Fortunately, there was a fire nearby, which helped Liu Deng a lot.
The continuous rush is actually a heavy burden for him.
After a night's rest, the soldiers' mental state suddenly improved greatly.
There was going to be a war soon, and Liu Deng didn't care about anything else. He just asked the soldiers to dismantle all the carriages, and used the grain they carried and dried meat to make meat porridge beautifully.
The long-lost aroma of food whetted the appetites of all the soldiers.
After eating dried meat and dry food for so many days, they now smell like dry food when they burp.
On the grassland, not only food and drinking water are precious, but even more precious are things to start fires.
They didn't carry so much luggage when they came out, plus the consumption along the way. Now, being able to eat a hot porridge is already a supreme enjoyment for them.
They didn't carry much food, and each person could only get a small bowl at most.
Watching the soldiers carefully licking away all the rice milk stuck to the wall of the bowl, Liu Deng felt sad.
"Brothers, after we capture Dragon City, let's eat barbecue on the grave of the old thief Moton! I will cook the food myself, and I will make sure everyone is full!"
Seeing that morale was inexplicably low, Liu Deng stood up directly and said with a laugh.
"Does your Majesty really mean what he says?"
He Junan suddenly became energetic.
"When has my word been nothing?"
Liu Deng likes this kind of talented compliment player the most. Although he looks naive at ordinary times, he is absolutely unambiguous when it comes to complimenting him.
"I can tell you, all the chefs in the palace were trained by the king himself. Being able to eat the meat roasted by the previous king himself will make your life worth it!"
He Junan laughed and said.
"But you all have such big bellies. If I feed you one by one, you will probably be exhausted to death. I think this is good. The soldier who kills the most enemies can eat the meat roasted by me. As for the rest, Well, then we can only eat those roasted by the Huns prisoners! Hahahaha!"
Liu Deng's words immediately caused a burst of laughter. After this short rest, the soldiers became excited again.
Everyone got on their horses again and headed towards Dragon City.
It's already here, and now it's natural to be careful about the long nights and dreams. In order to rush for time, even lunch is done on horseback.
After the riding training along the way, even Liu Deng has now mastered the trick of eating on horseback.
One hand is holding the reins, and the other is holding dried meat. From time to time, he can also pick up the mare's milk wine and take a few sips.
Now they are all full of irritation. It's not anything else. It's because they haven't bathed for more than ten days and are hanging out with cows and horses every day. How can they smell better?
Even Liu Deng had to admit that people's ability to adapt is really strong. He was originally a little bit of a mysophobia, but now he is used to this state.
On the one hand, the water on the grassland is too precious, and on the other hand, because they rode horses continuously, if they insisted on washing their faces every day, their faces would have been cracked by the wind.
In order to prevent frostbite, each of their faces must be smeared with mutton fat.
This stuff is sticky to begin with, and coupled with the dust blown by the north wind, after running a few laps, everyone's face was covered with a thick layer of it, so they couldn't care less about anything else.
Waiting until dusk, Liu Deng suddenly noticed a low city wall not far away.
In the middle of the city wall, there are hundreds of adobe houses of different heights.
"Is this Dragon City?"
Liu Deng quickly ordered someone to rein in the horse's head.
"Report to the king, that should be Dragon City!"
If such a small city were placed in the territory of the Han Dynasty, it would probably be considered a town at most.
Liu Deng really couldn't understand that such a dilapidated tile kiln could become a holy place for the Huns.
I don’t know if these Huns are too lazy, or if their aesthetic concepts are a little different. Anyway, in the eyes of the Han people, this thing has nothing to do with the Holy Land.
"Send a few people over to explore the bottom, be careful not to be discovered!"
Seeing that Dragon City was right in front of them, everyone became excited, but Liu Deng calmed down.
"promise!"
He Junan responded quickly, then selected a few soldiers who could speak Xiongnu and cautiously approached Dragon City.
No one knows how many more defenders there are around Dragon City. After all, they only have 25,000 people in total now. If there are too many defenders, they will really suffer a big loss in a fight. Woolen cloth.
As time passed by, the sky finally turned completely dark, and He Junan and the others finally returned.
"How's it going? How many defenders are there in Dragon City?"
Liu Deng asked quickly.
"Reporting to your Majesty, there are only 5,000 defenders nearby, and most of the remaining ones are old, weak, sick, and disabled, as well as some wizards and dignitaries! Your Majesty, take action!"
He Junan said excitedly.
"Brothers, this is a gift from God. If they run away, it will be a waste of nature!"
Looking at the generals and commanders around him whose eyes were already glowing green, Liu Deng said with a smile.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, unless they can grow wings and fly, each one of them will have to be kept as a prisoner by me!"
Zou Yang also suddenly became excited.
"Okay! Assemble the team, everyone gets on their horses to check the equipment, and we'll set off after a stick of incense!"
Liu Deng gave the order, and all the Han soldiers suddenly became excited. They took off their sheepskins, showed the Han army's battle flags, and took out the torches hidden all the way. Everyone was eager to try.
"Brothers, take revenge today! Emperor Gaozu is watching us from heaven. The Han army is mighty!"
"The Han army is mighty!"
"The Han army is mighty!"
Accompanied by the rumble of horse hooves and the majestic war trumpet, the Han cavalry began to charge.
The thunderous sound of horse hooves resounded throughout the night sky. Yu Dan, who was fooling around with a few Huns women in the house, suddenly heard a burst of war trumpets from the Han army outside the window, which made him startled.
"Did you hear anything?"
Yu Dan looked at the two naked women with some confusion.
"Your Highness, someone seems to be shouting, the Han army is mighty!"
One of the women frowned and then said.
"Come here, come and show me what's going on. Which son of a bitch is here with nothing to do but shouting the war cry of the Han army? Don't you want to live anymore?"
Yu Dan was stunned and then realized that this was the holy land of the Huns. Hundreds of thousands of Huns were besieging the Han Dynasty. How could there be Han troops coming?
It must be some bastard who has nothing to do and is pranking himself here!
"Your Highness is in trouble, the Han army is coming to kill you!"
