At this moment, the Wu cavalry outside Juyong Pass did not receive a response to open the gate.
Instead, they were met with a dense rain of arrows from the soldiers at Juyong Pass.
After shooting down a group of unsuspecting cavalrymen, the remaining cavalrymen immediately ran away and looked at the defenders on the Juyong Pass who were dressed in the same Wu army uniforms as them.
They immediately rushed towards the main force of Xuanfu in the rear.
He needed to report to Commander-in-Chief Guo Zifeng that the garrison at Juyong Pass had defected to the enemy.
Behind them, the main force of Xuanfu was engaged in a fierce battle with the Jurchen army, which was relentlessly pursuing them.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Liaodong troops were constantly attacking them from their flanks.
At this point, they could only retreat little by little towards Xuanfu under Guo Zifeng's command.
After going through layers of reporting, the cavalrymen who had fled back from Juyong Pass finally entered Guo Zifeng's military tent.
At this time, a large number of generals had already gathered in Guo Zifeng's military tent.
"General, those enemy soldiers are really too persistent."
Moreover, Li's Liaodong troops are constantly harassing our flanks, slowing our progress, and attempting to intercept us.
After hearing their words, Guo Zifeng angrily slammed his hand on the table and said:
"They saw us retreating towards Xuanfu and know that the army they sent to raid Xuanfu has succeeded."
They're trying to wear us down, waiting for our military supplies to run out.
We must get rid of them as soon as possible.
"Pass through Juyong Pass as soon as possible and return to Xuanfu."
After Guo Zifeng finished speaking, he saw the cavalry commander who had come in to report and asked:
"Why did you come back? Didn't I order you to go to Juyong Pass first and have them prepare?"
At this moment, the cavalry commander who had returned alive knelt directly in front of him, tears streaming down his face, and said:
"General, Juyongguan has surrendered to the enemy, and we can't go back."
"What did you say?"
Upon hearing this news, everyone present immediately looked at him in shock.
Upon hearing this news, Guo Zifeng, the commander-in-chief of the army, was so shocked that he almost couldn't stand up.
One of Guo Zifeng's generals immediately stepped forward, grabbed the soldier's armor, and asked:
"You're saying Juyongguan surrendered to the enemy?"
"Yes, when I arrived at Juyong Pass, I immediately ordered him to open the city gates, but they immediately unleashed a hail of arrows at us."
I almost lost my life in that rain of arrows.
I could clearly see that they were wearing our army's armor.
It wasn't Liaodong armor with any distinctive Liaodong characteristics.
At this moment, the cavalry general nodded with tears in his eyes.
After he finished speaking, Guo Zifeng looked at the general who had walked up and said:
"Cui Yuanbin, let go. Now, based on his description, it's clear whether Juyongguan has surrendered to Li Qin or not."
We are probably no longer able to pass through Juyong Pass.
After hearing Guo Zifeng's words, Cui Yuanbin also let go of the hand that was holding the cavalry general who came to report.
He then looked at Guo Zifeng and asked:
"General, what should we do now?"
"We can't get through Juyong Pass, so where should we go to get back to Xuanfu?"
Guo Zifeng shook his head and said:
"Let's form a battle formation to defend against Li Qin's army and the enemy's attacks."
I'm thinking of other solutions.
"yes."
After hearing Guo Zifeng's order, everyone could only nod and obey.
Looking at the map in front of him, Guo Zifeng realized that if Juyong Pass was already out of control, it would mean that his army's retreat route had been completely cut off.
Now his army is firmly held back by Li Qin's troops and enemy soldiers.
There was no way to escape easily.
Even if he wanted to attack Juyong Pass, he was surrounded by two large armies.
Once his army reaches the walls of Juyong Pass, it will immediately find itself in a situation where it is attacked from both sides.
But if we can't go to Juyong Pass, where can we go?
We bypassed Juyong Pass and took another route back to Xuanfu.
That's even more ridiculous.
The reason he wanted to return to Xuanfu was because his food supplies were almost exhausted.
The purpose of returning to Xuanfu was to reopen the grain supply route.
Taking a detour would take a lot of time, but he simply doesn't have enough food to support such a detour.
Now he is trapped and unable to leave, while the enemy soldiers and Li Qin's Liaodong troops are relentlessly pursuing him.
But as soon as I turn around and prepare to fight them to the death, they retreat far away or form a defensive formation.
They just want to wear me down; they don't want to fight me fair and square at all.
But that's normal.
Given my current situation, as long as they hold me back, victory is only a matter of time; there's no need to fight them to the death.
After looking at the map in front of him, Guo Zifeng fell into deep thought.
He knew his army was in dire straits.
They wanted to take a detour, but they couldn't because there simply wasn't enough food.
But fighting is pointless, since the other side simply won't fight you.
But if we wait any longer, the food will run out and the entire army will collapse.
They had run out of options.
Just when Guo Zifeng was in despair and had no other options.
Outside his military tent, a group of high-ranking officers who had just entered the tent had secretly gathered together.
"We can't leave Juyong Pass, we can't go back to Xuanfu, and our food supplies are about to run out."
What should we do?
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