Chapter 864

In the central part of the windy country, there was a sudden cold and heavy snow. This sudden change of weather reversed the situation on both sides. At first, Yancheng, the capital of Fengdu, was in danger, and there was no army to resist the strong enemy. However, it was only a matter of time before the Zhenjun army captured Yancheng.

But now, unable to bear the cold Zhen army can only throw away the fruits of victory, helpless choice to retreat back.

At the same time, Wancheng also found signs of the retreat of the Zhen army. Fengguo is a place of severe cold. Fengren have been used to the cold weather and are well prepared. When the temperature drops suddenly, the Fengjun soldiers get the cotton padded clothes, trousers and boots for the first time. But even so, the soldiers of the garrison are still shivering with cold, walking around the city.

Fengjun's sentry was the first to find out the movement of the Zhen army. Without delay, they ran down the tower and reported the news to the city. Soon, the news reached Wu Mei, who suddenly heard the news of the enemy's retreat. Wu Mei turned over and sat up directly from the bed, without sleepiness on her face. She asked the maid who came in and said, "is this really true?"

The female bodyguard replied: "reply to Madam, it was discovered by the soldiers guarding the night at the head of the city."

That should not be wrong, this kind of thing, no one dares to report a holiday. Wu Mei is puzzled. How can the Zhen army retreat? "What happened to Zhen Jun?" she asked as she dressed

The chambermaid 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 made a wild guess, but she was right.

"Oh?" Dance Mei with the fastest speed to put on clothes, push open the door, big step meteor walked out. She went out quickly and came back faster. She was forced back by the cold wind outside. At this time, she was only wearing a single dress. She didn't expect that the wind outside was so strong and freezing. Back in the room, dance Mei repeatedly said: "quick! Go and find a cotton padded jacket for this palace

"Yes! Madame The maid agreed and walked away.

Wu Mei calmed down and thought about it carefully, and then she understood the reason for the retreat of the Zhen army.

Zhen people must not adapt to the sudden change of the weather, and did not make enough preparations for cold protection, so the whole army could not bear the cold, so they had no choice but to retreat. With this in mind, Wu Mei understood why Zong Yuan vowed that the Zhen army would surely retreat last night. It turned out that he had already judged that the temperature and snow would fall this evening, and that the Zhen army was insufficient in cold prevention.

Oops! Wu Mei stamped her feet. She knew that. She should have listened to Zong Yuan's words and prepare the cavalry as soon as possible and go out of the city to pursue the Zhen army! While she was walking back and forth in a hurry, the maid came back with a set of clean cotton padded clothes. She quickly changed it, then wrapped up her cloak and walked out of the house under the protection of a group of bodyguards.

Dance mei just come out, see Zong Yuan and Lei Zhen face to face. See him two people, dance Mei immediately blurt out a way: "hear Zhen army already retreated, is it true or false?"

Zong Yuan and Lei Zhen both nodded and said, "Madam Hui, it's true that the Zhen army has indeed withdrawn!"

Get his two people's confirmation, dance Mei mentions the heart of the throat finally falls back to the stomach. She giggled, looked up and sighed: "this is the heaven to help me wind for thousands of generations!" Sighing for a moment, she said to Lei Zhen in a quick voice: "general Lei, you speed up the 2000 cavalry in the city to pursue and kill the Zhen army. You must not let the retreat of the Zhen army stop too much."

"I will obey you." Lei Zhen takes the order and turns away.

He gathered two thousand horses in the city and ran out of Wancheng to pursue the Zhen army. The cold wind in the city is not small, but once out of the city, the cold wind outside is even stronger, blowing dark and dark, crying and howling. Even if the cold resistant wind people wear cotton padded clothes and trousers, they can't stand it. Even if they can hold on, the horses will not survive.

Lei Zhen and his cavalry were less than two miles out of the city, and then they were forced back to Wancheng by the wind and snow outside. When returning to the city, not to mention the tears of the soldiers below, even Lei Zhen felt that his ears were going to be frozen off, numb and tingling, and his hair and beard were covered with frost.

This kind of weather, already cannot leave the city! He sighed in his heart. Unfortunately, he wiped his snot carelessly and went to find Wu Mei to explain the situation. After listening to Wu Mei, she is not angry, but she is happy. Her soldiers can't hold on when they leave the city, so you can imagine the situation of the Zhen army.

She guessed right, now the Zhen army, miserable to the extreme.

People walk hard in the cold, storm and snow. In the queue, some people fall down straightly from time to time. No one pays attention to them. People have been unable to protect themselves. How can they have the mood and strength to take care of others?

In the ice and snow, we can see the road at the beginning. When the sky is going to be a little dim, we can't see the road, nor can we see any reference. Everything we can see is a vast expanse of white, as if all the world is covered by snow.

At this time, the march of the Zhen army was more difficult. When they stepped out, they could hardly see their legs. The snow had not reached their knees. Every step they took had to exert all their strength. In addition, the cold wind made people unable to open their eyes. Gradually, tens of thousands of Zhen troops were completely lost in this snow covered world. They could not distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, but walked forward blindly 。

I do not know how long after, walk in front of the Zhen soldiers soldiers exclaimed: "there are trees! There are woods ahead Now they do not want to meet towns or villages, as long as there are mountains and trees, can shelter the wind and snow.Seeing the woods, the soldiers of the Zhen army were like seeing an oasis in the desert. People tried their best to eat milk and ran quickly to the woods against the wind and snow.

The area of the forest is not small. The Zhen army entered the forest and went deep into the forest. When they got there, the cold wind finally weakened a lot. People pushed away the snow on the ground, cut off the branches from the trees and started a fire.

The soldiers of the Zhen army gathered around the fire, sat on the ground, and then sighed for a long time. They began to retreat in the middle of the night. Until now, all the soldiers of the Zhen army were tired, hungry and cold, and exhausted.

Li Cheng leaned against an old tree, squatted and sat down. He looked at the exhausted officers and soldiers around him. He sighed bitterly in his heart. Then he said to the assistant generals around him, "go and count the number of troops left in our army."

All the way to Zhenjun, some people fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Li Cheng saw it in his eyes, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Soon, the number of troops and regiments were reported one after another. As soon as the assistant generals were counted, people were somewhat incredible. During the attack on Wancheng, there were more than 80000 soldiers in the Zhen army, and more than 50000 in the retreat. But now, there are only about 30000 left, that is to say, nearly 20000 people have fallen in the process of retreat.

Oops! Seeing such data, Li Cheng looks up and laments that heaven is unfair to the state of Zhen, and even more to him, Li Cheng! Since entering the wind, he has never made a mistake. He has been victorious in successive battles. He has attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold. However, the result is like this. How can Li Cheng accept it?

Seeing Li Cheng's sad face, Xun Xiao and other generals comforted one after another: "the general need not be sad. Even if there are only 30000 brothers left, our army can still capture Wancheng and kill Yancheng after the wind and snow stops!" Their words are not only consolation. In fact, the Zhen army does have such strength. Even if it has only 30000 people, it is not what the wind force in the two cities of salt and WAN can withstand.

Li Cheng looked at the sky and murmured, "who knows when the snowstorm will be over?" he said, his stomach purring.

People are stunned at first, and then they touch their food bags one after another. They take out steamed bread and dried meat from them and hand them to Li Cheng.

Li Cheng took it and lost his appetite before he put it in his mouth. The steamed bread and dried meat from the crowd had been frozen stiff and hard like a stone. If they were hit on the head, they would have to hit a big green bag.

He shakes his head and smiles bitterly. He pulls out his sword and stabs it on the steamed bread. Then he roasts it on the fire. Seeing this, the generals followed suit, taking out their swords, baking steamed bread and dried meat.

They had something to eat, but most of the soldiers didn't. people were so hungry that they couldn't go out of the woods to find food. They had to lie down by the fire and take a rest.

It was getting dark, but there was no sign that the storm was going to stop. Li Cheng ordered the whole army to rest and spend the night in the forest.

At night, the bonfires in the forest twinkled in rows and rows, which was very beautiful. However, the soldiers of the Zhen army did not have the leisure to enjoy the bonfire and snow scenery. They lay by the fire and were lazy to move again.

No one talked, no one spoke, and no one even made a sound. If there were more than 30000 soldiers in the big forest, the silence was terrible, only the crackling sound of dry firewood.

After a night's silence, the snow was not as strong as it was yesterday. Li Chengzhen made up his mind and asked the generals on the left and right to take some strong brothers to the forest to search for food.

After the command was passed on, the commanders of the regiment yelled and drank in succession and told the soldiers below to get up quickly. But at this time, people suddenly realized that many soldiers could not get up when they lay down. In one night, thousands of soldiers were frozen to death in the forest.

Under the cold and hunger, there were freezing death and frostbite in the Zhen army almost all the time.

Finally, 500 soldiers with good physical strength were selected from the Zhen army and led by an assistant general to look for food outside the forest.

It was not long after they left, and the storm turned from weak to strong again. The five hundred people headed by the assistant general went out and never came back.

This sudden storm lasted four days and four nights.

Led by Li Cheng, this part of the Zhen army that attacked Yancheng was suddenly evaporated from the world. No one was alive, no body was dead, and no trace was found.

Fengguo couldn't find them, and they didn't return to Zhenguo. Li Cheng's inexplicable disappearance became an outstanding case.

It was not until a long time later that hunters of Youfeng Kingdom inadvertently entered the forest and found a large number of remains of the Zhen army. After careful examination, it was confirmed that the remains of the Zhen army were Li Cheng's part, and Li Cheng, the general of the Zhen state, was also among them.

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