Chapter 254: Jiannan Suppresses the Rebellion (23)
It seems that the night passes quickly, and it seems that the night passes very slowly and painfully. Lin Feng and the others, who were chasing after them, didn't even feel tired, they felt that the darkness was just flashing around, and the light of the early morning slowly drove the night away. And Chen Jingxuan, who escaped, only felt that this was the longest night in his life, suffering from hunger, thirst and fatigue, and still kept completing his escape journey.
If it weren't for Su Shi who brought some snacks as dry food when he was packing up, I'm afraid Chen Jingxuan would have starved all night. But the soldiers under his command did not have any preparations at all, and after receiving the order, they assembled from different places above and below the city towards the south gate and west gate of Yazhou, and then followed the large army to withdraw from Yazhou. So, there is no doubt that they had not eaten for a whole day, except for a full meal the previous morning.
But there is no shortage of water, on the way to escape, all kinds of streams are continuous, even people and horses can drink to their heart's content, and even the war horses can take the time to eat a few mouthfuls of weeds or something to fill their hunger to restore their physical fitness, and the soldiers are not so easy, one by one hungry is the front heart is close to the back, and then at night, some soldiers because of the abdominal space, and want to drink more water, the final result is to drink and vomit directly on the spot.
What's more, there are only a few hundred people left behind Chen Jingxuan, and they can't even form a formed team, but Chen Jingxuan also understands that even if it is formed, what can it do? Relying on these hungry soldiers who can't even hold their weapons, to fight with Lin Feng and the others? Although Chen Jingxuan didn't know how many pursuers there were in the rear, Chen Jingxuan understood that the Feng family army chasing after him felt that he was prepared, and in the face of his own situation at this time, I am afraid that it only takes the charge of five hundred cavalry to sweep away his own men and horses in one round.
In fact, this is indeed the case, Chen Jingxuan's side of the people and horses fled all the way and lost all the way, while Lin Feng's side was a lot of people, after all, Lin Feng realized this when he went out of the city, and brought a large portion of the dry food that had been prepared for a long time, except for the riding spear and waist knife, each person was only equipped with a light crossbow and ten crossbow arrows, completely lightly armed. Even after an hour's rest at night, although the distance between the two sides was widened in one hour, after a short period of recuperation, an energetic elite of the Feng family army appeared again, completely ensuring their physical strength and combat effectiveness.
The morning sun had already risen, and the morning sun fell softly on the ground, caressing the faint light on everyone's faces, and the rebel soldiers who had just replenished some water by the stream began to wash their faces, and then felt a burst of vitality coming towards them, breathing in the unique fragrance of the earth, and couldn't help but immerse themselves in it, as if they had forgotten that they were running for their lives.
Chen Jingxuan just gave the order, all of them rested for half an hour, and some soldiers had already begun to roll off the horse's back, lying directly on their backs on the grass, and began to snore in minutes.
Chen Jingxuan and a group of henchmen and generals didn't dare to sleep at all, even the Su family was washing a few battle helmets by the stream, and then soaked some of the remaining snacks in the cool stream water, and distributed them to Chen Jingxuan and the generals to fill their stomachs slightly.
At this time, Chen Jingxuan was sitting under a big tree, his face was full of gloom, and after taking off his battle helmet, even his sideburns seemed to have a little more gray hair, and he seemed to have aged a lot overnight. And the generals around there are nearly twenty people, most of them have become bare-bones, and there is not a single soldier under them, and some of them still have a few hardcore henchmen left to follow them, but it seems that they will not last long.
What is surprising is Chen Jingxuan's personal guards, more than 100 people fled all the way, and none of them escaped without permission, even if they are resting now, they silently form a big circle, protect Chen Jingxuan in the center, and then lean on each other, close their eyes and recuperate, of course, many of them also remembered the snoring.
"Master, let's eat something first!" Su Shi held a battle helmet upside down in one hand, and the viscous liquid swayed in it, which was the product of some unknown precious dim sum fused with the water of the stream.
"Let's eat first!" Looking at the battle helmet handed to him by the Su family, Chen Jingxuan smiled miserably, but his eyes were still full of happiness, he shook his head slightly, took one of the battle helmets, handed it to the general closest to him, and smiled and signaled: "This is made by Madame herself in her spare time, let's eat some first!" ”
The general was slightly stunned, although he wanted to reach out and take the battle helmet in front of him, but seeing that Chen Jingxuan hadn't eaten yet, he couldn't bear the hunger in his belly, shook his head and refused: "The last general is not hungry!" Let's eat it first! ”
As soon as the words fell, the general who spoke made a low "grunt" sound in his stomach, as if protesting against his master, and rang three or four times one after another, until he attracted everyone's attention, and then he could not stop.
Looking at the embarrassed general in front of him, Chen Jingxuan only felt a sour nose, but he still forced out an ugly smile, and handed the battle helmet in his hand forward again: "Eat!" Let's eat first! Let's think of another way to go back! ”
At this point, the general was no longer hypocritical, his eyes were full of tears, he pursed his lips fiercely, nodded heavily, and respectfully stretched out his hands to take the battle helmet containing 'food', but after seeing the contents clearly, he hesitated slightly, just gently held it in front of his face, like a sip of wine, and even slightly touched his lips, and handed the battle helmet to the general next to him. Then, he licked his lips, nodded at Chen Jingxuan and smiled: "My lord, Madame's craftsmanship is really good!" Even if you eat it like this, you can eat the original flavor of the dim sum! ”
"Yes! Madame's craftsmanship is truly top-notch! The general, who had just taken over the helmet and 'enjoyed' the delicious food, handed the helmet to his companion on the side, smiled and nodded in response, but while speaking, he inadvertently slowly lowered his head and concealed the wetness in his eyes.
"Master, you can eat some too!" Listening to the praise of the generals around him, Su Shi raised his head, pursed his red lips with the 'leftovers' of dim sum with a smile on his face, and pushed it in front of Chen Jingxuan again with his battle helmet in both hands.
"Hmmm! It's been a few days since I've tasted your craft! Chen Jingxuan smiled reluctantly, raised his extremely heavy arms, caught the battle helmet, and glanced at Su Shi tenderly, he could no longer hold back the sourness in his heart, but he refused to show his cowardice at this time in front of everyone, especially in front of his favorite Su Shi, he couldn't help but bury his head and didn't raise it again for a long time.