In the southern suburbs of Yecheng, the imperial soldiers and horses who retreated from Fangcheng camped here, most of them were the troops of the Yuzhou Governor's Office, because they learned that there was an accident in Yuzhou, the soldiers were in turmoil, and they were about to break out in the camp.

Near dusk, smoke rose in the barracks, and Hebavoon, who had just finished the military discussion in the city, hurried out of the city and returned to the barracks.

Riding his horse into the gate, Hebalvoon did not go directly to the Chinese tent, but walked around the camp, mostly lighting fires and cooking everywhere he went, and unlike in the past, many soldiers were silent or wiping their weapons.

He has led the army for many years, and he is very familiar with life in the army, and generally speaking, whenever he lights a fire to cook and eat, most of the soldiers will chat in groups, which can be regarded as a way to relieve his mood.

Now, most of the soldiers were silent and preoccupied, and many looked up at the southern sky, their eyes straight and unsure of what they were thinking.

No, He Bavoen knew what the other party was thinking, something happened to the Hanging Gourd, most of the officers and soldiers in the army were from the army of the Yuzhou Governor's Mansion, and most of their families were in the Hanging Gourd and the surrounding counties, at this moment, the soldiers were worried about the safety of their families.

And Hebavoon's family members in the Hanging Gourd City are probably more auspicious at this time.

Fortunately, Hebavo's children are all adults, and there are only a few concubines who come with him, and even if something happens, the incense will not be cut off.

In the camp, wherever Hebavoon went, the soldiers put down the work they were busy with, stood on both sides and watched silently, the commander personally patrolled the camp, if it was on weekdays, everyone would be frightened, for fear that something would go wrong and attract a whip, but now everyone doesn't care.

He saw that many soldiers were staring at him fearlessly, and there was no anger in his heart, he understood what the soldiers wanted to do most, and he saw the anger in the soldiers' eyes.

I also saw the expectation.

The soldiers all expected that he could lead everyone back, recover the hanging gourd, and cut the beasts who slaughtered the city with a thousand knives, so the next battle did not need to be rewarded, nor did he need to know how to reason and move with emotion, and it was easy to mobilize the soldiers' desire to kill the enemy.

All of this is due to Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang, who has fought for so many years, and it is rare to encounter such a good opportunity, which can make the whole army unprecedentedly united and high-spirited.

He Ba Fuen was originally a general of Qi State, surrendered when Zhou State attacked Qi, and after the great change in the second year of the elephant, he became the general of Chi Yuan, the prince of Shu at that time, and after many years of bloody fighting, he became the general of Yu Chi's lineage.

It is precisely in this way, after the fall of the Sui State, he was appointed as the governor of Yuzhou, and the whole army was waiting to attack the Shannan territory of the Yuwen clan, and just over a month ago, he was ordered by the Prime Minister Chi Dan to lead the army to attack Fangcheng and open the gate of Jingzhou in Shannan.

Whether or not the city can be successfully taken is related to whether the Wei Chi clan can eradicate the overall arrangement of the Yuwen clan as soon as possible, the importance is self-evident, of course, He Bavoen does not dare to take it lightly, and this sudden withdrawal of troops will directly lead to the previous arrangement in vain, and then affect the overall situation.

However, Hobavoon did not obtain permission and withdrew his troops without permission.

The consequences were serious, but the consequences of not withdrawing the troops were even more serious, seeing that a mutiny was about to occur, Hebavoon could not wait for permission from Yecheng, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the troops immediately.

The Yuzhou Governor's Mansion was secretly attacked, and most of the officers and men of the Yuzhou Army who besieged Fangcheng were in the Hanging Gourd or the surrounding counties, and if they did not withdraw the army when the army was in turmoil, they would only collapse without a fight.

If the main force of the Yuzhou army is finished, it will take longer for the imperial court to recover the hanging gourd, because the Bozhou and Yangzhou governors' offices will not organize reinforcements so quickly in a hurry, so the hanging gourd will be like an abscess, leading to the erosion of the situation in Yuzhou.

Such a consequence is many times more serious than Hebavoun's withdrawal from the siege of Fangcheng.

He Ba Fuen has fought for decades, knows the importance of the battle, and knows the trade-offs, so even if he does not have the permission of the class teacher, he has to return to the army to save the hanging gourd.

However, retreating in front of the enemy has always been a very tricky matter, if the measures are not taken properly, the defenders of Fangcheng will be aware of it, and it is very likely to turn into a large-scale rout, once this kind of thing really happens, it will also lead to a serious deterioration of the situation.

However, this was difficult for Hebavoon, and that night he arranged for people to beat gongs and drum horns, just to make the defenders of Fangcheng think that they were going to attack at night, and they only cared about defense, and had no time to care about the specific situation of the camp outside the city.

By daybreak, the defenders realized that something was wrong, and that Hebavoun had retreated east with a large army, and the other side could not catch up even if they wanted to.

After the army withdrew to Yecheng, He Ba Fuen did not rush to continue to rush to Xuancheng, first of all, he had to arrange the defense of Yecheng and guard against the eastward advance of the Jingzhou army.

Yecheng is the eastern exit of Ye Wan Road, if the Jingzhou army wants to enter the boundary of Yuzhou, it must first take Yecheng, and He Ba Fuen must ensure the safety of this gate, so that he can rest assured that he can enter the Hanging Gourd, and then he convened the generals in the city to discuss the matter, that is, to arrange the defense of Yecheng.

At the same time, cavalry was also sent to sentry in the direction of the hanging gourd to find out the road conditions for the next march, so as not to be ambushed halfway.

When Hobavoon first received the news of the change in the Hanging Gourd, he tried to block the news to prevent the soldiers from wavering in the army's morale when they learned about it, but the means of spreading the news to the enemy army in the Hanging Fortress were very good, and the news was soon spread to the camp outside Fangcheng, causing everyone to know.

The enemy's attack was suspended, and no matter how it was done, but in terms of purpose, it was obvious that it was to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and now the effect was good, resulting in the Yuzhou army being forced to retreat and the siege of Fangcheng lifted.

And next, the entrenched enemy will definitely not sit idly by and watch the Yuzhou army come to the city, nor will they flee in a hurry.

The allusion to the siege of Wei to save Zhao is well known to the world, but the follow-up story is easy to ignore, that is, the Wei army, which rushed back to the national capital, was ambushed by the enemy halfway when it was exhausted, and the whole army was annihilated.

He Batvoen didn't want to become Pang Juan, the commander of the Wei army who had defeated Guiling, so he had to be cautious.

Yecheng to Hanging Gourd, the distance is only more than 300 miles, it makes no difference to arrive one day earlier and one day in the evening, He Batvoen decided to advance to the south step by step, and the stupid atrocity of the other party's bloody Hanging Gourd successfully ignited the anger of the officers and soldiers of the Yuzhou Army.

Relatives were slaughtered, the soldiers of the Yuzhou army were full of grief and indignation, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, Heba Fuen is confident that he will break the enemy in a battle, so before that, he must beware of being ambushed and sneak attacked.

And now, there is one more thing to do, and that is to add fuel to the fire.

Looking around at the soldiers around him, looking at the fighting men who were eager to fight and kill the enemy, Heba Fuen raised his arms and shouted: "Sons! Who killed your wife and children? ”

After a short silence, there was a tidal roar: "It's a one-legged bronze man!" ”

"So, what should we do?"

"Cut him with a thousand cuts!"

"It's too quiet, I can't hear it clearly!"

"Cut him with a thousand cuts!!"

The soldiers shouted hoarsely, their faces were red, and they were angry, looking at these people who vowed to take revenge, Heba Fuen nodded, the military heart is available, as the commander of the whole army, what he has to do is to attack the hanging gourd and capture the enemy commander Yuwenwen.

Yuwen Wen has a nickname called 'One-legged Bronze Man', He Ba Fuen thought that this should have been in Lingbiao, but somehow ran back, earned a hanging gourd, and found an impostor, distributed the text everywhere, calling on the world to be the king of soldiers and horses.

"Well said!" Hebavoun shouted, "Reclaim the Hanging Gourd and capture the One-legged Bronze Man alive!" Cut off the flesh on his body piece by piece, and comfort the souls of your loved ones in heaven! ”