Chapter 570: The situation in Juyang

On the 7th day of the fifth month of Qianyuan, in Liangjun, Juyang City, in the prefect's mansion, Li Xiucheng looked at Gao Shun lying on the bed and felt very uncomfortable. If he had not underestimated the enemy and was ambushed by Zhao's army, resulting in a crushing defeat, Gao Shun would not have been seriously injured because he led the camp to fight to the death. If Gao Shun died because of this, or had suffered some irreversible trauma, he would not have been able to forgive himself.

The military doctor was carefully helping Gao Shun for examination. Since Meng Ze returned from breaking through, Gao Shun has been unconscious due to serious injuries and has suffered multiple injuries. The most serious one is a stab in the waist. Although the blood has stopped, the wound is at risk of worsening infection.

While Li Xiucheng was waiting anxiously, the military doctor finally ended his treatment. Seeing this, Li Xiucheng hurriedly asked forward: "What's the matter with the military doctor? General Gao Shun's robbery is nothing serious, right?" Li Xiucheng stared at the military doctor tightly, afraid that he would say something desperate.

The military doctor sighed and said, "Reporting to the general, General Gao Shun's injuries have been controlled and there is no life-threatening at the moment. However, although the wound on the waist has stopped bleeding, it is a tendency to deteriorate. The villain has limited ability and is afraid it will be difficult to cure him. If possible, please ask the general to send General Gao Shun back to Wancheng for treatment as soon as possible, so as not to delay treatment and endanger life."

Although the military doctor controlled Gao Shun's injuries, he did not have enough ability to cure him. The military doctor also clearly told Li Xiucheng that he hoped to send Gao Shun back to Wancheng as soon as possible.

But this made Li Xiucheng very embarrassed. There were 100,000 Zhao troops outside besieged the city. In this case, how could Gao Shun be sent safely out of the city? If only one or two people left the city, it might be possible to hide the Zhao army's eyes and ears. However, if Gao Shun safely returned to Wancheng, it would definitely not be possible without a team of elite troops to escort it. Instead, he still needed to accompany him along the way, otherwise Gao Shun might not be able to reach Wancheng.

Li Xiucheng nodded and said, "This matter will be my own opinion. Your task is to take good care of General Gao Shun and there must be no problems."

"The villain understands, please rest assured by the general. However, the general cannot delay this matter. Please make the general decision as soon as possible." After that, the military doctor retreated and dispensed Gao Shun's medicine.

After the military doctor left, Murong Ye walked in and said, "General, how is General Gao Shun's situation?" They have been colleagues for many years, and their relationship is naturally extraordinary. Murong Ye is also very concerned about Gao Shun's situation.

"Nothing is serious for the time being. By the way, what's the matter with the Zhao army outside the city today?" Li Xiucheng asked.

Murong Ye replied, "It's still the same as before, without a trace of the intention of siege, but the general was relieved. Although the Zhao army surrounded the city, our army still had channels to contact the outside world. By the way, my son sent someone to send General Yue's military order, and asked the general to take a look!" After that, Murong Ye took out a secret order from his arms and handed it to Li Xiucheng.

Li Xiucheng took the secret order and opened it and his face changed immediately. When Murong Jun saw that Li Xiucheng's face was wrong, he asked quickly: "General, what's wrong with the reinforcements?"

Li Xiucheng shook his head and said, "There is no problem with the reinforcements. The general has sent General Qin Lie and Longxiang Guard to reinforce. It will take less than a few days to arrive. However, the general is very dissatisfied with our Longwu Guard's defeat this time, so we must defend Juyang City at all costs and wait for the arrival of reinforcements."

"That's good. Although the Zhao army is several times that of our army, it is not a problem to support the Longxiang Guard. General, if you have nothing to do, the last general will go down first. Only General Dian Wei is there at the top of the city, and the last general is a little worried." Murong Jun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that there is no problem with the reinforcements. As for Yue Fei's orders them to defend Juyang City at all costs, even if Yue Fei doesn't say that they will do this. After all, they are very clear about the consequences of Juyang City being lost.

After Murong Jun left, Li Xiucheng's face suddenly became ugly, because in the letter, in addition to seeing the news that reinforcements were coming, Yue Fei also said that if Juyang City was lost and he would take the flag sacrifice, Li Xiucheng felt very dissatisfied and wronged. It was true that Meng Ze's defeat would bear the greatest responsibility, and he also accepted it. However, he was a hero of Deng State after all, and even Deng Sheng dared not touch him easily. Now Yue Fei actually shouted to take him to sacrifice flag sacrifice, which made him unable to accept it.

However, Li Xiucheng understood that it is not the time to care about these things now. Even if he has any dissatisfaction, he has to wait until the battle of the Central Plains. The most important thing at the moment is to defend Juyang City and never let Zhao army succeed, otherwise Yue Fei would really take him to sacrifice the flag.

Outside the city, in the Zhao army camp and in the central army tent, Tu Gao was carefully analyzing the current situation. Although he defeated the Deng army in Mengze, he was unable to leave Deng army in Mengze and let Li Xiucheng retreat to Juyang with the remaining soldiers. Although the Longwu Guard suffered a lot, with Juyang City, it would not be so easy for him to completely defeat the Longwu Guard. Otherwise, he would not have been hoarding troops under Juyang City for so long.

"General!" At this time, Zhao army general Zheng Xuan walked in and said, "Report to the general and spies, a large number of Deng troops appeared in Ningling, all of whom were elite cavalry, coming to Juyang City. I believe they would arrive in less than two days."

When Tu Gao heard this, he thought for a while and said, "All of them are elite cavalry? Deng State lacks war horses, and there have always been only Longxiang Guards. The two elite cavalry of Shenxing Guards. Those who can dispatch so many elite cavalry may be either Longxiang Guards or Shenxing Guards." After so many years of fighting with each other, Tu Gao knows all the troops of Deng's army. Deng State is located in the south, and war horses are the biggest problem. If it weren't for blackmailing Han State once and making a deal with Qin State, whether it could form an organized cavalry is a problem. Even so, over the years, Deng State has only two elite cavalry of Longxiang Guards and Shenxing Guards.

"Either the Longxiang Guard nor the Shenxing Guard are all treasures of the Deng Kingdom and will not be sent out easily unless they have to. It can be seen that Yue Fei has no soldiers to send, otherwise he would never let the elite soldiers of the Deng Kingdom come out to take risks." Tu Gao said with a smile.

"General, what should we do now? Should we send troops to intercept Deng Jun and prevent them from reinforcement of Juyang City?" Zheng Xuan asked.

Tu Gao shook his head and said, "It's not easy to intercept tens of thousands of Deng's elite cavalry? Without the same elite cavalry, it's impossible to intercept them. At present, our army does not have so many cavalry."

"What should we do? You can't let Deng Jun come to Juyang City so easily?" Zheng Xuan asked. Although he was not optimistic about being able to intercept Deng Jun, he could not watch Deng Jun come to Juyang City.

Tu Gao said: "No need to pay attention to it, pass the orders and the entire army is ready to retreat and retreat to Meng County."

"What? Retreat? General, our army finally reached Juyang City. If we retreated like this, wouldn't it be a waste of time?" Zheng Xuan was puzzled when he heard Tu Gao say he retreated. He finally severely damaged the Longwu Guard of Deng Guo and attacked Juyang City. This was the biggest victory of the Zhao army since the war started, and even cleared the gloom of Changhuan's defeat and Pei County's defeat. Now he retreated, wouldn't he have to give up the good situation?

Tu Gao shook his head and said, "It's time to withdraw troops. If we can wipe out the Longwu Guard of Deng Kingdom in Mengze, of course we will take advantage of the victory and take over the entire Liang County in one go, and advance into Chen County or Pei County. However, now the Longwu Guard still has half of its troops and Juyang City, and we have no chance to fight. The reason why I stockpiled up troops here is to attract Deng's reinforcements to reduce the pressure on the general. Now Yue Fei directly dispatched an elite guard to Juyang City. The general not only reduced the pressure, but also found an opportunity to counterattack. Our goal has been achieved. When will we wait until we do not retreat?"

Tu Gao was very rational. He knew that this was not the main battlefield. Even if he could fight with Deng's army in Juyang City, it would be meaningless to do so. It would only increase casualties. Deng Zhao's main battlefield is on the eastern front, and the battle of Xia Pi is the most important. The reason why he came to Liang County was to see if he could have an opportunity, and the second was to hope to severely damage the Longwu Guard and prevent the Longwu Guard from going to reinforce the Eastern Front. The mission has been completed and he has attracted one of the two elite cavalry under Yue Fei's command. It can be said that he has exceeded the task. It is meaningless to stay here. It is better to withdraw earlier.

However, Tu Gao did not retreat directly to Jiyin County, but chose to retreat to Meng County in the north, hoping to see if he could find any opportunity. Although this opportunity was minimal, after all, Deng Jun would not be so easy to be deceived after suffering a loss, but the opportunities were left to those who were prepared. What if it was realized?

After hearing this, Zheng Xuan also felt that Tu Gao’s words made sense. Moreover, this time he entered the army, Tu Gao was the main general. Since Tu Gao had made a decision, even if he was unwilling to do so, he could only execute it.

The next day, the Zhao army led the camp north to Meng County. After the Zhao army left, within half a day, Longxiang Guard came to Juyang City.

At this time, Li Xiucheng was asking people to pack up Gao Shun's things and was about to send troops to escort Gao Shun back to Wancheng. Originally, Li Xiucheng was worried about how to send Gao Shun safely out of the city, but who knew that the Zhao army actually withdrew its troops. Although it was not clear why the Zhao army withdrew its troops under the advantage, since the Zhao army withdrew its encirclement of Juyang City, it was a good thing for Li Xiucheng and could also send Gao Shun back to Wancheng smoothly.

Li Xiu became Gao Shun to prepare 100 elite soldiers and two military doctors to take care of Gao Shun along the way. Before leaving, Li Xiucheng said to everyone: "Your mission is to send General Gao Shun safely back to Wancheng. If you complete the mission, there will be a reward, but if something unexpected happens, I will take your life, do you understand?"

"Don't worry, General, even if we are crushed to pieces, we will send General Gao Shun to Wancheng safely." Everyone responded quickly.

Li Xiucheng nodded and said, "Okay, it's not too early, you can set off earlier!"

"Here!" Everyone lifted Gao Shun onto the carriage. The 100 elite soldiers escorted this time were considered elite cavalry in the Longwu Guard. The Longwu Guard was not a cavalry guard, and there were only one thousand cavalrymen in the army. It was not easy to get a hundred people.

After the men escorting Gao Shun left, General Huang Fen (the son of Huang Deng, Huang Deng, fought in Qunin City and was seriously injured by Qin general Ma Sheng and died. His son Huang Fen was promoted to Longwu Guard and inherited Huang Deng's mantle) walked in and said, "Report to General, Longxiang Guard has arrived outside the city. Please give instructions from the general!"
Chapter completed!