Dressed as an actor in the Qing Dynasty

The square low wooden table is not big, only one arm's length and width. On the table is a plate of tofu with Chinese cabbage and a plate of fried eggplant. There is no meat at all. Such dishes are not for a day or two. In recent days, there are two meals a day, except The steamed corn bread and porridge in the morning are actually vegetarian dishes.

These vegetarian dishes are quite suitable for Su Qingchi's taste. He will add half a bowl of rice after finishing his own bowl every day.

At the dinner table, the two faced each other and ate without a word.

Su Qingchi reached out to pick up a piece of eggplant, but by coincidence, the chopsticks touched the person opposite him tacitly, neither of them moved. After a mouthful of food, he put down the bowls and chopsticks, got up, took the quiver and left the tent.

The sounds of the wind, horseshoes, and footsteps outside the camp were orderly.

With a bang, accompanied by the sound of "clank", an arrow with the tip of a gun pierced into the target, the shaft trembled slightly, and there was a short and subtle buzzing sound.The bow is a good bow, with a black lacquered birch body and a string made of tough buckskin. A quiver is hung on a branch beside it. It is lined with red gold, azurite lining satin, and silver thread leather.

Su Qingchi let out a breath, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, walked forward, looked at the place where his shoulders were pierced, and couldn't help sighing, if he had practiced swords for two months, he wouldn't say it. It should be closer to the target, but now there is no progress.

Holding his breath, he shot a few more arrows, only one hit the bull's-eye, and the rest were all unreasonable. The one that hit was just a coincidence. Su Qingchi frowned, not believing in evil. Although his hands were sore and weak, he still raised Take that heavy bow. "Hey!"

The arrow shot out through the wind, trembled in the air, and narrowly passed by the target.

Su Qingchi heaved a long sigh, walked over and stretched out his hand to groan the arrow from the ground, his expression was a bit annoyed.

"Brother Zhao..."

Su Qingchi turned around, and it was Ge Bing who ran towards him behind him. When he reached him, Ge Bing supported his knees to take a few breaths, stretched out his hand to straighten his tiger hat that was tilted to one side, and the sweat on the tip of his nose glistened in the sun "Brother Zhao, there is an order from above, the whole battalion will move forward for [-] kilometers."

"So suddenly?" Su Qingchi raised his eyebrows.

"The higher-ups discussed the temporary decision." Ge Bingshen wiped the sweat from the bottom of his neck with his sleeve, "It seems that we are not far away from the day of going to the battlefield, brother Zhao, hurry up and prepare, the commander-in-chief explained that we will set off early in the morning."

Things were sudden and not sudden. From 37 years to now, Jinchuan has mobilized nearly [-] troops and has not yet captured the alliance of several small tribes. The dynasty was slapped in the face, and Qianlong couldn't afford to lose this face no matter what, so he had to send troops and cavalry to flatten this small land at all costs.

When Su Qingchi returned to the tent, just as Shang Chengen came out of the tent, the two looked up, and Su Qingchi lowered his head and entered the tent.

That night, the whole camp turned off the lights and went to bed as soon as it got dark. Su Qingchi tossed and turned on the couch, probably thinking about the matter of packing up and heading out the next morning, so he didn't sleep well, so he simply put on his clothes and got out of bed to drink water, groping in the dark I found the water bag hanging on the wall, took out the bag and removed the stopper, and just raised my head to take a sip, when suddenly a voice came from my ear.

In the pitch-black tent, there was someone standing next to him without anyone noticing, Su Qingchi was startled, cold water entered his lungs, and he choked and coughed.

Shang Chengen probably didn't expect that he would choke Su Qingchi like this as soon as he made a sound, and he was a little dazed for a while.

Su Qingchi wiped his mouth, waved his hands, and started talking, "Do you think this is a pile of graves? You just got out in the middle of the night without making a sound!" Shang Chengen was scolded in front of him, and he said for a long time, " . . . I got up to drink water."

Su Qingchi took advantage of the faint firelight outside the tent to stare at this expressionless face, then turned around.

There was no movement behind him for a long time, and when Su Qingchi walked to the bedside, the man suddenly said, "You were pretty good at talking before."

Su Qingchi didn't know what he meant by that, frowned, turned over and fell asleep.

Before dawn, the entire northern Sichuan town of Biaozuoying had already set off.

Except for more than [-] soldiers in the main battalion, there are also [-] horses and mules, more than [-] porters, [-] civilian vehicles, food, supplies, guns, arrows and cannons.

The battalion commissioners and cavalry soldiers had their own official horses to ride on, and the infantry guards were allotted a snail cart for every five men. The cart was loaded with luggage, so naturally there was no room for everyone to sit on it, so they had to take turns to sit on it and rest their feet. For the rest of the time, they could only keep up with the army on foot.

There are so many people and horses that it is difficult to march, because there are still luggage on the carts, porters are still carrying cannons, and there are many steep and dangerous mountain roads along the way, which is even more difficult.

A group of horses and horses walked for a whole day, they were exhausted and couldn't move anymore, so the superiors spoke. They set up tents in the nearby woods, camped on the spot, and continued to move forward after dawn.

When everything was in order, the moon and stars were thinning, and the soldiers didn't even have the strength to climb into the tents, and fell asleep on their backs. The forest was full of wailing, and only the campfire was burning.

Su Qingchi was also exhausted, his whole body was sore and unbearable, his legs had long since lost feeling, the soles of his feet used to be tingling, but now he couldn't feel them anymore, after taking off his shoes, the soles of his feet and the clean socks were already stuck together, Bleeding.

After asking for some hot water, he soaked his feet. Then he felt his body feel a little bit more conscious. He took a deep breath and let it out again. He turned around and saw a person sitting by the campfire, holding a branch in his hand. , was picking up firewood in the fire, and the flames shone brightly on the man's face, making the line of the man's side face more resolute. The man looked at the fire and didn't know what he was thinking, and the eyebrows were twitching habitually. This was probably him. The only expression.

Sensing the gaze from another direction, he turned his head slightly, facing Su Qingchi's gaze.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then turned their heads.

Su Qingchi wiped his feet and felt more comfortable on his body. He looked down at the clean socks that he had taken off. They were already messed up by the worn out blood bubbles. He really couldn't wear them anymore, so he found a pair of clean socks from his military uniform. of.

There was an approaching sound in my ears, the sound of boots stepping on grass clippings and branches.

Su Qingchi raised his head, and a white porcelain ointment box was handed to him. The man was silent, and his toneless voice said, "Put it on, don't delay the march tomorrow."

After speaking, he put the ointment on the grass, and the man turned around and left.

Before dawn the next day, the whole battalion set out again, but this time the mountain road became steeper, and trees had to be cut down in many places to make a road. The military uniforms were either carried by hired men or carried by horse mules, and the infantry and guards had to walk all the way.

Ge Bing walked crookedly, his butt touched the stones on the side of the road several times and almost couldn't stick to it, and was dragged by Su Qingchi before he followed the troops again.

Ge Bing licked his dry lips, "Why don't you stop, my legs will be broken soon."

"Tired after only half a day?" Saying this, Su Qingchi also took a long breath.

Ge Bing looked sad and stared at the horse soldiers in front of him with red eyes, "When will I be able to become a horse soldier?"

"With two more military exploits, you will have a horse." Su Qingchi looked at the mountain road in the distance, it was winding, some places were narrow and difficult to walk, and he didn't know when he would end up.

Ge Bing sighed, "We don't have horses and want to ride, but people who have horses don't ride."

Su Qingchi followed his gaze, then looked away again, without making a sound.

All the way forward, the soldiers surveying the road ahead came back on horseback and reported that there was a big river blocking the way ahead, and they might have to cross the river.

The chief soldier frowned, thought for a moment, and ordered that the whole army prepare to cross the river.

When they turned over the mountain and saw the river, everyone howled.

The river in front of him is wide, the water is turbulent, and there are cliffs on both sides. There is no way to go. Su Qingchi watched the soldiers with good water skills enter the river to explore the depth of the water. In the end, the man was completely submerged in the water. People went ashore wet and reported that the bottom of the river was full of accumulated sand.

The chief soldier looked at it, turned around and said to the crowd, "I think I have good water skills, go over a few first, tie the rope to the stone on the other side, and the rest of them grab the rope and swim over."

Su Qingchi grabbed the rope, followed by Ge Bing. Ge Bing was not tall, and his whole body was supported by the rope. Su Qingchi walked in front. Before reaching the middle of the river, the river had already overflowed his neck , Ge Bing held the rope tightly, his voice trembling, "Zhao...Brother Zhao, my arms are...soft."

"It's coming soon, hold your breath..." I couldn't say anything after that, because the water had already overflowed my mouth.

Su Qingchi was holding the rope with one hand, and holding Ge Bing's trouser waist behind with the other, so as not to let his hand go limp and really be washed away by the river.The water was rushing and rushing, Su Qingchi felt that his body was guarding against the impact force one after another, his ears could no longer hear any sound, and the heavy pressure made him almost let go of his hand.

Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his hand suddenly tightened, and he couldn't help thinking about it. Su Qingchi immediately tightened the waistband of his trousers and tied it to the rope with lightning speed. The pressure in the water was high, and he couldn't breathe. Qingchi felt that all the strength in his body was drained in an instant, and when he opened his mouth, water surged in from all directions, oppressing his internal organs.

"No, someone was washed away by the water!" Someone shouted, and there was a commotion on the river bank.

Shang Chengen dropped his whip and plunged into the river.

In the chaotic river, only turbidity can be seen, and the mixed and strange light cast from the river bank, Shang Chengen swam along the rope, touched a person, untied the other person's belt, put one hand around the other person's waist, Get people ashore.

Ge Bing drank a lot of water, but fortunately he was fine. After choking out a few mouthfuls of water, he finally woke up. "Zhao..." Ge Bing pointed to the water, before he finished speaking, he passed out.

Shang Chengen's eyes darkened, he pushed away the onlookers, and plunged into the river again.

The originally chaotic and turbulent river was suddenly empty, and there was only a single rope hanging in the middle of the river. The soldiers who flowed to the other side of the river were all wet and embarrassed, and the food and grass were also soaked. The horses were a little frightened. breath.Everyone stared at the middle of the river, but there was nothing there except the turbulent turbid water.

The commander-in-chief has already sent a few people with good water quality to go down to look for them, but they all returned empty-handed. The commander-in-chief turned around and looked at the distressed soldiers behind him. No, so he said in a deep voice, "You guys stay here and continue to search, and the rest of you will continue to drive forward with me. Let's gather in the valley ahead."

The night gradually fell, and the sky was dyed with a dark twilight. The night wind whizzed past, roared between the valleys, and made a humming sound.

A cave in the valley is now faintly lit with fire