"When was the last time the transport team arrived in Guangzhou...?"

Zhou Huaian couldn't help but stand at the bow of the boat and asked.

"If you go back to lead the army, it was eleven days ago..."

Yang Neng, the military ration and material officer and the auxiliary brigade leader, responded.

"Then let's set up camp first and make preparations... and wait for the decision to be made tomorrow."

Zhou Huaian made a quick decision. So the flag plaques and the victims who were sending messages around him began to erect a long pole with several colors of lanterns, and at the same time, they blew the low and heavy conch horn.

At this time, most of the soldiers who had already disembarked one after another had to face the direction of the city under the gray sky, and stood quietly on the slightly higher terrain. When the first whistle sounds blowing one after another, they began to untied their bags and inspect and organize them;

After the second whistle sounded, most people prepared their weapons and equipment, which were placed in a reserved position within reach, and used a small shovel to clean the weeds and stones around the ground. Then, amid the third whistle sounded, they took out the compressed rations they carried and ate in the soup soaked in the kettle.

As the veterans and fire chiefs, they began to walk among them to inspect the situation of personal preparation and eating, and correct and make up for the defects and omissions to ensure the basic state of most people. If they are injured or sick, they will be sent back to the swimming medical center set up on the river boat for treatment.

Then the auxiliary brigade personnel who were disembarking also began to work. They dug out the most basic trenches, drainage channels, and circles of wire blocks were also unfolded, and they were arranged on the periphery of the camp with fixed pickets at both ends, forming the first blocking line of defense.

As a distinction that will inevitably arise when the iron industry develops to a certain extent, today's Nanhai iron field can use drilling iron molds to draw the metal strips after heat treatment from large to small sizes; and obtain corresponding metal wires of varying thicknesses; but there are two distinctions in their specific uses.

One is that it becomes hard after treatment of cold fire, bent into a flat iron ring and used as a component for the chain mail to prepare materials; the other is that it strengthens toughness and ductility and eventually becomes circles of iron wire or iron wire; because under the current iron material, if it is pulled into an ordinary wire, the strength of the iron wire itself is simply unreliable.

Therefore, the barbed wire used at present is still a bit bulky and simple. There is nothing else except two iron wires with articulated hooks and piercings. They are not as complicated as those of later generations. However, despite this, it is much lighter and easier than the traditional wooden horse-repellent and gun-release they carry.

As long as a distance of thirty or forty steps is formed into a bundle, it can be loaded in a special basket with a horse, or loaded seven or eight pieces on a trailer; it really lacks the time to pick up local materials or is a necessary and excellent choice for climbing complex terrain.

The gap deliberately left between the wire fences was soon led back from the ship to many pack animals and horses, and the fixed military vehicles on the large wooden raft were also introduced one by one to the preset camp area one by one.

At this time, the soldiers who were resting in the spot had already used the fire carbon from the distribution channel to raise fire between each fire according to the regulations and regulations. Then, around the fire, the tents for camping overnight were set up according to the waterproof materials and rods received. Small pits for placing garbage and waste were dug out, and the shallow drainage ditch on the edge of the tent was uniformly directed to the large ditch that was directly connected to the riverside for fire protection.

As the aroma of the grains opened again spread in the camp tent, the auxiliary brigade members and mis-slaughter servants who were responsible for building the camp labor were now ready to eat. On the truck loaded with iron stoves, the bakery made of wet noodles and the rice dumplings prepared in advance, and the hot soup made from dried sauce and salted vegetables on the stove were loaded into baskets and distributed.

However, before starting to eat, each person also got a spoonful of fermented black beans or shrimp paste, which was used as a supplement to spread the rice below the head. When they had almost eaten, they were alert in batches, waiting and resting soldiers also began to refilling the drinking water bags or bottles.

Then the auxiliary brigade and the mis-slaughtered servants who had finished their late meals were still unable to rest. Under the illuminated torches, they went to the nearby bushes in batches to cut down the required wood and dragged them back with pack animals. The larger dry materials were used to store materials for equipment and defense, while the smaller branches were dried and coke on the edge of the fire as a backup for firewood.

The generals led by Zhou Huaian were the last group of people to eat; after inspecting various posts, construction sites and the preparations of the kitchen, there were only three kinds of food in the tray in front of him;

One of them is a thick porridge cooked with beans, wheat and rice. It is a meal he scoops a little from several sampling cook spots to prepare for night service. It has a strong cereal aroma that is unique to making rice with a large pot of high heat.

One is a compressed ration that looks like the size of a palm, but it is a special supply for generals, which is not as heavy as the soldiers' version, but adds a larger proportion of spices, vegetables, minced meat, fish pine, etc., which tastes better and more delicate.

Finally, there was a roasted rabbit leg that represented the privileged identity, and was painted with golden honey sauce and pepper and salt. The wild harvests obtained on the spot were dedicated to him as a symbolic meaning; for other generals, they were corresponding to a stack of sliced ​​dried fried Cantonese sausages or canned bean stew; and when Lao Zuo came, there was only a piece of cooked salted fish.

Although it was not the main factor among the rebels, the attitude and oath of sharing weal and woe with the soldiers was not just a talk to Zhou Huaian.

Then, when the wind was still busy late at night, the moon became darker and darker. After piled up the accumulated wood around the camp for a long time, these working people fell asleep in the melodious and gentle sound of the flute, with fatigue, and fell asleep on the grass mats with their heads arranged in the tent;

During this process, the head of Guizhou City was still quiet and unresponsive; as if you didn't know what was happening under the city. However, on the night of get off work when the moonlight completely disappeared, a sound suddenly sounded. It was the approximate location of the outer wire block; some companions were connected as a warning measure, and empty jars filled with sharp stones that could make noises.

"It's really here..."

Zhou Huaian, who ordered the soldiers to divide into three pieces of clothes and do not take off their armor and take turns to rest, and wait for the ball to wait for the ball. Zhou Huaian, who was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, also said to himself. Then he saw a dim lantern on the high pole, which was the commander at night, slipping down and turning into a blue lace lantern;

Then, a dozen bright fireballs suddenly shot out from the bonfire in the middle of the camp; but the team took action, equipped with long-range equipment. The fireballs with different trajectories between breaths had fallen into the dark curtain outside the camp in a mess; in an instant, they broke into more sparks and ignition rains.

I saw that under the dim flames, there were many people wearing short-clothed clothes holding sharp blades, rushing towards the edge of the camp that looked empty like a wave; then they rolled and fell to the ground, but encountered the preset wire block.

The sound of bells tied to those blocks was like the best direction and target guidance; the sound of whistles was blowing one after another, and the sparse inner ring baffles and the array of crossbows behind the standing signs also fell among them one after another like the sound of the whistling wind in the night sky; suddenly burst out with roars and screams.

Just like rice and grass that was blown by the storm and storm, it almost turned back and forth and could never get up again. It quickly stacked layers of corpses and painfully struggling wounded people inside and outside the trenches and blocks, and became a new obstacle for followers to climb.

However, suddenly these deadly rains of arrows disappeared; and these enemies who were seriously frustrated and hesitant, rushed forward like a surge, as if they had received some encouragement; however, such a short pause was not a mistake of the rebels but a trap. Because at this time, the array of powerful crossbows with slower firing frequency but full penetration was also targeted and replaced by several layers of crossbows with faster firing speed but closer distances;

In the dense continuous sound of the press handle, those enemies who struggled to overcome the obstacles of the pile of corpses and their morale were once again turned into a tragedy in a sense; in the oncoming rain of arrows that were as dense as locusts, they almost turned out to be hedgehogs and arrows out of thin air, screaming in grief and pain, and fell to the ground with many short arrows.

Although many short arrows only penetrate a small part of the body, once they hit the head, face, chest and neck, they can still kill people or fall to the ground immediately after being covered with dense enough. In the end, only the sparse enemy, like a sieve filtered through, rushed to the baffle guarded by the crossbow in a daze.

Then they screamed and became shorter, but they rushed to fall into a narrow ditch that was quite shaded, and then the bamboo sticks inserted in the water were pierced through the soles of their feet or stabbed their calf. They suddenly became difficult to move and had difficulty walking, and were stabbed by the swords and guns that were falling from their heads and heads and chopped over.

At this time, the strike from the long-range shooting equipment of the team finally came to these enemies; the flying curved fire ball and poisonous smoke ball fell into the subsequent crowd. In an instant, another tragic howl in the dark, several "blanks" of the flames were cleared; it was like a signal to launch a counterattack, and in an instant, the sharp and rapid whistle was blown here and it continued into a large area.

The baffles and rows on the edge of the inner trench were also pushed down and turned into some kind of aisle that was mounted horizontally. Under the uncertain firelight on the surface, the jumping team, which was divided into dozens of long dragons and arrows, rushed out like arrows, and then rushed around the side and slashed around the waist and killed them in a raging manner;

In the end, these enemies who were scattered and dispersed in scattered areas like driving sheep and pigs, completely dispersed the order and fighting spirit. Amid the howling and wailing, they knelt down and begged for mercy or surrendered. Only a few far-off enemies scattered with the help of darkness and fled without a chance.

It can be said that these enemies showed and reacted in the night battle, and even the officials who broke through the city of Chaoyang were inferior to those who broke into Chaoyang. They only lasted for less than half an hour in the offense and defense that turned into strong attacks and were defeated.

But all this did not end there. Zhou Huaian couldn't help but look deep in his eyes, which was the direction of the city and gatehouse shrouded in the darkness. After a tormenting moment, he saw several piles of fires slowly lit up. Then someone reported urgently.

"Reported that the surprise troops lie at the south gate have already succeeded... are standing by waiting for help..."

"Okay, let's go into the city overnight and figure out what's going on..."
Chapter completed!