Facts have proven countless times that Chu Qing's plan is bound to go wrong.
The plan went as he had envisioned, but there were too many supplies piled up in the Dongtu camp. They supplied the vanguard army with food and grass for more than 200,000 people, and they also had to fight the siege. The cattle and sheep alone were an astronomical amount.
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When Chu Qing and his people were approaching the Dongtu Department, the endless cattle and sheep that could be seen were being herded by herdsmen, and the people at the front were staring at each other.
"This is..." Chu Qing swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "The people from the Bieba people have been occupied by the prairie?"
Several detectives came quickly to give a work report, with two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
The good news is that there are a lot of supplies, too many to count. During the "inspection" stage of Prairie Lao Wu, they collected food and grass from all the nearby tribes. This is the small one, and the big one is for the vanguard army. All the supplies were delivered. Buy one and get one free.
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The bad news is that the Pioneer Army is very particular about sending so many supplies to everyone, but their number is a bit too large, a conservative estimate of 230,000, and they will arrive in five days.
"Blank."
Chu Qing waved his hand: "Everyone speed up, don't rest, tell all the people, as long as they speed up, as long as they return to the customs safely, each person will adopt a cow, a sheep, and a horse, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry."
Chu Qing's eyes were red, and the eyes of the escorting border troops were also red. No one's eyes were red.
Once these supplies are transported back to Guanzhong, the Liangrong vanguard army will fight, and hit a big watermelon!
Even Chu Qing didn't expect that he originally wanted to use Lao Wu's hand to deceive other tribes in the grassland, but he didn't know that Lao Wu was so generous and directly obtained all the food and grass for the vanguard army.
There is still more than twenty miles to go from Dongtu Department, so there is no need to lead the way. The continuous line of cattle and sheep forms a "road".
Tian Hailong rode over, his lips trembling, looking at Chu Qing, unable to say a word for a long time.
He looked at the supplies. Not to mention other things, the frontier soldiers ate these cattle and sheep with open bellies. Even if they ate only one and threw away one, they would have to eat them until the end of the year.
Like Sheng Zhaojun, Chu Qing was also shouting: "First, the cattle, sheep and horses, don't worry about the others, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry."
The matter must not be hidden. The Dongtu Department is not like a sacred grass or aquatic pasture. It is inaccessible and there are too many small tribes around it. Once a message is sent to the Pioneer Army, the Nucong Army and the Pioneer Army will definitely send it.
Crazy to catch up.
"Sheng Zhaojun, hurry up and call brother Dajun and the others."
Now as soon as Chu Qing opened his mouth, he felt the smell of boiled mutton wafting between heaven and earth.
There is no need to go to the winter map department. Everyone rides on horseback and shouts at the top of their lungs to direct the people and herdsmen to transport supplies.
It was a complete mess. More than 30,000 people had never seen this scene. They didn't know how to herd sheep. They saw so many cattle and sheep, and they were messing around on their horses. Fortunately, there were herdsmen around. They imitated the herdsmen and found it.
Touyang, just reluctantly got started.
Cattle and sheep are easy to drive, and they follow the herd. Horses are completely unable to be driven, so they have to be ridden. There are simply not enough manpower.
Chu Qing's heart was bleeding, and everyone's heart was bleeding, because many fierce horses had already run away.
"My lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, my lord."
Tian Hailong burst into tears: "I ran away, I ran away, I ran away, I ran away a lot, I ran away a lot, what should I do? My lord, my lord, my lord, my lord, please think of a solution quickly."
The appearance of the conch is as if it was not the fierce horse that escaped from the team, but his wife.
"I'm not the head of Yangcun Village. Where can I find a solution?" Chu Qing was also very anxious and shouted: "Quickly go to Zaza and his son, find the people from the Peregrine Division and let them find a solution. Hurry up.
, cattle, sheep and horses, I want them all!”
Sheng Zhaojun and others finally arrived, feeling both excited and sad.
"Master, it's difficult, it's too difficult." Sheng Zhaojun's face was full of bitterness: "I saw it with my own eyes. There are still a lot of livestock. At most, I can take back 30% of them."
"Only 30%?!"
"Nu Congjun and Liangrong's vanguard army will arrive in five or even four days. There are no people in the pasture. If we rush back, we will have to eat grass on the way. It will be too late."
Everyone looked sad. If they only brought some cattle, sheep and supplies, only 30% of them, there would be no risk at all and it would not slow down the speed. But if they wanted to bring them all back, the time spent on the road would increase exponentially, which was impossible.
Arrive safely inside the pass before the Liangrong vanguard army catches up.
Fu San was a man who had seen the world and suggested: "The safety of the people is the most important thing. Master, let's burn the rest."
Tao Shaozhang nodded repeatedly: "Brother Yu thinks so too, let's burn it."
"How to cook this? Food and grass are easy to handle. Horses are easy to handle. Just drive them. What about the cattle and sheep? How to cook the cattle and sheep?"
Chu Qing pulled his hair tightly, unable to let go.
Looking back at the busy people, Chu Qing's heart was not bleeding, but started to bleed.
"If not..."
Sheng Zhaojun gritted his teeth and said with a fierce look on his face: "Fight, fight the vanguard, fight against the common people and herdsmen, and buy time!"
Chu Qing was stunned, and Tian Hailong and others also took a breath of cold air.
Two hundred and thirty thousand vanguard troops, fighting on horseback, with what means?
"Young Master, please hand over the wolf-catching army to the last general. Then send two thousand cavalry to the Peregrine and Dongtu Divisions each, and gather 10,000 troops. The last one will delay the Liangrong vanguard army for the young master and the people."
Chu Qing was shocked: "Brother Dajun, please stop making trouble. This is a grassland, an endless grassland. There is no ambush to attack, and you can't even run away."
"Yeah, I can't run away." Sheng Zhaojun took a deep breath, stared at Chu Qing, and showed a very inexplicable smile: "It's an ordinary thing for us to be in the army, and we can't escape this fate.
It doesn't matter if you die on the battlefield, so much food and supplies are enough to turn the tide of the war. Even if you die on this vast grassland, I, Sheng Zhaojun, will happily yearn for it."
"Take it." Chu Qing shook his head repeatedly: "Burn everything you can't take away. There is no need to take risks. Besides, if you leave 10,000 people, there will be even fewer people who can transport supplies, or..."
"Master, listen to me." Sheng Zhaojun interrupted softly: "For the past twelve years, General Mo has led his brothers to fight on the grasslands. In my hometown, except for my mother-in-law, even the elders don't know.
I, Sheng Zhaojun, did not rebel, and I became a deserter at that time, but my generation of soldiers, for..."
Sheng Zhaojun couldn't go on because Chu Qing lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Anyway, he must not have listened carefully to his speech. There were more than 400 words of speech that he had not finished yet.
"Master, can you raise your head first and listen to what I have to say? If you don't say anything else, it will be too late."
Chu Qing finally raised his head, his pupils dilated a little, and murmured: "How many divine arm crossbows do we have?"
"What happened to five thousand tools?"
"How many people are there in the vanguard army?"
"From what the fifth prince of the prairie said, there are at least 230,000 people. Not counting some of the tribes that were recruited along the way, there are at least 250,000 people."
Chu Qing nodded: "If there are three thousand soldiers, armed with three thousand divine arm crossbows, and Brother Dajun leads the army, what should we do next?"
Sheng Zhaojun laughed loudly, with a look of pride on his face: "After the young master returns to the pass, I will tell the world that I, Sheng Zhaojun, am not a deserter. I do not seek glory for my family, but only want to be in the ancestral hall of my Sheng family..."
"I'm asking about the future, not the afterlife."
"Oh, if nothing else, kill him."
"Okay." Chu Qing glanced at all the friends: "Assemble a thousand wolf-catching troops, the Peregrine Division, five hundred elite rangers, the Shencao Division, a thousand rangers, the Dongtu Division, five hundred rangers,
A total of three thousand people will die with me."
"Brother-in-law!" Tao Shaozhang looked shocked and took a breath of cold air: "You are crazy, this is a way to die!"
Chu Qing: "Count you in."
Tao Shaozhang: "Okay."
Tian Hailong's eyes lit up and he took a breath: "Sir, are you crazy?"