Shortly after the commander of Chu issued an order for the entire army to cross the Nujiang River the next day and withdraw from the battlefield from the east bank, a tip came in from the periphery, saying that Qifan Khande personally led an army of 300,000 and rushed to the east bank of the Nujiang River overnight. It is estimated that it will arrive before noon tomorrow. In this way, at noon tomorrow, when the river water fell, it waded across the river, but the plan to withdraw troops from the east bank was dashed.

After learning this news, Commander Chu quickly recruited soldiers such as Mu Tianju and others to discuss countermeasures overnight. Chu Muyun first said to everyone: "As expected, Deyong planned in advance this time, and wanted to encircle our army on the west bank of Nujiang. It was fake to send Dadan Maki as reinforcements before, and it was real to make pockets here and wait for us to get into the trap. Everyone see what we should do next?"

"Don't worry, the commander-in-chief. I think the Qifan army is wasting its efforts, because this so-called pocket array was not stabbed to death. Our army can now retreat south along the left bank of Nujiang overnight. When the river water fell from the tide tomorrow, Deyong led the army across the Nujiang River, we had already retreated far away safely." General Mu stood up first and said with confidence.

"This is indeed true. I think Deyong Khan carefully designed such a pocket array to wipe out our army, but he didn't expect our army to retreat south along the river bank? There is such a big loophole in this pocket array, wouldn't he spend any effort? Do you think there is a fraud here?" Commander Chu analyzed, "We go south along the left bank of Nujiang River, and we have to follow the long Nujiang River valley to the southern mountainous areas, and then pass through the narrow Anning River estuary to reach the plain area. This Anning River estuary is a pass that can be blocked by a man and ten thousand men. If Deyong ambushed an army there, he can easily wipe out our army."

"This is simply impossible. It is not realistic for Deyong to mobilize troops from the northeast to the Anning River Estuary. First, the distance is too long, and second, it has to pass through the controlled area of ​​Daxing Kingdom. Even if he had already predicted today's situation and sent troops two days in advance, it would take eight or nine days on the way. When they arrived, we would have escaped from the river Estuary." General Mu said, "Besides, Deyong has already held more than 500,000 troops on both sides of the Nujiang River. With Qifan's garrison troops in the northeast, he should have sent no more troops to the river Estuary to intercept our army."

"This statement makes sense. Unless he sent out the heavenly soldiers and generals, he could intercept our army at the mouth of Anning River." After hearing General Mu's words, Chu Muyun became confident. After thinking for a while, he ordered: "General Mu, you immediately organize your troops to withdraw troops south along the left bank of Nujiang River, leaving only a few troops to cut off the rear. Take action immediately without delay."

In the early morning of the next day, the Fuguo Army camp, with a bright bonfire, was empty, without a single soldier. Chu Muyun was leading 200,000 Fuguo Army soldiers along the cliffs on one side and the rushing Nujiang River Valley on the other side, quickly retreating southward.

By noon, the troops led by Chu Muyun had marched forward for more than ten miles along the rugged valleys. The Qifan army was now absolutely unable to catch up. Seeing that they had escaped from danger, the troops began to slow down their march and advanced forward in a more leisurely and calm manner.

At this time, a message came from the troops behind who were in charge of the trough of the rear, saying that after the river water receded at noon, Deyong led the Qifan army to cross the Nujiang River and chased the Fuguo Army along the left bank of the Nujiang River.

This news surprised Commander Chu and was scared to death. He was not afraid that Qifan's army would be able to catch up, but realized that there was danger ahead. Qifan's army was obviously unable to catch up with our army, so why didn't he give up and still chased him intermittently? This means that the Fujun army must have intercepted it in the front.

Although there is no news that troops ambushed in front, there is still a four-day trip from here to the Anning River Estuary, and the variables are not yet known. This idea made Chu Muyun very uneasy.

The more Chu Muyun thought about it, the more he felt that the enemy's ambush was very likely to set up an ambush in front of him. It was just that the enemy's ambush troops had not arrived yet. So which army would Deyong send to set up an ambush at the Anning River mouth? He suddenly thought that it was an area controlled by the Daxing Empire. Could it be that the court would send an army to participate in the encirclement and suppression of our army? This possibility is too great. The Anning River mouth is not very far from the capital. Even if it is sent from Kyoto, it will take only two days to get there. Chu Muyun thought of this, and felt a sudden disaster arises.

Chu Muyun immediately ordered the entire army to keep moving forward at full speed and not delay. It is necessary to rush out of the estuary before the enemy ambushed, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Sure enough, in less than two hours, Chu Muyun received a letter from the capital, reporting that at around noon this day, 200,000 imperial guards were fully equipped to develop from the suburbs of Beijing, and led by Huang Yinfeng, two generals of the left and right guards, as if they were about to carry out an emergency secret mission.

Seeing this news, Chu Muyun understood everything. This is the overall situation given by Debu. It forced our army into the Daxing court and used the court's hands to destroy our army, which was also a favor to the Daxing court. It was really a sinister intention.

Chu Muyun estimated in his heart that it would only take two and a half days for the imperial army to reach the mouth of Anning River. Even if our army marched quickly, it would take at least three days to reach the mouth of the river in this rugged mountain road.

But at present, there is no way out, so I can only continue to move forward and strive to reach the estuary as soon as possible. Even if I am blocked by the enemy, I have to fight to the death with the enemy when the enemy is not yet stable and not prepared enough to break through the siege. There is still a glimmer of hope.

At this time, he thought that if anyone could block the ambush troops for a day and a half.

Who? It is impossible for troops far away in the Western Regions and the northwest. Near the mouth of Anning River, there is no Chu army to call. The only way is to use its own team lurking within the imperial army.

No one knew the secret of this lurking team except Chu Muyun, but Xu Tianlang was the only one. When Tianlang said goodbye to him and went to the capital, in order to allow Tianlang to rely on someone in the Daxing army and quickly gain a foothold, he told Tianlang about the secret and told him the specific contact information.

The only way now is to inform Tianlang immediately and ask him to contact the team in the capital immediately, and ask them to rush to the mouth of Anning River immediately, trying to hold the Imperial City Imperial Guards for a day or two to ensure that the large troops of the Restoration Army escape from the mouth.

Within half an hour, Feiniao had already brought the letter to Tianlang. After Tianlang learned about the situation, he was very anxious. The imperial army had already set off. If he went to the capital to contact the troops, it would take at least half a day if it went smoothly. Moreover, he knew that the team had only more than 30,000 people, and even if he caught up with the Imperial Guards, he was unable to stop his advance. It seemed that this was not a good idea.
Chapter completed!