Speaking of the bloody army led by Cao Yan, the Weijin coalition army chased back in embarrassment.

Thinking back to the beginning, when they came, how high-spirited they were, thinking that taking the Liang Kingdom was just a matter of exploring the bag, it was extremely simple, even if the unification of the southern land was close at hand, it was not an unattainable dream, and the position of the co-lord of the southern land was once so close that it was completely within reach.

But I didn't expect that just one battle, it was completely reversed by the enemy, when it came to claim to be a million army, mighty, frightening, but in Yanzhou alone it was folded nearly 400,000, the corpses were scattered in the field, and they could only be buried on the spot in a hurry, Liangzhou fought a battle, and more than 300,000 people were left behind, most of whom were captured by the Liangguo people, and finally only more than 200,000 people fled back and forth along the way they came.

The only thing to be thankful for is that I don't know why, in fact, they are not qualified to guess the enemy's intentions, in short, the Great Liang cavalry is not closely chasing, they ran all the way back, all the way back to distract the enemy's attention, and finally ran back without danger.

Not far away, is the famous Qilian Mountains, that is, the southern gateway of the country, stretching around, like a natural wall, firmly standing in the south of the country, as long as you pass here, smoothly enter the Qilian City, even if the enemy has many people chasing over, it is difficult to attack.

This is also their last hope, as long as they can stabilize, even if only 200,000 people flee back, they can recuperate for a few years, and there is no chance to raise troops again, especially according to their speculation, the pressure of the people of Liangguo is not small, and they dare not rush up directly to encircle and suppress them, I am afraid that they are also worried about the war situation in Youzhou.

But this is just a high-level speculation, the people at the bottom neither understand, nor care, the morale of the team is really not high, and to put it mildly, this war is almost the foundation of the two countries have been destroyed, and more than half of the young and strong people who can go to the battlefield are missing, if you want to make up for it purely by time, you don't know how long it will take, even if you go back, you have to face the dilemma of barren fields and lack of manpower, and you have a headache when you think about it.

The remnants of the defeated generals, many people even had injuries on their bodies, and they went back along the way they came, this glance at the past, how desolate it was, but when they embarked on the way home, the road was actually quite smooth, and they did not encounter a large force of the enemy to fight, and the number of casualties did not increase further, which was still able to appease people's hearts a little, and they all understood one thing, that is, they could return to their hometown alive, compared to those comrades who had died in battle, or were captured, it was already a kind of fate for them.

People's satisfaction and disparity always come from comparison, as for whether it is satisfaction or loss in the end, it all depends on your own state of mind.

In order to prevent the enemy from finding their tracks and catching up, they never stayed in any place for more than an hour, and because they had not been able to get enough sleep for a long time, the 200,000 troops, including the horses, were extremely tired, and many people in the middle of the road even fell asleep while walking, and no one paid attention to them on the road.

In short, it was finally at the doorstep, and before the army all arrived, a column of cavalry as the vanguard set off early, and quickly went to Qilian City in front, after all, although it was a group of people who were defeated and came back by luck, but the king of their David Kingdom was still in the army.

Even at this time, this basic etiquette cannot be lost, and a ceremony, even if it is just simple, can reassure the military and let them know that they are home and safe, so that they will not hold back their anger and fear all the time.

The army was still marching, but from a distance, I saw that the cavalry that went to the front and reported to Qilian City ran back silently, all of them had ugly faces, as if something very bad had happened, so that they couldn't squeeze out a smile when they came back.

After being hastily inspected, the group quickly passed through the front team and successfully arrived in front of Duanmu Shuofeng.

There is no need to ask, just at a glance, seeing that they are very embarrassed, and their eyes are evasive, and they are very shrunken, they know that something is wrong, so Duanmu Shuofeng only raised his eyebrows, and asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong?"

He is not a mortal in the end, but a man who was selected by the people of the Illuminati as the lord of the southern land, with great ambitions and a bold king, even if he fled back to the north this way, it can be described as a dusty servant, extremely embarrassed, but after so many days of tempering, his expression is no longer panicked, and his mood has regained his composure。

Seeing that the emperor was angry, this column of people all knelt on the ground respectfully, lowered their heads, and quietly exchanged glances with each other first, but for a while, no one dared to speak or answer.

Seeing this, Duanmu Shuofeng's face sank again, his face was cloudy, he was about to be angry, you know, the anger in his stomach, but he was worried about the place to vent, at this time, whoever dares to provoke him will lose his head!

Wei Chidun, who had been following him all the time and had a ghost in his heart, was afraid that his nephew would accidentally implicate himself as soon as he started a fire, so before he could get angry, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, rushed up first, stretched out his hand to grab a person, and asked with a slashed face: "Don't you tell me quickly, what happened?"

The reason why he has a weak heart is because he knows that he fled without a fight before, left so many people and horses at once, and let others capture him, in fact, if he investigates it carefully, it should be a big crime to lose his head, and the reason why he is okay is thanks to the kid named Wei Ping, who wrote a report document with one hand It was really good, and it perfectly helped him hide some things that should not be said and should not be known, and also vaguely showed that he was the hard man who worked hard, but God was not on his side, which led to the defeat, and now I only hope that His Majesty will not read the merit but also his hard work, not to mention the defeat and reward him as the commander, at least you can't cut off his head.

As for this second, I have to thank Xie Houyin for not coming back smoothly, plus the Qilian general Hu Yanshi didn't know why he died on the way to escort grain and grass, not to mention the big mistake, and it also caused Duanmu Shuofeng's men to be unavailable for the time being, so in this case, it will not kill him, the only person who can fight.

Besides, even if you find someone to be responsible for this defeat, or to vent everyone's anger, this is not what you should do on the way back, because that will only hit morale even more, this breath falls, and whether you can go back smoothly is a problem, so not only can you not punish him, but you have to comfort him a little, but Wei Chidun got Wei Ping's point, these days are not only well-behaved and honest, but also do a lot of things strongly, put on a look of admitting mistakes, so as not to settle accounts for Duanmu Shuofeng after the autumn.

Speaking back here, the man was caught off guard and was grabbed by him, and he was suddenly taken aback, not daring to offend him, let alone hiding it anymore, so he could only quickly answer truthfully: "Tell Your Majesty, that Hu Yanzhuo, say, say, say。。。。。。 ”

"Smack!"

Wei Chidun slapped him in the face violently, and his hand was so strong that he almost knocked the poor young man unconscious.

"What do you say? Don't hurry up! If you dare to do anything more, I'll pull your tongue out!"

Seeing this, the other people below could only help the interface and explain: "He said that he would only open the door until His Majesty handed over General Wei Chi。。。。。。 ”

When Wei Chidun heard this, his expression froze, his brain was all messed up all of a sudden, his body was cold, he couldn't think, he understood, that Hu Yanzhuo must still have a grudge against himself, after all, he single-handedly buried the incense passed down by his Huyan family, and now that the other party has seized the opportunity, it must be to take revenge on himself fiercely, and now in this situation, he falls into his hands, can it still have a good end?

But before he could panic, he turned around and begged Duanmu Shuofeng for mercy, and heard Duanmu Shuofeng directly scolding angrily: "Bastard!"

Wei Chidun was so frightened that he woke up suddenly, and when he saw Wei Ping behind Duanmu Shuofeng, he quietly gave him a look, signaling himself not to talk much, since he knew that Wei Ping had taken the initiative to hide the matter of fleeing without a fight, he was called a brother and a brother, and Wei Chidun, who was very trusting, saw this, hurriedly lowered his head and shut up.

This is right, not to mention that Wei Chidun is his own uncle, not to mention the original incident, Duanmu Shuofeng had already presided over justice at that time, and made a judgment for both parties, at that time, the two families had reached a compromise and shook hands to make peace, even if this matter was in the past, no one could pursue it anymore, at this time he Hu Yanzhuo looked for an opportunity to retaliate, that was not to slap him Duanmu Shuofeng's face, secondly, he was the dignified Emperor David, the so-called world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, this entire defense of the country is his, even Huyanzhuo's position as the city lord was given by himself in order to compensate them for the Huyan family, and the courtiers don't want to repay, to take advantage of this crisis to threaten the king, what is the reason?

Not to mention that Wei Chidun is not his own uncle, even if the other party wants an unknown and unimportant soldier, Duanmu Shuofeng will not be able to agree, because he will never be able to bear his threat and compromise with an ordinary courtier, so wouldn't he be the same as his incompetent father?

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around!" Duanmu Shuo was extremely angry, and he was already in an extremely bad mood because of the defeat, so he immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Pass on my order!

He led people to attack his own city, this is really the first time that he has never seen it in a thousand years.

Seeing this, Wei Ping, who was behind, hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "Your Majesty, don't be like this!"

Duanmu Shuofeng turned his head, was about to draw his sword to kill, seeing that it was Wei Ping, and pressed down the killing intention, this person helped himself a lot, since the time of the prince, he has been helping himself undercover in the capital, monitoring the rest of the brothers, and then engaged in a Huang Tianjiao, to help himself appease the people, to be able to start the war smoothly, and in front of Wu Heng, he has always behaved well-behaved, not fighting or grabbing, such a capable, persevering, in addition to conscientiously doing everything the king explained, but also can do some other things within the bottom line to help the king share the worries of the courtiers, who is willing to kill？

Seeing him like this, Duanmushuo's atmosphere also disappeared by half, and he knew that he was impulsive, so he hurriedly said, "What do you say?"

Wei Ping hurriedly stepped forward, arched his hand towards Duanmu Shuofeng, and said: "Your Majesty, the chasing soldiers are behind, if we have a conflict with our own people again, then if Hu Yanzhuo does not open the city gate, we will be blocked at both ends, I am afraid that it will be dangerous, the minister implores Your Majesty, let the minister send an envoy to lobby, and you will definitely let the city lord of Huyan open the city gate and come out to greet Your Majesty!"

Duanmu Shuofeng himself knows this truth, it is nothing more than that the king's prestige has been collided, and he has to do so, since Wei Ping gave a step, he also took advantage of the situation, waved his hand, and said: "Okay! Aiqing is so confident, I will let you try, but if you fail。。。。。。 ”

Before he finished speaking, Wei Ping said: "If it fails, the minister will come to see you!"