The strong wind was sweeping yellow sand, and the fierce sun burned the earth. In the Western Regions, controlling the water source is equivalent to controlling the lifeline. Therefore, the Chinese army marched along the water source. Lin Lin lived in the Western Regions for a long time and knew very well about the terrain of the Western Regions. Three years ago, he rode a camel alone and spent ten months traveling through the mountains and rivers of the Western Regions. Although he encountered some dangers on the road, with his force, there seemed to be no difficulties that could not be solved. After returning as a ranger who had been ten months, he personally drew a map and marked the location of the water source on it. Therefore, during this Western Expedition, the Chinese army had never lacked water sources. Often, the focus of the attack was places with water sources.

Controlling the water source is equivalent to controlling the lifeline, so some small countries in the Western Regions will have no choice but to send envoys to surrender after the Chinese army occupied the water source.

However, for major powers in the Western Regions such as Dayuan, Shanshan, Kucha, and Wusun, their capitals were built near the water source, and their military power was enough to protect the water source, so they could only force their surrender. Therefore, Lin Lin used Guo Jia's strategy and used both kindness and power along the way to conquer many countries, and formally took military actions against Shanshan, Kucha, and Dayuan, forcing these three countries to surrender with force.

In the north of Tianshan Mountain, Taishici led 60,000 remaining troops to defend a mountain pass. On the grassland outside the mountain pass, more than 200,000 Xianbei warriors shouted with might, attacking every half an hour, and the mountain pass became the focus of the attacks of the Xianbei people. Taishici and the Xianbei people fought for a long time, and the rocks on the other side of the mountain pass were stained with blood.

Taishici stood on a large bluestone with bandages wrapped around his arm. The blood had already dyed the bandages. He held a telescope in his hand and looked at the dense Xianbei people in the distance. When he put down the telescope, he sighed heavily and turned to Song Xian. Hou Cheng said, "It's all my fault that I underestimated the enemy too much. I was trapped in the Xianbei people and was lured into the enemy deeper. Now that I'm blocked here, I've killed more than 30,000 soldiers. I'm sorry to them..."

Song Xian said: "General, victory or defeat is common in military affairs. The Xianbei people have 700,000 or 800,000 military power is already strong. Our army is a little short of 100,000 people. However, as long as our army is still there and the general is still there, what is the rare thing about fighting against the Xianbei? The letter of help has been sent out. I believe that the General King will lead the army to rescue him after seeing him. Then he will sweep the Xianbei together with the General King, and defeat will be turned into victory."

Hou Cheng also interrupted quickly, "General, General Song is right. We should insist now and wait for reinforcements. However, General's injuries should also be cured well. Otherwise, I'm afraid it would be better to join the war when General Wang led his army to rescue!"

When Taishi Ci heard Song Xian, Hou Cheng's words were considered to be in his heart, and immediately shouted: "Taishi Xiang!"

Tai Shixiang is the eldest son of Tai Shici. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and has joined the army. He is a small school in front of Tai Shici's tent. However, everyone in the army knows that Tai Shixiang is Tai Shici's son, so he respects Tai Shixiang especially.

"The last one is here!" Taishi Xiangchang looked similar to Taishi Ci. He also used a big ellipse to obtain the true teachings of Taishi Ci, so his martial arts are not weak.

"Send an order immediately and let the front army guard the mountain pass tightly. Change the seat every half an hour. No matter how many people die, I will guard the mountain pass."

"promise!"

Tai Shixiang immediately went down to pass the order, but thought to himself: "I participated in the war for the first time, and my father has not allowed me to fight. At this time, I have a chance to make a contribution."

Taishi Ci was helped by Hou Cheng and Song Xian to change the medicine. Taishi Xiang came to the mountain pass and immediately conveyed the order. Then he saw a general in the team guarding the mountain dead. The soldiers were headless and shouted: "From now on, you are my subordinates. We must stick to this place and not let anyone break through here. Do you understand?"

Everyone knew Tai Shixiang. Although Tai Shixiang was just a small school, Tai Shici's subordinates respectfully called Tai Shixiang the Major General. So they all replied in unison: "Yes, Major General!"

As soon as the words were finished, the Xianbei people over there began to attack the mountain. After seeing this, Tai Shixiang shouted loudly: "Brothers, show your courage and fight with them. Shoot the arrow!"

The Xianbei people rushed up like ants, and the narrow mountain pass was blocked by huge rocks. The Chinese army hid behind the huge rocks and shot with bows and arrows. The dense arrows like rain repelled waves of Xianbei people. Outside were corpses everywhere, and the bodies were piled up like mountains.

In the end, the Xianbei people finally retreated.

The dusk was gathering, and the world was dark. The Xianbei people lit torches outside, and the firelight surrounded the lonely mountain, reflecting the lonely mountain like daytime.

There was only one small spring on the mountain. When the soldiers were thirsty, they lined up to wait for water to drink water, but that little spring was a drop in the bucket for the more than 60,000 troops. So Taishici ordered the soldiers to go to the mountains to find water sources and collect wild fruits to eat.

"How much food is left in the army?" Taishi Ci summoned the chief clerk over and asked.

The chief clerk said: "It will last for about two days. Many soldiers brought by the war the day before yesterday were lost, so..."

"I understand, you go down. Try to appease the soldiers, reinforcements will arrive soon."

"promise."

After the chief clerk left, Taishi Ci sighed heavily. When he recalled Lin Lin's past, he couldn't help feeling very guilty. It was the first time he had lost so miserably since he joined the army.

"Father, the Xianbei people have temporarily retreated. It seems that they will not attack again tonight." Tai Shixiang walked in and shouted directly with his fists.

Taishici said: "Well, you can go for a good rest, but don't be careless. The Xianbei people are very cunning. Who knows whether an attack will be launched at night? As long as we can persevere until reinforcements arrive, our army will be able to turn defeat into victory."

"Yes, my father, I will guard that mountain pass and will never let any Xianbei people go." Taishixiang patted his chest and said assuredly.

After Taishixiang went out, Taishici said to Hou Cheng: "You go to the mountain pass too. Taishixiang is young and energetic. I am worried that once the Xianbei people come to provoke him, he will fall into a trap and lead the army to kill him down the mountain..."

Hou Chengdao: "Don't worry, General, I will take good care of the major general."

At this time, Song Xian walked in with the military doctor and said to Taishi Ci: "General, it's time to change the medicine."

Taishici looked at his left arm, then looked at the military doctor, and asked, "How many medicines are there in the army?"

"Don't worry, General, the military medicine is sufficient..." the military doctor replied.

"All that's all! Tell me honestly, how much medicine is left in the military?" Taishi Ci said angrily.

Seeing that Taishici was not enough to deceive Taishi Ci, the military doctor replied truthfully: "There are very few medicines left in the military, and even this medicine was picked by General Song on the cliffs on the mountain..."

After hearing this, Taishi Ci sighed heavily and blamed himself even more, because if it weren't for his mistake, how could it lead to the loss of food, medicine and other supplies? He waved his hand and said to the military doctor: "Take this medicine away for the most injured soldiers, it's better not to use this little skin injury."

After hearing this, Song Xian shouted immediately: "General, your arrow injury penetrates deep into the muscle bones. When you move a little, your left arm will hurt. This medicine is specially adjusted by the military doctor for you. Other people's medicine is not like this, and it is useless even if you use it. If you don't use the medicine, how can the arrow injury be healed? How can the general lead our army to charge into battle?"

"General, General Song said very much, the general is the backbone of our army. We cannot be without the general. We also ask the general to take medicine." The military doctor hurriedly comforted him.

"No, take it away quickly and find someone with the same injuries as me and apply it." Taishi Ci shouted loudly with her two black eyes.

"This..." The military doctor was also embarrassed and glanced at Song Xian with a squint.

"General, I'm sorry..." As soon as he finished speaking, Song Xian forced Taishi Ci to the ground, and then tightly imprisoned Taishi Ci.

Taishici was injured on many sides, but the injury to his left arm was the most serious. The arrow penetrated deep into the bone marrow. When he pulled the arrow, he almost fainted from the pain. If it were normal, how could Song Xian imprison Taishici? But today, Taishici was weak. Every time he moved his body, the wound would appear very painful, so it was easy to be controlled by Song Xian.

"Hurry, apply medicine to the general!" Song Xian shouted to the military doctor.

The military doctor also quickly replaced the medicine, applied it to Taishi Ci with the newly prepared medicine, and then bandaged it. This was the end.

Song Xian hurriedly let go of Taishi Ci, then knelt on the ground, confessed his guilt, "The last general offended the general, please punish him."

Taishici waved his hand and said, "Stop it! You are also for my own good, get up."

Song Xian stood up, and Taishi Ci sent the military doctor out, and told the military doctor to think about the injured soldiers, see what medicine is produced on the mountain, and take people up the mountain to collect herbs to treat the injured soldiers.

After the military doctor went out, Taishici asked, "Is there any news about the military advisor?"

Song Xian shook his head and said, "Not yet."

"Oh! It's all my fault. The emperor sent Sima Yi as a military advisor for me, but I didn't listen to his opinion. I put him in the rear army and asked him to escort food and supplies, but it became the focus of the attacks of the Xianbei people. Now I've been separated from the military advisor, and I don't know whether it's life or death. If..."

"General, the military advisor is lucky and has great fortune. There will definitely be no problem. Please rest assured, General." Song Xian hurriedly comforted.

"I hope this is the case. If the military advisor really has something to do, I think the emperor will not spare me. Now that things have reached this point, I can only stick to this place and wait for reinforcements." Taishi Ci shook her head helplessly, and at the same time she felt regretful about the pain on her body. If she was not injured several times, she could fight on horseback and lead her army out of the siege.

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Sima Yi led more than a thousand remaining troops and more than a hundred supplies carts to break out from the Xianbei people. Along the way, Sima Yi used his clever tricks, which made the Xianbei people dizzy, and then he proudly preserved the remaining troops.

The sun sets, the moon rises, and the cold moonlight shines on the earth. Sima Yi rode on a war horse. He looked back at the remaining army he brought with him and showed his fatigue. He shouted loudly: "Everyone is persevering, and it will arrive soon. The scout has discovered that it is a safe place. We can rest there and avoid the pursuit of the Xianbei people. Everyone should go harder. If they are bitten by the Xianbei people, they will have to wait to die..."

Sima Yi was encouraging his morale while walking. More than a thousand remaining troops had to take these baggage trucks and walked on the Gobi Desert for a whole day, and some of their feet had been ground into a bubble.

"boom!"

A muffled sound rang beside Sima Yi, and a soldier fell to the ground and could no longer get up. All that was left was a breath of dying breath.

Sima Yi hurriedly jumped off the horse's back, supported the soldier, and shouted: "Brother, don't sleep, wake up quickly, we are about to arrive at the destination, there are food, drinks, and warm and comfortable beds. There are beautiful women beside the bed, just waiting to serve us..."
Chapter completed!