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The air in the middle of the Feng Country suddenly turned cold, and snow fell from the sky. This sudden change in the weather had reversed the situation on both sides. At first, his Yan City of Feng Country was already in imminent danger, and there was no way for him to defend against the enemy. However, Zhen Jun only had victory in his hands, it was only a matter of time before his Yan City would be taken away.

But now, unable to endure the cold anymore, the Chastity Army could only throw away the fruits of their victory and helplessly choose to retreat.

At the same time, the Wan City also discovered signs of the Chastity Army's retreat. When the temperature plummeted, the Generals And Soldiers of Feng Army immediately received the cotton clothing, pants, and boots that were distributed. Even so, the soldiers guarding the city were still shivering from the cold as they continuously paced back and forth above the city walls.

The guards of Feng Army were the first to notice the movement of the Chastity Army, they did not dare delay any longer and hastily ran down from the city gate to report the news to the city. Very quickly, the news reached Wu Mei, and suddenly, she heard the news of the retreat of the enemy troops. Wu Mei flipped over and immediately sat up from her bed, without looking sleepy at all, and asked the Female Guard that came in: "Are you serious?"

Female Guard replied, "Reporting to Madam, it was discovered by the soldiers guarding the city walls."

Then it should be true. No one would dare to lie about something like this. Wu Mei was at a loss for words. Everything was fine, why would the Chastity Army retreat? As she dressed, she asked, "What happened to the Chastity Army?"

The Female Guard shook her head and said, "I'm not sure yet, but since it suddenly snowed in the middle of the night, was that the reason why the Chastity Army retreated?" She made wild guesses, but she was right.

"Oh?" Wu Mei put on her clothes as fast as she could, pushed open the door and quickly walked out. She left quickly and came back even faster. She was forced back by the cold wind outside. At this moment, she was only wearing a simple shirt. She didn't expect the wind outside to be so cold that it could pierce through the bones. Returning back to the room, Wu Mei said repeatedly: "Quick! "Quickly go and find me a piece of cotton clothing!"

"Yes!" "Madam!" Female Guard complied and quickly left.

Wu Mei calmed her heart, and after some thought, she understood the reason behind Zhen Jun's retreat.

People of Zhen Country must not have adapted to the sudden change in weather, and had not been fully prepared for the cold, so the entire army could not endure the cold and had no choice but to retreat. Thinking about this, Wu Mei understood why Zong Yuan had confidently said that the Chastity Army would retreat last night. He had already predicted that the temperature would fall tonight and that the Chastity Army would not be able to defend against the cold.

Aiya! Wu Mei stomped her feet. If sshe had known earlier, he would have listened to Zong Yuan and prepared her cavalry to leave the city to hunt down Zhen Jun. Just as she was pacing back and forth anxiously, Female Guard had returned with a set of clean cotton clothes. Wu Mei quickly changed them, wrapped her cloak around herself and quickly walked out of the residence under the protection of a group of guards.

The moment Wu Mei came out, she saw Zong Yuan and Lei Zhen rushing towards him. Seeing the two of them, Wu Mei immediately asked: "I heard that Zhen Jun has retreated, is that true?"

Zong Yuan and Lei Zhen's faces were filled with joy as they nodded and replied, "Reporting to Madam, it is absolutely true, Zhen Jun has indeed withdrawn his troops!"

Receiving the confirmation from the two of them, Wu Mei's heart which had been stuck in her throat finally went back to her stomach. She let out a long giggle and sighed, facing up, "This is the eternal wind that the heavens are aiding me with!" After lamenting for a while, she said anxiously to Lei Zhen: "General Lei, you must chase after and kill the Zhen Jun with the two thousand cavalrymen in the city. You must not let the Zhen Jun retreat in peace."

"This lowly general obeys your command!" Lei Zhen cupped his hands in response, and turned to leave.

He gathered the two thousand riders in the city, ran out of Wan City, and chased after Zhen Jun. The cold wind in the city was not as cold as before, but after leaving the city, the cold wind outside became even stronger, blowing the sky and earth to the point of blurring the earth, wailing and crying to the heavens and the earth. Even such a cold-tolerant Wind Man would not be able to take it even if he put on his cotton clothes and pants, and even if they could withstand it, the war horses they were riding would not be able to.

Lei Zhen and the rest of the cavalrymen were not even two kilometers away from the city when they were forcefully blown back into their Wan City by the wind and snow outside. When they returned to the city, not to mention the soldiers whose eyes were filled with tears from the cold, even Lei Zhen himself felt that his ears were about to be frozen.

He could no longer leave the city in this kind of weather! He secretly sighed in his heart as he randomly wiped off his runny nose and went to find Wu Mei to explain the situation. After Wu Mei heard this, not only was she not angered, she was actually amused. If the Generals And Soldiers of Self Army could not hold on even after leaving the city, then the situation of the Chastity Army could be imagined.

Her guess was right, the current Zhen Jun army was miserable to the extreme.

People walked in the cold wind and snow with great difficulty. In the group of people, there were people who fell down from time to time, but no one paid attention to them. Everyone was already on their own, how could they have the mood and strength to care for others?

At first, one could still see the road through the snow and ice, but when dawn approached, one could no longer see the road or any other objects of reference. Everything one looked at was a vast expanse of whiteness, as if the entire world was covered in snow.

At this time, the Chastity Army's march became even more difficult. With every step he took, he could barely see his calves, and with every step he took, he had to exert all of his strength. With the bone-piercing cold, and the wind blowing so hard that people couldn't even open their eyes, slowly, tens of thousands of Chastity Army soldiers lost in this snow-covered world, unable to clearly distinguish between north, south, east, and west, they could only blindly walk forward.

After an unknown period of time, the Zhen Soldier Soldiers who were walking in the front exclaimed: "There's a forest! There's a forest ahead! " Now they did not expect to encounter towns or villages. As long as there were mountains and trees, they would be able to shelter themselves from the wind and snow.

Seeing the forest, the soldiers of the Chastity Army looked as if they had seen an oasis in the desert. They used all their strength to quickly run towards the forest, braving the wind and snow.

The forest was not small, so Zhen Jun entered the forest and went straight into the depths. At this point, the cold wind was much weaker. People pushed away the snow on the ground, cut off the branches from the trees, and started a fire.

The soldiers of the Chastity Army gathered around the fire and sat down on the ground. They then let out a long breath and began to retreat from the campfire in the middle of the night. Until now, the soldiers of the Chastity Army were all tired and hungry and cold.

Li Cheng leaned against an old tree, half-squatting, half-sitting. Looking at his exhausted subordinates, he bitterly sighed in his heart, then said to the generals beside him: "All of you go and count how much strength our army still has left."

Along the way, along the way, there were people who fell down and did not get up. Li Cheng saw this, but he had no way out.

Very soon, the various regiments reported their numbers to the public. When General Zuo counted them, everyone found it hard to believe. When they attacked the Wan City, there were more than 80,000 soldiers in the chaste army, and when they retreated, there were also more than 50,000 people, but now, there were only 30,000 people left. In other words, during the process of retreating, they had lost almost 20,000 people.

Aiya! Looking at these numbers, Li Cheng sighed. The heavens were unfair to him, and even more so, unfair to him, Li Cheng! Since the beginning of the battle, he had never made any mistakes. Consecutive battles with victory, besieging cities and exterminating cities, he had never been able to win against anyone. But the result was like this, how could Li Cheng accept it?2

Seeing the grief on Li Cheng's face, Xun Xiao and the other generals all consoled him: "General, no need to be sad, even if there are only 30,000 brothers left, once the snow and wind have stopped, our army will still be able to take down Wan City and charge into Yan City!" These words of theirs were not just to comfort them. In fact, the Zhen Jun Army did indeed have such strength, and even if they only had thirty thousand people, they were not something that the current Feng Army of the Yan and Wan cities could withstand.

Li Cheng looked into the sky and muttered: "Who knows how long this blizzard will last?!" As he spoke, his stomach rumbled.

Everyone was startled at first, then they touched their food bags, taking out the steamed buns and dried meat, passing them over to Li Cheng.

Li Cheng took it, and before he could put it in his mouth, he had already lost his appetite. The steamed buns and dried meat had long since been frozen solid. They were as hard as stone. If they were to smash it on the head, they would probably smash a big green bag.

He shook his head with a wry smile and pulled out his sword. He stabbed the steamed bun with force and then placed it on the fire to roast. Upon seeing this, all the generals followed suit. Each of them brought out their swords, roasting steamed buns and dried meat.

They had food to eat, but most of the soldiers did not. The people were so hungry that their eyes were blurry and they could not leave the forest to find food. They could only lie down by the fire and rest.

The sky gradually darkened, but the snowstorm did not show any signs of stopping. Li Cheng gave the order for the entire army to rest here, and tonight, they would be spending the night in the forest.

At night, the bonfires in the forest flickered in rows and rows. It was a pretty sight, but the soldiers of the Chastity Army were not in the mood to enjoy the bonfire and the snow. They lay by the bonfire, not even bothering to move.

No one spoke, no one spoke, not even a single sound could be heard. In the vast forest, the thirty thousand soldiers of the chaste army were frighteningly quiet. Only the crackling sounds of firewood being burned could be heard.

After a night of silence, two days later, early in the morning, the snowstorm was no longer as intense as yesterday. Li Cheng pulled himself together and asked the surrounding Generals to bring a portion of strong and robust brothers to the outside of the forest to search for food.

As the order was passed down, the regiment leaders shouted loudly, calling for all the soldiers below to stand up immediately. But at this time, people suddenly realized that many of the Zhen Jun soldiers wouldn't be able to get up after lying down. In one night's time, thousands of Zhen Soldier s were frozen to death in the forest.

Cold and hungry, the Chastity Army almost always in the case of frostbite.

It wasn't easy to select five hundred soldiers with decent stamina from the Chastity Army. They were led by a general and sent out of the forest in search of food.

Not long after they left, the storm turned from weak to strong again. The five hundred people led by General Shi had never returned after leaving ?

This sudden storm lasted a full four days and nights.

Li Cheng led the army and charged directly into the Yan City. However, the army suddenly vanished, no one could be seen alive, and no corpses. There were no traces of them anymore.

The Feng Country could not find them, and they did not return to the Zhen Country either. Li Cheng's mysterious disappearance of everyone became an unsolved case.

A long time later, hunters with Feng Country accidentally entered the forest and found the remains of a large amount of Chastity Army. After careful examination, they confirmed that the Chastity Army was made up of Li Cheng and the Middle General of Zhen Country was among them.

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