Bailiyan took out 300 horses from the village and filled them into the Xian army, cut out 100 waste horses in the army, left more than 200 horses to the villagers, towed vehicles to load materials, sent them to transfer materials overnight, and quickly went south to take refuge in the snowy mountains.

More than 150 of their weapons, bows and arrows were replenished, and more than 70 young and middle-aged people chose to join the Xian army.

At dusk, Bailiyan took a nap, and after dawn, the villagers had gone away, and the Xianjun continued on the road.

Walking on the road, Bai Liyan asked:

"Jiang Jie, the rations can be eaten for a few days."

"Each person has been loaded for seven days, and more than 100 or 40 horses have been loaded with less than 250 pounds each, and they can eat for about 20 days, and if they save some food, they may be able to eat for 234 days, and they can't be more."

In fact, there is no problem that the horse can be loaded with another hundred catties, Bai Liyan is worried that he will not be able to run fast if he loads more, so he only let it load more than two stones, which is roughly equivalent to the weight of a soldier and equipment, in addition to some pots and stoves and accompanying supplies.

"My lord, where are we going next?"

"Go to Jieping, find a way to take a detour from Jieping to Bakang and Tianquan, and then find a way to go back to Xiaochi."

"Jieping! Jieping is still seven or eight hundred miles away from us, and then to Tianquan, which is a small two thousand miles away, and our grain and grass can only barely support Tianquan. ”

"It seems that you have made great progress, and you can memorize the map by heart, how about I will ensure that you become a general in the future."

"Hehe, the adults make fun of their subordinates, where can their subordinates be generals."

"Everything in the world is possible, you are not small, after I go back, I will tell you a decent family business, there is a general who wants to marry a daughter's family, and there is still a long queue outside the door, competing to marry a daughter."

"Hehe......"

As soon as he mentioned women, Jiang Jie scratched his ears and blushed, how innocent, at his age, he should have been in high school in his last life.

At noon on the day after the Xian army left the fishing village, Hicks' 5,000 light cavalry took the lead in chasing the fishing village, found the slain defenders, and then continued to pursue the Xian army westward, and at the same time sent messengers to send the news to the legion.

Bailiyan trekked west along the snow-capped mountains, which stretch from northeast to southwest, and it took two days to bypass the mountains from the citrus trees, and then two days east to reach Chenfengcheng.

Chenfeng is about 700 miles away from the Jieping of Xu State, Jieping is 500 miles away from Bakang, Bakang to Tianquan is 750 miles, the four cities are 20 degrees north-west vein, extending from east to west, Jieping as the southernmost city of the Central Plains in Qianyue Mountain, is also the first city to abandon it, Bakang, Tianquan abandoned it in the subsequent war.

The barbarians were in close pursuit of the Xian army, but the distance gradually widened from the first half a day's journey to a day, and then a day and a half, because the Xian army had to walk much more every day than the barbarian army.

In fact, the barbarian army can join forces in one place, and then move out thousands of war horses, one person and two horses alternately pursue, and they can catch up with the Xian army within two days, but it is not clear why the barbarian army did not do this, to say that they are worried about the plan, maybe there is this factor, Bailiyan is more inclined to believe that the barbarian army is self-righteous, thinking that the Xian army is trapped in its rear for thousands of miles, and it can trap the Xian army, so it is not in a hurry to destroy the Xian army.

Figos was silent and rarely spoke along the way, and Bai Liyan guessed that he was worried that he would kill him after using it, so silence was golden.

The army marched for six days in a row, arriving twenty miles outside Jieping, the situation was unexpectedly tricky, the barbarian army stationed in Jieping received a warning in advance, and dispatched nearly 10,000 second-rate men and horses to wander around outside Jieping City.

It is said that the barbarian cavalry pursuing the Xian army sent a warning message to Jieping that it should not be faster than the Xian army, and Bai Liyan was puzzled by this.

It wasn't until later that I learned from Figos that the Jin Xuedi people had a thousand miles of horses, which were raised at a very high altitude, and this horse galloped three hundred miles without getting tired, and five of these horses could run more than a thousand miles in relay twenty-four hours a day, and the barbarian army used the horses to deliver emergency news, and the efficiency was much faster than the five hundred miles of the coalition army.

Because this kind of maxima is born at high altitudes, the production mortality rate of mares is high, and the number is scarce, and the total number of thousands of horses put into various places to deliver news is less than 4,000, which seems to be a large number, but in fact, it is distributed to the uninhabited area with a total area of tens of millions of square kilometers, and the number is still scarce

Compared with the vassal states of the Central Plains who pursued Maxima, used to show off their status and status, and kept them at home waiting for old age to die, the Jin Xuedi people put Maxima into a more practical war machine.

Soon after Bailiyan was defeated and took Citrus Lake, the news of the death of the Xian army was first transmitted from Nilson's Ades' army to the army of the moon god king Blendor, and learned that the main force of the Xian army that killed his son-in-law Xochko was annihilated, which undoubtedly gave Brendo a shot in the arm.

"Nileson is good, I know that Nileson will not disappoint the Moon God!"

"Your Majesty, it's too early to talk about victory." The staff member Duo Nong said cautiously, not worried about the remnants of the Xian army who were fleeing, and said: "There are still 2,000 Xian troops who have not been wiped out, and they are still dangerous and unstable in our rear. ”

"They are already lost dogs, and sooner or later they will die of starvation on the grassland, is it so terrible!" Nondelido disagreed.

"Your Majesty, it's better to be careful, although the battle situation is favorable to our army, it is still not to be underestimated. His subordinates suggested that elite cavalry should be sent to annihilate them, and that they could not be expected to be punished by heaven. ”

"But the moon god is always bless his people, isn't he?"

"In fact, daytime is the time of the gods of the Central Plains, and while the moon god blesses us, we have to avoid the erosion of the sun. So, it's better to be cautious. ”

Duo persuaded Brendo with clever metaphors, and after a moment of thought, Brendo reluctantly agreed:

"Well, then let the Mubart regiment of Detzk send cavalry to pursue them."

"Your Majesty is wise, the city of Tiannan Pass is about to be broken, and it is undoubtedly the most suitable to give way to Dezik on the middle line to pursue the army of the Xian people."

"Then it's decided. Besides, do you know what it is! ”

Blendo took out the telescope that Nilleson had seized and handed it to the Duonon, who was left untouched for a long time.

"The subordinates are stupid, please make it clear to Your Majesty."

"This is a strange bronze rod that Nelleson found from the battlefield when he defeated the Duhui Northerners, and the Northerners used strange crystals to put them together so that they could see far away. Originally, you could see ten miles, but now with this stick, you can see forty miles and fifty miles, and the reason why the northerners are more difficult to deal with than before is precisely because they have this stick. ”

"There is such a wonderful thing in the world!" Duo Nong was surprised and tried his skills, as Brundo said, he saw very clearly: "This thing is really wonderful, no wonder the northerners dare to form a formation of hundreds of thousands of people to confront our army, they already have this far-sighted thing, our army will have no secrets to speak of." ”

Cao Chizheng led an army of more than 400,000 people to form a formation outside the Nordson Pass, and had been fighting with the barbarian army for more than ten days.

The number of troops in the battle ranged from tens of thousands to 100,000, and 150,000 troops were arrayed for battle, and on-the-spot command was already extremely difficult, and the transmission of military orders was seriously constrained by the width and depth of the battlefield, and it was impossible to convey them in a timely manner. Whether it's acoustics or visual communication, efficiency is inversely proportional to distance.

Hundreds of thousands of men and horses of the two armies fought in battle, and it was impossible to dispatch them all, and the dispatch of 100,000 and 150,000 men was already the limit. It is often necessary to open up the second and third battlefields, divide and use hundreds of thousands of people, and continue to fight.

This time Cao Chi is different from the past, 400,000 people are divided into several 100,000 formations, 150,000 formations, in three or four directions, by the commanders of the princes and states to command the battle, this time 400,000 people formed a formation, and the barbarian army has a population of 400,000, dispatching more than 200,000 people to form a formation has taken advantage of the speed of horses. And Cao Chizheng only used binoculars and the banner of the Xianjun army, which solved the crux of the long-distance order.

Seeing that the coalition forces were already equipped with telescopes, Dornon quickly realized that the coalition forces could easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops in the days since the war began.

"Your Majesty, this thing should be imitated by craftsmen as soon as possible, as soon as possible, so as to facilitate the battle of our army."

"That's what I mean, let the craftsmen come to identify it as soon as possible, and then send it back to the country as soon as possible for the craftsmen of the academy to imitate."

"Yes!"

On the fourth day after the end of their conversation, Tiannan Pass was lost, and the imperial guest guard general Sang Shi led his army to flee to Yuecheng, and the commander of Mubat's army drove straight in, and Cao Chizheng's flank was completely exposed to the barbarian army.

"These brutes!" Knowing that Tiannanguan had suffered heavy casualties, Cao Chi was furious: "Even if you cramp and peel the skin to destroy the nine clans, you can't solve the hatred in Ben Shuai's heart!" ”

"Imperial Marshal, the current situation is sinister, and there are more than 200,000 people who have died of illness in Xu Tu and Xiaochi, so we should quickly decide to withdraw from the army." Mu Yu persuaded, his hoarse voice almost choked.

"Retire! How can we withdraw from the army now! As soon as our army retreats, the barbarians will pursue and kill from behind. If Xiaochi can defend it, it will be overcome. At present, there are tens of thousands of people who have died violently in Xiaochi, if they retreat to Mingzhou, how can the 400,000 army get to Mingzhou! ”

At this time, Su Fangxin said:

"Marshal, there's another plan available!"

"What's the plan?"

"Last year, the barbarian army built a soil plug on the slope of Luyuan, and after the beginning of spring, the ice and snow melted, and the earth plug disintegrated, but the collapsed earth plug was thrown with a fence, and the royal marshal could quickly transfer people and horses to the earth plug to re-ram, and then retreat to the earth plug, and after stabilizing the position, he was seeking a way to retreat to Mingzhou."

Su Fangxin was as simple as he said and was supported by Mu Yu:

The old man thought that Fang Xin's plan was feasible. Order Xiaochi, Xu Tu surviving people, and the defenders to retreat to Mingzhou and Boyang first, and then our army temporarily retreated to Tusai to block the enemy, and chose the opportunity to retreat to Mingzhou to hold on. ”

"What about the plague?" Cao Chi asked.

"The old man thought that Gongzi Yan's strategy could be used. Before retreating, they should quickly order all localities to plant vegetables and fruits to prevent this disease, and harvest them after ten days and a half months. In addition, when sending people to various countries to raise tea for the winter. ”

"Alas......" Cao Chizheng sighed: "It's a pity Gongzi Yan!" ”

Cao Chizheng was extremely sad when he learned of Bai Liyan's disappearance, and urged Su Fangyi to send people south to find him, but there was no news. Not long after Jiang Zhan, Lu Gao and others escaped back to Yesui, the remnants were less than 3,000 people, Lu Cheng personally threw people south to look for them, encountered the barbarian army that was besieging Kangzhi, and was forced to retreat to Yesui. In the following two months, Lu Cheng went south intermittently to search, but there was no news.

A few days later, the barbarian army held on to the Nordson Pass, waiting for the coalition army to collapse due to illness, no matter how Cao Chizheng provoked, the barbarian army never held out, but made Cao Chizheng decide to give up Xu Tu and fight and retreat. By the twenty-first day of July, Xu Tu was lost, and Cao Chi was leading the army to retreat to the south of Xiaochi City, and Xiaochi began to withdraw his troops.