The night is like ink.

In a vast desert, the wind is gusting, and the wind and sand are blowing.

Looking at the past from afar, you can faintly see the flames like starlight, dotted on the desert. These are torches, and as the soldiers walk, the sound of the clash of armor "rustling" sounds.

I don't know how many soldiers of the Zhao army were stubbornly cloaked, they pointed straight at the sky with spears and spears, or opened the way in front of them with shields and iron swords. And in the middle of the procession, countless closed carriages marched.

By the light of the fire, Li Nong only saw a night in front of him, and the boundless night was like a giant beast, opening its mouth wide, trying to swallow their team into the boundless abyss.

"Stop! Rest in place! ”

Li Nong frowned, waved his hand, and then asked all the soldiers of the army to stop and rest for a while.

At this moment, a fire suddenly lit up from not far away!

Front, back, and in all directions, dazzling fires sprung up!

"Enemy attack!"

At this time, when the soldiers of the Zhao Army, who had been on the road for a long time, were at their least vigilant, they suddenly encountered an enemy attack, which can be imagined.

"Kill!"

Before they could react, they heard a burst of shouts of killing.

Immediately afterward, there was an indiscriminate, overwhelming rain of arrows from below to top.

"Poof! ……”

"Ahhh ......" Zhao Pawn, who was hit by the arrow, wailed and fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing this, Li Nong also changed color, and immediately waved the one in his hand, and said loudly: "The shield hand is in formation!" Don't panic! ”

After two showers of arrows, the sound of horses' hooves sounded not far away.

The sound of horses' hooves was frenzied, followed by the roar of enemy horses all over the mountains.

Zhao Jun's shield hand quickly formed a formation and moved closer to Li Nong!

Looking at the shield array that the Zhao army had formed, the cavalry of these Xianbei people was also very strong, directly wielding the sword of the horse, flying over, and trampling many Zhao pawns with their horses' hooves. They were either knocked to the ground by their shields and strangled to death by their blades.

The purpose of the Xianbei people was obviously not to destroy their Zhao army, so after forcing the Zhao army to protect themselves and shrink the defensive line, they quickly pounced, took spears and spears, and stabbed the cart loaded with water.

Seeing so much water flowing on the ground, Li Nong's heart was dripping blood!

He couldn't care about the distance anymore, so he had to save the nearby waterwheel.

If their thousands of Zhao troops are completely wiped out, these waterwheels may all be destroyed!

Li Nong called a junior colonel and said urgently: "You hurry up and go to the Chinese army!" Ask for the Governor's support! ”

"No!"

The little colonel immediately led a team of Zhao pawns and rode away.

The scout team that broke out of the encirclement drove all the way in, and finally arrived at the location of the Zhao army's Zhongjun Daxu after half an hour.

Fortunately, Shi Min had already taken precautions and shortened the distance between the Chinese army and the rear army, otherwise once the rear army responsible for escorting grain and water sources was raided, the main force of the Chinese army would not be able to take care of the end at that time!

"Report-" As soon as the little colonel saw Shi Min, he immediately rolled the saddle and dismounted, and said with a forked hand, "The Grand Duke!" The rear army was raided by a large force of cavalry from Xianbei! General Li Nong sent us to ask for reinforcements! ”

Hearing this, Shi Min grabbed the reins and frowned, "How many troops does the enemy army have?" ”

"I can't see clearly! The mountains are full of black heads and torches! ”

At this time, on one side, Shi Jian stepped forward and said, "Governor, it is about the grain and water sources of our army!" Matters! The last general asked to bring 5,000 cavalry to reinforce the besieged soldiers and horses of Li Nong's troops! ”

"Governor, you still have to think carefully." Dong Kuang squinted his eyes and said, "Now the enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light!" We don't even know how many enemy forces there are. If the Xianbei people are dispatched, there are tens of thousands of cavalry, but I am afraid that the soldiers and horses that General Shi Jian rushed over to support will have no return! ”

Shi Min closed his eyes, thought to himself for a moment, and then said, "It's too late." Since the Xianbei people have figured out where our army's grain and water sources are, it is absolutely impossible to have no back-up! And now, presumably, the water source of our army has been completely destroyed. When you break through, you still want to bring grain and water with you, I'm afraid you can't do it! ”

"Wang Ping!"

"The last general!" Wang Ping immediately stood up.

"You immediately take a thousand sergeants from the broken barracks and hurry to the place where Li Nong's troops and horses are besieged! Remember, don't fall in love! After receiving Li Nong's troops and horses to break through, retreat immediately! ”

"No!" Wang Ping immediately took the order and left.

Seeing that Shi Min rejected his request, Shi Jian did not feel the slightest displeasure.

Although Shi Min has taken refuge in him Shi Jian, they are a cooperative relationship, not a relationship between superiors and subordinates. Moreover, it is really dangerous to go to support Li Nong's troops and horses, and to help them break through!

Shi Jian forked his hands and said: "Governor, I don't know if our army is going to continue marching now?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Min shook his head lightly and said, "Every move of our army has been monitored. The order is sent down, and the whole army is encamped on the spot! ”

With Shi Min's order, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Zhao army were immediately assigned to be responsible for the guard, and then more soldiers began to set up tents there, bury antlers, and form a rather rudimentary camp.

On the other hand, Wang Ping was ordered to take the most elite broken military camp in the Zhao army and go straight to the soldiers and horses of Li Nong's department, which was surrounded by the Dai army.

After a fierce battle, the Zhao army left thousands of corpses, and then fought a bloody way to the camp to join the main army.

Covered in blood and disgraced, Li Nong followed Wang Ping into the Chinese army's tent in a hurry, and just saw Shi Min's face, he said ashamedly: "Governor, the last general will bear your trust!" Our army received nothing from food and water, and suffered heavy casualties. Please! ”

"What did you say?"

Shi Min waved his hand and said, "General, please get up!" The blame for the defeat of this battle is not entirely yours. There is also a part of my fault in this, if it weren't for my negligence in the Xianbei people's detection and assault capabilities, there would be no such defeat! ”

Hearing this, Li Nong couldn't help but say gratefully: "Thank you, Governor!" The end will be terrified! Please let me make meritorious service! ”

When Li Nong sat aside, Shi Min said faintly: "Ladies and gentlemen, now the enemy is menacing, and the back of our Zhao army is now cut off, and our army's water source has been exhausted. Dong Kuang, I don't know how long our army's water source can last? ”

Dong Kuang was in charge of the dispatch of all water sources and grain for the Zhao army in the north, and when he heard this, he immediately stood up and said: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, our army's water source can only last for two days at most!" ”

"It's only been two days?"

Shi Min frowned, their Zhao army had already marched here from the Lutuo River, and it had been three or four days. In this way, at this time, it is absolutely impossible to retreat!

Moreover, the Xianbei people have more troops than their Zhao army, and they are alone in the depths, and there is a risk of being completely annihilated. This retreat must be the same as the last battle of Changli, pursued by the cavalry of the Xianbei people.

The water source for two days is simply not enough for the Zhao army to continue marching or retreat!

Shi Min calculated in his heart that an army of tens of thousands of people, equipped with a mixed army of "foot and cavalry" with baggage convoys, cavalry, infantry, civilian officers accompanying the army, etc., could march only eighty miles in one day!

Shi Min thought to himself again, sighed and said, "Everyone, I have already estimated it. Here, it is more than two hundred and sixty miles away from Pingcheng, and it takes two days for a rapid march to reach Pingcheng, even if it is a drop in the bucket to plunder the small tribes nearby, it is useless! Backwards, no, so what about moving forward? ”

"Here, it's almost three hundred miles away from the enemy's Shengle! Before the army arrived at Shengle City, maybe our Zhao army himself would die of thirst. ”

When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other, bowing their heads and having no idea.

Shi Min is the commander of the first army, his command and resourcefulness are among the few in the world, if even he has nothing to do, it is estimated that they can't wait for the army of Xianbei people to kill, and their entire army will collapse!

And Shi Min has no good way for the time being, after all, in this hurry, it is not easy for him to be so calm and calmly. Moreover, this water source and grain and grass are the lifeblood of the whole army!

Now that the lifeline has been cut off, even Shi Min, who has a high prestige in the army, does not dare to guarantee that there will be no mutiny among the sergeants and pawns of the army.

Shi Min closed his eyes and said, "The lord of the Xianbei people will be Dugu Xin." Since he has already cut off the water source and grain route of our army with his troops, it is impossible not to know that our Zhao army has run out of water! Soon, there will be a large force of Xianbei cavalry, probably the main army of Daiguo, approaching our camp! ”

"Dong Kuang!"

"The last general!" Dong Kuang immediately stood up.

"You immediately go and arrange manpower, find all the sand, wood, and other things that can be used, and build fortifications!"

"No!"

Shi Min raised his forehead again and said: "At this time of crisis, don't mess with yourself. Zhu Bao! ”

"The last general!"

"You immediately arrange for people to wander around some nearby places and find water!"

"No!" Zhu Bao immediately took the order and left.