Chapter 570: I'll Stay, You Go
The most cruel thing in the desert is the environment, the scorching sun, three hundred and sixty-five days, baking the earth every day. The most cruel thing in the desert is www.biquge.info like the rest of the world, war.
The battle between the Grand Prince and the Praetorian Guard had been going on for almost three hours. Every soldier from the morning carried a sword and fought the enemy in the presence of the sun. But as the sun gradually rises, many soldiers can no longer see the sun, and the soldiers who can still see the sun do not have time to take a good look at the best light in the world.
General Qu's attack forced the Praetorian Guard General to make the decision to dispatch the entire army. The last 2,000 soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, lined up in a neat formation, marched into the battlefield step by step, holding spears and carrying shields.
Just when General Qu led the cavalry to wantonly charge and kill in the Praetorian Guard, General Lan, who had received the order, led 3,000 people to the battlefield. When General Lan's army was about to join the battle circle, the 3,000 men immediately split in two, bypassing the melee battle circle and going around the back of the Praetorian Guard. As soon as they met again, the Praetorian Guard would become a turtle in an urn.
At the beginning, the Praetorian Guard General and Cao Chun, who had been only paying attention to the enemy in front of them, did not discover General Lan's intentions. It wasn't until General Lan's soldiers had already marched for the most part that the Praetorian Guard General realized that something was wrong. But it's too late to take a step back. The scuffle in front of him had entangled all the Praetorian Guard soldiers here. If we talk about retreating, it is true that there is a group of soldiers who can withdraw from the battlefield, but the soldiers who are left behind in the battle circle have no way to live.
An elite division does not mean that it can bear hardships and stand hard work, can be a hundred, and has strong combat effectiveness is elite. The armies known as the elite divisions also have one thing in common, that is, they will not give up their compatriots and die alone. This is an advantage and a disadvantage. However, this quality displayed by the Praetorian Guards now has led them into an absolute bitter battle!
Attacks from all directions overwhelmed the Praetorian Guards. In desperation, under the command of the Praetorian Guard General and Cao Chun, the besieged Praetorian Guard formed a huge circle to defend against enemy attacks. And General Lan naturally won't let go of such a good opportunity to beat the water dogs. Countless arrows were powered by the hard bow and burrowed into the Praetorian Guard's array, mercilessly killing and injuring the Praetorian Guard soldiers.
In the desert, the most cruel thing is the natural environment, and the most cruel thing is still war. Under the scorching sun, the Praetorian Guard soldiers had to endure not only the heat from the sun overhead, but also the relentless attacks from the enemy!
The eldest prince stood far from the rear of the battlefield and quietly watched the battle continue. Suddenly, the eldest prince said to the herald beside him: "Letting General Lan and General Qu speed up the offensive must not give the Praetorian Guard any respite. ”
"Yes!" The herald quickly conveyed the Grand Prince's order. And the eldest prince was able to have this order because the surrounded Praetorian Guards repeatedly launched a breakthrough, but no matter how fierce the attack of the Praetorian Guards was, they were blocked by General Qu and the cavalry led by him who arrived in time. Since General Lan surrounded the Praetorian Guards, General Qu and his 2,000 cavalry temporarily withdrew from the battle, wandering around constantly looking for the weak points of the Praetorian Guards. However, the weak point of the Praetorian Guard has not yet been found, and General Qu has become a firefighting storm troop on the battlefield.
However, the Praetorian Guards who participated in the battle this time were fully 8,000 people, and even if there was a lot of attrition in the battle, the scale of 5,000 people was definitely there now. Therefore, if the Praetorian Guard wants to break through, it is impossible not to rush out. However, the fact is the opposite, the Praetorian Guard has launched four breakouts under the leadership of the Praetorian Guard General and Cao Chun, but when the breakthrough team was cut in two by General Qu's cavalry, the part that had already rushed out actually returned and continued to stay in the encirclement of the eldest prince.
In fact, this is the biggest shortcoming of the Praetorian Guards - rigidity.
An elite division is not only an elite in a hundred battles, hard-working, and able to fight well, but they also have one thing in common, that is, they will not easily give up any of their compatriots. This is an advantage and a disadvantage. Especially now, warriors like the Praetorian Guard, who are fighting with great glory and responsibility, are not allowed to abandon their compatriots and still fight, and run away on their own. It's a shame for them!
The battle under the scorching sun was the hardest, and in order to hold out longer, the Praetorian Guards divided into two teams to resist the enemy's attack in batches. Cao Chun, who had just been replaced, sat on the ground with his ass. "General, water!" A soldier untied his kettle and handed it to Cao Chun. Cao Chun took the kettle, only took two sips, and then plugged the kettle again.
Cao Chun squinted his eyes and stole a glance at the sky, and the dazzling light made Cao Chun quickly lower his head again. "What time is it?" Originally, Cao Chun still wanted to feel the time with the hunger in his belly, but at this moment, all Cao Chun's feelings were only one word, that is, tired. Except that tired is tired. In fact, it was not only Cao Chun, nor was it only the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, even the soldiers of the Great Prince, who had been attacking, were now eager to immediately throw down the weapons in their hands and take a few breaths.
"It's almost time!"
"Is it time to apply? It's been more than three hours? Cao Chun muttered a few words, suddenly stood up from the ground, and walked quickly to the side of the Praetorian Guard general who was exhausted by the nursery rhyme.
"General, it's been more than three hours. The soldiers have been fighting for more than three hours from the hour to the present. If we continue to fight, we will have to be wiped out! Break through, General. We can only break through! Cao Chun once again proposed a breakthrough. And apart from breaking through, it seems that the Praetorian Guard has no second way out.
"Yes! We had to break through. However, the enemy's attack was too fierce. Moreover...... "The general of the Praetorian Guard has also been thinking about this issue, but he can't bear to give up his soldiers like this, they are all real iron-boned men!"
"General, you can't hesitate. If we don't break through, we will be annihilated. The Praetorian Guard can die in battle, but the spirit of the Praetorian Guard cannot dissipate with us. We want to leave the seeds for the Janissaries. With the seeds, the glory of the Praetorian Guard can be reproduced. If the Praetorian Guard is gone, what is the use of all the glory? ”
The Praetorian Guard soldiers around the two of them also pricked up their ears one by one after hearing this topic, after all, it was directly related to their life and death. However, a hurried trumpet interrupted everyone's train of thought, the sound of the eldest prince's trumpet urging to hasten his attack.
"General Cao, I'm sorry for you!" Suddenly, the Praetorian General stood up from the ground, and in the palm of his hand I once again boiled the handle of the sword. "General Cao, the Praetorian Guard will get rid of you. I'll stay, you go! The Praetorian Guard general said as he pulled something out of his bosom.
Cao Chun recognized that it was the military talisman of the Praetorian Guard.
"General, no. Without a general's Praetorian Guard, there is no backbone. Please take it back! ”
"I've made up my mind. General Cao, please! ("Woo~~~")
At the same time, a long, familiar horn sounded!