Chapter 46

"Commander, these stones are so hard that we can excavate this progress in one day. The ancient Yuanfeng is three hundred Zhang high and has a radius of more than 500 Li. It is estimated that it will take at least a week for us to go out of the ruins." Cao Xiqi looked at Zhou Han with sweat on his head and said, "just now the Red Army has come to report to me. Our army food is only enough for one day. What should we do?"

Although the 60000 cavalry of the Ares army were undamaged, they were trapped in the ruins of the boulders. To get out of the way, there was no fault. The main problem was the provision.

"Let's go first. Let's wait until we've finished our rations." Zhou Han pretended to be calm and said, "let the officers and men save water, don't drink all the brains."

"The water bags of the soldiers are basically empty." Cao Xiqi said.

"Be patient first." Zhou Han was helpless. In order to improve the rapid mobility of the cavalry, he ordered every soldier to throw away everything except dry food, water bags and weapons.

So the officers and men kept these three things, and all the others were lost, including the carrier pigeon and the herald eagle.

Now Zhou Han's Ares army is trapped here. If the carrier pigeons and herald eagles are not lost, they can be sent out immediately for help. Unfortunately, this is impossible.

"Commander, if you don't eat, you can stay for a week, but if you don't drink water, I'm afraid..." Cao Xiqi didn't finish his words. The meaning behind is very obvious. The biggest problem facing the Ares army now is the problem of water supply.

"I know that. Let the soldiers bear with it first." Zhou Han's expression in addition to helpless or helpless, his mind has actually thought of a way, but this method is not yet the time to implement.

"All right." I have to go.

Zhou Han and his God of war army were trapped in the ruins of the boulders. The Universiade soldiers thought that they had all died. They set up a monument and burned paper around the ruins. Then there was no one in the ruins, because everyone who could mobilize was involved in the battle against Xiqi.

In fact, the forces of the five group armies mobilized by Xiqi this time were actually drawn from the various armies. As a result, the garrison strength of these troops was seriously insufficient, and they continued to retreat under the attack of the Universiade army.

The advance speed of the Universiade army was very fast. In only three days, it advanced 400 Li. If we push forward for another 200 Li, we will be able to recover all the fruits of the last battle.

In the past three days, the Universiade army has been victorious, but the 60000 soldiers of the Ares army trapped in the ruins of the boulders are on the verge of extinction.

The dry food has been eaten up, and the water is gone for a long time. Many officers and soldiers even use their urine, but they are still in a state of extreme hunger and thirst.

"Commander, the officers and men can't hold on." Xiqi's lips were dry and cracked, and he was powerless to speak. The joy of the collapse of the five Xiqi army groups was also thrown into the air.

"You go and gather all the officers above regimental level." Zhou Han looks calm, and is ready to protest.

Before long, all the officers above regimental level arrived. Everyone was in the same situation. He was hungry and weak, his thirsty lips were dry and cracked, and he looked at Zhou Han eagerly, hoping that Zhou Han could solve the problem of water shortage and food shortage in the army.

"Generals, I, Zhou Han, have put you in such a situation. It's my poor command..." Zhou Han's words did not finish, Cao Xiqi took over the words: "Zhou Han, you have what way to say, don't beat around the bush with us, in our hearts, you are hope!"

"You all have to be prepared." Zhou Han licked his dry lips and asked, "ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to ask you a question. Is cavalry important or war horse important?"

"Commander, do you mean..." Cao Xiqi pointed to the war horse.

Zhou Han nodded, this method is the only way to save the lives of 60000 soldiers.

"No, how can we do that? Horses are cavalry companions. How can we kill our own companions?"

"If we don't have war horses, our mobility and transfer ability is not good. How can we attract the five Xiqi army groups to guyuanfeng, which also has the credit of war horses, how can we do the act of killing a rabbit and killing a dog?"

"Cavalry and horses accompany each other day and night, and they have a deep friendship. If they cut the horses, the soldiers will never agree with them!"

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As soon as Zhou Han's method came out, it was almost immediately opposed by everyone. Zhou Han had expected such a result, but there was no way out.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that this method is very embarrassing and unacceptable to all of you. That's why I gathered all the officers above the regiment level. As you can see, the soldiers can hardly hold on. If our soldiers are trapped here, the horses will not survive. If we can sacrifice our horses, the lives of our soldiers will be preserved... "

Zhou Han's words were interrupted again: "commander, don't say it, my subordinates will certainly not agree."

"Yes, I'm afraid that even if my subordinates are starving or thirsty, they won't be able to operate on their horses!" Many people echoed.

"When our army was surrounded by heavy enemy troops, food and water were cut off. In order to keep the city and continue to fight with the enemy, they had to use the bodies of their comrades in arms to satisfy their hunger. Now what's the point of killing horses?" Cao Xiqi stood by Zhou Han unexpectedly. "In this world, there is no thing that can achieve the best of both worlds. We have successfully destroyed the five groups of Xiqi army without paying the slightest price. How can this be possible. This is the dilemma we have to face. ""Deputy commander, did you really do it?" Some people question the West Qi. Some words can be said by everyone, but speaking and doing are totally different things.

Cao Xiqi didn't speak, he turned his head and left. Before long, Cao Xiqi came back and led his horse.

Cao Xiqi stroked the head of the horse tremblingly, and his eyes began to wet. The horse had been with him for three years and worked hard for three years. How could he be willing to start.

But how can we not give up, 60000 ares soldiers can not die here, he these senior officers must set an example.

The horse licked Cao Xiqi's hand with some feeble tongue. It seemed that he was looking for food from his master and drinking water. The other officers looked at the scene and were silent.

Cao Xiqi tore a piece of cloth from his clothes and wrapped his horse's eyes. Then he drew his knife slowly.

When Cao Xiqi's knife was about to pierce into the heart of the horse, the fourth division commander suddenly grabbed Cao Xiqi: "deputy commander, are you really going to hand it?"

Cao Xiqi took a look at the fourth division commander, then looked around all the officers above the regiment level, and finally put his eyes on Zhou Han: "the military order is like a mountain. The commander ordered us to kill horses to solve the food and water problems. As a senior officer, I naturally want to set an example."

Pooh!

As soon as Cao Xiqi's voice fell, his sword suddenly pierced into the heart of the horse. Cao Xiqi grasped the horse's mouth with one hand and did not let the horse cry. His legs burst out with more than 8000 kilograms of strength, which pressed the horse's body to the ground.

Heart to eat pain, war horse desperately struggle, but was held by the West Qi dead pressure can not move.

"What are you doing in a daze? Take the bucket and get the blood!" Cao Xiqi yelled at the silent officers with red eyes.

An officer quickly put an empty barrel under the heart of the horse. Cao Xiqi quickly drew his knife, and the bright red blood immediately splashed out from the wound and was put into the bucket.

The horse struggled slowly and finally stopped moving.

Cao Xiqi threw the bloody sword in his hand and looked at a group of officers: "the commander's order has been given. How to carry out that is your business. Let's all carry out the order."

"Commander..." The officers turned their eyes to Zhou Han.

"This is also a helpless way. Try to control the number of horses killed every day. If you can kill one less, you can kill one less." Zhou Han's tone is not high, all officers listen to in the ear, as if thunder general, all the dejected dispersed.

"Damn Xiqi, thanks to you." Zhou Han said to Cao Xiqi that if it wasn't for Cao Xiqi to take the lead, I really don't know what would happen.

"There is nothing in the world that can save the lives of soldiers and soldiers. This is the most important thing. As for the war horses, after we go out, the military headquarters will reconfigure them for us." Cao Xiqi's tone was deliberately indifferent, as if he didn't care at all.

Zhou Han knew that the heart of Cao Xiqi was very uncomfortable and patted him on the shoulder: "you will be a good commander!"

"Commander, what do you mean..." Cao Xiqi looked at Zhou Han and didn't understand why Zhou Han said so.

"When I go out, I will plead with the commander. Killing horses is a big taboo of cavalry. In the future, the burden of the Ares army will be handed over to you." Zhou Han can expect that, even if he goes out, he must deal with the matter of killing a war horse. The order is his own, and Zhou Han can't let others take the responsibility. Perhaps his position as commander will be removed and demoted.

"No, commander, you are a good commander. The Ares army can't do without you. I'll carry the black pot for you when I go back." Cao Xiqi's words were interrupted by Zhou Han, "fuck Xiqi, you don't want to say anything."

Zhou Han patted Cao Xiqi on the shoulder, then turned to take the tools and went to dig the road himself.

Naturally, the order to kill the horses was unacceptable to 60000 soldiers. But in the face of the grim situation, the officers and soldiers had to accept that the meat and blood of the war horses made the 60000 ares soldiers get water and food again. Fatigue and hunger soon left the soldiers.

After three and a half days, the road was finally cleared. Looking at the new stele that had been set up outside the ruins of the boulder, people couldn't help crying or laughing.

"Crouch, the monument is still self-supporting by the commander-in-chief. The headquarters thought our army was destroyed." Cao Xiqi kicked the tablet down. "We are still alive. What are we doing with this thing? It's really bad luck!"

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