Early the next morning, Si Haochen led his army to set off. Ming Ruo followed a few military doctors and rode in a carriage. After marching for a day, they camped at the upper reaches of a stream in the evening.
The carriage was jolting on the road, making me dizzy. If Ming hadn't been a self-abuse person, he would have stayed in space for a whole day. When he was bored, he thought of a good way to use a large amount of well water.
Enter the space, fill the jar with well water yourself, and then take the jar out of the space. This way you don’t have to expend mental energy and you won’t have a headache. However, Mingruo soon discovered that this method also has bugs——
Fetching water is a laborious task. After fetching more than ten buckets of water, my arms began to protest...
Sure enough, the law of conservation of energy is everywhere. Mingruo just lay down on the edge of the well and pretended to be dead.
In the evening, the army selected a place to camp. Si Haochen came to take the princess back to the tent and found that the little girl looked like she had been beaten by frost.
"Is it too hard to travel?" Si Haochen looked at Mingruo with distressed eyes.
"Of course not." Mingruo waved his hand nonchalantly, "I fetched a few more buckets of water in the afternoon. I just used too much force."
"From now on, all the physical work will be left to me." Si Haochen helped Mingruo knead his arms.
"Okay." Mingruo smiled and nodded, "Get off the car and go back to the tent first."
The two returned to the big tent, and the soldiers brought dinner. After a tiring day, neither of them had much appetite, so they ate some casually and went to bed early.
The next day, Si Haochen led an army to attack Lone Wolf City. There was still three miles away from Lone Wolf City when he heard a burst of shouting and shouting. Vice General Xue was a little confused. They hadn't even reached the city yet, so why were they fighting over there?
Got up.
Many people in Hutou City previously fled to Lone Wolf City for refuge. Therefore, the evil deeds of the Bei Chi army entering Hu Tou City, burning, killing and looting were well known in Lone Wolf City. When the Bei Chi army retreated to Lone Wolf City
, the gates of Lone Wolf City are closed, and the army is not welcome to enter the city.
The Lord of Lone Wolf City did not want to break up with the Royal Court Army. Although it was impossible for the army to enter the city, he still provided a lot of grain, grass, cattle and sheep to supply the army. Both sides were in peace.#@$&
Early this morning, military scouts detected the Donghuan army coming towards Lone Wolf City. Marshal Mo wanted to use Lone Wolf City as a basis to fight and requested to be stationed in Lone Wolf City. The Lord of Lone Wolf City still did not allow the army to enter the city, and both sides had troops.
The fight started.
Now that the Donghuan army is attacking, they have stopped their efforts. At this point, it is impossible to retreat and defend the city, and we can only fight in an all-out manner.
The two sides were fighting at the foot of Lone Wolf City. Marshal Mo was so angry that he was grinding his teeth - just now he wanted to enter the city, but the defenders were still firing cold arrows from a high position. The Donghuan people came over and the defenders actually shrank.
They say they are cooperating with shooting arrows, but their heads are not exposed. What the hell is that?
This battle was fought fiercely, and Beichi was a 'last stand' with no way to retreat. On Donghuan's side, Si Haochen was determined to win Lone Wolf City as soon as possible. Both sides fought hard, and no one relaxed.
give up.
Marshal Mo felt that he still had a trump card - Xikang attacked the border town. According to the previous agreement, the war should have started there, and the Su family army should soon ask for help from the Northwest Army.%&(&
Xikang claimed to send 150,000 troops, and borrowed another 50,000 troops from Beichi, and promised to supply Beichi with 200,000 stones of grain and grass in return. Xikang's grain and grass were shipped one after another, but the troops and horses he sent to the border town were intercepted and killed on the way.
…
There are less than 100,000 troops stationed in Donghuan over the border city. Even without the 50,000 soldiers and horses they borrowed from Beichi, Donghuan will fight against Xikang's 150,000 troops with less than 100,000 troops. Once a fight breaks out, the Northwest Army will definitely go to support. In this way
Once this happens, the pressure on my side will be reduced, and maybe there will be a chance to take back Hutou City.
As long as I try my best to stall for time, I still have a chance of winning this battle. Even if my side will lose in the end, as long as Xikang can open a gap, I will go over to meet them immediately and rush into Donghuan from the border city to plunder.
Not bad either.
Marshal Mo's wishful thinking was crackling, his ideals were full, and the reality was very skinny. Before he had time to applaud his plan, he received intelligence from the border town - Xikang did not fight Donghuan, and an army of 150,000 troops
Three days ago, they were gradually withdrawn to Huadu Witch City.
Marshal Mo was petrified in an instant, and suddenly he felt that he and even Beichi had been tricked by Xikang. The spring famine was not the best time to attack Donghuan, but the Xikang envoys only encouraged him and promised to supply food and grass.
One battle.
Now the Xikang army looked at the border and ran back to their hometown in Wucheng without moving a single soldier. He led his soldiers and generals to fight to the death. This was like being used as a gun - the food and grass were burned, and the soldiers
The horse was lost, the wife was lost, and the army was lost. He had lived for more than forty years, and he had never suffered such a big loss.
Marshal Mo Da now wants to go to Xikang to ask for an explanation, but Xikang is still full of resentment. Xikang has an advantageous climate, and rice can be harvested twice a year. There is no shortage of food. However, they are short of people!
Even including the imperial troops guarding the palace and the Witch City, there are only about 100,000.
If they could really mobilize an army of 150,000, they would even borrow P soldiers from Beichi. Even if they couldn’t eat all the food, selling it would still be a huge sum of money. Why should they give Beichi a discount? The most hateful thing is that Beichi had collected the food and still hadn’t paid it.
Send troops!
They were only 50,000 to 60,000 men, so they were stupid enough to fight head-on with the 100,000 or so Su family troops. Moreover, news came from Huadu Witch City that the third prince, who had been missing for several months, had returned to Witch City. He also brought back a life-extending pill.
, His Majesty the Emperor's health improved. Long Xin was so happy that he actually handed over the 30,000 forbidden troops of Wu City to the command of the third prince.
The second prince had been planning for many years to secure these 30,000 to 50,000 troops, and he only managed to win over some middle- and low-level generals. It would take some effort to fully master these troops. He was so happy about his success that he wanted to take these troops with him.
Enter Donghuan, earn some military merits for yourself, and come back to add chips to the battle for the reserve position.
If Beichi doesn't send troops to help him, he won't have enough troops to attack Donghuan. Now Huadu Wucheng has fallen into the hands of the third prince again. If he doesn't go back, what if the old emperor has a problem and the third prince directly ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor?
What's wrong with him!?
They are not strong allies in the first place. The two sides are just scheming against each other. There is no need to say "disaster is imminent" and they will fly away separately.
Marshal Mo's last trump card is gone. In the current situation, Donghuan's soldiers are strong, but Beichi's soldiers are hungry and full. If they continue to fight for a while, they may lose their strength...
Mo Lun clenched his molar teeth and ordered: "Withdraw... troops..."
The Beichi army was indeed holding on. Although Lone Wolf City had provided supplies, it was not enough to feed so many people. The soldiers tried their best with willpower, but the horses were so hungry that their legs were shaking.
