Chapter 15: A Silent Farewell
In the mountains, the faint clouds and mist are like a fairyland, but full of depression.
Until noon, the raids of the Xiongnu army became more and more frequent, perhaps realizing the weakness of the Han army's resistance.
Ruoyao stood on the top of the mountain for a long time, and her eyes kept staring at the hundreds of wounded soldiers at the mouth of the cave.
When Wei Qing is here, these wounded soldiers can still be brought, after all, there are many people who can protect them.
Regardless of whether to break through or not, the final outcome of this group of wounded soldiers is tragic, and there is no one.
"Ruo girl, a large number of Huns are gathering in the mountains." Wang Qilin looked very pessimistic: "The bows, crossbows and arrows are almost exhausted, it looks like they are going to grab the mountain, how can this be good?" ”
Ruoyao took a deep breath, and there was only one way: "Wait another hour, break through!" ”
Wang Qilin pointed to the wounded soldiers at the entrance of the cave: "Then, what should they do?" ”
"There's no way." Ruoyao's eyes were firm: "I know it's too cruel to tell them the truth, but I don't have a choice." ”
Wang Qilin had mixed feelings in his heart, although he only joined the Qimen Army later, but after all, after so many years, most of these soldiers were trained by him, and some of them were personally recruited by him from the frontier.
Seeing that Wang Qilin was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, Ruoyao took his sword and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
"What are you doing?" Wang Qilin was frightened, he knew what Ruoyao was going to say.
Ruoyao turned to look at the bearded man: "There is no second way to go, I suspect that Yi Zhixian will not be fooled, they will attack soon." After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the entrance of the cave without hesitation.
Wang Ergou's death made everyone's care for the wounded soldiers more meticulous, and although this cave is not big, it is a safe haven.
Seeing Ruoyao coming, some of the wounded soldiers were holding the shrinking spears in their hands, and some of them were swarming over with the support of their companions.
General Wei's vice president is coming, and General Wei, who attacked the royal court, should also fight back, or have something to say.
"Ruo girl, is the general coming back?" One of the wounded soldiers looked slightly agitated.
Ruoyao turned her head to look at Wang Qilin, who was standing at the entrance of the cave and didn't dare to come in, but she didn't know how to speak.
The soldiers seemed to see something from the faces of Ruoyao and Wang Qilin: "Did the Huns attack?" After speaking, he turned his head excitedly to look around at the other wounded soldiers and said loudly: "Although we are missing arms and legs, we can still draw bows and shoot arrows." ”
"It's not." Ruoyao said lightly: "They can't come back." ”
Ruoyao's words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the wounded soldiers were stunned for a moment, and if they couldn't come back, the raid failed?
"General Wang, General Wang." The wounded soldier shouted twice at the entrance of the cave and bowed his head stupidly, and from Wang Qilin's reaction and state, everyone seemed to understand something, and they all fell silent.
Ruoyao understood everyone's mood at the moment: "We are ready to break through in an hour." "Shut up, Ruoyao really doesn't know how to say it, do you want to tell them to abandon them?
The wounded soldiers were a little depressed, and their faces became stiff.
"They are all good sons of big men, what are you afraid of." Wang Qilin suddenly walked briskly from the entrance of the cave with full confidence: "It's all two shoulders and one head, our Qimen Army used to be His Majesty's personal guard, who have you been afraid of?" ”
"Nope!" The wounded soldiers suddenly replied loudly.
Wang Qilin's eyes were red, and he could clearly see crystal clear tears rolling in his eyes: "Brothers, from the moment we entered the Period Gate Army, General Wei taught us not to be afraid of death, only if we are not afraid of death, the enemy will be timid." ”
"General, needless to say, thank you, thank you General Wei, we are all orphans, if it wasn't for the general to take us in, we would have starved to death in the wilderness." The wounded soldier was full of tears: "It is an honor for us to fight side by side with our brothers. ”
is about to break through, and everyone knows what is going on behind these wounded soldiers, and talking too much will affect morale.
Wang Qilin raised his fist and slapped the chests of several wounded soldiers one by one: "Don't talk about it, they are all good men, and they will do what General Wei teaches on weekdays." After speaking, he asked loudly, "Do you understand?" ”
"No!" The wounded soldiers replied with rage that shook the whole cave.
Wang Qilin still couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes: "Brothers, be good brothers in the next life." In order not to let the brothers see it, he turned around and walked towards the entrance of the cave without hesitation.
There is no superfluous emotional color, but silence is better than sound, everyone understands in their hearts, this is their mission, this is the belonging of soldiers, and this is the phased ending of the period gate army.
Wang Qilin left all the bows and arrows for more than 900 wounded soldiers who could not walk, and all those who could walk brought crossbows.
Ruoyao walked to the commanding heights on the hillside, and saw that Wang Qilin was sad with his back to him: "I thought that you Qimen troops were a group of emotionless!" "In history, it is only mentioned that Wei Qing created the Period Gate Army, which was later changed to the Yulin Army.
Wang Qilin Chi Kun turned his head for a moment and comforted: "Don't think too much, this is their mission." ”
"I don't think much about it, after all, I've only known you for two days." Ruoyao was puzzled that Wang Qilin actually comforted her.
Wang Qilin shook his shoulders, looked at the mountain range in the distance with an expressionless face, and said: "I will take a thousand people to meet the enemy from the front, and you take the others to choose the weakest place to break through, and go all the way to the south, which is Shanggu County." ”
"Your arrangement is very good, and it seems that this girl will not survive tomorrow." Ruoyao sneered after speaking, Wang Qilin had no experience in grassland warfare after all: "If you divide the troops, no one will survive, and you can only go north." ”
"To the north?" Wang Qilin was puzzled.
Ruoyao took two steps forward: "The Hungarian-Han border is estimated to have been blocked by the Huns at this time, if there is no one in Shanggu County, the team of two thousand people is too big on the grassland, and it is very difficult to go back, of course, it may be too late to retreat a few days ago, and now that the Huns have reacted, how can they let go of the meat in their mouths?" ”
The sneak attack was successful and did not run, with the deepening of the Wei Qing attack, the time is getting longer and longer, the strategic whereabouts are gradually exposed, and the possibility of launching a surprise attack again is getting smaller and smaller, Yi Zhixian has ordered all tribes to be on strict alert while arranging the encirclement and annihilation, and more than a dozen Xiao Wang under King Zuo Xian also sent troops to seal and control the border, and the Wei Qing Legion was basically exposed to the grassland.
I have to say that Wei Qing's courage is indeed big, if he is a Xiongnu, who dares to go deep into the hinterland of the Han to plunder in the past hundred years? Of course, if there really was, he would have been surrounded by the guards and garrisons along the road, not to mention that Wei Qing had been in the hinterland of the grassland for nearly ten days, and he could be like a bamboo when he came, and he was afraid that it would be the autumn wind and falling leaves when he went back.
Wang Qilin frowned after hearing this: "If the general doesn't choose Dragon City, our army will be victorious without much loss." After speaking, he was a little helpless: "Hey, it's Dragon City, and the battle time has been pushed back by at least five days." ”
"So, we have no choice but to go north." Ruoyao's words were a little firm, first of all, she really wanted to see the Dragon City that only recorded its name in history but had no other information, and secondly, she really had no choice but to go north to converge.