The next day, before dawn, many soldiers in the gra*sland camp woke up one after another.
They did not wake up of their own accord, but by the rising temperature.
Outside the Flying Cloud Pa*s, countless fires were burning, heating up the air and making the climate around them feel like the height of summer.
Behind the fires, the wind priests were wielding the wind to send the hot breeze to the gra*slanders.
“We are already short of water, and now the Chinese are using this trick to deplete our already small water reserves.”
Among the a*sembled tribal alliance, there were many discerning people. Immediately, someone saw the other side’s plan.
Water was more important than food. Without food and water, an ordinary person could survive for seven or eight days. If they ate dry food without water, they would not survive even three days.
The gra*slanders were all martial artists, and their physiques were far stronger than those of ordinary people, but at most they would last a day or two longer than ordinary people.
“The Lord Commander must be informed immediately.”
Tie Guang, the leader of the largest tribe, immediately marched out of the tent and headed for the main tent in the very centre of the camp.
“Who is it?”
As soon as he approached the main tent, Tie Guang heard a hoarse voice coming from it.
The air around him suddenly turned chilly, as if a pack of wolves were waiting, their pupils staring at Tie Guang.
“Lord Commander, it is Tie Guang,” Tie Guang replied, “The Chinese are using a trick to deplete our water reserves, may I ask what the Lord Commander should do in response?”
“Trickery?”
Gaju marched out of the camp. There was still a large amount of blood on his shirt, and it looked like he hadn’t changed at all last night.
On his originally hard face, there was an additional sword scar that ran diagonally across his face. There was still a faint colour of blood spilling out from the sword wound, and it seemed that after the night, the wound had not yet closed up.
As Gaju dispersed his true qi, the coldness around him disappeared and the temperature slowly rose.
The rising temperature had no effect on Gaji, who was already immune to cold and heat. But for the soldiers with armour, it had a huge impact.
The soldiers might sweat after just a few steps, and when they do, hydration is essential. With the amount of water stored within the army, the maximum support would have been ten days, whereas now, at most, it was one to two days.
“The Chinese, they are using all kinds of tricks.” Gaju’s face slowly twisted, and the sword marks on his face became even redder, as if blood was about to drip down at any moment.
“Lord Commander, it will take at least four more days for the Khan’s court’s logistics to arrive. And there is also a lack of water on the gra*slands today, so the logistics will not send too much stored water.” Tie Guang said.
“Can’t we find a water source close by?” Gaju glanced at the Flying Cloud Pa*s with some trepidation and said.
Tie Guang smiled and shook his head bitterly, “I have searched for all the water sources recorded in the map, and all the places where I could find water have dried up, not a drop of water left.”
He hesitated for a moment before adding, “If the Alphonse shaman were still alive, he might be able to find water through the secret techniques of shamanism, but ——”
But what? Needless to say, Ghajuk understood. Alfanger had already been pulled by him to block the gun, dead to the last crumb. Want to find Alfinger, go underground.
“Then attack.”
“Huh?” Iron Light looked at Gaju in surprise.
“Alfanger said that there is a large amount of water in Feiyun Pa*s, so if we attack Feiyun Pa*s, it will be enough to take a bath, not to mention drinking water.” Gaju said.
Tie Guang was still staring closely at Gaju, not even blinking.
He also wanted to invade Feiyun Pa*s, but his subordinates really couldn’t do it. The night attack last night had shown the difference between the two sides. The other side had that white-haired Daoist monk around, who could at least hold back several experts in the True Dan realm.
If they were weaker True Dan Realm experts, they might have been killed by that white-haired Daoist at will. Only an expert in the True Dan realm would be able to stall him.
With the high level of combat power being held back and the Flying Cloud Pa*s being a notoriously dangerous pa*s, the chances of taking it down with a sea of men were really slim. There were still 50,000 troops in Feiyun Pa*s.
“I’m sure I can break Feiyun Pa*s,” said Gaju, smiling. “By noon today, Zhanyi will be here with support. At that time, I will take that white-haired Taoist and light his lamp in the sky.”
“Lord Zhanyi? Then my subordinate will be relieved.” Tie Guang was overjoyed at his words.
Cham’er Mu was a formidable general under the Right Sage King, and in terms of strength, he was definitely not much inferior to Gaju. Moreover, Zhanyi did not come alone, but with support.
The support brought by Zhanyi must be the experts sitting under the Right Sage King, so his strength is definitely guaranteed.
“Pa*s the order down, issue water bladders, all the generals should eat and drink enough, and break the Flying Cloud Pa*s today.” Gaju ordered.
Directly, all the water and food in reserve were distributed, able to feed more than 100,000 soldiers for at least two days. Within two days, even within today, he was going to break through Feiyun Pa*s.
This time, he was going to break through.
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“Report, someone from the Wind Department has spied news that the enemy soldiers are all jumping for joy and seem to be celebrating.”
On the walls of Feiyuanguan, a messenger soldier knelt down on one knee and reported to Xu Tiecheng.
“The Wind Division can listen to the wind and hear distant sounds, it seems that the Wind Division will not be short of talents like Lu Qifeng in the future.” Xu Tie Cheng said with some envy.
Lu Qifeng, one of the former Four Divine Constables of the Six Sects of the Great Qian, was a highly sought-after talent by the military generals. With his skill in listening to the wind, he was better than countless scouts in the world.
A great general of the Great Qian army once said that with Lu Qifeng around, half the battle was won.
Although this statement was somewhat exaggerated, it was a true reflection of the importance of Lu Qifeng. As long as a battle is fought squarely, the Great Qian army, which is the best in the Central Plains, will never lose.
Lu Qifeng, however, was the best man to break up some strange raids.
“The Wind Department is still far from that Lu Divine Constable, and this time it’s just a special case.” Gu Chen explained.
If it was that Lu Divine Constable, it wouldn’t have just said that the enemy army was cheering such vague information.
“Well,” Xu Tie Cheng also said with a straight face, “it seems that the enemy army is issuing stored water and dry rations and preparing to break into a battle. Otherwise, those soldiers who are now hot as hell wouldn’t be so jubilant.”
He turned to the messenger and said, “Pa*s on the order to make trains and advance on the enemy.”
“Yes.” The messenger quickly ran away.
“As long as we let the enemy army advance to within three miles, we have won, haven’t we?” Xu Tie Cheng seemed to be asking for confirmation from Gu Chen.
The defending side was pushing hard and aggressively out of the city, which was actually taking a great risk. If one was not careful, there was a great possibility of a defeat.
“As long as it is within three miles, Daoist Master Qing Yu will be able to hit the enemy army hard in one fell swoop. At that time, with the 50,000 soldiers at Flying Cloud Pa*s, the remnants of the gra*sland army can be easily slaughtered.” Gu Chen explained.
As one of the main developers of the Subterranean Dragon, his confidence in it was far greater than Xu Tiecheng’s.
In this battle, Northern Zhou would definitely win.
