They traveled through the night and only caught up with Li Qianqiu and the others the next night.
Ren Baqian got off the fork-horned cow, laid his head on the ground, and didn't move at all.
"How many more days before they can leave Dayao?" Ren Baqian asked.
"Based on the current speed, about five days," Li Qianqiu replied.
"If we harass them every night and don't let them sleep, how many days can they last?" Ren Baqian suddenly asked. He felt extremely tired, but at least he could sleep on the back of the fork-horned cow. If they were Great Xia soldiers who couldn't sleep at night and had to march during the day, they would probably collapse in a few days.
"Three days at most. However, the commander of Great Xia will soon notice and formulate countermeasures, "Li Qianqiu said.
"So what if they notice? If they let some of them rest, we will feign an attack. I don't believe that those who rest can continue to sleep. If they really ignore us, we will attack and see what they can do. "Ren Baqian struggled to keep his eyes open. In any case, the aboriginals marched much faster than the Great Xia soldiers. The aboriginals could rest for half a day before giving chase, but they couldn't possibly rest for half a day before setting up camp.
If they dared to stop for a day, the reinforcements from the Protectorate of the South would be only a day away.
Even if they marched normally every day, they would be able to catch up in three days at most.
The Great Xia soldiers were tired these few days, and they would probably collapse at that time.
"We can try!" Li Qianqiu nodded.
Although it was different from his usual way of using troops, it didn't sound bad.
Li Qianqiu and the others left with 200 grenades and didn't return until dawn.
Just as Ren Baqian had discussed before, they didn't directly attack but harassed the aboriginals from outside the camp so that they couldn't relax for even a moment.
However, Great Xia's encampment today was a little different from before. The two opposing armies were grouped together when setting up camp.
It seemed like the number of soldiers in each army was too small and didn't dare to set up camp separately.
After one night, the Great Xia soldiers were tired and were about to set up camp again.
When the aboriginals started to rest, Ren Baqian, who had slept for a night, was actually full of energy. He strolled around the camp before running to one side and continuing to stare blankly.
At noon, when everyone got up to light a fire to cook, Ren Baqian went to Li Qianqiu and greeted, "Sir Li!"
"Sir Ren, what's the matter?" Li Qianqiu asked.
"Do you know of anything that can affect a person's thinking and make them come up with ideas that they wouldn't normally have?" Ren Baqian asked.
"A lot!" Li Qianqiu exclaimed.
"A lot? Lord Li, tell me about it! " Ren Baqian immediately perked up. He had been pondering over this matter for a few days, but he still couldn't figure it out.
"This old man knows of a type of mushroom. After eating it, one will hallucinate and see that others are shorter than him, as if he has become a giant. Furthermore, his ego was extremely inflated. He even dared to provoke people or beasts that he normally didn't dare to provoke. "Li Qianqiu reminisced about the time when he accidentally ate the mushroom and caused a commotion.
As a result, he was bedridden for half a month.
What a deep memory!
When Ren Baqian saw his expression, he immediately felt that there was a story behind Sir Li!
However, this was not the kind of thing he wanted to know.
"It's not like this …" Ren Baqian thought for a while and told her about what he had encountered previously. It was as if someone had instilled an idea into his mind.
"Oh, did someone plot against you, Lord Ren?" Li Qianqiu asked.
"Why do you say so?" Ren Baqian asked.
"As far as I know, there is a slut called Xia Wanniang in Great Xia. Her Heaven-grade weapon can provoke the seven emotions and six desires of people and slightly influence the thoughts of others. However, this is only hearsay, and I don't know the details," Li Qianqiu said in a deep voice.
Ren Baqian remained silent after hearing this. He knew that this was impossible. The people of Great Xia couldn't possibly go to Earth to plot against him, right?
Forget it. Perhaps he had been stained with too much murderous intent on the battlefield these days and was momentarily possessed.
He would know when he returned to Earth and met that girl called Qi Jiayu.
At the thought of this, Ren Baqian put this matter aside for now.
That evening, they arrived near the Great Xia encampment. Before the sky turned dark, Ren Baqian fired a few cannons from two kilometers away.
Then, the winged cavalry rushed to about 300 meters away from the Great Xia encampment. Seeing that it was a boiling cauldron of people and that everyone had been mobilized, the winged cavalry turned around and left.
After a while, when they had just relaxed, the winged cavalry continued to harass them.
Since they wanted to harass them and drag them out, they couldn't let them rest at all.
They didn't sleep much last night and had to march for an entire day. At this moment, the Great Xia soldiers couldn't take it anymore. When the winged cavalry rushed over, everyone was nervous and could still stay awake. However, not long after the winged cavalry left, many people dozed off while standing.
In the Great Xia encampment, a few generals came forward to report, "General, I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to take it if this goes on."
A middle-aged general stroked his beard and said in a deep voice, "These barbarians actually know how to play tricks? They want to use the tactic of exhausting the soldiers and not let us rest. Pass down the order to let one-third of the soldiers go back and rest. No matter what happens, they are not to come out and replace the others after four hours. "
The movements in the Great Xia encampment couldn't be hidden. Very soon, Li Qianqiu and Ren Baqian found out that two-thirds of the soldiers in the Great Xia encampment were on guard while one-third of the soldiers went back to rest.
"Do we still continue?" Li Qianqiu asked.
"Continue!" Ren Baqian answered without hesitation. As long as they maintained a certain intensity to oppress the other party, he didn't believe that they could rest well.
If the harassment didn't work, they would feint. If the feint didn't work, they would attack for real. In any case, they had to drag them down.
For the rest of the night, battle cries could be heard from time to time in the Great Xia encampment, accompanied by explosions.
Sometimes, the winged cavalry would be more than 300 meters away from the other party's firing range before turning around and leaving.
After one night, all the Great Xia soldiers were so tired that they wanted to lie down on the spot.
Even though they knew that the winged cavalry were feinting, no one dared to be careless. Every time the winged cavalry attacked, they had to maintain a tense state of mind.
It wasn't easy for them to rest for four hours, but they were still awakened from time to time. In this way, they didn't recover their strength at all, and they had to break camp and set off again the next morning.
For the rest of the night, the winged cavalry first feinted a round of attacks. Even though the other party was still cautious, it was inevitable that they would relax a little. Many of them were so tired that they couldn't take it anymore. They thought that they might be harassed the next time and that they should rest first to comfort themselves and gradually relax.
In the end, the feint attack turned into an actual attack. First, the mortars opened up a path and bombed the front row of the other party. The Great Xia soldiers had experienced such things countless times.
However, after that, the winged cavalry didn't turn around at more than 300 meters away. Instead, they sped up and broke through the distance of 300 meters in half a minute. They directly pounced into the crowd, and the sounds of killing resounded throughout the Great Xia encampment again.
After killing for a while, the winged cavalry took advantage of the fact that the other party hadn't completely surrounded them and quickly left.
That night, everyone in the Great Xia encampment didn't dare to relax at all. In order to prevent the aboriginals from turning their feint attack into an actual attack, they even set up two groups of 10,000 soldiers in the encampment. However, what happened next was that the winged cavalry directly rushed into one of the groups of soldiers and killed them, leaving behind a pile of corpses.
No matter how they set up the ambush, the other party seemed to be able to see it.
Even the generals of Great Xia were suspecting whether there were spies from the other party in their own army.
The sky brightened up again, and the Great Xia soldiers in the encampment finally heaved a sigh of relief.
According to the usual practice, the aboriginals wouldn't attack during the day.
However, when they thought about the upcoming march, everyone's face was full of pain. Even though Great Xia was right in front of them and they would be able to leave Dayao in two and a half days, everyone couldn't hold on any longer. Many people stood there swaying and struggling to keep their eyelids open.
The face of the Great Xia general was ashen. Even though he had already let the soldiers in the camp take turns to rest, a march of 70 to 80 kilometers during the day wasn't enough for them to rest for less than four hours at night. In just three days, many people couldn't hold on any longer.
The other party's tactic of exhausting the soldiers was extremely simple and crude. It was almost as if they were clearly telling the general, "I'm not letting you rest and I'm going to drag you to death!" The general had tried his best to make arrangements, but the result was still the same.
It was obvious that the other party attacked every night while he defended every day. The other party could hold on, but he couldn't.
Sometimes, he even envied the aboriginal generals for having such powerful soldiers. If he had an army of 1,000 Earth Wheel experts, even if the weakest soldier under him was at the Man Wheel level, this war wouldn't have ended up like this.
In terms of strategy and military strategy, the other party was like a child in his eyes. However, the other party's child-like strategy and military strategy, coupled with an army that advanced and retreated like the wind and had strong individual strength, put him in a difficult position.
The other party could win the war even with their eyes closed!
He couldn't fight them, and he couldn't trap them either. The other party could come and go as they pleased. In the past, when he fought with the Protectorate of the North, it was still better. Even though his side suffered more casualties, the other party's casualties were still relatively high compared to Dayao's military strength. However, ever since the other party had those strange weapons that could break through the battle formation, he couldn't even exchange casualties with the other party.
Not to mention, he didn't know how the other party was doing their reconnaissance. It seemed like nothing in his camp could hide from those barbarians. Now, even if he hid an ambush, no matter how well he hid it, it would be immediately discovered and devoured. This had been proven time and time again.
For a general who was originally full of lofty aspirations and led his army into the enemy's country, the current situation was extremely tragic!
After standing there for a long time, he informed the general of the other army and ordered,
"We won't set off today! Keep two-thirds of the soldiers on guard and one-third of the soldiers resting. Rotate every four hours. "
If this dragged on, the soldiers would become even more tired and the situation would worsen. Since this was the case, it was better to rest for a day and prepare for the next attack of the aboriginals.
Otherwise, they would collapse before the enemy could attack.
When the order was passed down, the barracks were filled with cheers.
However, there was no smile on his face. In fact, he knew that even though there were still two and a half days to go, not many of his soldiers could leave Great Xia's territory.
At present, there were less than 90,000 soldiers, but the other party had 1,000 winged cavalry warriors and 6,000 soldiers from the Protectorate of the Center. Even if they fought face to face, it would be difficult for him to win. Not to mention the weapons that the other party had that could disrupt the battle formation.
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