Chapter 40: The Veil

Xiao Beiping and Xiao Zhengrong glanced at each other at the same time, knowing that Duan Zhong in front of him was no longer something that could be contended with the army, and they entered a dilemma for a while, and in the time when the two of them hesitated, Duan Chong already sighed and shook his head and said, "I don't have too much time to waste!" As soon as the words fell, the whole person's body suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Beiping and Xiao Zhengrong, and a long sword was placed on Xiao Zhengrong's neck, and he said softly in his ear: "Withdraw the army!" ”

Xiao Zhengrong's face sank again and again, and Duan Chong spit out a number: "Three", after Xiao Zhengrong heard this number, he was shocked, and his whole body tried to break free from Duan Chong's comfort, where did he know that one of this heavy arm restrained himself like an iron tong, and he couldn't move a single bit, and at this time, Duan Chong gently spit out the number "two", Xiao Zhengrong's face suddenly flashed a resolute look, because he knew that as long as Duan Chong existed today, this battle was destined to be won. But even if he dies, he has to fight some more enemies in Dali, and Duan Chong saw Xiao Zhengrong's resolute look, and shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect that this Xiao Zhengrong would have such courage, since he was determined, he had no choice but to ...... Fulfilled him, thinking of this, Duan Zhong took a light breath again, and then spit out the last word "one".

And just when Duan Chong was about to make a move, he heard Xiao Beiping on the side shouting hysterically "Wait", Duan Chong turned around, but he snatched the order flag from the hands of the commander involuntarily, waved, beat the drums, sounded gold, and ordered the troops to be collected, and at this moment, the soldiers of Daliang had already killed the red eyes, where could they stop, but Xiao Beiping roared angrily and asked the military judge behind him to kill those crazy soldiers who were fighting, and in the face of the military judge's hesitation, Xiao Beiping roared, personally raised his sword and stepped forward to kill a soldier of the Great Liang, and these military judges woke up like a dream...... And when the soldiers of Daliang saw the military judges wielding their swords, saw countless flags waving, and saw a large number of companions begin to retreat, they knew that they were going to ...... Withdrawn...... Although I don't know why this is the result, I can only follow the rapid retreat of the large army, and only those red-eyed Liang soldiers were cut into meat sauce......

So far, more than 100,000 troops of Northern Liang encircled and suppressed 30,000 troops in Dali, and finally 60,000 people were left to retreat, which was a desperate battle...... Failed, and Dali's army still had more than 10,000 people, only paid more than 10,000 lives, this is an extremely unbalanced battle, because of the existence of Duan Chong, if Duan Chong shot earlier, then the battle may end earlier, but history will not delve into the question of when Duan Chong shot, because history has always only focused on the outcome and not the process, as long as Duan Chong shot, then it is doomed to the end of this period of history.

Xiao Zhengrong looked at the retreating army like flowing water, his whole body was sore, and he suddenly felt dizzy, he didn't expect that this battle would be lost so much, not a defeat on the frontal battlefield, but a single-handedly killed by the enemy in the Chinese army and captured his own commander, which is definitely an incomparably huge shame, so Xiao Zhengrong looked at this former senior brother, childhood friend, and comrade-in-arms who had been born and died with him, and he couldn't say a word, and at this time, he didn't need to say anything, The last emotional thread between the three of them has been broken.

Xiao Zhengrong looked at Xiao Beiping, who came back with a long knife with blood, and couldn't figure out why this Southern Liang Emperor, who basically didn't know martial arts, showed such determination and courage at this time, but this courage was not used to kill the enemy, but to ....... Running away, Xiao Zhengrong glanced at Xiao Beiping helplessly: "Why did you do this!" ”

Xiao Beiping's eyes were bloodshot, and he glanced at Xiao Zhengrong, but he threw his eyes to Duan Chong, who had not made any movement, and chuckled, as if he was self-deprecating, and seemed helpless: "Senior brother, you said that you can stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood, right!" ”

Duan Zhong took a deep breath, but nodded helplessly, and then ...... Closing his eyes, Duan Zhong knew that this was the last time Xiao Beiping called himself...... Senior brother, Duan Chong didn't open his eyes for a long time, and the sound of horses' hooves around him gradually faded away, and when Duan Chong opened his eyes, he could only see the backs of the retreating soldiers of the Great Liang, but Duan Chong's heart was gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking? Looking back, I saw countless red-eyed Dali soldiers who finally lost the last trace of support after seeing the enemy withdraw, that is, they couldn't even hold the weapon in their hands, and fell to the ground weakly, so they lay down in a pool of blood and fell asleep deeply, these Dali soldiers ...... It's so tiring.

Duan Zhong took a deep breath and said silently in his heart: Please rest!

In this battle, Dali's casualties were extremely tragic, and the 24,000 Dali elites trained by Duan Zhuang were only 12,000 people, and most of them were wounded, and the elite "poison dagger" under Duan Chong's hands was less than 1,000 people, and all the troops added up to less than 13,000 people, and the damage was already more than half...... survived, and the most important thing is that in this battle, until the last moment, nearly a thousand cannons of Dali were guarded in the middle by Dali's soldiers, and there was no loss, perhaps for Dali's soldiers, this cannon has become a kind of totem, body damage, people can die, but also to defend the cannon.

And there were not too many orders, after simply cleaning up the battlefield, the remnants of the Dali soldiers camped on the spot to rest, this battle, no one can say whether it was won or lost, but in a strategic sense, the Liang has already lost a defeat, so the desperate battle did not achieve any results, but put the lives of these countless Liang soldiers on this land, which was originally a very unbalanced battle.

And as night fell, Duan Chong sat in the tent, but his heart was full of thoughts, and his mind was full of shadows with Xiao Beiping and Xiao Zhengrong...... In addition to zongzi, I'm afraid there are only Xiao Beiping and Xiao Zhengrong, Duan Chong and the two of them don't spend much time together, but the tacit understanding and friendship between the three of them is very deep, which is why Duan Chong will help Xiao Beiping to calm the southern chaos, and will be born and die with Xiao Zhengrong on the Hun grassland, but now, all of this has disappeared with this battle of life and death, and Duan Chong finally didn't have the patience to kill his two good brothers with his own hands. Maybe it can be said that Duan Chong is not decisive enough to kill, or maybe it can be said that Duan Chong is a little stupid, but in any case, Duan Chong did it, and when Duan Chong did this, everything was decided...... It's over.

Duan Chong's mind was very chaotic, but at this time, Duan Chong got an even messier news, which came from the ...... who was in Kaifeng Mansion at the moment Zheng Kangdi, when Emperor Zheng Kangdi personally led 140,000 troops to capture Songzhou City without bloodshed, without the slightest hesitation towards Kaifeng Mansion, and after arriving at Kaifeng Mansion, only to find that there is basically no resistance in this city, this is Kangdi after hesitating for a moment, then ordered to enter the city, and at this moment, in this Kaifeng Mansion except for some people who have not had time to escape, and there is no strength of any Liang army, after some confirmation, Emperor Kang is finally stationed in Kaifeng Mansion.

However, on the first night of the army stationed in Kaifeng Mansion, the people of Kaifeng Mansion were transformed, and suddenly changed into the clothes and armor of the Liang soldiers, shouting and rushing to the military camp of the Liang, and the number of these Liang soldiers can be said to be pitiful, maybe only two or three thousand, for such a rebellion, Zheng Kangdi did not take it to heart at first, but soon, all the soldiers of Dali realized that something was wrong, and these soldiers of Daliang were completely ...... The suicide attack was to rush into the perimeter of the barracks of the girders, ignite the fuses that had already been set, and detonate the saltpeter and sulfur that had long been buried in the ground.

This is the simplest firearm in the world, the process is extremely simple, naturally can not be compared with the heavy bomb, but the amount of these saltpeter and sulfur is huge, the army of the Liang is actually at the cost of the entire Kaifeng Mansion, buried a large amount of sulfur and saltpeter, want to suicide attack at the expense of the casualties of the Dali army, and obviously, all this worked, overnight, Kaifeng Mansion countless places rushed to sparks, these people in the two or three thousand Liang dead, but in exchange for ten times their own enemy lifeAt the same time, the fire began to spread, the whole city began to burn, and the ammunition and artillery stored in the army were also affected, and when a bomb was detonated, there would be a second and a third, and the chain effect generally extended indefinitely...... There were originally many soldiers of Nanliang in the Dali army, and when they encountered such a situation, the spies lurking in Nanliang shouted "We lost" and "Run for your life...... Suddenly, countless soldiers began to flee, and even the military judges could not kill them.

At this time, Emperor Zheng Kang finally realized that something was wrong, his face changed greatly, and he ordered to go out of the city overnight, even if he didn't save the fire, he didn't want grain and grass, and after a hasty escape, when he gathered the army again, he found that more than half of the ammunition was lost, and there were only about 1,000 cannons left, and the 140,000 army took the opportunity to escape because of the mutiny, and the whole army suddenly became only more than 80,000 people, which was an extremely terrible blow, and the enemy only used two or three thousand people. The strength of the entire Dali army will be ...... Half consumed.

At this point, the myth of the invincibility of the Dali army was finally shattered, and the soldiers of Daliang finally saw a trace of ...... The dawn of victory,