Nalanke was looking at a map at his desk, which he had just asked his scouts to draw and take shape today.
If Li Qi were present, he would definitely be able to tell at a glance that this map is the same as the one in his hand.
Yes, this map is the topographic map around the valley today.
As the prince of the Snow Kingdom, Nalanke is only in his early twenties this year, but he has already become a general, and now leads an army of 50,000 to cut off Daxia's supply of food and grass.
Before leaving, he promised his father that this time he would be successful.
The reason why he could accurately obtain the march information of the Daxia army was from the national division.
He didn't like that national master very much, but he had to admire his ability.
I thought it wouldn't take much effort to deal with Daxia's forage team here, but who knew it would take so long.
At the beginning, he made various provocations and thought of ways to create panic in Daxia's army, just to find a suitable opportunity to attack.
In order to judge whether the opportunity had arrived, he sent an envoy, but who would have thought that the envoy would be shot dead as soon as he passed by.
This made him angry and angry.
However, his reason told him that this food team was a tough guy, otherwise it would be impossible to shoot the negotiating envoy.
Killing the envoy also shows his determination to fight. Since the opponent has the determination to fight, this battle will not be easy.
Nalanke moved his neck, stood up, took a water bag, and took a sip of water.
"What are you worried about, Your Highness?" A charming voice sounded from somewhere.
Nalanke didn't seem surprised, but said calmly: "I'm thinking, if the opponent fights, how can I defeat it with the fewest soldiers."
As soon as he finished speaking, I saw a woman standing in the corner of the military tent. She was wearing a black cloak with a hat on it, and her face was covered with a layer of black gauze. She could not see at all.
Check out her appearance.
"Young master can use the black oil arrow army to easily defeat the opponent," the woman said.
Nalanke shook his head: "No, although the purpose of coming here this time is to cut off the food and grass of the Daxia army, if black oil arrows are used, the food and grass will be wiped out... Now Xuedu is in a period of food shortage, if I
If we can intercept and transport this batch of grain and grass back, even if Daxia's army invades, we will be in an invincible position."
"That's true, but if His Highness allows the other party to successfully break through, then I'm afraid..."
"Impossible!" Nalank sneered, "Don't say that the other side only has 30,000 people. Even if the other side has 100,000 people, I can't let them break through successfully!"
"Then Your Highness doesn't use black oil arrows, what else can you do to deal with it?" the woman asked.
"Are you questioning my ability?"
Seeing some anger in Nalanke's eyes, the woman hurriedly said: "Lu Qing doesn't dare. Lu Qing just wants to share the worries for His Highness."
"I just trapped them like this. I don't believe they can keep their composure! The Snow Capital has already prepared to fight Daxia's army. As long as they are trapped here, the food and grass supplies will not be available. This battle in Daxia
We can't win either." Narank sneered, "It's them who should be anxious, not me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded outside the tent: "Report! The enemy has launched a breakout!"
Upon hearing the news, Nalank smiled even more happily, picked up the sword beside him, waved his cloak and walked out directly.
The woman inside the house also disappeared.
…
In just three days, five attempts were made to break through the encirclement, but all five failed.
Li Qi's mood was very complicated as he looked at the injuries that were constantly being carried back.
Tian Hangnan was also disheveled at this time, his armor was also loose in several places, and there were some blood scabs on his face.
"grown ups……"
"How many people were injured this time?" Li Qi asked.
Tian Hangnan said: "More than 700 casualties..."
Hearing this number, Li Qi felt very complicated.
Because he knows that behind every number is a human life.
Li Qi took a deep breath and said, "Register everything."
"yes!"
"Where is the other party?" Li Qi asked again.
Tian Hangnan said: "The other party is probably about the same as us."
Li Qi nodded: "Okay, you go and feed the next batch of brothers, and we will continue to break out tomorrow."
"yes!"
Two days later, the number of breakouts continued to increase, and the casualties naturally increased, but each time they were repelled by the Snow Country's army.
The morale of the soldiers was also declining day by day.
Looking at all this, Tian Hangnan and other captains of ten thousand were also worried.
Over at the Snow Country military camp, Nalanke's mouth curled up, and he was having a great time eating wine and meat with his subordinates.
"Your Highness, I think we will definitely win this battle." At this time, a big man wearing a bearskin said, "They haven't won a battle for so many days! They are completely struggling to the death."
Another man answered: "That's right! These Daxia soldiers are nothing more than that. In my opinion, we don't need to play with them anymore. We can just attack them and kill them in one fell swoop."
Nalank smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, we will stay here. If we attack rashly, I'm afraid they will set up an ambush. As long as we don't let them come out, sooner or later they will not be able to hold on."
"Your Highness is right! As long as we guard the exit and prevent them from coming out, there is nothing they can do." The bearskin man said, taking a piece of meat in his hand and taking a bite, laughing loudly.
Seeing this, everyone began to drink, and those who ate meat were very happy.
…
Li Qi was sitting in the military tent, writing something with a brush.
Tang Yun handed Li Qi a hot water bottle and took a look: "Sir, what are you writing?"
"I am counting the casualties of our army..." Li Qi said.
Tang Yun pointed to an Arabic numeral on it and asked, "Master, how much is this?"
"Eight thousand six hundred and seventy-three..."
Tang Yun was a little surprised and said: "So many?"
Li Qi did not answer, but stared at the number and said in a daze: "There are still one thousand, three hundred and twenty-seven to go..."
Tang Yun was a little confused and was about to ask something when Tian Hangnan opened the curtain and got in: "Sir!"
Li Qi put down his brush and looked at him: "The breakout failed! Our army suffered more than 1,300 casualties..."
Upon hearing this number, Li Qi stood up slowly, took a deep breath and said, "Are you ready for everything I asked you to prepare?"
Tian Hangnan nodded vigorously: "Everything is ready!"
Li Qi nodded slowly: "Okay! It's time to truly break out! Notify everyone, organize the team, and the whole army breaks out!"
Tian Hangnan knelt down on one knee and said, "Yes!"