Under the chaos of the army, the army could not exert its original strength at all, all it could do was to instinctively flee for itself, and everyone hated their parents for giving birth to two legs and running frantically in all directions.

Seeing that the army was in chaos, Utkin came to General Mikhail, pulled him and said: "Let's go, the army of the Celestial Empire has been prepared for a long time, and even made preparations in our rear, and we lost this battle." ”

"Impossible, impossible. In such cold weather, how could the soldiers of the Celestial Empire withstand it, and how could they attack our ambush in such an environment? It's hard for us to do that. Mikhail shook his head, still with a look of disbelief. In desperation, several soldiers were ordered by Utkin, so they had to come forward and set them up, and they were forced to carry them and run out of the field.

General Mikhail and the dogs fled, and the entire Rus' army was defeated only faster, and the defeat was the best interpretation of the current scene, and the 200,000-strong army disappeared in place after only half an hour.

In the process of escaping, there were countless tramples, frostbite falls, prisoners who fled indiscriminately, and those whose morale was demoralized and surrendered.

All this is because the snow is heavy, and it is not suitable for cavalry pursuit, otherwise, the losses will only be greater.

The battle of Adan City dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Rus soldiers, and also proved that under the severe cold weather conditions, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire should not be underestimated. And after the First World War, they stopped and became much more honest.

Wen Chou took advantage of the ambush of soldiers trained in the cold, and the explosives were buried in the snow in the city as early as as the city and won a big victory, the news did not take long to reach the ears of the emperor Zhang Chao who was in the Hai Paolan City array, after hearing it, he couldn't help laughing, he knew that after a battle, the situation was settled, at least before the weather was civilized, the Rus country did not dare to use troops on a large scale, and during this time, what he needed to do was to reorganize the army for war, just wait for the spring of the next year, he will lead the army to attack.

The problem of the Rus' Kingdom fell into a stalemate because of the weather, and Zhang Chao, who had nothing to do for the time being, set his sights on the Western Regions and the Central Plains.

There are still Zhuge Liang and Sun Ce in the Central Plains who have not solved it, but after years of fighting, the strength of the other party has long been unbearable, and it is only a matter of time before they are destroyed. However, it is the problem of the Western Regions, because there are still thirty-four countries in the Western Regions, and they are still a union, occupying the advantages of strong troops and familiar geographical advantages, but they cannot be underestimated.

"Someone, send the information of the Western Regions, I want to take a look." has always focused on the issue of the Rus' Kingdom, and for the Western Regions, Zhang Chao was a little lazy. Naturally, he dared to be so relieved, also because there was Sima Yi there, this person is very capable, that is, he has never suffered any loss in the face of Zhuge Liang, with him, there will be no major events in the Western Regions.

The information was soon sent by Xu Chu, the chief of the guard, personally, and Zhang Chao fell into the sea of information in the Western Regions. And after a while, there was an extra smile on his face, and it could be seen that Sima Yi's performance in the Western Regions should still be good.

And that's exactly what happened.

After Zhang Chao's army withdrew from the Western Regions, Sima Yi, who occupied the Cheshi Kingdom, and Ma Chao, the leader of the Dragoon Legion, became representatives of the forces of the Celestial Empire.

After all, it is a latecomer, and the strength of the Celestial Empire is already very strong, so naturally what he did has attracted special attention from various forces in the Western Regions.

This kind of attention has always been the target of special treatment, not only in intelligence, but also in communication. The countries of the Western Regions seem to have discussed it, and they do not have much contact with them, even if they must trade and trade, they will stop at a superficial level, and they will not offend you, give you no excuse to send troops, and do not have deep relations with you, so that you can take advantage of the opportunity.

Faced with such a situation, the legion commander Ma Chao was naturally very angry, and repeatedly threatened to send troops to give the Western Regions Alliance a good look, but he was stopped by the military advisor Sima Yi.

He knew that the current Dragoon Legion was an outsider, always on guard as a wolf. And if they make an out-of-the-ordinary move, I am afraid that the Western Regions Alliance will find an opportunity to send troops to them next. During the period when the main force of the Celestial Empire's army was fighting in Rus', they alone could not resist the attack of the thirty-four countries of the Western Regions under any circumstances.

If the confrontation by force does not have any advantage, and even if it is defeated, it may be cleared out of the Western Regions, then Sima Yi will definitely not force the army, and at this moment his wisdom is undoubtedly revealed.

On the surface, Sima Yi showed enough respect for the countries in the Western Regions, and even took the initiative to lower his status and make friends with the countries, for which he sent a large amount of money to the nobles in power in various countries, in order to eliminate their hostility towards him, so that although they paid a certain price of money, they did get a foothold in the Western Regions in a very short period of time, but did not cause the trouble of a big war.

In private, Sima Yi and Ma Chao selected 30,000 elite cavalry from the dragoon army, made them dress up as natives of the Western Regions, and became horse bandits, specializing in plundering caravans from countries near the chariot division. And in order not to make people suspicious of them, these horse bandits also attacked the Celestial Empire caravan many times, and on the surface, they suffered heavy losses.

Sympathetic to the weak, no one doubted that these horse bandits had anything to do with the dragoons, but instead attracted the comforting voices of some countries. Some people even say that horse bandits have existed in the Western Regions since ancient times, but it is not a big deal, and it is better to be careful in the future of the caravans of the Celestial Empire.

Because of its weakness, the Dragoon Legion took root in the Western Regions, and began to develop steadily outward step by step, with the chariot division as the center. This pace of development is very slow, but it is indeed affecting the Quartet all the time.

The speed is so slow that it is not noticeable. But when the droplets come together to form the ocean, there will be no one to stop it.

Zhang Chao looked at all kinds of information handed over, and saw that under Sima Yi's methods, the dragoon army was constantly developing. Especially the harvest of the horse bandits, which made them look very poor on the surface, but they did make a fortune in private, and what they paid on the surface was far less than the return they got in private, and they also indirectly supported the treasury of the Celestial Empire, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Zhongda really has some ability, and he lives up to my expectations." ”

Zhang Chao did not have the slightest intention of hiding his appreciation, and praised Sima Yi a lot. Come to think of it, how can the people who can finally unify the Three Kingdoms be simple people?

There is Sima Yi in the Western Regions, naturally there is no problem, and because of the passage of time, it continues to expand its influence, so winter goes to spring, nearly half a year of cold winter finally passes, the snow begins to melt, the grass begins to sprout, and the spring of the Rus Kingdom has come.

Although the weather was still repeated, and it was still very cold in the morning and evening, it was nothing to the Celestial Empire's army, which was accustomed to fighting under severe cold conditions.

The melting of the snow means that the two countries are going to meet each other again. Both sides are well prepared for this and want to show their skills.

Hai Paulan Zhang Chao Mansion is among them.

The original stove has long been removed, and the generals and military advisers have also replaced the cotton clothes that make people look bloated, giving people a light-hearted and energetic appearance.

Zhang Chao also changed out of the special cotton robe and put on the light brocade robe and sat high on the first place. Yan Jiong's eyes first glanced at the crowd, and when he saw everyone looking at him with an expectant look, he smiled and said, "How is it?" Are you in a hurry? ”

"Hahaha." There was a burst of laughter in the hall.

"Okay." From the laughter, Zhang Chao had already heard everyone's answers, and his expression became serious and said: "I know everyone's feelings, but there is one thing I want to say first, there is not a lot of food in our army. ”

Just one sentence was spoken, and the atmosphere in the hall, which was originally enthusiastic, instantly became silent.

It's just that when they entered the hall, they were all veterans of a hundred battles, and they were all confident that they were very capable, so they were just stunned for a moment, and the commander of the Sixth Army Corps, Dian Wei, was the first to stand up and said: "It's okay, as long as the emperor allows me to send troops, I only need to bring seven days of grain and grass." ”

Dian Wei was the first to take the initiative to stand up, and Lu Bu, the leader of the vanguard regiment on the side, also said unbearably: "Yes, I am willing to send troops, and I only need to bring seven days of grain and grass." ”

"Zhao Yun is willing to send troops, and he only needs to bring seven days of grain and grass."

"Huang Zhong is also willing to send troops, and only bring seven days' worth of grain and grass."

The four legion commanders expressed their positions one by one, followed by some other deputy legion commanders, who also stood up and said that they could bring seven days of food and grass.

"Good." After seeing that all the generals had expressed their positions, Zhang Chao nodded with great satisfaction, "The generals' fighting spirit makes me admire, even if it is so, I will promise you." There is a good saying, there are no soldiers, no artillery, the enemy makes it for us, this time I allow you to raise your own food and grass, in case of fighters, you can choose the right way to fight. The cavalry will bring seven days' of food and grass, and the infantry for fifteen days, and I will be waiting for your good news. ”

Years of war, limited food and grass, the Celestial Empire has fed millions of soldiers alone, and it has already been a little overwhelmed, in the entire Celestial Empire, the price of grain has already begun to rise, even Zhang Chao has no better way.

In particular, last year's severe drought caused the grain and grass harvest in many places to be only 70 percent of that of previous years, so the grain problem is even more important. In desperation, Zhang Chao couldn't find a better way, so he thought of a way to raise his own military rations.

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