Need for Uncle

Chapter 33

Chapter 32 Quartermaster Camp
After another hour of riding horses and galloping, the sun went down and the sky became dark.

A group of seven people maintained the fastest speed, and they were riding fast all the way. Three of the five soldiers sent to protect them were at the head, and two were at the end. Ma Xiaoshuai and Wang Cheng were always in the middle of the team, and the two horses lined up side by side. .

"Brother Zhang, we're almost here." Wang Cheng who was at the side suddenly turned his head, with a happy expression on his face.

Ma Xiaoshuai, who was silently in torment and pain, immediately regained his spirits when he heard these words, as if he had been brought back to life.

When he raised his head and looked ahead, he realized that in the darkness not far away, there was a large piece of light flashing indistinctly. It should be something like a torch. If he wanted to come to that location, it should be the destination of this line. Not far away.

"Yeah, it's almost there, Brother Wang, hurry up."

This weak-looking guy with a sad face who had been walking all the way suddenly raised his hand, and the whip in his hand slapped hard on the horse's buttocks. The poor horse let out a scream, and ran forward desperately in pain. After a while, he overtook the three soldiers in front and ran away along the road. It was as urgent and impatient as seeing a female animal.

"Uh……"

Everyone in the group was dumbfounded, watching Ma Xiaoshuai who had run so far away could only smile wryly and chase after him.

After chasing after each other like this, after more than ten minutes, the seven people finally converged not far from the camp. The reminder behind them, as civil servants, they need to wear official uniforms when they enter the military supply camp, and they need to be neatly dressed.

After dismounting, they took the package from one of the soldiers, and the two quickly dressed and put on their high hats.

Wang Cheng's tall body is indeed a little nondescript in this elegant attire, but it may be because of the long-term wearing, but he doesn't feel any discomfort at all, and Ma Xiaoshuai, who is dressed as a Confucian scholar, is more elegant in this official attire. At this time, the slightly embarrassed and tired expression really has a new look.

"Brother Zhang, let's go." Wang Cheng looked at Ma Xiaoshuai and said.

"Ah? Oh, let's go." Ma Xiaoshuai, who was secretly complacent, woke up quickly and echoed.

After looking around his body again, he got on his horse, and a group of seven people walked towards the camp not far away.

In front of you is a gate that is not too high. It is located between two cliffs, forming a natural barrier. It is typically easy to defend and difficult to attack. On the top of both sides of the gate, there are sentry towers, and there are torches flashing back and forth. It should be soldiers on patrol.

"The following are the rear army commanders, Lord Wang and Lord Zhang?" An inquiry came from above the sentry tower.

Wang Cheng dismounted immediately, looked up, and said loudly, "Exactly."

The door opened slowly, and a soldier in armor and a sword walked out.

"Master Wang."

"Well, this is Master Zhang." Wang Cheng pointed to Ma Xiaoshuai.

"Master Zhang." Xiao Bing hurriedly packed his luggage.

"kindness."

"Can I go in?" Wang Cheng glanced at the door and asked.

"Of course, two adults, please come in."

"kindness"

Wang Cheng nodded to Ma Xiaoshuai, a group of seven people held the reins, and walked slowly into the gate under the leadership of the soldier. Not long after entering, a few soldiers stepped forward and took the horse away from everyone, and the five followed along. The soldiers who came also considered that they had completed their mission, and they retired and left, while Wang Cheng and Ma Xiaoshuai did not stop, and continued to walk inside.

It was the first time for Ma Xiaoshuai to see a paramilitary garrison in this era, and he inevitably looked around curiously, but because of the darkness, the visibility was too low, and he could only see a large area of ​​tents and soldiers walking back and forth holding torches. I can't see clearly.

"Brother Zhang, let's go see Lord Chen." Wang Cheng suddenly turned his head and said.

"Oh? This Lord Chen is..."

"Master Chen is the deputy director general of our rear military division." Wang Cheng looked at Ma Xiaoshuai and said with a smile.

"Oh? Deputy Director?" Ma Xiaoshuai was a little surprised. Although he knew early on that there must be a resident post-military officer in the military supply battalion, he didn't expect it to be the deputy director with a lot of background.

"That's right." Wang Chengdao: "The deputy director has been stationed in the military supply camp for many years."

Ma Xiaoshuai nodded and said, "Then let's go quickly."

"it is good……"

The two talked while walking, and they didn't know where they were, when they heard loud laughter not far from the front.

"Haha, Master Wei, go to me...go to my tent, let's continue..."

"Okay, let's get drunk together today."

"Haha, good, good!"

"Ha ha……"

Accompanied by two very different voices, one old and the other full of energy, two drunk-looking people slowly walked out of the darkness. One was extremely burly, and he looked like a garrison here, but he was not wearing armor. A person at the level of a general, and the other is a slightly old middle-aged man. The two wobbled and supported each other in the same way, and they were obviously a bit tongue-in-cheek when they said this.

"That...is Mr. Chen." Wang Cheng who stopped in his tracks couldn't help laughing.

"Oh?" Ma Xiaoshuai couldn't help but smile bitterly, "This deputy director...is really a bold person!"

"Hehe." Wang Cheng smiled bitterly, stepped forward, and saluted the obviously drunk Mr. Chen, "Mr. Chen."

"En? Who...who?" Master Chen hiccupped, and opened his cloudy eyes a little.

"Master Chen, I'm Wang Cheng." Wang Cheng repeated helplessly, this Master Chen was indeed quite drunk.

"Wang... Cheng?" Mrs. Chen mumbled inarticulately, and it took him a long time to remember, "It's Wang... Wang Cheng, why... why are you here?"

Wang Cheng secretly wiped off his sweat, and said, "Master Chen, I'm here for a routine monthly review..."

"Oh... yes." Master Chen moved a little away from the burly middle-aged man, trying to make himself stand still, but after a lot of effort, he found that he still couldn't stand. Fortunately, he stuck back here, articulate What was she talking about clearly, most likely it was some drinking talk.

Wang Cheng smiled wryly and shook his head. It seems that there is no way to communicate with this guy now.

"Master Wei, how are you doing recently?"

"What's the matter?" The man called Mr. Wei was more sober, but he didn't appreciate Wang Cheng's polite greeting, and replied in a blunt tone.

"Ahem..." Wang Cheng blushed and coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment, but he didn't say anything.

"Who are you?" The man noticed Ma Xiaoshuai at the side, glanced at him, and asked.

Although Ma Xiaoshuai was puzzled by Wang Cheng's performance, he also realized that the status of this big man was not low. After all, he could show such disdain for the imperial court official's secretary. Be polite.

"Under Zhang Defu, the newly-appointed secretary of the rear military department, please give me more advice in the future."

"Secretary? Hmph, a group of parasites." Who would have imagined that Master Wei would speak like that to everyone, with extreme contempt.

"You..." Ma Xiaoshuai was stunned for a moment, faintly angry.

Wang Cheng, who has quick eyes and quick hands, quickly pulled Ma Xiaoshuai, who pulled the noodle and expressed displeasure, and signaled him not to act rashly.

"Find a place to sleep by yourself, Master Chen still has something to do, so I don't have time to greet you."

The man surnamed Wei dropped these words lightly, and helped Master Chen who was drowsy and walked away.

"Master Zhang, let's go." Wang Cheng smiled wryly and pulled Ma Xiaoshuai, who pulled the noodle disheveled, to signal to leave.

"En." Ma Xiaoshuai once again looked bitterly at the voice that disappeared into the darkness, and had no choice but to follow Wang Cheng away.

The two walked side by side, Wang Cheng greeted the soldiers coming and going from time to time, while Ma Xiaoshuai on the other side looked extremely tired. At first, the freshness had long been replaced by physical fatigue and exhaustion. Get some sleep.

"Master Wang, where are we going?"

"Oh, at the back tent, let's eat something and rest first." Wang Cheng turned his head and said with a smile, as if he noticed Ma Xiaoshuai's fatigue, he frowned slightly, "Master Zhang, is it alright?"

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired." Ma Xiaoshuai said weakly.

"Okay, then let's rest quickly." Wang Cheng nodded and said.

Ma Xiaoshuai naturally agreed, and Wang Cheng also knew that Ma Xiaoshuai was really tired, and his steps gradually accelerated, walking forward, Ma Xiaoshuai followed all the way, and the two quickly walked a long way, to the back of the entire camp.

"Brother Zhang, we're here." Wang Cheng pointed to the larger tent in front of him.

Ma Xiaoshuai replied feebly and kept on stepping.

"Go ahead, I ordered to prepare some food and drinks." Wang Cheng opened the tent and did not go in.

"There's no need for wine, just some food." Obviously, Ma Xiaoshuai didn't have the strength to be polite.

"Okay, let's go in first."

"kindness."

After Wang Cheng said this, he walked away, and Ma Xiaoshuai also bent over and walked in.

The style of this large tent is similar to what Ma Xiaoshuai has seen in movies and TV dramas before. The dome is barrel-shaped and the texture is thick enough. The inner layer is reinforced with some wooden supports. The only disadvantage is that it is too large, which is not conducive to the transportation work during the march, and this is the only drawback.

According to Wang Cheng, this big tent is specially prepared for the inspectors of the rear army commander, because of this, the interior of the whole big tent is relatively spacious and comfortable, with square tables and wooden chairs right in front, and a desk on one side displaying the four treasures of the study. There are two beds on the inner side, all quilts are available, and the cleaning is considered clean, because it is located in a deep mountain valley, it will be cold at night, the brazier for winter has not been removed, it is placed in the middle of the big tent, there are some sparks The flickering traces seemed to be deliberately extinguished during the day and re-ignited at night.

Ma Xiaoshuai entered the big tent, looked around the group, and immediately found the small bed.

Already physically and mentally exhausted, he quickly went straight to it, then fell on his back without taking off his clothes and boots.

After a tiring day, when the body touches the bed, it is as easy as releasing all the burdens. This is so comfortable on the hard board bed that must be disliked in the past. It is almost a hundred times more comfortable than the leather sofa or Simmons. The long-lost floating feeling of the body is like Zaifei, this made Ma Xiaoshuai almost burst into tears. You must know that today is the most painful experience in his history.
"Brother Zhang..."

In a daze, I heard someone talking, it seemed to be Wang Cheng's voice.

"Brother Zhang... have something to eat."

Ma Xiaoshuai reluctantly opened his eyes, looked at Wang Cheng who was standing not far in front of him in a daze, experienced a moment of bewilderment, and then quickly woke up, saw Wang Cheng holding a tray in his hand, riding the food, and then felt that he was alone It's not good for people to fall backwards.

"Brother Wang, this... troubles you again, I'm really tired." Ma Xiaoshuai said awkwardly.

"It's okay, my own." Wang Cheng said indifferently, and smiled a little honestly, "Come and eat."

While talking, Wang Cheng put the food in his hand on the table, and Ma Xiaoshuai also stood up and walked over.

"Brother Wang, thank you." Ma Xiaoshuai thanked him again, with some apologies.

"It's all right, let's eat quickly." Wang Cheng waved his hand and sat down first.

Ma Xiaoshuai didn't say anything else, and kept his gratitude in his heart.

"Brother Zhang, do you still like it?" Wang Cheng took a big bite of the food without asking.

"Well, yes, there are still two brushes for fire in the army." Ma Xiaoshuai said with a smile.

"Haha, yes, I think so too."

Ma Xiaoshuai lowered his head to eat. Although the ingredients were simple, the food was extremely delicious. As for whether it was because he was too hungry, or because the cooking skills of the fire head were really good, it was unknown. One must know that he had eaten all kinds of local dishes in the world, Chinese and Western food, all kinds of food. For him who cooks, his mouth is not ordinary, and he has never praised the food in this world before.

The two gobbled it up in exactly the same way, a gust of wind swept through the clouds, like a starved ghost reincarnated.

Ma Xiaoshuai suddenly remembered something, stopped the movement of his hands, and frowned slightly.

"Brother Wang, what is the identity of that middle-aged man surnamed Wei?"

(End of this chapter)