Listening to the familiar or unfamiliar moans behind him, Ximo was helpless.
After looking around to no avail, he gritted his teeth and said: "Brothers, you must hold on. I will go to the Benlu tribe in front to find someone to rescue you."
After instructing the less injured tribesmen to take care of the seriously injured, he mounted his horse and hurried eastward.
It took two hours to go there.
In the afternoon, Ximo, who was sweating profusely, finally rushed back with a team of deer runners and cars to help.
"Brother, where is the doctor?" Someone tugged at Ximo's clothes in despair: "Why don't we have a doctor? Brothers can't hold on anymore."
In fact, half of the seriously injured people had stopped breathing.
well.
Ximo felt filled with regrets, and in the end he just looked up to the sky and sighed.
Although Yanchuo Fortress was plagued by epidemics and the soldiers lacked medical treatment and medicine. However, Xiliang's vanguard did not go smoothly when fighting against them, and they also suffered heavy casualties.
The Benlu Tribe is now filled with wounded soldiers of all sizes from the Xiliang Pioneer Army. How can any doctor be spared to treat them?
When the Luoxi people, who were still able to move, heard this, their faces turned ashen.
Each of them anxiously walked around in circles, wanting to scold but not knowing who to scold. In the end, they could only carry the dying tribesmen into the car and hurried away to the Benlu tribe.
More than half a month later, Ximo quickly returned to the tribe with the few remaining tribesmen.
In an instant, the whole Luoxi was stunned.
"Aren't you... just going to escort the food and grass? Where are the others?"
Ximo glanced at the clan leader and lowered his eyes silently. He didn't know what to say.
Since the Royal Court's chariot was launched, all the tribes on the grassland have followed on the battlefield, and no place is safe.
Escorting grain and grass is relatively safe, but only relatively.
Someone came out and told the situation, which immediately caused an uproar.
"Is it unreasonable," someone else asked incredulously, "not only have hundreds of people died, but we also have to pay for the lost food and grass?"
Ximo and his party did not say a word, but bowed their heads deeply.
If compensation is not paid, not only the members of the Benlu tribe who are treating their injuries will be in trouble, but also other tribes on the grassland will probably become Luoxi's enemies.
"That's too much!"
Everyone present was so angry that they were trembling, but they had no choice but to find a way.
Lost cattle and sheep are not a problem. Squeezing all kinds of dried meat can still squeeze out the burned ones.
But the problem is that there are fifteen carts of medicinal materials in the grain and grass cart, so the Luoxi people cannot squeeze them out by just squeezing.
"Let's go discuss with them and see if there is any way to solve it." Chief Luoxi took a few people and left with apologies.
A few days later, when they returned to Luoxi, everyone's clothes had more stains and there were a few dark whip marks on their faces. When the wind blew, they gasped for air.
Then there was a rumor that the clan leader was planning to borrow medicinal materials from the surrounding tribes.
Ximo frowned deeply.
It's understandable to borrow things, but Luoxi is just an ordinary tribe on the grassland. They are not rich and don't have the specialties that other tribes desperately need.
So what to borrow is a question.
He glanced at the grassland at his feet, and then his eyes fell on the frightened little girl.
As the night grew darker, more than a hundred horses quietly left Luoxi and walked into the vast night in total silence.
His whereabouts are unknown since then.
Compared with Luo Xi, who was busy and harassing, Gu Datou and his group of more than 200 people lived a somewhat peaceful life.
They have no idea where they are now, they only know that they are walking deeper into the grassland every day.
During the day, they found a remote place to rest and recuperate. At night, they found a logistics convoy and attacked, and they succeeded every time.
For a time, Xiliang's logistics suffered heavy losses. Even the march of the army had to slow down.
In desperation, Xiliang had no choice but to use regular troops to transport food and grass, and at the same time sent a large team of troops to look for people.
But where can I find it?
The grassland was vast and vast, and the people of Xiliang did not notice the slightest trace of the Eighth Battalion.
Occasionally, they found some clues, and they were smiling happily and preparing to make dumplings. In the blink of an eye, the other party miraculously disappeared.
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Yunchui, Dingxi County where Yankui Fortress is located.
The capital is Dingxicheng.
Tap tap tap...
Neat footsteps sounded. Groups of Dingxi guards armed with weapons walked over.
At the front, Chabon, with his face covered with a thick scarf, was preparing to leave the city with his garrison.
"Bang is my brother," the Dingxi County Sheriff didn't even have time to sit in the sedan chair, so he hurried over on horseback.
He spread his hands with a frown on his face: "I'm sorry for my vulgar language, but you guys just pat your butts and go away. What will happen to me in Dingxi City, and what will happen to Dingxi County below me?"
Previously, Gu Datou and others discovered that the Xiliang brigade was marching eastward at night, and immediately reported it to the vanguard general Huo Ling.
The news then quickly spread to Yanqi Fortress and Dingxi City further behind.
The county lieutenant Xia Bang decided to lead his troops out of the city.
He raised his head and glanced at the city wall of Dingxi City: "Master Sheriff, you should know that Dingxi City has another name."
Although the county guard was confused, he forced himself to nod.
Dingxi City is also called Peishi City.
Firstly, this city, like the Yanchui Fortress, is entirely made of the hard Panlong Stone underground in Dingxi County. Secondly, this city is like a solid whetstone, which can sharpen the swords of Yunchui soldiers.
I have never been afraid of the Xiliang people's wolf-like and tiger-like blades.
Xia Bang smiled and said: "The stone city in front of us has high walls and the people in the city share the same hatred. The Xiliang people may have strong cavalry, but they have almost no large-scale siege equipment. Even if they bypass the Yanjie Fortress, they will not be able to defeat it for a while.
Don’t even think about taking it down.”
"Don't worry, Lord Sheriff."
The county guard didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I know how powerful Dingxi City is, but no matter how powerful the city wall is, it still needs people to defend it. Brother Bangwei, you took away all the garrison soldiers. May I ask how I can defend the city?"
Ha ha!
Xia Bangwei pointed to the lieutenant next to him, "Didn't I keep the lieutenant and three hundred personal guards? With them in charge, plus the police officers in the city, etc., they will ensure that Toishi City is safe and sound."
The two quarreled for a while while suppressing their voices. Chabon said goodbye to the helpless county guard and hurried out of the city to the east.
"To defend Dingxi City, you can only defend Dingxi County. And the Luoxia Mountains are the second rock fortress. If you defend it, you can defend the vast western frontier of the empire." The county guard scolded: "It sounds nice, but you Xia Bang
Because there are only 20,000 men, and there are eight roads leading to the east in the Luoxia Mountains."
"Without support, you can't hold on any better!"
He cursed and returned to the county magistrate's house.
Xia Bangwei was on his way silently, and he was also thinking about how to keep guard.
Although only one is a post road, caravans and pedestrians come and go on all eight roads all year round. Although the roads are not easy to walk, they are still smooth.
Therefore, troops must be stationed at each line.
As a result, the troops in his hands were somewhat stretched. The most terrible thing was that there were many mountains between each road, making it difficult for each other to rescue each other.
Do your best to defend it.
Chabonwei raised his head and glanced at the eastern sky.
I don’t know when the civil unrest in the previous counties will subside.
The only way to solve the immediate crisis is to reopen the east-west route and send rescue workers and medicinal materials to Yankuo Fortress as soon as possible.
As long as the fortress is stabilized again, Xiliang will not dare to boldly attack eastward.