Li Yi had just returned to the camp of Yin Pavilion City with the personal guard battalion when he ran into the soldiers of the scout battalion.

The scout brought the latest battle report, the western Xianbei lord Lu Ri deduction and Zhi Luoluo led an army of 60,000 to attack Wuzhou City, while another western Xianbei lord Yan Liyou and the Eastern Qiang leader Kuixian, the Xiongnu Tu leader Du Gaiting, and the rebellious Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Qiangqu led an army of 70,000 to attack Luo County.

"The Western Xianbei and the Huns have finally appeared." Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and said to a few subordinates with a smile, "I'm looking forward to them coming." ”

"The speed of the Xianbei people is very fast, and yesterday they have already begun to attack Wucheng, Luoxian and Wuzhou." Liu Bowen put away the letter in his hand and asked, "My lord, did we order a few generals to immediately lead their troops to retreat into Mayi City?" ”

After he talked to Li Yi with Tai Shici and Dian Wei, his mind immediately changed. will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. In today's situation, it's really not a good idea to stick to it.

As Li Yi said, if they defend the front line of the Great Wall and block the invasion of the Hu coalition army head-on, even if they wait until the Hu coalition army retreats, but the soldiers are all dead and wounded, what else can they fight? Li Yi's army rushed to Yanmen County in batches from different places, and every time they faced the enemy, they were extremely inferior in numbers, and the casualties were heavy, which was obvious.

"Order Yide to rush to Wuzhou City to block the enemy, so as to cover the soldiers withdrawn from Wucheng and Luo County to reach Mayi City safely." Li Hong nodded and added, "We must withdraw tonight, and anyone who violates the order and does not comply will be killed!" ”

"Lord, then the news that we lost the four cities should be sent to Luoyang?" Tai Shi Ci asked in a low voice.

"Of course, I have to report to Luoyang." Li Yi said, "Let's just say that the Xianbei army suddenly appeared in Wuzhou City, and we didn't have enough troops to stop it, so we had to abandon the four cities and retreat first." ”

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The battle for Wuzhou City continued until late at night.

Although the Han army supported it until midnight at the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, it finally built a slope for the siege of the city in advance because of the Xianbei people. seized the opportunity and formed an unbreakable breakthrough, resulting in the loss of the east and west city walls.

The horn of retreat finally sounded helplessly, low and desolate.

"Let's go...... Come on...... Withdraw to the city......" Chang Yuchun kept shouting while retreating rapidly.

The soldiers covered each other, quickly broke away from the pursuit of the Xianbei people, and retreated in great strides.

Lu Bu held on to the end, fighting and retreating.

At this moment, a long arrow suddenly broke through the darkness, roared, and slammed into Lu Bu's chest. Lu Bu snorted miserably. Fall on your back.

A group of Xianbei soldiers flew to kill.

Several Han soldiers saw that Lu Bu had been hit by an arrow and desperately turned back to save him, but then he was shot back by a dense array of long arrows.

Chang Yuchun leaned over and picked up a round shield and rushed towards the place where Lu Bu was lying.

The commander of a Youzhou army pointed to the Xianbei people who were running towards him, and shouted: "Shoot, shoot ...... me"

often encountered Chun Dun smashing knives and killing three people in a row, but he protected Lu Bu. More soldiers then rushed forward. Everyone rushed up and immediately blocked the Xianbei people who came up.

A Han soldier grabbed Lü Bu's hand. dragged him away.

Chang Yuchun commanded the remaining more than 3,000 soldiers to stick to the entrance of Wuzhou City, waiting for help.

"General, General Lu is too seriously injured, did you send someone to Mayi City first?"

Chang Yuchun staggered to his feet. Walked over to Lu Bu, who was lying nearby, and looked at it.

"Are you okay?" Chang Yuchun asked, "If you can still support it, I will send someone to send you back to Mayi." ”

Lu Bu shook his head and said with bared teeth, "I'm not leaving." I'm going to die here. I'm not going anywhere. ”

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Zhang Fei rushed to Damashan with a large army.

"If you don't leave, we'll ambush here." Zhang Fei smiled, "The soldiers are too tired. Even if we rush to Wuzhou City, retreat will be a problem. The Xianbei people are all cavalry, and if they follow us and chase after us, we will be miserable. ”

He looked at Zhang Baiqi and Fang Bao and asked, "Zize, Fang Bao, what do you see?" ”

Zhang Baiqi pointed to the surrounding mountains and said, "This is a good place for ambush, I agree." ”

Fang Bao turned over and jumped under the horse, lay down on the ground, and shouted: "Okay, I can finally stop leaving, thank General Yide for his benevolent and righteous deeds!" ”

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Xu Da took the Youzhou Iron Cavalry and rushed back to Mayi City first. After the combined forces of the Xianbei, Dongqiang and Xiongnu arrived in Luo County, they did not mobilize their troops to attack the city, which allowed them to withdraw calmly.

Mu Guiying followed. After dusk, the Xianbei people immediately stopped attacking, and Putou and Bald Pigu obviously didn't want to lose much.

Li Yi rushed to Mayi City at dawn.

Due to the continuous days and nights of running, Li Yi and his subordinates looked exhausted.

After greeting the generals for a while, he immediately asked, "What about Chang Yuchun?" He is the closest to Mayi City, why hasn't he arrived yet? ”

"He's probably red-eyed, and he's taking orders as wind again." Mu Guiying shook his head helplessly and said, "When he was in Eilechuan, he didn't listen to the command and attacked against the order. Although this man is brave and good at fighting, he is arrogant and arrogant, and he takes military discipline as a child's play and does whatever he wants. ”

Li Yi smiled: "Then how did you deal with it?" ”

"How dare I deal with it?" Mu Guiying glanced at Li Yi and replied angrily, "Husband, you can do it yourself." ”

Although Chang Yuchun violated military discipline, after all, she was her subordinate, and with Chang Yuchun's special status, Mu Guiying certainly hoped that Li Yi would be punished lightly.

Li Yi smiled and shouted to Li Xun who was standing nearby: "Immediately send someone to Wuzhou City with my seal ribbon, and tell Chang Yuchun to withdraw quickly." ”

"General Li, why did you let them withdraw overnight?" Ding Yuan, the assassin of the state, bowed down and asked, "If the four cities abandon the guard, the door will be wide open, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"What if you don't withdraw?" Mu Guiying said angrily, "In Wu Cheng's arsenal, there are only 10,000 long arrows. There are not even a thousand swords, guns, swords, halberds, and the shields are rotten, so you let us fight with our bare hands? ”

Ding Yuan probably also knew about this situation, and his expression was quite helpless.

Li Yi smiled and did not speak.

"Ding Envoy, in order to rush to the outside of the Saiwai as soon as possible, we didn't carry grain and grass baggage." Xu Da explained, "The number of weapons we carry with us is very limited, and we can't defend the city for two days with just such a few weapons. Moreover, the food rations of more than 20,000 of our people are also a problem. Abandoning the four cities is also a helpless move. ”

"After fighting all the soldiers, the rest of the battle will be even more unfought." Li Xin added, "As long as we still have people, sooner or later we will defeat the Xianbei people." ”

Ding Yuan nodded and said, "I have fought with the Huns and rebels in Bingzhou, and I know that what you say is the truth. But the question is where do we go before the grain and grass are delivered? ”

Everyone turned their attention to Li Yi.

"Withdraw from Gozhu Mountain." Li Yi smiled, "We have been withdrawing from Gouzhu Mountain. ”

Everyone was stunned.

"Lord, why did you withdraw from Gouzhu Mountain?" Li Zhong was in a hurry and shouted, "Withdraw to Gouzhu Mountain, we will have no danger to defend, and the army of Xianbei people will be difficult to resist as soon as they fall down." ”

"My lord, plus General Yide's foot soldiers, we now have more than 50,000 people, and we can completely hold on to the area of Gouzhu Mountain. Moreover, Kou Zhun was about to rush to Gouzhu Mountain with grain and grass baggage. We have the ability to keep the Xianbei people north of Gouzhu Mountain, so why give up? Li Qiong also said excitedly and loudly, "Lord, we are facing 200,000 Hu clan coalition troops, 200,000 Hu clan iron cavalry, as long as they climb over Gouzhu Mountain, with our more than 50,000 people, they can't resist at all." ”

Now, because Daijun and Shanggu County are also in the middle of a war, the road is not safe, so the supplies transported from Youzhou did not enter Yanmen from Feihuyu, but through Jizhou, from Jingcheng into Taiyuan County, and then transported to Yanmen.

Li Yi looked at everyone and said, "We have 80,000 people now, not 50,000. It is precisely because the Hu coalition army has 200,000 iron cavalry that we have to retreat all the way until the Hu people's 200,000 army is disjointed. ”

"Husband wants to beat them?" Mu Guiying asked in surprise.

"I won't let go of Xianbei people this time no matter what." Li Yi said with a resolute expression, "To fight the Xianbei people, we must first ensure that our own strength is strong, otherwise we will not be able to defeat them, so I will not waste the lives of the soldiers on holding the pass." In addition, the closer the Xianbei people are lured to the Central Plains, the worse their vigilance will be, and the less likely they will be to escape back to the outside of the Saiwai. ”

"But will Your Majesty agree with the General's idea?" Ding Yuan asked worriedly.

"Your Majesty's affairs, I'll take care of it." Li Yi waved his hand and said, "As long as the 200,000 Hu clan coalition forces are destroyed, all the problems will be solved." ”

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Chang Yuchun carried a bloody war knife, panting and running outside the pass, shouting loudly: "What's the matter? Are reinforcements coming? ”

Qi Zhou greeted him and whispered, "The lord has come to order us to withdraw to Mayi City immediately. ”

"What did you say?" Chang Yuchun looked at Qi Zhou suspiciously, "You say it again." ”

Qi Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "The lord came to order us to withdraw overnight." ”

"What kind of bullshit order is this, we fought here for a day, and the bones of thousands of brothers were thrown in Wuzhou City, are they all dying in vain?" Chang Yuchun's finger killing sound shook the sky, his blood-red eyes widened, and he roared loudly.

Qi Zhou frowned, squinted, and took a step back timidly.

Chang Yuchun pointed at Qi Zhou and shouted: "What about the warrant? ”

Qi Zhou hurriedly beckoned back, and the soldier who gave the order trotted a few steps and handed over a piece of red silk cloth.

When Chang Yuchun saw the seal of the Zhenbei general on the silk cloth, he couldn't help but scold angrily, he threw the silk cloth to the ground with his hand, and stepped on it a few times.

"General, is that a warrant from the lord?" Qi Zhou hid far away and asked.

Chang Yuchun glared at him, slashed down with a knife in a huff, and shouted loudly: "Withdraw the ......" (to be continued.) )