Ghost side.
As the Northern Army continued to advance, the pressure on Tuoliang and the Guifang generals increased.
The only good news was that the Northern Army did not launch a surprise attack on them.
The Northern Army continued to use various strategies and deliberately exposed their flaws.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Northern Army wanted to lure them into taking the initiative and annihilate their cavalry in one fell swoop.
This is consistent with Yun Zheng's usual style.
Tuo Yan had heard a long time ago that when Yun Zheng fought with others, no matter whether he had an advantage or disadvantage in terms of military strength, he always liked to win by using unexpected strategies rather than blindly attacking.
This is also good news for Tuo Lin!
They also need time now.
Not only do they need to meet up with another army, but they also need to wait for the people sent to find water to bring back news.
...
...
Finally, the people sent by Tuo Lin finally came back.
They found a source of water on the south side of the Uburu Desert.
However, at their marching speed, it would take about ten days to reach the water source.
But this was not a problem for Tuo Lin and the Guifang generals.
They certainly can't move fast with all the food and supplies they carry.
But they can send cavalry to fetch water!
It is not a problem for a cavalryman to fill dozens of water bags at one time and bring them back!
As long as there is water, they can retreat to the Oron Plateau.
As long as their army retreated to the Oron Highlands, they would have a safe place to defend.
By then, even if Yun Zheng had extraordinary means, he would be unable to do anything to them!
"call……"
Tuo Yan breathed a sigh of relief and immediately gave the order: "Inform all units to retreat to the Elong Plateau immediately! Inform Muliju to change the retreat route immediately and meet up with our unit on the Elong Plateau! Chiyan, lead 10,000 cavalry to keep an eye on the enemy immediately to prevent them from seeing through our intentions and suddenly launching a surprise attack on us..."
Just as Tuo Lin was giving the order, a sudden voice rang out.
"My king, something bad has happened! Something bad has happened..."
Tuo Lin was in a good mood after deciding on the retreat route. However, when this panicked voice sounded, Tuo Lin's good mood was instantly ruined.
Looking at the soldier stumbling over, Tuo Yan couldn't help but ask with a dark face: "What happened?"
The soldier replied in panic: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and his son led more than a thousand cavalrymen to the enemy side, and killed more than a dozen people who tried to stop them..."
"What?"
Tuo Yan's face changed drastically, and he roared murderously: "Chi Yan, lead the army to chase them back immediately! I will tear them into pieces!"
Endless anger spread in Tuo Yan's heart.
Tuohuan and his son led their men to the Northern Army and killed their people. Of course, it was impossible for them to lead the army to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Army.
Surrender to the enemy!
They are going to surrender to the enemy!
Damn Tuohuan!
It turns out that this old dog has long been thinking about surrendering to the enemy!
I shouldn't have been so hesitant before. I should have beaten this old dog to death!
Chi Yan did not dare to delay and went to inspect the troops immediately.
“Come on!”
Tuo Lin was still furious and immediately called his guards, "Immediately arrest Kuo Ge, Su En, and Ya Ku, and assign people to keep them under strict guard!"
These people were the ones who had pleaded for Tuohuan before.
Now, it has become a fact that Tuohuan and his son led their troops to surrender to the enemy.
He must arrest all those people!
At this time, it is better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go!
We must never give those people the opportunity to lead our troops to surrender to the enemy again!
Their morale is already very low, and if something like this happens again, their morale will quickly collapse.
He couldn't imagine the consequences of a collapse in morale.
Soon, several generals who had pleaded for Tuohuan were all arrested.
Tuo Lin didn't even give them a chance to explain themselves, and directly selected a few people from his own guards to temporarily take over those people's positions.
Now is an extraordinary period, he must firmly control the military power!
Although everything had been arranged, Tuo Lin's anger had not subsided.
When Tuoliang thought of Tuohuan and his son leading their troops to surrender to the enemy, he wished he could tear them into pieces.
"Report, report..."
Before Tuo Yan's anger subsided, a few disheveled soldiers came galloping towards him in the distance.
Soon, several people, led by soldiers, ran to Tuo Lin.
When he saw the appearance of the person coming, Tuo Yan almost fell off his horse.
Woodliju!
The person who came turned out to be Muliju?
Moreover, he was wearing the armor of an ordinary soldier!
Even though Muliju hadn't spoken yet, Tuojin had already guessed what Muliju was going to say.
Muliju jumped off his horse in panic, knelt on the ground with a thud, and wailed: "Your Majesty, when I was leading my troops to retreat, we were ambushed by the Northern Huan Army. When we were fighting with the Northern Huan Army, we were ambushed by the Northern Palace Army and suffered a great defeat..."
Tuo Lin could hardly hear what was said afterwards.
In Tuo Yan's mind, only Muliju's previous words kept ringing.
Their other army was defeated again!
The commander Muliju even put on the armor of a soldier and fled, which shows how badly the army was defeated.
It can almost be said that the entire army was wiped out!
Otherwise, Muliju would never have escaped back with only a few people!
They came with such great force, but in less than a month, only these few troops were left!
Now, Tuo Lin had no intention of thinking about how the Northern Army would attack them.
He only knew that if the enemy came from that side, their small number of troops would definitely not be able to stop the enemy.
It's over, everything is over!
Tuo Lin's face was filled with despair.
The next moment, a dizzying feeling came over me.
Tuo Yan almost lost consciousness instantly and fell off the horse with a dull sound.
"Your Majesty!"
Muliju cried out in grief and quickly hugged Tuoliang.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty..."
No matter how Muliju called out, Tuo Lin did not respond.
"Hurry up and send the king to the sedan chair!"
Muliju reacted and handed Tuoyan over to the guards while panicking, "Hurry up and call Prince Chiyan over! Block the news and forbid anyone from leaking the king's situation..."
"Prince Chiyan led his troops to pursue the rebellious Tuohuan and his son!" The Guards were visibly panicked.
What?
Even the prime minister defected?
Muliju's body swayed and he almost fell to the ground.
After trying hard to steady himself, Muliju grabbed a guard and growled in despair: "What are you still standing there for? Send someone to bring Prince Chiyan back!"
“Yes, yes…”
The guards nodded in panic.
The moment the guards ran away, Muliju fell to the ground.
The prime minister and his son defected to the enemy.
The king fell off his horse and fell unconscious.
The 40,000-strong army he led was almost wiped out!
He couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if these three pieces of news spread in the army.
After a long time, Muliju closed his eyes in pain, with despair on his face.
Defeated!
Total defeat!
This was an even more tragic defeat than the one we suffered at the hands of Bei Huan six years ago!
Guifang, it’s over!
I am lucky to be able to survive...
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