The fire was rising into the sky, and the crowds of people were clamoring. The army that was coming out was about to do its best to annihilate the enemies that were falling into the siege, but was taken advantage of by the opponent's surprise troops, attacked from east to west, and caught off guard and at a loss.

Not only that, there was an explosion in the left city and a fire was lit up. It seemed that something happened in the city. Many soldiers understood that something was wrong and barely resisted. Seeing that the enemy was attacking from the east flank, they turned around and ran away regardless of the general's stop.

The rear collapsed, and the team that was struggling to support the front lost its fighting spirit. Faced with the rising morale and the spear formation that kept moving forward, many soldiers turned around and ran north. When the collapse began, they could no longer stop.

The soldiers who went out to fight were in chaos, and the soldiers in the camp were in chaos. In the south, enemy cavalry rushed to set fire and killed people everywhere, and enemy soldiers rushed in to the east and chopped them as they saw people.

A battle that should have been a match between inside and outside turned into an ambush that lured the enemy into depth. Not long after the ambush began, it turned into a big reversal of "the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind". Hou Mo Chenqiong, who was sure to win, had no choice but to order a retreat in the face of a sharp turn of defeat.

The defeat was like a mountain of fall, and it was no longer possible for manpower to save him. He had fought for decades and understood this truth. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to face reality.

He has experienced victory and defeat. Since the defeat has been decided, he can only stop the loss as much as possible, withdraw as many troops as possible, and retreat to Puyang on the edge of the Yellow River to defend.

Keep the Baimajin, delay the speed of Yuwen Wen's crossing the river, and buy time for the imperial court.

But retreating alone is not enough. The mountains of food and supplies accumulated in a corner of the camp must be burned with fire and must not be left to Yuwen Wen.

At the critical moment, Hou Mo and Chen Qiong were anxious but not in a mess, and assigned generals to carry out relevant matters. Then he rode on a horse to prepare for evacuation, but Helankuan had no intention of leaving and summoned his troops and troops to prepare for war.

He chose to stay and cut off the rear, and he wanted to buy time for Hou Mo Chenqiong and other generals to retreat and burn food and supplies.

During the great defeat, the army that dared to volunteer to cut off the rear was commendable. Of course, Helankuan might also surrender, but Hou Mo Chenqiong didn't think so. Seeing that the other party was determined, he dismounted and saluted the other party solemnly, and then set off.

Helankuan, who volunteered to break the rear, certainly did not make excuses to stay in order to surrender. Since he had made a choice, he would not regret it, although he could indeed regret it now.

Looking at the troops in front of him and the loyal soldiers, Helankuan pulled out his sword and shouted hard towards the enemy surging in the fire, "My sons! Follow me to kill the enemy and cut off the rear for the army!"

"yes!"

Everyone answered loudly, holding the weapons in their hands, and following Helankuan to face the enemy army that was as good as a wolf.

The brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road. The teams of both sides fought fiercely on the narrow camp road, bloody and cruel, without the thunder to take the lead, all relying on flesh and blood, and the courage to move forward.

In the fire, blood splattered everywhere, enemies were everywhere, and his own power was alone, and there was a sound of fighting in his ears. He Lankuan seemed to have returned to that day, and he was also in a siege.

That day, the Zhou army besieged Jinyang, which was defending the Qi army, and the emperor Yuwen Yong personally directed the soldiers to attack the city from the east gate of Jinyang. He was about to win a great victory, but the Qi army divided the troops around the city and seized the retreat. At the same time, many ambushes rushed out of both sides of the street.

Jinyang is the residence of Gao's family, and Gao's family is quite popular, and among the ambush, there are a large number of elderly, weak, women and children.

Some of them stood on the roof, some rushed out of the house, holding various weapons, and even wooden sticks and stones, and attacked the Zhou army frantically. The streets were narrow and the Zhou army could not be used, and they were difficult to deal with from beginning to end. They were attacked by the enemy from front to back and left to left, with heavy casualties.

Helankuan and his brother Helancan fought bloody battles to protect the emperor's retreat. Many of his comrades fell beside them, and the emperor was only a short distance from the city gate, but it was as far as thousands of miles away.

Many powerful and powerful children who served as guards died in battle to protect the emperor. Helancan was caught in several arrows and fell into a pool of blood. Helankuan wanted to snatch his brother's body out of the city, but was hit in the forehead by a stone and fainted.

When he woke up, the Zhou army had already attacked Jinyang again and he was rescued from the pile of corpses.

It is true that the Helan family is the Yuwen family's proprietor, but the father and son have been loyal to each other, so they have not owed any of them. The unfilial descendants of Yuwen's family's unfilial family business has nothing to do with Helankuan.

For him, Yuwen's loss of hearts was due to his own fault.

Helankuan refused to argue with the advice of his cousin Yuwen Wen, and he had more than one choice. Although he should be able to make great contributions to the inner self of Yuwen Wen and thus have a place in the Chang'an court, he could also make great contributions.

Kill Yuwen Wen, the situation in Yuwen's family in Henan and Huaibei deteriorated instantly. The Yecheng court stabilized its position and would definitely take the opportunity to counterattack, join forces with the Chen State to deal with the Yuwen family, and attack from the north and south.

By then, even if the Yuchi family could not invade Guanzhong, Shannan would be able to confront east and west, and he would also have a place in the Yecheng court.

The Yuchi family has broken up and will sooner or later change the dynasty. Helankuan's old friend Qi Wang Yuwen Liang is still maintaining dignity and has not turned against the emperor, but he will always turn against each other. At that time, Yuwen Hu will end up with him. What should he do if he defected to him?

Things are impermanent, and Helankuan doesn't want to take risks anymore, so he made a choice. His choice now seems to be wrong, so he has to bear the consequences.

My father chose to stand on Yuwen Hu's side, eliminate the threatening elders and preserve the Yuwen family's throne, but became an accomplice to the deposed emperor and was called "a gangster for the tiger". This is the consequence, so what?

His brother Helancan chose to be a loyal minister of the Yuwen family, so he died in battle. For Helankuan, since he chose to be a loyal minister of the Yuchi family, what's wrong with death in battle?

There were fewer and fewer people around him. Helan was hit by a few broad bodies, and more and more enemy soldiers were pouring into the barracks. Seeing a large number of enemy archers gathering in front and bent their bows and arrows at this side, he picked up a shield from the hands of the dead and led the remnants to charge forward.

I am willing to accept the loss of the bet, and if I lose, I will lose!

......

The military camp that turned into a sea of ​​fire was full of people running around, mixed with a large number of panicked young and strong men. They were recruited by the government to join the army, but they only did some physical work and chores, and had never killed anyone before. Now the camp is in chaos, and they are all so scared that they run away with their heads in their arms.

There are wandering arrows everywhere, and if you are not careful, your life will be lost; there are fires everywhere, and if you run into a dead end, you will be burned to death; there are soldiers everywhere, and it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. The young and strong run around like headless flies, crying and crying.

At this time, the military camp turned into hell. The trembling young and strong people couldn't survive, but they didn't want to die. They were desperate and the savior was coming.

There were many teams rushing into the military camp. Some of them were wearing red flags on white background and shouting to the panicked young and strong people: "Let's come over, hold your head and lean over, don't move around, keep you safe!"

Although I didn't understand the accent very well, I saw someone running over with his head in his arms, but he was really not hacked to death. More young and strong people ran to the teams holding their heads on the white background and red circle flags.

The soldiers in the team distributed them white crotch, and asked them to wear them on their bodies and followed the team. From time to time, a small group of soldiers rushed out, but were easily defeated by these teams. Seeing that surrender could save their lives, more people came to surrender.

The soldiers scrambled to surrender were growing more and more young and strong, and their teams gradually grew. There was only one direction to move forward, which was the granary and forage yard where thick smoke began to rise.

The surrendered soldiers were taken elsewhere to guard, while the young and strong men in white crotch were taken by the team to the burning granary and divided into several teams, holding various instruments, working together to fetch water and put out the fire.

"Everyone put out the fire immediately and put out the fire and have a pancake to eat!"

"Whoever dares to steal, kill, and who dares to slacke off work, kill, and kill!"

Even with a murderous accent, the fools could understand it. The young and strong looked at the burning granary, looked at the sharp knives in the hands of the soldiers, and quickly made a choice.

The team of water fetching extended from the granary to Wuzhanggou outside the camp. Regardless of the fighting around, everyone began to work hard to fetch water and transport water to put out the fire. On the side of the granary, Wang Yuwen Wen, who ventured into the camp, looked at the granary with thick smoke coming out, and was anxious.

The battle will definitely win. It is not his mission to pursue the defeated soldiers. Now what he has to do is to put out the fire and not let the granary burn.

When the enemy retreated, a fire lit the granary, which was cruel and decisive. For Yuwen Wen, it was necessary to put out the fire quickly and rescue as much as possible.

Yuwen Wen's army is not short of food, but in the battle tonight, many people will inevitably be captured. They cannot afford to rely on existing food, and they cannot disperse the prisoners. The Yuchi family will be able to gather them again to restore their vitality. At that time, there is not enough food, so they will only be able to carry out massacres such as mass graves.

But Yuwen Wen was not so crazy. Most of these prisoners were ordinary people and soldiers, and they were not local snakes who were stubborn and poached the country's walls all day long.

If so many young and strong laborers survive, even if they do not join the army, it would be more appropriate to organize and resume production. So in the face of the massacre and desperate fire fighting, Yuwen Wen chose the latter.

Seeing that the fire was in danger of being out of control, he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to carry the bucket, but was stopped by the extremely nervous guards: "Master! There are ravine everywhere now, so you can't..."
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