#1108 precarious
There was no suspense in the subsequent battle. After Zhang Ren killed Goguryeo's general Jin Kaiyao in the chaos, more than ten thousand Goguryeo's remnants, like a dog that was strayed from their families, gave up their resistance.
At this point, the Battle of Hengren was over. In this battle, the Goguryeo Army, plus the 20,000 annihilated on the river bank, lost a total of 80,000 troops, of which more than 50,000 were killed. General Jin Kaiyao and others died in the chaos. However, Li Muqing led the main force to escape when the city was broken. This was destined to have a more tragic Battle of Marutou. For the Qin army, although the battle was brilliant, it also paid a considerable price. The First Legion lost a total of 15,000 people, of which about 10,000 were killed.
Chen Chu walked into the capital surrounded by iron guards, and three female generals in military uniforms, Zhang Rui, Sun Ren and Wen Yuan, followed closely. Although the capital seemed very messy, there were not many blood and corpses. It can be seen that the battle just now was not fierce. Teams of prisoners walked out of the capital under the watchful eyes of Qin soldiers, their faces were gray, like plague chickens with plague.
Chen Chu sat down in the main seat of the conference hall. Zhang Rui, Sun Ren and Wen Yuan stood on the left and right of Chen Chu with their swords. At this time, there were only four of them in the conference hall. Dian Wei, the general of the Iron Wall Guard who should have been beside Chen Chu, was sent outside the city by Chen Chu to coordinate the movements of the various troops.
"Haha, why are you three still so serious? One of you laughed!" Chen Chu joked in a very unfair manner.
The three girls rolled their eyes together, and Zhang Rui wrinkled her nose and said angrily: "Brother, we are all generals now! You can't tease us!" As she said that, she shook the armor on her body proudly.
Chen Chu smiled and was about to continue teasing, a sound of footsteps sounded outside the gate.
Chen Chu quickly sat upright and changed into a very serious look. The three girls also looked serious.
Then several generals wearing heavy armor came in with an undissolved atmosphere of the battlefield. One was carrying the Fang Tian Painted Ridge, quite heroic, it was Lu Bu, and the other was as majestic as a grizzly bear, bald, who would it be if it were Dian Wei? The last one had gray hair and hair, but his aura was still extraordinary, like a sword unsheathed. He was another general under Chen Chu's command Yan Yan.
"Your Majesty!" the three of them bowed together.
"The three generals don't have to be too polite! Get up!" Chen Chu said with a smile.
"Thank you Your Majesty!" The three of them stood up. Lu Bu immediately reported with some depression: "Your Majesty, I led 10,000 light cavalry to intercept Li Muqing. Sure enough, I encountered it, but I couldn't block it. She led the main force and ran away, and only wiped out more than 10,000 people!"
Although Chen Chu was a little disappointed with this result, he was not surprised. He nodded and said, "This defeat was extremely serious on Li Muqing and Goguryeo! It doesn't matter if Li Muqing was not blocked. We all settled the accounts when we went to Goguryeo!"
"Your Majesty, let me be the striker!" Lu Bu couldn't wait to ask for his order.
Chen Chu shook his head, "No hurry! Our army has just experienced this siege battle, and all the troops are already quite tired. Let's take a rest here for a few days! By the way, is there any news about Yun Chang?" It's strange that the main force of the Eighth Legion led by Guan Yu actually arrived outside Hengren City earlier than the First Legion led by Chen Chu, but Guan Yu was not seen in this period of siege battle.
"Not yet!" Dian Wei replied.
Chen Chu pondered for a moment and ordered: "Send all scouts to monitor Li Muqing's troops every move, and at the same time monitor Luer City and Huge Gekou direction! All units of the First Legion rest on the spot, and the captives and seizures will be handled by Yan Yan!"
Yan Yan and Lu Bu responded and retreated immediately.
Dian Wei clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I will arrange the guard work of the Iron Wall Guard!"
Before Chen Chu could answer, Zhang Rui, who was standing beside him, rushed to say, "Let's do this for us sisters!" Sun Ren and Wen Yuan nodded together. The three girls were all very excited. They seemed to be addicted to the job of guarding Chen Chu.
Dian Wei smacked his lips and looked at Chen Chu with a questioning look.
Chen Chu smiled, rubbed his head and forehead, glanced at the three girls, and saw them staring at him in a hidden threatening look, and couldn't help but feel funny. Chen Chu thought for a while and ordered, "Well, come here, you can arrange it with them!" Chen Chu finally made a compromise decision. Chen Chu did this not to worry about Zhang Rui and the others, but because the war in Hengren City was over at this time, and the three girls might encounter danger. Let Dian Wei and the three girls make arrangements together to ask Dian Wei to take into account the safety of the three girls.
Dian Wei immediately understood what Chen Chu meant, clasped his fists and retreated. Seeing this, Zhang Rui and the others also clasped their fists at Chen Chu in a regular manner and retreated one after another.
After the three girls left, Chen Chu couldn't help but shook his head with some amusement.
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Li Muqing led 80,000 remaining troops to retreat into Wandu in a hurry. At this time, it was obviously the end of spring, but Li Muqing felt a biting chill.
The people of Marutou looked at the huge and high-spirited team silently and were surprised to find that the two teams in front and behind were completely different. Everyone couldn't help but feel an inexplicable fear.
Li Muqing returned to the palace hall and sat on the throne. The civil and military officials were all in the left and right, and everyone looked full of sorrow. The atmosphere in the hall was very depressing, with a smell of wind filling the building.
"I believe you all know the current situation!" Li Muqing said calmly, his voice seemed so lonely.
"Li Zhongkai!" Li Muqing called out.
A heavy armored general came out and agreed to the promise.
Li Muqing asked: "How many civilian troops have been summoned?"
Li Zhongkai replied: "A total of 200,000 were summoned! However, none of these people have undergone any training, and we are not equipped enough!" It turned out that since Li Muqing sent troops, he ordered his confidant general Li Zhongkai to convene civilian troops nationwide to prevent accidents. He did not think that the previous measures of preventing things would really come in handy.
Li Muqing was silent for a moment and asked a civil servant: "Li Dongli, didn't I ask you to raise troops?" His tone seemed very unhappy.
Li Dongli hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, I have done my best, but my Goguryeo national strength is really difficult to support the sudden increase in military supply of 200,000 troops!"
Li Muqing knew that Li Dongli was talking about the truth, so she couldn't help but sigh inwardly. She suddenly felt that she might have done something wrong from the beginning. Li Muqing was shocked and quickly threw away this idea. He said to Li Dongli: "You can't force the matter of military and armor, I don't blame you! However, there must be no more problems with food and fodder!" Li Dongli hesitated for a moment, and agreed with his promise with a fist.
Li Muqing glanced at the dead ministers, couldn't help but feel angry, and said in a deep voice: "Goguryeo still has the power to fight! Have you lost your confidence?"
The trusted minister and general immediately knelt down and expressed their willingness to fight to the death with the Qin army. The other ministers exchanged glances with each other and retreated one after another to express their willingness to advance and retreat with Li Muqing.
Li Muqing felt tired and asked the ministers to retreat.
A moment later, only Li Muqing, Yang Kai and Tie Pohan were left in the hall.
"Your Majesty, if the army of Ross cannot break into the depths of Qin, then I, Goguryeo, will be in danger!" Tie Pohan said in a deep voice.
Li Muqing was startled and frowned and asked, "General, are you not confident anymore?"
Tie Pohan couldn't help but sigh, "Your Majesty, it's not that I lost my confidence, but that I am currently in Goguryeo, it's really hard to support me! To be honest, I have never felt like the sky is falling like now! Or, we should find a way to seek peace from Qin!"
Li Muqing couldn't help but be shocked by the depressedness of Tie Po Han, and shook his head with a wry smile, "I personally led the army to conquer, and at present our army is completely in a passive situation, and they will accept our request for peace."
"Your Majesty, I don't think this is completely impossible!" said military advisor Yang Kai.
Chapter completed!