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More than 10,000 Zhao troops followed the main general Zhao Yuan all the way and roared all the way towards the retreating Wu Ming and other Wei troops.

On the wilderness in front, while urging the soldiers to move closer to the southwest slope as quickly as possible, Wu Ming did not forget to ask Chen Ji, who was observing the movements of the Zhao army after the break: "How is it, the Zhao army is chasing after you?" ”

"Well, with Zhao Yuan's temperament, it will be strange if he doesn't chase after him. It's just that our casualties are greater than those overdue, and when we broke through just now, we also had to open the gap with all our might-" At this time, Chen Ji was already faintly gasping for breath when he spoke, and he was injured when his force was not bad, which was enough to see the difficulty of breaking through just now.

The soldiers of the Wei army were desperate to rush outward, while the Zhao army was frantically congested towards the gap, although the number of people on both sides was very different, but in the end, the Wei army broke the encirclement by force.

And a third of the Zhao army that died died before the siege, and the other third died when the Wei army broke through.

When the two armies were really fighting together, the casualties of the Zhao army's soldiers were not high, but because the Wei army contracted too violently, and the soldiers had force but were not conducive to deployment, resulting in the highest casualties of the Wei army during that period.

Fortunately, everyone rushed out at this time.

……

In the court of the Great Liang, King Wei Hui leaned on his body, his eyes quietly squinted slightly, as if he was already asleep.

It was already evening, but at this time, above the court below, the courtiers still did not leave. It's not that King Wei Hui won't let them go, but at this time, they saw that King Wei Hui didn't go to rest one by one, and as courtiers, they were embarrassed to leave.

In particular, Hui Shi, who is the leader, has been standing in the middle of the court, as long as he doesn't say to leave, then the others don't have the courage to say leave.

For this reason, King Wei Hui specially arranged a futon, so that all the courtiers could do it, after all, the time spent here was not short, except for the convenience of going out, most of them were standing here boringly the rest of the time.

Don't look at the number of people, but the hall at this moment is extremely quiet, no one speaks, there is no movement, so quiet that there is no sound of breathing.

Everything here seems to be frozen, and even the candle flame that shakes slightly at the slightest breath is surprisingly stable at this moment, without the slightest change.

At this time, if someone deliberately coughs, I am afraid that many people will be frightened.

But at this moment, a rush of footsteps came in, and then the guard who was responsible for transmitting the military information walked directly into the court.

With his head down, he hurried through the middle of the division of the ministers, and came to the front of the center of the main hall, and he hurriedly and uneasily said: "Report to the king, the military situation in front is coming, saying yes, our army ...... Our army was besieged by the Zhao army and has been routed-"

When this sentence came out, it was like a thunderclap across the quiet night sky in the middle of the night, and all the courtiers present woke up in an instant.

"What?"

"Our army, defeated?!" Zhu Wei, who had been following Hui Shi to impeach Wu Ming, was stunned at this moment.

"It is said that the number of Zhao's army is three times that of our army, such a big gap, as soon as we start fighting, our army shows signs of defeat......" The guard who came to deliver the news pressed his head lower.

On the main seat, King Wei Hui's body was slightly for a while, but in a blink of an eye, it returned to normal, slowly opened his eyes that had been squinted for several hours, he looked at the guard who gave the order, and asked softly: "Then, did Wu Aiqing send someone back to ask for help?" ”

"This," the guard was startled when he heard the voice, and his body trembled slightly for some reason, and then he said urgently, "So far, there has been no news of any request for an increase. However, according to intelligence, our army is now retreating, and I am afraid that there is no chance to send someone for help. ”

After the words fell, he paused again, and then asked hesitantly: "Did the king order the defenders in the city to go to reinforcements?" ”

"No need, go down and keep watching." With a faint remark, King Wei Hui ignored the uneasy expressions of his ministers and leaned back again. Those eyes narrowed slightly at the same time.

……

In the wilderness, Zhao Yuan led more than 14,000 Zhao troops to chase frantically. Along the way, the Wei army dropped from time to time or deliberately discarded armor and other objects to reduce weight.

But in the end, he found that he had chased him to a hillside, and the army had unknowingly penetrated into a forest because of the hurry.

"Stop."

As Zhao Yuan's figure paused, and with a shout of raising his hand, the army stopped and continued to advance under Zhao Yuan's signal.

At this time, one of the lightly armed soldiers who was running in front of him ran all the way back.

In front of Zhao Yuan, the soldier bowed his hand and said softly: "General, the Wei army has withdrawn into the woods in front, but there is not much time, should we continue to chase in." ”

Even if it is a defeated soldier, once it enters the woods, it is difficult to chase it anymore.

Not to mention the bunkers with trees, and it was already night at this time, once the Wei army dispersed and fled desperately. Not to mention that his more than 14,000 soldiers can't catch up, even if it is doubled, the original 30,000 soldiers will not be able to catch a few Wei soldiers.

Zhao Yuan didn't know that at this time, in the woods on both sides, some people were hoping that they would walk forward dozens of steps, which would be more beneficial to the encirclement.

……

Looking at the woods on both sides and the hillside on one side, Zhao Yuan could only wave the sword in his hand resentfully, and said with a displeased face: "This time, let them go first......

But the words that came to his lips were not completely finished, and at this time, he heard the sound of searching arrows breaking through the air in the woods on both sides.

The soldiers of the Zhao army, who were not prepared at all, crowded and waiting for the military order together, had already shot many people before they had time to raise the shield in their hands at this moment.

"Ah......h

The screams instantly rang out.

At this moment, with the second wave of arrow rain coming, Zhao Jun was already faintly confused.

"General, it seems that we have fallen for the tricks of the Wei army-" A staff general hurried to Zhao Yuan's side at this time, and shouted eagerly.

But at this moment, an arrow shot straight out of the darkness, and it grazed Zhao Yuan's face at an extremely fast speed, and directly inserted into the body of a soldier behind.

"Oh no, we've been ambushed by the Wei army—"

"Don't panic, everyone, be steady, you must be steady......"

For a while, all kinds of shouts had begun to rise and fall, but no matter what those generals shouted, these soldiers of the Zhao army, who had just been arrogant, instantly became overwhelmed in this moment.

"Withdraw, withdraw from this wood...... In a panic, Zhao Yuan finally turned around and shouted at the soldiers who didn't know what to do, and could only be beaten passively in a panic.

The next moment, the remaining Zhao army withdrew at a faster speed than when chasing the Wei army.

But at this time, where is the Wei army willing to let these Zhao troops withdraw easily.

After another rain of arrows. The Wei troops on both sides did not come out of the woods. Wu Ming followed closely from the right side of the Zhao army with the remnants of the previous soldiers. Jin Yan followed closely with the five thousand soldiers who had been hiding in the woods on the left side of the Zhao army.

The Zhao army, which had eaten three waves of arrows in a hurry, had rapidly shrunk to the point where it was on par with the current Wei army.

All of them are more than 8,000 people.

Zhao Yuan, who has always felt panicked in his heart, is already beating in a flutter at this moment, not that he is afraid of death, but why he is jumping may not be clear.

The original catch-up roles were exchanged with each other, and the Zhao army at this time was much more embarrassed than the Wei army. There is no formation to speak to at all.

"Quick, go over there, not far ahead of this forest, then see what tricks Wei Jun wants to play-"

As he fled, one of the generals pointed in one direction and yelled.

But in fact, even if he didn't say anything, the soldiers around him were not slow to run at all.

Judging from the density of the rain of arrows shot by the Wei army just now, the Wei army on both sides of the forest is definitely more than the three or four thousand people who escaped before.

But just as they were about to reach the mouth of the woods, thinking that they had escaped, a white dust suddenly drifted out of the woods on their left, and as the breeze blew in the wilderness, the white ash with a slight pungent smell spread towards them.

At this moment, the unprepared Zhao Jun's soldiers coughed, and many people were directly blinded by the ash, and the moistness of the white ash at the corner of the eye exuded an unbearable stinging pain in an instant.

"Ahh

"It hurts-my eyes-"

In an instant, Zhao Jun, who had just seen hope, was completely chaotic again.

Someone hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and his eyes narrowed as much as he could.

But helplessly, thousands of people were crowded together, and those unbearable soldiers with sore eyes were in no mood to care if there were other companions around, so they just rushed around, no matter what, even if their eyes would be crippled from now on, they didn't want to die here.

At the moment when a centurion rampage slammed into a general, the two of them lay forward on the ground together. The Wei army, which had caught up, had already experienced the first wave of arrow rain.

In just thirty paces, even the armor on the body can play a role that has been greatly reduced at this time. The Zhao army was already in chaos, and many soldiers who couldn't see the scenery collided at random in any direction.

"Fuck off, don't you have eyes......"

Zhao Yuan was hit by three soldiers from different directions in a row in the chaotic crowd, and he staggered, and he was angry and scolded.

But at this time, no one was paying attention to his orders, or rather.

As the white ash gradually dissipated, there were less than 3,000 Zhao soldiers left, who had been surrounded by the Wei army, and at this moment they had become simple lambs to the slaughter.