This wait was five days, and in the middle, Suide City sent two teams of messengers to check and supervise, and the second time, they even brought a copy of the holy decree, but they were all dragged over by Luo Wu and other officials.

If he accepted the order and retreated directly under the noses of tens of thousands of enemy troops, whether his own life could be saved was another matter, and he would have to leave half of his men and horses on the road, to say the least. After returning to Suide, either the official position will be demoted by seven or eight levels, or the official position will be transferred to the southern idle post to be managed, and he will definitely be heavily responsible. And if you can bring people back smoothly, there will be no, and the Son of Heaven will be happy to see that the soldiers in Luo Wu City can come back one by one? What Han Jiang wants to worry about, they don't need to think about.

Of course, Han Jiang never issued a harshly worded official document, which is why Zhang Yu and Gao Yongneng dared to directly fool the messenger urging the retreat. They are all old in the officialdom, and the problems can be seen at a glance.

However, such a good day finally came to an end on the first day of February. Wang Zhongzheng, the envoy of the edict, was escorted by a team of cavalry and rode into Luowu City.

Wang Zhongzheng, who had been to Qinzhou for military affairs and sent an edict to promote Han Gang's official position, had a little friendship with Han Gang, Wang Shao had also considered inviting a lieutenant envoy to serve in the pacification department on the edge of Qinzhou in order to be able to talk directly to the Son of Heaven, and Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian, who had come to Qinzhou, were the two candidates in his mind.

Although Han Gang knew that the eunuchs of this era always had brave warriors who dared to go into battle, Wang Zhongzheng also hinted that he wanted to put a layer of gold on Qinzhou, but Han Gang never expected that Wang Zhongzheng would dare to take more than a hundred cavalry and enter Luowu City like this.

Wang Zhongzheng's boldness, although Zhang Yu doesn't like eunuchs, he can't help but praise two sentences.

Wang Zhongzheng was obviously very disappointed, and said with a smile: "Since Zhongzheng was ordered by the Son of Heaven, there is no reason to retreat. ”

"Why didn't Zhao Langzhong come?"

Zhao Zhan's official is the ancestral hall Langzhong, Zhang Yu deliberately asked him why he didn't come, and he didn't hide the resentment in his heart at all. Zhang Yu received Zhao Zhan's letter twice in the past few days, and his words were very unkind, and the veteran with a very high status was of course not happy to see it.

"Zhao Langzhong is sitting in Suide City, and Zhongzheng is used to running errands, so he accepted this errand."

Wang Zhongzheng smiled slightly, but in his narrowed eyes, a cold light loomed. He didn't take the initiative to come to Luo Wu, but was forced by Zhao Zhan. When the civil official and the eunuch are in the same position, of course, the civil official is on top, and the eunuch stands aside. Zhao Zhan took it for granted, but it didn't mean that Wang Zhongzheng would be happy.

"How can you work to know everything?" Zhang Yu looked at Wang Zhongzheng's face, and suddenly asked tentatively, "Is there an accident in Xianyang?" ”

The veteran Zhang Yu is not a person who can fool the past casually. Wang Zhongzheng nodded and sighed, and replied without concealment: "Zhao Daguan [Zhao Zhanzi] is worried about the king's affairs and wants to save the people of Xianyang from fire and water, but Wu Kui is cunning, so that the Jingyuan army attacking Xianyang will suffer a lot of losses. ”

"So you are in a hurry to withdraw the troops from Luo Wucheng?!" Gao Yongneng asked.

Wang Zhongzheng nodded again.

Well, now everyone understands.

This is for a soldier! In order to liberate the tens of thousands of troops entangled in the war of Luowu, so as to put down the rebellion.

The 17,800 people in Luowu City were selected from the elite of the two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing, and in order to keep the retreat of Luowu City, the seeds of Suide and the succession of Xifutu City, nearly 20,000 people in their hands had to stay in the two cities. With less 40,000 elite soldiers on two routes, although Wu Kui was besieged in Xianyang City, it was difficult to defeat it by relying on the troops from Qin Feng and Jingyuan alone-Qin Feng and Jingyuan had to leave troops to defend on both roads, and there would not be too many troops to dispatch. And because of Zhao Zhan's urging, he had to rush into battle and suffered a big loss.

Although Wang Zhongzheng's words were twisted, he was actually very harshly accusing Zhao Zhan of doing stupid things, otherwise he would not have revealed the news of the defeat of Xianyang because of Zhao Zhan in front of Luo Wuzhong.

Such civil officials are really only bad things! ’

I don't know how many generals present complained in their stomachs.

Zhao Zhan is a native of Shaanxi, and his reputation in Guanzhong is not small, Han Gang has heard of him. His reputation as an official is not bad, especially in Hezhong Mansion [now Yuncheng, Shanxi], where he has served for many years. But this time he went a little too far, and the temper of the scholar doctor forced Wang Zhongzheng, the lieutenant envoy who came with him to announce the edict, to nowhere to stand. Looking at the resentment implied in Wang Zhongzheng's words, he knew that Lu Dao was very angry at Zhao Zhan's hands.

Zhang Yu knew everything, and said: "Now it's because the party members are trapped in the periphery, so they have to act cautiously. If you have the slightest opportunity, you will immediately withdraw from the army. Please be aware of the two days. ”

Wang Zhongzheng didn't answer directly, but only took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhang Yu: "This is Han Xianggong's handwriting!" ”

Zhang Yu changed color slightly, opened the letter and looked at it. Han Gang glanced at Zhang Yu's side, only to see that behind the most important part of the letterhead was a bright red Xuanfu Division Great Seal.

It seems that because of the defeat of Xianyang, Han Jiang has also joined the ranks of urging Luo Wu to retreat.

Han Jiang was forced. Luo Wucheng refused to withdraw immediately, if Liang Yizhu could withdraw at this time, and the Guangrui rebels were wiped out, maybe things would take a turn for the better. But the rebels entrenched in Xianyang City at the moment made Han Jiang unable to wait any longer.

Wang Zhongzheng and other generals such as Zhang Yu and Gao Yongneng circulated Han Jiang's handwritten letter one by one, and then said: "Zhongzheng also received an edict from the Son of Heaven to abandon Luo Wu this time, which was transferred to Zhongzheng by Zhao Daguan before he traveled...... I don't want to use it in the following. ”

Although Wang Zhongzheng felt that what Zhang Yu said was very reasonable, the order he received from the Son of Heaven was to let Luo Wucheng withdraw his troops. Unlike Wenchen, a eunuch like him is based on the trust of the Son of Heaven, and he has no courage to resist the edict of the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Yuhua's white brows furrowed, and he shouted bitterly to Wang Zhongzheng: "But tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Western Thieves are eyeing them a few miles away...... It's not that you don't want to obey! ”

At this time, a cronie of Gao Yongneng rushed into the tent and shouted excitedly: "Chief, capital eunuch, Liang Yi has retired from the army!" ”

After shouting, he was shocked to find more than a dozen pairs of eyes in the tent staring at him, including Zhang Yu's. His body trembled and he took half a step back, like a rat that had fallen into a swarm of snakes, his eyes widening in panic.

Han Gang couldn't help but smile bitterly in the back, this is inevitably too coincidental!

………………

The party members were withdrawing their troops from outside the city of Luowu with great fanfare, and one by one the troops followed the banner and disappeared into the mountains of the north. However, there are four thousand-strong teams of Iron Harriers guarding in line, monitoring the movements of Luowu City, and guarding against the opportunity to send troops in the city.

Zhang Yu had no intention of pursuing at all. The tactics used by the Song army were more than enough to defend and not enough to be aggressive. Defending in formation, the Khitan iron cavalry also had to detour, but when it came to attacking, it was extremely difficult. Not only tactically, but also strategically, otherwise it would not be so surprising if he attacked Luo Wu City.

Chong Pu and Han Gang followed Zhang Yu and Gao Yongneng to the city, looking at the Dangxiang army marching to the north.

"It's still so old-fashioned!" Chong Pu sighed softly.

Liang Yi should not really leave, but temporarily withdraw to Hengshan and wait in Yinzhou. Like a tiger lying in the bushes, waiting for the opportunity to pounce. At the speed of war horses, there will be no problem in catching up with the Luo Wu defenders of the Thai semi-infantry. As long as more rangers are released in the mountains, it will be difficult for the scouts of the Song army to cross the mountains and find out the news behind the mountains.

But this is exactly what Wang Zhong can't say, but it will make the big mink think that the generals in the city are bullying him not to practice military affairs.

However, how to deal with the current situation, Luo Wucheng already had a plan.

One person counts short, and everyone counts long, in fact, this period of time. Zhang Yu and Gao Yongneng made requests, Han Gang came up with ideas, and the staff below made a plan, which already had a little rudimentary form of the staff department. In order to achieve the goal of smoothly retiring from the army, they prepared a number of sets of plans, and also made corresponding predictions and responses to the possible reactions of the party members.

At present, the disguised evacuation of the party members is actually the one with the greatest probability in the projection.

At the rate at which they leave, it will take about a day. So tomorrow, the Luo Wu garrison would have to abandon the city they had held for so long—as Wang Zhongzheng thought when he heard that it would take a day for the Dang Xiang army to evacuate.

But Gao Yongneng's approach was diametrically opposed to Wang Zhongzheng's thoughts, and in the dim sunlight behind the clouds in the afternoon, he summoned an officer from the city and repeatedly ordered:

"You go to Suide City quickly, report the seeds, and ask him to go north immediately to respond."

"You go and inform the fine floating map city, let Zhi Jishi keep an eye on it, and don't let Liang Yibury detour to the front of us."

"Go and get all the horses ready, and bring with you five days' worth of food and grass."

"The military assets that can't be taken away are all poured with oil, waiting for my orders!"

"Seal the secret passages under the city well, so that the thieves don't find out."

"The whole army will act according to the plan, and after two hours, evacuate Luowu City."

Gao Yong can speak like a mountain, and the soldiers in the city are like fingers, and according to his orders, they quickly carry out the preparations before evacuation. The plan for the retreat, in the course of many days, was planned in all links and conveyed to every commander. As long as Gao Yongneng or Zhang Yu ordered, everyone would act according to the plan, and the coach of Zhilu Dao ordered to change the plan.

Zhang Yu and Gao Yongneng didn't feel the need to change their plans at the moment, they just felt that it was too convenient to command like this, and there was no need to talk nonsense, everyone knew what they should do, and they would do it as long as they were ordered.

"Do you want to retreat now?!" Wang Zhongzheng finally reacted and asked in surprise.

"Naturally!" Zhang Yu smiled slightly and glanced back at Han Gang who was following him. The best plan is to delay it for another seven or eight days, and no matter how capable Liang Yi is, he can't change food and can't maintain enough troops. But the current situation does not allow them to do so. In that case, it's a matter of playing fast and solving everything in the moonless night!

Turning back, he said to Wang Zhongzheng, "Withdraw tonight!" ”

The best plan is to delay it for another seven or eight days, and no matter how capable Liang Yi is, he can't change food and can't maintain enough troops. But the current situation does not allow them to do so. In that case, it's a matter of playing fast and solving everything in the moonless night!