[69 Book Bar-www.] The mountains are vast and vast. When the wind blows, a howling roar comes from a distance, like the roar of a wounded beast.
It has been the fifth day since we escaped Gaojiu City. Xue Wenyi's injuries have been very serious. Two days ago, two more women started to have fever. The disaster was not the same, but my illness also relapsed. I have not been able to recover after I recovered from the illness.
I was able to take good care of it, and I had a hard fight when I broke the city. I felt uncomfortable and had a fever when I woke up this morning. I only walked a few miles in the mountains today, and I was so tired that I had to stop and rest.
It will take at least one and a half months to arrive at the imperial capital, but at the speed we are now, I don’t know when to go back.
After Gaojiu City was broken, the 100,000 imperial troops in the southern expedition were wiped out, and I was afraid that many people would not escape. Although we flew thirty or forty miles on a flight, if anyone escaped in the city, it would be
It's time to catch up with us. But after five days, we had never encountered an escaped imperial army on the way. After I fell ill, only Wu Wanling was among the four men and four women. Zhang Longyou and two women counted.
Half of the eight people fell ill. If they could return to the imperial capital, it would be a miracle.
I pulled a branch open and looked at the valley covered by fog. This is about the boundary of Tianshui Province. Tianshui Province is known as "the mountains are endless, and the people are brave and aggressive." The population was originally more than 10 million.
Among the provinces in the empire, it is the most populous and the most important province in the central part of the empire. The Governor of Tianshui is also the chief governor of the four provinces in the central and western regions. After the rebellion of Cang Yuegong, the Governor of Tianshui Li Tuan joined the rebels and was originally stationed at
However, the Xifu Army in the northern part of Tianshui Province was still loyal to the Emperor, and the two sides divided Tianshui Province into two halves,
The war broke out and the battle continued. Wuhou crossed the south of the Yangtze River. The first battle was to defeat Fu Dun, the capital of Tianshui Province, with the lightning speed, and killed the former governor Li Tuan, and led to the twelve cities.
Fu Duncheng, ranked seventh, was the first to return to the empire. However, the Xifu Army and the Governor's Office's troops attacked and defended for years, and two-thirds of the 10 million people in Tianshui Province died. The area where we are now can no longer be seen.
It was so popular that after no one was inhabited, the trees grew surprisingly lush, which destroyed half of the mountain road.
In the battle to siege Gaojiu City, we have almost killed nearly 800,000 soldiers and civilians. If we count the people who have been killed all the way since the Southern Expedition, we are a little scared.
I put down the branch I was holding in my hand, and the branch bounced back with a "huh". Although the war was everywhere, spring still came. New buds were sprouted from the branch. When I grabbed it in my hand, I seemed to feel that I could also feel that I was in the tree.
Fresh juice flowing under the skin.
But people are not branches. The dead will never be resurrected.
I thought a little depressedly, and I felt dizzy and walked back to the camping place. A woman was washing Xue Wenyi's wound with clear water, while the other two women were lying on the ground, looking very upset. Their illness was more than me
It's still heavy, I'm still a little shaking when I walk, and it's hard for them to even walk.
Zhang Longyou was smashing two stones. Hearing me over, he stood up and said, "General Chu, please take a break."
I picked up a stone and sat down, and said, "What are you doing?"
"I want to find flint, it's good to make fire."
"Has found?"
He threw the two stones, his face felt depressed, and said, "No. If there is a little gunpowder now, it can make fire without flint. Just smash the sparks."
I couldn't help but smile bitterly. When I escaped from Gaojiu City, how could I bring a fire thunder bomb? In that last battle, all the weapons I could use were used. I said, "Don't be discouraged, think about it again."
At this time, a sound came from the bushes to the west. I turned my head and saw Wu Wanling bringing a bunch of wild fruits over. Zhang Longyou sighed and didn't say anything, but I also knew what he meant.
After eating wild fruits for a few days, my stomach was filled with sour water. The fruits in early spring were mostly sour and astringent, and they were really not delicious.
Wu Wanling put the pile of wild fruits on the ground and said, "Master, let's eat something."
"Where is the woman who went with you?
Wu Wanling grabbed a few fruits and walked towards the two lying women, saying, "She is still picking some, and she is coming soon."
Zhang Longyou also came over and grabbed two fruits, sat next to me and said, "General Chu, do you think it's better now?"
I took a bite of the fruit and felt that my head was as heavy as it was filled with lead water, so I could hardly lift it up, but I still said, "It's better now, let's continue on my way tomorrow."
In order to take Xue Wenyi away, we made a drag bed with wood. Wu Wanling and I took turns to drag Xue Wenyi. Now I have difficulty walking myself, let alone drag Xue Wenyi. The other two women.
I was very sick. Although I was not unable to walk, I was panting after walking for a short period of time. I was afraid that I could only walk ten miles a day at most. Compared to the beginning of the day, about sixty miles a day, the difference was only too far.
.I just hope to arrive at Fudu City safely and get the help of the Xifu Army, then I can return to the imperial capital, otherwise we will all die on the way.
Wu Wanling said uneasyly: "Commander, can you still leave?"
Yes, can I still leave? Although I said it was "better", I also felt even weaker. I said, "Oh, it would be great if Ye Tai was here."
Wu Wanling said: "Mr. Zhang, don't you understand some medical skills?"
Zhang Longyou scratched his head and smiled bitterly, "Although I know a little about the medical theory, I have learned some stone medicine techniques, and I have to mix water and fire. I don't understand the herbs like Ye Medical Officer."
Actually, I also know that I am not a serious disease. If I can eat enough and have a good rest, then Xue Wenyi's injury will be healed in less than a few days. I looked at Xue Wenyi lying on the side, and he had a face.
It was already pale and bloody, but because of the fever, there were two abnormal flushing on the cheeks. The woman was peeling a wild fruit and feeding it to him. Xue Wenyi was too weak and her eyes were half open and half closed.
A wild fruit was extremely laborious. I said, "No need to say these. Mr. Zhang, is there any other way to make fire?"
When he escaped from Gaojiu City, no one thought he would make a fire, so no one brought a fire sickle. There were fire everywhere in the city. Once he left the city, he could not make a fire, so the few little beasts Wu Wanling killed could not eat.
.If you can make a fire and cook a pot of hot soup, it will be more effective than medicine.
Zhang Longyou bit a wild fruit, thought in a daze, and suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, "By the way, drilling wood!"
I was startled by him, he had already stood up and said, "I have read a book that says drilling wood can make fire!"
How can you make fire by drilling wood? Zhang Longyou may also be a little bit old-fashioned. But seeing his happy appearance, it is not easy to dispel his excitement.
Zhang Longyou was so excited that he stopped eating wild fruits. He pulled out his waist knife, cut off a straight branch, and then picked up a dead tree trunk and cut it into two halves. Half of the trunk was placed on the ground, and then sharpened the branches and topped them.
On the trunk, he rubbed his hands desperately. As he rubbed, the branch was like a drill bit, drilling a hole in the half of the wood, and a little burnt appeared on the edge.
It actually worked. I straightened my body and stared at Zhang Longyou's hands. His hands rubbed faster, but only a little bit of blue smoke came out, but there was not even a single spark.
Zhang Longyou rubbed for a while, put down the branch, shook his hands and said, "No, it's not fast enough, it's okay if it can be faster."
At this time, Xue Wenyi, who was lying on the side, suddenly said softly: "Make a bow..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly coughed. The woman helped Xue Wenyi knock on the back, and Zhang Longyou said, "What are you doing? What are you doing?"
Xue Wenyi coughed for a while and said, "The drill bit used for drilling wood is for...."
As soon as he said two words, he coughed again. Zhang Longyou helped him up and knocked on his back and said, "Mr. Xue, say it slowly."
The things that Xue Wenyi made were very unpredictable. The telescopes he made were all unheard of. I had never heard of. If he helped, maybe it could really catch a fire, right? Wu Wanling also walked to Xue Wenyi and helped him.
His partner said, "Xue Gongzheng, speak slowly."
Xue Wenyi coughed a few times and said, "Have you seen the drill bit I use?"