Chapter 40 Win or Lose

Wang Li now feels that his whole body is numb.

In order to cope with the side attack of the Chu army, he failed to pick up Zhao Hao in person, and could only ask the messenger to notify His Royal Highness Prince Fu.

But now, His Highness Prince Fu came over and said to him,

Have you seen Zhao Hao?

How could he not be numb?

After hearing Wang Li's words, Hu Hai said with a trembling voice at this time,

"My king...my king arranged for a messenger to deliver the order, but the messenger has not come back until now."

"The second wave of messengers sent by this king reported that the road ahead has been cut off by the Chu army."

"He also said that he heard a huge explosion from there midway."

"Later I met people from the Heartless Artillery Battalion who had withdrawn. They said they were attacked by the Chu army and destroyed the Heartless Artillery before leaving."

"But no one saw it, Zhao Hao and the others."

Hu Hai did not dare to hide anything and explained the information he knew one by one.

Brother Lang said that if you do something wrong, you must say it clearly and promptly.

See if there is any room for redemption.

Otherwise, if things get worse because of concealment, that will be a real disaster.

The most important thing now is to find the other party, otherwise,

He couldn't imagine Brother Lang's anger!

After Wang Li heard this, his body shook uncontrollably, and he stretched out his hand to support the table so as not to fall down.

I knew in my heart that now was definitely not the time to faint, and I quickly analyzed that,

"Now that the Chu army has cut off the artillery battalion's retreat, His Highness is most likely trapped among the Chu army. We..."

Before Wang Li could finish his words, Hu Hai said quickly,

"Yes, yes, Hao'er must be trapped inside. Let's quickly get everyone to counterattack the Chu army!"

"Get the position back, Hao'er is so smart, he must have nothing to hide!"

As he said that, he was about to walk outside.

But Wang Li pulled him back. Hu Hai was a little angry at this time,

"Wang Li, why are you holding me back?

Don’t you want to save Haoer! "

After being yelled at by the other party for a while, Wang Li did not blame him.

Because Hu Hai's tone was very fierce, but his voice was trembling,

He knew that the other party was afraid of His Majesty's wrath.

Of course he is scared too!

Of course, His Majesty is usually very kind and gentle, but looking at the things he does to outsiders,

To put it nicely, it was a thunderous method.

To put it mildly,

Then none of it is done by humans!

So their fear is natural,

Taking a deep breath, Wang Li said at this time,

"His Royal Highness Prince Fu, please calm down first. If we counterattack now, even if we can succeed, it will not be of any benefit to His Highness Zhao Hao!"

"On the contrary, it will cause danger to him!"

When the two armies are fighting, the rebel army is the most dangerous. It is night again, and a thunder from the sky or a kick from a giant beast may kill Zhao Hao!

At this time, Hu Hai collapsed and said,

"so what should I do now?

It won’t work even if you fight, and it won’t work if you don’t fight! "

"If something happens to Hao'er, Brother Lang will go crazy!"

The other person is numb. If I had known better, I should have taken the other person with me and not allowed to go anywhere.

It's okay now. Such a big thing happened.

He couldn't imagine how angry Brother Lang would be!

Seeing that Hu Hai was going crazy, Wang Li calmed down and asked,

"Your Highness Prince Fu, have you seen Tianyi?"

"Tianyi!?"

Upon hearing this name, Hu Hai's eyes instantly lit up and he said with a bit of joy,

"Yes, yes, Tianyi is responsible for protecting Hao'er. If he didn't show up, that means Hao'er must still be alive!"

Of course he knew Tianyi, he was the only one who could quarrel with Brother Lang even if he said nothing.

People who can’t be taught a lesson yet!

Of course, it goes without saying much about the opponent's force.

He hasn't appeared yet, which means that Zhao Hao is still alive, or his life or death is unknown.

The unknown of life and death is sometimes much better than death.

"Then what should we do now?"

Hu Hai then asked, he didn't have any idea in his mind now.

Wang Li took a deep breath and said,

"Our army will retreat another ten miles, give up the camp, and make a truce with the opponent!"

"Offer to exchange prisoners!"

"I'll report this matter to Your Majesty with great urgency!"

The purpose of the truce was to lower the Chu army's defenses, exchange prisoners, and allow them to kill less to avoid accidental damage to Zhao Hao.

Hearing this, Hu Hai couldn't help but said,

"Why don't we tell Xiang Yu directly? Even if he doesn't have the guts to hurt Brother Lang's child!"

At this time, Wang Li shook his head with a wry smile and said,

"His Royal Highness Prince Fu, there is no benefit in exposing His Highness Zhao Hao's identity now. If His Highness is caught, he will become a hostage that threatens Da Qin."

"What's more, those Chu troops are already jealous tonight, so it's inevitable that they won't do anything impulsive."

Of course, there was another thing he didn't mention. Once Zhao Hao's identity was exposed, it would affect Great Qin's strategy.

In tonight's battle, both sides suffered losses. They seemed to have lost, but from a strategic perspective, Great Qin had achieved its goal.

They came here this time not to occupy the Chu Kingdom, but to force the other party to move outward.

Now, Da Qin has proved that,

It only takes 50,000 people to fight, and the opponent will collapse.

Their persistence was meaningless, and almost all of the giant beasts were killed by them.

If it weren't for Zhao Hao, whose current whereabouts are unknown, they could have fought back!

Hearing this, Hu Hai said a little irritably,

"Well, go and send a message to Xiang Yu as soon as possible! Don't waste time!"

He couldn't care about anything else now.

Wang Li did not hesitate and quickly issued the order.

So the Qin army slowly retreated again. At the same time, a messenger headed in the direction of the Chu army.

This is the front line of the Chu army. Looking at the Qin army retreating backwards after setting fire to block them in the night,

The Chu troops couldn't help but burst into cheers,

"The Qin army has escaped! The Qin army has escaped!"

"we won!"

But Xiang Yu, who was covered in blood, looked at the direction in which the Qin army was retreating.

But not too happy,

The opponent's retreat was extremely orderly, not a defeat at all!

But he didn't give the order and pursued the victory. The opponent was caught off guard by him and destroyed those strange weapons.

Now he has retreated,

It seemed that he had won, but he knew that after these weapons were destroyed, Da Qin could still continue to create them.

Even if the journey is long, when the Qin army sends another 50,000 troops next year, what will he do to stop them?

So in the long run, he has lost,

The only way out now is to leave as quickly as possible,

It's just today's battle that allowed him to maintain his military morale and the prestige of the royal family.

Let him have enough time to make arrangements, so it is a wise choice to save more of his existing power now,

At this time, a Chu army hurried over and reported,

"Your Majesty, the Qin army sent an envoy to ask for a ceasefire! They also said they wanted to exchange prisoners."

Hearing this, Xiang Yu couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, and he noticed something unusual.

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