march to victory

July [-]th, afternoon!

The assault was connected to NO.16's wrong assembly and the order to continue the Long March.

Zhang Qingshan and other main leaders of the assault company held a meeting and made specific statistics and distributions on the preparations of the troops, especially the food reserves and the ideological and emotional conditions of the soldiers...

The meeting lasted until dusk, but when it was time to eat, there was a sudden cry in the village.

At first, everyone didn't pay attention to it, and thought it was another man who was drunk and beat his wife. Zhang Qingshan wanted to ask the seven treasures to go over and persuade him.But before he could open his mouth, he suddenly heard the crying louder, followed by a commotion, giving the impression that many people were angry and arguing about something.

It's a pity that although Zhang Qingshan and others have been in contact with Tibetans for a while, they can't understand anything except a simple vocabulary-even for communication, they still need the new leader to half-translate and half-gesture, and then rely on Guess to get a general idea.

Everyone put down their bowls and hurried over.

I saw a group of people around the entrance of the village, some were crying, some were crying, and some were arguing.

Running over to take a look, Zhang Qingshan and others were startled, only to see a man with a lot of blood on his body, and a woman on his left was pulling his clothes, yelling something in grief and indignation.The man lowered his head, allowing the woman to grab her.And on his right, there is an ox cart, followed by many livestock.

There were six bitten and bloody sheep on the bullock cart. Three children were kneeling on the bullock cart. One of them was hugging a small but dead Tibetan mastiff, saying something in a low voice while wiping away tears. ——Tibetan mastiffs have a very high status in herdsmen's families, they are like their own children and a member of the family.

This time without translation, Zhang Qingshan and others already understood: Needless to say, they must have been attacked by a pack of wolves when they went out to graze. Settled here, but still make a living by grazing, so aquatic plants are a big problem. Therefore, people here often have to go to distant places to graze, and the biggest enemy is wolves.Generally speaking, several families unite together to herd cattle far away and defend against enemies together.Every household of the herdsmen raises Tibetan mastiffs, but although the Tibetan mastiffs are ferocious, there is only one. If several families work together to graze, just a few Tibetan mastiffs are enough to resist wolves.But this time, because the family had a relatively large number of livestock, they wanted to go to a place with more abundant aquatic plants. In the end, they did not listen to the advice and went to a farther place.After leaving alone, he was attacked by a pack of wolves, and even the immature Tibetan mastiff was killed... If the herdsmen who went with him heard the gunshots and arrived in time, I am afraid that it is not just the cattle and sheep that have lost their lives. Even he himself would be doomed, and if he lost his livestock, his family would lose their source of livelihood, and the consequences were unimaginable.

The reason why Zhang Qingshan and others guessed it was because this was the third incident of wolves attacking livestock they had seen: the first two incidents were just sneaky attacks by wolves, and they often ran away with a sheep in their hands, but now, unexpectedly Dare to openly attack Tibetan mastiffs and humans, it can be seen that it is becoming more and more rampant.

What is strange is that when the new headman arrived in a hurry, he picked up the crutch (that is, a long-used wooden stick) and beat him, not only the man, but also the crying woman. The herdsmen who went there were beaten all over.He yelled something loudly while beating, looking very angry... Unfortunately, no one in the assault company understood what he was yelling.

Zhang Qingshan watched with a frown, and said to Hu Yingze and Peng Peng beside him for a while: "Old Hu, Lao Peng, whether it is to thank them for their help during this period of time or our Red Army's responsibilities, I think we We should get rid of this great harm for the villagers before leaving."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Qingshan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "At least we must ensure that such a thing will not happen again within two or three years."

"En! I agree. However, it's best not to violate the customs of the local people." Hu Yingze nodded in agreement, and Peng Peng was more direct: "I'll ask Mr. Ka to ask about the situation later, and try to solve it once, so as not to have long nights and dreams. "

Uncle Ka is the new head of the village.In the local folk customs, the treatment of wolves is really respectful and hateful: the awe is because some of them worship wolves, and the hatred is naturally that these wolves eat their livestock.Therefore, in the folk customs, they are not opposed to killing wolves, but they will not eat wolf meat, and will "bury" wolves in their own way.This is how the results of the three wolves that were hit by the way in the first two times were handled.Many soldiers can't figure it out: Why don't you let wolf meat eat properly?Even wolf skins are not allowed to be scraped.But because Zhang Qingshan strictly ordered them not to inquire indiscriminately with military regulations, everyone could only salivate and watch the herdsmen 'wasting meat'.

After Mr. Ka hammered all these people, he finally yelled something hoarsely. Immediately, all the Tibetans moved into action. A sense of tension was clearly felt even by Zhang Qingshan and others who couldn't understand what they were yelling. arrive.Especially what makes Zhang Qingshan and the others puzzled is that some people would frown and glance at them. The eyes are very complicated: anger, hatred, helplessness... Zhang Qingshan and the others are inexplicable, not knowing what they did wrong What, a good rapport suddenly turned into this.

In the end, if Uncle Ka hadn’t yelled a few more words to make the Tibetans hurry home with their heads down, I’m afraid someone would have spit on them. Not good at, or in other words, not good at hiding his emotions.And they suddenly glared at the assault company, one or two were okay, but there must be a reason for so many people together.

However, before Zhang Qingshan went to look for Uncle Ka, Uncle Ka came to them in a hurry with an anxious expression on his face.

After some conversation and gestures, Zhang Qingshan and the others finally got a general understanding, or understood the seriousness of the problem: the wolf is not only ferocious, but also very cunning, and a very vengeful animal.To fight with them, you must either not make a move, or you must kill them all once you make a move, otherwise, even if there is only one of them left, they will endlessly look for opportunities to retaliate.But the bad thing was that the assault company had killed three wolves in the first two times, but failed to kill them all, so the wolves would definitely come to retaliate.

The reason why there has been no movement in the past few days, Uncle Ka estimates that there are two possibilities: one is that the wild wolves are cunning and will not act rashly, and the assault company is fully armed for the past few days-in fact, the assault company is guarding against the stragglers among the fleeing enemies Attack the village at night.The wolves were not given a chance.But now, since the wolves dare to openly attack the flock, and they are rare active herdsmen, it shows that they are ready, and revenge is just in the past few days; The exact location, but when the group of herdsmen who went out a few days ago came back after being attacked, the wolves would definitely follow them all the way, which was tantamount to attracting the wolves and letting the wolves find a target for revenge.That's why Uncle Ka beat them up so angrily—don't think I'm bragging, I think I'm bragging too much about the wisdom of wolves, but if you have a chance, you can ask, and maybe the answer you get is better than what I said sharp.

As for the herdsmen glaring at them, it is easy to understand: in their pure thinking, it is normal for a few livestock to be killed by wolves, and it is a fate of these sheep, so they can only consider themselves unlucky.If the assault company wiped out this group of wolves, they would cheer for the assault company, but they only killed a few. If it wasn't intentional, what else could it be?Not cursing people on the spot is already the result of the assault company's good relationship with them during this period of time.

The revenge of the wolves is iron-blooded, even killing both humans and animals.Therefore, Uncle Ka immediately asked the villagers to prepare for the battle, and immediately ran to ask the assault company to help them kill the wolves—because of some bad experiences in the past, Uncle Ka was afraid that the assault company would hear that the wolves were coming. If they ran away in fear of retaliation, then the livestock of these families would be in danger.But because the assault company was a foreigner, he was afraid that they would vent their anger on the villagers after suffering a loss because they did not understand the ferocity and cunning of the wolves, and the consequences would be equally serious.So, after thinking about it for a long time, he had to make a gamble: After these days of contact, he felt that the army in front of him would not leave the people alone. At least, this army not only did not rob their livestock, nor raped their women , did not catch them to sell as slaves, and helped them do a lot of things, so he only gambled once and had to tell the truth.

"Master Ka, thank you for your trust, please rest assured, since this mistake was caused by us, we will definitely take care of it to the end."

"No! No..." After shaking his hand and saying no, Uncle Ka had to express it with gestures: Uncle Ka is a little more knowledgeable than the people in the village, or because he is older and more knowledgeable Guang, see things a little differently.He believes that there are more and more wild wolves today, and they are becoming more and more rampant. When there are more wolves and less meat, even if the people in the assault company did not provoke the wild wolves, sooner or later the wolves would attack domestic animals and even herdsmen.In fact, Uncle Ka has another meaning that he didn’t say directly: because wolves are not only ferocious, but also have a strong sense of revenge, and herdsmen (under superstitious thinking) respect wolves, so even if wolves attack domestic animals, the owner will Not daring to really kill or wound the wild wolves made the wild wolves more and more daring.If they continue to endure like this, there will definitely be a catastrophe of wolves at some point, and by then, it will be a serious disaster.Therefore, even if the Assault Company didn't make a move, he still planned to use money or other things to ask the Assault Company to help the herdsmen to wipe out the wolves on a large scale.At least the herdsmen should not have to worry about wolves in the next two years.

"What will you do after those two years?"

Uncle Ka gave Tian Guozhong a wry smile, shook his head, and said nothing.But the meaning is obvious: the wolves can't be killed, and they will rise again in two or three years. At that time, everyone will continue to fight the wolves.

Sure enough, soon, the villagers began to nail doors and windows in every household to strengthen the defense, and the women began to sharpen their guns and sharpen their knives. Even the children were very sensible and did not run around, but helped the adults in the family as much as they could... Amidst the noise , but everyone looked solemn.

Zhang Qingshan also made a decisive decision: Now first help the villagers to strengthen the houses, and after nightfall, the whole company will be on guard, guarding the village with squads and ranking units...At the same time, send cavalry to report the situation to the superiors, and ask them to send people to bring enough weapons overnight Come equipped: Regardless of whether there are wolves attacking tonight, after dawn, everyone will take the initiative to attack and wipe out the wild wolves on a large scale.

Mobilized before the war, after Hu Yingze finished explaining the situation to everyone and made everyone aware of the danger of this battle, Zhang Qingshan came to the stage and said: "Comrades, everyone is not afraid of death, how many wolves are you afraid of? Kill all They are."

The soldiers screamed like wolves...