Chapter 231: Desert March (1)
"But that time out of the desert, there were only two people left in the team of more than fifty people."
Jia Rong nodded and said, "Well, Zhang Wu, if you can pass through the desert safely this time and have a lot of rewards, you won't have to worry about the rest of your life at that time." "Only by combining grace and power can people do their best for you.
The guide's name is Zhang Wu, and he is a person Jia Rong found from Pak Cha County who has experience in crossing the desert.
"Last time, the villain encountered a wind and sand that was even bigger than this, which caused almost all of our team to die, and the rest of the people seemed to disappear out of thin air, and they couldn't find any traces." Mentioning this, Zhang Wu still had some lingering palpitations.
Jia Rong smiled calmly and said in a firm tone: "That's because you don't have the right way, don't worry, we will definitely be able to get out of the desert." ”
Everyone couldn't help but straighten their bodies, unswervingly believing that Jia Rong was the belief that all soldiers had always believed, and followed Jia Rong all the way to the desert with no regrets as far as the eye could see, and they had no regrets.
"Pack your things and get ready to go." Jia Rong ordered.
The weather in the desert is hot during the day, and at night it is extremely cold, according to Jia Rong's estimation that it can reach below zero, the temperature difference between day and night is too large, at this time Jia Rong strictly ordered each soldier to carry the bedding to play an effect, groups of soldiers gathered together to resist the cold weather, the night is better, and the day is the most difficult time.
Walking into the desert for only five days, Jia Rong realized that if he went on like this, everyone would not be able to live, the human body was mainly composed of water, and if he did not drink water for a long time, he would cause dehydration, and in just five days, the water he brought with him had already consumed one-third, and at this rate, the group would stay in the desert forever.
"All soldiers are ordered to drink water, but anyone who drinks water without permission will be killed!" Jia Rong's order was quickly passed on.
The scorching sun accelerated the evaporation of water, and the scorching sun made the soldiers' water consumption faster.
"But what is the haode method, if it goes on like this, the water will be drunk quickly." Jia Rong turned to Zhang Wu to the side and asked.
Zhang Wu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"What's the water nearby?" Jia Rong calmed down his restless emotions and then asked.
Zhang Wudao: "General, how dare the villain stop too much when he crossed the desert, even if the route we take now is still based on the villain's original impression. ”
After thinking hard to no avail, and Zhang Wu didn't know how to solve it, Zhang Wu stopped at the original plan to determine the direction, and the team started again.
Among many people, Zhang Wu was selected as the guide of the team, the main reason was that Zhang Wu had a Sinan in his hand, which could identify the direction for the team and not make the team get lost in the desert.
There was no way to solve the water source problem, Jia Rong had to shake his head and join the march again, losing the carriage, Ma Teng's family and Wei Fu all chose to walk, but Wei Fu's injury was just safe, Jia Rong was afraid that he would lose, and he would give her one for the few war horses, Jia Rong acted as a horse groom, one person, one horse and one team, and walked in the desert step by step.
The use of war horses as a means of transportation in the desert is never a long-term solution, and the horse's hooves often get stuck in the soft sand, making it extremely difficult to move.
A few days later, the horses died one by one, and the team called the Xiliang cavalry became infantry, and after the horses died, the horse's blood was released for everyone to drink, in the eyes of Wei Fu and Ma Teng's family, it was extremely bloody, but Jia Rong took the lead in drinking the horse's blood.
At the critical moment, saving one's life is the most important thing, especially the lone wolf soldiers are well versed in this, when they went deep into the mountains and old forests to train, the roots, grass, wild ditches and water are the capital to save their lives.
Looking at Ma Chao, whose face was covered in blood, Jia Rong lovingly wiped it for him, and said loudly: "Pack up the remaining horse blood, you can't waste it." ”
The horse meat of the war horse was also dried into dried meat and brought on the body, the former partner became the dry food in the mouth, many soldiers showed a painful look, on the battlefield, the war horse is their most haode partner, kill the partner with their own hands, and then drink their blood and eat their flesh, that feeling can be imagined.
"Big brother, weishenme, we have to rush during the day, and the night is so cold, isn't it just right for us to hurry?" Wei Fu walked to Jia Rong's side and whispered.
Jia Rong's eyes lit up after listening to Wei Fu's suggestion, and he was pleasantly surprised: "Wonderful, wonderful, just in Fu'er's words." "Just thinking about finding water and forgetting to save on yourself.
Seeing that Jia Rong's cracked lips were bleeding from excitement, Wei Fu couldn't bear to say, "Big brother, can you drink some water?" After saying that, Wei Fu handed her water bag to Jia Rong.
Jia Rong shook his head and rejected Wei Fu: "Fu'er drink it, I'm not thirsty." ”
Wei Fu was still waiting to be persuaded again, but Jia Rong stopped: "Fu'er have a good rest, I'll go and tell the soldiers to rest." ”
At night, when the marching contingent was once again light, they did not need to carry heavy bedding and thick cotton clothes, furs and other things to keep out the cold, but only a little clothing and water.
The soldiers of the original Xiliang Army have no opinion on the desert march, it does not mean that the soldiers of the Ma Teng Department do not, although the Xiliang Army let them see the hope of the future, but also brought them into the desert, a place where birds do not, what is even more terrifying is the wind and sand that has just entered the desert, and the memory is still fresh, seeing the partners around them being taken away by the wind and sand, fear cannot be expressed in words, taken by Jia Rong's position in the army, they just dare not speak out, and endure silently.
However, Jia Rong's order for the whole army to drink water on time and in accordance with the amount completely aroused their dissatisfaction, and they were thirsty and unbearable.
Ma Teng understood the quality of the soldiers under his command, and kept going back and forth between the teams to persuade them, which eased everyone's emotions, on the other hand, Jiang Yu's soldiers still maintained high morale, Ma Teng secretly shook his head, how difficult it is to have a hundred battles elite soldiers, Ma Teng has always thought that his ability to lead troops is good, and it is not difficult to restore the glory of his ancestors, and he only understands the gap between the two when he compares with the Xiliang army.
Jia Rong's order was quickly conveyed, so that the soldiers can rest during the day to reduce the loss of water in the body to a greater extent, the weather is colder at night, the speed of the team must be faster, under the stimulation of the cold, the soldiers will be warmed by accelerating the movement, and can also save water, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone, and the speed of the march has been greatly improved.
This initiative won unanimous praise from the team, when Jia Rong said to everyone that Wei Fu, the inventor of this method, let everyone have to be impressed by Wei Fu, in the era when women are not talented and virtuous, women reading will only be regarded as unpleasant behavior, if this method is Jia Rong came up with, everyone can accept it as a matter of course, Wei Fu is different.
And Jia Rong, an alternative from the future shijie, has seen too many female champions in the college entrance examination, and it is not strange to see this, the soldiers and generals under his command looked at Wei Fu in horror and obviously contained a trace of awe, since this time, the relationship between Jia Rong and Wei Fu has been known to everyone, and no one wants to offend the future hostess.
Wei Fu blushed and whispered, "That's what I said at the time, mainly because of your general's credit. "Love the house and Wu, Wei Fu did not hesitate to put the credit on Jia Rong.
Jia Rong waved his hand and said: "As long as the method is practical, it doesn't matter who said it, you can also put forward the suggestions of haode, and if you have haode words, this general will be rewarded." ”
Everyone agreed one after another, and discussed with each other.
Not to mention, these people really made a lot of haode suggestions, and one soldier said that when the wind and sand came, they would tie everyone together with ropes, which won praise.
Rewarding merit and punishing is the principle that the Xiliang Army has always adhered to, from the generals to the ordinary soldiers know this rule, and the Xiliang Army has stricter inspection measures, once it is found that the generals conceal the soldiers' military exploits and do not report, they will definitely be punished heavily.
Therefore, on the battlefield, soldiers do not have to worry about not being rewarded for their meritorious service.
This soldier belonged to Ma Teng's department, and was immediately promoted by Jia Rong to the commander, from an ordinary soldier to a chief, which surprised the soldiers, and the dissatisfaction of running around for many days also disappeared.
Day and night, greatly increased the speed of the march, but the soldier's drinking water is still limited to the greatest extent, every time the water is really unable to hold on to drink such a small sip, the light and tasteless water on weekdays has become the most delicious in the mouth, but the amount of each time is also limited, a bag of water, if not drunk in accordance with the regulations, will be severely punished.
Of course, now that the soldiers drink separately, the punishment is not as serious as the killing, the water is linked to the lives of the soldiers, and Jia Rong believes that everyone will joke with their own lives.
There is no shortage of jerky meat in the army, and the most important thing is water.
Each soldier had a water pouch, and the water in it was strictly ordered to be drunk as many times as he wanted, and there was a special person in the team who was in charge of supervising it.
Jia Rong, as the chief general of the first army, leads by example, he will not drink a sip of water until the time to drink, he is really thirsty and can't do it, licks his dry lips, gritted his teeth again and hurried, he can't be a square circle without rules, even a leader can not be an exception, Jia Rong's style dispelled the impetuous mood of many soldiers.
Such a march was cruel, there were three soldiers who couldn't stand the feeling of thirst, and drank all the water in the water bag, and the most surprising thing for Jia Rong was that one of these soldiers was a soldier of the original division of the Xiliang Army.
After knowing this, Jia Rong turned around and came to the side of the three soldiers, and said in a low voice: "The Xiliang Army has always pursued orders and prohibitions, didn't your generals teach you?" ”
The three soldiers, without exception, all lowered their heads and their faces were flushed, and they were found to have borrowed water from the soldiers next to them because they couldn't bear the thirst.
Asking for harvest and seeking red, although the small seal push has passed, everyone still has to continue to work hard, work together, everything is possible!