A team walked with difficulty on the winding road in Laifeng County, and the person at the head was Xiao Xin, the son of Xiao Qiang, the general of the Tiger Prison of Qin. www.biquge.info As the vanguard of the entire army, Xiao Xin has led 3,000 troops out of the Tiger Prison for seven days, but he has not yet come out of Fengxian.

The Battle of the Ming Kingdom broke out ahead of schedule, which caught everyone off guard. For Xiao Qiang, he was even more in a hurry, with food, grass, and ordnance not yet fully prepared, but fortunately, his opponent was Yongping County, where there were no regular field troops of the Ming Kingdom except for the county soldiers. Therefore, although all kinds of materials are still in short supply, Xiao Qiang still handed over the only materials at hand to Xiao Xin, and he attacked Yongping County first.

In Xiao Qiang's view, this is a game of holding the handle. Even if he had already received information, the army of several field battalions under Qin Feng was heading towards Zhongping County. But what does it matter to him? He's not going to Zhongping. Take Yongping, where to get the food and other materials you need, and then go directly to Shunping. As for Zhongping, let Qin Feng and Deng Pu fight to the death.

This time Qin Feng is in a catastrophe, this is Xiao Qiang's conclusion after carefully analyzing all aspects of intelligence, in Zhongping County, relying only on Qin Feng's current troops, it is impossible to win Deng Pu, after this battle, the Ming Kingdom is afraid that it will be destroyed. And Deng's limelight will inevitably be absent for a while. However, he will also be one of the gainers of this battle. Even if you only win the two counties of Yongping and Shunping, for yourself, it will be a fruitful achievement.

Xiao Qiang was still desperately raising grain, grass and ordnance in the rear, he knew that opposite him, Cheng Weigao had already noticed his movements, the barely passable trade road had been cut off, and in the past month, no businessman had come from anywhere, and the spies reported that the road that had been repaired had also been cut off, which showed that the other party had begun to guard himself.

In Xiao Qiang's view, this is just the last struggle of the dying.

He thought so, but his son, Xiao Xin, the general of the vanguard army who was now struggling to move forward in Feng County, didn't think so.

Xiao Xin was scolding his mother at this time.

The mountain roads are rugged, the roads come and go, and the march is inherently a very difficult thing. An army of 5,000 people is not only 5,000 people, but also logistics baggage, mules and horses, and all kinds of heavy weapons. It's easy for people to go, but it's hard for these things to go. What's even more frustrating is that a heavy rain turned this march into a complete disaster.

Xiao Xin's whole person has become a clay figure, the new armor on his body when he set off from the Tiger Prison Pass has now turned into an earthy yellow, and when he wears it, it has completely become a burden, the boots on his feet are filled with mud, and every step he takes, there is a squeaky sound, and the effort required is more than double that of usual, and Xiao Xin knows that his feet must have been blistered miserably now.

This is true of all of them, not to mention the other soldiers. At the time of departure, the soldiers wore straw sandals, but now, almost all of them are barefoot, or it is easier to walk, but they are more likely to be injured, and the sharp stones buried in the mud, plant thorns, can easily pierce the soles of the feet.

If these can be overcome, then there is another thing that makes Xiao Xin helpless, even if Qin Jun is the most hard-working soldier in the world, he can't resist the invasion of disease.

A heavy rain fell for several days, destroying the already poor road and drenching his soldiers, followed by another scorching sun, and before everyone could get used to it, a continuous rainy day followed. The drastic changes in the weather made the soldiers fall ill one after another, typhoid fever, which was a fatal thing for the Qin army.

"Major General, there is a flash flood ahead, blocking the way, and I can't walk!" A tooth general staggered over, and like Xiao Xin, he also turned into a mud monkey.

"Isn't there a bridge here as indicated in the intelligence?" Xiao Xin was furious, "What bullshit intelligence? ”

"Major General, you blame them." The tooth general smiled bitterly: "The bridge was originally there, but it was destroyed by the Ming people. Now that the flash floods are outgoing, I'm afraid we won't be able to get through it today. ”

Listening to the words of the tooth general, Xiao Xin was stunned for a long time, looked back at the staggering soldiers, and sighed: "Set up camp on the spot and rest for a day!" When the mountains and rivers fade, we set off again. ”

The Qin army is not like the Ming army, except for their Thunder Army is well-equipped, the rest of the army, the military tent for them, that is a luxury, especially the border army, has always been the heaven for the bed of the earth, of course, their craftsmanship is also good, after the order to camp was issued, the Qin army, which had been struggling for several days, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, the whole team erupted into bursts of cheers, it didn't take long, they took local materials, and one by one shacks appeared on both sides of the road, although so, this can only be better than nothing, The ground was still extremely muddy, and the shacks were also wet, dripping water constantly, but with such a temporary habitat, Qin Jun was already very satisfied.

Piles of fires were burned, and it took a lot of effort to get these wet firewood and leaves on fire, and the whole station was above the ground, and thick smoke was billowing out, but fortunately there was no enemy on their other side, or they would be blind, and they would know where they were now.

Taking off the armor on his body, changing into a set of dry clothes, and sitting on the pony, Xiao Xin put his feet in the hot water that his soldiers had just boiled, so comfortable that he just wanted to moan, and the things that he usually thought were ordinary have become a rare enjoyment in this place.

As he expected, big blisters broke out on his feet. Boots are good boots, but they are filled with mud, and when you walk and slip, you walk and twist, can you not grind out bubbles? I have a war horse, but where can I ride such a road? Horses can break their hooves if they're not careful.

Holding a pepper thorn that the guards found for him, Xiao Xin carefully picked up the blood blisters one by one, grinning in pain. The relatives lit a bunch of fires, roasting his close-fitting clothes, this ghost place, this ghost weather, no clothes on his body can be dry, uncovering his clothes, looking at a layer of red rash on his body, Xiao Xin looked at his soldiers with some concern.

The army at Tiger Pass was not an inexperienced recruit, but it was still seriously underestimated about the difficulties encountered on this march.

"Go and call Doctor Hao." He commanded.

Seeing the fifty-year-old medical officer Hao Min squatting in front of Xiao Xin with a sad face, without waiting for Xiao Xin to ask, he already said to himself: "Young General, it is not possible to go on like this." More than fifty more soldiers have fallen today. They are all extremely serious typhoid fever, and there is no medicine left, so they can only go to the mountains to collect some fresh herbs temporarily, but this is far from enough, and some of the right medicinal materials cannot be found at all, and whether these soldiers can survive or not depends entirely on luck. ”

"How many soldiers have fallen?" Xiao Xin asked.

"As of today, more than 200 soldiers have entered the wounded and sick camp. This is not counting those who have mild symptoms, and if they do not improve, I am afraid that the situation will get worse and worse. Hao Min shook his head and said: "Major General, this is just a major illness, and there are countless minor illnesses. ”

Xiao Xin's face changed slightly, "The medical officer has worked hard, no one expected that this time the troops would encounter such a big trouble, I will send you some more soldiers and try to collect as many herbs as possible." Is it really possible for the plague to break out? ”

"It's hard to say, if the rain keeps raining, it would be better, if suddenly the weather clears and the weather gets hot again, it's really uncertain, but I hope the rain will continue to fall." Hao Min sighed.

Xiao Xin smiled bitterly, Hao Min was looking forward to the rain, he was looking forward to the sunny sky, if the rain kept falling, how could he march?

Watching Hao Min leave with his back down, Xiao Xin wiped his feet, put on a pair of soft boots, stood up, looked up at the sky, gloomy, I was afraid that the rain would not stop for a while.

All of a sudden, he suddenly lost his belief in winning this war, and walked out of Laifeng, but there is also a Xuan'en County, which is also a mountainous area, and only when he walks out of Xuan'en can he attack Yongping County.

"Major General, Major General." A tooth general rushed from a distance, stepping on the ground, mud flying, looking at the face of the tooth general, Xiao Xin's face couldn't help but sink, blessings are not double, disasters are not alone, what bad news is coming?

The tooth general ran to him, his face was full of panic, and he was panting, but he tried his best to lower his voice: "Major General, it's not good, our logistics baggage has suffered a landslide, and half of the entire logistics baggage has been buried at the bottom of the mountain, not only hundreds of people have died, but even half of the food and ordnance have been buried. ”

Like five thunderbolts, Xiao Xin's face turned pale. Grain, just now I was worried about this problem, originally because the trip was greatly extended, grain and grass has become a big problem, and now half of it has been lost, this day, I really can't live.

"How long can the rest last?"

"Five days, Major General, five days at most." The tooth will whisper.

"This news is blocked first, you immediately choose a reliable and capable man, rush back to the Tiger Prison Pass, explain our predicament here to the general, and ask the general to get an idea quickly." Xiao Xindao.

"Understood." The tooth will nod away.

Looking at the smoke rising in the station, and looking at the food brought for him by his own soldiers, Xiao Xin, who was originally hungry, had no appetite at all. If you still have food today, will you still have to eat it in a few days? How could such marching conditions and subsequent grain and grass keep up.

Survival has become a problem, what is there to talk about fighting? God is doing weird, what can mortals do!