In just three days, Tai Shi Ci led his cavalry to attack the elite from the inner city of the Goguryeo royal capital, harassing several times along the way, and sending a light cavalry around the rear of the enemy army to drive away the people and burn the soldiers' rations, so that the Goguryeo general He Hun Lu was overwhelmed.

Tai Shi Ci dared to divide his troops to attack and harass because he was bold, but he was indeed hit by mistake and beheaded He Hun Lu's seven inches. The Goguryeo army did not dare to divide the troops, because they did not have 8,000 or even 10,000 soldiers, and he only had more than 1,800 Goguryeo royal troops in his hands, and the other 3,600 were subordinates of various ministries, all of whom were led by several generals.

The commander of this Goguryeo army was problematic, and when the orders were not in place during the war, the Goguryeo royal army could still prohibit them under the impact of Tai Shi Ci, but those Dajia tribesmen who were different from each other retreated in a swarm when they saw the smoke and dust coming from the bow and cavalry, disrupting the formation of the entire battle array.

What's more, there are also those refugees and people who have fled.

Every time Tai Shi Ci charged, they faced a terrible chaos. In just three days, there were more than 1,000 casualties, and only more than 5,300 people were left who could fight, and these casualties were largely not the arrows of the cavalry of the Han army, but because of their self-trampling.

And the biggest result of the Han cavalry was not to kill and injure more than 1,000 people, but to burn four rushing carts and dozens of ladders, in addition, the follow-up grain and grass were also blocked, and the grain and grass that could supply them to nearly 20,000 people was only left for 10,000 people to eat.

But He Hun Lu is not a mediocre person, how can a professional samurai who commands the 2,000 Praetorian Guard army with the heirs of Goguryeo magnates and is supported by the best armor and Yulu in the country be mediocre. Although their grain and grass were burned or plundered, and though most of their siege armaments were damaged...... He Hun Lu made the most correct decision according to the existing situation, but in the eyes of others, it seemed to be a cowering decision.

"Retreat? Absolutely not, the king ordered me to come and seize the robbed Susheng Bone City, and there are only forty miles left before the troops can come under the Susheng Bone City, and now you want to retreat? The commander of a 700-strong army was obviously unwilling to bear the responsibility for the defeat of the army, and he patted his thigh in the military tent and shouted: "What have become of us now that we have withdrawn?" Everyone said that is not the truth! ”

Needless to say, the generals followed suit. The generals who were rarely conscious of the situation and retreated did not dare to make up their minds, and asked sideways: "General He, even if we retreat now, I'm afraid that this Han cavalry will not let us go, it is better to march to the Bone City of Susheng, and the combined forces of the three armies will win!" ”

They still have more than 5,000 warriors, and the number of those Han cavalry is less than 3,000...... The most important thing is that the reinforcements are not only their own, but the order to urgently withdraw 8,000 soldiers and horses from the battlefield in the north to return to help has long been issued, not to mention that there is also the Dajiahu Division in the boiling water basin to lead the troops to the west along the river.

If these three armies can converge, it will be a strong army of nearly 20,000 people, even if the Han army is based on the city, as long as there are enough siege weapons, they can also fight.

What's more, there are two thousand of the most elite royal troops in the country...... Although now it's eighteen hundred.

Therefore, none of them were willing to withdraw to the inner city in this situation.

But He Hun Lu was different from what they thought.

Having lived in the country for a long time, even though he is an elite general who trains troops and guards, he also understands what politics is. In his opinion, it was really unwise for Daisuke and the master to rush to send troops to Susheng Bone City at this moment.

How many soldiers did Goguryeo have? Under the unity, there are nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses!

"How many soldiers are there in Yanbei? The total number of troops in this eastward attack was only more than 10,000. And my Goguryeo still has about 60,000 soldiers and horses in the country today, and the foundation of Yanbei is in Liaodong, in the east of Youzhou in the Han Dynasty. Previously, he had just attacked Liaoxi in the west and killed the two younger brothers of the Han Dynasty's border hero, General Baima, and a clan, which was a blood feud that boiling water could not wash away! How long could he stay in Goguryeo? Generals, come and tell He how long he can stay in Goguryeo! ”

He Hun Lu hung down the desk heavily, and his deep voice was unwilling to erupt, "Now that the country is empty, the most important thing we should do is to guard the domestic city, Yanbei will definitely not continue to advance south, at most this winter, he will withdraw from the Bone City, and then there will be fewer troops left, and even an empty city will be completely abandoned!" When the armistice in Buyeo in the north was reached, the troops went west to capture Liaodong and Xuansu...... They call us Ju Li Hu, and they regard us as the same kind as the Samhan and the Wa people, but they are not civilized and civilized, but I, the Goguryeo people, know this, why are we not Zhuxia! ”

This is nothing more than trying to draw a big pie for the generals, and He Hun Lu's real idea is to hope that the generals will be able to listen to his advice and transfer troops back to China. The orders for this battle are not from the new king Bogu, and the second is not from the son of the world.

In his mind, he had a faint speculation about the future situation, and the biggest threat to Goguryeo might not come from the external Yanbei, but from the internal Daisuke and Daega. A coup d'état may be brewing in the country, otherwise why would Daisuke and Daiga transfer their generals, who are in charge of the Forbidden Army, out of the city at this juncture?

In this big king's couch, the two princes are hostage and the other is war-torn at this juncture!

In comparison, the external troubles of Yanbei are just a small matter in He Hunlu's eyes. It's not a trivial matter, it's just that this Susheng Bone City has been taken away, and the people have also been slaughtered, so instead of insisting on going north to fight with Yanbei because of this, it is better to know the difficulty and retreat to defend the fence.

According to Yanbei's military strength, even if the elite of its soldiers is better than that of ordinary Goguryeo soldiers, it is limited to more than 10,000 soldiers after all. It's good that it doesn't go south, once it goes south, it will definitely divide the troops, and after the division of the troops, the first place of each department cannot be taken into account, not to mention that the logistics and grain routes will also lose their security, which in He Hun Lu's view, is the scourge of defeat.

Yanbei is the enemy who will retreat sooner or later, but there are evil birds lurking in the country that want to occupy the magpie's nest, which is more important?

But at present, these generals are obviously unwilling to withdraw their troops, and it is very difficult to do.

If you suspect that Daika and Daisuke want to seek power and usurp the throne, they can't easily say it, but if they retreat alone, they are afraid that they will be attacked by the Han cavalry. If it weren't for the need to rely on the forces in the hands of these people to deter the Han cavalry wandering in the wild, He Hun Lu would have turned around and withdrawn by himself.

But these people with wine bags and rice bags, they are full of He Hun Lu can guess even if they don't look at it, aren't they just worried that if they withdraw, if the other two soldiers and horses win and repel Yanbei, they will definitely be scolded when they return to the domestic city...... A little infamy, is it still comparable to the safety of the monarch?

He Hun Lu made a difficult choice between two dilemmas, and he asked the generals one by one: "You must not be rash, if you go north now, you will definitely receive more enemy troops and horses to block and sneak attack, even if there are two support armies in the north and east, but their march will definitely not be faster than ours." Instead of moving forward, it is better to retreat twenty miles back to the woodland and camp in the camp, first, to prevent a sneak attack by the Han army, and second, to wait for the arrival of two friendly troops. At that time, the cavalry of the Han army will definitely come back, and even if we go later, sixty miles will only be a two-day march, how about it? ”

He Hunlu's idea was not to fight to the death with the Han army or to attack the Bone City of Susheng and other things that would cost his troops and have little effect.

Retreat to a place sixty miles away from the city of Susheng bones and set up camp, where it is only seventy miles away from the domestic city, and it is also two days to reach the national capital, and even if the military situation is urgent, you can rush back in one day...... He still left an eyeliner in the national capital, and once there is a change in the country, he can quickly drive the soldiers and horses back and kill the national thieves.

This is much more useful than attacking Yanbei.

He Hun Lu's words can be regarded as talking to the hearts of the generals, no one wants to be chased and beaten by the Han army archers in this endless field, so they will temporarily retreat to a safe place and set up camp, and it is not too late to wait for reinforcements to besiege the city.

After moving the leaders of the departments, He Hunlu's heart finally relaxed, and he immediately ordered the whole army to retreat for twenty miles, especially for the various departments, and strictly ordered more than 10,000 civilians to go together.

These civilians were very important in Hehunlu's heart, and the Goguryeo royal army was well armed, and each soldier had a bow, a short sword, and a spear and a long ge, and as long as one of these weapons was assigned to him, he could quickly expand the number of soldiers under his command by 4,000.

Whether it is a coup d'état in Wangcheng or the pacification of Yanbei, having obedient subordinates is the most important thing...... The garrison of Wangcheng should be expanded.

No matter what He Hun Lu thought in his heart, just on Tai Shi Ci's side, as soon as He Hun Lu's soldiers and horses moved, some soldiers galloped and informed Tai Shi Ci.

"The Goguryeo army has withdrawn, to the south?" Tai Shi Ci frowned, he didn't expect that the battle had only been fought for three days, and the huge number of Goguryeo troops actually took the initiative to retreat, which made the ambush soldiers he had already prepared useless, and the adjutant general next to him asked: "Captain, can we chase after us?" ”

Tai Shi Ci's military talent is still very limited, if He Hun Lu is bored and heads towards Susheng Bone City, Tai Shi Ci will attack on the defensive, knowing every path that the enemy will walk, it will naturally be a hundred victories. But now that the battle situation has changed, it makes the inexperienced Tai Shici hesitate.

"To the south, how many miles into the valley?"

The adjutant replied respectfully: "Twenty miles." ”

"Pursue it, the enemy army better plan to withdraw to the inner city, then we can achieve the mission handed over by the general, if the enemy army is to withdraw to the river valley and wait for reinforcements, our cavalry will be useless." Tai Shi Ci shook his head a little unpleasantly, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Please ask Captain Sun to allocate five hundred scouts to tour along the line of our department, and inform the general of the battle situation news as soon as possible, just say that Tai Shi Ci will lead the troops to pursue and harass the enemy army for twenty miles!" ”