The most important thing for the army to go to war is food and grass. Now there are only seven days left. The surrounding towns have been robbed by barbarians, and the city is burned with peppers. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a strong wall and clear the wilderness.

Therefore, Tong Wenshan's army could not find any supplies except for these seven days of food rations.

In fact, if the army had not lost nearly 40,000 people, I would probably not have even had seven days of food rations now.

Tong Wenshan rubbed his eyebrows hard. Now he was facing a very difficult choice, either to give up the camp he built and lead the army to retreat. In this way, the 40,000 soldiers who died in battle before would be sacrificed in vain and the barbarians would regain enough space for activity.

Or, in the face of shortage of food and grass, guard the camps and nail the barbarians to this county town, wait for the left prime minister to resolve the affairs of the court, and then send a large army to support and eliminate the barbarians.

If you choose to retreat, the remaining 60,000 troops can be saved, but the price is to allow the barbarians to occupy the space again. When they come back and save, it will not be able to solve the loss of 40,000 people.

Choosing the latter means that if the Left Prime Minister cannot solve the problems of the court and send reinforcements and food, they will die here meaninglessly.

Tong Wenshan thought about it all night in the camp, but in the end he decided to withdraw his troops. It was not that he did not trust the left prime minister, but that the time left for the left prime minister was too short, and seven days were not enough for the left prime minister to solve everything before sending reinforcements.

However, he wanted to withdraw, but Urianhe refused to agree at this time.

Wulianghe, who was originally expected to launch an attack in two months, found that Tong Wenshan had abandoned great efforts to build a solid camp, and was actually very worried, because if Tong Wenshan sticks to this camp, he chooses to attack at that time, the losses will definitely be heavy.

But because the location Tong Wenshan chose was too important, Wulianghe could not let it go, so he had been thinking about solutions during this period.

As a result, before he could come up, he found that Tong Wenshan had retreated on his own initiative. After learning about this situation, his first idea was that Tong Wenshan's move must be a fraud. But after observing for a while, he found that Tong Wenshan had really withdrawn and completely gave up the camp he had worked hard to build.

Faced with this situation, the keen Urye felt that something must have happened to Tong Wenshan's army. Combined with the news he received, the answer to the imperial party and the political parties of the Defense State Court was almost about to emerge.

The struggle for the Shang Dynasty in Weiguo must have affected Tong Wenshan's army, otherwise Tong Wenshan would not have given up on the great situation created by sacrificing 40,000 soldiers.

Wu Lianghe, who came to this conclusion, no longer cared about his plan to go to war in two months, and directly gathered the wolf guards. As for the armor, he would go as much as possible. Then he took his most elite wolf guards to pursue Tong Wenshan's army.

Under such circumstances, he would never let go of the 60,000 troops in Tong Wenshan's hands!

Most of the Wolf Guards are cavalry. Although it was too late for Tongwenshan to set out one day, it was not a problem to chase after them. In just half a day, the Wolf Guards, who were running like the wind, had already joined the army of Tongwenshan.

Wulianghe, who followed Tong Wenshan's army, did not rush to let the wolf guards take action, but kept sending small groups of wolf guards to harass him, hindering the speed of Tong Wenshan's army's marching speed.

Faced with this situation, Tong Wenshan has rich experience and is difficult to come up with a solution for a while.

The strength of the Wolf Guard was far beyond their power, and now he relied on their cavalry to harass him from a distance. Unless he could stop and build a camp to fight, there was nothing he could do.

But the problem is that the reason why he gave up the camp and withdrew his troops was because there was no food or grass in his army and could not fight a war of attrition, so it was unrealistic to stop.

In the current situation, these wolf guards are like real wolves, staring at them patiently, consuming their physical strength bit by bit. When their physical strength is exhausted and their resistance is lowest, these wolves will rush forward and tear them to pieces.

This is the first time Tong Wenshan has encountered an army of this kind of marching style. When dealing with the harassment of the wolf guards, he set up several ambushes, but they were keenly noticed by the wolf guards. Every time they were ambushed, they just started to gather, and the wolf guards killed them directly and could not stay at all.

Although the wolf guards missed several real opportunities because of this alertness, Wulianghe didn't care at all. He was like a wolf, leading the wolf guards to impatiently and impatiently behind Tong Wenshan's army. Apart from harassment, there was no large-scale attack.

This feeling of being regarded as prey made Tong Wenshan extremely uncomfortable. On several occasions, he directly stopped the army and wanted to fight to the death with Gulianghe, but Gulianghe did not accept the move at all and directly took the wolf guards to retreat, without any intention of meeting the enemy.

On the fifth day, the army was extremely tired, but it was still more than 80 kilometers away from Jingping Pass. With their current marching speed, it would take at least three days to arrive.

In the big tent, Tong Wenshan, who had not had a good sleep for five consecutive days, called on his deputy general Qi Chuanwu.

"Chuanwu, you can't continue like this."

Tong Wenshan said tiredly: "The soldiers were extremely tired after the harassment for several days. If they continued like this, when the barbarians really launched the offensive, the soldiers would probably not even have the strength to pick up their weapons."

"Master, what do you think you should do?"

Qi Chuanwu hadn't had a good sleep for a few days, and his eyes were red. He looked at Tong Wenshan and asked, "Otherwise we will camp here and kill this group of bastards!"

"I can't fight, let me tell you the truth. Now our army has only two days of food and grass left."

Tong Wenshan smiled bitterly. He did not tell Qi Chuanwu about the shortage of food and grass, so Qi Chuanwu has been thinking about stopping to duel with the barbarians for a while, but all these opinions were rejected by himself. "Now, do you know why I have always disagreed with the army to set up camp?"

"Two days?"

Qi Chuanwu looked a little surprised. After a moment, he figured out the reason and couldn't help but curse, "We were fighting on the front line, and they actually cut off our food and supplies from behind."

"What are they thinking about in the group of turtles in the court?"

Qi Chuanwu was not polite at all. He not only cursed the nobles in the court, but even the emperor was scolded.

"To put it, I'm dragging you down."

Tong Wenshan guessed the reason. He said with a little guilt: "Before, we attacked the city and attacked the villages too quickly, which made them look down on them. They thought that the barbarians were just like this, so they would naturally find ways to limit me."

"And food and grass are the best place for them to start."

"Do they know what they are doing?"

Qi Chuanwu slapped the table with a pirate palm, and then said furiously: "If we are defeated, the barbarians only need to conquer Jingping Pass and can march straight into the capital."

"At that time, if there is a good thing in the capital, they will all be chopped off by the barbarians!"

Looking at Qi Chuanwu who was angry, Tong Wenshan sighed helplessly. The people of the Imperial Party did not take the barbarians seriously at all. In the past few days, he issued many memorials to clarify the pros and cons, and discussed in detail the strength of the barbarians.

The result was that the rocks sank to the sea. Tong Wenshan probably thought that the imperial parties had exaggerated military intelligence and wanted to support him, so they pressed the memorial.

So at this point, Tong Wenshan no longer expects the people in the court. He looked at Qi Chuanwu and said with a serious expression: "Chuanwu, you should also know the importance of Jingping Pass."

"If we are defeated, the barbarian cavalry will not be able to use it for a day and will be able to reach Jingping Pass. If that time comes, Jingping Pass will be crucial to our defense of the country."

"So, I hope you can bring 10,000 elite troops to retreat to Jingping Pass first, and then defend Jingping Pass to win time for the imperial court to mobilize troops."

"Retreat first?"

Qi Chuanwu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized that Tong Wenshan was going to leave him to cut off his back. So he stood up and retorted loudly: "This matter is not possible!"

"Tong Shuai, you bring people to withdraw your troops, I will leave behind the rear!"

"You can't stop those barbarian cavalry. If I don't stay, we can't leave."

Tong Wenshan stood up, patted Qi Chuanwu on the shoulder, and said, "Don't act irritating. There are too few defenders in Jingpingguan. The life and death of Weiguo will be placed on you."

"Tong Shuai..."

Qi Chuanwu was a little excited, but when he wanted to say something else, he was interrupted by Tong Wenshan, "Qi Chuanwu, obey the order!"

"Here!"

Hearing Tong Wenshan's military order, Qi Chuanwu subconsciously responded.

"I will ask you to bring a 10,000 army to retreat to Jingping Pass and hold it for at least two months. If you have less than one day, you will be engaged in military law!"

"Here!"

Qi Chuanwu straightened his body, his eyes slightly red because he knew that when the wolf guards were staring so closely, Tong Wenshan would be dead.

But Tong Wenshan was right. His prestige was not enough to convince the public. If he stayed and cut off the rear, he could not stop the barbarian cavalry at all. Tong Wenshan, who had evacuated first, would not be able to leave. So even if he was sad and angry, he still gritted his teeth and took over Tong Wenshan's last military order.

"I'll arrange a large army, you'll be ready to evacuate."

Seeing Qi Chuanwu accepting the military order, Tong Wenshan nodded with some relief. He patted Qi Chuanwu on the shoulder again, and walked out without saying much.

When Tong Wenshan left the military tent, Qi Chuanwu roared angrily. The nearly 100,000 army died here for nothing because of the infighting of the imperial court. He would definitely avenge this revenge!

He stood in the tent, clenched his fists tightly, and then swore with a ferocious face: "When I return to the capital, I must kill all the eggless guys in the court, one of them!"

Tong Wenshan didn't know Qi Chuanwu's plan, so after he made the decision, he quickly completed the deployment.

He did not tell the truth about the generals, but just told them that Qi Chuanwu was going to bring reinforcements. As long as they could last for three days, reinforcements would definitely arrive.

Although many generals were a little doubtful, they didn't think much about seeing that Tong Wenshan had stayed here.

"They divided ten thousand people?"

Wulianghe couldn't help but frown when he heard the news from the Wolf Guard. As he got closer to Jingping Pass in the past few days, he was also a little worried, so he originally planned to launch an attack in the past two days, but today he heard that Tong Wenshan's division of troops came.

"What exactly does this old man want to do?"

Wulianghe held the simple map in his hand and pondered in his heart for a long time. He was unable to tell whether Tong Wenshan wanted to cut off his arm or had other intentions.

"Jingping Pass...Jingping Pass..."

Wulianghe's fingers rubbed the map for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "Can Tong Wenshan want this ten thousand troops to station in Jingping Pass?"

Thinking of this possibility, Urianhe's eyes were a little brighter. He had just guessed that the party struggles in the Wei Dynasty had had some impact on Tong Wenshan, but he never expected that the impact was so serious that no famous general like Tong Wenshan had a certainty of getting out of it.

Even in Tong Wenshan's view, if he loses, Jingping Pass may be lost.

"Is the party struggle to defend the country so serious?"

To be honest, Wulianghe had never thought about fighting Jingping Pass, and he was not sure about staying the entire army of Tong Wenshan. Therefore, in his plan, he just occupied Longbei County and then eliminated the power of Tong Wenshan as much as possible. Finally, he used Longbei County as the foundation to strengthen his strength and slowly planned it.

But now, Tong Wenshan's decision made him suddenly see the opportunity to leave Tong Wenshan in Longbei.

"Wutugen!"

Wulianghe shouted loudly and called Wutugen directly, "I will give you five thousand people to chase and kill the leaving army."

After giving the order, Wulianghe looked at him with a serious expression and said, "Remember, you can only chase and kill, and never fight with them."

"The life of our wolf guards is more expensive than theirs. You can kill as much as you can, without any force."

Although Wulianghe knew that letting these soldiers return to Jingping Pass, these soldiers would definitely become an obstacle for him to capture Jingping Pass in the future, he would not do it if he asked him to use the most elite wolf guards to fight against these soldiers.

After all, although he has a large number of barbarians, it is difficult to train a wolf guard. For him, these elite soldiers will die less than one, so if he had not had to, he would not easily consume the wolf guard.

What's more, Tong Wenshan is now staying in the army, and he has gained the greatest gain. It is no longer meaningful to keep it or not.

"Here."

Wu Tugen was a little dissatisfied with this mission. He seemed to stay here to fight the army, or to directly wipe out the ten thousand people, rather than just chasing some of them.

But he knew that Wulianghe valued the wolf guards, so he did not dare to do anything randomly, so he had to respond in a silence.
Chapter completed!