However, no matter whether the gong is beaten wrongly, as soon as the gong sounds, the troops siege the city must stop attacking immediately and retreat on the entire line, and not disobey.

When a drum is heard, he will advance, and when a gold is sounded, he will retreat. This is a way for an army to enforce orders. If anyone disobeys, he will be punished by military law. At the very least, he will be whipped and punished, and at the worst, he will be killed. Especially in wartime, disobeying military orders is challenging the bottom line of the main general, and he will be killed without mercy.

So no matter whether the gong was beaten wrongly, the first thing Sima Jun had to do was to retreat according to the order. If someone really beat the gong randomly, the retreating person would have no responsibility, and the gong would be punished.

After retreating back to the barracks, Chen Tai immediately announced loudly that he would give the troops of each barracks half an hour to pack up their things and retreat.

The soldiers couldn't help but look at each other. It turned out that this was not a mistaken sound of the gong, but the army was indeed going to retreat, but the order to retreat was too abrupt. No one was mentally prepared and was completely caught off guard!

Chen Tai just issued an order without giving any explanation. Many times, the truth does not necessarily need everyone to know. The lower-level soldiers only need to obey the order. After all, major events like the fall of Yecheng are very harmful to the morale of the army. It is better for ordinary soldiers to not know it.

Half an hour was indeed very short, and Chen Tai's request was very strict, so after receiving the order, the entire army immediately fell into a tense and chaotic situation and hurriedly packed up.

But despite this, there are still many things that are not too late to clean up, especially some bulky equipment that are difficult to move and cannot be taken away smoothly.

Chen Tai was not confused and ordered that all the things that could not be taken away were piled up together and burned together. Since he could not be taken away, he could not afford the Bingzhou army in vain, and it would not be a matter of burning.

After getting rid of the silence, Sima Jun immediately set up camp, left Jingxing Pass, and rushed eastward to Zhending.

Jingxing Pass is the east entrance of Jingxing Road. After leaving Jingxing Pass, the road is not so narrow and rugged, but it is still mountainous and hilly. Only by walking about fifty miles eastward can you completely walk out of the remnants of the Taihang Mountains and enter the Hebei Central Plain.

The reason why Chen Tai retreated so urgently was not just because of Sima Shi's orders, but Chen Tai also understood that the current situation was not good.

The loss of Yecheng led to the offensive and defensive situation on the battlefield of Jizhou. Originally, the Sima army was the attacking party and controlled the initiative on the battlefield. The biggest purpose of Sima army attacking Jingxing Pass was not to mean taking down Jingxing Pass, but to attack Jingxing Pass, forcing the hidden Bingzhou army to appear and fight against it.

Now that the Sima Army retreated, it completely handed over the initiative on the battlefield to the Bingzhou Army, and the situation was reversed in an instant. Chen Tai's army, nearly a hundred miles away from the main force, suddenly fell into an isolated and helpless state. Therefore, the faster it evacuated, the safer it could be ensured. Otherwise, if it was ambushed by the Bingzhou Army, it would be in danger!

Unfortunately, everything I feared was that when Sima's army had just retreated to the Bailu Mountain area, it was suddenly attacked by the Bingzhou army.

The Bingzhou Army cut off the Sima Army's way. At the same time, a Bingzhou Army appeared in the north and south. The Jingxing Pass defenders behind them also broke out of the city at this time and followed the pursuit.

When Chen Tai heard the news, he was sweating in cold sweat. Even though his actions were already the fastest, the Bingzhou Army was obviously faster than him. Chen Tai was already surrounded and surrounded by enemies.

This was obviously a premeditated operation by the Bingzhou Army. Their interception was timely and effective, as if they had obtained information about Sima Army's operations, and accurately blocked Sima Army's return and blocked all their retreat.

Chen Tai felt that this was almost impossible. Even though the Bingzhou Army had spies hidden in the Sima Army, Chen Tai had already adopted the fastest speed and highest efficiency in this retreat, and there was almost no delay. Even if these spies passed the information out, the Bingzhou Army would not have the chance to dispatch troops and complete the siege in such a short time.

But Chen Tai was unbelievable. The Bingzhou Army was surrounded by them from all directions. Just looking at this situation, it was not easy for Sima Army to break through.

Chen Tai looked solemn. In fact, he had expected the Bingzhou Army to intercept it halfway, but he did not expect that the Bingzhou Army would come so quickly, faster than he imagined. No matter how hard he tried, he would still be unable to escape the fate of being surrounded.

Although the terrain of Bailu Mountain is not as dangerous as that of Jingxing Pass, it is also surrounded by mountains on all sides. The Bingzhou army is condescending and defending it with danger, so it is difficult for the Sima army to break out.

Fortunately, Chen Tai was not a mediocre general, and he was not at a loss because of the sudden appearance of the Bingzhou Army. He quickly calmed down and observed the terrain everywhere. If the Sima Army was in charge of the way, he would be attacked from all sides. No one could resist such a formation. Only by seizing the commanding heights can he barely stand invincible.

The Bailu Mountain beside you seems to meet Chen Tai's requirements. Although the Bailu Mountain is not high, it is large enough to accommodate 50,000 Sima Army soldiers. Moreover, the mountains are dense, and the Sima Army can also cut wood and set up villages and make rolling wood for defense.

Bailu Mountain does not have the dangerous terrain that is a one-man who can pass the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it. The hillside is relatively flat, but even the lower mountain is still a mountain. It is much higher than the city wall. As long as the Sima army retreats to the mountain and seizes this commanding height, they can resist the attack of the Bingzhou army. Anyway, once the news of their attack here reaches the Sima army, the Sima army will definitely send troops to rescue it. At that time, it will not be difficult to cooperate inside and outside to break the siege of the Bingzhou army.

Chen Tai made a quick decision and ordered the army to move to the mountain immediately.

Although there are several lingering paths on Bailu Mountain, the traffic capacity of this kind of goose intestine path is limited. Sima's army has nearly 50,000 troops. If it wants to climb to the top of the mountain in a very short time and completely walk these goose intestine paths, it is almost impossible to achieve it.

Fortunately, Bailu Mountain is a dirt mountain with a gentle mountain. As long as you cut off some bushes and clear out the road to the mountain, you can still climb up the hillside.

However, those vehicles, equipment, heavy equipment could not be brought up the mountain, so they could only be thrown at the foot of the mountain. Fortunately, these things were within the range of Sima's bow and arrow, and they were not afraid of the Bingzhou army robbing and robbing them, so Chen Tai did not deliberately destroy these things.
Chapter completed!