C693 Long Line Fishing 3
C693 Long Line Fishing 3
About five miles behind them, Saltus, who was lying in ambush in the grass, held his breath. He stared at the movement on the pipe. Although the army of the Great Wei had suffered a lot under the hands of the Barbarian Soldier, Saltus knew it very well. This kind of situation would not last long.
He couldn't help but recall what the black-clothed man who suddenly appeared in the Barbarian Clan's capital said to Barbarian King not long ago when he was still in the Barbarian Clan's capital. That man claimed to be from a mysterious organization and would soon attack the capital of Great Wei. That was why he had specifically asked Barbarian King to be willing to attack the capital while they were still outside Profound Gate Pass. At the same time, he would keep in sync with them and attack the Profound Gate Pass at the same time. They would work together to take down the Profound Gate Pass in one fell swoop. After the man in black showed his unparalleled strength, Barbarian King finally agreed to the man's request.
It was also because of this that Saltus chose to give up the horse milk wine in this cold winter. He chose to come to the Great Wei's territory to attack the Great Wei. The matter progressed very smoothly, because there was an insider. The Profound Gate Pass was quickly taken down by the soldiers of the Barbarian Clan. Then, the army of the Barbarian Clan had taken down ten cities in a row. They had advanced seven hundred miles from the Profound Gate Pass in a single breath. Only when they reached the Falling Blade Cliff did they encounter some resistance.
However, if the Great Wei was willing to use this as a boundary to not interfere with each other, it would be fine. However, judging from the resistance that came from the Falling Blade Cliff, things didn't seem to be so simple. The opponent's resistance had already exceeded Saltus's imagination, but the situation had already developed to this extent. Saltus could only brace himself and continue to fight.
However, there was another important thing besides this, because the Barbarian Clan was not a country that was famous for its agriculture industry. So even with the entire country's strength, they did not manage to gather much food. Although Barbarian Clan had once suffered a huge loss at Yang Xuan's hands, they had invested thirty thousand men to protect the food. But even so, a new crisis had quietly arrived.
Profound Gate Pass, along with the twenty thousand giant army, had a total of three hundred thousand men. But because the land of the Wei Kingdom was fertile, with the amount of grain stored in the national treasury, it was easy to supply the grain of the 300 thousand troops. Even if they cut off the grain of the defending army, however, once they recovered, the fighting strength of the defending army would recover in a short period of time. At that time, with the support of the natural barrier behind them, as well as the endless reinforcements from the Great Wei, it was only a matter of time before the Barbarian Army was defeated. But on the other hand, looking at the army of the Barbarian Clan, because of the special environment in the country, although the grain could still be sent over in an endless stream, Barbarian King had already written to Saltus every day. He asked about the resources he had plundered after conquering cities and cities, and this made Saltus suffer a lot, but he couldn't say it out loud.
Indeed, along the way from Profound Gate Pass, Saltus had indeed plundered a lot of money from many country bumpkins. However, he could not turn the money into ready-made food, so the money would be a pile of scrap metal in his hands. Because he was in a hurry to go down south, Saltus did not have time to completely occupy the land that he had taken down. He could only take a rough look at every place he went and quickly catch up to the border guards.
However, there was no food in Barbarian Clan that could be used to support the frontlines. Fresh cow and goat milk and meat would break during the transport. Although the temperature in Barbarian Clan was very low at the moment, the further south they went, the higher the temperature would become. Apart from the food that was not considered, the only food that could be sent to the front line in Barbarian Clan was barley and barley.
Further north was a relatively large country in the Barbarian Clan. The rest were small nomadic tribes. They were all brothers in trouble. Obviously, it was impossible for them to provide food for the Barbarian Clan. As for the merchants in Wei Kingdom, they were uncertain about the overall situation. It was impossible for them to sell the food in their hands to Saltus.
Because of this, Saltus had to make the defending troops lose their ability to fight in the shortest time possible. Only after he occupied a relatively large city could he stabilize the situation and slowly negotiate with Great Wei. He also started to prepare for the food. Now that the plan of the spectral cultivators in the capital had been declared a failure, although there was still no concrete news, Saltus could roughly guess that something was wrong.
On the other side of Falling Blade Cliff, the 400 thousand soldiers of Barbarian Clan had to consume an astronomical amount of food every day.
Saltus let out a long sigh. They were born in the bitter cold in the north. Their resources were not rich, so they had to go south. However, if they fought a war of attrition with Great Wei, they did not have the resources to drag it out with Great Wei.
One had to know that the border guards of Profound Gate Pass had been stationed here for more than 20 years. However, even during the year of drought, they had never heard that the Great Wei would not be able to provide food for the Profound Gate Pass. On the contrary, the troops of Barbarian Clan had to retreat for a period of time due to the lack of food.
Many things flashed across Saltus's mind. It made Saltus feel a little desolate. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves could be heard from afar. Saltus hurriedly interrupted his thoughts. He was ready to start his final gamble.
The sound of horse hooves knocking on the ground could be heard from afar, as well as the creaking sound of the wheels of the carriage rolling on the ground. Saltus looked in the direction of the sound and indeed saw a row of ten carriages coming towards him. Saltus did not know exactly how many troops were behind the carriage. Looking at the number of goods carried on the carriages, each carriage was carrying food. This amount of grain was enough for a hundred people to eat for two days. If he remembered correctly, the person who sent him the message told him that... The border guards of Profound Gate Pass would send a thousand people to transport food, including two people in each carriage. This was the rations of 100,000 people per day, which was not a small number. If they could intercept this batch of food, they might be able to help Barbarian Clan delay for another day. And thus, they would be able to drag the defending troops of Profound Gate Pass to death.
One day was more than enough time to do a lot of things.
Thinking of this, Saltus made a gesture to his subordinates behind him. His subordinates also clenched their weapons tightly.
Everyone held their breaths. They saw that these people were about to enter their huge encirclement of twenty thousand people. Even though they were enduring the bone-piercing cold, they did not move.