Chapter Seventy-Six: Field Survey Operations (3)
Seeing that it was getting late, it was estimated that today's journey was almost over, Lin Feng signaled again, and a team of people quickly gathered in the sound of a whistle.
In addition to the two rabbits found earlier, Wei San and the others who explored the path also brought back two pheasants, one large and one small, and three wild eggs. It turned out that they had found a pheasant's nest in a small hill under a cliff.
Although there was not much food, the confidence it brought to this group of people was immediate, and a group of people felt in vain that they seemed to have a lot more strength in their bodies.
According to Wei Sanyu's report, there is a small mountain col on the left side not far ahead, where the sound of water can be heard, and the area of the valley floor seems to be not small.
"Set up camp in that little col today!" Lin Feng immediately made a decision.
Before it was officially dark, a group of people all descended into the col. According to Lin Feng's request, everyone found a place one after another, dug a long and shallow pit with one end deep and one shallow, and spread the strips of cloth with their back weapons to the bottom of the pit, preparing to use it as a place to rest at night.
A few soldiers and guards of the Janissaries ran to the lower reaches of the creek, killed and stripped the food they had hunted for the day, gathered some firewood, and began to barbecue in the open space by the river.
After a while, in the eyes of everyone, the two pheasants and the two hares were finally roasted. Although there were no condiments, the oily four wild game made everyone who was already hungry swallow freely.
Lin Feng took out his waist knife and handed it to Li Congqian, the Ninth Highness, and asked him to share the food for everyone. Li Congqian did not shirk, and chopped the roasted game with a knife. There are a total of thirty-two in a group, and each game meat can be chopped into equal eight pieces.
Lin Feng used a branch to open the fire, handed the three wild eggs that had already been simmered to Li Congqian, Zhang Yuewen and Duan Rui respectively, and said, "The three wild eggs are divided among the three youngest children. Then, everyone chooses their share of meat one by one according to their age, from small to large, everyone is fine, right? ”
Naturally, everyone had no opinions, and stepped forward in turn to take their share of meat.
Lin Feng took out the steamed bun that he had bitten in his arms, broke a small half of the steamed bun that was not so hard, took a thin thread from his own share of meat and wrapped it in it, and chewed it slowly with relish. Li Congqian and Chen Fei immediately followed suit.
"Let's all rest early, we have to get up early tomorrow and hurry." Lin Feng commanded softly, walked back to his shallow pit, rested his head in the depths, stood in the shallow, held his waist knife in his arms, and began to quietly observe the night sky.
"Teacher, why do you have to have your feet up and your head down?" Li Congqian dug his shallow pit next to Lin Feng, and when he saw what he was doing, he asked curiously.
"This method can alleviate fatigue to a certain extent." Lin Feng said softly. This is a common method used by later generations of special forces to rest at night, in order to allow blood to flow back to the brain, thereby relieving physical fatigue.
"Congqian, think about it quietly, think about your future path!" Lin Feng said softly, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep. After coming to this era, since Lin Feng met Li Yu, he first worked hard for reform, and now he worked hard for training, basically he didn't have a good rest, today, in this difficult environment in the wilderness, he was very relieved, very relaxed, and fell asleep peacefully.
Of course, by Lin Feng's side, many soldiers who were plagued by hunger in their stomachs tossed and turned, and they couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
When he woke up early the next morning, Lin Feng opened his eyes in a comfortable way, and soon found that many soldiers had red eyes, obviously because they hadn't rested well last night.
Lin Feng found a few red-eyed soldiers, patted them on the shoulder, and said solemnly to them: "If you come, you will be safe!" If you can't sleep even in this situation, and turn back to the battlefield, how can you fall asleep in corpses and blood?! ”
His words made the soldiers suddenly stunned.
"Alright, don't be stunned, get ready to go! There's still a long way to go! Lin Feng waved his hand at these soldiers and began to wake up a few little guys one by one.
On the morning of the second day, hunger began to gradually threaten, like an invisible shackle, unconsciously slowing down everyone's pace, no one spoke along the way, and the search circle was much smaller.
After an hour of hurried travel, Wei San, who had been exploring the way, turned back and reported that the team of the forbidden army had been resting three miles ahead. Lin Feng waved his hand and asked everyone to stop and rest.
Lin Feng turned to Li Congqian and asked him, "Your Highness the Nine, how do you feel?" ”
Li Congqian, who only ate a bite of steamed buns and meat in the morning, smiled bitterly and replied weakly: "My body is weak, I feel flustered, palpitations, and cold sweat in my palms." ”
"Me too! It's okay, it's the feeling that the body is adapting to hunger, hold on! Lin Feng was also weak, panicked for a while, but comforted him in his mouth.
Lin Feng's team deliberately controlled the progress and fell far behind the front team. As soon as it was past noon, Lin Feng asked everyone to speed up the progress and chased the team led by Ge Chang in front of him on a ridge.
Seeing the men and horses behind him from a distance, all the men and horses in front of them stopped, and several soldiers sat directly on the ground despite Ge Chang's shouting. Ge Chang shook his head and walked quickly towards Lin Feng.
The two of them tapped each other's chests, and Lin Feng laughed and asked, "Have you completed the drawing work along the way?" ”
"It's done!" Ge Chang replied with a puffed up.
"It is estimated that the distance is more than one hundred and thirty miles, but in this reckless mountain, it is impossible to judge with certainty." Ge Chang was a little dejected and replied honestly.
Lin Feng looked at the still boundless mountain in front of him, patted Ge Chang's shoulder, and comforted him: "The original intention of arranging this homework is by no means punishment, but a kind of physical and mental sharpening!" Alright, gather everyone, our two teams merge, and start walking back after lunch! ”
After Ge Chang conveyed this, everyone sat on the ground and began to eat the lunch that was better than nothing.
Lin Feng slowly chewed the rations while asking Ge Chang in a low voice if there were any injuries in the team and if there was any food in stock. Ge Chang's answer was that there were no two in a row, and Lin Feng sighed slightly in his heart, this return trip is not easy to go.
At this moment, the sky began to slowly change its eyes, the sun began to faintly flash behind the clouds, and the weather changed from hot and humid to muggy.
After starting the return journey, Lin Feng and the others' team remained unchanged, only leaving the forbidden soldiers led by Ge Chang in the middle of the formation. In the middle section, Lin Feng took the lead and walked in the front, and several children followed closely behind him.
In the afternoon, under Lin Feng's urging, a team of people finally rushed to the col where Lin Feng and the others had slept before it was completely dark.
When they arrived at the location, many soldiers sat on the ground with a "plop", wiped their faces and bodies with sweat with water, and some soldiers struggled to run to the side of the stream, lying directly on the side, drinking water to their heart's content.
Lin Feng checked everyone's food stocks, and the situation was not optimistic. The dry food of the forbidden army led by Ge Chang was basically eaten, only Ge Chang and a few soldiers with a heart still had half a steamed bun, while Lin Feng's side, basically everyone still had a steamed bun and a little meat.
Lin Feng clapped his palms, gathered everyone's eyes on him, and then said loudly: "Brothers, everyone is doing well!" I would like to ask you a question, why do you often have northern soldiers who joke and look down on our southern soldiers? ”
"That's because we didn't do as well as they did in the past! However, the same is to eat and grow up, everyone has the same body shape, why are we inferior to them? Lin Feng didn't wait for the soldiers to react, and asked to himself.