Chapter 25: The Food Shortage Crisis

"Yikes! It's not good, the Han army is coming, run! ”

There was a heavy fog, Li Wei couldn't see it clearly, there was no way to command the army at all, and when he heard the chaos ahead, the soldiers on the other side screamed again and again, and hurriedly said: "There is a demon fog, quickly retreat!" ”

It's the same with Zhang Ji's side, the fog is thick, where can there still be a war, and he retreats with people.

Li Dao and Zhang Ji retreated to the camp with their men and closed the village for defense.

A large number of soldiers were killed or slashed by Liu Xie and others, and when the fog cleared, there were corpses lying on the ground, and flags and weapons were thrown to the ground.

Looking at the messy battlefield with countless dead bodies, Xiliang Jun gasped.

In a fog, a quarter of the troops were lost, and they were defeated by the Son of Heaven, but the Han army did not suffer many casualties on this side, so it was really angry.

The faces were pale and weak, and the soldiers below were even more frightened.

"Your Majesty is mighty! The Great Han is mighty! ”

Winning more with less, killing the West, and hitting Li Dao and Zhang Ji hard, everyone was extremely excited, and couldn't help cheering, and the expression on their faces was full of happiness.

Today's victory depends on the Son of Heaven, otherwise it would be good if Fang Fang was not killed and left behind, where can he still win.

And it was so easy to win.

For the Son of Heaven, everyone was full of awe and respect at this time.

Because they know that this is what the Son of Heaven used to live for ten years and the luck of the Han Dynasty.

Isn't an emperor willing to sacrifice his life for them worthy of admiration?

Even Yang Cheng and the others also had a lot of gratitude, and they had a little more respect for Liu Xie, and they took more care of Liu Xie's majesty in speaking and doing things.

"Today's victory is created by all of us, the credit belongs to everyone, especially those soldiers who died in battle, it is worth remembering, I will let people register their names, if one day we are lucky to survive, we must treat their families well, give them a monument, record their deeds, so that future generations will know what great things they have done." Liu Xie waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down, and then said:

"Although we won today, but Li Dao, Zhang Ji still has a lot of soldiers and horses, their number is still more than us, because they are those cavalry, there is no loss, the crisis has not been resolved, the real victory has not succeeded, and then we have to fight the thief army wholeheartedly, I hope everyone can still unite as one."

"Defend against the thieves! Unity is strength! ”

"Defend against the thieves! Unity is strength! ”

"Defend against the thieves! Unity is strength! Your Majesty is mighty, and the Han is mighty! ”

The high-pitched voice is higher and higher, although Li Dao and Zhang Ji still have many people, but now everyone does not feel that they cannot defeat Li Dao and Zhang Ji, and now with the leadership of the wise Son of Heaven, they will definitely win.

The Han camp was high in momentum and strong in battle, but Li Dao and Zhang Jibu were demoralized, listening to the Son of Heaven encouraging and encouraging the Han army over there, they were very unhappy in their hearts, and the legend that Liu Xie exchanged his life for the fog quickly spread in private, and they couldn't help but be a little afraid and jealous in their hearts.

At the same time, I was a little envious.

Because they know that their superiors are not willing to do anything for them.

If the next time they are fighting, the Son of Heaven will lose ten years, and there will be a heavy fog, they may be completely defeated and killed, and they don't want to fight the Son of Heaven.

"Damn! Today, the fog came too strangely, and our army suffered heavy losses. Li Dao kept complaining.

"The fog came too suddenly, if we hadn't withdrawn quickly and held the camp, we would all have died on this fog, and it seems that we can't attack rashly." Zhang Ji regretted a little, he had listened to Jia Xu when he knew it, and he didn't even participate in the attack, and in the end he got such a big defeat, it was really a shame and a shame in his life.

Li Wei nodded, but shook his head again: "Don't attack, no, don't attack the past, don't kill Yang Feng and the others, the Son of Heaven won't go back to Chang'an with us." ”

It is impossible to give up the Son of Heaven.

It doesn't matter how many people die, if the Son of Heaven is there, just go to the curtain and rob people.

Zhang Ji said: "The attack can't be attacked, but we can wait, and when the Son of Heaven eats up the food, and faints from hunger, we can ask the Son of Heaven to move back to Chang'an." ”

Li Ji looked at Zhang Ji in surprise, and a smile appeared on his face: "Hmm! That's a good idea! The Son of Heaven did not bring much food, so Duan Xuan sent a little, and now the Bai Bo army came from afar, it must have brought no food, and now the food will be consumed more quickly, and they will faint from hunger in a few days, so we will not let them go east. ”

Li Wei was also afraid that Liu Xie was releasing demon mist, so he agreed after thinking about it.

In fact, the situation was worse than they expected, Liu Xie really didn't have much food on his side, and he gave a little to Dong Cheng for them to hurry, and it was estimated that they would have to run out of food the day after tomorrow, and the whole army would soon lose its combat effectiveness if there was no food to eat, even if they saved food to last for three days at most.

As soon as three days passed, it collapsed without a fight.

"Three days!" Liu Xie paced and thought, and everyone also thought of a way, if they couldn't defeat Li Dao and Zhang Ji in three days and beat them away, they would starve to death.

Following! Li Dao and Zhang Ji did not attack, and after another day, they still did not attack, but firmly guarded their official road to Luoyang in the east.

"Can't wait! Today we will break through. "If you don't go on, you will really starve to death here, and Liu Xie has to choose to break through and leave.

Everyone had no opinion, if it weren't for Liu Xie's insistence on staying with Li Dao and Zhang Ji to protect the hundred officials, the queen and the two nobles; The soldiers below had a certain trust in the Son of Heaven again, and chose to listen to him, Yang Cheng and the others had already wanted to leave.

They didn't really want to help the Son of Heaven fight against the Xiliang Army, they just wanted to get the bargaining chip of the Son of Heaven, so they all agreed when they heard this.

Yang Yan asked, "Your Majesty! Shall we go east now? ”

"Nope! We don't go east, we go west. Liu Xie's words were surprising, and he only listened to him explain: "Dong Cheng and they have only been gone for three days, at this time we are heading east, Li Dao and Zhang Ji will definitely chase, and they will soon be able to catch up with General Dong Cheng and others with cavalry."

Let's go to the west, first, we can stagger with General Dong Cheng and other hundred officials, and second, we can go to Duan Xuan to get some food, so that the soldiers will not go hungry and lose their combat effectiveness. ”

Luoyang has been left with one out of ten, the scourge is so that there is no human population, there is no food at all, there is a shortage of food at this time, and if you go east, it will be even worse.

Yang Yan and Bai Bo glanced at each other, and both praised: "Your Majesty is wise, do everything according to Your Majesty's words." ”

It's better not to go east, so that Dong Cheng and those old ministers are farther away, and they don't have to be shackled, and if they go west to Huayin, they can also turn north and cross the Yellow River back to Hedong.

With this level of intention, the four of them actively cooperated with Liu Xie's work and acted according to their intentions.