Xia Yashuang suddenly felt a little discouraged. The current situation was a dilemma. If the war ceases now, I will be sorry for the thousands of soldiers who have died. If you continue to fight, even if you win, you will pay a very heavy price. More importantly, Xuantie Shui has been taken away by Song and Yuan. Even if the coalition forces occupy Peicheng, they will not be able to repair the city wall in time. When the time comes, Jiang Feng's elite troops and the troops of Jinan City and Tai'an City can easily counterattack Peicheng.
Xia Yashuang became extremely confused. He gradually withdrew from the front line of the battlefield and jumped on top of a catapult. The catapult is very high, so the field of view is better here, and you can observe the overall battlefield.
I didn't know what I saw, and I was shocked when I saw it. There were actually many people on the flanks of the coalition forces and the rear army retreating. There was no order to retreat, but they actually retreated.
Only half an hour into the battle between the two armies, there were more and more soldiers turning into deserters. Perhaps the screams of the fighting in the front army were too terrifying, and the soldiers in the rear army became timid.
The more Xia Yashuang watched, the angrier she became. What kind of soldiers she had raised were so greedy for life and afraid of death. But after thinking about it carefully, Xia Yashuang suddenly felt that everything could be explained.
There were 100,000 defenders in Peicheng, but only 50,000 came out to meet the enemy. These 50,000 soldiers are all battle-hardened soldiers who are not afraid of sacrifice and do not care about life or death. Most of the soldiers in the city are new recruits who have not seen the world yet. It's okay to let them defend the city on the city wall, but if you let them go out to fight, they will be just cannon fodder. The cowardly ones will even run away, disrupting the morale of the army.
Of the 200,000 coalition troops, at least 100,000 are new soldiers, and only 100,000 troops can actually fight.
100,000 vs. 50,000. Although they still have an advantage in numbers, the price for taking down those 50,000 Pei troops must be very painful.
After comprehensive consideration, Xia Yashuang suddenly blew the retreat horn. Not only that, he also jumped on Jiang Feng's fire dinosaur, spread his hands, and looked like he was ready to catch it.
Jiang Feng noticed Xia Yashuang and immediately flashed to the fire dinosaur.
When Xia Yashuang saw Jiang Feng actually taking off his helmet, he said with a helpless expression: "Let's stop the war. I was wrong this time. Don't let these soldiers die in a meaningless battle."
"I've been waiting for this from you."
Jiang Feng immediately ordered the entire army to tighten their troops, position themselves in place, and stop attacking.
Seeing what Xia Yashuang did, Po Kong and Ye Wuxue were both stunned, while Sima Yi's eyes widened and he was so angry that he vomited blood.
Soon, Jiang Feng's army set up a defensive formation, with shield soldiers in the outermost circle and spearmen in the second row. The sharp spears thrust out from the gaps in the shields.
The coalition forces also temporarily stopped their attack. They retreated about a hundred meters. The front army rearranged their formation and adopted a similar defensive formation, with shield soldiers in the first row and spear soldiers in the second row.
Xia Yashuang herself stood in the direction of Pei Jun, and Jiang Feng stood next to Xia Yashuang.
This brutal battle, a formal confrontation, lasted only half an hour from the start of the battle to the ceasefire. Although it only lasted half an hour, Pei's army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, including more than 3,000 dead. The casualties of the coalition forces were similar, but the death toll was higher, about 5,000.
In just half an hour, more than 8,000 people lost their lives under the night sky.
Xia Yashuang felt distressed looking at the corpse on the ground, so distressed.
Regardless of everyone's objections, Sima Yi rushed to Xia Yashuang alone and shouted excitedly: "Xia Yashuang, what are you doing? What on earth are you doing? It's obviously our advantage, why do we do this?"
Several Pei Army soldiers stopped Sima Yi, but Jiang Feng shouted: "Don't stop him, let him come over."
In this way, Sima Yi came to Xia Yashuang. He kept shaking Xia Yashuang's body and said angrily: "Why are you doing this? The victory obviously belongs to us, why are you?"
Xia Yashuang replied helplessly: "It's meaningless, Sima Yi, let's stop here. Qining City has been occupied, and all the black iron water has been taken away by Song and Yuan. Even if we capture Peicheng, we can't do it in a short time." Repair the city wall inside.”
"So what? As long as the city is broken, the civilians in the city can be used to threaten Jiang Feng. Even if the city wall is not repaired, Jiang Feng will not dare to counterattack Peicheng."
Hearing such words, Jiang Feng was so angry that he almost couldn't help but tear Sima Yi to pieces. But considering the current situation, Jiang Feng endured it. He didn't speak and just listened.
Xia Yashuang looked at Sima Yi with a disappointed expression: "When did you become like this? Are you really going to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals? Are you really not talking about the bottom line at all?"
"I've told you a long time ago that a woman can't do big things with kindness. Since you have decided to support my actions, you shouldn't be so naive." Sima Yi was very excited.
"I found that this so-called big thing was simply wrong. Because of such a wrong decision, so many people died. What glory can there be in such a unnecessary sacrifice."
"Hehehehehehehehehehehehe..." Sima Yi suddenly laughed and kept shaking his head.
"What are you doing? Sima Yi." Xia Yashuang hated Sima Yi's strange laughter.
"What you said is right, but they are all wrong. Yes, the biggest mistake I made was trusting you. I made the mistake of following my master." Sima Yi looked up to the sky and roared, his voice very loud.
Xia Yashuang felt that she had been insulted. He pinched Sima Yi's collar and replied very unhappily: "It should be said that I misjudged you. You have no principles at all in doing things. You don't take human life seriously at all."
"Xia Yashuang, it's useless to talk more. This is our fate. If you want to kill or behead, please do as you please."
"Come here, handcuff Sima Yi first." Jiang Feng immediately ordered.
When Xia Yashuang saw this, she immediately stopped her and said, "What are you doing? You said you wouldn't hurt anyone."
"Don't worry, I won't break my promise. It's just that Sima Yi, as the commander of the coalition forces, advocates discord with you. In order to avoid the recurrence of war, we must control him first."
"But……"
"Come here, take Sima Yi down." Jiang Feng said forcefully.
When the Pei army soldiers took Sima Yi down, Sima Yi didn't say anything, but kept making that strange chuckle.
That smile seemed to be mocking Xia Yashuang, or laughing at Xia Yashuang.
Jiang Feng could see that Xia Yashuang was in a bad mood, so he said to him: "You are the master, and he is the minister. You must not let him affect your judgment. Moreover, I think what you did was not wrong. You avoided the loss of life. You have prevented more deaths, not only your soldiers, but also the people and soldiers of Peicheng will be grateful for what you did today."
"Is what you said true?"
"Justice comes from the heart, but you must have a clear conscience." Jiang Feng patted Xia Yashuang's shoulder.
"Then what should we do now? I'm not sure what Po Kong and Ye Wuxue think yet."
"It doesn't matter. The first priority is that you come with me to get your soldiers back. Without your soldiers, Po Kong and Ye Wuxue can only give up."
