C427 (1/2)

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.