Xue Zan turned to look at the soldiers sitting on the ground, sighed, and said: "Young General, please forgive the last general, since the march from Yecheng to this point, the march has been hundreds of miles every day, and the brothers are beaten with iron, and the horse can't stand it." After the pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info came out of the Yanmen, the grain and grass we carried were almost exhausted......"

Shi Min looked at the resting soldiers, these days really made them tired enough, but the sky was not beautiful, a heavy snow, and the entire grassland was unusually cold. Although it is already the beginning of spring, the spring grass has not yet fully grown, and it is difficult for the horses to find grass roots to eat, so they can only rely on a small amount of supplies they carry.

Shi Min sank for a long time and said to Xue Zan, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

Xue Zan thought for a while, and said to Shi Min: "The last general thinks that the Huns we killed last night, to say the least, there are five or six thousand people, and this time we went north, it is already considered a gain, it is better to turn back, the vast grassland, if there is no supply, there is no way to fight." ”

Shi Min shook his head and said, "It's all here, it's too embarrassing to go back like this." ”

Xue Zan said a little anxiously: "But the young general, our grain and grass are only enough for the war horses to eat for a day or two, and the dry food of the brothers is not much left. ”

Shi Min's face was a little solemn, and he said slowly: "As the leader of everyone, I didn't think about these issues, which is my dereliction of duty, but since I have come to this point, I can't give up lightly, and the revenge of breaking the city and slaughtering civilians in the clouds can't be just left like this." ”

"What else does the Major General have planned? To chase the Qiang? Xue Zan asked suspiciously.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said that the expedition of the army, if you want to try your best to seize grain and grass from the enemy, it is the best policy, the Qiang people and the Huns live in pursuit of water and grass, they must have grain and grass there, there are many Huns, we should not act rashly, the Qiang people are less than 10,000 people, if it is a sneak attack, it can be completely annihilated."

"But the Qiang people have been walking south for two days, we may not be able to catch up, if the grain and grass are sufficient, the last general will definitely not oppose the idea of the young general, but the current situation is special, I hope the young general will consider it carefully!" Xue Zan didn't agree with Shi Min's idea a little.

Shi Min thought for a moment, and then shouted to Wang Chong, who was sitting on the ground, "Wang Chong." ”

Wang Chong was chewing a piece of jerky in his mouth at this time, and when he heard Shi Min calling him, he hurriedly drank a sip of water, ran over while wiping his mouth, and replied, "Young General, you called me?" ”

"From here to the Qiang realm, do you know it?" Shi Min asked.

Wang Chong thought for a while, then nodded solemnly and said, "Know!" ”

Shi Min patted Wang Chong's shoulder, and then said to Xue Zan: "General Xue, I know what you are worried about, but as soldiers, we originally lived a life of survival and licking blood, and the Qiang people are now lonely sheep, so such a good opportunity cannot be missed." ”

"And what are your plans?" Xue Zan looked at Wang Chong and said, "If we don't catch up with the Qiang people, we won't be able to ride back to Yanmen Pass!" ”

"When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic, the siege of the giant deer, Xiang Yu fought against the water, didn't he also hold the mentality of nine deaths and one life, and took 30,000 people to fight Zhang Han's hundreds of thousands of troops? Now we are just like the situation faced by the Chu army back then, even if we are hungry for two days, we have to kill these Qiang people! If we hesitate any longer, when they completely enter the Qiang realm, we really won't have a chance! Shi Min said decisively.

"But if that's ......"

"Don't be!" Shi Min interrupted Xue Zan's words, and then ordered: "Pass the order, and the army will set off immediately after resting for three hours!" ”

"Can we catch up? It's been almost two days since the Qiang people went south! Xue Zan hesitated Shi Min's decision again.

Shi Min thought for a while, bit his lip, and said: "After the heavy snowfall, the road to the south is not so easy to walk, not to mention that the Qiang people drive cattle and sheep, and they can travel up to 100 miles a day, as long as we hurry up, we will definitely be able to catch up!" ”

After listening to Shi Min's words, Xue Zan couldn't find any reason to refute it again for a while, sighed deeply, and then went to carry out Shi Min's order.

"Are you sure you know the way south to the Qiang territory?" Shi Min asked Wang Chong again.

"I'm sure!" Wang Chong replied without hesitation, and then said: "In fact, if you want to catch up with the Qiang people, in addition to knowing the road, there is also a way to catch up with them as soon as possible. ”

"What's the solution?" Shi Min asked.

"The Qiang people bring a large number of cattle and sheep, there must be cattle and sheep dung along the way, as long as we follow this trace, we don't need to make a detour, and we will soon be able to catch up with them." Wang Chong said seriously.

"Just do as you say!" When Shi Min heard Wang Chong's words, he had more confidence in his heart, and he strengthened his belief in pursuing the Qiang people.

The heavy snow a few days ago had basically melted, and Li Chang took 500 people out of Yanmen Pass and marched directly to the north to find traces of Shi Min's department. On the other hand, Shi Zun's men and horses were not idle, quietly left Yanmen Pass, marched to the northwest, and at the same time sent many scouts to check the situation nearby.

In the night battle, Shi Min successfully sneaked attack, if it were not for the fear that the Huns would have reinforcements, and his own numbers were at an absolute disadvantage, Shi Min would definitely not withdraw easily. And it was Shi Min's retreat that gave the Huns a chance to breathe, and they were able to smoothly take away the cattle and gold and silver that had entered the pass.

After dawn, the attacked Huns did not dare to stay and quickly retreated in the direction of their base camp. Last night, they saw with their own eyes how fierce the people who attacked them were, and they were a little jealous in their hearts.

Da Shan Yu was riding on horseback, still thinking about last night's events, and suddenly, one of his subordinates rode over and reported: "Qi Da Shan Yu, all the counts have been completed." ”

"What about the damage?" Da Shan Yu asked.

The man was a little hesitant and didn't dare to speak.

"Say what you want!" Da Shan Yu blamed with a cold face.

"About 10,000 people were killed in the battle last night, and more than 10,......000 horses were lost," the man said, his head drooping.

Da Shan Yu waved his hand and motioned for him to stand aside, and the man stepped aside in a witty manner.

Da Danyu's face was pale, and he didn't say a word on horseback, his eyes glaring ahead, and his hands clutching the horse's reins. At this moment, his heart was filled with incomparable anger, and the source of this anger was not the loss Shi Min caused him, but the deep frustration left on him by fighting Shi Min several times over the past few days.

Da Dan has been crisscrossing the grassland for many years, thinking that one day he can enter the Central Plains again and dominate like his ancestor Liu Yuan. Over the years, he has fought with Zhao many times, although he failed to get what he wanted, but he has never been defeated. When Zhao Guoshi Zhan led the army to fight, he was almost annihilated by him, that battle can be described as the pinnacle of his life, but he didn't expect that after many years, he was beaten by a fledgling boy a little panicked.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the fact was that he was shocked by Shi Min, and it could even be said that he had a trace of fear of this kid.

Perhaps, this is the main reason why he did not order the pursuit.

The sun was shining, Mu Du was lying lazily on the ground, basking in the sun, chewing roast mutton, in his opinion, everything had settled in this raid. Looking at the large number of cattle, sheep, gold and silver from the hands of the Huns, his heart was extremely satisfied at this moment, and I am afraid that the only regret in his heart was that the thousands of Han women who were taken away from the clouds could not be successfully brought back to the Qiang camp.

"What a fucking disappointment!" Thinking of those women, Mu Du couldn't help but scold secretly.

Maybe in Mu Du's heart, Da Dan Yu is purely alarmist, although that Han kid is very powerful, but in the end, he didn't dare to chase it out?

Thinking about it, Mu Du felt more and more that this big single had caused him to lose so many women, and he couldn't wait to cut the big single with a thousand knives. It's a pity that if you really want him to kill the Hun Shan Yu, borrow him a gut, I'm afraid I won't dare to do it. This time, their Qiang people and Xiongnu invaded together, and fought against the people and horses of Zhao State several times, so that he already had some understanding of Da Shan Yu's methods, and Mu Du had some awe of this Xiongnu Shan Yu in his heart, and more fear.

"Chief, when are we going to go on our way?" One of the servants was half-kneeling and asked for instructions to Mudu.

Mu Du closed his eyes, stilted his legs, and replied unhurriedly: "What's the hurry?" Set up camp today and set off tomorrow! ”

"This ......"

"What, this, that? Don't you understand what I'm saying? Mu Du raised his head impatiently, opened his eyes and asked.

"We have only rushed dozens of miles today, and there is still a lot of way to go from our camp in Hexi, so I think we should hurry up, right?"

"Are you fucking annoyed? Have you slept soundly these days? I finally grabbed these things, what's wrong with Lao Tzu's comfortable life for two days? Get lost! Don't bother Lao Tzu! Mu Du scolded impatiently.

The servant was scolded by Mudu and walked away.

According to Shi Min's plan, Wang Chong led more than a dozen people to reconnoiter along the way to determine the location of the Qiang people, and once the Qiang people were found, they would definitely come back in advance and report to Shi Min. As Wang Chong said before, Shi Min followed the traces of dung left by cattle, sheep and horses along the way to the south until midnight.

"Major General! Isn't it time for us to rest? Gotta cherish the horsepower! Xue Zan reminded on horseback.

Shi Min looked back at the position of the Big Dipper in the sky, and saw that he was walking in the right direction, so he said, "Send the order to go down and camp on the spot." ”

"Yes!" Xue Zan nodded, and went down to carry out Shi Min's order.

In the past few days, Shi Min led his troops to fight thousands of miles, thanks to his father Xihua Hou's strict training of these soldiers on weekdays, so that they became the most elite cavalry of Zhao State, if they were replaced by other ordinary soldiers, they would have already been tired and paralyzed, not to mention that they could still pursue the enemy.