As soon as the golden order was given, the post officials rode fast horses on the official road. They did not even enter the post station, but just passed the message one by one on horseback.

When these golden orders reached Shuozhou, the postmaster smiled from ear to ear and gave careful instructions to the postmen.

"Remember, you must hand it over to Duke Yun as soon as possible! Duke Yun has achieved such great results, the emperor will definitely reward him! We in Shuozhou also played a role in this, good days are ahead!"

"Okay! The government will definitely send reinforcements and food this time! There is no food in Yunzhou, but luckily it is summer now and there are still wild vegetables!"

The postmaster had more information than the postman: "Don't worry, I heard that the food and grass from Jiangnan will soon arrive in Shuozhou. We will send people to transport them when the time comes."

"Don't the government control the grain? Why are there grains being transported here from Jiangnan?"

"It is said that he is an old acquaintance of Duke Yun. He took the route of the Cao Gang and after arriving in Hezhong Prefecture, he directly contacted Baida Express." The postmaster saw the dust rising from the official road from afar.

"Quick! Get ready!"

The postman took the golden order and galloped on his horse like an arrow!

Yunzhou's dirt and cement roads are still very smooth.

The postman soon arrived at Fuming Town, but the scene before him made him tremble all over.

How could this be Fuming Town?

"Who is it?" Su Yunyan asked hoarsely as she stood guard at the city gate.

The postman stammered, "Pass on the golden order."

"For whom?"

"Duke Yun."

Su Yunyan leaned against the city gate and waved her hand, indicating that the postman could enter the city.

The postman's heart ached, his vision blurred, and he was about to kick the horse's belly, but he stopped and turned back to ask Su Yunyan: "Young lady, what do you want me to tell Duke Yun?"

Su Yunyan looked up at the sky, then at Fuming Town, and finally said in a hoarse voice: "Tell my mother that all the officers, soldiers and people of Yunzhou have lived up to everyone's expectations and defended Yunzhou! I wish Duke Yun a triumphant return!"

The postman then realized that the female soldier guarding the city was actually the daughter of Duke Yun.

The postman saluted Su Yunyan and then rode non-stop to the grassland.

But the mood is no longer the joy I had when I first came here, but now it is extremely heavy.

……

Gu Nanxi’s tent was two miles below Wuzhou City, next to the Yunzhou boundary marker.

Gu Nanxi stroked the Yunzhou boundary marker. The two red words "Yunzhou" on it would eventually be dyed red again with the blood of the Tartars!

"General, General Gu Hai will lead the Gu family army to Yingzhou and Weizhou."

"General Qin led the right army to Mozhou and Yingzhou."

"General Fu led the rear army to Shunzhou."

……

Gu Nanxi sent most of the Han troops to the other fifteen states, and he himself took 50,000 grassland soldiers and 10,000 Yunzhou cavalry to guard the city of Wuzhou.

The last fierce battle with Khan resulted in numerous casualties on both sides.

It is unclear how many Tartars died, but the central army led by Gu Nanxi suffered a total of 40,000 deaths!

After the Khan withdrew his troops and fled, Gu Nanxi pursued him while sending 20,000 men to support Gu Hai on the left.

The Gu family army had amazing combat effectiveness. Even after being besieged for such a long time, they still did not surrender and were not defeated. However, more than half of their soldiers were killed or wounded.

After Zuo Xian Wang learned that the Khan had escaped, he was worried that he would be attacked from the north and south by Gu Nanxi's army, so he stopped fighting with Gu's army and retreated all the way, planning to retreat to Yingzhou and Weizhou, preparing for an offensive and defensive battle with Gu Nanxi.

Because the Khan retreated in a hurry and left behind a lot of food and supplies, this greatly supplemented Gu Nanxi's logistics.

Gu Nanxi calculated the time and concluded that he had to capture Wuzhou within three days!

The whole Yunzhou is now in great turmoil!

If the army waits until this anger dissipates and has no logistics support, they will have no choice but to return to Yunzhou.

If the young emperor acted more ruthlessly at this time, both he and Yunzhou would be in danger!

"Report! General, twelve golden orders have been sent from the government!"

Hearing that it was a golden order from the emperor, Old Man Geng, who was injured while protecting Gu Nanxi, rushed over without even putting on his coat: "Can the emperor say when the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun will be recovered? When will the troops be sent over?"

The postman also looked at Gu Nanxi eagerly, wanting to know what Jin Ling said.

All the officers who heard the news gathered around.

"We fought such a great battle this time. If the government doesn't just give us rewards, they should at least deliver food and fodder to us. They don't even have to do any work!"

"What are you thinking? The government is eager for both us and the Tartars to lose, so why would they reward us!"

"After all, he is the ruler of a country. He shouldn't be so short-sighted!"

The grassland soldiers recognized Duke Yun, not the Emperor of Great Zhou. They came here purely to watch the fun.

"Your Great Zhou Emperor is stupid. You should be happy to have a subordinate like Duke Yun!"

"I think you should not have any expectations. The Emperor of Great Zhou will at most say some nice words, but he will definitely not give any substantial rewards."

The Han officer's face was burning with anger and anxiety. He was angry that the government was as stupid as a pig, and anxious that he was looked down upon by the grassland people: "What do you mean by our Great Zhou Emperor?! I follow Duke Yun!"

Gu Nanxi also wanted to see how the young emperor would explain to her.

After opening the first golden order, Gu Nanxi smiled.

Old man Geng was confused: "General, what are you laughing at?"

"Laughing at someone making history."

Old man Geng still didn't understand, so Gu Nanxi casually threw the golden order to the old man.

Old man Geng took a look and couldn't believe his eyes. He called the postman and said, "Can you read? Can you help me see what's written on it?"

The postman wanted to say that the golden order could not be looked at casually, but he glanced at Gu Nanxi who looked indifferent, and finally couldn't resist his curiosity and stretched his head to look over.

"retreat?!"

The postman rubbed his eyes and the official read it several times before he was sure that he had seen it correctly: "Why are we retreating?!"

There was a commotion all around.

We fought so hard to create this situation, and now we want them to retreat?!

"Didn't they say that twelve golden orders were issued in succession? Let me see the others." Gu Nanxi stretched out his hand and took the other golden orders.

[I know that my second sister has made great contributions, but the national treasury is not rich and cannot support the war. Please withdraw your troops as soon as possible! ]

[Sister, don't put the people in danger for your own selfish reasons! ]

[The ancestors of the Gu family are all loyal to the emperor and patriotic! Sister, withdraw your troops immediately! ]

……

There were twelve golden orders, each of which required the troops to retreat.

They used threats and inducements to the extreme.

"General, what should we do?" The officers all saw the contents of the golden order. They were puzzled and looked at Gu Nanxi worriedly.

Gu Nanxi glanced at the twelve golden orders and said, "Take these to make a fire. Take out all the food and grass tonight. After you have eaten and drunk enough, prepare to attack the city!"

"Follow the order!"

After everyone had left, Old Man Geng asked softly, "General, you are disobeying my order. I'm afraid you will..."

Gu Nanxi looked at the bandaged chest of Old Man Geng, and his expression softened. "I am loyal to the people, not the man on the throne! If I don't take over the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, how can I face the people of Yunzhou who are defending Yunzhou to the death?"

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