If Pugu Huaien, the eight thousand horse army that suddenly appeared on the battlefield, became the key to turning the situation around, then the Hedong army that broke into Jingxing Pass and joined forces with the side troops who broke into Pugudang became the last straw to bending the camel. The rebels had been besieging Changshan for more than a month, and when they were about to capture the city, they suddenly encountered such a huge change. After another fierce battle, the psychological gap gradually evolved into a panic. In the end, Cai Xide, who knew that things could not be done, could only make a quick decision to gather the remaining troops and retreat to Youzhou immediately.

Although all the three counties between Changshan County and Ye County were under his control, if he retreated south at this time, he would be surrounded by all sides.

Cai Xide was rigorous in his army, and the rebels were also well-trained and brave, but the battle turned into defeat. In the end, less than 10,000 people were left to go north with him. In addition to the casualties, most of the rest were fled. Pugu Huaien knew that it was not easy for him to win this battle, and he did not pursue him. He just sent a group of troops to sweep the battlefield, and then led the rest of troops to meet with the reinforcements. He had discovered that in addition to the Hedong troops, there was another army under the banner of Pugu, so he was naturally puzzled.

Pugudang was clearly assisting in Zhending City. Where did this new Pugu soldiers come from? It was because his mother and Mrs. Luo Shi were worried, so his younger brother led the troops from Pugu's troops in Xiazhou to support him. Or was Pugu's troops unwilling to be lonely in Mobei Pugu's troops, so he sent another troops south? If it were the latter, he would have to teach a boy who was very happy to be successful, thinking that Mobei would be really peaceful?

When the two armies approached, he saw a cavalry rushing in the battle formation opposite, with his armor and battle robe covered in blood, and his face was even more gray, and he couldn't see what he looked like. However, the father and son were instinctively recognizing the person, and immediately raised his eyebrows and rushed out, and as soon as he met, he shouted with a stern voice: "Aren't you guarding the truth? How could you be a deserter?"

When my father met, he scolded himself like this. Pugudang was immediately aggrieved and guilty. He turned over and fell off the horse and bowed to the ground, and said in a choked voice: "Grandpa, my subordinates and I were guarding the city in Zhending for more than a month, but since last night, the enemy suddenly went crazy and attacked like crazy. After dawn, not only had reinforcements, but also launched a rushing car. Yan Envoy hoped that we would go out of the city to destroy the rushing car, break through the surround and go to Jingxing Pass to request Hedong reinforcements, so I took them out..."

"If I were a step later, it would have fallen into the hands of the rebels." Pugu Huai'en was furious immediately, picked up the whip and waved it heavily at Pugudang. Seeing that the whip fell on Pugudang's shoulder, rolled up a strand of clothes, revealing his close armor, he snorted angrily and jumped off the horse and was about to hit him again, but someone rushed towards him.

"General Pugu, General Pugu was forced to do so. He sent troops out of the city several times before, and each time he was able to return to the city, only a few people were able to return to the city. This time, Cai Xide tried his best to attack the city, and he had to break through this way. If you want to blame, I blame the soldiers and horses in Hedong who were dragged down and were unable to break into Jingxing Pass, and I didn't have time to rescue Changshan."

Pugu Huaien looked in the voice and saw a middle-aged man with a deep face. He raised his eyebrows in annoyed manner, but he never got angry with his son in front of an outsider. No matter what, he could see that his most valued eldest son was safe and soundless. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief without saying that. After ordering Pugudang to get up, he nodded slightly to the person coming and said, "Dare you ask which general is Hedong?"

"I am the Chief Secretary of Taiyuan, Wang Chengguang." Knowing that his name is just an unknown person to Pugu Huaien, the person who came after dismounted the horse added at the right time, "Master Du was once a friend and subordinate, and now the prefect of Yiwu, Wang Ziyu, is here to follow his father."

Of course, Pugu Huaien heard about Wang Han from Du Shiyi. Seeing that the man in front of him said that he was Wang Han's nephew, he did not care much about himself. Besides, this is not the time to question why the soldiers and horses in Hedong were late. He immediately said concisely: "I am rushing from afar, and the soldiers and horses are exhausted. I will order people to withdraw the troops and trouble King Changshi to clean up the battlefield for me."

Wang Chengguang naturally agreed readily. When Pugudang led his troops to meet him, Pugu Huaien saw that there were only more than a thousand people left, and everyone was exhausted from the bloody battle, and all of them were injured. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful of blaming the eldest son. But he decided not to show this emotion in front of others. After comforting the soldiers, he called Pugudang to travel with him to Zhending, and he had just asked about the past month of guarding the city. When he learned that there were hundreds of wounded soldiers in the city of Zhending, he couldn't help but change his face suddenly.

"Yan Gaoqing's son is angry, but you don't know what happened. You actually threw him and the military and civilians in this city to break through the siege and the chariots. In addition, the spare thunder on your body can burn it. Once you break through, leave a group of troops to train and defend the city, wouldn't it almost give Zhending to the rebels for nothing? Remember me in the future, everything you do will be done. My Pugu tribe has only warriors who died in battle, and no men who are afraid of death."

Pugudang quickly lowered his head and responded with a stern response, and his heart was still worried about his failure to persevere. When the army reached the south gate of Zhending City, as the two gates slowly opened, a group of people came out to greet him soon. Yan Gaoqing was walking in front. As soon as he met, Pugudang, who had been guarding the city side by side with the prefect of Changshan for more than a month, keenly realized that Yan Gaoqing had become much haggard and aged in the past half a day. He subconsciously rolled off his saddle and quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Eunuch Yan, it's all my fault for being late for me."

"If there was no General Pugu, Zhending would have been lost long ago. How could he survive until today? I strongly advised you to do this for breaking through the siege, so you don't have to blame yourself." Yan Gaoqing stretched out his hands and helped Pugudang up, and then bent down deeply to Pugu Huaien, "Thanks to the old general Pugu to relieve my Zhending siege and Changshan's trap."

Am I very old?

Pugu Huai'en muttered a little uneasy, but when he thought of Du Shiyi's praise for Yan Gaoqing, he had to come forward and support him. He was about to scold Pugudang in front of Yan Gaoqing, but he didn't expect Pugudang, who was looking around, suddenly asked, "Envoy Yan, where is Yuan Changshi?"

When someone asked Yuan Luqian, Yan Gaoqing immediately froze there. If Pugu Huaien hadn't been holding him at this time, he would have been afraid that he would not even be able to maintain his standing posture. He wriggled his lips and almost used all his strength. Then a few words burst out with difficulty: "Lu Qian... He died for the city with his own life."

Pugudang couldn't even believe his ears. The elder who had always been humble and kind and thought the most about everything had gone? He exclaimed in disbelief, and actually forgot his father here, and ran to the city. Seeing him like this, although Pugu Huai'en had experienced countless fights and many robes died in the battlefield, he couldn't help but be silent at this moment. He didn't get on the horse, but just helped Yan Gaoqing slowly enter the city through the city gate lock. When he saw the countless soldiers and civilians standing silently on both sides of the street, he could not feel much joy in the aftermath of the disaster, only the heavy sorrow.

What kind of hardships has Zhending experienced in the past month?

Yan Gaoqing directly stopped Yuan Luqian's body in the main hall of the Changshan Prefecture Mansion. In his words, Yuan Luqian sacrificed his life for the country and a role model of the court, and should enjoy the worship of everyone below him. Not only Yuan Luqian, if it were not for the strong advice of the officials below, a wealthy household also donated his home to stop the spirit of the soldiers who died in one night. He would almost turn the huge prefecture mansion into a funeral hall. At this moment, Pugudang, who rushed back to the prefecture mansion, had already paid homage to Yuan Luqian, his eyes were already red, and his shoulders were constantly twitching.

When Pu Gu Huaien, who came in later, saw this scene, he first worshiped the heroic spirit, and found that there was no Yuan Luqian's family in the hall, so he asked Yan Gaoqing: "Eunuch Yan, I don't know Yuan Changshi's family..."

"Mrs. My sister-in-law fainted from crying. If I hadn't ordered someone to comfort me, I would almost have to commit suicide and go with him." Speaking of this, Yan Gaoqing became more and more worried and then whispered, "Lu Qian's youngest son is still in his infancy. But his eldest son... is still among the rebels, and should still be in Ye County."

Pugudang quickly gritted his teeth and said, "Grandpa, not only Yuan Changshi's eldest son, but Yan's eldest son is also in the hands of An Lushan. When An Lushan sent troops to rebel, he concealed the news when he arrived in Changshan, and took Yan and Yuan Changshi's eldest son away, and forced Yan and Yuan Changshi to serve themselves."

"So that's it." Pugu Huaien added three points of respect and immediately promised, "I will definitely report this matter to the Grand Marshal. When breaking Ye County, I will do my best to save the lives of the orphans of the orphans of the Lang and Yuan Changshi."

"Life and death have their own destiny, not to mention that if you have to take these into consideration during a war, wouldn't it be more constrained by the soldiers in the army?"

Although he was the eldest son of my old friend Su Ziao, and even though he had high hopes for the eldest son, he thought of the scene in Ye County. Although Yan Gaoqing said sorry countless times in his heart, he still said with a heart of heart, "If Lu Qian is still alive, he will definitely say this. Could it be that the lives of our officials' children are fate, and the lives of the soldiers in the army are not fate? The Pugu tribe does not know how many people buried their bones in Changshan this time, and the regiment training I recruited was even more sacrificed. In the war, everything was pacified by the top war. I will report to the court, step down to guard the cemetery, and thank Yingling for thanking Yingling."

Pugu Huaien was moved, but he thought that he was a rude man and would never persuade the stubborn prefect of Changshan. After thinking about it, he left Pugudang to comfort Yan Gaoqing. After leaving the main hall, he summoned a few personal soldiers and immediately said in a deep voice: "When the King of Hedong comes back, please invite him to see me immediately. When the rebels fled back to Youzhou, they will first rectify the city defense, and then immediately go south to recover the three counties of Guangping County, Xingzhou Julu County, and Zhaozhou Zhao County. I will personally station in Changshan. If Shi Siming from Youzhou really dares to send troops to come, I will let me meet him in person."
Chapter completed!