Gao Xu, who had already arrived in Shicheng, immediately came to meet them when he knew that Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan had arrived with soldiers and horses.

"Subordinates meet the general and the flower general!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Excuse me!" ”

Hua Mulan nodded: "General Gao came so fast!" ”

Gao Xu said with a smile: "It has only been half a day since the subordinates arrived here with the troops, and they came with men and horses when they came to Daqian, and the subordinates only avoided misunderstandings with him, and deliberately led the troops to retreat five miles to the difficulty."

Zhao Junsheng asked: "So you have already rested for a day?" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "I'm afraid you don't have time to continue to rest, I need you to take the troops to White Wolf City to stand by!" ”

Gao Xu promised: "Obey!" ”

Soon after Gao Xu led his troops away, Li Chong, the Taishou of Shicheng, brought the officials to see Zhao Junsheng.

"Envoy, this withdrawal of the army, how about the subordinates and others? Please also ask the envoy to take the lower officials and others to Youzhou together! Li Chong asked Zhao Junsheng with a bitter face, and the officials behind him also looked at him with blank eyes.

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "Li Taishou, everyone, this general also wants to take you away, but it's too late, if I guess right, the Yan army chasing soldiers have already caught up, you are dragging your family one by one, and there are many and heavy luggage, how can you go?" Besides, if you leave, what will happen to Stone City? Could it be lost to Yan Jun in vain? General Ben asks you, how many defenders are there in Stone City? ”

Li Chongdao: "More than 2,000 people! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and gave them an idea: "In this way, you can discuss with the rich families and officials in the city, and persuade them to hand over all the family guards for the time being, and there should be more than 1,000 people, and there will be more than 3,000 defenders in Shicheng, with Li Taishou's ability, if the Yan army does not use 15,000 people to attack the city, it will not be able to capture Shicheng, but if they want to pursue the main force of our army, they will definitely not leave so many troops for attacking the city!" ”

Li Chong and the officials looked at each other, "This is a good way!" ”

"That's right! Li Taishou, everyone, the court will not forget you, you just guard the stone city, govern the stone city well, the court will definitely reward you for your merits, and the general will also promote you to the court! ”

Zhao Junsheng left Shicheng with the army after a flicker, at this time, he could only do this step, whether Li Chong and other officials would stick to the end when the Yan army chased them, or whether they would immediately surrender to the Yan army when they left, this was not something he could control!

After Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan led the team away, Li Chong looked at the officials and asked, "Everyone, if the Yan army is killed, how should we wait?" ”

The officials looked at each other, but they didn't know what to do.

One of the officials said: "Fu Jun, we have already surrendered to Wei before, it is impossible for the Dragon City side not to know, and now that we have switched to Dragon City, Feng Hong will definitely think that we are capricious people, will he trust us again?" Do you think that Feng Datianwang has such a broad mind that he can bypass us? ”

Another official said: "Yes, he can even kill more than 100 of his nephews ruthlessly, what are we people for?" ”

Li Chong knew that these officials were afraid of being settled by Feng Hongqiu, so he took a deep breath and said: "Okay, in that case, let's follow Zhao Yuanjun's suggestion to gather all the officials inside and outside the city and the families of the rich into the city defense, no matter how tempted the Yan army is, they will not open the city gate, if Feng Hong wants our lives, let him just send troops to attack it!" Everyone go back and prepare, run one by one, and let them hand over all the homes and nurses! ”

"Good!"

Zhao Junsheng's prediction was accurate, but after the last Wei army withdrew from Longcheng, the Yan army in Longcheng came out of the city under Guo Sheng's army and chased after him.

The last Wei army behind the palace was Tuoba Qi's men and horses, not that he was noble and great, nor that he and the commanders of the other armies wanted to stick a knife in their ribs, but that he was reluctant to throw anything away, and he had to load the soldiers and take everything away, so that the other armies went away, and his men and horses were only slow to go on the road in the end.

"Oh no, the Yan army is out of the city, and they are chasing and killing!" The Wei soldiers who fell last turned their heads and saw the Yan cavalry that was coming over, and immediately shouted in horror.

The news soon reached Tuoba Qi, who led the team, and when he heard the report, he said disdainfully: "What are you afraid of? There are definitely not many Yan troops in pursuit! The first, second, and three thousand teams turned around with Bengong to stop them, killed one of them, and saw if they dared to pursue! ”

After the order was given, the three thousand troops began to assemble.

"Hey, did you hear that?" A soldier asked his companion next to him.

"What?"

The soldier said nervously, "I heard that the emperor and many ministers accompanying the army were killed during the last rebellion of the Yunzhong army!" ”

The companion will be skeptical: "Impossible, right? It's been a long time, and if the emperor and the ministers are dead, why don't we know? ”

"You're stupid, you must have blocked the news from above! The coffins of the emperor and his ministers have been carried away by people from Lai Daqian. I heard that the Jieshi on the other side of the coast was captured by the sailors of the Southern Dynasty, and the generals above were so frightened that they prepared to retreat overnight, otherwise how could they be so hasty? ”

"Hey-you seem to have some truth in what you said, but the general above is too bold, the emperor and the ministers are dead, and they dare to block the news and keep it secret?"

"I'm afraid that the leakage of the news will be known by Yan Jun!"

"I'm afraid that Yan Jun already knows, otherwise they dare to catch up?"

"I'm afraid so!"

The news of the death of the emperor and his ministers spread among the army at a very fast speed, and the generals were personally panicked and had no desire to fight, but they thought that the strict orders of the generals above had to be assembled.

"Sons, kill these pursuing Yan troops for General Ben, and kill me with me-" Tuoba Jian took the lead in beating his horse with a spear and rushed towards the oncoming Yan cavalry.

The soldiers guarded his side tightly, and then 3,000 soldiers and horses also followed the killing, and the two sides soon collided together, each with heavy losses, in the battle, the low morale and panic of the Wei army made them only hold on to a cup of tea and could not withstand it, and were killed by the Yan army and fled.

"Come back, give me all back!" When Tuoba Qi saw his generals being slaughtered and fled, he immediately shouted in a hurry, and no matter how much he shouted and gave orders, it was to no avail.

It didn't take long for Tuoba Qi to have only a dozen personal soldiers left, and in the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by a large number of Yan troops.

A rain of arrows came over, Tuoba Qi and his own soldiers were shot into hedgehogs, and the Wei cavalry who saw this scene nearby were suddenly so frightened that they no longer had the heart to fight, and shouted while fleeing: "The general is dead, run; The general has been killed, run······"

A large-scale rout was formed, and the Yan army pursued and killed all the way, and the Wei soldiers who were killed on the way will be countless, and the baggage and property that were discarded and scattered on the way can be seen everywhere.

The Yan army pursued all the way to the city of Shicheng, and the Wei cavalry who fled here wanted to enter the city to hide, but the Taishou Li Chong and others had already ordered the city gate to be closed, and the deserters could not open the city gate, so they had to continue to flee westward while scolding, and the Wei army was full of routs on the way to White Wolf City.

Liu Xuan, the forward general of the Yan army who pursued and killed the Wei army, reined in his horse under the city, and thousands of troops behind him slowed down and stopped.

"Listen, the men of the city, and call your guards to come out and answer!"

Li Chong appeared on the city tower, "Shicheng guards Li Chong here, who is under the city?" What do you want to see in this house? ”

Liu Xuan said loudly: "Seeing the arrival of the imperial army, why don't Li Taishou quickly open the city gate and let the brothers enter the city to rest for a while before chasing and killing the Wei army?" ”

Li Chongdao: "The place outside the city is wide, the generals and soldiers want to rest, but outside the city, the government will not accept your money!" ”

Liu Xuan was furious: "Bold Li Chong, you and the officials of Shicheng surrendered to the Wei army, the general wanted to give you a chance to reform anyway, but you don't know how to cherish it, you don't know what to do, when I break through the city, I will destroy your Li family!" ”

Li Chong was also scared in his heart, but he knew that he had no way back, this Liu Xuan was just opening the city gate to deception, and he responded loudly: "Okay, this mansion is waiting for you here to attack the city!" ”

Where does Liu Xuan, who has just killed, have siege equipment, even if he has it, he will not attack the city, his task is to chase and kill the Wei army who has fled away, but if he continues to pursue the Wei army at this moment, he is worried that the defenders in Shicheng City will come out and sneak attack his back, cutting off the continuity between him and the main force, if the Wei army in front of him turns around and fights back, he will be finished.

With concerns in his heart, he naturally did not dare to pursue the Wei army recklessly, but it didn't take long for Guo Sheng to follow with the main force of the Yan army.

"Dashuai, Shicheng Taishou Li Chong refuses to open the door and surrender, the last general is worried that he will go out of the city to intercept and kill, and he does not dare to lead his troops to continue to pursue the Wei army, so he can only stay here!" Liu Xuan reported to Guo Sheng.

Guo Sheng observed the city defense situation in Shicheng and said to Liu Xuan: "It's okay, you just take the forward to chase and kill the Wei army, and leave it to Ben Shuai here, and the Japanese Shuai will bring the main force to join you at the latest, you don't have to worry about it!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Liu Xuan hugged his fists, turned around and gathered the forward men and horses to continue to chase and kill the Wei army.

Guo Sheng ordered the main force of the Yan army to build a huge camp outside Shicheng, posing as if they were going to besiege and attack Shicheng.

And on the night of the same day, Guo Sheng quietly led the main army out of the camp and headed for the direction of White Wolf City, leaving only more than 1,000 soldiers in the camp to contain the defenders of Shicheng.

On the morning of the next day, a large number of drill shouts were heard in the camp outside the city, and Li Chong, the Taishou of Shicheng, mistakenly thought that the main force of the Yan army was still in the camp, and did not dare to act rashly, so he ordered the defenders not to slack off, and to be ready to deal with the siege of the Yan army at any time.

The Yan army that pursued and killed the Wei army was like a rainbow along the way, since a Wei army led by Tuoba Qi was defeated, Liu Xuan led the Yan army forward and caught up with the Wei army led by Yuan He.

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