Chapter Eighty-Five: The Tenderness of War
The area around the polder is the second line of defense set up by the land and the sea, and it is also the place where the three armies converge in the combat deployment of General Xie Army.
In fact, Lu Dahai's choice of beating the cave polder as the second line of defense was a last resort.
the west side of the Polder, that is, the direction of attack on the west road of Gyeongwonfu; to the north, that is, the middle road where Wei Shihao played the vanguard; To the east, that is, the direction of attack on the eastern road of Gyeongwonfu.
The west and north mountain roads are rugged, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the east road, after passing the Nanping polder, the valley is wider, the terrain is flat, there is no danger to defend at all, how can thousands of defenders prevent the attack of the Qingyuan Fu army?
In order to hold the second line of defense, Lu Dahai increased his troops in the direction of Nanping, and personally led his troops to defend the Po Xiao Ao position in the Beatdong Polder.
There are also stone walls and gatehouses on the slope pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Although Wei Shihao brandished the glaive broadsword and led the soldiers to charge into battle, killing the enemy like chopping melons and vegetables, the enemy relied on his geographical advantage and fought until dark and did not capture the slope pass, and the attacker and defender could only pause and rest.
The battle during the day was too fierce, Wei Shihao only wanted to recover the lost territory of his hometown, kill Lu Dahai to eliminate harm for the people, and avenge his dead father, and he couldn't care about anyone at all, even his father, Ah Mei, and Mo Qinglian, who had a place in his heart.
At night, the troops camped temporarily, and after eating, Wei Shihao found Abba Wei's dart head, he was intact, and he was wiping the big knife in his hand, planning to kill dozens of his enemies with the troops after dawn, fighting for his son.
"Dachau, your Abba is hard-boned, don't worry. You better go and see Qinglian and your sister! Female soldiers camped at the back of the ranks. Wei pointed to the piles of bonfires at the back of the line.
"Although the battle during the day was very fierce, it was quite smooth, the female soldiers did not have to go into battle at all, but only helped treat the wounded, and I was not worried about their safety." Wei Shihao looked at the female soldier's bonfire.
In fact, there are no eyes for knives and guns, why is he not worried about them? During the day, in order to relieve pressure on him, Mo Qinglian violated the "order" many times to kill him and fight with him.
Wei Shihao asked her to retreat, but where was she willing to do so?
"If you want to die, I'm going to die next to you, let me hide in the rear, what is that?" Mo Qinglian said.
"What do we men fight for? In order to protect women, as well as the elderly and children. Your participation in the battle will only distract me......" Wei Shihao said as he waved the knife in his hand.
Mo Qinglian's heart was shocked, beautiful, a man's heart, when life and death are at a leisurely level, women are the easiest to feel.
She was so excited that she forgot that this was the battlefield, the sword in her hand stopped, and she stood in place blankly, looking at his chic and heroic posture of killing the enemy with affection.
Suddenly, the enemy, who was standing behind her, aimed at her back and stabbed her hard.
"Be careful!"
Wei Shihao was shocked, and he didn't have time to think about it, and at the same time that the knife in his hand flew out, he also jumped to her side.
"Ah......" The enemy who sneaked up on Mo Qinglian did not succeed, but was stabbed in the chest by the glaive knife and died.
Wei Shihao put his arm around Mo Qinglian's thin waist with one hand, stared at her eyes affectionately, and did not look back, and with the other hand, he took out the glaive knife inserted in the enemy's chest.
"Why are you so disobedient? If you marry me, won't you turn the sky upside down? ”
The tone was calm, a little excited and pitying, and he couldn't hear the slightest hint of anger, at least Mo Qinglian thought so.
"Listen, listen, I'll listen to you all in the future!"
Mo Qinglian, who had just passed by the god of death, was very excited and happy, the sword in her hand fell to the ground, her hands hooked his neck, her pink red lips were imprinted on his lips like a dragonfly, and she immediately smiled, picked up the sword on the ground, and ran to the rear.
Her smile is so beautiful, so happy.
Wei Shihao looked at her distant background, shook his head with a smile, if it wasn't for this time life and death, he wouldn't dare to admit it, in fact, he also had her in his heart.
Wei Shihao, who returned to reality from his memory, looked up at the bright night sky, the stars were dotted, the silver moon was like a hook, and he was drunk like honey, what a beautiful night! However, such a beautiful evening night is incompatible with the tragic situation of corpses all over the place, and it is even more creepy.
How nice it would be if there were no killings, no wars!
Beside the campfires furthest from the enemy's position on the slope pass, there were poignant mountain songs, which resounded through the valley and brought tears to the people.
The moonlight is gloomy and sorrowful,
The family is broken, people are dying, and tears are flowing.
I don't know which family lost the baby,
Sleep on the battlefield and never return.
……
Grandma opens the door and looks forward to the return of her child,
The wife is sad and the child is crying, and the heart is broken.
Swimming against the current does not work,
Don't go all the way to the dark.
In the valley in the dead of night, the singing drifted far away, and although the singing reached the enemy's position was very small, it could still be heard clearly when listening closely, and the sad song came from afar, which could stimulate people's tear ducts even more.
When the battle came to this, in fact, the soldiers of the land and sea knew what the result was. Who doesn't have a mother, father and loved ones? How unworthy it would be to give one's life for such an inexplicable war!
The sincere song made most of the soldiers in the land and sea shed tears of sadness, and their morale was seriously damaged.
"Singing mountain songs? I think this trick works, and I guess the enemy has already been in a big mess. Wei Shihao walked to Mo Qinglian's side and said.
After singing the song, seeing Wei Shihao coming to find Mr. Mo, the other female soldiers all made excuses to leave and roasted by other fires.
Second Sister Wei looked at Brother Ah with a wicked smile on her face, and was about to leave, but was dragged by Mo Qinglian.
"Second sister, don't go! Sitting here with me, in the middle of the night, I was afraid. Mo Qinglian said.
"Afraid of what? Didn't my brother come? He'll protect you, won't he? Second Sister Wei broke her hand.
"Oh...... Yes, with me, there is no need to be afraid of anything. Wei Shihao said shyly, with one hand behind his back, not daring to move.
Wei Ermei left with a smile and went elsewhere to roast the fire with other female soldiers.
Because of the escape from death during the day, Mo Qinglian was excited and took the initiative to give her first kiss, and now in the dead of night, he took the initiative to come to her, should it be to mention the daytime?
There is an essential difference between today's kiss and Menliangshan's kiss, the former is offered by her on her own initiative, while the latter is providential, both parties are reluctant and unprepared, so they cannot be the same.
When Mo Qinglian thought of this, her face, which had been roasted by the fire, instantly turned even more crimson.
She clasped her hands on her knees, lowered her head embarrassedly, and said, "It's so late, what are you doing here?" ”
"Hmm...... Nothing? I'm afraid you won't be able to eat enough at night, this is for you! Wei Shihao, who is usually clever-tongued, was also a little clumsy, and he didn't know what to say, so he pulled a freshly baked winter corn cob from behind him, stuffed it into her arms embarrassedly, and left.
This was the first time he had sent her something.
Mo Qinglian was shocked, and hurriedly held the corn cob that was roasted yellow and still warm, and pressed it tightly to her chest, as if she was worried that other female soldiers would see it and come to grab food.
She looked at his back as he gradually disappeared into the night, and her heart was sweet. She smiled knowingly, took out the corn cob, and sniffed it on the tip of her nose.
"Well, it smells so good!" Mo Qinglian took a bite and muttered to herself.
At this time, it is when the winter corn is about to ripen, and the tender corn is roasted, sweet and delicious.
"Oops! My brother is really eccentric, my sister is hungry and has nothing to eat...... I'm going to eat a little bit too! I don't know when, Second Sister Wei and the two female soldiers have quietly come behind Mo Qinglian.
"Oops, if you don't give, you don't give!" Mo Qinglian grabbed the corn cob with both hands and pressed it to her chest, pouting.
At this time, she looked like an officer, a little girl.
The three girls didn't care so much about her, giggling and throwing themselves at her, deliberately trying to snatch the corn cob from her hand.
Originally, the girl was joking, but Mo Qinglian was serious, how could she share the things her sweetheart gave with them.
The more stingy she became, the more energetic they became, and the four of them laughed in a group, making the other female soldiers laugh.
After Wei Shihao returned from the camp of the female soldiers, he walked directly towards the tent of the state official and Xie Zongbing.
The two were looking at the map in the dim tung oil light, studying how to fight the battle to minimize casualties.
"Wei Dusi, why don't you sleep so late? Anything important? The governor asked.
"Tell the two adults, for this battle, the villain has a plan that I don't know if I should talk about?" Wei Shihao half-knelt in the tunnel.
"Say, we're discussing tomorrow's combat deployment!" Mr. Xie said.
Wei Shihao planned to take the cover of night to lead Fifty Xiangyong to climb the mountain from the east side, make a detour into the enemy's position, and carry out a sneak attack.
When the two adults heard this, they thought it was a clever plan, but the fifty men were in a dilemma because they were good at climbing mountains and walking at night, and they were in danger of being wiped out.
"After the fierce fighting of the day, the enemy and the enemy are exhausted, and they must have slackened a little by virtue of their geographical advantage, and most of them may have fallen asleep to recharge their energy for the next battle. Don't hesitate any longer, it will be dawn in a few hours, and there will be no such a good opportunity. Wei Shihao said.
"Okay, just do as you say, but you all have to be safe." Mr. Xie said.
On the battlefield, the state official is supervising the war, and the military power is still controlled by General Xie.
At this time, it was the beginning of the month, in the middle of the night, the crescent moon had already set, the mountains were black on the knees, and the mountains were high and dense, and fifty or sixty villagers were all from the peasants in the mountains.
"Kill!"
Suddenly, a group of shaking shouts of killing sounded, after the sleeping enemy army woke up, the army that had been killed for Qingyuan Mansion had arrived, and the soldiers who did not want to fight, had no heart to resist, got up, and ran to the rear, and even the soldiers who were sticking to the forward position were frightened by the formation in front of them, and most of them fled to the rear.
"Don't run around, hold on, hold on!" Lu Dahai, who rushed out of the tent in a panic, shouted loudly when he saw that it was only a small group of enemies who were coming to intrude.
However, the soldiers were only busy running for their lives, and no one listened to him at all.
In a fit of rage, Lu Dahai killed three people in a row, and the soldiers who fled slowly were forced to return to resist, but unfortunately they had missed the best opportunity to counterattack.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the large army of Gyeongwon Prefecture, which had quietly infiltrated the enemy's forward position, was waiting for an opportunity to launch a general attack.
The light of the sword and the shadow of the sword, the flames of war were flying, the situation of the war was already one-sided, and the troops of the land and the sea were defeated like a mountain, and they were killed so that they turned on their backs, and they had no power to fight back.
Lu Dahai saw clearly that it was Wei Shihao who took the lead in attacking them, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.
"Wei Shihao, no, Mo Zongzhao, I knew that seventeen years ago, Lao Tzu should have slaughtered your rabbit cub first, and then killed your whole family. It's a pity that Lao Tzu was careless, shoveling the grass and not eradicating the root of the bane! Lu Dahai thumped his chest, but those were irretrievable pasts, and it was useless to talk about them.
Lu Dahai was in a hurry, flashed the big knife in his hand, and wanted to rush over and fight with Wei Shihao, but was stopped by his men and fled.
After Lu Dahai escaped, it meant that the position of Po Xiaoao was completely lost. By this time it was already dawning, and the eastern and western fronts were also attacking, and the defenders were also defeated.
After Lu Dahai fled back to Jingliu, he wanted to organize a counterattack, only to find that Deng Weili and Deng Qiantu, who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and his family were nowhere to be found.