"Phew, those grandchildren are going to run away—"

The enemy jumped up and down, and they also ran around, and they were about to surround the people several times, but they slipped away again.

It's just once or twice, and it's like this several times!

Han Yu and the others were calm, but the soldiers below were impetuous, and their anger was rising, as if they had eaten explosives.

"Don't say a word, if you are accidentally heard by Captain Xie or Han Junshi, others will follow you. ”

At the mention of Han Yu and Xie Ze, the comrades finally held back, but their faces were not good, and they looked as stinky as pit stones.

Although Han Yu didn't hear these voices with his own ears, he could still see that the overall momentum of the army was becoming more and more depressed.

Xie saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

I really wonder if Yang Si and the others have a pair of Hot Wheels under their feet and play with them in the sky?

Several times they have been able to catch turtles in an urn, and they can always get out of trouble in a way that exceeds the normal thinking of ordinary people.

Addicted to peek-a-boo?

In comparison, Han Yu was much calmer, and he didn't mean to get angry at all.

Xie Ze wanted to say it several times, but after a few hesitations, he still swallowed what he wanted to say back into his stomach.

Until now, Xie Ze finally couldn't help it.

He frowned worriedly, "Master Han, the morale of our army is depressed, and if it goes on like this for a long time, I'm afraid there will be chaos." ”

"In the long run?" Han Yu asked rhetorically, "How long does Captain Xie think this 'long run' can last?"

Xie Ze was stunned for a moment, and was about to blurt out, when he realized something, he couldn't help but freeze in place.

Han Yu had a smile on his face, but a cold light flickered in his eyes, and his tone was as calm as ever, as if Yang Si's behavior of hiding and flying a kite had not caused him confusion. He said, "They travel lightly, and they can't bring much grain and grass at all." An army of more than 10,000 is not a small number, and a day's ration is an extremely large number. Even if everyone brings rations, how many days can one person carry them?"

They chased after them, and Yang Si and the others fled in front.

Because of the beacon warning, Yang Si and the others were difficult to hide, and they couldn't stay in one place for too long.

They had to change positions and march to hide in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the scouts.

Tense nerves for a long time and fleeing for their lives in all directions invisibly increased the soldiers' demand for food and further eroded their morale.

The rations that used to last for four or five days may not be able to support them for two days.

Looking at this situation, it seems that Yang Si is playing with them, but the first to collapse must be the side with food shortage.

Yang Si and they don't have the support of the grain line, so they can't support it for long at all.

Either they were starving and had no combat power, or they were preemptively breaking through before starvation forced them to death, and the two armies were just facing each other.

"Captain Xie, you don't need to be in a hurry, because your enemy is even more anxious than you. ”

Han Yu was very patient, and he did not hurry to exert pressure on Yang Si and them, forcing them to increase the frequency of escape, further aggravating the physical exertion. This is not only a calculation of the heart, but also a competition of endurance between the two armies, whoever can't hold his breath first will lose.

Yang Si's combat style is bold and unrestrained, and his thoughts are always different, which is quite whimsical.

Han Yu is steady and steady, decent but not confined to inherent thinking, thoughtful and steady, very calm.

As Han Yu expected, Yang Si encountered the dilemma of lack of food here, and he could support it for a day at most.

After this day, the rest of the day can only drink water to fill your stomach.

Seeing this, Qin Gong's young face was stained with worry.

"What is Captain Qin panicking about?" Looking at this pale little face, Yang Si couldn't bear to watch from the wall, he beckoned to Qin Gong, motioning for the other party to come over and rest, don't keep tense, "Come on, come on, sit down and talk." There is also a bag of water to drink to quench your thirst. ”

Qin Gong thanked Yang Si for his kindness.

He is a military general, and his physical fitness is much better than that of Yang Si, a literati.

At present, there is not only a shortage of food but also water, Yang Si's water bladder is still kept for him to drink.

Qin Gong couldn't help but say, "Yang Junshi is really not in a hurry at all-"

Yang Si said, "In a day or two, the water and food will run out, how can Si not be in a hurry?"

Qin Gong carefully examined his expression and said strangely, "If the military advisor is in a hurry, how can he be so calm?"

Yang Si asked rhetorically, "Could it be that if you are so anxious that you jump to your feet, food and water will be born out of thin air?"

Qin Gong: "......"

The first time I saw someone say "broken jar and broken pot" so justifiably.

Qin Gong said, "Food is in short supply, morale is shaken, and in the end, it has not become a turtle in the enemy's urn?"

Yang Si smiled and looked at Cheng Yuan, the prison army, and said with a smile, "It's true that there is a shortage of food, but it is exaggerated if the morale is shaken." ”

Qin Gong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something.

Ordinary troops, don't say that the lack of food can only be supplied for one day, even if there is still half a month left, the army's spirit will be in a state of collapse.

As the time of food shortage approaches, there will inevitably be a feeling of desertion or war fear.

The longer the time drags on, the more deserters there will be, which is almost unavoidable.

To give a ready-made example –

Xu Fei was besieged in the city for several months, and the "water injectors" he recruited were the first to escape, and over time, the number reached as many as 30,000. They fled in all directions, and became thugs in other lands, endangering the people. After that, there are soldiers who are qualified to lead the army's salary, and then there are cronies' troops, and those who are willing to stay and live and die together in times of crisis are basically loyal elites.

Qin Gong has been tense for the past few days, and he didn't notice this for a while.

More than 10,000 troops fled for several days, food and grass became increasingly scarce, and the soldiers below had not reported a single case of desertion.

It's—it's impossible!

Yang Si saw that he was in a trance, and a light sneer overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Si said earlier, the Lord allows you to command 10,000 elites, and it must be a genuine elite. ”

Qin Gong's heart was touched fiercely, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Yes, yes...... Gong still has high hopes for the lord......"

Qin Gong knew very well how rare more than 10,000 elites were, and they were all smashed out with a lot of money and food.

lost 10,000 all at once, and Qin Gong couldn't compensate for it even if he picked his brain.

"What does this have to do with you? If you want to blame it, you can only blame the official documents, and a piece of paper caught people off guard, and we have become the fish in the pond that have been affected. Yang Si grinned secretly, if he could survive by chance, he would have to call the door of Qi Guanrang's house and ask him to compensate.

Qin Gong thought that Yang Si's words were to comfort him, and the guilt in his heart could not be shaken down.

He didn't expect Jiang Pengji to have high hopes for him as soon as he came up, and this trust made his heart sour, and at the same time very warm.

Qin Gong endured it and racked his brains to find another topic.

For generals, there is nothing more rewarding than training a tiger and wolf hero.

He wanted to know who trained the more than 10,000 elites behind him.

This question is a bit difficult -

"Everyone has a share—" Yang Si said uncertainly, "Besides, the birth of the elite is not all the credit of one person. ”

"How could it be?" Qin Gong wondered.