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Although West Cold Army and Shuxian's camps did not have much food, they could still manage for three to five days without much problem. So Li Ru ordered Guo Si to lead the cavalry army to gather the ships and prepare to retreat to the south. He also ordered Wang Fang and the rest to gather as much as possible.

Just as West Cold Army was about to eat breakfast, a scout suddenly ran over to him and reported that there were more than two hundred thousand Army of Montenegro soldiers that were rushing towards him. Other than swords, spears and bows, these Army of Montenegro brought nothing else with them.

"Mm …" Didn't the Changjin Ferry Pass get burned down by their flames? What are they hurrying to do? " Li Ru put down the wine cup in his hand and frowned. He thought for a moment, then suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Damn it! Immediately send someone to inform Guo Si, and order the cavalry to rush to Changjin Ferry Pass, and snatch the Changjin Camp from him. "

Wang Fang was drinking with Li Ru, and upon hearing that, he immediately stood up, but he was still a little confused, and asked after hesitating for a moment: "Military Advisor, wasn't Changjin Ferry Pass burned down by a huge fire? Why rob it? Could it be that Army of Montenegro wants to forcibly cross the Yellow River from Changjin Ferry Pass? "

"You …" Li Ru wanted to scold Wang Fang a little, but when he remembered that he had been tricked, he said unhappily: "All the fellows that escaped from Changjin Ferry Pass did not make things clear. cavalry of Youzhou's sneak attack on him only burnt our tents and battleships, they did not burn our rations. Blame me for being negligent … He actually believed the words of those defeated soldiers. In fact, if you think about it carefully, you would understand that the Army of Montenegro's army of hundreds of thousands was at the moment when they were running out of food.

Wang Fang immediately understood, but when he thought about how all of Guo Si's cavalry had gone to the Changjin, and how he had to face the attacks of over two hundred thousand Army of Montenegro s by himself, he could not help but feel dissatisfied in his heart, "Military Advisor, cavalry of Youzhou and Army of Montenegro are almost all gathered in the Huaixian, what is the need for Li Meng to guard the Shuxian?"

"Alright, we'll immediately send a few herald s to the Shuxian and command Li Meng to immediately set up camp there. We must hurry to the Changjin Ferry Pass and seize the Changjin Camp back." Li Ru was not really concerned about Wang Fang's discontent, he was already feeling the danger, if the Army of Montenegro were to take over the Changjin Camp, then the West Cold Army would no longer be able to stand on the north side of the Yellow River.

Even though he had not eaten for an entire day and night, Yang Lin still urged more than two hundred thousand Army of Montenegro soldiers s to charge towards Li Ru's Huaixian Base Camp. In order to ensure that Zhang Yan, Bai Rao and the Security Black Hills would successfully occupy the Changjin Camp, before his reinforcements arrived, Yang Lin had no choice but to delay Li Ru's West Cold Army.

As the Army of Montenegro soldiers was basically a poor citizen, their hunger had already become their norm, and they had already adapted to living in a state of hunger. Even though they had not eaten for an entire day and night, after Yang Lin's instigation, they still blamed all the lack of food on the West Cold Army. They still took up their weapons and bows and arrows, and came to find the West Cold Army for their revenge.

The West Cold Army that was stationed in the Huaixian did not defend herself according to the plan. Instead, she was already coming out of the village and arrayed the troops of the Old Scholartree Bow that were ten miles away from the Dazhai. She had put up a posture that said she wanted to fight against the Army of Montenegro at the Old Scholartree Bow.

"This is trouble!" This was Yang Lin's first reaction, and he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. He did not come here with his army to fight with the West Cold Army, he just wanted to surround Li Ru in the camp. Who would have thought that Li Ru would actually welcome him out of the village, causing Yang Lin's plan to fail?

The problem was that the Army of Montenegro had not eaten for a whole day and night. It was already good enough that he could only keep walking, so how could he continue to fight? Once the two armies took over, Li Ru would be able to see the reality of the Army of Montenegro, and if not for his reinforcements, the Army of Montenegro would probably be scattered.

On the surface, Yang Lin pretended that nothing had happened and continued to lead the army forward, but in his heart, he was extremely anxious. From time to time, he turned his head to look at the east and calculated where Guo Tong and Huo Lang would be at.

Two hours later, Taishi Ci led a line of vanguards from ten thousand people to a mound more than a thousand steps away from Old Sophora Slope, and ordered the team to set up a formation on the spot. He had to establish a buffer zone before the great army arrived, in case the great army would not have a stable footing and would not be attacked by the West Cold Army.

When Yang Lin led the Army of Montenegro army over, they immediately used Taishi Ci's buffer zone as the base to form an attack formation. The soldiers of the Army of Montenegro had obviously been trained in formation. After Yang Lin gave his order, they started to move in an orderly manner.

Yang Lin took out his binoculars and observed West Cold Army who was a thousand steps away. Just as he had expected, Li Ru set up a defensive formation, and there were only three ten thousand people s. It seemed that half of his troops were still guarding the West Cold Army Camp. It seemed that he wanted to rely on Old Sophora Slope's geographical advantage to let the Army of Montenegro attack him.

Old Sophora Slope was also a dirt slope in the wilderness, holding onto the important road to Huaixian. The reason why it was called the Old Sophora Slope was because there was an ancient locust tree on the slope. No one knew how long this tree had been there, but amidst the howling autumn wind, the bare branches swayed left and right, and a few tenacious leaves stuck tightly to the branches, shivering in the biting cold.

In the center of the West Cold Army Great Formation, the war flag was fluttering in the wind. Li Ru had a three feet long longsword at his waist and a red war horse at his hip. When he saw that the Army of Montenegro had set up an offensive formation, he revealed a faint smile.

The morning song was a famous ancient capital of the Yin Shang Empire. Four generations of emperors, Wu Yi, Tai Ding, Di Yi and Di Xin, established their capital here, and eventually perished there. Right now, the morning song was just a county city under the jurisdiction of the Hanoi County. The Weixian that was right next to the Jizhou was on the verge of the Yellow River.

After Liu Pi led the cavalry and all the civilian personnel in breaking out of the siege, they were always stationed in morning song's County City. More than ten days later, Deng Mao, Wei Bo, Zhou Tong, Ling Song, Chen Xi, and Chen Gui gathered the food and rushed to the morning song. They were temporarily stationed here waiting for Yang Lin's next order.

Just that early in the morning, they received a gift from Chen Cang and Liu Zhi's men, a emergency report. When they found out that Yang Lin was leading the Army of Montenegro to attack the West Cold Army, Hua Xin, Chen Ji, Chen Ji and the others were extremely happy.

"Wait!" Hua Xin waved his hand, and said with furrowed brows: "It is definitely urgent to deliver the food to the Army of Montenegro, but I am certain that the most urgent matter at the moment should be the Changjin Ferry Pass. Chen Cang and Liu Zhi only had more than three thousand cavalrymen, they might be able to sneak an attack on the Changjin Ferry Pass, but the moment Li Ru regained her senses, she would definitely dispatch troops to fight for the Changjin, and with them, she would not be able to defend the Changjin. That's why, I think our top priority right now should be to reinforce the Changjin Ferry Pass. "

"What about the Lord General? There are still a few hundred thousand Army of Montenegro s? " When Liu Pi heard that Hua Xin was not prepared to help the Lord General, he became angry and shouted, "There are only a few thousand people at Lord General's side.

"Don't worry, Master Liu Pi. Even if we have to transport the rations to the pheasant's nest, it would be hard to deliver them before nightfall today. If there were only riders entering the pheasant's nest, how could they fill the stomach of the Army of Montenegro? If there is no food and only cavalry, are we going to suppress the Army of Montenegro? "

Hua Xin knew that Liu Pi was anxious to help the Lord General, so he did not bother about his attitude. He knew his own position. Although he was currently working for the hussar general, in these Generals's eyes, he did not have much prestige. He could only discuss it with them.

"Milords, I think we should immediately send a cavalry brigade to escort the food and grass on their way, in an attempt to reach Huaixian before it gets dark. Do not send a cavalry brigade out to reinforce the pheasant's nest, send a cavalry brigade out to reinforce the Changjin Ferry Pass, and you must protect the Changjin Camp. At the same time, I would like to ask Lord Liu Pi to lead your cavalry and cavalry brigade's reinforcements to rush to pheasant's nest as soon as possible and inform the soldiers of Army of Montenegro of the news, letting them know that our food supplies are on the way, to stabilize their morale. "

Guo Tong and Huo Lang looked at each other and nodded. Guo Tong turned around and ordered loudly: "Chen Xi, Chen Gui, you guys take care of the food and leave immediately. Deng Mao, Wei Bo, you two follow me to reinforce the Lord General. Zhou Tong, Ling Song, you two follow Master Huo Lang to reinforce the Changjin. Master Liu Pi, you should hurry up and prepare for it as well.

"Fine." Although he was unwilling, Liu Pi still cupped his hands and went out to gather his own team. However, he was still a little dissatisfied with Hua Xin. Without even greeting him, he led his team away, leaving all of them in morning song City.

The noon sunlight finally passed through the clouds and quietly revealed a round face, casting a few rays of sunlight onto the ground. However, the sun also did not seem to want to see the desolate land. There was not a single trace of warmth in the faint sunlight, only allowing people to look further into the distance.

"Brothers, hurry up and leave …" Zhang Yan pulled the horse reins and turned to look at the advancing Army of Montenegro, shouting: "cavalry of Youzhou's Chen Cang and Liu Zhi, the two masters have already prepared a biscuit on the kang, they are waiting for us, if anyone goes too late, they won't be able to eat it, so don't complain."

Seeing the soldiers' footsteps becoming heavier, Zhang Yan had no choice but to cheer for them. After a day and a night without food and after half a day of travel, many soldiers had already begun to float as they walked. It was an instinct to survive that supported them as they continued their journey.

Hearing Zhang Yan's shout, the soldiers of Black Mountain could not help but swallow their saliva, their spirits lifted once again. Although the hopes of the Army of Montenegro soldiers turned into disappointment time and time again, but no matter what, having hope is better than no hope. Even if this hope is extremely slim, even if they have to put their lives on the line for this hope, they still want to gamble, because they also want to live.

However, exactly because of the appearance of the sunlight, at the same time the Army of Montenegro expanded his field of vision, the West Cold Cavalry also discovered them. On the eastern horizon, a few black dots flashed past and quickly disappeared into the wilderness.

"Oh no, West Cold Cavalry found us!" Zhang Yan was secretly shocked, it was as though a gust of cold wind had entered her heart. In this vast wilderness, if she were to be entangled by cavalry, even if she had over 200,000 troops, he still wouldn't be a match for cavalry.