Chapter 58: Trimming

10 years of Jianxing, January 19, noon. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The water ice has not opened, and the snow in Longxi is deep.

Zhang Jun led a team of more than 600 people out of the depths of the dense forest and walked to a large river.

"Tell you to rest, everyone hurry up, boil water and eat something hot." Zhang Jun said to Han Hu.

"No!" Han Hu's face was overjoyed, and he went to arrange it briskly.

Zhang Jun wiped a handful of grease all over his face and sighed. A few days ago, Zhou Tong led people to hunt a very large wild boar, which made the whole army very happy. Since the last time they burned a large amount of grain and grass, their situation in the Han Kingdom has become very difficult, not only can they rarely find a suitable target, but they are also surrounded and intercepted by many Han county soldiers.

Zhang Jun knew in his heart that sooner or later this situation would come, and it would be impossible for the Huns to sit idly by and watch themselves continue to run rampant, so their situation would only become more and more difficult. Therefore, in recent days, Zhang Jun has stopped leading the team, but only turned into the deep mountains and dense forests. However, seeing that food is gradually scarce and the weather is getting colder, many soldiers have been reduced in non-combat personnel due to frostbite.

In desperation, Zhang Jun had to order the fat of the big wild boar to be boiled into fat and smeared on the face, hands and feet of the whole army. Oils and fats are excellent anti-frostbite remedies that not only prevent but also accelerate the healing of frost-cracked wounds.

In his previous life, Zhang Jun once went to teach in a poor primary school in Inner Mongolia in winter, but his heel was frozen out of a crack more than an inch long and deep to the bone. Frostbite didn't hurt at first, it only itched, but it also made Zhang Jun, who had never experienced this, extremely frightened. Fortunately, there was an old teacher in the same dormitory, and under his guidance, Zhang Jun used lard to fill the wound on his back foot, but when he looked at it the next day, the wound was gone.

Zhang Jun has always felt that this thing is magical, so he is extremely impressed, and now he can repeat the old trick.

"The lord ・・・・・・" At this time, Song Pei, Suo Sanjie, and Jiang Wan came over. They are all animal skins, where do they still have the appearance of the high-spirited noble son.

Song Pei was the first to speak: "Lord, the army is exhausted to the extreme, and the situation is difficult, it is better to withdraw as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Jun agreed: "What Zeqing said is that this time he went deep behind enemy lines, and the results were quite fruitful, and it will inevitably relieve the pressure on Jincheng with the earth. The Huns should also react, if they are surrounded by a large army, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck. ”

Song Pei said: "I also want to thank the heavy snow for several days, which has covered our traces." Coupled with the difficulty of the road, there is still time to go. ”

"Quan Bin!" Zhang Jun said to Suo Sanjie: "How is the map drawn, are there any omissions?" ”

Suo Sanjie also lost his fat appearance before joining the army, and his wide robe was wrapped in leather armor and animal skins, which looked empty. His eyes were deep-set, his cheekbones were protruding, and he was already very tired, but he still said a little excitedly when he heard this: "Don't worry, Quan Bin will never make a mistake when he does things." In the past month, we have walked all over the noble and dense forests, where there are springs, where there are caves, where there are paths, all of which are clearly drawn. Just wait to return to Guzang, and you can stitch it together into a complete military map of Longxi. ”

Zhang Jun pinched Suo Sanjie's shoulder, nodded and said nothing. Sometimes feelings need to be kept in the heart, and it will be embarrassing to say it. These three people were originally pampered students, but they fell into their own big pit, not only did they work hard with their heads, but they couldn't even eat a mouthful of hot rice, and Zhang Jun was also ashamed.

He turned around and faced Jiang Wan, only to see that this young man, who was not tall and had always had a sallow face, had also become like a beggar, but his face was even more yellow. This person can't speak, but his eyes are very bright, maybe it looks like this under the backdrop of his yellow face, but Zhang Jun always feels that his eyes can speak, and sometimes you don't need to look at gestures, just one look can make you understand what he means.

Sure enough, seeing Zhang Jun looking at him, Jiang Wan smiled back, and there was a smile in his eyes. The cheerful appearance will infect others, Zhang Jun suddenly felt a lot better, and joked with a smile: "Ru Qing is fortunate not to be a daughter, otherwise this yellow face is not a veritable yellow-faced woman?"

"Hahahaha." Suo Sanjie said with a smile: "Ru Qing is indeed a bit like a girl, she has never been with us, but she wants to hide so far away." ”

Song Pei said in disgust: "If you didn't pull me, I didn't want to squat with you and stink to death." ”

Jiang Wan was dissatisfied, and nodded again and again.

Suo Sanjie's face was slightly red, and he said: "The food is coarse grain, and the drink is also snow water, so it's strange that it can be fragrant." ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere became gloomy again, and Zhang Jun comforted: "We are already walking west, and we will soon reach the big river." ”

"Hey." Having mentioned this, Suo Sanjie took out a map from his arms, squatted down and spread it on the ground, pointed to it and said: "Lord, look, this is a map seized a while ago, we are now on the bank of the Tao River, to the east is Lintao City, and to the west is Di Dao." As long as we follow the Tao River all the way to the west, we will soon reach the Great River. ”

Zhang Jun looked at his finger and nodded, "You have to bypass Di Dao." β€œ

When Song Pei heard this, he also said: "Lord, Di Dao is a place where soldiers must fight, and there must be a large number of garrisons. ”

"I don't know." Suo Sanjie was surprised.

Zhang Jun explained: "Di Dao was placed by Qin Mu when he ruled Xirong, because the Di people lived here, so it was named. Here with the water, control the west of Longxi, is a place of four wars. During the Three Kingdoms, Jiang Wei invaded the Central Plains nine times, all of which took the route here. ”

"I see・・・・・・ Suo Sanjie said fearfully: "It seems that the seized map can no longer be used, and it was almost a mistake." β€œ

Zhang Jun said with relief: "This picture is obviously not military, how can there be military deployment." It's okay to keep it for reference. ”

Then, he said, "After a while, I will eat something, and then I will quickly cross the Tao River." When you get to the opposite side, you can avoid being discovered by Di Dao's garrison. I always had an ominous premonition. ”

"The lord is worried about the encirclement of the Hun army?" Song Peidao.

Zhang Jun shook his head: "We are a little bit of a person, the encirclement of the army is too exciting, but it is very possible to send two or three thousand elite horsemen to chase all the way." The brothers still have to bully the local county soldiers of the Xiongnu against the people, and if they encounter the warp iron cavalry, I am afraid that they will not have the strength to fight. ”

At this time, Hu Shuo came to report, only to see that the bonfire had been lit, and the only remaining broken iron pot was placed on it, and the water in it had been boiled. The soldiers were lining up to receive hot water.

Zhang Jun also walked over with the three people under the curtain, Han Hu wanted to make some hot soup for Zhang Jun, Zhang Jun waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to drink first. The soldiers of the Liang Army had already been familiar with their own owners, and this young general, who was supposed to be high, ate and lived with them every day, and took the lead in killing the enemy, and had won everyone's love and favor.

Just as the old man was filling a mouthful of hot water with tiles, squatting on the side and blowing, when he saw the young general standing there, he couldn't help sighing: "How old is Langjun, he has suffered this crime." ”

"yes." Next to him, another old soldier also leaned over and squatted down, and said with emotion: "The descendants in the village are so big that they can't get off the ground, but the young general is fighting with us men." ”

"." The old pawn before scolded in a low voice: "The young general, that's a star in the sky, can you compare with the baby in your village?" ”

The latter also knew that what he said was inappropriate, shrunk his neck, and said: "I can't compare, I can't compare, I just look distressed・・・・・・"