The Liaodong Army collapsed, and the Northwest Army pursued day and night according to Chu Huan's intentions, killing countless Liaodong soldiers along the way.

Kou Ying, under the escort of a small number of cavalry, rushed out of the siege of the Northwest Army, knowing that the general trend had gone, even if he didn't even have the intention of entering the Fallen Horse City, he wanted to collect the remnants on the way, but unfortunately the Northwest Cavalry that followed behind did not give such an opportunity at all.

After a tragic duel, it was a one-sided pursuit battle, the Liaodong Army, which was unable to form an army, was pursued by the Northwest Army, and the Liaodong soldiers who had no fighting spirit and lost their cohesion, even if the individual combat ability still existed, was vulnerable in front of the Northwest Army.

In fact, compared with the decisive battle of Huangling, the casualties caused by the pursuit battle were even more severe.

In the battle of Huangling, although the Liaodong army was defeated, there were only three or four thousand dead and wounded on the battlefield, but after the rout, they were chased and killed along the way, and the Liaodong army was killed and wounded no less than six or seven thousand people, but more of them had already scattered and fled, each saving his life.

For most of the soldiers in Liaodong, retreat to Yanshan, it is also out of the crisis, before that, no one is willing to surrender easily, disarming and surrendering only a very small proportion, but about 1,000 people, the Northwest Army is disarming and not killing, and a small number of soldiers are assigned to escort Liaodong prisoners.

Kou Ying didn't stop on the horse, and even killed a horse on the way, but fortunately, there were still loyal subordinates who let the horse, so he ran for three days and three nights, and finally saw the outline of Yanshan Mountain in the distance.

Approaching Yanshan, there were more routs, and in fact, after passing the Fallen Horse City, the speed of the Northwest Army's pursuit slowed down.

Kou Ying collected the remnants of the soldiers who retreated to the vicinity of Yanshan, but the total was only three or four thousand, Mo Wuyi left him 25,000 soldiers and horses, Xu Chang 4,000 soldiers and horses were trapped in Huangling Burning Mountain, Qi Sheng's 5,000 soldiers and horses were already missing, and the remaining 15,600 cavalry were mostly killed and scattered.

This is the capital accumulated by the red refining electricity for many years, and it is also the famous trump card of the Liaodong Army, but after only one battle, it was almost buried by itself.

He knew very well in his heart that although the thousands of soldiers and horses who had retreated, although they were still the same person, their hearts were no longer the same as before.

This defeat was an unprecedented defeat for the Liaodong Army, not to mention the countless elite cavalry who died in the battle, but the most fatal was the psychological blow to the Liaodong Army.

The Liaodong Army was an invincible iron army, whether it was in the face of the barbarians, the Koreans, the Qingtian bandits, or even the Qin army, it has always been invincible, even if the battle of Yanshan was in an extremely difficult situation, it was also desperately persistent, and finally broke through Yanshan, the tenacious morale accumulated in countless hard battles before this was the intangible wealth of the Liaodong Army, but in the battle of Huangling, the resilience and self-confidence accumulated before were seriously destroyed.

To have strong self-confidence and resilience, it takes the accumulation of countless wars, but to destroy them, it only takes a battle like this one.

Kou Ying knew that after this battle, the Liaodong Army had lost the capital to dominate the world.

The battle of Yanshan with the Qin army lost the main force of the Liaodong infantry army, and seriously depleted the vitality of Liaodong, and this time the Liaodong cavalry suffered a fatal blow, and Liaodong is now at an unprecedented trough.

"General, drink some water!" A subordinate general on the side sent a water bag, Kou Ying's lips were already dry and cracked, he took the water bag, and before he could drink water, there was a sudden commotion in front of him, and then several people came in a hurry, Kou Ying saw the person in advance, threw the water bag back to the person next to him, stepped forward, and asked, "Eighteen brothers, how is the situation?" ”

The eighteenth brother also looked like he was in his fifties, his face was solemn, he looked left and right, at this time, there was a group of remnants of the defeated generals around, all staring at the eighteenth brother, the eighteenth brother hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The general has ordered, we will rest here for a while, the road on the mountain is blocked, and the dredging is being intensified, once it is cleared, they will immediately open the checkpoint and let us go up the mountain." ”

"How long will it take?" Someone immediately asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, it won't be too long." The eighteenth brother reluctantly smiled and said: "Everyone also knows that it hasn't been long since the army withdrew from Fallen Horse City, with a lot of baggage, and the movement is very slow, let's wait a little longer." He waved his hand and said: "Everyone rest, after entering the mountain, you have to hurry up, and it will be rare to rest at that time, just take advantage of this time to recuperate." ”

Although everyone was a little disappointed as long as they waited, they did not despair when they thought that the road would be open and they could go up the mountain.

When everyone dispersed, Kou Ying slowly walked to a stone on the side and sat down, the eighteenth brother followed beside him, Kou Ying glanced at the eighteenth brother, and sneered: "Are they not going to let us go up the mountain?" ”

The eighteenth brother hesitated for a moment before he said: "Mo Wuyi, second brother, you lightly attacked the enemy, resulting in this fiasco, the crime is unforgivable, he said that there are only two roads to choose, the first way, everyone else can go up the mountain, only the second brother, you can't go up the mountain, let you apologize to the soldiers in public." The second way, the second brother went up the mountain to meet him first! ”

"See him alone?" Kou Ying clenched his fists and sneered: "If you go to see him alone at this time, won't you hit your head on the knife yourself?" ”

"That's right." The eighteenth brother sighed: "But Mo Wuyi has already blocked several passages in Yanshan, and without his consent, it is absolutely impossible for us to enter the mountain." ”

"If we can't pass through Yanshan, we will take a detour from Hebei." Kou Ying sneered: "I don't believe that I can't go back to Liaodong. ”

The eighteenth brother's lips moved slightly, but he wanted to speak and stopped, but he didn't open his mouth after all.

"What do you want to say?" Kou Ying frowned.

The eighteenth brother hesitated for a moment before he lowered his voice and said, "Second brother, things are worse than imagined. ”

"Oh?" Kou Ying's face was slightly gloomy: "What's wrong?" ”

"Your family!"

"What?" Kou Ying suddenly got up: "Mo Wuyi, do you dare to do something to my family?" Although I don't deal with him, but I haven't reached the point where life and death are intolerable, how dare he harm his family? ”

"Second brother, don't worry, your family is fine for the time being." The eighteenth brother said: "It's just that it is said that if the second brother does not dare to see him to ask for his guilt in person, he can apologize in front of the soldiers, as long as the second brother does this, he will not embarrass your family for the sake of being a brother for many years, and will send someone to send your family over." ”

"What did he make me apologize for? Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and if you lose a battle, you have to apologize in public? When Kou Ying heard that her family was fine, she was slightly relieved and snorted coldly.

"It's more than that." The eighteenth brother sighed lightly: "He asked the second brother to admit in public that he had the intention of supporting the army and self-respecting with the intention of usurping power and rebellion, and also asked the second brother to admit to the soldiers that he would not hesitate to spare the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers for his own selfish desires!" ”

"Shut up!" Kou Ying shouted.

The eighteenth brother hurriedly stopped his mouth, the already loose muscles on Kou Ying's face trembled, his pupils dilated, his fists clenched, he looked unusually hideous, and the anger in his eyes was difficult to hide.

"He's trying to destroy me completely." Kou Ying said angrily: "I will never let him succeed." ”

The eighteenth brother sighed and said: "Second brother, if you don't agree, we won't be able to go up the mountain, we won't be able to go back to Liaodong, you say that it is impossible to make a detour from Hebei, we thousands of people, once we enter Hebei, I am afraid that before we get out of Hebei, we will be the soldiers and horses of the Qingtian King!" He smiled bitterly: "Even if we really break through from Hebei, when we arrive in Liaodong, Liaodong is already in his hands at that time, how can we fight against him?" ”

"He had premeditated it." Kou Ying clenched his fists and said: "I'm afraid that he has planned to do so from the beginning, no matter whether we win or lose, he is already ready to blockade Yanshan and block our way back to Liaodong!" His expression became fierce: "Mo Wuyi, he is really ruthless." ”

The eighteenth brother glanced at Kou Ying, then glanced at the group of Liaodong soldiers, and said in a low voice: "Second brother, what should I do next?" Before the cold winter has passed, all our grain and grass are gone, not to mention rations, even if we set up a tent to block the wind and cold. Many of the brothers have already eaten all the dry food they have carried, and they can only feed their hunger with snow, and the people of the Northwest do not know when they will be killed. ”

Kou Ying stared at the eighteenth brother and sneered: "Do you want me to apologize in public or go to see him in public according to Mo Wuyi's intentions?" So you'll all be able to go up the mountain and return home? ”

The eighteenth brother frowned and said: "Second brother, if I have this intention, after I go up the mountain, there is no need to come back, if I want to pass the pass and enter the mountain, they will not stop me." It's just that since I chose to follow the second brother, I didn't think about turning my back on you! ”

Kou Ying showed a slight look of guilt, raised his hand and patted the eighteenth brother on the shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "The brothers are dead and scattered, Xu Chang and a few of them are uncertain about their life and death, you don't take it to heart." ”

As soon as his words fell, the eighteenth brother had not yet spoken, but he heard a sound of horses' hooves from the west, at this time many Liaodong soldiers were already frightened birds, heard the sound of horses' hooves from the west, and immediately thought that the northwest people had caught up, not that people had drawn their swords out of the sheath, ready to make a last fight, and then someone over there had already shouted: "It's your own people, it's our people!" ”

Kou Ying had also looked to the west at this time, a group of cavalry was flying horses, about one or two hundred people, and vaguely heard someone ask loudly, "Where is General Kou?" Where is General Cole? ”

Someone pointed to Kou Ying's side, the cavalry approached, there was still a distance, but there were many crowded Liaodong soldiers in the middle to block the way, the group of people could only stop their horses, the first few people turned over and dismounted, one of them glanced at this side a few times, saw Kou Ying's figure, and hurriedly ran to this side, but Kou Ying had already recognized it, but the person who came was Qi Sheng.

Seeing Qi Sheng, Kou Ying was angry in his heart, picked up the horsewhip and went up, Qi Sheng was a few steps away, kneeling on the ground, but Kou Ying had already whipped down with the horsewhip, Qi Sheng did not dodge, but howled and cried, Kou Ying didn't care, even after more than a dozen whips, Qi Sheng's skin opened and flesh bloomed, and two whip marks appeared on his face.

"Say, where did you go with five thousand men?" Kou Ying was furious, thinking that if it weren't for Qi Sheng leading the five thousand iron cavalry to suddenly disappear, the battle of Huangling might not have been so miserable, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he whipped down a few more whips, "Where are they now?" ”

Although he was furious, he was not confused in his heart, although he wanted to slaughter Qi Sheng with the knife, but in his heart he hoped to bring back the five thousand men and horses.

If the 5,000 men and horses return safely, plus the remnants here, there are nearly 10,000 horses in their hands, even if they can't cross Yanshan, but with tens of thousands of horses, they can break into Hebei and make a detour.

Qi Sheng knelt on the ground, in front of everyone, crying with a sad face: "Second brother, kill me, I'm a bastard, I'm I buried all the five thousand people, I deserve to die!" ”

Qi Sheng is also over fifty years old, and the half-hundred-year-old man knelt in front of Kou Ying, and cried loudly, looking very funny, but the bloodstains on his body that were whipped by Kou Ying are not funny.

When Kou Ying heard that the 5,000 people had been buried, he immediately felt a little dizzy, his body shook, and if it wasn't for Eighteen holding him around, he almost fell.