Seeing that the enemy army had left, but Zhao Yulong still did not let the pursuit, to be honest, Jing Rui was indeed a little unbearable: "Why don't you pursue at such a good time? Once they come forward, they will definitely not survive." ”

"Yes, they won't survive, but we'll all be wiped out too. So do you let them escape, or do you let us all annihilate and see for yourself which was the best deal last year?"

"The whole army is annihilated, but that team doesn't have such strength!" Obviously, Jing Rui didn't believe Zhao Yulong's words.

"Yes, that team really doesn't have such strength, but don't forget that this is not an imperial kingdom but a wolf, is it really possible that there is only this team here?" Obviously, Zhao Yulong's gaze was indeed farther than Jing Rui's.

"That's true, and it seems that we really shouldn't go in pursuit, for if we use our strength to pursue the enemy, then we won't have much strength to retreat. So Brother Long, your plan now is to retreat!"

However, Meng Liang knew more about Zhao Yulong's military affairs, and now he also thought of this now, so he naturally understood Zhao Yulong's concerns.

"Yes! Strength is for running away, not for killing. The losses they had suffered before were not small, so naturally they didn't have to worry about them coming back. Therefore, what we need to do now is to save enough physical strength to avoid the enemy army, so the whole army obeys the order and gives up food and grass to advance. ”

"Give up the grain and grass?" This made these soldiers a little puzzled, they had never given up food and grass in the previous two times against the enemy, and now that the enemy army had been repulsed, they even had to give up food and grass.

It is certainly unreasonable to think in any way, and it is a serious crime to give up grain and grass in the imperial state! Although his soldiers will not be punished, the general will certainly not be able to do it.

But now these soldiers have nothing to say, after all, this is a military order that cannot be disobeyed. And more importantly, it doesn't have much to do with them.

After all, it is Zhao Yulong's decision now, and it is Zhao Yulong who is punished. Since Zhao Yulong was punished voluntarily, these soldiers had nothing to say.

Now that Zhao Yulong had ordered to leave, these soldiers followed suit. And because there is no drag of grain and grass now, the speed is much faster.

Soon after the soldiers left, another team approached. This is the territory of the enemy country, and naturally the enemy's army will not be much less.

And this time this army is the allied army encountered on the way to Nalan's escape, and now the entire army has a strength of 9,000 people, plus this thousand people, it has reached 10,000.

The entire regular army of 10,000 people is not simple, and now that Nalan Fengxing has suffered a loss at the hands of Zhao Yulong, he naturally wants to go back to take revenge.

After all, Zhao Yulong only had a thousand people, could he still achieve a 1:10 number of casualties? So the march of the army this time was naturally not slow, and now they had soon come to the place where they had lost the battle before.

Yes, there is no trace of Zhao Yulong's army here, but there is still food and grass. Now Nalan Fengxing, who has long been frightened, still has the courage to step forward, but now when he sees this situation, he does not dare to step forward.

"They have never laid down their grain and grass even when they encountered the enemy, but now they must be deceived by putting this grain and grass here without warning, and we will wait here and see what tricks he has to play. ”

"Well, I have often heard in the army that the enemy generals are sinister and cunning, and it is indeed a problem to put this grain and grass so obviously, so it is better to stay put, and wait until we see the situation. ”

The general of this army, Beishan Weiyu, also has the same concerns as Nalan Fengxing, so he doesn't dare to take a half step forward now.

And just like that, time passed quickly, almost a few hours had passed, but there was no movement here. This must have made them notice that something was wrong, so they hurriedly stepped forward to check.

"Damn, we've been tricked again, there's no one here, but the grain and grass are good, it seems that they've run a long way! ”

After saying that, Beishan Wei hurriedly asked the whole army to take the grain and grass and prepare to leave, but was quickly stopped by Nalan Fengxing: "The general is cautious! This escort of grain and grass consumes energy, what if they kill us when we are tired?"

"But we can't go home empty-handed!"

"Why don't the general try to take the army in pursuit first, in case he hasn't gone far, it would be a good thing to destroy them first, and then get back the grain and grass. ”

"That's good, so let's go!"

And now on Zhao Yulong's side, because the previous few hours gave them enough time to march, they are now some distance from the army.

Seeing that it was a lot safer now, Hu Yun talked to Zhao Yulong: "Why didn't they have the strength to stand up when they were fighting before?

"If I had the ability, I wouldn't give up the food and grass, and their inability to stand up has little to do with me, it's entirely their own reasons. ”

"No, they can make themselves like this?"

"Yes, mainly because of them, and I just played a leading role. You should know that the soldiers will feel numb after a rapid march, so if we fight them at that time, we will definitely be at a disadvantage, because they don't feel any pain. ”

"I know, but what does it have to do with them not being able to stand up?"

"It's a big deal. Zhao Yulong laughed when he said this: "But if they are allowed to rest for a period of time and their bodies regain consciousness, the whole person will feel pain, and naturally few people will be able to stand up at that time." ”

"I see, it's really Brother Long's wisdom. Speaking of which, Hu Yun didn't forget to pat Zhao Yulong's ass, after all, only Zhao Yulong could help him when Jingrui cleaned him up.

"Alright, it's getting late, everyone rests on the spot and gets ready to set up camp. Zhao Yulong didn't pay too much attention to Hu Yun's sycophancy, and now he just looked at the sky and asked the soldiers to sit down and rest.

And a few hundred miles away from Zhao Yulong's military camp, a team was advancing non-stop. Yes, this team is the Lin Shan Army of the Beishan Uyghur language.

Now they are full of energy, after all, according to Zhao Yulong's footprints, their speed will definitely not be fast, so naturally they see the opportunity to approach Zhao Yulong's team.

At noon the next day, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they were only half as far away from the main army. However, Zhao Yulong still had a sad face, as if he was worried about something.

And at this moment, the sound of soil dust dozens of miles away had reached Zhao Yulong's ears.

It was a very small sound, and even Zhao Yulong needed complete concentration to be able to hear a little. So obviously this shows that the enemy is still a certain distance away from here, but this makes Zhao Yulong feel a little nervous.

Because even if you want to evacuate now, it's already a little late, after all, there are not enough chariots and horses on your side, and there is no way to outrun the opponent's all-cavalry team.

So the best way to do this is to get reinforcements, or build a strong camp.

However, both methods obviously have a somewhat ethereal feeling, after all, how can there be any friendly forces in such a place? The main force is already on the front line, and there are almost no friendly forces here.

And it is a little unrealistic to build a stockade, after all, how can it be built into a solid fortress at this time?

Just when Zhao Yulong was in trouble, Zhao Yulong suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked Jingrui: "When we passed by here last time, we seemed to see an abandoned cottage, where is he?"

"It seems like to be in the west, how to get there and what to do, is there anything there, nothing but some discarded weapons. ”

"No, no, there's a good barrier there, and that's what we need most. After all, there are ten times as many enemy forces behind us as we are, and if we don't take a little action, we will surely be wiped out. ”

"What? There are pursuers behind. Jing Rui was a little surprised when he heard this, to be honest, he really didn't see any movement.

"Yes, don't panic when you encounter this situation as a general. These soldiers can't be allowed to find out that something is wrong, otherwise it will not be good if the army is in chaos. After speaking, Zhao Yulong looked at the back and motioned for Jingrui to speak quietly.

Jing Rui naturally understood: "Okay, I'm excited! But are you sure? There is no enemy army to be seen here." ”

"Sure, I can't be wrong. Just a few dozen miles away, the enemy's 10,000-strong contingent was approaching, and it was estimated that it would be able to approach us in a few hours. So we have to have a stubborn fortress, so let's hurry up. ”

"Okay, then I'll go give the order!" After speaking, Jingrui was about to go to inform the team behind, but was stopped by Zhao Yulong.

"No, let me tell you, so they should be credible. ”

"Okay, it's better to leave it to you, after all, the soldiers are not under the orders of foreign generals, and they must be able to listen to your orders. ”

After that, he signaled Zhao Yulong to inform these soldiers, and Zhao Yulong naturally knew that he would never be able to say anything truth to them, so he came up with a more reasonable thing to say.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are almost on the battlefield, and war is inevitable. So if we want to win, we have to be completely sure, there's an abandoned fortress over there, how many people can we go there and practice?"

"Good!" These soldiers were a little tired of sleeping in the open during these days, but now they were so happy that they could rest for a while before marching.

Since the soldiers had no opinions, naturally Zhao Yulong couldn't delay anything, so he hurriedly took these soldiers to the fortress to settle down.

Along the way, Zhao Yulong's speed suddenly increased a lot, which made these soldiers feel a little puzzled. However, this didn't make them care too much, after all, Zhao Yulong was not an enemy army, and there was nothing to worry about.

In addition, I thought that Zhao Yulong was a scholar, and he didn't read less books along the way. Therefore, it is believed that this is Zhao Yulong's weak physique, so he can't withstand the wind and cold.

And now after entering the fortress, the wind on all sides can avoid being hit by the wind and frost, so the speed is accelerated. So these soldiers felt that it didn't matter, after all, although the journey along the way was very long, Zhao Yulong usually told them to stop and go.

So they didn't get a little rest, and now their energy is still very strong, so it is naturally not very difficult to keep up with Zhao Yulong's speed.

Because it was a rapid march, the fort arrived quickly, and it took almost less than an hour to arrive.

It's a newly abandoned fortress, and judging by some of the cobwebs in it, it should have been abandoned in recent months. And apparently the reason for the abandonment was because of the war, which was not big after all, but it was the choke point for the expeditionary force to march.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the invasion of the enemy country more quickly, the expeditionary force will naturally give priority to attacking here. The reputation of this expeditionary force is not small, and his reputation is second only to Jingjiajun among the surrounding countries of the imperial kingdom.

Therefore, when the owner of this fortress saw that the expeditionary force was planning to attack, he naturally did not dare to fight hard, so he abandoned this place and fled.

After the expeditionary force came here, they found that it was small and had no material, so naturally it had no use value and let it be abandoned here, and it would be almost two or three months.

And now Zhao Yulong is here again, because this is a very important place for him to save his life, after all, although the sparrow is small, it is also a piece of meat. Today, the fortress is not very big, but it is much stronger than nothing.

Moreover, this fortress is built on a mountain, and it is obviously unrealistic to surround this place in all directions. Because that situation is too scattered for these 10,000 people, Zhao Yulong will be able to break them one by one at that time.

So now Zhao Yulong doesn't have to worry about the danger of being surrounded at all, and the enemy army doesn't have to be afraid of attacking from the front. After all, as soon as the door to the fortress was closed, they had to slam the door.

Choosing to smash the door when the number of twins is not particularly large means that the entire team is buried here, after all, the door may not be smashed open, and the army is already dead.

So now this is the most feasible place for Zhao Yulong, and it is true that there is still a small amount of military rations that have not been taken. Although I don't know if I have been eaten by rats after a month or two, at least it is much better than having completely lost my military rations now.

And these soldiers are also excited to come here, after all, after sleeping in the open for so long, they have long wanted to sleep peacefully. In this fortress, except for a few soldiers standing guard, the other soldiers were able to get a good rest.

However, apparently Zhao Yulong still had something to announce, so these soldiers were naturally excited a little too early: "Since everyone is here, then I will tell the truth." Not far from us, an army of 10,000 men was approaching us, expected to arrive in an hour or two. ”

An army of 10,000 men, this is undoubtedly heavy news, and almost the entire army of soldiers is speculating whether that army is friendly or enemy.

"It's the enemy. Zhao Yulong was naturally able to see other people's thoughts, so now he directly answered the words they wanted to ask.

"What? Ten times as many as we are, what can we do? You know, we're going to lose. ！”

"Yes! An hour is coming, and we have just finished our march, and it will take us an hour or two to rest, so where is there any time to retreat? ”

Seeing the scrambled appearance of these soldiers, Zhao Yulong naturally knew it a long time ago, but now he naturally knew what to say: "What is there to panic about, don't you see that we are all in this fortress? If everyone works together, dare to ask if they can attack in?"

"This ...... The general seems to be right! How can such a strong fortress be attacked by the enemy outside? It seems that we are not in much danger, but we should be cautious, after all, there are more enemies than us. ”

Hearing Zhao Yulong's words, some veterans in the team also responded to Zhao Yulong, after all, they are all elders in these teams, and now when they encounter such a thing, they naturally want to take the lead.

Seeing that it didn't take long for the hearts of these soldiers to calm down, Zhao Yulong continued: "Very good, since everyone knows that we have an advantage now, then we must give full play to this advantage, so that we can survive the enemy's attack!"

"Yes!" I don't know if Zhao Yulong's confidence is a little high, or if these soldiers are originally such a spirit, in short, their morale is already high now, and they are like two people when they heard that the enemy army is dozens of times that of our soldiers just now.

This made Zhao Yulong feel very gratified, because morale is the most critical and important part of being a soldier in a war, and with morale, half of the entire war is basically won. And now the morale is high, which means that Zhao Yulong has also won half of this battle.

As for the other half, it is the number of both sides, the so-called management of the army, and the strategy of the leader. And this Zhao Yulong and the other party are on one side, so there is not much gap between them.

In short, now that everything is in place, the soldiers have basically recovered after resting for more than an hour, and they are returning to their respective posts to prepare for the enemy.

And at this moment, a thick layer of dust rose from the forest in the distance, and there was no doubt that the enemy army had arrived.

(End of chapter)