Listening to the familiar or unfamiliar moans behind him, Ximo was helpless.
After looking around to no avail, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, you must hold on. I will go to the Benlu tribe in front to find someone to rescue you."
After instructing the less injured tribesmen to take care of the seriously injured, he mounted his horse and hurried eastward.
It took two hours to go there.
In the afternoon, Ximo, who was sweating profusely, finally rushed back with a team of deer runners and cars to help.
"Brother, where is the doctor?" Someone tugged at Ximo's clothes in despair: "Why don't we have a doctor? Brothers can't hold on anymore."
In fact, half of the seriously injured people had stopped breathing.
well.
Ximo was full of regrets, and in the end he just looked up to the sky and sighed.
Although the Yankui Fortress was plagued by epidemics, the soldiers lacked medical care and medicine. However, when fighting against them, Xiliang's vanguard did not have smooth sailing and also suffered heavy casualties.
The Benlu tribe is now filled with wounded soldiers of all sizes from the Xiliang Pioneer Army. How can we find any doctors to come and treat them?
Luoxi, who was still able to move, suddenly turned pale when he heard this.
They all circled around anxiously, wanting to scold but not knowing who to scold. In the end, they could only carry the dying tribesmen into the car and hurried to the Benlu tribe.
More than half a month later, Ximo quickly returned to the tribe with the few remaining tribesmen.
In an instant, the whole Luoxi was stunned.
"Aren't you... just going to escort the food and grass? Where are the others?"
Ximo glanced at the clan leader and lowered his eyes silently. He didn't know what to say.
Ever since the Royal Court's chariot was launched, all the tribes on the grassland followed them onto the battlefield, and no place was safe.
Escorting grain and grass is relatively safe, but only relatively.
Someone came out and told the situation, which immediately caused an uproar.
"Isn't it reasonable?" someone asked in disbelief. "Not only have hundreds of people died, but we also have to pay for the lost food and grass?"
Ximo and his party did not say a word, but bowed their heads deeply.
If compensation is not paid, not only the members of the Benlu tribe who are treating injuries will be in trouble, but also other tribes on the grassland will probably become Luoxi's enemies.
"It's too much!"
Everyone present was so angry that they were shaking, but they had no choice but to find a way.
Lost cattle and sheep are not a problem. Squeezing all kinds of dried meat can still squeeze out the burned ones.
But the problem is that there are fifteen carts of medicinal materials in the grain and grass cart, which cannot be squeezed out by Luoxi people.
"Let's go discuss with them and see if there is any way to solve it." Chief Luoxi took a few people and left with apologies.
A few days later, when they returned to Luoxi, everyone's clothes had more stains and there were a few dark whip marks on their faces. When the wind blew, they gasped for air.
Then there was news that the clan leader was preparing to borrow medicinal materials from surrounding tribes.
Ximo frowned deeply.
It's understandable to borrow things, but Luoxi is just an ordinary tribe on the grassland. They are not rich and don't have the specialties that other tribes desperately need.
So what to borrow is a question.
He glanced at the grassland at his feet, and then his eyes fell on the frightened little girl.
As the night grew darker, more than a hundred horses quietly left Luoxi and walked into the vast night in total silence.
His whereabouts are unknown since then.
Compared with Luo Xi, who was harassing everyone, Gu Datou and his group of more than 200 people lived a somewhat peaceful life.
They have no idea where they are now, they only know that they are walking deeper into the grassland every day.
During the day, they found a remote place to rest and recuperate, and at night they found a logistics convoy and attacked, and they succeeded every time.
For a time, Xiliang's logistics suffered heavy losses. Even the march of the army had to slow down.
In desperation, Xiliang had no choice but to use regular troops to transport food and grass, and at the same time sent a large team of troops out to look for people.
But where can I find it?
The grassland was vast and vast, and the people of Xiliang didn't even notice the slightest trace of Qi Baying.
Occasionally they found some clues, and they were smiling and preparing to make dumplings. In just the blink of an eye, the other party magically disappeared.
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Yun Chui, Dingxi County where Yanchui Fortress is located.
The capital is Dingxicheng.
Tap tap tap...
Neat footsteps sounded. Groups of Dingxi guards armed with weapons came over.
Chabon, who was at the front with his face covered with a thick scarf, was preparing to leave the city with his garrison.
"Bang is my brother," the Dingxi County Sheriff didn't even have time to sit in the sedan chair, so he hurried over on horseback.
He spread his hands with a frown on his face: "I'm sorry for my vulgar language, but you guys just pat your butts and go away. What will happen to me in Dingxi City, and what will happen to Dingxi County below me?"
Previously, Gu Datou and others discovered that the Xiliang brigade was marching eastward at night, and immediately reported it to the vanguard general Huo Ling.
The news then quickly spread to Yanjie Fortress and Dingxi City further behind.
The county lieutenant Xia Bang decided to lead his troops out of the city.
He raised his head and glanced at the walls of Dingxi City: "Master Sheriff, you should know that Dingxi City has another name."
Although the county guard was confused, he still forced himself to nod.
Dingxi City is also called Peishi City.
First of all, this city, like the Yankuo Fortress, is entirely built from the hard Panlong Stone underground in Dingxi County. Secondly, it is said that this city is like a solid whetstone, which can sharpen the swords of Yunchui soldiers, and is never afraid of the wolf-like and tiger-like blades of the Xiliang people.
Xia Bang smiled and said: "The stone city in front of us has high walls and the people in the city share the same hatred of the enemy. The Xiliang people may have strong cavalry, but they have almost no large siege equipment. Even if they bypass the Yanjie Fortress, they will not be able to defeat it for a while. Don’t even think about taking it down.”
"Don't worry, Lord Sheriff."
The county guard didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I know how powerful Dingxi City is, but no matter how powerful the city wall is, it still needs people to defend it. Brother Bangwei, you took away all the garrison soldiers. May I ask how I can defend the city?"
Ha ha!
Xia Bangwei pointed to the lieutenant next to him, "Didn't I keep the lieutenant and three hundred personal guards? With them in charge, plus the police officers in the city, etc., they will ensure that Toishi City is safe and sound."
The two quarreled for a while while suppressing their voices. In order to bid farewell to the helpless county guard, Chabon hurried out of the city and headed east.
"To defend Dingxi City, you can only defend Dingxi County. And the Luoxia Mountains are the second rock fortress. If you defend it, you can defend the vast western frontier of the empire." The county guard scolded: "It sounds nice, but you Xia Bang Because there are only 20,000 men, and there are eight roads leading to the east in the Luoxia Mountains."
"Without support, you can't hold on any better!"
He cursed and returned to the magistrate's house.
Xia Bangwei was on his way silently, and he was also thinking about how to keep guard.
Although only one is a post road, caravans and pedestrians come and go on all eight roads all year round. Although the road is not easy to walk, it is still smooth.
Therefore, troops must be stationed at each line.
As a result, the troops in his hands were somewhat stretched. The most terrible thing is that there are many mountains between each road, making it difficult for each other to rescue each other.
Do your best to defend it.
Chabonwei raised his head and glanced at the eastern sky.
I don’t know when the civil unrest in the previous counties will subside.
The only way to solve the immediate crisis is to re-open the east-west road and send rescue workers and medicinal materials to Yanqi Fortress as soon as possible.
As long as the fortress is stabilized again, Xiliang will not dare to boldly attack eastward.
