Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Han army temporarily stopping the pursuit and escaping more than 30 miles in one breath, Huo Biao quickly sorted out the team and urgently counted the remaining troops of the Nanzhong army. As a result, Huo Biao felt a heart-wrenching, there were more than 1,700 elite soldiers from Nanzhong who participated in the siege, and more than 200 soldiers from Xixian County. There were only more than 900 people left, including hundreds of wounded soldiers.

What's worse is that all the military supplies, food, grass and horse materials were thrown away. Among the remaining 900 defeated soldiers, only about 600 people were carrying rice balls that they received when they went out of the camp to attack the city. Some had two, and some had only one left. On average, each soldier could get a rice ball that was only one.

After a moment of calculation, Huo Biao set an example and took out one of his two rice balls, and ordered: "Issuing an order to the soldiers who still have two rice balls, each of them would give each soldier who had no dry food, and then eat half each. After confirming that he had left Zhang Zhi's army, he would plunder the village along the way to replenish food."

Relying on his own example and the good discipline of the Southern Central Army, Huo Biao's orders were implemented very resolutely, basically ensuring that every soldier could be assigned a rice ball to fill his stomach. However, just as the defeated soldiers in the South Central were carefully eating dry food that suddenly became extremely precious, an emergency report suddenly came from the rear, saying that the Han army had reorganized their troops and chased after him again. Huo Biao quickly ordered: "Four troops and cavalry follow our palace, Meng Zhuo, you lead the brigade to protect the wounded soldiers first."

The order was conveyed. Meng Zhuo, the general of Nanzhong Qu, quickly led his army to protect the wounded soldiers and set out first, while Huo Biao led four emergency reorganized teams and more than 40 cavalrymen to follow him, one in front and one behind quickly retreating towards Guangtan City 400 miles away.

Well, the so-called rapidity can only be relative. After fighting several fierce battles in a row, the physical strength has already dropped seriously. I only ate half a rice ball without salt to satisfy my hunger. The panting soldiers of the South Central Army were desperately struggling, and their speed could reach up to 60% or 70% of the usual marching.

What made Huo Biao breathe a little relieved was that when it was dark, when the Han army pursuers appeared in his sight, Huo Biao not only quickly confirmed that there were not many Han army pursuers, with only more than 500 people up the sky, but also confirmed through blood and dust that the Han army that followed him must be the tired army participating in the war today, not the full-body force, so Huo Biao also quickly issued an order: "Tell the entire army to advance at full speed, and first throw the thief army behind them and then rest."

A large-scale marathon competition began. On the narrow and rugged mountain road, the Nanzhong Army and the Han Army, who were covered in dust, sweat and blood, all shook their thighs and moved forward desperately. The Nanzhong Army wanted to throw the Han army away as soon as possible, while the Han army pursuers were desperately trying to catch up with the enemy, compete for will, and even more for physical strength and endurance!

According to common sense, the elite and strong army of the South Central Army, as well as the endurance and muscles trained for a long time of strict training, have won such a marathon, which is basically all Han army composed of new recruits and surrendered soldiers. It must be a strong man who is easy to throw the shoulder pole. Huo Biao, who is full of confidence in the soldiers of his own army, also thinks so.

However, as time went by and the progress of the competition gradually continued, Huo Biao gradually discovered that something was wrong. The Han army, which was pursuing a small number of torches behind, was not only not left behind by the elite and powerful Southern Central Army, but also tended to get closer and closer!

"What's going on? Are they not tired or hungry after the thief army pursuers behind? I could see clearly before dark. They were obviously the thief army that participated in the war today. After fighting so long hard battles, they could still run so fast? Even if there is dry food to fill the hunger, it would be impossible to do this?"

At this time, Meng Zhuo in front suddenly sent someone to report that they had encountered a small village on the road and asked to stop for a while and loot the village for replenishment of food and supplies. After Huo Biao hesitated for a while, he nodded and agreed to Meng Zhuo's request. Then he quickly led the army behind the palace to form a formation on the spot, blocking the enemy with a narrow road, and buying time for the front army to rob grain and supply.

The pursuit of the Han army's pursuit was still getting faster and faster. The panting rear team of the South Central Army had just set up their formation when the Han army was already chasing them. Huo Biao quickly ordered the preparation to fight, but the Han army urgently ordered the pursuit to stop. The fastest speed also used the narrow mountain road to set up an emergency formation to prevent the South Central Army from jumping over the wall and attacking. Huo Biao was surprised and said intimidatingly: "What are the thieves doing? Finally catching up with us, why don't you come and kill?"

At the same time, the crying voices of the people were heard in front of the west not far away, indicating that the front team of the Nanzhong Army had begun to enter the house to grab grain, and there was also a scattered fire. Seeing this, Zhu Xiang, who was pursuing the army, hurriedly asked the Han army soldiers under his command: "Is there anyone nearby? [Eighth District www.yeyin8.com] Are there anyone nearby Qilan people? Come out and answer."

A Han soldier quickly stood up and reported loudly that he was from the nearby Qilan people. Zhu Xiang hurriedly asked him again: "How big is the village in front? How many people are there?"

"Report to the general, the village ahead is very small, with about seventy or eighty people."

The Han soldiers' answers made Zhu Xiang feel relieved and said, "Very good, we don't have to hurry, let them grab the food casually to see how much they can grab."

"General Zhu, the autumn harvest has just ended not long ago. Although the village ahead is small, the bandit army may still grab a lot of food." Liu Ju, a hero of Qilan Pocheng, who was ordered by Zhu Xiang, reminded.

"But what about the cooking utensils?" Zhu Xiang smiled and said, "How many cooking utensils can be cooked urgently in the village of 70 or 80? How many cook utensils can be assigned to each Nanzhong bandit soldier? Also, in a short time, how many rice can the Nanzhong bandit army remove the shells? They like to chew raw rice with shells and let them chew it as long as they want."

Liu Ju suddenly realized and quickly praised Zhu Xiang for his consideration. Zhu Xiangze ordered: "Stay on the spot, everyone eats five Snickers and five big white rabbits, be careful to prevent the thief army from raiding, and to avoid the thief army's losses, and see who can't stand it first."

According to Zhu Xiang's order, the soldiers of the Han army quickly took out delicious Snickers and the big white rabbit to eat, racing against time to replenish the calories. The soldiers on the opposite side all depended on the fat stored in their bodies to survive. None of them was hungry, and no one was hungry and tired. They wanted to eat a few big bowls of rice and then lay down and have a good sleep.

After being ingested by Zhu Xiang, Meng Zhuo sent someone to report to Huo Biao that although the soldiers in the South sect had robbed some food, they had too few cooking utensils and most of the rice stored by the people had not been shelled, so they could not cook enough rice in a short time. Even if each soldier in the South sect had eaten a bowl of hot rice, Huo Biao had no choice but to order: "Tell Meng Zhuo that as much as you can cook, half of it will be given to his soldiers, and half of it will be left to our soldiers behind the palace to eat. Try to bring the rice with the army as much as possible."

Time passed quickly, minute by minute, when the mountain wind finally brought the fragrance of rice, and when the scnickers and candy that the Han soldiers ate urgently basically turned into heat in their bodies, the Han army pursued the troops led by Zhang Zhi had already chased them in front of them with torches. Seeing that Gu Gu was no longer worried, Zhu Xiang also ordered: "The whole army charges and kills the defeated bandits' back team!"

The only side of the Han army was ringing with the small drums of cowhide. The Han soldiers who had replenished a lot of heat immediately shouted and charged towards the Nanzhong army lined up on the mountain road. Huo Biao quickly ordered his full strength to fight, intending to defeat Zhu Xiang, and then rotate the rear of Meng Zhuo's troops who had already started eating.

The ideal is full and the reality is very skinny. It was only after the Han army and the Nanzhong army fought, Huo Biao discovered how much impact hunger and fatigue had had on his soldiers. The Nanzhong soldiers not only lost their strength while stabbing their spears while wielding their swords, but also their shouting was very weak and weak, and they could not even exert half of their normal combat power.

The Han soldiers were completely the opposite. These monsters seemed to be neither tired nor hungry. Not only was the roaring loud and powerful, but the arm strength and physical strength advantage in the fight was even more obvious. They soon killed the soldiers in the middle of the South and retreated step by step. They could only rely on the narrow terrain to support them. Huo Biao was panicked when he saw it, and kept screaming in his heart, "How is it possible? How can the physical strength of the soldiers in the thief army be so strong?"

Huo Biao was even more worried. After leading the rear army to chase the nearby area with a large number of torches, he saw that the road was narrow and the ravine on the side was not too deep. Zhang Zhi did not foolishly come forward and joined the battlefield directly. He chose to divide two garrison teams to detour from the ravine on the side, and cut through the ravine on the side to cut off Huo Biao's retreat. The soldiers of the Han army seemed to be exhausted, and they fought forward in the ravine full of thorns and rocks, shouting loudly and struggling forward, gradually interspersing towards Huo Biao's rear.

Seeing this scene, Huo Biao was completely panicked, afraid that his own army would be blocked on the narrow mountain road, so Huo Biao could only command the army and retreat quickly. While fighting and resisting the powerful and powerful repeated attacks of the Han army, he quickly retreated to the west. Zhu Xiang's troops pursued him resolutely, as if he was tired and bitten Huo Biao's tail, making Huo Biao dare not retreat with all his strength.

After a while of this struggle, Huo Biao led the army behind the palace to a small village that had been in chaos. Meng Zhuo's troops, who had hurriedly had some hot meals, quickly led their troops to stop Zhu Xiang's troops. Zhu Xiang wanted to move forward with all his strength, but Zhang Zhi hurriedly sent his personal soldiers to send orders and ordered Zhu Xiang: "General Zhu, the governor is in charge, the thief army is ready, and cannot take risks to attack. Once we are killed and retreat, the snickers and dough on the dead soldiers are captured by the thief army, then we will be in great trouble."

After Zhang Zhi reminded him, Zhu Xiang remembered that all his soldiers had a nearly magical snickers on their bodies, and quickly ordered the soldiers to retreat to the whole team. At the same time, he also snatched back the body of a soldier who was unfortunately killed, protecting the snickers he carried with him, the big white rabbit and the plain noodles, allowing the defeated soldiers in the Nanzhong to replenish food and grass in this small village.

Relying on Zhang Zhi's favor, the soldiers of the Nanzhong under Huo Biao barely ate a little in the small village - but unfortunately, because there was too little cooking utensils and hulled rice, everyone, including Huo Biao, ate half a handful of rice, which was not enough to even stuff the teeth.

In order to completely complete the Han army pursuers in the rear, Huo Biao once planned to launch a counterattack, but Meng Zhuo tried to stop him and said, "Major General, don't be impulsive. The thief must have wanted to consume us with their dry food. When we launch a counterattack, the thief army will definitely retreat and delay time and consume our physical strength. Instead of wasting time and physical strength in vain, it is better to move forward quickly and take advantage of our soldiers' advantage over the elite thief army to try to get rid of these thief army earlier."

After listening to Meng Zhuo's analysis, Huo Biao suppressed his anger and quickly ordered his soldiers to bring all the robbed rice with hulls, then put on a simple torch that was rushing to make, and retreated at full speed to the way he came from behind Meng Zhuo's troops.

The large-scale marathon race was launched again. The defeated soldiers of the Nanzhong, who had only eaten half a handful of rice, were still ahead, and they were struggling desperately towards the way they came. Although the Han army that followed finally showed signs of fatigue, their physical strength obviously had the upper hand. They always maintained a distance from the defeated soldiers of the Nanzhong and always maintained a threat to the defeated soldiers of the Nanzhong.

After walking like this all night, when it was dawn the next day, the Han army had already run for more than 80 miles with the defeated soldiers in the South Central, but the Han army still showed no sign of stopping the pursuit. Huo Biao was panicked when he saw it and knew that if he did not need to fight, he would be exhausted by the Han army. He had to choose a favorable terrain that could not be penetrated from the flanks and stopped, allowing the soldiers in the South Central to form a formation, while taking the time to rest and satisfy their hunger with raw rice with shells, he was preparing to launch a raid on the Han army.

After a while, the Zhu Xiang army, who had been revolved to pursue the vanguard, chased the nearby area, but the Zhu Xiang army still did not rush to launch a raid. They also selected a narrow terrain inside and outside to stop and rest. While drinking water in big mouthfuls, they urgently ate Snickers, and replenished calories and salt, and were determined to use hunger to drag down the enemy.

During this period, soldiers on both sides were so tired that they lay on the ground and slept soundly. Huo Biao and Zhu Xiang did not stop them. They all tried to force their eyes to open their eyes wide and always keep a close eye on each other's every move to prevent their opponent from suddenly launching a surprise attack.

He took out the last half of the rice ball and chewed it carefully. While chewing it carefully, Huo Biao stared at the Han army in the east with fierce eyes, constantly muttering in his heart, "Look at how long you can last, and how much of your dry food you can have left."

After a while, Zhang Zhi also brought the rear army to the scene, but Zhang Zhi did not blame Zhu Xiang for not launching the raid immediately. Instead, he praised: "Without brains, the longer this pursuit war lasts, the more beneficial it will be to us. We will stand up patiently and see who can't hold on first."

Without Snickers, a powerful plug-in for replenishing calories, the first thing that could not be consumed was of course the defeated soldiers in Nanzhong, who had only a little raw rice to satisfy their hunger. After resting on the spot for more than an hour, he saw that the Han army showed no sign of retreating, and knew that the longer the delay, the more unfavorable it would be for his situation. Huo Biao had no choice but to order the retreat to continue, and still allowed the rear of Meng Zhuo's troops who did not participate in the war last night and had less physical energy to cover up the tired and hungry soldiers under his command to go first.

Although Huo Biao's arrangement was reasonable, unfortunately it dragged down all the soldiers of the defeated soldiers in the South Central Army. Even if his soldiers were ahead, they could not move faster because of their physical strength decline. Even if they marched with all their might, they could not walk ten miles on the rugged and narrow mountain road for an hour, resulting in Meng Zhuo's troops being unable to advance at full speed, and there was no chance to get rid of the Han army's pursuit.

Of course, even without Huo Biao's drag, each soldier was assigned to Meng Zhuo's troops last night, and there was absolutely no possibility of really getting rid of the Han pursuers who were as physically powerful as monsters.

Then, with the large amount of heat consumption, Meng Zhuo's troops gradually couldn't hold on. Seeing that the situation was not good, Meng Zhuo, who was quite loyal to the Huo family, could only come to see Huo Biao in a hurry and said, "Major General, it will definitely not work if this continues. If this continues, we will be in danger of being wiped out. Otherwise, we will find a narrow road and let the general lead the headquarters to fight to stop it, so that you can get time to retreat."

Huo Biao was a little shaken, but the education he received since childhood did not allow Huo Biao to do this. So after a little calculation, Huo Biao shook his head and said, "There is no need for this. We are tired, and the thief army is also tired. Our soldiers have undergone rigorous training and can persist for a long time even if they don't eat or sleep. The thief army is just a group of mobs, and they will definitely not be able to fight us with endurance. Let's continue walking like this and see who is the first to be Hao Coo."

"But Major General, there is no sign of exhaustion in the bandit army!" Meng Zhuo said quickly: "Major General, have you not seen it? You have chased us for hundreds of miles. The bandit army can still easily bite us without seeing any situation of falling behind and loosening. There is obviously still plenty of energy."

"It's okay." Huo Biao shook his head stubbornly and said, "The thief must have reached the end of his strength. As long as we persist for a while, we can get rid of them."

It was useless to persuade Meng Zhuo, so he could only return to the back team to continue to command the troops. Huo Biao looked back at the pursuers of the Han army who were following him, gritted his teeth and said intimately: "I don't believe it anymore. You thieves are all attacked by iron!"

The prophecy came true, and the soldiers of the Han army were as strong as iron. After chasing more than 100 miles of mountain roads, almost all the Han army composed of new soldiers and surrendered soldiers seemed to never be hungry or tired. They always tied the tails of the defeated soldiers in the South Central Army, like a group of jackals, and followed the hungry tiger that still existed in the minions of the South Central Army. When the tiger was completely hungry, they rushed up immediately and swallowed the Nanzhong Army and the leather and bones!

After it was dark, the soldiers of the South Central Army, who were tired and hungry, could no longer walk. They could only find a narrow terrain on the road, stop to sleep and rest, and at the same time continued to take out the hulled rice that they had looted in the village last night to satisfy their hunger. Needless to say, the hard and shelled rice naturally made the soldiers of the South Central Army complain, and many soldiers fell asleep as they ate it. Huo Biao was also tortured by these raw rice with shells and could only eat the last half of the rice ball, so that he had the energy to lead the team to serve the night and prevent the Han army from attacking at night.

Fortunately, the Han army soldiers who were sleeping three miles away were very tired and did not dare to launch a raid that night. However, after the fourth update, Huo Biao forced the defeated soldiers in Nanzhong to set off again, and the Han army continued to chase after them with torches again, biting the defeated soldiers in Nanzhong, whose physical strength was severely reduced, and did not give the defeated soldiers in Nanzhong at all at all a chance to get rid of their own army.

If this continues, there is no problem with the Han army's pursuits supported by Snickers completely destroying the defeated troops in the South Central. However, just when Zhang Zhi and Zhu Xiang were planning to launch a raid and be able to achieve the greatest victory at the minimum cost, an unexpected incident occurred...

"Major General, good news! Good news!"

On the morning of the third day of the pursuit, just as the Nanzhong army had reached its limit of physical strength, a cavalry scout who had stepped forward to explore the way suddenly ran back to Huo Biao, and was extremely excited to report: "Report to the Major General, the villain was ordered to go forward to explore the way. When he met the Guangtan County soldiers who came from Guangtan escort food, they were about fifteen miles ahead!"

"Discuss the county soldiers?" Huo Biao looked ecstatic and asked hurriedly: "Have you contacted them?"

"Report to the Major General and contact us." The scout of the way quickly replied: "The villain has told him about our situation and asked him to make a fire and prepare food immediately, ready to pick us up."

"God helps me!" Huo Biao, who was almost exhausted, shouted excitedly and quickly ordered: "Hurry up, move forward quickly! Go and meet with Guangtan County soldiers, let them cut off the rear for us, and let our soldiers have a bite of hot rice! Also, tell the entire army of our soldiers about this news and let them hurry up. After walking fifteen miles, there will be hot rice! There are still people who protect us to eat!"
Chapter completed!