choke element

Chapter 441 Hatred

Even under the cover of night, Yu Mang'er quickly found the location of the Chinese military tent.

It can be seen that the two armies have experienced a fierce battle here.Although the corpses of Ding Haijun had been collected in advance, the swords and guns discarded by Ding Haijun can still be seen on the ground.During the battle, the tent was completely pulled down, and then caught fire, and several nearby camps collapsed, and smoke is still rising.

Yu Mang'er walked around the military tent twice, and saw several curled up corpses.He leaned down to distinguish carefully, and found that he recognized those distorted and hideous faces.Among them, there is also a partner who once served rice in a pot.

Most of the elite attendants of Li Quan's headquarters accompanied him in the attack. They witnessed Li Quan committing suicide underground on Tieling Terrace, and then became prisoners.Only a few guarded the big camp, but they couldn't stop Tie Liu at all, and most of them turned into corpses scattered around the camp of the Chinese army.

Yu Mang'er stood still, weeping for a while.

Ding Haijun, who was monitoring the prisoners not far away, noticed him and urged him repeatedly.So he went back to the outside room again, moved a collapsed juma, and dragged out the two corpses under the juma.

The corpse had already started to stiffen, and it took a lot of effort to drag it, so he stopped, first removed the armor and helmet from a dead man, pulled out the spear that had been pierced into the belly, and carried it on his shoulders, heading towards the embankment.

At the end of the road, several military officials registered the identity and place of origin of the deceased there. After registering one person, a special team of prisoners was recruited to carry the body to the direction of the firewood and fire piles piled up behind the embankment.

Yu Mang'er couldn't read, but he stood in front of the table with some stubbornness, watched the military officer carefully write two lines on the thick book, and then turned back.

He is Li Quan's personal general, and his physique is stronger than ordinary soldiers.

But the defeat took a huge mental toll on him, leaving him more fatigued than ever.What's more, he had to find someone he knew from the pile of corpses. This process of identification was extremely painful.

After a dozen times of recognition, a dozen times of walking, and a dozen times of narration to the military official in charge of recording, he felt that all the strength in his body was exhausted, so he had to slow down and wait for his strength to recover a little.

Come back again after recovering, and then again, to No.17, Yu Manger finally collapsed on the edge of the battlefield.His calf was almost cramping, his hands were shaking, and he couldn't even hold the pine torch, so he threw it away.

The ground around here was damp, and the torches flickered twice and went out.

The darkness suddenly enveloped Yu Mang'er, and he suddenly became a little nervous.

Looking around, the officers and men of the navy were busy with their own affairs scatteredly, and no one cared about him.

Maybe take the opportunity to escape?

Yu Mang'er endured the soreness all over his body, and sat up suddenly.He asked himself, how about taking this opportunity to escape?
Then he thought, Marshal Li died, so what if he ran away?My ability is less than one tenth of that of Marshal Li, so even if I run away, what can I do?Could it be possible to unite the stragglers and continue to fight Guo Ning?

After being in a daze for a while, a new idea popped up in his mind.

After this battle, the Ding Navy has seized such a large territory, and will definitely expand its army.I can pretend to surrender. With my martial arts skills, I can easily become captain and lieutenant. At that time, I will find an opportunity to approach Guo Ning, kill him, and avenge Marshal Li!Avenge your dead companions!

This thought gave him a sudden motivation.He thought of several heart-warming scenes in an instant, shaking with excitement.

He stood up, looked left and right, and soon found the Ding Naval officer who was full of diarrhea.So he walked over and wanted to tell him face to face that he wanted to serve in the army.

Halfway there, I found that a general came over and stood with several officers.Everyone looked a little solemn.

That will be Guo Alin.

At this moment, he yelled at Tang Jiuli and the others in a deep voice: "You bastards, you ate all the meat! I finally got another good one!"

As he spoke, he raised the big bowl in his hand: "See, it's a whole piece of meat, including the skin and bones!"

"Old Zeng will definitely like it." Tang Jiulu nodded repeatedly.

Another soldier asked, "Is there any barley rice? Lao Zeng likes to mix broth with barley rice."

"Yes, yes!" Guo Alin tapped the big bowl twice: "It's all in! It's enough for this guy to eat!"

So everyone said: "Great, great, let's bury it here!"

Guo Alin stomped his feet: "Are you sure it's here?"

Everyone said: "No mistake. Look, the two holes on the ground were made by Lao Zeng with a shield, and there are still bloodstains."

Guo Alin was silent for a moment, then pulled out his waist knife, and together with his companions, he quickly dug a small hole in the ground, and solemnly buried a bowl of rice with meat and soup.

A few soldiers who were very familiar with Zeng Bai murmured: "Eat! Eat! Old Zeng, you have to eat."

In fact, the bodies of those who died in the Dinghai battle had already been burned, as did Zeng Baida who died here.Guo Ning also personally led people to pay tribute to the silent mourning.

The Ding Navy has clear regulations on this, requiring that these matters cannot be neglected in etiquette, but the processing speed must be fast.This is not only to prevent the epidemic, but also to prevent the mourning from spreading too much and affecting morale.

In the army, there are many veterans like Zeng Baida who have no family.Their remains and ashes will also be buried in the Martyr's Shrine in Donglai Mountain, and people from the Quanzhen sect will take care of them.

But everyone always feels that for these lonely soldiers, the army is their home, and their comrades are their family.Before the ashes are buried in Donglai Mountain, their souls cannot be lost.During this period, whether it is three days or five days, as a comrade-in-arms, Pao Ze should take care of them and not let them go hungry.

So Guo Alin specially prepared food and buried it at the place where Zeng Baida died in battle.

This kind of practice was common when Guo Alin was in the army in Monan. In fact, it was not owned by the Han children. It might have been passed down from the Xi people or the Baitar tribe in northern Xinjiang.However, everyone didn't care about that at all, and it was better than doing nothing if they found a way to put their hearts on it.

The food was buried, and everyone showed a satisfied expression.

In the army, I have seen a lot of dead people, and if I feel emotional, I have to come out immediately, otherwise there will be no peace, and then there will be no way to fight.

So when Guo Alin was walking back, someone followed, showing joy, and then he and his companions calculated the merits of their own family, and calculated how much land they could exchange for, maybe they could be promoted to a higher level to become a general, and Yinhu also There can be more, so that there will be enough manpower to plant jujube trees on the hillside.

But no one was particularly pleased either.

When Guo Ning issued an order to send troops, no one doubted that his side would not win.Therefore, it will not be cocky because of this victory.Maybe two years ago, they didn't dare to imagine all this, but now, the goal of setting up the navy is no longer Li Quan and his like.

Someone was walking, and suddenly said with emotion: "I have lived for thirty years, only the past year has been peaceful. My family has land, a canal, a house, a newly married woman and two cheap children. , and raised pigs and sheep... Even if you die in battle, it will not be in vain!"

"One year? Is that enough for you to be like this for one year?" The companion next to him nodded his head heavily and shook his head again and again: "Li Quan is no match. If you ask me, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are also fooling around. The only trouble now is the Mongols. Let's find a way After defeating the Mongols, everyone can still live comfortably for decades!"

Many people laughed.Decades of comfortable life, it is hard to think about, but I can't help but think about it.

Some people deliberately complained: "Serving the fields is exhausting, and one year after another, there is nowhere to be comfortable..."

Immediately afterwards, another human said: "You have to be smart when serving the fields. If you used the waterwheel last time, wouldn't it be much easier?"

A group of people discussed trivial matters and walked past Yu Mang'er.

Yu Mang'er stared at them blankly.

He suddenly felt that those soldiers had their own lives, and they were willing to maintain these lives.This kind of life, with fields and reclamation, labor and harvest, hard work and stability, is what Yu Mang'er expected before joining the army with his father and uncle.

Under Marshal Li's command, as long as everyone dares to fight and kill, they will have food, clothing, women and money.Marshal Li is very fair, as long as you have the ability, you can live insanely.Marshal Li will give you everything, but you have to risk your life and die for Marshal Li at any time. As for the rest, you don't have to think about anything.

Such a day seems to be very good, but it seems, what is wrong?

After following Marshal Li for so many years, Yu Mang'er lost a lot.He has become a ruthless character. In his life, there are only killing and being killed.

But what did he get?
Yu Mang'er sat down on the ground again.He looked up at the clear night, and felt that his whole body was empty, and there was nothing in his mind.This strange feeling hit him and made him cry.

(End of this chapter)