Chapter Fifty-Eight: I'd Rather Die Than Surrender
Bai Buxin tried to rush up several times, but was blocked by the soldiers who fell downward, and he was at a loss for a while. Wei Qing saw it in his eyes, he was anxious in his heart, and his palms were sweating.
When he was nervous, there was a sudden chaos on the cliff, many enemy soldiers fell one after another, blood flew, limbs were scattered, and more than a dozen Han soldiers killed from behind the enemy army like divine soldiers descending from the sky, killing the enemy soldiers to their heart's content.
This god-man is actually Qin Shubao again! The Han soldiers were huddled below, he really had no place to put his feet, and Pang Tong looked at him from time to time, afraid that he would rush up and take risks again, so he simply retreated.
If it was a soldier of the Han army, this retreat would be enough to kill the head, but Qin Shubao was not a formal soldier, so he was not subject to this constraint. He took a few steps back, and saw that the Han army in front of him was fighting to the death with the goodwill army, but he couldn't help, so he rushed for a while. Looking around, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he struggled to squeeze to the villagers who came with him, and whispered something to everyone. Some of them nodded, some shook their heads, and finally they all obeyed.
Qin Shubao saw that Pang Tong was standing far in front, and the people around him were watching the battle in front, and no one paid attention to him, so with a wave of his hand, he led the villagers to climb trees and pull vines from the cliff next to him to the back of the enemy's fourth layer of defense line, and attacked from behind. This suddenly, the enemy army might as well have such a terrifying and terrifying evil star actually climbed up from the cliff and killed from behind, and immediately became chaotic.
Bai Buxin saw that Qin Shubao had succeeded, this was really an unexpected joy, and he shouted repeatedly, and the Han soldiers took advantage of this moment of confusion to finally break through the enemy's defense and rush to the cliff.
Those soldiers of the Goodwill Army were really brave enough, and no one retreated, and they all fought to the death on the cliff, and the reserve army behind did not have time to block this unexpected attack, although it was too late, but it was still a wave of impact, almost desperate to repel the Han soldiers who had rushed up the cliff.
The cliff is full of corpses, the blood flows into a stream, Qin Shubao is mighty, in the enemy army to come and go, no one can stop, the Han soldiers fight with all their might, in the blink of an eye, more than 100 goodwill soldiers have fallen on the cliff, under the cliff, ladders are erected in rows, more and more Han soldiers climb up.
The soldiers of the Goodwill Army finally lost hope completely. One of the soldiers screamed and slashed his head in half. This sparked despair among the other Goodwill Army soldiers, many of whom committed suicide, while others rushed straight to the cliff, and on the edge of the cliff, the Goodwill soldiers jumped down the cliff like fallen leaves.
"Order, those who surrender will not be killed!" Bai Buxin was frightened by these soldiers who were bent on death, and he didn't want to be a hot hand slaughterer, so he hurriedly gave the order. But the soldiers of the Good Friendship Army ignored it and continued to commit suicide in a frenzy.
In fact, the reason is very simple, as Han people, they recognize thieves as their fathers and become traitors, and they are enemies of their own compatriots, even if they don't believe in Bai and don't kill them, will others let them go? Even if the other Han people let them go for the sake of their compatriots, will the Jin people take them in again? Once they fail, the Han people will not stay, and the Jin people will not accept it, can they still live again? Therefore, although Bai Buxin sent people to shout surrender and not kill, and even ordered to pull some soldiers who wanted to commit suicide, in the end all efforts were in vain, and it didn't take long for there to be no longer a living Goodwill Army soldier at the defense line.
Bai Buxin stood on the fourth layer of defense and looked back, the corpses were strewn on the hillside, and the blood flowed down the hillside like a stream. The battle was not long, but it was only about half an hour, but the Han army suffered thousands of casualties, and none of the soldiers of the Goodwill Army who defended here survived.
It is said that when scolding some brutal people, they are often said to be "human-faced beasts", but I wonder what kind of beast is so ferocious and will kill each other on such a large scale? When it comes to ferociousness, if human beings claim to be second, absolutely no other species dares to say that they are first!
He couldn't bear to look any longer, he looked around and called a centurion to order: "Lead a hundred-man team to the enemy camp, tell the rest of the people---- if there are any people left, just say that the Han army only needs the head of their general, as long as the others do not resist, the Han army will not kill innocents indiscriminately." Wei Qing happened to come to Bai Buxin's side, and when he heard Bai Buxin's order, he hurriedly added on the side: "For those who fully obey the orders of the Han army, the Han army will protect their safety." ”
"Order." The centurion bowed and agreed, "I'll go, but I personally don't think there are innocents among them." ”
Bai Buxin waved his hand. He didn't want to discuss it with the centurion. Now let's solve the problem at hand.
Everyone watched as the hundred-man team crossed the fifth layer of fortifications without hindrance, and it seemed that there was not a single soldier alive in the Goodwill Army. The hundred-man squad disappeared into the corner of the hill and made their way to the enemy camp in search of the remnants of the goodwill soldiers.
Wei Qing looked at Bai Buxin and said in a low voice, "This thing is a bit strange. ”
"What's strange?" Bai Buxin's heart was a little hanging. If Wei Qing wants to say that things are strange, then there must be something unreasonable.
"Look at their big camp", Wei Qing pointed to the big camp of the Goodwill Army not far away, "Judging from the number of camp tents, the number of defenders should not be only so many now, this is their last line of defense, I don't know why they didn't send all their forces in such an important place?" Wei Qing frowned, as if he was talking to himself.
Bai Bu was shocked in confidence, and said in a lost voice: "Could it be that they still have an ambush?" ”
Wei Qing shook his head: "No." Instead of lying in ambush in the back, it is better to increase the strength of the defense here, such a simple truth, they will not be unclear. ”
"I'll send someone to support the hundred-man team in front", Bai didn't believe it and didn't dare to be careless, since there is such a strangeness, it is better to be guarded than not to be prepared.
Bai Buxin was about to give an order, but he saw the centurion who had just sent the outpost and led the soldiers back, as if he had not encountered the enemy at all.
"What's going on?" Bai Bu was strange in his faith, and did not wait for the centurion to come near and raise his voice to ask.
The centurion's face was pale, and he walked as if his legs were weak, and several soldiers behind him suddenly threw up vomiting while leaning on the trees next to him.
"No more surrenders, General Bai." There was a tremor in the centurion's voice, "All the people in the enemy camp, both officers and soldiers, have committed suicide en masse in the camp, and the camp is full of corpses!" ”
Bai Buxin and Wei Qing froze at the same time.
It turned out that these people saw that the Han army had broken through, and they knew that it was useless to rush up to defend again, so they simply committed suicide collectively.
"Set fire, burn down the camp, clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the people will go down the mountain." Bai Buxin ordered slowly, and there was no excitement in his tone.
They were indeed victorious, and looking back, it was a great victory to take the mountain at the cost of a thousand men. However, they did not kill a single Jin person, and all they killed were Han Chinese. Although these Han people have become the lackeys of the Jin people, the Han people are Han people, and they are not Jin people after all. This battle is a fight between the Han people and the Han people, even if they win, where is the joy? Brothers cannibalizing each other, attacking each other, is the most tragic thing in the world, where can we be happy?
Everyone turned around and went down the mountain, and behind Bai Buxin, there was the voice of Pang Tong angrily scolding Qin Shubao for being a madman.
Everyone came to Wu Ming's big tent to hand over the order, and Wu Ming's face was not too excited. However, the reason why Wu Ming was unhappy was not because of the killing of the Han people, but because he received two official letters in a row.
One was sent by the great Sima Xie Xuan, telling Wu Ming that the wire newspaper said that the Jin army was gathering a large number of ships, and about 100,000 troops were about to cross the river, and asked Wu Ming to attack the flank of the main force of the Jin army as soon as possible, and if he did not launch an attack, once the Jin army reinforcements arrived, the whole campaign might fail.
Wu Ming kept scolding in his stomach when he read this letter.
Who was it that fantasized about defeating the Jin Army in a war? He Wu Ming repeatedly opposed this kind of dry method, but whether it was Xie Sima, General Zhu Wei, the commander of the Middle Route Army, or Sun Ce, the commander of the Right Route Army, Fenwei General Sun Ce, none of them supported his views, but they were all elated, as if as long as they fought a battle, the Jin army would be completely defeated, and the Han Dynasty would be promoted to peace from then on. They didn't want to think about it, the advantage at that time was made by him Wu Ming, and the middle and right army could be said to be sitting back and enjoying their success, so who knew more about the situation of the Jin army? Several people united to oppose Wu Ming's proposition, making Wu Ming look like a coward. It's good now, seeing that the whole plan is about to fail, Xie Sima's white little hand turned, turning his hand into clouds and covering his hand into rain, putting this responsibility on his Wu Ming's head again. After a long time, it is his credit to succeed, and it is his responsibility to fail Wu Ming? Xie Sima's big move is really not covered, and he is worthy of being a veteran of officialdom.
The second letter made Wu Ming even more angry. This letter was actually written by Gu Huairen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and was thrown directly in front of him with an expedited 800 miles. There was nothing else in the letter, but it severely criticized Wu Ming for "fearing the enemy and war, and missing a good opportunity", and demanded that Wu Ming must pass through Suzaku Mountain within three days, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law!
Wu Ming was so angry that he almost tore up the letter.
This is a clear attempt to take revenge. Since he came to Vermilion Bird Mountain, he has to write a battle report every day to report to the top, no matter how bastard Gu Shangshu is, he will not be able to see so many battle reports, let alone not know how dangerous and difficult this Vermilion Bird Mountain is, in this case, he can still close his eyes and say that he is afraid of war, it can only be intentional. What does it mean to "miss a chance"? Where is this "opportunity"? Why don't you come and give me a chance to try it? Isn't this just trying to take this opportunity to borrow a knife to kill someone, you can't take this mountain for three days, and I just took up an official tone to remove you? The more Wu Ming thought about it, the more angry he became, and he bit his lips with hatred.
So although the left third team won this big victory, he could only force a smile.