The Silk Country has withdrawn!

The Goryeo army in Dingju City is simply unimaginable. Not only the soldiers, but even Lu Xuan and Li Yong found it incredible.

With the loss of Guseong, the Goryeo army was cut off from the middle, and it was a good time to march to Anju. For this reason, Che Zhengxian and He Qianbing have already returned to Fang'anzhou, but at this moment, Chang Miao actually withdrew! Is this a maze? A dark cloud rose in Lu Xuan's heart.

As intelligence continued to come, this fact was confirmed everywhere, not only Dingzhou City, but also the newly captured Turtle City was also abandoned by the army of the Silk Country, and even the war in White Wolf Mountain began to ease.

Faced with Li Yong's request for pursuit, Lu Xuan was undecided. Chang Miao's retreat was too unusual, which couldn't help but make him feel that this was a trap, but looking at Li Yong's impatient look, Lu Xuan also felt a headache.

"Lord Lu, if you don't chase Chang Miao anymore, you will really slip away. I know you're afraid of an ambush, but what if they deliberately set up a maze array, would they let them escape in vain? It's better to lead the troops to chase after the last general, you will respond in the rear, in case there is really an ambush, don't be afraid, if you really retreat, we will just start the pursuit. ”

Lu Xuan was silent when he heard it. At this time, a report came from the spies that the reason why the army of the Silk Kingdom retreated was because their emperor Liu Yutong had died.

"Is that true?" Lu Xuan stood up as soon as he heard this, if he said this, everything would be reasonable, the country of silk suffered a national mourning and withdrew its troops, then this is a once-in-a-lifetime good time.

The spies explained that this news was obtained only after many inquiries, and that the soldiers and junior officers in the Silk Country were all unknown, and few of the mid-level officers knew about it. Lu Xuan no longer doubted when he heard this. Immediately ordered Li Yong to lead 5,000 troops as the front team, and he commanded an army of 20,000 and then launched a pursuit.

The pursuit went unusually well. Li Yong in front of him came with good news one after another, and he had recovered Guoshan and Xuanchuan in just one day and one night. It is marching to Donglin. Along the way, there were materials discarded by the army of the Silk Country, and Li Yong didn't have time to collect these spoils because he was in a hurry to catch up, so Lu Xuan had to order someone to put them all away. By the evening of the next day, Lu Xuan had already marched between Guoshan and Xuanchuan, when suddenly an urgent report came from the front that Li Yong had been ambushed by the enemy near Donglin and besieged, and asked for reinforcements to be sent immediately.

Lu Xuan's heart moved: Chang Miao really made arrangements. However, an ambush like this was already expected by him, as long as it was routed, it would be pursued on all fronts. Lu Xuan immediately ordered his subordinates to implement the plan he had originally formulated, and all the subordinates were ordered to leave.

Everything was arranged, and Lu Xuan rode his horse slowly. I was thinking about whether I should let someone inform Cha Jung-hyun to enter the army to recover Turtle City. But Cha Jung-hyun is a person from Ah Yizhi, so it's probably not a good thing for him to take credit for recovering Turtle City. Just as he was hesitating, he flew from the south and rode one person and one rider. The knight walked through the marching procession and went straight to Lu Xuan's approach, and said loudly, "Lord Lu! Big things are not good! Dingzhou City was raided by enemy troops, and the east gate was lost! ”

"What did you say?!" Lu Xuan only felt a buzz in his head.

"My lord, it's the Tiger Guard Battalion! The Tiger Guard Battalion lurked in the mountains outside Turtle City, and only waited for our army to pursue before taking advantage of the situation, please ask the general to hurry up and rescue! ”

Lu Xuan suddenly understood that he had fallen for Chang Miao's tricks, and this retreat was not true at all. Everything was arranged a long time ago. He pretended to withdraw his troops, and blocked part of the news to let the spies know that the reason for the withdrawal was because the emperor died, and the purpose was to lure the enemy deep and lure the main force of our army out of Dingzhou City before looting. If Dingzhou City is lost, then there will be no way out for more than 20,000 people.

But now most of the troops in Lu Xuan's hands have been sent to rescue Li Yong, and there are only less than 3,000 people on hand. Lu Xuan gritted his teeth, and sent someone to inform the troops in front that once they rescued Li Yong, they should not fall in love with the war. Hurriedly returned to Dingzhou City, and led the 3,000 men to the south while turning back the horse head.

At the same time, a fierce battle is unfolding in the city of Dingzhou. Guarding the city of Dingzhou were the 5,000 people left behind by Lu Xuan. In terms of numbers, it is slightly superior to the Tiger Guard Battalion, but the Tiger Guard Battalion and the cavalry temporarily assigned to Xue Boren's command from Su Chengdong's department are only four thousand. But all of them were elite divisions, and it was a sudden attack that caught the Goryeo army by surprise, resulting in the loss of the east gate of Dingzhou City.

At this moment, Wang Hanxin and Gao Dingbian each led an army to kill the north and south gates, and Xue Boren led the men and horses of the headquarters to go straight to the west gate. The three of them knew very well in their hearts that they must take Jeongju City before the Goryeo army returned for reinforcements, otherwise all these 4,000 people would fall into the enemy's internal and external attacks.

The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Guard Battalion has long been famous, and at this time, every soldier of the Tiger Guard Battalion has exerted their maximum potential, cutting the stubborn Goryeo army into lifeless corpses one by one, and the Goryeo army is also willing to die to resist, the two sides are fighting to the death in the city, every minute and every second has life withering, everyone's ears are filled with two different languages of roars and wails before death, and they can't even tell whether it is their own or not.

As the battle progressed, the gap between the two sides gradually widened. The Goryeo army did not have a reliable general like the Tiger Guard Battalion, and its morale and fighting quality were slightly inferior, and the two sides lost one side to the other, the Goryeo Army's casualties increased and the Tiger Guard Battalion became more and more courageous, and finally Dingju City changed its master at dawn the next day. Most of the Goryeo army in the city was killed in battle, and the rest fled from the city.

Before the Tiger Guard Battalion had time to clean up the battlefield, Lu Xuan's troops rushed back. Gao Dingbian at the north gate immediately led the troops into battle, and the two sides fought equally. The Goryeo army was fortunate in its superiority in strength, but it was already exhausted from the long-distance attack; The Tiger Guard Battalion was in high spirits, but the number was too small and most of them were wounded. However, this situation was quickly reversed, Wang Hanxin and Xue Boren each led a team from the east and west gates to outflank them, and the two sides launched a new round of vicious fighting under the city of Dingzhou.

Lu Xuan encountered Gao Dingbian in the chaos of the army, and the two enemies were very red when they met, and they fought together without answering. No matter how good the marksmanship of the two is, it will be difficult to distinguish the winner for a while. was fighting to the end, killing a group of people from the east, led by the Red Tiger King Hanxin, I saw him dancing with two swords and roaring loudly to join the battle group, and Gao Dingbian fought against Lu Xuan.

The situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, and in the face of the attack of the two young generals, Lu Xuan began to feel difficult to support, and at this time, the three thousand men and horses under Lu Xuan were also broken by the three-way attack of the Tiger Guard Battalion, and they were on the verge of collapse.

At the critical moment, a force came from the north, and it was Li Yong who arrived. (To be continued......)