Daqin: Prince Peerless, guarding Hangu for ten years!

Chapter 213 Be sure to find food and fodder!

"Half a day?"

Li Cunxiao showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said with a complicated expression: "How can this half-day of food and grass be enough?"

"Even if our army is very fast and marches non-stop towards the Yuezhi Clan's camp, it will still take two days to arrive. There will definitely not be enough food and grass. The brave and capable soldiers of our Qin Army will certainly not be troubled by the problem of food and grass, but these five The fighting power of the thousands of herdsmen is not as good as our Qin army. If we fight on an empty stomach, our strength will be greatly reduced!"

On the one hand, these herdsmen have a lot of grudges because of the perennial suppression of them by foreign tribes, and they want to rely on the strength of the Qin army to avenge themselves.

On the other hand, it was because Yingjun agreed to their conditions. As long as they had the courage to kill the enemy, they could live in Qin, farm, and raise livestock.Those with outstanding military exploits can also own their own piece of land and residence.

These herdsmen have little combat experience to begin with. If they are hungry due to food problems, their strength on the battlefield will be as strong as a teenage child.

Once they engage in a head-on battle with the Yuezhi cavalry, these herdsmen are like ears of wheat, waiting to be harvested by the Yuezhi cavalry.

After hearing this, Zhao Yun's face became heavy, and he stepped forward and said: "My lord, I didn't expect that the Yuezhi clan would have an insight into our army's march route so quickly, and they would kill all the tribesmen, herdsmen, cattle, sheep and horses of all the Yuezhi clan. , as well as food, grass and other supplies were all taken away, leaving only an empty camp for our army to empty out."

"Now, our army is facing a food and grass crisis. If we cannot seize supplies from these tribes, the soldiers can tolerate it, but the march of these war horses will be greatly slowed down without food and grass."

Yingjun took a deep breath after listening to the two people's words.

The war on the grassland is not only about the combat ability of the soldiers, but also about the quality of the horses.

The reason why the Qin State has not attacked the grassland is precisely because the Qin State does not have many war horses, so it cannot train more cavalry. Even if it trains a group of cavalry without horse equipment, it is still not the same as those who have been on horseback since childhood. Living steppe cavalry rivals.

However, the cavalry under Ying Jun's command were all brave and the horses not only had their own equipment, but also had far more combat experience than these prairie cavalry. It was through this that the Qiang clan was wiped out.

However, without food and grass, even a strong soldier can't fight as well as a well-fed woman, let alone a war horse.

The Yuezhi retreated, obviously intending to gather all their troops.

No one could remain indifferent to the large-scale annihilation of seven tribes of the Yuezhi in one fell swoop.

This was exactly what Yingjun wanted. If Yuezhi gathered all his troops and faced the Qin army head-on, it would actually save him a lot of trouble.

But what I didn't expect was that the Yuezhi retreated at such a decisive speed.

But no matter how fast Yuezhi was, it was impossible to bring all the herdsmen, cattle, sheep, horses, grain, grass and other supplies with her.

Thinking of this, Ying Jun turned his head to look at Zhao Yun, and said calmly: "General Li, take people to search the surrounding area."

Li Cunxiao was stunned for a moment, full of doubts in his heart.

The camp was empty. It was obvious that the Yuezhi clan had already escaped early. Why did he have to search the surrounding area? However, there must be a reason why Yingjun asked him to do this.

Then he nodded, riding a war horse and leading a team of people to patrol the surrounding area.

Zhao Yun looked at Ying Jun with a puzzled look on his face: "My lord, shouldn't we speed up now and pursue the Yuezhi's retreating army?"

The corners of Yingjun's mouth raised slightly, and he looked at him expressionlessly: "General Zhao, if Yueshi brings a large group of people, cattle, horses, sheep, grain and other supplies, do you think our army can catch up?"

"can!"

Zhao Yun said directly without any hesitation.

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Yun felt like he was enlightened, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly woke up.

They marched without finding the Yuezhi all the way, which means that the entire Yuezhi clan has retreated.

Since the Qin army handed over all the herdsmen, grain and grass supplies, and cattle, horses and sheep to Yan Da and sent them back to Qin, the army's marching speed has doubled. It is impossible to catch up with the Yuezhi clan who brought supplies and herdsmen.

But along the way, several tribes left behind only empty camps. Normally, an army carrying supplies would not be able to move at such a speed.This shows that the Yuezhi clan may not have taken away the supplies.

"Lord!"

"There is a situation!"

At this moment, Li Cunxiao rode a war horse and drove quickly towards the two of them, shouting, with a woman and child behind him.

Seeing this woman, Yingjun raised a smile on his lips, and his thoughts became even more firm.

Sure enough, as he expected, these Yuezhi people did not take away all the people in the camp. The grassland always gave priority to their own interests. These old, young, women and children, the Yuezhi clan had never taken them seriously. For them, bringing these people with them is equivalent to bringing a lot of burdens, which will only slow down the march.

Li Cunxiao stopped his horse, put down the woman and child, and then said to Yingjun with a joyful face: "My lord, both mother and child are herdsmen abandoned by the Yuezhi clan. I found them twenty miles away from here. "

"According to what they just told the general, the Yuezhi clan only took away some materials that did not affect the marching speed, such as young men from the camp, cattle, horses, sheep, etc., and the rest were abandoned in the camp, including old and young women like them. They fend for themselves.”

"By the way, I just asked you that these Yueshi just retreated in a hurry and didn't even bring any food or grass with them."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun looked at Ying Jun with admiration in his eyes, and said respectfully with a face full of joy: "My lord has a far-sighted vision, and I will be convinced by it!"

Li Cunxiao looked at Zhao Yun with a confused look on his face and said in confusion: "General Zhao, what do you mean... is that the lord has known about it for a long time?"

Zhao Yun nodded: "Otherwise, why do you think the lord would send you to search the surrounding areas?"

Li Cunxiao couldn't help but admire Yingjun deeply.

Yingjun immediately turned his head and looked at the mother and son expressionlessly, and said calmly: "Do you know where the Yuezhi clan's food and grass are?"

The mother and son were kneeling on the ground, their bodies trembling slightly. They didn't even dare to raise their heads and look directly at Ying Jun, shaking their heads repeatedly.

These two mother and son were the same two who were crying in the camp earlier. When they heard that the Qin army had massacred the Qiyue tribe in succession, they felt deeply afraid of the Qin army, so they met them.

Her heart became even more desperate, and the woman knelt on the ground and kept sobbing.

Seeing the woman without saying a word, Li Cunxiao stepped forward, bowed and said, "My Lord, why don't you take her down for interrogation?"

Yingjun waved his hand: "No, how could Yuezhi let them know about this?"

The two nodded.

Yes, if he had known this, he would have become a corpse long ago.

If he was not taken away, he must have been hidden by the Yue clan.

Now, as long as we find the location of this batch of food and grass, we can solve the urgent need of the army.

A glint flashed in Li Cunxiao's eyes, and he immediately stepped forward and said with righteous indignation: "My lord, I am willing to lead the soldiers to search for food and grass!"

If we can find these grains and grasses, we can solve the grain and grass crisis.

The army has a greater chance of defeating the Yuezhi clan in two days!

Ying Jun nodded slightly, got off his horse, and said calmly: "Li Cunxiao, I order you to lead [-] herdsmen and find this batch of grain and grass!"

Then he looked at Zhao Yun: "Let the soldiers camp on the spot, and the whole army will take a rest! Welcome to the decisive battle in two days!"

(End of this chapter)