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"Report! The rear army has been defeated by the army of Wei and Song dynasties..."

When the messenger rolled and crawled, reporting the bad news to the Qi army commander Tian Chu, Tian Chu's face turned pale.

He didn't know that the Qin army had actually released water at the beginning, but from his perspective, he naturally thought that the rear army was defeated too quickly and failed to get enough time for the rest of the troops to retreat.

“…”

Gripping his teeth slightly, Tian Chu stood on the chariot and looked around.

At present, the Wei army's Fangcheng cavalry is mainly concentrated in front of his Qi army, constantly using long-range shots from crossbows to harass them, making it impossible for him to retreat at normal speed. The left wing was restrained by Qin generals Fan Bu and Zheng, and the rear army where Tian Da was located was defeated. It is not difficult to guess that the Wei and Song armies would immediately pursue him and launch an offensive against him, the right wing of the central army, which means that the retreat speed of his Qi army will be restricted again.

"what to do?"

Sweat beads oozed out of Tian Chu's forehead.

At this time, a general under his command hurried here in his own chariot, clasping his fists and saying to Tian Chu, "Thuzi, it won't work if this continues. Instead of asking the soldiers to be so cowardly and be slaughtered by the army of Qin, Wei, and Song, it is better to turn around and fight them to win and lose!"

『A victory or defeat?』

Tian Chu frowned and thought.

To be fair, even though the rear army commanded by Tian Da was defeated by the three coalition forces of Qin, Wei and Song dynasties, the Qi army still had more than 50,000, and it was not impossible to fight against the pursuing enemy troops. The problem was that it could hardly win.

In Tian Chu's estimate, the most optimistic ending is that both sides suffer losses.

It is worth mentioning that this is when the Yan army is not in charge, and the current signs show that the Yan army and the Song State are very likely to have some private agreement, which makes Tian Chu full of distrust of the Yan army. If the Yan army turns against each other at this time and jointly besiege him with the Qin, Wei and Song coalition forces, then not only will the 100,000 troops under his command be wiped out here, but he can even fight with the Qin, Wei, Song and Yan coalition forces all the way to his heartland of Qi.

This is the fundamental reason why Tian Chu dared not fight.

However, at present, the three-nation coalition forces of Qin, Wei and Song are gradually eroding the army under his command, which made Tian Chu feel a little embarrassed: Should we abandon some of the Qi army and flee, or should we concentrate our troops to fight the three-nation coalition forces of Qin, Wei and Song?

Just as Tian Chu was hesitating, he suddenly heard a burst of noise in the army on the west side.

He listened carefully and vaguely heard many soldiers shouting "Yan Army" and "Yan Army" and so on.

"Yan Army?! That guy Le Yi really dares to betray my Daqi?"

At the first moment, Tian Chu subconsciously thought that the Yan army saw that the Qi army was in a weak position and took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. However, after a moment, the situation reported by the messenger who came to report the news made him extremely shocked.

"Report! The Yan army supported our army, and they were fighting against the Qin army on the left wing of our army!"

『…』

Tian Chu opened his mouth, but he didn't react for a moment.

The Yan army...supported them?

Could it be that the Yan army did not actually form an alliance with the State of Song in private? It did not betray him the State of Qi?

Just when Tian Chu was lost, another messenger came hurriedly to convey the suggestions of the commander of the Yan army, Le Yi: "Chuzi, Yan general Le Yi said that he would not be able to resist the Yan army for long, and hoped that our army would evacuate quickly... He also said that the Qin army on the west side would be handed over to him, asking our army to focus on resisting the Wei and Song armies!"

"well……"

Tian Chu nodded repeatedly, feeling a mess in his head.

He did not doubt that Le Yi had any conspiracy. After all, as far as his current situation of the Qi army was concerned, if Le Yi really had any evil intentions towards him, the other party would not need to do anything. He just needed to join forces with the three coalition forces of Qin, Wei and Song to attack them together, which would be enough to wipe out the entire Qi army.

But Le Yi did not do this, but instead led the Yan army to reinforce his Qi army, which is enough to prove that Le Yi did not betray his Qi State.

After understanding this, Tian Chu felt extremely regretful of his previous judgment.

If he had known that Le Yi had not betrayed his Qi State, why would he have left the Yan army and fled alone? He could have retreated with the Yan army and concealed each other.

But now it is obviously not the time to regret. He took a deep breath and boosted his morale and said, "I ordered the troops and the Yan army to break through the enemy's blockade and successfully join our army. Next, I asked the troops and the Yan army to cover each other and retreat slowly... Don't be afraid. Although the three-country coalition forces of Qin, Wei and Song dynasties are large, the strength of our Qi and Yan army is not inferior..."

Inspired by Tian Chu, and also learned that the Yan army came to aid, the Qi army finally stabilized its morale for the time being. Then, as Le Yi suggested, the Yan army would resist the Qin army, while the Qi army would mainly resist the troops of the Wei and Song dynasties.

It has to be said that after receiving the support of tens of thousands of Yan troops, the Qi army finally had relatively abundant troops to resist the Wei and Song armies, which also made it impossible for the three armies of Qin, Wei and Song to achieve the expected results in a short period of time.

A moment later, the Qin soldiers in front of him sent the latest battle situation to Qin general Jin Kuang: "Report! Our army was blocked by the Yan army! The Yan army was evacuating the Qi army. Fan Bu and Zheng were severely blocked by the Yan army, and they begged the general to send more reinforcements!"

『Huh?』

When Qin general Jin Kuang heard the soldiers' reports, he was really surprised.

What's the situation? The Yan army is covering the retreat of the Qi army?

Isn’t the Yan army an internal supporter of the Song State?

I have to say that judging from the state of Yan's army when they followed the Qi army to attack Tancheng, Jin Kuang thought that Yan's army was an internal supporter of Song.

Later, when Meng Zhong was pursuing the Qi army, the troops of Wei and Song dynasties turned a blind eye to the Yan army, which further deepened Jin Kuang's judgment on this matter, but what is the situation now?

Jin Kuang, confused, couldn't help but turn his head to look at Meng Zhong, but finds that the latter frowned and looked thoughtful.

Licking his lips, Jin Kuang asked tentatively: "General Meng, this Yan army..."

Meng Zhong certainly knew what the Yan army was like, but of course he would not reveal the secret to Jin Kuang. He frowned and thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Did the Yan army reinforce the Qi army? Tsk! Looking at the Yan army's previous offensive against Tancheng, I thought the Yan army would not want to fight for the Qi army, but I didn't expect..."

"Is Meng Zhong even aware of this?"

Jin Kuang was a little surprised and tentatively said: "Does the Song State actually have no private agreement with the Yan army?"

"A private agreement?" Meng Zhong said with a funny look: "General Jin Kuang thought there was any private agreement between the two sides? If this is true, shouldn't the Yan army join forces with our three armies to siege the Qi army?"

"That's right... But when General Meng asked the troops to pursue Qi, he ignored the Yan army. I thought the Yan army had something..."

"I was wrong." Meng Zhong frowned and said, "I thought the Yan army would not wish that the Qi army would be wiped out by all our troops. Considering that the Yan army's threat to us was far less than that of the Qi army, he abandoned the Yan army and chased the Qi army. Unexpectedly... I was wrong."

"Is this Meng Zhong also wrong?"

Jin Kuang looked at Meng Zhong with surprise, then his heart moved slightly, and he said with his fists: "General Meng, at this moment, Fan Bu and Zheng, because the two generals under my command were blocked by the Yan army, are eager to ask for reinforcements, but the troops here are not enough. Do you think you will let the soldiers in front temporarily retreat first..."

How could Meng Zhong not know what Jin Kuang was thinking? You should know that because of Le Yi, he had no intention of completely annihilated the 100,000 Qi troops this time. The reason why he pressed against the Qi army step by step was actually to help Le Yi gain the trust of Tian Chu and Tian Da in disguise. After all, the more he received support from the Yan army in danger, Tian Chu and Tian Da would trust Le Yi more.

However, of course he would not reveal these inside stories to Jin Kuang. He frowned and said unhappily: "I know that your army is brave and powerful, how could it not even be defeated by the Yan army? Could it be that General Jin Kuang has any selfish intentions?"

I have to say that if it were someone else, Jin Kuang would have cursed at this moment, but he really didn't have the courage to face Meng Zhong. After all, Meng Zhong defeated him twice, which made many Qin generals fear him. You should know that Meng Zhong defeated him twice, not by virtue of some military advantage, but by excellent strategies, which made these Qin generals most awe.

Therefore, he quickly explained: "General Meng, don't misunderstand. Our Qin army went to Song this time to help Song repel Qi with the noble army. How could he have any selfishness?... However, even General Meng did not expect that the Yan army would cover the Qi army's withdrawal, let alone the soldiers in front of our army? I think that they were probably caught off guard by the Yan army because of this reason... Although General Meng had some conflicts with our Qin army in the past, the Qin and Wei armies are allies now, and General Meng will naturally listen to General Meng's suggestions. But if the soldiers of our Qin army were too severely injured and injured, I was also worried that the soldiers of our Qin army might feel resentful to General Meng..."

『Wow, you actually dare to threaten me?』

Meng Zhong could naturally hear the profound meaning of Jin Kuang's words, and felt a little funny.

In fact, when he was questioning Jin Kuang just now, he was ready to break up with Jin Kuang. Both sides would naturally not listen to his general orders. Naturally, the Qin army would not continue to advance to the Qi and Yan armies.

Once the Qin army fails to cooperate, the Wei and Song armies will naturally be unable to pursue the Qi and Yan coalition forces, and they can only let the other party evacuate. In this way, Le Yi can support Tian Chu and Tian Da evacuated safely.

But unexpectedly, Jin Kuang actually endured it. Although his words were a bit of a disguised warning, his attitude was not firm.

"What's going on? Is this Jin Kuang such a easy-to-talk person?"

Frowning slightly, Meng Zhong thought about how to solve the current situation.

However, Jin Kuang was wrong. Seeing Meng Zhong's calm face and silent, he could not help but feel guilty: "Don't blame General Meng, there is no other meaning... It is rumored that General Meng loves soldiers like his sons, so he must understand that Jin does not want his soldiers to suffer too much casualties... Of course, if General Meng insists on continuing to force the Qi and Yan armies, our Qin army will also follow."

"What's wrong?"

Murmuring in his heart, Meng Zhong coughed and quickly spoke up to dispel Jin Kuang's thoughts: "No, General Jin Kuang is right. Now that Yan's army reinforces Qi's army, the troops have exceeded our army. We should not force them too tightly, so as not to be forced to the dead end, and then they will be desperate and defeated our army... Furthermore, if you think about it carefully, I, a general of Wei, are indeed not qualified to ask your army..."

"What is General Meng saying?" Jin Kuang said with a smile: "General Meng's talent, even the soldiers of our Qin army admire him. What's more, it is difficult to make a conclusion about the affairs of the world. Maybe General Meng will join my Great Qin in the future? With General Meng's talent, as long as he is willing to join my Great Qin, he will definitely be a lord and a marquis..."

Meng Zhong smiled slightly and did not express any opinions on this.

I have to say that Jin Kuang is really right. In this era, it was indeed a very frequent thing for countries to lead their bids to other countries, such as Wei Zhang, Gan Mao, Gongsun Xi, etc. The countries they served for the longest were actually not the mother country where they were born.

Seeing that Meng Zhong seemed to be in a bad mood, Jin Kuang took the opportunity to say, "Then... Then Jin ordered Fan Bu and Zheng Yin and the others to withdraw?"

"This is the only way for the time being." Meng Zhong nodded and said unwillingly.

Seeing Meng Zhong acquiesced, Jin Kuang was overjoyed and went with the flow to call Fan Bu. The second generals of Zheng Yin retreated. Although he kept saying that he was temporarily retreating and reorganizing, he privately called Fan Bu, and the second generals of Zheng Yin deliberately delayed.

As for the reason, naturally, they didn't want to cause too much casualties on their side, so Fan Bu and Zheng Yin had no doubts.

However, Jin Kuang's small actions were not hidden from Meng Zhong's eyes, but Meng Zhong did not expose him.

Perhaps Jin Kuang felt that he was the only one who deliberately let the water out of the Qin army in this pursuit battle. I am afraid he would never have thought that the most serious letting the Qi and Yan coalition forces was not him, but Meng Zhong beside him.

As Meng Zhong judged, when the Qin army no longer forced the Qi and Yan armies too much, the Wei and Song armies were also unable to support themselves and could no longer expand any results. Therefore, Meng Zhong naturally ordered the Wei and Song armies to retreat, join forces with the Qin army, and follow the Qi and Yan armies far away to chase and kill the Qi soldiers who were left behind for various reasons.

And how many people can be killed?

After all, most of the main force of the Qi army was preserved under the cover of the Yan army and quickly evacuated to the north.

After chasing for thirty miles, the three armies of Qin, Wei and Song each withdrew their troops, cleared the corpses along the way, and divided the spoils on the corpses of the enemy.

Seeing this, Qin general Jin Kuang breathed a sigh of relief.

He felt that he had finally successfully prevented the entire Qi army from being wiped out and could finally explain to Rang Marquis Wei Ran.

Seeing him saying goodbye to Meng Zhong with a smile, then turned around and left, Le Jin smiled strangely and said to the deputy general Yu Ying: "Yu Ying, I'll tell you a joke. Jin Kuang thought it was him who helped Qi army escape the fate of destruction..."

The servant Sima Yuying glanced at his chief general coldly, then turned around and said to Meng Zhong, "I don't understand the city order. Since Qin is willing to unite with Qi, why should we help Song defeat the invading Qi army?"

Meng Zhong said lightly: "It is only because Qin was forced to have no choice but to cooperate with Qi... Qin does not want Qi to annex Song too early, but also does not want Song to help Wei resist him. Qin set foot in the Central Plains. Therefore, Qin needs Qi to restrain Song."

Yu Ying frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head and sighed: "The intrigue between countries is not something that our martial artists can understand."

Hearing this, Meng Zhong smiled slightly, then turned his head and looked at the direction of the Qi Yan coalition's retreat.
To be continued...