On the other side of the mountain, there was a faint roar of explosions.
Eji. He Muller knew that the battle was also fought on the two battlefields of Qianshan and Xushan.
Eji He Muller didn't know the specific situation of the battle between Qianshan and Xushan. However, although his side had the largest number of troops, they did not achieve any results. They were even forced back to rest by the anti-thief artillery.
You can only imagine what Eji He Muller was feeling at the moment.
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It's almost noon
The sun hung high in the sky.
The hot weather is unbearable. Even if you are only wearing light clothes, you will still feel sweaty, let alone what it feels like for those wearing armor and helmets standing in the sun.
If possible, Eji Hemuller also hopes to have a life-or-death showdown with the bandit suppressing army on a rainy day.
In this way, at least everyone is fighting hand-to-hand, showing their true qualities as men in the light of swords and shadows.
Unlike now, the rebels relied on their own firearms to fight. Not to mention this bullying, it is obvious that he cannot win without force, and he really does not have the spirit of a hero.
However, whether it rains or not is up to God.
How can God's will be controlled by human will?
It stands to reason that June should be rainy, but Eji. He Muller has not experienced much rain since he went south.
What's even more annoying is that most of the time Eji Hemuler encounters rain when he is in the city. As for the battle with the bandit suppressing army, he was stunned that he had never encountered it.
No one can tell when it will rain that day. Even if someone from Qintian Prison was here, he would not dare to say when it would rain.
So, don’t we dare to fight against the rebels without rain?
If he dares to say this, he, the commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, will come to an end.
Moreover, even if Eji Hemuler hoped so, this huge army would eat people and chew horses every day, and it would cost a lot of money to feed the soldiers and horses, so the court could not continue to let it go.
Therefore, no matter how powerful the rebels' firearms were, the Qing army could only attack them with all their strength, which would only result in the death of more green battalions.
Anyway, in the minds of Eji, He Muller and others, these Green Camp soldiers are not worth much more than those untouchables.
high on hills
In the Qing army's general camp, Eji and He Mule were discussing with the generals the strategy for attacking the mountain.
At this time, Aixinjueluo Yongqi entered the camp and said to Eji He Mule: "Master He, it's almost noon. Everyone hasn't eaten the morning meal yet, so why not let everyone bury the pot and cook it first?" Food, eat enough before starting a fight with the rebels, right?"
If anyone else dared to come and say this to him, Eji He Muller would definitely scold him as "a loser."
But seeing that the person coming was Aixinjueluo Yongqi, no matter how angry Eji He Muller was, he had to carefully consider the weight of Aixinjueluo Yongqi, the fifth elder brother.
There have long been rumors in the court that Qianlong's love for this fifth elder brother is not just a little thing.
Although since the Yongzheng Dynasty, the prince has not been established in Ming Dynasty. But if nothing unexpected happens, this fifth elder brother might be the future prince or even the emperor.
"Fifth Brother, this..." Since he didn't achieve any specific results, how could Eji He Mule be in the mood to talk about dinner? Even if Aixinjueluo Yongqi, the fifth elder brother, came to request, Eji He Mule could not help but want to brush him off.
Moreover, if you want to eat it, just eat it yourself, and no one will dare to say anything to you. You came here and asked me to order the army to bury the pot and make rice. Isn't it too much to look for trouble?
"Master He, haste makes waste!" At this moment, Aixinjueluo Yongqi looked at the loose green camp army formation outside the tent door, and then said to Eji He Mule in a serious voice. .
Eji He Mule looked in the direction of Aixinjueluo Yongqi's gaze, and suddenly understood what his intention was.
In order to keep up with the journey, the army had not eaten anything since early morning. After the army arrived at the Ma'anshan battlefield, Eji He Muller, thinking that he could use artillery to frustrate the bandit suppressing army, directly ordered an attack on Ma'anshan.
Unexpectedly, instead of dampening the spirit of the bandit army, it lowered the morale of his own army a lot.
The cavalry may not feel particularly tired after traveling all the way, but it is very tiring for those who walk on two feet.
Now that the army was defeated for the first time, everyone was hungry and tired. If Eji Hemuler does not allow the army to rest and replenish its stomach, and continues to order a strong attack on Ma'anshan, it may cause a mutiny among the army.
As the saying goes, even if you want someone to die, you have to be a dead ghost. If we continue to ignore the order and forcefully attack the mountain, it will cause the army to mutiny, and the mutinous army will then defect to the rebels on the opposite side, which will be too much.
"This fifth elder brother is really smart. No wonder the Holy One likes him so much." Eji Hemuler secretly praised in his heart.
"Since the fifth elder brother has said so, then go and pass on my order and let everyone bury the pot and make rice. After you are full and energetic, let's fight to the death with the rebels." Eji He Mule faced After Aixinjueluo Yongqi nodded, he said to the bodyguard beside him.
"Come on, I obey the order." After the guard finished speaking, he turned around and exited the camp.
Soon, streaks of smoke rose from the Qing army's position.
Unlike the bandit-suppressing army, which had an independent cooking team, the Qing army did not have an independent team leader to help cook unless it was recruiting regular soldiers. For example, in some areas, flood soldiers were called into green camps, and they could only rely on each other to team up. But there was no one to help with the cooking.
As for their meals, they don't pay much attention to them. The logistics usually give them a certain amount of staple food such as rice, flour, soybeans and a small amount of salt at one time based on the number of days.
As for vegetables, there are only a few pickled vegetables occasionally. As for the meat, don't think about it. Unless you are rewarding the three armies, you will basically not see any meat.
After the general ordered that the pots could be buried for cooking, hungry people like them could go to the logistics department to ask for some firewood, and then find some stones to build one or dig an earthen stove to use the pots to boil water for cooking.
It is also inconvenient to cook, so most of them cook a day's or even two days' worth of meals at once.
When the meal is not finished, add some salt and shape it into rice balls, and wait until the next meal to eat.
Of course, you can eat it directly, or you can boil it in hot water and then eat it.
Although it is colder to eat directly, it is more convenient. It will be more troublesome to boil hot water and eat it, but the taste is relatively better. After all, this is hot porridge.
As for whether it tastes good or not, ignore it.
There is only so much food every day, and it is supplied at regular intervals. There are no wasted conditions or opportunities for you to choose.
The only choice you have is to fight with a full stomach or to fight with an empty stomach.
