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On the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the early hours of the morning.

In order to prevent the Jin Xia army from seizing the sacred land of Huaibei, the Zhou army continued to attack the city all night long, and the sound of killing outside Caizhou City was loud.

But in the Zhou Army's camp a few miles away, Wang Shu, the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, had no focus and a sense of decadence lingering around him. In his hand, he held a battle report he had just received.

After a while, Wu Gong, governor of Jinghu South Road, hurried into the tent.

When they met, they asked, "Sir, Your Majesty! Our army has lost nearly ten thousand soldiers at the gate of Caizhou City. Why did you suddenly give the order to withdraw the troops?"

Wang Shu came to his senses after hearing this, but first gave a wry smile, then shook the few military reports in his hand, and said: "Master Wu, you should also take a look at the Tokyo battle report that I just received a moment ago."

The war in Tokyo and the war in Huaibei are closely related. Wang Shu's appearance at this moment made Wu Gong make a judgment. So fast! Did the Jinxia coalition capture Tokyo so quickly? The King of Chu of Qi State gathered an army of 300,000 people outside the city, but he did not survive until the New Year.
From Zhou Guo's point of view, he doesn't want Jin Xia's army to win too quickly or too smoothly, otherwise Zhou Guo will have no chance to pick peaches.

But if the Jin Xia army really won so quickly and then moved south, Zhou State would really have to consider how to get greater benefits from Huaibei without angering the two countries.

In an instant, Wu Gong had made various assumptions and at the same time received the military report sent by Wang Shu. After a rough scan, he saw that it read: At dusk on the first day of this month, the King of Qi Chu defeated the Jin Xia Army in the east of Tokyo City. The Jin Xia Army Collapse, body abandoned hundreds of miles away
Wu Gong was in a state of brain failure for a few breaths. He imagined countless scenarios, but there was no such hypothesis as 'a great victory for the Qi army'.

Feeling unreal, Wu Gong shook his head, regained his concentration, and carefully read the battle report word for word, then mechanically looked at Wang Shu, and subconsciously said: "Master Shangshu, what should I do? "

"What else can we do to withdraw our troops quickly?"

At this moment, Wang Shu felt that he, and even the whole Zhou Dynasty, had become a clown.

Taking advantage of the fact that Qi State was left alone to deal with the crisis of the two foreign tribes, Zhou unilaterally tore up the peace agreement and launched a surprise attack on the enemy's rear. However, the enemy's side had already won before even a penny was gained.

Isn’t this both bad and stupid!

Just imagine, if the Qi army returns to their hometown with the power of a great victory over Jinxia, ​​it will be a firestorm.

They can even defeat the Jin Xia Army. How dare people like Zhou Guo's West Route Army dare to confront others head-on?
Stealing chickens will not lose rice.

Wu Gong had no objection to Wang Shu's proposal to withdraw his troops. The battle report was two and a half days ago. If the Qi army organized the army to go south as soon as possible after the victory, the Ma army could arrive near Caizhou within one or two days.

Not to mention, at this time, there was Guo Tao'er's troops behind Zhou Jun who were ready to come up and take a bite at any time.

"Hey!"

Wu Gong sighed, and at the same time his face felt slightly hot. We, Da Zhou, had been secretly planning our trip to Huaibei for several months. What on earth were we doing here?
The end of ugly times.

Fifteen miles southeast of Caizhou, Guo Tao'er's troops, who had just completed their assembly here, originally planned to take advantage of the Zhou army's attack on the city to sneak attack the opponent's camp.

But as a result, the Zhou army's fierce attack on the city that lasted for several hours suddenly came to an end.

Guo Tao'er was confused for a moment and postponed the attack order, trying to figure out Zhou Jun's intentions.

At the top of Caizhou City, they hurriedly took advantage of this opportunity to rotate the young men to defend the city, treat the wounded, drink water and eat, waiting for the next Zhou army to attack the city.

But this time, the morning light finally dawned.

At the beginning of Mao Shi, Wang Shu had received the second Tokyo battle report. After reading it, he no longer took any chances. He immediately ordered the entire army to prepare and slowly retreat westward.
Perhaps in order to calm down the anger of the King of Chu, before the Zhou army went west, Wang Shu made a special gesture to make a good relationship.

Hearing that the Zhou army had retreated, Guo Tao'er, who was confused, sent Zhang Bao and Xu Zhisheng's troops to search and advance to the Zhou army's camp to investigate.

At the end of Mao Shi, Zhang Bao arrived at the Zhou army camp and found it empty.

However, there are some neatly stacked grain and grass left in the camp, thousands of chickens and ducks, and even dozens of slaughtered pigs, hanging on crossbars, swaying slightly in the cold morning wind.

Xu Zhisheng also found a polished weapon and armor in the camp. He carefully looked at the logo on it. It was the standard equipment of the Dengzhou Xiang Army of Qi State.

It seems that the Zhou army seized it from Dengzhou when they invaded the country.

But now, everything is arranged neatly, and the pair of armors are even oiled for maintenance.
"Damn it, the rats from the Southern Dynasty came to Caizhou to give us gifts?" Xu Zhisheng couldn't understand Zhou Jun's behavior at all.

Zhang Bao looked to the north thoughtfully, and after a while he said: "Maybe the results have been obtained in Tokyo."

With Zhang Bao's reminder, Xu Zhisheng thought for a moment and couldn't help but said excitedly: "You mean, King Chu won in Tokyo?"

"Only in this way can we explain Zhou Jun's behavior."

"Oh, do they think that by leaving some chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, armor and weapons for us, the King of Chu will not care about them?"

The more Xu Zhisheng thought about it, the more he felt that his brother-in-law's analysis was reasonable, and he couldn't help but feel more confident.

Zhang Bao chuckled, looked south again, and said: "I know the temper of King Chu. If someone else hits us, it's impossible for us not to fight back."

At the top of the city, the soldiers who were huddled in their arms and stamping on the wall stood up, rubbed their sleepy eyes, and looked outside the city. They couldn't help but be shocked.

They were still fighting life and death in the middle of the night last night. When I opened my eyes this morning, I saw that the Zhou army outside the city was empty.
"The Zhou army retreated."

"The Zhou army retreated?"

"The Zhou army has retreated!"

Not long after, there was a lot of discussion at the top of the city. A soldier and militiaman stood up and looked around. They were all confused by the paradoxical scene in front of them.

At a quarter of the hour, in Qingpu Garden, the back house of the Prince's Mansion in Sajin Lane, after a baby cried loudly, Yu Nong excitedly held Ji'er, who had been guarding the bedside all night, and spun around a few times, crying and laughing.

The rising sun rises in the east, and the cry of the newborn baby, signaling great hope, dispels the thin morning fog and the gloom in the back house.

Two quarters of an hour later, definite news finally came from outside the city: King Chu defeated the Jin Xia army in Tokyo and was leading his army to return for reinforcements!

Outside the city, Guo Tao'er, who was convinced that the Zhou army had retreated, thought for a moment and rejected his subordinate's suggestion to pursue.

He has only 20,000 regular troops and militiamen combined, and his first priority is to keep Caizhou safe.

As for the pursuit, let's wait until King Chu comes back. Your Kingdom of Zhou is south of Huai River, so you can still escape.

Almost at the same time, in Siyang City, which is separated by several prefectures, the Zhou army had breached the city in the early morning. Tang Jing'an led the remaining troops of the 19th Regiment and the policemen to defend the county government offices and warehouses, and fought with the Zhou army on the streets. Only less than 30% of the county town was left in his control. area.

Just when Tang Jing'an was determined to fight to the death, the Zhou army called Jin and retreated all the way to Boshan without any warning. It seemed a bit panicked.

On the morning of the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, with no reinforcements arriving, the crisis in Huaibei was resolved.
This is the shocking effect of the Qi army's victory!

In the early morning of the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Tiedan, the pioneer officer of the Southern Aid and the leader of the Second Guards Regiment who was a filial piety, arrived in Caizhou first. Now, Caizhou is completely safe.

But the grievances between Qi and Zhou are far from settled!

On the same day, noon.

Three hundred miles west of Luoyang, there is Dizhu Mountain in Shaanzhou.

In a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, Wanyan Mouyan slowly sat on a piece of bluestone holding a broken sword. He accidentally touched the wound on his waist and couldn't help but groan.

Two days ago, on the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Wanyan Mouyan ran four hundred miles and fled back to Luoyang City with only a hundred personal guards.

On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Jin Xia army was defeated. Wanyan Mouyan originally planned to rely on the strong city of Luoyang to collect the defeated troops. Although the battle was defeated, tens of thousands of people were lost, but more soldiers were defeated.

If we can wait a few days, it shouldn't be difficult to regroup tens of thousands of troops. Although we are no longer able to attack Tokyo, tens of thousands of troops can at least ensure the safety of Wanyan Mouyan on the thousand-mile retreat from Luoyang to Xixia.

Unexpectedly, on the third night of the Lunar New Year, Luoyang Han people Lu Yingxian and Qu Yi, who had originally paid gold, saw the Jin Xia army defeated and turned their weapons again, hoping to take Wanyan Mouyan's head and return to Qi.

Wanyan Mouyan was attacked by Naqu Yixian and stabbed in the waist. Fortunately, his bodyguards fought to the death to protect him and he was able to escape.

After escaping westward for a day and night, Wanyan Mouyan was left with only two personal guards. When passing through the Pillar Mountain, the three of them were tired and hungry.

The personal guards helped him find the dense forest at the foot of the mountain to take shelter temporarily, and then went to the foot of the mountain to look for food.

Although the wound on Wanyan Mouyan's waist was not fatal, he kept running away after being injured. At this moment, he could no longer feel any pain, but instead felt numb and hot. This was the most fatal thing, as he was probably infected with an evil poison.

Wanyan Mouyan couldn't help but secretly hate the Han people for not being trustworthy!
Thinking of the current situation again, Wanyan Mouyan sighed silently. He was not worried about his own safety. He just thought of the tens of thousands of Jin warriors who followed him through hardships and crossed the Xianbei Mountains, and his heart ached!
This is the Jin Kingdom's only mobile power and trump card. If Qi Kingdom is damaged in this battle, the situation on King Hailing's side will definitely become even more difficult to endure.

Wanyan Mouyan raised his hand and broke the sword, thinking in his heart that he could not live up to the entrustment of King Hailing, and he could not live up to Da Jin.

This sword was given to Wanyan Mouyan personally by King Hailing with the sword on his waist after he took on the important task of marching westward.

However, when running for his life under the city of Tokyo, he accidentally broke it, but Wanyan Mouyan still refused to throw it away.

However, a broken sword is a bad omen for those in the army.

While he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of rustling grass. Immediately afterwards, three men dressed as farmers pushed aside the weeds in front of them, and the four of them came to look at each other.

Wanyan Mouyan had abandoned his conspicuous armor during his escape, but the golden hair on his head could not be hidden from others.

The three farmers seemed to have a father-son relationship. A younger young man was caught off guard and bumped into a golden man with a blade in the wilderness. He subconsciously turned around and tried to escape.

But his father and brother stood still, even looking at the golden man with greedy eyes, and then the young man stopped.

Wanyan Mouyan was over fifty years old and had been running for his life for days. He had not eaten for two days and one night. In addition, he was injured in his waist. He knew that he could not conflict with it, so he took off the jade belt hook from his waist and threw it over. He said in Chinese: "Take this, you can exchange it for a hundred taels of silver."

The older young man hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the jade belt hook from the ground, wiped it hard with his sleeve, and looked at the sun. He saw that the jade was transparent and green, and it was not ordinary.

There is a line of ancient seal characters engraved on it, "Imperial system in the 14th year of Zhengning". At first glance, it is a treasure that the Jin people plundered from the Zhou Dynasty palace during Ding Wei.

The young man didn't recognize these words, so naturally he didn't know the story behind the jade belt hook, but he might as well put the jade belt hook into his clothes immediately.

But his eyes turned to the golden ribbon around Wanyan Mouyan's waist.

Father and son are connected. The middle-aged man among the three knew what his son wanted to do at a glance, and he had already walked slowly behind Wanyan Mouyan with a hoe.

Seeing this, the young man also moved a few steps to the side and grabbed the hoe in his hand.

At this point, Wanyan Mouyan naturally knew what the three of them were going to do, and he couldn't help but became furious. I, the majestic Marquis of Jin, the deputy commander of the army, have killed countless Han troops and civilians with my own hands. Now that the tiger has fallen in Pingyang, only three villagers Do you dare to take advantage of me?
The middle-aged farmer did not have as many psychological activities as him. Since we met in this barren mountain today, it was a fortune for his family. He suddenly shouted: "Dalang, come in!"

When the older young man heard the sound, he hurriedly took two steps, swung his hoe and smashed it down with his head.

Even though Wanyan Mouyan was old, he was still a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles. His instinctive reaction was to turn around and dodge, but as soon as he moved, severe pain suddenly shot through his waist. In the end, he was unable to completely avoid it and was hit by the young man. The hoe hits the shoulder.

Wanyan Mouyan staggered and fell to the ground. The young man, who looked a little frightened just now, quickly stepped forward to hit the target, but Wanyan Mouyan used the last bit of his strength to block with his dagger.

The hoe that hit from top to bottom was naturally more powerful than the broken sword. Even if Wanyan Mouyan blocked it, his arm was numb from the shock.

"Be bold!"

Wanyan Mouyan, who was lying on the ground, shouted loudly. The aura he had cultivated over the years as a leader frightened the young man, and he was unable to swing his second hoe.

Wanyan Mouyan was about to take the opportunity to stand up, but suddenly he felt a heavy blow to the back of his heart, and his back that had just been arched fell to the ground.

Wanyan Mouyan felt a fishy sensation in his throat and spurted out a mouthful of blood. Then he turned around with difficulty and saw that the middle-aged man had just pulled out the hoe that was embedded in his spine from his back. At the same time, he cursed at the young man: "Coward! You are being raped." If you are so scared, learn from your brother!"

The young man was scolded by his father and felt ashamed. In anger, he swung a hoe and hit Wanyan Mouyan on the head.

"Wait a minute, I am Dajin"

‘Poof~’

The back of Wanyan Mouyan's head suddenly deflated, but his eyes remained open unwillingly as if he didn't believe that the majestic deputy commander of the Golden Army would lose his life at the hands of a cowardly peasant.

But the young man still didn't understand his hatred. He just hoeed his head with a hoe, but he worked even harder than he usually did when clearing wasteland.

After more than ten breaths, the middle-aged man finally said: "Okay, okay! If you can't see the golden man anymore by smashing it, how can you drag it down the mountain to receive the reward?"

Just this morning and noon, a team of Qi cavalry soldiers came to the village where the father and son lived. They said: No matter life or death, capturing and killing a Jinxia soldier can be exchanged for one piece of money.
The three of them didn't take it seriously at all and continued to go up the mountain to reclaim wasteland as usual. They didn't expect that such a good thing would happen to them!

The old man stepped forward and took off Wanyan Mouyan's cowhide and gold-trimmed army boots. He immediately sat on the ground and put them on his feet. Then he looked at the newly acquired boots with joy and said happily: "Dad, this old gold The dog is well-dressed and must be at least a general. When you drag him down to exchange for money later, you have to make it clear to the military men and don’t let them calculate the money for us as an ordinary soldier."

The middle-aged man had just taken off Wanyan Mouyan's golden sash, wrapped it around his waist and tried it on. He only said: "The salt I have eaten is saltier than the bridge you have walked on. How can I not understand this? In my opinion, This person is not a captain, let alone a battalion commander."

Erlang, who had not performed well just now, timidly answered: "Dad, brother, the military master also said that if you can catch the leader of the Jin Kingdom playing with swallows or something, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver."

Erlang immediately received a loving slap from his father on the back of his head, "Just think of good things! Return the Lord of Jin Kingdom, why don't you go to Huanglong Mansion to capture Emperor Jin and send it to the court?"

Ji Lang rubbed the back of his head, feeling very wronged (End of this chapter)