Chapter 89

It's dusty!

On the official road leading to Changshu, thousands of pairs of feet quickly stepped on the official road in disrepair, under the blazing sun, these soldiers wearing red military uniforms were all sweaty, and even the red scarves on their heads were soaked in sweat, and many of them even ripped off the red scarves at that end, wiping their sweat with it from time to time!

130 miles away!

For the Loyal Army, it was the longest march since it was formed.

Fly!

No one can fly!

But for the 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Loyal Army, from the moment they left the camp, their order was simple - to rush to Changzhou City in one day and one night!

130 miles in one day and one night!

This is almost unthinkable for the army of this era!

Even for the loyal and righteous army with a good supply of food, this is the first time that such a forced march is made, just yesterday, after they left Jiangyin, the day is only three hours of marching, sixty miles of marching, the rest of the time, for camping and resting.

And now, after they left the camp, there was no time to rest, and everyone was walking, carrying spears and bags of fried noodles, desperately rushing to Changzhou. In order to achieve the purpose of light clothing, each person only carried ten catties of fried noodles - that is, seven days' rations.

Then everyone rushed to Changzhou without sleep. If it is said that the ten days of training have taught these soldiers anything, it is that they have learned to obey, they have adapted to the training with high emphasis, although it is only the first time for them to march like this, but under the impetus of officials at all levels, it is not as difficult as imagined.

But even so, after a few hours of forced marching, all of them were tired and out of breath, and then they all cried bitterly, especially in the afternoon, when the soldiers who had been marching for ten hours in a row and were seriously overdrawn were all tired and out of breath.

"Shed, shed...... I...... I really ...... It really doesn't work, you ...... Just, let me ...... Let me rest ......"

One of the fallen soldiers fell asleep on the grass on the edge of the ground, and then shouted weakly, this is so fucking tired, this will just want to lie on the ground and take a good breath

"What the fuck are you...... Fuck ...... Get me up and walk...... Call...... If it's a man, stand up for me, you can bleed and die, but you can't say no, stand up for me......"

Zhang Xiaocai dragged the soldier who fell asleep on the ground with one hand and shouted loudly, seeing that this person was still unwilling to get up as if he was paralyzed, his other hand held a spear and hit him on his body.

Lalian hit him twice, and although the person who was already lying on the ground was in pain, he didn't stand up, and looked at Zhang Xiaocai with angry eyes.

"What the hell are you, just kill Lao Tzu, kill Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu, too, can't walk......"

"I'll take you ...... today"

Just when Zhang Xiao was about to say that he would be treated as a military lawyer, there was a sudden reprimand from the side.

"Stop!"

Zhu Mingzhong, who was riding on a horse, looked at this official with the rank of captain on his sleeve, and after saying something to stop him, he jumped off the horse directly. Go to the brother who was lying on the side of the road.

"Big, big, small, small, really, I can't hold it!"

Seeing the adults coming, although he was nervous about whether he would be punished by military law, he knew that there was no way out, so he simply lay there, anyway, it was nothing more than death.

"After walking for so long, I know that my brother must be extremely tired! If not, it won't be like this, but we can't rest now......"

Sun Wenkui, who was lying on the grass and was already tired and out of breath, looked at the adult in horror, he originally thought that the adult would take him as a military lawyer, but he didn't expect the adult to say this, his voice was not too loud, but the people around him could hear it, of course, he could also hear it.

"If we can't rush to Changzhou City as soon as possible, if we don't catch them off guard, then the brothers will have to change the city with their lives, how can Zhu bear to be like this, come, help this brother to get on the horse!"

Seeing that the adults bent down to help themselves, Sun Wenkui dared to let the adults help him, and jumped up violently as if there was a fire under his buttocks.

"Big, my lord, I, I can walk, I can walk......"

Seeing that this soldier had already stood up, Zhu Mingzhong, who had achieved his goal, said again.

"Get on the horse!"

Ignoring Sun Wenkui's opposition, Zhu Mingzhong shouted another order to the heralds beside him.

"Order all the officials to give up their horses to the brothers who really can't walk, no matter what, I am loyal to the righteous army, and I will never abandon a brother!"

As he spoke, he saw that one of the soldiers passing by him seemed to be tired and couldn't walk, but there was a spear in his hand, and he moved numbly under the impetus of his comrades, so he walked directly over to help him.

"Big, Adult......"

The soldier who was supported by Zhu Mingzhong, who originally seemed to have no strength, saw who was supporting him, and hurriedly said nervously.

"Small, small can still walk......"

"Brother, I'll help you!"

Zhu Mingzhong put the bag of dry food on his back, and walked with those soldiers, when he was cleaning up the soldiers' hearts, he didn't notice that a pair of shining eyes nearby had been following him, riding on a horse, Liu Rus's eyes revealed undisguised appreciation.

Perhaps, the famous generals who "love soldiers like sons" mentioned in ancient history books are probably the same!

Driven by Zhu Mingzhong, whether they were willing or not, those officials also took the dry food bags or spears of the soldiers around them and walked forward together.

For ten hours, the troops had been marching, from early morning to night, these officers and men kept walking, not even eating, they wanted to doze off while walking, and finally, when midnight was about to pass the next day, the troops stopped less than 15 miles away from Changzhou, and many people could not eat the fried noodles in the bags at all, but fell to the ground and slept, and there was no need to find a place at all, some leaned against trees, and some lay on the road, sleeping everywhere. It's not okay not to eat, the equally tired and panting Guan Zuo and the shouting for everyone to get up and eat said.

"Where can I do without eating? We still have to hurry, and we have to attack the city. ”

Officials at all levels had to run and shout one by one, and it took a lot of effort to get them up to eat some food, but the rice was just fried noodles soaked in cold water, and some of them held rice bowls, tilted their heads, and then fell asleep again.

Looking at those officers and soldiers who were already tired, Zhu Mingzhong, who was also tired with sore legs and sore soles, stared at them with frowns, in such an era of cold weapons, would such a forced march be counterproductive, and now these tired brothers can still fight and attack the city again?

"Tomorrow, that's going to be a tough battle!"

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