In four days, the Qin army's offensive continued, both large and small, Wang Li is a famous general, although it is a turn to attack the village, but his troop configuration is very reasonable, the offensive is fierce, the most important thing is that because it is a turn, so the Qin army on the battlefield does not have a trace of fatigue, as if it is always energetic, on the contrary, the Chu army, once the Qin army comes to attack, there are sergeants to ring the alarm, they must go into battle to meet the enemy, day and night, fatigue is inevitable.

"Report, the Qin army attacked my Xizhai. ”

"Report, 5,000 Qin troops are storming Beizhai, and the two sides are in a bitter battle. ”

"Report, the Qin army has increased its troops again, and a large number of troops are rushing towards us. ”

"Lao Ye, it's been four full days, the Qin army has lost no less than forty or fifty thousand, and our army has nearly twenty thousand casualties, but the Qin army on the periphery is still pouring up, and if it goes on like this, we will be exhausted sooner or later. ”

"Yes, General Ye, although we are not afraid of death, we are all desperate to die here...... It's not the best policy. ”

In the tent, many generals have made suggestions to Ye Shikai, asking to retreat, 30,000 elites will hold on for four days, every day is "walking on thin ice", several times, the Qin army has broken through the walled gate, Ye Shikai and Shangguan Jian led the troops to repel it, every step forward of the Qin army, have to pay the price of blood, but such a white-edged battle, the Chu army is even more disadvantageous to the disadvantaged Chu army.

"The large army has withdrawn. Ye Shikai stared ahead and said coldly.

"The latest military report that the army has withdrawn from the cave day and night, General Huo has arranged in an orderly manner, and the progress is much faster than expected, and by now, it has basically withdrawn. Shangguan Jian replied.

"We are in the camp...... How many brothers are left? ”

"There are too many wounded, and there is a serious shortage of soldiers who can be used, so it is impossible to send the wounded to the rear at all, since the day before yesterday, the lightly injured brothers have not gone down, they are all fighting with the Qin army to the death, and now there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized. Shangguan Jian sighed for a long time, most of them are the troops they started with, many of them are old brothers who started their troops from Dong County and Hanoi County, they left their hometowns and came all the way to Chu, Ye Shikai promised them that one day they would be sent back to their hometowns, but now, they died in a foreign land, but there was no one to collect the corpses.

"The congregation will obey. Ye Shikai slowly stood up, and the generals also stood up.

"Secretly inform the whole army, pack up the equipment, bring enough rations, we will withdraw overnight, remember, we must not be discovered by the Qin army, as long as we deceive them for one night, we can retreat with our whole body. Ye Shikai ordered.

"Wow. ”

"Wow. ”

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Late at night.

"The forward battalion of 2,000 men has been assembled. ”

"The 3,000 men of the rearguard battalion have been assembled. ”

"Ironclad Army, all on standby. ”

"The cavalry team is assembled and on standby. ”

"Okay, the forward battalion retreats first with the wounded, the cavalry battalion follows, and I take the ironclad army and the rear guard battalion to be responsible for breaking the rear, the retreat speed must be fast, but the movement must be small, so that it cannot be discovered by the Qin army. Ye Shikai ordered in a low voice.

30,000 people fought until there were only more than 10,000 people left, this result was not easy for anyone to accept, the elite of the Chu army was in his hands, and they couldn't all be folded here, in addition, those old brothers who had been following him since the Central Plains were no longer one out of ten, and he couldn't let the rest die here.

"No more dead people......"

The whole army began to retreat, Ye Shikai left an empty camp to Wang Li, and the camp of the Qin army had not moved, and it seemed that he still did not know Ye Shikai's plan.

"Old Ye, the forward battalion and the cavalry team have begun to go up the mountain, we should also leave. Shangguan Jian said.

"Okay, you lead the team to retreat first, and I'll cut you off. Ye Shikai said lightly.

"Why don't we change it, Lao Ye, you lead the team to go first, and I'll break it off." Shangguan Jian asked rhetorically.

"Okay, don't fight, I'm the commander, I have the final say, let's go, the most important thing now is speed, the faster we retreat, the safer it will be." ”

"Wow. ”

There is still a long way from the camp to the cave, it took Ye Shikai two hours to ride down the mountain alone, and now it is the evacuation of the army, and it is up the mountain, and it will take at least four hours to complete the withdrawal, by that time, the sky is already dawn, and Wang Li must have also found that the Chu army camp was empty, and he would send the whole army to chase and kill, so the danger still exists.

"The movements are all lighter, don't be discovered by the Qin army. ”

"The whole army is moving at an accelerated pace. ”

An hour later.

"Tell the general that an army was found to be assembled in the Qin army camp. A sergeant from the guard battalion quickly stepped forward to report, in order to find out the movements of the Qin army, before leaving, Ye Shikai also specially left a group of people to monitor the movements of the Qin army, and if there was anything abnormal, he had to report to him at any time.

"What. Ye Shikai was shocked when he heard this, and held the sword tightly in his palm, it had only been an hour, could it be that Wang Li had already found out.

"The movement of the Qin army is not small, general, you lead the team to withdraw first, I will lead the ironclad army to meet the enemy, and ensure that the Qin army will be delayed for three hours. "Man Cang took the initiative to ask for help, not only because the ironclad army was responsible for the break, but the most important thing is that he knew the importance of this withdrawal, if the Qin army bit its tail, more than 10,000 people would not be able to run, and perhaps, it would also involve the large army of the Chu army.

"No, now that the Qin army has probably sent troops to occupy the camp, you are going back with a few thousand ironclad troops is tantamount to throwing yourself into a net, and it is useless. Ye Shikai immediately refused.

"Well, you can't just watch them catch up. ”

"The order went down, and the ironclad army and the rear guard battalion lay in ambush in the woods on both sides of the road up the mountain, and when the Qin army arrived, they would kill them from both sides. ”

"Wow. ”

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Chu army, camp.

"Tell the general that there is a lot of baggage left in the camp, the grain and grass have just been burned, and many materials are left in the barracks. A Qin sergeant walked up to a general in black armor and said respectfully, if Ye Shikai was present, he would definitely be able to recognize that this person was Wang Li, speaking of which, he had fought with Ye Shikai so many times in Nanyang, and the two could be regarded as old enemies.

"General, the Chu army must have just left, we have been attacking for four or five days in a row, both sides are suffering heavy casualties, at this moment, the Chu army must have no soldiers, and they have no choice but to evacuate. ”

"General Guo, you don't have to be too anxious, if the Chu army evacuates, there must be a backhand, if we rashly pursue at this time, it is likely to fall into their ambush. ”