(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

(Text)

The distant army was speeding towards us, and the drums of the enemy gradually disappeared into our ears.

"Look! It's the Shu army! It's our army! We are saved, we are saved! Cui Li cheered happily, this time it was really a miracle for him.

"Cui Li, hit me twice, is this true? It's hard to believe. Zhao Yuyu was obviously so happy that he was about to doubt everything he saw.

"Could it be Liu Xuande's army? But they weren't supposed to be behind us, and how could they come from a distant valley? But if not them, then who? Who came to solve us? Xia Cheng said suspiciously.

"It's Zhang Han. It was Zhang Han who led the troops to solve us. My tone was low.

"Zhang Han? How could he command such a large army, and what was going on? Xia Cheng was visibly getting more and more confused.

"I'm afraid there is no time to explain the reason for all this, and Zhang Han's arrival is undoubtedly the best time. Although he came with a large army, we could not quickly defeat the enemy army at this time, so we could only take this opportunity to retreat to the walls of Yiling Pass and reformulate our plans. I said.

"Yes, Cheng Yin is right, we should return to the walls of Yiling Pass, firstly, we can reformulate a new battle plan to block or defeat the enemy army, and secondly, we can also delay the time of the battle and give the AEF researchers outside the odd array more time to open this strange array." Li Ruina seemed to agree with my idea.

"Okay, in that case, after Zhang Han arrives at our army's camp, we will retreat to the walls of Yiling Pass together." Xia Cheng said.

On the battlefield, the enemy's offensive slowed down significantly, and the sudden arrival of the army caught them off guard, disrupting their originally planned attack tactics, as if a fast-running athlete suddenly appeared in front of him, and suddenly slowed down so much that he fell to the ground.

Obviously, the morale of the enemy army was greatly reduced at this time, and they needed time to rectify the morale of the army, but this time was also enough for our entire army to withdraw within the walls of Yiling Pass.

Tens of thousands of Shu soldiers rushed towards us, and the enemy soldiers could only retreat temporarily, and the current predicament was temporarily alleviated.

"Cheng Yin, I'm back." Zhang Han's army and our army will make peace.

"Zhang Han? Is it really you? How could you lead such a large army? Zhao Yuyu asked curiously.

"That's a long story, but it's all expected." Zhang Han looked at me and said.

"Expected? Did you already know all this? Now that you already know, we have been worried about it for a long time. Cui Li's words sounded a little reproachful.

"Cui Li, it's not what you think, we don't know what's happening right now. At the beginning, Zhang Han and I only guessed that this 'strange array' was not as simple as we imagined, so we first asked Zhang Han to go to the land of the two rivers in Shu to visit Mr. Zhuge Kongming. I explained to Cui Li.

"It's no wonder, it must be Zhang Han who found Zhuge Kongming, so this huge army came to help us." Xia Cheng said.

"But ......" Cui Li seemed to have endless questions.

"Don't be Cui Li, we are now going to take advantage of the temporary retreat of the enemy army to retreat within the walls of Yiling Pass, and think about it in the long run. If the enemy army has enough time to reorganize, even with the help of Zhang Han's army, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the enemy's attack. I interrupted Cui Li's question.

"Cheng Yin is right, let's get out of this place as soon as possible."

In this way, when the enemy army temporarily retreated, we returned to the city wall of Yiling Pass with our army and Zhang Han.

When we returned to Yiling Pass, we were obviously much more relaxed, not in a state of mental tension like we had on the battlefield before.

"Cheng Yin, who is this ......?" Zhang Han looked at Arthur and continued to ask, "Could it be that she is a researcher of AEF Company?" Came to take us out of this 'odd array'? But she doesn't look much like her, who is she? Zhang Han looked at Arthur in front of him suspiciously.

"Zhang Han, she is indeed not an AEF researcher, just an ordinary reporter, as for why she came here, I'm afraid it's a long story." I didn't expand Zhang Han's question, but simply perfunctory.

"Journalists? Could it be that the situation here is already known to the outside world? Will someone come to our rescue? From Zhang Han's tone, it can be seen that he does not have hope for this answer.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, although AEF researchers are studying this 'strange array', but it really won't be able to solve it for a while."

Zhang Han's expression did not seem very disappointed, as if he had known that there would be such an answer.

"I guessed that these so-called researchers don't have any real talents, and trying to unravel Mr. Ouyang Yu's 'strange array' is probably just a fantasy." Zhang Han's eyes were full of indifference and arrogance.

Zhang Han and Zhang Xinran are completely different, one once believed in AEF so much, while the other had a negative attitude from the bottom of his heart.

"Zhang Han's is not the time to discuss whether to trust AEF or not, but how we can get out of here." Li Ruina said coldly.

It seems that Zhang Han's attitude is not acceptable to Li Ruina.

"Zhang Han, I think let's get down to business and discuss how to leave this 'strange array'. If, as you say, AEF can't save us, then we can only trust ourselves now. Professor Wu said on the side.

"Zhang Han, since you don't know the situation here just now, let me tell you briefly: the city we are guarding now is called Yiling Pass, and it was also attacked by us with great difficulty before, so the city wall and the city gate have been damaged, and the strength of the enemy army we are facing may be about 70,000 or more. Not only that, but there are also quite powerful siege weapons...... "I told Zhang Han everything that happened on the battlefield of Yiling Pass before, as well as the specific situation of the enemy army.

"Seventy thousand troops......? I'm afraid this battle will not be simple. The more than 30,000 men I have brought this time, plus these soldiers led by you, I am afraid that there are less than 35,000 men. However, the enemy army is twice as strong as ours, so it seems that although we still have some opportunities, it is still difficult.

(End of chapter)