Something is not right.

Seeing Xia Yong turn his head and relax, Li Guorui also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was already tired, but he didn't want to lose face in front of the Qingshan Army. Now seeing Xia Yong stop standing in formation, he quickly relaxed his shoulders and rubbed his sore arms.

"That's not right." He said, "Didn't they say that the Jin soldiers are coming again? Even if they are setting up a battle array, they should have arrived by now."

They were puzzled here, and the people in the rear were also puzzled.

"Are we going to fight these cowards or not?" Zhao Hanqing was even more impatient, urging his horse to circle around in place, "Sister, I'll go take a look."

For safety reasons, Miss Jun recently stopped letting Zhao Hanqing serve as a scout.

Zhao Hanqing was very depressed about this and would bring it up whenever he found a chance.

Miss Jun smiled.

"You don't have to go, it's in front," she said.

"But they haven't had any news for such a long time." Zhao Hanqing said, "Did something happen?"

Probably not. These scouts are the best at hiding, detecting and escaping. Moreover, she has repeatedly asked them not to kill the enemy, even if they see a lone gold thief, they should not take action.

Their mission is to scout.

Miss Jun looked up and saw the front, wondering how many Jin soldiers there were and what formation they were forming, but there was no signal.

What happened there?

The sound of horse hooves was heard, and three scouts came galloping over.

Xia Yong, Li Guorui and others in the front formation looked surprised.

He actually revealed his whereabouts and came back in person?

"Miss Jun." The scouts entered the square formation, dismounted, saluted, and said hurriedly, "The Jin soldiers have retreated."

The Jin soldiers retreated?

Just now they saw the Jin soldiers retreating.

"No, all of them," the scout said, also in disbelief. "The 10,000 Jin soldiers who just arrived have also retreated. We followed them all the way and saw that they had retreated from Bazhou."

Ten thousand Jin soldiers retreated to Bazhou?

What happened?

Miss Jun couldn't hide her surprise.

…

What happened?

Standing in front of the city and looking at the wide-open city gate, Zhu Zan and others had strange expressions on their faces.

The soldier who came to report the news also stepped forward cautiously.

"That's strange." He said, "It clearly said there were Jin soldiers here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Zan urged his horse to walk towards the city.

"Hey hey." He was so scared that he shouted, "What if it's an empty city plan..."

"Empty your mother's city." Zhu Zan threw down a sentence without even looking back and rushed into the city.

The hundred soldiers behind him immediately followed.

Suddenly, the soldier who brought the message was the only one left at the city gate. He looked around and felt that it was safer to follow the crowd, so he urged his horse to catch up.

There were signs of burning, looting and smashing on the streets, but the damage was not serious, and it seemed that the destruction suddenly stopped when it was in progress.

"Is there anyone else?" Zhu Zan suddenly shouted, "I am Zhu Zan, the son of the Duke of Cheng. We are ordered to escort the people out of the country."

The sound suddenly rang out in the dead silent street, causing the messenger following behind to shudder with fear.

Scary, don't attract the Jin soldiers!

But Zhu Zan did not stop. He urged his horse to gallop along the street and shouted loudly, and the other soldiers also followed suit.

The sound echoed in the empty street, and the further we walked in, the more nervous people looked.

There was fear of an ambush by the Jin soldiers, and there was also fear of seeing civilians die again.

Suddenly, a door on the street opened, and several men and women with terrified expressions looked at Zhu Zan and others on the street.

"Yes, are they Duke Cheng's soldiers?" the leading man shouted in a trembling voice.

Still alive!

Zhu Zan raised his hand and wiped the blood off his face vigorously.

"Yes." He said in a loud voice, "Don't you recognize me? Don't you know Zhu Zan, the prince who is so handsome and talented?"

The prince of Chengguo.

The men and women looked at the man who claimed to be the prince of Chengguo. Although the blood was wiped off carelessly, the face covered with blood and dust did not look handsome at all.

Looking at the hundreds of soldiers in front of him, their armor was a little torn and bloodstained, and the long swords and spears in their hands were also stained with blood. They were sturdy and very fierce.

But their ferocity did not scare people. Seeing that they had the same facial features as themselves and were wearing the familiar Zhou soldiers' uniforms, the men and women rushed out crying.

I didn't expect that Zhou Bing would really come.

Men and women all rushed out, knelt on the ground, wept and kowtowed.

Don't abandon me.

Don't abandon me.

As these few civilians came out, more and more people on the street ran out from their hiding places. Looking at the densely packed crowds on the street, Zhu Zan and other soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately we are all alive.

"But what's going on?" the messenger asked in surprise, "Didn't the Jin soldiers enter the city?"

After hearing this, the people looked even more panicked.

"They are coming." A fat country gentleman with a face covered in black dust who was hiding somewhere said, "There are so many of them. It's scary."

Coming?

The messenger was startled.

"Where are the people?" he shouted.

The people also looked somewhat surprised, looking at Zhu Zan and others in front of them.

"Didn't it you, Prince, who chased them away?" someone asked.

"Yes, they left suddenly earlier." Everyone hurriedly followed.

Sudden?

Zhu Zan looked at his companions.

It seems to be because of the retreat horn.

What happened? Why did you quit suddenly?

"Never mind them, let's go quickly." The messenger said, "Maybe the gold thieves have gone to gather, and they say there are 10,000 or 20,000 troops."

The people around suddenly changed color and cried out in shock.

"Master, save me."

"Duke Cheng, please save us."

They cried and shouted, and countless people knelt down in the street.

"Of course, we are here to rescue you." Zhu Zan said loudly, motioning for the people to stand up. "I will stay behind to stop the gold thieves. You should leave now."

The people got up in panic, carrying the elderly and children and running out of the city.

Seeing the people rushing south, Xinbing came to Zhu Zan again.

"My Lord, let's go quickly and follow them," he said.

Zhu Zan looked towards the north.

"We need to go to other places and look around," he said, "and find as many people as we can."

"There are already quite a few." The messenger said anxiously, "The Jin people have already entered the country."

But his words were completely useless. Zhu Zan had already driven out of the city gate and ran north, with hundreds of soldiers following closely behind him.

…

"sister!"

Zhao Hanqing was galloping on his horse from a distance.

"I know what's going on."

Xia Yong, Li Guorui and Yang Jing, who were standing around the tent, came over.

They had been camped here for two days, but the Jin soldiers had never arrived. The scouts at the front had also confirmed again and again that the Jin army had indeed withdrawn from Bazhou and was heading towards Yizhou.

Yizhou was the territory of the Jin people.

Are they going to withdraw back to the country?

"What happened to the Jin people?" Miss Jun asked.

Zhao Hanqing chuckled.

"Sister, you are right." She said, "something happened to the Jin people."

…

"lady!"

After listening to the sentry's words, Liang Chengdong shouted excitedly.

"It's the Duke."

Madam Yu raised her hand to stop him and looked at the sentry sent by the Qingshan Army.

"So Duke Cheng attacked the left wing of the Jin army, which was led by the seventh prince of the Jin dynasty," she said.

The sentry replied yes.

"The Seventh Prince is now besieged by the army of Duke Cheng, so Tuoba Wu ordered all the Jin soldiers to return to defend the king." He said, and touched his head again. "Miss Jun said that although it may not be possible to capture the Seventh Prince, Tuoba Wu cannot bear the risk, so now all the Jin soldiers who crossed the border have returned."

Mrs. Yu smiled.

"Yes, the father of the current Jin emperor died at the hands of Duke Cheng. Tuoba Wu has blamed himself for this for more than a decade, and he can't bear to blame himself for another ten years." she said.

Liang Chengdong had a complicated expression.

"Your Excellency, this has saved us. Now that the army has withdrawn, the Jin army will only have scattered soldiers and generals left. It will be easy for us to deal with them." He said, "But..."

"This is good news." Madam Yu interrupted him and said calmly, "We can have more time to protect the people as they move south."

But it's not all good news.

"Madam." Liang Chengdong stepped forward, looking anxious, "Duke Cheng only has 30,000 soldiers and horses. He is trapped in the north."

They penetrated deep into Jin territory and suddenly attacked the Jin prince, but tens of thousands of Jin reinforcements surrounded them.

The most crucial thing is that Duke Cheng has no reinforcements.

This can be said to be...

Mrs. Yu stood tall and straight without looking back.

"So, escort the people south," she said, "Don't let Duke Cheng down."

Liang Chengdong looked at Mrs. Yu's back, then looked to the north with a sad and angry expression.

"Yes." He bowed and replied hoarsely.

On the other side, Zhu Zan also learned the news.

"So that's how it is." He said, looking at the letter in his hand and laughing, "My father is really amazing! He really deserves to be my father. He actually did this and scared these gold thieves to death."

He laughed loudly, but his hands holding the letter were shaking, and veins on his hands were bulging.

None of the soldiers around him laughed, especially the dozens of woodcutters who looked anxious.

"My Lord, let's go to Yizhou quickly." They said anxiously, "My Lord is in danger."

Zhu Zan looked around and saw nearly a thousand people standing or sitting around him. They were all in tattered clothes and looked frightened.

Although the Jin army has withdrawn, there are still many stragglers in Baozhou, burning, killing and looting everywhere.

"My father didn't do this just to get me to save him." He said with a smile, stuffing the letter in his hand into his arms, "Let's go, continue south."

Hearing the call, the refugees around hurriedly stood up. Although they were anxious, there was hope in their eyes.

With these officers and soldiers escorting them, they will be able to escape.

"Your Highness." Several woodcutters, including the soldiers, couldn't help but shout in a hoarse voice.

Zhu Zan tightly grasped the long sword in his hand, led the groups of refugees, and rode forward with an upright posture without looking back.