At this time, Guo Kai was anxious.

Now he can't figure out what Su Qi'an's idea is, he thought it was a drama to encircle Jin and save Gan, but now it seems that he has the posture to take Jinzhou.

Jinzhou is really going to be taken, and he is the first to die, thinking of this, Guo Kai broke out in a cold sweat.

Constantly urging his soldiers, he quickly rushed to Jinju to relieve the siege of Jinju.

After he went all the way non-stop, he finally let him return to Jinju, without saying a word, he went straight to the third line of defense, and he kept thinking silently in his heart, the third line of defense must not be overcome.

When the returning army arrived at the third line of defense, what appeared in front of Guo Kai was not a fierce battle, or a mess after the war.

The third line of defense, which is almost intact, is the Jinju soldiers who remain behind and are cleaning up the battlefield.

Looking at this scene, Guo Kai frowned slightly, and immediately asked the left-behind soldiers to come forward to question, and after some inquiry, he learned about the situation.

The Xizhou soldiers, who were originally violently besieging the third line of defense, took the initiative to withdraw after a moment of contact with the forward troops, which made the Jinzhou soldiers who stayed behind stunned.

They did not pursue, but acquiesced in the withdrawal of the Xizhou soldiers, whose combat effectiveness was obvious to all, and in less than two hours, they broke through two lines of defense in a row.

If a chase is ordered, who knows if it will be a trap, and if an ambush is placed, who can take the responsibility.

Guo Kai was not angry about this approach, and immediately ordered the soldiers who stayed behind to continue to be on guard to prevent a sneak attack.

And he took the returning Jinju soldiers and continued to meet the pursuit until the invading Xiju soldiers were completely driven out of Jinju.

With Guo Kai's understanding of Su Qi'an, it is unreasonable to withdraw troops without losses, and it is very likely that he wants to slip into Guo Kai's circle.

If Guo Kai did not pursue, Su Qi'an would definitely not take the initiative to evacuate Jinzhou, but would run rampant in Jinzhou and wreak havoc.

If he really did this, it was Su Zhe's face, no matter what, Guo Kai had to take the initiative to pursue, even if he knew that Su Qi'an did it on purpose, he had to go.

After the order was issued, Guo Kai barely stopped, and took the returning Jinzhou soldiers to look for the traces of Su Qi'an and Luo Qingyuan's army.

He had just experienced the war, and he was in Jinju, this was his own territory, even if Su Qi'an wanted to withdraw his troops, it would be impossible to evacuate Jinzhou so quickly.

The pursuing reinforcement army, searching for about half an hour, found the traces of the Xizhou soldiers.

The two sides met and immediately fought together.

It's just that this battle was not fierce, and the Xizhou soldiers almost fought and retreated, and not all the troops, which seemed to have dispersed the personnel.

This kind of scattered encounter was a good opportunity, Guo Kai wanted to catch it all, but he underestimated Su Qi'an's preparation.

Although scattered, they were not far from each other, and when the reinforcement army was pursuing, other scattered Xizhou soldiers came one after another, and the two sides fought together.

The soldiers of both sides went back and forth, and this kind of engagement, almost in a moment, dispersed the forces of both sides.

In addition, the troops who fought and retreated, and the troops who returned to support soon disappeared from Guo Kai's sight, and the troops dispersed one after another.

At a glance, he knew that it was deliberate, and in the face of this result, Guo Kai did not give the intention of retreating, nor was he afraid of the ambush, but ordered to continue the pursuit.

Judging from the fighting, the forces of the two sides are about the same, and they are located on the plains, and if they want to ambush, it is simply impossible on the terrain.

Moreover, the encounter between them was less than a quarter of an hour, and even if they wanted to arrange an ambush, the time was not enough.

Looking at Su Qi'an's purpose, he wanted to disperse his forces and then fight everywhere.

This kind of engagement, in some ways, can reduce casualties, and if the enemy is defeated, it can also preserve most of the strength.

As for why Su Qi'an did this, and what the ultimate goal was, Guo Kai didn't care, what he cared about was that he would bite this army to the death, at all costs.

This battle is a slap in the face of Jinju, if in their own territory, this face is not recovered, so let them run.

If it spreads, the Daliang states will definitely laugh, and they will probably take this opportunity to spread public opinion and question Su Zhe's legitimacy.

This is fatal, and it was with this in mind that Guo Kai gave the order and insisted on letting go.

But the Xizhou soldiers who fought with them were completely unintentional, and basically took them around in circles, and tens of thousands of troops, like dogs, were led by the nose and ran.

In this regard, Guo Kai is not angry, he just needs to ensure his personal safety now, as for the tens of thousands of troops who are led by the nose and walk in Jinzhou, he is still very confident.

If he was in his own territory and was beaten and injured heavily, this state pastor, Guo Kai would not do it.

This kind of continuous pursuit lasted for about an hour or two, and finally news came from the front that half of the Xizhou soldiers had been besieged in a small border city.

Guo Kai, who heard the news, was quite excited, and immediately gave an order to the soldiers of Jinzhou City in the rear to continue to maintain a high level of vigilance to prevent a sneak attack.

At the same time, he will go there as soon as possible to witness the destruction of this half of the Xizhou soldiers.

Guo Kai's speed was very fast, and it took less than half an hour to arrive at the border town.

From a distance, the army of returning reinforcements has already besieged a county town in front of them, ready to attack at any time.

At first, Guo Kai's face was still quite excited, but as he got closer, he felt that this small border city was too quiet.

This kind of quietness does not conform to common sense, Guo Kai frowned and stepped forward to ask.

"How long has the enemy fled into this city, and when did you just fight him?"

The leader did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied, "My lord, the enemy fled into this city almost an hour or so ago, and the last battle was two quarters of an hour ago. ”

"According to the calculations of his subordinates, this group of enemy troops should suffer a lot of losses, and they are almost unable to fight again, and as long as they are put under heavy pressure in the future, the possibility of being persuaded to surrender is still very high."

The generals under his command looked boastful, as if they had taken down half of the Xizhou soldiers and had them at their fingertips.

But Guo Kai didn't think so, his face was solemn, and he said coldly, "That is to say, on the way to Benzhou, for almost two quarters of an hour, you didn't launch an attack, not even a small-scale temptation?" ”

The faces of the generals under him changed, and they replied a little nervously.

"My lord, we have blocked all possible entrances and exits in this border city, and we will not let them go..."

"To answer my question, yes or no!" Guo Kai suddenly reprimanded loudly.

The generals were frightened and did not say a word, and after a moment of silence, they nodded slightly.

Guo Kai took a deep breath, looked at the quiet border city in front of him, and shouted.

"A bunch of fools, you've all been deceived, it's an empty city, they've long since run away."

The generals under his command were stunned, obviously not believing it, Guo Kai did not explain to him, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack the city.

The besieging army acted immediately, but this siege was surprisingly smooth, and there was no resistance at all, and they entered the city directly.

The general who watched this scene trembled in his heart, obviously thinking of something, but there was still a trace of fantasy in his heart.

After a while, the soldiers who entered the city quickly ran to report.

"Lord Hui, the city is empty, the enemy... The enemy forces are gone. ”

The subordinate generals showed a look of disbelief, grabbed the collar of the reporting soldier, and asked repeatedly.

But the answer I got was exactly the same as the report just now.

"How is it possible..."The generals under his command were full of disbelief, and sat on the ground in a bit of distraction, muttering to themselves.

Guo Kai did not hesitate, and directly asked his subordinates to take this person down and behead him on the spot.

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the chain was dropped, and because of the negligence of his subordinates, Su Qi'an and the others ran away.

It's not so much a run as a deliberate set to get them hooked.

They did besiege half of the Xizhou soldiers in this border city, but they were negligent a little, they couldn't walk on the ground, but they could walk underground.

Many years ago, because of the discovery of a large number of military minerals, this border city did not know how many holes were dug underground, not to mention hollowing out this border city, but it was about the same.

Although Guo Kai had later ordered all the holes to be blocked, the years were too long, and there were always some caves that were not discovered.

In addition to the geology itself, the underground soil is loose, which is very suitable for excavation, and the back of the border city is directly connected to the deep mountains and old forests.

As long as there are thousands of people, with the advantage of the cave, within an hour, a simple tunnel leading to the back mountain can be excavated.

Guo Kai's conjecture, after the scout's reconnaissance into the city, was verified that there was indeed a very new simple tunnel, and a large number of footprints were found, and the tunnel connected several underground holes and led to the forest behind the border city.

In other words, because of the conceit of his generals, he directly let the meat on his mouth run away, which made Guo Kai not angry.

Not to mention the total annihilation of the army in Su Qi'an's hands, but at least half of them will be wiped out, at least they can give Su Zhe an explanation.

But now, these people are running away under their noses, and as for the other half of the Xizhou soldiers, don't think about it, I'm afraid that they have already covered Su Qi'an's evacuation.

Guo Kai didn't say a word, but everyone could feel the low air pressure emanating from his body.

At this time, a henchman boldly stepped forward and asked tentatively.

"Big... My lord, why don't we send someone to chase after you, if you hurry up, maybe you can catch up." ”

"Chasing? Chase a fart! It's only a dozen miles from the border, where do you think they can be now? ”

"Even if you catch up, do you really think that Su Qi'an, a traitor, is unprepared! Benshu assured that we would catch up with the front foot, and the back foot would fall into Su Qi'an's trap. ”

"It's really the Dongshan Army in Ganzhou that eats dry rice!"

Guo Kai's last sentence can be regarded as naming Su Qi'an's intentions.

They forgot that the battle in Ganzhou had ended, and now it was the closest to the Jinzhou border, and the only one who could still have combat support was the Dongshan Army in Ganzhou.

In the face of these people, on the border of Jinzhou, relying on 30,000 or 40,000 people under his command, Guo Kai has no confidence to win, and if he really wants to fight, he will definitely lose his vitality.

Guo Kai understood this, and his henchmen also understood, so he didn't say a word anymore and stepped aside.

Guo Kai was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Pass the order of this state and withdraw the whole army." ”

Just as his subordinates were about to carry out the military order, suddenly, a group of men and horses ran from the rear, and before anyone arrived, a slightly sharp voice suddenly sounded.

"Your Majesty has a decree, Xuan Guo will return to Jinzhou City as soon as possible, there must be no mistakes, those who violate the order will be beheaded!"