On the other side, because the granary was burned down, the Chu army is now facing a serious food crisis, which means that the soldiers can now only rely on the simple cans and compressed biscuits they carry to satisfy their hunger. The number of existing cans and biscuits the soldiers have is extremely limited, even if

If you save food, it will only be enough for two or three days.

In addition, because of Xiang Mao's incident, Chu Ba now had to adjust his strategic deployment, so he voluntarily gave up three strongholds in Feng'er City and withdrew all his troops to a large stronghold outside Feng'er City. The concentration of troops could ensure that other

Resources will no longer be attacked by surprise. Moreover, there are abundant animal and plant resources outside the city. You can hunt animals and collect vegetables nearby to supplement the army's food.

However, the consumption of more than 200,000 mouths is very huge, and the surrounding flora and fauna are limited. Chu Ba’s staff made an estimate that the temporarily collected food, plus canned food and biscuits, can last up to seven days. What’s in front of you is

There are only two roads. One is to set off immediately to return to Yecheng. Considering that the Flying Tiger Regiment cannot capture Yecheng within seven days, going back now can completely break the siege of Yecheng. The other is to march immediately to attack Nuer City, because

The army carries sufficient siege equipment, and it is not difficult to break into Nuer City in seven days. Afterwards, the civilians of Nuer City can be used as threats to force the Flying Tigers to disband. As for the food the troops need, they can also plunder civilians.

Get it quickly.

Faced with these two choices, Chu Ba was in trouble. Chu Ba convened some senior officials to discuss the matter. Most people believed that it would be safer to return to Yecheng.

Their reasons are various, but in summary there are only two big reasons. One is that the Flying Tigers have launched a strong attack on Yecheng. According to the reconnaissance report, the fire in Yecheng has been bright all night. Although in theory,

With Yecheng's city defense and garrison, it would be no problem to withstand it for ten days and a half. However, considering that there are some secret service troops inside Yecheng, the variables are still very high.

Another big reason is that the families of most of the soldiers are in Yecheng. They are worried and anxious every day. They would rather go back to relieve the danger of Yecheng than Nuer City, which is difficult to attack. Moreover, no one knows

, after capturing Nuer City, the Flying Tiger Regiment can be completely disintegrated.

It is true that many soldiers in the Flying Tiger Regiment are Nuer soldiers, and they may give up siege for the sake of their families. However, there are at least several thousand elite soldiers in the Flying Tiger Regiment, some of whom were once spies.

It is also closely related to Yecheng. If these spies take advantage of the chaos to sneak in and disintegrate from the inside, Yecheng will also be in disaster.

It is not that Chu Ba cannot understand these generals, but if he really chooses to retreat back to Yecheng, it means that the Chu army will completely lose Nuer City. Without Nuer City, the eastern gateway will be wide open. Once Ao Lie leads the main force to attack

, you can drive straight in and approach Yecheng, the capital of the country.

"Everyone, have you really thought clearly about how long Chu State can survive without Nuer City?" Chu Ba asked one last time.

Those generals did not speak, they all chose silence. In fact, what they wanted to say was: Even if we spend a lot of money to capture Nuer City, can we sit back and relax? Zhao's comprehensive national strength is stronger than ours, and in the end it will still be

Destroyed. In the past month, the Chu army has not been able to deal with Jiang Ze, let alone Ao Lie's main force. Moreover, if they really want to attack Nuer City, they should attack it from the beginning, but now it has been delayed.

If this is the case, is it still necessary to fight?

Most of the soldiers had already lost hope, especially because of Xiang Mao's unusual behavior, which made everyone even more disheartened.

Recalling that a month ago, everyone believed Xiang Mao and Lei Meng. They also felt that as long as Jiang Ze could be killed and Jiang Ze's main force was eliminated, the crisis in Nuer City and Ye City could be solved.

However, yesterday, Jiang Ze was right in front of him, but he failed to kill him.

Everything is completely meaningless.

"Why don't you speak? What am I asking you?" Chu Ba stood up so angry.

Everyone was still silent. After a few seconds, Yutong plucked up the courage and said: "Commander, I know that as a soldier, I shouldn't have such thoughts of retreat. However, I still hope to return to Yecheng first to solve the crisis in Yecheng.

.Only when my family is safe can I throw my head and blood on the battlefield."

"I already know what you are thinking, so don't say anything. I just want to ask the others, are you all planning to give up Nuer City?"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you. In the end, it takes a five-star general to have the courage to speak. General Tiger expressed his opinion: "My family members are not in Yecheng, so I don't have such worries. But, I think even

We have captured Nuer City, and the situation is probably similar to that of Feng'er City. Jiang Ze will still engage in tunnel warfare and guerrilla warfare with us. The most important thing is that there are too many civilians in Nuer City, and many innocent people will die in this fight.

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"Jiang Ze doesn't have many troops anymore. Even if Feng'er City and Nuer City are added, Jiang Ze's troops will not exceed 20,000, and we still have more than 200,000 people. Are we still afraid that Jiang Ze's tunnel battle will not succeed?

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"I'm not afraid, but as long as Jiang Ze continues to harass, how can we repair the big holes in the city wall? How can we appease the civilians, how can we stabilize the security of Nuer City? Have you forgotten? Ye City used to have a lot of troops, but it still couldn't hold back a few people.

Thousands of special agents continued to harass us. In the end, we paid a huge price to force Jiang Ze and others to leave Yecheng. This Nuer City is no different than Yecheng, and the conditions in all aspects are worse. Of course, if there is no outside interference, we

I believe that as long as there is enough time, we will be able to completely wipe out Jiang Ze's troops sooner or later. But, do we have that time? Ao Lie's army has already invaded the capital of Zhao State. With the absolute advantage of Lie's army, they will probably be defeated within ten days.

They will completely eliminate the remnants of the Zhao army in the city. After that, their next target is Nuer City."

General Tiger said what most people were thinking. To put it bluntly, yesterday was the best opportunity and the last opportunity. Since it has slipped away, it means that the defeat of the front line is determined. Instead of continuing to fight against Nuer City, for example

Return first to resolve the crisis in Yecheng. If you want to continue to resist after this, as long as your family members are in the capital, the soldiers will fight bloody battles just to protect their families. Of course, many generals are already thinking of surrendering, but now

We are not at the end of our rope yet, so no one dares to speak out.

Seeing that everyone no longer had the will to attack Nuer City, Chu Ba had no choice but to give up. In fact, he didn't understand that yesterday was his last chance, and he only regretted that he didn't seize it.

At that time, we should not be greedy and should directly attack Jiang Ze, either capture or kill him. But now it is too late to regret, and now we can only go back home. By the way, take Xiang Mao back to Yecheng and hand it over to Chu

King's disposal.

The next morning, on the hills, the Lieutenant Army scouts were surprised to find more than 200,000 Chu troops abandoning their camps.

The scout urgently informed Jiang Ze of the matter, and the lieutenants around Jiang Ze were very happy.

The people cheered, and after working hard for a month, they were able to defend Feng'er and the city of Nuer.

In more than a month, the Lieutenant Army lost more than 8,000 people, and their blood was not shed in vain.

However, Jiang Ze frowned. He seemed not satisfied with the Chu army withdrawing like this.

"Jiang Ze, what's wrong with you?" Chen Ling saw Jiang Ze's sadness.

"Everyone, we can't let the Chu army retreat like this. The Flying Tiger Regiment has already contacted the special agents in Ye City. With the civil unrest in the city, the strong attack outside the city, and the public opinion of destroying the country, it will only take up to seven days to invade Ye.

City. As long as the two tigers can capture the King of Chu alive, this battle will be a complete victory."

"But, we can only mobilize more than 10,000 troops now, how can we stop the movement of 200,000 troops?" Gu Nian asked.

"It is impossible to stop it. We can only seduce Chu Ba and pass on the order to immediately mobilize all the elites and spare Nuer City and the surrounding cities. You must give me 20,000 war horses..."

Jiang Ze began to give urgent instructions to his subordinates. After receiving the order, his subordinates rode towards Nuer City in great haste.

After a day and night of deployment and assembly, 20,000 heavy cavalry were ready, most of them elite. This is all Jiang Ze's wealth now. Nuer City's troops have been exhausted, leaving only the militia.

Jiang Ze stood on the watchtower, looked at the 20,000 heavy cavalry, and then looked to the west.

"Chu Ba's 200,000 troops have been gone for more than two days, it's almost time."

Jiang Ze put on his armor himself, mounted his war horse, and gave the order: "Let's go."

About half a day later, Chu Ba suddenly felt something strange. About a thousand meters away from the army, there were tens of thousands of combat power reactions, with an average strength value of more than 100. These were undoubtedly elite troops.

Chu Ba was very worried. He ordered his subordinates: "You continue marching, I will go and take a look."

After Chu Ba finished speaking, he flashed. Just a few seconds later, Chu Ba arrived at the scene of the incident. He flew above the 20,000 cavalry and watched the heavy cavalry below keep galloping past.

The heavy cavalry actually noticed Chu Ba in mid-air, but they had been reminded before that no matter what happened, as long as the commander did not give orders, they would keep running.

Chu Ba sensed it carefully and found that most people's power was quite high, but none exceeded 200. In other words, if Jiang Ze was here, he must have hidden his power. Not only that, he also specially wore

He has the same style of armor as the soldiers, so it is simply unrealistic for Chu Ba to target Jiang Ze among so many people. And facing so many heavy cavalry covered with armor, Chu Ba cannot fight them alone.

So in the end he could only watch helplessly as all these heavy cavalry left.

Although Chu Ba didn't do anything, he had been thinking hard about what to do next.

First of all, it can be determined that these 20,000 people are Jiang Ze's entire main force, and they include all the troops in Nuer City. In other words, Nuer City now has basically no regular soldiers except civilians and militiamen.

Jiang Ze did not hesitate to clear out all the troops in Nuer City and Feng'er City, and sent them galloping to the west. It was obvious that he was rushing to Ye City to assist the Flying Tiger Regiment.
Chapter completed!