Emperor: When will the Seventh Prince rebel? I will open the city gates to welcome him.

Thousands of arrows whistled and shot from behind the Northern Three Kingdoms cavalry.

The cavalrymen were stunned.

They didn't expect that after they set up their formation, enemies would appear behind them.

General Peng of the Southern Camp saw this and shouted loudly,

"Don't fight hard, don't stay where you are, spread out! Escape to the east!"

The chariot and horse shield can withstand the shooting of military crossbows, but it can only do so in one direction.

If attacked from two directions at the same time, the chariot and horse shield will completely lose its effect.

And the chariot shield has a very big flaw, which is that it cannot be easily changed direction.

General Ji shouted to his cavalrymen in the northern camp:

"Retreat quickly! Dafeng's main force is coming, and we don't have as many crossbows as they do! Retreat!"

Before leaving, he received an order from Yun Yi that there was no need to fight head-on with the soldiers of Dafeng Kingdom, because Beishang Kingdom was manufacturing composite military crossbows in large quantities, and they would soon be equipped with extremely lethal composite military crossbows.

The armies of the South Camp and the North Camp retreated quickly.

Fortunately, these arrows were shot from far away, giving them time to react, and they were all war horses and ran very fast.

On this battlefield.

Only rows of chariot shields were left, with their shields facing north.

Zhao Bencai looked at it from a distance and was completely stunned. He was determined to die, but suddenly the obstacle in front of him turned into a group of ants running around.

"I'm saved! Our entire army is saved!"

"Hahaha! God will not kill me, God has been very kind to me!"

Not only him, but other army officers and soldiers also felt this way. Suddenly, the situation took a turn for the better.

The deadly place on the battlefield turned into a way to survive and return to the Northern City.

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements have arrived! They are reinforcements! They are here to save us!"

The soldiers in the army reacted and shouted.

Qilin Guard knew all this, he was right beside Zhao Bencai

"It turns out that Zhenbei King Hongxuan had been planning to rescue us from the beginning! It's a mixture of truth and falsehood, truth and falsehood! Zhenbei King's strategy is amazing!"

"The declaration of war played a big role. No matter whether the bet was won or lost, Yun Yi of Beishang was gambling! Or it could be said that Yun Yi was cooperating. He had to cooperate because the promise given to him by the King of Zhenbei was valid. However, the Beishang cavalry could not know about this!"

Therefore, when the cavalry of the Northern Shang Kingdom found reinforcements behind them, they would scatter like birds.

Because Yun Yi told them that now was not the time to fight to the death, advanced weapons were being manufactured and would soon be distributed to these cavalrymen.

The declaration of war brought over by Qilin Guard.

Only Yun Yi could allow the Qilin Guard to go to Baidi City.

Let the Qilin Guards lead the Dafeng soldiers in Baidi City out, so as to form a pincer attack from the front and back.

All of this was calculated and utilized by Zhenbei King Hongxuan.

Deep down in his heart, Yun Yi was afraid of Zhenbei King Hongxuan, so on the surface, he sent two battalions to hunt, and they kept their distance and away from Baidi City.

King Hongxuan of Zhenbei sent his own guards and the Fourth Army to rescue the remaining 50,000 Dafeng Nationalist troops.

When the two armies joined together.

He Zhili and Wen Jinglan, the two army commanders and deputy army commanders, found Zhao Bencai.

He Zhili said to Zhao Bencai:

"General Zhao deserves great credit for being able to retain so many troops at such a critical moment!"

Zhao Bencai looked at He Zhili and said:

"You are!"

He Zhili said:

"Commander Zhao, I am He Zhili, the commander of the Third Field Army of the Second Command established by the King of Zhenbei in Ezhou, and this is Wen Jinglan, the deputy commander of our army!"

Zhao Bencai bowed respectfully to He Zhili and Wen Jinglan:

"Thank you, both commanders, for saving us from the brink of life and death."

"If the two army commanders hadn't surrounded us from behind, our First Army would have been defeated here today."

Wen Jinglan said to the two of them:

"This is not the place for a conversation. Go back first. The prince is already waiting for you in the military tent!"

When the cavalry from the South Camp and the North Camp of the Northern Shang Kingdom saw the situation, they immediately fled.

Before departure.

Yun Yi gave the two of them a magic bag and said to them,

"After you two have arranged your troops, you can open the brocade bag and take a look."

When the two generals opened the brocade bag, they saw what Yun Yi had written.

"If you have set up your position, arranged your chariots, horses and shields, and the King of Zhenbei of Dafeng State comes with his troops to support you, then you must not fight hard."

"We are definitely not going to win. If we fight, the result will be the same: the entire Beishang cavalry will be annihilated."

The Third Field Army led by He Zhili and Wen Jinglan brought the group of soldiers led by Zhao Bencai back to Beijing City.

After these 50,000 soldiers of the army returned to the Northern Border City, they all cried for joy.

I didn't expect that I could come back alive.

The 50,000 soldiers set up camp to rest.

All the senior officers of the army group were called to the military camp.

King Zhenbei was in the military tent and was very pleased to see the army commanders returning.

Zhao Bencai knelt on the ground respectfully:

"Thank you, King Zhenbei. If it weren't for your brilliant plan, we would have definitely died in the besieged Baidi City."

Yu Shunshen, Lu Songlong, Peng Fulai, Teng Wanzhi, and Zhuang Wenqiang also knelt on the ground.

They knew that if it weren't for Zhenbei King Hongxuan's advice to have Qilin Guard order all the army groups to leave the city, then within three days, all these people would have died of thirst.

Because there is not even a drop of water in Baidi City now.

If they don't break through the encirclement, they will face death.

"Everyone, get up!" Zhenbei King Hongxuan said.

King Zhenbei looked at Zhao Bencai with a smile and said:

"Hahaha! True gold needs fire to be refined. This time, Zhao Bencai was able to protect 50,000 soldiers among 300,000 cavalrymen, and the Beishang cavalrymen had chariots, horses and shields."

"It can be seen that your military talent is outstanding."

"From now on, you, Zhao Bencai, will be the commander-in-chief of the First Command, and Fan Jingtao will be your deputy, the deputy commander-in-chief."

Fan Jingtao knelt on the ground in fear and said:

"King of Zhenbei! I am ashamed of my position and dare not serve as the deputy commander-in-chief anymore! King of Zhenbei, please revoke my position as the commander-in-chief!"

Zhenbei Wang Hongxuan looked at Fan Jingtao and said:

"There is no general in this world who has never suffered a defeat. Remember this mistake, it is your greatest progress. Don't mention the others!"

Hongxuan looked at Zhao Bencai and said:

"Your First Command currently has 80,000 troops, and the Northern King's personal guards are 30,000.

"This king will issue an order to recruit 90,000 soldiers in the land of Northern Yan, for a total of 190,000 soldiers."

After he finished speaking, he looked at He Zhili and Wen Jinglan:

"He Zhili, Wen Jinglan, I order you two to be the commander and deputy commander of the Second Command."

"I will allocate 120,000 soldiers to you two, and the Second Command will be restored to 150,000 troops."

"All appointments of the commander and deputy commander of the Second Command are left to you two to make the final decision."

After hearing this, He Zhili and Wen Jinglan hurriedly thanked him:

"I will definitely live up to the high expectations of King Zhenbei!"

"The remaining 70,000 soldiers will be given to Zhao Bencai. The First Command will also have a strength of 150,000 men."

Zhao Bencai responded respectfully:

"I will definitely not disappoint the King of Zhenbei's high hopes."

Hongxuan wrote the imperial edict directly on the yellow silk in the military tent.