After several days of baking, the sun finally began to feel tired, and the thick dark clouds lifted up, ready to take a good rest.

In the Fengtian Army Commander's tent, Xu Kang, who had not rested for several days, was still staring with red eyes, constantly studying the intelligence collected from below, with an excited and anxious expression.

It has been more than ten days since Xian Yufu defeated the domestic city. According to his latest battle report, the Fengtian Army cavalry has now broken through 16 Goguryeo cities and 73 villages, and captured more than 7,000 heads. Such a huge loss.

, it is not a heavy blow to Goguryeo, and more importantly, this loss is still increasing.

Goguryeo will definitely find a way to expel this cavalry as soon as possible, and the only one who has the ability to do this is the Goguryeo army currently stranded outside Liaoyang City.

However, more than ten days have passed, and this army has not moved at all.

Although both the Fengtian Army and the officers and soldiers of Xuantu County had thought about cutting off the communication between the Goguryeo army and the country, everyone knew that this was completely impossible. All they could do was destroy the other party's communication channels and delay the other party.

It’s just the information acquisition time.

But now that so much time has passed, it is impossible for the other party not to know the current situation in Goguryeo. But why can he still be so calm?

Although Xu Kang also understood that in the face of the Fengtian Army and the officers and soldiers watching eagerly from the side, the opponent's commander-in-chief's current choice is undoubtedly the best strategy. But the best is not necessarily the most suitable. Could it be that he not only angered the terrible king?

Consequences?

Xu Kang was puzzled, but he also saw how terrifying the other commander was, so he had to be extra careful.

Gong Yinglian saw Xu Kang's eyes filled with bloodshot eyes and veins popping out on his forehead. She couldn't help but worry: "You haven't rested for several days. How will your body bear if you continue like this? You'd better sleep for a while."

Xu Kang closed his eyes and rubbed his swollen forehead, shook his head and said: "No, the Goguryeo army must be planning to withdraw. Now is the most critical moment of the entire battle. I must keep an eye on him. Opportunities like this

Maybe it's only once in a lifetime, if we miss it and let their tens of thousands of troops return safely, then we will be at a huge disadvantage."

Gong Yinglian scolded: "But you don't know when they will evacuate now? Could it be that if they don't leave for a day and you don't sleep for a day, can you survive them?"

Xu Kang smiled bitterly and said: "There is no way. If we can eliminate more of their troops now, we will have less pressure when facing them in the future. And there is a limit to everything. I don't trust the other party."

The commander-in-chief really dares to ignore the king's orders. If he wants to leave, it will definitely be within these few days."

Gong Yinglian saw that he was in such high spirits that she couldn't persuade him any more.

Ci Mei rarely quarrels with Xu Kang in recent days, and now seeing how tired he is, she can't help but complain: "The commander-in-chief of Goguryeo is really capable of fighting whenever he wants and walking away whenever he wants. Now he is shrinking like a turtle.

Get up, what’s going on?”

Xu Kang said with a smile: "This shows that he is a qualified commander. He even disobeys the king's orders just to protect his soldiers. Such a commander is really scary. I don't know his name. If I can get to know him,

It’s ready now.”

"You've been fighting with him for so long, but you don't know his name?" Ci Mei asked in surprise. "Besides, they sent an envoy here? How could you not know?"

Xu Kang blushed and said: "I think I heard someone mention it, but I don't remember it. And it's not like you didn't see it at the time. I tore up the letter they brought without even reading it. How could I know his name.

"

"But when I saw you mentioning him the other day, I felt like you knew him very well." Gong Yinglian said doubtfully.

Xu Kangdao: "At that time, because we had a fierce collision with the army at the beginning, we both understood each other's tactics and character, so that's why it happened. To be honest, I thought that the commander-in-chief was a stable person, but

I never expected him to be so stable."

At this moment, a loud "krack" sound came from the sky, and then raindrops like crackling fried beans rolled down.

Xu Kang walked out of the big tent and went to the outside. Only then did he realize that after a while, he could no longer see clearly the scenery in the distance.

Gong Yinglian walked up to him and said, "It's raining really hard. It seems like they won't be able to leave today even if they want to. You'd better take a rest."

Indeed, it would be extremely difficult for tens of thousands of troops to advance in such a rainy day. Thinking of this, Xu Kang nodded and said, "Well, I'll sleep for a while. As long as there is military information, wake me up immediately."

"I see."

Xu Kang walked into the tent, walked onto the carpet, and almost fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.

Seeing this, Gong Yinglian could only smile helplessly. This man was already so tired, yet he still wanted to show off. He walked forward and found a thin quilt to cover him.

I don’t know how long it took, but it was raining heavily outside. Suddenly someone broke into the tent and shouted: “It’s bad, the Goguryeo army has withdrawn.”

Gong Yinglian was startled. Before she could speak, Xu Kang's voice came from behind her, saying: "How is that possible? How long have you been walking?"

The one who broke in was Xue Ke'er, who was currently in charge of intelligence work. She was heard to say: "Since it started raining, our intelligence personnel withdrew because they could not monitor them. I saw that the rain had lightened up just now.

, I sent someone to check, but I didn’t expect that their camp was already empty.”

Xu Kang was completely awake at this time and said: "Immediately inform Liaoyang City of the situation here, and at the same time gather an army for me. Also, send someone to check, how did they leave?"

The entire Fengtian Army camp was moved, and soon, the 20,000-strong army was assembled. The messenger sent to Liaoyang City also came back, saying that Yao Guang had already assembled and set off first because of the small number of people.

Xu Kang frowned, Yao Guang still wanted to take credit at this time.

On the other side, Xue Ker's investigation was also handed over.

It turned out that the Goguryeo army seemed to have known that there would be heavy rain, so they prepared rain gear in advance and even prepared hay and other bedding materials for the carriages, so they traveled very fast along the way.

How could they possibly know that it was going to rain? Did the Goguryeo army still have people who could pinch and calculate?

Fortunately, Xue Kerr has found out that it was the Goguryeo army who found several local old people, and it was they who deduced from their experience that there would be rain in the near future.
Chapter completed!