Seeing the tears welling up in her little sister's eyes,

What else could the female Marquis do?

Remembering that her little sister had risked her life to seek help from Li Yuan during the day, saving her own life,

The female Marquis could only sigh and say helplessly,

"My bedding, the one I usually use, was burned when the Tiele people attacked the camp."

"The other spare one was given to Lieutenant Li by you."

"So tonight, I can only use your bedding."

After saying that, the female Marquis unceremoniously occupied her sister's bed.

In these past few days, she had hovered between life and death several times, and her left arm was injured. She was truly exhausted, and she fell asleep as soon as she lay down on her sister's bed.

Bai Yuxuan's face darkened.

But what else could she do? She had to bear the consequences of her own mistakes.

It seemed she really had to study military tactics all night tonight.

Meanwhile, in the valley,

The Tiele army, trapped for two days, was exhausted.

Although they did not lack horse meat to satisfy their hunger, they were plagued by thirst.

When Tiele soldiers went on expeditions, they usually carried several water bags sewn from animal stomachs.

In these two days, most of the Tiele people had drunk almost all the water in their water bags.

And there was no water source or well inside the mouth of the valley.

Empty water bags had nowhere to be replenished.

Unable to bear the hunger and thirst, many Tiele people could only dig up underground grass roots and lick the dew on the leaves, barely replenishing a little bit of water.

Without food, people can live for seven or eight days, or even ten days.

But without water, people can only last for a very short time.

Of course, the Tiele people had another way, which was to drink horse blood.

They would cut a small opening in the horse's body and then suck the horse blood like leeches to relieve their thirst.

But there was a problem: horse blood was very fishy, and blood was generally salty.

Usually, the more you drink, the thirstier you become.

In the end, it was very likely that the blood drinker would die of dehydration because his body had to break down more salt.

So those remaining water bags became the target of the Tiele people's snatching.

Li Yuan was awakened by the noisy shouts of killing in the valley.

He hurriedly got up, put on his armor, and went out of the tent. Seeing that everything was fine in the Liang army camp on the hillside,

He was somewhat relieved.

Not far away, he saw Dingzhou General Han Mingdao, leading the soldiers and civilians, closely monitoring the mouth of the valley.

Li Yuan walked over in a few steps.

When Han Mingdao saw that it was Li Yuan, he greeted him with a smile.

"Lieutenant Li, it's nothing serious."

"These Tiele people don't sleep in the middle of the night. It seems that there has been internal strife."

Li Yuan glanced into the valley, then calculated with his fingers and said,

"These northern barbarians are really brave, and they still have the strength to fight among themselves now."

The two sides fighting below were those Tiele warriors, who were抢夺the water bags of the herdsmen and prisoners of war.

Initially, the Tiele people wanted to forcibly seize them as masters, but they were met with fierce resistance from the herdsmen.

Because of the defeat, their deterrence against the底层herdsmen had also collapsed.

Because everyone in the valley knew that water was life now.

If someone took your water bag, it was like taking your life.

Now, without water, you die. If you抢夺my water bag, you are抢夺my life.

Many herdsmen had begun to resist in an organized manner in order to protect their water bags.

The Tiele people, who were used to being tyrannical, were extremely angry at the herdsmen's resistance.

So in the middle of the night, Sangdu led his personal soldiers and Tiele warriors to launch a清剿against those who resisted fiercely.

By the way, they抢夺their water bags, so it was not surprising that a fierce internal strife broke out in the valley.

Usually, in a Tiele army, Tiele soldiers account for 40%, herdsmen soldiers account for 30%, and prisoners of war account for 30%.

The Tiele people are strong, trained in riding, swords, and bows since childhood, and their equipment is also better.

The advantage of herdsmen soldiers and prisoners of war is only that they have more numbers.

The bloody and cruel internal strife lasted all night. By dawn, perhaps the Tiele people had exhausted their energy.

In the平川of the mouth of the valley, it was finally quiet. Looking down from the mountain,

Many broken corpses could be seen in the valley.

Moreover, the Tiele people and the herdsmen had begun to抱团self-protect, clearly demarcated.

Li Yuan looked at the chaos in the valley, and an idea came to him.

At this time, the sky began to brighten, and the Liang army on the mountain had begun to busy themselves.

The Dragon骧侯's personal soldiers招呼各位州府generals and Lieutenant Li to the central army for breakfast.

The female Marquis got up very early today, looking radiant. It was clear that she had slept very well last night.

Bai Yuxuan, on the other hand, was wearing heavy dark circles and yawning non-stop.

Several generals围坐in front of the central army tent, each holding a bowl of porridge in their hands.

The millet porridge was cooked sweetly, with dried meat and mountain vegetables added.

It tasted very fresh and delicious.

More than breakfast, what made them more comfortable was the state of the Tiele people in the valley in front of them.

After a night of chaotic fighting, most of the Tiele people were lying on the ground to rest, weak and listless.

There were corpses everywhere that no one cleaned up.

Sangdu and those千户长had long lost their former majesty, with disheveled hair and broken armor.

Watching the enemy in distress step by step towards destruction.

There was nothing more happy for the Liang army generals than this.

The Dragon骧侯was得意today.

Sweeping away yesterday's embarrassment and listlessness.

Her功劳of剿灭the Tiele army was about to be in hand. After this battle, the status of the Dragon骧白家was considered stable.

Those forces who wanted to谋图the Bai family had to retreat.

And what brought all this was obviously this Lieutenant Li beside her.

The Dragon骧侯was in a good mood and casually asked Li Yuan.

"Lieutenant Li, did you rest well last night?"

Li Yuan hurriedly拱手responded.

"Reporting to the侯爷, I slept very well last night. The bedding was very舒....."

Speaking of this, Li Yuan激灵一下and couldn't continue.

Li Yuan suddenly remembered that the bedding he used last night was from this female侯爷.

You slept in the female侯爷's quilt last night and said it was very comfortable.

How did this sound like you were asking for death?

Li Yuan was really头大.

The Dragon骧侯白景over there was also尴尬.

She just remembered that this Lieutenant Li seemed to have used her bedding last night.

Her sister铺的the quilt for him. What if this Lieutenant Li had any misunderstanding?

Both were一时语塞.

Fortunately, the female侯爷reacted extremely quickly.

"Lieutenant Li, it's good if you rested well."

"Now that we have困住了the Tiele people, what do you think we should do next?"

Li Yuan happened to have some ideas, so he拱手said.

"Now the Tiele people in the valley are already强弩之末."

"It's just a pity that those Tiele war horses are being糟蹋by them."

"I thought about it. Now the Tiele people urgently need water to续命."

"Why don't we use water to换马with them."

The Dragon骧侯's eyes lit up when she heard that Li Yuan could get horses from the Tiele people, and she hurriedly continued to ask.

"Lieutenant Li, tell me more."

Li Yuan said.

"Our Liang army cavalry is weak. The main reason is the lack of war horses."

"The互市between大梁and the northern tribes can only exchange for second-rate war horses."

"The侯爷's龙骧军, the cavalry is only hundreds, is also the reason."

"But now, in the eyes of the Tiele people in the valley, water is more precious than war horses."

"If we offer a bag of water for a war horse, do you think those Tiele people who are about to die of thirst will agree?"

The Dragon骧侯nodded frequently. That's right. War horses are extremely precious in大梁.

If there is a way to换out the war horses in the valley with water, it is definitely not a loss.

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