During this month, Li Ling went out on patrol almost every night. Moreover, as soon as night came, Meng Yao would take Li Ling to her boudoir to play for an hour. A month of life was like this.
Spend time leisurely and leisurely.
In the middle of the summer of the year, the soldiers were sweating profusely on the training ground!
"General, tomorrow is the day to set off the army, I'm worried..." An elegant man in white frowned deeply.
"What's there to worry about?" Meng Yi looked at the elegant man and asked.
"I'm worried that there won't be enough food to last us all the way to the barbaric mountains." The elegant man is Zhang Huang, Mengyi's military advisor.
"Why isn't it enough this year?" Meng Yi frowned and wondered.
"Because we failed in the battles every year, the King of Chu was too disappointed with us. Therefore, there are restrictions on military pay. We are not able to get as much food and grass as usual!" said the elegant man.
"It's too much. Our soldiers worked so hard on the front line, but in the end we didn't even have the food and grass ready for the expedition." Meng Yi said angrily.
"This cannot be blamed on King Chu. After all, it was our failure in the battle that made King Chu lose confidence." Zhang Huang sighed.
"Don't the king of Chu know how powerful the Manshan tribe is? Even though they are defeated every time, they can maintain peace on the border for at least half a year. Even if our soldiers have no merit, we still have hard work." Meng Yi said angrily.
"General, calm down!" Zhang Huang nodded.
"Zhang Huang, tell me, how many days can we last with the food and grass we have now?" Meng Yi said.
"It will take a month at most to allow us to reach the outside world of Manshan," Zhang Huang said.
Meng Yi frowned. If he only had this little food and grass, even if he could reach the outside world of the Manshan Clan, the soldiers would not have enough physical strength due to the lack of food and grass. How to fight at that time is what Meng Yi would have to consider.
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"In this case, the trouble will be huge." Meng Yi frowned and pondered. If he could not solve the problem of food and grass, even if he could reach the outside of Manshan, his entire army would be annihilated due to lack of physical strength.
"Aren't there some fruits in the outside world of Manshan? Those fruits should last for some time." Zhang Huang said.
"I hope so." Meng Yi said.
"Father!" Meng Yao came to the battlefield. Behind him was Li Ling, who was wearing a black nursing uniform. The two of them went one behind the other.
"Meng Yao, why are you here?" Meng Yi has always loved this only daughter. He regards her as more precious than his own life.
"Father, I miss you." Meng Yao smiled coquettishly.
"Good daughter." Meng Yi patted Meng Yao's head with his palm, showing even more care.
"This one looks familiar." Meng Yi looked at Li Ling behind Meng Yao and said.
"Li Ling, I am one of the nurses who was recruited a month ago." Li Ling knew that he was not the only nurse who was recruited.
"Oh...I remembered." Meng Yi looked at Li Ling calmly with a pair of tiger eyes.
"Father, are you going to fight again tomorrow?" Meng Yao blinked and smiled.
"Yes... my father is going to the army again." Meng Yi said with a slight smile. He loved his daughter very much.
"Alas, I won't be able to see you for another half a year." Meng Yao looked unhappy.
"As a father, I will come back victorious as soon as possible. When I return this time, I will definitely bring more fun and delicious things to Yaoyao." Meng Yi looked like a loving father.
"Well, father... I would like to recommend someone to accompany you in the army. He will definitely provide you with some help." Meng Yao said.
"It's Li Ling." Meng Yi looked at Li Ling and said.
"Well, it's Li Ling." Meng Yao's father saw through her thoughts and she immediately lowered her head shyly.
Meng Yi looked at Li Ling and nodded slightly: "You can go out with the army. But you can only be regarded as a soldier. Are you willing?"
Li Ling knows that no matter what your strength is in the army, you must earn military merit to obtain a military position.
"Yes." Li Ling respects such soldiers. When he was on Earth, Jing Jing's grandfather was an outstanding military officer. Seeing Meng Yi reminded Li Ling of An Lan.
"Okay... we will set off with the army at midnight tomorrow. Liu Guang will take Li Ling to try on the armor." Meng Yi shouted to a general who was supervising the drill.
The general agreed and ran over immediately, saying with a steady look: "Yes. Li Ling, come with me."
Under the leadership of Liu Guang, Li Ling was taken to the arms warehouse, where he tried on a suit of armor that fit him well and selected a two-meter spear.
Li Ling took the spear and stabbed it twice. It felt like a good fit, but it was a little light.
"How does the weight feel?" Liu Guangdao.
"The weight is a little light." Li Ling weighed the spear and said.
"You have good arm strength. This spear weighs two hundred kilograms, but you still say it's light." Liu Guang praised it.
Li Ling just smiled slightly, and Liu Guang picked another spear and threw it to Li Ling. Li Ling caught it, and it was twice as heavy as the spear just now.
"This is the right weight." Li Ling held the spear and danced with the sound of wind.
"Okay... you go back to rest today. Tomorrow, quickly come to the training ground of the General's Mansion to gather. Remember, you have to do it before Chen time." Liu Guang said to Li Ling.
"Understood." Li Ling replied loudly. Li Ling had always respected soldiers from the bottom of his heart.
The next day, Chenshi!
At the training ground of the General's Mansion, ten thousand troops gathered on the field, and Li Ling was included among the thousands of people led by Liu Guang!
"Today is the day when we go out to the army again. Some of you are veterans, and some are new recruits. But no matter you are veterans or new recruits, I hope that you will be like men, not afraid of the enemy's strength on the battlefield, and move forward bravely to fight for the enemy.
The border brings a little peace." Meng Yi said while standing on the general stage.
"Yes... we are willing to pay the highest price for the peace of the border, even at the expense of our own lives." The soldiers were all excited, holding up the spears in their hands, and shouted in unison.
"Okay, march out!" Meng Yi gave the order, and the mighty army lined up in a straight line from the general's mansion and marched away from the broadest avenue in the capital of Chu.
And on top of the city tower, a man with a golden crown in a green dragon robe looked at the mighty army gathering at the city gate.
Meng Yi waved his hand to stop the army, looked at the golden-crowned man on the tower, and said respectfully: "King Chu, the army is ready and can go to the Manshan Realm immediately."
"Okay... General Meng Yi, I hope you will return with a great victory." King Chu smiled slightly and said with great enthusiasm.
In the army, Li Ling raised his eyes and looked at the King of Chu. The King of Chu was wearing a green robe with the green dragon mark on it. According to the title, the king can only wear blue, so that the emperor can wear the red gold robe.
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"With the good words of the King of Chu, Meng Yi will certainly live up to expectations." Meng Yi saluted the King of Chu on top of the city tower, then waved his hand to ask the guard to open the door. This opened the north gate of the capital of the Chu State.
To go, you should go all the way north.
The army of ten thousand people left Chudu and walked on a broad road. After marching for a day, the road gradually narrowed and turned into a trail that few people walked. After a few days of travel, there were no trails at all.
The entire army was crossing mountains and ridges.
One day at noon, everyone was resting on the mountain and eating dry food.
Li Ling took out a handful of dry food and started to eat it. The dry food was very hard and difficult to swallow when he bit it and chewed it in his mouth. It would have been very difficult to swallow without water.
"General, we have been out for ten days and have used up most of the dry food. We must reduce the supply of dry food on the road ahead and distribute it in an appropriate amount. In the future, two people may have to eat as much as one person." Military advisor Zhang Huang sighed slightly.
Meng Yi looked at the open mountains and rivers, frowned deeply, and sighed slightly: "Distribute dry food as normal, let the soldiers start hunting from today, and stock up on dried meat."
After all, Meng Yi is a battle-hardened general, and he still has some methods for dealing with such things.
"Yes, General." Zhang Huang nodded slightly and went down to tell the generals about Meng Yi's plan.
After the generals discussed together, they issued Meng Yi's order. After receiving the order, all the soldiers began to hunt for some small beasts in the mountains, rivers and forests.
"It's true, General. We didn't even bring enough military rations, so we let us hunt some wild animals like this. Not only does it take a lot of energy, but also, the level of danger is not low in activities in this mountain forest." Some soldiers complained a little. But they complained.
After all, they are complaining, and they still have to hunt. Moreover, these soldiers themselves are not bad in strength, and ordinary wild beasts cannot do anything to them.
There is an individual task number for hunting wild beasts. Each person must hunt a certain weight of meat to be considered as meeting the requirements. Soldiers who do not meet the requirements will be given less food because the weight of the meat hunted is not enough.
What was hunted in the mountains were wild boars, hares and other animals. After killing them, everyone cleaned up all the furs of those beasts and handed them over to the generals for counting and recording.
"King Zhang... ten pounds of meat."
"Li Si... twelve pounds of meat."
After recording, the meat will be distributed to everyone according to the contribution value.
Marching is a very difficult thing, not to mention in the wild mountains and swamps. When walking here, you will often encounter some large monsters, but after all, there are many people, and they can be killed by the combined efforts of everyone. Monsters
The meat is usually very smelly and few people will eat it.
Through a combination of hunting and food supplies, the army finally arrived at the junction of Manshan and Chu. There was a relatively barren earth city at the junction. There were only tens of thousands of people in the earth city, and everyone lived a very difficult life.
The Lord of Tucheng was also wearing rags, and he immediately came out to entertain the Mengyi army.
"The general has arrived, please hurry up and greet him." The city lord was an old man with wrinkles on his face. He immediately went out of the city gate to greet Meng Yi. (To be continued...)
