General Zhong curled his lips in disdain and rolled his eyes at Fan Jinchang's carriage.
The deputy general lifted his drooping eyelids and squinted his eyes to glance at the official road.
"It should be the villagers nearby. It won't affect them."
It's broad daylight, it's not unusual for someone to be on the official road, there's nothing to be surprised about.
After traveling for half a day under the scorching sun early in the morning, he was thirsty and tired and really wanted to take a break and eat some dry food.
Can......
The deputy general looked back at the carriage and pursed his lips helplessly.
Ever since General Fan got a carriage, he has been traveling from morning to night.
It’s just that the speed of travel is not fast, not fast but not stopping.
General Fan ate, drank, defecated and urinated in the carriage. Two personal soldiers and a doctor followed the carriage to serve him at all times. He felt very comfortable.
It is these soldiers who suffer the most.
In fact, if you walk faster, you can walk a day's distance in half a day and you can also rest for half a day.
But General Fan's carriage was blocking the front of the team, and the soldiers could not move faster.
The carriage creaked and moved at an extremely slow speed, even the white-haired old man pushing the carriage was not as slow.
General Zhong frowned and looked around carefully.
The distance was too far, and he could only vaguely see a figure passing by in front of him.
It looked as if the people were frightened by the army and ran back.
That’s right, how could there be any danger when we just left Menglan City?
"Send someone to the front to check and find a shady place to rest."
General Zhong retracted his gaze and looked at the deputy general who was pale and had cracked lips.
"You can't even stand riding horses, how can those soldiers who have to rely on their own two legs stand it?"
"We've been walking for half a day, and it's almost noon. It's time to rest."
Damn it, if he doesn’t take a rest, his old bones will be in trouble.
The soldiers are not under his jurisdiction, so whether they are tired or not is none of his business.
But he couldn't just leave the main group and go rest by himself.
If Fan Jinchang were to report him about this, it would be difficult to deal with.
His son's case has not yet been concluded, so at this time he must follow the army closely and try his best to prevent Fan Jinchang from catching him.
This will save him from having to plead with the emperor for his son.
When he thought of his eldest son Zhong Erfei, he felt overwhelmed.
He just couldn't understand why his son was so possessed by evil spirits that he ended up living with Shen Yongshen.
The Shen family was the criminal that the emperor had singled out for confiscation of property and exile.
Shen Yong is a serious criminal. Is his son crazy to be associated with such a person?
Besides, the Zhong family and the Shen family have never had any friendship, so there is no need to give Shen Yong face.
If he met Chen Yong at the border, he would definitely capture him directly and escort him to Beijing to make him a meritorious service.
General Zhong sighed and was worried to death.
The deputy general looked at General Zhong in surprise.
He never expected that General Zhong would be so worried and sigh because of the soldiers' suffering.
General Zhong and his son always looked down upon ordinary soldiers because they were good at martial arts.
In the past, when rushing to fight, General Zhong would always gallop on his horse in front, and let the soldiers run behind him with their legs stretched out.
The soldiers had often complained behind the scenes that the Zhong family was not worthy of being generals.
Sure enough, people become kind and empathetic as they get older.
The deputy general pursed his dry lips with emotion and looked back at the carriage.
"But... General Fan didn't give any orders..."
Although he also wanted to rest, his mind was not so confused that he could not recognize who was the general leading the troops this time.
If he listened to General Zhong, General Fan would torture him to death if he found out.
He dared not...
General Zhong rolled his eyes speechlessly and pointed at the exhausted soldiers behind him and shouted,
"Look at how tired the soldiers are."
"If we keep going like this, all these soldiers will fall before we even reach the border."
"No one travels like this. It's as slow as a snail, and it doesn't stop."
"I thought everyone was traveling in carriages, and they wouldn't get tired no matter how slow they went."
"I really just feel comfortable and don't care about the lives of the soldiers."
General Zhong glanced at his horse as he spoke.
"I can't bear to see the soldiers suffer like this. Let them rest when they need to rest, and let them march when they need to march."
"If it really doesn't work, wait until you have enough rest and then go faster. It won't delay anything."
"As long as certain people don't block the soldiers' path..."
The deputy general listened to General Zhong's blatant sarcasm towards General Fan, and pursed his lips, not daring to say a word.
General Fan can't do anything to General Zhong, but that doesn't mean he can't do anything to them.
The city gate is on fire, so don't let them get hurt.
Fan Jinchang, who was lying on four layers of quilts in the carriage, squinted his eyes comfortably. When he heard General Zhong's jealous words, he curled his lips and sneered.
"You old fool, if you can't stand it, just say it. Why are you using the soldiers as a cover?"
"Don't I know what kind of person you are?"
Fan Jinchang cursed inwardly for a few words and asked the guards who were waiting beside him,
"What time is it?"
Guards: "It's noon."
"Ah...ha..." Fan Jinchang opened his mouth and yawned.
"It's noon so soon..."
Bedtime goes by so fast.
The carriage was thickly padded, and it was so comfortable to sleep in the swaying position.
If there hadn't been an annoying guy in front of him screaming at the top of his lungs, he wouldn't have woken up.
"Inform them to rest here for half an hour."
General Zhong cannot be the good guy, he has to let the old man know who is leading the troops.
He refused to rest in front and wanted to rest right where he was.
The guard responded, got out of the carriage, stood next to the guard driving the carriage, turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him,
"General Fan has ordered us to rest here and set off in half an hour!"
The guards shouted three times.
The slowly moving army stopped as his voice fell.
The soldiers sighed tiredly and sat down right where they were.
I'm tired and thirsty, it's really painful.
When replenishing water in Menglan City, each person only received half a bowl of water in their water bag.
There was no way. There were only two wells in the temporary military camp in Menglan City, and the water in them was almost dry.
It’s good enough if no one gets half a bowl, at least it can moisten your lips.
As for dry food...
The prefect of Menglan City did not provide them with anything at all, and there were only some dry coarse grain steamed buns in the military camp.
The soldiers slumped on the ground, took out their water bags and carefully drank some water to moisten their lips.
There is not much water left, and this place is some distance away from Danyun City.
At the current speed, we probably won’t reach Danyun City until the morning of the day after tomorrow, so we have to drink water sparingly.
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