The siege of Lanling City, with the withdrawal of Wang 5 and Wang 6 Legions, was completely lifted, but Li Ben was intimidated by the strength of the Jin army, and did not go out of the city to pursue, but continued to strengthen the city defense to prevent the Jin army from killing again.

The two armies under the command of Wang Wu and Wang Liu soon converged and immediately ran in the direction of due south.

At this time, Yin Hao and the 20,000 main army under his command had just stopped, and planned to take a short rest before setting off, but suddenly saw Wang Wu and Wang VI Corps who were retreating south, which surprised them.

"General, tens of thousands of enemy troops are chasing, our army should withdraw immediately." A confidant general said in a panic.

"General, get on your horse." A confidant soldier even led Yin Hao's war horse over.

Yin Hao looked at the starry torches in the north, his heart became more and more frightened, and immediately stepped on the war horse with the support of his own soldiers, and said urgently: "Retreat, the whole army will withdraw immediately." After speaking, under the escort of his own soldiers, he quickly evacuated to the south.

Under Yin Hao's order, the 20,000 troops under his command retreated southward in a hurry, in order to run faster, and at the same time, in order to block the 'enemy army' in the rear, many soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, and only held a weapon in hand for self-defense.

Yin Hao and his soldiers and horses fled lifelessly, which made the soldiers of Wang Wu and Wang VI legions in the rear completely puzzled, they looked at the helmets and armor all over the ground, and they didn't know what the army in front was doing.

"General, the ground is full of helmets and armor discarded by our army, as well as a small number of weapons." A pioneer colonel found out about this situation and immediately reported it to Wang Wu in the middle of the team.

With the help of the torches, Wang Wu had already seen the glittering helmet and armor on the ground in front of him, of course. He also knew that these helmets and armor were discarded by Yin Hao's personal guards, and the reason why the soldiers under Yin Hao's command discarded these military equipment, Wang Wu was a little confused for a while, and looked sideways at Wang Liu beside him.

Wang Liu was naturally stunned by the situation in front of him, and he also looked at Wang Wu. He looked surprised.

However, a subordinate general under Wang Wu saw a clue, and hugged his fists and said: "General, is it that the main general treats our army as the pursuit of the enemy, otherwise, why did such a thing happen when our army just arrived." After speaking, he looked at Wang Wu and Wang Liu.

When Wang Wu and Wang Liu heard this, they glanced at each other. They carefully strung together what had just happened and imagined it, and immediately felt that what this general said was very reasonable, but Wang Wu and Wang Liu were very dissatisfied with Yin Hao and the army under his command, and expressed extreme helplessness and dissatisfaction under Yin Hao's leadership.

"The Bird of the Frightened Bow, this is simply the Bird of the Frightened Bow. Hum! Wang Wu shouted angrily.

Wang Liu was naturally very dissatisfied, for Yin Hao and the waste generals under his command. He really didn't know how to describe it.

"Li Ben's soldiers and horses are only 5,000 people, and Yin Hao has 20,000 troops in his hands, and he actually fled without a fight, which is really a big loss to the face of my Great Jin army." Wang Wu angrily accused, and even angrily called Yin Hao's name.

"Fifth brother. Let's say a few words! Seeing that Wang Wu called Yin Hao's name, Wang Liu hurriedly dissuaded, after all, Yin Hao was the assassin of Yangzhou, once this sentence reached Yin Hao's ears. It is a great disadvantage to Wang Wu.

Wang Wu naturally knew that he had lost his words, so he sighed secretly and stopped talking.

"General, what now? Does the Great Army still move on? A subordinate looked at Wang Wu and asked softly.

Obviously, the army under the command of Wang Wu and Wang Liu could not continue to march, otherwise, Yin Hao and his men and horses were afraid that they would take off their weapons and clothes, so as to speed up their escape.

Wang Wu sighed helplessly, and said: "The army immediately stopped advancing, packed up all kinds of baggage on the ground on the spot, and returned it to them later." After speaking, he looked at Wang Liu and asked what Wang Liu meant.

Wang Liu nodded, recognized Wang Wu's approach, paused, looked at a few personal soldiers beside him, and said: "A few of you set off immediately, tell the main general, behind them is my army and horses, not Li Ben's army, let them stop running, stop, and take a good rest!" He laughed.

When Wang Wu and the generals heard this, they all laughed, for Yin Hao and other waste generals, they were dissatisfied from the bottom of their hearts, but as generals, they had to obey orders.

After receiving the order, several henchmen immediately rode their horses and ran in the direction of due south, preparing to tell Yin Hao the truth, so that Yin Hao would not flee so hard.

Yin Hao and the 20,000 troops under his command ran wildly for more than 20 miles in a row, and when they saw that there was no trace of the enemy in the rear, they stopped, and after resting for a while, they continued to evacuate quickly to avoid being caught up by the enemy.

In order to prevent the pursuers from suddenly attacking, Yin Hao sent hundreds of men and horses to guard the rear, monitor the situation in the rear at any time, and immediately get on their horses and evacuate once they found that the main force of the enemy was chasing.

In a relatively flat position, Yin Hao sat with his henchmen and generals, resting and talking about the current situation.

"General, I really didn't expect that Li Ben's reinforcements arrived so quickly, and our army was caught off guard!" One of the generals whispered.

"Yes! General, the 20,000 main forces of our army have been evacuated, but the soldiers and horses at the west gate have been dispersed, and the two armies at the east gate and the north gate have not heard from them so far. Another general whispered.

When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other, and had a sense of happiness for the rest of their lives, but Yin Hao fell into extreme uneasiness, this time leading the troops to battle, it was the last chance given to him by the imperial court, and he fought a big defeat, thus burying the last hope.

"50,000 teachers and 30,000 burials, I will have to bear the trust of the court, and I deserve to die!" Yin Hao said naturally to himself.

Obviously, Yin Hao no longer expected the imperial court to pardon his mistakes, and was ready to be cut down to the people.

However, soon, several of his own soldiers sent by Wang Liu arrived at Yin Hao's location on horseback, and told Yin Hao and others the truth about the situation of Wang Wu and Wang Liu's 20,000 horses behind.

When Yin Hao and his henchmen heard this, they were all taken aback, and asked if they had suffered a large-scale attack by enemy reinforcements outside the east and north gates.

Wang Liu's soldiers truthfully told Yin Hao about the situation outside the east gate and the north gate, so that Yin Hao knew that the so-called enemy reinforcements did not exist at all, and it was he who was repeatedly defeated and became a frightened bird, so he saw the torches at the west gate, and heard the shouts of killing at the north gate and the east gate, so he mistakenly thought it was a large-scale reinforcement from the enemy.

Hearing the truth of the matter, Yin Hao's legs weakened, and he sat directly on the ground, at this time, his heart was extremely painful and remorseful, if he had learned earlier that Li Ben had no reinforcements at all, perhaps, there would not have been such a humiliating situation at this moment.

"General, since Li Ben has no reinforcements at all, then the more than 10,000 men and horses we saw outside the south gate of Lanling City should be the 10,000 scattered men and horses of our army, and Li Ben can defeat the 10,000 troops deployed outside the west gate by our army with thousands of men and horses, which shows that its combat power is very strong." A confidant said, clenching his fists.

"Yes! General, when Li Ben led the main army and went out of the west gate to attack our army, Wang Wu and Wang Liu, two generals, led 10,000 troops respectively to storm the north gate and the east gate, but failed to break through, which shows that Li Ben's army is very powerful. Another general said.

Yin Hao knew that the reason why these generals tried their best to exaggerate the strength of Li Ben's army was just to make excuses for their own failures, he knew these subordinates too well, they were all not good at fighting, but shirking responsibility was first-class.

"General, if it weren't for General Wang Wu and General Wang Liu, who disobeyed the order to attack Lanling City, our army would not have withdrawn in a hurry, so it is very likely that defeat will turn into victory, and our army will be defeated, and General Wang Wu and Wang Liu should bear the main responsibility." After all, it was Wang Wu and Wang Liu who rashly attacked Lanling City, so that Yin Hao and his generals thought that the north gate and the east gate were attacked by Li Ben's reinforcements, so they retreated in fear.

When Yin Hao heard this, he smiled, and said: "Okay, it is Ben who is incompetent and always loses the battle, how can he put all the responsibility on the two generals Wang Wu and Wang Liu, and the court will investigate it, and Ben will bear it." After speaking, he made a strong and awe-inspiring look.

In fact, Yin Hao would not let go of such an opportunity to give up the car to protect the handsome, he had already calculated in his heart that he would put the responsibility on Wang Wu and Wang Liu, so as to reduce the punishment he received.

"General, since the main force of our army still exists, and there are still only 5,000 men and horses under Li Ben's command, why don't our army kill the horse gun and take Li Ben by surprise." A subordinate general suddenly opened his mouth to build a yì road.

"Yes! General, our army broke and fled, Li Ben and the soldiers under his command must have relaxed their vigilance, this is a good opportunity for our army to counterattack! Another general said loudly.

Yin Hao thought for a moment, and said softly: "Our army has completely broken and fled, the morale has been slack, and we still need to rest for a few days before we can launch an attack on Lanling City, it is better to rest here and gather the men and horses that have been dispersed." ”

Obviously, Yin Hao planned to collect the 10,000 soldiers and horses scattered outside the West Gate, and after all the nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses were gathered, he would attack Lanling City.

Seeing Yin Hao's order, the generals naturally received the order and went to prepare separately.

It didn't take long for Wang Wu and Wang Liu to lead a large army under their command and converge with the 20,000 main forces under Yin Hao's command.

In order to let Wang Wu and Wang Liu continue to serve him, Yin Hao greatly praised Wang Wu and Wang Liu in front of his subordinate generals, and asked his henchmen to learn from the two. (To be continued......)