"What? The logistics transport team didn't send food for three days? When Helorius got the news, he was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How much food do we have left now, and how long can we feed the army?" ”

"It's only going to last two days!"

Now Helorius is in a hurry, food has been the top priority for the army since ancient times, especially for the expeditionary army, the people around the battlefield have long not known where to flee, not to mention that the army of the Roman Empire is not allowed to rob the people's food, even if it is allowed, they have no food to rob now, for the army, without food and grass, not only will the morale drop to the lowest point, but I am afraid that there is a danger of collapse at any time, because hunger will make people lose their minds.

The wrinkles on Helorius's forehead wrinkled, and his brows were even more wrinkled, the problem now was not to attack Lazlog, but to find food, and also to guard against the attack of the Huns, he knew that there was a problem with the grain road, this is probably someone is playing tricks, the specific reason is not clear, but soon there should be news, and he immediately sent someone to investigate.

Sure enough, after only half a day, the cavalry team that went out to investigate why the grain and grass had not been transported brought back a few wounded soldiers, one of whom still had an arrow stuck in his body, but he was not dead.

The cavalry centurion reported: "General, we found them on the way to Symi, according to them they were members of the logistics convoy, and when they were carrying grain and grass, they were raided by a small group of Hun cavalry, and the whole convoy was completely unresponsive due to the sudden attack, and almost all of them were killed. The grain and grass were also burned, and only a few of them escaped with serious injuries! ”

The wrinkles on Helorius' forehead deepened, and he crouched down in front of a wounded soldier and asked, "Are you sure that the Hun cavalry attacked you?" ”

"Yes. General, I'm sure they're them! Only the Hun cavalry would have such good horsemanship and combat effectiveness! ”

Knowing that there was a big problem, Helorius immediately called a military meeting, all the officers and staff of the rank of wing commander were present, and when the personnel had arrived, he said: "Everyone, our trouble is coming. A detachment of Huns has appeared on our grain routes, and has raided several of our grain convoys, and now the grain and grass in our camp is only enough to last for two days. I would like to ask how the morale of the soldiers is recovering, and whether they will be able to storm the city tomorrow. ”

The co-captains looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. One of the co-captains said, "General." If you want to attack the city, you need at least three days to restore morale, otherwise the effect of the siege will be greatly reduced! ”

The words of this wing commander frustrated Helorius's idea of attacking the city, and now the two roads have been cut off, and the food and grass in the camp are only enough to support two days, and there are only two ways to get out of this crisis, the first one. Even if Razlog is defeated in two days, the problem of food and grass will not be a problem. Second, find a way to restore the grain route, this is much more troublesome, there are not many Hun cavalry, the small force is elusive, it is difficult to find it, so at first he wanted to use the first method, but now it seems that the method of breaking through the fortress of Razlog in two days will not work, the only way is to send the main force to Simi to escort grain and grass, and it must be escorted over within two days, otherwise the army will have no food to eat on the third day.

Helorius said: "Now we try our best to restore the safety of the grain route, on the other hand, we must immediately send troops to Simi to transport grain and grass, otherwise it will be difficult for the army to continue to fight here, Hu Di, you lead your cavalry wing to Simi to escort a batch of grain and grass over, you must be careful on the road, although your cavalry wing has a thousand cavalry, and the Hun rangers only have a small force, but they are hiding in the shadows and ambushing, you must not take it lightly, I want you to promise that you must escort the grain and grass back the night after tomorrow, otherwise, We're going to have to go hungry the day after tomorrow, you know? ”

"Yes, General, even if Woody dies, he will escort the grain and grass back!" Woody agreed, saluted, and left the tent.

After Woody left, Helorius said sharply: "Everyone, everyone here is not allowed to leak anything about our army's lack of food and grass, the news will be very disadvantageous to our situation if it spreads, I am afraid that the morale of the soldiers will be even lower, if I let me know who spread the news, I will definitely kill him with my own hands, understand?" ”

Everyone stood up and shouted, "Understood, General! ”

"Very good, let's go back and try to appease the soldiers, find a way to recover them from the events of the previous few days, organize some activities to boost their morale, disperse, disperse!"

When Helorius was worried in his big tent, Qin Dong's life was also very difficult, the Second Route Army came with news, the siege was not smooth, Odoase's resistance was very tenacious, the Second Route Army had suffered heavy casualties in the siege battle of the prisoners captured before, and now there has been a phenomenon of captives escaping with death, which made Muren very anxious, but if he let his main force attack the city, he was worried that the main force would suffer too many casualties, so he sent a flying pigeon to Qin Dong to ask Qin Dong's opinion.

The meeting hall was very quiet, the officers and staff were sitting on both sides without making a sound, Qin Dong touched his chin after reading the content on the cloth strip and said: "The situation of the Second Route Army is not optimistic, looking at the situation, Odoase intends to defend Carmen City to the death, the slaves captured in Muren's previous battle have suffered heavy casualties in the siege battles in the past few days, and there has been a phenomenon that the captives have taken risks to escape, when the Second Route Army will be able to break through Carmen City is still unknown, do you have any good way?" ”

Faisal said: "My lord, how can there be immortals in the war, I think it is better to let Mu Ren order his main force to attack the city, the main combat strength he brings is famous in the whole army, and if you fight to die more, you must try your best to take Carmen City, otherwise the war will drag on again and again, and the opportunity for the front and rear flanking tactics you have formulated may be lost, after all, no matter how we blockade, the coalition forces will get the news that Carmen City is besieged sooner or later, and it will be too late by then!" ”

Qin Dong nodded and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, but let his main force attack the city, if his main force loses too much, it will also affect my plan, I think ......."

Everyone looked at Qin Dong, he rubbed his temples, after thinking for a long time, he beckoned Liu San over, motioned for Liu San to come over, he whispered a few words in Liu San's ear, Liu San nodded when he heard it, and finally said: "Understood, my lord, I will do as you tell me immediately!" ”

"Wait, come back!" Qin Dong stopped him again and said: "Let Muren gather his team and hide, since Herolius has found that there is a problem with the grain and grass, then he doesn't need to attack the grain road anymore, he just needs to follow the opponent's cavalry wing, see where they go, find their grain and grass hoarding points, and finally burn their logistics supply points for me!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Previously, the Romans had kept the grain and grass hoarding points very secretive, Liu San's intelligence system checked for several days and did not get relevant news, and the grain transport team never went back every time they transported grain, so they couldn't go down the vine, and as a last resort, Qin Dong could only let Tolong attack the grain road, so that the coalition camp had no food to eat, so that Helorius had to send someone to escort the grain and grass in person, so Tolon's opportunity came, as long as he followed the cavalry wing of Helorius, he could find their grain hoarding point.

After everyone dispersed, Qin Dong took Batu to inspect the city, the city was empty, the residents were all moved away by Odoase, and only a few patrols were seen patrolling in groups of people on the street, it was almost December at this time, and the soldiers' clothes were still worn in summer, and many soldiers were shivering with cold.

After Qin Dong noticed this situation, he immediately asked Batu to send someone to solve the problem of Wang Liu's winter clothes, and after Wang Liu was found, he learned that Qin Dong asked about winter clothes, and hurriedly said: "Young master, now the herdsmen and idle people in the three places of Pazar, Pana and Plov have been organized to make sweaters and leather clothes with all their might, I have sent someone to inquire about it, and the day after tomorrow, a batch of leather clothes will be sent over, about five hundred sets, for the time being, some of the people's clothes will be solved first, and the rest will be transported as much as possible!" ”

Qin Dong nodded and said: "You must do your best, now that the weather is getting colder and colder, it may snow heavily at any time, and the road will be closed by heavy snow, even if the clothes are ready, it will be difficult to transport them in time!" ”

Wang Liudao: "Okay, young master, I will urge them to start work with all their might!" ”

Since Helorius was worried that the grain road would be attacked by a small group of Hun cavalry again, he sent an army to transport grain, and also sent an army to search for the Hun cavalry team near the grain road to protect the safety of the grain road, and since then, the Hun cavalry has not been found on the grain road.

The cavalry wing led by Hu Di did not find any trace of the Hun cavalry along the way, and it took them a day to rush to Symi, but the Hun outpost who secretly followed them discovered the Symi grain hoarding point.

The Romans hoarded grain and grass in the small town of Symi and used it as a logistics supply base, but all the materials transported from the Macedonian province were hoarded here, and then transported from here to the front line, Symi was not in the territory of the Macedonian province, nominally belonged to the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, and was now in the hands of Mundi, but not far from the Macedonian border, and there was only one road leading here.

"Report, my lord, I have discovered the enemy's grain and grass hoarding point!" A sentry sped over to report to Toron, who was observing from the hillside.

"Oh? In what place? Toron immediately came to his senses and asked hurriedly.

"In a small town called Simi forty miles southwest of here, the defenders are about a thousand men, some of them are equipped with small round shields and short swords, the other part is equipped with bows and arrows, plus the thousand cavalry who have just passed to transport food, a total of two thousand people!" ”

Tuo Long said in a deep voice: "We can't let them transport grain and grass over, tonight we will raid the grain and grass hoarding point in Ximi, put a few fires to burn all their grain, I see what they eat, there is no grain and grass, I think they will fight with us?" This trick is too powerful, order everyone to rest, arrange personnel to secretly guard nearby, and wake me up after dark! If their caravan returns as soon as the wagons are filled with grain and grass, they should report it immediately."

"Yes, sir!" (To be continued......)