Yang Qing shouted loudly, attracting Zhou Jin's attention, so he lowered his voice slightly and advised: "There will be soldiers, there will be generals, there will be soldiers, if the general abandons us and dies first, how can we escape?" Even if you are lucky enough to return, I am afraid that you will be punished for the crime of fleeing before the battle, you must know that military law does not tolerate mercy......"

There is indeed such a clause in the military law of the Pei family, above the self-platoon, in the time of war, if the general is killed, causing the team to collapse, those who come back alive are counted as deserters and must be punished. Of course, depending on the specific situation, the degree of punishment varies, and the average soldier is just locked up in a small black room, or whipped a few lashes—the lack of command and thus the defeat is a minor crime that can be forgiven. But the generals at all levels are according to their superiority, and the higher the position, the heavier the punishment, up to beheading—can't you take over the command in time? Escape from what?!

Yang Qing looked left and right, among the remaining hundreds of people, there was one ministry governor, one ministry supervisor, and none of the captains, so when the time came, he would be punished according to the law, and then he would behead two ministers and deputies first, and then it would be his turn, it would be impossible to just whip a few whips, right? And this time a battalion governor died, who knew that the governor would not be furious and behead all the soldiers who fled back to show the public?!

So he said, "If the general dies, we cannot steal our lives, or die at the hands of thieves, or starve to death in the mountains, or return and be executed, then the general will kill us!" ”

When Zhou Jin heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and the long knife in his hand slowly fell, but then he shook his whole body, and said with a straight face: "I am defeated today, and I have no face, are you still willing to follow?" ”

Yang Qing and everyone expressed their attitude, saying that we are willing to rush out with the general. The key Zhou Jin is their psychological support, if Zhou Jin dies, the two governors and deputy governors will not meet the expectations of the public, and it will be difficult to win the hearts of the people.

Zhou Jin gritted his teeth helplessly and said Okay, then let's rush out! Looking up at the Hu soldiers holding torches high in the valley, they were getting closer and closer......

In fact, when Li Jingnian was beating drums and shouting, he didn't know where Zhou Jin was - even he didn't know if it was Zhou Jin who led the remnants of the Jin army - but then he heard a shout from afar, what "general", what "cut us and the others to death", he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly led the army to chase after him.

It's a pity that the mountains are rugged, and when it's night, look not far away, rush over but there is no road, forced to go around in a circle to find the way up the mountain, see the Jin people who are chasing closer, send a round of arrows, shoot dead and wound several people, but then a dense forest appears in front of them, and the Jin people are gone. Li Jingnian was so anxious that he chased after the horse, but he didn't expect that Hu Ma was not used to walking on the mountain road and suddenly lost his front hooves, so he threw Li Jingnian down one by one, and rolled down the hillside......

The soldiers hurriedly came to the rescue, but fortunately, Li Jingnian only suffered some slight abrasions, but by the time the queue was reorganized, the Jin people had already fled without a trace.

However, in the previous round of arrows, one of them, coincidentally, hit Zhang Shen's heart, he stumbled, and he was about to fall, Yang Qing was next to him, and quickly held it, and then put Zhang Shen's arm on his shoulder.

Zhang Shen gritted his teeth and said, "Da damn, this arrow is very deep into the flesh, I'm afraid I won't survive...... Platoon commander, put me down, don't drag ...... for the general"

Yang Qingxin said, "Are you afraid of dragging the general down, aren't you afraid of dragging me down?" But he refused to let go, and said, "I am the only one in my platoon, and you are the only one now, so you should cheer up, and when you get rid of the pursuers, you will be wounded." The big rivers are coming, how can they capsize in a small ditch? Thou art this ...... When the mouth of death is spoken, I listen to it very interestingly, but I can't bear it. ”

Zhang Shen suddenly laughed and said, "I knew that the platoon commander was a disaster, and the platoon you led had already been destroyed once, and there was no second time?" Sure enough......"

Yang Qing reprimanded: "It's obviously the whole row of your curse, and you are the disaster star!" ”

Zhang Shen said: "I curse the whole platoon, why is the battalion defeated...... My life is cheap, and I will not have such power. It's the platoon commander, if you don't die in many disasters, there will be a blessing in the future......" The voice became lower and lower, and finally his head hung down and he didn't move anymore.

Yang Qing couldn't help but tears in his eyes, blurring his vision. He looked up, Zhou Jin led the soldiers to still find a way to escape, he fell at the end of the team, in desperation, he was forced to leave Zhang Shen, seeing that Zhang Shen's eyes were still not closed, so he stretched out his hand to close it. Then he shook Zhang Shen's corpse and swore to the sky:

"My platoon, since the ferry, has died nearly a hundred times in a few days...... Many of them are names that I don't remember. Only you Zhang Shen, I have written down the name, if you have a spirit in the sky, you must bless me not to die, if I do not die, I will kill on another day...... No, twice as much Huko, avenge you! The sky is above, violating this oath, let me shoot arrows through my heart, and throw my body into the wilderness, with no place to bury! ”

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After Liu Ji entered Xiayang City, he summoned Li Jingnian to meet him, but he was nowhere to be found, and sent someone to inquire, saying that he was going to chase Zhou Jin, and couldn't help but be furious: "Without my life, how dare you dare to do it?!" When it was almost dawn, Li Jingnian returned, and Liu Ji asked him with a cold face: "Where is Zhou Jin?" ”

Li Jingnian knelt on the ground and reported: "Zhou Jin fled very quickly, and the last general failed to catch up, so he only killed dozens of Jin soldiers and offered the first to offer." Liu Ji copied the whip on the spot, and shouted angrily: "Without my order, I dare to act recklessly, if I can capture or kill Zhou Jin, I can still atone for the crime, and now I will sacrifice the head of the pawn, do you have no fun for me?!" ”

He neither captured Zhou Jin, nor was he able to seize Xia Yang's grain stockpile, and he had no way to vent the evil fire in his belly, and just ordered that thousands of people who had captured Xia Yang, regardless of the army and civilians, be buried alive, and he was still angry, so he happened to take Li Jingnian to spread fire. At that moment, the whip fell like rain, and Li Jingnian even shattered his armor, and the flesh and blood on his back were blurred.

It was only after Bu Draw that he persuaded Liu Ji to stop, and Li Jingnian was not beaten to death. Immediately, Liu Ji threw his whip to the ground and said: "Cheap Hu and guard Xiayang for me, and continuously transport grain and straw from Hedong, which is stored here as my foundation." If there is any further mistake, it will not be spared! ”

Li Jingnian endured the pain and kowtowed to receive his life. Liu Jixuan said to Bu Xuan: "You can gather troops and horses immediately and go south to aid His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Ignoring the fatigue of the sleepless soldiers, he marched out of the city in a hurry, and arrived at the camp of the Hu army just after noon. Liu Cang and others heard that Xia Yang had conquered, and the back road was worry-free, and Liu Ji led his troops to join him, and they were all very happy, and the news spread, and the whole army cheered, and the voice of "long live" continued for a long time.

On the opposite side, the Jin camp found out the movement of the Hu people, and came to report to Pei Gai and Tao Kan, Tao Kan couldn't help but sigh: "I'm afraid it's Xia Yang...... Taken prisoner. Pei Gai frowned and said: "Xiayang Lonely City, it is difficult to defend it for a long time, but I don't know what happened to Zhou Jin and the others...... In fact, he had already sent someone to detour to the mountains and go to Xiayang a few days ago, and ordered Zhou Jin to temporarily abandon it if he saw that the situation was difficult, so as to preserve the vitality. I don't know if this letter was delivered, whether Zhou Jin took the initiative to abandon the city, or was Xia Yang broken by Hu Bing......

Tao Kan said: "Don't worry about Zhou Jin first, think about me first...... Since the Hu army has Xiayang, its momentum is even stronger, there is no shortage of grain transportation, and the morale will also rise, while our army has been defending for several days, but it is exhausted. If Liu Cang raises the whole army to attack again, I'm afraid it will ......"

The offensive and defensive battles have always been fierce, and the number of Hu troops is more than three times that of the Jin army, even if Liu Yetang and Pei Gai come to help, they cannot eliminate this basic gap. Especially before this afternoon, Liu Cang changed his tactics and no longer launched an all-round rapid offensive, but repeatedly attacked the left flank of the Jin army with the method of wheel warfare, and Tao Kan transferred almost all the reserve forces - except for Pei Gai's troops, Tao Kan resolutely left 500 people still - which barely maintained the defensive line.

Because Tao Shixing commanded properly and dispatched correctly, the number of casualties on both sides was roughly the same in the few days of the engagement. However, the Hu army was 60,000, and the loss of three or four thousand was fine, and the Jin army was less than 20,000, and the casualty ratio of these three or four thousand was nearly 20%. The organization of the army in the era of cold weapons is generally poor - even if Pei Gai applied a lot of organizational structures in later generations, coupled with repeated brainwashing, it is impossible to train a new army beyond the era within a few years - generally two percent of the casualties in the battle will be at most three percent, and the army will collapse, and the Jin army can hold on to this day, which is already remarkable.

However, after all, it can't last long, Tao Kan estimated that if he killed or seriously injured about a thousand people like this, even if he couldn't hold the team, if he was broken by the Hu army, the whole army would be defeated. Therefore, he discussed with Pei Gai and said that we did not plan to completely defeat the Hu army here, but only to delay time so that the troops and horses scattered on all sides could come together. It's been the sixth day, it's almost over, and it's time to leave.

Pei Gai shook his head and said, "No, it will take ten days to wait for Guo Mo to come...... If the Hu army is let into peace, I am afraid that most of the fields will be ravaged by it, and the people will also suffer misfortune, and the morale of the army will be difficult to shake up! ”

Tao Kan persuaded and said: "For the way of the general, when you advance, you will advance, and when you retreat, you will retreat, you can still talk about the morale of the army, if you worry too much about the people, you will be defeated." And now in Feng Yi's territory, many people have entered the cantonments, and the autumn grain has been harvested, and I have ordered them to be all included in the cities, so as not to be plundered by the Hu soldiers......"

Pei Gai said: "There are still 12 out of 10 farmers who are self-farming, how can we not consider them? If I can't protect the people, why did I raise this army?! ”

Tao Kan pointed to the map and said: "Da Sima come to see, we can retreat to Haoyang, then Liu Cang will inevitably come to surround it, even if the troops are divided and swept around, they will not dare to go far." If the partial division is sent to the west, Guo Mo and others will come together, and it will be broken just - you can also order the troops of the north to garrison Pinyang, so that the soldiers of Qinzhou will enter Dali, Lianlao, and Chongquan, and form a net on three sides to restrain Hu Shi. If it is successful, it is not as good as New Year's Day, and Liu Cang must retreat, I will chase after him, and Xia Yang can also be recovered, so only Feng Yi and the county will be trampled by it. Otherwise, if the army is defeated here, then I am afraid that Haoyang will not be able to defend, Liu Cang can use it as a basis to go south to Weishui, then Chang'an is in danger! Da Sima thought twice. ”

Pei Cai stroked his beard and pondered for a long time, but finally shook his head and said, "Tao Jun has a very good plan, but although we retreat, Guo Mo, Zhen Sui and others may not be able to come immediately...... And it is better to refuse to hold the base for two more days. ”

Tao Kan hurriedly said: "With today's situation, if you still refuse to base the base, it will be broken by Hu Bing!" ”

Pei Gai said: "Whether it is to fight or to refuse the base, only Tao Jun chooses himself, only please hold it for two more days." ”

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