Huangfu Song knew that the defenders of the Jin State possessed firearms. But he didn't know that the defenders of the Jin Kingdom still had more terrifying large-scale firearms such as "swarm" and "flamingos", so it was destined to be a tragedy for the 40,000 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army to attack the city with all their might.

Without waiting for the defenders at the head of the city to fire bed crossbows, catapults and arrows, more than 15,000 casualties appeared among the troops besieging the city on all sides.

Huangfu Song looked at the battlefield full of crippled soldiers who were screaming in pain, only to feel dizzy, and it was almost difficult to stand firmly. This sudden blow made Huangfu Song a little desperate.

However, the heavens seemed to feel that the blow to this loyal veteran was not enough, and at this moment they arranged for a sentinel to deliver the letter, and rushed to the front of Huangfu Song.

"Report to the marshal, an urgent report from Chang'an to the emperor's son!"

Huangfu Song used his trembling right hand to slowly report the fire paint seal, and he had a very bad premonition in his heart.

Huangfu Song, who was pale, quickly finished reading the urgent report of his eldest son, Huangfu Jianshou, he felt that the world was spinning, and he staggered to Huangfu Li beside him: "Pass my commander's order, and the army will immediately withdraw and gather, and ...... Retreat!"

As soon as the word "retreat" came out, Huangfu Song spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then passed out in Huangfu Li's arms. The large blood stain on his chest stood out in the early summer sun.

The retreating gong sounded a little desolate around the Gaonu, and the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army, whose morale had fallen to the bottom, gathered in the direction of the south gate in despair, and at this time they no longer considered whether the defenders in the city would take advantage of the situation to rush out and kill them by surprise.

The soldiers of the Royal Foresters, who had already seen the great lethality of "swarms of bees" and "flamingos", seemed to have no sense of life and death, and the defenders in the city wanted to kill them, and they were all dead anyway.

After the troops were assembled, Huangfu Li ordered people to count the number of people, and found that there were only more than 30,000 but less than 40,000 people left in the Imperial Forest Army, among which there were thousands of remnants who were wounded and not killed, and his heart could not help but be sad. Huangfu Song fainted, and the army had no commander, so Huangfu Li temporarily replaced him, commanding the army to retreat in the direction of Chang'an along the road from which he came.

When the imperial army's northern expedition retreated to Diaoyin City, Huangfu Song finally woke up, and he said to Huangfu Li a little weakly: "Leave me alone, leave me and the wounded soldiers, and hurry back to Chang'an with the men and horses." Jianshou sent an urgent secret report, saying that 50,000 Hu cavalry surrounded Chang'an, and the situation was very critical!"

Huang Fu Li was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Is it really the Hu cavalry? It is nearly 3,000 miles from Yumen Pass to Chang'an! Isn't Liangguo guarded by 40,000 elite soldiers of the vanguard army? Could it be that Gaoping City has also fallen?"

Huangfu Song said with a painful face: "In order to send troops out of the customs to rescue Zhao Guochang, Liangguo has 50,000 Western Expeditionary Army, 30,000 Liangzhou reserve troops under Zhou Cang, and 40,000 Liangzhou reserve troops led by Guan Yu to fight through the customs. ”

Huangfu Li said a little sadly: "In this way, this northern expedition has become a dream bubble, and in the end, the Sima family has been cheapened for nothing." ”

Huangfu Song coughed dryly a few times, and said meaningfully: "Not necessarily, although our northern expedition was abandoned halfway, we still left a whole corpse and came back." Since the vanguard army stationed in Liangguo can even give up Gao Ping ruthlessly, it is to stop the Yizhou army near Wudu, but I am afraid that Sima Yi will not be able to leave anything good. ”

Huangfu Li thought for a long time in a daze, and suddenly said: "The army of the Jin State is no longer invincible, and it may not be long before it will be time to change its name and surname." ”

The next day, Huangfu Li left the wounded Huangfu Song and more than 4,000 wounded soldiers in Diaoyin, and then rushed south with 30,000 imperial forest troops, and it took less than two days to reach Qiyuan, the southernmost part of Shangjun. Huangfu Li was about to command the army to enter the city to rest, but suddenly heard an urgent report from the Tanma in front of him, saying that Qiyuan City had been recaptured by the army of the Jin State, and the road to the south had been blocked.

Huangfu Li was shocked, so he hurriedly urged the horse to approach the Qiyuan City, but when he looked up, he found that the banner of the Dingyuan Army was hunting and fluttering. Without waiting for Huang Fu Li to make the next decision, the generals of the palace hurriedly came to report that a large group of cavalry had appeared in the rear of the army.

Huangfu Li hurried to the rear army again, only to see Hu Che'er leading 20,000 Dingyuan troops to surround his own troops in a hurry.

At this time, if Huangfu Li didn't know what the situation was, then he would be in vain by Huangfu Song's side for so many years.

Huangfu Li urged the horse towards Hu Che'er with a gloomy face, Hu Che'er was not afraid, and also urged the horse to move forward. When the two of them were less than a hundred zhang apart, Huangfu Li asked Hu Che'er loudly: "Who is here?

Hu Che'er replied calmly: "Under the command of the Yuan Army, Hu Che'er, the opposite must be General Huangfu Li, the son of the old general Huangfu Song?"

Huangfu Li's face was cloudy, and he asked Hu Che'er with some pain: "Dare to ask what happened to my uncle and thousands of wounded soldiers?"

Hu Che'er still said with a flat face: "I have left 5,000 brothers to garrison Diaoyin, and by the way, take care of the 4,000 wounded soldiers in the city." The old general Huangfu has also taken the special breath-conditioning pill made by the medical saint, and it will probably not take long to recover. ”

Hu Che'er's words were tactful, but Huangfu Li heard it very clearly, Huangfu Song and the four thousand wounded soldiers were obviously captured and guarded by the Dingyuan Army.

Huangfu Li said with a resolute face: "Does General Hu think that I will lead the army to surrender if I threaten the lives of my uncle and 4,000 wounded soldiers?"

Hu Che'er showed a rare faint smile, and then asked Huangfu Li with some indifference: "If you want to leave the 30,000 army behind you, why do I have to wait until today to make a move? When you were defeated outside Gaonu City a few days ago, wouldn't it be just convenient for the Dingyuan army to make a move?"

Huangfu Li was asked by Hu Che'er, and he was immediately speechless. He knew very well in his heart that what Hu Che'er said was the truth, if the Dingyuan Army really wanted to clean up the Imperial Forest Army, he would join Xu Rongli outside Gaonu City, and with the cavalry advantage of the Dingyuan Army, he would ensure that the besieged Imperial Forest Army would not be able to escape alone.

Hu Che'er continued: "For the sake of the lives of the 30,000 soldiers behind the general, I advise you to set up camp here with peace of mind and wait for the next order from the direction of Luoyang. If you think that the blade of the Dingyuan Army is not sharp enough, then just let the horse come over and fight, and I will accompany you to the end!"

Huangfu Li looked at the 20,000 morale-boosting cavalry behind Hu Che'er, and closed his eyes in some pain. At this time, he no longer had half confidence that he could lead the army to break through the blockade of the Dingyuan army, so he had to order the troops to camp on the spot, and was imprisoned outside Qiyuan City by Hu Che'er in disguise.

In Hu Che'er's view, sometimes victory does not have to be bloody, and captivity does not necessarily require a cage, just like the 30,000 Imperial Forest Army trapped outside the city now, they can't escape the pursuit of the 30,000 Dingyuan Army that is flanked before and after, so Huangfu Li honestly chose to give up.

This is also very good, the soldiers of the Dingyuan Army who are waiting for work can then complete an incredible lightning attack, so that some self-righteous guys can taste the power of the Jin cavalry.