The three men met, exchanged some words, and each breathed a sigh of relief. Then they met up and continued to head north to find the floating bridge on the Hutuo River.
After walking another two miles, the road just started to run parallel to the end of the Taiping River. Before they saw Pu Suyue's troops and Eluguan's reinforcements, they saw Gao Qingyi leading more than a hundred cavalrymen coming towards them.
Seeing this, Elubu and Jiaguwulibu lowered their heads slightly and fell down, while Hong Ya hurriedly took the lead to meet them.
Before Hong Ya could speak, Gao Qingyi asked hurriedly:
"Minister Hong, how is the war going?"
"The ground is collapsing and the mountains are falling apart. The whole situation is in disarray. I am here in the name of the King of Wei to ask you not to bring in the Sixth Prince's reinforcements. Then, let the Sixth Prince gather his troops and carefully defend the city. Then, let Pu Suyue restore order on the floating bridge..." Hong Ya raised the gold medal in his hand high. "Then, I will go to the lower reaches of the north bank of the Hutuo River to meet the defeated soldiers."
Jiagu Wulibu was slightly stunned behind him, and Gao Qingyi turned pale and stood there in a daze for a while before asking again: "Is it completely hopeless?"
"There is no hope." Hong Ya said impatiently. "The Song army swept across the battlefield. Our army has no place to maintain its organization. Even the Fourth Prince can only go to Shiyi first to prepare to gather and prepare the defeated soldiers outside the battlefield... Gao Tongshi, turn around quickly and go back with us!"
Gao Qingyi became more and more frightened, but finally turned around and went downstream under the urging of the other party.
The group was getting bigger and bigger. After walking for a while, the shouting and killing sounds behind them gradually faded away. Instead, they gradually heard the rushing river in front of them. The sound of water was loud in front. Everyone knew that the Hutuo River was approaching, so they accelerated forward. After walking a few more steps, they saw that the Hutuo River was right in front of them. On this side, the Pu Suyue camp was neatly arranged with clear flags. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.
As expected, the young Pu Suyue rode out to meet the enemy and asked about the war:
"How did Gao Tongshi come back so quickly? Minister Hong, there is a war going on ahead... Why is General Erlubu here? General Wulibu is here too?"
"To be honest, General." Hong Ya had already given up, and at this moment, he went straight forward to tell the story without any burden. "We suffered a great defeat in the front, the Song army swept across, killing and wounding many, and our army has no place to stand... The King of Wei went to Shiyi and prepared to gather troops outside the battlefield, so he gave me a golden medal and asked me to pass on the order to you, to control the floating bridge, gather the defeated soldiers as much as possible, and deal with them if necessary."
Pu Suyue was stunned for a moment, his eyes turned from the gold medal in the other party's hand, then looked at Elubu and Jiagu Wulibu, then nodded blankly.
But soon, he glanced at Gao Qingyi, whose face was pale, and asked Hong Ya again: "In this case...May I ask Minister Hong, do you have any news about General Shaohe?"
Hong Ya didn't know what to say for a moment, but Gao Qingyi immediately covered his face.
"It's hard to say." Erlubu suddenly spoke up. "The victorious Song army came from the east. General Yelu Mawu, General Wanyan Wulun, and I were all on the eastern front. We were defeated first and were able to escape into the camp. General Wulibu should have been rotating his troops in the camp before. But apart from that, the troops on the western front and the central army were too dense and they were defeated too late. People were stuck at the suspension bridge in front of the camp gate, and there were heavy casualties from being trampled... My dear nephew, let me be frank. Shaohe's position is already dangerous, and it's still an hour before dark... If this continues, by dark, even if Shaohe survives by chance, his Bohai Wanhu will probably suffer heavy casualties."
Hearing this, almost everyone looked up at the sky at the same time, and their faces all looked even uglier.
After a long while, Pu Suyue nodded and said, "In that case, I will take you across the river. The Sixth Prince must still be waiting in Zhending City for your news."
Everyone sighed for a moment, but no one objected. Instead, they sped up and followed, passing through Pu Suyue's camp of only two or three thousand people, and then boarded the floating bridge on the Hutuo River from the back of the camp.
The Hutuo River is a big river, and it is also a estuary during the flood season. It is really not easy to build a floating bridge. There are only four of them here. It is conceivable how many floating bridges can be crossed when the defeated troops in the rear arrive.
But a few people, since they have already survived, are too lazy to care about those things.
In fact, after the group climbed onto the bridge and crossed the river, they were finally completely relieved and even collapsed on the spot. However, Pu Suyue turned around and went back without hesitation.
In this way, the group rested here for a while before preparing to set off. However, just as they were about to move, they heard a noise in the camp on the other side of the river.
The crowd, who had already become frightened birds, did not dare to delay. They hurriedly found a small mound in front of the pontoon bridge, climbed up on horseback and looked around. However, they saw neither the pursuers nor the large number of fleeing defeated soldiers. Instead, they saw Pu Suyue's flag leading about a thousand cavalrymen directly out of the camp and heading towards the battlefield against the Taiping River.
How could everyone not understand when they saw this?
But I have seen so many life and death matters today that I am speechless for a moment.
Except for one person.
"What's the point of living?" Gao Qingyi's nose was sore, and he sat down on the ground in the rain, crying bitterly. "Shaohe and I have been friends for many years, and his life or death is unknown. I didn't even dare to ask, but a junior is so ready to die... I am so ashamed!"
After hearing this, everyone had different expressions.
Hong Ya simply sneered: "Gao Tongshi, you have not only let down Shao He, but also the Fourth Prince? This time, you were the one who planned the battle. Although it was forced by the situation, there was nothing wrong with it... But since we were defeated and caused the disaster today, someone should be held responsible... Fifteen thousand households, even if it is only one percent of your fault, you should be killed to pay for it!"
When Gao Qingyi heard this, he nodded repeatedly: "Minister Hong is absolutely right."
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