No one expected the accident of the horse bandits, but a small banner became their talisman, which was even more jaw-dropping. After confirming that they had "sent" a group of people out of their own territory, the horse bandits also left one after another.

If you go further, you should have arrived at the area where your brother led the troops to be stationed.

However, when they arrived at the area where they were customary, they saw no troops stationed there.

Obviously, this place has just been abandoned, and all kinds of discarded household items can be seen everywhere on the ground, and even weapons such as swords.

Looking at the mess all over the ground, Guo Youming was dumbfounded, he was still full of hope to see his brother, but what he saw in front of him now would only make him more and more desperate.

"It seems that they left in a hurry, and many supplies have not had time to take with them. ”

The leader of the Shenwu Army squad said as he observed the situation nearby. In his opinion, it was Guo Youming's fiasco that led to this collapse without a fight.

Of course, getting along along the way made him have some good feelings for Guo Youming, and to put it mildly at this time, it can be regarded as saving face.

But if others don't make it clear, it doesn't mean that Guo Youming himself doesn't understand, he is a very smart person, although he has just experienced a series of setbacks in life, it does not mean that he has lost the ability to think freely.

"It's all because of me, if it weren't for the annihilation of my army, my brother's army wouldn't have been so hasty, and it withdrew in a hurry!"

Mutiny and dispersal might be more apt to describe it than to withdraw.

He feared only the worst-case scenario, and that was that his brother had lost control of the army.

Don't look at the fact that there are only a few supporters around the abolished prince, but the internal struggle will never be absent.

There are also many people who oppose Guo Ziyi, and many people pour dirty water on the grounds that Guo is a spy sent by the imperial court, trying to drive him out of the decision-making circle around the abolished prince.

However, the abolished prince was very important to Guo Ziyi, and although he came very late, he still gave unconditional trust.

This total annihilation gave those people just the right excuse.

Thinking of this, Guo Youming's heart is like a knife, but what can he do except cry bitterly?

After crying for a while, Guo Youming didn't move, and the leader of the Shenwu Army team became impatient, so he said:

"Seeing that it's getting dark, we can't always be so consumed, in case we encounter rebels again, we may not have the good luck we had before!"

Even he had to admit that there was an element of luck in using the Shenwu Army flag to deter the horse bandits.

The attitude of the Shenwu Army towards the horse bandits in the west was relatively mild, as long as the well water did not interfere with the river water, and the horse bandits did not get dizzy and collided with themselves, the Shenwu Army would not easily exterminate them.

However, there are exceptions to everything, and there was once a powerful horse bandit who was not even in the eyes of the Shenwu army because of the deep contradictions with the Persian giant merchant Zamas. Later, Qin Yan sent a thousand Tubo soldiers to beat the buttocks and urine, but it was not too late, and this Tubo soldiers stopped and killed this horse bandit cleanly before they repented of the faint tuoduo.

As for the corpses of the horse bandits after they were killed, they were nailed to the poplar trees on both sides of the official road, and they were dried by the scorching sun, which was very terrifying.

It was this incident that caused the horse bandits in the middle of the Tocharian River to be very jealous of the Shenwu Army, and in order to prevent their own families from repeating the mistakes of the past, most of them chose to avoid the Shenwu Army.

There are even some people who simply join the Shenwu Army with men and horses.

This Shenwu army team saved thousands of prisoners, and the captives were stunned to find out that the person wearing ordinary linen clothes was not Guo Youming.

The captives seemed to have a backbone again, and they all gathered around him, hoping that Guo Youming could take the big guy out of the predicament.

Now the situation has changed abruptly, and the hearts of the people who have just been condensed have a tendency to collapse again.

The leader of the Shenwu Army squad didn't want these people to be scattered, so he tried his best to keep one of them before finding Guo Ziyi.

For this purpose, he stepped forward to reassure the people loudly:

"Don't disperse, big guys, there are too many soldiers around here, only when there are more people can they have the strength to protect themselves and live, do you understand?"

Everyone naturally understands this truth, but the most realistic and imminent problem is in front of them, the big guys are hungry, and when the food they carry is eaten clean, is it the northwest wind?

The food on their bodies was distributed by the Shenwu Army, enough to eat for three days, and now two days have passed, if they can't find a large group of men and horses, and can't get supplies, even if everyone doesn't starve to death, I'm afraid they will have to kill each other to fill their stomachs.

Cannibalism is not uncommon anywhere, and in a disaster year, or when the army runs out of food, there will be cannibalism.

Even many tribes that ran out of food due to the war would kill a large number of captives and slaves as food to survive.

In order to avoid all kinds of possible tragedies, the leader of this small team is also very troubled.

At this time, Guo Youming suddenly said:

"I know a place with a cellar, a place where food is buried, and if you find it, you don't have to go hungry!"

"Then what's the problem? Mobilize everyone, let's find it together!"

Guo Youming asked weakly:

"What if it's all emptied?"

The implication is that if hope is lost, mutiny may be inevitable.

"To put it mildly, now that the matter is over, you don't have to stay, the task given to you by Qin Jin is also completed, hurry up and go back to your life, don't accompany us here, in case you give your life again......"

The leader of the team was unimpressed, but said loudly to everyone:

"The army buried food in secret cellars before it withdrew, so that it could be used for one day! Now, there is only one thing you need to do, and that is to move the food out and make a fire to cook!"

A few of them have been very prestigious in this group of captives since they retired from the horse bandits, although everyone also knows the identity of their Shenwu Army, but now they can't even care about their lives, who cares about their identity.

It was such a delicate and strange relationship that maintained the stability of thousands of captives.

The leader of the squad took advantage of this modest prestige to tempt the cellar with food and simply reorganized the captives. With the most common corps as the basic unit, more than a dozen corps commanders were appointed.

Then, he only had to further control all the captives through these dozen commanders, so as to avoid the dilemma of dealing with thousands of people.

It was getting late, and the leader of the team promised to take everyone to open the cellar and produce food at noon tomorrow, and everyone gathered together in the newly divided army to rest peacefully.

Only Guo Youming's face was full of worry.

He asked in a whisper:

"What if you don't see a grain in the cellar tomorrow?"