Hua An looked in the direction of the city wall that was fighting fiercely, and said softly: "It's just a feint, and it's not really a siege, this is already very good, immediately send an order, Mingjin withdraws the troops." ”

"Big brother, this is the end of the army." Wang San looked at Hua'an with some surprise, after all, it had been less than an hour since Chen Ting's troops attacked Chengdu, and the soldiers had just warmed up.

However, the reason why Hua An ordered the retreat was because the purpose of his feint had been achieved, and through Guò's observation of the attacking and defending sides, he had a preliminary understanding of the combat strength of the rebels defending the city, and he also had a relatively clear understanding of the strength of Chen Ting's men.

"The purpose of the feint has been achieved, Mingjin retreats!" Hua An explained, and continued to order.

"Yes, big brother." Wang San accepted the order and immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

"Bell bell bell ......" In the rear of the Jin army's military array, there was a violent sound of gold.

Chen Ting, who was commanding the soldiers under his command to attack the city in front, was stunned for a moment, and then ordered: "Retreat, soldiers, retreat." ”

After receiving the order of the commander-in-chief, the soldiers who were besieging the city began to retreat slowly, and dozens of war horses quickly withdrew with a giant siege ladder, and soon, the ladder facilitated the detachment of the city wall, and the soldiers on the ladder also began to retreat backwards.

"The Jin army retreated, let go of the arrows." Seeing that the Jin army was retreating, the rebels defending the city suddenly came to their senses and immediately released arrows at the retreating Jin army.

Fortunately, the soldiers under Chen Ting's department had strict military discipline, and although they retreated, the formation was not chaotic, and the shield bearer protected the orderly retreat of the other soldiers. The rebels were not given much of a chance, and very few soldiers were shot by the rebels.

The pressure on the left and right flanks of the Jin army in the distance also deterred the rebels, so that they did not dare to open the city gate and go out of the city to chase and kill the retreating Jin army, but could only put a few arrows on the city to vent.

"Father, why do you have to retreat, hold on a little longer, and our army will be able to storm the city wall." Chen Poyu who ran back from the ladder. Look at his father. Shouted.

"Yes! Father, this is the first time my army has gone to war, how can we return so fruitlessly. Chen Zhenhu was also a little unwilling.

Chen Ting shook his head and said softly, "Rebel reinforcements are coming one after another. Just by the strength of our army. You can't storm the walls. Besides, the task given to us by the general is to make a feint, now. The task has been completed smoothly, and the general personally ordered the troops to retreat, and I, as a general, will obey the order. ”

"It's really unwilling to give up halfway in the first war." Chen Poyu complained.

"If there were more soldiers and horses, we would have attacked the city just now." Chen Xiaohu also complained.

Chen Ting looked at his two sons with displeasure, and said loudly: "If there is chaos today, there are still millions of soldiers of the Hu clan in the north, are you still afraid that there will be no chance to fight?" Retreat immediately. After speaking, he glared at his two sons.

Chen Poyu and Chen Xuanhu sighed in displeasure and led their men and horses to retreat to the rear.

At this time, at a position 1,000 steps away from the north gate of Chengdu, Hua An and a group of cronies were waiting for Chen Ting and others who had retreated, and were preparing to return to the camp with them.

Seeing that Hua'an and other generals greeted him in person, Chen Ting and other generals, at a position twenty steps away from Hua'an, hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and walked towards Hua'an.

"General." Chen Ting and his subordinates saluted Hua'an together.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "General Chen has a good command, the generals are brave in battle, and the soldiers are all good, okay, don't stand, get on your horse and go back to the camp." ”

Seeing that Hua An praised them in an extremely positive tone, Chen Ting and his subordinates were somewhat surprised, especially Chen Poyu and Chen Xuanhu, who thought that they had failed to attack the city, and they were considered to have lost the battle, and they felt ashamed? But I heard Hua'an's affirmative praise.

"General, we failed to capture the city, and we are a disgrace to the general." Chen Poyu clenched his fists and said.

"General, as long as we are given another chance, we will definitely be able to storm the city wall." Chen Zhenhu directly asked for a fight.

Seeing that the two of them were young and vigorous, and there was a momentum of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, Hua An admired it very much in his heart, and looked at the two, smiled, and said softly: "You only have three thousand men and horses, and all of them are recruits who have never seen blood, it is already great to be able to fight like this, it can be seen that you are usually well trained, as for the opportunity to fight, the day after tomorrow to attack Chengdu, your troops and horses are the left wing, and the two generals Tie Niu and Li Yi will attack Chengdu together, so prepare well!" After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Chen Ting and the others to get on the horse immediately.

"Yes, General." Seeing that there was an opportunity to fight, Chen Poyu and Chen Zhenhu were overjoyed, and hurriedly hugged their fists to receive their lives.

Subsequently, Chen Ting and other generals turned over and rode back to the camp with Hua'an.

In the direction of the north gate of Chengdu, Wang Run and other rebel generals who arrived in a hurry, after climbing the wall of the north gate, saw only the retreating figure of the Jin army, which really made them panic.

Wang Run stretched out his hand and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, looked at the back of the Jin army in the distance, and said softly: "Fortunately, the Jin army is a feint, it's okay here, I'll go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion later!" After speaking, he looked at the generals beside him.

"General Wang, the Jin army is only temporarily retreating, maybe when it will come to attack the city again, or the men and horses brought by the last general will be arranged in the direction of the north gate first! lest the Jin army suddenly attack the city, and our men and horses will not have time to reinforce. "A ministry will build yì road.

Wang Run nodded and said softly, "Okay!" The north gate is the key direction of the Jin army's attack, we must focus on defense, you arrange people first, and we will go to the prime minister's mansion first. With that, he walked down the city wall.

Wang Run and other rebel generals, who had a false alarm, stepped on their war horses and quickly rushed to Wang Oath's mansion, they wanted to inform Wang Oath of the news of the Jin army's feint attack as soon as possible, and further discuss with Wang Oath the matter of winning over Tuyuhun.

At this time, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Oath was like an ant on a hot pot, walking around the courtyard, and he was not psychologically prepared for the sudden attack of the Jin army.

At this moment, what he was most afraid of was that the Jin army would storm the north gate with all the strength of the army, and the soldiers in the city, because of the discouragement of the army, could not resist the sharp offensive of the Jin army, so that the city fell to the enemy, so that his withdrawal plan would lose time to prepare, and even because of the sudden influx of the Jin army, it could not be withdrawn.

Rebelling against the imperial court was a great sin for the nine clans of Zhulian, and the king swore that as long as they fell into the hands of the Jin army, they would inevitably be humiliated, and the entire clan would be taken to Jiankang City, where they would be beheaded.

The beads of sweat on his forehead continued to seep out, and Wang Wei reached out to wipe his forehead, begging in his heart that the army in the city could block the attack of the Jin army, and in just one day, his withdrawal plan could be implemented smoothly.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister." At this moment, Wang Run and other generals rushed into Wang Oath's mansion.

Wang Xuan turned around and looked at the generals who were hurrying over, and his heart was shocked, these generals came back not long after leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, is it that the north gate has been lost, and the generals are about to take themselves away.

"Generals, why are you back, and what's going on in the direction of the North Gate?" Wang asked weakly.

Wang Run clenched his fists and replied: "Back to the prime minister, it was just a false alarm, the Jin army was just a feint, and now it has withdrawn to the camp." ”

"The Jin army is just a feint, it's okay, it's okay." Wang swore happily, looked at several generals, and said: "Generals, the Jin army feinted to attack the north gate, it must be to test the reality of our army, although they have withdrawn to the camp, but it won't be long before they will come back, the next attack, maybe it is to attack the city with all their might, our army must evacuate immediately, it is best to leave tonight." ”

"Prime Minister, there are a lot of materials needed for the withdrawal of troops, so I will leave tonight, is it too urgent." One of the generals spoke out about the difficulties of reality.

Wang Xuan frowned and replied: "It's a little rushed, but the prime minister is worried that the main force of the Jin army will attack the north gate tomorrow, if the city is breached, we won't be able to go anywhere, so it's better to withdraw tonight." ”

Hearing this, Wang Run nodded, hugged his fists and said: "Prime Minister, the Jin army scouts have spread all over Chengdu and abroad, as long as our army withdraws, within an hour, the Jin army can get the news, so as to send cavalry to chase after it, therefore, our army retreats, we must be prepared to block the Jin army's pursuit, otherwise, once caught up by the Jin army, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"This is easy to do, the road is dark at night, as long as there are more thistles and tripwires along the road where the army retreats, you can block the pursuit of the Jin cavalry." One of the generals said loudly.

"Our army can set up several suspicious troops, and retreat in different directions at the same time, the Jin army has limited strength, and it has to occupy the city, and the remaining troops cannot divide the way, and our army can retreat calmly." Another general, built yì road.

Hearing this, Wang Wei nodded, and said softly: "Generals, let's go to the secret room to discuss the specific withdrawal strategy. With that, he walked towards the secret room.

When Wang Run and other rebel generals heard this, they followed Wang Oath and entered the secret room.

After some careful deliberation, it was finally decided that Wang Oath would lead 3,000 elite soldiers to leave from the West Gate with Fan Ben and go to the territory of Tuyuhun, while Wang Run led 7,000 troops to protect the relatives of the rebels, left from the South Gate, and retreated in the direction of Qiqi County to avoid the pursuit of the Jin army. The last remaining men and horses were stationed at the north gate, blocking as long as they could, in order to delay the offensive edge of the Jin army.

After discussing the details of the operation, the king swore that the generals would immediately go back to prepare, and he himself was in the prime minister's palace and began to prepare all kinds of materials needed for the retreat.

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In the evening, the rebels were ready and assembled at the east and south gates, waiting for the king's oath to give the order to withdraw. (To be continued......)