"On this point, the Prime Minister has ordered the utensils to be prepared... Bring it on. ”

Wen Yiheng asked the soldiers to push out fifty intact wooden carts, and continued to announce: "I can't bear to let the soldiers use manpower to bring back the grain bags of such weight, so I have prepared five hundred wooden carts for the soldiers who are willing to return to get the grain bags, and the grain bags can be transported back by the wooden carts, so as to save your physical strength." ”

Seeing that there were wooden carts to use, many soldiers began to be moved. Wen Yiheng saw the eager expressions of the soldiers, so he spoke.

"This time to return to the grain bag, the prime minister only gave a total of 500 wooden carts, two and two together, a total of 1,000 people can return to the grain bag. Soldiers who want to return to the food bag should seize the opportunity. ”

After speaking, Wen Yiheng subconsciously set his eyes on Su Jiudong, who was standing behind Su Fenglan.

This is the "hunger marketing" method that Su Jiudong told him last night, deliberately limiting the number of people and creating the "illusion" that many people are competing to return to his grain bag, so as to stimulate the soldiers' desire to actively sign up.

Sure enough, as soon as this trick came out, the soldiers who were ready to move just now immediately wanted to sign up to participate.

Wen Yiheng condescendingly announced: "There are fifty wooden carts here, and the remaining four hundred and fifty taels are behind the grain and grass section of the team. Soldiers who wish to return to the food bag can sign up with the head of the guard, and then return in pairs to get the food bag. ”

Wen Yiheng finally emphasized: "The time for returning to the grain bag this time is only five days, and I hope that all the soldiers can have a degree in their hearts and make a good choice about how many bags of grain to retrieve and when to return." ”

In a short time, the quota of 1,000 people who signed up to return the food bag was full. Wen Yiheng deliberately left the soldiers who signed up until the sunset was about to set off before they were allowed to set off.

Su Jiudong was puzzled: "Why did you leave them so late to travel?" They left in the evening, and it wasn't long before it would be dark. It is really dangerous to walk at night, not to mention that this is the Gobi Desert, which is full of dangers. ”

Wen Yiheng explained: "Traveling at night is nothing more than to avoid people's eyes. We didn't let them go until the evening, of course, so that the people who were watching us wouldn't know. ”

"The people who are spying on us... Do you mean, the crown prince and Sima Weiye? Su Jiudong subconsciously looked around, and he didn't see any outsiders.

"Of course not. We announced in front of everyone in the army today that we had chosen a man to return to the sacks, and he, as an overseer, would know about it. Wen Yiheng said calmly: "The person I said was monitoring us is naturally a person from Su Jinguo. ”

"A secret guard came to report that in recent evenings, traces of Sujin people have been found five miles away from our station."

Su Jiudong was slightly surprised: "Su Jinguo? We were still some distance from the Altay Mountains, and they had spotted us so early. ”

Wen Yiheng smiled faintly and said nonchalantly: "From the moment we entered the range of the visible Altay Mountain, they found us. ”

"In such a Gobi desert, it is difficult to show up and monitor during the day, and it is easy for us to find out. Therefore, the people of Sujin relied on their familiarity with this terrain and took advantage of the night to monitor our movements. ”

Wen Yiheng also set up secret guards in the barracks, and released secret guards to check around to see if there were enemy movements ahead. But he was the only one who knew about it, and even Su Fenglan didn't know about it.

Su Jiudong came to his senses and said with a smile: "No wonder you are not afraid to announce the selection of people to return to the grain bag during the day, it turns out that they are sure that they will not dare to come during the day, so you are not afraid of being known by them." ”

"As for deliberately leaving those 1,000 people until the evening before they are allowed to leave, they also want to take advantage of the time difference and let them leave the range of the garrison in the evening, and when the Sujin people come to monitor, they will already be far away and will not be discovered."

"Not bad. Now that the situation is becoming more and more urgent, we are being dragged down by food and grass, which is too dangerous. "The closer you get to Altaytarshan, the easier it is to be in sight of the city of Zrot, and the more danger you are exposed to.

Wen Yiheng's face was serious: "After my rough estimate, we only have five days to stay here now, so we can only hope that they can bring back enough grain bags within five days." And the rest of the soldiers will be able to recuperate during these five days. ”

Wen Yiheng stood next to the torch, looking at the Altay Mountains under the moonlight by the firelight, and his eyes were far-reaching and long.

In the city of Zhuot, behind the Altay Mountains, the prime minister of Sujin State, Dharantai, also collected the information he wanted.

Hearing the news from the spies, Dharlandet almost jumped up with joy: "What you said is true? Did those Yin soldiers really throw the grain and grass in the middle of the road? ”

"Absolutely." Those Yin soldiers lost all the way, and now it is estimated that there is not much grain and grass left! The spies who came to report laughed loudly: "It is extremely stupid to dare to throw grain and grass in the Gobi Desert!" ”

Dharlandai was very satisfied with this news: "There is not enough grain and grass, I want to see how the Yin army and their generalissimo Wen Yiheng will spend with us in this Gobi!" Even God is helping us this time! "Raindrop Book House

"The people of the Dayin Dynasty acted arrogantly, looked down on us Sujin people, and even threatened to annex our Sujin Kingdom in previous years, which is really whimsical! Now they have bypassed the border and attacked the city of Zhuot, so they took this opportunity to teach them a lesson! ”

Waving off the messenger, Dharandai summoned the general who was guarding the city of Zhuot, and the two secretly exchanged battle plans against the Yin army until late at night in the middle of the moon.

Agoura, the general of Zhuote City, was full of praise for Dalantai's strategy: "Xiangguo wants to besiege the Yin army in the hinterland between Altay Mountain and Zhuote City, and use the terrain to flank the Yin army, taking advantage of this to cut off their food and grass, this strategy is really wonderful!" ”

The smile on the corner of Dalantai's mouth did not fade: "Now that we have the right time, place and people, in the future, we only need to trap Wen Yiheng, an army of nearly 400,000 people, in Zhuote City, and block and not attack Baya City, and this war will already be more than half of the victory." ”

At the same time, Wen Yiheng, the marshal of the Yin Army, who was camping near Altay Mountain for a temporary rest, also learned from the intelligence of the secret guards that the prime minister of Sujin State, Dalantai, had led his army to Zhuote City.

"They really want to drag us in Zhuot City for consumption..."Dharlanday's response strategy was not as Wen Yiheng expected.

Su Jiudong finally became scared at this time: "The reason why you chose someone to return to get the grain bag at this time must have been calculated that the people of Su Jin were going to drag our 400,000 army to Zhuote City..."

"Now the grain and grass left in the army is only enough for the whole army to support the soldiers and horses for ten days, if no one goes back to get those grain bags today, I am afraid that we will be dragged and consumed by them The chance of survival will be lower."

The Yin army is now meandering into the hinterland of the enemy country, and the deeper it goes, the more the importance of grain and grass is reflected.

As generals, Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan can pay attention to grain and grass, but there are always low-level soldiers in the army, who only care about throwing grain bags on the road to make themselves relaxed for a while, but they don't know that such a move will affect the entire marching team.

"Dharlandai can think of dragging our army to the end, and apparently he is aware of the fact that our soldiers are throwing food bags on the way." Wen Yiheng's expression gradually became serious, and he was already thinking about it: "It's better for us to plan and hit them off guard." ”

The next day, Wen Yiheng deliberately ran to the cavalry rear section of the war horse section and selected nearly 2,000 slightly thin horses. And moved to the end of the marching procession.

Seeing Wen Yiheng's move, Prince Su Fenglan couldn't help but sneer: "I didn't expect Wen Xiang to be the first person to be discouraged in our army. ”

Since Yun Mulin came to the army as an overseer, Wen Yiheng, as the generalissimo, has always ignored him, did not communicate and discuss with him, and was even more lazy to meet Yun Mulin on weekdays.

Now that Yun Mulin stabbed Wen Yiheng inexplicably, Wen Yiheng remembered that there was still Yun Mulin in the team who came to supervise the army, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Be discouraged first?" Heng didn't know what the prince was saying. ”

Yun Mulin looked proud to see through Wen Yiheng's thoughts, raised his head slightly, and said domineeringly:

"The reason why Wen Xiang transferred the thin military horses to the end of the team like this is not because he wanted to escape faster when the enemy army killed him, so he threw these thin horses at the end as soon as possible to reduce the burden?"

Wen Yiheng couldn't help but smile when he heard this, Yun Mulin thought that he had guessed Wen Yiheng's thoughts, and couldn't help but be even more arrogant:

"According to the palace, Wen Xiang's move is only afraid that it is a faint move. No matter how thin the war horse is, it still has the ability to fight. If Wen Xiang rashly discarded the mounts and horses of nearly 2,000 cavalrymen, it would be equivalent to losing 2,000 cavalry. ”

"Those aliens in Mobei are good at horsemanship, and the cavalry is also known for their bravery. If the cavalry in our army is the first to be weakened by itself, it will fall into defeat first. Such a tactic of drinking to quench thirst is tantamount to handing a knife to the enemy. ”

Yun Mulin's analysis was reasonable, and Wen Yiheng nodded in agreement after listening to it. However, Yun Mulin's final guess was not correct, so Wen Yiheng didn't bother to reason with Yun Mulin and remained silent.

Wen Yiheng's silence In Yun Mulin's opinion, Wen Yiheng acquiesced in the facts he guessed.

Wen Yiheng shook off Yun Mulin, walked to the several horsemen who took care of the war horses, and whispered: "In the next five days, you remember to feed the two thousand war horses at the end of the team less than usual, so that they can be as hungry as possible." ”

Su Jiudong was afraid that the horsemen would feel sorry for the hungry war horses and would not do so, so he revealed a little bit of information and only said:

"The small amount of food eaten during these five days is for the needs of the future war, this is a military order, and you must not feed them secretly out of personal love for horses. After a maximum of seven days, you will be able to resume your horses' normal food. ”

Wen Yiheng patted the shoulder of the groom leader meaningfully, and finally admonished: "These war horses are also comrades-in-arms of our soldiers, and this appearance will never let these silent heroes starve in vain." ”

With Wen Yiheng's orders, the horsemen reduced the daily food consumption of the two thousand thin horses, and obeyed Wen Yiheng's orders, and at night, they deliberately drove the two thousand thin horses to the outside of the normal size of the war horses to surround them, just to create the illusion that all the horses were starved and thin in the night.