This is a dense forest, and Xiao Yuan and the soldiers of the battalion are resting in the forest.

He only has 3,000 people, and he fights a surprise battle, and after success, it is impossible to fight tens of thousands of troops in the field, which is no different from looking for death, so he can only hide his whereabouts.

People sat on the ground or leaned against the trees, waiting for news.

"General." Ye Cheng walked over, handed Xiao Yuan a water bag, and said, "I don't know what the situation in Liucheng is now, the brother who was sent out to investigate has not come back yet." ”

Xiao Yuan took it, pulled off the stopper and drank two sips, and said: "We have succeeded in the surprise attack, the ghost army has run out of food, and within three days, it will inevitably retreat, we must believe in Peng Shuang." ”

As they were talking, at this moment, a spy also hurriedly ran over, and then knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Yuan, clasped his fists and said, "General, the ghost army has retreated." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but be shocked, and glanced at Ye Cheng: "It seems that Liucheng is guarded!" ”

The latter was even more excited, and couldn't help but say: "General, with 10,000 troops, our department has retreated from 80,000 enemies!" It worked! ”

In this war, Xiao Yuan's soldiers are in danger, if he does not cut off the enemy's food and grass, Liucheng will undoubtedly lose, of course, Peng Shuang's side is also indispensable.

When the soldiers below heard the news, they were all excited.

When the ghost army retreated, Xiao Yuan's side also began to lead the army back to the city.

At this time, Liucheng was still heavily guarded, looking at the soldiers gathered under the city, wearing the same armor as their own, the defenders in the city first widened their eyes, and then they all showed surprise, and some soldiers jumped up and shouted again and again: "General! Checkmate! It's General Xiao and they're back! ”

Peng Shuang was also on the city defense, so he naturally saw it, and at this time, Xiao Yuan was at the front of the team, and he also began to shout at the city: "Peng Shuang! ”

Hearing this familiar voice, Peng Shuang's face showed excitement, and he ordered again and again: "Open the city!" Hurry up and open the city! ”

As he spoke, he also walked quickly down the city defense.

Not long after, the city gate opened, Xiao Yuan led the army in, Peng Shuang also hurriedly greeted him, seeing that he was safe and sound, he couldn't help laughing, and said, "General, we succeeded?" ”

"It worked!" Xiao Yuan also patted him on the shoulder, and said sincerely: "Defend Liucheng, you are indispensable!" ”

"This battle is dangerous, if there is no surprise attack by the general, it will be difficult to retreat from the enemy." Peng Shuang also said excitedly, he is a person, his personality is like this, straight to the point, who he likes and who he hates, it will be shown on his face.

Subsequently, while everyone walked into the city, Peng Shuangbian reported to Xiao Yuan about the situation of defending the city, and made it clear that without Liu Yuzhi's help, I am afraid that it would be dangerous.

After listening to what he said, Xiao Yuan nodded and said: "As early as when I entered Liucheng, I heard the local people say that the county commander Liu Yuzhi is an honest official, loves the people like a son, and has excellent governance. ”

After speaking, as if he remembered something, he looked at Ye Cheng and asked, "By the way, has the military information here been passed on to Lu Shuai?" ”

"As early as after the attack on the camp, according to the general's instructions, the last general has already reported on a fast horse, I believe that at this time, Lu Shuai should have received the news." Ye Cheng returned.

"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded and said: "At this moment, if Lu Shuai receives the military information, he will definitely retreat the battle line and intercept the main road with the main force of our army, then the 80,000 ghost army that has run out of food will not be able to break through Liucheng in front of it, and it will not be able to return to the division in the future, and it will starve to death in the wilderness." ”

"Okay!" After hearing this, Peng Shuang also said excitedly: "It seems that we are going to win this war completely." ”

On their side, they thought that Lu Bolin would retreat from the front and intercept the 80,000 ghost army, but in the end, it was not like that at all.

And at this moment, Lu Bolin's side has indeed received military information, his original military deployment was to use Liucheng as bait to lure the main force of the ghost army, and he himself led the army to recover the city occupied by the ghost clan before, and at the same time took advantage of the situation to move forward.

Therefore, the battle line between him and Xiao Yuan's side is different.

Right now, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Lu Bolin, who has received the military information, is discussing with the generals.

He first looked around for a week, and then said straight to the point: "I just received the battle report from Liucheng, Xiao Yuan attacked the enemy camp at night, and the grain and grass of the 80,000 ghost army were destroyed. ”

What the!? Hearing this, the generals in the tent couldn't help but glance at each other, and many people's eyes showed incredible colors.

Someone said, "Liucheng actually held it!?" ”

Someone else said disdainfully: "With 10,000 troops, retreat to 80,000 enemies, but it's just a fluke!" It can only be said that Xiao Yuan's luck is too good......"

When the generals defended the city the previous time, these generals shirked one by one, greedy for life and afraid of death, and did not dare to garrison, but now they are talking like this, which can also be seen that the top of this army is actually very corrupt.

"Leave that at that." Lu Bolin interrupted everyone's words and said, "The key question is that the 80,000 ghost army has retreated, and our army should act now. ”

As soon as his words fell, a partial general clasped his fists and said: "After Lu Shuai's planning, our army has now recovered all the lost territory, and the main force of the ghost army has retreated, according to this, it will not be long before the ghost clan will inevitably seek peace, therefore, the last general suggested, we had better wait for the will of the imperial court." ”

"En ......" general's suggestion can be said to be in line with Lu Bolin's mind, he nodded slowly, and said: "Eighty thousand ghost army, the combat strength is not weak, if our army intercepts, the enemy army will fight to the death in order to break through the defense line, and it is very likely that the internal support of the ghost clan will make us suffer from the enemy." ”

As he spoke, he sighed lightly: "Lu Jiajun, you can't fight like this." ”

"The last general agrees with Lu Shuai's decision." At this time, many partial generals also began to echo it.

Lu Bolin said: "This time the imperial court ordered our army to go on the expedition, what we want is also the victory of the war, and everything else is irrelevant." ”

Obviously, this army is his family base, and these partial generals are equivalent to his family generals, and he wants to preserve his strength.

Lu Bolin was unwilling to intercept the 80,000 ghost army, his concern was in his own interests, and at this moment, he had recovered all the lost territory, and the ghost army had begun to retreat on all fronts, this war had been fought for a long time, the ghost army was a foreign race, and the different Central Plains Empire had such a vast territory, the invasion could not be completed, and after the defeat, their peace was only a matter of time.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the ghost clan to see that they could no longer get benefits, and if they continued to fight, the military strength was already exhausted, so they had no choice but to send envoys into the Central Plains to meet today's son and express their willingness to negotiate peace.

In fact, according to the current battle situation, the Central Plains can completely take advantage of the situation to march and annihilate the ghost clan.

But at that time, the empire was already on the verge of decline and was about to collapse.