Xu Chang heard the sound of the horn from the opposite side, and his first reaction was that the Northwest Army suddenly attacked, although he was quite surprised, but he was not panicked, after all, he had followed the Red Refining Electric for many years, although he had not been able to learn the essence of the Red Refining Electric Army, but the marching array was extremely skillful, in order to prevent the Northwest Army from sneaking up at night, the Liaodong Army was in the shape of a character, the Chinese Army was concave, and the two wings were slightly stretched forward, so that they could take care of each other, unless the enemy attacked in three ways, otherwise attacking any way, they could get rapid support from the other two roads.

Got on the horse to the front, but found that even the shadow of the Northwest Army was not seen, and when Pegasus arrived at the Yellow Ridge, although the soldiers and horses camped according to the ridge, they still sent a sentry post on the mountain ridge, and they had been monitoring the Northwest Army camp in the distance.

"What's going on over there?" After Xu Chang went up the mountain, he saw the sentry post and immediately asked.

The sentry had replied, "They blew their trumpets, but nothing moved. ”

Xu Chang had already looked into the distance, and when he saw that the Northwest Army was still camped on the opposite side, there was no sign of attacking, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned, at this time, Zhao You had already arrived at Xu Chang's side, and wondered: "What the hell is the Northwest Army doing?" ”

Xu Chang sneered: "It's just self-strengthening, it seems that they are also ready to move, they want to attack, but they don't dare!" ”

Zhao You was thoughtful, and suddenly asked the sentry, "You have been staring at this army in the west?" ”

"Yes, we've been taking turns staring since yesterday." The soldier replied, "After they stopped and camped, they stayed there without moving. ”

Xu Chang saw Zhao You's solemn expression and asked, "Old Fourteen, did you find anything?" ”

Zhao You didn't answer and asked, "Brother Starling, did you send scouts to patrol nearby?" ”

"That's nature." Xu Chang said: "Marching formation, scouts cruising, this is the common sense of the march, how can I forget?" With the exception of the west, I sent scouts to the north and south flanks, and all of them were patrolled at least fifty miles. ”

Zhao You showed a worried look: "Starling, the army is marching, riding to explore the road, within fifty miles, is it the farthest place to patrol?" ”

"You can't send out rangers to search for hundreds of miles, right?" Xu Chang said: "If you really go so far, if you really want to find out the situation, it will be too late for the scouts to come back and report it." ”

"Fifty miles!" Zhao You stared at the northwest military camp in the distance, and finally said, "Starling, let's retreat!" ”

Xu Chang saw the worry in Zhao You's eyes, and frowned: "Old Fourteen, why do you keep thinking about withdrawing troops?" We have more soldiers and horses than them, and the confrontation between the two armies is the time to boost morale! ”

"Starling, I've been restless since yesterday." Zhao Youdao: "You said that the two thousand cavalry in the northwest appeared in front of us, and then stationed in the camp to confront each other, without any action, what is their purpose?" ”

"Purpose?" Xu Chang frowned and said, "If you say that, we didn't act rashly, we just tested each other." ”

"That's not right." Zhao You shook his head, "Their purpose is to attract our attention, if my guess is correct, this northwest cavalry only sent two thousand people, it is definitely not that their cavalry is insufficient, but it has an ulterior purpose." ”

"Ulterior motives?"

"If they have too many soldiers and horses, on a par with us or even above us, what will the starling choose?" Zhao You asked, "Do you want to stay here, or do you withdraw your troops immediately?" ”

Xu Chang thought for a moment and said, "In order to be foolproof, it is naturally better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible." ”

"What the starling said is right, then if there are only thousands of soldiers and eight hundred soldiers and horses on the other side, how will the starling choose?"

"Naturally, swallow it in one bite." Xu Chang didn't want to think about it, "It's these two thousand cavalry, and I'm going to eat them." ”

Zhao You sighed: "That's it, they have too many soldiers and horses, we will withdraw the troops, they have too few soldiers and horses, we may not be able to bear it, yesterday has already fought in the past, but they are no more, no less, exactly two thousand people, and because of this, we are unwilling to retreat, if we want to fight over, but we have to be cautious, in the end we are not retreating, we are not advancing, but we are confronting them here, originally according to the orders of the second brother, yesterday to withdraw the troops back, but delayed for a whole night, until now have not withdrawn troops!" ”

Xu Chang frowned, obviously a little confused: "Old Fourteen, what do you want to say?" ”

"Starling, you still haven't understood?" Zhao Youdao: "The purpose of the cavalry on the opposite side is to delay this night." ”

"Delayed overnight?" Xu Chang was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something, "You mean that they have used the night to send people back to our rear?" At this point, I couldn't help but turn around and look east.

"Our ranger scouts can only explore a radius of fifty miles, and if they come back behind us from fifty miles away, we won't be able to find out." Zhao Youdao.

"But you must know that if they make a detour from fifty miles away, and then block behind us, they will have to walk at least nearly two hundred miles in one night!" Xu Chang frowned: "The terrain around here is very difficult to walk, and the snow has not melted, the weather is cold, and it is possible to walk two hundred miles in one night?" ”

Zhao You smiled bitterly: "I also hope that my conjecture is wrong, but in any case, the eight must immediately order the withdrawal of troops, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, we must withdraw to join the main force!" ”

Xu Chang's expression was cold, he hesitated, and looked at the northwest camp opposite, although he was a little unwilling in his eyes, he also knew that once Zhao You's conjecture became a reality, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Give the order to go down and withdraw the troops immediately."

The 4,000 well-trained Liaodong Army, after the military order was issued, immediately packed up and reorganized, the front team changed into the rear team, and even sent more than a dozen scouts to explore the road to the east.

Huangling is a full day's journey from Kou Ying's camp, it is not far away, but it is very close, if the Northwest Army suddenly kills at this time, it is impossible for the main cavalry corps of Liaodong to appear in time for reinforcements.

In order to prevent the Northwest cavalry behind him from pursuing, Xu Chang personally cut off the rear.

The soldiers and horses rumbled, quickly left the Yellow Ridge, evacuated to the east, and only traveled less than a dozen miles, and Zhao You, who was in the lead, saw several cavalry figures in front of him, and he was galloping towards him.

"Report, there is a northwest cavalry in the east!" Before they could get closer, the horsemen were already shouting, "They're coming this way!" ”

Zhao You's heart sank, but he saw clearly that those figures were the Liaodong scouts sent out.

The scout approached, had already rolled off his horse, and said: "Report, there is a scout team of the northwest cavalry in the east, they happened to collide with us, and they have already fought, they are numerous, and we have wounded several brothers. ”

"How many people can you spot?" Zhao You's expression was solemn.

"Before we could get close to their main force, we were stopped by their scouts, and we broke a few brothers, and finally withdrew." The scout said, "I was chasing after me just now, and I can't see anyone now." ”

Zhao You was even more surprised in his heart, although he guessed that the Northwest Army might be deliberately delaying time, taking this opportunity for the main cavalry to detour to the rear, but there was still a trace of luck in his heart, after all, what Xu Chang said was good, in this cold and snowy winter, it was not a simple task to detour two hundred miles overnight, but now when he heard the report, he knew that what he was most worried about had become a reality.

Zhao Youwei groaned, and immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing, Pegasus arrived at the rear, found Xu Chang, and informed Xu Chang of the situation of the enemy, Xu Chang was also taken aback, and asked, "Didn't figure out how many people there were?" ”

"Our scouts met their scouts, and there was a fight between the two sides, and the scouts only saw their scouts, but not their main force." Zhao Youdao: "But since the scouts of the Northwest Army have appeared in the rear, then their main force is likely to have detoured back to our rear!" ”

"Old Fourteen, what do you think we should do?" Xu Chang frowned.

"The enemy situation is unknown." Zhao Youdao: "Brother Starling, in my opinion, we are not far from Huangling, and now we should withdraw immediately, it is still too late!" ”

"Withdraw to Huangling?"

"Yes, Huangling is condescending, the terrain is dangerous, we retreat to Huangling, we can rely on the mountains to defend against the enemy." Zhao Youdao: "The road behind has been blocked, and it is no longer possible to send people for help, so we can only stick to Huangling first, and wait for the second brother to find out that something is wrong and send reinforcements." If the second brother doesn't see us return for a long time, he will definitely know that we have encountered an accident, and he will definitely quickly send reinforcements to the rescue! ”

Xu Chang said: "There is a flat river here, if you really want to talk about it, only Huangling is a good place to stick to!" He frowned and said: "But we don't know the enemy's situation, if they don't have many people, if we withdraw at this time, will it backfire, but fall into their trap?" We only know that there are scouts of the Northwest Army over there, and we haven't found their main force! ”

"Starling, are you going to continue to withdraw east?" Zhao Youdao: "But if it is really the main cavalry in the northwest over there, we can't break through, and if we want to turn back, the northwest cavalry behind is only afraid that they will take the lead in occupying Huangling, if so, let's!" ”

Xu Chang knew that the military situation was urgent, and he could not hesitate at this time, and thought about it for a while, but he only felt that in the situation of the enemy situation was unknown, it was the best policy to withdraw first and occupy the Yellow Ridge, and then ordered the whole army to turn back, still the rear team changed to the front team, and quickly leaned towards the direction of the Yellow Ridge, only for a moment, he saw that the Yellow Ridge was imminent, and at this time, he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the front, Xu Chang's eyes were cold, and he had already found that the cavalry that had confronted him before was actually coming head-on, and it was also approaching the Yellow Ridge.

"They're going to rob Huangling!" Xu Chang was surprised, knowing that if the other party really took the Huangling, there was no danger to defend, and the front and back were surrounded, the consequences were really unimaginable, holding the knife in his hand, and said sharply: "Brothers, grab the Huangling, rush!" ”