Where the Huguan Pass.

When Zhao Yun slapped Cao Chun in the face, Le Jin and Zhao Yan seemed to have been slapped hard.

The Cao army in Changping, Gaoping, was unexpectedly defeated, causing Le Jin and Zhao Yan's flanks to face the threat directly.

"General Le! Withdraw the troops!" Zhao Yan said very seriously, his face very ugly.

One monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks drink without water.

Although there are not three monks now, the withdrawal of troops is like the water that Le Jin and Zhao Yan want to carry. If it is hot, the water will inevitably pour out and no one can get the benefits.

Le Jin's face seemed to be stiff, fixed on his face. He didn't expect Zhao Yan to speak so directly, and even stab him inexplicably painful. From this perspective, Zhao Yan didn't even look like an official from Shandong, leaving no room for his speech this time.

Zhao Yan stared at Le Jin, "General Le, can we capture Huguan Pass with our current troops? Even if we capture Huguan Pass, can we continue to capture Huguan City?"

Le Jin was silent and did not answer.

Zhao Yan frowned and said, "Then I'll change the question... General Le, how many soldiers are left now?"

Le Jin stared at Zhao Yan and replied in an inverted voice: "More than 6,000."

"Yes, it also includes some auxiliary soldiers and civilians." Zhao Yan said, "Six thousand, it seems to be quite a lot, right, but how many elite soldiers are left?"

"There are not many elites left on the pot gate." Le Jin still refused to give in.

Zhao Yan took out a piece of wooden slip from his sleeve and put it in front of Le Jin. "General Le, this is my record of watching the battle in the past few days... We attacked Huguan Pass more than ten times, and each time the number of people lost, as well as the number of losses of Huguan defenders... Although the statistics on Huguan are not complete, we can use some as a reference..."

Le Jin looked at the wooden slip, and the ink words on it looked like dried blood, so thick that it seemed to be flowing down.

Although Le Jin was encouraging the soldiers in the surrounding military academy, saying that it would be too big to exchange for one's life, in fact, only those who are simple-minded and cannot even understand arithmetic can truly think that an elite Cao army can exchange for an elite opponent...

What you see is one change, and what you can’t see is considered to be non-existent?

Now under Zhao Yan's wooden slips, these cruel facts are undoubtedly revealed.

In fact, you don’t have to look at the wooden slips. You just need to look at the part directly attached to Le Jin. Now that most of the losses have been lost, you can know what the exchange ratio is actually.

"Now Major General Cao is defeated in Changping, and you and I have no reinforcements!" Zhao Yan gestured on the map, "If you don't retreat now, this place is where you and I can bury your bones! The key is, even if you and I die in battle, what's the benefit of the overall situation?"

Le Jin frowned, "Changping... Hanoi has Ren Zhonglang..."

"Ren Zhonglang?" Zhao Yan shook his head, "Ren Zhonglang wants to rule the civilians in the rear and transport military rations... Or does General Le think that our place will be more important than the lord's place?"

"Governor Xiahou is on the northern line..." Le Jin said again, "She County in Fukou is not far from here..."

'It's not far away, but why hasn't it arrived yet?' Zhao Yan said, 'What's more, the main direction of Governor Xiahou's strategy is Taiyuan Jinyang, to restrain Yinshan, not to rescue you and me. Our main reinforcements are in the south, Hanoi. Now the food route is broken and the reinforcements are out of place. If the entire army is delayed, there will be danger of being destroyed.'

Lejin restrained Hedong and Xiahou Dun restrained Yinshan, these were all strategies formulated before the war.

Le Jin was silent for a while, "If we retreated, wouldn't all our efforts be wasted? What's more, the enemy from Changping has not yet seen any traces..."

"It will be too late to see it!" Zhao Yan pointed to the Taihang Mountains in the distance, "If you delay any further, even if the enemy does not come... If there is a snow on the sakura road, you and I will starve to death here. By then, even if you and I give up all of you, I will not be able to afford the 6,000 mouths."

『…』Le Jin fell completely silent.

The two looked at each other, and they refused to give in.

Military food is a big problem.

People can live in a simpler place and wear thinner clothes, but the calorie intake that must be consumed every day is not missing. Otherwise, the hunger that lasts for three to five days will cause people to lose their strength. If the time is longer, they will not be able to fight against the cavalry. Le Jin and others will all starve to death.

"The order of the lord, the governor of Xiahou, and you and I are all pretending to attack. If you can do it, do it. If you can't do it, don't do it." Zhao Yan said, "Now the dangerous and narrow Huguan is in a hurry and cannot be stopped. There is no support. We should withdraw our troops to protect the soldiers and try to follow up. Otherwise, we will be killed here. At that time, the cavalry will come back. Who will defend Hanoi? To defend Jiyu? This is the case, and I have already raised the argument for withdrawal. If the lord blames the blame in the future, General Le can also be said to be my strong suggestion, and it has nothing to do with the general..."

"You..." Le Jin was stunned.

"In the past few days, the north wind has slightly decreased, and the cold is not cold and warm. This is a big deal..." Zhao Yan looked at the sky and said, "If it was not bad as I expected, there might be wind and snow coming. At that time, the wind and snow of the sakura road are mixed, and even if you want to leave, you and I can't get rid of it. The 6,000 remaining troops are dead or alive, including you and me. The general can make a decision now."

Le Jin was silent for a longer time, "What if he doesn't leave?"

"I will die in battle tomorrow." Zhao Yan said calmly, "I have recorded all the battle before and after and sent someone to Ye. The general wants us to fight to death, so he will fight to death. It is better than die of hunger and coldness, and he will be sneered by the ages."

"If you withdraw your troops, what should you do?"

『Reduce the stove.』

"A strategy to reduce stoves?"

『It's right.』

Le Jin looked up at Huguan Pass, and also looked at the majestic Taihang. Suddenly, he seemed to have grown up ten years old. "This battle cannot be defeated, Huguan is majestic... You and I are both humiliated..."

Zhao Yan still said calmly: "The military affairs of all ages, are there no generals who are defeated and humiliated? Besides... there is still an opportunity to fight..."

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...

『Swoosh!』

An arrow shot out.

A hare was shot in the head and was killed on the spot.

A mountain soldier under Wei Yan walked up to grab the rabbit and raised it to Shi Chang to show him, "She Chang! I shot a rabbit and roasted it to eat at night!"

Shi Chang glanced at him, neither sad nor happy, and his tone was plain, "Okay. Open the bleed first... Remember to find some snow to wipe it clean..."

The mountain soldier who shot the rabbit was young and was still considered a newcomer. He looked at the rabbit in surprise, and then looked at the rabbit in his hand. He felt that he was not very happy, at least he was not as happy as eating meat with extra meals.

A veteran walked by without expression, "Hey, Erwa, there is a snow nest next to him...move faster... It's really a waste of arrows..."

"Uh..." The young mountain soldier Erwa suddenly felt that he was in a bad mood.

Why did he clearly shoot a rabbit, but others seem unhappy?

Isn't rabbits considered meat?

The recruits muttered in a low voice while dealing with the rabbit.

After the recruits dealt with the rabbit, the group had already walked a distance.

The recruits rushed over.

Shi Chang looked at him with a squint, then continued to look forward, and glanced around, "Are you tired?"

"Ah?" The recruit Erwa was stunned for a moment, "Ah, don't be tired."

"Oh, you're not tired, so you're in vain?"

"Uh..." Erwa grunted, "Ah, tired."

"Don't do this next time."

"Ah? What's the matter?"

"That's it..." Shi Chang glanced at the recruits, "Next time, remember to go out to patrol or march, like rabbits, foxes, wolves, etc. If you don't mess with us, you don't have to kill them... that effort is wasted..."

"This... is because of the smell of blood?" Erwa raised the treated rabbit and sniffed it, "This smell... doesn't seem to be heavy..."

"Your nose is made of wood..." Shi Changzhang sneered, "Remember not to be stained with blood on your body."

Shi Changzhang tilted his head, "Old Ma, teach him."

The old man responded, paused a little, and walked forward with the recruit Erwa. "You can't smell it, it doesn't mean that the tigers and leopards can't smell it... Fortunately, there are not many mountains and forests in this place, otherwise, let alone eating roasted rabbits at night, it won't be sure to attract wolves and tigers and leopards at that time! Also, in winter, this rabbit has few taels of meat, and it's hard to pack it up... The key is that the rabbit has no oil... It's very shriveled, and the wolf meat is similar, but the wolf meat has four legs, but the rabbit's small legs... Hi... I said you were wasting arrows, and you had to find some pheasants to shoot...

"Oil?" Erwa was a little confused.

"I didn't remember it before in class?" said the veteran, Old Ma.

Erwa scratched her head, "I've talked too much...I can't remember it very much..."

"Milky striking skin..." Lao Ma sighed, "Those are all for your own good... Remember, eating a pound of cakes is worse than eating three taels of fat oil. The winter is, the colder it is, the more you need to eat oil, otherwise people can't bear it... The cakes distributed are mixed with oil... There is no oil on this rabbit, it's not enough to eat enough... So what long said you're wasted that effort, that's what... Do you understand? Next time you go to class, the cowardly kids have more snacks!"

As he was talking, he crossed a ridge and Wei Yan and his team's camp was in a valley not far away.

Everyone speeded up, as if they saw home.

Although Wei Yan and others are familiar with mountains and crossing mountains and ridges, some physiological needs are not exempted just because they are familiar with Taihang Mountain.

For example, water...

After passing a waterless area, they must rest for a short period of time. On the one hand, they determine the direction of their next stage of travel, and on the other hand, they must restore the physical energy consumption caused by trekking across mountains and ridges.

With Cao Tai's blessing, Wei Yan received a lot of material supplements, and he was relatively more comfortable and put less pressure on the soldiers.

Now Wei Yan was thinking and accumulating his strength to prepare a big gift for Cao Jun...

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The sky is hazy, and above the mountains in the distance, the cold fog floats like a veil, floating above the Taihang Mountains.

It is like heaven in the distance, but under the Huguan Pass nearby, it is like hell.

Jia Qu and Zhang Ji stood side by side on the battlement of the pass and looked at the Cao Jun camp in the distance.

『Did you see it?" Zhang Ji pointed to Cao Jun's camp and said, 『The smoke in the cooking stove was much less...』

Jia Qu counted the rising smoke pillars of Cao's army and nodded, "There is indeed much less."

Zhang Ji slapped his face, "That's right! I think they are missing! Haha, this is because they lack food and grass! The envoy quickly ordered his way out of seclusion and could definitely defeat Cao's army! Kill them without leaving any armor!"

『Hmm…』 Jia Qu frowned, 『Closing out of seclusion?』
To be continued...