As night fell, the left and right armies of the Northern Jin Kingdom began to withdraw, and the two troops of the Baiyue Loufang on the opposite side also began to retreat at the same time.

There is no point in fighting at night. The vision is extremely poor. If you don’t believe in the aim of bows and arrows, it is even more difficult to grasp when boarding a ship and fighting. It is not good for either side. It is better to withdraw your troops and go back to rest.

The shocking news that the Barbarians' withdrawal of troops was that the Shangui tribe was captured by a Northern Jin army of unknown origin, the patriarch Ebila died, and the Danluo area was occupied. The reason why Sowell temporarily withdrew his troops was because of this.

This happened so much that the other two barbarians caught them off guard.

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"Report to the commander, we have captured a single fishing boat from the Baiyue tribe and captured twenty-one barbarians. But, but..." Shang Ran, who was withdrawing from the Nanshuixian Township, received a report from a subordinate deputy general.

"I have caught a fishing boat and a few people, so I have to report it in particular? Do you think I am too idle?" Shang Ran's face was not good. After a few hours of fighting with the Baiyue tribe, the Left Route Army did not take any advantage, and each had casualties.

Thinking that this temporary attack was caused by the advent of the right-wing army, she was so angry that she came to attack.

"But, but..." The general's face looked strange and he wanted to speak but stopped.

"Hurry to say something!" Shang Ran was even more angry.

"The barbarians on the Baiyue tribe's fishing boat reported that something happened in the Shangui tribe." said the deputy general.

"Oh?" Shang Ran became interested, "What happened to the mountain ghost clan?"

"It's a big deal," said the deputy general. "They, they listened to the people around their generals' talk. The Harrier Eagle, who was sent to the clan, brought news that the Danluo area, the most important central area of ​​the Shangui tribe, was occupied by a Northern Jin army of unknown origin, and the clan leader Epira died in battle."

"What!" Shang Ran widened his eyes and stood up suddenly, "Is the Northern Jin army? Is it a branch of the Right Route Army?"

"I don't know very well." The deputy general smiled bitterly, "That were just a few fishermen, who were stuttering and vague. I don't know if it was true. Our barbarian translator was also confused. Those fishermen suddenly appeared in the mountain ghost tribe, a group of big ships that had never been seen before. Sailing on the near barbarian marsh was like flat ground, and countless soldiers like ghosts and gods came down from the ship. They were so fierce that the barbarians had no power to resist at all. They also had giant eagles scattering divine fire downwards... Listen to this..."

"A big ship that I have never seen before? The giant eagle scattered with divine fire?" Shang Ran murmured, as if he had remembered something, his eyes lit up, and he said to the deputy general, "Take the barbarian translator and go and ask questions with me!"

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The same situation occurred in the right-wing army.

The right-road army captured several scattered mountain ghost team fishing boats and learned about the change of mountain ghost team from the barbarians.

"Damn it!" Tong Yu punched the table with a hateful punch, his face distorted, "When did the left army become so powerful that it can actually divide a team and occupy the Shangui tribe through the dangerous terrain of the barbarian zodiac in such a short time? Are the barbarians of the Shangui tribe all a group of stupid pigs? Since they are stupid pigs, why can they still exist for so many years?"

Of course he was very angry. The reason why the right-road army advanced was to grab the first prize and let the second prince win the first prize in front of Shang Zhen. But now, he has paid a huge price and this success is gone.

"Although Princess Shang Ran fought against the Barbarians for many years, the most successful time was that she had only attacked the outskirts of the Liluo area and destroyed a temple. As for the capture of Danluo and the killing of the mountain ghost leader, I'm afraid she doesn't have the ability to do this." Lu Qiu Zhiping's face was gloomy, "That is, the only variable in this southern expedition was to add that son..."

"Jin Ling? Are you from Jin Ling?" Shang Liang stood up with a loud voice and said in dismay, "He, how could he be... The military newspaper sent by the Left Army is not the case. Most of the Left Army's troops followed Shang Ran to fight against the Baiyue Division? That boy just sits in the rear and does not fight at all!"

"After the light, this matter must be investigated carefully." Luqiu Zhiping said, "It's definitely not that simple!"

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In the night, many faith eagles flew into Jinhua City and flew to different directions.

Two of them fell to Zheng, an elderly eunuch who was on duty in the Xinying Room of the Northern Jin Palace, untied the bamboo tube tied to the Xinying's feet as usual, and did not dare to untie it, so they sent it directly to the Royal Military Office.

The Military Affairs Office is composed of six ministers in the court and takes turns to be on duty. The minister on duty tonight is Xu Yingpeng, the Minister of Revenue. He tore open the seals on the bamboo tubes of the two letter eagles and took out the secret letter. When he saw it, he was immediately happy and said to the old eunuch: "Hurry up and wake up Your Majesty the Grandpa! The Southern Expedition is overjoyed! The Southern Expedition is overjoyed!"

The old eunuch did not dare to neglect and hurriedly woke Shang Zhen up: "Your Majesty! Nanzheng is very happy!"

Shang Zhen snatched up from Fufei's couch, and had no time to put on his coat and didn't wear his shoes. He opened the door and rushed out, completely ignoring whether Fufei would suddenly appear. He snatched the secret letter from the old eunuch, and when he saw it, he burst into laughter, "The left and right armies each reported to each other, the Shangui tribe has been destroyed! Erbila is dead! Excellent! Excellent!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" The old eunuch and other eunuchs and palace guards who were awakened heard the sound and knelt down to celebrate together.

After Shang Zhen was excited, he looked at the two secret letters carefully. He found that in the letters of the left and right armies, the Northern Jin army that had defeated the Shangui tribe was the army of the Northern Jin, but the army of which was vague. No one killed Epira.

No, Shang Ran and Tong Yu shouldn't make such mistakes, at least they have to explain. Shang Zhen frowned.

After a while, the eldest prince Shang Jiong and the second prince who received the secret letter went to the palace one after another, met Shang Zhen in Wuhua Palace, and expressed their congratulations.

"You have also received the report. It is indeed a great joy." Shang Zhen said, "The land of the Three Barbarians was a vassal of the kingdom thousands of years ago, and they paid tribute to the kingdom. For thousands of years, the kingdom has repeatedly lost its territory, and the prestige of the great power has been lost, so that only one city is left. The former kings have been thinking about regaining their hometowns, but unfortunately they have repeatedly used foreign troops, but they have not achieved any results. Now that they have captured the mountain ghost, I am the first Northern Jin lord to expand their territory in hundreds of years!"

His words were very excited, which was the happiness that the emperor was eager to gain for expanding his territory.

"Congratulations to Father!" The two princes congratulated each other again.

"But, it was not mentioned in both battle reports. Who broke through the Shangui tribe and killed Epira. Do you two know?" Shang Zhen looked at them.

The two were ashamed, they really didn't know. The content of the secret letter to them was the same as the one given to Shang Zhen.

"Don't you know?" Shang Zhen looked fierce, "How do you two men in the court supervisor? Since that's the case, I can't praise you for the first merits of this battle."

"Your Majesty! Princess Qinghan is asking for a visit outside the palace gate!" At this time, a guard came to report.

"She, a girl, is not staying well in the Baron's Mansion so late, why are you here?" Shang Zhen said, "Well, there must be something wrong when you come so late, let her come in."

After a while, Qinghan came, looked happy and knelt down to Shang Zhenchang: "Congratulations to your father, for breaking through the mountain ghost tribe, and killing the leader of the barbarian tribe Epira!"

"Oh? You know too?" Shang Zhen laughed in silence, "Yes, Jin Ling will definitely tell you this important news in the army."
Chapter completed!