Jumping in the light of the fire.

The withered yellow grassland was stained black with blood.

Mountains of corpses condensed into a huge hideous sculpture in the howling north wind.

A huge tribe of fifty or sixty thousand.

In the end, less than 300 people survived......

The strong smell of blood attracts hordes of vultures and steppe wolves.

They swallowed their saliva and wandered around the Hari tribe, waiting to feast.

Only a pair of green eyes were left, looming in the darkness......

There is no hell on earth than this.

The soldiers of the North Battalion have no taboos.

They slaughtered cattle and sheep with joy.

Let go of eating, let go of making.

Left-hand steak, right-hand leg of lamb.

Eat with a mouth full of oil and a round stomach.

Except that there is no wine, it is really like a festival.

Rest for the night.

The morale of the 4,000 soldiers of the North Battalion was restored to its peak again.

Early the next morning.

Zhang Chu, who disappeared all night, reappeared in front of many soldiers.

He seemed to have not slept all night, his face was very haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Sun Jian, Niu Shisan and other old men saw him, and cast an inquiring look at Da Liu, who was standing behind Zhang Chu, with some concern.

Da Liu shook his head slightly, signaling them not to ask more.

Seeing this, Sun Jian, Niu Thirteen and the others sighed in their hearts.

Zhang Chu looked around, didn't say anything, took the purple dragon knife from Da Liu's hand and put it on his waist, waved his hand and said, "Return!"

The four thousand soldiers of the North Battalion listened to the order and turned over their horses neatly.

Not much.

A majestic Xuanxi light horseman, stepping on the newborn morning sun, rushed straight to the south.

Behind them, there was a cloud of smoke.

Black smoke.

World.

There is no more "Wulian City".

......

4,000 soldiers of the Jiangbei battalion.

When he came, he had two horses.

Carrying armor, dry food, and drinking water.

When he returned, one person had four horses and five horses.

Carrying gold, silver, gems, leather herbs scavenged from the Hari tribe.

There is even Tie Hanhan who used freshly peeled cowhide to wrap a few fresh ox legs and hang them on his war horse.

Zhang Chu saw it, he didn't open his mouth, let them be.

Although too many war horses will greatly slow down their return journey.

But these good brothers, who accompanied him through this journey, did not come to ask him why, how could he bear to deprive them of the opportunity to make a fortune?

are all simple men who are used to living a hard life......

Because there were too many war horses, it slowed down their return journey.

The water intake site, which was originally planned to be reached at noon, could not be reached.

After all, the Tianji Grassland is the territory of the Northern Barbarians, and Zhang Chu does not dare to consume manpower and horsepower excessively.

Otherwise, once you encounter the Northern Barbarian army when you are sleepy and short of horses, it will be a disaster.

There are no trivial matters in the army.

Although Zhang Chu is already a veteran on the battlefield, he never dares to have any contempt, let alone any luck.

Seeing that it was impossible to reach the place of water intake at noon, when he passed a small hill on the way, Zhang Chu decisively ordered the camp and ordered the soldiers to first satisfy their hunger and rest with spare dry food and drinking water.

After resting for about half an hour, Zhang Chu gave the order to set off again.

When we arrived at the place where we got water, the sun was already setting in the early winter.

......

This water intake place is a freshwater lake within a radius of several miles.

In the past, business travelers who passed through this area would once again replenish their drinking water and camp.

After arriving at this freshwater lake, Zhang Chu rode a green horse and slowly inspected the temporary camp along the lakeside, and Da Liu and Tianfeng, who was dressed as an ordinary soldier, followed him.

"Before dark, we can't get to the next water point. ”

Zhang Chu said.

"I have already asked the guide, and there is no suitable campsite within fifty miles to the south. ”

The wind lowered his voice and replied.

Zhang Chu frowned: "How far have you traveled today?"

Tianfeng: "Less than a hundred miles." ”

The Hari tribe is more than 500 miles away from Yongming Pass.

The grassland is the best Happy Valley.

When they came, they did not have to worry about the ambush of the northern barbarians, and all the soldiers in the northern camp were one person and two horses, and the Marcel people did not stop, and it only took one day and one night to arrive at the Hari tribe.

Now they have gone deep into the steppe, and it has been two days and one night.

No matter how long the northern barbarian arc is, it is time to react.

How dare Zhang Chu stop rushing without mercy on manpower?

But I only walked more than 100 miles a day, which is too slow!

Doesn't that give the Northern Barbarians time to besiege them?

Zhang Chu frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "Wu Laojiu!"

"In!"

Wu Laojiu, who was among the soldiers, responded, hurriedly separated the crowd and trotted to Zhang Chuma, waved his hands and said, "Alliance leader, you call your subordinates?"

Zhang Chu: "You go and order a hundred brothers, go to the front to explore the way, and if you encounter a small group of Northern Barbarians, you can eat them, and if you can't eat them, don't care, if you find a large number of Northern Barbarians, come back immediately and report to me!"

Wu Laojiu immediately straightened up and said loudly: "Wow!"

With that, he turned and hurried away, organizing his men to go.

After Wu Laojiu left, Da Liu said in a worried voice: "Master Chu, do you want to go at night?"

Zhang Chu nodded helplessly: "There is no way to do it, return to Yongming Pass a moment earlier, and feel at ease a moment earlier." ”

After a pause, he added: "You say, is it not a matter to think of a way for the brothers to throw the extra war horses here, and drag it on like this......

Da Liu: "If you open your mouth, the brothers will definitely listen to you, but it's a pity that so many good horses are thrown here like this." ”

Zhang Chu pursed his lips.

Even Da Liu thinks so, and the brothers below must be even more reluctant......

Just when he was thinking about the solution, suddenly a middle-aged man with an old face rushed out of the army, grabbed the reins of the war horse under Tianfeng's crotch, and hurriedly said a few words.

His voice was too small, and Zhang Chu didn't hear what he was saying.

But when Tianfeng heard this, his face changed suddenly: "Lord, there are people from the west, about 20,000, more than ten miles away from here." ”

Zhang Chuyi frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Are you sure?"

When the army is on the march, he naturally won't even send scouts.

But now none of the scouts have returned, and it has been reported that an enemy is approaching.

Tianfeng pointed to the soldier who was dragging the reins of the war horse under his crotch, and said urgently: "This subordinate is a veteran of the trade route of the grassland in the past, and he has developed the ability to 'listen to the ground', and on the grassland, the sound of horses' hooves of more than a thousand people within twenty miles can't hide from his ears!"

When Zhang Chu heard this, he decisively turned the horse's head, and Gao He said: "The whole army is wearing armor, the sword is out of the sheath, the arrow is on the bow, and it is ready to meet the enemy!"

When the soldiers who had just set up a bonfire and were barbecuing dry food and hot soup heard the noise, they immediately left their work at hand and turned to find their horses.

The makeshift camp was in chaos in an instant.

When Zhang Chu saw this kind of scene, he reacted in his heart...... The Northern Barbarians are waiting for him here!