Chen Ting's worries were fulfilled, and the group had just traveled less than a mile, when scattered iron thistles and several tripwires appeared on the ground in front of them again.

This time, because the soldiers had already taken precautions and slowed down the speed of their horses, only the two horses in front were tripped by the tripping rope, and the horses in the rear were retracted in time.

Wang San once again ordered the soldiers to clear the road of thistles and trips, and then led a group of soldiers to pursue forward.

He mainly wanted to try his luck, if the rebels only set up a limited number of tripwires and thistles composed of a defensive line, he could easily catch up with the rebels, but if the rebels set up dozens, or even hundreds, of such defensive lines, then, with this state of stop-and-go, it would never be possible to catch up with the rebels.

Wang San took 4,000 cavalry, and in this way continued to pursue in the northwest direction, the third and fourth lanes...... It wasn't until the tenth road, in front of the tenth tripstring, that Wang San was finally a little discouraged, after all, it was really uncomfortable to stop and go like this, and at this speed, it would never be possible to catch up with the rebels.

Wang San looked at Chen Ting beside him and said softly: "General Chen, it seems that the rebels are not exhausted, let's go back!" ”

"Alright! That's all there is to it. Chen Ting did not object in the slightest.

Wang San Lema stepped back, waved his hand, and motioned for the soldiers to return to Chengdu.

Under the leadership ......of Wang San and Chen Ting, 4,000 cavalry soldiers rode back to Chengdu.

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In the imperial palace in Chengdu, Hua'an is in the big tent of the Chinese army. He was going to write a letter and send it to Jiankang City, thinking that he was seeking the position of the military governor of Yizhou.

When he could put pen to paper, Hua An felt that he had nothing to write, he didn't know where to write, and he couldn't directly ask the imperial court for the position of the military governor of Yizhou! At least write a reason, and what kind of reason to write can be accepted by the imperial court, and will not suspect that he has bad intentions, this is a university question, Hua'an must carefully consider.

At this time, it is already the time of the sea. There was silence inside and outside the palace. Except for the soldiers on duty who are still sticking to their posts, most of the remaining soldiers have returned to their tents to rest.

Hua An gently placed the brush on the case in front of him, stood up and walked out of the Chinese army's tent to breathe in the fresh air outside the tent. Adjust your thinking.

Dark clouds obscured the moon. Make the whole palace look dark. But the main hall, which is at the highest point of the palace, is still very bright.

Hua An walked over lightly and pushed open the door, which was empty. There was nothing left except a dragon chair high up in front of it and a few simple items.

Due to the lack of light, the ornate decorations on the walls inside are almost invisible, and only some reflective decorations painted with gold paint can be seen.

The dragon chair high up in front is made of pure gold and inlaid with several grape-sized night pearls, so that it can still shine brightly on a low-light night.

Hua An walked into the main hall gently, stopped beside the glowing dragon chair, reached out and stroked the night pearls inlaid on the dragon chair, feeling that his fingers were slippery and slippery, these night pearls were all inlaid in the mouth of the golden dragon, which looked quite exquisite.

In order to sit on this dragon chair, I don't know how many rebellions have occurred in Shuzhong, every rebellion is a bloody storm, looking at the dragon chair in front of him, Hua'an smelled a smell of blood.

......At this moment, Hua An heard the footsteps of many soldiers on the steps outside the main hall.

Hua An hurriedly walked out, but when he saw Wang San, Chen Ting, father and son and other generals coming, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly greeted him.

"Wang San, didn't you ask you to chase down the rebels? How did you come back so soon. Hua An asked sharply.

"Big brother, on the road of retreat, the rebels set up a few tripwires and a lot of thistles every other mile, and it is difficult for our army's war horses to pursue quickly, and now, more than 20 war horses have been broken." Wang San hurriedly explained.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, and said: "I see, it seems that the rebels are really cunning enough, not only are the troops divided into six routes, disturbing the sight of our army, but also setting up so many obstacles on the retreat road, that's it, you have all worked hard, go back and rest!" After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the generals to leave.

"Yes, General." The generals clasped their fists and turned to leave.

After the generals left, Wang San took a step forward, lowered his head, and said, "Big brother, I failed to do a good job, and I lost more than 20 war horses in vain. ”

Hua An shook his head and said softly, "How can I blame you for this? The rebels set up a large number of obstacles on the way to retreat, which was purely accidental, didn't the eldest brother not expect it in advance? With more than 20 war horses, you don't have to blame yourself. After speaking, he patted Wang San on the shoulder.

Seeing that Hua An didn't blame himself at all, Wang San relieved himself, and then turned around and returned to the direction of the camp.

At this time, it was getting late, and it was almost midnight, so Hua'an stood outside the big tent for a while, turned around and walked into the big tent.

Since he hadn't figured out how to write the recital, Hua'an decided to sleep first and write it the next day.

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In the afternoon of the second day, the scouts sent to the direction of the rebel retreat all returned to Chengdu one after another, and reported the prepared information they had found to Hua'an.

Through the report of the scout, Hua'an finally figured out the retreat of the rebels, it turned out that the rebels were actually retreating in two ways, and the other four roads were all improvised rabble, mainly responsible for confusing themselves.

As for the retreating two armies, one retreated to the southeast and the other to the northwest, and the retreat of the two armies was completely opposite.

The rebels who withdrew to the northwest direction, Hua'an Tong Guò Zhang Yu's analysis the day before, learned that their purpose was to enter the territory of Tuyuhun, so as to use the power of Tuyuhun to make enemies of the Great Jin. But what are the intentions of the rebels who are retreating to the southeast? Hua An looked at the topographic map of Shuzhong on the case and thought about it.

At this time, Zhang Yu and Xie Siming were in the big tent and standing behind them.

Hua An pointed to the southeast of Chengdu, looked at Zhang Yu and Xie Siming, and asked: "The main force of the rebel army is 7,000 men and horses, heading to the southeast, what do you think is the purpose, where are they going to settle down?" ”

Xie Siming looked at the map, hesitated for a while, and said: "The key position in the southeast of Chengdu, Jiangyang, and Zhuti are not very far away, and our army is easy to control, and the farthest county is not easy for our army to control, and it is located at the junction of the five states, and the mountains and rivers are vertical and horizontal, which is most conducive to the rebels to hide, but not conducive to our army's pursuit, so the lower officials think that the rebels may want to enter the county to hide, in order to quietly accumulate strength, so as to launch an attack on our army." ”

When Zhang Yu heard this, he added: "If another group of rebels enters Tuyuhun, it is very likely that they will persuade Tuyuhun to invade Shuzhong, so that the rebels can fight from east to west and return to Chengdu together." ”

When Hua An heard this, he felt that it made sense, paused, and asked: "The situation of the rebels is like this, in the opinion of the two adults, how should our army deal with it at the moment, whether to pursue it all the way, or divide the troops to pursue it in two ways, or not pursue it in both ways." After speaking, he looked at the two of them.

Zhang Yu first hugged his fists and said: "General, in the current form, our army can only give up the pursuit and let the rebels leave." ”

"General, that's what the subordinate means." Xie Siming said the same.

"Oh, why is that?" Hua An was shocked and asked.

Zhang Yu hugged his fists and explained: "General, the rebels have been prepared for a long time, much beyond the original expectations of the lower officials, last night General Wang and General Chen's encounter, the lower officials have heard about it, since they can no longer catch up, there is no need to chase anymore, the current top priority of our army is to do our best to control the rich land in the west of Yizhou, and develop production, training and recruiting troops, as long as our army is strong, even if the rebels and Tuyuhun merge, it is not the opponent of our army." ”

Xie Siming added: "There is another point, the general wants to use the chaos in Yizhou as a reason to obtain the position of governor of Yizhou's military affairs, recruit troops in Yizhou in a justifiable manner, and form the Yizhou Army. ”

Hua An nodded, and said, "Okay!" According to the words of the two, Ben Jiang wrote a letter to the imperial court. After speaking, he picked up the brush on the case and began to write.

After some careful consideration, Hua'an finally finished writing the fold, in the fold, Hua'an first told the ancestors of the Great Jin Dynasty to unify the various great achievements of China, and then, with their own deep imperial favor, said that they would swear allegiance to the Great Jin, and then, they said that Deng Ding, Kui Wen and other rebels rebels rebels, defeated Yizhou Assassin Shi Zhou Fu, and caused all kinds of crimes in Yizhou, and said that he did not get the permission of the imperial court, and privately sent troops to rescue Yizhou, which was the reason for his loyalty to the Great Jin Dynasty, and asked the emperor for forgiveness.

Immediately afterwards, he said that the remnants of the rebel army were still raging in Shuzhong, and there was a tendency to merge with the northwest Tuguhun, and that as a general of the Great Jin Dynasty, he must temporarily garrison Chengdu in order to keep half of the country that the Great Jin had finally obtained.

In the end, he strongly asked the imperial court to send a general who could fight in Chengdu to sit in Chengdu and supervise the military of Yizhou to ensure the stability of Yizhou.

After writing the recital, Hua An gently blew it with his mouth, and handed it to Zhang Yu and Xie Siming behind him to watch, and the two praised it after reading it, and said that according to Hua An's statement, it is very likely that the imperial court will appoint him to supervise the military of Yizhou.

Seeing that Zhang Yu and Xie Siming had no opinions, Hua An put his mind at ease, and then wrote a few battle reports, planning to send them to Chengdu together with the song.

After getting ready, Hua'an personally called five reliable soldiers, handed them the letter, and warned the five of them to rush to the direction of Jiankang City as quickly as possible, in order to prevent the lack of horsepower, Hua'an specially equipped the five of them with ten war horses to ensure horsepower. (To be continued......)