As Ma Yue finished speaking, suddenly dark clouds rolled in from the sky, slowly pulling across the sky like a dark curtain, and instantly blocking the scorching sun! Under the shock and inexplicable eyes of all the soldiers, the whole sky quickly darkened, as if it had suddenly entered the night.

"Hao~~"

A dazzling lightning suddenly cut through the dark sky and slashed fiercely on the sand dunes not far away. A drop of raindrops as big as beans dripped through the clouds and hit Ma Yue's face heavily, a cool and refreshing coolness! The next moment, more raindrops fell rapidly from the air.

“Hahaha~~”

Ma Yue raised his hand to the sky and smiled at the sky.

“Hahaha~~”

The exhausted Han soldiers jumped and shouted, and laughed wildly. The equally exhausted Wuhuan soldiers knelt down devoutly in the desert and worshiped the proud and solemn horse! At this moment, the horses were like gods who could bring lightning and heavy rain, and mortals could not desecrate them.

...

Meiji, Liao Hua's big tent.

Liao Huazheng summoned Gao Shun and Guo Tu to discuss matters. Suddenly, a small school entered the account and reported urgently: "General, he explored his horse in Linrong, and found traces of the Han army in Mayi at the same time."

"The enemy army came so quickly!" Guo Tu said with a stern look, "I have advanced to Linrong, Mayi?"

“That’s right.”

"How many people are there?"

The little school said: "The Han army that advanced to Linrong were all cavalry, with about 30,000 cavalry. The Han army that advanced to Mayi had about 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry."

Liao Hua said, "Oh no, the enemy has 40,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry?"

Guo Tu quickly set up the map on the table, and found the location of Linrong and Mayi from the map, and said to Liao Hua and Gao Shun: "Please look, two generals, Linrong is located west of Meiji, about 800 miles apart, and Mayi is located east of Meiji. Although there is a river barrier in the middle, it can be less than 400 miles apart!"

Gao Shun compared with his hands and said, "In other words, these two enemy troops are likely to advance to Meiji at the same time!"

"Yes, if the lord's army cannot return in time to intercept one of the troops." Guo Tu's expression became extremely solemn. He said in a deep voice, "At most ten days, these two troops will be able to join the city of Yu Meiji! At that time, the situation will be very passive! What's more serious is that this is only two of the troops. The court sent four troops, and there were two other troops that have not yet been seen. The invisible enemy is the most terrifying place, because no one knows when and where they will suddenly come out."

Liao Hua said anxiously: "But since the lord's army entered the Sea of ​​Death, no news has been heard back. What should I do?"

Guo Tu said in a deep voice: "There is no other good strategy at the moment. General Liao Hua can speed up the supervision of slaves to build a city. Even if they use their bodies to pile up the walls of Meiji City, they will have to raise the walls of Meiji City to three meters within ten days!"

Liao Huaying said: "Don't worry, Mr. Guo Tu, within ten days, this general will definitely raise the wall of Meiji City to four feet!"

"Okay." Guo Tu nodded and said to Gao Shun again, "General Gao Shun, the enemy is powerful, and the cavalry and infantry are no less than 80,000, and they are all elite troops that have been through the battlefield for a long time. If the lord's army cannot return to support in time, the five thousand infantrymen in the city will not be able to defend Meiji City no matter what, so please immediately arm the remaining five thousand strong men in the Wuhuan clan."

Gao Shun said in a voice: "Did Mr. Guo Tu ask these five thousand Wuhuan men to help defend the city? But they may not be able to help without training."

Guo Tu shook his head and said, "It is not to ask them to assist in defending the city, but to let them protect the elderly, young, women and children from Meiji City and disperse them to the Hetao grassland to avoid the limelight! Five thousand Wuhuan men can be divided into 100 teams, each team of fifty cavalry, responsible for about 500 elderly, young, young, women and children. In this way, even if Meiji City is broken, at least 50,000 elderly, young, young, women and children can be left behind. As long as the women and children are still there, our army will still have a chance to recover."

Gao Shunning said in a voice: "I understand. Finally, I will summon the strong men of Wuhuan and evacuate the elderly, young, women and children."

After saying that, Liao Hua and Gao Shun hugged Guo Tu, turned around and left, watching the figures of the two sank into the darkness, Guo Tu sighed, and a trace of guilt flashed through his eyes: Lord, Guo Tu's ability is only here, and he can only do his best to retain a little more vitality for the lord.

...

When the rainstorm stopped, it was dark.

The army of Ma Yuedi finally walked out of the sea of ​​death and camped in an open air by a river.

In order to march quickly, Ma Yue's army did not carry too much baggage. Each soldier only carried half a month of food rations when he was on the way. Whenever he camped, he could only camp in the open air and endured the bites of mosquitoes and flies.

Whenever he went to war, Ma Yue shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers of the army. He slept wherever the soldiers slept, and he ate whatever the soldiers ate. He never ate first without the soldiers being full. Now Ma Yue is already a general of the Han Dynasty, but he lives and dies with his brothers, and the military style he developed when he struggles with his life has not been stacked.

The soldiers under their command never felt that there was an insurmountable gap between Ma Yue and them. In their eyes, Ma Yue was still Ma Yue, the brotherly and passionate leader!

"Bang!"

Jia Xu slapped his face and slapped a huge cow fly to death, leaving the blood splattered all over his face and was too lazy to wipe it. These ten days of trip to the sea of ​​sand torture Jia Xu, a weak man, was so unkempt. His appearance looked like a beggar at first glance.

"Damn it, this is really haste, but it's not possible." Ma Yue raised his head and poured a large bag of clear water, and said with regret. "If I had known, I would have followed Wen He's words. Even if I took a detour to the edge of the Sea of ​​Death, it would be only seven or eight days from Yuezhi Lake to Kucha. Now, I have been walking for two more days to take a shortcut, and I have lost more than a thousand brothers in vain. As the main general, I can't help but have a lot of trouble."

Jia Xu said: "The lord doesn't have to blame himself too much. Xu, as a military advisor, has an unshirkable responsibility to fail to convince the lord to take correct opinions."

"Let's not talk about this for now." Ma Yue raised his hand to stop Jia Xu from continuing to blame himself. Yufeng turned around and said, "Because this general insisted on his own. Our army delayed ten days of precious time in the Sea of ​​Death and lost contact with the Meiji Lao Camp. I don't know where the four armies such as Dong Zhuo have advanced? Wenhe, in your opinion, should we continue to advance to Shangjun now?"

Jia Xu said: "The lord originally intended to pacify the three Hu first. Then he freed up his hands to defeat one or two of the invading enemies first, and then return to Meiji to fight the enemy in decisive battle! Now that the Hu of Yuezhi has been settled, Tu Geji has also fled far away and Tu Ze, but Qin Hu still exists, but it is no longer enough to worry. Xu thought that the most urgent task is to quickly contact Meiji Lao Battalion, determine the latest progress of Dong Zhuo and other four enemy troops, and then choose them to defeat them first."

Ma Yue said: "What Wenhe says is exactly what I want."

Jia Xu said: "The lord is wise."

Ma Yue stood up and said loudly: "Okay, then let the brothers rest for another two hours, and wait for Zhou Cang's surprise attack team to return and start overnight."

Jia Xu advised: "Brothers have just walked out of the sea of ​​death and are exhausted. Should they rest for a night and wait for dawn tomorrow before going to start?"

"There's no time." Ma Yue said in a deep voice. "We have been delaying too much time in the Sea of ​​Death."

Jia Xu said: "But we have not been able to contact Meiji Lao Battalion yet, and we cannot know the exact movements of the four enemy troops. We don't know which enemy troops the lord wants to fight?"

Ma Yue stretched out his hand and pointed to the dark sky in the east, and said without hesitation: "Go east! Go to the Bison Crossing, and this general predicted that Lu Bu's army would cross the river here."

"Bison Ferry?" Jia Xu's eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice, "Does the lord want to defeat Lu Bu's army first?"

...

Two hundred miles east of Shangjun is the Bison Ferry, and the army of Lu Budi is crossing the river overnight.

The five ferry boats can only transport 200 soldiers to cross the river at a time. Calculated at this speed, it will take at least five days to cross the river with 15,000 troops, 5,000 war horses and food and supplies!

"No. It's too slow!" Lu Bu turned around suddenly and said to Hou Cheng behind him, "Where is Hou Cheng?"

Hou Cheng stood up and said aloud: "The last one will be there."

Lu Bu said: "Look for more ferries, only five ferries will be available. When will the whole army cross the river? It's too slow!"

Hou Wei said: "Report to the general, the ferry has been searched dozens of miles along the river, and there are only these five ferries."

"If you don't have a ferry, you can log and build a raft, or just build a bridge!" Lu Bu shouted arrogantly, "No matter what method you use, you must cross the entire army's soldiers, horses, food and supplies within two days. If you can't cross the river on time, come and see you!"

Hou Cheng shivered with excitement and responded with a thorn in his mouth: "The general should take the order."

Lu Bu's eyes turned and he said to Zhang Liao: "Zhang Liao."

Zhang Liao rushed forward and said, "The villain is here."

"From now on, you will be the captain of the scouts! When the army crosses the river, it will be Hetao. This is the territory of the butcher. Remember to send more scouts to the lords to pay close attention to the movements around you. However, if there is any movement, I will immediately report to the general." After Lu Bu said that, he reached out and patted Zhang Liao's shoulder and said slowly, "Your martial arts is good. If you sharpen your skills, you will definitely become a brave general in the future."

Zhang Liao's eyes were excited and suddenly raised his chest and said loudly: "Thank you for your support, General."

"Okay, go."

"The villain obeys the order."
Chapter completed!