An hour later, the big eagle flew back from the direction of the westerly wind.
Its claws landed on Zhao Hu's arm, folded its wings, and kept chirping.
Zhao Hu seemed to be listening carefully, waiting for it to finish chirping. , the soldier brought a piece of fresh mutton and handed it to Zhao Hu.
Zhao Hu took it and fed it to the big eagle.
A general asked curiously: "General, what did the big eagle say?"
Zhao Hu said while feeding: "It said that it conducted a reconnaissance at a depth of one hundred miles northwest and found nothing."
The general wondered: "Even if Ziad's army is all cavalry, they can't go so far in such a short period of time.
It's strange.
Could it be that they didn't go towards Scorpion Ridge, so where did they go?"
Another general also frowned: "Yeah, if they didn't go to Scorpion Ridge, where could they go?
The general just checked the belongings of the corpses and the things on the horses, and found that they had no water at all. , if they can’t find water within a day, they will die of thirst.”
The third general had some doubts about Da Diao's reconnaissance capabilities: "General, did Da Diao miss any places that were not investigated, or did Da Shi's army deviate too much from the route and was not discovered by Da Diao?"
The first general shook his head: "Impossible.
The big eagle is very smart.
It flies very high and can see very far.
It can see everything within thirty miles on both sides.
The big food army If they really go to Scorpion Ridge, even if they deviate from the route, they will never deviate too far and will not be beyond the sight of the Eagle's reconnaissance.
Could it be that they have gone to heaven and earth?"
Zhao Hu thought of something at this time, turned his head and looked south, and said: "I think if they want to find the water source, the only place to go is to return to the original lake.
Except for Scorpion Ridge, there is only that lake within hundreds of miles."
A lake can be used to replenish water.
They have nowhere to go except there, unless they want to die of thirst in this desert and send orders for the army to pursue southward, quickly."
"yes" The Western Qin army, led by Zhao Hu, quickly pursued southward.
After two hours, he once again released the rested eagle and flew south for high-altitude reconnaissance.
Less than half an hour later, Da Diao returned and reported the investigation in his own unique way.
The general next to him asked: "General, what was the result of the investigation?"
Zhao Hu sighed: "As expected, Ziad returned to the lake with his men and horses.
The big eagle said that it found two armies in the sky, one heading towards us and the other heading south.
The two armies were twenty years apart.
I passed by Doli without any encounter.
I thought this must be Ziad’s intention.
Avoiding the Han Zhang tribe who came to meet us, the Han Zhang tribe came after the traces of the Great Food Army.
Ziad knew this very well, so he and his people took the initiative to avoid encounters with the Han Zhang tribe.
They must be two miles west of the Han Zhang tribe.
After sending the order for ten miles, our army will advance westward for twenty miles and then turn south."
The generals all agreed: "Yes, General" After that, Zhao Hu immediately asked someone to bring pen and ink to write a line of small words on a small piece of paper, then quickly rolled it up and stuffed it into a small bamboo tube, tied the small bamboo tube to the left foot of the big eagle, and stroked the feathers of the big eagle.
He murmured for a while, then patted it on the back and raised his arms: "Go ahead."
The big eagle spread its wings and flew high, and soon disappeared into the sky.
After marching more than 20 miles to the west, the front sentinel returned and reported to Zhao Hu: "General, we found a large number of horse hoof prints and horse dung a few miles ahead.
They extend to the south.
Brothers have been tracking them.
Go down" Zhao Hu said to his generals: "The Great Food Army has indeed gone south.
Send an order to the whole army to turn around and pursue south."
The generals clasped their fists and said: "I obey" At this time, Han Zhang's tribe, which was heading north, was actually not that far away from Ziad's tribe, only more than thirty miles at most.
Han Zhang took out the water bag and poured it into his mouth to wet his dry lips and throat.
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He was about to order the army to speed up when a sharp cry came from the sky.
He couldn't help but look up to the sky.
He immediately reined in his horse and stopped.
A lieutenant shouted: "General, it looks like a big eagle.
I will shoot it down when I get a humble position."
"Wait a minute."
Han Zhang immediately stopped him.
He found that the big eagle kept circling in the sky, and the chirping sound was familiar.
He suddenly thought, "This is General Zhao's big eagle.
No one is allowed to shoot arrows.
Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed." " After saying that, Han Zhang stretched out his arm.
The big eagle saw Han Zhang stretching out his arm and his figure tilted downward.
In the blink of an eye, the glider came down and landed firmly on the wristband on his arm, retracting its wings.
Han Zhang laughed and said, "It is indeed General Zhao's big eagle.
Hey, it has a letter on its feet."
He reached out and took out the small paper roll and unfolded it to take a look.
He soon understood and fed the big eagle a few pieces of beef jerky.
Then he sent it flying back.
"General, what did General Zhao say?"
a captain asked.
Han Zhang said with regret: "The big cannibals have learned to be cunning after fighting with us for so long.
They actually turned back to the lake.
We just passed by them, and they were only more than twenty miles away from us
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The captain all said with regret: "What a pity.
If our reconnaissance posts on both wings expand the scope of investigation to ten miles, they will definitely be found."
Han Zhang said seriously: "General Zhao ordered us to turn back immediately and return to the lake as quickly as possible.
We hope to intercept them before they can get water and leave and send the order.
The whole army will turn around and return as quickly as possible.
We must intercept them" "Take orders" Facts have proved that the Western Qin Army with two horses marched much faster than the cavalry of the Great Shi Army.
Comparing the number of war horses between the Western Qin and the Great Shi Kingdom, the number of Western Qin’s war horses reached 880,000. , and the Dashi Kingdom has less than 300,000 horses.
On the one hand, it is because the Dashi Kingdom has much less pasture to raise horses than in the Western Qin Kingdom.
On the other hand, the cost of raising war horses is huge.
Western Qin is the country with the most war horses today.
In the north, Western Qin has vast pastures, which are used by the kingdom to raise war horses and grow fodder.
In addition to raising horses on official pastures, Western Qin also War horses are distributed to common people to raise, and the cost is to use Adult horses are exchanged for foals, which means that the people can rent horses from the government, borrow an adult horse, and have to return a foal the next year, and the adult horse belongs to the people themselves.
This allows the people to have Not only did they provide livestock for farming, but they also provided a steady stream of new horses to the government.
After turning around and accelerating the march for half a day, Han Zhang's troops finally arrived ten miles away from the lake.
At this time, the scouts had discovered the location of the Dashi Army, and the Dashi Army's scouts had also discovered Han Zhang's troops.
The two sides were ten miles away from the lake.
The location is only ten miles away.
Han Zhang looked back at the tired faces of his soldiers and generals.
The horses were already severely exhausted from the long march.
He asked loudly: "The big cannibals are only ten miles away from us.
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They must be going to get water.
Soldiers Can we still fight again?”
A general said tiredly: "General, brothers can still fight, but the horses no longer have the strength to run anymore."
Han Zhang said: "We must fight this battle.
If we let the cannibals fetch water by the lake, they can escape again and tell the brothers that although we are tired, the cannibals are even more tired and tired.
Each of us has two horses."
I have no energy to run anymore, the big cannibal is just There is a horse that must be in a worse situation than us.
According to the investigation of the scout, the big man-eating man is heading towards the lake ten miles away at full speed.
They must want to get water.
We must compete with them for time to prevent them from getting water and successfully passing me.
Order, move forward at full speed" All the generals clasped their fists and agreed: "I obey" The distance of ten miles is not too far, but for the Western Qin Army, which has been fighting for several days and has not rested for three days and three nights, this journey is really long.
The war horses really can't run fast, and now they can only make do with it.
They moved forward at a trot, but Han Zhang believed that the cannibals must be worse off than they were.
After all, they only had one horse.
Just as Han Zhang guessed, Ziad and his men were really miserable.
During this period of march, all the spare horses were destroyed.
Not only that, there were hundreds of people who lost their horses and had to ride on the same horse with the lighter soldiers. .
Ziad only felt dizzy and dazzled.
All the strength in his body was disappearing bit by bit.
He could not lift his spirits at all.
His lips had been split several times, and smoke was almost coming out of his throat.
The war horse under his crotch had already started.
He was shaking so hard that he was almost unsteady when walking.
He moved his tongue, trying to make some secretion in his mouth, but his mouth was dry and he couldn't secrete even a drop.
There was a cut on the neck of the war horse, which was made for drinking horse blood.
After finishing it, he closed it again.
It had been repeated several times.
The war horse was sucked to the point that it could no longer hold up.
However, the horse's blood became hotter and hotter as it drank.
It did not quench the thirst at all, but it could provide some heat and physical strength.
Just now, the sentinel came back to report that the Western Qin Army had been discovered ten miles away to the east, and he died on the spot.
Now that the sentinel is gone, Ziad knows that he must get water.
They no longer have the strength to carry their swords and fight.
They must You need to drink water to regain some strength.
Ziad turned to the general Hram beside him and said: "Hram, we must get some water no matter what, otherwise we will die of thirst without starting a fight.
Many of us are almost unable to walk now, you See who else's horses can still run.
Take them to the lake to get water first.
You must get some water before the Western Qin army arrives.
I will take the rest of the people to wait for you ten miles west of the lake. , we must get water, otherwise we will all die, this is an order."
Heram was also dying of thirst and had lost more than half of his strength.
However, he was young and could only grit his teeth and speed up to get water with more than two hundred soldiers who could still run on their horses
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