"Phew! Finally retreated!" Lu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, Ji Ling's army still put a lot of pressure on Lu Yan. If it weren't for the strength of generals like Xiahou Dun, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, and Le Jin, he would not dare to play like this.
After counting the number of people, almost a thousand people died in this battle. I would not dare to fight this kind of positional battle again in the future.
Some soldiers were left behind to clean the battlefield and recover arrows, while Lu Yan led the others back to his camp.
In the Chinese army's tent, the generals finally let out a sigh of relief today and avenged their previous defeat by Ji Ling. At this moment, their faces were more or less relaxed and smiling.
At this time, an official in charge of logistics was reporting: "Lu Husband, our food is enough to last for half a month, but the loss of crossbows and bows is very serious. I am afraid it can only last one or two battles!"
The logistics officer's words gradually made the smiles disappear on everyone's faces. Xiahou Dun asked: "How many crossbows did you bring before?"
After the official bowed his hands and saluted Xiahou Dun, he replied: "General Zhao came in a hurry, and they were all cavalry. They only brought less than 20,000 crossbow arrows in total, and more than half of them have been consumed today. Although there are many people on the battlefield,
Part of it has been recycled, but the loss cannot be avoided."
Nearly 20,000 crossbow arrows were used, and most of them were lost in one battle!
Xiahou Dun and others were dumbfounded, and the corners of Lu Yan's mouth twitched slightly, thinking to himself: "Damn it! Although the Liannu is good, its consumption is really considerable!"
Repeating crossbows have very high requirements for crossbow arrows. Production is time-consuming, labor-intensive and money-consuming. Not only the standard quantity but also enough must be managed.
The generals also sighed in their hearts: "With 20,000 arrows, only fifty repeating crossbows shot most of them in one day..."
"What the hell is shooting an arrow? It's obviously money!"
"Fortunately, Cao Hong has a lot of money now. As a brother, he will definitely not be stingy in supporting me... After I go back this time, I have to tell my elder brother that I have to get him hundreds of repeating crossbows to suppress the situation!
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Lu Yan said to the logistics officer: "You go down first. The food will be better today. Brothers have worked hard all day, so they have to fill their stomachs."
"Here!" the logistics officer handed over his hand and slowly exited the camp.
At this time, Xiahou Dun asked: "Chang Sheng, what should we do next?"
Lu Yan had already made a plan. Now that Xiahou Dun asked, he expressed his thoughts to reassure everyone, "If we delay it for another day tomorrow, maybe the hidden conflicts within the Ji Ling Army will explode."
"Why?" Xiahou Dun was confused.
Lu Yan showed a smile and said: "The soldiers have no food and have to fight with their lives. It would be strange if nothing goes wrong!"
"Oh! Could it be that General Wei has successfully cut off Ji Lingjun's food route?"
"Our scouts are keeping an eye on them. Ji Ling Camp has not had food and grass for several days. It is estimated that they have started to drink gruel in the past two days."
"Hehe..." Xiahou Dun said with a lewd smile: "How about we call for formation again tomorrow? I would like to see if they still have the strength to run."
"I will definitely go to fight tomorrow. When the time comes, I hope you will be ready to rush to camp!"
After Lu Yan finished speaking, all the generals in the tent took a step forward, clasped their fists and said, "Here!"
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Unlike Lu Yan's camp, which was in harmony and the military morale was high, there seemed to be some slight commotion in Ji Ling's camp.
Today, the soldiers fought desperately and destroyed Cao Jun's trebuchet. Ji Ling, if you don't mention giving some rewards for their contribution, you have to take care of enough food, right?
But now?
"Damn it! You actually used rice soup to fool us! How can we fight this battle?"
"I'm risking my life to fight, but I can't even get enough to eat? Are you going to fight? I can beat you!"
"Whoever wants to fight will go there! Anyway, I will never go there again!"
When the soldiers were angry, someone kicked over the vat containing rice porridge.
It's okay if he doesn't kick him, but after he kicks him, the truth in the bucket makes the people around him even more angry!
I saw that after the rice soup in the big bucket containing rice porridge drained away, all that was left in the bucket was only a thin layer of corn as thick as a finger.
This special cat is not enough for one person. Who are you Ji Ling trying to fool?
"Grandpa doesn't work anymore! Grandpa wants to work!"
"Call the grain officer out, grandpa will kill him!"
"If you don't give me food, my grandpas will surrender!"
The crowd was raging outside, and the soldiers were getting increasingly angry.
Ji Ling listened to the commotion outside and wanted to suppress it, but he couldn't bear it.
Food, food, how could he, Ji Ling, really not keep his soldiers well-fed? It’s just that his current granary is empty enough for rats to hold the Olympics.
Ji Ling knew that several days had passed and the food had not arrived, so there might be something wrong with the food channel.
However, the team sent to urge and receive the food has not yet sent back any news.
However, the commotion outside became louder and louder. Ji Ling finally called in the supervising team and raised the butcher's knife against the soldiers who took the lead in making trouble.
In fact, it's not that those who were sent to collect food did not want to repay, but they all fell under Wei Yan's sword...
In a small mountain col with an extremely hidden location,
Wei Yan and his cavalry of about 400 people were taking a break while munching on cold dry food.
The location here is very secluded, and it is the longest temporary camp that Wei Yan and the others have stayed in in the past few days.
"General, we have destroyed the grain shipped twice by the enemy. When can we go back?" A soldier asked beside Wei Yan.
Although Wei Yan was arrogant, he was very patient with his men.
After getting along for a long time, these soldiers who followed him even dared to joke with him sometimes.
Wei Yan heard this, thought for a moment, shook his head and replied: "No, we won't go back!"
"Ah?" Wei Yan's answer made the soldier who asked the question a little confused. After a long time, he said, "Then... what should we do?"
"Without food, Ji Ling's defeat is only a matter of time.
And after Lu Xiuqi defeats Ji Ling, he will definitely march to seize Xiaopei with all his strength. Therefore, we have to rush to Xiaopei before we can join Lu Xiuqi."
Wei Yan's speculation was clear. He knew that it would take three to five days to go back now. By then, Lu Yan might have defeated Ji Ling and led his army to Xiaopei.
If they return to Qiao County, they will most likely miss out, so they might as well go directly to Xiaopei.
The soldier didn't understand what he heard, but he still gave a thumbs up and said with sincere admiration: "The general is really wise!"
Along the way, Wei Yan used his keen sense of smell and ability to grasp the battlefield to escape several traps aimed at them, and also destroyed two batches of tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass for the enemy, which completely convinced these unruly soldiers.
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After returning, maybe this cavalry team will become Wei Yan's headquarters, so Wei Yan is naturally happy to teach them his experience.