Chapter 203: A Light Opens to the Sun (1)
At dusk, the sun sets in the west, and the entire city and land of Huazhou seem to be shrouded in a golden halo.
At the head of the west city of Huazhou, the golden flag of Qi Tianzi fluttered in the wind.
Inside the city gate, the horses and the black armor of the tiger and the heavy horses gathered into a black stream, the fierce knights, one by one extremely cold, the horses occasionally snorted, in addition, it was extremely silent.
This kind of murderous aura made Li Dayi, Liu Mo and other soldiers at the head of the city all feel worried, they have all seen how invincible these death-like heavy armored knights are when they attack the enemy formation, and how terrifying they are to harvest human lives.
On the slightly higher terrain in the west of the city, the legions in front of the black pressure palace are assembled in a formation, and the giant shield soldiers, the Mo sword formation, and the archers are clearly layered, and further inside, it is from the city wall, which is not clear.
There were also archers, on the flanks behind them, ready to meet the legions on the high ground.
When the direction visible to the naked eye, a column of Qin army soldiers entered the field of vision, more and more, as if there was no end in sight, Li Dayi and Liu Mo nervously clenched the bow and crossbow in their hands, their palms were a little sweaty, they glanced at each other, as the descendants of the King of Qin back then, they knew better than anyone else, and now they are facing the elite of the King of Qin from Jingzhao Chang'an City, the King of Qin, who came to find the decisive battle of the Son of Heaven.
After the two looked at each other, they couldn't help but look at the tower of the city not far away, the tall, snow-white brocade robe and golden crown carved figure, the figure seemed to give people a kind of unreal and ethereal, it was Qi Tianzi, he stood quietly at the head of the city, looking at the Qin army that gradually entered the battlefield.
Both of them have a somewhat absurd feeling, just last night, they were still prisoners who had just been defeated by Qi Tianzi's own army, and now, they have to fight side by side with Qi Tianzi?!
Moreover, it was really fighting side by side, and there were more than 2,000 surrendered troops who surrendered and guarded the Xicheng city wall with Qi Tianzi.
Just this morning, these troops were gathered, and there were Qi officers and officials to preach, saying that the Qin army in Chang'an was coming, and they should have been used as meat shields to drive them to attack the Qin army's military formation, but the emperor was merciful and unwilling to do so, and gave them the opportunity to atone for their sins, and asked who was willing to defend the emperor and guard Huazhou City, and raised his hand willingly.
More than 10,000 troops surrendered, and almost everyone rushed to raise their hands, for fear that they would be too late to raise their hands, and they would become cattle and sheep driven by the Qi army to attack the Qin army's military array.
Speaking of which, although many of these soldiers have not really been on the battlefield, as long as they have been to the battlefield or have some understanding of battlefield affairs, they also know that Qi officials are not alarmist.
As far as the current situation is concerned, when the Qin army is attacking, it is very likely that they will be used as a meat shield by the Qi army, driving them to disrupt the Qin army's formation.
Because of the front army of Qi Tianzi's Palace, although each one is brave, but after all, the number of people seems to be small.
The main force of the Qin army in Chang'an is coming to fight, and the army in front of the Qi Tianzi Palace will inevitably go all out.
Assign people to guard over their instability? It would be far better to drive them to the battlefield, and then shoot them like cattle and sheep, so that they can only flee and attack the Qin army brigade from afar.
And now, if you don't hurry up to raise your hand to make a statement, I'm afraid that I will become a meat shield if I turn back.
After that, the Qi officials made a book according to the original, summoned more than 2,000 people who had been in the battle array, and asked, "Is there anyone you who is not willing to be your partner and unwilling to hand over your back to him?"
Li Dayi, who has been cleared of suspicion, because he has been a prisoner and has been "educated" by the Qi army, understands the meaning of the Qi officials very well, and first stood up and named the names of two people, both of whom belong to him, one because he is as timid as a mouse, and the other because he is cruel and unjust, and when he goes to the battlefield, the more cruel comrades-in-arms will naturally not be unpopular, but if they are not only murderous, but they may also be stabbed in the back, it will be completely different.
Driven by Li Dayi, more than 200 people were eliminated, and all of them were named by many people.
If it weren't really unpopular, in this case, no one would have named him.
Then, the remaining more than 2,000 people were distributed weapons, and the Qi officials even said, in the past, your military discipline was corrupted, and it was not all your fault, from the Qin Thief King to the thieves and thieves will cause trouble in Qindi, even if you are guilty, as long as it is not heinous, you can wear the crime and make meritorious service this time, but if there are those who admit that they are unforgivable, they can now voluntarily withdraw, so as not to be beheaded after the war, and they will live up to the will of the Holy Son of Heaven.
It seems that from today onwards, the Qi people began to call the King of Qin the king of thieves, calling his civil ministers and military generals, all crowned with the word thief, and no longer called "pseudo" as before, that is, the Qi people have officially defined the Qin army and its regime as a rogue general role, and the contempt for the King of Qin has been seen.
The troops present did not think that this title was inappropriate, as if the people of Qin already had such a name.
As for Qi Yan's initiative, naturally no one withdrew, even if there were really villains like Liu San, they would not withdraw, but hoped that after this battle, they could be pardoned.
After all, in this battle, unless Qi Tianzi is defeated, they are not in any danger, and the surrendered troops who have just surrendered can really be sent to the battlefield? Don't talk about mutinies and the like, let's just talk about what to do on the battlefield? Guarding a certain wing of the army in front of the Qi Tianzi Palace? I am willing to wait, and the front army of Qi Tianzi Palace is not at ease, the combat effectiveness of my own waiting, the front army of Qi Tianzi Palace is not afraid that I will be defeated in an instant? Isn't that a mess?
However, they didn't want to, but they really went to the battlefield, and together with Qi Tianzi, they stood at the head of the west city of Huazhou City.
Qi Tianzi may be singing about the empty city plan, because standing on the head of the city, he can see clearly that hundreds of steps in front of the trench is on the high ground, and the front army of the Holy Son of Heaven Hall is assembled in formation, and if the Qin army does not defeat the front army of the Qi Tianzi Palace and attack the city, it is easy to be attacked on the flanks.
However, inside the gates of the West City and the North City, the heavy-armored tiger knights who gathered to kill the sky, and the soldiers faintly knew that Qi Tianzi should be as simple as singing an empty city plan.
But in any case, Qi Tianzi was alone, and he and their troops stood at the head of Huazhou City to resist the incoming Qin army, which made people feel like a dream, as if it was not very real.
At the head of Xicheng City, there are piles of stones, wood, and arrows, and the defensive ordnance of Huazhou City is extremely sufficient, and last night's battle did not consume anything at all.
The rest of the troops, two or three thousand men, were selected to carry the weapons, and the rest repaired the collapse of the eastern city for a day, and made do with the gap.
Now these four or five thousand people are still ordered to stay at the east gate of the city, and wait for the end of the fighting, and then they will pardon the innocent and return to their hometowns.
Although no one guarded them, no one dared to move, no one knew if there were heavy horsemen or bow riders peeping around, even if it was only twenty or thirty horsemen, even if they mutinied, it would be the fate of being slaughtered, so even a few people were ready to take advantage of the chaos to escape, but the current situation can only depend on how the war goes.
Moreover, after helping Qi people do a day's work, it seems that psychologically, I don't need to escape.
Not to mention, there are Li Dayi and others who have appeared to say it, plus I have heard it before, Qi has never killed prisoners in the real sense, such as Liu San and others, it is another matter.
Now there are some troops, secretly worried that the army and horses of the King of Qin will enter the city, so if they do not take advantage of the chaos to escape, they are afraid that they will be slaughtered by the army and horses of the King of Qin.