The next day was always regarded as surviving, the epidemic plus casualties, the support of the Qin army was more difficult, and the attack of the intrusive army was even more powerful.

At this moment, a fast horse knocked in from the north gate!

"Master Qiqi, General Zhu Jie's letter has arrived!"

Zheng Xuan hurriedly ran into the prefect's yamen and said urgently.

Sun Chuanting's spirit was shocked, he stood up, and shouted: "Zhu Jie's messenger? Quick, let him in immediately! ”

As soon as the words fell, Baihu Qu Licheng broke in, bowed down and said, "Humble Qu Licheng sees the Inspector!" ”

Sun Chuanting waved his hand and shouted, "General Qu doesn't have to be polite, what about Lord Zhu's letter?" ”

Qu Licheng hurriedly handed over the letter and replied, "Master Inspector, this is our letter!" ”

Sun Chuanting hurriedly took it, and there were only a dozen words on the letter - nothing can be done, you must do it, you must plan it, clear the wilderness with strong walls, and lure the enemy deep.

Sun Chuanting frowned, what does this mean? Solid walls clear the wilderness, luring the enemy deep? This is to retreat by yourself, give up Nanyang Mansion, and even give up the many states and counties behind Nanyang Mansion, this, this! You must know that in the war, once the city is lost, the court will ask for the guilt, and it is very likely to lose your head!

"General Qu, did Master Zhu Jie say anything when he wrote to you?"

Sun Chuanting asked in a deep voice.

Qu Licheng hurriedly said: "Master Inspector, our lord asked me to tell you that the plague can hurt oneself and the enemy as well, lure the enemy deeper, and preserve strength in order to rise later!" ”

Sun Chuanting was like an initiation, and finally came to his senses, yes, now the plague in Nanyang Mansion has been epidemic, at this time, the army withdraws from Nanyang, and the thieves will immediately wave their troops into the city, and the counties behind it will not be long, the thieves will definitely be infected, and the forces between the Qin army who have survived the threat of the plague and the thieves who have just been infected by the plague will be completely reversed!

One month, at most one month, Li Zicheng is definitely going to be unlucky!

Sun Chuanting paced back and forth, pondered for a moment, and said, "Order, convene the general soldiers of each family to discuss the matter!" ”

It didn't take long for the general soldiers of each family to come to Yamen, and even Gao Jie arrived.

"Master Overseer, did you summon us here at this time to make adjustments to our defenses?"

Gao Ruli asked hopefully, in one day, the casualties of the right army camp exceeded 5,000 people, Gao Ruli was going to die of distress, the right army was unlucky, it was transferred to Nancheng at this critical time, and for a whole day, the continuous onslaught of the breaking army brought too much pressure to the right army camp!

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the plague is raging in Nanyang City, the number of sick people in our army is now close to 30,000, people's hearts are fluctuating, morale is low, and the people in the city are even more complaining, and Li Zicheng outside the city is leading thieves to attack the city day and night, for a long time, we will never be able to hold on, not only Nanyang Mansion will fall, but I am afraid that even our 100,000 soldiers will be buried here......"

Sun Chuanting said astringently.

Gao Jie was a little puzzled and asked, "My lord, what do you mean?" ”

Sun Chuanting took a deep breath and replied: "It is impossible to hold Nanyang Mansion now, I mean that the army will temporarily retreat, leave Nanyang Mansion to Li Zicheng, and our army will retreat to the south of Kaifeng for rest......"

"Retreat?"

Gao Jie jumped up and said urgently, "Master Inspector, have you made a mistake?" Let's just give up Nanyang Mansion like this? What should the court do if they blame it? ”

Sun Chuanting shook his head and replied, "Gao Jie, can we hold Nanyang Mansion if we don't retreat now?" Impossible, now the number of sick people in the army is close to 30,000, accounting for one-third of our troops, plus the number of casualties in the past two days, even close to half, the Qin army is already seriously injured, fighting to the death, it will not help, I have made up my mind, the army is ready to retreat! ”

Gao Ru Liden was excited, it's good to retreat, it's good to retreat, continue to stay here and fight to the death, then you will become the commander of the light pole!

"Lord Gao, what Master Sun said makes sense, retreat, so that we can preserve our strength, keep a useful body, and have a decisive battle with Li Zicheng again!"

Gao Jie pursed his lips and replied, "Gao Ruli, you kid won't be afraid, right?" If you are instigated, pull down the right army battalion, and our vanguard battalion will go up to the top! ”

"You!"

Gao Ruli's face was flushed, and he wiped it, this Gao Jie really didn't save any face for himself!

"Okay, Gao Jie, don't say it anymore, everyone is not afraid of sacrifice, but we can't sacrifice senselessly, it's not terrible to lose Nanyang City, it's terrible that we have lost the whole of Henan, and we can't get it back! Retreat now so that one day in the future, we can completely annihilate Li Zicheng in Henan! ”

Sun Chuanting said in a deep voice.

"Master, you're ready?"

Sun Chuanting nodded and replied: "Yes, retreat is a must, we not only have to leave Nanyang to Li Zicheng, but also Xiangcheng and Chenzhou behind us to Li Zicheng, it won't take half a month, Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of thieves will also be infected by the plague, and it won't take a month for them to become what we are now, when the time comes, we will be because we have a large number of medicinal herbs, it is the soldiers to restore their combat strength, and a month later, it will be the best time for us to turn defense into attack and encircle and annihilate Li Zicheng!" I want Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of thieves to be used to bury the people of Henan! ”

"Hiss......"

Everyone was taken aback, this strategy is poisonous enough, now give up Nanyang City, needless to say, the thieves will rush in to occupy Nanyang, now Nanyang City has a population of more than 200,000, the infected people have exceeded 50,000, and the sick people have exceeded 30,000, as soon as the army comes in, it is fatal, no one wants to run, it won't take long, it will be infected all over again, now the herbs of the entire Nanyang Mansion have been collected by the Ming army into the army, and even the doctors have been robbed, no herbs, no doctors, These people have only one way to die.

"Order, first, immediately collect all the prescriptions in the doctor's hands, not one is allowed to be left, all the herbs, all loaded, Gao Ruli, you personally lead five thousand elites to escort the herbs, all to Chenliu! Second, the rear army battalion, the left army battalion, and the front army battalion immediately retreated, and the middle army battalion and Gao Jie's vanguard battalion cavalry were cut off to prevent the pursuit of the intruding cavalry and ensure the safety of the main force of the army! ”

"Okay, my lord, I will stay and fight to the death with Li Zicheng, the traitor, to avenge Brother Duan!" Gao Jie shouted viciously.

"Dreaming!"

Sun Chuanting said angrily: "Who said that you should lead the army to break the back, you can't walk steadily now, and you have to break the back?" Monkey business! General He Yilong, this time you will lead the army to stop the attack! ”