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Hearing Wu Mei's question, Zong Yuan regained his senses, laughed lightly, and said: "This subject is thinking of a way to retreat against the enemy."

Wu Mei's spirit was immediately lifted, she knew that Zong Yuan had always been a resourceful man, his military prowess was not inferior to Qiu Zhen's. She quickly asked: "Has Master Zong thought of this?"

Zong Yuan frowned, he then looked up to the sky, after pondering for a while, he laughed and said: Tomorrow, the enemy will retreat.

"Oh?" Lei Zhen stepped forward and asked: "How does Master Zong know that the enemy will retreat tomorrow?"

Zong Yuan laughed and said: "General Lei only needs to arrange a sentry to prevent the Chastity Army from attacking the city at night. As for whether or not the enemy will retreat tomorrow, and why, we will know when the time comes."

Lei Zhen looked at Zong Yuan in confusion. He did not know what Zong Yuan was up to. Today, the Chastity Army's offense was thwarted, but their strength was still there. How could they retreat without any reason? Unless the Commander of the Chastity Army had suddenly died, but that was impossible.

Zong Yuan did not speak further, he turned and cupped his hands to Wu Mei and said: "Madam, don't we still have two thousand cavalrymen in the city? Be prepared to go out of the city at any time to hunt down the virgins. "

Wu Mei raised her eyebrows and looked at Zong Yuan with a strange gaze. She thought, could it be that the battle during the day had been too intense and too dangerous, and had scared the mind of this Master Zong? If the Chastity Army did not attack the city, it would be their fortune. To think that they would still want to leave the city to hunt down the Chastity Army was simply a pipe dream.

She treated Zong Yuan's words as a joke and laughed it off. Then, she said softly, "Master Zong is also tired, quickly go and rest!"

How could Zong Yuan not see through Wu Mei's thoughts? Laughing, he said: "Madam, don't worry, this subject's mind is very clear, I said that the enemy army will retreat, and the enemy army will retreat, as long as the enemy army retreat, it will be extremely difficult, if our army does not chase them down, wouldn't it waste a good opportunity?"

"Then tell me clearly, why did the Chastity Army retreat?!"

"Ha ha!" Zong Yuan laughed weirdly and said: "Presumably, the heavens are helping me get out of here unscathed!"

Wu Mei and Lei Zhen looked at each other, both of them once again suspecting whether Zong Yuan's brain really wanted him to be as clear-headed as he said it was.

Zhen Jun naturally would not retreat without cause, and right now, they were nearing the Yan City of Feng Country, with victory within reach. Even if it was a mountain of blades and a sea of flames ahead, Li Cheng would still choose to continue charging forward.

However, something unexpected happened.

During the first half of the night, it was calm and peaceful. But during the second half of the night, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, overcast clouds covered the night sky as the northwest wind blew violently.

The Chastity Army was dressed lightly, and the tents they brought were not only thin, but they also lacked in number. Many of the soldiers slept outside, and when the cold wind blew, even the soldiers in the tents were shivering.

In such cold weather, how could people sleep? They all climbed up from the ground with their necks and arms wrapped around each other, looking all around for firewood to heat up. However, outside of the Wan City, it was all flat plains, where could they find firewood? In the end, the Chastity Army couldn't stand the cold anymore and could only hug each other and warm up.

Unfortunately, disaster didn't come alone. The cold wind blew more fiercely, and then, snow began to fall from the sky. The paper like snowflakes began to pour down from the wind and hit people's face, as if they had been slashed by a knife.

This blizzard came too suddenly for the Chastity Army. It was already spring, and no one, including Li Cheng, had expected that the Feng Country would snow like this, causing people to be unable to prepare, bitterly frozen. Even the armor on their bodies were frozen solid, making them unable to move.

Ever since the Chastity Army entered the wind, they had been killing and looting everything, almost as if they were robbing everything, but they had not stolen the most worthless clothes, the current situation caused the temperature to plummet, the cold wind blew fiercely, the snowstorm pressed against the ceiling, and people did not even have any precautionary measures. Gradually, people started to freeze, lying motionlessly in the snow, letting the snow slowly cover their bodies.

Now, the soldiers of the Chastity Army would rather exchange all the jewelry they had looted for a single piece of cotton clothing. Unfortunately, no one would do such a thing with them.

Inside the tent, Li Cheng was also forcefully woken up by the cold, he wrapped himself in the outer cloak and walked out of the tent while frowning, and when he looked outside, he was given a fright, wondering why it was snowing so heavily. Outside, it was snowing heavily and the north wind was howling. Li Cheng could not take it any longer after standing for a few seconds, he hurriedly went back into his tent.

The tent was also very cold, but at least it was able to withstand the cold. Not long after he returned, the curtains of the camp were lifted, and a bone-piercing cold wind blew near immediately. There was snow mixed within, so that Li Cheng couldn't even open his eyes. He covered his face with his hands and screamed, "Drop the curtain! "Quickly put down the tent flap!"

The nearest man hastily lowered the curtain and then carefully fastened it. Li Cheng took out a brush and lit the candles that had been blown out once again. Looking around, the one who had come recently was no one else but his Deputy General, Xun Xiao.

"General, the weather has changed and it is abnormally cold. Our army doesn't have anything to protect us from the cold. What should we do?" Xun Xiao walked in front of Li Cheng and asked anxiously.

Li Cheng was still not aware of the severity of the situation, and said calmly: "Let our brothers endure through the night, wait until morning tomorrow, our army will attack the Wan City again. This time, we will kill everyone within the city to protect them from the cold."

Xun Xiao shook his head like a rattle, and said anxiously: "I can't wait until tomorrow. General, our military camp is not enough, and many of our brothers are sleeping outside. The sky and the earth are freezing, and our brothers have already been frozen to death. "

Someone was frozen to death? Li Cheng's face flashed with astonishment, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "How many of my army brothers were frozen to death?"

"I'm not sure yet, the snow was falling so heavily that even though the brothers were frozen, they were soon buried by the snow! "General, if we wait until tomorrow, my army might not have many people left." Xun Xiao explained.

Li Cheng clenched his fists and muttered: "Am I supposed to attack the city overnight?"0

"That's even worse. The warriors' armor has been frozen like ice. It would be difficult for them to even move, let alone attack the city! "

Pow!

Li Cheng slammed the table heavily, and said: "That won't do, but that won't do. Xun Xiao, you tell this general, what should we do now?"

If Xun Xiao had an idea, then he wouldn't need to specifically come and ask Li Cheng. He lowered his head and softly said, "This lowly general does not know."

"Humph!" Li Cheng let out a heavy snort. He put on his clothes, picked up his shoes, wrapped them tightly around his cloak, and said to Xun Xiao while shaking his head: "Come, let's go out and take a look!"

After exiting the camp, they went outside consecutively. The cold wind that blew on them blew on their skin, causing them a large amount of snowflakes to flutter onto their faces, causing them to feel a burning pain. Li Cheng squinted his eyes, and used his full force to look around, if he did not pay close attention, he would not be able to see anyone at all. Only upon closer inspection did he realize that the soldiers on his side were embracing each other in groups of three or five, with snowflakes covering their bodies, causing them to be almost one with the snow.

At this time, everyone was already numb to the cold, no longer shivering, no longer shivering. All of them were like ice sculptures as they sat motionlessly on the ground, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.

Originally, the tents were meant for wounded soldiers, but now, the wounded soldiers were being dragged out by the soldiers who had gone crazy from the cold, and they actually squeezed inside. Whether the wounded soldiers outside were alive or dead, the soldiers who entered the tents were not warm for too long.

It's over! Seeing the situation on his side, Li Cheng's heart sank all the way until the bottom of the valley. Since when was Feng Country supposed to be so cold that it could cool down and snow so badly? Why did it have to rush to the point where our side was just about to break through our Yan City? Victory is in sight, but the heavens are not satisfied. Is this the end of my Feng Country, or does the heavens not help me, Dazhen?

Li Cheng sighed in his heart. Xun Xiao was right, under this kind of weather, they were unable to attack the city, and with their current resources, they were unable to withstand the cold. They might not be able to fight, and they might not be able to stay either. They could only withdraw their Feng City before making their plans.

Li Cheng had always led his troops to wars fiercely, he only knew how to move forward and not retreat. But now, the weather had forced him to choose to retreat.

Actually, the Feng Country did not change abruptly, as the temperature suddenly turned cold and snow fell from the sky, this was a good omen. In the past few days, the weather in the middle of the Feng Country had always been dark and gloomy, and even in broad daylight, the sky was still gray, without a trace of the sun. Zong Yuan had already predicted this, so he dared to claim that Zhen Jun could not handle the cold, and could only retreat.

In the end, his calculations were correct. This night was like a nightmare for the Chastity Army.

Li Cheng ordered them to retreat, but many of the soldiers who were sitting on the ground did not even get up, thinking that they had not heard his order. Someone came forward and pushed them hard, wanting to wake them up, but with that push, the soldiers who were hugging each other all fell to the ground, their faces completely pale and covered with a layer of frost.

This was the sign of being frozen to death. Due to the cold, the muscles on the human face had shriveled, causing the corners of his mouth to rise. He seemed to be smiling, but in fact, he was already dead.

Among them were ordinary soldiers, as well as Spirit Cultivator with a profound cultivation. No matter how deep the cultivation of the Spirit Cultivator's was, no matter how strong the spirit armor was, it would be able to block the sword and spear, but it wouldn't be able to block the cold.

Attacking Wan City, the Chastity Army had lost around ten thousand people, but in this half a night, the number of Chastity Army that had died from the cold did not exceed twenty thousand, and the majority of them were wounded.

Even so, during the retreat, there were still people who fell to the ground from time to time, and were then covered by snow.

The retreat of the Chastity Army did not have any enemies chasing them, but it was incomparably tragic. They had walked one path, one path, and the other path. Countless soldiers of the Chastity Army fell into the snow and never got up again.

It is true that in cold weather people react slowly. Li Cheng was retreating towards the Feng City, but he never thought that when he led his troops and left the Feng City, he had already burnt everything there into a crisp, there were only broken tiles left there, so even if he reached the Feng City, how could he possibly defend against the cold?

But then again, the Chastity Army went into a state of uncontrollable rage. After killing them, they would rob them and burn them down. All the towns they passed along the way were burnt down by them, and no one could find a place to withstand the cold. It was a tomb the Chastity Army had dug for them.

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