Xuchang.

Zhong Hui was shivering from the cold, his nose was dripping with mucus, and he couldn't stop it. He sneezed one after another, and he had long lost his celebrity demeanor.

More and more people in the army are dying from frostbite, and food is getting less and less.

You are hungry and cold. Cold will amplify hunger, and hunger will aggravate cold.

Wu Jun's situation became difficult.

The Qin army very considerately "took over" the grain and grass sent to Xuchang.

Zhong Hui had the support of the Yingchuan nobles, but Du Yu was also popular among the people in Yuzhou and took the initiative to act as the eyes and ears of the Qin army. Every move of the powerful nobles in Yingchuan was under Du Yu's nose.

After several robberies, the powerful nobles of Yingchuan were at peace and did not care about Zhong Hui's life or death.

"The matter is urgent. If we cannot repel the Qin army, our army will be trapped in Xuchang City. When spring comes, I don't know how many people are left in the army!" Shen Ying said excitedly.

"This is a military order!"

He has no overall view of the situation and only focuses on the victory in front of him.

More and more people in the military are suffering from frostbite.

In his eyes, Zhong Hui after the Northern Expedition was no longer as decisive as before, and he repeatedly missed good opportunities, and even fell into the current situation of being unable to advance or retreat.

But he was the first to ask for a fight, so he had no choice but to rush forward.

With swords and spears raised simultaneously, he had a life-threatening posture.

Some people couldn't stand the knife-like cold wind and the oppressive atmosphere, so they ran away without anyone stopping or scolding them.

Now that Lu Qin has Xuzhou, Shouchun and other fortified cities in his hands, can the Wu army defeat them in a short time?

When Sima Zhao besieged Shouchun, it took hundreds of thousands of troops a whole year to capture it. Zhong Hui would never waste a year under Shouchun City in vain.

This is not much different from seeking death.

"Ah, ah!" Zhong Hui sneezed loudly, "It's true what you said, General Shen, you lead 8,000 troops as the vanguard, and your second brother leads 20,000 troops from behind to support and attack the Qin army! Support."

Dogs will jump over walls when cornered, let alone humans?

There were also a few curse words mixed in, some scolding Shen Ying, and some scolding Zhong Hui.

As soon as he finished speaking, a report from a scout came from outside the tent, "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, tens of thousands of Wu troops have left the city and are attacking our army!"

If the troops from Luoyang and Nanyang are concentrated, there is a high chance that Zhong Hui will be trapped to death.

It's not that easy to be a forward.

Shen Ying originally went into battle with the intention of dying.

His ambition is even greater.

Wu Jun still maintained his previous speed and moved forward step by step.

The same goes for other soldiers.

"General, general, general!"

Du Yu was not a warrior to begin with. He had never been good at using force. His body was weaker and he immediately trembled. "Our army...can't last much longer. We can't supply enough food and grass from the rear."

The temperature in the tent dropped sharply.

Du Yu couldn't stand the cold either. He had never felt so cold before.

The spears of the Qin army were hung with a thin layer of ice, as if they had lost their former sharpness. The soldiers stood tremblingly in the cold wind, and the horses whined endlessly.

Shen Ying looked at Zhong Hui from Wu Jun's perspective, but Jiang Bin knew Zhong Hui's difficulties.

"Prime Minister, at this time, there is only one fight!" Jiang Bin also advised.

In the Qin army camp.

Du Yu's eyes passed through Wu Jun's front formation and looked at the rear formation.

"Take the order!" The two of them took the order at the same time, but their eyes were twinkling.

The Wu army in the warm land south of the Yangtze River is naturally more afraid of the cold than the Qin army in the Yongliang land.

"Just in time!" Zhou Zhi pointed at Wu Jun and laughed loudly. He was about to pull out his long sword to boost morale, but found that the sword was frozen in the sheath and could not be pulled out...

After capturing Xuchang, we should immediately advance by land and water, seize the momentum of a great victory and go down the Ying River and Huai River, repeating Sima Yi and his son's attack on Shouchun. Perhaps Huaisi has been captured now...

Outside the camp, in the cold wind, seven to eight thousand Wu troops were in front, and tens of thousands of troops were behind.

At this moment, the expressions of Wu Jun around him seemed to be frozen.

Although it didn't snow, the wind became stronger, like a knife, cutting back and forth between the sky and the earth over and over again.

The heaviness like visiting a grave was swept away.

Everyone has a different standpoint and sees different things.

Lu Qin is definitely a tough nut to crack. When Zhong Hui was in Huaibei, he fought against this person several times and did not gain any advantage.

Shen Ying led 8,000 infantry to attack the Qin army's 20,000 to 30,000 infantry cavalry...

They are the elite, the core in Zhong Hui's hands, and the main force of this attack.

The soldiers around him also looked like they were mourning for their heirs. They looked like they were not going to fight, but to die and go to the grave.

"I'll report it carefully. The Wu army is freezing to death day by day. My subordinates feel that... Zhong Hui won't last much longer!" Zhou Zhi, wearing iron armor, opened the curtain and entered, bringing in a gust of cold wind.

Shen Ying turned around and found that the Qin army was actually retreating...

Shen Ying turned around to look for the source of the sound, but there was nothing on the faces of Wu's soldiers.

The flags were all frozen on the flagpole, and a thin layer of shiny ice hung on the armor.

But caught in the howling cold wind, it seemed too weak...

The attack was supposed to be like wolves and tigers, with momentum like a rainbow, but this Wu army was trembling in the cold wind. It was difficult to even walk, and it was trembling, as if it was about to be blown by the cold wind at any time.

"Retreat and return to Wancheng." Du Yu said calmly.

Shen Ying knew very well that she was going to die, and Zhong Hui would not put the victory or defeat on him. She stared at the Qin army camp, thinking that even if she died, she could not disgrace the reputation of Jiangdong's children. With little blood in his body, he looked up to the sky and howled, "Kill!"

Zhou Zhi was stunned, "Are we just going to let Zhong Hui go?"

"Commander, why are you doing this?" several warlike Qiang and Hu generals asked dissatisfiedly.

But after running a few steps, he was shot dead by Jiang Bin who was in the rear.

The surrounding soldiers also roared in response, but it was not as good as his roar alone.

"Don't fall into the trap, this must be a ploy by the Qin army to lure the enemy." Shen Ying thought in her mind. Although she didn't know what happened to the Qin army, there was no doubt that she had escaped death. "Maintain the array, don't panic!"

The previous robbery of food and grass in Yiyang had already exposed the low combat effectiveness of the Wu army.

The soldier beside him pointed forward, as if he saw something incredible.

Du Yu saw through his thoughts at a glance, "Our military area has a shortage of food and grass for the 20 to 30 thousand people, let alone His Majesty under Yecheng? If we mobilize the armies of Nanyang and Luoyang, how can we provide food and grass? The most important thing now is to destroy them. If Jin annexes both sides of the river, then the world will be under control, and if Zhonghui is left, there will be turmoil in the east of the Yangtze River, so why rush to fight for the world?"

"Oh? Go out and have a look." Du Zhou ignored the cold, opened the quilt, put on a sheep fur, and wrapped a mink fur cloak outside, and the chill in his body subsided slightly.

Generals, look at me and look at you. After all, no one dares to disobey military orders...

The Qin army retreated without panic, and the Wu army did not panic either. There was a tacit understanding between the two sides.

Jiang Bin, who was in the rear, realized that something was wrong in the front and led 3,000 elite troops to catch up. However, all he saw was an empty camp.

"General, should we pursue him or not?" the general asked.

Jiang Bin looked back at Shen Ying's department and then at the gloomy sky, "The Qin army has four legs, do you have three legs? It is better to do less than to do more. Retreat."
Chapter completed!