Chapter 448: We Have No Way to Retreat

The Zhongkujiao Tribe and the Small Trouser Leg Tribe were still locked in battle.

That is how combat with cold weapons goes: you slash me with a blade, I stab you with a sword.

One could not tell if it was the water of Qionghai that had summoned the water from the heavens.

Or if it was the blood and carnage covering the ground that had provoked the heavens' wrath.

At this moment, it actually began to rain.

The torrential downpour seemed to feel that the sounds of slaughter, wailing, and cries of pain on the battlefield were not tragic enough, and it insisted on adding some rhythm to the scene.

"Kill!"

After receiving reinforcements from the Liangzhou Army, Huobu Quli felt his pressure greatly reduced and had already posed a significant threat to Shama Zhuoyi's side. Several times, the farm's gates and defensive fortifications were nearly taken by Huobu Quli's forces.

But.

It remained a stalemate.

Liu Zheng was startled by the sudden sobbing tone in Jie Yu's voice.

He feared seeing a woman cry most of all, let alone the one he had once dreamed of day and night...

But...

Business was business; he suppressed the urge to embrace the tear-streaked goddess of his heart standing before him and smiled: "Envoy, Liu Zheng cannot agree with this statement. What do you mean by saying the Academy will not let me lose?"

He gave a cold laugh: "Does my, Liu Zheng's, victory or defeat require the consent of others?"

"You..."

Jie Yu was choked up by Liu Zheng again; she felt that coming down the mountain on her own initiative today might truly have been a mistake... When she was at the Academy, as an Envoy, who dared to provoke her? Who would have thought that this Governor Liu would give her absolutely no face and keep bickering with her.

She glared at Liu Zheng: "Does Governor Liu think he can win today?"

Liu Zheng sneered: "Does the Envoy think Liu will lose?"

Jie Yu snorted coldly: "Does Governor Liu dare to make a wager?"

"Bring it on!"

Liu Zheng felt that things were getting more and more interesting.

Jie Yu was full of confidence and said coldly: "I have a piece of information that can allow you to turn defeat into victory!"

Liu Zhe smiled: "What a coincidence, Liu Zheng also has a deduction that can keep me in an invincible position!"

"Let us both write it down on paper!"

Jie Yu proposed.

Liu Zheng nodded: "What about the stakes?"

Seeing Liu Zheng take the bait, Jie Yu was secretly delighted: "The loser must grant the winner one request!"

"Fine!"

"It's a deal!"

Liu Zheng asked with a smile: "What if it's a draw?"

Jie Yu said decisively: "There is no possibility of a draw; if the answers are the same, then I lose!"

Liu Zheng was actually quite curious about what exactly Jie Yu knew. Or rather, through what channel did she learn it? Wangbei Academy was so mysterious; since she had come down the mountain in person, the information in her hands would not be a simple matter.

Next.

The two of them each took a piece of paper and wrote a few words.

Only then did Jie Yu heave a sigh of relief.

She was very confident in the information she possessed; if she could help Governor Liu achieve victory this time, then at the very least, the Academy would not bear much blame...

The two exchanged papers.

Jie Yu was already smiling: "Governor Liu, you are nothing more than this..."

Liu Zheng chuckled, noncommittal.

However, the next moment, both opened them at the same time.

Immediately following.

Both of them were shaken to the core.

Liu Zheng turned his head in disbelief, looking at Jie Yu.

Jie Yu was even more horrified, looking up at Liu Zheng.

Their gazes finally met formally for the first time.

"How did you find out?"

Then, the two asked in unison.

Because on both of their slips of paper, it was written.

"Prince of Shu!"

A clap of thunder rang out at this moment.

At the same time.

On the east side of the battlefield, the earth-shaking sound of hooves rose simultaneously.

The hundred-thousand-strong army of the Big Trouser Legs had arrived!

Arriving at the battlefield a day early! As soon as the army of Naibao Rize appeared, the slight advantage Huobu Quli had gained instantly disintegrated.

This sudden situation left even Liu Zheng stunned, and then he furrowed his brows, falling into deep thought.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Like a mountain collapsing and the sea overturning.

The hundred thousand Warriors of the Big Trouser Legs who had arrived via forced march were naturally not something Huobu Quli could withstand.

Jie Yu watched Liu Zheng quietly.

Liu Zheng said calmly, "Qin Zhangfeng!"

"This general is here!"

"Lead an army of thirty thousand to reinforce Huobu Quli."

"Cheng Kai!"

"This general is here!"

"Take twenty thousand Spearman to intercept the Big-Trouser Cavalry!"

"Yes!"

Fifty thousand Liangzhou Army troops were finally about to be deployed!

Jie Yu watched Liu Zheng in a daze.

Skilled in Mathematics, she was a bit confused.

In this situation, this Prefect Liu actually did not retreat, but instead sent out the fifty thousand Liangzhou Army troops! Did he truly believe that his own Prefect Liu was invincible under heaven?

……

"They're here, they're here, the reinforcements are here!"

Inside the farm.

A Scout came rolling and crawling in, shouting with joy.

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ran was instantly enraged: "Useless, all useless! Why did he come so fast? Why did he come so fast?"

Huh?

Some of the people present were all unable to understand.

Reinforcements had arrived; wasn't that a good thing? Once this army of one hundred thousand arrived, they would surely drive back the enemy!

"Good-for-nothings, all of them are good-for-nothings!"

Chen Ran gritted his teeth and cursed loudly: "Do you think I wanted a retreat? No, I wanted to lure the troops in, feign defeat, and draw that Liangzhou Army in, understand? Useless, all useless!"

The group of people were stunned upon hearing this.

So this was the plan Chen Ran had!

If Shama Zhuoyi could not hold on at this moment, Liu Zheng's Liangzhou Army would certainly launch an all-out attack, and by then, Shama Zhuoyi would inevitably be defeated and retreat to the farm. That would be the perfect moment for this Chen Ran to close the gates and set the fire!

Who would have thought.

At this time, Naibao Rize had actually arrived a day early?

This immediately disrupted Chen Ran's plan.

What if that Prefect Liu retreated in the face of difficulty?

Today's trap would have been for nothing!

"His Highness, His Highness, the Liangzhou Army is attacking!"

Another Scout came to report.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ran was filled with wild joy: "Good, good, good! This Prefect Liu is truly stubborn! Pass down the order: surround and kill them all, leave none alive!"

He had thought that Prefect Liu would retreat in the face of difficulty, and that it would be difficult to kill him later.

Unexpectedly...

He had actually charged over regardless of his life!

In this way.

Regardless of whether Shama Zhuoyi or Naibao Rize won or lost, Chen Ran had room to maneuver!

……

An army of one hundred thousand attacked.

The fifty thousand Liangzhou Army troops poured out in full force.

The battlefield had escalated to the level of hundreds of thousands of people slaughtering each other.

"Prefect Liu, what exactly are you doing? These, these Liangzhou soldiers, are their lives worth nothing?"

Jie Yu frowned.

Liu Zheng looked at the battlefield without turning his head and said indifferently: "The world knows that the Prince of Shu may be playing both sides in this matter. Therefore, this battle cannot be retreated from! Under normal circumstances for War Horses, Naibao Rize could not have arrived a day early no matter what."

"So... someone is providing him with spare horses!"

Jie Yu was speechless.

Liu Zheng took a deep breath and smiled brightly: "I said earlier that tonight would be very interesting."

"This farm, it must be taken, whether we want to or not!"

"We have no path of retreat!"