"All gone?"

The soldiers cheered.

The 150,000 thief army, coupled with the artillery, once crushed Daqin, who only had 50,000 troops, was almost out of breath, but at this moment, most of them were wiped out, which was definitely a great victory.

It was absolutely unexpected, but it just happened miraculously.

Li Zhao nodded slightly, he was surprised, but he was overjoyed.

"What about the casualties?" This is a matter of concern to him, although he has given advanced weapons to each city gate, the number of them is very limited, and it must have cost a lot to win when the thief army has artillery.

But his estimate was wrong, and the scout excitedly responded: "Only a few hundred people." ”

A few hundred?

The soldiers were taken aback, and their expressions were a little funny.

With less than 30,000 people annihilating 70,000 thief troops, his own side only suffered a few hundred casualties, which is a bit of a result. Scary.

The scout saw everyone's surprise and hurriedly said, "Thanks to the weapons brought by the general, we have achieved such a good result in one fell swoop." ”

The soldiers nodded, indeed, it was all thanks to the general's weapons.

When I think about it, I don't feel surprised.

With such a weapon, it is difficult for the thief army to win.

"Can you catch the thief?" Li Zhao asked again.

The scout was stunned and looked a little embarrassed, it was too chaotic at the time, the grenade also resigned himself to his fate, and Jia Xiong and other thieves were killed.

"All killed."

Arch your hand and bend down in response.

Li Zhao smiled bitterly, Jia Xiong is a traitor and deserves to be hanged, so dead, it really cheapens him, but he is not obsessed, since they are all dead, let's die!

They no longer pose a threat to Great Qin.

"Okay, go back and tell Zhang Han, let him clean up the scene, and when General Ben destroys the remnants of the thief army, it will be the time to celebrate."

The scout stopped talking, still arching his hand, but his eyes flickered.

Li Zhao's expression darkened, staring at the scout unkindly, and asked, "If you have something, just say it." ”

The scout said: "General Yu, after General Zhang Han destroyed the thief army, he led the troops towards the water. ”

Zhushui is a tributary of Weishui, passing through Zhangtai Palace, flowing straight to Shanglin Yuan.

Weishui, across Xianyang, flows from west to east, and is the main stream in the Qinling Mountains.

"Why did you go to the water?" Li Zhao frowned.

The water is in the south of Xianyang, and the remnants of the thief army are obviously in the east, what is Zhang Han's intention in doing this?

For Zhang Han's loyalty, he was sure, but the approach at the moment was very intriguing, and the scout still solved his doubts.

"The scouts came to report, and the thief army learned that the general trend had gone, so they retreated as soon as possible, crossed the east and went down the Weishui, and then entered the water, and then, after General Zhang Han learned about it, he immediately led the army to pursue, and ordered me to come and report to the general immediately."

Oh! Li Zhao was stagnant, feeling that everyone's passionate oath just now had become an ornament, and before the battle came, the thief army ran away.

It was ridiculous for a while, and this was all to blame for being too hypocritical after destroying the artillery and missing the fighter, so that the thieves had a chance to escape.

But.

The next moment, his brow furrowed again.

The thief army is in the east, if you want to escape, you can directly take the Weishui River and then pass through the Jingshui, isn't it easy to escape? Why do you want to take the risk and go to the water, you must know that the tens of thousands of troops led by Zhang Han are in the south, isn't this going to crash into Zhang Han's bowl?

If there were only some peasant armies in the thief army, it would not be surprising that there was such a practice, but Zhang Liang was inside, and it was incomprehensible that such a cunning person would make such a decision.

But now is not the time to think about this, the thief army is planning to attack Xianyang, and now that they are defeated, they must be cut down and eradicated, and they will never be allowed to make a comeback.

"Let's go, prepare the ship immediately, and pursue."

Qinling, full of mountains, continuous, here, there are three rivers passing through, converge in Xianyang, the south of Weishui, divide the water of the river, the water on both sides is a steep mountain, but under the development of these years, it is not a dead road, whether it is a water road and a land route can be reached.

However, the land route ends at Shanglin Yuan, and the mountain road below is difficult to pass.

And on the shores of the river are other rivers, and there is a way to escape, and if the thieves are allowed to escape, they will surely escape.

Such a good opportunity, Li Zhao can't let it go.

"Full speed ahead." Standing on the boat, Li Zhao gave orders, but he was very anxious, he had been walking for so long, and he had not seen Zhang Han, let alone the thief army, so he must have been delayed for too long.

He also had a worry, if Zhang Han caught up with the thief army, it was still unknown whether he could resist it, and if the thief army still had artillery, then Zhang Han would be in danger.

He didn't give Zhang Han many anti-aircraft guns and grenades, and he must have consumed almost them after a defensive battle.

In such a rash, the situation is not optimistic, and he must catch up with the support as soon as possible.

Daqin's ships were still in the primitive swinging stage, and the speed of sailing depended entirely on manpower.

And the leader of the thief army is Xiang Gong, since he is a person who has crossed over, he must have advanced technology in shipbuilding, if they use sails, it will be difficult to catch up!

However, Li Zhao's worries are unfounded.

When you get to the range of Shanglin Yuan, you can see a lot of ships from a distance, each boat is full of people, judging from the clothing, it is not difficult to see that it is the Qin army, which is undoubtedly led by Zhang Han.

But

Li Zhao was puzzled.

The ships stopped, and did not go any further, but were densely crowded, and many soldiers were seen ashore and converging forward.

"Move forward and find out what's going on right now."

Soon, a soldier came to report that the thief army did not flee again, but gathered at Afang Palace, and General Zhang Han was besieging Afang Palace from all sides.

Li Zhao scratched his head when he heard this, and couldn't figure out why the thief army didn't have a way to go, and he wanted to stop at Afang Palace.

This is the Afang Palace, a palace that was forced to stop work, and in modern terms, it was an unfinished project.

The ships moved forward, and when they came to the place of convergence, they immediately let several thousand troops join the siege.

"General, you're here."

Seeing Li Zhao, Zhang Han immediately saluted, but his eyes did not leave the thief army who was slowly retreating into Afang Palace.

Li Zhao nodded at Zhang Han, and his eyes also fell on the thief army.

It's just that he is even more puzzled, Afang Palace is full of unfinished buildings, and from a historical point of view, there is absolutely no passage to leave, and even if there is a passage, it is impossible to accommodate so many people.

However, why did the thief army choose to gather here and retreat inside, didn't this give the Qin army a chance to encircle and suppress?

"Do you want to attack right away?" Zhang Han asked.

At this moment, the army has surrounded Afang Palace, if there is no accident, it is impossible for the thief army to escape again, and he also saw clearly just now that there is no artillery in the thief army.

And the elite brought by the general also had machine guns and grenades, just these two things, even if the other soldiers did not attack, they could destroy the thief army.

But Li Zhao didn't respond immediately, his brain was active, and there were always some questions that could not be explained.

Is this really a Gong Army? Is the army led by Zhang Liang, who is thousands of miles away? Obviously, there is no doubt about it, but why would they do such a deadly act?

Do you know that you will die, and then, you will die in the palace of Afang?

This idea is a bit funny, if they go down with the river, they will definitely be able to escape, and they can leave the Qin army far behind, because he can see clearly that the battleship that the thief army parked on the water is the one with sails, and at this moment, it is in the direction of the wind, and it is more than enough to escape.

Can. Why?

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.

"That's it, the thief army has reached the end of the road, there is no need to cause unnecessary casualties, just surround it."

This is a siege strategy, the thief army has no food in it, it will definitely not last a few days, and when the torture of hunger reaches a certain level, they will automatically surrender.

In this way, casualties can be avoided.

Zhang Han nodded, this is also a better practice.

"But you need to be vigilant at all times to prevent them from jumping over the wall and breaking through from their weak spots."

This is Li Zhao's precautionary measure, in fact, there is no need to worry, since the thief army did not flee along the water and chose to be in Afang Palace, it will definitely not choose to break through.

"General, why do you think they have a chance to run away and not run away? Are you waiting for something? For example, reinforcements and the like. ”

Zhang Han said.

"Reinforcements?" Li Zhao's brows furrowed,

There is this possibility, if the thief army is just a delaying strategy, stick to Afang Palace, wait for reinforcements, and then attack together with reinforcements, the soldiers he brought are really irresistible.

"Immediately send scouts to explore in all directions, and once you find a thief army, report it immediately."

Li Zhao ordered.

The Xianyang city defense army has all come here, but there are not many troops, if there is support, it is really impossible to prevent it, so you have to be vigilant.

All here?

Wait a minute

Thinking of this, Li Zhao's face changed.

The Xianyang city defense army has come here, then Xianyang will be empty, if there is still a thief army, then Xianyang

"Zhang Han, immediately lead the army back to Xianyang, and leave 5,000 troops."

Zhang Han and the general thought of going to one place, and without saying much, they immediately led the army back to Xianyang, leaving only the elite army and the 3,000 army.

A day passed, and the 5,000 troops never dared to relax their vigilance, staring at Afang Palace with their eyes fixed, but they did not enter it.

Two days later, the situation is still the same.

No reinforcements from the thief army arrived, and there was no news of an attack in Xianyang.

This made Li Zhao even more puzzled.

The sharp reduction in the number of troops here must have been discovered by the thief army, but they didn't make any moves, and they seemed to have disappeared, why is this? Are they no longer able to do it?

That doesn't make sense.

He sent scouts to investigate, and when he came back, he reported that the thief army had run out of food and grass, and there seemed to be signs of impatience, but he had no intention of breaking through, as if he was waiting for something.

"Waiting for what?" Li Zhao fell into deep thought.

20,000 troops against 5,000 troops, they have the upper hand, and when the food and grass are exhausted, they do not choose to break through, what are they waiting for?

"Send scouts to continue exploring, the range is ten miles away."

Li Zhao was still not at ease, he couldn't figure out the intentions of the thief army, so he could only be more vigilant about whether there were reinforcements.

A few hours later, it was already dark, and the scouts came back to report, but no reinforcements from the thief army appeared, and news also came from Xianyang, and there were no suspicious signs.

On the third day, the sky was overcast, and after several days of clear weather, it suddenly became bad, dark clouds were thick, and thunder came from the sky from time to time.

The warm spring becomes muggy, and the air is full of crampedness, which makes the breath accelerate.

The wind blows, and the rain falls one after another, like morning mist and water, moisturizing all things.

"General, wake up, look."

Li Zhao was napping on the boat, and was suddenly woken up by the guards, and his vigilance was great, and he hurriedly jumped up, ran out of the boat, and jumped onto the shore.

"Is there a situation?" He looked around, but found nothing out of the ordinary.

"Look around?" The guard pointed to the periphery of Afang Palace with a surprised expression.

Just now, I was just on guard, but I didn't notice the changes in this place, and at this moment, I was surprised.

White flowers all over the ground.

Yes, around Afang Palace, all of a sudden white flowers bloomed overnight, and they were strange white flowers, all white, with petals facing the sky, sucking the rain and dew, waving in the wind, swallowing the breath of spring.

It's not surprising that the flower is growing at a visible rate, slowly opening its petals, revealing its all-white stamens and fragrance.

The floral fragrance is very light, but it seeps into everyone's nose and is intoxicating.

Blowing his nose, the fragrance of flowers entered his body, and a sense of familiarity hit.

Although the fragrance of this flower is light, it is very familiar, as if it has been smelled there, Li Zhao remembered, this is the fragrance of the white flower in the Yin Yan flower garden.

Looking at it, this flower is very similar to the white flower that Yin Yan cherishes very much, no, it is the same flower, but she only has one there, but there are thousands here.

"White flowers, white flowers" Li Zhao groaned deep in his mind, it seemed that this white was very familiar, and this scene was still immersive.

"Oops!" Unconsciously, he felt a pain in his brain, and a trace of long-standing and far-reaching memories that had been hidden in his heart came to his heart.

It was a busy world, full of high-rise buildings, and there were people he missed and people he was willing to spend his life waiting for.

But at that moment, when a speeding car crashed into it, her weak hands pushed him away, and he narrowly avoided the car. No

He will never forget what she said when she was leaving: I like white flowers, and I would like to hug you among the white flowers; If there is an afterlife, I want our home to be full of white flowers, although white flowers are not easy to live.

It was an unforgettable memory for him, a memory that he could never forget for the rest of his life, but he didn't dare to think about it.

When the hospital announced that she was going to leave him forever, that night, he shed a night of tears.

As the saying goes, a man doesn't flick when he has tears, but he didn't contain it, and that night, the ground was full of mud.

On the day of the funeral, he carried her to a place full of white flowers, smelling the faint fragrance of flowers, looking at him who had closed his eyes forever, his heart collapsed.

He walked slowly, and she in his arms was dressed in snow-white clothes, like white flowers, but she was like a flower fairy but did not stand, letting the white flowers drown.

At that moment, he choked up, and a desperate roar resounded through the white, but he couldn't save the flower.

At that moment, suddenly the sky was covered with dark clouds, and in an instant, heavy rain drifted, thunder and lightning flashed, and then, then, he appeared in Daqin, and became a baby, a member of the Li family.

I still remember that when he was reborn at this time, it seemed that his soul was out of his body, and there were traces of Afang Palace in his subconscious, as well as patches of white flowers.

(End of chapter)