The sun is about to twilight, and the long day has finally passed.

The endless sound of horns sounded from outside the pass, and the Mingyue army, which was attacking wildly towards the Hexi Fortress, retreated like a tide of ebbing. The fierce battle that lasted for a whole day was finally over.

Meng Hu gently wiped away the remaining blood from the sword with the soles of his boots, and put the knife back into the sheath.

Looking down, the open space in front of the pass was full of mess, with wooden rocks and broken cloud ladders everywhere. The ground was covered with the corpses of soldiers of the two armies, and many corpses with separate bodies and broken limbs could never be neatly put together. The air was filled with the strong smell of blood, and the people in the middle were vented.

Looking back, the new recruits on the wall were in different expressions.

Some people hugged each other, some stood there in a daze, some people jumped on the dove and shouted hysterically, and a few brave guys took the opportunity to tease the female soldiers of the Qingyiwei. However, the female soldiers of the Qingyiwei were not angry, but ran away with red faces. Behind them, there were a burst of pleasant laughter...

The fear of death and the joy of surviving the disaster were intertwined, making these recruits become crazy.

Meng Hu didn't care about this at all. These new recruits had just experienced the first bloody killing in their lives. The original laws were collapsing little by little from their hearts. Their souls were slowly transforming from kind farmers to cold-blooded butchers. This was a cruel process. Any extraordinary move that the person trapped in them could be understood.

Hiding in the crowd, Zhao Qinghan's beautiful eyes fell into a short distance. On the majestic and wild figure, if it weren't for this man today, the Hexi Fortress would have been lost long ago. Zhao Qinghan suddenly wanted to know what the man with slightly narrowed eyes and a solemn face was thinking about at this moment?

At this moment, Meng Hu was worried that he would not be able to defend the Hexi Fortress for too long.

Although the Fifth Regiment blocked the first day of the Mingyue Army's fierce attack, it also paid a heavy price. Without waiting for the casualties statistics to come out, Meng Hu was sure that the casualties of the Fifth Regiment were at least 800 people. At this casualties, in less than three days, the Fifth Regiment would have more than half of the casualties and the Hexi Fortress could not be defended.

"Huzi, this won't work." Lei Ming also saw the seriousness of the problem and said worriedly, "At this consumption rate, we can hold on for up to three days, but the reinforcements of the empire will not arrive at the fastest time of five days. I have to think of a way, otherwise the Hexi Fortress will not be able to defend it."

"Yes." Meng Hu said with a heavy emphasis, "It's better to take the initiative instead of waiting for death!"

"What?" Lei Ming couldn't believe his ears and said in a lost voice, "Take the initiative?"

There was originally only one light infantry regiment in the fortress, and the number of troops that could really go to the battlefield was only 4,500. However, the Mingyue Imperial Army outside the city had nearly 20,000 people! The difference in strength was so huge that it was not enough to defend, but Meng Hu still had to take the initiative to attack?

Lei Ming almost doubted whether Meng Hu's head was burned out?

Of course, Meng Hu's head was not burned out, he had his own ideas.

In Meng Hu's view, blindly sticking to it will inevitably be a dead end. Unless a miracle happens, reinforcements will never arrive before the fortress is broken. This is an unquestionable fact! Meng Hu never believed in any miracle, so there is only one way left in front of the Fifth Regiment, which is to take the initiative!

If you are dead, you will definitely die. If you take the initiative, you will have a glimmer of hope!

Only fools will sit and wait for death. Meng Hu is not a fool, so of course he will not sit and wait for death.

Moreover, Meng Hu's courage to take the initiative is not completely unreasonable. Although the Mingyue army outside the city has an absolute advantage in military strength and is well-equipped, the Fifth Regiment is not without advantages. At least the Fifth Regiment has better physical fitness and more flexible tactics.

Lei Ming was easily convinced by Meng Hu and nodded and said, "Our military strength is less than one-quarter of the Mingyue Imperial Army, and its equipment and training are incomparable. Tuoba Tao would never have thought that we would dare to take the initiative. From this point of view alone, it is in line with the unexpected and unpredictable military tactics you often say."

"But..." Lei Ming paused, and then asked, "Hu Zi, how many people are you going to take to attack?"

This is a problem. If Meng Hu brings fewer people, it will be difficult to pose a threat to the Mingyue Empire Army. If he brings more people, it will inevitably seriously weaken the defense power of the Hexi Fortress. If the Mingyue Empire Army takes advantage of the opportunity to attack, it will be difficult to defend the Hexi Fortress.

Meng Hu pondered for a moment and said, "At least two brigades."

"Two brigades?" Lei Ming said in a lost voice, "There are only more than a thousand people left in the fortress. What if the Mingyue army takes advantage of the opportunity to attack?"

Meng Hu said: "As long as I lead people to break out, I will have a way to make Mingyue's army afraid and dare not come to attack again. And Lao Lei, don't think too much. Even if we don't take the initiative, the Hexi Fortress will still not be able to defend in the end. Whether it is taking the initiative to attack or dying, it will not be worse than waiting for death!"

"Do it!" Lei Ming waved his fist viciously and roared, "The left and right are dead, then let's listen to you!"

“That’s right.”

Meng Hu patted Lei Ming on the shoulder and was about to order the army to be summoned, a sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted: "Sir, our transport team!"

"Um?"

Meng Hu and Lei Ming turned around and looked out the gate in the direction of the soldiers' fingers. Sure enough, they saw a team of forty or fifty people slowly moving along the valley path at the foot of Qingyun Mountain. The flag that the team used was the flag of the Fifth Regiment. Isn't it the transportation team that went out to work half a month ago?

The Mingyue Army outside the fortress soon discovered this transport team. About two squadrons of light infantry quickly dispatched and quietly surrounded the two sides of the valley. Because the ridges on both sides of the valley blocked the view, the transport team did not find the Mingyue Army surrounding them at all, and was stepping towards death step by step without knowing it.

"It's broken." Lei Ming said anxiously, "Hurry up and use the flag to warn them and let them run away!"

"It's too late." Meng Hu shook his head, "they have not been trained and do not understand the flag language at all."

"It's over." Lei Ming said tragically, "This transportation team is over, alas..."

Soon, the Mingyue Imperial Army, who had completed the encirclement, launched an attack. The group of new recruits who had not even received regular military training naturally had no resistance and soon became prisoners of war.

Seeing that the Mingyue Imperial Army did not kill the prisoners, Meng Hu's heart suddenly moved, and a thought flashed across his mind like lightning. The unexpected return of the transport team and being captured gave him a good reason to take the initiative. Moreover, Meng Hu could use this incident to teach these recruits a good lesson to strengthen their sense of identity with the Fifth Regiment!

Thinking of this, Meng Hu stood up and shouted, "Get together, everyone gather!"

A sharp whistle suddenly rang out on the top of the city. When the whistle was heard, the soldiers who were resting jumped up like conditioned reflexes. Whether injured or uninjured, they rushed to the direction of the whistle as fast as possible, because the whistle represented the hot porridge and fragrant steamed buns, and if they were late, they would not be able to take turns.

Only those seriously injured soldiers were still lying in place and staring blankly, but they also had something to envy. The female soldiers of the Qingyiwei were bandaging their wounds.

Soon, all the soldiers who could still move in the Fifth Regiment had assembled.

Facing the eager eyes of all the soldiers, Meng Hu shouted: "Sheep, you don't have to grab dinner today. Each of them has two big bowls of hot porridge and four corn flour buns. If you don't have enough, you can add it. Please be full!"

"Ao!"

"yeah!"

"Long live!"

All the soldiers of the Fifth United cheered in vain.

This news is really great news for them. Life is sometimes so cruel. At this moment, the biggest wish in the hearts of all the soldiers of the Fifth Regiment is probably to have a good meal before they die in battle.

Looking at the young figures raising their arms and cheering, and looking at the sad faces of youth, thinking that they might die in the cold battlefield tonight or in the near future, Meng Hu couldn't help but silently recite in his heart: "Brothers, let's eat with your stomach open later, this is what you deserve..."

Meng Hu suddenly raised his right hand, and the cheers of the soldiers stopped like a knife.

"But before dinner, I have something to say."

Meng Hu said this, his eyes flashed across the faces of all the soldiers and shouted sternly, "Do you still remember what the commander said to you yesterday evening? The Fifth Regiment is a whole, and each of you is a part of the Fifth Regiment! As long as you are a soldier of the Fifth Regiment, no matter who is bullied, the entire regiment will support him and stand up for him! Do you remember it!?"

"Remember!"

"Remember!"

"Remember!"

All the soldiers responded loudly.

"Just just now, our transport team was detained by the enemy outside the city!" Meng Hu reached out and pointed at the dark Mingyue Empire barracks outside the fortress and shouted sternly, "Although they are members of the transport team and they have never trained with us, no matter what, they are members of our Fifth Regiment, aren't they?"

"yes!"

All the soldiers responded again, and their eyes began to become hot.

Meng Hu clenched his hands into fists, waved viciously in the air, and then shouted: "Since they are from our fifth wing, the fifth wing must support them and stand up for them! No matter who they are bullied, no matter who they are caught, we must find the venue and rescue them, right? "

"right!"

The soldiers roared hysterically.

Most of these soldiers are simple-minded and rough people. They talk about strategies and tactics and the great principles of stabilizing the country. They are simply playing the piano for cows. But then again, it is actually very simple to gain the recognition of these big-headed soldiers. As long as you really treat them as human beings, they can give you their hearts and sell their lives to you!

When training, although Meng Hu kept saying that he would not treat soldiers as human beings, in fact, he was just for the soldiers under his command to truly live like human beings! On the other hand, although many officers of the Empire never said that they regarded soldiers as animals, in fact, in their hearts, soldiers were just a group of talking animals.

Meng Hu's words were yelled from the perspective of soldiers, so it was easy to incite the emotions of these big-headed soldiers. They didn't care who was arrested by the transport team. Now they only had one idea in their minds. As long as Meng Hu led them, even if they rushed into the millions of troops to save people, they would still dare!

If a person dies, his eggs are facing the sky, and his head is only a big scar. I am afraid that he will be a ball!

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Chapter completed!