Fang Tangjing was very irritable.

When this battle was just fought, he left Wei with the idea of making a contribution. You must know that the army he led this time is the elite cultivated by Wei for many years, of which 5,000 heavy cavalry and 5,000 heavy infantry are the elite of the elite, and the annual maintenance cost alone will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Wei has always prided itself as the second strongest country in the Great Wilderness, and the 10,000 heavy cavalry and heavy infantry are actually imitating the army of the Tang Dynasty, and Wei also wants to build a Xuanjia army of its own, so this elite army of Wei is called the Xuantie Army.

From the establishment to the name, it is almost completely modeled after the Xuanjia Army of the Tang Dynasty.

It's a little regrettable that the Xuantie Army has never been able to find an opportunity to show their strength to the world.

And out of secrecy, during the previous grassland war, Wei did not send the Xuantie Army to fight.

This time, the world attacked the Tang Dynasty, and the Xuantie Army of Wei State could be regarded as having a chance to appear.

Being able to lead such a team to the battlefield is a great honor for the commander, and Fang Tangjing, as Emperor Wei's henchman, also defeated many competitors to get this opportunity.

Fang Tangjing at the beginning of the war was full of ambition and confidence.

But Xinggong Pavilion used a weapon that surpassed this era and gave Fang Tangjing a fatal blow.

Even now, Fang Tangjing still hadn't been able to figure out what those weapons were.

After being sniped by Xinggong Pavilion, the Wei army was greatly injured, and then parted ways with Yongyan, and the Wei army could only go to Chang'an alone.

According to Fang Tangjing's original plan, after destroying the defenders in the north of the Tang Dynasty, the Wei army would be able to reach the outside of Chang'an City in half a month and join the armies of several other countries.

But the direction of the war has exceeded Fang Tangjing's expectations again and again.

The first is the withdrawal of the Qin state.

Although Qin's national strength was not strong, as the first country to take the initiative to withdraw from the war, it undoubtedly played a very bad role, and greatly affected the thoughts of soldiers in other countries.

After all, those who are keen on war are a minority, and those who hope to make contributions through war are even more of a minority, and the vast majority of soldiers are ordinary people who just want to live in peace and stability.

Most of the warriors in the Wei army were affected by the withdrawal of the Qin state.

Fang Tangjing had to slow down his progress and devote a small part of his energy to appease these soldiers who were already a little tired of war.

Secondly, there is also bad news from the southern border of Datang.

The powerful Qi State has never been able to break through the defensive line in the south.

According to the intelligence, the number of defenders in the southern border of the Tang Dynasty is only 20,000 or 30,000, including more than 10,000 retired soldiers, the commander of this army is called Lu Tiansuo, a civilian official, who has never had experience in leading troops to fight before, and the army is also seriously lacking in weapons and equipment.

Qi Guo is a soldier with enough food and sharp weapons, so it stands to reason that he should be crushed all the way.

But it was such a "miscellaneous soldier" of 20,000 or 30,000 who was stunned to hold the southern border for half a month.

The weapons they use are the same as those used by the Star Palace Pavilion, they can attack from a distance and cause damage in a wide area.

Fortunately, there was good news three days ago, the Qi army finally defeated the 30,000 miscellaneous soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, but the Qi army, which had already killed the red eye, completely forgot their mission, and wanted to kill all the remaining Tang troops, even Bai Yuze couldn't stop this group of crazy soldiers.

Therefore, the Qi ** team could not rush to Chang'an in a short time.

Of course, there is also some good news mixed with the many bad news.

One of the most exciting news for the coalition is that the academy has been defeated!

The gentlemen on the second floor of the academy, plus the students on the first floor, stopped the temple army in a canyon dozens of miles outside Chang'an City. Although the second Mr. Qinglian showed otherworldly combat effectiveness, he was finally defeated by the Guan Lord Yue Jingyu, and he also broke an arm for this. The invincible academy was defeated by Zhiyueguan, and all the students withdrew to Chang'an, and there was no obstacle in front of the temple army, and they marched unstoppably all the way in the direction of Chang'an City.

In addition, the Guan Zhu Yue Surprise Fish has also entered Chang'an City and is destroying the Chang'an Great Array.

Although the gentlemen of the academy have not yet given up the struggle, it is only a matter of time before the Great Array is destroyed.

The day the Great Array is destroyed is the time when the Tang Dynasty is completely destroyed.

Nowadays, there are only Chu Zhao and the army of the temple outside Chang'an City, once Chang'an City is broken, these three families will definitely be able to get the most benefits.

If you want to get more war dividends, you must rush to Chang'an City as soon as possible.

Fang Tangjing naturally knew this truth, but a real problem was in front of him, so he had no way to give the order to march quickly.

There is a shortage of food and grass.

To be honest, Fang Tangjing had never worried about the problem of grain and grass before, because in his opinion, it was impossible to have a shortage of grain and grass.

The way of fighting to feed the war was enough to ensure the supply of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Wei army.

But the facts gave Fang Tangjing a slap.

What Fang Tangjing didn't expect was that the Tang people would do such a great job.

Every city that the Wei army passed through seemed to have been sacked in advance, and the food that could be turned out of the city was pitiful, although there were a lot of treasures, but those things could not fill the stomach, but would become a burden to the army.

At the beginning, the soldiers did not realize the seriousness of the matter, and regarded these treasures as more important than their lives, and they could hold as much as they could, and they were reluctant to throw away anything.

But later, they would rather exchange several times the treasure for a steamed bun.

In order to fill the stomachs of the soldiers, Fang Tangjing sent one team after another to search and hunt, but most of the time they returned empty-handed, and a few times, they couldn't come back at all.

The Tang people saw countless township regiments, which specialized in attacking the Wei army and went out to find supplies.

Although there is a big gap in the equipment of the two sides, on one side are hungry soldiers, and on the other hand, there are full state of township soldiers, and the gap between strength and weakness has been smoothed out.

The only thing to be thankful for is that in the battle with Xinggong Pavilion, the Wei army suffered heavy casualties and its number plummeted. So far, there are less than 20,000 people left in the entire Wei army, and it is easier to fill the stomachs of 20,000 people than to fill the stomachs of hundreds of thousands.

The horses of the heavy cavalry are about to be eaten up.

Looking at the soldiers who were weak because of hunger, Fang Tangjing was also anxious, and the corners of his mouth were on fire.

"Hasn't the team that went out hunting come back yet?" Fang Tangjing grabbed the adjutant beside him and almost shouted out this sentence in a roaring manner.

The adjutant swallowed and said, "Commander, they've only been out for a day. ”

"But my soldiers are about to starve to death!" Fang Tangjing said, "Isn't the grain road still open?"

"I'm working hard, but the number of township groups in Datang is too much. The adjutant said cautiously.

Fang Tangjing said: "I don't care so much, if you can't see food before sunset today, I'll kill you." ”

The adjutant was bitter in his heart, but he also knew that Fang Tangjing was currently in a state where he could not communicate, so he could only hold back the words in his heart and dare not say them.

After leaving Fang Tangjing, the adjutant trotted all the way to the rear of the team.

"How is it?" The anger that he didn't dare to get out in front of Fang Tangjing was now all vented on the ordinary soldiers, and the adjutant suddenly felt much more comfortable.

The captain of the squad in charge of grain and grass hurriedly replied: "Adjutant Xu, I just received the news that a batch of grain and grass sent from China was robbed by the township regiment of Datang. ”

Adjutant Xu's lungs were about to explode, "What's the matter? Didn't I let you go over to escort them? Those township groups are all rabble, but you are the elite of Great Wei, and you can't even clean up a group of rabble! It's simply a shame for Great Wei. ”

The team leader's face was full of guilt, but he also had the courage to defend his brother: "Adjutant Xu, you can't blame the brothers for this matter. We didn't even know about the route for transporting grain and grass this time, so how did those township groups know about it?"

Adjutant Xu's face sank: "You mean, there is a mole?"

The team leader said, "We definitely won't have one here, I suspect that there is a problem in the court." ”

"Be careful!" Adjutant Xu scolded: "The affairs of the court, can you easily discuss them?"

The team leader hurriedly said, "The little one knows his mistakes." ”

"The commander has given the order to die, and if there is no food before sunset today, someone will want to put the head on the ground. I also put my words here, and you will surely fall before me before my head hits the ground. ”

The squad leader said, "Adjutant Xu, don't be in a hurry. This time we sent three teams of 100 people out, and we will definitely be able to catch enough prey to return. ”

"Prey can only be emergency, and the real urgency is the problem of the food route. Adjutant Xu gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, when it comes to the critical moment, those civil officials will drag their feet in various ways. When the war is over, I'm not going to let those guys go. ”

"Urgent !!!"

A soldier hurried over, his helmet crooked and his armor still stained with blood.

The squad leader hurriedly commanded several subordinates to go over and hold the soldier up.

Adjutant Xu also stepped forward immediately.

"What's going on?"

The squad leader recognized this soldier, and saw that the other party was still panting and couldn't speak for a short time, so he took the initiative to explain: "Adjutant Xu, this is the soldier we sent out to find food and grass, why did you come back alone?"

The soldier finally breathed his breath: "The team was attacked by surprise and the whole army was annihilated. ”

Adjutant Xu almost jumped on the spot: "What!"

"It's the township group of the Tang Dynasty, and we also found Prince Yan in the township group. When the soldier finished speaking, his head tilted, and he died.

Adjutant Xu blinked and looked at the squad leader, "What did he just say?"

"Prince Yan...... In the township regiment of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"It's all a mess. Is Prince Yan captured?"

"Quite possibly. ”

Adjutant Xu said: "I want to inform the commander of this news immediately, you will send people out immediately, and maybe you can save some people, even if you can't save them, you have to make this matter clear to me." ”

"Yes, Adjutant Xu. ”