Regarding the early retreat of the main force of the Liangzhou army, Yan Hu and the others certainly sighed, but they did not think that it would pose too much threat to the imperial army of the Northern Expedition.

After all, they are also a long-fought army, and after the defeat of the first army in Xiangyang and the counterattack of the imperial army into Liangzhou, these soldiers and horses are bound to be terrified, and their combat power is even more reduced.

So even if they really retreated to Liangzhou, at most, they would just help the soldiers and horses over there to defend the city and resist, and it would be difficult to achieve a big deal. And his side will soon attack Liangzhou, and then fight left and right with the Northern Expeditionary Army, which is enough to decide the Liangzhou rebels in a battle!

With such thoughts in mind, even if they were shelled by the enemy Jin Cicada, Yan Hu and Xiao Ke did not have the slightest worry. Of course, the warning that should be done could not be missed, and dozens of flying horses were soon dispatched to send this situation day and night to the front line.

But what they don't know is that it's a little late.

Because on the second day of the beginning of the new year, Sun Ning's subordinates had already met the main force of the enemy army that had retreated to the territory of Liangzhou head-on. And this unlucky team is naturally the department of Nie Long, who is the vanguard.

After being blocked in front of Youxian Pass, the vanguard army of Nie Long's department held their breath and wanted to wash away the previous shame with practical actions.

Therefore, after getting Sun Ning's approval, they suddenly accelerated their march, and they had no intention of attacking those small cities along the way, so they wanted to kill Liangzhou City in one go.

As a result, on an afternoon when a heavy snowstorm suddenly rose, he ran headlong into an enemy army that had just set up camp a hundred miles south of Liangzhou City.

Nie Long and his subordinate generals didn't think too much about it, so they brazenly launched a fierce attack on this camp.

In their minds, this team should be a defender who was improvised from some cities in front of them, no matter how strong and military they are, they can't compare with their own family, even if there are more people, they can be broken in one go!

Results...... But it was unexpectedly tragic.

Under the attack, this elite vanguard team could not even break through the enemy's camp gate, and was blocked by the enemy who was several times the number of enemies who followed it. Then, more enemy troops fought back to the beat of drums, until the vanguard army was crushed and scattered.

If it weren't for a group of loyal subordinates who fought to the death and blocked the pursuit of dozens of times the enemy, I am afraid that even Nie Long, the vanguard officer, might have fallen into the hands of the enemy.

In the end, he could only run out of dozens of miles in a hurry, and he didn't let go until he saw the main banner of Dayue. Then he brought only the remaining more than 300 remnants of soldiers to report and confess.

After listening to Nie Long, who was kneeling in front of him, explain his fiasco, everyone's faces became solemn from Sun Ning.

"Can you see how many soldiers and horses the other side has?" Without too much blame, Sun Ning grasped an important point.

"The situation was a bit confusing, and the minister couldn't understand it. However, judging from the size of the camp, the enemy army should be more than 50,000, almost 50,000 or 60,000. ”

This number is quite a lot, even if it is not as strong as the current soldiers of the Dayue official army, as long as the other party is stuck in a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, it is enough for the army to drink a pot.

"Where would this come from?" Chen Qingyun was more concerned about this one, "Have you seen their flags clearly?" ”

Nie Long recalled carefully for a while, and then said cautiously: "General Hui, in addition to the commonly visible 'Liang' and 'Guo' flags, I also saw a few very eye-catching 'Song' flags. This should be the banner of the commander of this enemy army. ”

"Your Majesty, could it be that the last main elite in Liangzhou City has been sent by them?" A conjecture was proposed.

But it was immediately denied by others: "Impossible. Even those who don't know how to fight understand that defending a city is much safer than taking the initiative to attack. Especially for the current Liangzhou army, the morale has already suffered a big setback, how can it risk attacking? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also thought that it was impossible for the main force of Liangzhou to come out again, if that was the case, it should only be the Guo Zi banner, and Guo Yan would lead the troops again." Chen Qingyun also expressed his understanding.

In this regard, Sun Ning thought deeply: "What you said is right, now that the army on the opposite side is clearly not from Liangzhou City, then the only possibility is from the Lianghuai line!"

"Moreover, if my expectations are correct, I'm afraid that the representative of the Song banner is Song Qiyun, the general of the Liangzhou Army!"

"It's him!" Chen Qingyun said in a low voice, he has also heard of this general in the Liangzhou Army for a long time.

I heard that his people are the most stable and sophisticated, especially good at defending the terrain, and they are the most difficult to deal with, and I didn't expect that this would be confronted head-on.

Then, his face changed again, and he thought of a more critical point: "Your Majesty is saying that they have retreated from the Lianghuai battlefield?" How is this possible? ”

Others followed suit, saying that it was unacceptable: "yes, this can't be." Even if they want to retreat, they will inevitably be bitten by our army, how can they come back easily, and they can have such combat power and strength......"

"Is there something wrong with this, maybe Liangzhou still has a reserve of soldiers and horses that we don't know?"

Listening to their words and expressions of unacceptability, Sun Ning was very calm: "Yes or no, we will naturally know if we have met each other in the past."

"There are no such things as absolute things in this world. Anyway, no matter what way they came from, since they are blocking our way to crusade against Liangzhou, then defeat and annihilate them, and then go to Liangzhou! ”

Only His Majesty the Emperor could say this in such a tone.

The generals were slightly stunned, and then they said yes one after another, no longer entangled in each other's identities.

After punishing Nie Long for being demoted by one level, continuing to stay in the army and being used, and letting the wounded soldiers who came back from the treatment of the military medical officer, Sun Ning once again led the army forward at a uniform speed.

A day and a half later, they finally came to the front of the barracks, which occupied the entire official road and completely blocked a river and mountain peak.

As Chen Qingyun said, the enemy army in front of him is indeed very good at defending, whether it is the position selected or the way of arranging the camp, it is clear that it will use this only 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses to block the main force of more than 100,000 Dayue!

And the banner of the word "Song" facing the north wind and hunting also told everyone that the main general of the other party was the general of the Liangzhou Army, Song Qiyun.

In the Liangzhou military camp opposite, seeing so many soldiers and horses slowly pressing down, the soldiers were also stunned in their hearts.

Although General Song has outstanding ability, he does not have the absolute authority of a lieutenant or a young marshal in the army after all, and now they are naturally vague about less to more.

At this moment, the drums in the army on the opposite side were loud, and a general rode out, came to the front of the camp, and shouted: "Your Majesty has an order, please ask General Song Qiyun and Song to come out and speak......

Some people died, but not completely......