Volume 1, Chapter 32: Taking water out of thin air, shocking everyone

The next two days.

Yang Paifeng felt extremely strange. The Huns were always in an offensive posture, but they had to maintain the Wei Wuzu square formation even when sleeping.

For a time, everyone was exhausted.

However, the enemy never actually launched an attack.

Let them maintain their formation and slowly retreat back to Honghua City.

"What's going on?"

Yang Paifeng really couldn't understand it.

"The enemy must be afraid of us. After all, we lost more than 300 people, and the enemy lost more than 5,000 people. They can't bear such terrible losses."

"You know, there are five Xiongnu Khans. If the First Khan's troops are severely damaged, he will lose his title as the First Khan."

"The other four Khans won't listen to him."

The thousand-man generals still knew something about the situation of the Huns.

After all, they had been fighting with the Huns for so many years.

"Really? But I always feel something is wrong." Yang Paifeng felt vaguely uneasy.

But at this moment, Bai Qi didn't care about so many things. He was seizing every minute and every second to practice.

His internal energy had gradually begun to atomize, and he wanted to speed up this process so that he could achieve ultimate control over his internal energy.

Five days later.

The quartermaster's face changed drastically, and he rushed over and said anxiously: "General Yang, it's bad, the stream we were using for supplies has dried up!"

"Our entire army is out of water."

boom--

The news came like a bolt from the blue.

Yang Paifeng almost fell off the horse.

The water is out!

How terrible this is, only those who have actually walked on the grasslands and deserts know.

Lack of water can kill people.

If you don’t drink water for three days, you will mistake horse urine for honey water.

"It must be the Huns who are behind this. Pass on my order. Stop retreating towards Honghua City. Change direction and head upstream of the stream!"

Yang Paifeng immediately issued the order.

However, as soon as the Zhou army changed its marching direction, it was immediately attacked fiercely by the enemy.

The Wei Wuzu phalanx could not advance at all.

At this time, the first Khan of the Xiongnu had already ordered his men to shout in Chinese to the soldiers of the Great Zhou: "You are out of water!"

"You're dying of thirst."

"Surrender and you won't be killed!"

It was like the sound of a tsunami.

Yang Paifeng couldn't hide this information.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Great Zhou panicked because their water bags were empty.

Some soldiers felt burning in their throats as they hadn't had any water for a long time. When they heard the news, their mentality became shaken.

"Is this true, General Yang?"

“Are we really out of water?”

"Who chose this retreat route?"

"How come you don't even understand something as simple as staying close to a water source?"

"These idiots are going to bury us together!"

"We didn't die under the Huns' scimitars, but died of thirst. How ridiculous!"

The soldiers became extremely irritable.

Some people with a bad mentality even started cursing, causing the morale of the entire military camp to be unsettled. If this continues, the camp will soon be destroyed.

The first Khan of the Xiongnu laughed loudly. He was not in a hurry. He just wanted to guard the water source and not give water to the soldiers of the Great Zhou.

He can slowly watch these Great Zhou soldiers fall into despair and collapse. Then, he can launch a full-scale attack and wipe out all of them without any effort.

Yang Paifeng immediately ordered the entire army to rest and then convened a meeting of all military personnel.

"Everyone, what do we do now?"

"Who can find a way to get water for the army?"

Blisters appeared on Yang Paifeng's red lips due to the hassle.

The thousand-man generals, captains of thousands, and centurions around him lowered their heads one by one.

What else can we do now?

Some people even suggested digging a well and giving it a try.

Suddenly everyone looked at him as if he was a fool. Not to mention whether he had the tools to dig a well, without professional craftsmen who understood hydrology and geography, there would be no water no matter how deep he dug.

By then, it will be a waste of effort.

For a moment, everyone was at a loss.

"How about we ask Bai Qi? He might have a solution."

Someone suggested that Bai Qi was so tired from keeping watch all night that he could not open his eyes and was sleeping on his horse's back.

Yang Paifeng brought people to wake him up and immediately told him about their current predicament.

Bai Qi frowned, lack of water! This is so terrible.

I remember the most famous battle in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in my previous life, when Zhuge Liang executed Ma Su with tears in his eyes.

Ma Su, this idiot, just lost the water source.

This caused the Shu army to suffer from water shortage. Finally, the soldiers could not bear the thirst anymore and blew up the camp. Then Ma Su was captured by Cao's army.

But at this moment, Bai Qi smiled, "Isn't this simple?"

“We don’t have to look for water sources, we can still get water!”

What! ?

Yang Paifeng didn't have much hope at first, but Bai Qi's words made her stunned.

“Can I get water without having to look for a source?”

"How is this possible?"

Not to mention Yang Paifeng who didn't believe it, the other generals of a thousand men, captains of a thousand men, and captains of a hundred men all looked confused.

Everyone knows that to get water, you need to find a water source.

Whether it's a stream or a dug well, first you have to have water.

They don't produce water at all, they are just nature's porters!

Bai Qi's statement directly overturned their cognition.

But at this moment, no one accused Bai Qi of having wild ideas. They just wanted to get water that could save their lives.

"Master Bai Qi, where do you want to get it from?"

"As long as you can get water, you will be my brother from now on!"

"No, I can call you uncle."

Many generals of the thousand army would speak directly, saying that no matter who saved their subordinates, they would rather kowtow and thank them on the spot and worship the other person as their grandfather.

Bai Qi smiled and said, "We can get water from the air. This water is everywhere."

Yang Paifeng:? ? ? ?

Soldiers:! ! ! ! !

There is a row of black lines on everyone's forehead.

Water is everywhere?

Can you get water out of thin air in the air?

Isn’t this a myth?

"Brother Bai Qi, why do I feel like you are bragging?"

At this moment, even the honest Erniu felt that his IQ was insulted.

I have to remind Bai Qi.

Everyone was questioning Bai Qi at this moment, but Yang Paifeng and others were not as stupid as Erniu to tell the truth.

Regardless of whether Bai Qi’s method works or not, let’s listen to it first.

Bai Qi said calmly: "Actually, this is very simple. In the northern grasslands, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, so we can use basic physical methods to get water."

"Just hang the sword in the air until the morning dew comes out and the air hits the cold sword. The extremely humid air will condense into water droplets when it gets cold."

"When the time comes, water will drip down the sword, and you can put the helmet underneath to catch the cleanest water."

He learned this method from those wilderness survival experts.

In fact, it is just like taking out an ice pack and putting it on the table. Soon there will be water on the outside of the ice pack.

As a modern person, Bai Qi is still easy to accept.

But Yang Paifeng and the others were stunned after hearing what they heard.

It was obvious that he didn't understand a word.

But Yang Paifeng still gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's give it a try!"

Then, he immediately arranged for people to do it. They used spears to make a stand, hung the cold sword in the air with a rope, and placed a helmet under the tip of the sword to collect water.

It's really not too easy.

"This is how you get water?"

All the soldiers had faces full of disbelief, but thinking of Bai Qi's unrivaled power, they still did not say anything bad to him.

But my heart is full of doubts.

The Huns suddenly discovered that the Zhou army was not moving towards the water source.

They laughed. “They must have given up.”

"Don't say that. Maybe he can make water appear out of thin air!"

"If they conjure water out of thin air, I will just eat my own scimitar."

They felt they had already won.

There is no rush to launch an attack at this moment.

"Three days. After three days, the soldiers of the Great Zhou will fall without a fight!"

The First Khan vowed.

Three days of water shortage is enough to kill some people directly.

This is basic common sense in marching and fighting.

Nightfall.

Many soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty couldn't sleep. They stared at the hanging swords, wanting to see whether the magical water-drawing from the air was real.

However, soon some soldiers who were on duty during the day could not bear it anymore and fell asleep one after another.

At dawn, fog descended and the soldiers huddled together in the cold.

However, the sound of dripping water rose quietly, and finally the dripping sounds merged into a beautiful melody.

Yang Paifeng leaned on Bai Qi and fell asleep. In her dream, she seemed to be in a cave, with a stream gurgling under her feet and water dripping above her head.

water!

The sound of water!

Suddenly, Yang Paifeng opened her beautiful eyes and saw a drop of dew quickly sliding from her sword into her helmet.

And there was already clear water in the helmet.

Yang Paifeng felt an unprecedented happiness and excitement exploding in his heart.

"We have water! We have water!"

She shouted loudly, wanting to share her joy with her comrades, the most beautiful spectacle she had ever seen in her life.

boom--

The entire military camp was in an uproar at this moment.

Everyone opened their eyes wide and watched this incredible scene.

"This is a miracle, this is a miracle!"