Fa Zheng heard that two brigades of cavalry had already set off first, especially one of them was a special operations brigade, and he was also slightly relieved.

But after thinking for a moment, his face changed again, "General Wenyuan, although 10,000 people can hold it for three or four days, I am afraid that General Shoucheng will desperately pursue Han Sui, but this dry food and fresh water may not be enough." It's okay to skip meals, but you can't stand it without drinking water! I'm afraid that they will desperately break through and the casualties will be very large. ”

Zhang Liao thought about it, what Fa Zheng said is also very possible, but what can be done has been done, and the rest can only do his best to obey the destiny of heaven, I hope General Ma Teng has good luck!

Fa Zheng looked at the map, "General Wenyuan, we have to prepare for the worst, once General Ma Teng is strong, the enemy's casualties will also be very large, and the Western Regions Alliance will probably not continue to move south, but return to the Western Regions." ”

"It's better to take people to track General Ma Teng's traces from the south bank of Huangshui, and General Hou Cheng and I will go west along the line of Luodu Valley from the north bank of Huangshui, so that they will definitely be blocked."

"If General Ma Teng is safe and sound, we will encircle Han Sui and the Western Regions Alliance, and if General Ma Teng is defeated, we can avenge him."

Zhang Liao nodded, "It's still filial piety and thoughtfulness, so let's do it!" After crossing the Yellow River from the river, let's go our separate ways! ”

The large forces of the Central Army accelerated along the main road from Didao to Caohan.

At the front of the team, Guo Yan's Eighth Brigade did not dare to slack off, and followed Ma Teng's trail all the way to Yunwu, and also learned that Ma Teng had pursued Han Sui to Anyi and Linqiang, but it was still four or five days away.

Although Ma Teng didn't want to see Guo Yan, and Guo Yan didn't like Ma Teng, after all, they were all in the Central Army, and they had strict military discipline, so they didn't dare to see death and not save them.

Therefore, Guo Yan's speed on the road was not much slower than that of Ma Teng, and as soon as he came out of Yunwu, Wang Quan's special operations brigade caught up.

Wang Quan conveyed Zhang Liao's military order to Guo Yan, and asked where Ma Teng was going, so Wang Quan took the special operations brigade to overtake.

Guo Yan watched the special operations brigade go away, only envy, who made the special operations brigade Lu Bu's heart and soul, the best war horses are in the special operations brigade, many of them are Yili horses and Yanqi horses.

These horses are fast, have good endurance, and each has the potential to travel five or six hundred miles a day.

All the subordinates of the Central Army were desperately chasing Ma Teng, and no one dared to delay the military situation.

Zhang Liao and Fa Zheng's minds were not thinking about blaming Ma Teng for his pride, arrogance and recklessness, but about how to complete Lu Bu's military orders and how to avoid Ma Teng's defeat.

If Ma Teng is defeated, it will set a big record for Lu Bu, because before this, Lu Bu's army has not been defeated in the real sense!

Gao Shun was only personally hit by Zhang Liang's poisonous arrow that time, and the army did not lose, and no one wanted this to appear on his body for the first time.

Ma Teng, outside the Mucheng Valley, did not know that his comrades, the robes were desperately rushing towards him, and he did not realize that he might set a disgraceful record for Lu Bu's army.

He was worried about Han Sui's encirclement, and even more about the shortage of food and fresh water.

Horse meat can be used as a substitute for food, but without water, the problem is serious.

They tried horse urine, but the horses didn't have water to drink, so where would they get urine?

The horse blood released by killing a horse will make people crazy when they drink it, and they will not quench their thirst at all.

And in another day or two, Han Sui's trench will be completed, and it will really be difficult to fly at that time.

I don't know when my reinforcements will arrive, and according to Ma Teng's estimate, it will take more than ten days at the earliest, so there is no other way but to give it a go.

Pound and Zhang Yang also have no better way, and the lack of water is the biggest deadly threat.

Speaking of breaking through, Zhang Yang came up with a good way.

The 7th and 9th Brigades each had an engineer company, and their main work in peacetime was to build bridges when encountering water, open roads in the mountains, and nail horseshoes.

Yes, nail the horseshoe, even the most important work. Because so many horses traveled long distances, the consumption of horseshoes was enormous.

However, Zhang Yang's good method has nothing to do with the horseshoe, but the detonator used to open the mountain, which is the Thunder Fury named by Lu Bu.

After improvement, the stability, safety and effect of the detonator have been greatly improved, and there is no need to worry about its handling after long journeys.

Therefore, each engineer company carried a certain number of detonators, because sometimes it was also used to blast the gates and walls.

Zhang Yang's suggestion was to use a detonator to blow up the enemy's wall and scare them when breaking through.

Ma Teng had also heard of the name of Thunder's Fury, but he had never seen it, and since Zhang Yang thought it was effective, he could naturally give it a try.

Then there is another thorny problem, that is, the first two battles have caused nearly 1,000 casualties, of which dozens of seriously wounded have not died, and some have stopped bleeding, and they only need to recuperate well and will get better.

However, they could not ride horses, they could not break through with everyone, and in addition to this, there were dozens of people with minor injuries, but they could not ride horses because of the injured parts, and they could not break through either.

In the face of these nearly 100 lightly and seriously injured people, Ma Teng had a hard time making a choice. In any case, they are all good siblings who follow their birth and death, and Ma Teng wants to tie them to the war horse and break through together.

These lightly and seriously wounded heard that the large army was going to break through, and Ma Teng was embarrassed for them, and some of them were veterans who had been educated in ideological classes for a long time and had also experienced the bloody battle in Liangcheng.

They can already put aside their own life and death, not to mention that there is a rich military merit system and a pension system, and there is really no worries, they first did the ideological work of the other wounded, and then sent a representative to meet Ma Teng.

This representative was also one of Ma Teng's personal guards, and he was slightly injured and could not ride a horse, so he smiled at Ma Teng and said: "General, we brothers know that you can't bear to leave us, but we really can't leave, if you forcibly take us to break through, you still need to be taken care of by others, isn't this a burden to others?" ”

"Let's go, leave us some crossbows, we lightly wounded will fight the enemy to the end, we are also the Central Army, and we will not disgrace you."

"I heard that you still have that Thunder Fury, leave us two, these seriously wounded people will not be captured by Han Sui if they die, and we will die with them at the last moment!"

Listening to the heartfelt oath of these siblings, Ma Teng burst into tears, "Brothers, it was I Ma Teng who was greedy and recklessly put you in a desperate situation, I am sorry for you, you can rest assured, I will let people record the names and hometowns of each of you." ”

"In the future, the Central Army will definitely take care of your family members heavily, and I, Ma Teng, will personally care for your family, if I am lucky enough not to die!"

"But even if I'm dead, it's okay! My three sons will do it for me! On behalf of the officers and men of the whole division, thank you! ”

As he spoke, Ma Teng, Pang De, Zhang Yang and other generals saluted these wounded soldiers.

Soon, the whole division knew that there were nearly 100 brothers left on the mountain, and everyone spontaneously came to give them a military salute as a farewell, and a tragic atmosphere permeated the whole army.

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