"Your Majesty, are you feeling better?" Agu Nan asked Huo Yuan softly outside the tent.
Huo Yuan glanced at you through the gap, shook his head and said, "Oh, I haven't woken up since I fainted last night."
"What should we do? Now the officers and soldiers are shouting in formation outside the camp. Without the king's military order, how can we dare to move?" A Gunan stamped his foot and sighed.
"Are they Huo Yuan and A Gu Nan? Come in." Just when the two were in trouble, Gaoding's voice suddenly came from the tent.
The two of them did not dare to neglect and hurriedly entered the tent, only to see their king sitting up at some point.
"Your Majesty." The two of them stepped forward to greet him.
Gao Ding hummed, stood up from the couch, moved his body, and felt a lot more comfortable. He walked to the tent, looked outside the tent and said, "What? The officers and soldiers are calling for formation outside the camp?"
A Gunan replied: "Shortly after dawn, the officers and soldiers came to the camp to challenge. The general has ordered all the troops to guard the camp and not go out to fight without the king's command. The general made the decision without authorization and asked the king to punish him." Come on, kneel down.
Gao Ding helped him up and said calmly: "You acted decisively. What crime did you commit?"
After a pause, he then said: "Hmph, the officers and soldiers are so arrogant, how can I tolerate it? Come, order all the troops and horses, I want to go out to meet Yang Qing'er."
"No, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, think twice."
Huo Yuan and A GuNan persuaded in unison. They looked at each other, and it was A GuNan who advised: "Your Majesty, our army has suffered consecutive defeats, its morale is low, and many of our soldiers were injured in the battle last night. He is still alive and has not recovered yet.
In my humble opinion, it is better to hold on to the camp and wait for the two kings to return with their cavalry. By then, our army will still have 5,000 infantry and cavalry, and can deal with Yang Qing'er. "
Seeing that Gaoding's expression seemed to be persuaded, Huo Yuan quickly helped: "Your Majesty, General Agunan is right. Please be patient for the time being and let the army be arrogant for a while. When my elite cavalry arrives, I will give it to the army." A nice one.”
"Forget it, tell the boys that the camp is locked up and they are not allowed to go into battle without the general's orders." After the earnest persuasion of his two confidants, Gao Ding finally regained his senses.
In fact, he was overthinking it. Except for a few hard-core elements, the other Yi soldiers had already lost their courage after several defeats and had no choice but to go out to fight.
Therefore, after Gaoding gave the order, most of the Yi soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, Huo Yuan and Agunan in the tent also breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Seeing that Gaoding's mood had calmed down, A Gu Nan said tentatively: "Your Majesty, now that our army has lost troops and generals and suffered successive defeats, we are no longer able to fight any longer. Should we consider withdrawing our troops?"
Now that the Yi soldiers have been beaten down to only four to five thousand people, they have neither a strength advantage nor a strong fighting force. In addition, they have lost several battles in a row and their morale is low. If they continue to confront the government troops in Anshang, they may end up in a terrible situation. The danger of annihilation.
As a tycoon who has been in Nanzhong for more than ten years, Gao Ding understands the current situation. At this time, when he heard A GuNan mentioned withdrawing troops, he had to face it no matter how reluctant he was.
"Oh, I didn't expect that I would end up like this after sending troops. How can I have the face to go back to Qiong to meet my elders?" Gao Ding lamented.
Agunan advised: "Your Majesty, victory or defeat is a common matter for military officers. As long as we retreat to Qiongdu, reorganize our soldiers, and recuperate, we will have a chance to come back again."
His words were words of comfort. Almost all of the soldiers left behind in Qiongdu and other places were old, weak, sick and disabled. There were only a few thousand of the old man's elite soldiers left here. Even if they could withdraw smoothly, with the help of It's not enough for the remaining ten thousand people to defend themselves, let alone attack again?
Gao Ding was well aware of this, but he would not expose the situation of his generals, so he stepped down the steps, nodded and said: "That's all, when Gao Chong comes back, our army will withdraw to Qiongdu."
"Yes, your Majesty is wise." Agunan and Huo Yuan said happily in unison.
Withdrawing troops is not an easy task. If the arrangement is not good, the withdrawal will turn into a rout, which will not be beautiful at that time.
Both of them were experienced veterans, so they understood why they had to wait for the two kings to return with their troops before evacuating. With the support of cavalry and thousands of infantry, they could evacuate safely.
It's just that their plan was shrewd, but they didn't know that the cavalry in their hearts had been wiped out by Liu Yin and the others. It would be difficult for them to evacuate smoothly now.
"A Gu Nan, Huo Yuan?"
When the two heard this, they bowed and responded: "The end will be here."
"The two of you will arrange it immediately and ask all the ministries to pack up their equipment and baggage and prepare for withdrawal. Of course, the outer camp should not move rashly yet. It still needs to appear to be heavily defended, so as not to let the Han people see the truth."
"yes."
Now that we have made up our minds to withdraw, of course we must make preparations in advance. The entire army cannot wait here for the return of high-ranking troops. A Gu Nan Huo Yuan was ordered to leave. Gao Ding stood in front of the map and looked at it carefully. He had to think carefully about the withdrawal route.
"You high-end thief, come out and fight your grandfather for three hundred rounds."
"Waiting for these cowering turtles, are they still men?"
"The thieves inside surrendered early, don't let them embarrass themselves here."
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Outside the barracks of the barbarian soldiers, the officers and soldiers continued to shout and curse, intending to provoke the barbarian soldiers to fight. Although this strategy failed, it was somewhat useful in weakening the morale of the barbarians, so Yang Qing, who was in the rear, had not yet ordered the war to stop.
However, the Yi soldiers still didn't talk to each other. The soldiers who participated in the scolding battle kept saying the same words over and over again. By now, the soldiers were tired of scolding, and the scolding began to become sparse.
Yang Qing looked at the sun in the sky and saw that it would be noon in a while. He thought that the Yi soldiers would probably not come out today. It would be better to withdraw the troops and return to the camp early and not think of other ways to avoid wasting energy here.
Just when he was about to give the order, he suddenly saw Yang Xi riding his horse from the rear. Seeing his eager expression, he knew that something important was happening, otherwise Yang Xi, who stayed behind in the camp, would not have come here from the camp.
"Wen Ran, what happened?" Yang Qing asked immediately after Yang Xi stopped his mount.
Yang Xi took a breath and replied with a happy face: "Master Fu, there is good news." After saying that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.
Yang Qing hurriedly took it and opened it and read it. The good news was not long and only contained dozens of words. After reading it several times, he did not speak. He just closed his eyes and meditated.
Although everyone around him was curious, they didn't dare to disturb him. They just looked at Yang Xi, wanting to know something from him. But Yang Xi didn't speak, he just smiled and waved his hand.
After a while, Yang Qing opened his eyes, smiled and returned the slip to Yang Xi, and said: "Xiuran and the others did a good job. Wen Ran quickly spread the news of the victory throughout the army."
"promise."
It turned out that this was a report of victory for Liu Yin and others who had wiped out all the cavalry of the High and Heavy Division. Yang Qing was naturally pleasantly surprised after reading it. However, he was now getting better at cultivating qi, so he did not show it on his face and only planned the subsequent war in his mind. .
"Of course, let's also inform Gaoding on the other side, so that he will not be kept in the dark." Looking at the camp on the opposite side, Yang Qing added.
"As commanded."
After a while, the formation of the army suddenly became a little chaotic. The Yi soldiers near the camp gate thought something had happened to the Han people and were about to report it to the general. Suddenly they heard loud cheers from the enemy formation, which made them angry. I couldn't help but stretch my head and look around.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
