After a day and a night of fighting, the soldiers have already put in all their efforts, and there are still endless defensive fortifications in front of them, long trenches, and strong Donghu enemies waiting for them, and no one still believes that they can break through the enemy's defense line and obtain Jinzhou's grain hoard.

An atmosphere of despair hovers over the remnants of the army, defeat is inevitable, it is only a matter of time. The army's grain reserves were all used up before the battle, and the soldiers were given a meal and prepared dry food for the remaining day or two.

After two days, everyone was afraid that they would not even have the strength to walk.

At this moment, Li Guorui was also desperate, and sent a red flag envoy to all the capitals and all armies to order, and the command was handed over to Yue Zhi, and the army did not have to attack Jinzhou again, and turned to Songta behind him.

The mountains stretch, the main force of Donghu is here, and the garrison in the direction of Songta cannot be very tight, whether it is to cross the mountains or break through the enemy's defense line, the only way to survive is behind.

After the military order was announced, Yue Zhi saw the most spectacular scene.

Li Guorui, who was dressed in a purple robe, only had a few horses around him, but he was in charge of the banner of the envoy, the red flag fluttered in the wind, under the banner, several horses rushed forward like an arrow, the mud oars on the ground flew over, and the iron cavalry went forward, and at the last moment, dozens of Donghu archers shot in the direction of the banner, and finally everyone was killed, and everyone was full of bows and arrows.

The Wei army was full of sorrow, seeing off the commander of the army, and the person who ordered the archery should be a Donghu nobleman, who also rode a horse to the front of the battle, and bowed to the Great Wei envoy who died halfway on the horse, and countless Donghu soldiers also lowered their bows and bowed in salute.

No matter what, no matter how heavy the casualties on both sides, at this moment, everyone paid the highest respect to the commander of the Wei army who had committed suicide and sacrificed his ministers.

After that, it was a collapse, and Yue Zhi never wanted to see such a scene again in his life.

At the beginning, there was still scheduling, and by the time the long trenches dug by the Donghu army were seen in the Tashan area, the remnants of the main force of the Wei army collapsed. The armies did their own thing, some attacked the trenches, some climbed the mountains, and some simply ran to Yushui, the Liaohe area, in a panic, panicked, although there was no Donghu soldiers to stop Yushui and the Liaohe side, but it was also nine deaths, and it was difficult to escape.

After the chaos of the various armies, Yue Zhi also lost his command, and each of the armies fought on their own, and there was no command to speak of.

Yue Zhi saw that Zhang Bangwen was lost in the chaotic army, and saw the veteran Mai Jitong swinging forward, jumping forward in front of the trench, but falling into the ditch, and his subordinates kept rushing forward, filling up a short section of trench. Yue Zhi and his personal guards, seized the short gap, bypassed the castle in the rain of arrows, climbed the mountain into the forest, and then has been detouring in the deep mountains and old forests, the Donghu soldiers cut off the road to Ningyuan, and most of the mountains on both wings are also strictly guarded, not formed, take off their armor, and even most of the soldiers of the forbidden army who even threw away their weapons are no longer their opponents, and can only run all over the mountains. The current Northern Expeditionary Army is no different from the ordinary civilians who are being chased and killed, at most they have good physical strength, and consciously flee in groups of three or five, and when they encounter a small group of Donghu soldiers, they can occasionally burst out with effective resistance.

At the beginning of Yue Zhi's escape, there were still many soldiers around him, and he could see the fleeing soldiers of the forbidden army everywhere.

By the evening of the same day, there were many fewer forbidden troops running together, on the contrary, the sound of the chasing Donghu soldiers was always non-stop, and the screams and cries for mercy were also non-stop.

A large number of soldiers of the forbidden army were blocked in front of the long trench and chased and killed in the mountains and forests.

When they arrived near Ningyuan, the Donghu soldiers opened a long defensive line, killing the defeated soldiers who tried to get close to Ningyuan one by one, and swept away with light horses, whether it was stabbing or slashing, or arrows, the Donghu soldiers were very patient and physical, they had already been prepared, and they must kill the main force of the Great Wei Forbidden Army as much as possible in this battle, and wipe out all the 200,000 soldiers as much as possible.

In fact, the forbidden army is less than 200,000, and after several days of fierce fighting, more than 50,000 soldiers of the forbidden army have been killed in the battle, more than 10,000 wounded have been abandoned and waiting for death, and more than 140,000 soldiers have fled

Tens of thousands of military and civilian husbands and women are still worth 200,000.

If there is enough food and grass, these 200,000 Donghu will not be able to gnaw it down with all their might, and in this situation, once the rout is formed, it will be a man-made knife, and his own side will be fish and meat.

On the way to escape, Yue Zhi wanted to draw a knife several times to kill himself, but he was stopped by the most trusted guards, the responsibility for the defeat of the army must be Li Guorui's back, Yue Zhi is a general and wrong, not only is there no mistake, but also should return to the court, face to face to question the two mansions and the Son of Heaven, at least the truth about the annihilation of the 200,000 army must be made public, and Li Jian, Li Enmao, Chen Changde, Xu Ziwei These scum can not be left at large.

After this battle, the prestige of the Great Wei Emperor and the center will definitely be lost, if the hundreds of thousands of angry troops can really break out of the encirclement, what will happen, Yue Zhi himself dare not imagine.

But it's all over.

In the middle of the night, the sound of chasing and killing still did not stop, the Donghu cavalry chased around with torches to kill those defeated and fleeing routs, the sound of killing was endless, Yue Zhi was heartache every moment, he did not feel afraid, the disciples of the sect, the elders of the family instilled the idea that it is an honor for the general to die on the battlefield, and he regarded himself as a dead man on the day he joined the army, if he was a commander for a lifetime, the soldiers under his command died thousands, and he died of injuries and diseases in bed, which is not a good thing, and it is not worth celebrating.

The elders of the family who spoke were all covered with scars, and on rainy days, they were sick all over, and even those who lacked legs and arms, most of them also had gloomy faces, not only physical pain, but also mental damage, and they were not very happy that they could survive.

Yue Zhi was not afraid, nor did he want to survive, what he was most sad about was that the army was defeated in such a situation, not because he was invincible, nor because the soldiers were ineffective, but under the premise of the Son of Heaven, the two governments, and a group of mediocre generals, the army could not fight against the enemy, and gambled on the national fortune of the battle, but in the end it ended in such a way, it was really heart-wrenching and I didn't know what to say.

In the wilderness, one foot deep and one foot shallow, everywhere is the sound of fire and chasing, Yue Zhi himself does not know when he and this small group of people around him will be hunted down, he can survive, mainly because the Donghu soldiers are also quite scattered, and the rout is too easy to chase and kill, Yue Zhi has dozens of loyal and brave guards, although the armor is lightly armed, but the long sword, horizontal knife, bow and arrow are all there, this small group of people is a hard bone, several times there are Donghu soldiers roaring, but they were repelled by the guards, and then those Donghu soldiers saw more, better to kill the large group of defeated soldiers, so they turned the horse's head, Go after those targets that are easier to get by.

After noon the next day, Yue Zhi and a large number of defeated troops finally escaped from the valley, and began to flee along the coastline in the heath, woodland, and shrubs.

Yue Zhi roughly calculated according to the crowd, there were about more than 10,000 defeated soldiers around him, this is all the people who have run to the beach from the long trenches, castles, mountains, and plains in the past two days, and in two days, everyone ran out of fifty or sixty miles, and Ningyuan City is not far behind the oblique, but it takes another one hundred and seventy or eighty miles to Yuguan.

If the Donghu cavalry pursued behind them, this more than 100 miles of land would be the place where more than 10,000 people died, and no one would be able to run out.

Unless there are war horses to ride, if there are thousands of well-recuperated and physically strong war horses now, even if two people ride together, more than 10,000 people can all escape, behind them, at least tens of thousands of defeated soldiers are running and hiding in the middle of Ningyuan to Tashan Fort, and the Donghu people will probably clear and clear them before they will have the spare strength to continue to chase towards the sea, this time will not be too long, at most half a day, half a day is enough.

It's a pity that there are no horses, and everyone has almost exhausted their physical strength, the previous battle, a day and a night of running, people's physical and mental strength are on the verge of collapse, many people know that slowing down is death, but they can only lift their steps with difficulty, and move forward at an extremely slow speed.

Many soldiers recognized Yue Zhi, they had no resentment towards this commander, and their anger was all on the Son of Heaven, Liangfu, Li Jian, Li Enmao, Xu Ziwei and others.

From time to time there were shouts and scolding voices in the crowd, if it weren't for the Son of Heaven and the two governments urging the war, if it weren't for Li Jian and others ignoring Li Guorui's repeated strict orders, and not putting the main force of the follow-up soldiers and horses on the way to ensure the back road, resulting in an imbalance between the front and back and being seized by the Donghu army, why did this time the war come to such a point?

People's resentment is hard to eliminate, shouting and scolding, whether it is Yan Zhao Nan'er in Hebei, or the warrior who has always been known for his tenacity in Daibei, at this moment, they are full of resentment and complaints.

It is hard to imagine that even if the Son of Heaven appeared on the battlefield at this time, what kind of "welcome" would he receive?

People walked along the beach, hoping to cover at least half of the distance after dark before the Donghu soldiers arrived, so that the chances of escape were much greater.

Yue Zhi kept looking behind him, and it was true that there were still some defeated soldiers rushing over one after another, but it was obvious that the defeated soldiers appeared one after another, indicating that the enemy cavalry chasing the defeated soldiers would soon appear.

This Great Wei Taiwei didn't have too much despair in his heart, nor did he have too many waves, the matter had come to this point, there was not much hope for him to survive, and he didn't even feel anything, if he could survive, Yue Zhi didn't know how to get justice for the 200,000 army.

To the Son of Heaven, or the two governments, or those mediocre generals who still have heavy troops?

After this battle, the situation has been quite obvious, the imperial court defense of the north and Xiqiang is not a big problem, as long as all the forbidden troops in the south are successively collected to the north, in a short period of time can get together 100,000 soldiers and horses, almost the limit, and then the remaining 300,000 forbidden troops have to bear more than 10,000 miles of defense line, the door to Donghu is already open, after which not only can not be prevented, but also has no ability to gather troops to defend and counterattack, more than a dozen roads in the north of the Great Wei can only be attacked by the enemy.

Fortunately, Donghu also exhausted its national strength this time, and its domestic money and grain and all reserves were also exhausted, and the loss of manpower was also extremely serious, and a large number of Donghu people would starve to death during the spring famine that followed, which was inevitable. At this time, they could not conquer Ningyuan and Yuguan, and it was not helpful to attack Great Wei by detouring thousands of miles, and they did not have the strength. Donghu's soldiers also lost 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, of which at least 30,000 were killed in battle, 10,000 or 20,000 were seriously wounded, and many were unable to return to the battlefield.

The loss of war horses must be not small, people died in battle and starved to death, and the loss of war horses is also calculated in tens of thousands, even if there is an ally of Beiyu to help replenish, the Donghu people will not be able to carry out the battle of Wei in a year or two.

Yue Zhi only hoped that within a year or two, the Great Wei would be able to replenish the forbidden army of about 200,000 people, and its command attachés and combat capabilities, including armor and equipment, could not be compared with the current main force of the forbidden army, but at least it would not be penetrated by the Donghu people at once and abandon Dafu Prefecture and County.

Yuguan, Ningyuan, this is the last line of defense of the Great Wei, and it is also an opportunity, as long as these two important passes are held, if the Donghu people have to make a detour, the Great Wei will still have a chance to hold on.

The greater threat comes from the inside, the forbidden army is still not enough to defend the border, because the internal people are exhausted, the country is weak and the people are poor, and the people's hearts have long been dissatisfied.

And Yue Zhi can't think too much about it at this moment, he has already thought too much about Dawei, and he can't take care of the internal worries at this time.

There was a faint sound of horses' hooves behind him, and many of the soldiers of the forbidden army were changing their colors when they heard the sound, almost all of them looked behind them at the same time, and a small number of cavalry appeared on the skyline in the distance, and then the cavalry swarmed forward, more and more, and the entire horizon seemed to be filled with cavalry pressed by black.

"Hu Qi, Hu Qi is coming." A large number of soldiers of the forbidden army changed their complexion when they heard this, and many of their faces were distorted, and they shouted wildly, trying to raise the last of their physical strength and run forward, but they found that they were already weak, and their legs were as heavy as lead, and they could not run at all.

"It's over, it's over." Many soldiers, including mid- and lower-ranking military attachés, fell to the ground and began to cry.

At this time, everyone's will has been crossed, even if there are many people still with long swords and horizontal knives, at this time, they have no will and ability to resist at all.