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Chapter 1171 Attacked
Wang Xian Wang Zhongde, who was always calm, was shocked by what this lost Nirvana said, and interrupted him roughly, "Shut up!"

Liu Sheng was staring at Shi Niegan angrily at first, thinking that this guy can't spit out ivory from his mouth, if he talks nonsense, he will have to suffer on the spot.But what Liu Sheng didn't expect was that Shi Niegan uttered such "rebellious" words, and immediately felt that this guy was much cuter...

Until he saw that Wang Xian had swallowed Shi Nirvana and looked at himself angrily, he was shocked for a moment, and quickly waved his hands and said: "This is none of my business..."

When Wang Xian heard Shi Niegan's words, he subconsciously thought that Liu Sheng taught him to say it, but he thought about it, although Liu Sheng looked rough and crazy, but there were subtleties in the rough, how could such a big matter It may be possible to persuade yourself by pretending to be a foreigner.

Seeing Liu Sheng's appearance, Wang Xian concluded that what Shi Niegan said had nothing to do with Liu Sheng.Wang Xian was still depressed and wanted to vomit blood. Even a prairie tartar thought he would be the emperor. Could it be that Sima Zhao's heart is really in everyone's heart?

Liu Sheng waved his hand and asked people to take Shi Niegan down first, and when there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said to Wang Xian: "My lord is expected by everyone, even the Tatars who are far away in the desert only know that there is a lord and don't know There is an imperial court..." As he said that, he stared at Wang Xiandao: "It's not a question of whether the father-in-law thinks about it or not, but it has to be like this, otherwise he will definitely die!"

"..." Wang Xian felt a little unreasonable, so he could only sigh again: "Let's talk about where to go after taking down Alutai..."

Liu Sheng could already feel the wavering in Wang Xian's heart, knowing that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he stopped entangled in this matter, and instead smiled and said: "Well, the condition of losing Nirvana, will the lord agree or not?" Woolen cloth?"

"Kuguer in the tomb, it makes no difference whether you agree or not." Wang Xian silently looked at the desert with long yellow sand in the distance, and his tone was horribly cold.

"Success, then agree to him first." Liu Sheng understood, and waved his hand to order someone to bring Shi Niegan over, and said harshly to him: "Your request, the father-in-law agreed, hurry up and let go!"

"Thank you lord! Thank you lord!" Shi Niegan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and kowtowed like garlic: "The villain will definitely bring his clansmen to submit to Daming in the future, no, to submit to lord..."

"Don't talk such nonsense, the father-in-law agreed to your conditions." Liu Shengweng said in a low voice, "Quickly tell me, where is your loach old man hiding?"

"A hundred miles deep into the desert, there is an oasis called the typhoon shelter. The old thing must have hid there. The villain will lead the army straight to Huanglong, capture the old thing alive and present it to the lord!" Shi Niegan wished Compensation, naturally know everything without saying nothing.

Liu Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said with great interest: "Very well, you can draw a map now, and when you catch Alutai, you will be the new King of Tartar!"

"The villain only knows the road, but he can't draw a map..." Shi Niegan said with a bitter face when he heard this.

"If you ask you to draw, you can draw. How can there be so much nonsense!" Liu Sheng rolled his eyes and sneered.Even if they believed that what Shi Niegan said was true, they would not be so hasty that they would lead a large army into the desert with him without verification. What if Shi Niegan turned into the grassland hero Wang Erxiao?
Soon, the guard brought a rough map of the grassland, which was drawn by Jin Yiwei's scouts.Shi Niegan gestured on the map for a long time, finally circled a large area and said: "It should be at this location."

When Liu Sheng saw it, he was furious. He slapped Shinengan on the back of the head, and cursed: "Why don't you enclose the whole desert! How can you find such a big place?!" This area is about the size of an egg on the map, and if placed on the actual terrain, it has a radius of at least two hundred miles!

Shi Niegan held his head, and said with aggrieved face: "The villain went with that old thing once more than ten years ago, and I only remember the general location..."

"What?!" Liu Sheng became furious immediately, kicked his feet and said, "That's not what you said just now!"

Shi Niegan hugged his head and wailed: "What the villain said is a bit exaggerated, but Lord Hou, don't worry, the villain will find it when he arrives, he will definitely find it..."

Liu Sheng beat up Niegan again, and asked him to draw the map more accurately, which made people drag down Niegan, who became a pig again.

Liu Sheng presented the map drawn by Shi Niegan, Wang Xian glanced at it, and handed it to Mo Wen who was standing aside.

Mo Wen took the map, looked at it for a while, and then raised his head and said: "My lord, from the map drawn by Shi Niegan, there is no exact location of the oasis on the map, only an approximate range." He frowned slightly Then he said: "Our army must go deep into the desert for at least a hundred miles. If we don't send someone to verify the truth, I'm afraid we can't rush to send troops."

"I'm afraid I will scare the snake!" Liu Shengweng said in a low voice, "If the old fox is alarmed, it will be difficult to catch him."

"You don't have to worry about that," Wang Xian shook his head slightly and said, "I invite a few senior brothers to come out. They are highly skilled in martial arts and are better at hiding their bodies. If they go deep into the desert, they will definitely not disturb Shi Nirvana."

"That's great!" Liu Sheng was overjoyed when he heard the words, but he knew that those monks who were always inseparable from Wang Xian were extremely powerful characters.During the battle of Jingnan, they went deep into the enemy's territory countless times to spy on the military situation for King Yan, and they never failed. "Let a few masters go forward, and they will be able to lock the exact location of the typhoon shelter, and hit it with one blow!"

Mo Wen also nodded in agreement.

Now that there is a plan.Wang Xian then said in a deep voice to the benevolent person beside him: "Trouble a few brothers, go deep into the desert with a map, and try to locate the oasis as soon as possible..."

Compassionate and strict, he accepted the order happily, and followed Wang Xian every step of the way, and they also felt uncomfortable.The former said with a smile: "Junior brother, is it convenient for us to give us the lost Nirvana? I'm afraid that he drew the map wrong, and no one will ask when the time comes."

"As long as senior brother doesn't feel burdened, of course it's fine." Wang Xian nodded with a smile.

"It's okay, it won't drag you down." Xinci said proudly.

Everyone couldn't help admiring them, saying in their hearts that a master is a master, and it wouldn't be cumbersome to bring a person in the desert...

Unexpectedly, he heard Xinyan from the side say quietly: "If it is time to run for your life, you must kill him first."

Everyone was speechless, how could they have forgotten that the master of this group of monks is Yao Guangxiao...

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Wang Xian sent Xin Yan and others to investigate deep into the desert with Shi Niegan, while the army camped on the edge of the grassland to rest.After a month of high-intensity conquests, both men and horses are exhausted, and they must take a good rest and adjust.More importantly, the army is short of food and grass and needs to be supplemented urgently.It is necessary to stop and wait for the supply troops to bring up the general food.

Since the Hongwu period, the Ming army has been conquering the grasslands, and the long supply line is the number one nightmare for the army.In order to solve the supply of grain and grass, Emperor Hongwu built a series of forts on the grassland, which were used as footholds for army patrols in peacetime and used to store grain and grass in wartime.

After the improvement of Emperor Yongle, the Ming Dynasty established nearly a hundred grain city military stations dotted in a vast area of ​​nearly ten thousand miles from Shanhaiguan Pass in the east to Yumen Pass in the west, from the Great Wall in the south to the edge of the desert in the north.Before each Northern Expedition, the imperial court would transport grain and grass to the nearest grain city depots according to the estimated marching route. During wartime, it would also temporarily adjust the location of grain and grass storage according to changes in the march.

The advantage of doing this is obvious. The army does not need to bring all the civilians and supplies when they move. They only need to bring enough grain and grass for ten days and a half months.It can greatly reduce the burden of logistics, and at the same time greatly increase the mobility of the army.

For Wang Xian's expedition this time, he naturally took the medicine according to the prescription, and ordered the supply troops to transport the grain and grass to several grain cities in advance, and then dispatched them as needed.His [-] infantry were used to guard Liangcheng and transfer military rations.

At this time, the military station closest to Wang Xian's camp was called Guning City, which was only a hundred miles away from Wang Xian's army. If the weather was fine, it would only take three days to transfer food to Wang Xian's camp.

Although Guning City is known as a city, it is just a small fortress. Right now, there are five thousand soldiers, thousands of civilians, and countless mules, horses and vehicles in the fortress, so it is naturally overcrowded.

But fortunately, these days are coming to an end soon, and the guard is anxiously urging his subordinates to move the food and grass to the carriage.The day before, I received Wang Xian's military order to urge the army to urge food, and knew that the army's food and grass were in urgent need, so I dare not neglect it, so I planned to escort the food and grass northward to supply the army today.

It wasn't until three poles in the sun that all the food and grass were ready, and then the guard led 1000 soldiers to escort [-] carts of food and grass to set off, and the remaining [-] people were led by the deputy general to stay in Guning City.

Although 4000 people are not many, according to the news ahead, the Tatars have been wiped out in sevens and eighties, and the remnants have also hid in the desert.As for those scattered small tribes, it would be good if the Ming army didn't mess with them, and they dared to seek their own death.

Although there was no danger on the grassland, the officers and soldiers escorting the food and grass were still very careful to check the vehicles, horses and weapons. The victory of the army was imminent, and no one wanted trouble at this time.Before leaving the city, the commanding envoy of the team leader ordered his subordinates to strictly follow the regulations. The scouts went first, and the army followed. They traveled fifty miles a day, and stopped before dark.

In this way, it will take two days to arrive at the camp and complete the last food escort for this battle.

In the early morning, when the sun was rising, the gate of Guning City was opened, and the escort team slowly drove out of the gate.

Guning City, which had been busy all morning, finally came to a halt. The guards on the top of the city watched as the food escort team disappeared into the northern horizon. Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Except for the soldiers on duty, the rest were ready to go back. Get back to sleep.

Unexpectedly, someone suddenly exclaimed, pointed at the direction where the army disappeared and screamed: "Look! There is a situation!"

Everyone at the top of the city raised their heads one after another, and looked in the direction that the man pointed at, only to see a long black line appeared on the northeast horizon at this time, amid billowing smoke and dust, a large group of Mongolian cavalry was galloping towards Guning City come...

The urgent alarm bells sounded at the top of Guning City!

(End of this chapter)