The so-called Little General Wei was none other than Wei Chang who was guarding Gaodu City.

Gaodu City is related to the retreat of Wei Yan's army. When he heard the urgent message from his son Wei Chang, Wei Yan's heart skipped a beat.

He didn't care that there were so many people in front of him, so he just grabbed the letter from the guard's hand with a bang.

He couldn't wait to tear it apart in half, then reacted and ordered:

"Take a break for now and stand by!"

After saying that, he hurriedly walked to a deserted place, took out the letter, and glanced at it for the first time. Even though Wei Yan had seen strong winds and waves, his hands could not help but tremble!

"impossible!"

Before Wei Yan could read the contents of the letter, he became furious: "Absolutely impossible!"

He kneaded the letter into a ball and squeezed it so tightly that the veins on the back of his hand popped out.

Heavy breathing, huffing and puffing, like a cow panting.

The originally maroon face turned white first, then green, and then turned blood red.

"The traitor!"

Wei Yan finally squeezed out these two words from between his teeth.

There were not many words in the letter, but almost every word struck Wei Yan's heart:

"The thieves are strong, but the general has few soldiers. The city cannot be defended. According to the general's instructions, we are preparing to retreat to Gaoping Pass."

My order?

Is this the meaning of my instructions?

How many days have you been guarding for this?

A few days!

waste!

Wei Yan gritted his teeth and tore the letter into pieces.

"After following me for so many years, you can't even defend such a dangerous place as Gaodu City. What use do you have!"

Once Gaodu City is lost, Gaoping Pass will be the last resort.

But if even Gaodu City cannot be defended, can Gaoping Pass be defended?

Thinking of this, Wei Yan couldn't help laughing angrily. When he laughed at the end, his voice sounded like a night owl:

"Hahaha……"

The guards looked at the prince who suddenly seemed to have gone crazy, and they were all frightened.

Don't know what happened.

The guard captain who was pushed over bravely asked:

"Junhou?"

After Wei Yan finished laughing, he hooted twice, with a dull expression on his face. He could only hear his instructions:

"Send the order to have all the soldiers come back."

"Retreating?"

After receiving the news, Wang Han and Wen Shi couldn't believe their ears.

He actually retreated at the critical moment?

Wang Han, who was always paying attention to the battlefield, scratched his fingers in his palms and felt that the palms of his hands were still wet with sweat.

Seeing that the engineering battalion was about to be forced into action, he was prepared to disobey the order if things got out of hand. Didn't he expect that the front troops would suddenly retreat?

Could this be... God helping me?

"what happened?"

"I don't know. After General Zuo Hussar ordered the troops to retreat, he sent someone over to invite the two generals to discuss matters."

"Meetings?"

Hearing this word, Wang Han and Wen Shi's hearts suddenly lifted.

Could it be that he thought wrongly and that General Zuo Hussar would force the engineering battalion to go into battle now?

But……

That's not right either.

When it comes to the engineering camp, Wen Shi always takes the initiative.

It was never said that even Wang Han, the guard captain, would have to go there.

With this in mind, the two of them came to the commander's camp a little confused and a little uneasy.

After entering the commander's camp, I realized that all the generals in the army seemed to have been called over.

"Everyone is here?"

After hearing this voice, Wang Han subconsciously looked up.

But when I saw the person sitting behind Shuai Gu, it was definitely Wei Yan.

It's just that the voice is no longer as loud and full of energy as usual.

Instead, there was a hint of exhaustion in his hoarseness.

I don't know if it was Wang Han's misunderstanding, but he felt that Wei Yan looked a little defeated at this time, his energy and spirit were completely gone, and even his body shape had collapsed?

"Your Majesty, everyone is here."

Wei Yan nodded and stood up.

Wang Han couldn't help but take another look.

It was unmistakable. At this time, Wei Yan no longer had the aggressive aura he had in the past.

This has never been seen before in Wei Yan.

"I called you here because there is something I want to tell you."

Wei Yan didn't delay too much and said straight to the point:

"I have the trust of the emperor and am the governor of two important places in Hedong and Shangdang. I want to lead you to show your strength and achieve great achievements."

"I didn't expect that the thief was so cunning and vicious that he didn't dare to confront me head-on, but he used a trick to take away Shangdang."

Having said this, Wei Yanchang let out a long breath, glanced at everyone, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.

But in the end he still said with some difficulty:

"I was careless and betrayed His Majesty's trust..."

Having said this sentence with difficulty, Wei Yan felt as if half his life had passed away.

He deliberately did not look at the people below and continued speaking hastily:

"So in order to save the war in Shangdang, I led the troops back to the division. I wanted to take advantage of the bandits' unstable foothold and retake Shangdang."

"However, the thieves were well prepared. We fought hard for several days. Seeing that the city is in sight, no one expected to defend it..."

After hearing this, everyone finally started to make a commotion.

Gaodu City is lost?

"General, if Gaodu is lost, the army's retreat will be in danger!"

Someone couldn't help but said.

Wei Yanchang sighed: "How could I not know? That's why I'm calling you here."

"My original intention is to capture the eldest son. In this way, I can advance to threaten Huguan, and retreat to occupy the city and defend it, waiting for reinforcements."

"Who would have expected that Gaodu City would fall at this time..." As he spoke, Wei Yan couldn't help but become a little angry, "This is like God not helping me!"

The generals were silent.

Capture the eldest son and defend the city.

Perhaps that's why General Zuo Hussar had such confidence.

In the past few months, the army first attacked Gaodu, and then returned to attack the eldest son.

The casualties were not unbearable.

Even the most elite soldiers cannot withstand such torture.

If not for the soldiers below, many of them were brought out by the general over the years.

I'm afraid that people's hearts have been wandering for a long time and they have begun to think about quitting.

"So what are the general's plans now?"

"The eldest son can no longer stay for long, so I decided to divide the army into two parts. One part will go to Gaoping Pass first to join Wei Chang."
To be continued...