"Send out more troops, light torches, build a temporary floating bridge along the Huishui River, and support the defeated army..."

"Oh, and tell Tuhesu that no matter how difficult it is, he must try to send someone to pass through the Song army's tunnel position at night to notify Olubu at Xiling Pass and ask him to withdraw... Once Tuhesu leaves, he will be in the most danger."

This meant that in order to preserve the manpower as much as possible, the Hezhong Basin (Yuncheng Basin) was completely abandoned and the area was retreated to the Linfen Basin.

The generals below of course understood, but no one objected. They just shouted and then left.

"Sa Li He!"

At this moment, Balisu suddenly called one of them. "Where are you going?"

The rest of the generals turned back.

Having just returned to the military camp, the dishevelled Salihe was stunned for a moment, then quickly became cautious and sternly bowed his hands: "General, I will go to supervise the construction of the floating bridge and support our headquarters..."

"Ma Wu, go!" Balisu turned his head and looked at a silent general, who was none other than Yelu Ma Wu, a Khitan commander. "That's also your headquarters."

Yelu Ma Wu, who had been standing silently by the side, bowed slightly and immediately turned around to leave the camp. After the surrounding generals looked at Salihe who was obviously a little flustered, no one dared to openly wait to see Wan Hu's joke, so they all followed Ma Wu out of the camp and got busy.

It was Salihe who was at a loss for a moment. He stood there, not daring to move, especially when the others left. Suddenly, only Balisu and his personal guards were left in the tent.

"Salalhe." Balisu took a deep breath. "You were defeated by Han Shizhong, and everyone said that the Cuipian Army and Beiwei Army were in front of you, so I think it can't be fake... Then I don't blame you for your defeat. On the contrary, if I hadn't been careless and thought that Han Shizhong was still guarding the pass, you wouldn't have been defeated like this..."

Salihe was slightly relieved, but he knew that he couldn't offend the other party at this time, so he quickly blamed himself: "After all, I lost. Han Shizhong is so cunning, how can it be the fault of the commander-in-chief?"

"We met on the battlefield, and he is one step ahead. There is nothing to say, especially since he is the best general in the south." Bali nodded quickly, but continued to face each other solemnly. "But Salihe, why did your 10,000 cavalrymen flee and you were the first to arrive here? As a result, we had no idea about the strength and details of the Song army, forcing us to retreat and abandon Hezhong Prefecture?"

Salihe pursed his lips and explained seriously: "To let the commander know that the front army had been defeated, and Han Shizhong's two elite troops were still there, and there were at least some other troops. It would be useless to force another battle. Instead of continuing to face the enemy, it is better to cut off one's arm and try to save the entire army... Therefore, I directly ordered the army to retreat."

Balisu nodded and asked again, "But what about that Taishi Nu? Why did several officers say that the Khitan Mouke Taishi Nu noticed something was wrong and repeatedly gave you advice, but you just didn't believe it, thus delaying the battle?"

Salihe finally fell silent, and after a long while he said helplessly: "General, I really couldn't believe that Han Shizhong was across from me at that time."

"It's human nature." Balisu nodded again. "But everyone knows that Grand Master Nu came to you several times to give you advice. Why didn't you take any action after you came back? Did you kill him to eliminate future troubles, or promote him to show that he has changed his ways? Instead, you ignored it and let this incident and this person shake the morale of the army for nothing?"

Salihe was finally stunned, but he suddenly realized something. He hurriedly bowed and said goodbye, and went to look for the master's slave.

But when the person left, Balisu sighed for a while in the tent, and after a while he turned his gaze towards the tent behind.

In the back tent, there was a man who had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw Balisu looking over, he immediately came out... It was none other than the Khitan Mouke Tai Shi Nu.

"The governor."

The master slave was obviously cautious.

"Since he was beaten to tears by Wu Jie in the battle at Yaoshan, Salihe has become more and more of a jerk." Balisu sighed and said this in the audience. "But Taishi Nu, you also roamed in the Liao Kingdom back then, you should know my helplessness... After all, his surname is Wanyan, and he grew up in Taizu's tent like Wanyan Bendu. Three... two princes are in power, how can I deal with them?"

"I understand the commander-in-chief's difficulties." Tai Shi Nu bowed in response.

"So, if you want to prevent what happened today from happening again and avenge Yelu Yizhen, you have only one way." Balisu cheered up and said sternly. "That is to bypass people like Salihe and me, and serve the person who can really make the decision... I will give you a marching silver medal, and you will immediately go north to Jingxing to welcome King Wushu of Wei, and tell him everything about the situation of this battle. Don't hide anything, just tell him everything! Then tell King Wei that Salihe wants to kill you, and you are loyal to the Great Jin and don't want to betray it, so you took the risk to ask me directly. I see that you are sincere, so I gave you this silver medal and asked you to find him, hoping to stay in front of him as an advisor, and ask him to take the opportunity to seriously consider my overall strategy! Our cavalry must be concentrated and fight on the plains to be effective!"

"I know. I will definitely persuade the Fourth Prince to follow the commander-in-chief's strategy to fight against the Song army." Tai Shi Nu took the silver medal from the personal guard Balisu beside him and immediately bowed his head to show his loyalty.

"Go!" Balisu gestured with his lips.

After a while, as the master's slave left, the tent finally became quiet, but Balisu remained silent for a long time.

At dawn.

The melee was over... Han Shizhong had achieved his goal before he even reached the south of Tieling Pass.

The only two Wanhu of the Jin army who managed to spy out the enemy, one in the south and the other in the north, one was Elubu at Chenguanxing, and the other was Tuhesu on the south bank of the Huishui River facing the Jiangxian Pass, they retreated at the same time overnight.

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