C1474 Little Tuen Mun Village Ferry (1/2)
The wide Wusuli River was over a thousand meters wide, and the one on the other side of the river was the Qing Dynasty's sentry post. Last year, before the snow had sealed the mountain, Ye Qiu had brought a team of soldiers to cross the river and meet the veteran's head on the other side.
At that time, the Eight Flags Soldier and the local citizens who were guarding the sentry posts were practically prostrating themselves in admiration of the brave army. The heads of the Russian were hanging from their necks, and they had strict discipline.
The people's hearts on both sides of the Wusuli River were being fought over by the Bravehearts during the winter. As long as the men of White Mountain and Black River mentioned the Bravehearts of the Far East, they would not be unconvinced.
In the beginning of spring, they were going to counterattack, and when they heard that the brave soldiers were going to gather food and fodder, they immediately put in all their effort to transport the food, without even looking for money, just to get revenge on the Russian.
During the busiest time, the Little Tuen Mun Village Ferry would have over two thousand large carriages on it every day.
However, today, at the most critical moment of the war, the traffic on the ice suddenly stopped. They should be connected from beginning to end, but in front of Sister Wu, there were only eleven large carriages moving on the ice, which was more than a thousand meters wide. The carriages on the opposite shore were all blocked, but the outpost refused to let them through.
”Go!” ”Let's cross the river and take a look. I'd like to see what kind of medicine they have in their gourds!” With a gloomy face, Concealed Fog led the two hundred cavalrymen towards the outpost.
The captain of the sentry post, veteran's head, was leading the way for Ye Qiu years ago. He was sitting on the brick bed smoking a pipe with a frown on his face and the wrinkles on his face were all twisted into flowers. A soldier beside him advised, ”What can we do? The higher ups told us to do as we please.
”Disappointed!” Why do you have to be so disheartened by this matter! ” The veteran's head beat his pipe as he scolded.
”It's better to be disheartened than to lose our heads. How can our little arms and legs be twisted better than the great general's …” Just as he was trying to persuade her, a sentry burst through the wooden door and charged in, bringing with him a gust of cold wind.
”You're going to die?” ”What's with the wolves …” The old soldier cursed.
”No, big brother, you should go out and take a look …” ”The female general of the volunteer army is here. She's the Japanese general, and she's coming with more than two hundred cavalrymen …”
”Aiyo, my mom!” ”This is an accusation, just say I'm not here …” Before she could finish, he heard a burst of noise outside. Sister Wu scolded loudly, ”Where's veteran's head? ”Let him come out and see me …” Before he could finish her sentence, the wooden door was kicked open with a bang and a cold wind blew in.
The veteran's head jumped down from the brick bed with a 'whoosh', and laughed as he said, ”Greetings Lord General. The war in front is extremely urgent, how do you have the time to come here …” Hurry up and brew the tea! ”
”Enough! I'm not here to chat with you. I'm here to ask you, why aren't you letting me go? So many large wagons are stuck in the West Bank, but there are only a dozen or so wagons crossing the river on the ice. What do you mean? ”
veteran's head let out a long sigh and said with an embarrassed look on his face, ”About this … Actually, this isn't my intention to make things difficult for you! ”It's really because there were a few accidents on the ice downstream. There's an order for us to cross the river carefully. We can't have more than ten carriages pass at a time …”
”I know that the great army's battle is more important, and I have even secretly increased the number of vehicles crossing the river every time. As a veteran's head, you can clearly see, who wouldn't listen to my orders?”
”Eight!” Zhu Shanchou cursed loudly, ”Do you think that all of our intelligence agents are blind? A few fishermen broke open a hole in the ice and dropped it into a few people. There weren't even any dead people, yet you dare to say there was a problem with the ice? You are purposefully deceiving the Braveheart Army! ”
With that, he unsheathed the Katana at his waist, causing his killing intent to immediately fill the sentry post in a panic. The two soldiers were so scared that their faces turned pale, ”Sir, we are the soldiers who listened to his orders, we don't know anything. Who gave us the order not to listen?”