Chapter 864

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. Read the full text."

Wu Mei's spirit was lifted. She knew that Zong Yuan had always been resourceful and his military talents were no less than Qiu Zhen's. She hurriedly asked: "Has Mr. Zong thought of it?"

Zong Yuan frowned slightly, looked at the sky again, then pondered 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 sentries 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 his gourd. Today, the Zhenjun's attack was frustrated, but its strength is still there. How could it possibly retreat without any reason? Unless the commander-in-chief of Zhenjun died suddenly, but this was 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, and it frightened Master Zong's brain? If the Zhen army doesn't come to attack the city, it's our own good fortune. It's just a fantasy to want to go out and chase the Zhen army.

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!"

How could Zong Yuan not see Wu Mei's thoughts? 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 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 is a mountain of swords and a sea 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. The cold wind blew, and even the soldiers in the tents shivered from the cold. Those who slept outside the tents shivered. It is conceivable.

How could people sleep in such a cold weather? They all got up from the ground with their necks curled up and their arms folded, looking for dry firewood everywhere and trying to light a fire to keep warm. But outside Wancheng there were plains, and there was no dry firewood anywhere. Can be found? In the end, Zhenjun, who couldn't bear the cold, could only hug each other in a group to keep each other warm.

Unfortunately, misfortunes never come singly, the cold wind blew more and more fiercely, 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 Zhenjun. It was already spring. No one, including Li Cheng, expected that Fengguo could still have such heavy snowfall in 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 entered the army, they have committed crimes, burning, killing and looting. They almost grabbed everything they saw, but they did not grab the least valuable clothes. At this time, the temperature dropped sharply, the cold wind was strong, and the snowstorm was 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 stand it for only a few seconds and hurried back to his tent.

It was certainly cold inside the tent, but at least it was protected from the cold wind. Not long after he came back, the tent curtains of the camp were raised, and a biting cold wind 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 closest to me hurriedly lowered the curtain and then carefully fastened it. Li Cheng took out the fire twister and relighted the blown out candle. Looking up, he saw that the person closest to him was none other than his deputy general 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 did not 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: "We 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 astonishment flashed across Li Cheng's face. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "How many of our army brothers were frozen to death?"

"It's not clear yet. The snow is too heavy. Even if the brothers are frozen, they will be buried by the snow soon! General, if we wait until tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be only a few people left in our army." Xun Xiao said in a series of words.

Li Cheng clenched his fists and murmured, "Do we have to attack the city overnight?"

"That's even worse. The armor of the soldiers has been frozen like ice. It's hard to move, let alone attack the city!"

Bang!

Li Cheng slammed the table heavily and shouted, "This won't work, that won't work, Xun Xiao, tell me, what should we do now?"

If Xun Xiao had an idea, he wouldn't have to come to Li Cheng for instructions. He lowered his head and whispered, "I don't know."

"Hmph!" Li Cheng snorted heavily, put on his clothes, picked up his shoes, and then wrapped his cloak tightly, shaking his head to Xun Xiao and said, "Let's go out and take a look!"

After leaving the tent and coming outside, Li Cheng shivered several times. The oncoming cold wind blew on his skin, and large snowflakes hit his face, which was burning painful. Li Cheng squinted his eyes and used his eyesight to look around. If he didn't look carefully, he could hardly see anyone. Looking carefully, he found that his own soldiers were hugging each other in groups of three or five, and the snowflakes covered their bodies, making them almost melt into the snow.

At this time, the people were numb from the cold, no longer shivering, no longer shivering, and each one sat on the ground like an ice sculpture, motionless, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.

Originally, the tents were for the wounded, but now, the wounded had been dragged out by the soldiers who were crazy with cold, and they squeezed in instead. No matter whether the wounded were dead or alive outside, the soldiers who entered the tents did not warm up for long. The north wind blew harder and harder, and many tents were blown into the air, causing screams below.

It's over! Seeing the situation clearly, Li Cheng's heart sank until it sank to the bottom of the valley. Why didn't Fengguo have a good time to cool down and snow? Why did it happen when they were about to break through Yancheng? Victory is in sight, but God doesn't make it happen. Is this the end of Fengguo, or is it that God doesn't help Dazhen?

Li Cheng sighed in his heart, with all five flavors. Xun Xiao was right. In this kind of weather, he couldn't attack the city, and with his current supplies, he couldn't keep warm. It was neither fighting nor staying. Now there was only one way to go, retreat. He could only retreat to the city and make plans later.

Li Cheng had always been fierce in leading his army to fight. He only knew how to advance and not how to retreat. But now, the weather forced him to retreat.

In fact, the weather in Feng Country did not change suddenly. The temperature suddenly dropped and the snowstorm fell. This had already been foreshadowed. In recent days, the weather in the central part of Feng Country has always been gloomy. Even in broad daylight, the sky was gray and the sun could not be seen. Zong Yuan had foreseen this, so he dared to assert that the Zhen army could not stand the cold and had to retreat.

As a result, he really made a correct calculation. This night was like a nightmare in hell for the Zhen army.

Li Cheng ordered a retreat, but many soldiers sat on the ground and did not get up at all, thinking that they did not hear the order. Someone came up and pushed hard to wake them up. As a result, the soldiers who were hugging each other 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 raised, and they looked like they were smiling.

This is the sign of being frozen to death. Due to the cold, the muscles on the face of a person shrink, causing the corners of the mouth to rise, as if smiling, but in fact, they have already died.

A large number of Zhen soldiers stopped breathing forever when they were frozen and never stood up again. Among them were ordinary soldiers and spiritual cultivators with profound cultivation. No matter how deep the cultivation of the spiritual cultivators was, no matter how strong the spiritual armor they covered was, they could block swords and guns, but they could not block the severe cold.

In the attack on Wancheng, the Zhen army had about 10,000 soldiers killed, but after half a night, no less than 20,000 Zhen soldiers were frozen to death, most of whom were wounded.

Of the 80,000 Zhen soldiers, only 50,000 were left when they retreated. Even so, people fell to the ground from time to time during the retreat, and then were covered by snowflakes.

The retreat of the Zhen army was not pursued by the enemy, but it was extremely miserable. They died one by one, and countless Zhen soldiers fell in the snow and never got up again.

It is true that people's reactions will slow down in severe cold weather. Li Cheng retreated towards Fengcheng, but he didn't think that when he led his army to leave Fengcheng, he had burned it down. Now there were only broken bricks and tiles. How could they keep warm even if they arrived at Fengcheng?

But then again, the Zhen army went out of control after entering the city. They killed and robbed, and burned after robbing. All the towns they passed through were burned down along the way, and they couldn't find a place to keep warm. This can be regarded as the grave that the Zhen army dug for itself.