Bai Zhong followed the trail and rushed to the vicinity of the sleeping hill and found that there was no Qin army here.

The scouts saw traces of the fight in the west, and there were still a large number of corpses at the scene that had not been cleaned up, some from the Qin army and some from the Chu army, as if to tell them how cruel the fight just now was.

The Chu army went to chase and kill the Qin army, except for leaving 10,000 people to guard the sleeping hill, there was nothing else.

"We're late again."

Wang Li said helplessly.

Bai Zhong said: "According to the different traces on the ground, they should go in two separate groups, one group goes west to enter Huaiyang, and the other group goes southwest, the former should be the main force, and the latter is probably broken." ”

Wang Li also agreed with this analysis and asked, "General, where should we go to?" ”

Bai Zhong said: "The main force should not be in danger, go to the broken after, I guess the person after the broken may be Li Xin." ”

Because the lord will be Li Xin, and the reason for the defeat is also Li Xin, he can only try his best to redeem his mistakes and help Meng Tian escape.

"Go southwest."

Bai Zhong said again.

They soon left, heading straight southwest.

After walking for about half a day, after passing through the woods, the vision suddenly opened up.

"General, our south is Xincai, but it has been recovered by the Chu army."

The pathfinder scout said, pointing to the south.

Bai Zhong narrowed his gaze closer, and he could clearly see that on the tower of Xincai, the military flag of the state of Chu was hanging.

Li Xin went from Xincai to Juyang, and wiped out everything here, but before the Qin army got it, it was all taken back by the Chu army, and Xiang Yan's movements were very fast.

In addition to following Xiang Yan's main force, the Chu army must also have some lieutenant generals who are responsible for recapturing the cities captured by the Qin army.

"200,000 people, still too little."

Bai Zhong said: "The cities of Chu are not enough to defend them, so it is easy to lose them if they are taken. ”

Wang Li agreed: "The general is right, it is more safe to have a 600,000-strong army of the general. ”

"How's the trail ahead?"

Bai Zhong asked again.

Another scout came over and said: "The rest of the trails are going to the northwest, and the northwest is about eighty miles to Pingyu, but we are about thirty miles, in a city called Licheng, we found thousands of black-armored troops, it should be General Li Xin." ”

The Qin army was wearing black armor, and it was still found from this direction, it should be Li Xin and them, and the scout said: "It's just that outside the oak city, there are still 20,000 Chu troops, and General Li Xin is facing them." ”

Although someone was found, the situation was still not good.

"Hurry up and take a look."

Bai Zhong and they rushed to the northwest.

After walking for a long time, it gradually became night again.

When he came to the outside of Oak City, Bai Zhong could see that it was indeed besieged by 20,000 Chu troops.

The black-armored Qin army stood on the tower of the city on guard, and Li Xin was ready to take them to defend the city and fight the Chu army to the death.

The scale of the oak city is not large, but according to the city, it can still stop the Chu army for the time being.

What's more, Zhao Yue doesn't have siege equipment around him, even if it's a ladder, it will take time to make, and it will take tomorrow to fight at the earliest.

"General, what should I do?"

The king lay down on a dirt slope from them, and looked over the plain ahead.

Bai Zhong thought for a while and said, "Go around to the west of Oak City and contact the people in the city to enter the city." ”

Not wanting to attract the attention of the Chu army, they waited until late at night to make a move.

As night fell, the cold wind howled, and the weather was getting colder and colder.

They could only move quickly, and through this kind of cold, they soon came to the west gate of Oak City, and directly shouted for the guards of the city to open the door.

There were only a hundred guards here, and when they heard a voice from below, they hurriedly drew their bows and were about to shoot, but Bai Zhong and the others quickly identified themselves and asked Li Xin to come out.

Hearing that it was Bai Zhong, the guards hesitated for a while, but still asked people to go back and pass the word.

"General!"

Li Xin looked down from the city tower, and sure enough, it was Bai Zhong and Wang Li, and said excitedly: "Quickly open the city gate and let the generals come in." ”

Why did the general come to Oak City, he could also guess the reason.

Don't go deep alone, Meng Tian has already told him that the generals have long known that they will be defeated, and now they have come to find it in person, in addition to gratitude, there is also shame.

In order to hurry quickly, Bai Zhong did not lead the army, and Nanjun did not have extra soldiers and horses for him to take away, and he also needed to resist the constant harassment of the Chu State, and the guards around him, plus Wang Li, there were only four hundred people in total.

After entering the city, Bai Zhong saw Li Xin kneeling directly in front of him.

"General, I'm sorry for you."

Li Xin was promoted by Bai Zhong.

Even if he is now the main general, he is also Bai Zhong's general, and he has followed Bai Zhong for so long, but he has been defeated so badly, and he has no face to face Bai Zhong again.

"Get up, it's not me you're sorry for, it's the king."

Bai Zhong waved his hand and said.

Ying Zheng made him the main general, which is also his trust.

If you lose such a battle, you are sorry for the king.

Bai Zhong continued to walk into the city, only to see that the houses here were empty everywhere, and there was no one else, so he asked, "What is the situation here?" ”

Li Xinqi said: "When I attacked Xincai, I took Licheng easily, this is a small city, the population is not large, I am worried that the people here will make trouble, when I take it, I will drive all the people out, it can be said that it is an empty city." ”

It is precisely because it is an empty city that the Chu army did not recover the oak city as soon as possible.

Li Xin fled here, and found that Zhaoyue behind him was following again, so he could only enter the city to hide.

"How many people are there now?"

"More than four thousand!"

"How's the injury?"

"More than 600 wounds, unable to go to war again."

Li Xin replied truthfully: "The rest of the minor injuries are almost as good as after using the gold sore medicine, and excluding the seriously injured soldiers, there are only about 4,000 soldiers in the city who can be used. ”

There were only 4,000 people in the city, and there were 20,000 Chu troops outside the city.

This gap seems a bit big.

But in Bai Zhong's opinion, these are not a problem, five hundred people against six thousand battles have been fought, and now there is the convenience of Oak City, it can always be fought.

"Arrange a group of scouts overnight, go to Nanjun to contact Ningjun Shou, and if Nanjun can still free up some troops, ask for support."

Bai Zhong continued: "Next, first defend the sleeping hill, and then find a way to break through. ”

Li Xin bowed and said, "Thank you for coming to help." ”

"Let's rest first!"

Bai Zhong and them, hurrying away, were already exhausted.

The next morning.

They came to the tower.

Wang Li pointed outside and said, "General, look, someone from the Chu army is here again." ”

"It should be Xincai's people, looking at its scale, there are about 10,000."

Bai Zhong said simply.

More than 10,000 people, after communicating with Zhaoyue, surrounded the other city gates.

This is to cut off the possibility of the Qin army escaping.

Li Xin's brows furrowed even more, more than 30,000 Chu troops, attacking more than 4,000 Qin troops in Licheng, this battle was very difficult to fight.

"The enemy is coming!"

Wang Li said again.

Everyone lowered their heads and saw Zhao Yue with hundreds of guards coming to the bottom of the city tower, but they didn't dare to approach, and stopped before they could enter the range of the bow and crossbow.