Under the leadership of Zhuge Haotang, hundreds of thousands of Nanshan bandit soldiers passed through the side of the battlefield very leisurely and entered the hinterland of the Western Barbarians.

In this regard, the barbarian king Meng Huo and the western barbarian king Meng Tu had no way at all, because the two sides were in a stalemate and could only watch them leave.

Meng Huo scolded Zhuge Haotang for not paying attention to faithfulness, and the day before yesterday he had just received the materials and gold and silver sent by himself, and declared his allegiance to Daqin in a blink of an eye, and then quickly withdrew from the battlefield and handed over the originally impregnable eastern defense line to the Han and barbarian coalition forces.

There was something that made him even more angry, in addition to the Nanshan bandits, Zhuge Haotang also took the 20,000 barbarian soldiers he sent.

Zhuge Haotang first asked people to kill the main general and a group of deputy generals of 20,000 people, and then with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, he was stunned to persuade the barbarian soldiers, and willingly followed him to surrender to Daqin.

The main reason is that the barbarians are not stupid, and they clearly know that it is impossible for Meng Huo to defeat the Eastern Barbarians supported by the Great Han and the Western Barbarians supported by the Great Qin, since they are doomed to failure, it is of course more advantageous to surrender earlier.

Of course, if they refuse to surrender, Zhuge Haotang will kill them all very unceremoniously to prevent future troubles.

On the one hand, there is a bright road with a promising future, and on the other hand, there is a dead end that will never be recovered, as long as it is not a person with a brain problem, he will definitely choose the former.

Zhuge Hao has earned, countless materials and an extra 20,000 people, after returning to the Qin State, it will definitely be a great achievement.

Not only Meng Huo scolded him, but Meng Tu was also scolding him.

Abandoning the eastern defense line, there will be no more obstacles in front of the Han Barbarian Coalition Army, they can easily rush into the royal court area, and even easily take the southern barbarian royal court.

Also, he doesn't object to the surrender of the Nanshan thieves to Great Qin, and he doesn't dare to oppose it, but at least Zhuge Haotang should be allowed to join the Western Barbarian Army, what's the matter with going back to Qin directly?

If he can have an additional force of 1780,000 new troops, Meng Tu is confident that he will win his father in a short period of time, and then compete with his brother for the ownership of the royal court.

Take 10,000 steps back, as an ally, Zhuge Haotang's surrender is such a big thing, at least it should be notified in advance, and the Western Barbarian army should make corresponding adjustments, instead of staring at it like now.

Meng Tu took the fire out on Ying Yi, anyway, the matter has come to this point, he is not afraid of offending the other party, let alone offending Daqin, because it is Daqin who is unrighteous in the front.

Ying Yi felt aggrieved and said: "King Xiban, Ben will only obey orders and do things, and has no right to participate in decision-making, if I know about this matter, how can I not inform you in advance?

Meng Tu frowned, it seemed that Ying Yi really didn't know the inside story, but he was still very angry: "But why did your upper echelons make such a decision, and if you withdraw Zhuge Haotang now, wouldn't you give the Nanban to the Great Han and the Eastern Barbarian?"

Ying Yi said in a deep voice: "Ben will send someone back to ask Shangfeng, don't be angry with the King of the Western Barbarians, before the matter is fully understood, there are any possibilities, it seems to be a bad thing, but in fact it is not necessarily a bad thing." ”

Meng Tu raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

Ying Yi smiled and said: "What kind of person is the ghost-faced horse, presumably the Western Barbarian King knows, he is a military wizard, and he has never let his opponent take advantage of him in front of him. I'm thinking, he must have a deep meaning when he transferred Zhuge Haotang, but you and I don't have a smart head like him, so I can't figure it out. ”

Meng Tu stretched his brows and said: "It makes sense, Lord Pony never makes a loss-making business, then there is General Lao Ying, hurry up and send someone to find out the inside story." ”

"Don't worry, the king of the Western Barbarians will send people here. Ying Yi clenched his fists and said: "By the way, the spies sent by Ben will report that there is an empty force on the south side of Meng Huo's army, and Ben will lead his men and horses to attack, I don't know what the Western Barbarian King wants?"

Meng Tu was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, why did Ying Yi suddenly become so positive?

You must know that as soon as there is a war during this time, Ying Yi and the Qin army will shrink back, not to mention taking the initiative to ask for battle, even if he is assigned a combat mission, he will find all kinds of reasons to shirk it, and even when he is marching, he will drag the back of the large army, and choke the Western barbarian generals enough.

Could it be that it was because he had been rewarded a lot these days, and he felt a little reluctant to go, so he was willing to contribute?

Seeing that Meng Tu was silent, Ying Yi squeezed out a smile and said: "The soldiers of the headquarters have not established military merits for many days, but they have been rewarded by the king of the Western Barbarians several times. ”

Meng Tu smiled, thinking that it is really rich that can make ghosts grind, you are embarrassed, since you are taking the initiative to ask for war, how can this king refuse.

He knows Ying Yi very well, this guy can't afford to be profitable, and he can give birth to the idea of taking the initiative to attack, which shows that the enemy's southern front is very weak, and it is because of the heart of victory that he has this idea.

"Okay, then the king wishes General Win a victory. Meng Tu said happily, and did not forget to add: "When the general returns victoriously, this king will definitely be rewarded for his merits." ”

Ying Yi clenched his fists again: "Thank you for the trust of the Western Barbarian King, Ben will go to gather the men and horses, set off before noon, and strive to end the battle before tomorrow evening." ”

With that, he turned and strode away.

Meng Tu didn't see it, there was a hint of strangeness in his eyes, and after he walked out of the tent, the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose slightly.

Besides, on the eastern front, Meng Zhun took a few Qin soldiers out of the camp to inspect in the morning, confirming that there was no problem with his own camp, and there was no problem with the trenches and antlers outside the camp.

That's not right!

He immediately sensed that the atmosphere was not right, that it was too quiet on the enemy's positions.

It's time for dinner, and when the soldiers are eating, it's normal to chat with each other, and it's generally not too quiet.

He thought he had misunderstood, so he turned his head to look closely.

After a few seconds, he stretched out his hand: "Telescope!"

The attendant hurriedly handed over the binoculars, and after observing them again, he was surprised to find that there was no one there!

How is it possible, as the defense line directly opposite the camp of the Han Barbarian Alliance, it is the place where the enemy's troops are deployed the most, why can't you see any of them now?

He immediately looked further away, but there was still no sign of the man.

"No, go back to see Coach Ye immediately. He threw the telescope back into the hands of his attendants, turned his horse's head and galloped toward the camp gate.

When he came to the Han army camp, he found that the soldiers here were all ready to go, according to general experience, after morning exercises, after breakfast, the soldiers were all wearing armor but few were holding weapons, but the Han army all had weapons in hand.

He didn't have time to think about it, so he hit his horse and came to the outside of the Chinese army's tent, turned over and dismounted, and walked inside.

When he was still a few meters away from the tent, he heard Ye Yunyang's voice giving orders: "Deputy Marshal Yin Falcon, lead the Nanshan Army as the front army, the generals of the Iron Eagle Army will lead the men and horses of the headquarters as the rear army, and the marshal will lead the personal guards to form the middle army, and the army will set off in an hour, you will immediately arrange for the soldiers to have breakfast, you must hurry up and not delay the trip, do you understand?"

"The last general obeys!" shouted the generals in unison.

Meng Zhun felt incredible, he was very sure that Ye Yunyang had not left the camp, how did he know that the opposite position was over?

And after an hour, the army will be pulled out, and they will not send spies to investigate, in case it is a conspiracy of the enemy, and they deliberately make the appearance of withdrawing, in fact, in order to lure the enemy deeper, what can be done?

The generals came out, and he entered.

Without waiting for him to speak, Ye Yunyang spoke first and said, "The Eastern Barbarian King came just in time, the provincial commander sent someone to inform you, you immediately order your subordinates to prepare for the pull, and we will set off at the same time in an hour." ”

Meng Tu immediately asked, "Where to go?"

Ye Yunyang pointed casually: "Of course, it is to cross the enemy's defense line and go straight into the hinterland of the Royal Court District, haven't you wanted to do this for a long time?"

"But how can you be sure that the enemy has really withdrawn?" Meng Zhun became more and more convinced that this was the enemy's conspiracy.

Ye Yunyang smiled: "Let me ask you, today is the first day I have asked you to wait?"

Meng Zhun said without thinking: "The seventh day." ”

"Yes, Ben Shuai once told you that you can wait for seven days with peace of mind, if the enemy on the opposite side is still there, the Han army is willing to act as a vanguard. Ye Yunyang said while cleaning up the books on the table: "It turns out that I am right, the enemy has withdrawn on all fronts, we don't open at this time, when will we wait?"

Meng Zhun still didn't believe it, there were more than 100,000 troops on the opposite position, how could he say that he would leave and leave quietly.

Ye Yunyang explained: "They left last night, it was midnight, and your people were asleep at that time, so they didn't notice it. Zhuge Haotang was afraid that he would be pursued by the combined forces of you and me when he retreated, so he deliberately chose to leave late at night. ”

Meng Zhun's eyes widened: "Since Coach Ye knows so clearly, why don't you notify Xiao Wang in time, we can pursue the enemy!"

Ye Yunyang waved his hand: "There's no need, as the saying goes, don't chase after the poor, Zhuge Haotang is a cautious person, it's impossible not to leave a backhand, if we rush to catch up, we will definitely suffer." Besides, he led the crowd to declare his allegiance to Daqin, and he would not appear in Nanban again in the future, and he was no longer the enemy of you and me, so there was no need for us to compete with them, except for adding casualties, there was no benefit. ”

Meng Zhun still couldn't understand how the Nanshan bandit soldiers were obviously wearing the same pants as Meng Huo, how could they suddenly declare their allegiance to Daqin?

Also, why did Ye Yunyang know the inside story, but he didn't receive any informants?

Listen to the other party's meaning, he knew what was going to happen today as early as seven days ago, did he know the prophet?

Seeing that he was stunned, Ye Yunyang reminded: "King Dongban, time is pressing, you better go back and arrange it quickly! The news of Zhuge Hao's departure will soon reach Meng Huo's side, and he will definitely allocate manpower to rearrange the defense line, and we can't leave him time." ”

Meng Zhun took a deep breath, nodded and said, "Coach Ye is right, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and time can't afford to waste it, so Xiao Wang will go and give the order." We just have to leave, we don't have to worry about the transfer of camps and supplies, Xiao Wang's 200,000 baggage troops can handle it. ”

Ye Yunyang smiled indifferently, of course it is good not to have to work, I believe that the soldiers of the Han army will be happy.