At the moment, the Zhenbei army left Chaozhou City in a mighty way, intending to retreat to the border pass to meet with the army transferred by Chu Ying.

In order not to let the enemy find out too early, Qin Mian left nearly a hundred cavalry in the city of Chaozhou.

These cavalry were highly mobile and could quickly evacuate if the enemy attacked the city without causing too much loss of personnel.

Qin Mian's trick really worked, after the Zhenbei army withdrew from Chaozhou City, the enemy army did not rush to attack the city, obviously the enemy army did not know about the withdrawal of the Zhenbei army.

After walking dozens of miles away, the shield soldiers who had been staying up for nearly two days were overwhelmed.

Seeing this, Qin Mian divided these shield soldiers into two groups and took turns to lie on the wooden cart to rest.

This wooden car was completely built according to Lu Yanqing's idea, and a wooden car could accommodate nearly a hundred people.

After the shield soldiers who were able to rest were lying on the wooden cart, Lu Yanqing and Ning Luoqiu cast spells on them that could calm their nerves and recuperate, and with the blessing of these spells, their rest time could be greatly shortened on the premise of ensuring quality, and they would rest faster in turn.

Not long after the shield soldiers fell asleep, there was movement in the city of Zhou.

A quarter of an hour later, the cavalry remaining in the city caught up and briefly explained the situation to Qin Mian.

Without the handle of the soldiers, Chaozhou City would naturally be occupied by the enemy in an instant.

Even so, Qin Mian was not worried that the enemy army would be in a hurry to catch up, because rash pursuit was a taboo on the battlefield, and the slightest mistake would fall into the trap of the enemy army.

Although the cavalry of Zanmeng and Sayi was far more than that of the Zhenbei army, their cavalry would not have the strength to compete with the Zhenbei army.

Before figuring out the movement of the Zhenbei army, I think that the two countries of Zanmeng and Sayi did not dare to act rashly, and would only send some spies to find out the news.

At the end of the day, Lu Yanqing estimated that the first batch of shield soldiers had almost rested, so he used Confucianism to break the spells on their bodies, and the shield soldiers woke up one after another.

Although these shieldmen were not resting to their best, they were able to march and fight.

The other group of shield soldiers immediately lay down on the wooden cart and fell asleep, Ning Luoqiu concocted a spell on them, while Lu Yanqing sat in the carriage and recovered his righteousness.

When Lu Yanqing's heroic righteousness was almost restored, these shield soldiers were almost rested, so Lu Yanqing used Confucianism to wake them up, and then it was the turn of the infantry who were also infected with spells.

In this way, it came to noon, and these soldiers who were infected with spells had already rested, and then it was the turn of those soldiers who were not infected with spells to rest, which made Lu Yanqing breathe a sigh of relief.

Qin Mian ordered to camp in place, it was time to eat at this moment, if they didn't eat something on the road, these soldiers would be somewhat unbearable.

With Lu Yanqing's assistance, Ning Luoqiu prepared the meal in a short time, and before Lu Yanqing could greet him, Qin Mian thought about it himself, and unceremoniously sat down next to Lu Yanqing to prepare for dinner.

This made Ning Luoqiu roll her eyes at Qin Mian, but Qin Mian didn't care about it.

"Have you reported to the emperor about our withdrawal of troops?" After Qin Mian swallowed his meal, he asked in a voice towards Lu Yanqing.

Lu Yanqing couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "I have always been recovering my righteousness, how can I have time to report to the emperor?" ”

"Then you'd better report to the emperor now, the emperor is somewhat distrustful of my words, but he won't question your words."

The reason why Qin Mian said this was because he was afraid that the emperor would suspect his motive for withdrawing troops.

After all, Qin Mian's son was still "recuperating" in the imperial city, and Qin Mian had to be cautious.

Lu Yanqing bowed slightly: "Okay, then I will communicate with the emperor after dinner, do we still need to respond?" ”

According to the spies from the front, the combined forces of Zanmun and Sayi have been chasing after them.

With the current progress of the Zhenbei Army, it is only a matter of time before it is caught up.

Although the withdrawal of the army has been perfectly resolved by Lu Yanqing, the speed of the march is limited, so in Lu Yanqing's opinion, it is best to prepare early.

"It's good to have an answer."

Qin Mian was very clear about his situation, once he joined forces with the border army, he would definitely be summoned to the palace to face the saint, and it was difficult to say what would happen at that time.

But even so, Qin Mian couldn't let his soldiers go to death, the soldiers would block the water and cover the earth, and with the Zhenbei Army behind his back, he was not afraid that Chu Ying would do anything ridiculous.

After eating, Lu Yanqing sent the message to Chu Ying, and asked Chu Ying to answer in advance.

After these soldiers had rested, the time had come to evening, and they started again and walked towards the border pass.

The next day, the soldiers who had been infected with spells began to rest again, and Lu Yanqing worked hard again.

Before I knew it, it was evening, and there were still three days to go before the border pass.

After Lu Yanqing recovered his righteousness, he walked out of the tent, only to see a transmission note appear in front of Lu Yanqing out of thin air.

When he saw the pattern on this transmission note, Lu Yanqing's expression was solemn, this was actually from the imperial city.

Then, Lu Yanqing hurriedly took the transmission note and urged it, put it in his ear and listened: "The people of Guzhai in Southern Xinjiang are troubled, I."

I have sent troops to destroy you, so I cannot send troops to meet you; If you can't resist it, you can come back first, don't let my daughter lose her husband. ”

The second half of Chu Ying's sentence still made Lu Yanqing very happy, after all, it represented his father-in-law's recognition of himself, but Chu Ying's first half of the sentence really made Lu Yanqing unhappy.

If there is no army to respond, it means that the Zhenbei army will rely on its own strength to block the pursuit of the enemy army into the pass.

But on the way to the border pass, most of them are mainly plains, and the soldiers are still deeply affected by spells, which means that the Zhenbei army has lost its geographical advantages and people.

Analyzed in this way, it is difficult for the Zhenbei Army to compete with the enemy army.

At this moment, Qin Mian walked over with a solemn face, obviously he also received the news from Chu Ying.

"What do you think of this?" Qin Mian asked straight to the point, Lu Yanqing's suggestion was still a little helpful to him.

Lu Yanqing pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't have any good way, I can only hurry up and hurry up and retreat to the border as soon as possible." ”

This is tantamount to saying in vain, if their footsteps can be comparable to the enemy's army, then Qin Mian will not come to Lu Yanqing to discuss countermeasures.

But I have to say that the timing of the trouble of the people in the Gu village in southern Xinjiang was too coincidental, and as soon as it was related to Gu, Lu Yanqing couldn't help but think of Pang Yinli.

Although Pang Yin fled with serious injuries that day, he was still sick and did not die; And Yaozang Valley is not far from southern Xinjiang, and the cholera people of Guzhai must be inseparable from Pang Yin.

But the top priority now is the predicament faced by the Zhenbei Army, and Lu Yanqing has no choice but to leave the matter of southern Xinjiang behind......