Because of the Zhao army's use of earth-shaking thunder, the Shule soldiers outside the city did not continue to attack, but hurriedly retreated. Even the king of Shule, who was far behind, was stunned on the spot because of this, and did not issue a new military order.

It was only when the army retreated in a panic that King Shule reacted. Originally, he was also going to let these soldiers continue the attack. However, seeing the frightened expressions on the faces of these soldiers, he understood that these soldiers had lost all their fighting spirit by Zhao Jun's weapon. If you want to continue the offensive, it is already impossible.

The king of Shule had no choice but to call a truce and stop the attack. At the same time, he was also intimidated by Zhao Jun's sharp weapons. The lethality and effect brought by the earth-shaking thunder not only made the soldiers of Shule frightened, but also him.

Withdrew to the camp, and among the handsome tents, from the king of Shule to the leading generals and colonels, all of them were silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you already know about Zhao Jun's earth-shattering thunder, but what is the way to deal with it?"

In the tent, everyone was silent. It's not that they don't want to say it, it's that they don't have a solution to it. Thinking that at the beginning, this was deliberately built by them to deal with the possible invasion of the countries in the extreme west, who would have thought that it would be occupied by the Zhao army? If the original Kedu City was fine, although the city was dangerous, it was not tall. But now after Zhao Jun took advantage of the winter to increase his height, this Kedu City is a natural danger for the Shule Kingdom. Coupled with this earth-shattering thunder, many proofreaders have broken through the city in a short period of time, and there is not much hope.

"Could it be that my tens of thousands of troops can't even break through this small Kedu City?" King Shule was furious.

......At this moment, a soldier outside the tent hurriedly rushed in, and said in a trembling voice: "King Qiqi, the fourth line of defense in the rear has been broken, and the fourth battalion has been captured by the Zhao army. ”

"What?" King Shule's face suddenly changed, and all the generals and colonels in the handsome tent also changed color in unison. The entire rear camp was only five in total, one ring after another, gradually resisting the Zhao army. Now, the fourth path had been breached in a day, making the Zhao army's army almost close in front of him.

"A group of stupid pigs, nearly 10,000 people, couldn't stop the Zhao army's one-day attack. Didn't this king order them to strengthen the camp wall and block the camp wall with logs and broken ice, how could it be broken by the Zhao army without a day's effort? "King Shule can't help but be angry, after the first camp was pulled down by the Zhao army's bed crossbow, the camp wall in the rear was not only made of logs, but also filled in the camp wall, if the Zhao army used the bed crossbow again, it would be impossible to break through. In addition, the camp wall was much higher than before, and wooden shields were added for the soldiers. Now, it was taken by Zhao Jun in less than a day, which was simply beyond his expectations.

"Returning to the king, the Zhao army used the kind of explosion-shattering thunder of the defenders of Kelu City, which caused the army guarding the camp wall to suffer heavy casualties and was unable to defend at all. The camp wall was also blown open by the Zhao army with this weapon, causing the Zhao army to rush directly into the camp. ”

"I ......" King Shule was speechless for a moment, Zhao Jun shook the sky and thundered, he naturally knew it. With this kind of weapon, he simply couldn't think of a way to deal with it. But the offensive of the Zhao army in the rear could not help but make him anxious, if Kelu City was not taken, and the Zhao army was killed, he would really be finished.

"King, the Zhao army in the rear is attacking very fiercely, and it is obviously unwilling to give us time to take Kedu City. At the moment, I'm afraid that this Kedu City will not be able to be attacked. In the foolish opinion of the last general, we should not continue to attack the city of Kelu, and turn around and flee eastward. After a while, General Shule Guozuo said in a muffled voice. Although the Shule State did not have the complex administrative hierarchy of the Han Chinese, under the king, the leaders were led by the left and right generals, and they were all close associates of the Shule king.

"But ......" King Shule suddenly hesitated, and wanted to flee eastward, that is, to break through the Zhao army in the rear, and the money he deposited here would definitely not be guaranteed.

"Your Majesty, money is something outside of the body, and nothing is more important than life. As long as you save your life, in the future, don't talk about money, it is not impossible to restore my Shule country. However, if you throw your life away here, I'm afraid that everything will be over. General Zuo naturally understood what King Shule was thinking, and hurriedly persuaded him. In his opinion, this Kedu City is not something that can be won in a short period of time. And Zhao Jun won't give them too much time.

General Zuo said that King Shule was shocked, yes, nothing is more important than life. Yo, if you can't save your life, what's the use of having more money? If you can't survive from Zhao Jun, isn't this money given to Zhao Jun?

Immediately, King Shule was shocked, made a decision, looked at all the people in the tent, all of them were his cronies, and immediately let his soldiers surround the tent to prevent others from eavesdropping.

King Shule glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "In this way, this king has decided to flee eastward, as long as we escape from the hands of Zhao Jun, we still have a chance." However, having said that, however, there is a thunderstorm in the hands of the army in the rear of the Zhao army, and we are still unable to resist it, and it is difficult to escape! ”

General Zuo said in a deep voice: "King, it is true that the Zhao army has earth-shattering thunder, but our soldiers are more than the other party's. The Zhao army in the rear was only about 20,000, but we had more than 30,000 soldiers. And now we are fighting for our lives, and we can only fight hard. I, the soldiers of Shule Country, are not good at defending the city, so passive defense can only make the Zhao army press forward step by step. However, if you rush out, you can still compete with Zhao Jun. ”

General Right also nodded and said: "That's true, our army is not good at attacking cities, and we are not good at defending cities, what we are good at is field warfare." Now the earth-shattering thunder of the Zhao army has a great advantage over us in terms of attacking and defending the city. However, as long as our soldiers and Zhao Jun rush together, then Zhao Jun will not dare to use the Heaven-Shaking Thunder again. After all, although this thing is powerful, it does kill both enemy and us. ”

"Even if the Zhao army occupies the strength of the sharp armor, our sergeants will definitely be able to rush out under the persecution of life and death. Even if 30,000 soldiers fight with it, we are worth it. Besides, in this cold winter season, we are more familiar with the battle under this kind of weather, as long as we break out of the encirclement of the Zhao army, with our familiarity with the terrain, we will definitely be able to escape. In the future, when the Zhao army withdraws, it is not impossible for us to raise the flag and return to the country. ”

General Right's words are obvious, that is, 30,000 soldiers will be used as a ladder for them to escape. However, none of these people objected, they were all named in Zhao Jun, and they would never live in the hands of Zhao Jun. Your own life is always more important than these ordinary soldiers, isn't it?

After making up his mind, the king of Shule secretly discussed with his cronies in the tent, and prepared to attack and kill the whole army to the east and escape from the siege of the Zhao army. As for money or something, at the moment, it doesn't matter.

Immediately, the king of Shule took out the money he had accumulated and distributed it to the soldiers, encouraging them once and making them fight to the death. Originally, King Shule was preparing to raid and counterattack the Zhao army. However, when the Zhao army was advancing, it was still neat and orderly, and it was not chaotic because of the successive victories. Seeing this, he had no choice but to repair overnight, and the whole army went east to fight to the death with the Great Zhao army.

However, because the area where the two armies fought was not wide in the north and south, only a few thousand people were engaged in the battle at the same time. Therefore, the king of Shule was ready to use the advantage of his troops to break through the blockade of the Zhao army in one fell swoop.

The next day, the army of Shule State, which was originally defending the city, did not defend the city, but pushed to the camp wall built by itself and began to set up the formation.

Seeing the situation of the army of the Shule Kingdom, Situ Liang and others immediately understood that the army of the Shule Kingdom would definitely not be able to take the city of Kedu, and seeing that the defense in the rear was gradually disappearing, they were ready to give up and flee west, and instead broke through their own siege and prepared to flee east.

"Want to escape? Don't even think about it! The order went down, and the army retreated three miles and deployed on the spot. The bed crossbow prepares and binds the Heaven-Shattering Thunderbolt to the bolt. This time, it's the last moment. Li Chenfeng looked at the situation of the army on the opposite side with disdain, and immediately let the team that was preparing to attack the camp withdraw.

"General Li, let the rear bring all the arrows and crossbows, this time, the archers and crossbowmen, it's time to play a big role. None of these people can be spared. Dispose of them, and the countries in the western part of the Southern Alliance will no longer have the possibility of confronting my Great Zhao. Situ Liang said coldly.

Originally, these tens of thousands of people were prepared to be taken captive to be used as slave labor. However, due to the weather and the fact that the Zhao army did not have much military strength to mobilize in the southern region, there was not much energy to control these prisoners. In addition, this Shule country is in the southern part of the Western Regions, and it is also the head of all the kingdoms. Therefore, after the final discussion, Zhao Xun agreed with Situ Liang and others and completely slaughtered them to stabilize the southern part of the Western Regions.

The snow continued, and the clouds in the sky were so low that they seemed to be touched. However, by this time, no one had noticed the heavy snow, let alone the clouds pressing overhead. In the eyes of Sergeant Zhao, there were only black heads, and the number was at least more than 30,000. Similarly, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom, there were only dark and cold arrows, aimed at them as they were advancing.

Nangong Hao and Xu Ye went to the front line without saying a word, and personally presided over the interception of the soldiers of Shule State. They all knew that at this moment, the Shule Kingdom on the other side was already desperately resisting. When they stepped forward, they also told the soldiers that the time for a bloody battle had come. The commander stepped forward, and the officers at all levels also pressed their ranks down, approaching the front line army, this silent action does not need any explanation, all the Dazhao soldiers know that the time has come to fight hard.

Li Chenfeng personally sat in the middle and rear, and Situ Liang, Ling Xiao and other civilian officials and strategists all accompanied him, making corresponding transfers at any time according to the situation in front.

The soldiers of Shule used all their troops, which stretched for several miles, while the Zhao army also used all the local troops, which also stretched for a distance of two or three miles. The soldiers on both sides knew that they had no possibility of retreating, and could only rush and kill. Knowing that the soldiers of Shule were preparing to flee eastward, this surprised Li Chenfeng and others, and also made the three thousand soldiers at the front of the army put on cold and heavy armor and held large shields, which were the most resistant to the front line of the enemy. They were followed by pikemen, crossbowmen, and bed crossbowmen.

Of course, these soldiers are ready to rotate at any time, and they are not the soldiers of the Shule country opposite, fighting for their lives.

After preparing for half an hour, the army of Shule began to advance, and there was almost no prelude, and the two armies directly began to fight.

"If we had known that they would retreat, we would have dismantled the camp in the rear. Otherwise, if we renovate it, we can completely refuse to defend it. Li Chenfeng looked at the enemy soldiers who were surging like a flood on the opposite side, and said with some pity.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "Even if there is no camp wall, they don't want to escape." It is also good that the soldiers have gone through some bloody battles, so as not to always combine various advantages to win, and then they forget their instincts. The Western Regions are peaceful, but it does not mean that there will be no war in the future. ”

Li Chenfeng naturally understood what Situ Liang meant by this. Because when the army attacked Shule and other alliances, because most of the enemy troops were about to collapse at the first touch, and many of them surrendered directly, many Zhao soldiers were forgetful, and they were a little proud and complacent. Of course, Li Chenfeng's sigh was just a sigh, and he was not afraid of the more than 30,000 enemy troops of the Shule State. Although their own military strength is more than 10,000 people less than that of the other side, due to the limitations of the terrain, the number of people fighting at the same time on both sides is not large. Therefore, this allows Zhao Jun's crossbowmen and earth-shaking thunder to play a role in a steady stream of energy. These things are all long-range attacks.

On the battlefield, one advances, the other defends. One wants to run for his life, to break through all obstacles in front of him. One is to intercept, to block any breakthrough of the enemy.

Because of the heavy snow, the speed of the Shule soldiers was not very fast, and the dense army advanced, but it was also a little brave. At the forefront were a few cavalry, because the four consecutive defensive battalions in the rear were broken by the Zhao army in a short time, so that most of the war horses of the Shule Kingdom fell into the hands of the Zhao army. It's not that the people of Shule don't care about war horses, but because here is a siege on one side and a guard on the other, so war horses don't play a big role. Except for some left by the Chinese army for the powerful and pro-army to escape, the rest of the war horses can only be used to consume food, so the attention to war horses is much smaller.

Of course, in this kind of weather, it is difficult for the war horses to play their due charging effect, and now the king of Shule has regretted giving up a large number of war horses.

Seeing that the soldiers of Shule were approaching a stone's throw away, Xu Ye waved his hand and gave a military order.

"Ready! Put! ”

A clear order came from the ranks of the Zhao army's crossbow archers.

"Whoosh!"

Dense arrows and crossbow arrows suddenly flew out of the sky above the Zhao army's army formation in an instant, with a whistling sound, and flew to the opposite side, cutting off pieces of falling goose feather snow.

Arrows rained down, crossbows were like flying locusts, and the dense rain of arrows and crossbow arrows suddenly covered the Shule soldiers at the front, condensing them in the ice and snow. And the more than 1,000 cavalry in front had a chance to exhaust the whole army in the first round. Who made him the biggest and the biggest target?

The first round of arrow rain disrupted the formation at the front of the Shule Kingdom, but the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom did not stop because of this. At this moment, these Shule soldiers have no way to retreat, and the continuous advance of the rear soldiers forces them to continue to move forward, and there is no possibility of stopping.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third rounds of arrows and crossbow arrows were once again powerful, the cavalry was gone, and the infantry became the next target of the Zhao army. Because the foot soldiers were slower than the cavalry, they suffered heavy casualties and were difficult to dodge.

At this moment, all the screams and wails have been forgotten, and they will either move forward or become a stepping stone for other soldiers. Countless Shule soldiers who were injured and fell to the ground were all trampled under the feet of the follow-up robes in the white snow of Kaikai.

The wooden shield in the hands of the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom could no longer resist the arrows and crossbows of the Zhao army like rain, throwing and shooting directly, making them unable to block the damage coming from all sides.

With the continuous advance from afar, although there were heavy casualties, the soldiers of Shule still approached the military formation of the Zhao army. Looking at the approaching enemy soldiers, the breathing of the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen slowly became rapid. Of course, they will not be afraid of this, they are all veterans who have experienced many bloody battles.

Seeing the enemy approaching, the archers and crossbowmen began to gradually switch places with the sword and shield men and pikemen, with the sword and shield men and pikemen in front to fend off the approaching enemy army, while the crossbowmen continued to shoot in the rear. In addition, there were constantly crossbowmen who were constantly swapping with the crossbowmen waiting in the rear, taking turns to rest. Drawing a bow and shooting arrows is also physical work, and after a long time, it is difficult for the arms to bear.

Because the retreat of the archers and crossbowmen also created a close time for the Shule Kingdom. Therefore, the soldiers of Shule began to speed up, wanting to get past the shots of the Zhao army's crossbowmen. They knew that as long as they were close to the Zhao army's military formation, these rain of arrows and crossbows that made them miserable would no longer exist.

However, even if there are no arrows and crossbows in front of the Zhao army's military array, these Shule soldiers need to experience the baptism of this arrow rain if they want to get close to the Zhao army's military array.

Swordsmen and pikemen tightened their weapons and slowly prepared for engagement with the approaching enemy forces on the ground. Many of the soldiers took deep breaths to relax their nervous mood. At this moment, any heavy snow and any cold were thrown out of the sky by the soldiers on both sides.

Of course, there were also archers among the soldiers of Shule, but their number was not large, and in addition, due to the heavy snow, many bows and arrows were damaged and could not be used. However, this also brought some casualties to Zhao Jun. However, compared with the soldiers of the Shule State, the casualties of the Zhao army were almost negligible.

As time passed, the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom paid thousands of casualties, and finally the soldiers in front of them crossed the death zone created by the rain of arrows and crossbows of the Zhao army. The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and they can see each other's faces, nervous, hideous, and indifferent, every detail can be seen clearly, even the heavy snow that has been sprinkled cannot block their sight. The soldiers on both sides know very well that the real hand-to-hand combat is coming soon!