In the Huling Pass, without the command of the general, the formation of the remaining cavalry of the Seventh Army became even more chaotic, and there was no way to deal with the veterans of the Northwest Army who were rolling all over the ground, so they could only watch the robes beside them fall one after another.

The Qi army on the other side won, and it is not clear about the situation in the city, only to hear the people in the city shouting horses and neighing, shouting and killing to the sky.

Dong Haoyu squinted his eyes and looked at the head of Huling Pass.

"I'm afraid...... Something happened tonight......"

"What happened?"

Dou Jiankai stood up and said: "In my opinion, it must be the chaos that the enemy army has been charged and killed by our cavalry, and now General Xiao must still be leading his brothers to rush and kill in the city, and now is the best time for our army to attack the city." ”

"No, it won't. ”

Dong Haoyu shook his head, his expression was a little solemn, and said, "It's definitely not so simple......"

Seeing that Dong Haoyu was still reluctant to give the order for the whole army to attack, Dou Jiankai couldn't help it, and said with a deep breath: "Since this is the case, then I will lead 20,000 brothers to attack the city, you lead the army to suppress the formation, if there is fraud, you can still accept us and others." ”

Hearing this, Dong Haoyu nodded.

Now there is only one way, he must hurry up and find out the truth, he is actually not sure whether his own cavalry has turned the enemy camp upside down in the enemy's camp, or whether he has fallen into the enemy's full set.

Dou Jian opened the point and led the army to attack.

This time, Dou Jiankai filled all 20,000 people into the battlefield and attacked with all his might from the southern wall of Huling Pass.

Dou Jiankai thought that his light cavalry had already rushed to kill the defenders of Ye in the city, but as soon as the siege battle began, he was attacked by the Ye army.

The Qi army finally approached the city, and was hit by the rolling wood and stones on the city like rain, and smashed the Qi army besieging the city with countless casualties, and the corpses under the city were piled up.

The reason for the hesitation of the line of sight, in the dark night is not suitable for large-scale siege of the city, often the front soldiers are retreating, and the rear personnel are still rushing forward, colliding with each other, trampling on each other, making the whole camp chaotic, and in this way, there are more Qi soldiers who are killed and wounded by arrows.

Although Dou Jiankai was arrogant, he was definitely not a fool, and when he saw the defensive posture of Huling Pass at this time, he had already sensed that something was wrong.

Where is this affected by their own stealing camp, it is clear that they have fallen into the other party's full set.

The five thousand light horsemen had no accident, they must have been completely annihilated by the other party.

At this time, it is useless to attack again, it will only increase the casualties of his own side, seeing such a scene, Dou Jiankai did not dare to hesitate, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.

The siege of the Qi army was in vain, and in the process of retreating, it was inevitably shot by the arrows of the Ye army at the head of the city, and countless soldiers were killed and wounded.

Seeing that his soldiers were defeated and retreated, Dong Haoyu looked at the head of Huling Pass and sighed faintly: "It seems that there is also a smart person in the camp of the Ye army." ”

Now the Qi army has almost entered the rhythm of Meng Feihang, and almost every step of their operation is controlled by Meng Feihang.

The 5,000 light cavalry of the Qi State who entered Huling Pass were all annihilated, and all of them were killed by Meng Feihang's order, regardless of whether they surrendered or not.

When Dou Jiankai led 20,000 people to attack Huling Pass, there were close to 5,000 casualties.

This night was definitely not good for the Qi army, and the morale was very low.

Compared with the Qi army, the morale of the Ye army was greatly boosted, because they saw the hope of victory and had the confidence to win.

Early the next morning, many Ye soldiers got up early to change the robes that had been guarding the city wall all night, and stood on the city wall one by one in good spirits, waiting for the Qi army to attack the city again.

But what they didn't expect was that the Qi army did not line up in battle formations early in the morning to prepare for the siege as usual, but had already begun to pack their luggage and camp tents, apparently preparing to withdraw their troops.

Sergeant Ye didn't understand what was going on, could it be that they withdrew just because of yesterday's defeat?

But obviously this was not the case, but they received the will of the Qi royal court.

Chu Yujia led 3,500 cavalry to attack the king of Qi, Du Ningxingcheng, and the battle was a great success, not only killing the palace of the king of Qi in one fell swoop, but also almost killing the monarch of the state of Qi, making the king of Qi afraid of this man who was no more than thirty years old, and the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became.

Therefore, after Chu Yujia led people to withdraw on the front foot, he found a herald to give Dong Haoyu an order to withdraw the army, and he must no longer entangle with the Ye army.

Although Dong Haoyu and Dou Jiankai were unwilling, they both received orders from the royal court at this time, and they didn't dare to say anything, let alone do anything that would affect the orders of the monarch outside, after all, Huling Pass could not be defeated in a day or two.

Both Dong Haoyu and Dou Jiankai knew this, so after the order was issued, they ordered to obey the king's order, ordered the whole army to retreat for two hundred miles, and then withdrew to the capital in batches.

As for why it was divided into batches, of course, I was still afraid that the Ye army would take advantage of the situation to pursue.

But obviously Ye Jun will not do this, and with Ye Guo's current national strength, he does not have the capital to do so.

Seeing that the Qi army had withdrawn, the defenders of Huling Pass were overjoyed, and even cried on the spot.

The Qi army retreated, the tension was relieved, many of the soldiers of the Ye army fell down suddenly, many soldiers who had just been alive and well heard the news of the retreat of the Qi army as if their strength had been sucked dry, and they immediately fell to the ground and couldn't stand up, there was no muscle in the body that was not sore, and the city defense that lasted for a month, with 100,000 people against 250,000 people, although there is the city height and river width of Huling Pass, and there is also the natural danger of Crouching Tiger Ridge as a reliance, but it is still a miracle to be able to hold on to this day.

Whether the war was tragic or not, only those who experienced it knew that there were less than 80,000 defenders at Huling Pass itself, and Danyang County sent more than 30,000 soldiers to Huling Pass in the future.

But by the time the Qi army retreated, the war inventory was carried out, and the defenders of Huling Pass were left with less than 70,000 people.

In this war, the Ye army paid the price of 40,000 people.

What is the concept of 40,000 people, it is 40,000 pairs of parents who have lost children, it is 40,000 women who have lost their husbands, and tens of thousands of children who have lost their fathers.

War is brutal, and war is merciless.

No matter who you are, war will still ruthlessly take your life.

The next day, Chu Yujia, who had an expedition to the capital of Qi State, also led the crowd to return to Hengcheng safely, and after a long journey, Chu Yujia and his army were even worse than the Huling guards who had been baptized by the January War.

The armor on the bodies of many soldiers was broken and broken, and the faces on their bodies were black, white, and red, and dust, sweat, and blood stains were mixed together, and they all became big flower faces.

Chu Yujia did not directly participate in the defense of Huling Pass this time, but his strategy of sneaking up on the enemy's capital had a miraculous effect, which was equivalent to directly scaring the Qi army away.

At this time, Chu Yujia led the crowd to return triumphantly, and was naturally welcomed by the soldiers of Huling Pass and the people, and before a group of cavalry entered the city, they spontaneously flocked to Huling Pass to greet them.

In this battle, Chu Yujia led 3,500 horsemen away, and when he came back, there were less than 2,000 horsemen left, of which the number of dead soldiers had reached 1,500 horsemen, and the remaining 2,000 horsemen were also wounded.

The corpse of fifteen hundred horses, Chu Yujia did not leave behind, he said that he would not let his brother stay in a foreign country, these people, these young people were brothers who were born and died with him, but they died on the road that followed him.

Although in a sense, they died as they deserved, and they died on the way to defend their families and the country, even if the price paid by the Qi State was even heavier, Chu Yujia still felt a little self-blame in his heart.

It was also the first time he had been a general, and it was the first time he had experienced the feeling of his own soldiers being killed.

He didn't want to experience that feeling for the second time in his life, because it was so uncomfortable.

Chu Yujia did not stay too long in Huling Pass, and after repairing for two days, he headed towards the county seat, thus returning to the capital to resume his life.

The news of their victory had long since spread throughout the county, and the people of the city stood on both sides of the main street, looking forward to the return of their heroes.

But the soldiers who entered the city seemed to be a little different from what they imagined, and it stands to reason that the victorious army should also carry the joy of victory, but they did not see such joy on the faces of these soldiers.

Chu Yujia walked in front on a war horse with an expressionless face, and his soldiers followed closely behind with their heads lowered.

It wasn't until these soldiers passed through Anyuan Mansion that the people saw that behind these soldiers, there were also a row of carriages, all of which were sealed clay jars, and on the mouth of the altars, there were wooden military plaques.

There are words on the military badge, which are the names of the fallen soldiers.

When they saw this, the people were not happy, and some even began to cry.

The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years.

How many people died on the way to open up territory for the country.

How many people died on the way to defend their homes and country.

The ashes of the fallen soldiers were divided into two parts, one returned to the family and the other remained in the army.

The part that was returned to their families was sent home by their comrades-in-arms in the army, along with the pension, and handed over to their relatives.

And the part that remained in the army was to be sent to the Ye Guo Martyrs' Shrine.

The concept of the Martyrs' Shrine was put forward by Chu Yujia's father, Chu Qianwen, in order to let the fallen soldiers and their families get the respect they deserve.

Later, it was also widely cited among the princes and countries, but in the martyrs' shrine, the most tablets and ashes of soldiers were still Ye Guo.

The land of Ye is barren, with less than 5 million households, but it supports nearly 400,000 soldiers.

What is this concept?

Almost every household has one or several people in the army.

Among the princes and nations, there is no country that is more united than Ye, and the army and the people are more united.

Because the army is the people, and the people are the army.

War can tear a country apart, but it can also bring the country and its people together.

Walking out of Anyuan Mansion, Chu Yujia held his spear high and shouted: "Daye is in all directions, brothers are triumphant!"