Just now, a powerful golden eagle once again stood on the shoulders of the messenger soldier in Songzhou City. The messenger soldier held a letter and rode towards Young Master Liu.
Young Master Liu tensed up when he heard this, and subconsciously looked towards the messenger.
Eight hundred miles express does not mean the distance is eight hundred miles, but it is the most serious letter among all documents.
What could happen in the capital that would require eight hundred miles of urgent documents?
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly turned his horse's head and waved his hand, taking the letter from the messenger's hand, opening it and reading through it.
After a moment, Liu Mingzhi suddenly clenched his fist and held the letter in his hand. Cheng Kai and others around him could clearly see that Mr. Liu's arms were shaking.
Obviously, the content of the letter should not be underestimated. It had been a long time since anyone had seen the commander in such a panicked state.
Cheng Kai and Zhou Baoyu looked at each other, hesitated and looked at the letter in Young Master Liu's hand.
"Commander, what news has come from the capital?"
Liu Mingzhi hesitated and handed the clumped letter to Cheng Kai.
"King Qing, King Shu, King Yun, King Jing, and King Heng have raised their troops to rebel. Their soldiers and horses have already arrived at Qinzhou Prefecture and Shunzhou Prefecture. It will take at least four days for the golden eagle to fly to us. Maybe the rebels have already arrived at the city.
Got it!"
"This is the request for help sent by His Majesty four days ago, ordering my commander to immediately lead his troops thousands of miles away from the capital to ask for help from King Qin."
"We are all cavalry, and we are faster than the other two armies. Especially since the other armies on the left are at war with the Jin Kingdom and the Turks, we cannot get away at all. We are the only ones who take the initiative and can withdraw at any time.
Return to the rescue, King Qin comes to your aid!"
"But"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the corpses of his brothers who were gradually covered by snow in the field. What he wanted to express was self-evident!
"What?"
"Raising troops to rebel?"
"Your Majesty's ascension to the throne is the late emperor's will. Why do they want to rebel?"
"It will take us sixteen and a half days to get back to the capital even if we work hard without eating or drinking. Sixteen days. In this situation, with the severe cold weather and heavy snow blocking the roads, we can't even think of getting back in less than a month!"
"How many soldiers and horses do the rebels have? We don't know whether they have siege weapons. Can the Guards last for a month?"
There were people all around who were screaming in shock, obviously panicked by the news.
Cheng Kai read the contents of the letter and handed it to Zhou Baoyu, frowning and looking at Mr. Liu.
"Commander, what should we do now? Withdraw our troops or not?"
Liu Mingzhi hesitated and closed his eyes. In front of him, the Jin Kingdom's 200,000 troops were being beaten by him and their defenses were shrinking step by step. At this moment, when King Qin came to Beijing to rescue them, all the previous efforts were in vain.
The results that tens of thousands of soldiers sacrificed their lives for will be in vain and destroyed.
But if we don’t go back, what if the 100,000 Imperial Guards cannot withstand the rebel attack? Once the capital falls,
Liu Mingzhi no longer dared to think about the consequences.
Especially if Li Yunlong transfers his resentment towards his family members, he will regret it for the rest of his life.
On the one hand, it is the blood sacrifice of the soldiers, on the other hand, it is the safety of the family and the emperor.
Only then did Liu Mingzhi understand what the real dilemma was.
On the one hand, as a coach, it is the responsibility of an army of 300,000 people, and on the other hand, it is family love. It is really difficult to choose.
Brother-in-law, if there is something wrong with the foreign king's life, let him go and fight, and leave the rest to his brother.
A brother-in-law is like a pine tree and a cypress, and a brother-in-law is like a green mountain.
Green mountains, pines and cypresses will never let you down.
Before the expedition, Li Baiyu expressed his support for him in the previous letter, but the letter that came later made Liu Mingzhi uneasy.
Li Baiyu sent a letter asking for help, which means that the situation in the capital has become very serious. If you don't go back at this time,
The surrounding generals looked at the complicated-faced Liu Mingzhi and kept silent, not daring to disturb the commander's thoughts.
After a long time, Young Master Liu took a deep breath, got off his horse, and knelt down on one knee with the Heavenly Sword in hand toward the corpses lying on the ground.
With scarlet eyes, he looked at the snow-covered bodies of the soldiers and bowed three times, then cut off his blood-stained scarlet cloak with a sword and threw it to the ground.
"Brothers, you should keep warm from the cold first."
"Liu Mingzhi swears to God that one day he will personally take your bodies back to China for burial."
"Let your soul return to your hometown and protect my dragon territory again."
"Right now, Liu Mingzhi is sorry!"
As he spoke, two lines of clear tears flowed from the corners of Liu Mingzhi's eyes, and he slowly stood up.
"All officers and men obey orders!"
"The general will be waiting for your orders!"
"Salute to the brothers, and then take advantage of Xuemu's obstruction to withdraw troops and return to the city for repairs. At midnight, we sent out three thousand troops and horses to retreat first with the wounded brothers. Tomorrow Dongfang will withdraw immediately when it is white, and the squad will return to the court to save King Qin!"
"The general will get the order!"
"Cheng Kai and Zhou Baoyu obey orders!"
"The end is here!"
"Quickly send a letter to Song Qing's Ministry and Duan Bu Ren's Ministry, asking them to send troops back to the court first if the situation permits. King Qin will rescue them and we will meet up in the capital!"
"Got the order!"
In Yingzhou, northern Xinjiang, the tall city wall of Yingzhou has long been in dilapidated condition. If it weren't for the crowds of soldiers and horses on the city wall, and the soldiers carrying bows and arrows passing by, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the Yingzhou City in front of us is a long-abandoned city.
"Your Majesty, the snow is getting heavier and heavier. If we don't withdraw our troops and return home, once the heavy snow completely blocks the road back home, our food and grass tents will not be able to support us, and all the hundreds of thousands of troops will freeze to death in the wild."
Wanyan Chizha braved the snow and looked at the failed attack on the city again, and waved his fist fiercely at the soldiers who slowly retreated.
"How many times have you attacked the city?"
"This is the seventeenth time we have attacked the city since we sent out troops. The city gates everywhere are sealed with stones, and our artillery can't blast the city gates open at all.
After finally using the siege ladder to reach the city wall, we were finally defeated by the dragon guards and were defeated."
"Yingzhou has not been conquered seventeen times. This bone is harder to crack than I expected."
"Your Majesty, withdraw your troops!"
"For the attack on Fuzhou, the brothers in Jezhou have already sent a message. There is a wilderness outside the city. It is freezing at night. The soldiers who are in the cold wind can't stand it at all. Many brothers are a little stiff from the cold!"
"Continue to attack forcefully. Once the dragon guards seize the opportunity to counterattack and kill us, we will be completely finished."
"How's the Turkic side?"
"The soldiers and horses on Dalong's left were in a stalemate. It was impossible to tell the winner. Both sides suffered heavy casualties."
Wanyan Chizha threw the riding whip in his hand heavily on the snow and looked at the dilapidated Yingzhou City unwillingly.
"They say auspicious snow heralds a good harvest."
"God, the snow should not have come so early this year. The sky has no eyes. You have delayed all my country and country."
"Instruct the three armies to withdraw their troops and return home!"
"Send a letter to the two armies on the left and right, and ask them to start looking for opportunities to withdraw their troops. Don't let the enemy troops come out of the city to counterattack and attack!"
"At the same time, I would like to inform the Turks that if they are tacit allies, they will be enemies in the future, but the overall situation is uncertain at the moment, and we cannot do anything to add insult to injury to prevent the big dragon fishermen from benefiting."
"The general will get the order!"
Wanyan Chizha's face was full of unwillingness, and he turned around and rushed towards the big tent hundreds of steps away.
If you plan to withdraw your troops, you should tell the nominal commander whether you are public or private.
"moon"
Wanyan Chiezha looked at the empty tent and frowned: "Personal guards!"
"The humble position is here, see the deputy commander!"
Wanyan Chizha pointed to the empty tent: "Where is the commander-in-chief?"
The guard was startled and hurriedly knelt down on one knee.
"Reporting to the deputy commander, the commander hurried out of the city after receiving a letter. He said he wanted to find you and strictly ordered us not to follow. Didn't the commander go to find you?"
A bad premonition welled up in his heart, and Wanyan Chizha stared blankly at the bodyguard in front of him.
"Nonsense, I have been supervising the battle on the front line and have never seen the commander at all."
"Impossible, the commander-in-chief clearly said he wanted to find you!"
Wanyan Chizha hurriedly got out of the tent and took a look around.
"Someone is coming!"
"The humble position is here!"
"Thoroughly investigate the whole camp and be sure to find the commander back."
"Got the order!"
Half a stick of incense.
One stick of incense, two sticks of incense, three sticks of incense
"Report it, check everything thoroughly, there is no boss to fight for!"
"Report, a leak was found in the fence behind the camp, and there were footprints and horse hoof prints mixed together. The general traced it and found that the horse hoof prints went south along the official road outside the east gate of Yingzhou along the southeast of the camp!"
"Although the footprints are covered with snow, you can still tell that they are the footprints of a child. They are 100% the footprints of the commander-in-chief!"
"In all likelihood, the commander rode south alone!"
With a clang, Wanyan Chiezha's sword fell to the ground, and Wanyan Chiezha suddenly sat down on the chair, his eyes expressionless.