Sima mistakenly thought that he would accept it when he saw it and keep the fruits of his victory. He had made up his mind, hurriedly waved the command flag to the rear, and at the same time dictated the order to the herald: "All the soldiers obey the order, the rear team becomes the front team, and immediately retreat in an orderly manner without the slightest delay!" ”

The herald rode fast horses and quickly ran over to the dozen or so clusters of troops of the surrounding Qin army, announcing the order of the commander.

The Qin army stayed on the position for half an hour, standing still, they looked at each other, not knowing where to go. At this moment, I waited for the order of the commander, and the soldiers did not understand what Sima Cuo thought, but the military order was like a mountain, and the commander ordered to retreat, and of course the soldiers had to obey the order.

The deputy general Zhou Shi was suspicious, his lips moved, and he wanted to ask Sima Cuo's intention for this move, but seeing that his face was blue and his attitude was resolute, he didn't want to cause more trouble. So he whipped his horse and took the initiative to go to the rear to sweep the formation.

Zhou Shao, who was waiting two miles away, watched the Qin army in front of him evacuate, and he still didn't receive Ning Jun's order. Zhou Shao's heart kept bumping like a deer in his arms, not going forward, and not going backward.

He had the heart to go after him, but he looked at Ning Junzhi's place with wide eyes, and found that there was still no sound and no movement.

Zhou Shao couldn't take action, so he couldn't help but be a little discouraged, and secretly complained that Ning Jun didn't give the order for a long time, allowing the Qin army to retreat.

Ning Jun watched Qin Jun turn around the mountain pass and retreat to the rear, and he breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Xu Mu, who was crawling beside him, saw that the Qin army had retreated, and his heart was even more excited, and he smiled.

Xu Mu was so happy that he didn't need to fight a tough battle with the Qin army again, his life was not in danger. However, he was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't dare to laugh out loud, because he was worried that Ning Jun would be even more angry because of the lessons of the past.

Where did he think that if he laughed again at this time, Ning Jun would not blame him at all. Because Ning Jun discovered that Xu Mu had a layer of benefits for speaking out recklessly just now. It was his question, which was detected by Sima Cuo, which only aggravated Sima Cuo's suspicions, made him even more confused, and prompted Sima Cuo to be more inclined to evacuate.

A bad thing turned into a good thing, and Ning Jun didn't expect it. From this point of view, this straw bag general Xu Mu can be regarded as inadvertently making a contribution. However, Ning Jun didn't break it, because Xu Mu was watching everything that happened on the battlefield in a daze from beginning to end, so why bother to let him worry about it again?

It wasn't until the Qin army withdrew to the back of the mountain for half an hour that Ning Jun got up from the low ground, and he asked his subordinates to lead the war horse hidden behind the hill bag with the little colonel, Ning Jun jumped on the horse, and then waved the order flag in his hand, and ordered: "The soldiers obey the order, all assemble, and go to Sogo City to rest!" ”

Seeing Ning Jun's command flag, Zhou Shao and other soldiers all took action again. The men and horses of the Han army and the reinforcements of a small number of princes led by Ning Jun, Zhou Shao, Jing Feng, and Feng Liang were all lined up in formation and marched towards Sogo City.

Zhou Shao couldn't help the doubts in his heart, before he entered the city, he rushed to the Chinese army from behind in the middle and walked side by side with Ning Jun. Ning Jun glanced at Zhou Shao and guessed that he had a question to ask, so he felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he didn't blame him for leaving the team without permission.

Zhou Shao really opened his mouth and asked: "General Ning, the last general has something to understand, why did our army put on such a strange formation?" Seeing that the Qin people retreated, but didn't fight back? ”

Ning Jun smiled and said, "The situation on the battlefield is urgent, so I forgive you for not being able to explain my intentions to General Zhou at that time." Does General Zhou think that if we pursue, we can defeat the Qin army? ”

Zhou Shao thought about it and felt that with the strength of the Han army, it would be difficult to succeed, but he was not convinced by the arrogance of the Qin army, and replied: "If you pursue it, even if our army can't win, it will also make the Qin army suffer some hardships, and I can't get used to their flying and domineering appearance." ”

Ning Jun knew that Zhou Shao was a brave general, and knew that he participated in the battle of opening the passage to Shangguancheng commanded by Xu Mu, and suffered defeat, so he was unwilling.

He patiently explained: "General Zhou doesn't know, what I am doing is 'bluffing', the original intention is to confuse Sima Cuo and scare the Qin army away, if General Zhou goes to pursue, doesn't just expose the details of our army, then Sima Cuo will give up!" ”

After hearing this, Zhou Shao pondered in his heart for a while, and then he relieved himself, and he replied, "Oh, I understand. General Ning asked me to shoot with crossbowmen, but it was just to scare the Qin army, not to really win with an arrow array. ”

Ning Jun bowed his head deeply and said, "General Zhou is smart, and he can understand it at a glance. He praised Zhou Shao, wanting to appease Zhou Shao's emotions, so that he would not be haunted all the time.

Zhou Shao didn't mind at all, he laughed and said: "It's ridiculous that the Qin army didn't know General Ning's clever plan, and he was so frightened by a rain of arrows that he ran back. I'm afraid it's still in the dark! ”

Ning Jun saw that Zhou Shao had figured it out, and he also laughed heartily. At this moment, a war horse came from the rear of the team quickly, and he shouted as he ran: "General Ning, wait, the last general is here to report." ”

Ning Jun turned his head and found that it was Wei General Lu Ji chasing after him on horseback, and he was also curious: "Where did he come from?" This person has been missing from beginning to end, how can he suddenly appear now? ”

Out of politeness, Ning Jun took the reins of his horse and slowed down the speed of his march, and at this time, Lu Ji chased after him for two steps, and went hand in hand with Ning Jun.

Zhou Shao also saw Lu Ji, and saw that his helmet was crooked, his tall and thin figure looked even more swaying, his body was covered with muddy water, and he looked very embarrassed.

Lü Ji set off with Zhou Shao to rescue Shangguan City, but when he was attacked by the Qin army ambushed on the road, after encountering a burst of random arrows, Lü Ji disappeared without a trace.

Zhou Shao also wondered whether this person was dead or alive, and where did he go? Now it has magically appeared in front of him again.

Ning Jun looked at Lu Ji with questioning eyes, and did not take the initiative to talk to him. Lu Ji didn't wait for others to ask him, and kept talking about his "encounter".

He said that he risked his life to break through the resistance of the Qin army and assault in the direction of Guancheng in Lushang, but as he walked, he found that there was no figure around him, and his subordinates were gone, and even the Qin army could not be seen.

He was in a hurry to find the team, and went into a valley full of rocks like a labyrinth. He walked around it for a day before he climbed over a hill and walked out of it.

Later, he happened to meet an old man herding sheep, and under his guidance, he groped his way forward, and finally heard the news that the Korean army had returned to Sogo City, and he hurried towards the location of the troops.

When Zhou Shao heard the story told by Lu Ji, he was extremely curious and asked, "What kind of valley is that, it's amazing!" Did you find anything strange inside? ”

Lu Ji pondered nervously for a moment, and replied: "I only care about finding the way, where to care about other things!" As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Ning Jun. Ning Jun was silent, noncommittal.

Originally, Zhou Shao and Ning Jun were talking and laughing, and they talked happily, but they were interrupted by Lu Ji. Zhou Shao still wanted to talk about a few words, talking about his cool energy after releasing the arrow, but Ning Jun didn't want to continue the topic, he squinted his eyes, looked into the distance, kicked the stirrup, and urged the war horse to move quickly.

The defeated army of Korea arrived at Sogo City in the evening, and Ning Jun returned the command flag and other command documents in his hand to Xu Mu.

Xu Mu was not polite, and accepted them all. At this time, he only thought about how to say nice things, report the military situation to Han Hou, and exonerate himself, and he didn't have the heart to care about other things at all.

Xu Mu told the strength and cruelty of the Qin army in his twists and turns, described in detail the hardships and tenacity of his battles, and exaggerated that he led the Han army to inflict maximum casualties on the Qin army. The losses of the Han army were nearly 20,000, but the losses of the Qin army doubled to more than 40,000.

He wrote: "Weichen fought bloodily, but our army was far outnumbered by the Qin army and outnumbered, so we had to retreat to Sogo City. If Shangguancheng is reinforced, another 100,000 troops must be sent. ”

Xu Mu wrote eloquently, sprinkled thousands of words, but mentioned very little about the contributions of the princes and soldiers of the six countries led by Ning Jun, only two sentences, one stroke. It's as if these people are transparent, non-existent people.

Ning Jun, Zhou Shao and the others were temporarily stationed in Sogo City, waiting for the next action order. Ning Jun also repaired a book, and specially sent Zhou Shao to rush back to Luoyang City with a letter to inform Su Qin of the battle situation on the front line.

Ning Jun also wrote in the letter about the hardships of the battle, and he expected that if he relied on the strength of the Korean army alone, the battle of Michi would only be lost, and it would not be easy to keep Sogo City.

Moreover, Ning Jun had a premonition that the battle situation in Michi was becoming more and more intense, and it was very likely to develop into a life-and-death battle, so he suggested that Su Qin should prepare as soon as possible.

He analyzed: "At present, there is still Shangguan City in the hands of the South Korean army in the Mianchi area, and this is the only fulcrum that our army can use. However, as the Qin army besieged it for a long time, the city was afraid that it would fall into the hands of the Qin people. At that time, it was even more difficult to save the situation in the Michi area than to ascend to the sky. ”

The development of the situation was as Ning Jun expected. After the commander of the Qin State, Sima Cuo, retreated to Michi City, he also immediately summoned the army commander Shi to come to his Chinese army's treasure tent. Then, Sima Cuo dictated his opinions, which were perfected by the wording of Ling Shi, forming a letter to Qin Jun Yingsi.

Sima Cuo also emphasized in the recital that the hardship of the battle of Michi had exceeded expectations, because of the reinforcements of the armies of the six countries, Su Qin may have quietly come to the front line of Michi. With the increasing reinforcements of the Six Kingdoms, the Qin army gradually lost its advantage. It would be great if Qin could increase its troops.

He expressed his attitude: "The last general is willing to make persistent efforts to resolutely defend the victory of the raid on the Mianchi area, capture Shangguan City as soon as possible, and expand the territory for the Qin State. ”

Of course, Sima Cuo did not forget to ridicule and expose the enemy Gongsun Yan in the recital, pointing out that he still disregarded the overall situation and acted on his own, so he lost his troops and lost his generals, resulting in the loss of the Qin army's good situation.