Chapter 865 The sudden change in weather in the central part of the country caused the two sides to reverse the situation.
Originally, Yancheng, the capital of the wind, was already in danger, and there were no soldiers to stop the strong enemy, but the Zhen army was victorious, and it was only a matter of time before Yancheng was captured.
But now, the Zhen army, which could not endure the bitter cold, could only throw away the fruits of victory in their hands and had no choice but to retreat.
At the same time, Wancheng also found signs of the retreat of the Zhen army.
The wind country is a cold place, the wind people have long been accustomed to the cold weather, and the preparation is very sufficient, when the temperature plummets, the wind army soldiers received the distribution of cotton clothes, cotton pants and cotton boots for the first time, but even so, the soldiers defending the city are still shivering from the cold, and keep walking around the city.
The sentry of the Feng army was the first to notice the movement of the Zhen army, and did not dare to delay, so they hurriedly ran down the city tower and reported to the city.
Soon, the news reached Wu Mei, and suddenly heard the news of the enemy's retreat, Wu Mei turned over, sat up directly from the bed, and asked the female guard who came in: "This is true" The female guard replied, "Mrs.
Hui, I found it by the soldiers who were keeping vigil at the head of the city. ” That shouldn't be wrong, no one dares to report this kind of thing.
Wu Mei was puzzled, so decent, how could the Zhenjun retreat She asked while dressing, "What happened to the Zhenjun" The female guard shook her head and said, "It's not clear yet, but in the middle of the night, it suddenly snowed heavily, did the Zhen army retreat because of this" She guessed wildly, but she was really blinded by her.
"Oh" Wu Mei put on her clothes as fast as she could, pushed open the door, and strode out.
She went out fast and came back faster, and she was blown back by the cold wind outside.
At this time, she was only wearing a single coat, and she didn't expect the wind outside to be so strong and bitterly cold.
Returning to the room, Wu Mei said repeatedly: "Hurry up and find a cotton coat for the palace."
"Yes, ma'am," the maid agreed, and walked away quickly.
Wu Mei calmed down, and after thinking about it carefully, she understood the reason for the retreat of the Zhen army.
Zhenren must not have adapted to the sudden change of the weather, and did not make sufficient preparations for the cold, and the whole army could not withstand the cold, so he had no choice but to retreat.
Thinking of this, Wu Mei also understood why Zong Yuan swore last night that the Zhen army would definitely retreat, it turned out that he had already judged that it would cool down and snow tonight, and also judged the lack of cold protection for the Zhen army.
Oh, Wu Mei stomped her feet, she knew that this was the case, she should really listen to Zong Yuan's words, prepare the cavalry early, and go out of the city to chase and kill Zhen Jun Ah When she was walking back and forth in a hurry, the female guard came back, and at the same time brought a set of clean cotton clothes, Wu Mei quickly changed it, and then wrapped up the big coat, and under the protection of a guard, walked out of the residence quickly.
As soon as Wu Mei came out, she saw Zong Yuan and Lei Zhen coming towards her.
Seeing the two of them, Wu Mei immediately blurted out and asked: "I heard that the Zhen army has retreated, is it true or false?"
Zong Yuan and Lei Zhen were both happy, and both nodded in response: "Mrs.
Hui, it's true, the Zhen army has indeed withdrawn."
After getting the confirmation of the two of them, Wu Mei's heart finally fell back into her stomach.
She chuckled, looked up and sighed: "This is the thousands of generations that God has helped me with the wind" sighed for a moment, and then said to Lei Zhen urgently: "General Lei, you rate the two thousand cavalry in the city to chase and kill the Zhen army, and you must not let the Zhen army retreat too much." ” "The last general obeys the order" Lei Zhen gave up his hand and turned away.
He gathered 2,000 horsemen in the city, rushed out of Wancheng, and chased after the Zhen army.
The cold wind in the city is not small, but as soon as you get out of the city, the cold wind outside is even stronger, blowing darkly, and the ghosts cry and howl, even if the cold-resistant wind people can't stand it when they wear cotton clothes and cotton pants, even if they can hold it, the war horses that step down can't stand it.
Lei Zhen and his cavalry left the city less than two miles before they were blown back to Wancheng by the wind and snow outside.
When he returned to the city, not to mention that the soldiers below were frozen to tears, even Lei Zhen felt that his ears seemed to be about to be frozen, numb and stinging, and his hair and beard were covered with a layer of white frost.
In this kind of weather, he couldn't get out of the city, he sighed in his heart, wiped his snot indiscriminately, and went to find Wumei to explain the situation.
After hearing this, Wu Mei was not angry, but also happy, and his soldiers could not hold on to going out of the city, so the situation of the Zhen army can be imagined.
She guessed right, the current Zhenjun is extremely miserable.
People are walking hard in the cold storm and snow, and in the queue, from time to time someone falls straight upright, no one pays attention, people are already unable to protect themselves, how can they have the mood and strength to care about others In the ice and snow, you can still see the road at first, but when the sky will be a little cloudy, you can no longer see the road, and you can't see any references, everything as far as the eye can see is a white expanse, as if all the world is covered with snow.
At this time, the march of the Zhen army was more difficult, one step out, almost no one could see his calves, the snow had not reached the knees, every step had to exert all his strength, coupled with the cold wind, blowing people could not open their eyes, gradually, tens of thousands of Zhen soldiers were completely lost in this snowy world, not clear the southeast and northwest, just blindly walking forward.
I don't know how long later, the soldiers who walked in front exclaimed: "There are forests in front of them, there are forests in front of them" Now they don't expect to meet towns or villages, as long as there are mountains and trees, they can shelter from the wind and snow.
Seeing the woods, the soldiers of the Zhenjun army were like seeing an oasis in the desert, and the people used their strength to eat milk, withstanding the wind and snow, and quickly ran towards the woods.
This forest is not small, and the Zhen army entered the forest and went into the depths of the forest, and when they arrived, the cold wind finally weakened a lot, and people pushed away the snow on the ground, cut branches from the trees, and made fires.
The soldiers of the Zhen army gathered around the fire, sat on the ground, and then sighed for a long time, and began to retreat in the middle of the night, until now, all the soldiers were tired, hungry, and cold, and each of them was exhausted.
Li Cheng leaned against an old tree, half-squatted and half-sitting, looked at the exhausted soldiers around him, sighed bitterly in his heart, and then said to the generals around him: "You go and count how many troops are left in our army now." ” Zhenjun walked all the way, and some people fell to the ground along the way, Li Cheng saw it in his eyes, but he had no way at all.
Soon, the number of each corps was reported, and as soon as the generals counted it, people were a little incredulous.
When attacking Wancheng, there were more than 80,000 Zhen troops, and when they retreated, there were more than 50,000, and now, there are only about 30,000 people left, that is to say, in the process of retreating, nearly 20,000 people have fallen.
Oh, seeing such data, Li Cheng sighed on his back, God is unfair to Zhenguo, and even more unfair to him Li Cheng Since the battle, he has never made a mistake, he has won successive battles, attacked the city, and was invincible, but the result was like this, so how could Li Cheng accept it Seeing Li Cheng's sad face, Xun Xiao and other generals comforted: "The general doesn't need to be sad, even if there are only more than 30,000 brothers left, after the wind and snow stop, our army can still capture Wancheng and enter Yancheng" Their words are not just comfort, in fact, the Zhen army does have such strength, even if there are only 30,000 people, it is not something that the current wind army in Yan and Wan can resist.
Li Cheng looked at the sky and muttered, "Who knows when this snowstorm will be" As he spoke, his stomach gurgling.
People were stunned for a moment, and then they all touched their food bags, took out steamed buns and dried meat from them, and handed them to Li Cheng.
Li Cheng took it, and before he could put it in his mouth, he had already lost his appetite.
The steamed buns and jerky handed over by everyone have long been frozen, hard as stones, and if they are smashed on the head, it is estimated that they will have to smash out a big green bag.
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He shook his head and smiled bitterly, drew his sword, stabbed it the steamed bun, and then put it on the fire to roast.
Seeing this, the generals followed suit, each took out his sword, and roasted steamed buns and dried meat.
They had something to eat, but most of the soldiers did not, and the people were dizzy from hunger, and could not go out of the woods to find food, so they had to lie down by the fire and shrunk up to rest.
The sky was getting dark, but the blizzard showed no signs of stopping, so Li Cheng gave the order to go down, and the whole army rested in place and spent the night in the forest tonight.
At night, the bonfires in the forest flickered, row by row, row by row, but the soldiers of the Zhenjun did not have the leisure to enjoy the bonfire and the snow, they lay by the fire, and they were too lazy to move again.
No one talked, no one spoke, no one even made a sound, and in the forest, there were more than 30,000 Zhen soldiers, and the silence was terrifying, only the crackling sound of dry wood cracking.
There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the second day, the wind and snow were not as strong as yesterday, Li Cheng cheered up and asked the generals on the left and right to take some of their strong brothers to search for food outside the forest.
When the order was delivered, the corps commanders shouted loudly, telling the soldiers below to get up quickly.
But then people suddenly realized that many of the soldiers could not get up again after lying down, and in one night, thousands of soldiers were frozen to death in the forest.
Under the pressure of hunger and cold, there were cases of freezing to death and frostbite in the Zhen army almost all the time.
Finally, five hundred soldiers with good physical strength were selected from the Zhen army, led by a general, and went to the forest to find something to eat.
Not long after they left, the storm turned from weak to strong, and the five hundred people, led by the general, went out and never returned This sudden storm lasted four days and four nights.
This part of the Zhen army led by Li Cheng drove straight into Yancheng, but suddenly evaporated from the world, no one was alive, no corpse was dead, and no trace could be found.
The Wind Country couldn't find them, and they didn't return to Zhenguo, and Li Cheng's inexplicable disappearance became an unsolved case.
It wasn't until a long time later that the hunters of the Windy Country inadvertently entered this forest and found a large number of remains of Zhenjun, and after careful examination, it was confirmed that the remains of this batch of Zhenjun were Li Cheng, and Li Cheng, the lieutenant general of Zhenguo, was also among them
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