Liang Dong had the courage to drive north again from the empty city and the state, and went straight to the state.

He was even more bold, not sticking to the border of Zhou, but arrogantly going east, bypassing the area of Leping County, and then leaning towards Yanzhou.

Unexpectedly, not long after he started, he met a large-scale fleeing people with their families and families, pushing wooden carts, and going south?

He immediately ordered the march to be halted, lest the army suddenly appear and frighten the people.

Immediately, he led several lieutenants and rode their horses towards the fleeing people.

After an inquiry, he was shocked to know—

The Northern Expeditionary Army actually broke out a blocking war in Jizhou?

And even managed to delay the Turkic army?

Otherwise, he would not have met the fleeing people!

"General, go to Jizhou to support! In fact, there are only more than 300 of them! Where can I beat hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry! ”

At this moment, the people of Qi didn't realize that what they were talking to was actually the forbidden army of Zhou State!

The people who escaped from Jizhou don't understand any big truths, but they can also understand that they can save their lives and not die under the tragic slaughter of the Turkic city, and it is the more than 300 brave soldiers who won it for them!

"It's late, it's late, it was all seven days ago!" A Qi citizen said worriedly:

"I guess...... If only they had ......"

"Then the Turkic barbarians must have already conquered the state."

"Not to mention Dingzhou, they are riding horses! We don't have many mountains in the Central Plains, and in five days, let alone Dingzhou, even Zhaozhou can go back and forth! ”

"Let's go! I guess the Turks are already biting the back of their ass, go quickly! ”

Seeing that they were in a hurry to flee, Liang Dong only came over a few people to interrogate, but he couldn't stop them.

Liang Dong could only say to them urgently:

"Don't go south! To the west! Go to Zhou Kingdom! Zhou has an order to secure the people! Regardless of the people of Qi and Zhou! Even the runaways and deserters are no exception! ”

"My Great Zhou Empire will open the city gates to welcome you into the city!"

After Liang Dong shouted this, he hurriedly rode back to the army, leaving the people who could hear his voice clearly, looking at each other with bewildered expressions.

"What did he just say? Zhou Guo? This is obviously within the territory of Qi State, how can there be a forbidden army of Zhou State? ”

"Eh, that person was wearing armor just now, and I heard that those who wear armor that shines are all general-level ......"

Shocked and full of disbelief, the marching army hurried north!

And the bulk of the march! All holding black flags! It has the word "Zhou" written on it!

When the illiterate people saw this, they didn't think for a moment whether they should flee, stay away from the marchers, or what to do!

"It's really the forbidden army of the Zhou State! Oh, my God! My Qi country was actually broken?! When the people who knew how to read saw the stretching black flag, they shouted in shock!

"Run! The soldier will only rob the house! ”

Liang Dong's words were not believed by any of the people, and the people in this period suffered too much.

Most of the disasters are "given" by the soldiers on the march, who dares to risk their own lives to believe the words of the enemy soldiers?

No one is tired of being alive!

……

The location of Zhaozhou is a little sensitive, he is located in the middle of the north, south, east and west of the territory of Qi, three hundred miles to the south, is the capital of Qi, Yecheng.

Yang Shuang and Tang Yong went all the way south to get here, and after confirming that Zhaozhou had also fled and there was only an empty city left, they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

But at the same time, the 70,000 Northern Expeditionary Army, which had been dispersed earlier, also unknowingly, continued to converge along the road.

When the tired Tang Yong and Yang Shuang entered Zhaozhou, more than 30,000 scattered Northern Expeditionary Army gathered here again.

And the other 30,000, if nothing happens, the ideal situation is that they are still scattered in the surrounding states and counties.

The worst-case scenario is...... Died alone.

At the moment, Yang Shuang can even forgive those subordinates who have not returned for desertion, because the scene of the Yanzhou massacre not only broke his psychological defense, but also made him have the psychology of escaping.

Not every colleague has a Tang Yong next to him.

"To be able to see your colleagues again in Zhaozhou, Ben Shuai is a little excited and a little happy!" Tang Yong stood on the tower of the city and said to the 30,000 soldiers who were arrayed under the tower:

"I'm glad you're still alive!"

"But the war is not over!"

"According to Ben Shuai's inference, the Turkic barbarians who came south should have passed through Dingzhou and Changshan County at this moment, and have reached Zhao County."

"Zhao County is less than a hundred miles away from Zhaozhou, next!"

"We could be caught in three ways! All the way to the Turks from the north to the south! All the way is the southeast of the country of Qi! ”

"The other way is Yecheng, the capital of Qi State! Yecheng is only three hundred miles away from Zhaozhou! ”

"Say! What to do! ”

The 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army thought that Tang Yong was going to issue a military order, but this rhetorical question made the soldiers stunned for a moment.

What to do? Kill? Wrong...... Hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and 30,000 of them are alone in the enemy camp, where have they been killed?

Remove? Fight a bloody way to the west and withdraw to the territory of Zhou?

However, the Turkic cavalry did not concentrate their strength to attack a city, and their elongated continuous cavalry battle lines could be hundreds of miles long.

This encircles the west and east flanks of Zhaozhou, and is also facing the crushing of the Turkic soldiers.

Is there only one way to die?

For a time, a tragic atmosphere slowly spread among the 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army.

"History will remember us! We have saved millions of people! Escape from hell! ”

Yang Shuang was also ready to die on the battlefield in his heart, with a bitter smile on his face, the last thought.

It's not that brother Yang Jian, nor does he die young, but ......

He lowered his eyes to look at his scarred arms, which were already full of maggots, but they were holding on to their last breath and were unwilling to swallow, just to ask him for help—

Her grandson, hiding in the cellar under the rice jar.

Now, together with Tang Yong, he has saved millions of people from the dire situation, but he failed to save that life.

This became the only reason why his last chest tightness persisted for a long time.

"Report!!"

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army stationed at the southern gate of Zhaozhou suddenly rode their horses!

"Reinforcements from outside the South Gate City!! Reinforcements from our Great Zhou Kingdom!! ”

The excited scout tugged on the reins, and even fell off the horse in excitement!

He was anxious to tell the good news!

Hearing the news, Yang Shuang and Tang Yong looked at each other in surprise and shock:

"Confirm that it's me, my reinforcements from the Zhou Kingdom?"

Yang Shuang couldn't believe it, he was in an isolated and helpless situation deep into the enemy camp!

There are reinforcements from the Zhou State coming?!

"Confirmed! One flag! A total of 50 flags! Meaning at least 50,000 troops!! ”

In the chaotic and complicated situation, most of the news received by Yang Shuang and Tang Yong was urgent bad news!

As commanders-in-chief, their duty is to provide solutions to emergencies immediately!

Good news is always hard to come by!