Chapter 320: A Thousand Miles Rush (Part II)
The next day, before dawn, Yang Meng took fifty guards to assemble in Wuzhuang, handed over the supplies and horses to Xu Ziwei, and the group was full of food and drink, changed into straw sandals and went on the road in the dark.
From Kunming to Lufeng, the group took a break three times, spent a full morning, from early to noon, nearly three hours, all the way down, Yang was not tired, the fifty guards, not much better.
"Whew...... How far have we come this morning? ”
The continuous rapid march was not a small pressure for Yang Meng, although he was wearing leggings, but after running all morning, his legs were like being filled with lead, and it was close to noon, not only did his stomach 'growl', but this step became more and more difficult.
Along the way, there was no odometer or anything, and Yang Meng didn't know how far he went.
"How can it be up and down one hundred and fifty miles, third master, rest! The brethren are not done!
This is the boundary of Lufeng, it is said that this place is two hundred miles away from Kunming, according to this way, tonight to Mouding to rest, tomorrow night almost to Dali! ”
Since following the third master, this group of guards has not suffered much, and at first glance, although the fifty people have not been left behind, the expressions on their faces are not easy.
"Done! I can't lift my legs anymore, so let's rest!
What about these straw sandals? It was definitely a failure to let them line the cotton cloth yesterday, the slimy was too uncomfortable, so tear it later! ”
Practice makes sense, straw shoes are lined with cowhide under the bottom is good, but lining the cotton inside is a failure, when you first wear it is good, soft, but with sweat this cotton cloth becomes slippery and sticky. The straw sandals have become less heelable, too.
Although it is rubbing on a damp cloth. But the footboard can't stand it either. I didn't feel anything when I ran, and when I stopped, the soles of my feet hurt hotly, and I didn't have to think about it, I must have blisters.
"If you don't follow your feet when you're wet, you grind your feet badly, it's better to step on the bottom of the straw, and you can run and chirp with a clam. Toad-like. It's so uncomfortable! ”
The people below are not pretentious, what to say, lining the soles of straw shoes with cotton, an absolute loser, and not very practical.
"Take off your shoes, and I'll see what your straw sandals look like?"
The straw sandals lined with cowhide soles were driven for a long time, and they didn't go out of shape much, but the cowhide on the sole was worn badly, and the raw cowhide was three centimeters. Noticeably thinner.
Half of the guards also had blisters on the soles of their feet, and it was said that these people were barefoot all year round. There shouldn't be this problem, but the bad is bad on the military boots, wear it for a month, and no matter how hard the old skin is, it has to become a tender new skin.
"Don't do it on the ground, sit on the back of the oilcloth felt, the feet are not foamed, the gentleman started a fire, when he set off, he gave you a medicine box, there is a white medicine engraved on it, take it out, there is a silver knife in it, the feet are foamed, each of them is picked, before picking the silver knife burned.
Rest for a while, and boil water for cooking without foaming on your feet! ”
After saying this, Yang Meng also grinned and unloaded the back basket behind him, running for too long and his legs hurt, his feet hurt because his straw shoes didn't fit, his back hurt because he grinded his back, and he was definitely a chore for a long and rapid march.
Untie the hemp rope behind the upper and take off the straw sandals, without saying a word, Yang Meng tore off the layer of cotton cloth lined with the sole with a short knife. Take a look at the soles of your feet, okay! There is a large blister on one side, but it is very symmetrical.
"Third master, let's pick it for you!"
Before Yang Meng could do it himself, two guards knelt in front of him, one holding his feet with both hands, and the other taking out a silver knife.
"Just sit down, what do you kneel in this barren mountain and wilderness? For the ghosts? ”
In such an era of big rules, there is no trick, drinking tea at home, the servants have to kneel, and after saying it a few times to no avail, Yang Meng will let it go.
After counting the guards, Yang Meng paid attention to the silver knife prepared by Liu Yiti, I have to say, this Liu Yitie is really a talent, a finger-long small silver knife, one side is the blade and the other is the needle, look at the gap behind the needle, this thing can also sew needles.
When I opened my white medicine box, I saw that there were still a few pieces of sheep intestines in it, which was the beauty of the combination of Chinese and Western.
"Third master, bear with me!"
"Let's get it! Lao Tzu is not the third lady! ”
As soon as I picked up the blister, something happened, a bastard, drinking water from an iron pot!
"Bastard! Who the told you to drink cold water, where did it come from? ”
While scolding, Yang Meng skimmed the straw sandals out of the curl, now in this year, let alone drinking cold water, even eating a mouthful of rancid rice can kill you, this stupid calf does not listen to persuasion, in case it is dirty water, it is a deadly poison.
"Third master, this is a mountain spring in the stone crevice, not dirty water! There are also traces left by hunters around, which is guaranteed to be a good water that someone has tried! ”
"Oh...... Then you should talk about it first,! Eat alone, fill the brothers' water bottles, go and come back! ”
The group filled up with water, ate some tsampa and drank some broth, boiled a few pots of hot water through the fire, and soaked their feet in the iron pot they had just cooked, and then untied their leggings and rested for half an hour.
"! It's really tiring to run like this, and my back hurts in the morning, are you still doing it? ”
"It's okay!"
"That's good! Open up! ”
Looking at the guards who were stupidly shouting that there was nothing to do, Yang Meng turned his head and began a rapid march that lasted for an afternoon.
Kunming to Dali, take a straight line, most of them are mountain roads, straw shoes are good, can be soaked on the soles of the feet, but suffered a big sin, at first there is no feeling, tear off the cotton pad of the new straw sandals, very rough, the farther the road the soles of the feet hurt, at first it is a hot feeling, to the later is the pain of the heart.
The map drawn by Minghu Academy is also not very accurate, and many times, the mountain roads marked on the map will be cut off by boulders. A boulder on the road means that it is going over the mountains, and when it is dark, I have not found a suitable campsite, and it seems that I can only stay in the middle of the mountain tonight.
Gritting his teeth and looking at the situation of the guards, the feet of ordinary people are worn out, and there are only three or five left in the footboard.
"Where is this?"
The map in hand was inaccurate, and there it was. Yang Meng didn't count either.
"It should be in Yao'an. The road from Kunming to Dali. We're more than halfway there! ”
"Yao An?"
Thinking about Yao An's location, he could use the rough map in his hand, and after a slight comparison, Yang Meng was also a little surprised.
Okay! I ran nearly 400 miles in one day, 200 kilometers! From the beginning of dawn to the present, at least ten hours of running, none of my guards were left behind.
Yang Meng also felt the limit. Neither leg nor foot felt anything, and the occasional tingling on the soles of the feet indicated that the legs and feet were still their own.
"! Look at my back, why does it hurt so much? ”
As soon as he removed the backpack behind him, there was a stinging pain in his back, and this rapid march was really not done by people.
"Third master, it's red!"
"Get some white medicine! Eighty percent of the soles of my feet are rotten! ”
After taking a sip of wine to relieve his fatigue, Yang Meng took off his straw sandals. It's a lot of work! Sticky, straw sandals off. It turned out that the place where the blisters were blistered was really grinded, and the ruddy and tender raw meat was clearly visible under the firelight.
"Alas...... Woe to you! ”
After spilling some wine and washing the wounds on his feet, Yang Meng also sighed to relieve the pain.
The speed of the rapid march, except for the train, there is nothing to catch up with now, and the horses are three or four hundred miles a day, not that they can't do it, but they can't afford to play, and if they run like this, no matter how good the horses are, they will be scrapped in a day or two.
Like the stagecoach of the imperial court, every thirty miles is changed, one or two people are still successful, and more than a dozen people can also survive, but it is absolutely impossible for a large group of people to march.
"Third master, let's go get some wild food?"
"Hmmm! Go ahead! Go and come back quickly, and rest early after eating! ”
Most of the guards around Yang Meng were from Orion, but at the end of the day, there were only a few spirits left, and these few could be regarded as talented!
I am also a tired thief to death, my legs resting on the stones, I am still numb and crispy, this thing of rapid marching, one or two hundred miles is still alive, three hundred miles up, the new army in Yunnan, except for those elites, most of them will not be completed, and many people will run to death if they don't get it.
"! Why were people so powerful at that time? How did a large corps fight, three or five hundred miles a day, and be able to fight that night? ”
Thinking of some old-timers in his previous life, Yang Meng also deeply admired, running down for three hundred miles, not to mention fighting, even if there was a big girl in front of him, he couldn't play!
Just as Yang Meng sighed, the three or five who went out of the river returned with a full load, two red deer, how much time is this?
Drink a few bowls of deer blood while it is hot, eat a little fresh meat, and eat the rest of the roast venison.
Staying overnight in the barren mountains, it is not safe at this time, the bonfire of roasting deer was set up not long ago, and a group of coyotes were recruited, wolves have this thing everywhere, although the coyotes in Yunnan are small, but they can still eat people, and a few shots were fired to disperse the coyotes, and the black bears came.
"What the is this mountain? Why are there so many wild things? ”
There are fewer people and more land, and the wild beasts in the mountains and forests are not disturbed much, and there are extraordinarily many of them, and this mountain forest is not far from the city, and it seems that camping in the wilderness also needs some rules.
"I don't know the road, the forest below is very dense, and there are more arranging a few more guards at night, and there are a few more fires."
The hunters have a word, there are deer and bears and tigers, bears and wolves are easier, and if you let the tigers pounce on the camp, it will be a great fun.
"If you don't make a living, go to bed quickly when you are full of food and drink, cheer up the people who stand guard, five people in a shift, and rotate in half an hour!"
Naturally, Yang Meng didn't need to do it when he stood guard, and after sorting out the gains and losses of the day's march, Yang Meng also fell asleep deeply.
After a night's hard work, the wounds on his back and feet were scabbed, but Yang Meng had a bitter face.
"Alas...... Today is another sin! ”
The new straw shoes are not as good as the old straw shoes, although the leather under the soles of the straw shoes is almost worn out, in order to make the feet more comfortable, Yang Meng still chose the old shoes that are a little out of shape.
It is still a mountain road and valley, the marching speed of this day, much slower than yesterday, from running all the way to running a section of walking, when the sky is dark, a group of people can reach Dali City.
"Damn, two legs are faster than four legs, Xu Ziwei's goods, it's good to be able to walk a hundred miles today, and when he arrives in Tengyue Town, it will be at least half a month later!"
More than 600 miles, two days to walk, is definitely a big test of physical fitness, running for two days in a row, Yang Meng is also extremely hated walking, seeing Dali City, he can't lift his feet.
"Third child, why are you here? Taichen, this kid is getting more and more useless, if you want to come, he won't send a message? ”
Seeing Yang Meng, who was mentally exhausted, Ding Baojun, who was sitting in western Yunnan, was also taken aback, I heard that the third child had just returned to Kunming, why did he appear in Dali so quickly?
"Third child, but you're worried about things in the south?"
"Hmmm! Running all the way has tired me! Uncle Ding, don't talk about it yet, let's find a place to rest first! ”
Too tired! I can't lift my tired hands and feet, and no matter how big it is, I have to wait until I have rested enough.
When he arrived at Ding Baojun's house, he drank some wine and ate some food, Yang Meng was a little more energetic, looking at Yang Meng's ruddy soles, the one-eyed falcon of the Yang family lost his temper!
"Bastard! Whoever sent you this time is damn damned, you look at this foot running, what if you hurt your muscles and bones? It just so happens that another group of good players have been selected here, so let's change them!
If there is a war in southern Xinjiang, let this group of eyeless things block the guns! ”
The third son of the Yang family, the third is a treasure, if he lets his eldest brother see it, he may be uncomfortable! Looking at the third child of the Yang family with a tired face and bloody feet, Ding Baojun's heart is not tasteful, this child has grown up with him, since this child was six or seven years old, Ding Baojun has followed the ordinary matter, to say that there is no emotion, it is a lie.
Compared with his son Ding Taichen, this one-eyed falcon is still the favorite, the third child of the Yang family. (To be continued......)