It wasn't until Princess Tuzhen walked out of the battle that Wu Ti came back to his senses, and he looked at Lai Qiu with an unkind expression: "Come General, didn't you say that you can block the cadres and troops?" Ben Khan is about to capture Wuchuan City, and your people didn't hold the Baidao Pass to let the cadres and soldiers kill them in time, what else do you have to say? ”

Laiqiu smiled bitterly and clenched his fists and said: "Khan, the truth is unpredictable, and the last general did not expect that it would take only a few days for the thousand troops to break through Nantian Fort and Baidao Pass one after another. Now our army and the Qianguo are mortal enemies, the last general naturally does not want the Qianjun to win, the cadre army is about to be killed, the last general thinks that Princess Tuzhen's words are very reasonable, the Khan should quickly rate the army to withdraw, let's think about it in the long run! ”

Wu Ti could only suppress his anger, he also knew that this matter could not be blamed for Qiu Lun, no one could pack a ticket for the war, and now that the matter was now, he could only temporarily avoid its edge, so he ordered: "Order all troops to withdraw, quickly send someone to inform the beggar Liegui, and let him lead the army to Yixin Mountain to join Ben Khan!" ”

Soon, the horns of the retreat of the troops resounded inside and outside the city of Wuchuan, and the Rouran cavalry who were still outside the city packed up as fast as they could, abandoning all the heavy objects that affected the speed of the march, and the Rouran soldiers who were engaged with the defenders in the city also retreated.

The Rouran retreated very simply, the camp tents and other things were not asked for in place, and the siege equipment was also scattered aside.

Until the Rouran people were far away, the smoke and dust in the sky disappeared, and the remaining defenders in the city were so excited that they knelt on the ground and yelled, and finally persevered, and they could finally live.

Sima Chuzhi walked out of a private house, followed by several sons and generals.

He walked out of the city along the ruined streets, and as he went, he said, "The city is broken, and the Rourans have already taken half of it, why do they suddenly retreat?" ”

The eldest son, Sima Baoyin, said: "Father, it is impossible for the Rouran people to retreat for no reason, and the son thinks that there should be reinforcements from our army!" ”

"Let's take a look at the city gate!"

The remaining defenders, the generals and the people of the city followed Sima Chu and his people to the city gate and climbed the city wall.

"Father, look, reinforcements have really arrived!"

Sima Chuzhi looked in the direction of one of his sons' arms, a large number of cavalry from the south were coming quickly, and far away, he could hear the sound of horses' hooves like rolling thunder, as well as the smoke and dust that rushed into the sky.

Soon, a royal banner appeared in the sight of everyone on the city wall.

Someone among the generals exclaimed: "It was the king himself who led the army to help!" ”

When Sima Chuzhi saw this big banner, he didn't dare to slack off, and immediately took his sons and generals down the city wall and went out of the city to greet him.

When Zhao Junsheng arrived outside Wuchuan City with a large army, tens of thousands of people and more than 4,000 remaining soldiers and generals had gathered outside the city, and a steady stream of people were coming out of the city.

"Li-" Zhao Junsheng stopped.

Chang Kun raised his hand and shouted: "Stop advancing!" ”

The cavalry stopped neatly, and the residents of the city were very excited to see so many soldiers and horses.

Zhao Junsheng's gaze swept and fell on Sima Chuzhi.

Sima Chuzhi took his sons and generals to come over and bow to Zhao Junsheng: "The minister Sima Chuzhi was not effective in guarding the border, which caused the city wall of Wuchuan City to be broken by the Rouran army, resulting in heavy casualties among the soldiers and civilians in the city, and countless losses of houses and property. ”

Someone among the people suddenly shouted: "Long live the king Tianwei!" ”

"Hooray!" Three, three, two, two, two echoed thoughts.

Immediately afterward, wave after wave of people shouted long live and knelt on the ground.

Looking at the nearly 100,000 people inside and outside Wuchuan City shouting long live kneeling in front of him, Zhao Junsheng's heart was surging, at this moment he felt not the pleasure of having absolute power, but a heavy responsibility! If Wuchuan City is breached, the men who are taller than the wheels of these 100,000 people will be slaughtered, and the women will be taken captive to serve as slaves and fertility machines for the Rouran people.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Sima Chuzhi with a serious face, and after a long time, he dismounted and walked in front of Sima Chuzhi with a horsewhip, bent down and stretched out his hand to help him up, "Tens of thousands of elites in the Rouran army, you have defended the city for half a month with one-tenth of your strength, and after the city is broken, you can still lead the army and the people to fight to the death against the enemy without retreating, your courage is commendable, let's live, everyone else will get up!" ”

"Thank you for the king's grace of not sinning, long live the king!" Sima Chuzhi got up at this time, and the soldiers and civilians got up one after another.

Zhao Junsheng beckoned to Lan Yun and ordered: "Take people to keep an eye on the Rouran army and see where they go!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng ordered Shen Hui again: "Send someone to contact Gao Xu, see where his soldiers and horses are, let him give up dealing with the Rouran people, and rush to Wuchuan to meet!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Only then did Zhao Junsheng say to Sima Chuzhi: "General Sima, take Gu into the city to see how the losses of the people are!" ”

"Your Majesty, please!" Sima Chuzhi led Zhao Junsheng into the city on horseback.

Except for the Dragon Guard to escort Zhao Junsheng and the ministers and officials accompanying the army into the city, the other armies began to prepare for camp outside the city using the camp tents left by the Rouran people.

The Rouran people retreated in a hurry, and the large number of cattle and sheep they brought did not have time to take them away, which was cheap for the officers and soldiers of the Qianjun.

After Zhao Junsheng entered the city, he jumped off his horse and walked into the city along a messy street, many houses on both sides of the street were burned, leaving a large number of ruins, and some houses were still burning, and the cries of the people were everywhere he passed.

The women knelt beside the bodies of their husbands, the children knelt on their mothers' bodies and wept and shook the bodies, many of the families had been broken and there was not a single person left, and the city was full of corpses, most of them the corpses of the people, but also the corpses of the defenders and the pliable people.

After walking for a while, Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Let the soldiers help the people collect the corpses, take out all the camp tents in the army and camp outside the city, so that the people can rest and wait for the houses in the city to be repaired before letting them move in!" ”

As soon as Zhao Junsheng's order came out, an official from outside the city came to report: "King, the Rouran people are in a hurry, and they have left a large number of cattle, sheep and supplies······

Zhao Junsheng saw this devastated scene, and immediately ordered: "Kill a batch of livestock and give food to the soldiers and all the soldiers and civilians in the city, and compensate the rest of the cattle, sheep and supplies to the people!" ”

These things naturally need to be dealt with by Sima Chuzhi, he clenched his fists and bowed down and said, "The people of Wuchuan on behalf of the ministers thank the king for his grace!" ”

With the assistance of the soldiers of the army, the people quickly cleaned up the corpses in the city and buried them in a centralized manner.

At night, the residents whose houses were still intact still lived in the city, and the people whose other houses were burned down went out of the city to live in the allocated camps, and Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan's houses were kept and some people kept cleaning, but Zhao Junsheng still lived in the camp outside the city with the soldiers and civilians.

Lan Yun, who went to investigate the movements of the Rouran people, came back, and he reported to Zhao Junsheng in the brightly lit camp tent: "King, the last general led people to catch up with the Rouran army quickly, but they had people behind the palace, and the last general and others followed and fought with them after being discovered, the enemy was numerous, and the last general and others were defeated, so they had to stop, and when they followed up again, the Rouran army had gone away, and the last general and others could only continue to follow the sound of horses' hooves they left, and found that they had been going north, and when the last general came back, some brothers were left to continue to follow!" ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned when he heard this: "This desert south has a vast area, if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is easy to get lost, can you leave behind to complete the task of tracking?" ”

Lan Yun replied: "Don't worry, the king can rest assured, the last general brought all the veterans who served in Wuchuan Town back then, there shouldn't be any problems, but if the tracking distance is too far, they will lose support, and they will not be able to send back the news in time!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and Lan Yun clenched his fists and retreated to find something to eat to fill his stomach.

The tent was quiet, Zhao Junsheng didn't speak, and the generals and officials couldn't make a sound.

This is Dongfang Chen standing up and saying, "Is the king worried about the next steps of the army? ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said: "Also, according to Lone's original plan, if the Rouran people did not unite with the Northern Wei Dynasty, Lone would directly send troops to attack Huaishuo and Woye, and then wave his army south to attack Xi Huan's old nest Bogulu Town, and then go south to Chang'an!" But now that the Rouran people have united with the Northern Wei Dynasty and dispatched 60,000 cavalry, Lone's plan will be reformulated! ”

Dongfang Chen said: "King, if the Rouran people only deal with our army, our army can't leave them alone and go directly to fight Daqian, if you don't care about them, I'm afraid that Wuchuan Town will still be broken by them, and the defensive fortress on the front line of the Great Wall will not be guaranteed!" If you concentrate on dealing with Rouranren, the king has to worry about whether Xue Andu and Zhang Xing can hold it out! ”

"Those who know me are also in the East! Does Mr. Dongfang have a good plan for me? ”

Dongfang Chen said: "The minister thinks that the king doesn't have to worry too much, Zhang Xing is a veteran, Lao Cheng is serious, and he is also a general who is good at defending the city, there should be no big problems in Hedong, as long as Xue Andu is not careless, it should be no problem to hold on for a few months, and now the envoys sent by our country to Qiuchi, Tuyuhun and Beiliang should have begun to play a role, the king might as well wait for good news!" ”

That being said, Zhao Junsheng was not sure.

After thinking about it, Zhao Junsheng still decided to wait for the detective cavalry detective post to find out the final movements of the Rouran people before making a decision, if the Rouran people retreated to Mobei, he would lead the army to attack the west to fight Daqian, if the Rouran people did not withdraw to Mobei, he would lead the army to directly force up to find Wu Ti for a decisive battle.

Gao Xu, who was leading the army to fight with Wu Ti's brother Qiliegui, broke away from Qiliegui and went south to Wuchuan after receiving Zhao Junsheng's order, and Qiliegui also received Wu Ti's order almost at the same time, and was worried that he couldn't get out.

On the afternoon of the third day when Zhao Junsheng led his army to Wuchuan City, Lu Xuanbo quickly came to Zhao Junsheng's side and reported: "Great King, Qiu Chi, Tuyuhun and Beiliang have all sent troops to the territory of Pi Leopard, Xi Xuan and Lai Daqian, and they have all been attacked!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was shocked and laughed: "Hahaha······ That's great! Come and send an order for all military generals and officials to come to discuss matters! ”