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When Yan Xing explained to Xu Kun the consequences and crisis of not saving Niu Fu, Xu Kun quickly came to his senses, he thought about it for a while, and felt that Yan Xing's words were not unreasonable, so he nodded and agreed to hold the first line of the valley and protect the retreat of the army.

Although it is decided to hold the retreat, how to defend it is also an important strategy.

Now, the Dong soldiers and horses in the valley are constantly retreating with Niu Fu, Li Dao and others, and it is not easy to turn the tide and help them protect their retreat.

Xu Kun stayed to protect the retreat of Guguchi, which did not mean that he was willing to sacrifice his men and horses to block the ambush in the valley for the sake of Niu Fu, Li Dao and others. Therefore, he ordered his soldiers and horses to withdraw to both sides, and made an arrangement of "vacating the front, ambushing both sides, and bluffing".

Yan Xing also took his foot soldiers by Yan Xing according to Xu Kun's arrangement, followed Xu Kun's men and horses, and ambushed them on both sides, while he took Xu Huang and sent Ma Lin and Gan Ling to divide Fei Lian into two parts, each went to cut down branches, tied them to the back of the horse, and galloped outside the valley to raise dust.

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The rear soldiers and horses at the mouth of the valley were in full swing, and the Dong soldiers and horses in the valley were also rushing back under the guidance of the main general's broken flag.

Niu Fu was surrounded by Hu Chi'er and a group of guards, and fled in a hurry. Because their mounts are all good horses, and the armor is also refined, there is no danger along the way, and the stray arrows on the battlefield failed to cause actual damage to them, but they ran from the front to the rear, and in the middle, they also crossed the soldiers and horses of Li Dao and Guo Yan who had no time to retract, and rushed out of the Bird Mouse Valley in one breath.

After Niu Fu rushed out of the Bird Mouse Valley, his tense nerves finally relaxed, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, just as he wanted to rejoice that he was lucky again, in the front army, he encountered an ambush by the Huns, and escaped unscathed.

However, Hu Chi'er and other guards were still not worried about the safety of this place, and hurriedly advised Niu Fu to continue to retreat, and after retreating to an open area, confirming that there were no ambushes and chasing soldiers, they would rest the men and horses and collect the rout. Niu Fu thought about it and seemed a little hesitant, although his talent and courage were mediocre, but he also knew that in this case, if he didn't gather his troops and horses in time, it was very likely that a small defeat would evolve into a big defeat.

In the face of his own safety and the victory or defeat of the army, Niu Fu watched the dust rise in the valley, the sound of killing shook the sky, strangled his mount, and hesitated!

At this time, some of the retreating soldiers in the valley escaped, and they were stunned when they saw Niu Fu and other good horses and other personal guards wandering at the mouth of the valley, and they couldn't help but slow down.

When Niu Fu's general flag retreated before, because of the panic, the flag hung on the ridge of the mountain wall, but the guards who carried the flag fled for their lives, where can they take care of it, and the horse was forced, and you Niu Fu's flag was torn in half at once.

Therefore, this group of retreating soldiers just felt that the gray-faced armored cavalry in Taniguchi was not small, and they did not lean on the dignified Niu Zhonglang general, but hesitated, and under the push and urging of the people and horses behind, they hurriedly bypassed Niu Fu and other guards and horses, and continued to flee forward.

"General, you see, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the terrain here is treacherous, it is definitely not a place to stay for a long time, so we should retreat quickly!"

Hu Chi'er pointed to the soldiers who had fled ahead of them, and once again exhorted bitterly. These words finally touched the heartstrings in Niu Fu's heart again, and he gritted his teeth and whipped again.

"Let's go!"

So, Hu Chi'er and other guards, who had received the order, hurriedly continued to hug Niu Fu and continue to flee forward. It's just that they didn't expect that after escaping for a while, they suddenly had a lot of dust in front of them, the sound of horses' hooves was everywhere, and it was impossible to see how many people and horses were ambushed in front of them in the smoke and dust, but they vaguely saw a lot of people and horses running.

"Bitter!"

Niu Fu reined in the horses in shock, pointed to the dust rolling in front of him, and said with a depressed face:

"There is a volley in front and an ambush in the back, how is this good?"

Hu Chi'er and others were also surprised. They didn't expect this to happen, they originally thought that they would protect Niu Fu and escape, plus the gold, silver, pearls and jade that they had privately seized on their horses, as long as they escaped, they would still be able to earn a lot of merit and wealth.

But now it is the fate of being caught between the front and back, many people immediately regretted it, they knew that when they were in the Bird Mouse Valley before, they should have turned back and fought to the death with the ambush of the Huns, at that time they were still numerous, and now they have fled all the way, the team has been disjointed, broken into several parts, and how to fight with the enemy thieves who are waiting for work.

It's just a great calamity, there is life without death, there is death without life. After Hu Chi'er and others repented, they quickly aroused the desperate blood in their hearts. They were originally brave warriors in the army, otherwise they would not have been selected to be Niu Fu's personal guards, and now they are deeply surrounded, and only by fighting to the death can they find a glimmer of life.

"Escort General, rush over, rush!"

This time, almost without Niu Fu's words, Hu Chi'er and other personal guards and cavalry were already holding bows and arrows, swords and spears, protecting Niu Fu's back, and the others formed a cavalry formation, shouting loudly and rushing over.

It was only when they rushed closer that they were stunned to find that this large group of "enemy troops" was nothing more than more than a hundred cavalry dragging branches and wearing Dong Jun's armor.

Hu Chi'er and the others, who were still rushing into battle with the heart of death, suddenly withered like deflated skins, and the momentum on their bodies withered in an instant.

Following the decline in morale, Hu Chi'er and the others were filled with annoyance and surprise.

Frightened and annoyed, Hu Chi'er jumped out of his horse, raised his whip and pointed at the oncoming cavalry and shouted:

"Slow down, who are you in the army, why don't you go to meet the enemy and act like this here?"

The two horsemen led by the opposite side, hearing Hu Chi'er's shout, also slowed down their horses and stopped.

The two of them, one with a thin face and the other with a dark face, are Gan Ling and Ma Lin.

Looking at the shouting cavalry on the opposite side, and then at the brightly armored cavalry behind the other party, Gan Ling and Ma Lin glanced at each other again, knowing that they had encountered other generals in the army.

Gan Ling also followed with a bow and arrow, jumped out of the horse, and replied loudly.

"We are the corporal of Xu Sima of the rear army, and we were ordered to go to the valley mouth with great fanfare to confuse the enemy army, who are you?"

After Hu Chi'er listened, he snorted coldly, and subconsciously wanted to reach out and ask the other guards to carry Niu Fu's flag over, but when he turned his head, he found that Niu Fu's flag had been torn apart. He turned his head stupidly, looked at Ganling again, and shouted loudly:

"I am Niu Zhonglang's personal guard, and since you are ordered to meet the enemy, you should not quickly avoid it, get out of the way, and let me wait to pass!"

Looking at the commanding Hu Chi'er, Gan Ling hadn't answered yet, but Ma Lin, who heard the conversation between the two in the back, was already impatient, and he also followed the horse forward, and shouted loudly at Hu Chi'er:

"You guy, since you are the personal guard of the Zhonglang general, you should protect the main general, the enemy is in front, you retreat privately, ignoring military law, what other face is there to make noise here?"

"Bold, where did the dog slave come from, how dare you be so presumptuous?"

Hu Chi'er usually relies on Niu Fu's backstage, the fox is fake and the tiger is mighty, and he is rampant in the army. Unexpectedly, today he was scolded loudly by a soldier here, and he was suddenly furious, and he rushed towards Ma Lin with a horse whip.

The mount rushed to the front, Hu Chi'er swung the whip and was about to draw it in Ma Lin's face, but Ma Lin had already taken precautions, he was quick with his eyes, Hu Chi'er's whip had just been swung out, and Ma Lin had already reached out and grabbed the end of the whip in his hand.

Hu Chi'er's hand was moved, he found that his horsewhip was caught by the other party, and suddenly his anger surged, and he pulled the horsewhip back, but Ma Lin did not move at all, Hu Chi'er's face suddenly changed from iron blue to gloomy and then to red, and he shouted inwardly:

"You let go!"

As soon as the words fell, Ma Lin's palm was instantly released, and Hu Chi'er's unsuspecting body suddenly lost its balance, and his upper body fell backwards, but fortunately he still held the reins in one hand, and his legs immediately clamped the horse's body, swayed a few times, and then sat down again.

"Damn!"

Hu Chi'er, who was caught and made ugly, was so angry that he simply threw the horsewhip on the ground, and was about to draw the knife when he stretched out his hand, but at this time, Niu Fu's voice sounded behind him.

"Chi'er, stand down!"

Hearing that it was his master's voice, although Hu Chi'er was angry, and he had already pulled out half of the ring knife in his hand, he had to glare at Ma Lin in a daze, put the blade into the sheath again, and turned the horse back in the direction of Niu Fu behind him.

Niu Fu was originally protected behind the cavalry formation, and he also thought that this time he would have to fight to the death before he could rush out. Unexpectedly, the group of men and horses in front of him turned out to be his own soldiers, so he rode his horse to the front of the battle again, and saw Hu Chi'er clashing with other soldiers, although the situation was not clear, but out of the urgency of the situation, Niu Fu was not so stupid as to ignore his own and the safety of the battle situation, and hurriedly spoke out to restrain Hu Chi'er who wanted to attack.

"I'm Zhonglang General Niu Fu, who are you?"

Niu Fu took out the silver seal of Zhonglang Jiang, which represented his identity and status, and directly revealed his identity. Gan Ling and Ma Lin glanced at each other, now that they knew each other's identities, they couldn't do what they did to Hu Chi'er just now.

Gan Ling and Ma Lin put away their swords and bowed slightly and saluted.

"See the general, I am in armor and can't pay full salutes, and I ask the general to forgive me!"

After Gan Ling and Ma Lin saluted, they quickly reported the tribe to which they belonged. When Niu Fu heard the origin of their subordinates, he raised his eyebrows, looked past the two people in front of him, looked behind them, and sure enough, he saw some cavalry behind them with Fei Lian on their faces, his heart moved, and he asked:

"You're the one who attacked the White Wave Valley?"

Ma Lin heard the Niu Zhonglang general on the other side talk about his own military exploits, and he was also a little proud in his heart, nodded and replied loudly.

"It's just me waiting!"

"Okay, okay, I'm about to gather my soldiers and horses, and the whole army will fight again, so you can follow me!"

Niu Fu quickly smiled as well, changed into a more kind look, and said to the two people in front of him with a smile.

It's a pity that his good face didn't get the gratitude and sincerity of the two people in front of him in his imagination, Ma Lin immediately shook his head when he heard this, and said in refusal:

"Since Zhonglang is about to retreat, let's retreat first, I have the military order with me, but we must not retreat!"