Chapter 43: The Nightfire of the Yanshi

"Stop!"

A group of men and horses from east to south and from south to east ran for more than ten miles, and was suddenly cut off by an order from the front. Three thousand cavalry, rolling like a tide, like thunder, boiling like a peak, however, after this order, like a tide of flow, the momentum was immediately exhausted. Three thousand horsemen, immediately stopped their advance, and stood by on the spot.

After this order was issued, the leading general Zhang Ji grabbed the reins, suddenly jumped off his horse, and ran forward two steps. The armor soldiers who came behind did not know what the general meant, and did not dare to step forward to disturb for a while, so they controlled their horses one after another, and fell behind slightly. Zhang Ji ran out of Zhangxu, his eyes swept to the ground. At the end of March, there was no moon in the sky, and even if there was, it was a thin tail. Of course, Zhang Ji couldn't expect the moon in the sky to illuminate the road in front of him, but those torches were so far away from him that he couldn't see carefully at all.

"Here comes the fire!"

For these stupid people behind him, Zhang Ji couldn't wait to jump up and slap them a few times, and he still needed to speak as a general. When the guards behind them heard this, they suddenly understood, and three or five of them quickly responded, jumped off their horses, and surrounded Zhang Ji with torches. The light of the torches was obscured by the figures of these people, and Zhang Ji grabbed one of them and took a few steps forward. Whew, the torch swept the ground, and then swept again, and my heart was pounding. Sure enough, there were no horseshoe prints!

After running such a long way, even if the other party is flying, then it has to leave some traces, right? It was so dark that they had night vision, and they definitely wanted to use torches and other objects for lighting. Even if they wanted to hide their whereabouts, at least there would be a few torches lit in the middle of the front and back, but they couldn't even see half a spark along the way! That's fine, maybe because of factors such as distance and vision, they can't judge, but now the terrain is different, and it is already slightly high. In this way, even if the fire is more than ten miles away, it can be seen completely. But the strange thing is that looking ahead with the help of such a favorable terrain, his eyes are still black, how can he not make Zhang Ji suspicious?

Zhang Ji's temperament is a little anxious, but he is by no means a brainless person, in the face of this strange phenomenon, how can he not be confused? Now when he saw this phenomenon in front of him, his heart was pounding, and his head, which was originally muddy, suddenly cracked in pain, his chest was like a thorn cone, his hands trembled, and he almost lost his torch.

"General! Checkmate! ”

"General, are you alright?"

The guards stepped forward, stroked Zhang Ji's swaying body, and asked urgently. The armor behind Zhang Ji didn't know what was going on in front of them, and they didn't ease up from exhaustion, but this urgent 'general' made them also confused, what was going on in front of them? In the cavalry array, you and I said a word, seven, seven, eight, eight, and buzzed. The sound is like boiling water, or like a mosquito buzzing in your ears, and it's really annoying.

Zhang Ji, his body was shocked, and he struggled to break free from those guards, hating to kick them to the ground one by one and beat them as enemies. But he quickly recovered from his dizziness and disgust, exhaled softly, and said in a half-loud voice: "General Ben...... Nothing! ”

Is it really nothing? One of Zhang Ji's faces turned purple in the firelight, which was very terrifying. The most unfazed thing is his miserable white lips and bloodshot eyes! Faced with everyone's astonished gaze and the noisy sound of the three thousand cavalry, Zhang Ji struggled to control his emotions and try not to collapse himself. He just snorted lightly in his nose and smiled contemptuously to the left and right: "Nothing! If it weren't for General Ben's wit and timely discovery, he would have almost fallen into the trap set by Chen Nuo'er! ”

"Trap?"

Everyone didn't know why, they didn't even see half of the enemy's shadow along the way, why did the general say that?

Zhang Ji is also putting gold on his face, although he found that the thief has lost his trace, but to let him know the location of the thief at the moment, he really has no clue! Why did the thief suddenly disappear? Zhang Ji now, it suddenly occurred to him that being brought by the enemy along the way and running at both ends was really a bit like being played as a monkey. However, he knew that he could not be angry, he had to be calm. Can you calm down, can you calm down? Where will the thieves go? Where will the thieves go? Where will the thieves go? Zhang Ji lowered his head and asked himself over and over again.

But he, with his tired body and swelling head, was even more confused when he thought about it, and he couldn't figure out what was so powerful at all. The enemy suddenly disappeared, is it possible that he was deliberately playing tricks? But their purpose is not in Gong County, aren't they preparing to cut off their way back? If not, why did you waste so much effort to attract them, did you simply treat them as monkeys? The hateful Chen Nuo, the Chen Nuo!

Zhang Ji's head was swollen, his thoughts were confused, he didn't know what to say, and he didn't have any further orders, he just stood there blankly, but he completely forgot about the restless three armies behind him.

These 3,000 men and horses followed him all the way from Chenliu, and they rarely rested on the way, and even less ate. And since they crossed Yishui, they have never touched a drop of water, and they have been running around with the general like a headless fly all the way. Hungry, tired, and flanked left and right, many of them had already fallen on the side of the road, and those who persevered were simply marionettes, unconscious. This sudden stop, the body was relaxed, the nerves were relaxed, but the anger in the heart was nowhere to vent, and the scolding came out. Of course, this scolding can only be 'pointing at Sang and scolding Huai', pointing at the partner next to him and scolding, the more he scolds, the more angry he becomes, and he will reach out to pull the other party, if it weren't for the face of General Zhang Ji, I'm afraid that I would have to fight.

The three thousand men and horses were grunting and scolding, tearing, because Zhang Ji did not open his mouth to stop it, but the movement became more and more noisy.

Zhang Ji didn't speak, but the soldiers behind him couldn't look at it. After all, their hearts are towards the general, and if they watch these people make trouble uncharacteristically, I'm afraid it will be difficult to clean up. They hurriedly reminded Zhang Ji of a few words, and when Zhang Ji turned around, facing the abusive soldiers, he was suddenly exhausted, holding his brain, shaking his head, and squatting aside. At the moment, what he needs most is silence. However, it is not possible!

"Urgent! Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”

The three thousand horsemen began to crack a hole from behind, and several horsemen poured into it, slowly seeping into the heart, like a sharp sword piercing, hearty. Because of this 'urgent report', no matter how big the temper of the armorers was, it could only be suppressed temporarily, and the sound of quarrels also decreased. The 'urgent report' rushed forward, and the soldiers who were blocking in front had to quickly pull their horses out of the way to make way for them.

The detective fell off his horse and flew in front of Zhang Ji.

"General! Urgent! Yanshi City is on fire! ”

"What!"

Zhang Jiteng pouted his buttocks, jumped off a big rock next to him, and glared at the detective rider with his eyes: "You say it again!" ”

"General! Fire in the direction of Yanshi! ”

Yanshi fire! Zhang Ji heard it clearly. The scene he least wanted to think of finally happened. The Yanshi is on fire, so don't you need to say, it must be a good thing done by this group of cavalrymen who have lost their traces! It turned out that they were running all the way, but they were playing this wishful thinking! Zhang Ji even thought about it a moment ago, but he was too tired and preferred to believe that this group of thieves who had lost their traces had broken into the mountains and then disappeared. But the Yanshi was on fire, and he couldn't let him not connect this matter to this group of thieves.

Zhang Ji couldn't calm down anymore, pushed away the scout cavalry, pressed his saber in his hand, walked to the armor soldiers in front of him, and shouted: "Yanshi City is an important place for this battle, and it must not be easily lost. Sons, please follow General Ben to kill back to Yanshi and expel the thieves! ”

Quiet! It's terrifyingly quiet!

No one responded.

However, it is not quiet, and in this thin silence, you can even hear the sound of chewing. It was not a small voice, but in a team of three thousand people, it was extraordinarily small. Desperately swallowing, desperately swallowing. Ahem, and even coughed violently again. It's louder.

Zhang Ji separated the crowd, but saw that there were soldiers in twos and threes, their faces were pale and red, but this red color was choked out by the bread in their hands. A chin that was originally small has been stretched open by the dough, like a plate, which can hold all the food in the world. And his chapped lips were also propped up to the point where a trace of blood oozed out, but he ignored it, and even choked on the rough bread, coughing so much that his eyes were watery, and he completely forgot that there was a water bladder under his waist.

He is like this, racing against time to devour this piece of bread, even if the general finds out, what can he do?

It's better to be a full ghost than a hungry ghost!

"Puff, puff, cough, cough!"

The chewing did not stop.

Zhang Ji approached, and the soldier who was nibbling on the bread was only slightly stunned, and suddenly accelerated the speed of chewing, and did not look at him at all.

The purple aura on Zhang Ji's face was even worse, and his hand pressed the saber, and his breath was as strong as a mountain. He has been in charge of the army for many years, how can such a situation happen tonight, no! He Zhang Ji, his eyes full of bloodshots, swept towards the faces of the soldiers. Hunger, cold, more terrible than anything in this world! No one is afraid of Zhang Ji's gaze anymore, no one is more fragile, and no one would even think that under such a fierce gaze of the general, they would dare to raise their eyes! Yes, did not hide from his gaze and looked at him. It was hunger, cold, and exhaustion that drove them to make such an incredible move desperately, and it was also hunger, cold, and exhaustion that made them face this imminent killing together without their courage.

Zhang Ji's gaze swept back to the face of the man in front of him, he pinched the dough with both hands, and most of the rough dough was still half unfinished. "Goo-dong!" Zhang Ji heard the hungry roar in his belly, and protested desperately. He reached out and suddenly grabbed the soldier's dough. The soldier who was chewing was suddenly snatched away, and he was very unwilling to take it back, using his hands and teeth to bite the dough hard and not relax. Even if the person in front of him is their leading general, Zhang Ji, it can't be!

The blood had already come out of the soldier's mouth, but the soldier still insisted, biting the dough and not relaxing.

The coarse biscuits were as hard as a burning iron plate, and if he continued to pull and he still bit on, it would inevitably break a few of his teeth. The soldiers who were watching around saw this, with different moods, some were pitiful, some were angry, and they stared at Zhang Ji's hand, as if what had been taken away was the food in their mouths.

People, food is the sky! Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated!

I could already hear the sound of 'gurgling', the crushing of the knuckles of the fingers, and it seemed that the anger had reached its peak. However, none of them would have thought that General Zhang Ji not only did not let go, but also laughed and scolded: "The dough is so hard, where can I bite it, should I eat it with water!" ”

"Huh?"

The soldier who was arguing with him was suddenly stunned, his hands were loosened, his mouth was open, and the dough had already fallen into Zhang Ji's hands.

"I'll tell you the truth, little brother, General Ben is hungry too!" Zhang Ji smiled evilly, untied the water bladder on his waist and handed it to the stunned soldier, while opening the blood basin and taking a bite. This bread ...... Ahem, it's hard! He bit down hard, pulled twice, and finally a small piece broke away from the mother's body, and he couldn't wait to swallow it in his throat. "Ahem, water!" Zhang Ji went to snatch the water bladder back and poured two mouthfuls vigorously, so he didn't choke.

"General, in fact, there are also here!"

The soldier who had carried the food for him finally understood the general's actions, and he stepped forward, unwrapped the package, and took out a whole piece and handed it to him. Zhang Ji's eyes widened, meaning to blame him for not saying it earlier, but he waved his hand and scolded with a smile: "Fuck, what are you doing to Lao Tzu now, and you won't compensate this little brother?" ”

The stunned soldier looked at a complete piece of bread in his hand and the water bladder full of water, and suddenly for some reason, his eyes became sour. In the air, the smell of gunpowder smoke was gone, and in exchange for the soldiers' incomparably high respect for their leading generals. This is the way to lead the troops. Zhang Ji waved his hand, since the fire of the Yanshi was burning, he was not in a hurry for this time, he simply passed down the order, so that everyone could solve their hunger first, drink some water, and rest before going on the road.

"But, Yanshi is on fire!"

The scout reminded him, but Zhang Ji pretended not to hear. However, his subordinates were deeply encouraged by Zhang Ji's previous sufficient 'righteousness', and they had already forgotten their inner resentment. At this time, they also completely forgot about hunger, cold, and exhaustion, and shouted one after another, asking Zhang Ji to continue on the road, saying that it was important to return to save Yanshi. Zhang Ji waited for a long time to ask them for this sentence, tried two sentences, and knew that they were willing, so he laughed, swallowed a mouthful of bread, suddenly turned back to his horse, drew his sword and shouted: "Command the three armies, the rear team becomes the front team, the target, the Yanshi!" ”

……

Yanshi, in the dark night, Chen Nuo has not yet seen it. However, he was hungry at this time.

"Dianjun, you're back!"

The army pulled out the camp from Luoyang, all the way along the Yangqushui, and rushed to the east, and it traveled for many miles. But their goal is very clear, corpse country! The place where the water fork of this yang canal is not far from Yanshi. Chen Nuo didn't rest for a day, and he felt a little like sleeping when he sat on horseback and swayed. But the army is in action, and there are bumps from time to time, and you can't sleep if you want to. This sleepiness came, and then the hunger came. Counting it up, what is the use of eating and drinking with Dian Wei during the day? I hadn't thought about it in my tent before, but now I was wandering on the road, but I suddenly became hungry.

Originally, it was not for the eldest husband to starve him for two meals, and it was not unheard of in the past. It's just that it's different now, the hungry stomach, but the poor smell of the fragrant food, it's just dry firewood meets a fire, and it's difficult to burn it.

Dian Wei, who was killed, didn't forget to wrap all the hot food on his body before leaving, and thought that he didn't see it, but he actually stole it all the way behind his back. Let's click, that sound is similar to that of a pig eating, and the wind sends a fragrance, can it not seduce the 'intestinal king' in his abdomen like thunder?

Dian Wei had been running in front of Chen Nuoma, and when he was hungry, he remembered the hot food in the package in his arms, so he chewed two bites. When Chen Nuo called him, he was grabbing a chicken butt and tasting it slowly, only to be screamed by Chen Nuo, he didn't have time to chew slowly, he sent it to his mouth, slapped his big hand and wiped the grease mouth, and quickly ran to Chen Nuo's horse. He glanced left and right, but didn't see any movement, and hurriedly asked, "Lord, what do you command?" ”

"Dian Jun, you are guilty!"

Chen Nuo suddenly opened his mouth to ask, Dian Wei was confused all of a sudden, Chen Nuo snorted twice, and said, "Don't understand? Think about it! ”

Na Dian Wei scratched his head, he really didn't understand! Chen Nuo saw him standing there stunned, couldn't help but laugh, and said, "Were you stealing food just now?" What is it? Bring me a piece too. ”

"Uh, it's a chicken butt, no more!"

"Who wants your chicken butt ......" Chen Nuo laughed and joked twice, looked left and right, and let the rest continue on the road, while he pulled the horse, turned the horse's head, and drilled to the side with Dian Wei. After getting off the horse, he made a gesture to Dian Wei and said, "Come on, come on, Lao Tzu's stomach is hungry!" Dian Wei responded, hurriedly took out the cooked food package in his arms, handed it to Chen Nuo, and said: "The lord is hungry and say it early, Wei is afraid that he won't be able to finish it here!" ”

"yes, can't you finish it?"

Chen Nuo opened the package that was still a little hot, but saw that there was only a piece of meat left in the package. And, it's still a piece of chicken head! Chen Nuo looked at Dian Wei blankly, he didn't expect that this guy could eat so much, just eat those dishes, even the rice was shaved up, and there was not a single grain left! Is this still called the appearance of being afraid that you won't be able to finish eating? Dian Wei stared at each other together, then he was very embarrassed to laugh twice and lowered his head.

Chen Nuo shook his head, shook his hand, and only a chicken head was left to eat a fart, hungry. Before he could throw it out, he was picked up by Dian Wei, who took it in his mouth and chewed it. Chen Nuo shook his head, laughed and scolded, and only waited for him to eat cleanly before he said: "It's okay to eat enough, there will be a place for you to work hard, but I don't know if everything is going well on General Pan's side?" ”