After the sandstorm, the whole camp was in a mess, Zhao Ziliang and the judge Liu Wei, Xingjun Sima Kang Huaishun and others organized people to dig out the soldiers and war horses buried under the sand, and they were busy for most of the day, until dusk.

Everyone walked into the big tent of the Chinese army tiredly, Liu Wei and Kang Huaishun sat on the horse in spite of their image, and Fu Meng Lingcha asked with concern: "How is the situation?" How much is lost? ”

Zhao Ziliang saw that Liu Wei, Kang Huaishun, Wang Tao, Gao Xianzhi and others were as tired as dead dogs, so he had to stand up and report to Fu Meng Lingcha, and sighed: "General, after rescue and counting, this sandstorm has caused us to lose more than 600 people, and the last general has sent people to search for it within 20 miles around, and everything that can be found has been recovered, and everything that can be dug up has been dug out, plus the loss of the previous two days, and the loss of 1,000 people has been lost so far, of which the people of King Asirot account for the majority, about 700 people, Our army numbered more than 200 people. In other words, we only have 4,000 men now. In addition, the war horses and tents are also greatly damaged, but they can still maintain one person and one horse, and there is no loss of food, grass and drinking water. ”

After listening to Zhao Ziliang's report, Fu Meng Lingcha was also a little depressed, his expression was a little gloomy, he was silent for a while, and asked, "Is there any way to restore the morale of the soldiers?" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "There is no too good way, the most commonly used is nothing more than to do another mobilization to boost morale, and the other is to promise more rewards to the soldiers."

At this time, Gao Xianzhi got up and bowed his hand to Fumeng Lingcha and said: "General, it is better for the general to personally promise the soldiers that once Hengros City is breached, he will be in charge for three days!" ”

Three days of arson? Hiss-Zhao Ziliang gasped, and the rest of the generals couldn't help but look sideways, looking at each other! What is a three-day barson? That is, after the city was broken, the army was indulged in the city to burn, kill, and plunder for three days, and in these three days. The city must be a Shura hell, miserable!

In order to motivate morale and break through the city, this method of leading the army to lead the army to plunder is not often used, and it will only be used when the siege time is too long, and the siege army has been suppressed for too long because of repeated attacks, and the morale is extremely low.

Zhao Ziliang immediately bowed his hand and said solemnly: "General, the army is a sharp weapon of the country, and our leaders must keep a clear head at all times, and cannot arbitrarily issue military orders that are unfavorable to the army because of a temporary setback!" Once the army loses the restraint of military discipline, not only will its combat strength be greatly reduced. And it can cause unimaginable damage! Each of us has a ferocious beast in our hearts, and once this beast is not controlled by ourselves, it will be a human tragedy when it is released, and we will destroy ourselves as well as others! ”

Kang Huaishun was furious when he heard this, and stood up to accuse: "Zhao Ziliang, you are bold!" It's not your turn to teach the general what to do! If you don't, what else can you do to boost the morale of your soldiers in a short period of time? ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard Kang Huaishun say this, he immediately realized that the tone of what he said just now was really inappropriate, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "General." The last general has transgressed, and I ask the general to forgive me! ”

The so-called transgression means exceeding one's duty, but a junior officer has to tell the superior generals what not to do and what to do. It is very inappropriate to say this, no matter which superior will feel uncomfortable when he hears this kind of words, Fumeng Lingcha is of course no exception, and his face is a little unhappy. However, he also knew that Zhao Ziliang didn't mean to say this, so he raised his hand and said, "Forget it, you also said it unintentionally." General Ben has to think about this again. After this incident, the soldiers are also extremely tired, so you should go and prepare food first, so that the soldiers can have a full meal, and when they are full, they will continue on the road."

Zhao Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and promised: "No! ”

After Zhao Ziliang left, the marching Sima Kang Huaishun couldn't help but say: "General, this Zhao Ziliang is really too much, he takes some credit for himself, and he actually teaches the general a lesson, and if he goes on like this, won't his tail be lifted to the sky?" The last general thinks that he should be punished for a long time, so that he can remember it for a long time, and not get carried away! ”

Hearing this, Wang Tao's face changed slightly, hesitated for a moment, and still stood up and arched his hand: "General, General Zhao only said this in a hurry, and he is not disrespectful to the general at all, please also ask the general to be clear!" ”

Fu Meng Lingcha frowned and waved his hand: "Okay, there is no need to mention this matter again!" The order goes down, gather all the horses at dinner, and the general will personally give a lecture! ”

"No!"

Fumeng Lingcha is a Qiang person, and he has also walked in the desert area, of course, he understands the danger of marching in the desert, and until now, the army has not had any attrition incidents due to lack of water and food, which is not unrelated to Zhao Ziliang, who is in charge of logistics, Fumeng Lingcha is very clear about Zhao Ziliang's role in the army, and Fumeng Lingcha is also a shrewd person, how can he not understand that Zhao Ziliang's words just now are unintentional? He didn't really care very much, he was just thinking about how to improve morale, an army without morale has no combat effectiveness at all.

Fumeng Lingcha sent someone to find the guide and asked: "How far is this place from the city of Hengross?" ”

The guide said: "General, according to the speed of our previous march, we should be able to reach the outskirts of Hengros City by this time tomorrow!" ”

At about seven o'clock in the evening, all the generals and soldiers of 4,000 people gathered and sat in several squares on the sand, waiting for the men to distribute food.

This time, the food was more abundant than the previous two days, each person had a piece of baked cake, and there was also a piece of braised beef in the cake, the baked cake was very large, and everyone had enough to eat.

While eating food, the soldiers listened to Fu Meng Lingcha's lecture in front: "General ・・・・・・ Ben knows that a lot of things have happened in the past two days, many people have died on the march, and General Ben is also very heartbroken, but in order to achieve the effect of sneak attack, we can only take the desert road, there are many dangers in the desert, and the soldiers have already experienced it, but this is not a reason for us to give up, we have worked hard and lost a lot of brothers to come here, this place is only a day's journey from Hengros City, We only need to follow the pace of the march of the previous two days, and we can reach the city of Hengros by this time tomorrow night. General Ben hereby promises that as long as the raid is successful and the Turkey army in the city is eliminated, the soldiers can move freely in the city for three days, and no matter what you do, no one will care about you for three days! ”

After Fumeng Lingcha finished speaking, the soldiers sitting on the sand were stunned at first, but then many people cheered excitedly and loudly, and this emotion quickly infected others, and in a short period of time, all the soldiers stood up and shouted loudly and excitedly for a long time, and their morale instantly rose.

Zhao Ziliang stood behind Fu Meng Lingcha, heard him say these words, and saw that the morale of the soldiers instantly increased, which is of course a good thing, but this is also the bane. Once the control is not good, it will become very difficult to clean up the morale of the army and rectify the military discipline, but the matter has come to this point, and he is powerless to change it, he can't do it against Fu Meng Lingcha, and he can't do it.

After dinner, the soldiers set out in high morale under the orders of Fumon Lingcha and continued westward.

After Zhao Ziliang and the others left, he rode his horse to his headquarters with more than 300 horsemen and more than 100 logistics personnel, everyone looked at him, waiting for him to give the order to follow the team, but he rode on the back of the horse and did not move, nor did he speak.

"General Fumeng has promised just now that after breaking through the city of Hengros and destroying the turkey army in the city for three days, this general will not control the others, nor will he take care of them, this general will only control you, and can only manage you, because you are my subordinates, I will not allow my subordinates to become inhumane beasts, after destroying all the turk troops in Hengros City, you can plunder the palace, treasury, yamen and other official houses of the Erwei Khan, but you are not allowed to touch the common people unless someone attacks you first; Violence against women is never allowed, I really miss women, and when I return to Broken Leaf City or Anzai, I can spend money to solve the problem. If someone takes General Ben's words as a deaf ear, and after entering the city, kills ordinary people, robs ordinary people's property, or violently inflicts violence on women, here because of the promise of the husband Meng Lingcha, General Ben will not do anything to you, wait until you return to Anxi, and see how Lao Tzu kills you! Well, that's all there is to it, let's go! ”

Because of the impact of the sandstorm during the day, not only lost hundreds of soldiers and horses, but also delayed for most of the day, in order to make up for the delayed journey, Fumeng Lingcha ordered to speed up the march. From about eight o'clock in the evening to about eleven o'clock in the evening, the army marched for three hours, walked fifty miles, and marched so fast in the desert that the soldiers were really tired.

After a full night's rest, the march continued on the fourth day, only a day's journey from the city of Hengros, and in order to maintain the strength of the army, Vmonlingcha did not give the order to speed up the march, but advanced at the previous pace.

With adequate logistical support, the army finally crossed the desert at about 5 p.m. on the expected fourth day and reached the western edge of the desert.

In the evening, Fumon Lingcha ordered the army to camp in a wooded field thirty miles northeast of the city of Hengros, near the edge of the desert.

In the process of camping, Fumeng Lingcha wanted Zhao Ziliang to take out all the good wine and meat for the soldiers to have a full meal, but Zhao Ziliang thought that this matter should be the most cautious, not to light a fire, to prevent being discovered by the rangers of Hengros City, Fumeng Lingcha thought about it, and also felt that it was very reasonable, so he gave up the previous idea, but several generals thought that Zhao Ziliang did not know how to lift, and said bad things about him in front of Fumeng Lingcha. (To be continued.) )