Tens of thousands of soldiers were stationed inside and outside Baiting City, but the atmosphere was dull and depressing. The soldiers were also taciturn and silent. There was no noise in and out of the crowd. Deep worries were accumulated in their eyes.
The inner city lord’s mansion is full of soldiers and is on high alert. All people entering and leaving need to be verified to be honest. No irrelevant people are allowed to approach this place.
The mansion also has three steps and one post and five steps, without any blind spots of defense. A loft in the inner palace was surrounded by members of the academy, and he was not lost in the garrison day and night.
In the attic hall, Yuwen Hu, who was covered in blood, looked extremely tired, but he still cheered up and listened to Yuchi Gang telling the current situation of the army.
“After Da Situ evacuated from the battlefield that day, he retreated to Xin’an temporarily. Fortunately, when the enemy’s response was slow, more than 6,000 people were able to escape from the battlefield…”
On the day of the battle, after Zhao Gui’s troops were defeated and evacuated, the situation on the battlefield had been greatly damaged. As Yuwen Tai fainted, the Western Wei army suddenly became even more panicked.
Yuwen Hu and others had no preparation and ability to take over the command of the army and continue fighting. In addition, they were worried about Yuwen Tai’s safety, so they just subconsciously wanted to escape from the battlefield.
Because the enemy cavalry was pursuing too fiercely, they did not even dare to return to Henan City, who had been stationed before, and fled from the battlefield and evacuated to Baiting City dozens of miles away, and then they barely gained a foothold.
The troops who retreated on the battlefield later gathered here one after another, but because the war situation on that day was too thrilling and chaotic, they had not yet sorted out the specific damages and the amount of troops remaining.
“Uncle is still alive and dead, the troops are not separated and the bandits are eyeing each other. What should we do now?”
When he thought of the bad situation he is facing now, Yuwen Hu felt at a loss. If he had encountered such a situation in the middle of the country, he would still be confident that he would try to clean up the situation. However, now on the Heluo front line, the enemy was not far away after the army was newly defeated. Even if he wanted to save the situation, he felt that he was not able to catch it.
After hearing this, Yuchi Gang sighed and frowned and said, “Duke Yangping and others have temporarily stationed outside the city. They have sent personnel to ask for visits several times. If they keep ruling, the public will probably be even more suspicious. But what if they are in this situation today, even if they are in the meeting?”
The two were still sighing at a loss. Suddenly someone in the inner room shouted, “Duke Zhongshan and Duke Pingchang, the Lord and the Lord are awake!”
After hearing this, the two jumped up from the mat and rushed into the inner room.
Inside the inner room tent, Yu Wen Tai’s body was buried deep in the quilt inside the bed, his face was still gray and haggard. His sunken eyes looked at the drooping curtains on the couch, and only made a faint noise in his mouth.
“Uncle, how do you feel? Where can I work hard?”
Yuwen Hu approached the couch and saw his uncle’s unhappy appearance. His eyes heated up, and tears suddenly surged out, and he shouted in a low voice.
Yuwen Tai still looked blank, as if he had not heard his nephew’s call. After a few light calls from him, Yuwen Hu turned and looked at several doctors who had been treating Yuwen Tai indoors with anxiety.
“You, are you Sabao? Sabao, the emperor of Luoyang is coming to Guanxi, you must be ready to welcome him! The emperor is hunting west, I am about to be happy…”
At this time, Yuwen Tai noticed Yuwen Hu next to the couch, frowned and carefully identified it, raised his arm but fell down again.
Yuwen Hu was delighted when he heard his uncle’s words, but after hearing this, he suddenly became worried again. He forced himself to suppress his uneasiness and entered the front to hold Yuwen Tai’s palm and said tremblingly: “Uncle, Uncle, the emperor has arrived in Guanxi, so I don’t have to worry about the arrival of Uncle. Uncle, do you still remember, where are we now?”
Yuwen Tai was a little confused after hearing this, frowned and thoughtful, and moaned in a low voice. After a while, his body trembled, and then he shouted: “Mingshan, Mingshan! The defeat of the army is heartbroken… There is a young man from Gao Zhongmi to join the west. Li Boshan is a good boy, handsome and talented. Boshan, lost to Mingshan…”
At this moment, Yuwen Hu and Yuchi Gang also saw that Yuwen Taigang had just woken up, and both memory and thoughts were confused and could not figure out any clue.
But as long as people wake up, they are very happy. Although seeing Yuwen Tai still obsessed with Li Boshan in this state, they felt quite sad, but they didn’t want to put any pressure on Yuwen Tai anymore. Yuwen Hu endured his grief and said, “Don’t think too much, don’t think too much. I and I will go and see what he is like in the future.”
Yuwen Tai’s eyes became scattered again, and he leaned back on the bed. After a moment, he suddenly said leisurely: “Zhao Yuangui is my old friend. Since he has something to ask, I can’t let him down. But Li Boshan is really unbearable. Women in the household are too naive, and even if they are worthy, it’s hard to show kindness. What a pity! Is it good to summon him to the door and recognize him as a fake?”