The last three kingdoms

Chapter 309 Over the Grass (Part [-])
No matter how urgent it is, it is impossible to march in the grassland at night. In the dark, the grassland is like a prehistoric monster, with its bloody mouth wide open, waiting to devour all creatures that enter its territory.

Therefore, before the darkness arrives, each battalion must find a camping place nearby.

Camping in the grassland is extremely difficult. In the vast grassland, there are only a few places with high hills. The [-] army marched in a long snake, with a distance of more than ten miles. Sometimes, many troops can only choose to camp on the spot.

At this time, the wooden plank camping method provided by Sanda played a very important role. Several wooden planks were built into a cross shape, a triangle, or a square, and placed in densely packed meadows, which could effectively prevent sinking. Soldiers They can sit or lie on the plank to rest, without worrying about sleeping in the mud in the middle of the night.

In the center of the board, a fire can be built to dry wet clothes and shoes completely soaked in mud and water. Everything on the grass is wet, clothes are wet, and firewood is also wet. It is also very difficult to start a fire. Sometimes, it is just a thick cloud of black smoke, and there is no spark. Only when the firewood is slowly dried, will there be low-level flames at this time.

Each soldier was distributed about seven or eight days of dry food, which consisted of a few pieces of dry bread and a few strips of meat that were also very dry. Without water, it was very difficult to swallow.

Although there is water everywhere in the grassland, it is impossible to drink the water here. The water on the grassland is stagnant water accumulated for thousands of years. The disgusting stench, God knows what kind of fatal things will happen in the stomach if you drink this kind of water, no matter how thirsty you are, you don't dare to take a sip of this kind of water.

However, on the first day after entering the grassland, each soldier’s leather bag was filled with pure and sweet spring water. These springs were filled from a mountain spring before entering the grassland. Although it was heavy, each soldier’s back Looking at it is sweet, water is more important than food, without food, you can go on for a few days if you are hungry, but without water, you can't even go on for three days.

The soldiers at the camp carefully unwrapped the skin bag, took out a piece of dry bread, took a bite of the bread, sipped a sip of water, chewed it slowly in his mouth, and then swallowed it.

Sang Da has repeatedly reminded that the water on the grass must not be drunk indiscriminately, even if you are the best, you cannot drink the water on the grass.If you run out of water, there are still several ways to get water in the grassland. The first is rainwater. It often rains on the grassland, and rainwater is the safest and cleanest water source. When it rains, try to Collect rainwater for rainwater.

If it doesn’t rain for several days, then the grass leaves will be covered with dew and frost in the early morning. If the weather is warmer, the grass leaves will be covered with crystal dewdrops. If the weather is colder, a layer of condensation will form on the grass leaves. Thin hoarfrost, frost dew, like rainwater, is relatively safe water that can be drunk directly.

There are also many rivers in the grassland. The flowing water is not rotten. As long as it is flowing water, it is also drinkable, but this kind of water can only be drunk after being boiled. Drinking it directly is also fatal.

In addition, the safest drinking water is your own urine. It is a huge waste to urinate anywhere in the grassland. Every drop of urine is quite precious and can often save a person's life at the most critical time.

The sky was completely dark, neither the moon nor the stars could be seen. No matter it was day or night, the sky in the meadow was always gray. grey.

The cold night in the grassland is bitingly cold. This kind of cold is different from the dry cold in the snow-capped mountains. It is a damp and damp cold, which makes people shiver.In the middle of the night, it really started to rain. At first it was cold rain, but the rain became heavier and heavier. In the early hours of the morning, it turned into sleet, and when it fell on the soldiers of the Shu Army camping, they were frozen into lumps of ice.

After the long, cold night, many soldiers never saw the sun again.

Perhaps it was due to adapting to the grassland environment, or maybe the guide Sang Da found a relatively easy road for the Shu army. In the next few days, the marching speed of the army accelerated, and it had already advanced to the deepest part of the grassland. .

On the grasslands, the saddest thing is the rivers in the grasslands. Compared with the big rivers and rivers in Sichuan, the rivers on the grasslands seem to be very inconspicuous. Many rivers are only a few feet wide and at most ten feet wide, and the depth is also very small. Most of them were only waist deep, but the river was icy cold and the current was fast. Many Shu soldiers walked to the middle of the river, their bodies were weak and could no longer hold on, and they fell into the river and were swallowed by the rapid waves.

Some seemingly shallow rivers can also take the lives of soldiers. On the grassland, every time a river is crossed, soldiers are destined to die. When they go to the back, many people are afraid when they see the river, and they are hesitant. Don't dare to wade across the river.

What is more difficult than crossing the river is the cloudy and sunny climate on the meadow. Sometimes it is sunny, sometimes cloudy, sometimes the wind is strong, and the rain is pouring. After the rain, the snow is wetter and slippery. Many meadows become soft and slippery. If you don't pay attention, you can slip out and fall into the quagmire.

Sometimes, there will be hail from the sky, the kind of hail is bigger than an egg, and the soldiers without shields will obviously be beaten by God, with bruised noses, swollen faces, and bloody heads.

In order to deal with the attack of hail, the soldiers crossed the sea like the Eight Immortals, showing their abilities. Some put wooden boards on their heads, some put their luggage on top of their heads, and the most amazing one was the Huotou Army, who directly put a cauldron on their heads. , even though the hailstones came crashing down, they were still unscathed.

Marching on the grass tests the will of the army. In such a dangerous environment, willpower is the most important quality. Without the spirit of going forward with one heart and one mind, and without the spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance, it is almost impossible to get out of the grass.The road stretched under the feet of the Shu army, and the grassland called the death swamp was stepped on by them step by step. A belief in victory supported every soldier of the Shu army. On the way, they did not collapse, did not retreat, and moved forward step by step in the strongest state of bravery and fearlessness.

But the grass seems to be endless forever, and there is no color at all except for the vast expanse of gray.

On the ninth day after entering the grassland, the Shu army completely ran out of food.

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(End of this chapter)