At this time, the two lieutenant generals who had been silent also walked up, and one of them, who looked a little older, said in a low voice: "General, we also have this opinion, we can't help anything here, Xia Cheng doesn't need us to go to the battlefield at all." Besides, we can't have a second way out here except to be stared at by others at any time and we may be killed, and we have to go back to the general to have a chance to really go to war.

"What do you say, brothers?" the general asked suddenly, but his words were basically an opening, and the two lieutenants in front of him and the messenger were immediately overjoyed. That being said, there's still a chance they can get out of here. "General, we have a good understanding of what the brethren mean, and at least eighty percent of the brethren are willing to follow us back to the city. Twenty percent of the brothers think it's better to stay, and the general understands what this means, right?"

If the previous messenger sent by Wang Ren only made him hesitate, not knowing what to do with what was happening now. And his two lieutenants are now speaking the deepest things in his heart from the perspective of interests. At this moment, he looked intently at the two lieutenant generals and the messenger in front of him, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "In that case, the brothers should immediately pack their bags, and we will return to the city as soon as we wait for the opportunity." Don't continue to suffer from these shitholes here. ”

"Don't worry, general, we have already prepared, and the brothers have already begun to prepare. Just waiting for such a wonderful opportunity," a faint light flashed on the face of the older lieutenant, "the brethren can go at any time. ”

The general in front of him looked around his tent for a moment, and at the same time slowly walked out of his camp, his eyes narrowed and fixed on the situation in front of him. When he saw the busy figures of the soldiers coming and going in the back camp, his heart became more and more uncomfortable. He didn't bother to continue watching his soldiers pack their bags, and he hurried back to his tent.

After returning to the camp, the general immediately ordered, "Give the order to the whole army, and withdraw to the west through the city!" The soldiers of the rear battalion were like arrows, and less than half an hour after this order was given, the five thousand troops of the rear battalion were immediately assembled. Although such a concentrated army seemed a bit ostentatious, the soldiers and generals under Xia Cheng's command did not bother to pay attention to them, and there were even a few generals who hoped that the five thousand people would be able to leave here as soon as possible. So, they all tacitly chose not to stop them. I don't know what the intention is when I don't see this army gathering.

In the rear camp, the general who commanded the army was shouting the reason for leaving, "Now we continue to stay here, it is of no use to us, we are more concerned about our own interests, if this matter does not help us, we might as well leave directly." So, I've decided that we're not going to get involved in the battle here for the time being, and we're going to retreat west to the city, and I'm sure it's a better choice to follow the general than staying here, what do you think?"

Among the 5,000 soldiers, there was a burst of enthusiastic shouts, and they even hugged each other in good faith. The soldiers actually wanted to go back to the city for a long time, they belonged to an army trained by Wang Ren, although they were not the most elite five thousand people, but they would definitely not be the boring task of garrisoning the rear camp all day and night. Most of the soldiers were very dissatisfied with Xia Cheng, and now that they had said such a possibility, they would never continue to miss it.

The general looked at the surging and excited crowd, the last trace of complicated emotions that he originally contained in his heart that was difficult to tell clearly, originally he wanted to think about it, if the soldiers were unwilling to leave, then he could choose to continue to stay and cooperate with Xia Cheng, but now

His heart is like a mirror, and if he continues to go his own way, nothing good will come of it. He watched his two lieutenants glance at him, and he knew that this matter was out of his control now. He must obey the wishes of these soldiers. Well, then retreat.

"Well, in that case," he said, even though his heart was gloomy, he still forced himself to cheer up and said with a smile, "Let's get out of here at once and go back to the city." ”

"The general's words have a point, let's go back to the city!" the two lieutenants of the general immediately shouted in the same voice. The morale of this army was suddenly high, and there was nothing for them to rejoice more now than to return to the city. So, after a short period of rectification, they immediately quietly pushed the back of the camp, and quietly chose this way of retreat invisibly, which was obviously to evacuate the camp of the royal Chen family. However, the five thousand people left like this, and the garrisons in the camp did not even notice that this had happened. The normal life that should have been carried out is still developing, and the soldiers in the whole camp are paying attention to their general Xia Cheng and the general Wang Yan of the other camp are facing each other and discussing loudly how the current situation is developing

On the battlefield in the wilderness ahead, Xia Cheng and Wang Yan, the two brothers who had been from the same school, once again stood at a very close distance and looked at each other, both of them riding single-handedly on their standing horses, away from the army behind them. Now this kind of meeting is still a meeting that is relatively difficult for the two of them to explain the situation clearly. It should be said that it was a meeting of little practical significance.

Although they used to be good friends who talked about everything, now at this time they are the representatives of the forces of both sides. The choice I had to make was still so helpless. Xia Cheng's face forcibly showed a bitter smile. "Brother Wang, you believe that I have already made the greatest sincerity first, and the current situation is not something I can control. After all, King Che's request before his departure was that I would be stationed here tightly, and I would not be able to give up these northern boundaries easily. I believe that Brother Wang, you have also received an order from Empress Shengde to send troops like this, right? Now we might as well continue to confront each other like this, this is also a way for us to protect our army. What do you think?"

Xia Cheng is worthy of being a veteran of officialdom, although he is relatively lacking in the measure of tolerance, he is relatively handy in doing these things. At this time, Xia Cheng still made the most correct choice, and he tested the details of Wang Yan now. Even if he understood some of this, he didn't expect that Wang Yan had already understood the details of it, even much clearer than himself. Therefore, at this time, Wang Yan was so fearless, he was not afraid of the army of the royal Chen family at all. It was only because at this time he didn't want to damage part of the army to defeat the royal Chen family's army in front of him, so he put on a very sincere appearance and came to discuss with Xia Cheng the current situation to solve the situation.

Wang Yan also laughed, although the expression on his face could not show joy or sorrow, he really felt that he had grasped the initiative now. Don't look at Xia Cheng's serious and even confident appearance, but Wang Yan really wants to know, now once the news of their rear army retreating back to Checheng is transmitted here, who can say that Xia Cheng's expression and movements are still the same as before?" "Brother Xia, in fact, I also think your idea is correct. It's just that Empress Shengde has an order, and I have no choice but to make such a choice. However, Brother Xia, you have to listen to me now, now the power of the Chen family of the royal family is insufficient, and the foreign feudal states have not given you the most desired subsidy, that is, strategic resources in terms of weapons and armor. You can't afford to raise an army anymore, and perhaps it's best for you to retreat out of here and return to the city. What do you think?"

Even though Xia Cheng thought that his cultivation was very good, he would never be easily annoyed in ordinary times, but now Wang Yan's such an understatement made the expression on his face suddenly change dramatically. He snorted angrily: "This is your attitude now, so confident, where does this confidence come from?"

Wang Yan laughed, "I hope we can put on a posture and fight a good fight." I've been looking forward to this day for a long time" He doesn't want to pay attention to this relationship now, he has achieved his goal anyway, and he doesn't care about what happens next. He just came here to witness Xia Cheng if he heard about the possibility of an accident in his barracks, which was really a good decision. So, Wang Yan directly turned the war horse under his crotch and returned to his army. At the same time, Wang Yan sent the news of the retreat of the army, and the five thousand troops he ordered escorted him back to the camp of his army.

Xia Cheng stared intently at the retreating formation of the army in front of him that was not chaotic at all, and he couldn't help but have a bad thought in his heart. Now Empress Sidter's army has become such a well-trained army. And he has not been able to command the 50,000 troops under his command, mainly because some of his army is not his descendant army, Xia Cheng secretly made up his mind at this time to go back, he must take the military power of the 5,000 army in his own hands, and never allow them, Wang Ren's henchmen, to continue to control this army.

Xia Cheng also turned his war horse and returned to his army, and on the way back to the camp, he also began to think about how to deal with the current predicament. However, just as Xia Cheng rode his war horse to the gate of the camp of the royal Chen family, a soldier rushed out of the camp and knelt down in front of Xia Cheng with a "poof-" sound. shouted in a trembling voice: "General, the big thing is not good, the rear camp of the five thousand troops has left."

"What!" Xia Cheng was taken aback, and now he didn't bother to think about these questions. "Take me to see the situation quickly!" After speaking, Xia Cheng whipped his horse whip violently, and the war horse suddenly sped up and galloped directly in the camp.