Chapter 874: Sunrise in the East (99)
In the middle of November, the first heavy snow arrived on the land of western Liaoning as scheduled, the cold wind howled, swept the entire land, and the temperature dropped sharply, but for Tian Dan and his army, who were trapped in longevity, the cruel truth was more cold than the severe cold weather.
The fact that Tian Fucheng led the army has been gone for nearly half a month, and finally through some channels into the longevity of being besieged, the despair of love spreads among every Qi army soldier, there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and they are on the verge of despair, which is their true portrayal now, originally counting on Tian Fucheng to lead the army to help, and the inside should be combined with the outside, breaking through the encirclement of the Eastern Army, coupled with Huo Siwei's wreak havoc in the river to attract the encirclement and suppression of the Eastern Army to relieve the pressure, but Huo Siwei and Wang Pei have already left with Tian Fucheng, All hope for aging in vain. The only foreign aid Tian Jingwen only had 5,000 men and horses, and after holding on to the Kunshan Pass for half a month, he finally couldn't resist Zheng Yangyang, Ding Wen, and Zhang Hongyu of Qingtian County, and suffered heavy losses.
Difficulties have followed, the soldiers have fallen to the lowest point, and the most serious problem is that there is almost no food, and the army has already begun to slaughter mules and horses. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the things that can be used for heating in the defense area have almost been burned, and the bleak scene in the entire defense area makes everyone feel extremely cold.
And around them, the pace of the offensive of the Eastern Army slowed down, and the routine attack every day was more like a perfunctory matter, and the troops who attacked each time were different, and the experienced Tian Dan was stunned to find that Gao Yuan actually regarded him as a training object. In the attacking team, a large number of recruits have repeatedly appeared.
This fact greatly frustrated Tian Dan's self-esteem, and he was furious. He organized a large-scale counter-attack, never thinking of falling into a lofty trap again. The Eastern Army lured the counteroffensive troops to an open area, and then launched an attack with a large number of cavalry, and this time the thousands of elites who counterattacked, either dead or captured, could return to the camp Liao Liao.
This was the last counteroffensive organized by Tian Dan, and since then, the counterattack of the Qi army has completely stopped.
In the deserted tent, Tian Dan sat by the fire wrapped in a heavy fur. In the entire defense area, he is the only one who is still supplying firewood every day.
"Xiangye, what does Gao Yuan want to do? Qin Shaowei, a strategist who was huddled and sat on the side, asked in a low voice, "If he attacks now, we will definitely not be able to stop him."
"What is he waiting for? He's waiting for me to surrender! Tian Dan's face showed a gloomy expression, "Our army's food and grass are exhausted, and the weather will get colder day by day, except for surrender, we really have no second choice."
Hearing the meaning of Tian Dan's words, the consternation on Qin Shaowei's face only flickered slightly and then passed. At this point, there is really only one way to go, surrender. He opened his mouth to say something. But he didn't say it.
"Are you trying to ask, why am I still here and suffering when I have decided that I want to surrender? It also makes the soldiers' resentment even worse? Tian Dan looked at Qin Shaowei.
"Yes, that's exactly what I don't understand." Qin Shaowei nodded.
Tian Dan smiled bitterly, "I'm waiting for news from the country."
"Domestic news? Qin Shaowei asked puzzled.
"The second brother is wrapped up in Huo Siwei, Wang Pei and the others return to Qi State, naturally they want to kill the boss and replace me." Tian Dan raised his head, "I'm waiting for the news that he won and got his wish." When he succeeds, I will naturally surrender to Takato."
"Why? "
"Why. I don't want to be the target of Takato's use! Tian Dan sighed: "What I'm most afraid of is that the second child is not secretive and known to the boss." The two fought inextricably, and a large-scale civil war formed in the country, and the Qi country was really over."
Qin Shaowei was silent, in his heart, even if Tian Dan was gone, Tian Yuanyuan was the most suitable candidate, Tian Fucheng, brave and brave, but it was indeed not the appearance of the master.
"I know what you think in your heart, but now, the Qi country only needs one voice, only one voice, in order to concentrate the strength of the whole country to resist foreign aggression, my defeat has shaken the foundation of the Qi country, those foreign enemies who are eyeing on the side, how can they miss this opportunity, they will inevitably take advantage of the situation. So even if the second child doesn't have the appearance of the master, but he sits on it, it's better than nothing." Tian Dan said slowly.
"Xiangye, although the Qi State suffered this defeat, as long as the Xiangye is still there, as long as the Xiangye can go back, it is not a dream for the Qi State to rise again. Therefore, please don't be pessimistic, but should be ambitious and proud." Qin Shaowei comforted.
"I'm sixty-five! Tian Dan stretched out his hand to hold up the white hair floating around his ears, and sighed: "People live for seventy years, how many days do I have to live?" Originally, he wanted to take advantage of his energy to lay a solid foundation for the Qi State and enhance his strength to deal with the sweeping trend of the Qin State in the future, but this greed of thought brought the Qi State into the abyss. I have become a sinner in the Qi Kingdom."
"People are not as good as heaven, how could we have expected that the Donghu Iron Cavalry, who once commanded the world, was so vulnerable and defeated so quickly in front of the Eastern Army, even if they held out for a few more months, the victory would belong to us. This is God bless me! Qin Shaowei's eyes were red.
"God don't bless you! Tian Dan's eyes were a little straight, "Could it be that God is really blessing this lofty distance?" "
The two were relatively silent, the matter has come to this, what can the husband say?
There was a sound of rapid footsteps outside the door, and an officer trotted in, bowed to Tian Dan and said, "Xiangye, there is news from the front camp, Jiang Jiaquan, the special envoy of the Zhengdong Army and the chief speaker of the Zhengdong Mansion, asks to see Xiangye."
"It's finally here! Tian Dan glanced at Qin Shaowei, "Those who should come will always come, Shaowei, you go to greet me on my behalf!" "
"Yes, Xiangye! Qin Shaowei stood up.
"Xiangye, do you want to prepare and give this envoy a dismissal? The officer hesitated for a moment and said.
Tian Dan waved his hand, "People are swords, I am fish and meat, why bother adding a laughing stock in vain, go, invite Jiang Yizheng to come in." He is the number two person in the Zhengdong Mansion. He came to me to give me an ultimatum, but he also gave me enough face."
Qin Shaowei and the officer hurriedly left, and Tian Dan stood up. He walked to the bronze mirror in the room and looked at his haggard face. Mottled white hair, shook his head, "Come on, prepare me a little hot water, clean clothes, I want to bathe and change clothes."
Outside Changshou City, the defense area that once stretched for dozens of miles has long been beaten to the ground. The enemy and our fronts are staggered, after the first heavy snowfall, both sides seem to have a tacit understanding, stick to their respective positions, and there has never been any friction, for the Qi army, to this situation, surrendering to the opponent seems to be the only way out, and for the Eastern Army, in such ice and snow. The above no longer ordered an attack, which is also a kind of expression of compassion for the soldiers, not to mention. The enemy is already a turtle in the middle of the mountain, so he can only trap them, and starve his opponent to death.
The nearest defense line of the Eastern Army has reached less than a mile away from Changshou County, and on his left and right, there are still two defensive positions of the Qi Army eyeing each other, and at this moment, a team of more than 100 soldiers is holding a huge shield to protect Jiang Jiaquan's surroundings. They walked slowly until they were only four or five hundred paces away from the county seat of Changshou. Fang stopped, and behind them was on top of the position of the Eastern Army. More than 1,000 cavalry led by Luo Lei, standing on horseback, may launch a charge at any time, once the other party has a change, they will be dispatched at the first time to snatch Jiang Jiaquan back.
The gate of Changshou County was wide open, and the two teams rushed out together, with spears and crossbows, guarding both sides of the city gate, and above the city head, they also tensed their nerves at this time, guarding against the trickery of the Eastern Army to seize the city gate.
Qin Shaowei hurriedly walked out, walked through the jungle of soldiers, and strode towards the shield soldiers of the Eastern Army on the opposite side.
The shield soldiers parted left and right like a tide, and Jiang Jiaquan walked out from the inside with a smile.
"Jiang Yizheng, I have admired the name for a long time, and I finally saw it today, fortunately! Qin Shaowei clenched his fists with both hands and slammed them to the ground.
"Mr. Qin has said it! Jiang Jiaquan returned the salute with a smile, "When Mr. Qin was in Qi to help Tian Xiang soar to the sky, Jiang was still in Yuyang, and Mr. Qin's name is really thunderous to me."
"After many years of not singing, a blockbuster, like Mr. Jiang, if you don't meet the master, you would rather not be able to sting, you are a master! Qin Shaowei sighed and said: "Now you and I, one is in hand, the other is on the verge of a desperate situation, and I will make a judgment from above!" "
Jiang Jiaquan smiled slightly, "Mr. Qin, you and I don't have to praise each other, the governor of my family is still waiting in the camp for me to bring back the result of the negotiation with Tian Xiang, let's go into the city, the weather is freezing, you and I soldiers must be tired of it."
"Please! Qin Shaowei waved his hand.
Jiang Jiaquan turned around and waved his hand at the guards behind him, but he was so single and staggered away with Qin Shaowei into the city.
Tian Dan was sitting on the main seat, he had refreshed himself, he couldn't see the previous depression and old age at all, he looked energetic, and when he saw Jiang Jiaquan stepping into the room, he stood up.
"Zheng Dongfu is discussing Jiang Jiaquan, and I have seen Tian Xiang! Jiang Jiaquan clasped his hands into fists and bowed.
"Jiang Yizheng doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat." Tian Dan nodded, turned to the guard on the side and said, "Give Jiang Yizheng a seat."
Jiang Jiaquan sat down generously and looked up at the world-famous Qi State Chief. At the same time, Tian Dan was also looking at this lofty chief strategist. With the rise of Gao Yuan step by step, Jiang Jiaquan's reputation also spread all over the world with the Eastern Army, until this time, someone dug out Jiang Jiaquan's past, this former nameless person, turned out to be famous all over the world, the contemporary Li Ru's junior brother, the two brothers and sisters one east and one west, actually assisted two regimes that deterred the world, can't help but be admired. Tian Dan looked at the other party and thought jealously, why didn't he meet such a person?
(Okay, I admit it, I'm a person with no new ideas, a lofty country, what kind of country name do you take, I like the domineering of the Han, and I am a Han Tianwei, although I am far away, I will be punished, I watched the wolf warrior a few days ago, which makes people quite a little enthusiastic. I also like Datang's inclusiveness and self-confidence, hesitated for a few days, and decided to still Han, the sunrise in the east will end in a hundred chapters, so the name of the next chapter is Huanghuang Hanwei! (To be continued) R466