On the battlefield, it was extremely tragic.

Due to the garrison of the Nanshan bandit army on the high ground, it was more time-consuming for the Eastern Barbarian cavalry to rush up, and there were hundreds of three-bow bed crossbows to help in the battle, and after the dead body fell to the ground, it had a great impact on the people behind, and countless people fell off their horses and were trampled to death.

According to this situation, all 60,000 Eastern Barbarian cavalry will have to die here.

Lu Kesu loudly ordered to retreat, and Meng Zhun in the back also ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The cavalry began to slowly retreat, and it was not easy for 60,000 men to complete the turn, and the defenders were still firing their crossbows as fast as they could.

In the end, the Eastern Barbarians threw down five or six thousand corpses and retreated out of the valley.

Meng Zhun was distressed to death, in less than ten minutes, he paid such a big price for casualties, in addition to five or six thousand people killed in battle, thousands of others were injured, and the main general Lu Kesu was not spared, in the process of directing the retreat, his right leg was hit by a crossbow gun, and the injury was quite serious.

"General Lu, how are you?" Meng Zhun came to Lu Kesu's stretcher.

Lukesu endured the pain and said, "My king, the last general has disappointed you, and failed to show the majesty of our army, but lost the army. It doesn't matter if the end will be, it's just that one leg is pierced by a ballista, and it will heal after a month of rest. ”

Meng Zhun let out a sigh of relief, as long as Lu Kesu was fine, he was relieved. Luksu was one of the most obedient generals under him, and although the rank of the warrior was not high, he was often entrusted with important tasks.

The result could not be changed, and Meng Zhun had to say something to reassure his subordinates: "It doesn't matter if you lose some soldiers and horses, at least we have tried out the combat effectiveness of the Nanshan bandits, and we should be careful in the future." ”

He suddenly remembered Ye Yunyang's evaluation of Zhuge Haotang, he had scoffed at it before, but now he was convinced.

After briefly handling the wounded, he ordered to withdraw to the camp by the same route.

In the evening, Yin Falcon rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army and said, "Yun Yang, you really guessed correctly! Meng Zhun paid more than 10,000 dead and wounded, and came back in a gloomy manner. ”

Ye Yunyang put down the military book he was reading and said, "Expected! If nothing else, he will bring his subordinates down to us after dinner, first admit his mistakes in a serious way, and then ask me for advice." ”

......

Zhuge Haotang took the secret letter handed by the messenger, turned around and walked into the tent, took out a dagger and carefully opened the envelope, took out the letter paper and slowly unfolded it.

Ghost-faced Pony's instructions finally came, and he was a little excited.

But when he unfolded the letter, he was puzzled by what it was about.

The content of the letter was very simple, only a few sentences: Within seven days, lead the army to leave the defense line, bypass the battle zone of Mengtu and Menghuo, and enter Daqin through the Ximan, and there will be a special person responsible for receiving your department.

After reading the letter, his brow furrowed.

Da Qin no longer interfered in the affairs of the Southern Barbarians, he had heard this news before, but because the ghost-faced horse did not have a clear explanation, he could only be suspicious.

Now it seems that the message is true.

Isn't it too cheap to just withdraw like this?

More than 100,000 people have been operating here for several months, consuming a lot of manpower and material resources, and it would be a pity that the defense line that had been built with great difficulty would be scrapped if it did not play a role.

The Qin army originally looked down on the Nanshan thieves, and this group of people came to Nanban as mourning dogs, according to his ideas, even if they withdrew, they had to make the Khan Barbarian coalition army suffer a little, so that they would not be looked down upon when they returned to Daqin.

"Report!" a herald came to the outside of the big tent and shouted loudly: "Qi Qi Dajun Division, the Eastern Barbarian cavalry attacked the middle of the south side of the defense line, and was repelled by our defenders with three-bow bed crossbows, leaving behind five or six thousand corpses, and countless wounded. ”

Zhuge Haotang said happily: "Okay! Now they know that we are not easy to bully, do they think that if there are many people, they can do whatever they want, it is simply a dream." ”

With military exploits, there is also the capital to lead the people to Daqin.

He felt that it was not bad to go like this, at least he didn't have to worry about being pitted by Ye Yunyang on the other side, and suddenly remembered another thing, he opened his mouth and asked: "By the way, when will the second batch of supplies promised by the barbarian king arrive?"

The herald replied: "It will be five days later, six days at the latest." ”

The old man couldn't help laughing, the order of the ghost-faced horse was to withdraw within seven days, just in time to receive the second batch of supplies before this, in order to stabilize him and the hundreds of thousands of Nanshan bandits, Meng Huo, who was usually extremely picky, became very generous, and promised to send 100,000 stone grain and grass and 100,000 taels of gold and silver, don't be in vain.

This batch of materials is enough to support the army to go from Nanban to Daqin, and there is no need to worry about encountering enemies on the road, because Meng Tu and Meng Huo father and son are stumbling, and the armies of both sides are in a state of stalemate, no one wants to get out, and his hundreds of thousands of people can swagger through behind them.

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Sure enough, after dinner, Meng Zhun appeared, admitting his mistake first and then asking for advice.

Ye Yunyang was not polite to him, and said: "Hold your troops and wait for them to change." ”

Meng Zhun was unconvinced, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, and said in an almost begging tone: "Coach Ye, we can't wait all the time, Meng Tu eats meat in the west, and we drink the northwest wind here, when will we be the leader?"

Ye Yunyang raised his head and looked at him and asked, "King Dongban, if you don't count the cost of casualties, how long will it take for you to take the enemy's defense line?"

Meng Zhun thought for a while and said, "Within ten days, if you are more specific, seven days should be about the same." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled: "Okay, then wait another seven days, if the enemy's defense line is still impregnable by then, and Ben Shuai personally leads the Han army to take the lead, and you and your barbarian warriors follow behind, how about it?"

Meng Zhun was ecstatic in his heart, and said: "It is not appropriate to let the Han army take the lead, when the time comes, our two armies will advance together, launch a charge from many places, and let the enemy lose the opportunity to reinforce each other, and we will definitely be able to win a complete victory!"

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In the northwest of the Wangting District, the camp of the Western Barbarian Legion.

During the day, the battle was won, and the king of the Western Barbarians, Mengtu, was in a good mood, and ordered someone to light a bonfire, and he personally roasted mutton for the generals.

In addition to the generals of the Western Barbarians, the generals of the Qin State reinforcements were also invited.

In addition to rewarding the generals, he had other ideas, that is, to win over the generals of the Qin army.

From a while ago, he obviously felt that as long as there was a battle, the Qin soldiers would desperately shrink back, so that until now they had never faced Meng Huo's army, and several tough battles were fought by the Western barbarians themselves.

You must know that Qin Bing was not like this before, although he was not very active when he fought, but at least he would not shrink back.

Meng Tu thought that the Qin people did this because they wanted more benefits.

It's no problem to get benefits, since he took a large piece of land in the Wangting District, Meng Tu has reaped a lot of benefits, including gold and silver treasures.

The main general of the Qin army is named Ying Yi, who has royal blood, and last year he led 150,000 troops to the Xiban to help in the war, and helped Meng Tu fight several battles, after several increases, the army in his hands has reached 200,000, and occupies a very heavy weight in the Xiban army.

With an elusive smile on Yingyi's face, Meng Tu roasted a sheep, cut off the best piece of meat with a dagger, and put it on a plate for the messenger to serve.

In the rites of the barbarians, the first to be given meat was the noble.

Ying Yi disagreed, symbolically hugged his fist at Meng Tu, and then rewarded the meat on the plate to the soldier behind him.

Meng Tu's face became ugly, and his generals also showed anger.

But Meng Tu immediately signaled everyone not to get angry, lest the other party take the opportunity to play, which would make the situation more difficult to control.

He squeezed out a smile and said, "Isn't it uncomfortable to win generals, why don't you eat meat?"

Ying Yi replied casually: "I eat meat every day, I'm a little tired, and I want to eat some vegetarian today." ”

What kind of reason is this, the western barbarians will be even more angry, the meat rewarded by the king, even if you don't want to eat it, you have to taste it, or put it in front of you without moving, it can barely be regarded as polite, and it is directly given to the soldiers behind you, obviously not taking Meng Tu in your eyes.

Meng Tu didn't know that Ying Yi had received an order from the Ghost-faced Horse some time ago, telling him to be ready to retreat at any time and not participate in any military operations in the West Barbarians in the future.

Since he was going to withdraw, of course he would not charge forward stupidly, so the Qin soldiers retreated as soon as they fought.

"General Win, Xiao Wang won a battle today, and the rewards for each general will be sent to everyone's tent in a while, and you also have a copy. Meng Tu still had a smile on his face, but he was actually very distressed, because the reward given to Ying Yi was the most.

The most important thing is that Ying Yi did not contribute to this battle at all, but in the end, he had to take the most reward, and anyone would feel distressed if he changed it.

But there was no way, Meng Tu had to win him over, and giving money was the most direct way.

"Ben will not have the size of the merit, deserve it. Ying Yi pretended to say.

"That can't be said, if there are no 200,000 people who win the general, the king and the warriors will have worries, and it is very likely that they will not be able to win this battle, so there is merit in winning the general. Meng Tu Zhengse said.

Ying Yi smiled: "That general will be cheeky to accept it." ”

At this time, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and a herald shouted on horseback: "The eastern defense line of the Nanban has retreated on all fronts, and the main general of the Nanshan bandit soldiers, Zhuge Haotang, has openly returned to Daqin, and at this time has entered the territory of the Western Barbarians from Nanban and marched in the direction of Daqin." ”

"What?" Meng Tu's face became exciting, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Ying Yi, waiting for the other party to give him a reasonable explanation.

Ying Yi shrugged: "King of the Western Barbarians, I don't know about this! I thought that Zhuge Haotang was dead set on Meng Huo, how could he suddenly fall to my Great Qin, it's too strange." ”

Meng Tu suddenly said excitedly: "The defenders of the Eastern Front have run away, isn't it a chance for Meng Zhun to drive straight into the royal court area?" General Win, even if the surname Zhuge surrenders to Great Qin, he should join the command of this king first, but why would he go directly to Great Qin?"

The attention of the Meng Huo army is all on the western front, and the defense of the eastern front is completely dependent on the Nanshan bandits, and after the Han and Eastern Barbarian coalition forces enter the Wangting District, they will not encounter any obstacles.

Ying Yi said very facelessly: "I don't count this matter, let's not say that I don't know at all, even if I know, it is impossible to order Zhuge Haotang to join us." ”

Meng Tu was dumbfounded, he thought that in this east-west attack, he would make a big profit, who would have thought that Zhuge Haotang would suddenly turn back, and the biggest winners would become Dongban and Dahan, and the change was too fast.