"What do you want to do?"

"We'll have to find a way," she said, "to see if the boat of their friendship is strong." ”

Chapter 362

It seems like it hasn't rained in a long time.

The morning sun shone on the clearing, which had been well trodden, and the horse's hooves kicked up a foul-smelling dust as they ran past.

This is inevitable, there is always this putrid smell in the place where the battle has been fought, and even if the body is dragged away and buried, the blood and flesh have been soaked into the dirt, so when you look at the past, the ground will not be pure earthy yellow, but full of patches of black.

It would be nice if it rained, thought the passing cavalry.

After the rain, the withered weeds will grow back, and the rotten things will be turned into fertilizer, nourishing the earth and making the weeds grow more lush, and soon the traces of this war will be erased.

At that time, they can also return to Jizhou, this year's drought, the family farm must also be this languishing appearance, before he goes back, he can pay some money and grain, go back to hire someone to dig a well.

He has been coming to the city to defend for half a year, but Puyang has not been captured, but the enemy army is increasing......

When will I be able to go home?

That's what the Jizhou cavalry thought, so when he saw people going to the empty camp in the south of the city, a heartfelt joy burst out from his body!

"The two thieves have withdrawn?!"

"I haven't gone far, only ten miles from the city!"

Meng Dai was so excited that he put his job on the case all of a sudden, "Does General Zhang know?" ”

"I must have known," replied the attendant neatly, "I am afraid that I know that the prison army still uses the morning food, so I can't bear to disturb it." ”

Meng Dai glanced at the food on the table with disgust.

There is no doubt that the bowl of corn, a plate of green vegetables, a plate of fried meat, and a bowl of fish soup on the table are enough luxury in the eyes of the common people and Zhang He.

But Meng Dai is not such a person, he doesn't eat much in the morning, but a bowl of milk, a plate of honey cakes, and a portion of roasted mutton are always needed, milk can be goat's milk, of course, it would be better if the nurse at home could bring a few.

Puyang is only 200 miles away from Yecheng, and he hurried to the camp, but the servants and maids of the family have not yet arrived in the camp, so he can only suffer such hardships temporarily...... But where can this thing be called a morning meal!

Meng Dai got up and wiped his hands, "Let's go to the Zhongjun tent first, wait for the two thieves to give the head, and then it's not too late to eat." ”

"The prison army is so hard, Yuan Gong will be able to know!"

The middle-aged man with a mustache laughed "poof", "It's hard to tell if the lord is loyal and treacherous." ”

Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao's army did withdraw, and it was not far away, walking on the road from Puyang to Fancheng, so it was easy to chase.

But Zhang He didn't seem interested at all.

He sat behind the desk, staring at the map in front of him in a daze until Meng Dai couldn't sit still.

"General, the attack on the camp of the other army has been frustrated, the soldiers have been lost, and the spirit has been lost, why is the general unwilling to pursue?"

"When the scouts reported that the enemy was marching, there was smoke and dust in the distance, and there were hidden flags, and there were fears of ambushes," Zhang He said calmly, "so he did not pursue." ”

Meng Dai seemed a little stunned for a moment, "Why didn't the scout come forward to investigate in detail?" ”

"If the other army is cavalry, the scouts will not have the strength to come close."

This was perfunctory, so there was silence in the tent for a while.

Gao Ran finally spoke again, "The supervising army, Xun is engaged in a letter to him, he has recovered Fancheng, broken through the camp set up by Erzhang in Cangtingjin, and seized countless grains and grass, so the back road of the two thieves has been cut off, and our army does not need to be anxious." ”

"What does General Gao mean," Meng Dai said gloomily, "This military merit will be handed over to Xun Chen?" ”

Gao Ran was stunned, looked at Zhang He, hesitated and did not speak.

Zhang He's brows furrowed deeply.

"What the Overseer says," he said, "is that we'll be following behind." ”

When marching, Lu Hangyu is generally on horseback, of course, the benefits are needless to say, you can run up and enter the cavalry battle mode anytime and anywhere, and it is relatively condescending, and you can observe the details of the front and back, left and right.

…… But the joy of sitting on the car, she couldn't imagine wow.

For example, the sun is very dry, but the canopy on the car can shade the sun, so that she will not be exposed to the sun, which saves a lot of sweat and the clothes do not stink.

Even the beautiful boy who accompanied her would be very intimate to prepare for her to eat and drink during the march - including but not limited to washing the fruit in a clay pot, keeping it in the well so cold honey, and a wet cloth cloth that could wipe her face at any time.

But there are downsides.

Beautiful boys will always ask this and that.

"General, why are we withdrawing?"

"If the two armies confront each other under the city, we won't get any benefit, so we have to find a way to pull them out and slip away."

"But they didn't catch up either," the young man said, holding the kettle, and saw beads of sweat on his forehead, "We've all walked fifteen miles." ”

"They're going," she said, "just going slowly." ”

"Why didn't you chase us for a decisive battle?"

When she was about to drink the clay cup, a hot wind hit her, rolling up the dust on the road, and instantly pounced on them.

So the stunned General Xiao Lu could only put down the pottery cup.

The dirt road was bumpy and bumpy, and General Kolu was swaying.

"They think that we are running out of food and grass, and they want to wait until Cangtingjin is in order to encircle and exterminate us."

The troops in front of them walked slowly and seemed tired, but they could also be alert and wanted to maintain a little strength in the scorching sun to deal with unexpected situations.

So the army behind also walked slowly, and was always ten miles away from the front.

The faces of the soldiers looked relaxed, and no one was tired by such a march.

But scouts will be sent from afar on both sides, repeatedly probing all the details of the march on the opposite side—

How many of them are there? How many horse infantry are there? How many people? How many trucks are there? How long is the march from start to finish?

When they marched, how many troops were in front? How many Chinese troops are there? How many rear troops? How many people in parallel? Baggage truck in front and behind? How many soldiers are escorted? Where are the cavalry?

These trivial details gradually pieced together the image of the opposite side for the commanders of the two armies.

"The thief army seems to be in a hurry," someone whispered to Meng Dai, "Originally, the baggage cart was in the middle, but after a quagmire, many cars were trapped, and the thief was in a hurry to march, so the army abandoned the baggage and marched, and now although those baggage carts have been driven out of the quagmire, they are already in the rear army......"

When marching, if you feel that the situation is urgent, you will throw away your baggage and march lightly, which is normal.

And among those baggage, there are copper coins, cloth, gold, silver and jewelry, except for grain and grass, the rest are used to reward the soldiers and boost morale.

Even if this military exploit is divided equally between the two parties, Meng Dai thinks that these burdens should not be distributed to Xun Chen! Xun Chen has already obtained the property of the Cangtingjin battalion, and this part should have been left to the soldiers and horses under Puyang City!

He had such a plan in his heart, and how clever his followers were, so he added another sentence.

"I heard that a car has overturned," he said carefully, "a cart full of copper coins has been sprinkled in the mud, and I am afraid that the second one will have to pour all his wealth this time to bring so much wealth, and it is so heavy that the ox can't pull it!" ”

"What's the use of all this?" Meng Dai scolded, "Although I am a prisoner, but I can't move Zhang He Gaolan, where do I have soldiers and horses in my own hands?" ”

The attendant looked at him carefully, "The prison army is high and powerful, where are there no soldiers and horses?" ”

Meng Dai was stunned for a moment.

To say that he has no soldiers and horses is actually inaccurate.

He was also born in a Hebei family, and naturally he also had a private army, which was not controlled by Zhang He, but he was always unwilling to suffer a loss, so when he was sent here, he had assigned his soldiers and horses to escort grain and grass.

The road from Wei County to Dong County was very peaceful, this army only had good food and drink, and they would definitely not be aggrieved, let alone in danger.

The soldiers and horses who escorted the grain and grass were transferred over, attacked the two thieves, and grabbed a credit in front of Zhang He...... This has somewhat messed up military discipline and military regulations.

Meng Dai hesitated, sitting in the car and swaying, but he couldn't make up his mind.

The dirt road on the hill gradually went downhill, so the mud that was originally a pond but turned into a wetland due to the drought this year appeared in front of the eyes of the Jizhou army.

Because of the humidity, the grass is much more lush, and the eyes are full of verdant greenery, which looks very bright, but the steaming water vapor is also very uncomfortable.

"Overseer!"

There were also people from Dongjun in the Jizhou army, who were very familiar with this place, so they did not pass by that road, but walked around, but Meng Dai followed the fingers of his entourage, and still clearly saw countless shiny things, reflecting the brilliance of the sun in the mud in the distance.

Even if they were so far away, even if there were so many lush weeds to cover them, he recognized them accurately.

At that moment, Meng Jianjun, who was self-assured and cautious, finally moved.

The beautiful boy who followed Lu Hangyu didn't know when he disappeared.

Now it has been replaced by Zhang Chao on a horse.

But it didn't affect the quality of her trip at all. She had two small bags of nuts and jerky hanging from her hand, and she walked as she went, reaching out and grabbing a handful of them as long as the wind was not too strong and the dust was not too dusty.

"General Ciyu," he pointed to the sun, which had begun to set westward, "I have walked more than thirty miles, and Zhang He has not caught up yet." ”

"Wait," she said, sitting in the car, her cheeks bulging, "maybe it'll come." ”

Zhang Chao's expression was complicated, and he seemed to want to say something.

"Are they really going to get into it?"

"There's always a good thing to try," she said vaguely, "you know, when there are three decision-makers on a team, the command level often looks not at the highest, but at the lowest. ”

…… She and Zhang Liao did have such an opinion on the combination of Zhang He and Meng Dai, but they didn't know why Zhang Chao's face turned pale when he said it.

But before he could speak, the rear army that was far away from Erli Road rang Jiao Dou!

"There's an enemy attack!" Sentinels on both sides of the line shouted, "Enemy attack! ”

This enemy attack was originally aimed at the rear army, so it was very ...... Bandit style.

The Jizhou people first used their bows and crossbows, forcing the rear army to either flee in all directions, or hide behind the wagons, and then these Jizhou people rushed up.

Those mules and horses were also killed by this round of arrows, but it doesn't matter, there are still so many people! The men rolled in a panic into the grass on both sides of the dirt road, into the ditches, and drove them back with their whips!

This group of Jizhou people even found double drums and double cymbals, which is very majestic!

Listen to the battle! It is clear that a general attack has been launched! If the other army doesn't flee at this time, how long will they stay?!

One of them, a petty officer who was loved by Meng Dai, even calmly walked to the side of a baggage cart and vigorously opened a box!

Eyes full of jewels! Take advantage of this opportunity, you can grab a handful first, thousands of ruiqi, brilliance, heavy in your arms, don't mention it...... The smug smile on his face came to an abrupt end the next moment.

The people on both sides of the dirt road didn't know when or where, they pulled out their long knives, picked up the rattan cards, and rushed up at him!