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They conquered many prefectures without lifting a finger.
Although Zhao Yuan also gave many rewards.
However, Lu Junyi still wanted to gain some military merits.
Military merits earned through fighting.
Rather than easily obtained military achievements.
Lu Junyi said, "I heard it's extremely hot in the desert during the day."
"But it was very cold at night,"
"And it's also very difficult to find a water source."
"The soldiers have traveled thousands of miles from Hebei to get here,"
"We only rested for a few days in Deshun Army along the way."
"I wonder if their physical strength will be enough to support them in crossing the vast ocean."
Yan Qing smiled and said, "Xiao Yi has also thought about this issue."
"When the master previously arranged matters in the city,"
"I, however, went for a stroll outside the city,"
"The Ship of the Vast Ocean has been discovered."
You mean camels, right?
Yan Qing nodded and said, "Master is indeed learned."
"Xiao Yi has already asked those shepherds,"
"Camels can easily cross the desert,"
"And camels are much more stable than horses when they walk,"
"Even people who can't ride horses,"
"You can also ride a camel for transportation."
"Most importantly, camels can go two or three days without food or water,"
"We can do without bringing camel feed."
Lu Junyi was surprised to hear that camels had such benefits.
He also became interested and asked,
How many miles can a camel travel in a day?
Yan Qing said, "Seventy or eighty li a day is no problem."
"It will take less than three days to cross the vast sea and reach Yanzhou."
Lu Junyi asked, "Can we find that many camels?"
Yan Qing laughed and said, "What the Western Xia has in abundance is camels."
"There are probably more camels than warhorses."
"The Western Xia provided each of its regular troops with a horse and a camel."
Lu Junyi was astonished to hear that such a favorable time and place existed.
He couldn't help but exclaim with delight, "Good!"
"Then we shall prepare to attack Yanzhou."
"Please summon the five centurions."
Yan Qing added, "The camels outside the city belong to various Dangxiang tribes."
"The Western Xia dynasty is now doomed."
"Many tribes want to curry favor with my Great Liang Dynasty."
"The matter of the camels will be left to Xiao Yi,"
"Xiao Yi is looking for several tribes to rent camels,"
"This will also prevent the soldiers from clashing with the Tangut tribes,"
"It would be detrimental to the future rule of the imperial court."
Lu Junyi nodded and said, "Okay."
"I'll leave this matter to you."
"How long do you need?"
Yan Qing laughed and said, "Half a day is enough."
"Master, you can prepare to depart tomorrow."
Seeing how capable Yan Qing was, Lu Junyi...
Open your mouth to say something
But then I thought of Yan Qing's personality,
I could only shake my head helplessly.
.....
When the Liang army was conquering cities and seizing territory within the Western Xia borders,
The atmosphere at Renzhong Camp outside Huanzhou City was heavy.
They divided their forces and looted in four directions for a day.
Not a single grain of food was left for the Han people.
However, all the troops managed to retrieve half a day's worth of provisions for the 200,000-strong army.
In other words, it was closed for one day.
The army was still short of half a day's worth of provisions.
The generals discussed it for a while,
They couldn't reach a conclusion after discussing it.
They could only disperse.
After everyone left,
Ren Zhong, however, attracted trusted generals to his cause.
"That's the situation now,"
"There are no outsiders here,"
"What countermeasures do you all have?"
One of the barbarian generals said, "Since we can't seize the army's provisions,"
"Then we can only reduce the number of troops."
Upon hearing this, the group
They all started to think about it.
"That's true, especially those men who bumped into your son."
"The situation in Western Xia is now critical,"
"The King of Liang has once again led his troops into our country,"
"Even if we take them back,"
"It's hard to guarantee they won't have ulterior motives."
One of the guards questioned,
"Even if it means abandoning your son,"
"The army still numbers 150,000,"
"It won't be too different from the current situation, will it?"
The barbarian who had previously persuaded Xue Sichang to surrender gritted his teeth and said,
"In my opinion, it would be better to select 50,000 elite troops,"
"Let the rest of the troops find their own way to survive."
"In this way, the 50,000 elite troops will have enough food for eight days."
"If we slaughter the warhorses,"
"It should last for more than ten days."
"What? That means abandoning 150,000 troops?"
"The king and the prince's armies have suffered heavy losses."
"We'll abandon another 150,000 troops,"
Even if it's returned,
"And what will they use to stop the Liang army?"
"That's the situation now,"
"If we don't make a decision soon,"
"I'm afraid the entire army of 200,000 will collapse."
"The soldiers heard that the king and Chagge had suffered a great defeat,"
"The morale of the troops is already low,"
"Once food supplies are cut off, a mutiny is inevitable."
"Rather than that, it would be better to preserve tens of thousands of troops."
"Does anyone have a better idea?"
Upon hearing this, the group of barbarian generals
Everyone immediately fell silent.
Renzhong saw that this was the only way, and said helplessly.
"That's all we can do now."
"However, we can leave behind 100,000 troops."
"In this way, the army can have four days' worth of rations,"
"Slaughter some more warhorses,"
"That's enough to get us back."
Chapter 1921 No Exceptions
One of the barbarian generals said, "If the other 100,000 troops knew they had been abandoned,"
"I'm afraid a mutiny is imminent."
"Just get rid of them,"
"Send them to plunder the grain tomorrow,"
"We'll break camp and head north once they've gone far away."
"By the time they realize it, they won't be able to catch us."
Renzhong then discussed it with everyone again.
Decide which troops to keep.
They abandoned their troops and then dispersed.