The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

The Qin army, who was trapped in the valley and guarding the coalition forces and the foreign reinforcements in the valley, was secretly packing up their bags at this moment, discarding most of the unnecessary materials, gathering them, piled them into several piles, and set 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 various armies who have already received orders signaled their soldiers to move quickly, pack lightly, and flee in the dark.

This was not a sudden idea today, but it was secretly prepared a few days ago, but only a small number of people knew about it, some confidantes of those generals.

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

All Qin Jun looked calm, and they did not show any resistance or surprise to all this. What they have experienced in the past few months has long allowed them to face any unexpected situation calmly.

It's just that there is no expression on their faces, but is this really the case in their hearts?

I don't know how many people are secretly grieving in their hearts. They have lost their relatives, friends, and brothers here. And how many people who donate are rejoicing that they survived the battlefield of this meat grinder. Or some people are very angry here, they don't want to evacuate, they still want to continue to fight the coalition forces to the end.

But all of this will eventually come to an end.

No matter what they think, their superior's order cannot be disobeyed, and they must carry it out. Evacuation will be the only ending they can get.

This time the retreat was very peaceful, and there was no robbery as expected. On the contrary, not even a single coalition soldier was seen, as if they 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 didn't want to fight, but even the coalition forces didn't want to fight.

At this point in the war, it can be said that it is drawing to a close. The battles in the upper, middle and lower battlefields have all subsided, leaving only some aftermath still in turmoil.

Among the six countries that participated in the war, each of them suffered heavy losses and exhausted their national power. In addition to Chu's vast land and abundant resources, it can barely care about these losses to support it. Several other countries have barely supported and are on the verge of collapse.

The two countries of Zhao and Wei are no exception. Now all men over the age of fifteen in the country have been conscripted to join the army, and the reclamation of farmland is left to some young children and strong women.

Domestic production and operation have gradually stagnated, or even regressed, and it seems that they will not be able to sustain it. A large-scale famine has occurred, and a large number of people have starved to death.

Under such circumstances, Li Mu naturally didn't want to fight. He deeply understood that although if he took advantage of the situation to hide and kill, there was a high possibility of defeating the remaining 30,000 Qin army.

But conversely, he would have to lose at least 10,000 soldiers. Even though these 10,000 soldiers were not that many, it was nothing compared to the 10-200,000 soldiers he lost before.

However, these 10,000 people represent the happiness of 10,000 families and 70,000 to 80,000 people. These people died, not only the two countries of Zhao and Wei lost a lot of young and strong, equivalent to all the men in a county. It will even implicate the families behind them, adding more than 10,000 families in white cloth to the two countries, so why bother!

Even if 30,000 Qin troops are allowed to withdraw, what can Qin do with the current situation? It's just withdrawing to Guanzhong, lingering on.

So out of this consideration, Li Mu did not pursue, but restrained the soldiers under his command, and quietly watched these Qin troops retreat, leaving these Qin troops safe and sound all the way, and left the place of casualties in fear.

Then, the next day when the sun was shining, the reinforcements outside the valley finally joined the remnants in the valley.

The moment the remnants in the valley left the valley, they all burst into tears, lost control of their emotions, and lay down on the ground crying bitterly.

Although it was only a short period of more than three months, this period of time seemed like a lifetime away, making them feel as if they had gone through several reincarnations, and their whole people became vicissitudes and exhausted.

In the days in the valley, lack of clothing and food, enduring the biting cold wind, and the constant threats from the Qin army, their fear and trembling are beyond words to describe.

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

At least, our king is still with us.

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

Same: At least, we still have reinforcements outside, and we still have hope!

This sentence was chanted by all the soldiers before every battle, and it never stopped. This is the motivation that supports them to continue fighting, and the desire for life supports them.

Now that their 30,000 people have finally come to this moment, they have killed nearly 100,000 of their comrades, and finally made them the lucky ones who survived, how can we not let them be excited?

You know, during this period of time when they were trapped, because of hunger, they didn't even let go of the body of the robe, and used it as something to satisfy their hunger, and as a source of food for their own survival.

In their eyes, the skinny and dry body of the same robe, the yellow skin, the deep-set eyes, because of the blood and sweat mixed together, the dirty body that has not been bathed for several months. It is regarded as a delicacy by them, and every battle is a full meal for them.

No one knows why they will die after death, and when their corpse will be regarded as a feast by others? So they are all extremely fearful, and they will do everything they can to survive on the battlefield.

There are even an unknown number of 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 a shield and ended their miserable life.

After going through this incident, the psychology of these soldiers has been distorted. It can be said that they are all useless.

Even if maybe because of this experience, they became bloodthirsty and brutal, and became a team of veterans capable of fighting. However, their destructive power will increase exponentially, and even their chiefs will find it difficult to control them.

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

Because the two of them didn't know, when these soldiers who had been pushed to the extreme and their spirits were so tense that they had collapsed, when would 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, preferably as cannon fodder and consumed on the battlefield.