Chapter 578: Eat Everything You Can Eat
"Uh-huh, it's a hot meal!"
They didn't have much rations left, and after fighting for so many days, the physical exertion was also great, so they ran out in less than a few days.
And the nomads of the northern grassland, unlike the residents of the Ming Dynasty in the south, have a fixed residence, they are all along with the pasture, and the grassland is nomadic.
So it took a lot of effort for them to find a small settlement.
"This meat is really old and hard, and it tastes bad!"
"Okay, you can be content, it's good to have food, where are so many seasonings for you to season!"
"It's been six days, and we should also receive the next baggage supply!"
It stands to reason that the news of transporting grain and grass to the robbery of the army should also be transmitted back to China as soon as possible, and the country will inevitably step up manpower and transfer grain to the front line as quickly as possible from the country.
It's been more than ten days since then, and they've been gone for another six days, so no matter how slow the troops are transporting grain and grass, they should be up to them.
"That's right, the food we have in our hands now can be called tomorrow at most!"
"yes, if they don't come, we'll starve to death!"
This is still the whole soldier, in the case of saving money, to hold on for so long.
"And along the way, I didn't encounter a slightly larger settlement, even if they didn't have food and meat, there were people!"
The original 300,000 army lost 50,000 under the city wall, and with the shortage of nutritional medicine, there were also many wounded soldiers along the way, who were left on the road, and after calculation, their army still had about 200,000 soldiers and horses left.
"We'll eat everything we can eat, alas!"
A general, who had gnawed the skull in his hand and threw it on the ground at will,
"In the past, Lao Tzu could eat half a sheep in one meal, but now, I can give me at most one head for a whole day!"
"Isn't this going to starve me to death!"
"And those wounded and remnants in the army, what's the use of keeping them? Why don't you stew them on the road earlier! ”
The stout man, with a full tone, looks like a master who doesn't want to die.
"Bastard, even if you starve to death, you can't kill each other!"
Although the generals did not care so much about the soldiers in the army, once the dead and wounded soldiers were used as rations, it was bound to cause chaos in the army.
Unless all the soldiers are hungry and can do so, then their army is useless!
Unless it is a last resort, we must not abandon these 200,000 troops!
"So what else can I do? The troops transporting grain and grass have not yet come, we are now running out of food, Lao Tzu is still hungry, and he has been in for several days! ”
"That's it!"
At this time, the coach sitting in the handsome seat spoke,
"Don't worry, the problem of grain and grass, it's a big deal to slaughter another village, and not far ahead, there is a city in my country, where a large amount of grain and meat is stored, which can solve the urgent need!"
"Really?"
Many generals wondered why I didn't remember that there was a city not far ahead, could it be that I remembered the wrong direction, or I missed the map.
"Maybe it's an important border minister of our country, so there is a large population and food, enough for us to eat for a few months!"
It's just enough for us to rest for a while, not to mention the national capital, there must have been someone to send food, maybe we will meet it tomorrow!
"Okay, then I'll hold on for a few more days!"
After the commander's words, the restless generals in the camp seemed to have become a lot more stable.
As everyone knows, this is also their coach's strategy to delay the army.
It is true that there is a city in front of it, but it is not a big city, and to be honest, calling it a city is a kind of exaltation, but it is actually a larger village, and it is not even a town.
It is estimated that the grain stored there will be searched from house to house, and it is estimated that they can only be given these three ...... An army of 200,000 lasted for about ten days.
Before I knew it, the army of 300,000 had been sharply reduced to 200,000, how could I go back and explain it to the Great Khans of various countries.
Whoever lets these people will be brave and fierce, and the same is true for the amount of food, one person can eat three or four people's meals!
And these generals under him, each of them can eat more than five catties of meat in one meal!
Otherwise, they wouldn't have to worry so much about food and grass.
Alas, when will the troops transporting grain and grass arrive?
Now these 200,000 troops are like a time bomb, and the grain and grass in their hands are like the burning lead, and now they have reached a very dangerous range, and they may explode at any time.
"Damn, if that Han army is caught by our army, Ben Shuai will definitely eat its flesh, and the hatred in our hearts!"
"Hmph, that Han army only dares to rob our army's grain and grass troops, and it is also a group of rats, and when our army finishes replenishing grain and grass, it will be taken!"
"It's not easy, Dashuai, that Han man dares to go deep into our country alone, and now he must be nested in one place and dare not move, he has already become a turtle in an urn, and it is only a matter of time before he exterminates them all!"
As everyone knows, under the cover of the snow, a light cavalry unit has been waiting in the woods on the side for a long time.
Their scouts saw this huge army of 200,000 men from afar, so they set up an ambush on their way ahead of time.
As for the battle situation and grain and grass information of this army, they have already guessed about the same, most of them are because of the lack of grain and grass, coupled with the defeat of the onslaught from Liangzhou, so they have lost a lot of people, and now the morale is low.
Moreover, they are in their own territory at this time, and it is impossible to imagine that there will be people who will attack them now, and their hearts must be greatly relaxed!
It's a good time to sneak up!
Although they only had two thousand men, they were all riding high-quality horses, plus they had plenty of food and grass, and they were far more physically strong than these tired defeated soldiers.
So they only planned to sneak up on them, causing them trauma and distress before leaving quickly.
And with 2,000 people, if they want to inflict heavy damage on 200,000 people, they must have a favorable advantage, so they have ambushed many traps in the woods, including falling rocks and rolling logs.
Unfortunately, this is basically an endless plain, and if you want to hide, you can only bury yourself in the snow or these bushes.
If there were mountains, valleys, and rivers, then they could also set up a large number of rolling stones and rolling logs, which would be enough to inflict heavy damage on this army. (End of chapter)