webnovelfull Chapter 431: Not Enough Food
Chapter 431: Not Enough Food
The white tiger is not suitable for long-distance travel. It couldn't bear it after pulling the sled for two or three days. Shangguan Tang's expression turned cold: "You are useless. Since you can't pull the sled, there is no need to keep you. I will kill you and eat your meat."
White Tiger: “…”
I don't know if Baihu understood Shangguan Tang's words, but he was so scared that he started running quickly, faster and faster, and the white horse behind him couldn't catch up.
"Slow down. If you make me fall, I will still kill you and eat your meat." Shangguan Tang's eyes hurt from the cold wind.
The white tiger's speed slowed down.
At this moment, a strange sound came from the mountain on the right.
Shangguan Tang looked up and saw rolling white snow falling towards the mountain.
"Oh no! There's an avalanche!"
"Dabai, run, use all your strength!" Shangguan Tang roared, and the white tiger ran quickly.
"Xueyu, follow me!" Shangguan Tang shouted to the white horse behind him.
The white horse followed them non-stop.
The roar of the avalanche was like thunder, the sound gradually grew louder, and a huge sense of oppression instantly hit Shangguan Tang's heart.
A large amount of snow slid down the hillside, forming a white snow wall at an extremely fast speed, as if a white dragon was shuttling through the mountains, majestic and earth-shaking.
"Faster!" Shangguan Tang shouted loudly, while observing the situation around him.
Suddenly, she saw a cave.
"Dabai, go that way!" Shangguan Tang ordered.
Apparently Dabai also discovered the cave. The animal's sensitive intuition when facing danger told it that it could enter there to avoid the avalanche.
The big white tiger's eyes turned cold, and it made a sharp turn and ran towards the cave, almost throwing Shangguan Tang off the sled.
The moment Baihu turned, Xueyu also braked suddenly on the snow. After stabilizing her body, she quickly turned and caught up.
There was a loud rumbling sound, and a mountain of snow was getting closer and closer, and in a flash it was above Shangguan Tang's head.
The white tiger accelerated and rushed into the cave at the moment the snow mountain fell down, followed closely by the white horse.
With a loud bang, blocks of snow fell down, blocking the entire entrance of the cave and rapidly invading the interior.
The cave was very large, with countless ice cones inside. Shangguan Tang lowered his head and, dragged by the white tiger, smashed the ice cones and rushed forward.
In just a moment, Shangguan Tang's eyes lit up. The white tiger ran out of the cave and came to the other side of the mountain at the moment when the heavy snow covered the exit.
"We're out, we're out! Baymax, you're awesome!"
Shangguan Tang laughed excitedly and looked back, only to see a white horse following closely behind them with an icicle stuck in its body.
Shangguan Tang hurriedly asked Baihu to stop and turned around to check on Baima.
"Fortunately, the aorta was not injured. Xueyu, bear with it. I will help you pull out the ice spike."
Shangguan Tang treated the white horse's injuries, and seeing that it no longer had the strength to walk, he took out a larger sled from the space and put it on the white tiger.
Baihu: “…” What does this mean?
Shangguan Tang took out a piece of roe deer meat and gave it to Baihu to eat: "Xueyu is my old friend, I can't just ignore it. I'd like to trouble you to carry it for a while. In return, I'll let you eat more meat."
The white tiger was not happy at first, but for the sake of the roe deer meat, it did not lose its temper and allowed Shangguan Tang to harness the sled for it.
After finishing the sled, Shangguan Tang walked over to Xueyu, and seeing that it didn't have the strength to get up, he held it with both hands and picked it up easily.
A woman holding a white horse, the picture is weird no matter how you look at it.
After carrying the white horse onto the sled, tying it with a safety rope and covering it with a warm blanket, Shangguan Tang commanded Baihu to continue on his journey.
Shangguan Tang looked at the endless white in front of him with a firm gaze.
"Husband, wait for me!"
The snow fell again and again, the temperature never rose, the snow did not melt for a long time, the food and grass from the imperial court could not be delivered, and the food in the military camp at Yulong Pass was getting less and less. People did not dare to eat freely during the New Year, and every meal was carefully calculated.
"General Zheng, General Su, we are running out of food and fodder." A deputy general entered the main tent and reported the situation in the army.
Zheng Huanxin asked: "How many days can you hold on?"
"Eat sparingly and you'll be able to last for seven or eight days." The deputy general said with a forbearing look.
Su Minglang frowned, "In seven or eight days, the snow won't melt, and the imperial court won't be able to deliver food and fodder. We can't just sit there and wait for death."
Zheng Huanxin looked grim: "Our situation is so bad here, I'm afraid the situation on the coach's side is even worse, they don't have as much food as we do."
In Tianming Prefecture, the Flame Army led by Nangong Jingxuan and 100,000 troops from the north and south were trapped in the city. All edible things inside and outside the city were found and eaten by the army.
They had also found all the usable firewood.
At present, they have enough firewood, but no food.
Nangong Jingxuan looked at the watery rice porridge in front of him and his stomach growled with hunger.
He hadn't been this hungry for a long time. He missed the beef noodles, spicy chicken, and egg fried rice made by his wife! !
"Commander, thirteen more people in the city have starved to death."
A soldier came in and reported.
Nangong Jingxuan held his forehead with a headache: "Has the team that went to get food and grass not returned yet?"
The soldier shook his head: "No, the snow is too thick, the weather is too cold, and the road is difficult to walk on. If you are not careful, you will get lost. The food-collecting team went out before the city was closed, and they haven't come back yet. I'm afraid they are in danger."
Nangong Jingxuan looked extremely ugly.
There is a granary near Yulong Pass, which only he and his wife know about. It is used for emergencies. Before the heavy snow closed the city, he sent a team of people out to get food, and they have not returned yet.
Nangong Jingxuan stood up, paced for a while, and finally decided to go get the food himself.
Han Wenbin learned that Nangong Jingxuan was going to get food, and hurried over: "Commander, you can't go. It's freezing outside. People will freeze if they stay outside for two or three days. If something happens to you, what will happen to the army? What about us? What about the people in the city?"
Nangong Jingxuan put on his cotton hat and said, "Guan Xiaoniu and the others have been gone for so long and still haven't come back. I'm afraid they are in danger. I'm not only going to get food, but also to find them. I want to see them alive or dead!"
"You can't go there alone, I'll go!" Han Wenbin said anxiously.
Nangong Jingxuan said in a deep voice: "No one knows where the granary is better than me. It is most appropriate for me to go and find the food. Han Wenbin, I am the head coach. You have no right to object to the decision I make!"
"Coach!" Han Wenbin's eyes turned red.
Nangong Jingxuan patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "My princess once said that I am the son of destiny and have nine lives. I will not die easily."
"Han Wenbin, listen carefully. When I am not in Tianming Mansion, you and Shang Minghai and others must strictly follow my orders and arrange all soldiers and civilians according to the original plan. Your common goal now is... to stay alive! Stay alive and wait for me to bring you food."
There are too many soldiers and civilians in the city. If they all march out of the city to Yulong Pass, most of them will probably freeze to death on the way.
Moreover, even if they reached Yulong Pass, there might not be enough food in the military camp to share.
No matter what, we have to find the granary first.