Chapter 637: Swear to Survive Together
Before victory on the battlefield, the laughter of the soldiers was always short-lived, and the midday break did not last too long, and the coalition army attacked with all their might, and taking Mengjin now became their only wish, fierce and bloody battles were staged in every part of the position, either kill all the enemies in front of you, or die at their hands, and the soldiers on both sides have no third way to go! This time, Gao Ran invested two non-commissioned soldiers in a company to repel the enemy's attack at dusk, and the front of the Tiger Guard Battalion was full of corpses of allied soldiers, and now they had no heart to restrain them, and would only continue to attack.
There were still a lot of soldiers talking in the open space at night, but the atmosphere was obviously not as active as at noon, and the fierce fighting throughout the day made them all a little tired, and the few Tiger Guard Battalion soldiers who kept asking about anecdotes in Zhang Eighteen's Army at noon were no longer visible, and their bodies were already entangled with the allied soldiers at this time! Zhang Eighteen's face is still as good as noon, he can't see any joy or sorrow, he has seen too many scenes of this kind, and the recruits under his command have also changed one stubble after another, this is the burden that soldiers are born to carry, you must learn to be indifferent!
Cui Hao was carried down in a coma, his right arm and left leg were passed by the enemy's spear, and a knife in the abdomen caused the intestines to flow out, but after stuffing it back, he continued to slash and kill. This is a cover operation, the object of cover is the archers of the White Tiger Battalion who are about to retreat on the high ground, Cui Hao led his team of 100 and four or five times the enemy army to fight, and finally under the continuous reinforcement of the other party, a hundred Goryeo soldiers were all wiped out, he was rescued by the soldiers brought by Huang Qun at the moment before he swung his knife to kill himself, and then lost consciousness.
The few soldiers who seem to be questioning and the unconscious Cui Hao are by no means a few officers and soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion, the coalition forces are already desperate, even if it is two for one and three for one, they are not afraid of heavy casualties, but they are afraid that they will not be able to rush the Meng Jin guarded by the Tiger Guard Battalion in front of them, due to the excellent performance of the White Tiger Xuanwu Second Battalion in the morning, the casualties of the Tiger Guard Battalion today are smaller than yesterday, but Gao Ran's face is becoming more and more solemn, and the troops in his hands are less than ten thousand at this time, This is still the number after adding the Second Battalion of the White Tiger Xuanwu and more than 2,000 lightly injured people.
Two days, in two full days, more than half of the 30,000 soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion were killed and wounded, it was the first time in Gao Lan's more than ten years of military camp career, and this battle would soon continue, he didn't know how long he could support it with the remaining strength in his hands, two days? Or a day? The only thing that made him happy was that under this level of casualties, the morale of the Tiger Guard Battalion had not been reduced at all, and yesterday there were still some captains who said in front of him that the casualties were too large, but today they could not hear this kind of voice, and those faces with tired faces had extremely firm eyes, and the battle had reached this point, and the casualties were only numbers.
"Lord Jun Jian, the thief army has been attacking our formation for nearly twenty-five hours, and now more than half of the casualties in the army are still there, but the morale of the army is still there, and the army has decided to lead the Tiger Guard Battalion soldiers to fight to the death and not retreat, in order to repay the virtue of the lord and the princess, this letter has no other intentions, and the current offensive of the thief army is still continuous, and the thief army is still on the offensive at the moment, and he can desperately defend it for three days, but he is afraid that the overall situation of the lord will be hindered. As a general, Gao Ran is not afraid of fighting and dying with his subordinates here, the military order given to him by the lord is to defend here, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still has to tell the lord the actual information here, and there is no request for reinforcements in the letter, everything is submitted to the lord for decision.
"You send this letter to the lord's camp as soon as possible, all the seriously wounded must be withdrawn tonight, Captain Yang, I and your five hundred lightly wounded soldiers escorted the wounded soldiers to retreat, and we will do everything we can to save the lives of these brothers, you don't have to turn back after you get to Qingli, presumably this move by Gao is not a violation of the military order, and the rest of the people must not take half a step back until they die in battle, otherwise they will be punished according to the escape from the battle!" Gao Ran first handed over the letter to the messenger and sent it away, and then he said categorically.
"No, we are all willing to live and die with the general!" Several captains are in unison at this time, and many of them who are leading the front line are also slightly injured at this time, and when they hear Gao Ran's words, they know that the general has made up his mind, and retreating is by no means the style of the Tiger Guard Battalion, even if they die in battle, they will bite off a piece of meat from the coalition army, Captain Yang is the most seriously injured among the people, and all the wounded soldiers he took away, he will not violate the military order of the lord to fight to the death, and Gao Ran will also leave some seeds for the whole battalion.
"Why did you let me lead my army back? General, I, Yang Ping, have not flinched from the battle since I joined the Tiger Guard Battalion, and now the general lives and dies with all my comrades, how can I leave me alone, and I implore the general to change the leader of the army to others, and several of my military marquis are enough to take this position. Yang Ping couldn't help but look red when he heard this, and knelt down in front of Gao Ran in front of him regardless of the injuries around him, and said excitedly, at this time, blood continued to flow out of his right shoulder and legs, staining the white cloth red.
"Captain Yang, I want to ask you, what is the crime of not respecting the orders of the lord in wartime? Say! Gao Ran looked at Yang Ping, who was kneeling down in front of him, but asked coldly, and finally drank even more!
"According to the law, cut and decide!" At this moment, Yang Ping's voice trembled slightly, not because he was afraid of military law, but because he already knew the intention of Gao Yan's question!
"If you don't go, you will be punished according to disobedience, and I will kill you here tonight!" Get out of here, get out of here, come on, put Captain Yang down for me, take the wounded and set off immediately! Gao Ran's words almost burst out from between his teeth, and as soon as he finished speaking, two guards stepped forward to set up Yang Ping, but at this time, Yang Ping broke free from the arms of the two, gave Gao Ran and the rest of the lieutenants a big salute, and then got up and left, until he disappeared into the darkness and did not look back.
"I will not give up, I am willing to live and die with you, from this moment on, there will be no reinforcements in the positions guarded by the various armies, if you go first, you will definitely come later, bring me wine." Gao Ran watched Yang Ping's figure disappear before he clasped his hands into fists and saluted his lieutenants, his current move was to fight the enemy, unless the coalition forces could kill all the Tiger Guard Battalion soldiers here, otherwise he would not want to pass through Meng Jin, this is also his most effective hand.
The captain's face was solemn and did not say much, General Gao's move was to exchange the lives of the soldiers for the time to block the attack in order to facilitate the lord to complete the final layout, and the two guards who heard Gao Lan's words were a little hesitant at first, as if they wanted to speak, but in the end they turned around and left, the prohibition of alcohol is the lord's military order, and it is necessary to be punished if it is violated, but at this time, General Gao's heart to fight to the death has been down, but it is not too excessive, and after a while, the two of them brought two jars of wine and a stack of wine bowls, which were sent by the people of Sizhou when they were working in the army. I didn't expect it to come in handy at this point.
Gao Ran poured a full bowl of wine for his lieutenants one by one, and then poured himself a full bowl and said loudly in the air: "Listen to all colleagues!" When everyone heard this, they did not hesitate to drink all the wine in their bowls, and after the general of Daosheng cherished it, they went to their respective camps, and less than half an hour after they left, there was a loud shout of killing in front of them again......
The Tiger Guard Battalion desperately blocked the nearly 200,000 troops of the coalition army in Mengjin for two days, paying more than half of the casualties and huge casualties of the enemy, and their death battle won enough time for the other battalions of Liu Yi's army, at this time Zhang Liao, Yan Gang, Fan Chou and other generals led their headquarters to reach the attack position, and Zhang Hu's army from Luoyang was only less than thirty miles away from the rear of the coalition army.
In the dark night, the two knights came quickly, and the sentry guarding the gate immediately stepped forward to greet and check, "This is the lord's handwritten letter, quickly ask General Zhang Wenyuan to come and receive the order." When the galloping soldier arrived at the front of the camp, he flew off his horse, holding up a bronze medal indicating his identity in his left hand, and a scroll of letters in his right hand.
The messenger was already sweating profusely at this time, and his fatigue was revealed, and he thought that he had come all the way without stopping, and he was still trying to cheer himself up. The sentry checked the bronze medal in his hand and confirmed that it was correct, and immediately asked people to fetch water and use it, and the soldier hung the bronze medal on his waist, passed the water and drank it with his head up, drank half a bag, and handed it to the person behind him.
After a while, Zhang Liao had already run out of the camp, and when he saw this, he immediately waved back left and right, and he bowed down in front of the messenger and said: "Yanyun Battalion commander Zhang Liao receives the order of the lord's army!" ”
"Ordered Zhang Wenyuan to lead the Wuhuan Hun cavalry to the area of Juxian to hide before Shen Shi tomorrow, and at night when he saw the fire in the south, he divided his troops into two roads and attacked it on the side of the avenue! This order must not be violated. The messenger immediately opened the epistle in his hand and read it.
"Zhang Liao received the order, he didn't dare to disobey, and he would go to Ju County before the time of application tomorrow." Zhang Liao said in a deep voice that he received the military order from the hands of the soldiers, and the book on it was also written by the master.
"The military order has arrived, and I have to return to the camp to hand over the order, General Zhang will leave!" After the soldier gave the order, he saluted Zhang Liao, got on his horse with his companions, and galloped away again.
"Order the whole army, pack up immediately, and set off for Ju County in an hour!" Zhang Liao turned around and walked to the front of the village and said loudly, and immediately there were guards to deliver messages to the various armies.
"I ordered General Fan to personally lead the state battalion and the whole army of Mao Zheng tomorrow, and when he saw the arrows from the north, he would attack the left flank of the coalition army, and the offensive should not be halted at all.
"Fan Chou, the commander of the state battalion, received the order, and he must attack it with all his strength tomorrow."
"Order General Yan to personally lead the White Horse Battalion and the whole army of Tomorrow Mao Zheng to dispatch, and when he sees the arrows in the north, he will rush to kill the right flank of the coalition army with all his might, and the offensive needs to be as fast as thunder, this order must not be violated!"
"Returning to the lord, rest assured, the commander of the White Horse Battalion, Yan Gang, swore to lead his troops to defeat the enemy army.
The same scene is also staged in Fan Chou's Bingzhou camp, Yan Gang's white horse camp, and at the same time, Zhang Hu's tent is also brightly lit, and the officers above the lieutenant colonel are here to listen to the order, Zhang Hu pointed to the map, and everyone was also excited and expectant, after being busy for a long time, the lord is finally going to do something to the main force of the coalition army, and tomorrow will be the decisive battle!