The Qin army fled all the way, and Wu Zixu led the army to chase and fight. Although the Qin army was strong, it could not reverse the rout at this time, and because of the lack of food and grass, coupled with the fact that it was the height of summer, the miasma and humid air in the south made the plague prevail in the army, and the march was extremely slow, and it had to be guarded against surprise attacks by the Chinese army from time to time. After some twists and turns, the army arrived in Deyingcheng, and the 500,000 elites were lost three or four out of ten, and the remaining troops were ragged and sickly, which was really miserable.

Li Xin was also extremely tired, but he had no time to rest at the critical moment, because the Chinese army brigade was already following and was about to come to the city. Looking at his troops who had long lost their fighting spirit and spirit, Li Xin couldn't help but sigh, the war has come to this point, if he continues to fight, he will definitely die; If he goes back, the Queen Mother will not allow him. Li Xin remembered that he was a hero in his life, but in the end he ended up in such a bleak end, he was unwilling, why did God give him the first half of his proud life, why did he throw him into such an abyss of humiliation at this time.

Is that all? No, never, Li Xin let out a hysterical roar from the bottom of his heart, I will never compromise, I will never accept such a fool of fate, I will be killed in front of fate, I will fight, I will kill the sky.

At this time, the guards outside the door reported that a Xianyang envoy asked to see him, and Li Xin hurriedly tidied up his clothes and went out to greet him. Li Xin led the envoy into the inner room, and the envoy took out a secret letter and said, "This is a secret letter entrusted by the king to bring it to your general." Li Xin took the letter, opened it, and when he saw it, his eyes were shining with gold, and he smiled happily, and immediately ordered someone to clean up the banquet and warmly entertain the messenger. After the envoy's banquet was over, he hurried back to Xianyang to resume his life.

After sending off the envoys, Li Xin began to prepare for the withdrawal of troops without stopping. After this defeat, the generals had no intention of fighting again, so when they learned that the commander wanted to withdraw his troops and return to China, everyone had no objection.

Li Xin ordered Wang Ben's troops, which had suffered the lightest losses in this battle, to act as a blocking force to hold back the Chinese pursuers and gain time for the retreat of the large army; In addition, elite cavalry troops were dispatched to quickly clear the back road cut off by Fan Li.

In a few days, Wu Zixu's army was killed, only to see that Wang Ben led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the city to be ready for a fight. Seeing this, Wu Zixu couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "The Qin army is worthy of being the strongest in the world, and it can still have such a military appearance after suffering such a defeat." If we hadn't won with a plan, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Thinking of this, Wu Zixu couldn't help but gasp in his heart.

Just as Wu Zixu was thinking, he only heard Wang Ben's roar, and the Qin army on the opposite side rushed over like a tiger from the mountain, and the Chinese army hurriedly responded to the battle and was caught off guard by the Qin army. Seeing this, Wu Zixu could only order the Chinese army to retreat first, and an offensive battle with a huge disparity in strength was repelled by a Qin army with only more than 10,000 people.

In addition, the cavalry sent by Li Xin to sweep the retreat route was more elite, although Fan Li built several blocking lines on the retreat of the Qin army, how could the Qin army's iron cavalry be extremely fierce, and it was really difficult to effectively block the Qin army.

In view of the Qin army's strong combat effectiveness, if it is surrounded to death, it may make it a trapped beast fight, and it may change, so Wu Zixu ordered the troops to get out of the way, let the Qin army escape, and the whole army followed to pursue and recover the lost territory in the south.

After some tossing and turning, Li Xin finally led the remnants back to the outskirts of Xianyang. The strange thing is that Li Xin did not return to the city directly, but ordered the whole army to be stationed on the outskirts of the city, neither returning to the palace to resume his life, nor leading his troops back to the city for rectification.

The Queen Mother in Huayang Palace was furious, and shouted that she was going to pick up Li Xin's skin and cramp, Zhang Yi saw this and hurriedly signaled the Queen Mother to calm her anger, and said softly: "The Queen Mother is too impulsive, although Li Xin deserves to die, but now he still has heavy troops, and now he is stationed outside Xianyang City, he really has different intentions, if someone tells him the words of the Queen Mother, I am afraid that there will be changes." After hearing this, the Queen Mother thought it was true, so she stopped speaking, but her face twitched, her chest fluctuated, and she was really angry.

At nightfall, Li Xin's tent ushered in two mysterious men who were tightly wrapped, and the men walked into the tent and took off their windbreakers, which turned out to be Chu the great prince of Qin and his wise man Lu Buwei. Li Xin hurriedly bowed, and Zi Chu said slightly: "It's good that General Li can listen to the words of this king, and now the queen mother has already sharpened her sword in the palace, just waiting for the general to enter the urn." Li Xin hurriedly bowed and said, "I hope the king will rescue you." Zi Chu smiled and said: "Don't worry, the general is not in a hurry, this king has always cherished talents, but now the queen mother will not be able to tolerate you, I'm afraid the general can only break the kettle and fight against the water." Li Xin gritted his teeth and said: "I just want to kill the enemy and serve the country, this time it is because of the desire to win, I have this fiasco, I am not to blame for my death, but I am unwilling, and I don't want to die in this nest to bear the infamy of the ages, I only want to fight again, there is nothing else to ask for, if the king can fulfill my wish, I Li Xin will definitely go to the soup for the king, and I will not give up." Zichu and Lü Buwei looked at each other and laughed, and hurriedly helped Li Xin, Li Xin handed over the talisman to Zichu, and the three of them made an oath on the spot.