Chapter 279: Rapid March

The weather in January is the season of winter. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThe north wind blows and drives the vast white snow to fly in the face, blowing straight to people's faces like knives, and tears can't help but flow down.

Situ Jingtian rode on horseback and raised his eyes to look at the slowly marching army. Seeing that the sergeants covered their heads and faces with clothes, only their eyes were exposed, and the clothes on their faces were all covered with hoarfrost, they couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Ordered the whole army to camp and rest on the spot, bury the pot to make rice, and let the men prepare ginger soup to warm the sergeants. By the way, there should be plenty of food to eat tonight, so you must be full! ā€

"Let the logistics take out all the thick cotton clothes and change them for the sergeants whose clothes are wet. All the fur hats and gloves were prepared, and the sergeants must not be frostbitten. ā€

Accompanied by a white sigh, Situ Sedum's orders were conveyed in the same way.

"Yes!"

Qu Wei, who followed Situ Jingtian on the expedition, hurriedly received the order, got up and ran into the distance.

General Liu on the side sat on horseback, looking at the heavy snow that still did not stop, and shook his head.

Yesterday, when the army was marching, it caught up with the snowfall, which was not too heavy at first, but as time went on, the snow not only did not stop, but tended to get bigger and bigger.

This brought great difficulties to the march, and I originally wanted to speed up the march to Blackwater City, but now, whether I could arrive in the original plan was a problem.

The sergeants had walked for more than two hours in the face of heavy winds and snow, and they were all cold and tired. At this time, when the order was given to set up camp, they all stopped, began to take down the tents from the wagons carrying the tents that had come to the vicinity, and began to set up simple tents separately according to the regulations of two sergeants leading their sergeants to one tent.

As everyone moved, soon, in less than a quarter of an hour, tens of thousands of tents were erected. All the tents were arranged in the form of a military formation, radiating out in circles, enclosing the large tent of the middle camp in the middle, forming a camp.

On the outskirts of the camp were hundreds of wagons carrying supplies. The wagons were linked from end to end, enclosing the tents.

With the spicy taste coming, dozens of pots of ginger soup were first boiled and sent everywhere, so that the sergeants could drink a bowl of hot ginger soup to ward off the cold before eating. After drinking the ginger soup he brought, the aroma of food wafted over the camp.

Sitting in the big tent in the camp where the bonfire was lit, Situ Jingtian looked down at the map in his hand and looked very seriously.

"Prince, let's eat first and study the route. It's cold now, and if you don't hurry up and eat, it's cold. ā€

Taking the food back and sending it to the big tent, Qu Wei saw Situ Jingtian who was only looking at the map, and hurriedly called out.

"Yes, Prince, let's hurry up and eat. After eating, the body is warm, and the brain can be flexible. No, I have to eat something hot first, this person is old and can't do it, and now I feel that this leg doesn't seem to be my own. ā€

Lang Sheng laughed a little, and General Liu took the big bowl containing the food, sat down by the fire first, and ate the food while roasting the fire.

"Yo, tonight's meal is really good, and there's so much meat here!"

"Hehe, the spies sent out found a pack of wolves when they were exploring the path, there were about a hundred and ten wolves, so I sent two teams of people over to clean up the wolves and add some food to everyone.

The frozen meat of the logistics supplies, I want to keep it for Blackwater City before using it, and don't eat it now. There are still a lot of supplies that have not been delivered, and now while there are still replacements, let's save some of these materials first. ā€

Situ Jingtian listened to General Liu's words, laughed, folded the map and put it away, then walked to the campfire, picked up a big bowl and ate it.

During the march, there was nothing to pay attention to. It is impossible to bring up a bunch of bowls and plates when marching, so all the bowls used in the army are large bowls, and all the food and soup are served in one bowl, and each person eats with a bowl.

In his early years, when he went to the border city to garrison the army, Situ Jingtian was already used to life in the army, so he didn't care about the current hardship. Sitting by the fire, Situ Jingtian ate his meal quickly, while analyzing the next itinerary with General Liu, Qu Wei and others.

When everyone had finished their meal and night had completely fallen, the heavy snow and wind, which had been disturbing all of a sudden, actually stopped, which made Situ Jingtian and General Liu both happy and a little worried.

Naturally, the joy is that the wind and snow have stopped, and the speed of the army can come up. The concern is that the snow is a bit thick, which will also affect the road. But it's always good that the snow stops, and everyone rests happily.

The sergeant guarding the camp had already been arranged, and after Situ Jingtian also sent Qu Wei to patrol the camp, he slept with peace of mind. Although he was sitting on horseback, the weather was cold, and his legs still felt very cold and numb. The legs are not moving, and the stiffness is also very uncomfortable.

Lying in a blanket made of wool, Situ Sedum touched the delicate leg guards made of cashmere fur and couldn't help but smile happily.

These leggings were all made by Wu Tianrou with the maids overnight. Thanks to these leggings, his legs were not frozen, just cold numb.

Comfortably curled up in a warm blanket, Situ Jingtian slowly fell asleep with his thoughts of Wu Tianrou.

There was nothing to do all night, and as soon as the morning dawned, Situ Jingtian and General Liu and others got up, and after washing, someone came to clean up the tent. All the sergeants automatically put away their tents and put them back on the wagons.

After breakfast, the 100,000-strong army marched again and advanced rapidly towards Blackwater City.

After walking for another three days, just after lunch that day, Situ Sedum received a letter from Blackwater City.

"Well, what's going on in Blackwater City now?"

General Liu, who learned the news of the arrival of Blackwater City, hurried over and looked anxiously at Situ Jingtian, who was looking down at the letter.

"The situation is not optimistic, Yan Yanyuan should already know that we are coming to support Blackwater City, so the offensive in the past few days has been very fierce. Fortunately, the sergeants in the surrounding towns have been transferred to Blackwater City, where there are now about 120,000 men and horses, and they can withstand the siege of the Yanhuo Kingdom for the time being. ā€

Handing the letter in his hand to General Liu, Situ Jingtian frowned and said.

"We're running out of time, we have to pick up the pace."

"Fortunately, it's already very close to Blackwater City, the army is in a hurry, and there is no rest at night, it is estimated that it should be able to reach Blackwater City tomorrow afternoon."

After reading the letter, General Liu waved his hand and gave an order. The army set off again, marching quickly towards Blackwater City. (To be continued.) )