Sima Yi sighed, his eyes full of grief and anger, and shouted to the sky: "God, what do you want me to do to return their lives..."

Originally, Sima Yi led more than 3,000 people, but in order to get rid of the pursuit of the Xianbei people and resist the attacks of the Xianbei people and completely protect these baggage trucks, Sima Yi saw that almost 2,000 people left him. Therefore, he was sad and angry and did not want to see anyone leaving him again.

Another person left, and Sima Yi had no time to bury him, so he left his body and continued on the road, heading towards a hill about ten miles away, where he might be able to avoid some harassment from the Xianbei people. Time did not allow him to stay at all, and he was moving forward while boosting morale.

The distance of ten miles was enough to Sima Yi, because his subordinates were already very tired and the horses were much tired. Now all that was left was the people who were hiking forward, and people were pulling the front and pushing the back, taking away the more than a hundred heavy baggage trucks.

Finally, Sima Yi himself joined in, letting his war horse pull in the front, and he pushed the baggage cart forward.

About an hour later, Sima Yi and others finally arrived in a small valley that the scout had discovered. The terrain was low and there was a pool for soldiers to drink. In addition, Sima Yi and others could rest, and then set up tricks for suspicious soldiers around to prevent the Xianbei people from chasing them.

The small valley was not big, and many torches were lit around. The baggage trucks surrounded it and gathered more than a thousand soldiers inside, blocking the import of the small valley, and increasing the difficulty of getting in. In this very tired state, many soldiers still insisted on standing guard to prevent accidents.

"Military advisor, everything is arranged. Will the Xianbei people follow you?" A captain walked to Sima Yi and said.

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "The Xianbei people are cunning and changeable. Who knows if they will follow you..."

When saying this, Sima Yi couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If Taishi Ci was unwilling to act alone and could listen to his plan, let alone the Xianbei people had an army of 300,000, even if it was an army of 800,000, he could destroy it with 100,000.

"When I walk out of this Gobi Desert, I must study Taishi Ci hard!" Sima Yi said in his heart.

At this moment, a fast horse rushed from behind. The horseman immediately turned over and jumped off the horse, knelt on the ground and bowed to Sima Yi and said, "Your military advisor, there were about 5,000 cavalrymen in the Xianbei people behind..."

Sima Yi immediately shouted: "Hurry up, gather the team and the whole army is on guard!"

With the order of Sima Yi, more than a thousand remaining troops under his subordinates quickly prepared the defense system. Although they were trapped, they would not be able to fall into the slaughter of others. More than a thousand people were holding crossbows and quietly hid behind the bunkers surrounded by baggage trucks. Everyone's eyes were wide open, waiting for the arrival of the Xianbei people. "Extinguish the fire!" Sima Yi immediately let someone extinguish the fire here. In this way, no one could see anyone in the dark night, except for the moonlight, there were no other visible light.

Widths of smoke rose and gradually rose into the sky under the cold moonlight. The Gobi Desert, the lonely smoke, and the remaining army formed an invisible picture here, exuding a desolate feeling.

Before the people arrived, the sound came first, and the sound of horse hooves came overwhelmingly. Sima Yi and everyone's soldiers raised their hearts to their throats, and it was difficult to tell the night. It was because they didn't know how many people came from the other party, but their intuition told them that there were definitely no less than five thousand cavalrymen who came this time.

Sima Yi's heart kept beating. He thought he would achieve excellent results this time, but Taishi Ci insisted on his own and did not listen to his strategy of step by step, so that the vanguard troops went deeper, which directly led to heavy losses in the supplies camp that escorted the food and grass, and the Xianbei people divided him and Taishi Ci into two parts.

For the first time, he felt unprecedented pressure. Whether to live or die this time is still unknown. If he cannot escape from here, his young life will completely end here.

"Haha..." Sima Yi thought about it and felt that he was too ridiculous, and he laughed out loud inadvertently.

He was young and talented, and later was valued by the current emperor and became the first disciple of the emperor in the history of China. He saw many heroes, famous officials, and famous generals. He never took many famous enemies seriously and came over with great storms. However, today, he did not expect to be forced to such a situation by a nomadic Xianbei person who made a living. It was really a kind of inexplicable sorrow.

"Military advisor, the enemy is getting closer and closer, as if there are everywhere. Can we defend it?" The commander was already timid in his heart, let alone other soldiers, his legs were trembling and he couldn't help laughing, so he asked directly.

Sima Yi glanced at the commander and saw that the commander's face had a look of fear. The other soldiers were even more serious than the commander. He hurriedly encouraged: "Don't be afraid, everyone is bluffing, probably so, think about it carefully, we were surrounded by the Xianbei people a few days ago, and the Xianbei people are so iron walls. Didn't I lead you out? The Xianbei people kept chasing us all the way, and didn't I make them dizzy? You should believe me and believe in yourself. As long as you want to go home, you will definitely be able to go home. The brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road. Believe me, I will definitely bring you back to China and reunite with your family!"

After hearing Sima Yi's words, the soldiers felt as if they had a reassurance. They remembered Lin Lin's all kinds of retreating along the way and cheered up again.

However, for Sima Yi, his words were just self-deception. If the Xianbei people had indeed 5,000 cavalry chased them, they would probably be completely wiped out in less than half an hour. Unfortunately, most of the expeditions were taken away by the Xianbei people, and a few were used up in the retreat. At this moment, Sima Yi felt an inexplicable sense of fear in his heart, and the fear of death was the first and unique one.

The sound of horse hooves gradually approached, and as they got closer, the ground trembled. Sima Yi and others were extremely nervous. They opened their eyes wide and looked ahead. They saw a large number of cavalry coming in front of them in the cold moonlight. Before the cavalry could come, the tense nerves of the crowd suddenly relaxed and began to howl. The crossbows in their hands also shot arrows, and no one noticed that the cavalry were still far beyond their range.

The arrows were like rain, but because the range of the crossbow was short, the arrows did not play any role.

Seeing this, Sima Yi hurriedly stopped him and said, "Calm down and wait until the enemy approaches before shooting! From now on, you can't waste any arrows."

The sound of horse hooves rumbled, and the trembling on the ground became more and more intense. Sima Yi and others held their breath. But their hearts were filled with fear because they knew that they would soon be ruthlessly trampled by this cavalry.

Suddenly, a large number of cavalry stopped outside the range of the Chinese army. From a distance, there were a large number of black figures, unable to see their faces or any clothing.

At this time, the leader saw a man holding a square painting halberd and slowly rode out, walking forward a few steps alone. He opened his mouth and shouted loudly: "Who is in front of me? Sign up!"

"Chinese dialect?" Sima Yi was stunned when he heard this shout, because the Chinese dialect was mixed with the accent of Qin and Liang.

So he hurriedly called out and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am Wang Linlin, the general of China. Who is the answering ahead?" The knight who immediately held the Fang Tian Hua Ji shouted loudly.

"It's the prince..." After hearing this, Sima Yi was extremely excited and hurriedly shouted: "Prince, I am the inspector's Grand Marshal, Sima Yi, the military advisor of the First Army of the Northwest Field Army..."

After hearing Sima Yi's answer, Lin Lin rode his horse forward, and the war horse under his seat ran like the wind. After a while, he rushed to Sima Yi and others. Standing in front of the bunker surrounded by the baggage trucks. The cold moonlight shone on Lin Lin's face, and a cold face was revealed. There was a breathtaking chill in his deep eyes. He looked around the people in front, put Fang Tian's painting halberd on his chest, and asked, "Which is Sima Yi?"

Sima Yi hurriedly climbed out from behind the cover, knelt in front of Lin Lin, and said aloud: "Sima Yi bowed to the General King!"

"Keep the General King!" More than a thousand remaining troops behind Sima Yi shouted in unison, kneeling on the ground in unison. The nervous mentality he had before was swept away, but now he was extremely happy.

Lin Lin said: "Everyone is up. Lord Sima, shouldn't you be with General Tiger Wing? How could you be in this wilderness?"

"Oh, it's hard to describe..." Sima Yi sighed heavily.

Afterwards, Sima Yi told Lin Lin everything about his life. After hearing this, Lin Lin was expressionless and said nothing.

After a long time, Lin Lin said to Sima Yi: "Master Sima, please bring your remaining troops back to Yunzhong Mansion. The matter here will be left to me. Although I only brought five thousand light cavalry as the front, there were more than 100,000 troops led by Zhang Fei, the general of the Western Expedition, coming one after another, and we will definitely be able to pacify the Xianbei."

Sima Yi said: "Prince, I am escorting all food and grass. The more than 60,000 general's army of Tiger Wings has no food and grass. Although this place is a drop in the bucket, it can be eaten by the army for a few days. Why not let me follow the prince to make meritorious service?"

Lin Lin thought for a while and said, "Okay, you lead them to follow me, and I will send another thousand cavalry to protect you. Let's rest here for the time being. Tomorrow morning, I will lead the cavalry to support the Tiger Wing General."

After saying that, Lin Lin and Sima Yi joined forces and rested there that night, without any trouble.

It turned out that the scout saw a cavalry coming from afar, and without knowing who it was, he came back to report, which made Sima Yi nervous.

The reason why Lin Lin was able to arrive here so quickly was because the cavalry he led was riding Dayuan horses brought from Dayuan Kingdom. His seat was a thousand-mile horse, and his subordinates could travel 800 a day. He chose 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard. He rushed from Dayuan day and night, and rushed for more than 1,500 miles before he arrived here.

However, Lin Lin's troops are now in a state of exhaustion. If they don't get rest, they are afraid that they will be exhausted to death.

The next day, Lin Lin led the 4,000 cavalrymen from his troops to leave first, and asked where Taishi Ci was located, and left in a mighty way. Sima Yi followed behind with food and supplies, commanding properly along the way, which also restored everyone's confidence and morale.

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“Woo woo woo woo…”

As soon as the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone into the valley, the sound of the trumpet of the Xianbei attack was blew. After a night of rest, all the Xianbei people recovered their strength and moved some corpses in the dark at night. They made a way and started attacking.

"Shoot the arrow! Never let the enemy get half a step closer!" Tai Shixiang was on the front line. While pulling the bow and shooting arrows, he shouted loudly, directing the eight hundred crossbowmen and two thousand archers around him to attack these Xianbei people head-on.

The dense Xianbei people flocked to them like ants. They all abandoned their horses and began to climb the rocks. While moving forward, they shot with bows and arrows, and shot against Tai Shixiang and others.

"Major General. Here you are dangerous. You retreat to the back and leave it to the last general!" Hou Cheng saw that Tai Shixiang was standing on the front line, and the crossbowmen beside Tai Shixiang were shot through their throats, all of which fell into a pool of blood. Although someone filled the vacant space behind, he was still worried about Tai Shixiang, so he shouted out loud.

"There are no cowards on the battlefield. They are warriors of China, and so are I. Men are determined to be in all directions. Since they are in the army, they should put life and death aside. You go away. Here I am here to defend. Please go back and tell your father that I don't need special care." Tai Shixiang shouted at Hou Cheng while shooting arrows.

Hou Chengdao: "Major General..."

"Please don't say too much. If the general stays, fight with me. If he doesn't stay, please leave. Don't hinder me from commanding the soldiers to fight!" Tai Shixiang said fearlessly.

Hou Cheng immediately pulled his bow and arrow and shouted loudly: "The Major General is like this, my Hou Cheng is the last general in the army. How can he fall behind?"

Taishi Xiang smiled and said, "Okay, let us fight side by side and attack those Xianbei people!"

The generals were like this, and the soldiers were even more motivated. They pulled their bows and arrows and shot at the Xianbei people in a mess. The crossbowmen shot the nearby enemies, while the archers shot the distant enemies, condescendingly, and possessed the advantage of the territory, repelling the Xianbei people several times.

One hour later, the five consecutive attacks of the Xianbei people were blocked by the Chinese army, and the Chinese army also suffered a lot of losses. Almost half of the three thousand people died, and they were all shot to death by the Xianbei people with bows and arrows. The casualties of the Xianbei people were three times that of the Chinese army. Under the mountain road, there were dead bodies, blood flowing into a river, and a large number of arrows were scattered all over the ground, extremely messy.

At noon, both armies were a little tired. The Xianbei people stopped attacking, and the Chinese army was able to take a breath, but neither army dared to slack off at all. All the soldiers of the Xianbei people stayed on the front line to rest on time, and had to eat in time. The soldiers behind them came here to take a few bites and just fill their stomachs, which was better than anything else.

In comparison, the Chinese army seemed a little miserable. They had been trapped in a barren mountain for two days. They had eaten everything such as wild fruits and wild vegetables, and even the water source was missing. The spring water that had only a little gurgling was not emitted. The Chinese army was hungry and thirsty.

In the Central Army camp, the pain on Taishici's arm still occupied the senses of his body. His mouth was so dry that it was about to bleed. Smoke came out of his eyes, and everything was steaming.

The sun is shining brightly. Although it is only May, the temperature in this Gobi Desert is very abnormal. During the day, the surface temperature is far higher than normal temperature. Moreover, Taishici occupies barren mountains, and there are only some vegetation that is exposed to the sun, and no one can stand it.

Taishi Ci took off his armor, which could be fried poached eggs on the armor. After taking off his armor, his clothes were already on his chest and his back. The clothes on his body were twisted onto his firm body as if they were soaked in water. He licked his cracked lips, squinted his eyes and glanced around him and the soldiers he could see. Everyone had lost their former spirit and now seemed so depressed.

"Where is the chief clerk?" Taishi Ci asked, squirming his lips.

"General, the lower magistrate is here, what are the instructions?" the chief clerk of the marching walked to Taishici and asked.

Taishici said: "Is there anything else to eat and drink on the mountain?"

The chief clerk hesitated for a while, thought for a while, and finally answered truthfully, saying, "Report to the General, the food and water are gone..."

"Oh! All the mistakes are all my own faults. I, Taishi Ci, have been fighting for half my life, and I never took it seriously for many heroes to kill many heroes. I didn't expect that today I fell into the hands of the Xianbei people. It's shame, shame!" Taishi Ci said with regret and beat his chest and stamping his feet.

Song Xian was standing sideways and hurriedly comforted him: "General, victory or defeat is common among military strategists. What's more, the Xianbei people have a force of up to 300,000, and our army is only 100,000. Not to mention that our army is expeditioning, and food, supplies and other supplies cannot be supplied. So... General, you want to be more open. The emperor once said that heroes should not be judged by success or failure..."

Taishici interrupted Song Xian and said, "Okay. You don't need to comfort me anymore. I, Taishici, are indeed not a hero. Song Xian, please continue to send orders, all the soldiers are on standby. I am the one who the Xianbei people want to capture. As long as I let them slaughter, they will definitely not make things difficult for you..."

"General! Never be sure. The Xianbei people are barbarians and will not tell us anything. Besides, the Xianbei Da Shanyu is cruel and ruthless. Once the general is surrendered, our more than 60,000 soldiers will definitely die without a place to die. General, you are the humerus of the entire army and the commander of the entire army. As long as we can break out of the siege, we will have hope of returning to China. As the saying goes, you will not worry about the lack of firewood. The emperor often says this, hope the general will think twice!" Song Xian knelt on the ground without waiting for Taishi Ci to finish speaking, directly hugged Taishi Ci's thigh, and then kept winking at the generals around him.

Everyone around him knelt down at the same time, and then shouted in unison: "General, please think twice before you can!"

"Father. General Song made sense. As long as we can fight out, we will definitely be able to return to China. When we make a comeback, we will definitely give the Xianbei people a strong warning. My father. The whole army is based on my father. As long as my father's flag does not fall, the soldiers will not leave easily. Now my father cannot put on his horse. The child is willing to lead the three armies to break out of the siege on behalf of his father." Tai Shixiang and Hou Cheng came from the bottom of the mountain. They were originally going to report the previous battle situation, but after hearing Song Xian's words, Tai Shixiang immediately interrupted.

After hearing this, Hou Cheng looked at Tai Shixiang. Although he was young, his figure and appearance were very similar to Tai Shici. He immediately had an idea and followed Tai Shixiang's thoughts: "General, the major general is reasonable. If the major general can put on the general's armor and take the general's weapons, he will inevitably be fake and real. When the general sees that the general can still fight across horses, he will definitely fight hard to protect the general from leaving here."

"My father, I'm willing to do this. Come on, get the general's armor and weapons to me!" After hearing this, Tai Shixiang immediately took the lead, stood up, and ordered Tai Shici's troops.

Taishi Ci was very loving and could not let his son go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. He immediately said, "How can anyone replace this kind of thing? Although I am injured, my courage is still there. Once a person dies, I will die. I will give me a gift..."

Before Taishixiang could finish Taishici's speech, she quickly moved to Taishici's side, stretched her hands back, and snatched Taishici's armor from the soldier's hand, shouting: "I'll put on my own armor for my father!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tai Shixiang turned around, his eyes showed fierce light. He immediately knocked Tai Shici unconscious with a palm, then held Tai Shici's armor high and shouted loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, gather the team, and prepare to go down the mountain to break through!"

Song Xian, Hou Cheng and others were stunned for a moment. Seeing that Tai Shixiang had already started wearing Tai Shi Ci's armor, at first glance, it was clearly the young version of Tai Shi Ci, and his heroic appearance was immediately revealed.

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you go to the team to prepare for attack?" Tai Shixiang shouted loudly.

"Yes, General!" Song Xian and Hou Cheng said in unison.

Tai Shixiang said: "Get the wind and fire hook and heavenly halberd, and I am waiting for you at the foot of the mountain."

So, the chief clerk of the marching led people to settle Taishi Ci who fainted, while Taishi Xiang led Song Xian, Hou Cheng and other generals to organize a suicide squad, with about 3,000 people, all equipped with the best weapons, bows and crossbows, and the right Taishi Xiang led by Song Xian and Hou Cheng.

Tai Shixiang came to the front line and looked out to see the Xianbei people having lunch, and teams of patrol soldiers were also coming and going. Needless to say, they knew that the guards were tightly guarded inside.

"The Xianbei people are eating. Although there are guards on the periphery, those people are transferred from the rear army to serve as police force. Their combat effectiveness should be very average. We will give a heavy blow while they are having a meal. Three thousand suicide squads will rush first, and the people behind will follow closely. Be sure to break through this place in one breath and break out of the siege!" Taishi Xiang said.
To be continued...