Chapter 24 Military Training Section 1 Appreciation
It has been five days since Fan Jun left the camp, and during these five days, Wei Rui was extremely uneasy in his heart, Fan Jun's encouragement in the army was very shallow, and he didn't know if he could convince everyone with his own ability. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Wei Rui's worries at this time are not unreasonable, the soldiers at any time are people who have been brave and good at fighting for many years, and the son of such a great general appeared in vain, leading them to practice every day, crawling and rolling in the muddy water, although this Fan Jun said that he endured hardships every day, and the training was harder than anyone else, for them veterans, after all, Fan Jun's qualifications were still shallow, and there was some dissatisfaction in his heart.
In the past few days, there were only more than 50 soldiers who followed Fan Jun to the north, and when they approached Hefei, the men and horses were already quite tired, this was the farthest they had left the camp, and the dry food accompanying them was not much, and the soldiers were hungry and thirsty. At this time, Fan Jun was carefully observing the movements of the Northern Wei army outside Hefei City, Hefei City was full of Northern Wei camp tents, stretching for dozens of miles, looking at it was already frightened, I couldn't imagine that the Northern Wei Dynasty was clamoring for a million troops, originally not bluffing, according to this calculation, there were indeed no less than one million people.
"General Wei, we've been out for five or six days, and if we don't go back, I'm afraid that my brothers will starve to death on the road. Li Zhong, who was with the army, said softly with some dissatisfaction. He has been disgruntled since he was sent by Wei Rui to Fan Jun's side, and he is a member of the general, but now he is mixed with this group of soldiers, shuttling between enemies and friends every day, dirty and tired, not to mention, he is so worried every day, this day has never been before.
"General Li should be restless, I must write down the terrain and the situation of the Northern Wei army stationed before I can go back. ā
"The brothers are already hungry. Li Zhong said dissatisfiedly.
"General Li, you must be hungry, these brothers have not eaten water and rice for a day and a night when they trained, and they all persevered, General Li has not been able to train like us, so naturally he can't resist. ā
"Hmph------" Li Zhong twisted his head angrily and stopped talking. Fan Jun silently wrote down all the details in his heart, and then quietly took people away.
He led people to a mountain depression, he came to a field overgrown with weeds, cut off the weeds and vines on the ground with a knife, and a few soldiers began to dig the underground plants, and after a while, dozens of large and small rhizomes were dug out from the ground, Fan Jun came to a clean spring, cleaned those rhizomes, and handed them piece by piece, Li Zhong held this thing in his hand, I don't know if I can eat it, at this time the soldiers around him have begun to eat it. Li Zhong gnawed off the skin of the thing, took a bite of it, and a stream of sweet juice flowed into his mouth, this thing tasted crisp and sweet, and the mouth was delicious, I had never eaten such a delicious thing before. He quickly finished eating this piece, and went to pick up another piece, but was stopped by Fan Jun: "General Li, this thing can't be eaten too much, it can only quench your hunger and thirst temporarily, stop for a while, I'll take a few people to find something more delicious." ā
"Then why don't you hurry up and take them to find it?"
"The hour has not yet come, so wait. Fan Jun listened carefully to the surrounding movements, and whispered to his subordinates to be vigilant around, and he led a few people to slowly walk into the depths of the forest. At this time, the sky was already dark, and the sound of male pheasants chirping came from the trees, and half an hour passed, and the soldiers who followed Fan Jun into the woods walked out with more than ten pheasants on their backs. The surprised sound of the soldiers who stayed in the same place seemed to be able to eat well today, after five or six days.
Fan Jun picked dozens of lotus leaves from the pond, wrapped the cleaned pheasant with lotus leaves, sprinkled a little salt on it, and then wrapped it in wet mud outside, at this time the sky was already bright, Fan Jun ordered people to light a bonfire downwind, put the chicken into the fire and simmer, an hour later, the shell was broken, the chicken at this time was cooked, a fragrance came out of the lotus leaves, and the soldiers who had been hungry for a long time could not care about anything else at this time, and devoured it.
Fan Jun didn't rush to eat chicken at this time, he just picked up a piece of sweet potato, slowly gnawed and ate, when he was a child, he went to the mountains with his mother to collect medicine, he would often eat some game like this, he thought of his mother, his throat was a little choked, and he couldn't eat it anymore. At this time, his mother must be suffering every day, missing her son's heart, but I am afraid that it is now broken.
"General Wei, I left you half one. Li Zhong handed him half a chicken.
"I'm not hungry, General Li, let them eat, and then they have to hurry, how can they return to the big tent without good physical strength. Fan Jun pushed the chicken back again.
"You...... You haven't eaten at all, how can you bear it?" Li Zhong sighed.
"If the military well is not dug, it will not be thirsty, and if the military stove is not opened, it will not be hungry. General Wei's military law, I, Wei Ling, will keep in mind. ā
ā...... General Wei, I, Li Zhong, am a rough man, except for Wei Dashuai and General Cao, I have never admired anyone in my life, I have opened my eyes to follow you today, and in the future, you will let me go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and I Li Zhong will not blink an eye. Li Zhong said solemnly.
Fan Jun smiled, this Li Zhong is really a loyal and upright person, and this sycophant is also different from others.
"Okay, General Li, your position is higher than me, how can you follow me up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, we are all people who follow General Wei, and we should serve the Great Liang. ā
"General Wei has your help, and this battle will be won. Li Zhong exclaimed.
Fan Jun rushed back to the camp three days later, everyone who followed him was exhausted, and fell asleep one after another.
Wei Rui was already very anxious, it had been ten days since he left the camp, and if he wanted to count the footsteps, he was afraid that he had already arrived at the door of the Northern Wei Marshal Yuan Ying, in case there was a mistake...... How is it good?
"General. ā
"Fan Jun, you're back, can everything go well?"
"General, please prepare paper and ink, and draw a map of the terrain below. Fan Jun took down the package he was carrying and came to the bookcase.
"Let's draw before I come to the case. Wei Rui hurriedly pulled him to the front of the desk.
Fan Jun dipped himself in ink, took a breath, and drew on the parchment, Wei Rui, who was watching from the sidelines, his eyes never left the map since Fan Jun began to draw. He has loved the art of Danqing since he was a child, and after joining the army, he likes to figure out the terrain he has observed, and he has been carrying it on paper for more than 20 years. In Fan Jun's hand, the pen is like having life, putting the undulating state of the mountains and the potential of the rivers and lakes vividly on the paper.
After Fan Jun finished painting, he felt a little dizzy, he propped his hands on the desk and closed his eyes slightly. Wei Rui took the pen out of his hand and gently placed it on the inkstone, and he helped Fan Jun to sit down. When Fan Jun's body hit the handsome chair, he suddenly woke up, and he tried to stand up straight to hide his gaffe.
"General, the topographic map has been drawn, General, please take a look. ā
"Don't worry, don't worry, Fan Jun...... You've just come back, and your physical strength is too exhausted, so let's go down and rest first, and we'll watch it together after you've rested."
"Thank you, General. Fan Jun remembered the package he was carrying, he walked over, took out a lotus leaf bag from the package, and handed it to Wei Rui with both hands.
"General, this time I went to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and I brought some things to the general on the way. ā
"Oh?" Wei Rui reached out and took the lotus leaf bag, and after slowly opening it, he found that it was some fresh lotus seeds, and some chicken head rice that he had been taking every day, which was also extremely fresh, and his hands suddenly trembled.
"Since the first time I saw the general, I knew that the general was weak, and my mother once mentioned to the little one that people who were weak could take more lotus seeds and chicken head rice, and cook porridge every day. It's just that these two things have not yet reached the maturity stage, and the medicinal effect will naturally not be too good, so the general can use them as daily snacks to eat some every day, which is also very good for the body. Fan Jun said sincerely.
"Lotus seeds?" Wei Rui put down the lotus leaf bag with trembling hands, "Come here, I'll show you something." ā
Wei Rui handed the prescription that Yao Seng Yuan prescribed to himself to Fan Jun: "This is the prescription prescribed to me by Imperial Doctor Yao." ā
Fan Jun was surprised to see that there were only two flavors left in the prescription, and the rest were all blackened by ink.
"This is the prescription prescribed to me by the imperial doctor Yao Seng Yuan, only these two flavors are left in the prescription, and the rest of the medicine is smeared off by your mother with a pen, she said that the other medicines are violent, and if I take them, I will lose my life. Since my expedition, I have been taking these two herbs every day, and as I usually eat, although the stubborn illness has not been cured, it has never recurred. Wei Rui's eyes were filled with tears, "Fan Jun, I, Wei Rui, thank you mother and son." ā
"The general can't do that. Fan Jun hurriedly stopped Wei Rui, who was about to salute, "I know very little, it's far worse than my mother's mother, if she says the same, then the general's health will be better one day." ā
"Fan Jun, who taught you Danqing?
ā...... It was taught by my mother, and my mother's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all wonderful, and I have only learned less than thirty percent of them......" Fan Jun said in a low voice.
"It's really a strange woman of our time...... Wei Rui praised softly.
"General Wei, can you inquire about the situation in my family, because my younger brother is still young, and his parents are not strict with him, I am afraid that he will cause some trouble. Fan Jun was worried about his little brother, afraid that something would happen to him and give his parents a headache.
"I'll send someone to inquire about your family, but you must not contact them. Wei Rui said.
"Obey the general's orders. Fan Jun responded.