The horn of retreat finally blew helplessly, low and desolate.

"Go... Go quickly... Retreat the Pass..." Qianfengsha retreated rapidly while shouting.

The soldiers covered each other, quickly escaped from the Xianbei people's pursuit, and retreated with great strides.

Duan Xuan stood firm at the end and fought and retreated. At this time, a long arrow suddenly broke through the darkness, roared and stabbed it into Duan Xuan's chest. Duan Xuan snorted and fell on his back. A group of Xianbei soldiers flew to death.

"Sir, Lord Duan..."

Several Han soldiers saw Duan Xuan being caught in an arrow and turned around to rescue him without hesitation, but were immediately shot back by dense long arrows.

The strong wind and sand bent over and picked up a round shield and ran towards the place where Duan Xuan was lying down.

A young leader of Qianling Qiang pointed at the Xianbei people running towards him and shouted: "Cum, shoot me..."

The strong wind and sand shield smashed the knife and killed three people in a row, protecting Duan Xuan. More soldiers then rushed up, and everyone rushed forward and immediately blocked the Xianbei people who were killing.

A Qiang soldier grabbed Duan Xuan's hand and dragged him away.

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The strong wind and sand commanded the remaining more than 4,000 soldiers to stand at the entrance of Muxia Pass and wait for help.

"Sir, Mr. Duan is too seriously injured. Should I send someone to Gaoping City first?"

Qianfengsha stood up staggeringly, walked to Duan Xuan who was lying nearby and looked at it, "How are you?" Qianfengsha asked, "If you can still support me, I will send someone to send you back to Gaoping."

Duan Xuan shook her head and grinned, "If I don't leave, I'll die here, and I won't go anywhere."

The strong wind and sand slowly sat next to him, looked at him a few times, and suddenly said, "I have fought a war with your father."

Duan Xuan asked happily: "Is that so? Have you seen him?"

"Twenty years ago, I was very young and still a little coach. We got the help of the Xianbei people and rebelled with the Dongqiang people. The Han people we killed were sobbing and howling like a sword. When we reached Xiaoguan, your father brought a large army. At that time, he was still the Qiang Protector and had just been transferred from Liaodong in the northern border. We fought here for more than half a month and each other won and lost. Later, your father lost his food, suddenly gave up the three gates and retreated with all his strength. We chased after him, and the ambush of your father in Fengyi Mountain, and his entire army was wiped out. In that battle, your father killed more than 8,000 of us."

Duan Xuan's face looked a little ugly and she didn't make any noise.

The strong wind and sand looked at the dark night sky, and deep sadness appeared in his eyes, and his blood-stained cheeks were trembling slightly.

"The next year, your father defeated us at Fanting Mountain, and then chased us all the way to the Shehu Valley in Hanyang County. We fought with your father again in Shehu Valley, but we were still defeated. Your father killed 19,000 of us and seventeen Qus. "

The strong wind and sand looked at Duan Xuan, with a strong murderous aura in his eyes.

"Your father is Duan Yan and Duan Jiming. He fought with us in Western Xinjiang and killed more than 38,600 of us. He is the first enemy of our Qiang people."

Duan Xuan smiled helplessly and said, "You shouldn't have saved me."

The strong wind and sand looked at him, and he remained silent for a long time, and the murderous aura in his eyes gradually faded away.

He patted Duan Xuan on the shoulder gently and whispered: "You can go with the wounded soldiers. In the morning, you may not be able to leave."

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Yan Rou led his army to Fengyi Mountain.

"If we don't leave, we will be ambushing here." Yan Rou smiled, "The soldiers are too tired. Even if we arrive at Muxia Pass, it will be a problem to retreat. The Xianbei people are all cavalry. If they follow us and chase us, we will be miserable."

He looked at Xian Yuyin and Hua Xiong and asked, "Bojun, Ziwei, what do you think?"

"At that time, Lord Duan Zhuang and Lord Duan ambushed the rebels of the Dongqiang here and beheaded 8,000 levels." Hua Xiong pointed to the surrounding mountains and said, "This is a good place to ambush, I agree."

Xian Yuyin turned over and jumped under the horse and lay down on the ground.

"Okay, I'll stop leaving." Xian Yuyin shouted, "Thanks to Brother Ziyu for his kindness and righteous behavior!"

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The strong wind and sand ran out of the gate with a bloody sword, panting, shouting: "What's the matter? Are reinforcements here?"

Jiuyangsi came up and whispered: "Mr. Li comes to order us to withdraw from Gaoping City immediately."

"What did you say?" Qian Fengsha looked at Jiuyangsie in confusion, "You say it again."

Jiuyangsie smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Li comes to order us to withdraw overnight."

"What kind of bullshit order is this? We have been fighting here for a day. Thousands of brothers' corpses were thrown into Muxia Pass. Are they all dead in vain?" The fierce wind and sand fingers were shaking the sky. Inside the pass, the blood-red eyes widened, and roared loudly, "Which dog official is this? Is it the timid Qu Yi again? I think he is a dead mouse."

Jiuyangxi frowned, squinted her eyes, and took a step back timidly.

The strong wind and sand knife pointed at the Nine Sheepskin and shouted loudly: "Who is it? Where is the handwritten?"

Jiu Sheepsie hurriedly waved backwards, and the soldier who was sending the order trotted a few steps and handed over a piece of red silk cloth.

When Qianfengsha saw Li Hong's official seal on the silk cloth, he couldn't help but curse. He threw the silk cloth on the ground and stepped on it a few times.

"Sir, is that Lord Li's handwriting?" Jiu Yangsie asked, hiding far away.

Qianfengsha glared at him and slashed him with anger.

"withdraw……"

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The emperor walked into the imperial study proudly.

He was very happy these two days because since the Taiwei Zhang Wen was punished to think behind closed doors, there were suddenly more people giving him gifts. Another thing was that he could command the war. He had never been in contact with military affairs. In the past two days, with the assistance of Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and others, he gave many orders. He felt that it was both fresh and enjoyable, and he was happy.

It is already a fact that the Grand Marshal Zhang Wen was dismissed from office. What he lacked was just an imperial edict. The Three Dukes are important officials of the country and are indispensable in one day, and one is not enough. Therefore, if you want to be the Three Dukes, you must walk around and ask what Your Majesty meant.

According to convention, the Taiwei is the head of the three dukes. The Taiwei position is usually replaced by Situ. Situ is replaced by Sikong. Sikong is replaced by Sikong. The Sikong position is promoted from the nine ministers and other ministers. But there are exceptions, which mainly depends on the emperor's meaning. The Taiwei position is indeed the most prominent official position in the Han Dynasty, but it is also the most easily dismissed official position. Any good thing in the country is the emperor's merit, and any war disaster in the country is the fault of the Taiwei, and the Taiwei's official position is to apologize to the people of the world. Therefore, Situ Cui Lie was very distressed these days and did not look good when he saw the emperor. Sikong Xuxiang was very happy. He walked actively and moved around to recommend Fanling the Shaofu and Cao Song of the Great Honglu Cao.

"Love, I received another great gift today." The emperor said to Jian Shuo, who was with him, "Love, guess who it is?"

Jian Shuo shook his head repeatedly. Of course he didn't dare to guess randomly.

"Guanglu Xunding Palace." The emperor gently tapped the table and said, "He gave me a 60 million gift through the Empress Dowager."

Jian Shuo pondered slightly and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

"I heard what the Empress Dowager said, it seems that she wanted him to be the Grand Marshal."

"Your Majesty, Lord Ding is the Guangluxun, and the General has put in a lot of effort behind his back." Jian Shuo said in a low voice, "At this time, he wants to be the Grand Marshal, the general's thoughts..." He glanced at the emperor secretly and swallowed the words behind him.

The emperor waved his hand and said, "My dear will continue, and then he will continue."

"The general wants to take all the military power in his own hands. His ambition is worrying." Jian Shuo said, "Once Ding becomes the Grand Marshal, he will naturally collude with the General. Therefore, what I mean is that it is better for Lord Ding to be Sikong, and it is better for Lord Situ to take over the position of Grand Marshal."

The emperor hesitated for a moment and said, "My dear, do you think I will return the power of military affairs to the Grand Marshal?"

Jian Shuo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, because of this, it is the most appropriate for Lord Situ to be the Grand Marshal."

The emperor shook his head and said, "I see that Cui Aiqing has been very unhappy these days. I guess I am afraid that he will be dismissed from office and go home after being a Grand Marshal in a few days, so I feel very bad. When I talk to him, he also talks casually and talks randomly. Therefore, I don't want to make things difficult for him anymore. I plan to let Zongzheng Liu Yu and Liu be the Grand Marshal."

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Xiaoguan, Shimen and Muxia were occupied by the Xianbei people overnight.

The next day, Lu Ri deduced He Yan Liyou to reorganize his army and immediately marched towards Gaoping City. After reorganizing Helian, he also requested to move towards Gaoping City, but was stopped by Tuoba Feng.

"King, Gaoping City is already an empty city. We hurried there. Apart from a bloody battle and losing thousands of people, we can't grab anything. We should just take a day off at Muxia Pass." Tuoba Feng said, "According to the news we have received, Qu Yi has the third battalion of Han army cavalry, at least 24,000. It's not that he has no power to fight, but he suddenly abandoned the pass and left, which is very strange. We must figure out some situations, otherwise we should not act easily."

"In addition, let Lao Niu and Langtou fight first. We can see how many Han troops are in Gaoping City. If there are too many people, let Lao Niu and the others continue to surround us and we will go directly to the city. Now there are at least tens of thousands of Han people in the city. If we take the city, we can get a lot of treasures."

He Lian thought about it and asked, "How many people do you think the leopard's 70,000 army has crossed Liupan Mountain now? Did the leopard reach Gaoping?"

"From Qu Yi retreated without fighting and suddenly gave up the three passes, the leopard might have reached Gaoping." Tuoba Feng said with a very certain tone, "Without the leopard's order, Qu Yi did not dare to order the three passes privately to abandon it. This is a serious crime to kill the nine clans in the Han Dynasty. Moreover, his men and horses did not lose much, so what reason is there to withdraw suddenly? If it was indeed Leopard's order to abandon the three passes, then it is certain that Leopard's large group of people and food did not cross Liupan Mountain."

He Lian nodded expressionlessly and said, "You are right. If it weren't for the lack of food and grass and the reinforcements had not arrived, it would be really unreasonable for the Han army to abandon the three passes." He looked at Tuoba Feng and suddenly laughed, "The Leopard probably wouldn't have thought that we would suddenly appear in Muxia Pass, right?"

"This is also one of the reasons why he had to retreat." Tuoba Feng smiled proudly, "He only has more than 20,000 people in his hands now, and if he doesn't escape, he will be wiped out."

"If we guessed all this correctly, then we can conquer the city in a few days and approach Liupanshan." He Lian smiled, "In order to successfully enter Chang'an City, we would better eliminate the Leopard and his tens of thousands of troops north of Liupanshan."

"Does the king have any plan?" Tuoba Feng asked in surprise.

He Lian spread the map on the table table, and clicked Fanting Mountain with his hands, saying, "This is the only way to cross Liupan Mountain and enter Guanzhong. If we send tens of thousands of people to Fanting Mountain first to block the Han army's retreat, I think the leopard and his army should be unable to fly, right?"

Tuoba Feng hesitated for a moment and said, "The King's method is good, but I am worried that the Leopard will consider his retreat and leave a support force there in advance."

"You mean, we might be surrounded by leopards?"

"Yes." Tuoba Feng advised, "We go deep into the Han territory, and the terrain is not familiar with each other. We should not disperse our actions easily to avoid being ambushed by the Han people and causing great losses to our strength. I think the safest way is to work closely together and advance overall to ensure that the army is safe."
Chapter completed!