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"Princess! Withdraw the troops! We can't fight any longer!"

Hearing General Liu's shouts, Cao Yuan ceased fighting and yelled, "Everyone back to the city! Evacuate!"

"Those who are not injured should lead the wounded back into the city."

Cao Yuan and General Liu fought together against the attacking soldiers, buying time for the retreating soldiers. Soon, they both returned to the city.

This time, the losses were devastating.

Cao Yuan never expected that their mere 8,000 soldiers would nearly wipe out their 20,000 troops.

"General Liu, your arm!" Cao Yuan then noticed that General Liu had already been burned.

"No problem!"

"Send to the military doctor quickly!"

Cao Yuan quickly called out.

"Your Highness, given the current state of the war, we must change our plan!"

"It seems we underestimated them! We didn't expect them to be so powerful even after we destroyed their weapons!"

"Our current troop strength is simply not enough to fight them!" General Liu said worriedly.

"Should we borrow some more troops?" Fan Qingli suggested.

"Why don't we ask the Marquis of Zhenbei for troops?" General Malai said shamelessly.

The other three all looked at him. Any general with a little common sense would know that border troops should not be mobilized arbitrarily unless absolutely necessary.

Ma noticed the unfriendly looks in their eyes and lowered his head.

"No! We cannot reduce our troop strength at the border," Cao Yuan said firmly. If we really lose, Wei's first line of defense will be destroyed.

"What should we do then!" The Malay general paced anxiously in place.

"Alright then! Lord Fan, you go and borrow troops from other cities near the border! General Liu and I will hold them off!"

"Let's borrow another 10,000 troops!"

"Alright! I'll be right back!" Fan Qingli quickly set off.

The Malay general frowned, seemingly dissatisfied with the amount.

Ten thousand won't last long.

Less than three hours after Fan Qingli left, the Shu army besieged the city, preparing for another attack.

"All soldiers, listen to my command! Attack the city gate!"

Xiao Hanfeng gave the order.

The Shu soldiers attacked the city gates with full force; some carried wooden stakes to ram the gates, while others climbed ladders to the city tower.

Malay was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet inside the house.

The three of them watched the battle from the city wall. As they watched the soldiers below climbing up, Cao Yuan came up with a plan.

Not long after, a dozen or so Chen soldiers hurriedly carried buckets containing an unknown liquid up the city wall.

Standing on the city wall, Cao Yuan kept her eyes fixed on the Shu soldiers below who were struggling to climb the cloud ladder.

She took a deep breath and shouted, "Down!"

Upon hearing the order, the Chen soldiers did not hesitate at all and poured the unknown liquid from their buckets onto the siege ladder.

The liquid cascaded down like a waterfall, instantly flowing down the cloud ladder.

Almost simultaneously, several burning embers were thrown down. With a whoosh, flames shot into the sky from the ladder, and the fire spread rapidly. The raging flames resembled a ferocious beast, its gaping maw mercilessly devouring everything in its path.

In the blink of an eye, the entire ladder was engulfed in flames, and the Shu soldiers who were still struggling to climb it were not spared, all being swept into the inferno. Screams and cries rose and fell, echoing through the sky.

With each scream of agony, the Shu soldiers dared not advance.

The soldiers below retreated, but Cao Yuan had no intention of letting them go. Thousands of arrows rained down, wiping out the Shu army in one fell swoop.

"Great! The Shu army has withdrawn!" Ma Lai exclaimed happily.

The soldiers of Chen and Wei were cheering.

But she couldn't be happy. She knew that although they had repelled the attack this time, it would only get harder and harder. Tension and fear welled up inside her. "This can't go on, General Liu!"

"exist!"

"Quickly check how many missiles Ah Yin sent are left!"

"Yes!" Malay's eyes darted around, seemingly calculating something, before he quickly replied, "I'll go! I'll also check if Miss Ayin's cannon cart is ready!"

After Ma Lai left, General Liu and Cao Yuan began to discuss things.

"Princess, this battle is difficult. Should we continue to waste our troops here?"

It is clear that General Liu has also given up all hope for the war situation in Chen.

"They've already wasted 30,000 troops. With such a small force, what if the Wei army is completely wiped out and Chen can't even hold on? Then Wei will be in grave danger."

Cao Yuan frowned, "I've thought about that too. As long as Chen doesn't fall, Wei will be fine! Do you think they'll somehow teleport to Liucheng in Wei?"

After a moment, Cao Yuan said again, "Wait a little longer, I have another idea!"

Cao Yuan placed her hand on the railing and gripped it tightly.

Malays in the distance heard their conversation and hurriedly came down from the city wall.

"Report!" A lieutenant general happened to come over and report.

"Reporting to General Ma, a Wei soldier outside urgently needs to see General Liu."

Malay's eyes darted around suspiciously. What did he want with him? Could it be that the Marquis of Zhenbei had done something wrong?

"It must be an urgent report from the Marquis of Zhenbei! This is a secret letter that was found on him."

Seeing Ma Lai's somber expression, the deputy general assumed he was going to blame him for intercepting the letter without permission and explained, "I asked him what letter he was bringing, but he wouldn't tell me, only that he had to see General Liu. I figured it must be related to Wei sending troops."

Malay took the secret letter, his pupils dilated, and he hurriedly walked outside.

Ma Lai let out a long sigh, "It seems that Wei is also in great chaos. Shu has actually sent troops to Liucheng."

"Liucheng? How did the Shu army get to Liucheng?" the deputy general asked, puzzled.

Liucheng was located south of the State of Chen, on the border between the States of Wei and Chen.

To get to Liucheng, you have to pass through Chen.

They had no idea how they got to Liucheng.

"I didn't expect the Shu army to actually have the ability to burrow underground and fly into the sky. It seems that their purpose in this battle is very likely to be Liucheng!" Ma Lai clenched his fists, his chest heaving noticeably.

"General, what should we do next? There are still hundreds of thousands of Shu troops stationed here. Are we going to fight two countries at once?"

"If Wei really withdraws its troops, given Shu's current fighting style, our Chen Kingdom will be in grave danger." The deputy general was also aware of the current situation.

"Why don't we surrender?"

Upon hearing this, Malay flew into a rage and slapped him hard across the face, yelling, "You bastard!"

"You really think surrendering will work at this point? I think this battle is aimed at Wei, and these people must stay in Chen!"

Malai tore the letter to shreds, saying that as long as all the Wei soldiers were dead, the Shu army would definitely withdraw.

"Did anyone see him arrive?" Malay narrowed his eyes.

"I don't think so!" the lieutenant recalled.

"General, we are worse than you..." The lieutenant made a killing gesture.

"Hurry up and go. Remember, don't let anyone find out."

"Yes!" The lieutenant turned and left.

A fierce battle is about to begin.