After looking at half a cup of tea, I only felt that the sun above my head was getting hotter and hotter, and the stones next to the strong sunlight seemed to be steaming, and even the ground under my feet was bursting with hot gas, rising into the air, turning into a wave of heat.

I really couldn't see anything unusual, so I had to come down the mountain in the spring, and I took the two personal soldiers with me on the way and returned to the barracks.

At this time, the situation of the pass changed again, and the ground on the ground dried up and cracked, forming large and large blocks, and the cracks between each block were more than half a meter deep, as if it had been dry for half a year.

Chang Yuchun hurriedly looked around, and there were more and more soldiers in the camp who fell to the ground due to heat stroke, and even a few of his generals and deputy generals couldn't support it, and they fell to the ground one after another due to heat stroke. The remaining lieutenants and generals all looked at Chang Yuchun to see what good plans he had.

Vice General Wang also collapsed on the ground, seeing Chang Yuchun coming back, he was busy struggling to get up, and asked weakly: "Chang, General Chang, what is going on? Why, how can this suddenly happen?"

Chang Yuchun shook his head and asked the tooth general next to him, "How many soldiers are there who haven't suffered from heat stroke?"

"It's less than two. The tooth general next to him said with a sad face.

Chang Yuchun looks, now it's almost time to Shen, and it won't be long before the sky is about to darken. The situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he said loudly: "Leave a thousand soldiers to guard the camp, all the soldiers, each of you take two hundred soldiers, and scatter to find water, remember, whether you find it or not, you must return to the camp at noon tomorrow." ”

All the soldiers received their orders in unison. Chang Yuchun asked again: "Is there any news about the Tanma sent out?"

Vice General Wang shook his head and said, "Tell General Chang that Tanma has just been sent out for a day, and he hasn't come back yet. ”

"Good. Adjutant Wang, you will lead your troops to guard the camp. Chang Yuchun said in a deep voice: "All the soldiers, gather the soldiers and horses, and set off immediately." ”

Chang Yuchun himself led a team of people and horses, set off from the southwest to find a water source, who knows, everyone just out of the pass was covered with fog, obscuring the sky, black pressure at all can not distinguish between east and west, north and south.

Chang Yuchun took the lead, shouting loudly, so that the soldiers followed closely, and with their own sense of direction, they groped their way forward. The soldiers behind pulled one by one, closely following Chang Yuchun.

In the fog, even the figure of the person in front of him could not be seen clearly, it was hot and stuffy, just like in a steamer.

Dark and heavy, the fog is vast I don't know how long I walked, not to mention the water source, there is not even a shadow of the water, I just feel that the front and back are endless mountains, everyone is going around in the mountains, the most anxious thing is that the southwest direction I chose is obviously the direction of the mountain, how can it be so mountainous, just can't go out.

I don't know how long I walked, but I saw that the stars were already shining in the sky, everyone was sleepy, and the heat was unbearable. Chang Yuchun ordered to rest in place. As soon as many of the soldiers fell to the ground and sat down, they lay on their backs on the ground and never remembered again.

Chang Yuchun tossed for a day and a night, tired and thirsty, at this time it was really a little unbearable, at first he sat on the ground, and after a while, he fell on the ground and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he vaguely seemed to hear someone yelling in his ears, Chang Yuchun hurriedly opened his eyes, and several generals around him surrounded him, pointing to the front and saying: "General Chang, look, we seem to have gone back to the camp again." ”

"What?" Chang Yuchun stood up, looked up, and saw that the fog had dissipated, and the camp tent in front of him, with the cliffs towering on both sides, was not his own military camp.

Chang Yuchun jumped on the war horse, beat the horse and galloped into the barracks, sure enough, it was his own barracks, and he took more than 200 soldiers to grope in the fog for a whole night, but he didn't expect to return to the original point.

"Adjutant General Wang, how much water is still in our army?" Chang Yuchun came to the big tent and asked loudly.

Vice General Wang didn't expect Chang Yuchun to come back so soon, opened his swollen eyes, and said in a low voice: "General Chang, there are only ten bags of water left in the barracks." ”

"Ten bags of water?" Chang Yuchun's heart sank, an army of 10,000 people, and half of the wounded, there were only ten bags of water left, not to mention when to attack Chen Youliang, I am afraid that he would not be able to hold out for even two days.

"General Chang, otherwise, or we will withdraw our troops?" Vice General Wang said in a low voice.

Chang Yuchun was furious, slapped the table, and said angrily: "Vice General Wang, the military order is like a mountain, you dare to persuade this general to escape from the battle, believe it or not, I will cut you immediately!"

Vice General Wang's legs weakened, he fell to his knees, and said in a low voice: "General Chang, the army is in such a predicament, there are more and more wounded, and if you don't withdraw the army, it may not be long before the whole army will be wiped out, let alone the ambush." ”

"Bold!" Chang Yuchun scolded angrily: "Before the war, you, as a deputy general, actually disturbed the morale of the army, what crime should you be guilty of?"

"General Chang, his subordinates are telling the truth, risking death to admonish, and I hope General Chang will think twice. Vice Admiral Wang said loudly.

In fact, Chang Yuchun didn't know what Vice General Wang was saying, but how could the commander of his own army withdraw if he encountered some difficulties.

"Alright, get up. Chang Yuchun's tone softened, and he said in a deep voice: "General Ben also knows that you have good intentions. However, the military order is like a mountain, not to mention that it is just a temporary shortage of water in the army, even if we are shrouded in horse leather, we must complete General Guo's military order. ”

"General Chang, what you said is reasonable, and your subordinates swear to follow you. Vice General Wang saw that Chang Yuchun was resolute and resolute, and without hesitation, he made up his mind. "But, General Chang, did you go out and find a water source?"

Chang Yuchun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "No, as soon as I went out with the soldiers and horses, I was fascinated by the fog, and I spared the whole night, but I didn't expect to be spared back." ”

Vice Admiral Wang said dejectedly: "What should we do now? If there is no water, the army will hold out for two days at most." ”

"This General Ben knows. We have four more teams looking for water, and we will discuss them when they return to the barracks at noon. After Chang Yuchun finished speaking, he threw down Deputy General Wang and went to visit the wounded in various camp tents.

As soon as I walked through dozens of tents, I heard the neighing of people and horses, and I often met the outside of the tent that was busy in spring, and sure enough, the team looking for water sources had returned. The leading few teeth saw Chang Yuchun from a distance, hurriedly jumped off the horse, and walked over.

Chang Yuchun didn't care about anything else, so he asked from a few feet away, "How is it?"

The tooth generals all shook their heads in frustration, their faces turned pale, and one of the tooth generals said: "General Chang, after our team went out, we encountered a heavy fog, we turned around in the fog all night, and the next day the fog was blown, but I didn't expect to go back to the camp." ”

The other generals also nodded and said, "The same is true for us, not to mention finding the water source, the army seems to have walked into a maze, and they all circled back around." ”

"Maze?" Chang Yuchun's heart moved, and he asked again, "Are all the teams back?"

Several tooth generals looked at each other, and one of the tooth generals said: "General Qi Chang, and General Zhang's team have not returned." ”

Chang Yuchun looked up at the sky, it was almost noon. He instructed: "Okay, you each take the soldiers down to rest first, and then discuss when General Zhang and the others come back." ”

The officers and soldiers were ordered to go down to rest, but there was no water in the army, and there was no way to bury the pot to make food, so everyone ate some dry food to satisfy their hunger. The remaining 10 bags of water were shared with the heatstroke patients.

Who knows, the wait was two hours, and the soldiers who were looking for water still did not come back. Chang Yuchun was anxious and had a bad premonition. None of the scouts sent out yesterday came back, they nested here, there was no news at all, they couldn't retreat, and there was no water source, so they were really helpless.

The generals saw Chang Yuchun standing alone outside the tent, knowing that General Chang was also in trouble, and they all stood far away, hoping that he could come up with a way to rescue the current desperate situation.

Just as he was helpless, someone suddenly shouted, "Look, there's someone in front of you." ”

Everyone hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, they saw a horse rushing over, and before they arrived at the barracks, they hoarsely shouted from afar: "General Chang, General Chang, we have found the water source, we have found the water source." ”

"Found a water source?" As soon as they heard this, everyone suddenly came to their senses and shouted one after another.

Chang Yuchun hurriedly greeted him and asked loudly, "Why are you alone?"

The cavalryman hurriedly jumped off his horse, staggered to Chang Yuchun, and said breathlessly: "General Chang, the water source is at the foot of the mountain about twenty miles northeast of the barracks, and there is a spring there. General Zhang ordered his subordinates to come back quickly to report to General Chang, and he led people to guard there. ”

"Well, there's no end to it. Chang Yuchun was in good spirits, and the fatigue of a few days was immediately swept away, and he laughed out loud and said, "Okay, you lead the way." As he spoke, with a wave of his hand, he ordered hundreds of men to take water bags and buckets, pull their horses, and prepare to fetch water.

When everyone heard that there was a water source, they were all in high spirits, and they all went to get the guy's tools and pull the horses to prepare.

Chang Yuchun gave an order and ordered Vice General Wang to guard the barracks, and he took a few hundred people and followed the cavalry to fetch water.

The cavalry took everyone to turn a few corners and walked for more than half an hour, only to see hundreds of people sitting in place waiting in front of them, General Zhang and they saw Chang Yuchun, they were all full of joy, pointed to a spring not far away, and said happily: "General Chang, the spring is here." ”

Chang Yuchun fixed his eyes and saw that in the black-brown stone pile, there was a stone eye under the two huge green pines, and the stone eye was bubbling out of the clear water, a cool breath.

When they saw this, they were overjoyed, and they all gathered around, first lying on the spring, drinking enough, and then the guys, filling hundreds of leather bags, and dozens of huge wooden barrels filled with spring water, and carrying them on horses, ready to go back and bring water to the army.

Readers are encouraged to look forward to watching the next chapter, "Six Springs Mouth-Part II"