The scout said, "It was the former prefect of Liaodong Gao Chi and Ju Yi." Xun Yu looked thoughtful and frowned slightly, looking a little worried.

At this moment, an aide came in quickly and clasped his fists at Xun Yu and said, "Sir, the envoy of Goguryeo seeking a meeting." Zhang He couldn't help but say strangely, "What else can he come here for?" Xun Yu smiled coldly and said, "What else can he do? He must have learned the news of the Qin army's march into Xuantu County, which is to urge us to send troops!" Zhang He couldn't help but say angrily, "Who do he think he is? Just a barbarian in a foreign country!" Xun Yu sighed and said, "The Prime Minister is now entrusting them, and they are afraid that they don't know who they are. And once they show weakness to the foreign race, they will be more arrogant. These foreign countries are afraid that they really regard themselves as things!" Zhang He frowned and did not say anything.

Xun Yu said to the aide: "Please come here." The aide responded and walked away quickly.

The sight returned to Xuantu County. The Qin army bombarded the city for two consecutive days with a packed throwing cart. The originally seemed very strong city wall of Xuantu County was already cracked and shaking.

The sun sets down the mountain, and the Qin army withdraws its troops and returns to the camp. The terrible sound that has been rumbling all day finally calms down. The officers and soldiers of Gogurye, who are in charge of the alert, dare not climb up the city wall, and only walk under the city wall. Because the city wall in front of them looks like it will collapse at any time. If people go up and the city wall suddenly collapses, wouldn't it be ignorant?

In the hall of the capital, King Gao Tai of Gogurye was discussing countermeasures with his subordinates. The atmosphere in the hall was very surprised, and everyone looked worried.

Gao Tai glanced at everyone and asked, "Who of you has a plan to retreat to the enemy?" Everyone looked at each other without saying a word. Tie Yongnan said, "King, the enemy's catapult cart was beyond expectations. I think the city wall will collapse tomorrow. Our army is now depressed and the army is in turmoil. We must beware of the Han people in the city rebellion. I think, I think Xuantu County can't stand it anymore, so it's better to give up."

If Tie Yongnan said such words, he would definitely be fiercely criticized by Gao Yuan. However, Gao Yuan was silent at this moment, and his eyes clearly showed an expression of recognition. Everyone looked at Gao Tai with anticipation. Gao Tai hesitated for a moment. Although he was very unwilling to give up, he also knew that if the city was broken tomorrow, even if the army in his hand would not be wiped out, he would inevitably suffer extremely heavy losses. He had no choice! Instead of trapping in the city of sorrow and waiting to die, it would be wise to escape as soon as possible! At this moment, Gao Tai said resolutely: "Since Xuantu County is no longer in defense, we will immediately give up Xuantu County and return to the domestic city! Without further ado, we will act tonight!" Everyone showed joy on their faces, clasped their fists and said, "The King is wise!"

Ailang was assigning tasks to his generals in the big tent. At this moment, a scout rushed in and reported: "Report to the King of Qin, the enemy is quietly retreating from the northern city gate!"

Everyone was surprised to hear this. Ailang asked in disbelief: "Did you see clearly? Did they really escape?" The scout clasped his fists and said, "The villain can see clearly that the enemy has indeed opened the North City Gate and escaped! There were no torches in the darkness, but the villain could see through the moonlight. There were quite a few people coming out of the North City Gate, and when the villain left, there were still people rushing out of the city! After they left the city, they were heading north, and they must have been running away!"

The eyes of the generals immediately gathered on Ailang's face. Ailang hesitated for a moment and said resolutely: "Think about it more! Since they have escaped, I have no reason to let them escape!" Then he shouted to Yan Liang: "Yan Liang, you lead the 5,000 infantry troops to raid the city immediately!" Yan Liang Yingnuo said and ran down. Ailang looked at Dian Wei and said: "Lao Dian, you go and gather 20,000 infantry and cavalry, and follow me out of the camp to chase the enemy!" Dian Wei held his fist and turned his head to run out of the tent.

Ailang looked at Huang Wudie, and Huang Wudie became excited and immediately stepped forward. Ailang smiled and said, "Wudie, you lead 5,000 infantry troops to stay in the camp." Huang Wudie was stunned, then showed a dissatisfaction expression. She glared at Ailang angrily, clasped her fists and agreed, and went down.

Not long after, the Qin army units took action quickly. Yan Liang led 5,000 infantry to the south gate, while Ailang personally led 20,000 infantry and cavalry from the west to bypass Liaodong County and rushed towards the north.

Speaking of which, Gao Tai led a large army to hurried out of the northern city gate of Xuantu County and fled to the north in the dark. However, beyond Gao Tai's expectations, they had only been running for less than ten miles, and a scream came from behind: "No! The Qin army is catching up!" Gao Tai was shocked and looked back quickly, and suddenly saw that the army's rear team was already in agitation. With the light of the moon, countless Qin cavalry rushed from the darkness, rushed and killed fiercely without any mercy. The blade passed by, flesh and blood flew across it, just like the god of death suddenly pouring into the world from hell!

Gao Tai urgently ordered the rear team to block the enemy. However, the rear team ran away in scattered under the fierce rush of the Qin army cavalry. Tie Yongnan quickly led the cavalry to block the attack, while Gao Yuan and others hurriedly protected Gao Tai to escape north. There was chaos in the darkness, and the screams of killing filled the heaven and earth!

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The next morning, the sun finally dispelled the night. Gao Tai and others ran across the Xiao Liao River (Hunhe in the modern world), and everyone was exhausted. Seeing that the Qin army had not caught up, they stopped to rest. As soon as they were shocked, Gao Tai looked around and found that there were not many soldiers and horses following him, and he couldn't help but feel panic.

Gao Tai turned his head and asked Gao Yuan beside him, "Have General Tie and others retreated?" Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "I didn't see it."

At this moment, the west suddenly became a commotion. The Goguryeo, who had become a frightened bird, jumped up suddenly. Many people turned their heads and ran towards the east without even looking at the situation in the west. "Don't be confused, everyone! It's ours! It's ours!" Someone shouted loudly, and the originally chaotic scene calmed down.

Gao Tai and others looked west and saw that the general Tie Yongnan was running towards him with a soldier. They couldn't help but feel happy. However, after seeing the situation of Tie Yongnan and others, the joy on their faces suddenly solidified. It turned out that Tie Yongnan brought very few people, and they were all covered in scars and were very embarrassed. Obviously, they just saved their lives by luck. Tie Yongnan rode his horse to Gao Tai, tied the horse, rolled down, staggered, and almost fell down. He clasped his fists to Gao Tai and said, "King!..." Gao Tai hurried forward and helped Tie Yongnan up. Defang, who was beside him, hurriedly asked, "Does the Qin army catch up?" The others also showed concern.

Tie Yongnan shook his head and said to Gao Tai: "The enemy army chased the bank of the Xiaoliao River and then withdrew his troops." When everyone heard this, their hearts were finally relieved. Gao Tai couldn't help but frown and said, "This battle has caused a heavy loss!" Then he sighed. Defang said, "You must not be mindful. As the saying goes, victory or defeat is common for military strategists. After we go back, we will regroup. Then Lu Bu cannot stay in Liaodong forever. Sooner or later he will go back to compete with Cao Pi and others for the Central Plains. At that time, we will wait for an opportunity to go south to take revenge and regain Liaodong." Gao Tai nodded, with a resolute expression on his face. He felt that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so he immediately ordered the army to set off and return to the domestic city as soon as possible.

After killing Goguli's corpses flowing blood all over the ground, Ailang was still worried that the Cao army in Youzhou would attack and dare not continue to go deeper. Therefore, after chasing to the west bank of Xiao Liao River, he stopped chasing and stopped chasing and quickly retreated back to Xuantu County. As soon as he came back, he immediately sent a commander to Liaodong County to inquire about the situation. Soon after, Ailang received the news that the enemy troops who occupied Xi'anping in the east had withdrawn and Xi'anping had recovered. At the same time, he heard from Cao's army that the Cao army had been holding the troops without moving, without any sign of advancing eastward.

Inside the Youzhou Prefecture, the envoy of Goguryeo was furious in front of Xun Yu: "Is it appropriate for you to delay sending troops?"

Xun Yu frowned and didn't say anything. Zhang He couldn't bear it, and slapped the messenger in the face without saying a word. With a crisp sound, the messenger turned on the spot, half of his cheeks swollen, and his whole body was confused. Zhang He shouted: "The barbarians of the small country dare to be so arrogant in front of us! You dare to be rude, be careful of your dog's head!" The messenger was so scared that he couldn't speak for a while.

Xun Yu stood up at this time and said, "Is it so easy to send troops? We didn't have this plan, but we didn't expect that the 300,000 troops of Goguli could not defeat the opponent's tens of thousands. It takes time to mobilize each army, and it takes time to transport food and grass. It is not something that can be achieved overnight." The envoy couldn't help but ask, "Then, I wonder how long will it take for your army to send troops?"

Xun Yu said, "I am preparing. I will be able to send troops in two days. But this plan can only be cancelled now." The envoy was puzzled and asked quickly, "Why is this?" Xun Yu glanced at Zhang He. The latter rushed to the envoy with anger and said, "Lu Bu attacked King Goguli with only 30,000 troops and horses of King Goguli, which is unheard of. I originally thought that even if you could not defeat Lü Bu, you could at least defend the city. However, this morning, news came that your King Goguli had only resisted that the city was captured by the Qin army in less than three days. The defeated general fled in a panic. At this moment, he should have fled back to the domestic city!"

The messenger only felt like a bolt from the blue and subconsciously shouted: "No! This is impossible!" Zhang He sneered and said, "Will I still lie to you?" The messenger was panicked and didn't know what to do for a moment. Then he bid farewell to Xun Yu and Zhang He and hurried away.

Zhang He couldn't help but say to Xun Yu: "Sir, I'm a little happy at this moment. Lu Bu was able to defeat these unruly Gogurye people in one fell swoop, which finally made me feel angry!" Xun Yu smiled, then sighed, and a look of loss appeared in his eyes.
Chapter completed!