It was pitch black.

The victorious army set up a bonfire without restraint, and everyone baked food and ate with great pleasure.

Empty villages and towns in the distance were dimly visible in the darkness.

Gao Changgong smiled and sat next to Liu Taozi, holding a large piece of lamb leg in his hand, and looked at Liu Taozi with something wrong.

"If you know it, you can become the best general in the world."

"This major defeat of the puppet Zhou Dynasty has a greater impact than the killing of Yang Zhong. Such an elite cavalry lost most of its casualties. If I were Yu Wenhu, I would commit suicide outside the Taolin."

Gao Changgong really admired this old friend more and more.

Obviously when I first met him, he was just an ordinary person with a little courage.

In just a few years, he has grown to this point.

Only after Gao Changgong had a real fight with the enemy today did he understand what the Great Zhou Iron Cavalry was.

The cavalry under Yu Wenhu's command were definitely the most elite troops of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty. They could still fight in the face of forced marches, maintain their organization even if they lost their command, and even tried to counterattack at one point. If they were matched with a fierce general,

You don't have to be able to beat yourself and Liu Taozi. As long as you can stop them for a while, the situation will probably be completely different.

Elites like this would suffer huge casualties, which would be a crippling injury to the entire Pseudo Zhou Dynasty, and it would take many years to recuperate from the injuries.

If Baibao or Jinyang soldiers suffered such losses as they did today, Gao Changgong did not dare to imagine how serious the consequences would be.

Gao Changgong ate the meat in big gulps, changing his usual image of a gentleman and looking like savages like Liu Taozi, with stains all over his face.

He chuckled, and his uneasy heart seemed to have stabilized at this moment.

He never thought that one day he would be able to ambush Yuwen Hu in the Zhou Kingdom and cause such heavy casualties.

He swallowed the piece of meat and said: "If we charge again, maybe we can really catch Yu Wenhu."

Liu Taozi shook her head, "Yu Wenhu is vulnerable, but the enemy is returning in batches. I think people like Yuchi Jiong, Da Xiwu, and Wang Xiong may be behind. If they are allowed to join together, no matter what happens when they take over this army,

No matter which general, our situation will become dangerous."

"It's already great to be able to achieve such results now."

"You can go back."

Gao Changgong laughed and said, "I will listen to you!"

"Which way do we go from here?"

"Go north to Danzhou and cross the river to Pingyang."

"good!"

Gao Changgong had no objections.

After the two of them finished eating, they both began to rest. Gao Changgong looked at his old friend beside him and suddenly asked: "How many years can this great victory protect the country?"

"It's still unknown."

After resting for a day, the two men led their troops and quickly headed north the next day.

They did not attack the checkpoints along the way, nor did they deliberately pursue the enemies they encountered. They headed to Danzhou as quickly as possible, preparing to return to their own territory.

After walking like this for six days, the knights bypassed several checkpoints and arrived near Danzhou, and hurriedly prepared to cross the river and return to their own territory.

At the same time, Yu Wenhu had gathered up his defeated troops again and cautiously moved closer to Chang'an.

After learning from the experience and lessons learned last time, Yu Wenhu no longer dared to engage in forced marches unscrupulously.

It also took him six full days to arrive near Chang'an.

Chang'an soon noticed the arrival of reinforcements, and everyone was overjoyed. There were cheers in the city, and officials shouted along the road about the arrival of reinforcements. The whole Chang'an was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Yu Wenhui and Hou Wanshou went down to the city in person, and Hou Wanshou secretly sprinkled some soil on his armor and face to make himself look more tired.

Yu Wenhui didn't notice these little moves. He was just anxious to meet his father.

These sons of Yu Wenhu actually all have their own thoughts.

Yu Wenhu's eldest son Yu Wenxun was not favored, so Yu Wenhu transferred him to a local official. He said it was training, but the treatment of the princes outside was generally not very good.

Therefore, Yu Wenhu's other sons also have some small thoughts that are not open to outsiders.

Yu Wenhui was very interested.

This time he defended Chang'an in place of his father and defeated the arrogant Liu Taozi!

With such meritorious service, how could he be in the eyes of his father?

When Yu Wenhui led everyone out of the city and met his father whom he had not seen for a long time, the secret joy in his heart disappeared.

The morale of this cavalry that came from afar was extremely low. It was obvious that they had just experienced a tough battle, and even his father was in extremely bad and shaky condition at the moment.

Yuwenhui looked at the knights on the left and right in astonishment, and slowly came to his father.

"Father!!"

Yu Wen will go and see you.

Yu Wenhu also dismounted at this moment. He looked at Chang'an City in the distance. First he breathed a sigh of relief, and then he looked at his son, his eyes full of anger.

"Since Chang'an was not besieged, why did it lose contact with me?!"

Yu Wenhui was horrified. He quickly lowered his head and said, "Father, Liu Taozi came to attack Chang'an. I don't dare to take it lightly, so I ordered people to guard the city gate and not allow any more entry or exit, lest the city gate be damaged."

Yu Wenhu nodded, his eyes bloodshot, "Then let me ask you. Where did Liu Taozi go when he left Chang'an?"

"If you go south, you should go to Luozhou."

"Hahaha."

Yu Wenhu laughed and asked kindly: "Then why didn't you send a carrier pigeon to contact our department?"

Yuwenhui was stunned again, "Father, I don't know."

Yuwenhu slapped Yuwenhui hard on the face. Yuwenhui felt like stars were popping up in his eyes and was a little dazed for a moment.

Hou Wanshou, who was already ready to receive the reward, was so frightened that he shrank his head, did not dare to speak, and secretly began to wipe the ashes from his face.

Yuwenhu became particularly irritable.

"Shu Zi!! Because of you, I actually lost thousands of elites!! How can I tolerate it?!"

"Someone is coming!!"

"Drag me out and chop me!!"

Yu Wenhu gave the order, and Yu Wenhui's eyes widened in fear, "Father! I know I was wrong! I know I was wrong!! Father, have mercy! Have mercy!!"

Yu Wenhu didn't care, but urged the soldiers to deal with it quickly.

The soldiers looked at each other and some did not dare to step forward.

At this moment, a man galloped over on horseback. The man who came was none other than Mr. Yin, who was staying in the palace.

Justice Yin rode forward, jumped down quickly, flew in front of Yu Wenhu in a few steps, knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Mr. Jin!! Please forgive me this time!"

"Young master guarded Chang'an for more than ten days without going down the city wall. There is no merit but hard work!"

"Please forgive me, Lord! If you must punish me, please punish me!"

Yin Zhengyi kowtowed repeatedly, and Yu Wenhu hurriedly helped him up and said helplessly: "What fault can you have? It's because I hired people improperly. Speaking of which, everything is my fault."

As he spoke, he stopped talking about how to deal with Yuwenhui. Yuwenhui was still kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear.

Yuwenhu then looked at the other guard, Hou Wanshou.

Hou Wanshou was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty. Instead of punishing him, Yuwenhu rewarded him and wiped his tears, saying that his brother's defeat was all because of him.

After struggling like this for a long time, Yu Wenhu led Mr. Yin towards the city.

While walking on the road, Yu Wenhu's face suddenly became solemn and he asked in a low voice: "How is the situation here with the emperor?"

Yin Zongzheng also frowned, "My lord, something is wrong."

"Since Yang Zhong was killed, he has changed from his past appearance and has become taciturn. He even forced himself to go up to the city wall to see it. I couldn't stop him."

Yu Wenhu was furious, "You let him leave the palace?!"

"My lord, don't worry. I went with him. He was standing on the city wall, looking into the distance and didn't speak."

"I think this guy has begun to be a little dissatisfied with the lord. This guy looks stupid, but in fact he has a good relationship with many ministers. Yang Zhong had just died in the battle, so he summoned the ministers to discuss how to let Yang Jian inherit the title.

matter."

"Lord, I think you can consider another candidate."

"If it is interrupted continuously, it will be a serious problem."

After hearing these words, Yu Wenhu suddenly became sensitive.

He thought of the original Jade City again.

Yuwen Hu led the army into Chang'an City, and the soldiers in the city cheered as if welcoming a victorious army.
To be continued...