The food naturally went to the rebels under Kou Bai and Su Xiong.
After five days of this, the city was completely without food. At this time, Kou Bai sent people to sneak into Xinye County and spread rumors.
The military morale in the city became increasingly chaotic. As a veteran on the battlefield, Qin Lie also learned some skills from Xiao Tian.
After all, although Xiao Tian is not good at cultivation, he understands all the art of war and military aircraft.
Hence, Qin Lie immediately guessed that someone was spreading rumors in the city, and immediately issued an order strictly prohibiting the spread of rumors.
But at this time, it was already too late, and Qin Lie's correct behavior seemed to be covering up the truth.
The morale of the army is becoming more and more unstable, and thousands of people are fleeing every day.
Seven days passed like this, and a hundred thousand troops under the command of Kou Baisu Xiong swarmed up from all directions and attacked Xinye County.
With powerful enemies outside and internal worries inside, how can Xinye be defended? Qin Lie could only gather the remaining 70,000 remaining soldiers and retreat to Ye County.
When we arrived at Ye County, the rumor that Ye Cheng led his troops to capture Qingzhou was completely shattered. After all, Qingzhou and Yuzhou were connected.
If Qingzhou was defeated, how could Ye County in Yuzhou not be in panic?
But it was obviously too late to crack down on the rumors at this time.
Qin Lie had no choice but to write a memorial about the war in the past few days and send it to the capital.
Qin Lie didn't even dare to think about how An Qing would be so angry.
"General, what should we do? We really can't transfer the brothers from Tiance Camp?"
Qin Lie looked at the deputy general Xiao Yun behind him and shook his head, "There's no need, that's because your cousin is here to save his life. If his capital is lost here, he is really doomed."
Xiao Yun sighed, "But... what to do now? Kou Bai and Su Xiong's 100,000 troops are eyeing Ye County."
"Ye County has no danger to defend at all..."
"How is the Fangcheng to the east of Ye County?"
h "It is quite strong. I went to the capital before. I passed by there when I defected to my cousin. Fangcheng can be defended, but the problem is that Fangcheng is not an important road. "
"If we retreat to Fangcheng, Kou Bai and the others can pass through Ye County and penetrate Runan directly."
"Unless Kou Bai and the others have received a death order requiring them to occupy the entire Yuzhou, otherwise..."
Xiao Yun did not go on, but the meaning was obvious. Going to Fangcheng would be equivalent to letting the enemy achieve their set goals, capture Qingzhou and connect Jiangzhou to the north.
Qin Lie is naturally very clear about this, but the problem is that if he stays in Ye County, he will be completely wiped out by Kou Baisuxiong on the opposite side.
Through the battle in Xinye, Qin Lie already knew that the people facing him were either the old troops from Yecheng or the old imperial guardsmen who had been transformed by him.
No matter which army is on the opposite side, the Shenji Battalion in my hand cannot confront them head-on.
Now that the demon-suppressing guard has returned to Yecheng, he has to kick Xiao Tian to retain some fresh troops. If he works under someone like An Qing, his direct lineage will be wiped out, and he will be finished.
Even in today’s critical moment, this principle will not change.
Hence, Qin Lie immediately made a decision, "Send an order to the entire army to withdraw to Fangcheng. The people do not need to take them away, and the stored grain does not need to be taken away."
"General, will you endanger the enemy by keeping the stored grain?" Xiao Yun asked with some concern.
After all, those rebels are what people want now.
"No, Kou Bai and Suxiong are not that stupid. Will the people still support them if they take away the food that the people need to save their lives?"
"General Gao Jian."
That night, Qin Lie led the remnants of the 70,000 Shenji Battalion and withdrew to Fangcheng overnight, waiting for Kou Bai and Suxiong to arrive at the gate of Ye County with a large number of troops.
They saw that there was not even a military flag on the city. "They are..."
They ran away. They knew we were not easy to mess with and were unwilling to fight."
They looked at the big people. Kou Bai sighed, "I know they ran away. The question is where did they go?"
"Will they threaten our army's flanks?" "That's true, Brother Kou, it was me who was hasty. Let's..."
"Let's write a letter to my eldest brother to report the victory first. The news will be sent directly to Wuwei, Liangzhou. We will stay here temporarily and wait for the enemy's attack. The trend is clear, let’s deal with it later.”
“Okay.”
When the carrier pigeon from Ye County arrived in Wuwei, Ye Cheng had just escorted his parents here.
If it were him, he could easily reach Wuwei directly from the capital in half an hour.
But the problem is that he has to protect his parents who don't know martial arts at all, so he can only walk slowly all the way.
By the time I returned to Wuwei, I had already been delayed for half a month.
When Ye Cheng returned to Wuwei County Government Office, he saw two homing pigeons chasing and playing in the yard.
The letters written by Wang Yue and Kou Bai were tied to the legs of two pigeons.
Ye Cheng helplessly shouted outside, "What's going on? Why haven't you unfastened the letter on the pigeon's leg?"
Wang Min's voice came from outside the door. After Ye Cheng left Wuwei, he and An Ning were responsible for Wuwei's defense.
"General, it's like this. My wife has led the army out of the fortress. We don't dare to read this letter. We can wait for you to come back and make a decision."
Ye Cheng glanced at Wang Min speechlessly, "What do you want me to say about you?"
Then, he opened the envelope and found two letters, both of which were battle reports of victory. What was written in the letter was the war in Jinzhou and Yuzhou.
Yecheng in Jinzhou had already expected that the military and political officials there were relatives of Xiao Tian, so naturally he would not surrender to them.
However, Ye Cheng was greatly surprised by the battle report from Yuzhou.
Xiao Tian actually sent out the chief officer of his ace unit.
Ye Cheng was really curious as to what leverage Xiao Tian had in An Qing's hands to be so foolish and loyal to An Qing.
This is really ironic.
Just at this moment, another pigeon flew onto the wall of the county government office.
What that cooing sound symbolizes is naturally self-evident.
It turns out that when the Central Plains was experiencing success everywhere, there were also frequent reports of success at the border.
At this time, An Ning has led his troops straight to Shepherd City.
"How can An Ning be so godly in using troops?"
"General, it's true, Madam, she is outside Shepherd City at the moment, attacking the city with great urgency, day and night."
"Okay, great, Wang Min, I'll leave my parents here, you can take care of them."
"The Duke does not need to give orders, but you are..."
"I'm going to Muyang City to see if there's anything I can do to help."
"Okay, the Duke can go in peace and leave this place to us."
Ye Cheng nodded and left Wuwei.
Honestly, he really couldn't figure out how An Ning could advance the battle line from the border of the Great Zhou Kingdom to the capital of the Rong Kingdom in just a few days.
Since there was no need to escort his parents, Ye Cheng's journey was much faster, and he arrived at the An Ning Army under Muyang City that day.
Far away, Ye Cheng saw a large military flag with the word Zhou standing in the wind.
As we walked in, we saw military flags and military camps with well-organized walls and clear walls.