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Successfully survived the cold winter, Wei Shuo has firmly controlled the two counties of Dunhuang and Jiuquan, and is now in full swing to return to Gaochang.

At this time, the enemy and the enemy who are fighting are already exhausted, and either side will quickly upset the balance of the war if only a slight external force joins.

In the spring of 388 AD, Wei Shuo took Kang Long as the vanguard and Zhang Zhan as the recorder to join the army, and personally led 6,000 iron cavalry back to Gaochang.

Before leaving, Wei Shuo appointed Song Miao as the governor of Shazhou, Guo Wen as the Taishou of Dunhuang, and Zong Chang as the Taishou of Jiuquan with full authority over the affairs of Hexi.

Du Jin was dismissed from the post of Shazhou Assassin, and was transferred to the governor of Shazhou, and was jointly responsible for the military affairs of Hexi with Duan Ye.

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In Gaochang, nearly 100,000 Western Regions allied troops attacked day and night, and the defenders relied on the city wall to defend desperately, so they could stop its crazy attack.

In the months of offensive and defensive battles, although the defenders were far inferior to the coalition forces, they always kept the enemy under the city with their sharp defense equipment and strong will to fight.

However, after months of fighting, the defenders were on the verge of collapse both physically and mentally, and there were constantly holes in the defensive line, and no one knew how long they would be able to hold out.

Fortunately, at this time, the Western Regions coalition army finally couldn't hold on, and the king of Yanqi, the king of Khotan, and the king of Shanshan clamored one after another, demanding to withdraw the army and return home.

Bai Zhen, the king of Qiuzi, had to temporarily stop the siege and return to the camp to persuade the other lords.

"Ladies and gentlemen, seeing that we are about to break through Gaochang and eliminate the future troubles in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be a failure to withdraw at this moment?"

"King Qiuzi, you don't have to fool the widow with any more lies, you said this a month ago, but Gaochang is not as stable as Mount Tai?"

"That's it...... That is, what King Yanqi said is right! I am good, the country is small and the people are weak, and I can't compare to your Guizi family's great cause. ”

"If it goes on like this, all the little belongings of the widow will have to be thrown here."

"Isn't it? You said that we don't do good business with Gaochang, why do we have to attack others? ”

"If I knew this, the widow shouldn't have come to wade into this troubled water."

Facing the accusations of King Shanshan, King Khotan, and King Yanqi, Bai Zhen was so angry that his face was blue.

He didn't expect that the three allies would see that the situation was not good, and in the blink of an eye, they would put all the blame on Qiuzi.

completely forgot who was clamoring to break Gaochang and carve up all kinds of Mo family secret techniques.

Bai Zhen closed his eyes and pressed the anger in his heart downward, now that the war is unfavorable, he can't cause infighting among the coalition forces, otherwise this battle really doesn't have to be fought again.

He opened his eyes, put on a smiling face again, and tried to persuade several allies.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the saying goes: How can there be an arrow back when you open a bow? Now that we have jointly dispatched troops, we will stick to the best position in the end. ”

"If you can't uproot Gaochang this time, once Wei Shuo returns in the future, based on this, take revenge on us, dare to ask which country can afford it?"

"This ......"

Bai Zhen's words suddenly made the other three lords speechless, in fact, they all knew very well in their hearts that this time they had offended Gao Chang fiercely.

In the future, when Wei Shuo returns, everyone present will not have good fruit to eat.

"Okay, then stay for another half a month, if the coalition forces can't take Gaochang within half a month, we will leave on our own."

Phew~ Bai Zhen let out a long breath, he reached out and rubbed his forehead, feeling that appeasing his allies gave him more headaches than fighting.

Although it has not completely dispelled the retreat of the Three Kingdoms, it has at least bought half a month for the coalition forces, and then won Gaochang in one go, and everything will be fine.

Who knew that as soon as he sent several lords away, Bai Zhen didn't have time to catch his breath, but he saw the prime minister walk in with a pale face.

As if he had a premonition that something terrible would happen, Bai Zhenxiao's heart couldn't help but rise and fall, and an ominous premonition gradually came to his heart.

"Prime Minister, aren't you urging grain and grass? Why did you come back at this time? ”

"My lord, something is wrong. I just received news that the scouts who have been active in the direction of Yumen Pass by the coalition forces for several days have not heard from them. ”

Hearing this, Bai Zhen suddenly chuckled in his heart, his eyes stared straight at the prime minister, and his tone was a little uncertain.

"Maybe the scout encountered some accident on the way, and he didn't have time to report it to the camp for the time being."

The prime minister closed his eyes and shook his head, and said in an affirmative tone: "No, no, even if there is really an accident, it shouldn't be all gone." ”

"In the opinion of the old minister, nine times out of ten, the main force of Gaochang has returned to help, and in order to prevent the leakage of news, the coalition scouts encountered will be wiped out along the way."

"What?! How can it be? Could it be that Lu Guang was defeated? That's Lu Guang, the world's famous general, how could he lose to the little-known Wei Shuo? ”

Due to the long distance and the deliberate blockade by Wei Shuo, the coalition forces did not know much about the situation in Hexi.

Bai Zhen only knew that Wei Shuo was fighting with Lu Guang for Hexi, and it seemed that the two sides were fighting each other.

Instead of making the coalition troops withdraw from Gaochang, Wei Shuo also deliberately spread some unfavorable news, making Bai Zhen think that he was in a difficult situation in Hexi.

"No one knows exactly what it is, but judging from the inexplicable disappearance of the scout, the dispute in Hexi must have come to an end."

With a loud bang, Bai Zhen, the king of turtles, slammed his fists on the desk, his face full of unwillingness.

"The widow went to great lengths to unite all the countries to send troops together, isn't it just to avenge the hatred of destroying the country at the beginning? Could it be that God is naïve and unwilling to let the widow succeed? ”

"King, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and now that you look at it, I'm afraid this time you can only fall short."

The prime minister first appeased Bai Zhen, and then hurriedly persuaded: "King, we have to hurry up and arrange the withdrawal of the army now." ”

"According to Lao Chen's estimate, it will be three or five days if it is slow, and tomorrow or tonight, Gaochang reinforcements may come to the city."

"In case the reinforcements and the defenders in the city form an internal and external echo, the coalition forces will be in danger at that time."

"Ho ho~" Bai Zhen smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that just now he persuaded his allies who intended to withdraw their troops away, and in the blink of an eye, withdrawing troops became the only choice.

"I can't take care of so much now, we need to arrange it as soon as possible, and it is best to withdraw the troops overnight."

The prime minister is really anxious, for fear that tens of thousands of troops will be lost in Gaochang.

Back then, when Lu Guang went west, Qiuzi had been severely weakened once.

It wasn't until Bai Zhen came to power and worked hard for several years that he was able to put together another army.

If tens of thousands of troops are lost in this battle, I am afraid that Qiuzi will really fall into a place of no return, and completely become a small country like Yanqi.

Soon, the other lords also learned that Gaochang's reinforcements were about to arrive, and they immediately became anxious, and they no longer wanted to obey Bai Zhen's dispatch, so they did their own thing.

Originally, the armies of several countries got along quite well, but when the danger was about to come, they would no longer live in harmony with each other, and they would compete with each other.

Since Gaochang reinforcements would arrive at any time, no one from the countries wanted to stay at the end and evacuate, and they were all rushing to leave first.

Even in order to seize the road and leave, the king of Khotan actually ordered his own army to attack the allies who blocked the way.

The king of Khotan completely detonated the internal contradictions of the coalition army, and the countries began to confront each other.

As a result, the originally disorderly evacuation operation became more chaotic and greatly slowed down the withdrawal of troops.

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The chaos of the coalition forces outside the city was soon learned of by the defenders inside the city, and Yang Han and Li Wei stood at the head of the city, looking at the chaotic coalition camp under the city, and they all looked at each other.

"Xuan Sheng, what kind of trouble do you say the people of the Western Regions are making trouble?"

"Back to my lord, the last general doesn't know, who knows what nerves they are making."

"Perhaps the enemy saw that he could not break through Gaochang and deliberately staged this drama in front of us to lure our army into being deceived."

"In my opinion, no matter what the enemy is messing with, we just need to guard the city."

"Well, it makes sense, Zhiyuan has repeatedly told us that as long as we keep Gaochang, it will be a great achievement."

Although Yang Han agreed with Li Wei's suggestion, he couldn't help but be curious in his heart, so he asked: "Xuan Sheng, did you say that Zhiyuan led the reinforcements back, so that the coalition forces outside the city had to retreat in advance?" ”

"I don't rule out the possibility of this! However, at present, Gaochang is surrounded by water, and even if there is any new news from the outside world, we have no way of knowing. ”

"Whatever the reason for the retreat of the coalition forces, it is a good thing for Gao Chang."

"This war has exhausted the materials that Gao Chang has hoarded in the past two years, and at least for a few years, Gao Chang may not be able to recover."

"Fortunately, Zhiyuan has gained a foothold in Hexi, otherwise the old man would really want to cry without tears."