C329 (1/2)

In the evening, Urushion finally arrived outside fat like City. After two days of marching, the Urushion was both hungry and thirsty. Although they had passed by many villages, they could not find a single grain in them. Although it was spring and the fields were lush with grass, their horses had no time to nibble at the grass.

Yang Lin's army followed closely behind Urushion like ghosts. The hundred thousand strong army was divided into three paths, left, middle and right, and followed closely behind the Urushion. Any one of the path that the army took would be able to cause the Urushion to perish.

When passing through the Lushui River, Qiu Liju was also a little hesitant. He clearly knew that if he passed through the Lushui River, he would probably never have the chance to return. However, he really had no other way out, so he could only continue forward.

But when he arrived at fat like City, he realized his mistake. Even Zhang Chun was wary of him. He had only sent his retainer, Wang Zheng, with two servants to welcome them. After crying for a long time, he was still unwilling to take out a single grain, and didn't even provide them with a tent to stay in.

”Go back and tell Zhang Chun that if he doesn't deliver the food within two hours, we will forcibly attack.” Qiu Liju was too lazy to bother with him, he waved his hand and lashed out: ”Scram, if you anger me, I will kill you all.”

But when the moon rose, Zhang Chun did not send anyone to see Qiu Liju nor did he provide them with any food. However, his Scouting horse had come to report that he had passed through all of the Lushui River s and was heading in their direction.

”Damned Chinese, they tricked us into coming to the Youzhou, but we just ignored them!” Qiu Liju flung his horsewhip angrily and pointed at Zhang Chun who was in the camp, shouting sternly, ”Masters, we don't have much time left, if we want to not starve to death, we must take down Zhang Chun's camp tonight.”

”Let's do it. Other than that, we have no other way out.” The leader of the Ta Wu Hu Tribe, Wu Yan, nodded his head and immediately ran back to his squad. At this point, any complaints were useless. If they couldn't take down Zhang Chun's camp, they would starve.

”Attack!” Qiu Liju shouted loudly, but his confidence was greatly lacking. Without the sack, he couldn't even pile up a hill. Pointing his horsewhip forward, the soldiers of his tribe and the Urushion of the small tribes rushed towards Zhang Chun's camp. Upon seeing this, the other large tribes also charged up with their soldiers.

Even though he was hungry, when Urushion fought, it was still as fierce as ever. Especially in this kind of life and death situation, where he didn't care about his own life. They rushed forward recklessly as the Arrows rained down on the Zhang Chun soldiers.

However, Zhang Chun was already prepared, relying on the protection of the army camp, he frantically clashed with the Urushion. Zhang Chun's soldiers were basically just refugees. They might not be able to kill the enemy, but it was not too bad for them to hide in the camp and shoot arrows.

It was not a bright night, and both sides could only vaguely see each other's figures. Although the Urushion's Arrows were powerful, its target was too big, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

”Blow the horn, stop the attack!” After fighting for an unknown amount of time, Wu Huan also wasn't able to take down Zhang Chun's camp, but he lost more than a few thousand troops in vain. Qiu Liju raised the horsewhip in his hand and ordered Wu Huan: ”Bring those dead horses back, and roast the horses' meat tonight!”

Under normal circumstances, nomadic tribes like the Urushion would not kill horses for food. The horses were equivalent to their second life. The horses were shot down in the path of the charge, just in time to relieve their hunger, and Wu Huan's men swarmed forward, snatching back the dead horses and wounded horses.

What the Urushion did not expect was that when they were fighting over the horses, Zhang Chun's soldiers did not attack them. Actually, they were very hungry as well. They wanted to snatch the horse meat even more to eat. However, they did not move. Instead, they stuck their heads out under the moonlight and watched as Urushion dragged the horses away.

After Yang Lin's army passed through the Lushui River, they camped by the river and did not take another step towards the east. He knew that he shouldn't push too hard, otherwise, Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun would work together. He was like a hunter, quietly guarding by the river, waiting for Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun to kill each other.

Lushui River was a river that originated from Xu Wushan, it was a larger river. East of Lushui River, south of the Great Wall, with a radius of less than three hundred miles, there were only two cities, fat like and Lin Yu. Furthermore, Lin Yu was still being led by Guo Tong and Huo Lang to guard the dangerous pass of tombstone. In such a narrow area, even if Qiu Liju had wings, he still wouldn't be able to escape.

Spring was just at the peak of the Lushui River's water season. Whether it was the Urushion or the Han army, they all took a lot of rafts to cross the river. If Qiu Liju wanted to return now, Yang Lin would not allow him to calmly cross the river. What awaited Qiu Liju was only a dead end.

How could Qiu Liju not know about the dangers of crossing Lushui River? But for the sake of food, he had no choice but to come to fat like to take a risk. Who knew that not only did he not get any food, but he had also lost many soldiers, and he didn't even have a tent to stay in.