On the gate tower of Zhuolu County, Meng Song clearly saw the actions of the Tenth Army, and suddenly understood in his heart that the acting king was trying to force the Youjun army outside the city to retreat.

As for why it was persecution, rather than an immediate raid, it was obvious that the king was not sure that the rebels would be inflicted heavy losses at a small cost.

Meng Song secretly thought in his heart, "It seems that the acting king has guessed that the Eighth Army no longer has the ability to pursue the Youjun Army."

Not only Meng Song, but also Captain Han Xuan, the commander of the Youjun Army, also saw the intentions of the Tang Army on the other side.

Glancing at the head of Zhuolu City, and then at the sunset that was about to set, Han Xuan's face sank like water, and he was a little angry in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that his army ran into a wall in Zhuolu and lost too much morale; If it weren't for the fact that the sun was about to go down, how could he be threatened by the Tang army on the other side?

In addition to being angry, he also felt a little happy in his heart.

After all, he also understood that if the Tang army in Zhuolu County still had the strength to pursue at this moment, the Tang army on the opposite side would definitely not let them evacuate so easily.

"I didn't expect this acting prince to have such courage to lead troops to reinforce Zhuolu......

Looking at Wang Bo's Daxu in the distance, Han Xuan thought secretly in his heart, and then he decisively gave the order to retreat: "Pass the order, and the troops will retreat to Fuyang to rest. When retreating, after Zhang Lang, Zhu Ba and Jin Chong led their troops to break off, the armies must not panic or push. The Tang army in Zhuolu County no longer has the strength to pursue our army, as long as our army retreats in an orderly manner, the Tang army on the opposite side will not dare to pursue it easily!"

After Han Zuo's order was issued, the sound of "Ding Ding Ding" sounded in the ranks of the Youjun army outside Zhuolu City.

Zhang Lang, Zhu Ba, and Jin Chong, the three generals of the Youjun army, immediately led the remnants of the army to retreat to the main formation, and then, together with the domestic servant army led by Li Cong, protected the rest of the friendly troops and slowly retreated eastward.

Just as Han Xuan requested, the remaining nearly 340,000 Youjun troops withdrew eastward without hurry, and the evacuation was calm and orderly.

And from beginning to end, Wang Bo led the officers and soldiers of the Tenth Army to watch these hidden armies withdraw eastward.

In the meantime, Wang Pu said with a little regret: "It seems that the commander of the Youjun on the other side is not a person who does not know how to advance and retreat, I thought that the opposite side may not be obedient, so that after dark, I can lead the soldiers to kill him for a while......

Wang Bo smiled, but he didn't agree with Wang Pu's point of view very much.

After all, after dark, not only the Youjun on the opposite side will be affected, but the tenth sergeant on their side will also be affected, and the Youjun army is numerous, so it is better to try to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Wang Bo looked at Zhuolu County, shook the reins, and said, "Let's go, let's go to Zhuolu City and see how the situation is."

At this time, the defenders at the head of Zhuolu County also saw the retreat of the Youjun army with their own eyes, and they cheered for it.

"The Phantom Army has retreated!"

"Let's defend Zhuolu!"

"Wan Sheng!"

In bursts of cheers, Meng Song stood behind the battlements at the city gate tower, calmly watching the Tenth Army in the distance slowly approaching the city wall of Zhuolu County.

Today's battle of Zhuolu, the Youjun side can be said to have suffered heavy losses, on the east city wall alone, there are nearly 40,000 slaves and regular soldiers killed, so that the east city wall of Zhuolu County is full of corpses that the Youjun is in a hurry to retreat and can't pick up.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Meng Qiong said in surprise, "It's unbelievable that the Youjun Army has suffered such casualties. It seems that even without our reinforcements, this Zhuolu may not be able to hold ......."

It's no wonder that Meng Qiong was so surprised, after all, the Youjun army attacking Zhuolu this time had a total of 50,000 servant troops and 350,000 regular army troops, which was enough to capture an ordinary county town, even a county of Zhuolu's size.

But as they could see, this ghost army ran into a wall under Zhuolu City, leaving behind more than 40,000 corpses.

Seeing the acting king's Daxu approaching the city wall, Meng Song hurriedly instructed the soldiers on the side: "Pass my order, open the city gate, and welcome the acting king into the city!"

"Whoa!"

The herald received the order and left.

After a while, the east gate slowly opened, and several of Meng Song's personal soldiers hurriedly came to Wang Bo's side, and said after the military salute

He said, "Acting for the king Chitose, the commander of the Meng army invites you to enter the city."

The Eighth Army and the Tenth Army met in Zhuolu County, and at the same time, Han Xu, the commander of the Youjun Army, who led the army to attack Zhuolu County, had already led his army to withdraw to Fuyang, except for the 10,000 Youjun army under Han Xu's personal control, the rest of the army was camped outside the city.

That night, Han Xuan was in the temporarily requisitioned Shanggu County Mansion, personally writing the battle report of today's attack on Zhuolu.

At first, he was full of confidence in attacking Zhuolu, and never thought that there would be a chance of a miss, but now he doesn't see it that way.

In his war report to Emperor Yan Chipan, he wrote: "...... Although Zhuolu has no natural dangers to defend, the city is strong, and the Tang army is very fierce and unstoppable. Our army has been unable to attack for a long time, and the soldiers are exhausted...... Today, the Tang army of Yanyu County has reinforced Zhuolu, and the two counties of Tang have joined forces to help each other, if Zhuolu is taken again, the ministers must do their best to leave the station, otherwise it will be difficult to win."

A day later, this war report was sent to Jidu and handed over to Yan Chipan, the emperor of Youguo, who frowned.

Not only because of Han Xuan's defeat, but also because Yan Chipan recently received a rumor that the Tang Army was ready to take action against the military capital. As soon as the military capital was lost, the thistle capital was completely exposed to the attack of the Tang army.

Although Yan Chipan knew that the military capital was in danger, but at this time, he couldn't take out the army to strengthen the defense of the military capital pass, the defenders of Jidu were very important, and they must not be moved lightly, but how to strengthen the defense of the military capital pass, this was also a headache for Yan Chipan.

In the evening, Zhuolu County raised the city to celebrate the repulsion of the Youjun offensive.

It was said to be a celebration, but in view of the fact that the whole city had entered a state of "wartime control", the county government did not come forward, but was led by the Tang army in the city to rejoice with the people.

When the whole city was celebrating the victory, Meng Song was accompanying Wang Bo, the acting king, and the two sat down in a pavilion in the backyard of the county government, and the soldiers brought food and wine to set the table.

The table in front of the two of them was very simple, each with only a small pot of wine, a plate of chicken, a plate of vegetables, a plate of dried fruits, and a bowl of rice.

In this regard, Meng Song explained to Wang Bo: "The prince forgives me, due to the invasion of the territory, Zhuolu County has entered a state of wartime control, and the county warehouse no longer puts grain into the market as in the past, so the food in the city is a little tight, and most of the wine shops and inns no longer serve food, so I can only be here to feast the prince with simple dishes, and please don't be surprised."

Of course, Wang Bo knew what wartime control was, to put it simply, because of the outbreak of war, the soldiers and civilians of the whole city were given rations every day according to a certain standard, and those who directly participated in the battle against the enemy were distributed according to one bucket of rice per day; The personnel responsible for rear support shall be issued according to the standard of seventy percent of the former; The rest of the people in the city will be given half of the distribution. Children in the city are also given food rations at a reduced rate. In addition to the distribution of rations, there were also curfews, city gate bans, and other prohibitions, which controlled the critical points of the whole city, and prevented women from mixing in, inciting the people, and causing commotion."