The wounded soldier leaning against the tree hurriedly swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, and replied to Zhou Changan with a slightly embarrassed face:

"Zhou Shuai, it's too late for you to come back. Yesterday the brothers rode after the enemy, but the horses only shouted loudly, and not even a single one of them chased out! When you all chased down, they called out a large crowd of civilians from the depths of the forest. Listening to the accents they spoke to each other, they should be the local folks of Sanjin! These people quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and emptied the grain, grass and ordnance of the Qin army in several times, and bandaged the wounds of our brothers, leaving rations and water...... Oh yes, it's been about an hour and a half since the last group of people left here......"

The more Zhou Changan listened, the more gloomy his face became, until the other party finished talking about the specific situation, he looked at the Mobei war horse that was drinking water by the river, and then looked down at the expensive Mobei saber in his hand, I really don't know whether to cry or laugh......

The facts have been clearly laid out in front of him, and a joke he just said to reprimand the wounded soldier turned out to be a prophecy!

It turned out that the two bandits sent back together, although they killed the Qin army, but the target of the loot turned out to be themselves!

Long before the whole army set off, Zhou Changan knew that the second robbery of the camp was extremely dangerous, and it could really be described as nine deaths. But if Wang Yi is allowed to lead the team, the grain, grass and ordnance will be safely delivered to Woniu Mountain; So whether the city walls of Bingzhou City can withstand the baptism of new-style cars, I'm afraid no one dares to play this package ticket.

It was precisely because he had calculated that he had to rob the camp that Zhou Chang'an's first action was discovered by Wang Yi and set up an ambush in advance, and he was almost killed and annihilated. So in the final analysis, his first mistake was not because of Wang Yi's resourcefulness, but because of the terrifying power displayed by Jiche under Hedong City, which forced him to a dead end.

As for this hearty victory, it was actually not expected by Zhou Changan. Now, based on the thoroughness of Qi Hui's prior deployment, it is speculated that at least for the exact movements of Wang Yi's department, it must have been something he expected.

As for the gang that suddenly appeared on the ringing horses, though there were quite a few of them; But if it is a head-on confrontation, it will definitely not be able to compete with tens of thousands of Qin army auxiliaries; And with those rooster and dog thieves, active and nameless, at least in terms of deterrence, they are by no means the old opponent of the Tianyou Army; And the complete rout of the Qin army's auxiliaries will never come so quickly.

Therefore, the more than 600 Mobei war horses that Qi Hui gave to him, plus those expensive cavalry equipment, were actually used in exchange for the grain, grass and ordnance left over by the Qin army!

No matter how high Zhou Changan's cultivation is, he is played with by a little fat man who is nearly 20 years younger than himself, and his mood is definitely not much better; But he thought about it again, even if he didn't send someone to cut off Hu Hui, he risked his life to kill the Qin army; In the face of such a huge gain, only six or seven hundred of them can't take it away at all!

If he can't give up the huge amount of gains, he can only temporarily transfer people from Bingzhou City! But here the mountains and rivers are far away, and the nights are long and dreamy, so let's not talk about him; Chen Ziling, who is currently leading the army to be stationed in Woniu City, is also firmly stuck in the southbound march route of Bingzhou City, and he can't get around it at all!

Moreover, the Qin army has tens of thousands of people responsible for escorting this batch of materials, but the transportation capacity is still stretched; Therefore, if he wants to transport this material back to Bingzhou City, he must transfer at least forty or fifty thousand militia auxiliaries......

Such a huge troop dispatch cannot hide from anyone's eyes at all; As long as Chen Ziling is not dead, there will inevitably be suspicions! At this moment, he should have gathered the main force of the Qin army that had divided his troops to the north, and he was extremely well-manned, so he could pull up a tight blockade line and completely cut off all the roads near the city of Bingzhou and Woniu City! At that time, how to eat this batch of materials yourself, you have to spit it out to others as it is!

So the most appropriate way to deal with it is to set a fire and burn it all!

After figuring this out, Zhou Changan was a little relieved. Since he can't take it with him anyway, it doesn't matter whether he was robbed by bandits or set on fire; Anyway, as long as it is not used by Chen Ziling, even if this bloody battle is not in vain!

At the same time, Chen Ziling, who was far away in Woniu City, almost scratched his scalp! .

He came to Woniu City to wait for Zhou Changan to throw himself into the net, so he only brought 8,000 essence armor and 200 guards. After so many days, with the rations he brought and the grain stored by the officials of Woniu City, he was able to barely support it. But in the early hours of yesterday morning, there were about 130,000 new troops who suddenly arrived at the foot of Woniu City! After listening to them narrate the origin of the matter, Chen Ziling's head instantly swelled into two big!

First of all, the information transmission channels between Woniu City and the Qin army camp are not accessible; As for the fact that Wang Yi ordered the whole army to pull out of camp without a commander in order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, there was no problem in itself, and it was also within Chen Ziling's own plan.

As for his ruthless abandonment of the already sick soldiers and the fact that he led the baggage camp by himself, it can be regarded as a serious move of the old man; However, he mixed the 35,000 elite veterans who belonged to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the 150,000 reinforcements who had the least chance of being infected, although the idea of preserving combat effectiveness as much as possible was understandable; However, judging from the final results, it did not have any epidemic prevention effect. ，

Because the 35,000 veterans of the Northern Expedition who lived in the camp of the Chinese army could not escape the clutches of cholera; And Wang Yi couldn't bear to leave these old brothers who were born and died together under Hedong City to rot slowly, so he took a fluke and sent them to Woniu City together.

However, when the main army was reorganized and put on the road, cholera quickly spread among the army, and the momentum was even more violent than when it broke out in the Qin army camp.

Heaven did not fulfill people's wishes, and the last 35,000 elite veterans of the Northern Army were almost wiped out because of the sudden outbreak of cholera; As for the 150,000 new troops, which were originally full of spirits, there were as many as 20,000......

In Chen Ziling's opinion, this result is such an absurd thing! Nearly 200,000 Northern Yan elites, without even seeing a single enemy, lost more than 50,000 people; The vast majority of them are still the elite main forces in the army! This kind of casualty figure, even if it is two more Hedong cities, is more than enough!

After hearing the news, Chen Ziling was shocked and chilled; In a trance, he seemed to see the strange smile that Mr. Kang showed a few days ago under his rude reprimand......

In fact, the loss of more than 50,000 troops and the barely cutting off the momentum of the spread of cholera are acceptable; However, there is still a big problem at present, which urgently needs Chen Ziling to solve.

There is no food.

These 10,000 people eat food, and more than 100,000 people eat food, and the consumption rate is completely different. For the purpose of speeding up the march, the 185,000 mixed troops were all lightly armed, and each of them was only given five days' rations. Now the 130,000 elite main forces are waiting to be fed, and the official warehouses of Woniucheng and Lianhua County are also empty by their nearly 10,000 people; If Wang Yi and his logistics army could not arrive within three days, then they would only be hungry and go to storm the city of Bingzhou; Otherwise, there would be no need to fight this battle at all, and starvation would be enough to starve them to death!

Thinking of this, Chen Ziling repeatedly kneaded the flesh between his eyebrows, and instructed his personal guard chief to immediately invite Zhuang Naiwen, the county commander of Woniu City, and Lu Dafang, the county magistrate of Lianhua County. He was going to negotiate with these two local snakes about the temporary collection of grain and grass.

Chen Ziling's personal guard chief is a confidant called out by his hand, and there is no problem with his personal ability or loyalty. But this time he only went to invite two ministers, but he was delayed until the evening, and then hurried back.

Chen Ziling sent away the three sentry who were in charge of returning to Chang'an to ask for help, and when he saw that his chief of guard happened to rush back to the county office, he asked with a somewhat unhappy face:

"Why have you been there for so long? What about the people you brought in? ”

"Please punish Chen Shuai, his subordinates have an order to take the commander, and the people are ...... I couldn't find ......."

Chen Ziling raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and just wanted to open his mouth to reprimand, but he was instantly stunned. This person has followed himself since childhood and will never make stupid mistakes. So if he can't find anyone, even if he changes to someone else, I'm afraid the result won't change anything.

"Huh? What's going on? Let's talk about it......"

"Chen Shuai, after his subordinates got the order, he went straight to the post house where Zhuang Naiwen lived; However, according to the brother guarding the door, he went out of the city early this morning, saying that he was going to Lianhua County to find Lu Dafang and discuss the matter of raising food for our army. ”

Hearing this, Chen Ziling's mood eased slightly. It seems that this corrupt official also has the magic of a corrupt official, at least in the matter of figuring out the mind of the official, he will always think of a step first.

"Well, Lu Dafang is a little wooden, but Zhuang Naiwen is a rare person who understands. At night, he told the city gate to be vigilant, he had to raise food for an army of more than 100,000 people, and I am afraid that he would not be able to come back before dark......"

The chief guard heard that Chen Ziling had arranged the curfew, and couldn't help but interrupt him:

"Chen Shuai, things are not so simple, and the words of his subordinates have not been finished. After I was in the post house, I immediately went to Lianhua County, wanting to confirm it with my own eyes; But in that Lianhua County, there are only our Qin Jun's brothers, and not even a local villager in Lianhua County has been found! ”

"Oh? Could there be such a strange thing? Could it be that the soldiers who are responsible for guarding Lianhua County are all blind? The whole county is full of old and young women and children, can't they see it when they run away? ”

"And that's not all...... Cow City at this moment...... There is no more than half of the Northern Yan people! ”

The words of the chief of the guard can be regarded as completely confusing Chen Ziling! After slowing down for a long time, he asked dizzily:

"You...... What is the meaning? ”

"Chen Shuai, the people, soap officials, farmers, and villagers in Woniucheng and Lianhua County have all disappeared; Moreover, his subordinates have repeatedly questioned the light and dark sentinels on duty in the two places, but they still found nothing...... The only possible explanation now is that they all gave birth to a pair of wings and flew beyond the city walls! ”