"Huang Jinman actually voted for the Song people!"

Shen Jinggui's cry was full of surprise and incredulity. Huang Jinman has always acted calmly, and even in the eyes of many people, he has reached the point of timidity, how dare he jump to the Song people so resolutely, according to common sense, he has to hesitate for a while, and then contact the three of them.

Because of this urgent military situation, the three barbarian commanders from Guangyuan Prefecture all gathered in Liu Ji's big tent to discuss the next response, but what started was not a discussion of future plans, but complaints.

Wei Shouan was resentful: "No wonder Li Changjie is so generous and has let Yongzhou City out so much." ”

"Now most of them are scattered in the city, and they really calculate for Li Changjie." Liu Ji couldn't see the anger on his face, but he was also angry in his heart.

Because of the competition for the target of plunder in Yongzhou City, the barbarians of Guangyuan Prefecture also had several conflicts with the Jiaozhi people. Liu Ji was originally ready to argue with Li Changjie and Zong Ji over this matter, but he didn't expect the whole thing to be a trap at all.

"Gotta get the people out of the city quickly." Shen Jinggui said a word of nonsense.

In fact, as soon as they heard about the defeat of Quy Nhon Pu, the three of them had already ordered the troops scattered in the city to be recalled immediately, but Yongzhou City was so big, and the people below were all red-eyed, so you can imagine how quickly it can be.

"It's almost two days before all the withdrawals are out." Wei Shouan grimaced and gritted his teeth, "How much time can Song people give us, and how much time will Li Changjie give us?" ”

"Most of them will be back within a day, and they will take care of the rest." Liu Ji said indifferently, "The Han people have a saying: when the interruption continues, it will be chaotic. At this time, everything cannot be delayed. ”

"What to do after you take it back." Wei Shouan looked at the other two, "If you want to withdraw the army, will Li Changjie and Zong Jian nod?" ”

"Otherwise, just ......" Shen Jinggui didn't continue. But Liu Ji and Wei Shouan both understood what he meant.

Wei Shouan was about to speak, when the guards outside the tent came in and reported, "Cave master, someone has been sent from the camp." ”

"Li Changjie, what are they going to do?" Shen Jinggui immediately asked.

"There will never be anything good." Wei Shouan immediately said.

Liu Jien nodded: "If we go to Daying, there will be fraud, and no one should go." ”

Shen Jinggui and Wei Shouan immediately nodded: "Zhilu Dao." "They have already suffered a big loss, and the Cochin people no longer have credibility in their minds.

The messenger from the Chinese army camp walked into the tent.

Liu Ji had a fake smile on his face: "I don't know what Taiwei Li and Taiwei Zong have to order?" ”

"The gold is full of surrender to the enemy, and the Song reinforcements have arrived at Guirenpu. On the orders of Li and Zong's second lieutenants, the three cave masters withdrew their troops and returned to the country. ”

Liu Ji, Wei Shouan, and Shen Jinggui didn't expect Li Changjie to be so crisp and directly spread out.

"How does Captain Li want us to withdraw?"

Wei Shouan asked coldly. If Li Changjie dared to use him as a palace army, he would turn his head and go to the Song people and chase after the Jiaozhi soldiers.

"Taiwei Li and Taiwei Zong have discussed and decided, and he himself will lead the army to the palace in person. Captain Zong commanded the withdrawal to the south. Captain Zong's military order asked the three cave masters to withdraw from the city as soon as possible and cross the Zuojiang River. ”

Since it was not to recruit them to the camp, there was no need to object or delay. Liu Ji bowed his head and led Wei and Shen to take over the military order together.

The messenger is gone. The two pairs of eyes looked at Liu Ji together.

Shen Jinggui's proposal has not yet reached a conclusion, and Li Changjie and Zong Jian have released enough goodwill. What to do next, which side to stand on, now Wei Shouan and Shen Jinggui are both puzzled and can't make up their minds.

“…… Let's go back first. Liu Ji didn't hesitate for too long, "Go back to Guangyuan Prefecture and see what the Song people will do." ”

"But Liu Yong ......," Shen Jinggui wanted to speak and stopped.

Liu Ji is the leader of the four great leaders of Guangyuan Prefecture. Although the other three barbarians can't be said to be looking at him, there is no doubt that Liu Ji has the heaviest weight in speaking. Moreover, Liu Ji's own brother is also in Kunlun Pass, since Huang Jinman has taken refuge in the Song people, of course Liu Yong is no exception.

If that's the case, shouldn't you lean on the Song people? Shen Jinggui and Wei Shouan were both thinking so.

It's just that Liu Ji is skeptical.

There is no news from his younger brother Liu Yong so far. The gold is full of Song, if Liu Yong also follows Song, he will inevitably send someone to contact him immediately. This news will definitely be faster than the speed of the Song people's army. But there has been no movement so far, although it can be explained by various accidents, but Liu Yong's intuition has already felt that his fellow brothers are already more than lucky.

And it's not just a matter of intuition!

Liu Ji remembered that the day before yesterday he received the latest news from Liu Yong, which said that he had entered Pennsylvania and had gained a lot. His younger brother has always been insatiable, and with Liu Ji's understanding of him, he will never go home if he doesn't grab a lot of money. It is impossible to rush back to Kunlun Pass after only three or two days.

In terms of time, when Liu Yong was looting, he happened to bump into the Song army that rescued Yongzhou...... No matter how you look at it, it can be said that his brother will not be lucky.

In addition, Liu Ji is also very clear about the fact that he will never rebel easily because he was promised a little benefit. Although in the previous years, because the Song people strictly forbade the border of the city, his tribe suffered great losses—only a little less than himself—but when Jiaozhi sent people to persuade them to send troops together, Huang Jinman nodded his head at the last one, and heard that it was because of the strong request of the subordinates that he had to agree, and the number of troops sent was also the smallest.

Since Huang Jinman has such a temperament, it is impossible for Song Jun to be in chaos as soon as he arrives. It must be that when he saw the prestige of the Song army, and added a rich return as a supplement, he resolutely threw himself into the Song people and acted as a lackey.

As for what Song Jun used to show his strength, Liu Ji could almost be sure.

"Just do what Li Changjie and Zong Jian said, and go back together!" Liu Ji had already made up his mind, as the chief of many tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture, he would not put the lives of the entire clan on the cliff because of a younger brother. But to say that he will throw himself on the enemy before the situation has a clear and clear direction, it is absolutely impossible.

And even if he guessed wrong, his younger brother Liu Yong and Huang Jinman voted for the Song people together, it didn't matter. With this level of relationship, even if he returns to Guangyuan Prefecture, he can still contact the Song people. Why bother to conflict with the Jiaozhi people around you at this juncture, "This is not Kunlun Pass." If we don't follow the military orders and make some changes, I'm afraid that Li Changjie and Zong Ji will be the first to deal with us first. ”

"Go back first, and talk about everything when we get back. As long as we still have soldiers in our hands, whether it is Song Guo or Jiaozhi, they can't do anything to us. ”

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After receiving the news that Liu Ji and the three of them were all acting according to orders, Li Changjie and Zong Ji were a little relieved. But that's just a little bit. No one can tell whether their present obedience is true or false. Even if it is true now, it will change with it when the situation changes.

"The key is to block the Song people's soldiers." Zong Jian said to Li Changjie, "As long as you can block the Song people, everything is okay." If we can't stop it, Liu Ji and they won't live and die with us. ”

"If it were the 3,000 soldiers and horses in Quy Nhon right now, I wouldn't have lost, and it would only take a little effort to win. Even if the enemy troops at Kunlun Pass are coming, it will be easy for me to retreat. Li Changjie still has enough confidence in himself, "The key is that you should be fast, gather the soldiers and horses in the city as soon as possible, and cross the Zuojiang River to the south." When we return to the country, the Song people can't help us. ”

"Don't worry about this matter, I can withdraw across the river in three days at most."

The water of Zuojiang is slow in winter, and tens of thousands of people crossed the river at the beginning, and it did not take too much time. This time around, again, there won't be much trouble.

Even in the face of the menacing elite of the Song army, Li Changjie and Zong Jian still did not have too much fear in their hearts. As long as you can maintain stability in the army and have more than ten times the number of troops, it is not difficult to retreat smoothly.

But neither of them slackened, and the next few days were the most critical period.

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A scream came through the narrow slit into the small cellar.

A woman huddled in the cellar with the little girl in her arms in her arms, not moving. Sentences of incomprehensible local dialect are being passed down from the beginning, and the sharp laughter is terrifying. The Cochin thieves were killing people and setting fires outside, and smoke from the fire came in through the vents.

The smoke choked, but the woman tried her best to resist the urge to cough, and covered herself and the little master in her arms with a moist cloth.

At the last moment, none of the serving masters and little masters were willing to leave the state government, but the lady brought her out, the youngest in the family, Qi Niang.

The girl in her arms moved, I don't know if it was because she had maintained her posture for too long, and her hands and feet were paralyzed.

"Seventh sister, don't move!" The woman hurriedly lowered her voice and reproached.

The little girl obediently shrunk in her arms, quietly no longer making any movements.

When they came out of the state government the day before yesterday, they hid in the deep cellar, and the food they brought out in a hurry was enough to eat for a few days, but they didn't know how long it would take for the thieves on the road to leave.

Time passed little by little, and the light cast through the gap was bright and dark, and there had been no movement outside for a long time.

There was no roar in the local dialect of Cochin, no moans before death, and there was no sound at all.

What the hell is going on?

Did the Cochin thieves retreat? Or all the people in the city have killed them all.

The woman didn't know anything, but she decided to wait a little longer and wait until she had actually retreated before coming out of the cellar.