Chapter 1316 Water

In fact, the most depressing thing is Ping An. He insists on bringing his brothers to join in the fun. In times of hardship like this, of course he can't hold back, otherwise he will be scolded to death.

So not only did he have to drink, but he also had to drink in public, so that everyone could see that he shared the joys and sorrows with them. It's just that I can't help but cry in my heart. The year before last, I drank from the human body under the hands of King Qi, and now I drank from the human body with Lan Yu. My life is considered complete.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he drank it all in public, he heard cheers in the distance: "We found water!"

"Ugh..." Ping An almost vomited on the spot.

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As Lan Yu expected, there is also a water source outside the South Road of Wandering Soul. The Ming army scouts searched for two days and found an underground spring sixty miles away from the military camp.

Speaking of which, this is still due to Guan Tong. After his first day's search failed, he saw that the sky was dark, so he had to camp in the Gobi and wait for dawn before continuing his search.

Unexpectedly, when everything was silent in the middle of the night, he actually heard the faint sound of running water in his sleep.

At first he thought he was dreaming, but after he woke up and used the scout's quiver to listen to the pillow, the sound of the water was actually clearer!

Guantong and others were overjoyed. They used listening pillows to search for the sound all night, and found the place with the largest flow of water at dawn. Then he dug immediately, and in less than half a day, he dug out a gurgling stream of water!

The Guan Tong picked up a handful of water, took a sip regardless of the soil in it, and then happily announced in front of everyone: "It's fresh water!"

Amidst the ecstatic cheers of the scouts of the two tribes, the water rushed out, and soon overflowed the pit, flowing like a stream...

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By the time the army arrived after hearing the news, the scouts had dug out four springs and channeled the water into a depression to form a small lake.

The men and horses drank the lake water to completely quench their thirst, and the fatigue and uneasiness of the past few days were swept away. Lan Yu took the opportunity to speak loudly: "This court is blessed with the help of heaven. It can be seen that this expedition will be successful according to God's will!" "

"God help me, I will succeed!" The soldiers cheered, and their morale was completely restored to its peak.

While the guards and soldiers were taking turns drinking and fetching water, Lan Yu summoned the generals to discuss the next move.

It was completely different from the anxious and tense atmosphere last time. This time everyone was in high spirits and no difficulty could hold them back!

"General, after the soldiers are filled with water, we can immediately set off back to the South Road of Wandering Souls." Hu Hai, the Marquis of Dongchuan, said loudly: "We have wasted so many days, we must hurry up!"

"No, because of this, we can't go back!" Lan Yu shook her head decisively, then waved her hand, and Liu Xiang placed a map in front of the generals.

"In the past few days, Leader Liu and I have been making calculations and determined that as long as we continue marching to the northeast, we can still reach Yuerhai!" Lan Yu said, pointing to the huge lake and said: "It's nothing more than the lake we originally arrived at. East, we may be heading to the west bank of the lake now.”

"And Yuan Ting is constantly moving. We don't know whether they are on the east bank, west bank or north bank," Lan Yu said in a deep voice, "So as long as they arrive, it doesn't make any difference where they go."

"And this also has a great advantage, that is, it is unexpected!" Lan Yu then raised her voice and said: "Whether it is the Northern Yuan court or the King of Wu Duo'er, in their knowledge, there is only one route from Monan. Wandering Soul South Road can come, so the Red Army will definitely be sent to monitor the movement of this road. "

"Yes, we are so large. If we follow the original route, it is difficult not to be discovered in advance." Wang Bi nodded in agreement: "With the urinary behavior of the Northern Yuan court, once they find out that we are coming, they will break camp as soon as possible. Escape."

"That is, Emperor Beiyuan and his princes and ministers must be faster than rabbits." Zhao Yong smiled bitterly: "Once they are alerted, it will be too difficult to catch them. Moreover, our army is running around the grassland, always If we cannot catch up with them, it will be easy for our troops to become exhausted and fall into their counterattack, which would be too painful.”

"So let's go diagonally from here!" Lan Yu pointed her finger at the red line on the map pointing to the Yu'er Sea: "Only in this way can we avoid their probing horses and reach the Beiyuan Royal Court by surprise! "

"Okay, okay, but what if there's another shortage of water on the road? We won't be so lucky every time." Huaiyuan Marquis Cao Xing asked.

"Then hurry up and travel day and night!" Lan Yu said decisively: "Get to the shores of Yuerhai Lake before the water runs out!"

"No matter how far this journey is, it's only five hundred miles away. Is it okay to get there in four days?" As he spoke, he looked at the generals with sharp eyes.

"No!" all the generals said in unison.

"If you have any problems, you have to grit your teeth and overcome them!" Lan Yu said arrogantly: "If you don't sleep or rest, you have to get there! Do you understand?"

"Understood!" The generals responded again.

"Go ahead and load all the guys who can hold water with water, and we'll set off at dawn tomorrow." Lan Yu looked at the darkening sky and cursed, "Oh my god, it's getting dark earlier and earlier."

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Zhang Yu was also among the generals who just had the meeting, but others spoke softly and could only listen.

After the meeting, he did not return to his station immediately, but found His Royal Highness King Jin.

"Hey, Brother Zhang, you're a rare visitor." Seeing Zhang Hu bringing Zhang Yu over, the third child smiled and said hello.

"I'm here to pay my respects to the prince." Zhang Yu bowed to the third child first, and then whispered: "I have something important to report."

"Don't worry, they are all our own people." Zhu Gang smiled and said, "What's so mysterious?"

He didn't have the awareness of Zhu Di and Ping An. He was a military supervisor and didn't need to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.

So he always drank water, and he thought the water quality was too poor, so he made tea.

"My prince is here too." Zhang Yu said.

"Puff..." The third brother sprayed a mouthful of tea on Zhang Yu: "What nonsense are you talking about, did he fly here with wings?"

"He didn't fly here, he just rode with us." Zhang Yu couldn't help but lower his voice and said: "He is now in our army, using the alias Hongji, pretending to be a humble personal soldier..."

"..."Zhu Gang's eyes flickered at first, and he thought of a way to torment the fourth brother in an instant, but after hearing the fourth brother's alias, his eyes softened all of a sudden.

"Hongji, such a nostalgic name..." The third brother murmured and repeated the fourth brother's alias, and asked: "Does he know you came to see me?"

"Yes." Zhang Yu nodded: "I feel that the war is coming and I can't hide it anymore, so I want to tell General Lan about this, but the prince won't let me tell him, saying that if I have to tell him, I should tell His Royal Highness Prince Jin."

"It's right that you don't tell him." The third brother said lightly: "I know, you go back."

"Yes, I'll take my leave." Zhang Yu responded and left, full of surprise. He never expected that His Royal Highness Prince Jin's reaction would be so... normal.