If one general is incompetent, the three armies will be exhausted.

After the three top cultivators were defeated, the coalition forces retreated.

Retreating at this time is to stop losses in time and avoid greater damage.

Because they know very well that if they continue to fight, they will only suffer greater losses.

The coalition forces came together because of their interests. Now that the war has failed, the coalition forces naturally have no possibility of continuing to exist.

The northern barbarians, the southern barbarians, and the Dongyue Jiange instantly dispersed and each returned along the original path.

The worst offender was Wei Wuji.

This time he came to Chang'an City with the intention of fishing in troubled waters, taking advantage of the chaos to sneak into the palace and kill Emperor Xianlong.

But he didn't expect that the mountain chief would keep everything in mind.

The mountain chief deliberately gave him a chance to confront Zheng Jie, and Wei Wuji used the expansion technique without hesitation.

Wei Wuji had the upper hand against Zheng Jie.

But so what?

After using the expansion technique, Wei Wuji became a real target, and his flexibility was greatly reduced.

The mountain chief only had to step hard on this target, and Wei Wuji could only cry and howl.

Of course, Wei Wuji suffered the loss of the wheel battle, but even if he had not fought Zheng Jie first, but had gathered enough strength to fight the mountain leader, he still didn't have much chance of winning.

After this battle, Wei Wuji would never have any thoughts of fighting with Shan Zhang again.

He understood that the gap between himself and the mountain leader was huge.

The situation of the Southern Barbarian witch and Gu masters is relatively better.

Apart from being slapped in the face by the mountain leader, he did not suffer any real harm.

Actually, as long as you don't feel embarrassed about being slapped in the face, the only person who will be embarrassed is others.

Among super practitioners, witch and Gu masters are also ranked low.

There is no shame in being unable to defeat the mountain leader.

And for the Nanman, even if Chang'an is not captured, it is acceptable.

Because they will evacuate further to Jiannan Road.

Although Jiannan Road is not as good as Gyeonggi Province, and although Jinguan City is not as good as Chang'an City, it is already extremely wealthy.

You must know that the southern barbarians were driven into the vast mountains a thousand years ago.

They have been able to survive in extremely harsh conditions for thousands of years. Now that they finally managed to escape and occupied Jiannan Road, they are very satisfied.

Of course, the premise is that they can defend Jiannan Road and Jinguan City, otherwise they will have to go back to their mountains and live in caves.

With the Zhou people's vengeful character, they would definitely be dissatisfied after being so humiliated by the Nanman people, and they would definitely try their best to fight back.

Therefore, the most important thing for the Nanman people now is to return to Jiannan Road as soon as possible, build a fence as much as possible and wait for the Zhou army to attack.

The transition between offense and defense is sometimes so subtle.

As for the northern barbarians

Life was not easy either.

Although the main force of their army did not suffer any serious losses during this expedition, they also plundered a lot of things.

But returning to the grassland in despair at this time is obviously not a wise choice.

Because the reason why they chose to go south at this time instead of the autumn that grassland tribes usually choose was because of the severe drought in the grassland.

The drought is really too serious.

There was no water for people and animals to drink.

The river has dried up and not even the dead grass can survive.

If you don't go south, you will die.

That's why Ashina Zhuo insisted on going south despite the opposition of the great master of the Demon Sect.

Now they have looted gold and silver treasures, but if they return to the grassland, it is impossible for the gold and silver treasures to be transformed into food and water.

So everything is back to square one.

But if they don't go back, the Zhou army that has come back to their senses will probably come forward and beat them up.

After all, for the Zhou people, they had suffered enough humiliation and invasion from barbarians.

Therefore, the northern barbarians must evacuate in time.

If they fell into the encirclement of the Zhou army, they would have no possibility of escaping.

Daming Palace, Zichen Palace.

Emperor Xianlong, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, looked cold.

He stared coldly at Wang Zhongyi who was kneeling in the hall, as if he were looking at a corpse.

For Emperor Xianlong, the most unacceptable thing was to be betrayed.

Especially the subject.

As the governor of Shuozhou, Wang Zhongyi could watch the northern barbarian army slip away under his nose, which made Emperor Xianlong find it incredible.

Moreover, although Wang Zhongyi immediately led his troops to the south to serve the king, there was no direct conflict with the northern barbarians from beginning to end.

Doesn’t this explain something?

"Wang Zhongyi, do you know your guilt?"

After a long time, Emperor Xianlong finally opened Chrysostom.

As for Emperor Xianlong, he had already firmly believed that Wang Zhongyi was a traitor.

So no matter what Wang Zhongyi says, it will not change his judgment.

Even so, Emperor Xianlong still wanted to see what Wang Zhongyi would say.

Wang Zhongyi's back was soaked with cold sweat at this moment.

He knew very well what Emperor Xianlong was like.

This Majesty's heart is smaller than the nose of a needle. Although he is the emperor, he is just as vengeful as the woman with bound feet in the village.

But anyone he thinks deserves to die will definitely not be able to escape.

Wang Zhongyi had already been sent to prison once before. If the bad guy Zhao Xun hadn't peeled off the cocoon, picked up gold from the sand, and finally helped Wang Zhongyi get out of trouble, Wang Zhongyi probably wouldn't be alive today.

At that time, Wang Zhongyi was accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

Now Wang Zhongyi is facing the same accusation, but the bad guy who helped him avert danger is no longer around.

This made Wang Zhongyi feel very uneasy.

If the king wants his ministers to die, they must die.

If Emperor Xianlong really wanted him to die, Wang Zhongyi would have no chance of surviving.

But Wang Zhongyi was unwilling to give in.

He really didn't do anything, so why should he be saddled with this unfounded crime?

This was obviously a deliberate arrangement by the northern barbarians, who wanted to kill him with a borrowed knife.

While Wang Zhongyi was stationed in Shuozhou, he reorganized his army and activated the bloody spirit of Shuozhou people to the greatest extent.

He made all Shuozhou men understand the responsibilities they shouldered through repeated calls.

None of the Shuozhou men were cowards. They dared to engage in one-on-one combat with the northern barbarians, and they also dared to be the first to charge into battle when the two armies faced each other.

If Wang Zhongyi dies and the imperial court sends another Jiedu envoy to Shuozhou, if this new Jiedu envoy doesn't buy Wang Zhongyi's plan and starts working on his own things again, then Wang Zhongyi's efforts for so many years will be in vain.

Therefore, Wang Zhongyi could never accept his unjust death.

He wanted to express his feelings to Emperor Xianlong.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. I failed to capture the movement of the northern barbarians at the first time, and failed to stop them before they went south. As a result, the northern barbarians came to Chang'an City and disturbed the Holy Master. I deserve death for my crime."

"Humph, Wang Zhongyi, you are very good at avoiding the important and taking the easy."

Emperor Xianlong snorted coldly, his eyes so sharp that they could kill someone.

Emperor Xianlong was naturally not an easy person to deal with, so he pointed out directly: "I see that you are clearly in cahoots with the Northern Barbarians to support the bandits in order to respect themselves."

Boom.

Hearing this, Wang Zhongyi felt like his brain was exploding.

Why did His Majesty the Emperor say this? In His Majesty’s mind, is Wang Zhongyi such a person?

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I have no intention of doing so."

Wang Zhongyi shouted: "I have been in Shuozhou for three years, and I have concentrated on training my troops, just to be able to have a hearty battle with the northern barbarians one day. Our cavalry in the Zhou Dynasty is not as good as the northern barbarians, so I ordered to raise horses and war horses.
To be continued...