132: The One-Hundred-and-Twelve
By the small specific accumulating reading at the dusk of the third day of the fourth moon of the twenty-first year of Da-ye, the cold-spring camp held the small accumulating *one-hundred-and-twelve* shape.
The *forty-two* of the *fifty* had — by the small specific reading at the past two days — arrived at the cold-spring camp at the dusk of the first day. They were — by the small specific reading at Yan Wenshu's letter at the past dusk — at the small accumulating *worn but real* shape of an accumulating *unit at the small accumulating *real-engagement-experience* of four months at the lower country's accumulating winter offensive*. The small accumulating *cost-of-eight* across the four months had been at the small accumulating *real* engagements at the small accumulating *Yongqiu-line*'s accumulating taking and at the small accumulating *third Sui garrison-town's accumulating storming*. The *forty-two* had — by the small specific accumulating reading at Yan Wenshu's accumulating eye — been at the small accumulating *real veteran* shape that the *thirty* of the cold-spring camp's accumulating holding-shape had not yet, by the small specific accumulating reading at the past month, fully laid in.
The *forty Wagang reinforcements* from Li Mi's accumulating personal reserve had arrived at the dusk of the third day. They were — by the small specific reading at Yan Wenshu's accumulating careful eye — at the small accumulating *seven-of-ten* against the Sui-veteran-shape; not at the small accumulating *seven-and-three-quarters* of the *nineteen* at the master's hut nor at the small accumulating *eight-of-ten* of the *forty-two* of the winter offensive's accumulating returning. They would, by the small specific accumulating reading at Yan Wenshu's accumulating saying, lay in the small accumulating *moment*-teaching at the cold-spring camp through the spring and the summer and would, by the small specific reading at the autumn, be at the small accumulating *seven-and-a-half* shape.
The cold-spring camp's accumulating *one-hundred-and-twelve* was — by the small specific accumulating reading at Yan Wenshu's accumulating consolidated eye at the dusk of the fourth day — at the small accumulating *real* shape of an accumulating *upper-hills sub-base of an accumulating winning rebellion's accumulating northern wing*.
By the small specific accumulating reading at the dusk of the fifth day, Yan Wenshu came up the path with two of the senior veterans of the *forty-two* and one of Li Mi's accumulating *forty reinforcements*' senior officer (a man called *Wei Quchang*, perhaps thirty-three, by the small specific reading at Yan Wenshu's accumulating saying — a small accumulating *real Wagang-veteran* of perhaps six years at the rebellion).
They came at the small accumulating *upper-hills' accumulating coordination* shape.
By the small specific accumulating reading at the past hour at the small wooden bench at the small clear ground — Yan Wenshu, Wei Quchang, the two senior veterans of the *forty-two*, Heizi, and Wang Er sat at the small accumulating *coordination meeting*.
Yan Wenshu said in the small low voice: *Heizi-zhang. By the small specific accumulating reading at the past three days' arrangement at the cold-spring camp — the *one-hundred-and-twelve* lays in at the small accumulating *real* shape. By the small specific reading I am giving — we will, in the next two months, lay the cold-spring camp at the small specific accumulating *real* shape of a small accumulating *Wagang upper-hills sub-base* with three small specific accumulating sub-units: the small accumulating *forty-two veterans of the winter offensive* under a small accumulating *senior veteran-officer of the rebellion's accumulating six-or-seven year* shape (a man we have, at the past two days, named at the small accumulating *Geng Quan* — perhaps thirty-five, six years, taken the senior at the past two days at Yan Wenshu's accumulating naming); the small accumulating *forty Li-Mi-reinforcements* under Wei Quchang; and the small accumulating *thirty of the holding* under Yan Shaozhong, who has been at the small specific accumulating *senior-veteran-of-the-cold-spring* shape since the small accumulating *eleventh year*.*
He paused.
"By the small specific reading I am giving — the three sub-units will, by the small specific reading at the past two days' arrangement, drill at the small accumulating *seven-and-three-quarters* shape together at the cold-spring camp's accumulating *combined drilling ground* (the small accumulating *flat clear* below the slope of the bog-iron's accumulating second deposit). By the small specific reading I am giving — the *one-hundred-and-twelve* will be, at the small accumulating *summer's end*, at the small accumulating *real* shape of a small specific accumulating *seasoned upper-hills brigade*."
He paused once more.
"By the small specific accumulating reading I am giving — the *nineteen-and-master* of the master's hut are, at this dusk, the small accumulating *senior sub-unit* of the small specific accumulating *cold-spring brigade*. The lad will, by the small specific reading I am giving, be at the small accumulating *real* shape of an accumulating *senior sub-officer*."
Heizi nodded.
He filed it.
Wei Quchang said in the small low voice: *Heizi-zhang. By the small specific reading at the past two months at Wagang-zhai — Li Mi has, at the past month, said, by the small specific reading at the past two months' coordination, that the small accumulating *upper-hills sub-base* and its accumulating senior sub-officer (the lad) are, at the small accumulating *cold-spring brigade's accumulating real shape*, at the small accumulating *recognized* place at the rebellion's accumulating arrangement. By the small specific reading at Li Mi's accumulating saying — the lad will, at the small accumulating *moment after the master's accumulating end*, be at the new headquarters at the small accumulating *real* shape of an accumulating *senior staff-officer of the cold-spring brigade*.*
He paused.
"By the small specific reading at Li Mi's accumulating further saying — the lad's accumulating *one-mark-knowing* of the *nineteen* and the *one-hundred-and-twelve* and the small specific accumulating *real* shape of the upper-hills' accumulating defensive is, by the small specific accumulating reading at Li Mi's accumulating eye on the lad at the past three years, the small accumulating *real* method an accumulating *new* state's accumulating military will, by the small specific reading I am giving, take at its accumulating early formation."
Heizi nodded.
He filed it.
He said in the small low voice: *brother. By the small specific reading I am giving at this dusk — the small accumulating *coordination* lays at the small accumulating *real* shape. The *nineteen-and-master* will hold the master's hut at the small accumulating *senior sub-unit's accumulating *holding-of-the-master*. The cold-spring brigade will, by the small specific accumulating reading I am giving, hold the cold-spring camp and the southern fold's accumulating *real* defense.*
He paused.
"By the small specific reading I am giving — the small accumulating *moment after the master's accumulating end* is, at this dusk, at the small accumulating *not-this-year* shape. The lad will, by the small specific reading I am giving, be at the master's hut at the small accumulating *real apprenticeship* until that moment comes."
Yan Wenshu nodded.
The brothers nodded.
That dusk at the small wooden bench — under the small accumulating tree-shade of the master's hut's accumulating eastern arrangement — the small accumulating *senior sub-officers' accumulating coordinated arrangement* of the *cold-spring brigade* was laid in at the small accumulating *first* formal shape.
By the small specific reading I am giving — the small accumulating *cold-spring brigade* of an accumulating *real Wagang-recognized upper-hills sub-base of one-hundred-and-twelve* was, at the dusk of the fifth day of the fourth moon of the twenty-first year, at the small accumulating *real* shape.
That night Heizi at his watch sat at the small banked fire.
He listened.
The shape of the silence on this watch was — by the small specific reading at this evening — the shape of a small specific *senior sub-officer of an accumulating cold-spring brigade of one-hundred-and-twelve* whose accumulating master at the cot was — at the dusk — at the small accumulating *real* apprenticeship of the lad's accumulating sixth year at the cot.
He filed.
He sat his watch through.