Chapter 0918: The Death of Guishan
Nusha limped out of the tent, his right leg, more than twenty years ago, in order to protect an unknown soldier, was slashed, he took off his helmet, let his white hair dance messily in the wind, it looked extraordinarily desolate, always a straight body, at this moment also rickety down, bent over, with a spear, walked out.
Inside the city, it was already in tatters, and everywhere there were young soldiers sitting on the ground, they looked a little frightened, a little uneasy, holding the long knife in their hands tightly, and the clothes on their bodies had turned pitch black, clinging to their bodies, they had not changed their clothes for a long time, and even the food was gradually a little insufficient, and they could not eat enough.
In this case, there was still no one in the city to vent their dissatisfaction, and there was no mutiny, all because of Nusha's amazing prestige among the soldiers, Nusha looked at these people one by one, and with his gaze, the soldiers stood up one by one, bent down and saluted him, Nusha looked at these young people, and his heart was also in sharp pain, what was the use of continuing to insist?
The king of Kushan has surrendered, and the Kushan has perished.
No matter how much he insisted, it was meaningless, and even, the surrender of King Guishan made the sacrifice of tens of thousands of soldiers who died here meaningless, for a while, the old general was a little confused, he lost his faith, looking at the uneasiness on the faces of these young people, listening to the groans of those seriously injured soldiers, he turned his head in pain.
He didn't know how to announce the news of the Kushan King to these people.
After hesitating for a long time, Nusha still opened his eyes, he looked at everyone calmly, and said, "Warriors... The war is coming to an end. ”
"What?!" , everyone's eyes widened, in disbelief, the war is over? Is the Han army going back? Finally waiting for this day? The eyes of these people were full of hope, and some of them even cried, looking at their eyes, Nusha said seriously: "Yes, our king negotiated with the Han army, and finally decided to end this war... You can all go back to farming..."
"Great!! All right!! ”
Everyone roared, hugged each other, cried with joy, and talked about the situation in their hometown, Nusha looked at this excited face, the joy in his heart was uncontrollable, and finally, he also showed a long-lost smile, he looked at everyone, waved his hand, and said: "You wait here, I'm going to go to the general of the Han army to talk about your home..."
"In the future, you will be able to farm well."
"General? Will you be our lord? You promised us to be our lord! ”
"Yes, this lord, only the general can be the general, and we are willing to shepherd the general!"
Nusha's body trembled, but he didn't say anything, just smiled, and asked the soldiers to move away the debris blocking the city gate, and then took the young man from the court, the deputy general, and the three of them walked out of the city gate, and walked towards the Han army camp, and walked for a while, Nusha stopped and said to the deputy general beside him: "You better go back, if I don't come back this time, you can open the city gate yourself... Don't resist. ”
"But... Checkmate.. This..."
"Listen to me."
"Respectfully!" The lieutenant saluted him before turning to leave.
Nusha took the young man, step by step to the front of the Han army camp, the Han soldiers immediately set up a yellow crossbow, aimed at them, Nusha did not have the slightest panic on his face, just walked towards them step by step, the soldiers seemed to recognize him, and hurriedly sent someone to inform the general, when Nusha came to the front of the tent, he finally stopped, observing the fortress-like tent in front of him.
The crossbow arrows flashing with cold light in the hands of those soldiers also made him very curious, he was not like a prisoner who had come to surrender, but like a tourist who came to visit, curiously looking at all this around, just looking at it, the door of the tent suddenly opened, and the bearded general that Nusha was familiar with, also with a young man, himself without armor, walked out like this.
Nusha looked at this man, his eyes were full of approval, this bearded general, was the bravest man Nusha had ever seen, he had seen this man kill at least twenty soldiers on the city wall, and he still had the strength to spare, he had also fought with this man, when the spear collided with the spear, he knew that he was by no means this person's opponent, this man was tall and brave, if it weren't for the war, Nusha felt that he would definitely become friends with this person.
Guan Yu was also looking at the old horseman in front of him, this old horseman, but he was deeply impressed, Guan Yu had never met such a tough person as him, he was so old, lame, and could even knock down seven or eight northern soldiers, which made Guan Yu admire him very much, he squinted his eyes, but in his heart he had some understanding of why he came.
King Guishan surrendered, this news, he knew that it was earlier than Nusha, and even, the young man who reported to Nusha was only put into the city at his signal, so at this moment, Nuxia came alone, and it was very likely that he was going to surrender to the big man, which made Guan Yu feel a little complicated, on the one hand, he really wanted to compete with this old man, on the other hand, he also wanted the big man to be able to get the loyalty of this old man.
In the battle of Kushan, some people are staring at the land, some people are staring at the population, but Guan Yu is eyeing this old horseman, he is a handsome talent, a general, even among the generals of the Han Dynasty, it is not inferior at all, Guan Yu was about to let the translator on the side open his mouth to translate, but Nusha said: "You don't need him to come... I could say a few words as well..."
Guan Yu was stunned, "Oh? Your Excellency can speak a good word? ”
"Ten years ago, the old man saw that the crisis in the future of Guishan must have come from Han, and I learned a lot of things... Your language, your history... You have a saying that if you want to defeat your enemy, you have to understand your enemy, right? Nuxia asked with a smile, Guan Yu stroked his beard, nodded, and said, "Your Excellency is really admirable, I don't know if you have any advice for coming this time?" ”
"I'm here to surrender... Our king has surrendered, I came this time, just to ask Your Excellency, can spare the names of the 30,000 soldiers in my city, if Your Excellency can agree, I will immediately order the city gate to be opened...", Nu Xia said, his eyes were also a little gloomy, Guan Yu did not question him, if he is unwilling, what can you do, he still respects this old general in his heart.
"Okay, General Nu can surrender, I am very welcome, you can rest assured, I will never kill innocents indiscriminately!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency." As soon as his legs bent down, Guan Yu stepped forward and dragged him down, the old general raised his head in surprise, Guan Yu shook his head and said, "It doesn't have to be like this." Guan Yu dragged Nu Xia up, and then said: "My Han Emperor has always respected talents, and Your Excellency's talent is enough even in the Northern and Southern Army... Perhaps, the general will be my colleague in the future. ”
Nusha smiled and didn't reply, but asked, "Then can you hand over the city now?" ”
"Good!" , Guan Yu replied cleanly, Nuxia sent the young man, and the northern army also sent people to go, under the order of the young man, the deputy general led the soldiers out of the city gate, and the soldiers looked very happy, even if the Han army took away their ordnance, the Han army looked at them, and felt a little strange in their hearts, the people who died in the country, can they be so happy?
Nuxia had been watching the soldiers of the Northern Army arrange these Guishuang soldiers, and then Guan Yu took them to his camp tent, and the two talked about the war, "This time, the general dragged us for two years, completely disrupting our idea of a quick victory... Even I was insulted by the court, saying that I was too old to win even a few tens of thousands of remnants..."
Guan Yu said with a smile, Nusha shook his head, and said: "Nai, I have been playing before, saying that you will definitely attack, my proposal is that the gap between the national strength of the two sides is too much, and you must be prepared to defend to the death, it is best to hand over the high attachment to me, let me be in charge of a group of elites, and stick here, as long as you have no food baggage, it will be considered a victory."
"Oh, the king doesn't trust him... He arranged a lot of miscellaneous soldiers, but he disrupted my deployment, did not pay the soldiers, and sent several big nobles to restrain me and supervise me... I already knew that Gao Fu would not be able to hold it, so I built the city of Rosstoor in advance... And there is an elite army of soldiers around here..."
"The old general is talented, but it's a pity that I didn't meet the master."
The old general seemed to be reminiscing, and said with a smile: "There are also Ming Lords, and more than seventy years ago, I also met Ming Lords..."
"Huh? Seventy years ago? Old general, you this year... How long is it? ”
"Six out of eighty."
"What??" , Guan Yu was really shocked this time, his eyes widened, he saw that the person in front of him would be older than himself, but he didn't expect that he would be so old, this has already lived to a human being, Guan Yu subconsciously put on some respect, as a Han person, the idea of respecting the old is still relatively strong.
The two have been talking, chatting about this war, both of them have gained a lot, and then Guan Yu took him to visit some of the Han army's ordnance, and even the construction of camp tents, weekday drills, etc., Nusha was shocked by these things, and it was not unreasonable to think that he had failed, so nearly half a month passed, and the captured soldiers were also sent back to their hometowns, and the Han no longer pursued their former identities.
In the past half a month, Guan Yu and Nuxia can be said to have a very happy conversation, chatting very happily, Guan Yu has already treated this old man as his confidant, the old man told Guan Yu a lot of things, especially for the rest on the side, the old general was very disdainful, and told Guan Yu a lot of methods for the rest of the war, in the past, the king of peace of rest had brought people to crusade against Guishuang, the old general personally led the team, and the king of peace who killed was almost laid to rest on the spot.
According to him, he only led 3,000 warriors to storm from the flank, penetrating the opponent's formation of 60,000 men, and the king of Anshan was so frightened that he turned around and ran, and Kushan also occupied a lot of land in peace.
Another night, Guan Yu and Nu Xia were chatting in the tent, and the candles on the side were constantly flickering.
"Immortality..."
"What's wrong? Don't you want to go with me to see Zhuge Linggong? I assure you, he will not be rude to the general. ”
"I want to ask you for something."
"General, please."
"Would you please fight me?"
"Huh? Is the general going to fight me? ”
"No, let's all use long knives and fight a battle..", the old general said with a smile on his face, "I want to die at the hands of my most respected enemy." ”
Guan Yu looked at him sluggishly and sighed helplessly.
"General, you are a good general, why don't you choose a virtuous monarch and sacrifice for a fool?"
"I'm not here for that stupid... If one day, Kushan invades your kingdom, and your emperor is equally incompetent, will you surrender to Kushan? Nusha asked with a smile.
"I see."
.........
In the battlefield, Guan Yu was holding a long knife, dressed neatly, looking at Nusha in front of him, Nusha was also holding a long knife, naked upper body, the emaciated, scarred rickety figure, at this moment it looked so tall, "Kill!" The old general roared angrily, limped towards Guan Yu, and slashed at Guan Yu's head with the long knife in his hand.
For a while, Guan Yu raised the long knife, blocked the blow, and kicked the old general's abdomen, the old general took a step back, dodged the attack, and the long knife in his hand slashed towards Guan Yu again, and the two slashed at each other for a while, regardless of up and down, and the old general did his best every time, becoming more and more difficult, as for Guan Yu, he has always been at ease.
After fighting for a long time, finally, Nuxia no longer had the strength, he started a little slower, Guan Yu had already seen his flaws, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab his forearm, and the long knife in the other hand stabbed directly into his heart.
The old general's white beard was gradually dyed with scarlet blood, and he stood like that, blood kept coming out of his heart, and Guan Yu's entire arm was dyed red.
The old general slowly raised his head and looked at the sky in the distance.
"Expensive... Guishan.. Hooray.."