The troops out of the village crossed the suspension bridge over the river and walked on the road to Yinshui Town.

Among the stone houses at the foot of the mountain, countless pairs of eyes watched the departing army.

On the wall of the wooden village, several human heads pierced by sticks opened their mouths slightly, staring at gray eyes with dilated pupils like dead fish, and followed the army that was gradually moving away on the road.

In the sky, several black crows spread their wings and flew around, their thin beaks opening and closing up and down, and there was a hoarse and unpleasant "quack" and "quack" sound.

"How long will it take for this battle to start?"

After a day's march, the march lasted more than 60 miles, and 5,100 soldiers stopped by a river.

Logging to build a camp, fetching water for cooking.

Liu Heng stood on the watchtower next to the wooden gate of the big camp that was built for the first time.

Arigen stood next to him and was silent for a moment.

"With the speed of our army, we will have to wait a few days. ”

"A few days, a few days?"

Turning his head, Liu Heng looked at Yougen with a puzzled expression.

"Don't worry, it's just a few days. ”

Reaching out and scratching his hair, Yougen shook his head.

"We have enough food, they are short of food these days, and the longer it drags on, the better it will be for us. ”

"Don't delay until they borrow all the food. ”

Liu Heng blinked, looking at Yougen with some hesitation.

"Huh. ”

Hearing this, the smile on Yougen's face became bitter.

"Borrow grain, that, hehe, he. ”

"What's wrong?"

Listening to the strange laughter, Liu Heng suddenly felt a cold current around him, and couldn't help but shiver, frowning.

"They can't see through my plan. ”

There was a hesitant look on his face, and his head was shaking from side to side like a rattle.

"It's impossible to see through, it's impossible to see through, absolutely impossible!"

Looking at Yougen shaking his head, Liu Heng reached out and slapped the back of Yougen's head.

"Calm down, there will be no surprises. ”

After the same day's march, Wen Short and his army were stationed in a mountain pass.

"How is the food and grass for our army?"

In the handsome tent, Wen Chuan kneeling on the animal skin cushion looked at the detachment and detachment kneeling in front of him.

"What are the soldiers eating today?"

"The general is reassured. ”

Li Yue first hugged his fist and said: "The hunting soldiers have returned, and they have hunted a lot today, and the soldiers have food." ”

"How is the combat strength of our soldiers?"

"General. ”

The answer is also Liyue.

"Our army is neatly organized, and its physical strength and combat strength are guaranteed. ”

"General. ”

As soon as Liyue's words fell, Ligu, who also held his fists, took over the conversation.

"The morale of our army has been restored at this time, and it should be accelerated. ”

Wen Xiao smiled and waved his hand to stop the two people holding fists in front of him.

"Only by marching slowly can we ensure the supply of military supplies. ”

"Our army has twice as many soldiers, but the enemy has barbarians to help and have enough food, and we must maintain the morale and combat strength of our soldiers. ”

"Tomorrow we will pull out the camp and travel thirty miles again. ”

Hearing this, Liyue and Ligu glanced at each other, and both nodded in agreement.

At the Anyang County station, Zhou He stayed in the tent and knelt on the cushion.

"Did that kid set off with the troops?"

"General. ”

Zhou Mian knelt in the camp, hugged his fists and said: "Tanma has reported that Wen Short has led the army out of the village, should we?"

"No, I don't. ”

A smile appeared on Zhou He's face.

"It is in our best interest to let Wen Short-term and reckless wrestling with him, so that they can both harm each other and consume each other's strength. ”

"Yes. ”

Another day passed, and the station of Dingbian County.

The unkempt slaves came out of the stone huts again, and the procession headed towards the river not far away, as usual.

The water in the river is not as turbulent as it used to be, and sparse aquatic plants float on the shallow surface of the river bank near the riverbank.

The slaves took water as they had done in the past, and sought their way in the murky waters.

The faces of the slaves were full of wrinkles that had been engraved by the years, and even the young children held by the adults were frowning.

In fact, a young child with an adult in his arms is much better than a slave boy who picks shells from branches on the riverbank and looks for snails in the grass with his bare hands.

The 3,000 slaves who came out of the stone house were not all gathered on the banks of the river.

They split into dozens of sections along the riverbank, and the crowd was not far from each other.

There are only about a hundred people in each section.

Fifty unarmoured horsemen roamed not far away, keeping an eye on the slaves on the riverbank.

But there were so many slaves that they couldn't take care of them.

So the rangers put more energy into the sparsely wooded meadows.

Compared to the small river whose surface was about to freeze, the water was cold to the marrow, and the banks of the river were full of slaves, the rangers preferred the soft grass that was still green.

The sky was overcast and the cool breeze was gusting.

Thousands of people gathered on the riverbank, but Xiao Xiao's wind whistle overshadowed everything.

It rises from behind the mountain and gradually moves into the sky, changing into a sun the size of a copper plate, and spreading a gloomy gray.

Placed at the upstream outlet, a simple dam built with wooden sticks and a pyramid-like roof, large enough to hold back most of the flowing water, began to collapse under the continuous impact of the flowing water.

The slaves gathered on the banks of the river suddenly found that the river was almost stagnant.

The water rushing in from the upper reaches washes away the sparse rotten leaves and slimy humus on the surface of the river, forming an arc-shaped wave.

The slaves on the banks of the river and the slaves who had been paying attention to the flowing water all looked into the river in amazement.

Countless weeds and broken wood washed down the river with the flowing water.

Faced with the sudden cold current, the slaves in the river left the river one after another, and their eyes wandered over the debris that rushed into the waterway.

They saw broken logs, tiny sticks, broken leaves of grass floating on the surface of the river.

They also saw giant leaves doped between wood and grass.

The giant leaf is not a single leaf, the leaf body is more than 60 ordinary leaves, sewn together with string threads.

Six giant leaves are tied together with thick hemp rope to form a two-pointed, bulging leaf cocoon, which rises and falls in the flowing river.

The minions who found the leaf cocoon let out an exclamation, but they controlled the volume well.

The cavalry wandering around did not notice anything unusual in the upper reaches of the riverbank.

Quietly fished all the leaf cocoons to the shore, and the slaves untied the hemp rope that bound the giant leaves.

In the giant leaves, there is a pile of yellowed dead grass, and in the dead grass is placed in corn cakes.

The slaves who picked up the leaf cocoons looked at each other, and the people in the nearby slave groups were looking at them, and the crowd was converging towards them.

The slaves, who had never eaten the bread, picked up the corn cake in disbelief, and they found the dried meat under the corn cake.

The dried meat under the bread was removed, and the cold light flashed into the eyes of the slaves.

The cavalry, who was closest to them and finally noticed that the situation was unusual, pulled up the reins and ran to the bank of the river where the crowd was getting more and more.

"Your Excellency. ”

Before the cavalry could arrive, a young slave rushed out of the crowd with a beaming face.

The slaves came to the horsemen's horses and held a piece of meat above their heads with both hands.

Surprised to stretch out his hand and pick up the dried meat in the hands of the slaves, the cavalry tilted his head sideways to shift his gaze from the slaves to the dried meat.

"It's ......"

Before the cavalry could finish speaking, the slave reached back and drew a dagger-like dagger stuck between his trousers, and threw the short knife at the cavalryman.

The blade plunged directly into the cavalryman's stomach, and the blood sprayed fell onto the soil between the grasses, drenching into the loose soil.