Deng Jingshan silently read the warrant sent by Zhang Zhongwu in an expedition, and was silent for a while. He never expected that he would lose this battle like this.

The fall of Zhuozhou put him in an extremely embarrassing situation, and his connection with Youzhou had been cut off.

"Prepare to retreat!" He raised his head, looked at the civil and military officials in the hall, and said quietly.

When dozens of civil servants and generals heard this, they let out a long breath. Everyone knew that when Zhuozhou was captured by the Wuwei army, their retreat was inevitable. Otherwise, they would inevitably be dumplings by the Wuwei army.

It is the middle of winter now, and the situation is extremely bad, but it is the bad weather that has earned them the opportunity to retreat. If the weather is good and suitable for combat, how could Liu Chenglin, who was eyeing them on the opposite side, allow them to retreat calmly? How could the Wuwei army in Zhuozhou not come to attack them?

"Where to retreat?" General Wang Xi stepped forward and asked with his hands.

There are also different destinations for retreat. They can retreat to Youzhou, as reinforcements from Youzhou, and go to Jicheng as a restraining force to Wuwei in Zhuozhou. Another road is to retreat to Yuyang in Jizhou.

"Jingshuai ordered us to retreat to Yuyang." Deng Jingshan said.

There was another long exhalation in the hall.

If they were asked to support Youzhou, then their situation would be better to stay in Mozhou and compete with Liu Chenglin with the city wall!

When everyone heard that they were retreating to Yuyang, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, waves of sadness hit their hearts. Since retreating to Yuyang was the command of the Grand Marshal, it meant that the Grand Marshal had given up Youzhou, and everyone present knew very well what Youzhou meant to Lu Long's army.

Before this, Zhang Zhongwen had taken the lead in retreating to Pingzhou, and Zhang Zhongwu's main force also left Youzhou and is now heading towards Pingzhou. Jizhou Yuyang and other places, as the gateway to Pingzhou, are Zhang Zhongwu's next strategic focus and will inevitably receive the support of Zhang Zhongwu's major branch. Their retreat to Yuyang is equivalent to Zhang Zhongwu entrusting the important task of guarding the gateway to them.

Although he was given a heavy responsibility, no one in the house could feel relaxed.

In this way, Zhuozhou, Youzhou, and even Guizhou and Tanzhou were all abandoned. Lulong's territory was cut in half at once, and the lost were all places with large populations. If Yingzhou, Mozhou and Lulong's forces were almost the second.

Even though the territory of Pingzhou, Yingzhou and other places is not smaller than the places ahead, those places are truly bitter and cold places, with many savages and savages rampant, which is a truly barbaric place.

That place, most of the places, still have no barren lands.

Thinking about it this way, everyone’s prospects are really worrying!

The marching Sima Song Yu took a step forward and bowed: "Governor Deng, the army of Mozhou now has a total of 35,000 soldiers and about 7,000 Khitan cavalry. Regardless of the secret jurisdiction of the counties in Mozhou, there are 13,000 households in Mozhou alone, with more than 80,000 Dingkou. What is the sign of retreat? Please give me a message to the governor."

Judge Ke Rong also took a step forward: "Governor, now there are 200,000 stones of grain stored in the warehouse. If only the army is supported, it will not last for a month if it is measured by two kilograms per day. If it is measured by one kilogram a day, it will only be supported by one and a half months. This is just the army, and the consumption of war horses and other livestock is not included. I wonder if the food and grass that our army has been stationed in Yuyang and other places have been prepared?"

"Also, in the middle of winter, we do not have enough cotton coats, quilts, tents, etc. We need a lot of warmth in the field. These are not prepared. In the city, there are city walls and houses that can withstand the severe cold. Once we leave the city and enter the field marching, even if the weather does not get worse, it will be a difficult marche for us. If the weather becomes worse, we are afraid that non-combat reductions will increase significantly."

Everyone in the hall was silent. In such weather, large-scale march might encounter difficulties. Who would have thought of those present?

"This time we retreated, we only went to the army, and the rest were ignored." Deng Jingshan's voice was like the cold wind outside the house, which made everyone in the house feel cold: "Everything is the army first, give each department three days to collect as much food as possible, including cotton coats, quilts and other supplies that can keep the cold."

Some people in the house were excited, some were embarrassed, and some couldn't help but take a step and wanted to say something, but before these people could say it, Deng Jingshan stood up directly.

"Mr. Deng is also from Mozhou. He knows that this will inevitably bring disaster to the people of Mozhou, but now he is not careful. Those who accomplish great things do not care about the trivial matters, so he can only apologize them first. After we come back to restore Mozhou in the future, we will give them compensation!" After saying this, Deng Jingshan left.

Everyone in the house looked at me and I looked at you, and no one could speak.

Judge Ke Rong turned around and faced everyone and shouted: "Everyone, since governor Deng has given this order, then the needs of this march must be collected by each department. We will transport it to Yuyang for the future. We may stick to Yuyang for a long time. So if you can save a little, you will save a little. I hope everyone understands it, don't say that Ke is not a penny. If you don't raise enough materials for the whole journey, you can only ask for good fortune. Ke will take the water to the right. This retreat, no one will think of getting a grain of food or a cotton coat from Ke. These are all prepared for the future."

Leaving this sentence, Ke Rong also turned around and strode away.

The marching Sima Song Yu shook his head, glanced at the generals, sighed, and lowered his head and left the room.

After a while, a famous general stepped on the war horses and ran towards his own troops.

The so-called self-raised food and grass, and self-produced supplies, is to grab it.

Who's the one to steal?

It is of course the people of Mozhou.

Mozhou is so big and has so many people. It is obvious that his hands are fast and slow. This is obviously not the time to be kind, but who is kind is pushing his troops to death.

The city of Mozhou immediately fell into extreme chaos.

On the street, teams of soldiers, holding weapons, broke into the door, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, sweeping away, whether it was clothes or food. If the people resisted slightly, the light would be punched and kicked, and the worst would be done.

It is said that it is to collect food, cotton and coats, but when you see this hole, there is no limit to this hole? In the people's homes, all valuable things were looted, and even women and children with some beauty or even beauty were insulted countless times. After being caught off guard on the first night, fire began to ignite in the city from the next day. Many people in Mozhou rose up to resist, but for the army, their resistance was insignificant. Perhaps they caused certain losses to the violent soldiers, but the final result was all the rebels killed.

Mozhou City fell into real dire straits.

Deng Jingshan's headquarters robbed the city, and the Khitan cavalry stationed outside the city were even more excited after their generals returned to the camp. This was their favorite thing. Although it was snowing heavily, teams of cavalry still left the camp. The city was rich, but unfortunately they couldn't get anything. However, the villages near Mozhou City were considered well-off families, so how could they let it go?

Thousands of Khitan cavalry came out in almost empty camps and whistled around.

For many years, they have not expressed their original temperament so much! Robbery and scavenging, they are the most capable!

There is a small village in Shawan, fifty miles away from Mozhou City. There are less than twenty families in the village. Although it is daytime, the village is silent as if it is dead, because a group of more than a hundred Wuwei cavalry whistlemen arrived here last night and occupied the village.

The leader of this squad was Bai Qiuren, the Zhenwei Captain who had just been transferred to the Rangers. Given the large number of Lu Long's cavalry, Liu Chenglin, the right governor of Qianniu Guard, vigorously strengthened the construction of cavalry under his command. Rich families like Bai Qiuren, who were born in wealthy families and had excellent riding skills, were all transferred to Li De's ranger team.

This time, Bai Qiuren led a team of more than 100 cavalry scouts to enter Mozhou first.

Bai Qiuren sat next to the fire surrounded by acres of bricks, drinking hot water while looking at the trembling old man in the village sitting beside him, an old man in his early fifties, and asked in a gentle tone.

Seeing the other party trembling so badly, Bai Qiuren smiled and handed the hot water in his hand to his hands.

"Don't be afraid, my father-in-law, we are soldiers, not bandits. Even though we are hostile to Mozhou now, we will not hurt you innocent people. Today we just take a break here, avoid the storm, and then leave."

Old Cai held a porcelain bowl in his hand, and his teeth were fighting. The hot water kept spilling out, so he could only nod. He could speak out. These people were indeed soldiers, not bandits, but sometimes, soldiers were more terrifying than bandits.

Bai Qiuren glanced at the family of the old village who was huddled in the corner of the house and couldn't help but laugh. Several women used gray to paint their faces black and black, obviously worried about something. Seeing Bai Qiuren's eyes swept over, the women's bodies shrank deeper behind the men in front of them, and the little babies were even covered in their mouths and hugged them tightly in their arms.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a cold wind rushed in with snowflakes.

"The lieutenant, the whistle cavalry found about a hundred Khitan cavalry coming towards the village." A soldier reported.

Bai Qiuren frowned, "Their noses are so flexible?"

After looking at the village elder who was fleeting with joy on his face, Bai Qiuren stood up: "I'm telling everyone to leave the village for the time being, go to the woods next to hide and see where they came from!"
Chapter completed!