Chapter 1154

After receiving the secret letter, Zhao Yun went directly to consult with Zhang Liang.

They finally decided to lead the entire army out of the city at dusk to launch a sneak attack, forcing them to retreat toward the Beicheng.

However, although Zhao Yun had originally prepared for a bitter battle, who would have thought the other side would retreat even faster and more smoothly than he had imagined!

On his side, not a single soldier had even died; at most, there were only some minor injuries.

The other side's vigilance was truly too low, and they had no desire to fight, while his men were all as excited as if they had been given stimulants.

Even though it was their first time on the battlefield to kill the enemy, they felt no fear at all, and were even a little excited!

Along the way, whenever the Qin army dared to stop, Zhao Yun would lead the main force to intimidate and deter them.

Finally, they forced the more than eight thousand Qin troops to the Beicheng.

The leader of the Qin army attacking the Xicheng, that ten-thousand-man commander, knew that if they were repelled by ten thousand people, he would definitely be punished.

So he stated a number that was neither too large nor too small: three hundred thousand. As for whether the Xicheng could accommodate three hundred thousand people, that was none of his business.

At this moment, Li Xin, who was worrying in the City Lord's Mansion, could never have imagined that his subordinates would deceive him.

Or rather, the soldiers he led did not look like elites at all, and he hadn't even seen many real Great Qin people.

"Three hundred thousand troops in the South City, three hundred thousand troops in the Xicheng, sixty thousand in total; even defending the city with one hundred thousand is probably a bit of a stretch."

Li Xin rubbed his temples and muttered to himself.

Yet just at this moment, bad news came again!

"Report! Six thousand routed troops discovered, all of them are Great Qin soldiers!" The little soldier who had just gone out ran back again. Li Xin, who already had a splitting headache, was instantly enraged.

He drew his sword directly and cut the little soldier in two.

"Report, report, report, you only know how to report bad news, not a single piece of good news. It truly infuriates me. Someone, carry this unlucky corpse out."

After killing the messenger, Li Xin clearly felt much better, and the pressure suddenly lessened quite a bit.

"By the way, call the ten-thousand-man commander who attacked the Dongcheng over here."

When the ten-thousand-man commander came in, Li Xin was clearly stunned; this was not the ten-thousand-man commander he knew.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Jia Huo."

"What kind of person are you?"

"I am a Great Qin soldier!"

Li Xin fell silent. The other party's answer was not problematic; could it be that his own question was the problem?

"Are you the ten-thousand-man commander who attacked the Dongcheng?"

"No."

"If not, what are you doing here? Didn't I call for the ten-thousand-man commander?"

At this moment, the soldier named Jia Huo finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

His eyes slowly turned red, and then tears began to slide from the corners of his eyes.

Jia Huo said while sobbing.

"The ten-thousand-man commander has sacrificed himself. He led us to break out of a twenty-thousand-man encirclement, but the ten-thousand-man commander still sacrificed himself.

Before he left, he entrusted the six thousand troops to me, telling me that I must lead everyone to find the General."

Jia Huo's sobbing appearance made Li Xin's already troubled heart even harder to calm.

Twenty thousand, thirty thousand, thirty thousand, a total of eighty thousand; this, we can only retreat!

"Alright, you go down and rest for a while." Li Xin waved his hand impatiently.

After Jia Huo left, Li Xin began to issue orders: the entire army is to retreat, everyone is to retreat directly in one hour.

As for those who don't keep up or fall behind by then, he, Li Xin, won't care anymore!

As for why he would delay for an hour, it was all because of Li Ming.

Li Xin wanted to let Li Ming rest for a while, and also let the other soldiers who had retreated from the other cities rest for a while.

Otherwise, if they retreated directly, they would probably be exhausted before the Bashu soldiers caught up to them.

In the distance, Qin Mu, who was monitoring every move in the Beicheng with binoculars, saw the last unit of the Qin army enter the city, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

The opportunity has come; it's time for armed deterrence!

Qin Mu hurriedly issued instructions to have all the new recruits concentrate near the Beicheng to prepare for training!

Poor Li Xin was still thinking about retreating, unaware that his every move was being monitored.

However, at this moment, white snowflakes began to drift in the sky.

It's snowing!

Gradually, very soon, the snowflakes drifted more and more, and soon many rooftops already had a layer of snow that was not too thin.

Li Xin suddenly shivered in the City Lord's Mansion. He walked out to take a look, and it was actually already snowing heavily!

Now Li Xin finally panicked. Their clothing was not cold-resistant, and in such heavy snow, the consumption of supplies like charcoal would increase greatly. If they continued to stay here, I'm afraid...

They wouldn't even need the Bashu soldiers to attack the city; they would freeze to death in this icy world themselves!

"It won't do, we can't wait any longer. Someone, order the entire army to retreat immediately!" After issuing the order, Li Xin put on his battle robe and walked out of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Report!" At this moment, a new messenger brought the latest news!

"According to the scouts, Bashu soldiers have appeared from all directions. It seems we have been surrounded!"

Every time the messenger appeared, he brought different bad news to Li Xin, which made him want to cancel this profession.

Those scouts were secret sentries that had been scattered when Li Xin made the decision to retreat. He had been hoping for a perfect escape route, but he hadn't expected that they had already been surrounded!

In the distance, Qin Mu was taking turns with the others using binoculars to observe the situation inside the Beicheng.

That's right, it was everyone: Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Zhang Liang, Wei Zhuang, Zhao Yun, and Han Xin were all here!

After receiving Qin Mu's secret letter, they chose to strike at the first opportunity, driving their respective Qin troops to the Beicheng, and incidentally bringing their own armies along.

Now the Qin army was trapped in the Beicheng, and there was no need to continue holding the other cities.

Consequently, fifty thousand new recruits were all camped outside the Beicheng.

And Qin Mu and the others were watching the show from above the Beicheng with binoculars.

"Good fellow, this is truly spectacular!"