"The generals listened to the order, and immediately gave orders to the three armies, speed up the march, evacuate Lanzhou Pass to resist the enemy, and if they violate the order, they will be killed."

Xiang Fei decisively issued an order to retreat, not daring to confront the 200,000 Xiongnu army.

"Yes, General!" Many of the main generals received the military order, hurriedly got up and left, and ordered the army to withdraw.

That Ji Yun and several other main battle factions felt very embarrassed, they followed behind Liu Zhi, and said as they walked: "Master Liu, if we do this, it will be too embarrassing, right?" Although the combat power of the Hun soldiers is a little stronger than that of our army, we are not without the strength to fight back. If we blindly flee and defend like this, won't it damage our dignity in the heavenly kingdom?

If this is known to some of the other vassal states, they must not laugh at us and call us incompetent, and thus out of our control? I don't think it's as good as us fighting with the Hun army in a dignified manner, and show our real combat strength to the Huns. ”

"Stupid..."When Liu Zhi heard Ji Yun's words, he couldn't help but want to scold.

But then he stopped the swear words that were about to blurt out in time, and sighed: "Ji Shao, what you think is a little simple. Although our army has nearly 500,000 people, its combat power is simply one heaven and one underground compared to those ace armies controlled by your Ji family.

Also, have you ever wondered how many families and children are behind these nearly 500,000 people? Their families are looking forward to their safe return. If we can save their lives, how can we not do our best to save them?

Some battles have to be fought to the death, and there is no way to do it. But in some battles, there is no need to die at all. For this, Wang Mang has done a good job. As long as we, the generals, care about the lives of the soldiers, the soldiers will obey our orders even more.

Think about it, if we really have a head-on battle with the main force of the Hun army. How will it end? Even if we win against them, we will almost lose all our forces, and we may even say that we have little chance of defeating them.

And more importantly, we can't take risks, we can't fail. We can't just save face and ignore the safety of Kyushu. You are strong in martial arts, and you are not afraid of thousands of troops, but how many people in this world are as strong as you?

Since I led the troops to Dingxi Pass, I have always cooperated very much with every military order issued by Wang Mang. This is not because I surrendered to Wang Mang, but because I now have a common task with him, that is, to completely solve external threats first. I am a Han first, and then the head of the Liu family. Ji Shao, if you have the heart to kill more enemies, then after we retreat to Lanzhou Pass, you can lead your troops to fight with them in front of the pass.

All in all, I will never allow these sons and daughters of Zhuzhou that I have led to die in another country without any value. ”

When Ji Yun heard his words, he was thoughtful and remorseful.

Ji Yan asked, "Liu Family Master, since this is the case, then why did you cooperate with Xiang Fei and them to forcibly attack the city before?" According to what you just said, as long as we blindly defend, won't we be able to stop the Huns? ”

"It's that simple." Liu Zhi said: "The way of the battle formation is ever-changing. A forced siege will kill many soldiers and horses, who doesn't know this? But if you think about it, if we don't attack the city and just blindly defend, wouldn't it be a great disaster for the army? Isn't it despair, even for the people behind us?

We can only compromise on what we should do, and the defense that we have just attacked, and the attack that we have just attacked. For example, we attacked the Silver Pass earlier. Although our army lost nearly 70,000 people in the battle, it bought time for Lord Wang's plan. In terms of the overall situation, it is conducive to our Kyushu to completely kill them. The sacrifice is worth it, in line with the trade-offs. ”

Ji Yan nodded and said, "I'll be taught!" ”

Liu Zhi said: "After we retreat to Lanzhou Pass, the prisoner cow will come to call for the battle in person." At that time, no one in our army will be able to resist except a few of you. At that time, you will lead the army to fight at that pass, strengthen the morale of our army, and you can also make military achievements at that time and win the hearts of the army.

This time we fought with the Xiongnu, and according to the current situation, the Xiongnu will be defeated. After they were defeated, Wang Mang's credit must be the greatest, and no one could snatch it, after all, he was the commander of the three armies. As for the rest of the credit, you can try to get more of it, so as to lay the foundation for our future army. ”

"It's natural, we know it." Ji Xuan said coldly: "The day the Xiongnu is defeated, it is the time when Wang Mang's foundation collapses. When that day comes, let him have great merit and fame in the world, but as long as he has no foundation, how can he turn the sky upside down? ”

Yue Zhi silently followed behind Ji Yun, she didn't speak, she didn't know what to say, and she didn't have the heart to think about running away, and she didn't dare.

Now she is completely resigned to fate, knowing that she can't escape unless someone comes to save her.

After many of the main generals came to the place where the army under their command was stationed, they didn't explain too much, and hurried to let the deputy generals pass the order, and the whole army hurriedly retreated to Lanzhou Pass.

Although many soldiers had doubts, they did not dare to disobey the military order.

Therefore, not long after Xiang Fei's order, the Han Dynasty's nearly 500,000 soldiers urgently retreated and accelerated their escape.

Behind them, the Xiongnu and others were in hot pursuit, and they repeatedly ordered to urge their subordinate armies to speed up the journey again.

Between the two sides chasing and fleeing, because nearly half of the men and horses on the Xiongnu side were cavalry, and most of the Han army were infantry. Therefore, after a day of chasing and fleeing, the two got closer and closer. You can almost see your back from afar.

"Quick, quick, fast. They're right in front, kill me..."

The prisoner Niu saw the Han soldiers at the rear, and immediately his eyes were filled with endless bloodshots, roaring again and again, and the murderous aura was soaring.

Xiang Fei and others, who were hurrying in front, saw that the Hun vanguard troops were getting closer and closer to their main army, and he was very anxious, for fear of being entangled by the Hun army, so he could not get out.

At present, they are still some distance away from Lanzhou Pass, and it will take them about a morning to arrive. Xiang Fei was a little worried that there was not enough time and he didn't have time to rush into the defense.

Many senior generals who were parallel to him said: "General Xiang, the speed of the people on the Huns' side is too fast. At the moment, we can't all return to Lanzhou Pass before they catch up. What do we do now? If we don't come up with an idea, our army will be entangled by them, and it will be completely impossible to get out. ”

Xiang Fei asked the many generals of the other factions, "Generals, what do you think should be done about this?" The main force of our army must not be entangled by them, otherwise our army may be in danger. ”

(End of chapter)