In just three months, the Millions of Great Li Army advanced more than 1,200 miles north on the Mobei grassland, which was more than 2,000 miles long east-west. The battle record was brilliant.

The more than 3 million soldiers of the army soon shouldered heavy logistical tasks and built more than 20 cities in the vast occupied areas. Although they were all simple small cities surrounded by wooden fences, such brilliant achievements were unprecedented.

Of course, although they are all simple small cities, there are differences: cities located on the supply line of various armies will be larger and more solid, such as Mulicheng; while cities that are the liaison points between major cities will be smaller, such as Tiemucheng.

Tiemu City is located in the middle of the Central Army and the Left Army. It is only two or three miles in a radius, and it is more like a camp. The troops are only 500 squadrons and 100 light cavalry. They are responsible for patroling and alerting and conveying messages on weekdays. When a large army is mobilized, they do not provide accommodation for the army passing here, and that's all.

Li Hanqing was not clear about these things, but Yao Zhongyi, Luo Gang and others were very clear about them.

Therefore, when the Northern Barbarian Cavalry attacked, Yao Zhongyi rushed out of the camp without hesitation with his brother who could still ride a horse and draw a bow.

Nowadays, most of the remaining brothers under his command are injured. Once the city is broken, only God knows how many people can escape!

Therefore, when the rain of arrows hits, Luo Gang will scold him in surprise and anger, "Damn it, too arrogant..."

Tiemu City is too small, and the Northern Barbarians really don’t take it seriously, which will make Luo Gang even more angry.

When Li Hanqing followed the team to the north gate, he only saw the back of the vast Northern Barbarian Iron Cavalry leaving like a tide, and immediately understood this.

The Northern Barbarian Iron Cavalry was just passing by, and they really didn’t take Iron City seriously!

Damn it, it was a false alarm!

Li Hanqing let out a sigh of relief, and then felt a little aggrieved again.

Turtle, I am really too arrogant. What do you think of me as?

Do you have to bully every time you pass the road?

"Yao Duwei,"

The guard of Tiemu City seemed to be of low grade. When he saw Yao Zhongyi and his people rushed over, he hurriedly came up and bowed with his fists. He looked a little worried, "What should we do now?"

"this……"

Yao Zhongyi had to smile bitterly, "Brother Bo Yan is the chief general in the city, and you still need to decide on this matter yourself!"

"well……"

The middle-aged man, known as "Brother Bo Yan", looked bitter, "Now, the vanguard of the Northern Barbarian Army has passed, and the main force of the central army will definitely arrive soon. If our army persists and does not retreat... what is the difference between being a mantis arm and chariot? But... if he abandons the city before receiving the order from General Qi... it is also a serious crime!"

As he said that, the middle-aged general sighed again, "How could this battle be fought like this?"

Yao Zhongyi's expression turned dark and speechless.

yes!

Millions of heroic troops came out of the northern part of the Mo, and the twelve troops advanced in unbeatable. Why did they suddenly fight like this?

The middle-aged general couldn't figure it out, Yao Zhongyi couldn't figure it out, and even the soldiers around him who heard the middle-aged general's words could not figure it out.

Why did it turn out like this?

Li Hanqing had a vague idea.

The front line was too long, the cavalry was not well-organized, the news was not smooth, the movement was slow, and it was difficult for each unit to coordinate the operation... So he was led by the strongly mobile Northern Barbarian army?

Beizhicheng was raided by the Bei barbarians and went down; Beijucheng was surrounded by the Bei barbarians but did not break, becoming the point of surrounding the point of aggression; using Beijucheng as bait, the Beibarbarians successfully defeated the 60,000 infantry and cavalry of the left army who went to reinforce...

Li Hanqing can roughly think of so much, after all, he can obtain too little information.

Of course, he didn't know that as early as when they were ordered to reinforce Beiju City, another cavalry of the Beiman army had already wiped out more than half of the Dali Right Army under the personal leadership of the Beiman Khan.

However, Emperor Dali, who was stationed in the Houzhengbei Palace in Zhenbei Pass, had received an urgent battle report of 800 miles.

One was from the left line army and the other from the right line army, and was almost sent to the palace.

However, this is definitely not good news for the ambitious Emperor Dali.

"Damn...Damn..."

In the main hall of the Zhengbei Palace, Emperor Dali, who was in his prime, sat on the imperial throne in a big yellow dragon robe. His heroic face was as gloomy as if water was about to drip out of it. He threw the battle report he had read onto the imperial case in front of him, gritted his teeth and scolded him twice, but did not specify whether it was the generals on the front line who had lost their soldiers and generals who lost their city and land, or the Northern Barbarians who suddenly counterattacked and were both.

Your Highness, all the nobles and nobles bowed their heads, and were silent.

Seeing this, the furious Emperor suddenly grabbed two urgent battle reports on the imperial case, and smashed them at the first purple-robed minister in the left head, "Liu Chudao, are you mute?"

"Crazy..."

Liu Chudao, the apprentice of the Hereditary Town Company, had his hair and beard and hair were all white. Although he was not hit by the two documents, he was so scared that he trembled all over and hurriedly bowed under the tablet, fearing and trepidation, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and he has his own decision..."

"shut up!"

At this moment, the furious Emperor, His Majesty, was not in the mood to hear him flatter, shouted angrily, and then he looked at the purple-robed minister in the right head, "Sima Jin, say!"

"His Majesty……"

Sima Jin, the Minister of War, hurriedly bowed his body with his scepter, and was also trembling. "For the current plan, the only way is to completely shrink the troops... to connect the three armies and form a new line of defense..."

"Damn it!"

Before Sima Shao finished speaking, he was interrupted by His Majesty the Emperor in anger, "You want the soldiers to hand over the land they seized from their bloody battles to the barbarians of the grassland?"

"His Majesty……"

Sima Jin's head lowered, "Snow snow has fallen from the north of Mobei, which is really unfavorable to our army. If we do not shrink the defense line as soon as possible, I am afraid that... all units will be defeated by the enemy soon!"

As he said that, Sima Jin paused and quickly added, "Temporarily retreat to preserve his strength, and at the same time stick to the front line of Suiyuan, Zhenyuan, and Jingyuan, waiting for the spring of the coming year..."

As he said that, Sima Jin paused and looked up at the emperor on the throne.

"Um……"

The expression on Emperor Dali's energetic big face had eased a lot. After a moment of pondering, he shouted in a deep voice, "Yang Junzuo!"

A handsome middle-aged man with eight feet long and silver helmet and armor quickly stepped out with his scepter and bowed to the imperial throne, saying, "I am here!"

"I give you the talisman of the Grand Marshal of the World!"

Emperor Dali looked at the middle-aged man of His Highness with a sharp look on his face, "Immediately, lead the eight thousand light cavalry in Yulin to Zhenyuan City... and fully deal with the military in Mobei!"

call……

All the nobles and ministers in the hall were obviously relieved.

In times of crisis, His Majesty the Emperor finally put aside his vigilance against this Eighth Emperor's brother... The crisis in Mobei can be resolved!

The soldiers in Tiemu City naturally could not know what happened in Zhengbei Palace, and they were still in a dilemma.

For the defenders of Tiemu City: defending the city to death is like catching a mantis arm and evacuating without authorization is another serious crime of beheading.

Yu Yao Zhongyi and other remaining troops of Zuo Xiaowei were unable to take away so many wounded people if they evacuated alone. If they did not evacuate, they would have to live and die with Tiemucheng.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the north gate of Tiemu City was solemn.

"Pu da...pa..."

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves rang out of the city.

"What is!"

The soldiers on the watchtower quickly looked in the sound and saw a horse heading straight to the entrance of the city. The knight on the horse was already shaking, and then shouted, "What do you mean you are back! Open the city gate..."

"What do you mean to be back?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged general was immediately excited and quickly ordered, "Open the city gate! Open the city gate!"

"Squeak..."

The soldiers guarding behind the city gate quickly opened the thick city gate.

"Pu da...pa..."

A horse ran straight in. The knight on the horse quickly pulled away his reins and stopped the horse, but his body shook and fell off the horse with a "thump".

“What is…”

A soldier with quick eyes quickly stepped forward to help him, but screamed, "Why are you being shot?"

"Captain..."

Then what does it mean to pull the soldier away and look around. When he saw the middle-aged general walking over, he quickly reached out and took out a document stained with blood from his arms, "Order... take your brothers and retreat..."

"What is!"

The middle-aged general rushed forward, held onto the truth, turned his head and shouted, "Send it to treat the wound..."

"Xia Boyan!"

He suddenly broke free from his arm, looking angry, "Don't worry, take my brothers and retreat quickly... It will be too late when the Northern Barbarian army arrives!"

Yao Zhongyi and Li Hanqing and others of Zuo Xiaoqi were stunned, but the defenders of Tiemu City seemed to have been accustomed to it.

"Transmission of departments,"

Xia Boyan stood up embarrassedly, "Burn the baggage and retreat immediately!"

The retreat order was down, and the soldiers did not hesitate anymore, but the order was clearly written: retreat to the Black Iron City...

The Northern Barbarian Iron Cavalry had just passed by. He who rushed back from Hei Iron City met them. At this time, he rushed to Hei Iron City... to seek death?

In the end, a group of six hundred infantry and cavalry had to retreat southeastward, and the cavalry explored the way, alerted the infantry, and rushed to the road with all their might.

However, I rushed all the way, and it was only more than thirty miles until noon.
To be continued...