Chapter 194: Relief from the Summer Spring

As time passed, the sun moved slowly from the east overhead, moving towards the center, and with it the temperature in the air. The summer sun does not hesitate to sprinkle the heat in the body to the earth, warming and even scorching everyone's body and heart.

Under this temperature, people often have a nameless sense of irritability and even restlessness, especially Chen Jingxuan and others in the city, they have no bottom in their hearts, they are very tired of such a war that will break out at any time, and the anxiety and irritability in their hearts naturally slowly accumulate in their hearts, if possible, I am afraid that there will even be some people who spontaneously combust on the spot because of anger.

The cadres around Chen Jingxuan had already begun to whisper, gathering together in groups of three or five with each other, muttering quietly to analyze what kind of situation was at the moment. This kind of confrontation has lasted from the end of the morning to the noon of the present, seeing that the scorching sun in the sky is about to stand directly above his head, but he has stood in vain all morning, except for being soaked in sweat, it can be said that he has 'found nothing'.

In the hearts of those soldiers who are extremely irritable in their hearts, such torment is even better than letting them die directly on the battlefield, but things can't go as they wish, the fact is that everyone has been exposed to the scorching sun for more than an hour, and even many people have begun to feel dizzy, and there are precursors of heat stroke, if not treated in time, heat stroke is undoubted.

Of course, Chen Jingxuan in the city also discovered this problem, because even his head had begun to feel dizzy from time to time, and even occasionally there would be a temporary blank. But in the face of the Feng family army who was still eyeing the city and even still in good spirits, he didn't dare to go down to the city alone to rest at such a critical moment.

It was also at this moment that Chen Jingxuan realized a conspiracy, he thought that the Feng family army under the city was prepared, and the purpose was to use the sun overhead to drag down his own soldiers, and then launch a large-scale attack.

Thinking of this, Chen Jingxuan couldn't care about the irritability in his heart and the sweat all over his body, raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead and cheeks, and began to instruct the generals around him to order the guards guarding the city to change shifts, and repeatedly told him that he must pay attention to order and not mess up, so as not to be caught by the Feng family army under the city.

Although Chen Jingxuan's final advice was a bit redundant in the eyes of everyone, he still did it one by one. But changing shifts is easier said than done.

Because after the defense order that began in the morning was delivered, not only were the passages in the city piled up with all kinds of garrison equipment, but even the passages in the upper city were full of equipment, in addition, there were full of reserve soldiers, and there were logistics soldiers carrying stretchers and carrying medicine boxes needed for emergency treatment.

The entire north city wall, starting from the bottom of the road to the city, in addition to all kinds of logistical baggage equipment, is the rebel soldiers, the entire north city wall is full, and the water is impassable. If it weren't for the fact that this Yazhou was also a fortified city, I really doubt that so many people and things would cause the city to collapse.

However, no matter how difficult it is to carry out the order of changing shifts, it must still be carried out for the tens of thousands of soldiers preparing for war in the city. After hearing about the shift change, especially the rebels at the head of the city, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and under the scorching sun, standing for an hour or two, I am afraid that few people can still be in good spirits.

However, in comparison, the Feng family army that came prepared was much better, because the Feng family sergeants who had already learned of the orders from above had a cowhide water bladder full of clear springs on their waists and saddle sides before leaving the camp in the morning.

Mountain springs can relieve the heat, this Shu is full of mountains, and it is easy to find a few mountain springs. Originally, Lin Feng was going to use the well water in the camp, but after hearing that everyone said that the mountain spring was better than the well water to relieve the heat, he immediately changed his mind and ordered to send someone to collect the mountain spring on weekdays and hoard it in the camp as a backup.

The reason why the Feng family army was able to hold out under the scorching sun, and compared to the rebels in the city, they were still full of energy, in addition to learning the news in advance when they left the camp, the mountain spring in the water bladder was even more powerful.

It was past noon, and even if everyone had a mountain spring to quench their thirst, the stomach that had consumed half a day's energy couldn't stand it, and they had already begun to grunt and raise opinions. However, in comparison, the rebels at the head of the city are not having a good time, although the rebels who have just changed shifts and gone to the city have had lunch, drank afternoon tea, and are not thirsty or hungry, but the 'seniors' who have just left the city have already learned from the past, who wants to stand at the head of the city from this scorching noon until the sun sets? Relatively speaking, I am afraid that people are more willing to have a summer nap after eating and drinking.

In an extremely irritable mood, the shift change is finally over, whether everyone is happy or not, after arriving at the post, everyone still needs to raise their shields to defend, after all, this is their duty, they rely on this job to eat.

Looking up at the sky, although he was wearing a pair of thick black sunglasses, Lin Feng still felt the glare of the scorching sun, according to the position of the sun above his head, he estimated the time slightly in his heart, smiled faintly, and reached out to pull out a white cloth from the side of the saddle, on which a bunch of words were densely written.

Then, Lin Feng's legs swinged, urging the sweaty BMW under his crotch to walk towards the ballista array, because the temperature was too high, the originally subtle and visible blood vessels in the neck of the sweaty BMW were clearer, like bleeding, and it was reddish. However, the 'Ex IX' seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with his master's performance today, and had only just taken a few steps on the horse's hooves when he let out a 'chirping' neigh, as if in protest.

Reaching out and patting the head of the sweaty horse twice, Lin Feng chuckled and reassured: "Okay, okay, it's almost over, I'll go back in a while!" ”

The naturally empathetic thoroughbred sweat horse seemed to understand, and first gave another "snort" response, and at the same time, as he walked, shook his head and snorted in satisfaction. Lin Feng on horseback couldn't smile bitterly, stroked the horse's neck a few times again, and then shouted at the ballista operator on the side: "Come on a crossbow arrow that you usually use, send a letter to the city!" ”

With the unanimous cooperation of several manipulators, the crossbow string of the crossbow cart was replaced, the white cloth handed by Lin Feng was wrapped in the crossbow arrow, and then the crossbow cart was tightly tied, and then the crossbow arrow with the letter was shot to the center of the city head.

In fact, as early as when Lin Feng left, Chen Jingxuan and the others at the head of the city were nervous, and the siege of the city was finally about to begin, and there was no need to stand in place to bask in the sun.

Especially when the control soldiers of the ballista array moved, General Wang in the city was suddenly a little nervous, and hurriedly turned around and waved his hand to the herald beside him and ordered: "Quick! Ordered the officers and men of the whole army to be sure to stand up to the shield array! In addition, the reserve army under the city is ordered to be ready to go to the city to meet at any time! ”

Suddenly, more than a dozen soldiers in charge of the herald began to wave the order flag at the head of the city and ran and shouted: "Be on guard!!" Alert!! The whole army is on alert!! ”