More than ten days later, the frontline military camp.
At Shangguan Wenruo's suggestion, Xiao Yuan had already surrounded the city with a large army at this time, blocking all the important roads and locking Zhekang's 30,000 Xirong troops in Qingshan City.
He was not afraid of the arrival of reinforcements from Xirong, because they could just besiege the city for reinforcements.
Under such circumstances, Zhekang naturally did not want to sit still and wait for death. He had organized several breakouts, but he always suffered head-on blows.
At present, Xiao Yuan's side is running out of food and grass, and the soldiers have been holding on for two or three days.
But in the winter, there were no such green wild vegetables. In order to fill their stomachs, the soldiers could only chew dry grass.
Under such difficult conditions, the Qin army did not have a single deserter, which shows the discipline and fighting spirit of this army.
On this day, the Chinese army held a large tent.
The news of food and grass has not yet come, and the worries in the hearts of the generals are getting deeper and deeper. Zhang Dashan moved the corners of his mouth and said tentatively: "Sir, the soldiers have been eating grass and fighting for three days. If this continues, That’s not the answer, how about killing the horse?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yuan said: "No, our army only has a thousand cavalry. If we kill horses to satisfy our hunger, we will defeat Zhekang. How can we invade Xirong without cavalry?"
"This..." Zhang Dashan didn't know how to answer. After a pause, he stepped back.
Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment and then said: "Kill a horse and divide it among the people of the Snow Clan."
The Snow Clan is only assisting him in fighting. They are not the Qin Army now, and there is no reason to suffer hardships with the Qin Army here.
But when Mu Lianying heard this, she said in a calm voice: "No need, my Snow Clan can endure this hardship."
"Oh? Okay." Xiao Yuan smiled at her, then looked at Zhao Mu and said, "How is the situation in your department?"
"It's good, the military morale has not wavered much, there are just some complaints." Zhao Mu returned.
After hearing this, Xiao Yuan sighed slightly: "This is inevitable. The soldiers have no enough food to eat and have to fight bloody battles. Anyone would complain about this."
As he spoke, he looked at Su Yi again: "Where is your department?"
"The overall situation is similar."
"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go see the soldiers below."
At noon that day, when it was time to eat, Xiao Yuan was in a certain camp, with a group of soldiers sitting around him.
In the past three days, he did not make any small fuss for himself, but shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers below, and even ordered the generals at all levels to lead by example and solidify the morale of the military.
The bark of the tree is difficult to chew, and the dead grass is difficult to swallow, but it is impossible not to eat it.
At this time, Xiao Yuan was the same. After swallowing the withered grass with difficulty, he also began to cheer up the soldiers:
"I know that all the soldiers have complaints, but we cannot retreat. If we retreat, we will give Xirong a chance, and they will trample on our homeland again."
"We must completely defeat him in one battle to ensure the eternal peace of our Qin Dynasty!"
"I also believe that the soldiers can join me and persevere until the end!"
His current prestige in the Qin army is unquestionable. As soon as he took office, he defeated Xirong, led the Qin people, and recovered the lost territory. The soldiers below almost regarded him as a god.
Now seeing the prefect eating grass to satisfy his hunger, one can imagine the mood of Qin's soldiers.
Someone immediately said: "How noble the prefect is, but he eats grass like us. What can we complain about?"
"Yes! Fight to the end with Xirong! Until death!"
"Unless we defeat Xirong, we will never take a step back!"
People were talking a lot, and the military morale was suddenly gathered by Xiao Yuan.
If Shangguan Wen, who was not far away, saw Xiao Yuan personally descending to the military camp, he would undoubtedly do it to show to the soldiers below, but he had a dark look in his eyes and murmured: "Amazing Lord Ming..."
It is conceivable that there are several army commanders like him. I am afraid that under such circumstances, they would have secretly killed horses and started small stoves.
Just at this moment, a civil servant hurried over. After seeing Xiao Yuan, he was even more delighted and said: "Sir! We have received the news that our army's follow-up food, grass and ordnance, Mr. Liu, has been prepared. At this time, We are on the way to be escorted. We will arrive in less than three days..."
His tone was exciting, and he couldn't restrain the excitement on his face. When Xiao Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but stand up, and then said quietly: "I, Qin Jun, have no worries..."
Hearing this, other soldiers also looked happy, and then shouted one after another: "Great! The food and grass are here! Our army's food and grass are coming soon!"
With Liu Yuzhi sitting in the rear, transporting grain, grass and weapons, Xiao Yuan's worries were completely relieved.
the other side.
Inside Qingshan City.
The army besieged the city. Zhekang now regretted it. If he had known this, he should have withdrawn directly at the beginning instead of holding on to Qingshan. As a result, the war became stalemate and the Qin army refused to retreat for a long time.
In the county hall, a group of Xirong generals gathered together, with Zhe Kang pacing back and forth above.
His brows were furrowed and his face was full of worry. Seeing this, a Xirong general couldn't help but come out and said: "General."
He wanted to say something, but Zhekang waved his hand and interrupted him: "I didn't expect Xiao Yuan to be so determined. He will never give up until he breaks the green mountains."
As he spoke, he added: "But there is one thing. The Qin army's food and grass should be insufficient."
Upon hearing this, the Xirong general who had previously said immediately said: "Yes, according to our army's reconnaissance report, there has been no smoke in the Qin army's camp for three days."
"Hiss... no smoke for three days..." Zhekang stopped and pondered: "Could the Qin army dare to eat grass and fight?"
"Hey, I don't believe the Qin army has such perseverance!" The general curled his lips disdainfully.
"Then what's your opinion?" Zhe Kang couldn't help but ask.
"You can continue to break through from the northern front." The general said directly.
"Inappropriate." Unexpectedly, Zhekang directly denied him: "The Qin army has deployed heavy troops on the northern line, which is the most defensive place. It may be difficult to break through from here."
"That……"
"Right now, outside Qingshan City, the Qin army is heavily deployed to guard key roads. On the contrary, the position of their central army tent is exactly where the defense is weakest."
"Oh? The general said..."
"Night attack on the commander-in-chief of the Qin army!"
Zhekang said something in a shocked voice, then looked around everyone and fixed his gaze on Gu Le.
Seeing this, the latter stepped out of the queue and said, "General, you want me to go?"
"That's right." Zhekang said bluntly without hesitation: "Only General Gule can defeat the enemy in this battle!"
He was promoting Gu Le, and the latter felt impressed and nodded: "Okay, how many troops does General Zhekang plan to give me?"
"Ten thousand!"
"What about the Qin army?"
"It will never exceed 10,000, and they would never have thought that our army would raid their Chinese army's tent. They thought that our breakout would only go in the northwest two directions." Zhekang said:
"Therefore, the general will definitely return with a great victory when he attacks the camp! Maybe he can capture Xiao Yuan. If so, the Qin army will lose without a fight if it loses its leader!"
"Okay! I'll go down and select the warriors right now!"
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