Chapter 17: Starve them for another day

Under Qin Feng's urging and whipping, this group of rabble finally built the camp, and in the heavy wind and snow, except for the sentry and men arranged, everyone else went into the camp tent to hide from the wind and snow.

"Divide the food, share the food······" In a burst of shouting, the bandits and routs in the various camps quickly got up, picked up the broken bowls, and got out of the camps to wait for the distribution of food.

Qin Feng rode a horse, holding a three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand and shouted: "Each party will line up to receive food in turn, and the chief will lead the team, and there shall be no chaos and crowding, no noise, but those who deliberately coax, crowd, and grab food will not be allowed food!" ”

The commanders immediately shouted loudly, and organized their men and horses to line up to receive food at the stove, and the scene of more than 3,000 people eating in the camp was also done in an orderly manner under the organization and arrangement of Qin Feng and some officers, and there was no panic.

"In the future, every time we divide food, we will do it in this way, there must be order, there must be no chaos, if there is chaos, whose subordinates are, I will hold them responsible!" Qin Feng stared at his subordinates and the commanders.

The officers suddenly promised: "Obey the order!" ”

In a remote camp, ten people crowded at the door of the tent to get out, but a few soldiers guarding the gate were eyeing each other with blades.

"Why don't you let me wait out to get my food?" One of the men trapped in the tent said angrily.

The captain who was guarding the door snorted coldly: "The captain has already ordered that ten people will not be fed when they arrive at the end!" You should honestly go back and lie down, and when the others are finished eating, we will leave! ”

"Such a rapid march, and not to wait for me to eat, this is to toss me alive and wait!" There were screams in the tent.

The corner of the guard's eyes showed contempt, "Want not to be hungry?" Okay, tomorrow and others will run desperately, and then they will not lag behind others, and they should be able to get food! Are you lazy and don't want to contribute, you are casual when you march, you are greedy for life and fear of death when you are fighting, you throw down your weapons and turn around and flee, and you still want to eat? Could it be that the grain is blown by the wind? ”

Among the ten people in the camp, Yang Hong and Yan Xiang were two of them, according to Qin Feng's military order, the two of them were not treated differently because they were brought back by Huang Yi, and were brought here by the guards outside the camp gate.

Yang Hong knew that it didn't make sense to talk to these big-headed soldiers, and when Xiucai met soldiers, he couldn't explain it reasonably!

He sighed and turned to the back of the tent and sat down, the ground was covered with a layer of dead weeds, but it was quite dry.

Yan Xiang walked over and sat beside him, sighing, "I don't know why Qin Wuyi hasn't sent someone to meet us yet!" ”

When they arrived at the camp, they were so hungry that they grabbed a few handfuls of snow and stuffed them into their mouths to quench their thirst, but their stomachs were rattling.

I don't have anything in my stomach, I can't stand being hungry, it's cold, my body has no calories if I don't eat, and I feel chills all over my body if I don't have calories.

Yang Hong was so cold that his whole body was shivering, and he had to curl up and lie down sideways, but he was still shivering when he lay down.

Yan Xiang was also very helpless at this time, the smell of food from outside was too tempting, the more so, the more he felt hungry, and when the noise in the camp gradually stopped, most of them must have finished eating, and went back to the camp to hide from the wind and snow.

Yang Hong was so hungry that he couldn't stand it anymore, he struggled to stand up and said to Yan Xiang: "Gong Yan, maybe that Qin Wuyi is from a humble background and has never heard of our reputation!" In such a situation now, I can't care about face, my life is important, it's better for me to take the initiative to find him, it's important to stay alive! ”

Yan Xiang smiled bitterly, "If you had figured it out like this, we wouldn't have lived so miserably!" After that, he struggled to get up and walked out of the tent with Yang Hong.

The rest of the people also got up and went outside to see if they could find something to eat, but the stove had already been cleaned up, and there was not a single grain of food, so everyone could only scratch snow and grass roots on the ground to satisfy their hunger.

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang came to the big tent of the Chinese army, which was very conspicuous, and this big tent was the largest and most magnificent in the whole camp.

There were four soldiers with swords standing at the door, and when they saw Yang Hong and Yan Xiang coming, one of them stepped forward and drew his sword to stop them: "Stop coming!" ”

Yang Hong hurriedly straightened his clothes and bowed: "I am tired of reporting, Yang Hong, the chief of the Yuan Highway account in the past, and the lord Bo Yanxiang begged to see General Qin!" ”

The armor soldier looked at the two of them with strange eyes, "What are you looking for the captain?" ”

"Uh······" Yang Hong was embarrassed, he couldn't say that he was really hungry and couldn't stand it, he came to Qin Feng to beg for food, right? You can put down your face and posture in front of Qin Feng, but it is too cheap to say such things in front of this kind of soldiers.

Fortunately, Yang Hong was anxious, and hurriedly said: "We have an urgent military situation to report to General Qin, and please report it to the military master quickly, and the army will be in danger if it is late!" ”

The gatekeeper beckoned: "Come with me!" ”

The two followed the sergeant to a small tent next to the big tent of the Chinese army, and the sergeant said to the two: "You and you are waiting here, if the lieutenant returns, he will report to the lieutenant again!" ”

Qin Feng is not in the big tent? Where did that go? This made Yang Hong and Yan Xiang unexpected.

Yan Xiang asked, "I don't know where General Qin went?" When can I return? ”

"How can we ask about the matter of the captain, if you really want to see the captain, you will be here to wait for the summons!" The armor didn't give the two of them a good look, and turned around and left.

Yang Hong hurriedly said: "I don't know if I can ask the military master to get some food, I'm really hungry!" ”

"The time to eat is over, where is the food?"

"If you don't have food, you can drink it!" Yang Hong did not give up.

The soldier shook his head: "The food is still not full, where is the wine?" I see that you and you are not hungry enough, and if you are hungry for two more days, you will be able to eat the feces! ”

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang were so angry that they trembled.

Qin Feng came back from outside with a few soldiers, just now he deployed a few sentries on Xiaoluo Mountain, and arranged a few secret sentries nearby, if there are enemy sentry sentries or large groups of soldiers and horses can also be warned in time.

After returning to the big tent, he listened to the armor guarding the door report that Yang Hong and Yan Xiang had come to ask to see him, and after listening to it, Qin Feng had a smile on his face, "The two of them are in the small tent next to them?" ”

"Yes, according to what the lieutenant told before, the villain took them to the small tent to wait!"

Qin Feng nodded, "Starve them for another day, and then bring them to see me after dinner in the camp, and you are not allowed to give them food and drink during this period!" ”

"No!"

After the gatekeeper retreated, Qin Feng studied the map while eating.

Now there is too little news, and it is impossible to figure out the current situation of the Jiangdong Army, and Qin Feng can only advance along the northeast direction according to the established route.

He chose this road after careful consideration, in the territory of the Lujiang River, in addition to the vast mountains in the northwest, the further northeast he went, the more cities there were, the more populous the population, it was easy to gather information from all sides, and it was easy to obtain food and other supplies.

If to the west and southwest, there are few cities, the land is vast and sparsely populated, once pursued by Sun Ce's army, it is not easy to escape, and to the north, at this time, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's men and horses should not be far from here, he is worried that he will encounter Sun Ce's army in the north.

With his current rabble of 3,000 people, I am afraid that he will be crushed if he can't stop Sun Ce's charge of a few hundred people.

"Presumably Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have already received the news, right? I wonder how they will deploy to encircle and suppress my troops? ”

Muttering, Qin Feng thought of Xiao Qiao, now this situation is all because of Xiao Qiao, but he can't let her go back, let alone let the bandits below know that everything is because of Xiao Qiao, otherwise things will be in trouble.

After eating, he got up and put on a fur coat and came to Xiao Qiao's tent, and there were two soldiers standing at the door of the tent, which he specially arranged to protect Xiao Qiao.

The two soldiers were about to salute and shout, but he raised his hand to stop them.

He walked to the door of the tent and lifted the curtain to look inside, the tent was dimly lit, and Xiao Qiao was sitting on the blanket with his knees crossed, not knowing what he was thinking, but his body was shivering from time to time because of the cold.

The two maids he had sent to serve Xiao Qiao were busy, one arranging his clothes and the other boiling water.

"Miss, that King Qin seems to be good to you, you have everything you need to eat and wear, he doesn't want to snatch Miss back to be Mrs. Zhai, right?" The maid who was boiling the fire and water said.

The maid who arranged her clothes said: "I think so, King Qin is different from other bandits, I see him like a general, and he never moves rough to Miss, and he does not allow other bandits to bully us, if it is still the leader of the thief with a beard in power, I am afraid that we have already been tortured to death by these bandits!" ”

Xiao Qiao said: "What do you know?" No matter how good he is, he's a bandit! ”

The maid who arranged her clothes said, "Miss, the bandits may not be bad!" In these years, the court, the government and those old men are more terrible than thieves! The servant said something that he didn't like, with our identity now being captured by the bandits, even if we went back, what face would we have to live in the world? The spitting of the neighbors can drown us! ”

Hearing this, Xiao Qiao's face instantly turned pale.

Qin Feng walked into the tent.

The two maids immediately said Wanfu and withdrew from the camp tent at Qin Feng's signal.

When Little Joe saw him coming, he immediately turned his back to him.

Qin Feng said: "It's snowing, it must be very cold at night, I brought a fur mattress to cover you at night, don't get caught the wind and cold, there is no doctor in this army, if you really get sick, it is hard to be able to carry it, and it is unlucky to be unlucky!" After saying that, he put a fur mattress beside Xiao Qiao and turned to leave.

The wind and snow became heavier and heavier, and it continued to fall until it was dark.

After dinner, according to Qin Feng's orders, the guards brought Yang Hong and Yan Xiang to the big tent.

The two men were already hungry and weak, and their eyes were dizzy.

"I heard that you want to see me? So what's going on? Qin Feng looked at the two of them and asked.

Yang Hong hurriedly said: "Du Lieutenant knows that now Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's army is pursuing after the battle with Liu Xun, and it should be in the Longshu area at this moment, Du Lieutenant led his troops along the Anhui River, if Sun Ce received the news and led the army south, wouldn't the two armies meet?" ”

Qin Feng's expression was indifferent, "Then in your opinion, what route should we take?" ”

Yang Hong asked rhetorically: "I don't know where Du Wei wants to go?" ”

Qin Feng looked at the two of them, "We robbed Anhui City twice, for the little overlord of Jiangdong, I'm afraid it's equivalent to touching his tiger whiskers, presumably he won't let me go, I want to live, but where can I go?" ”

Yang Hong arched his hand and said: "In Hong's opinion, should we overcome all difficulties and go to Runan?" ”

"Why?"

"Du Lieutenant, please look, to the east, Cao Cao's forces have entered Huainan, sooner or later they will have to compete with Jiangdong for Jiujiang County, sooner or later the south is Sun Ce's territory, and the north is the hinterland of the Lujiang River, but at this moment it is being eaten by Sun Ce, to the west is Jingzhou Liu Biao, as the Du Lieutenant, the days of going to Jingzhou are bound to be difficult, only the Runan territory is close to Xuchang, but it is a huge force, many bandits and bandits, if Du Wei leads the troops to recuperate, even if Cao Cao's army comes to attack, even if Du Wei is defeated, he can retreat to the Nanyang area!" Yang Hong walked to the map and pointed.

Qin Feng turned his head to look at Yang Hong and Yan Xiang, "I heard that the two gentlemen were the advisors under Yuan Highway's account in the past, why are they willing to give advice to the head of the bandits in my first mountain?" ”

Yang Hong looked embarrassed and arched his hand: "The two of us haven't eaten for two days!" ”

"Hahaha······" Qin Feng couldn't stop laughing, "Come on, serve food to the two gentlemen!" ”