The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 294

[Chapter 291 The general trend changes 2]

The Qin army, who was trapped in the valley and guarded by the coalition forces and the foreign reinforcements in the valley, was secretly packing up at this moment, discarding most of the unnecessary supplies, gathering them into several piles, and setting them on fire when they were about to leave.

That’s right, the current Qin army is indeed retreating. Taking advantage of the dark night, the generals of the army who have been ordered long ago signaled the soldiers under their command to act quickly, travel lightly, and flee in the dark.

This is not a sudden idea today, but secretly prepared a few days ago, but only a few know, some confidants of those generals.

The real news was hidden, for fear that it would leak out and be known by Li Mu outside the mountain. When the time came to set up an ambush, or to cover up all the way, the loss would be great.

All Qin Jun looked calm. They did not show any resistance or surprise to all this. What they had experienced in the past few months had already made them calm in the face of any unexpected situation.

It’s just that there is no expression on their faces, but is this really what they are in their hearts?

I don’t know how many people are secretly mourning, they have lost their relatives, friends and brothers here.

How many people who donate are fortunate to have survived the battlefield of this meat grinder.

Or maybe someone here is so angry that they don’t want to leave, they want to continue fighting the coalition to the end.

But all this will come to an end.

No matter what they think, their superior’s orders cannot be disobeyed, and they must carry them out.

Evacuation will be the only ending they can get.

The retreat this time was very calm, and there was no robbery as expected. Instead, not even a single coalition soldier saw it, as if they had suddenly disappeared from around the valley.

Did it really disappear?

No, no.

The reason why they could evacuate so easily was not only that they did not want to fight, but even the coalition did not want to fight.

The war has reached this point, it can be said that it is nearing the end, the battles in the upper, middle and lower battlefields have all subsided, leaving only some aftermaths that are still turbulent.

Among the six countries participating in the war, each suffered heavy losses and exhausted their national strength.

In addition to the vast land of Chu, it can barely care about the support of these losses.

Several other countries have barely supported and are on the verge of collapse.

Zhao and Wei countries are no exception. Today, men over fifteen years old in China have been recruited to join the army, and the reclamation of farmland is handed over to some young children and strong women.

Domestic production and operation have gradually stagnated, or even regressed, and it is about to be unsustainable. Large-scale famine occurs, and a large number of people starve to death.

Under such circumstances, Li Mu naturally didn’t want to fight. He deeply understood that even if he took advantage of the situation, he would have a great chance of defeating the remaining 30,000 Qin troops.

But in turn, he would have to lose at least 10,000 soldiers. Don’t look at these 10,000 soldiers. Compared with the previous loss of more than 200,000 people, it is nothing at all.

However, these 10,000 people represent the happiness of 10,000 families and 70,000 to 80,000 people.

When these people died, not only did Zhao and Wei lose a lot of young people, they were equivalent to all the men in a county.

It will also implicate the families behind them, adding more than 10,000 families in the two countries to wear white cloths, so why bother!

Even if 30,000 Qin troops are withdrawn, what can they do with the current state of Qin?

But it was withdrawing from Guanzhong, lingering for breath.

Therefore, out of this consideration, Li Mu did not pursue, but restrained his soldiers, and quietly watched the Qin army retreat from the side, leaving the Qin army safe and sound, and left the place of death and injury in fear.

Then, on the second day, the sun came out, and the reinforcements outside the valley finally merged with the remnants in the valley.

The moment the remnants in the valley left the valley, they were all in tears, losing control of their emotions, lying on the ground and crying.

Although it was only more than three months, this period of time was like a lifetime, making them seem to have experienced several reincarnations, and the whole person became vicissitudes and exhausted.

The days in the valley, the lack of clothing and food, enduring the bitter cold wind, and the constant threats from the Qin army, their trepidation and trembling are indescribable in words.

If it weren’t for the fact that the kings of the two countries were with them, they were also besieged by those Qin troops, giving them a little bit of support in their hearts.

“At least, our king is still with us.”

This is a sentence that all the living soldiers in the valley said before going to sleep. Only this sentence can make them barely fall asleep and have a little sense of security.

Likewise: “At least, we still have reinforcements outside, and we still have hope!”

This sentence was read by all the soldiers before every battle, and it never stopped.

This is the driving force that supports them to continue fighting,

The desire to live sustains them.

Now that the 30,000 of them have finally survived to this moment, they have killed nearly 100,000 of their comrades, and finally made them the lucky ones who survived. How can UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com not make them excited?

You must know that during the period of being trapped, they were starving, and even the corpse of Robe was not spared, as a food to satisfy their hunger and as a material for their own survival.

In their eyes, the skinny and dry body of the same robe, the withered skin, the sunken eyes, the dirty body that had not been bathed for months because of the blood and sweat mixed together.

They are regarded as delicacies, and every battle is a full meal for them.

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No one knows what will happen after they die, and when will their corpse be used as a meal by others?

Therefore, they are all extremely fearful, doing everything they can to survive on the battlefield.

I don’t know how many comrades, or because they couldn’t bear this kind of life, they committed suicide.

Or those comrades, because of their desire to survive, were pulled as shields and ended their miserable lives.

After experiencing this, the psychology of these soldiers has been distorted. It can be said that they have all been abandoned.

Even if they became bloodthirsty and brutal because of this experience, they became an old soldier who could fight well.

However, their destructive power will also increase exponentially, and even their superiors will find it difficult to control.

In the hearts of King Wei and King Zhao, their days in the valley were actually extremely fearful and difficult.

Because neither of them know, when will these soldiers who have been pushed to the extreme and their spirits tense to the point of collapse, will a mutiny break out and kill them both?

So they made up their minds that after breaking through the siege, these soldiers must find a way to deal with them. It is best to use them as cannon fodder and consume them on the battlefield.

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