After hearing Wu Mei's question, Zong Yuan came back to his senses, smiled calmly, and said, "I am thinking of a strategy to retreat from the enemy."
Wu Mei's spirit was lifted. She knew that Zong Yuan had always been resourceful and his military talents were not inferior to Qiu Zhen. She quickly asked: "Has Mr. Zong thought of this?"
Zong Yuan frowned slightly, looked at the sky again, then thought for a long time, grinned, and said: "Tomorrow, the enemy will retreat."
"Oh?" Lei Zhen stepped forward and asked, "How does Mr. Zong know that the enemy will retreat tomorrow?"
Zongyuan smiled and said: "General Lei just arranges the sentry posts to prevent the Zhen army from attacking the city at night. As for whether the enemy will retreat tomorrow and why, we will know then."
Lei Zhen looked at Zong Yuan inexplicably, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd. Today, the Zhen army's attack was frustrated, but its strength was still there. How could it retreat without any reason? Unless the commander of the Zhen army died suddenly,
But this is impossible to happen.
Zong Yuan didn't say anything more. He turned to Wu Mei and said, "Madam, aren't there still two thousand cavalry in the city? We must be prepared to go out of the city at any time to chase down the Zhen thief."
Wu Mei raised her eyebrows, looked at Zong Yuan with strange eyes, and murmured in her heart, could it be that the battle during the day was too fierce and dangerous, which frightened Master Zong's brain? If the Zhen army didn't come to attack the city, right?
It is our own good fortune, and it is simply a fool's dream to think of going out of town to hunt down Zhenjun.
She completely took Zong Yuan's words as a joke, laughed it off, and said softly: "Master Zong is also tired, go and have a rest!"
Zong Yuan could not see what Wu Mei was thinking. He looked up and smiled and said: "Madam, don't worry, I am very clear-headed. I said the enemy will retreat, and the enemy will definitely retreat. As long as the enemy retreats,
, it must be extremely difficult, if our army doesn’t pursue it, wouldn’t it be a waste of a great opportunity?”
"Then tell me clearly why Zhenjun retreated!"
"Haha!" Zong Yuan smiled strangely and said, "I think it was God who helped me survive the strong wind!"
Wu Mei and Lei Zhen looked at each other, and they once again doubted whether Zong Yuan's mind was really as clear as he said.
Of course, the Zhen army will not retreat without reason, and now that they are close to Yancheng, the capital of wind, victory is close at hand. Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, Li Cheng will choose to continue to charge forward.
However, something unexpected happened.
In the first half of the night, the weather was calm, but in the second half of the night, the wind and clouds changed suddenly, the night sky was covered with clouds, and the northwest wind blew wildly.
The Zhen army went into battle lightly, and the tents they brought were not only thin, but also insufficient in number. Many soldiers slept in the open air. When the cold wind blew, even the soldiers in the tents shivered with cold, and those who slept outside the tents shivered.
It is conceivable.
How could people sleep in such a cold weather? They all hunched their necks, got up from the ground with their arms folded, looking for dry firewood everywhere, trying to make a fire to keep warm, but there were plains outside Wancheng, and there was no dry firewood anywhere.
Ke Xun? In the end, Zhenjun, who couldn't bear the cold, could only hug each other to keep each other warm.
Unfortunately, misfortunes never come singly, the cold wind blew harder and harder, and then heavy snow fell from the sky. Snowflakes like paper fell down with the cold wind, blowing on people's faces as if they had been slashed by a knife.
This heavy snowfall came too suddenly for the Zhenjun army. It was already spring. No one, including Li Cheng, expected that Fengguo could get such a heavy snowfall in the spring. People were unprepared and were
The cold was so miserable that even the armor on his body was frozen hard, making it impossible to move.
Since the Zhen army came into force, they have committed burning, killing and looting, and they have done almost everything they see, but they have not snatched the least valuable clothes. At this time, the temperature has dropped sharply, the cold wind is strong, and the snow is heavy.
There were no preventive measures. Gradually, some people began to freeze stiff, lying motionless in the snow, letting the snow slowly bury their bodies.
Now, the Zhenjun soldiers would rather exchange all the jewels they robbed for a cotton coat. Unfortunately, no one would make such an exchange with them.
Li Cheng in his sleeping tent was also woken up by the cold. He wrapped himself in his outer cloak and walked out of the tent with a frown. When he looked outside, Li Cheng was startled and wondered why it suddenly snowed so heavily outside?
, it was snowing heavily and the north wind was howling. Li Cheng could not bear it after standing for only a few seconds and hurried back to his tent.
Although it was very cold inside the tent, at least it could resist the cold wind. Not long after he came back, the curtains of the tent were raised, and a biting cold wind immediately blew in. It was mixed with snow particles, and Li Cheng couldn't even open his eyes.
He raised his hands to cover his face and screamed: "Put down the curtain! Put down the curtain quickly!"
The person who was nearest hurriedly lowered the curtain and then carefully fixed it. Li Cheng took out the fire twister and relit the blown candle. When he looked up, he saw that the person closest to him was none other than his lieutenant Xun Xiao.
"General, the weather has suddenly changed and it's extremely cold. Our army has nothing to keep out the cold. What should we do?" Xun Xiao strode up to Li Cheng and asked urgently.
Li Cheng didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at this time. He said calmly: "Let the brothers hold on for one night. When tomorrow morning, our army will attack Wancheng again. This time we will kill all the wind troops in the city. Brothers, you can
Live in the city to keep out the cold."
Xun Xiao shook his head like a rattle and said urgently: "I can't wait until tomorrow. General, our army's tents are insufficient. Many brothers are sleeping outside. It's so cold that some brothers have frozen to death."
"
Someone froze to death? A flash of surprise flashed across Li Cheng's face. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "How many of our army brothers have froze to death?"
"It's not clear yet. The snow is falling so hard that even if our brothers were frozen, they were quickly buried in the snow! General, if we wait until tomorrow, we may not have a few men left in our army." Xun Xiao said in succession.
Li Cheng clenched his fists and murmured: "Is it possible to attack the city overnight?"
"That's even worse. The soldiers' armor is frozen like ice. It's difficult to move, let alone attack the city!"
Snapped!
Li Cheng slammed the table and shouted: "This won't work, that won't work either, Xun Xiao, tell me, what should we do now?"
If Xun Xiao had an idea, there would be no need to come here to ask Li Cheng for instructions. He lowered his head and said softly: "The general will never know."
"Humph!" Li Cheng snorted heavily, put on his clothes, picked up his shoes, then tightened his cloak, shook his head to Xun Xiao and said, "Come on, let's go out and take a look!"
After leaving the camp and coming outside, Li Cheng shuddered several times. The oncoming cold wind blew on his skin, and large snowflakes slapped on his face. It was a burning pain. Li Cheng squinted his eyes and looked around with enough vision. If not
Looking carefully, he could hardly see anyone. Looking carefully, he discovered that his soldiers were hugging each other in groups, with snow flakes covering their bodies, making them almost merge with the snow.
At this time, people were numb from the cold. They no longer shivered or quarreled. They all sat motionless on the ground like ice sculptures, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.
Originally, the tents were for wounded soldiers, but now, the wounded soldiers have been dragged out by the cold and crazy soldiers. Instead, they squeezed in. No matter whether the wounded soldiers were dead or alive outside, the soldiers who entered the tents did not.
As the weather warmed, the north wind became stronger and stronger, and many tents were swept into the air, causing screams from below.
It’s over! Seeing his own situation clearly, Li Cheng’s heart sank until he reached the bottom. It’s not good to have cold weather and snow in Feng Kingdom, so why did he arrive just when his own side was about to conquer Yancheng? Victory is in sight, but
God didn't make it happen. Does this mean that the wind and state energy are not exhausted, or is it because God doesn't help me to be chaste?
Li Cheng sighed in his heart that he had all the five senses. Xun Xiao was right. In this kind of weather, we can't attack the city, and with our current supplies, we can't keep out the cold. Neither can we fight, nor can we stay. Now we only have
There is only one way to go, retreat. We can only retreat to blockade the city first, and then make plans.
Li Cheng had always led his army in battles vigorously, only knowing how to move forward but not retreating. But now, weather factors forced him to retreat.
In fact, the weather in Feng Kingdom did not suddenly change, with the temperature suddenly freezing and heavy snow falling from the sky. This had already been foreshadowed. In the past few days, the weather in the central part of Feng Kingdom has always been gloomy. Even in broad daylight, the sky is still gray.
The sun could not be seen. Zongyuan had foreseen this, so he dared to conclude that the Zhen army could not stand the cold and could only retreat.
In the end, his calculation was indeed correct. For Zhenjun, this night was like a nightmare in hell.
Li Cheng ordered to retreat, but many soldiers sat on the ground and did not get up at all, thinking that they had not heard the order. Someone stepped forward and pushed them hard, trying to wake them up. As a result, the push caused the soldiers who were hugging each other to wake up.
People fell to the ground one after another. Their faces were bloodless and covered with a layer of frost, but the strange thing was that the corners of their mouths were all raised, and they seemed to be smiling.
This is a sign of being frozen to death. Due to the cold, the muscles on the person's face atrophy, causing the corners of the mouth to rise, as if they are smiling, but they are actually dead.
A large number of Zhenjun stopped breathing forever after being frozen and never stood up again. Among them were ordinary soldiers and advanced spiritual cultivators.
No matter how strong the spiritual armor is, it can block swords and guns, but it cannot block the severe cold.
During the attack on Wancheng, about 10,000 Zhen soldiers were killed, but after half the night, no fewer than 20,000 Zhen soldiers were frozen to death, the vast majority of whom were wounded.
Of the 80,000-strong Zhen army, only 50,000 were left when they retreated. Even so, during the retreat, people still fell to the ground from time to time and were then covered in snowflakes.
The retreat of the Zhen Army was not pursued by the enemy, but it was extremely miserable. They walked and died along the way. Countless Zhen Army soldiers fell in the snow and never got up again.
In severe cold weather, people's reactions will slow down. This is true. Li Cheng retreated towards Fengcheng, but he never thought that when he led his army to leave Fengcheng, he had already set the place on fire.
It was clean, but now only the ruins of bricks and tiles are left. Even if the city is closed, how can it be possible to keep out the cold?
But having said that, the Zhen army went into a state of control after being caught in the wind. After killing, they looted, and after looting, they burned. Along the way, the towns they passed were burned to the ground, and they couldn't find a place to keep out the cold. This is terrible.
It can be regarded as the grave that Zhenjun dug for himself.