Helanjie stood on the edge of the stream, took a brush and scrubbed his body vigorously for his war horse, the war horse lowered his head, drank water with a sigh, snorted from time to time, flicked his long mane, and poured Helanjie all over his body. The entire stream, from top to bottom, was full of Han soldiers grooming their horses.

Helanjie was anxious, five days ago, they caught up with the infantry brigade, and then Helanxiong took him and Hao Lianpo as the vanguard, and took the lead in rushing to Shannan County to rescue with 10,000 cavalry.

But the war horse can't keep rushing all day long, and after running for an hour, you have to stop and rest for a while, otherwise, the war horse may be scrapped. A day ago, an urgent messenger from Shannan County found them, and judging from the messenger's anxious look, the situation in Shannan County was already extremely bad.

Feng Fayong had already died in battle, and this news made Helanjie feel very uncomfortable. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty and the conflict with the Qin people, it has been the second high-ranking general to die in battle, the first being Naha, the founding general of the Han State.

The strength of the Qin people is beyond doubt, but Helan Jie thinks that the Han State is even stronger, and the long-term non-stop victory has made the Han generals develop strong self-confidence, although Naba and Feng Fayong have fought successively, but in the eyes of all the Han generals, these two battles were not killed by the opponent in the real fight between the two sides, and the two of them were both tricked by the opponent without exception.

This time the cavalry finally seized the opportunity to fight against the Qin people, Helan Jie, Hao Lianpo, for them, the Huns, and the Qin iron cavalry against the battlefield, the significance is even more extraordinary, the Huns' royal court was destroyed by the Qin people on the grassland, and Helan Jie, who followed Helan Xiong to witness tens of thousands of Huns who had surrendered in the Huolan Pass and were shot by the Qin general Wang Xiao.

And this time, it was Wang Xiao who led the troops to attack, and for Helan Jie, this was the best opportunity to take revenge. took out a handful of beans from his pocket, stuffed them into the mouth of the war horse, and watched the war horse chew the beans crattle, Helan Jie caressed the big mouth of the war horse lovingly, bent down, lifted the saddle, and put it on the back of the war horse.

The horse also seemed to feel that it was about to embark on another journey, raised its head and neighed softly, and before Helan Jie could lead it, it had already walked out of the stream automatically.

"Blow the trumpet, assemble!" Helan Jie said to the herald soldiers beside him.

The rallying call sounded, and the resting cavalry put on their saddles as fast as they could, turned over their horses, and began to return home.

"Let's go!" Helan shouted sharply, rode his horse and whipped in the direction of Shannan County, and in the distance, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and more than a dozen war horses swept in from afar.

"Senior Helan, wait a minute!" Immediately, the cavalry shouted loudly: "The commander has an order, all the cavalry immediately stop advancing and stand by on the spot."

Rushing in front of Helan Jie, the cavalry immediately shouted.

"What did you say?" Helan Jie shouted.

"Division Commander Helan, the commander has an order, the cavalry immediately stops advancing and stands by on the spot, and the commander orders you and Helian Division Commander to return to the Chinese army camp meeting immediately." The cavalryman took out an arrow from his bosom and handed it to Helan Jie.

Hao Lianpo and He Lanjie, who rushed to hear the news, glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of doubts and worries that could not be dissolved.

When Helanxiong and Hao Lianpo rushed into the Chinese army tent with sweat, what they heard was the sound of fierce quarrels among everyone, and the commander He Lanxiong had his back to them and was looking at the map intently.

"What's wrong?" Helan Jie approached Yan Haibo and asked in a low voice.

"Xiling City is lost." Yan Haibo whispered.

"What?" It was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, shaking Helanjie a little confused, "Xiling City is lost, what are you kidding?"

"No kidding." Yan Haibo took a deep breath, "The people of Zhao opened up their Shanggu County, so that the Qin general Li Xintong's 100,000 army drove straight into Shanggu County, and the army went straight to Xiling City, and the main force of the Daijun soldiers was arranged in Nanzhang, there were not many troops in Xiling City at all, Li Xin came to Xiling City with a drum, and the Dai County guarded Zhao Yong under Zhao Yong, and all the Chinese officials were captured, this is the information sent by the Supervision Yuan just quickly, and now Li Xinbing is divided into two ways, escorting Zhao Yong all the way to Nanzhang, I'm afraid it's to threaten Qin Lei to surrender, and Li Xin is coming towards us with the main force."

Helan Jie's lips were a little numb, this is a big trouble, if Daijun is lost, their army of nearly 60,000 people will suddenly have no logistics supply, this is not a trivial matter, there is no food in the army for a day, I am afraid that there will be chaos.

"Kill back!" Hao Lianpo jumped up suddenly, "Fight Li Xin to the death and drive him out of Daijun."

He Lanxiong slowly turned his head, and there were not a few people in the big tent who supported this point of view.

"Haibo, what do you think?" He looked at Yan Haibo and asked.

"Commander, Li Xin has an army of 100,000, and this person is cunning and unpredictable, I am not afraid of him, but even if we return to the army, I am afraid that we will not be able to decide the victory or defeat in a short time, and our logistics, I am afraid that we will definitely not be able to hold on." Yan Haibo said." Zhao State was defeated in the Great Plain of Guanzhong, but they lost so much that they didn't even have the backbone, they even did the thing of opening their own land to the Qin army, I am afraid that next, they will even send troops to assist the Qin people in the battle, Li Xin does not have to throw out any big chips, just say to them, Daijun will be returned to Zhao Guo, I am afraid that Zhao Qi will come to them to be a pawn, this person has no backbone at all, Guanzhong was defeated, his reputation in the country plummeted, if he can take this to get Daijun back, It's just right to explain to the people."

"Hmph, will the Qin people return Daijun to them so neatly? I'm afraid that if I let them hold it in their hands for two days first, they will snatch it away again before it is hot!"

"Zhao Guo has now become a spineless dog, even if they know that this bun is poisonous inside, they will probably swallow it." Yan Haibo stood up, "Commander, I don't approve of returning to the division, retreat, I'm afraid Li Xin is looking forward to our going back to find him for a decisive battle!"

He Lanxiong nodded slowly, "Hai Bo is right, in fact, the key is not here, and in Shannan County, now I finally understand the intentions of the Qin people, they actually want to surround us in Dai County, if it weren't for Shannan County to persist until now, I'm afraid we have been blocked in Dai County, and we can't advance or retreat. Shang Kexi's desperate and bloody battle won us the opportunity to retreat."

When everyone heard He Lanxiong say this, they thought about it carefully, and suddenly they were all terrified, as He Lanxiong said, if Shannan County has been breached, Wang Xiao's tens of thousands of troops will block their retreat, and when the time comes, there will be Li Xin's 100,000 troops in front of them, and Wang Xiao will block the road later, and their 60,000 troops of the Eastern Group Army will be sealed in Dai County.

"Send an order to Shang Kexi, let him retreat too, save his strength, and try to counterattack in the future." Helanxiong sighed, "In this game of chess, it was the Qin people who took the lead."

"Give up Daijun and Shannan County?" Tang Yibiao, Fei Qian and the others were all shocked, "Commander, in this way, the entire prairie will be completely exposed to the Qin people's troops, Jishi City, Dayan City, and the entire Hetao Plain will become the target of the Qin people, and we don't have many soldiers and horses stationed in these places now. Do you want to ask Jicheng first?"

"It's too late!" Helanxiong said categorically: "Come and go, how much time will it take, even if our whole army rushes to Shannan County at the moment, there is no point in holding Shannan County, once Li Xin's army catches up with us, it will cut off our retreat, then our tens of thousands of soldiers in Dongye will really die and have no place to be buried. I have made up my mind, if Jicheng is held accountable in the future, I, Helanxiong, will carry it on my back. Now, I command!"

Hearing He Lanxiong's words, all the generals in the tent stood up together.

"Yan Haibo, I order you to lead all the foot soldiers to destroy all the baggage at once, the whole army is lightly armed, and retreat in the direction of Jishi City, there are not many soldiers and horses stationed in Jishi City, but Jishi City must not be lost. So, after you lead this army to Jackstone City, you will hold on to Jackstone City."

"Yes!" Yan Haibo shouted his order.

"Lord Wu Kaiwu, the county guard of Jishi City, is an old partner with us, he knows what to do, you send someone back first, inform him of the situation here, I believe that when you arrive, he will have done everything." Helan Xiongdao.

"Got it!"

"I will lead the cavalry of the entire Dongye to meet the retreat of Shang Kexi in Shannan County first, and then Shang Kexi's army will also retreat to the direction of Jishi City." Helan Xiongdao.

"What about you, Commander?" Yan Haibo asked.

Helan Xiong laughed, "The prairie is my home, the Qin people are here again this time, I will have a good deal with him on the prairie, I want to see if it is the Qin army's iron cavalry that is powerful, or our Han army's cavalry is mighty!"

Shannan County, Shang Kexi took the soldiers to repel the attack of the Qin army in another bloody battle, at this time it has been three days since Wang Xiao issued the order to take Shannan County, this pass is still standing proudly in front of the Qin army, the city is up and down, the corpses are mountains and blood, the defenders in the city have been sharply reduced to 5,000 people, more than half of the casualties are exchanged for the cost of tens of thousands of Qin army casualties, Wang Xiao is about to go crazy, Li Xin's army has taken Shannan County, and he is still blocked here, a qiē a qiē, I'm afraid that I will become the moon in the mirror, and the water is spent, once Helanxiong's whole army slips away, I am afraid that such an opportunity will never be there again.

"What? Retreat?" Shang Kexi stared at the messenger in front of him in disbelief with wide eyes.

"Yes, retreat. Daijun has already been taken by Li Xin, and if he doesn't leave, he won't have a chance. Commander Helanxiong asked me to bring a sentence to the general, the king once said, if you lose people and save land, you will lose people and land, and if you lose land and save people, you will gain all people." The messenger said loudly, "And Commander Helan asked me to tell Commander Sù Shang that this is an order." R1152