, "True temperament, true hero, what's the crime!" He helped him up with both hands, "Old soldier?"

"Yes, it's the commander-in-chief. I participated in the defense of Dingyuan and went to Shiwei with General Guan!" Luo Laosi's voice trembled.

"Good man!" Li Qing praised, "My family is in Dingyuan, how many people are there in the house?"

"Back to Commander-in-Chief, there are still parents at home. There were originally two brothers, one died during the Dingyuan War, and the other younger sister got married. The younger brother is still young. Now the family is run by his wife. There is a ten-year-old boy. !"

"Ah, so, can the family have enough to eat? How are you doing?"

"Back to the commander, eat enough, my wife is very capable, and my parents can also go to the fields, plus my military service, the whole family is doing well!" After replying to Li Qing's words, Luo Laosi suddenly added another sentence , "My parents said that thanks to the great blessing of the commander, they bought the portrait of the commander, and offered it at home every day, with three sticks of incense every day. I hope the commander will live a long life, so that our life will be better!"

Li Qing's expression darkened slightly when he heard this, "I've been fighting all the time, I'm afraid life won't be any better! Prosper the people, but the dead people suffer!"

"The commander-in-chief said a word, and the villain has always remembered it since I heard it!" Luo Lao Si gradually became more courageous, the commander-in-chief is very gentle!
"Oh, that sentence?" Li Qing suddenly became interested.

"The commander-in-chief said, let our generation finish the war, let our descendants stop fighting, and be able to study and farm happily. I think it is very good. I followed the commander-in-chief and killed all the enemies. Then I Your son won’t have to go to the battlefield anymore!” Luo Lao Si said.

"Well said!" Li Qing patted him on the shoulder, "We are fighting today because we will not fight again in the future!" Taking the long spoon from the gang leader, he scooped up a large spoon full of dumplings, "Come on , today I serve dumplings for my brave soldiers! Anyone who is not full, come here!"

There was a clack clatter, and there was a sound of quickly pulling out dumplings, and some of them ate too fast and choked so much that they rolled their eyes.

The first spoonful was naturally given to the veteran Luo Lao Si, and tears filled Luo Lao Si's eyes when he took the dumplings served by Li Qing himself.

They scooped up dumplings for the sentry soldiers, and everyone held their bowls like treasures. Li Qing couldn't help but wondered, "Why, didn't you just say that you're not full yet? Why don't you eat?"

Guan Xinglong said with a smile on the side: "Commander, you put it in your own hands, they are willing to eat it, I'm afraid they will treat it as a treasure and put it away indefinitely."

Li Qing laughed loudly, "That's so precious!" Stretching out his hand, he said to the gang leader: "Do you have a bowl, give me one!"

The gang leader said in embarrassment: "Marshal, I'm the only one!"

"Bring it!" Li Qing took the bowl of the gang leader, reached into the pot, took out the dumplings with the bowl, raised the bowl, and said loudly: "Brothers, I will eat with you!" Take it out and eat it.Eat like a voracious eater, no different from ordinary soldiers, there is half a handsome look there.

The soldiers really felt a sense of confidant. Although they respected the commander in the past, they always felt that the commander was too far away from them. Now the commander is more like a living person, and a sense of intimacy spontaneously arises in their hearts.

Suddenly there was a sound of gobbling in the field.After eating the dumplings, Li Qing returned the bowl to the gang leader, who immediately put the bowl into his arms and refused to take it out again.

Li Qing left, and behind him was the shout of "Dingzhou Army, Wan Sheng" like a tsunami of people.

The New Year's bell is ringing, amidst the bells, among dozens of barracks far and near, the drums and horns are sounding together, and the melodious horns are blowing the horns of the assembled army. When the sound stopped, if the sentinel did not arrive at the location to assemble and stand by, it would be dealt with by military law.

In an instant, fire dragons filed out from each battalion and converged to the pre-determined assembly point, where the Dingzhou Army began to assemble.

Operation Thunder of the New Year has officially begun.

When the large troops began to assemble, small groups of scouts had already galloped out of the camp and rushed to their designated reconnaissance areas.At this time, the snowflakes flying in the sky are getting denser and bigger.

At the same time that Li Qing's central army began to move, the Yishan Division led by Li Sizhi and Li Muzhi, who had crossed the mountain wind, also occupied the city from their respective assembly points on time. The three armies marched side by side on the vast land, facing the wind and snow, and marched towards the enemy's defense line dozens of miles away.

(End of this chapter)