Chapter 69: The Warrior's Sleep
Late at night is like day.
The entire rear army of the Yan people has become a sea of fire at this moment, the wind of Zhao has never favored outsiders, the wind of Zhao has been loyal to the will of the warriors, and the dry grain and grass have been burned into raging flames, devouring one neighboring car or person after another. The Yan soldiers fled in all directions, and the original desertion situation was already very serious, and now, the Yan people's rear army has bombed the camp again, and the people who killed each other were far more than the Zhao people.
The army is disheartened, and the Yan people, who have traveled long distances, can't stand such an attack at all.
The rear army of the Yan people did not form a strong wall to stop the Zhao people as ordered by the chestnut belly, but was the first to collapse, only those cavalry who came to support from the Chinese army, biting these Zhao people to the death, but the Zhao people did not evacuate together, they dispersed and evacuated, the original number was not large, after separation, they charged towards the dense forest, when they lost the light of the bonfire and flames, these strangers who did not understand the geography at all, there was no way to chase the Zhao people.
Chestnut belly commanded the Chinese army to command, the chariot charged, and the foot soldiers followed, as if there were two arms, stretched out from the Chinese army, wrapped the entire rear army, and finally merged in one place, after the entire rear army was surrounded, chestnut belly then ordered, reduce the encirclement, and must leave all the Zhao people behind! The Yan soldiers were armed with spears, and their movements were orderly, constantly approaching the rear army, and the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller, but when the soldiers came to the nearest place, they did not see the living Zhao people.
The burning sound sounded a little harsh, and the rear sergeants were hurriedly fighting the fire, the ground was full of corpses, some Zhao people, some Yan people, one after another put together grain and grass carts, but at this moment they had been swallowed by the flames, chestnut belly looked at the flame blankly, trembling all over, the lieutenant in charge of protection walked to chestnut's side, his face was gray, and the tears that shed washed away the gray black, revealing two clean tear stains.
"General.... The food and grass are gone, they are gone... It's gone...", he just said repeatedly, tears couldn't help falling, the short sword in Li's hand fell, he grabbed the neck of the captain, and roared fiercely: "Who asked you to use the grain cart to set up camp?!" Why do you put the grain cart outside?! Du Wei was grabbed by the neck, but he just cried, but did not speak, and dropped him violently.
The flame brings warmth, but the chestnut heart is so cold.
It's cold all over.
Zhao Kuo is still on horseback, this is a fragile era, from armor to weapons, they are so fragile, the spear is easy to break if it just stabs the enemy, and the short sword is even more so, just a few slashes, it can't be supported, but in this fragile era, there are a group of the hardest people. Zhao Kuo grabbed the horse's neck tightly with both hands, the baptism of the cold wind could keep him awake, and he still remembered everything he commanded.
He still remembered the last place to gather, this dense forest, he took everyone to get acquainted with it for many days, but in the middle of the night, he was really a little unable to identify the direction, but he did not hesitate, nor did he stop, the horse has been galloping, shuttling through the dense forest, gradually, Zhao Kuo could hear some horses' hooves, several knights appeared behind him, scarred them, unable to hide the joy of seeing Ma Fuzi again.
They chanted, in the Zhao language that Zhao Kuo was familiar with. Zhao Kuo saw Wang Fan, Wang Fan followed him on the left side, Zhao Kuo stretched out his left hand, took the flag from his hand, Wang Fan was stunned, Zhao Kuo slowly raised the flag, the flag was already very broken, there was residual blood and burned embers, in the bright moonlight, the horse clothes two big characters, it looked so hideous, Zhao Kuo's throat rolled, he wanted to shout victory, but he could only let out a roar like a beast.
More and more knights came one after another, and everyone followed behind Zhao Kuo, Zhao Fu, Handan Zao, Zhao Bu, they didn't say a word, just followed the horse suit.
Finally, came to an open highland, here is the deepest part of the dense forest, there is a stone, Zhao Kuo ordered everyone to help around the cloth, easy to identify, Zhao Kuo reined in the horse, the horse neighed, this is Handan made countless rehearsals of the way to appear, but Zhao Kuo did it inadvertently, Zhao Kuo's horse is also very tired, very tired, head down, panting, motionless, Zhao Kuo rode a horse, turned around, looked at everyone.
The knights stopped one after another, looking at Zhao Kuo firmly, Zhao Kuo was counting their number, the knights standing in front of Zhao Kuo, but there were only fifty-three people, Zhao Kuo's heart came with a sharp pain, this pain was far greater than the scars on his body, he gritted his teeth, he didn't say anything for a long time, and the speech he had thought of for victory also stopped abruptly at this moment, and Zhao Kuo fell into silence.
A horse slowly walked in front of Zhao Kuo, Handan Zao hung his head, riding a horse, he raised his head, his face was extremely pale.
"General... We won? ”
"Win." , Zhao Kuo nodded.
Handan Zao laughed, and then, his face froze, he fell down from the horse, Zhao Kuo jumped off the horse suddenly, and pounced towards Handan Zao, everyone dismounted, Handan Zao fell to the ground, and on his back, full of feather arrows. Zhao Kuo trembled, threw himself to his side, hurriedly picked him up, and shouted, "Who understands medicine?" Go call a doctor!! Come on!! ”
Handan made a painful moan, he looked at Zhao Kuo, his eyes were full of fear and tears.
"General... I'm going to die? I'm going to die?? I don't want to die, general, I'm afraid, I'm going to die.... Help me, I don't want to die... I...", Handan Zao shouted hurriedly, Zhao Kuo hugged him tightly, "No, you won't die, I will save you, you won't die... Don't worry, it's okay. Handan opened his mouth and breathed violently, "It hurts, it hurts... Checkmate... I... I can't breathe... I.. Please... Save me... Save..."
"Father... Mother...", Handan Zao's whole body twitched violently, the corners of his mouth continued to spill blood, his face gradually froze, his eyes stared at Zhao Kuo blankly, tears suddenly slipped from his eyes, but he was no longer motionless.
"No... Don't... No...", Zhao Kuo hugged Handan and cried. The knights slowly lowered their heads, Zhao Fu closed his eyes and sighed, while Handanzao's friend Zhao Bu was kneeling on the ground at the moment, crying silently. Zhao Kuo hugged Handanzao, and couldn't stop his tears, as if a blade had cut his heart, and the pain that drilled his heart made it difficult for Zhao Kuo to breathe.
"Chestnut belly horseman!! I will kill you!! ”
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In the depths of the dense forest, there is an extra grave.
The war is not over yet, Zhao Kuo can't take away the corpse made by Handan, the cemetery is dug very deep, in order to prevent the beasts from defiling the corpse made by Handan. Zhao Kuo personally dug up the cemetery for him, and Handan Zao was buried under the soil, and everyone piled up stones around it in a circle and inserted branches. Zhao Kuo stood in front of the grave, without saying a word, to see off Handan, the knights lit a bonfire, they had just experienced a fight, they were very tired, they needed to rest.
In the following days, sixteen more knights arrived here, they were chased too quickly, they could only take a detour back here, around Handan, there were a few more graves piled up with stones, but, in these tombs, there were no corpses, their corpses were left in the camp of the Yan people, Zhao Kuo cut open the wine bag, and fell down in front of many graves one by one.
Zhao Fu stood in the distance, he looked at Zhao Kuo who was bandaged all over his body, Zhao Kuo was not a lot of injuries, he took the lead in the charge, and Zhao Fu was a little scared when he saw the dense wounds all over his body, in the process of dealing with it, Zhao Kuo was silent and didn't say a word, it seemed that these pains were nothing at all. Seeing Zhao Kuo sitting in front of the grave, Zhao Fu finally walked to his side and sat down as well.
"Why didn't I die...", Zhao Kuo muttered.
"What did you say?" , Zhao Fu didn't hear clearly, he asked.
Zhao Kuo frowned, slowly stood up, looked at Zhao Fu and said, "Let the soldiers rest for another day, and tomorrow, rush to Bairen at full speed." ”
"Yui!"
In front of the grave, a line of large characters was carved with a short sword.
The bravest warriors sleep here.