Duke Qi Huan was not in a hurry to attack the city, he hoped to destroy the enemy's reinforcements by encircling the point and sending reinforcements. The Lingzhi people sent a small force to join the battle, and the Qi people couldn't figure out whether these people were bait soldiers or all the reinforcements, and finally wiped them out.

The Lone Bamboo eventually abandoned the city, and the fleeing people poured out of the west gate under the cover of darkness and fled through the ice on the river into the snow-covered mountains.

The coalition forces did not pursue due to factors such as unfamiliar terrain, and the army marched into Guzhu at dawn. There are still some people left in the city who are unwilling or unable to leave. Duke Qi Huan did not embarrass them, he ordered that no one should harm the aborigines, and no one should rob property and slaves; The few thugs who dared to defy the law were sentenced to death. Duke Qi Huan handed over the management of the city to the Yan people, and then led the coalition army to march towards Lingzhi.

It has to be said that the Lingzhi and the allies put up a stubborn and resolute resistance, but to the strong enemy, this force seemed weak and weak, and the Lingzhi was soon defeated.

Just as the people were celebrating their victory, the Lone Bamboo Man suddenly killed a horse pistol. They stormed their under-manned and poorly defended homeland, and then unleashed a terrible massacre against the defenders and their compatriots (who collaborated with the enemy); These men swept away a huge amount of possessions and set half of the city on fire before fleeing.

In order to prevent Lingzhi from repeating the mistake of Guzhu, Duke Qi Huan left a large number of troops in Lingzhi, and then led the army to rush back to Guzhu. The coalition forces soon entered the almost devastated city and saw the bodies of those who had been brutally killed, each of which could cause grief and anger among the people, and it made no difference whether the victim was a Chinese or a Yi; The survivors fell to their knees in front of the coalition forces, tearfully accusing the enemy of their atrocities.

Everyone present was furious, and many soldiers shed tears on the spot, vowing to tear the enemy to pieces. Duke Huan of Qi selected 15,000 sturdy soldiers from the infantry of the Qi and Yan armies, and then set off with their auxiliary troops and the auxiliary forces of Shanrong.

By this time, the snow had not yet melted, and the coalition forces followed the trail of the fleeing all the way to the northwest, and they annihilated several stragglers who had fallen behind. But as the weather warmed up, the snow began to melt, the roads became muddy and impassable, and the enemy's tracks became obscure.

On a few occasions, when the coalition forces did not know which direction to advance, they would unexpectedly find a small group of enemies, and then the captives would honestly explain the position of the main force of the Shan Jung. When this happens repeatedly, people begin to wonder if they are being dragged away by the enemy.

The initial anger had calmed down, reason had regained the upper hand, and both the generals and soldiers began to fear for their safety. In fact, the coalition forces now have no idea how far they have gone, where they are, whether they are in the right direction, whether there will be enemy traps ahead. All that is known is that they have been moving north-west, and the scene around them is becoming more and more desolate.

Guan Zhong thinks that he can't blindly track anymore, it is very obvious that the enemy is using bait to lead the coalition forces into a trap step by step; He proposed that the army should be retreated before it suffered heavy losses; The goal of destroying both countries has been achieved, so we should not expose ourselves to great danger because of our willfulness, and we should not let the great gains we have achieved before be in vain.

Qi Huan Gong was still unwilling, he believed that even if the enemy set a trap, he would lose due to a serious lack of troops. So Guan Zhong asked him if he could still find his way back. Qi Huan Gong asked the people around him, including the generals of the Rong army, everyone was at a loss, and everyone said different things, it was obvious that the army had lost its way.

Guan Zhong continued: "We can't even find our own home, how can we search for Shanjung who doesn't know where we are? If we continue without waiting for the enemy to attack, we will trap ourselves to death. ”

The lone bamboo guide who accompanied the army said that if he continued to advance, he would probably break into the sphere of influence of the Donghu people. The Chinese know very little about the situation of the Donghu people, only that they live in the vast bitter cold land of the north, and that they are fierce, violent and warlike by nature, eat raw meat and drink blood, and no ethnic group wants to come into conflict with them.

Qi Huan Gong finally decided to retreat, but the coalition forces still did not forget to set a trap for the enemy. The Shanjung scouts, who had been secretly monitoring the movements of the coalition forces, suddenly noticed a riot in the enemy camp, and they saw that the Wuzhong and the Huaxia were arguing, and then the Wuzhong began to withdraw the camp and wanted to leave, during which they also clashed with the Huaxia who rushed to stop them; After that, all the auxiliary forces followed the Undend. The Chinese people seemed panicked and helpless. For the rest of the day, people were walking around the neighborhood, apparently with no way back.

The leader of the Sanjung was overjoyed when he received the information, and the commanders decided to attack the enemy at night. However, they fell for the tricks of the Qi people, who thought that the auxiliary forces that had long been gone suddenly appeared from all directions to attack the enemy, and most of the people who participated in the sneak attack were killed or captured, and a few escaped under the cover of night.

The coalition forces finally breathed a bad breath, but the way home was still not found. Guan Zhong borrowed a few old horses from the lonely bamboo man, and he untied the saddle bridles from the horses and let them out. The old horses followed the way home, and the coalition followed the animals to find their way back to the lonely bamboo.

Duke Qi Huan handed over Ling Zhi and Guzhu to Duke Yanzhuang, and Duke Yanzhuang was grateful and personally sent Qi Shi back to China, but he accidentally sent him out of the country. Qi Huan Gong said that since ancient times, monarchs have not sent guests out of the country. Then he ceded the land of Yanzhuang Gong to Yan Guo.

But the biggest beneficiary of this war is probably not the Duke of Yanzhuang, but the Duke of Qi Huan: the Yan people won the land, but the Duke of Qi Huan won the hearts of the princes of the world.

This joint operation greatly stimulated the Chidi group, because the coalition forces not only wiped out their alliance, but also crushed their two tentacles stretching out of Taihang Mountain. Chidi was not only furious, but also felt extremely pressured and threatened; They vowed to take severe revenge on the Chinese state, and to make the other side double the blood debt owed.

Four years later, Chidi waged war against the Chinese princes and destroyed the Xing and Wei kingdoms.