Helanjie stood by the stream, took a brush to wash his body hard for his war horse. The war horse lowered its head, drank water, and sniffed from time to time, shook its long mane, poured Helanjie overflowed with water. From top to bottom, there were Han soldiers washing his war horses everywhere.

Helanjie was anxious. Five days ago, they caught up with the infantry brigade. Then Helanxiong used him and Hao Lianpo as vanguards, and all of them were promoted to Shannan County City to rescue him.

But the war horses could not rush on the road for a day. After running for an hour, they had to stop and rest for a while, otherwise the war horses might have been killed. A day ago, the emergency messenger from Shannan County City found them. Judging from the messenger's anxious expression, the situation in Shannan County City was already extremely bad.

Feng Fayong had already died in battle on the battlefield. This news made Helanjie feel very uncomfortable. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty and clashed with the Qin people, he has been the second senior general who died in battle on the battlefield. The first was Naha, the founding general of the Han Dynasty.

The strength of the Qin people is beyond doubt, but Helanjie believes that the Han State is even stronger. The long-term continuous victory has made Han generals adopt strong confidence. Although Naha and Feng Fayong have suffered one after another, in the eyes of all Han generals, these two battles were not killed by their opponents in the fight between the two sides. Without exception, both of them were cunning in their opponents.

This time the cavalry finally seized the opportunity to confront the Qin people. Whether it was Helanjie or Hao Lianpo, for the Huns, the meaning of confronting the Qin cavalry was even more extraordinary. The Huns' royal court was destroyed by the Qin people on the grassland. Helanjie followed Helanxiong to witness the tens of thousands of Huns' surrendered cavalry at the Huolan Pass that year, being shot and killed by Qin general Wang Xiao.

And this time, Wang Xiao led his troops to invade again. For Helanjie, this was the best opportunity to take revenge. He took out a handful of beans from his pocket and stuffed them to the mouth of the war horse. Seeing the war horse chewing the beans, Helanjie caressed the war horse's big mouth with loving affection, bent down, lifted the saddle, and put it on the back of the war horse.

The horse also seemed to feel that it was about to embark on the journey again. He raised his head and neighed lightly, and without waiting for Helan to lead it, he had already walked out of the stream automatically.

"Blow the trumpet and gather!" Helanjie said to the messenger beside him.

The tick and dada assembly call sounded, and the resting cavalry put on their saddles at the fastest speed, turned on their horses, and began to return to the team.

"Set out!" Helanjie shouted fiercely, rode his horse and whipped it towards Shannan County, and was about to move forward. In the distance, the sound of thunderous horse hooves suddenly sounded, and dozens of war horses swept from the distance.

"Chief Helan, wait!" The cavalry shouted loudly: "The commander has an order, and all the cavalry will stop advancing immediately and stand by on the spot."

He rushed to Helanjie and immediately shouted.

"What did you say?" Helanjie shouted sternly.

"Captain Helan, the commander has an order. The cavalry will stop advancing immediately and stand by on the spot. The commander ordered you and the commander Helian to return to the Central Army Camp meeting immediately." The cavalry took out an arrow from his arms and handed it to Helanjie.

After hearing the news, Hao Lianpo and Helanjie looked at each other, with deep indulgence and worry in their eyes.

The Helanxiong Central Army camp, Yan Haibo, the commander of the First Army, Tang Yibiao, the commander of the Second Army, and Fei Qian and other generals gathered. When Helanjie and Hao Lianpo rushed into the central army tent with sweat, they heard the fierce quarrels of everyone, and the commander Helanxiong turned his back to them, looking at the map in a daze.

"What's wrong?" Helanjie approached Yan Haibo and asked in a low voice.

"Xiling City is lost." Yan Haibo whispered.

"What?" It was like a bolt from the blue, which shocked Helanjie, "What a joke when Xiling City was lost?"

"It's not a joke." Yan Haibo took a deep breath, "The people of Zhao opened their Shanggu County, causing the Qin general Li Xin to march straight into Shanggu County, and the army directly attacked Xiling City. However, the main force of Dai County soldiers was arranged in Nanchang. There was not much force in Xiling City. Li Xin came to Xiling City in one go. Under the county magistrate Zhao Yong, all the Chinese officials were captured. This was the information sent by the Supervision Bureau just rushed to speed up. Now Li Xin's troops were divided into two groups, escorting Zhao Yong to Nanzhang, probably to threaten Qin Lei's surrender, while Li Xin brought the main force and was forcing us to come."

Helanjie's lips were a little numb, and now it was a big trouble. If Daijun lost his army, their army of nearly 60,000 people, would have lost logistics supply all at once. This is not a trivial matter. If there is no food in the army for a day, there will be trouble.

"Kill back!" Hao Lianpo jumped up suddenly, "War with Li Xinjue to death and drive him out of Dai County."

Helanxiong slowly turned around and there were many people supporting this view in the big tent.

"Haibo, what do you think?" he looked at Yan Haibo and asked.

"Commander, Li Xin has a 100,000 army, and this person is cunning and unpredictable. I am not afraid of him, but even if we return, we will not be able to decide the winner in a short time, and our logistics will definitely not be able to hold on." Yan Haibo said. "The State of Zhao lost in the Great Plain of Guanzhong, but he lost even his backbone. They even did the things that opened up their territory for the Qin army to pass. I am afraid that they would even send troops to assist the Qin people in the next battle. Li Xin didn't have to throw out any big chips. He just said to them, Dai County was returned to Zhao State, but Zhao Qi would come to them as a front pawn. This person had no backbone at all. If he was defeated in Guanzhong, his reputation in the country fell sharply. If he could use this to get Dai County back, it would be just for the people to explain to the people."

"Hmph, the Qin people would return Dai County to them so happily? I'm afraid they would hold it in their hands for two days first, and they would snatch it away before they could warm it up!"

"Zhao State has now become a backbone dog. Even if they know that the bun is poisonous, they may swallow it." Yan Haibo stood up, "Commander, I don't agree with returning to the army. Please retreat. I'm afraid Li Xin is looking forward to our return and fight him!"

Helanxiong nodded slowly, "Haibo is right, in fact, the key is not here. In Shannan County City, now I finally understand the intention of the Qin people. They actually wanted to surround us in Dai County. If Shannan County had not been persisting until now, we might have been blocked in Dai County and could not move forward or retreat. Shang Kexi fought desperately and won the opportunity to retreat for us."

When everyone heard He Lanxiong say this, they all felt creepy when they thought about it carefully. As Helanxiong said, if Shannan County had been captured and Wang Xiao had tens of thousands of troops blocked their retreat, then there would be Li Xin's 100,000 troops in front and Wang Xiao blocked the road later, and their 60,000 troops in the Eastern Army would be sealed in Dai County.

"Tell Shang Kexi, let him retreat too, save his strength and counterattack in the future." Helanxiong sighed, "The Qin people took the lead in this game of chess."

"Give up Dai County and Shannan County?" Tang Yibiao, Fei Qian and others were all in a state of disgrace. "Commander, in this way, the entire prairie was completely exposed to the Qin people's soldiers. Jishi City, Dayan City, and the entire Hetao Plain will become the targets of the Qin people. We are now in these places, but there are not many soldiers stationed. Should we ask Ji City first?"

"It's too late!" He Lanxiong said decisively: "It will take so many days for us to go back and forth. Even if our entire army arrives in Shannan County at this moment, it will be meaningless to defend Shannan County. Once Li Xin's army catches up with us, it will cut off our retreat. Then tens of thousands of soldiers in the East Field Army will die without a place to bury them. I have made up my mind. If Jicheng is held accountable in the future, I, Helanxiong, will bear it all. Now, I will order!"

Hearing Helanxiong's words, the generals in the tent stood up suddenly.

"Yan Haibo, I order you to lead all infantry to destroy all the baggage immediately, the entire army will be lightly equipped and retreat to Jishi City. There are not many troops stationed in Jishi City, but Jishi City cannot be lost. Therefore, after you lead this army to Jishi City, you will hold on in Jishi City."

"Yes!" Yan Haibo accepted the order loudly.

"Mr. Wu Kai, the governor of Jishicheng, is an old partner with us. He knows what to do. You send someone back first and tell him about the situation here. I believe that when you arrive, he will have done everything you should do." He Lanxiong said.

"Understood!"

"I will lead the cavalry of the entire Dongye to first respond to the retreat of Shang Kexi from Shannan County City, and then the Shang Kexi unit will also retreat to the direction of Jishi City." Helan Xiong said.

"Commander, what about you?" Yan Haibo asked.

Helanxiong laughed, "The prairie is my home. The Qin people are here again this time. I will deal with him well on the prairie. I want to see if it is the Qin army's iron cavalry or the mighty cavalry of our Han army!"

In Shannan County City, Shang Kexi and his soldiers fought back the Qin army's attack in another bloody battle. At this time, three days had passed since Wang Xiao's order to take Shannan County City. The pass was still proudly standing in front of the Qin army. There were corpses and blood in the city. The defenders in the city had been reduced to 5,000 people. More than half of the casualties were exchanged for the price of tens of thousands of Qin army casualties. Wang Xiao was almost crazy. Li Xin's army had taken Shannan County City, and he was still blocked here. Everything would probably become a moon in the mirror and a flower in the water. Once Helanxiong's entire army slipped away, such an opportunity would never be found again.

"What? Retreat?" Shang Kexi stared at the messenger in front of him in disbelief.
Chapter completed!