The Era of Generals

Chapter 195 - Retreat

Chen Ze didn't expect that Zong Chengye would over-interpret his actions that were meant to delay time.

Why did they only send 10,000 people to the city to stop Fu Zhao's vanguard?

The reason is too simple, because he has so many people!

Except for Meng Yang's 10,000 people, Chen Ze only had 20,000 people on hand. He had to evacuate the food and grass, and he also had to be on guard to prevent the 200,000 to 300,000 prisoners of war from rioting. No extra people will come.

But this obviously unreasonable move, coupled with Meng Yang's super high combat power and arrogant attitude, it is normal for Zong Chengye to think more.

Thus, the situation fell into an unspeakable silence.

What Chen Ze needed was time, so naturally he would not take the initiative to provoke Zhu Yan's army. Although Meng Yang was too arrogant, he did not go one step further. He only led his troops to guard the outside of the city to prevent his actions from being caught by Zhu Yan. The Yan Empire noticed it.

After going like this for an hour, the first one who couldn't sit still was the Zhu Yan Empire.

"General, this is not an option!"

Above the city tower, there was a general speaking to Zong Chengye with an uneasy expression.

Time, what they lack the most right now is time!

In order to delay time, their original commander, Zhang Chengwang, even risked his life to buy time for the last one million Zhu Yan army to break through.

But the time bought by his life was wasted like this.

The one who spoke was the intelligence officer, originally from Zhang Chengwang's old department. Before speaking to Zong Chengye, he even secretly sent someone to the side of Bo'an City to report the current situation to Zhang Chengwang.

He even hoped that he could use this to persuade Zhang Chengwang to change his mind and come back in person to lead them out of the encirclement.

Compared with Zong Chengye's cautiousness, Zhang Chengwang's marching style is obviously much more aggressive, and it is more in line with the current situation.

When Zong Chengye was frowning and thinking, he raised his head and glanced at the intelligence officer who spoke.

Why doesn't he know that going on like this is not a solution?

Why didn't he know that it would be bad for him to procrastinate?

But so what?

The enemy's situation is unknown, how dare you let him act rashly, and how dare he lead a general attack regardless of everything?

It's not his style.

But if you don't fight... Would you just be trapped in Bo'an City?

Zong Chengye, who was in a dilemma, smiled wryly in his heart. After all, he had been away from the battlefield for many years, and he had long since lost the vigor he had back then.

On the one hand, there is the possibility of being ambushed by the enemy, on the other hand, the possibility of dying if it continues, Zong Chengye finally gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"Pass down the order and prepare to break through!"

Knowing that now is definitely not the time to struggle any longer, even if he feels inappropriate again, he can only make this choice!

At the same time, Chen Ze's side.

"My lord, everything that should be withdrawn has already been withdrawn!"

Xu Qing came to report panting.

Meng Yang bought an hour for him, and he didn't waste the slightest bit, and tried his best to implement Chen Ze's order to retreat.

First, the large amount of grain and grass that had just arrived was quickly transported out by someone he sent under the cover of night.

The matter of food and grass was fine, after all, it had just been brought in, and the car hadn't even been unloaded, and then it was just transported away. The issue of prisoners of war was the one that cost Xu Qing the most energy.

In order to prevent the prisoners of war from rioting, Chen Ze made a deliberate arrangement when building the barracks. He divided the camp into ten areas, each area criss-crossed, separated from each other by his own 30,000 elite soldiers, so that Can't communicate with each other and can be closely guarded.

To withdraw at this time, the first thing Xu Qing had to do was to drive the prisoners back to the barracks, so that they would not notice the ongoing battle outside.

This is a lot of work.

The number of prisoners of war is simply too much.

It was just taking people to the various detention areas to drive the prisoners of war. Xu Qing was sweating profusely from exhaustion. At any rate, with the help of Guo Zigu Qingfeng and others, he finally completed this difficult task after an hour.

Right now, everything is in order, and after Chen Ze gives an order, all 30,000 of them can retreat.

After listening to Xu Qing's report, Chen Ze nodded, and looked in the direction of Bo'an City with some regret.

The massacre led by Meng Yangcheng just now brought him another two hundred thousand military exploits, which at least made up for less than half of the five hundred thousand that he spent raising Zhao Yun.

However, there are still a large number of enemy troops in the city right now. In Chen Ze's eyes, these enemy troops are each with merit points.

It's a pity that Chen Ze also knows that the other party has been silent for so long, and the next time he raises troops out of the city, it will definitely not be just 10,000 to 20,000, or 20,000 to 30,000, it must be an all-out attack, and his strength alone is definitely not enough.

"Mingjin retreats!"

Suppressing the greedy thoughts in his heart, Chen Ze gave an order to the messenger.

Naturally, it was Meng Yang's elite army of 10,000 people who was too arrogant to accept. At this time, the sky was getting dark, and it was normal to order the troops to withdraw.

At the same time, it also sent a signal to Chen Ming and other scout troops who were lurking in the dark, telling them to withdraw from their hiding places.

"Hahaha, you bastards, wash your necks and wait. After I go back and drink three bowls, I'll take your dog's life!"

Hearing the golden drum, Meng Yang laughed wantonly in the city, and then spat heavily in the direction of Bo'an City to show his disdain, and waved his hand, "Go, go back and drink and eat meat!"

All the soldiers laughed wildly when they heard the words, imitating Meng Yang's example and showing all kinds of contempt and disdain to the generals Zhu Yan at the head of Bo'an City, and then retreated to the barracks together.

However, he didn't expect that this piece of Mingjin would also delay Zong Chengye, who was about to put all his eggs in one basket, for a moment, and the encirclement and suppression plan against the Mengyang Army that had just been deployed was immediately abolished.

After this delay, Chen Ze was given more time to evacuate.

After gathering all the people on his side, Xu Qing followed Chen Ze's instructions and extinguished most of the torches in the general's camp, leaving only the necessary lighting, making it extremely dim from the outside.

The sky was completely dark, and there was a long distance from the direction of Bo'an City to the place where Chen Ze was stationed. Looking from the direction of Bo'an City, Chen Ze's military camp was vaguely visible, and it was unknown how many troops were stationed there.

However, Zhu Yan didn't know that those scenes that seemed to be crowded with people were just branches and leaves that Chen Zeling's soldiers cut down in the woods in advance, and they were planted everywhere in the barracks. In the dark, he couldn't see clearly, and was blown by the night wind. While the flames were flickering, Zhu Yan's army was created out of thin air with the illusion that there were a large number of enemy troops.

In fact, Chen Ze had already led his elite soldiers out of the barracks, and quietly disappeared into the night from behind.

Only a large number of prisoners of war who are still unknown are still protesting in their respective prison camps that today's dinner has not yet been settled.