In the camp, everyone was busy quickly, some were packing up their tents, some were packing up, and some were loading grain, grass, baggage, and booty onto the wagon.

Zhao Junsheng stood outside the tent with his waist knife in his hand and looked at the busy generals, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, Su Xijing, a barbarian, would actually lead the troops to evacuate in the middle of the night, and not notify the generals of the other armies? You must know that this guy had sworn a poisonous oath before that he would never break Dragon City, and he forgot it all after a few days? Judging from his usual performance, although this guy is reckless and short-tempered, he is not a shameless person!

Why did Su Xijing suddenly secretly evacuate with his troops? Is it because the siege is because the casualties are too great? This is unlikely, even if the siege casualties are too large, you can postpone the siege, and then think of other ways, why sneak away without saying a word? This doesn't make sense!

There must be something else!

At this moment, Guo Yi hurriedly came over and hugged his fists to report: "General, the big thing is not good, I just got the news that a Southern Dynasty naval division loaded with 3,000 soldiers landed on the coastal road and occupied Jieshi Mountain!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's face changed greatly when he heard this: "What? Is this news reliable? ”

Guo Yi said with a serious face: "Absolutely reliable, it was brought back by a messenger who just came from Jixian County, he just passed through Jieshi Mountain, and saw with his own eyes that the Southern Dynasty sailors landed and occupied Jieshi Mountain and built a large number of buildings, and the Southern Dynasty soldiers found out and chased him for two whole days, so that he was forced to hide in Tibet and finally got out and came to report it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng understood now, no wonder Su Xijing suddenly led his troops to withdraw late last night, and he still took the north road, Su Xijing must have gotten the news last night, so he rushed to evacuate.

Speaking of where is Jieshi Mountain? That's right, it is the area of Shanhaiguan in later generations, called Jieshi in this period, Cao Cao led the army to pass through Jieshi Mountain when he marched north to Karasuma, and made the famous poem "Watching the Sea" in Jieshi said that it was here.

Of course, Zhao Junsheng knew that the terrain was dangerous, and for the Southern Dynasty army, which was good at defense, as long as he occupied this place and built a camp, with the siege ability of the Northern Wei army, there was basically no possibility of breaking through.

The occupation of Jieshi Mountain by the Southern Dynasty army is equivalent to cutting off a retreat route for the Northern Wei army, how can Su Xijing, who got the news first, not panic?

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and immediately beckoned Li Bao and others to rush to the palace, he was worried that Hua Mulan would be blocked by the guards when she transported the emperor's coffin in the palace.

When he arrived at the palace, as expected, the soldiers guarding the coffin of the emperor and the ministers would be the people who came to Daqian, and they naturally refused to hand over the coffin to Mulan, and the two sides almost fought, and when he arrived, Mulan was confronting Daqian.

"What's going on? Are you still using weapons? Put down, put down your weapons! Zhao Junsheng led people into the side hall and scolded loudly.

When Mulan heard this, she knew that Zhao Junsheng was coming, so she waved her hand and took the generals back a few steps to open up the distance.

When Lai Daqian saw Zhao Junsheng walking in, he immediately shouted and asked, "Zhao Junsheng, what do you and Mulan want to do?" I actually took away the coffins of His Majesty and the ministers accompanying the army without permission, and if you don't tell me a single ugly man, I will never give you a sigh! ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the soldiers behind Daqian: "Let your people put away their weapons, there are a few words I want to tell you alone!" Mulan, let your people go out too, you can stay! ”

Lai Daqian hesitated, but still waved his hand: "Go out!" ”

Hua Mulan saw that Daqian had driven all her people out, and she also gestured and ordered the soldiers to retire.

Zhao Junsheng walked to the emperor's spiritual throne and bowed, and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers originally planned to inherit Your Majesty's will to capture Longcheng and destroy the Yan Kingdom, and incorporate the territory of the Yan Kingdom into the territory of our Great Wei, but the situation is changing rapidly, not that the ministers are not willing to do their best, but the situation does not allow the ministers to continue to stay here!" Last night Su Xijing suddenly led the army to secretly evacuate overnight, this morning there was news that the coastal road Jieshi Mountain was occupied by a Southern Dynasty naval division, one of our retreats was cut off, once the news spread, it will inevitably cause chaos in the army, the monarchs and ministers of the Yan State are likely to take the opportunity to send troops, and then my Eastern Expeditionary Army will be in danger of annihilation, please forgive Your Majesty, the minister assured His Majesty that when the time is ripe, he will come to cut down Yan again, and the minister will bow again! ”

Lai Daqian listened to Zhao Junsheng's words word for word, and his face showed an unprecedented solemn look and rushed to Zhao Junsheng: "General Zhao, what you just said is true?" Don't be kidding General Ben! ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a cold face: "How can such a military event be child's play? If the general doesn't believe it, he can send someone to Su Xijing's camp to check, the camp is already empty! ”

Hua Mulan said beside her: "Come to the general and think about Su Xijing's character, although he is not good, he is a person who wants to save face, he doesn't want to lead the troops to retreat secretly, can this matter be fake?" ”

When he came to Daqian to see Zhao Junsheng's expression, he knew that he didn't need to send someone to verify it, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, we must withdraw, if we don't withdraw, as long as the news comes, we don't need the Yan army to attack, we ourselves will collapse first, and we must evacuate Dragon City before the Yan Kingdom reacts!" ”

"Now the general knows why I asked Mulan to bring troops over to take away the coffins of His Majesty and the ministers accompanying the army, right? The news of His Majesty's death and the death of the ministers accompanying the army must also be blocked, not to wear linen and filial piety, let alone to let the drum music play mourning music, and the coffin coffin must be covered with a black cloth after it is loaded! ”

"Does the general want to hand over the coffin coffin to me and Mulan to take away, or does he want to lead the army to transport it away? If the general wants to transport it away by himself, Mulan and I will lead troops to cover the general's retreat behind; If the general is willing to hand over the coffin coffin to me and Mulan to transport away, the general must lead troops to cover our retreat behind! In short, the coffins of His Majesty and the ministers accompanying the army must not fall into the hands of the Yan people, otherwise we will have to commit suicide to thank the world! ”

Lai Daqian knew that Zhao Junsheng was right, someone must cover the removal of the coffins of the emperor and the ministers of the army, and failing to protect the safety of the emperor and the ministers of the army was already a serious dereliction of duty for them.

Lai Daqian made a choice in an instant: "In the future, I will protect the coffins of His Majesty and the ministers accompanying the army, and I will also ask General Zhao and General Hua to order troops as cover!" ”

Zhao Junsheng agreed: "Yes, the general has one day to prepare, but I remind the general that it is best for the soldiers not to bring too heavy items, which will affect the speed of the march, and now they are retreating, not marching, they should travel lightly!" After dark, you will set off again, and wait until tomorrow when it is dawn, and then Mulan and I will lead the army to follow, and as for the other armies, we can only resign ourselves to fate! ”

Lai Daqian nodded, and said, "How can you block the news during the day today?" Su Xijing's camp is empty, and the other soldiers will definitely find out! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "I have sent troops to take over the camp, guarding the camp gate, arrow tower, etc., and the other armies will not know that they have changed people, but they will definitely wonder how the camp can be so quiet, I will send someone to inform the generals of the other armies, just say that Su Xijing has learned the news of Zhu Xiuzhi, and has led the troops to chase after him, and it should not be too difficult to drag it until dark!" ”

"Okay, that's it!"

There are too many generals in the army, and it is not easy to block the news, so Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan spent a lot of effort to fool the generals of the various armies.

After midnight that night, Lai Daqian sent people to load the coffins of the emperor and his ministers into a cart, and led the troops to quietly transport them away.

After the time, Zhao Junsheng sent people to invite the generals of various armies to come to the meeting.

This is the first time that Zhao Junsheng has sent people to invite these generals to discuss military affairs, and everyone came over with curiosity.

"Hey, where is the old man?" Tuoba Qiu found that Su Xijing didn't come, and only Daqian didn't come, so he couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan walked in, came to the main seat, and turned to the generals and said, "Everyone, I have bad news for you, the Jieshi Mountain of the Binhai Road has been occupied by a Southern Dynasty Naval Division, and our retreat has been cut off!" ”

"What?" The generals all stood up in shock, and their faces changed drastically.

Zhao Junsheng pressed his hand: "Everyone, don't be impatient, although the coastal road has been cut off, we can still retreat by the northern road, it's not a secret, Su Xijing didn't go to pursue Zhu Xiuzhi, but quietly led the troops to run away last night, and he got the news earlier than all of us!" ”

When the generals heard this, they were angry and scolded, "This damn one, cowardly as a mouse, greedy for life and afraid of death, his bravery is all pretended, and he really runs faster than anyone else when he encounters big things!" ”

"Alright, alright!" Zhao Junsheng had to stop, "I got the news this morning, I discussed it with the general first, and asked him to lead the army to take the coffins of His Majesty and the ministers of the army to go first, at this time they have already set off for more than an hour, and then our troops should retreat one after another, the retreat cannot be chaotic, and it cannot be ······ by the Yan army in the city."

Before Zhao Junsheng's words were finished, Tuoba Qiu stood up and clenched his fists and said, "General Zhao, you discuss first, I am suddenly in a hurry, and I will come when I go!" ”

Not long after this guy left, Tuoba Qi also got up and said, "Oh, I have diarrhea, I can't do it, I have to go and make it easier!" ”

After Tuoba Qi ran away, Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, Yuan He, Wei Wei and others still didn't understand that they ran back to gather people and horses to prepare to run away.

Zhao Junsheng sighed secretly, Lao Tzu has tried his best, you can't complain about me if you want to find death yourself! He said to Yuan He and Wei Dependent: "The two generals are honest people, I know you are embarrassed to say, okay, you also go and prepare, whoever prepares first will go first, whether you can go back alive depends on luck!" ”

Yuan He and Wei Yi glanced at each other, hugged Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, and left.

Seeing Zhao Junsheng's pity, Hua Mulan walked up to him and said, "Brother Junsheng, the situation is not something we can control, and the hearts of the people are not something we can control, we have done our best, we should also go!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath and asked, "Are you all ready?" ”

"It's all ready, all the valuable belongings are buried on the spot, and the soldiers only brought dry food and dried meat for half a month, and nothing else!"

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