Chapter 74: General of the Zhen Army (Seeking follow-up reading)

Damn it!
Leaving Lianhua County, the fifth day of the march.

The road was long at this moment. If he was not a leader after all and had so many pawns around him, he really wanted to say a lot.

We walked south for five days.

It started to sleet.

He was now completely wet, and the cotton-padded jacket he was wearing was sticking to his body, causing all the heat in his body to dissipate.

The ground under my feet was muddy and no one had ever walked on it. One step was deep and the other was shallow, and every time I stepped out, I was covered in mud.

The straw sandals had long been stuck to the mud and sank into it, and could not be dug out.

So he simply stopped wearing shoes and marched barefoot.

The road was so bad that even a horse couldn't keep its balance, so he couldn't ride a horse.

The function of several horses now is to carry food for him.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, I can't even see the top. The mountain I need to climb is long and the road is very painful.

Call out the panel.

[Host: Lu Yuan]

[Superpowers: Immortality/Infinite Strength]

【Attributes:
Strength: 490】

Well, it’s almost 500 kilograms of strength.

But why not 50,000 or 500,000 kilograms?

Otherwise, he really wanted to move the mountain away so that he would no longer suffer this pain.

Li Qi, who was standing next to him, was leaning on a wooden stick. His originally snow-white gown had now turned a muddy yellow and was sticking to his body.

There was even a lot of mud on it.

Li Qi wiped his face with his hand, leaving a puddle of mud on it, and sighed.

When he came, he rode a horse along the official road, so naturally he did not suffer such a punishment.

Although he knew that it would be difficult for two thousand soldiers to avoid the government guards and take this remote mountain road.

But he was still optimistic. It was so difficult!
We had only been walking for five days, barely out of Zhiyuan Prefecture, and had already suffered such a torture.

The food was not good and there was no warm water to drink. It was extremely cold and damp at night and it was difficult to fall asleep. And I had to travel so fast during the day.

I have several chilblains on my feet.

This was really unbearable for him, a scholar.

The more than 2,000 soldiers behind him were in much the same situation, and each of them had a very hard time walking.

"Hey, how long will it take for this road to become easier to walk on? Did you take the wrong route?" Lu Yuan stared at Li Qi rudely.

What kind of roads are these?

It's been two days and I haven't gotten out of this muddy place.

If the road ahead is like this, he would rather rush directly to kill the garrisons in various states.

"General Lu, there is a built village road after crossing this hill. This road is almost abandoned and there will definitely be no soldiers patrolling it.

At that time, we can ride horses and march for a few more days to reach Yunzhou."

Li Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead again, trying not to let it flow into his white shirt and make him even more uncomfortable.

"Really?"

"Really!" Li Qi said with certainty. He didn't want to suffer this again.

It was a pitch-dark night.

A meadow beside a path.

Beside the grass is a small stream.

Piles of firewood burned, illuminating the figures of the pawns around them who were boiling water in kettles, warming their hands, and drying their clothes.

Everyone gathered around the fires, catching the boiling water in bowls and drinking it, then chewing and eating the warm dry biscuits near the fire, all with satisfied faces.

Lu Yuan also took off his cotton jacket.

The firelight shone on him, making his muscular body shine.

These days, he can eat his fill every day, and he no longer looks like a starving man.

He grew several centimeters taller, and his joints seemed to be thicker.

The muscles on his body are as smooth as a cheetah, full of explosive power.

At this time, he was holding the cotton jacket and drying it by the fire, shaking it from time to time to get rid of the ice chips inside.

The march these days, especially the last two days, walking on the muddy ground has been really a torture.

Even though making a fire might leave some traces, he couldn't care less at this moment.

Many soldiers had frostbite all over their bodies and their faces turned pale from the cold.

If there is no fire and we eat cold food without replenishing calories, I am afraid we will not be able to hold on.

In this case, there is no point in talking about going south to Muzhou.

What's more, even if they didn't start a fire, could their more than 2,000 soldiers really leave no trace at all?
Those footprints, some deep and some shallow, could not be hidden at all.

So, everyone, make a fire and boil water today.

Let’s solve the current problem first.

If we really attract some soldiers to encircle and suppress us, at least we are still in good condition and can still fight.

One night passed quickly.

The next day, nearly three thousand soldiers marched along the narrow village road in high spirits.

Yesterday, I finally had a good night's sleep leaning against the campfire.

Many people, in their dreams, were fighting against government soldiers.

They would rather die in battle than suffer this damp and cold pain again.

The long team marched towards the south in orderly steps.

The border between Youzhou and Yunzhou.

Youzhou was almost entirely under the control of the imperial court.

But Yunzhou was plagued by banditry everywhere.

Therefore, the imperial court appointed a garrison general at this border, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers to guard this place and prevent the bandits from Yunzhou from entering Youzhou and causing chaos.

The general’s camp.

The largest tent deep in the camp.

In the tent, the general of the Zhenjun Army, who was nine feet tall, with white hair and beard, broad waist and back, and looked extraordinary and heroic, was discussing with several people beside a map made of sand.

At this time, a spy from the army came out of the tent, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said:
“Report!!
General, we discovered traces of a marching force of about 3,000 people near Qiguan Mountain.

Based on their barefoot marching traces and the spies' observation from a very far distance, it is judged that they are likely a rebel army from Tianxing, heading south. "

The general of Zhenjun and the people around him stopped discussing after hearing the name of Tianxing Army.

"Tianxing Army? Going south? How can there be Tianxing Army in Youzhou?" The general of Zhenjun frowned.

Youzhou was relatively wealthy, at least in the county town people could make a living, and there were not many bandit incidents.

At least those Tianxing troops never entered Youzhou in large numbers, so how could the Tianxing troops go south?

A young man next to him, who was of the same stature and facial features as the Zhenjun General, but with a more rebellious look, said to the Zhenjun General:
"Father, have you forgotten? Wasn't there a dispersed Tianxing Army unit that had been causing chaos in Zhiyuan Prefecture? This must be that unit."

"Call the general!" The general of the Zhen army scolded him, and then said:

"Is it the brigade led by Zhao Hu that rapes and plunders? Going south? To Yunzhou?
Yunzhou is not as wealthy as Youzhou, and there is no Tianxing Army in Yunzhou. What are they going there for?

Could it be that we are going through Yunzhou to Muzhou?"

Then I felt it was unlikely.

How could Zhao Hu, who was causing chaos in Youzhou, dare to go to the man in Muzhou?
(End of this chapter)