Chapter 256: Armor and Shawl from the Army (3)
Twenty-five miles away, several teams had already received supplies, but they were all slumped on the ground and couldn't eat.
Don't eat, there is still half the way after that, if you don't hurry up and replenish, let alone twenty-five miles, even if it is five miles, they can't walk, so they can only rest on the grass on the side of the road, try to recover as quickly as possible, and then eat to replenish energy.
Zhao Erhu and three veterans stepped forward to receive the supplies, and then found a relatively flat grassland, gathered everyone together, and began to distribute the supplies.
Supplies are nothing more than a bottle of water, a bowl of porridge, and two bananas, all of which are easy to absorb and replenish energy.
Ah Hai looked at the food and complained, "That's it, it's not enough for me to stuff my teeth!"
Zhao Erhu smiled slightly and said: "After strong exercise, you can't eat too hard food, and you can't eat too full, so it will be these fluid foods." Especially bananas, for exercise, can quickly replenish energy, everyone drink water and rest for a while, and then eat, don't eat too quickly!"
According to Zhao Erhu's instructions, everyone began to eat and rest, and it took half an hour before and after, and the supply was finally over!
"Okay, it's not the warrior's team members who take off the armor on their bodies, let's share the weight!" Zhao Erhu began to command.
A few ordinary team members still want to persevere, although it has entered winter, but the hot midday sun and the weight on their bodies make them feel heavy, and it is difficult to even stand up straight, as if the pressure on their bodies is much heavier than before.
Looking at the team members who were still trying, Zhao Erhu said: "Now your energy has not been replenished in place, let us help you first, give you ten miles to recover and adjust, and then look at the situation after ten miles to bear the weight for you!"
No one continued to insist, so nine more sets of armor appeared on the ground.
Ling Yi stretched out his hand and easily lifted two sets of armor, and Sun Ze and Hao Jun also lifted two sets of armor each.
Now there are still three sets of armor left on the ground, and Zhao Erhu and the others know that the three brothers of Lingyi are strong, so the two sets of armor are naturally not a problem, and they have no objections.
Then the remaining seven warriors set up in two, strung their armor with the Pu sword at their waists, and carried them forward and backward like carrying a stretcher.
At first, Zhao Erhu did not let the team members run, but walked slowly, and after walking thirty or forty zhang, he let the two people who were injured before lead the team and ran forward at a uniform speed according to their speed.
Now the speed of travel is much faster than at the beginning, as soon as everyone replenishes their energy, the weak ordinary team members have reduced their burden, and the main thing is that ordinary team members also have self-esteem, they are taken care of by the warriors, and they are not far behind, so they are gritting their teeth and persevering!
After the supply, Ling Yi was the first team to start their journey, and as soon as they moved, several teams that were not willing to lag behind also redistributed their burdens and followed behind Ling Yi and the others.
It's just that they haven't gone far away, and Ling Yi and the others have left the rest of the team far behind.
did not reach the ten-mile distance required by Zhao Erhu, and a few ordinary team members with good physical strength had recovered, and began to replace the weight with the martial arts team members, and everyone rotated with each other, which seemed a lot easier!
Reaching the distance of ten miles that Zhao Erhu said, Zhao Erhu asked Ling Yi and the three of them to put down three sets of armor, and then sixteen of them, working together in pairs, replaced the weight of the six sets of armor with each other.
Originally, it was still very easy for the three of them to carry six sets of armor to the end, but Zhao Erhu stopped them: "The daily training can't help the team members too much, as long as you can insist, you must insist, so that you can continuously improve the strength of the team members, which is good for them to go to the battlefield in the future, and when they live and die on the battlefield, their own ability is strong, so as to better save their lives!"
Ling Yi thought about it, and this is the same reason, so he didn't insist!
As the finish line got closer and closer, the team members became more and more energetic and excited, and when they passed the forty-mile supply point, Ling Yi and the others had already returned all the armor to the team members, and even the two who were injured before had put on their armor again.
It's just that in this way, the speed of travel has slowed down a lot, but as Zhao Erhu said, they are training to improve the physical fitness and strength of the team members, in order to improve their survivability on the battlefield.
No matter how slow the speed is, as long as they can stick to the finish line, they have already achieved the purpose of training!
In the last two miles, many team members have reached the limit of their bodies, and the speed of running is not even as fast as daily walking, they want to help, but they are all refused, twenty team members in a group of four, supporting each other, moving forward slowly, although they are slow, but looking back, they can't see that other teams can keep up with their pace.
Ling Yi gathered the remaining water from the previous supply point and distributed it to the team members to quench their thirst, but everyone just took a small sip of the water casually and left the water for the other team members, everyone supported each other, and there was no sense of exhaustion and pain on their faces, but a relaxed and cheerful look.
Perhaps this is the spirit of sharing weal and woe and not abandoning and not giving up among brothers in the barracks.
There was only a dozen zhang away from the finish line, and everyone suddenly exerted strength, ran, mustered up the last strength, cheered in their mouths, and rushed over the finish line.
Li Zhuke and a group of veterans looked at the first team to cross the finish line, their faces were expressionless, but they also nodded slightly.
"Stand up for me, don't lie down like a dead pig, go over there and eat!" Li Zhuke yelled at the team members lying on the ground.
The four Lingyi brothers and the four veterans helped everyone up, supported each other and walked to the temporary tent on the side, where a sumptuous meal was prepared, although there was only one vegetarian, one meat, one soup, one bowl of porridge, and two steamed buns, but it looked delicious.
After a little hydration and a rest, everyone began to gobble up.
Even Ling Yi and the others ate with relish, and of course Ah Hai's appetite stunned the captain and his firehead army!
Twenty bowls of porridge and forty steamed buns in their stomachs, they still felt a little unsatisfied when they looked at Ah Hai.
The captain looked at Ah Hai's appearance, and said to the Huotou army beside him: "This is a bottomless pit!"
The captain of the guy is not a stingy person, he personally served a large pot of meat to Ah Hai, but Ah Hai was very happy, thanked him, and hurriedly beckoned his teammates to eat, but who can eat after strong exercise, everyone can only watch Ah Hai wind and clouds!
The head of the guy looked at Ah Hai's appearance and said happily: "In the future, I will prepare food for you every day every day, and keep you enough!"
Ah Hai said while eating: "Thank you, Uncle Zhou! Your fried meat is really delicious!"
Every chef likes to watch their food eaten cleanly, which is a sign of respect for them!
After Ling Yi and the others were full, several teams completed the cross-country and came to the cafeteria, unlike Ah Hai's gobbling, these teams couldn't eat food after strenuous exercise.
Seeing that the elder Zhou was angry, he said: "Everyone has a piece of food, you must eat it cleanly, otherwise I will kick you out of the barracks!"
Ling Yi could see that Lao Zhou was unhappy that they didn't eat the food they cooked on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was actually for their good.
In the march and war, food is the most critical, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses do not move the grain and grass first, food is the basis to ensure that the war can not be carried out, there are too many armies in history because of the lack of food and grass and defeated.
If you are a soldier, if you can't eat enough, what strength do you have to train and kill the enemy, so Lao Zhou must force these soldiers to eat normally and replenish their energy!
After greeting the other teams, Lao Zhou came to Lingyi and them again, he liked to chat with these young people, as if he had returned to his youth.
At this time, it is almost dusk, and most of the teams have returned to the finish line, and those who have not reached it are the only ones who will be punished at the end!
At this time, a voice sounded outside the tent: "Boss Sun, Ling Yi, I'm here!"
As soon as he heard this voice, Ling Yi knew that it was Wei Wentao who had come over, and during this time, Wei Wentao had been following Wei Zhi and lived in the barracks, and several people had not seen each other for more than ten days.
"Hey, Uncle Zhou is also here, bring me a bowl of noodles first, I'm starving to death today!" Wei Wentao commanded as soon as he saw that Lao Zhou was also there.
"Is it you kid, or haggis noodles?" Lao Zhou seemed to be familiar with Wei Wentao, and he was not polite to him, so he asked directly!
"A little more noodles, a little more soup, and a little more meat!" replied Wei Wentao.
"Okay, you kid, don't you just want a big bowl?" Lao Zhou stood up with a smile.
"By the way, Uncle Zhou, let's have two bowls, I don't think Ah Hai is full yet!"
As soon as he heard this, Lao Zhou was startled, just now he personally guarded the meal that Ah Hai ate, this is not full?
Ah Hai smiled awkwardly: "Hehe, Uncle Zhou, there is still a little spare!"
"I'll cook it now!" Lao Zhou smiled and walked towards the temporary stove!
"Why are you here?" Ling Yi asked Wei Wentao.
"Me, my father asked me to come and take you to his tent, he has something to tell you!" replied Wei Wentao.
"Uncle is looking for us?", Ling Yi asked.
Wei Wentao replied: "It seems to be about your canonization, it seems that someone from the imperial city has come today!"
Ling Yi nodded and understood, this was the reward for the champion of the competition promised by the emperor before.
Listening to the two of them, those recruits didn't know Wei Wentao and didn't hear anything, but Zhao Erhu and the others were secretly shocked in their hearts, what was the origin of their teammates? They actually asked Wei Wentao, the son of Prince Long, to come over and spread the word in person, and the most important thing was that they heard the words "imperial city" and "canonization"!
Lao Zhou's two bowls of noodles were served, and he ate them when he saw Wei Wentao gobbling them up.
Ah Hai also ate it, and praised it while eating: "It's delicious, it's delicious!"
Looking at the eating appearance of the two, the corners of Lao Zhou's mouth rose, and he looked extremely happy!
After eating and drinking, Wei Wentao led a few people to ask Li Zhuke for leave, led a few horses, and returned the same way, walking towards the big tent of the Chinese army.
When they came to Wei Zhi's big tent, it was already dark, and after Wei Wentao made a report, he led Ling Yi and them to wait outside the tent.
It was also at this time that Ling Yi asked Wei Wentao a question that he wanted to ask just now at the dining place!