For three or four days in a row, the Wuping army did not come to harass again, and the camp was safe and sound, and more importantly, the camp of the Wuping army on the opposite hill did not seem to show any signs of troop transfer. Xie Gui was very puzzled in his heart, could it be that Li Yuan got carried away after the first battle? Or is this kid playing some kind of ghost hall again? In short, this is a gratifying thing, but it makes people panic.

On the evening of 19 August, after Shao Tingxuan sent a report that all the siege equipment had been remade, Xie Gui convened a military meeting in the Chinese army's tent to discuss the next strategy for the use of troops and to resolve some matters that had been delayed for several days. After all, after the fiasco a few days ago, the situation has completely changed.

Just as Xie Gui was busy dispatching troops, an urgent letter arrived at the Han army camp from hundreds of miles away. The soldier who delivered the letter was so tired that he couldn't walk, and after dismounting, he couldn't stand on his legs, and was dragged into the Chinese military tent by the guards.

"Thank you...... Xie Dutong ...... Pan Dutong was anxious. The soldier who delivered the letter opened his mouth and fell to the ground and fainted.

Xie Gui hurriedly ordered someone to carry him to treatment, and at the same time took out the letter from the soldier who delivered the letter and looked at it. The letter was indeed written by Pan Chongche, the handwriting was quite sloppy, obviously written in a hurry, and the words were shocking, which was naturally a fiasco in the battle of Chenzhou.

In fact, before opening the letter, Xie Gui was actually not worried, because when the surprise attack was proposed earlier, all the generals of the Han army thought that the main force of the Wuping army was trapped in Xizhou, and now Li Yuan personally led the army to appear in Yiyang, although there was obviously a discrepancy, but since the commander of the Wuping army was not in Chenzhou, Pan Chongche's surprise army all the way was no problem.

However, when Xie Gui opened the letter and looked at it a few times, his face suddenly changed greatly. It was a distress letter, four days ago, in the battle of Chenzhou, the Han army was defeated, Pan Chongche only took more than 1,000 guards to break through from the waterway to the east, and is now on the way back to Chenzhou.

It is reported that more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Wuping army in Chenzhou City are approaching Yiyang, and it is estimated that they will arrive soon. The Han army outside Yiyang City is now really a lone army, and Pan Chongche knows that it is difficult to defend it, so he urgently ordered Xie Guihui to withdraw to Chenzhou.

Xie Gui is going crazy, how did Pan Chongche lose? This veteran commander with great military achievements is the first general of the Han Kingdom, and the 15,000 elite soldiers in his hands are the elite of the giant elephant army, which can be described as the elite soldiers of the elite soldiers, how can he not even break through a small Chenzhou? But on the contrary, he was defeated by a nobody in a day or two, which is also worthy of being called a "famous general"?

Chenzhou is only four hundred miles away from Yiyang, and it will be approaching in a few days after the Wuping army defeats Pan Chongche, not to mention that Xie Gui's troops have become a lone army along the way, and the current strength has been reduced by one-third, isn't it extremely dangerous? How easy is it to return to the teacher?

How could Pan Chongche be defeated so quickly, Xie Gui tried his best to lead the army to fight the Wuping army in Yiyang, but he never imagined that his back road would be cut off like this! Now that Pan Chongche has been defeated, he has also lightly given the order to return to his division, and Xie Gui has also suffered a big defeat, how could Li Yuan easily let him return to his division? How good is that? When he was working hard and still thinking about capturing Yiyang City, why did he have such a?

All the generals of the Han army in the tent looked at each other in shock after hearing the news, this sudden bad news was obviously worse, and Pan Chongche's fall from the altar in the first battle shocked them, and they were even more afraid of the Tang army soldiers and horses in Wuping Town under Li Yuan's command.

Xie Gui angrily ordered someone to carry the half-dead messenger back to the tent, regardless of whether he was dead or alive, grabbed his neck and forced him to ask how the Han army had failed miserably......

After recounting the whole process in one breath, the guard who delivered the letter could no longer support it and fainted again. Xie Guitie waved his hand with a blue face and ordered someone to carry him out, looking back at the generals in the tent. Everyone stared at each other and was silent.

There was silence in the tent, the flame of the giant candle swayed slightly, the candle burst and made a slight crackling sound, and the flame of the candle flame also flickered and dimmed, illuminating the faces of the generals who were suddenly bright and gloomy.

"Guys, what do you say now? It's hard to believe that something like this has happened. And again, at this juncture. Xie Gui said in a hoarse voice.

The generals were speechless, some moved their bodies, some smacked their lips, and no one wanted to. (This chapter is not finished!) )

Chapter 221: Urgent Letter

will express its views. In fact, the way to deal with this matter is very simple, according to Pan Chongche's command, immediately withdraw the troops, this is the most correct way. Regardless of the advantages and disadvantages and gains and losses, from a realistic point of view, this is also the only way, if you can successfully retreat to Chenzhou, it is a big deal to be able to keep the Guiguan land of the eight states of Lingnan, so that the Han State will not suffer a loss.

Xie Gui had a headache, how could he not know this, but when he asked this, it was not that he was unwilling to withdraw the army, but that it was too difficult to withdraw the army, and the Han army was now in a dilemma. Wu Pingjun has no action now, but it doesn't mean that they can really let go of the Han army on the opposite hill, the situation has changed greatly, how can they look at the meat on the chopping board and not start?

In the final analysis, whether the Han army withdraws or not, it will always have to fight a life-and-death battle with Li Yuan. Instead of being surrounded by a rush on the way to withdraw the army, it is better to open the formation and do it again, maybe there is a slight possibility of turning the tables, this is what Xie Gui thinks at this time. Of course, if you really do this, it is a blatant violation of Pan Chongche's command, which is a serious crime according to the military laws of the imperial court.

Therefore, if anyone puts forward a proposal not to withdraw the army now, Xie Gui will definitely immediately echo it, because the unlucky guy who the imperial court wants to settle accounts with is the first general who proposed not to return to help, and if Xie Gui can return to Han by luck, he will definitely be pushed clean at that time.

"What? Is there nothing to say? Are you all wood? Don't have the slightest idea? Xie Gui frowned, and his tone became stern.

"Xie Dutong, let's see that you should take the idea of this matter! This choice is a dilemma, of course, Pan Dutong has an order, and the withdrawal of troops must be withdrawn, and Guiguan cannot afford to lose...... Alas, but our army still has 20,000 elite soldiers, and the siege equipment has been replenished, so it is not a trip in vain to pull out the camp and go back. Shao Tingxuan spoke in a deep voice, and his words seemed very entangled.

"Hence ...... Shao Junrong means ......," Xie Gui asked with a smile. He is very much looking forward to spitting out the words "If you don't withdraw the army, take Yiyang with all your might" from Shao Tingxuan's mouth, so that he can make a decision immediately, and in the future, he will say that it is Shao Tingxuan's opinion as an envoy to watch the army, and it is actually difficult for him to go against the idea of supervising the army, so he can push it all away.

"Well, we mean ...... Xie Dutong is in charge, and I will obey your orders. Shao Tingxuan's answer was watertight.

Xie Gui couldn't hide the disappointment on his face, and scolded in his heart for a while, and then frowned silently.

"Dutong, the last general thinks that he can't come back, otherwise he will be too passive! Then Li Yuan used his troops to deceive, and the intention of Chenzhou to move closer to the Tang army was nothing more than to force us to withdraw, if they were ambushed on the way to our withdrawal, what should we do at that time? We're alone now, but we don't have any backup!

The withdrawal of the army is just to preserve the troops, since Pan Dutong ordered us to go back, what is the point of returning south with a hundred and ten remnants? Rather than die a nest, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the Tang army is equal to ours in numbers, fight a decisive battle with the enemy in one go, and then take Yiyang City and kill Li Yuan's ......" Xie Chong, who was full of red wine, suddenly got up and said loudly.

As soon as Xie Chong spoke, the generals were shocked and breathed a sigh of relief, and finally someone said this, and it was Xie Dutong's clan brother, which was the best.

Xie Gui almost couldn't believe his eyes, this kind of thing is definitely not something that his unenlightened clan brother can say, why did Hang Erlang suddenly change his sex tonight, could it be instigated by others?

I couldn't help but scold in my heart, why is this guy so stupid, can't you see that she just wants to force the generals to say these words? This stupid boy actually said these words, now it's okay, should he go along with or oppose it?

Xie Gui was a little skeptical for a moment whether Xie Chong was the Xie family's seed, because he was too stupid, not like the Xie family at all, and he didn't have half of his scheming and calculations at all. However, in front of everyone, Xie Gui still had to endure not being able to reprimand him, because Xie Chong's words were not faulty at all, not only could he not reprimand, but he also had to praise two sentences, which really .....made his head hurt for a while.

Chapter 221: Urgent Letter