Han Zhang finally arrived at the lake with his troops.
At this time, Hram was leading more than two hundred food soldiers to fetch water by the lake.
He immediately pulled out his sword and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill" The Western Qin cavalry held high flags and sabers, whipped their horses and killed the Dashi Army cavalry who were fetching water.
Heram and the food soldiers were horrified when they saw thousands of Western Qin troops coming to attack them like crazy.
They had already been killed by the Western Qin troops and were so frightened that they still had the courage to fight against the Western Qin troops.
They got on their horses one after another.
He ran away, and the Western Qin army pursued them and intercepted half of them.
Only Heram escaped with half of the people and water bags.
After killing the intercepted large food soldiers, the Western Qin army no longer had the energy to pursue them.
The charge just now had exhausted the energy of the war horses, and most of the war horses had fallen to the ground and foamed at the mouth.
Han Zhang sighed: "Forget it, let them run.
There are only more than a hundred of them who ran away.
They can't bring many water bags.
The water is not enough for them to cross the desert and return to Behdashir Castle.
If the order is given, the whole army will Rest on the ground, feed the war horses, and arrange sentinels.
After the sentinels rest for a while, replenish water and food, they will quickly report to General Zhao."
"Yes, General" Soon, Zhao Hu and his army arrived, and Han Zhang rode up to greet him.
He cupped his fists and said, "Welcome to you, general."
Zhao Hu waved his riding whip and asked: "How is the situation with the food army?
I heard that Ziad sent a small number of people to get water and ran away."
Han Zhang said: "More than a hundred people ran away.
There are still two thousand people under Ziad.
Based on the number of water bags on the horses of the Food Army that we intercepted, we estimate that the water they took away can only be drunk for one day.
Even if they continue again, You can only drink for two days at most, and it takes at least four days to go to the nearest oasis to the west from here."
Zhao Hu nodded: "I have asked the big eagle to keep an eye on them.
They can't run away.
Send an order to the soldiers to have a good rest tonight, eat and drink enough, and bring enough food, grass and water to continue the pursuit tomorrow morning.
Don't kill them all."
I vow not to give up.”
"As you command, General" That night, the Western Qin army had a good night's rest.
Early the next morning, I replenished enough drinking water and dry food, and after eating and drinking enough, I set off to pursue the pursuit again.
Ziad and his food army were being chased and could not calm down.
They always felt that the Western Qin army might catch up at any time.
They were not able to sleep, eat or even go to the toilet.
They were on tenterhooks along the way and could not relax for a moment.
Their nerves were always on edge.
In a state of high tension.
Hram led the people to replenish some drinking water from the lake and soon met up with Ziad, and then continued to move west.
It was still four days away from the nearest oasis to replenish drinking water, and they only got two days of water.
Thousands of people drank for two days, which meant there were still two days without water.
However, Ziad could no longer control that much and could only leave it to the Western Qin Army to pursue them.
One day later, Ziad and his food army ran out of food, and there was only one day's worth of drinking water left.
This situation weighed on his heart like a heavy boulder.
That evening, the soldiers were too tired and the horses were too tired to move no matter how hard they were beaten.
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Ziad had no choice but to order the entire army to camp on the spot.
No camp was set up, so everyone could only sit on the ground or use the ground as a bed and the sky as a quilt.
In the process of escaping from the pursuit of the Western Qin army, they lost everything they could, including their tents.
Now they have nothing except war horses, weapons, water bags and dried dry food bags.
Hram came over and saluted Ziad and said, "Sir, we have no food.
If we don't let everyone eat tonight, we won't be able to travel tomorrow."
Wherever there was food, the food bag was already empty.
Ziad poured the last handful of wheat flour into his own food bag and ate it.
After hearing Hram's report, he stood up and looked around.
His eyes fell on the group of war horses and sighed: "If it doesn't work, just kill the horses."
During the battle, the food for the war horses was usually beans and other refined ingredients added with salt and wine.
Such food was nutritious and delicious.
The war horses liked to eat it, and it was easy to carry and did not take up space.
In normal times, war horses are usually fed only ordinary fodder.
Forage is cheap, but refined fodder is expensive.
In this era, beans are one of the main foods.
No one can eat them, but they have to be supplied to war horses.
In the process of escaping, Ziad and his soldiers had eaten up all the food for the war horses.
The horses had no food, the people had no food, and there was only enough water for one day.
If there is no food, the war horses will soon starve to death one after another.
Ziad did not say a word in his heart.
The war horses will starve to death sooner or later.
It is better to kill them for meat and let people live for two more days.
There was really no other way.
Heram could only nod silently after listening to Ziad's words, turned around and left, arranging his soldiers to kill horses, drink blood and eat meat.
After killing a group of war horses, the soldiers of the Food Army drank the horse blood in large gulps.
Horse blood made people feel hotter after drinking it.
However, it is nutritious and can replenish physical strength.
Horse blood cannot be saved and will be wasted if it is not finished. .
Everyone was given a piece of horse meat.
There was no firewood in the desert, so they could only eat it raw.
There was nothing special about this situation.
It was good to fill their stomachs.
A black shadow appeared in the sky.
Ziyad and Hram noticed it.
Hram said: "Sir, this eagle has always appeared above us in the past few days.
I suspect that it was sent by the Western Qin people to track us."
Ziad frowned and said: "It is not particularly unusual to use an eagle to convey information, but I have never seen an eagle used to detect the enemy.
After all, the eagle is a beast and cannot communicate with people.
If the role of this eagle can really be used, In order to detect the enemy's situation, we will have trouble again.
As long as it appears, the Western Qin Army will definitely not be far from here."
Horam took off his bow and arrow and said, "I'll shoot it down."
Ziad shook his head: "It flew too high.
I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to shoot it.
I had to find a way to lure it down and then shoot it and prepare some horse meat."
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A soldier quickly fetched a piece of horse meat.
Ziad asked him to place the horse meat in the open space outside the army's resting place, and asked Hram to squat on the ground with a bow and arrow.
The horse meat used as bait was within the range of Hram's bow and arrow.
Within, as long as the big eagle flies down from the sky, it is very likely to be shot.
But soon Ziad and Hram were disappointed.
The big eagle in the sky was not tempted.
It circled in the sky for a few times and then flew away.
The intelligence of this giant eagle stunned both Ziad and Hram.
Ziad came back to his senses and immediately shouted: "Our whereabouts have been exposed, let everyone get on their horses and get out of here."
After a period of panic, Ziyad and Heram left in a hurry with the soldiers and generals of the Food Army.
After nightfall, many of the horses lost their strength due to hunger, and the soldiers of the Food Army retreated and became separated one after another.
It was late at night. , when Ziad ordered to stop and rest again, he counted the number of people and found that more than 300 people had lost contact with the brigade, and he had less than 1,500 people left.
In the next two days, Zhao Hu led the Western Qin Army in hot pursuit, always putting strong pressure on Ziad and the Food Army, preventing them from relaxing and having a good rest, and unable to find water and food.
In these two days, Ziyad's men and horses fell behind and died of thirst.
The number reached 1,100.
He only had 400 men left.
All the horses also starved to death in these two days.
They could only carry part of the horse meat and rely on their legs.
The feet are in a hurry, and horse meat will not last long in the hot desert and will soon become smelly.
However, due to the smaller target, it became much more difficult for the Western Qin Army's sentry to track, and the pursuit speed also became slower.
Sometimes it took a long time to track Ziad and his men.
Han Zhang said to Zhao Hu: "General, there are only a few hundred soldiers and horses left in Ziad's army now, and there are no horses anymore.
It is actually very easy for us to catch up with them.
Why should we waste time, general?"
Zhao Hu said: "First of all, cats and mice usually play with the mouse until it is exhausted before eating it, without giving the mouse a chance to bite back; secondly, we are also going to Behdashir Castle, and when we get there, there are still In the battle with the Caliph's troops, it's better to save more strength now.
However, Ziad and his men's targets have become smaller.
They can hide under any sand dune.
Our scouts had to search for a long time, which was really troublesome.
Well, their destination should be the next oasis, where they can replenish food and water.
We will divide it into two parts.
I will take some people to go there first.
An oasis is waiting for them.
You lead the remaining troops and chase after them, but you must be careful.
Ziad is still very cunning, don't be fooled by him."
"General, don't worry, I know what to do."
"Well, let's say goodbye and see you at the next oasis."
Zhao Hu left first with a thousand people, and Han Zhang led the remaining three thousand people to continue to pursue Ziyad and the Dashi Army.
In order to prevent themselves from dying of thirst, Ziad and the remaining hundreds of food soldiers had to drink their own urine every day.
However, under the sun's exposure, the sweat evaporated from time to time, and the human body was seriously dehydrated.
More and more people collapsed.
On the way back to Behdashir Castle.
Shupa, this is the name of the nearest oasis, where a small desert tribe lives.
This tribe only has a few hundred people.
The people here are also called Shupa people.
After another two days of arduous trekking, Ziad and his men finally saw the sound of this oasis, but only thirteen of them were left, and all the others were buried in the desert.
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Out of a total of 20,000 people, only thirteen came back.
Ziad looked at the Shupa Oasis in the distance, and then at the twelve people behind him, and suddenly knelt on the ground.
He wanted to cry but had no energy or tears.
With the support of two soldiers, everyone walked towards Shupa Oasis together.
This short distance was too long and difficult.
When they reached the edge of Shupa Oasis, Ziad's eyes were a little blurry and his vision was seriously blurred.
I couldn't see anything clearly, and within my blurry vision, a group of people walked out of Shupa Oasis.
"I can't see clearly.
Are they residents of Shupa Oasis?"
Ziad asked Hram beside him.
Heram's face was ashen and he sighed: "General, it's not the Western Qin Army.
They have arrived long ago and are waiting for us here."
Ziad was silent for a long time and said to Hram: "You surrender."
"Where are you, sir?"
Ziad said: "This is my destination."
After that, he drew his scimitar and walked forward step by step.
"Let's go together."
Helam led everyone to follow him.
They all drew their sabers and raised their heads to face the Western Qin army.
Zhao Hu squinted his eyes and looked at Ziyad and others coming towards him, and raised his hands.
The cavalry of the Western Qin Army behind him raised their bows and arrows and pointed them at them.
After a hail of arrows, Ziad and everyone else were shot into hedgehogs
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