Tomin in The Alien World

Hearing Wu Mei's question, Zongyuan returned to his senses, smiled calmly and said, "my minister is thinking of a way to retreat from the enemy."

Wu Mei's spirit was boosted. She knew that Zongyuan had always been resourceful and had no less military talent than Qiu Zhen. She hurriedly asked, "did Lord Zong think of it?"

Zong Yuanwei frowned and looked at the sky again. Then he meditated for a long time, grinned and said, "tomorrow, the enemy will retreat."

"Oh?" Lei Zhen stepped forward and asked, "how did Lord Zong know that the enemy would retreat?"

Zong Yuan smiled and said, "general Lei just arranges the sentry to prevent Zhen army from attacking the city at night. As for whether the enemy will retreat and why, we'll know at that time."

Lei Zhen looked at Zongyuan inexplicably. He didn't know what medicine was sold in his gourd. Today, Zhenjun's attack is frustrated, but its strength is still there. How can it retreat without reason? Unless the commander of Zhenjun dies suddenly, but this is impossible.

Zong Yuan didn't say much. He turned to Wu Mei and said, "madam, aren't there still two thousand cavalry in the city? Be ready to go out of the city to hunt down the Zhen thief at any time."

Wu Mei raised her eyebrows and looked at Zongyuan strangely. She muttered in her heart that the battle in the daytime was too fierce and dangerous, which frightened the Zong's brain, didn't it? If Zhen Jun doesn't attack the city, it's lucky for his side. It's a dream to go out of the city to pursue Zhen Jun.

She completely took Zongyuan's words as a joke, smiled and said softly, "Lord Zong is also tired. Go and have a rest!"

Zong Yuan couldn't see Wu Mei's mind. He looked up and smiled and said, "madam, don't worry. The minister is very clear headed. The minister said that the enemy will retreat, and the enemy will surely retreat. As long as the enemy retreats, it must be extremely difficult. If our army doesn't pursue and kill, won't it waste a great war machine?"

"Then make it clear why Zhenjun withdrew!"

"Ha ha!" Zong Yuan smiled strangely and said, "I want to come. God helps me survive the strong wind!"

Wu Mei and Lei Zhen looked at each other. They doubted again whether Zongyuan's brain was as clear as he said.

Of course, Zhenjun will not retreat without reason, and now they are close to Fengdu Yancheng, and victory is close at hand. Even if there is a sea of sword and fire ahead, Li Chengjun will choose to continue to charge forward.

But something unexpected happened.

In the first half of the night, it was calm. When the second half of the night, the wind and cloud suddenly changed, the night sky was cloudy, and the northwest wind blew violently.

Zhenjun went to battle with light equipment. The camp he brought was 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 camp were shivering with cold. It is conceivable that people sleeping outside the camp.

In such a cold weather, where can people sleep? Each one shrinks his neck and arms, climbs up from the ground, looks for dry firewood everywhere, and wants to make a fire to keep warm. But there are plains outside Wancheng. Where can we find dry firewood? Finally, Zhenjun, who couldn't stand the cold, could only hug a few people and keep warm with each other.

Unfortunately, misfortunes never come singly. The cold wind blows more and more violently. Then, it snows heavily. Snowflakes like pieces of paper pour down with the cold wind and blow on people's faces like being scratched by a knife.

The heavy snow was too sudden for Zhenjun. It was spring. None of the soldiers of Zhenjun, including Li Cheng, thought that Fengguo could fall this heavy snow in spring. People couldn't prepare and were frozen to death. Even their armor was frozen hard, making it unable to move.

Since the Zhenjun army entered the wind, they have burned, killed and looted, doing all kinds of evil. They almost robbed everything they saw, but they didn't rob the most worthless clothes. At this time, the temperature suddenly dropped, the cold wind was fierce, and the blizzard was heavy. People didn't even have any preventive measures. Gradually, some people began to be frozen stiff, lying motionless in the snow, allowing the snow to slowly bury their bodies.

Now, the soldiers of Zhen army would rather exchange all the jewels they robbed for a cotton padded jacket. Unfortunately, no one will do such exchange with them.

Li Cheng in the sleeping tent was also awakened by the cold. He wrapped his cloak and walked out of the tent with a frown. When he looked outside, Li Cheng was startled. He wondered how such a heavy snow had suddenly fallen? Outside, it was snowing heavily and the north wind was howling. Li Cheng couldn't stand standing for only a few seconds and hurried back to his camp.

Although the camp is also very cold, it can at least resist the cold wind. Not long after he came back, the tent curtain of the camp was lifted, and the biting cold wind immediately blew. Recently, it was mixed with snow particles, which made Li Cheng unable to open his eyes. He raised his hand to cover his face and screamed, "put down the curtain! Put down the curtain!"

The one who was recently hurried to put down the curtain and then fixed it carefully. Li Cheng took out the fire twister and lit the extinguished candle again. He looked up and saw that it was not someone else who was coming, but his deputy general Xun Xiao.

"General, the weather changes suddenly and the cold is abnormal. Our army doesn't have anything to keep out the cold. What can we do?" Xun Xiao walked up to Li Cheng and asked in a hurry.

Li Cheng was not aware of 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 the wind army in the city, and the brothers can live in the city to keep out the cold."

Xun Xiao shook his head like a rattle and said in a hurry, "we can't wait for tomorrow. General, our camp accounts are insufficient. Many brothers sleep outside. It's freezing so far that some brothers have been frozen to death."

Someone froze to death? A flash of consternation flashed across Li Cheng's face. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "how many brothers in our army were frozen to death?"

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

Li Cheng clenched his fist and murmured, "don't you want to attack the city overnight?"

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

Pop!

Li Cheng slapped the table heavily and shouted, "neither can this nor that. Xun Xiao, tell Ben what to do now?"

If Xun Xiao had an idea, he didn't have to come to Li Cheng for instructions. He bowed his head and whispered, "the end will not know."

"Hum!" Li Cheng snorted heavily, put on his clothes, picked up his shoes, wrapped his cloak tightly, shook his head to Xun Xiao and said, "let's go out and have a look!"

Out of the camp and outside, Li Cheng fought several cold wars. The oncoming cold wind blew on his skin and large snowflakes beat on his face. It was hot and painful. Li Cheng narrowed his eyes and looked around with his eyes. If he didn't look carefully, he could hardly see anyone. When he looked carefully, he found that his soldiers were hugged together in groups, Snow flakes covered them, making them almost integrate with the snow.

At this time, people were numb with cold, no longer shivering, no longer fighting the cold war. They sat on the ground like ice sculptures, motionless, wondering whether they were dead or alive.

Originally, the camp was for the wounded soldiers, but now, the wounded soldiers have been dragged out by the Cold Crazy soldiers. Instead, they squeeze in. No matter whether the wounded soldiers are dead or alive outside, the soldiers who enter the camp haven't been warm for long. The north wind blows harder and harder, and many camps have been rolled into the air, causing a scream below.

finished! Seeing his own situation clearly, Li Cheng's heart sank until it reached the bottom of the valley. When is it bad to cool down and snow in Fengguo? Why should we arrive when our side is about to break through Yancheng? Victory is in sight, but God can't accomplish it. Is this the end of the wind country, or does God not help me?

Li Cheng sighed in his heart that the five flavors are complete. Xun Xiao is right. In this weather, our side can't attack the city. With our current materials, we can't resist the cold. It's neither fighting nor staying. Now there's only one way to go and retreat. We can only withdraw the closure first and then make plans.

Li Cheng led his army to fight fiercely. He only knew to move forward and did not know to retreat. Now, due to the weather, he had to choose to retreat.

In fact, the windy country is not a sudden change of weather. The temperature is suddenly cold and the sky is snowy, which has long been heralded. For days, the weather in the middle of the windy country is always cloudy. Even in the daytime, the sky is gray and there is no sun. Zong Yuan had foreseen this, so he dared to assert that Zhenjun could not stand the cold and had to withdraw.

The result really made him calculate correctly. This night was like a nightmare in hell for Zhenjun.

Li Cheng ordered to retreat, but many soldiers sat on the ground and didn't get up at all. They thought they didn't hear the order. Someone came forward and pushed them hard to wake them up. As a result, the soldiers surrounded by them fell to the ground one after another. People's faces were bloodless and covered with frost, but strangely, the corners of their mouths were picked up, Looks like smiling.

This is a sign of being frozen to death. Due to the cold, the muscles of the human face shrink, resulting in the rise of the corners of the mouth, which seems to be smiling, but in fact has been out of breath.

A large number of Zhen soldiers stopped breathing forever when they were frozen and never stood up again. There were ordinary soldiers and spiritual practitioners with high cultivation. The spiritual practitioners had deep cultivation and the spiritual armor they covered was strong enough to block swords and guns, but could not resist the severe cold.

During the attack on Wancheng, about 10000 Zhenjun soldiers were killed, but in the past half night, no less than 20000 Zhenjun soldiers were frozen to death, most of them wounded.

When the 80000 strong Zhenjun army retreated, only 50000 people were left. Even so, in the process of retreating, some people fell to the ground from time to time, and then were covered by snowflakes.

The retreat of Zhenjun army was not pursued by the enemy, but it was extremely miserable. They walked and died together. Countless Zhenjun soldiers fell in the snow and never got up again.

It's true that people's reaction will slow down in severe cold weather. Li Cheng retreated towards the closure of the city, and he didn't think that when he led the army to leave the closure of the city, he had burned a fire there, and now there are only residual bricks and rotten tiles. Even if he arrived at the closure of the city, how could he resist the cold?

But then again, after the Zhen army got into the wind, it was out of control. After killing, it robbed and burned. All the way, they burned all the towns they passed. They couldn't find a place to keep out the cold. This can be regarded as the grave dug by Zhen Jun for himself.