Xiao Han originally thought that the fortress he encountered last time was just an exception, but soon, he knew that he was wrong!
After leaving that fortress, they passed at least four or five villages along the way!
Among these villages, except for the two that have been destroyed, there is one, count one! All of them are armed like hedgehogs! Even the intersections are blocked with earth, rocks and thorns. Once someone wants to cross,
These obstacles, without even having time to say a word, will directly attract a shower of arrows.
"How far are we from the county seat?"
After returning from a village without success again, Xiao Han weakly led his horse back to the main road and asked Liu Hongji beside him.
It wasn't that he was stupid and left a good horse without riding, but that the horses in the team no longer had the strength to carry them on their way.
Back then, when the thirty of them were traveling lightly and simply, they brought a lot of food for people to eat!
But as for the food for the horses, I thought I could find some villages on the road and get some fodder and bran to feed the horses, so I didn't bring much at all, I just took some beans and wheat grains.
Then I think it’s better now!
Seeing them in the villages they met along the way was like seeing ghosts. Not to mention getting supplies, they couldn't even see each other!
In addition, it is now a season that turns from warm to cold, and all that is clean on the land is dirt and garbage! How can there be anything to feed the horses?
Having said this, some people may ask: Since people’s food is still there, why don’t they feed horses with people’s food?
Yes! Food for people is indeed still there!
But don’t forget, how big is a man’s belly? How big is a horse’s belly? The little food a man brings is not even enough to fill a horse’s teeth!
Therefore, after feeding the last beans to the war horses, Xiao Han and the others had no choice but to get up and work their legs in order to save their horse power, and got down and walked forward.
"We are about twenty miles away from the nearest Ningcheng!"
Upon hearing Xiao Han's question, Liu Hongji took out a sheepskin map from his arms, examined it carefully for a while, and then gave a definite answer.
"Why is it still twenty miles away!" When Xiao Han heard that it was still so far away, he immediately took a breath of cold air and almost sat down on the ground!
He originally thought that he was only three to five miles away from the county seat, but he didn't expect that there were still twenty miles to go!
It was getting dark soon, and no matter what, they couldn't walk twenty miles before it got dark!
"How about we drag this down..." Seeing Xiao Han's dejected look, Liu Hongji's eyes flickered twice, and suddenly he raised his palm like a knife and lightly wiped his neck twice.
"Uh... forget it!" Xiao Han knew what Liu Hongji meant. He wanted to get rid of those prisoners on the spot, and then he and the others could feed their horses and leave!
However, considering that we have already gone through all the effort to lead them here, it would be a pity to kill them now!
So Xiao Han thought over and over again and decided to set up camp first and wait until tomorrow to rush to the county seat in one go.
He didn't believe it anymore. He couldn't enter the village, and he couldn't even enter the county seat.
A night of silence
Early the next morning, Lengzi led his men and kicked the prisoners awake one by one, urging them to continue on their way.
"It won't work anymore, it really won't work this time!"
"Kill me and I won't be able to walk anymore..."
This time, the prisoners who had not eaten for almost two days were obviously running out of gas. Some of them had difficulty standing up, and they could barely help the people next to them to stand up, and they were shaking all the time!
Looking at this situation, they might not be able to walk even two miles, let alone twenty miles.
"Forget it, we are almost arriving at the county seat, so we don't need this much food!"
Seeing this, Xiao Han had no choice but to take out the last grain, cooked several pots of sticky porridge, gave each of them a bowl, and gave some to the war horses. When they finished the porridge, they
After resting for a while, I had the strength to continue on my way.
All the food they had brought with them was now used up. Ningcheng, twenty miles away, was Xiao Han's last hope! With this hope, the group set out on the road and headed straight east!
Ningcheng
This was originally just a little-known town. Because it was neither a geographical location nor a distinctive product, many private maps did not bother to mark it.
However, who could have imagined that a sudden flood would turn Huazhou City, which was not far away from it, into a vast land!
So a large number of refugees brought their families and followed the westward road to the outside of Ningcheng, hoping to receive help from Ningcheng.
"Sir! The number of refugees outside has increased a lot. What should we do?"
In the dilapidated county government office in Ningcheng, a thin middle-aged man dressed as a master looked anxiously at the official sitting on the chair, hoping that he could come up with a way to deal with the increasing number of refugees gathering outside.
"What should I do? There's nothing I can do about it, sir!"
This Ningcheng county magistrate looks like he is only in his thirties. He is fair and chubby, with a round face. Viewed from the front, you can't even see the ears on the side, and his nose is curled up.
With his mustache, the whole person has an indescribable sense of humor.
At this time, after listening to the master's words, he waved his hands impatiently and said: "It's not like you don't know that our Ningcheng is a poor county! We have given out a lot of food for porridge a few days ago, where are you going to find food now? Master
I can’t even eat enough!”
"But..." The skinny master's voice was trembling. Just as he was about to say something else, he heard a flattering voice from outside the door: "Master! Master! Do you still have chicken for lunch today?"
"Uh..." Upon hearing this voice, the master and master were startled at the same time, and then looked at each other in unison.
Under the suspicious gaze of the master, the fat face of the county magistrate suddenly turned red. He hummed for a long time and then said: "Well, there is really no food at home, so we can only raise the little girl."
The chicken was killed! The poor little girl was crying. It makes anyone who sees it sad and everyone who hears it sheds tears!"
"Oh..." Master suddenly understood and was about to nod when he heard a childish girl's voice coming in from outside: "Daddy, daddy! Mom said, stewing one chicken is not enough, you have to stew two.
!”
"Ahem..."
Now, the county magistrate's face turned even redder! He glanced at the master guiltily, coughed and explained again: "Well, my daughter is my heart and soul. I can't starve anyone, but I can't starve her, right?"
"Daddy! I don't like chicken, I want to eat hooves!" As if it was rehearsed, as soon as the county magistrate finished speaking, the voice outside changed again, this time it was a boy's voice.
