At noon, the group found a slope downwind and decided to take a short break there. The buns everyone was carrying had frozen hard. But they had no other choice as this was what it was like in the wilderness.
Based on what the private soldiers were saying, it was quite good that they had buns to eat at all.
While the soldiers ate their field rations, someone suddenly complained, "They're really inhumane for making us march in such accursed weather!"
"But what can you do 'bout it?" One of the soldiers took a bite of the cold, hard bun and said, "If I hadn't stocked up on some buns last night, I would've starved to death along the way today. It's impossible to keep moving in this weather if we have no food to eat."
"Hey, you don't say! Seeing Liu Taiyu's current plight can't make me any happier." Someone said, "All of our pay and entitlements must have been embezzled by that bastard, Liu Taiyu!"
