Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Trail
A true warrior, willing to pay any price for victory in the war.
But after paying such a heavy price, Bingchen did not see the path of victory at his feet.
Everything is still hidden in the fog.
The key to the war is whether this invincible army can find enough food before the horses lose their galloping strength. It didn't matter if there were enemy guards around the food, even without heavy armor, the army was still invincible.
Therefore, Bingchen must be like the most keen-eyed hound, to find a possible city or military camp on the grassland.
The existence of Huguan gave him great comfort, not only because it provided much-needed military rations for the army, but also because it represented that this grassland was not a desert without people.
Logistics is an essential part of warfare, and there must be another place near this fort where the rations gather, either a barracks, or a historic border fortress, or even just a convoy of rations.
The only question is, where will they be.
After leaving Huguan, choosing the direction was a gamble, Bingchen chose due south, but now it seems that his choice is not wrong, but it is not the best.
Bingchen recalled the terrain the army had traveled through, including several low hills and no water sources, and it was clear that this was not the right route to march.
In order to save time, Bingchen did not take a detour, but this does not mean that the army does not need to change direction.
Finding a way through the prairie was a difficult task, and in a field that was too empty, a pattern like the fact that humans would gather near a water source played little role, and Bingchen pinned most of his hopes on the scouting rangers.
Although it seems to be hopeless, Bingchen is convinced that it must be not far away.
Although this world is not in the same language as his hometown, Bingchen still got a lot of information from the defenders of Tiger Pass, such as that they were completely ready for battle - the army fleeing outside the city was not panicked by surprise, but unbearable under the pressure, and finally gave up completely.
The strong unwillingness in the eyes of the soldiers who held on before they died represented their belief that their side was certain to win.
With a cursory count of heads, Bingchen knew that their confidence did not come from the fleeing armies, and the answer was obvious - reinforcements were already on the way.
Because food is the best choice for the enemy, Bingchen believes that this is the compensation of fate after they have put them in a desperate situation - they will be victorious.
The last twilight vanished into the horizon, the earth fell into the shadow of the earth itself, and night fell.
The four fields were silent, and the warriors slept peacefully beside their horses, only the sentry and Bingchen were still looking at the wilderness with their eyes open and their backs to the fire.
Bingchen stood up suddenly, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves.
His military order to the rangers was to spend the night in the field and not to return until early morning unless a major discovery was made.
The night watchman also stood up, and the sound of horses' hooves was like lightning, and soon he was in front of Bingchen.
A warrior jumped off a horse that had not stopped: "There is a path. ”
Bingchen stretched out his hand and grabbed the reins of the horse that rushed to his side, and looked at the knight in front of him with a blank expression.
The warrior's face was overjoyed.
In the flickering firelight, the tall warhorses left a long shadow on the ground, and the sleeping warriors rolled over in the darkness and continued to sleep.
"Take me there. ”
......
"There's only one trail, is it enough?"
The goshawk smiled and didn't speak, and Xiang Wu didn't even laugh.
Wang Baobao said this, it was completely unnecessary worry, but he is the coach, and this matter is very important, and it is normal for people to feel uneasy.
The Divine Monarch laughed: "Pretend to be a ghost, no one in the world can compare to me!"
Wang Baobao squeezed out a stiff smile.
His reason told him that this was an unnecessary worry, but the fate of tens of thousands of troops was in his hands, and Wang Baobao could not be at ease.
"As long as there is a path, there is a place where there are people, and where there are people, there is food, and at least there is water, even if it is only a beast road. Xiang Wu explained out loud, not only to relieve the embarrassment of the head coach but also to help the Divine Monarch, "And as long as the enemy army takes a path, it will fall into a trap." ”
"Horse manure, fire pit......" Wang Baobao thought of those things that Shenjun and Xiang Wu came up with, and couldn't help laughing, "It's really a shame that you can think of it, and it is said that it is a wise saying left in the art of war of the ancestors......"
He stopped with a smile and sighed: "Those are enough, enough to deceive the cavalry of the demon clan, outsiders can't see through it." What I am afraid of is the road itself, which is only trampled by horses and dragged stones, and the man-made road is different from the animal path, and the path that people have taken, if they see the flaws......"
"That is to choose another fork in the road at the intersection of the labyrinth," Shenjun rarely has such a high-ranking and highly comprehending audience as Wang Baobao, who enjoys the process of telling the experience of pretending to be a ghost, "The basis of everything is deception, the most crucial part is the beginning, as long as you enter the labyrinth, the rest is to spin in the labyrinth, every fork in the road is in the design, only the overwhelming force enough to break through the walls of the maze can leave, otherwise you can only be trapped inside." ”
"In simple words," Xiang Wu didn't dare to let the Divine Monarch say too much, "when they find a flaw in the road, they have already deviated from the right direction, and even if they leave the road, sooner or later they will have to embark on another path again." ”
"This maze is too big. ”
Wang Baobao waved his hand: "If they walk casually, they will pass through the army outside......
Speaking of this, Wang Baobao stopped.
He knew it couldn't be.
This carefully calculated labyrinth does not have such a gap, even if outsiders see through the labyrinth and go straight to the gap, they will use up the food and grass of the tiger pass before rushing out of the siege and fall into starvation.
What really made Wang Baobao uneasy and never reassured was not the labyrinth itself, but the far south.
Tens of thousands of troops, scattered in the vast grasslands, roads are impassable, food and grass are difficult to travel, almost waiting for the rabbits, there is no peace every day and there is nothing to do, even a few rumors may lead to chaos.
And the south is already in chaos, and the displacement is everywhere, almost turning the world upside down.
Wang Baobao is not afraid of the displaced people, but he clearly knows that the power of the displaced people, maybe it is not enough to destroy Jiangnan, but it is enough to destroy Caoyun, maybe not enough to cut off the canal forever, but it is enough to cut off for a while.
If that happens, the consequences will be dire.