Chapter 35 Section IX

The two sat by the fire again, and Zheng Sichu said, "Di Wen, why is there a word 'Wu' on your pendant? What does that mean?" Cheng Diwen said: "Don't you know? I thought Uncle Zheng told you that my father's original surname was Wu, but the surname Cheng was changed later." At dawn on the second day, the two hundred people got up early, ate something casually and set off again.Realizing that Wudeying was also on their way, Zheng Sichu's face suddenly became serious.Although he went out with the army and has been here for several days, he has not yet started a battle. This time, he is afraid that he will face the Wude Camp face to face.

When it was noon, Cheng Diwen stopped for a rest, and Cheng Diwen took out the necklace and gestured.The necklace was also made of gold, and one of the rings was broken, so I couldn't fix it without tools, so I had to put it in my arms, and I was going to have it repaired by the military workers when I went back.Zheng Sichu was thinking silently while drinking water and eating bread. If the Wude Camp is going to attack lightly, the number of people will definitely not be too many, probably as Cheng Diwen heard, around two hundred people.When talking about war in the military academy, everyone was elated, as if they were all capable of holding heavy soldiers and winning every battle, but when it was time to start a war, he realized that he still had fear in his heart.The teacher also said that no matter how brave a soldier is on the battlefield for the first time, he will be afraid, and the teacher himself was the same when he went to the battlefield for the first time.Seeing a living person's body cut open by a sharp knife and pierced by a spear, if he can remain indifferent, he can only be a lunatic.So it is not shameful to feel afraid, what is more important is to overcome your fear, so that you can become more courageous as you fight.

It's the first time for me and Cheng Diwen to go to battle, so now, it's time to be afraid.He looked back at the soldiers under his command. Since there had been almost no fighting in the past eleven years, nearly one-third of the soldiers here were recruits.Yesterday, I heard that the enemy army was also coming, and some of the recruits kept licking their lips.Zheng Sichu knew that the more frightened he was, the more dry his mouth would be. Although these people couldn't see it on their faces, they were really terrified in their hearts. fine.He thought, at least he wasn't afraid of this.Perhaps Cheng Diwen was right when he said that he was born to be a soldier.But what he likes most in his heart is actually doing nothing, lying quietly in a grassy field and watching the white clouds in the sky.

He looked around.Langyue Province is very desolate. Although it is summer, the sun is very strong at noon, but because the terrain is too high, there is still not much warmth, and there is little green on the ground. There are only a few scattered trees standing upright by the roadside.The white clouds in the sky are as lazy as fluff, and each blossom is within reach. If there is no war, it would be nice to pick a rock to sleep on, let the sun shine on you, and breathe the clean air. He couldn't help but smiled, and silently lowered his head. "Si Chu." Cheng Diwen patted his horse over and called him.Zheng Sichu was slightly startled, raised his head and said, "What's wrong?"

"It seems that there is a horse team approaching ahead, not too far away, at most one or two miles." Zheng Sichu listened carefully, the mountains overlapped, and he couldn't see anything at all, and there were faintly one or two horse neighs in the wind.Is that the ration team?He was taken aback, he didn't expect the food transport team to come so fast, he thought he could at least meet it when it got dark.He grew long on the horse, and said, "Is it almost here?" Cheng Diwen had a worried look on his face, and said: "It seems that there is another army approaching, most likely bandit army."

We were heading in the same direction on the trail a mile away, so we should be getting closer by now.He said: "Let everyone be careful, the knives and guns are out of their sheaths, and the soft armor must not be untied." Although the weather is not very hot, it is summer after all. The sun was on the body for half a day, and they hurried on the road. The men and horses were a little tired, and they were sweating. Untie it and let the wind blow.Hearing Zheng Sichu's words, Cheng Diwen nodded and said: "Yes." He turned around and shouted: "Brothers, we may be fighting the bandits soon, everyone prepare your weapons and put on your soft armor, there must be no mistakes. "

After walking for another distance, the neighing of the horses was getting closer and closer. The sound was very peaceful, and it was most likely the food transport team.Zheng Sichu breathed a sigh of relief, but saw that Cheng Diwen's expression on the side was much more solemn, and he asked in surprise, "Diwen, are you scared?" Cheng Diwen nodded and said, "A little bit." He lowered his voice and said, "The bandit army's voice suddenly disappeared." Disappeared?Zheng Sichu was at a loss for a while.A group of people will not disappear for no reason, and those people should probably stop to rest, I don't know if they will find themselves.He said: "Be careful. Diwen, listen more."

Cheng Diwen's hearing is better than his own, which Zheng Sichu has to admire.Cheng Diwen licked his lips, and the skin on his lips was a little cracked due to dryness.He whispered: "Si Chu, if there is a fight, you have to help me a little." Zheng Sichu was one of the top ten outstanding students in the military academy, while Cheng Diwen was only mediocre.Zheng Sichu took off the white wooden spear and the buckskin holster in front of the saddle.The tip of the gun has already been sharpened. This gun is handmade by the teacher. It is naturally different from the ones made in the workshop. There are layers of fine patterns on the blade of the gun.The teacher said that the real good steel is soaked in well water for two years, until the impurities are rusted away, then it is softened with high fire, folded and hammered.It takes more than 20 times to beat in this way, and the refined steel made is as solid as a rock, and it will not bend.The teacher probably hammered the tip of the gun more than fifty times, and the patterns are as dense as the thin cicada wings stacked together.At the beginning of the attack, Gong Zheng said that the tip of the gun had worn out five whetstones before the attack was successful.

He turned the gun and tested the blade.There was a piercing chill in the blade of the gun, which made the skin ache.He lowered the gun, the tip of the gun was about half a foot away from the ground, as if an invisible wind was blowing from the tip of the gun, the floating dirt on the ground was forced away by the tip of the gun. What a great gun.He cheered secretly in his heart.From the tip of the gun to the barrel of the gun, everything is smooth, and there is no extra decoration.Holding the white wooden spear, he also settled down a lot. "It's a nice gun." Cheng Diwen said enviously.After he held the white wooden gun, he probably said this no less than five times.Zheng Sichu smiled slightly and said, "I'll ask the teacher when I go back to see if he has any other guns, and ask him to give you one too."

"Really?" Cheng Diwen was so excited that he almost jumped up, reached out and touched the invisible knife on his waist, and seemed to blurt out a wish, but he still didn't say it after thinking about it.Probably with the white wood gun, other guns are not worth the invisible knife.Zheng Sichu also knew that even if the teacher made other guns, they would definitely not be as good as the white wood gun. After walking for another distance, Cheng Diwen suddenly shouted: "I met it!" In fact, Zheng Sichu also heard the neighing sound of horses in front, and the food transport team seemed to be hundreds of paces ahead, but they couldn't see it because of the winding mountain road.He turned around and said, "Let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of shouting.This burst of shouting was extremely sudden, like a landslide, even Fei Yu took a step back in shock, a soldier walking beside Zheng Sichu shouted: "Something happened!" Zheng Sichu felt his heart was on fire.They were in a hurry, but the Wude Camp was one step ahead, and had already set up an ambush.He waved his gun and shouted: "Rush!" As soon as the words came out, Cheng Diwen took the lead and rushed out.Although Cheng Diwen said that he was a little scared, once something happened, he rushed faster than anyone else. Zheng Sichu only paused, and there were already more than ten soldiers rushing past him. With force from the ground, he jumped up and followed. There was a mountain pass in front, Zheng Sichu hadn't turned around yet, when he heard the sound of swords and guns clashing, mixed with the wild neighing of horses and the screams of people.After rushing over the mountain pass, I saw more than a dozen carts stopped on the mountain road, and some soldiers in strange soft armor were attacking the convoy.Those soldiers were of different heights, but they were extremely brave. There were only fifty soldiers guarding the convoy. How could they hold back the onslaught? It can support, but it is also in jeopardy. Zheng Sichu rushed to Cheng Diwen's side, and an enemy soldier came up to meet him.This man also used a spear, Zheng Sichu didn't wait for his spear to stab, the white wooden spear hooked around, the barrel of the gun blocked the long spear that the man was holding, and the tip of the spear pierced his chest.When he pierced it, it seemed that he had pierced a large piece of soft mud. The man screamed and fell off his horse, the tip of the white wooden spear was bright red. This is Zheng Sichu's first murder.When the spear point pierced the man and the man screamed, Zheng Sichu felt his heart tremble, but as the man turned over and fell off the horse, his heart suddenly returned to calm. That's how murder is.A life disappears in an instant, so easily, like foam on the surface of water.He couldn't help being sad anymore, an enemy soldier next to him yelled and rushed over again.This person is using a big knife, it seems that the strength is not small, when the big knife cuts down, there is a lot of wind.Zheng Sichu's white wooden gun hadn't been retracted yet, so he took advantage of the situation, with the point of the gun pointing down, and the man's knife slashed on the wooden gun shaft of the iron tower, and there was a sound of gold and iron, and a white mark appeared on the gun shaft, but the knife slipped down .At this moment, Zheng Sichu had rushed past this man, the white wooden spear was held upside down and did not change, the tip of the spear trembled, escaped from the suppression of the man's broadsword, and stabbed with his backhand, the enemy soldier who was wielding the sword was caught off guard , How could he dodge, the shot hit his vest, and he screamed again, and fell down. Even after killing two people, the enemy soldiers paused for a moment, feeling jealous of this sudden young general, and no one dared to rush to him for a while.Zheng Sichu patted his horse and came to Cheng Diwen. Cheng Diwen was fighting an enemy soldier with a gun. The enemy soldier's marksmanship was much better than the two just now. The man's offensive, shouted: "Di Wen, how is it?" Cheng Diwen shouted: "You came just in time, this man is too capable, I almost died." The enemy soldier's spear skills were indeed much better than Cheng Diwen's. Cheng Diwen's right shoulder was scratched, and the blood had already stained his sleeves red.At this time, this person was one against two, and he was not at a disadvantage for a while, but under Zheng Sichu's fast attack, he only had the power to parry.Zheng Sichu attacked with a fast spear, Cheng Diwen assisted with one shot, and he had already fired three shots, but this man's spear skills were really good, and he was able to block it completely. Good marksmanship.Zheng Sichu admired secretly.The Wude Camp is really well-deserved, no wonder it takes two generals, Fang Ruoshui and Bi Wei, to deal with it.At this time, the enemy soldiers saw that Cheng Diwen and Zheng Sichu were besieging this person, and rushed over one after another. The two hundred men brought by Zheng Sichu had all rushed forward, and the number of enemies was about two hundred. Although the battle here was dramatic, The party attacking the convoy suddenly lost a lot.The man fended off a round of quick guns from Zheng Sichu, jumped back with a group of horses, and shouted: "Go and help General Chen, I'm here!" Cheng Diwen shouted: "What's the use of having you!" With Zheng Sichu by his side, he knew that his friend's marksmanship was extremely strong, and he had few opponents in the army, so his courage suddenly became stronger. Although his arm was injured, the injury was not serious It was extremely slight, and he didn't care, he patted his horse and chased after him.Zheng Sichu shouted: "Diwen, don't chase after him!" But before it was too late, Cheng Diwen had already caught up with the man and stabbed him in the back with a single shot. This spear is remarkable, and under a vigorous effort, the spear wind is very fierce.The man raised his gun with his backhand to flick it, but he couldn't flick Cheng Diwen with all his strength.Cheng Diwen only said that this shot will definitely let this person go through the heart. He has never killed a single person. The first person he saw in his life was a person with excellent spear skills. He was proud of himself, but he heard a cry Screaming.The scream was like a sharp blade. He glanced out of the corner of his eyes and saw no arrows coming. He was a little surprised when the mount hissed and jumped up. Cheng Diwen grabbed the reins of the horse, but the horse also jumped up Falling, he fell headlong from the horse and sat on the ground. It was an iron bullet flying from the enemy formation.The iron bullet is smaller than the arrow, but it flies much faster. This iron bullet hit the right eye of Cheng Diwen's mount, and it didn't enter his mind. Cheng Diwen's mount was also a good horse, but he was killed by a bullet. The technique of the person who fired the bomb is really extraordinary. When Zheng Sichu saw Cheng Diwen landed on the ground, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.The revolving gun that made the gun came and stabbed at Cheng Diwen who had fallen to the ground. Cheng Diwen didn't even get up. Seeing that he couldn't dodge the shot, he was afraid that he would be nailed to the ground. It was too late, and he could hardly bear to look at it.Unexpectedly, as soon as the man's spear stabbed, a white light flashed in Cheng Diwen's hand, and with a "dang", a spear tip flew up suddenly, and was cut off by Cheng Diwen. It was Cheng Diwen who pulled out the invisible knife at the critical moment and chopped off the man's gun head.It's just that the man was still stabbing down with his gun. Although the tip of the gun was broken, the barrel of the gun still stabbed Cheng Diwen's chest heavily like a stick.Cheng Diwen let out a miserable cry, and was stabbed half a foot backward on the ground. With a knife in his hand, he cut off the barrel of the gun in half. Zheng Sichu had already arrived at Cheng Diwen's side at this time, the barrel of the man's gun was broken, he threw it casually, and shouted: "Here comes the gun!" Someone nearby threw a gun at him, why did Zheng Sichu let him take it in his hand? He attacked Cheng Diwen viciously, stabbing his chest fiercely with a gun.Seeing that the gun was coming very fast, the man had already grasped the gun in his hand, but before it was too late, his expression changed in fright. Seeing that this shot was about to stab the man to death, two swords stabbed at the same time.These two swords were not heavy swords used in the military, they were much thinner, but they were also extremely powerful. The two swords intersected, caught Zheng Sichu's white wooden spear at once, and lifted it upwards abruptly.Although Zheng Sichu's strength was not small, after all, he couldn't stop the combined efforts of these two people, and his shot was lifted and missed, and it brushed past the man's shoulder.He closed his moves very quickly, missed a single shot, raised the tip of the gun, and slammed it down again.At this moment, his spear had retracted a little, and it was the tip of the spear that hit the intersection of the two swords, with a "dang", the two swords were broken by the tip of the white wooden spear at the same time. At this moment, the man's face had turned pale.Zheng Sichu's strikes were as fast as lightning, and there was almost no pause between two shots in a row. At this moment, the first shot was still coming, and the two swords were cut off, and they could no longer help him. Zheng Sichu hated his shots too much. Ruthless, this shot was merciless, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop it anymore. At this time, someone shouted suddenly: "Be careful!" Zheng Sichu only heard another extremely sharp whistling sound before he finished speaking.The one who fired the iron bullet in the back fired another one at him.If Zheng Sichu didn't hold back his hand, he would be able to pick that man off the horse with one shot, but he would also be hit by an iron bullet.He changed his moves very quickly, with just a flick of his wrist, the white wood spear was suddenly retracted, only a sharp sound was heard, the tip of the white wood spear seemed to have eyes, and an iron bullet was knocked flying.He was about to shoot the man again, but the man had already taken two steps back, unable to hit him again.Although the man had already held the spear firmly in his hand, Zheng Sichu's round of attack just now was like lightning and thunder, which took away the heart of the man for a while, and he didn't dare to face the enemy with Zheng Sichu again. Zheng Sichu stood in front of Cheng Diwen and said, "Diwen, are you alright?" Seeing Cheng Diwen with his legs up in the air, he panicked.Cheng Diwen barely got up and said, "I'm not dead yet." He was stabbed in the chest by the barrel of a gun. If he hadn't cut off the tip of the pistol in time, the gun would have pierced him. Zheng Sichu said: "Quickly step back and take a rest." At this moment, the soldiers were fighting against the Wude Battalion, although they had a slight advantage in numbers, the enemy's marksmanship was so strong that they couldn't resist it.He was very anxious, and shouted: "Don't make a mess, form an formation!" Hearing Zheng Sichu's shout, the soldiers immediately approached the center.The road is not too wide, at most twenty people can stand side by side, and a square formation has been formed in the blink of an eye.At this time, there were 20 or 30 soldiers lying dead in the center, among which there were more corpses of the Republican Army. As soon as he stood in line, he suddenly heard a loud shout from a person in the grain transportation team. Chen Zhong strode forward and shouted: "Republican rebels, don't surrender yet!"