Chapter 374: Aiming to Die for the Country
Shi Hu sat proudly on the tall horse, triumphant, commanding, and self-congratulatory for his own series of plans. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 At the beginning, he did not succeed in the sneak attack on Luoyang, so he made a quick decision and used his stand-in Wang Bang to make the golden cicada get out of the shell, and quickly fled to Mengjin Port before the Qin army reacted and pursued, and arranged in advance to be responsible for the response and ensure the protection of his confidant Zhang Jackal, who quickly left the Heluo war zone safe and sound, and drove into the state.
After entering the state, Shi Hu went straight to Jinyang. Shi Kan was naturally terrified, and while the city was trying his best to defend the palace, he sent a letter to the Qin army for help, and on the other hand, he wrote letters to Shi Hu again and again, begging for forgiveness, saying that he sincerely supported him as the emperor, and he should serve respectfully in the future, and begged Shi Hu to let him go.
But who is Shi Hu? often can't even trust the left and right henchmen, how can he believe that Shi Kan, who has never had a good impression and has betrayed hostile Shikan? It's just that the city of Jinyang is tall and strong, and after attacking for more than ten days, it failed to succeed, and when he heard that the Qin army seemed to be moving north, he moved his mind and agreed to Shi Kan's request and accepted him again. However, there is a condition, Shi Kan must obey his arrangement, and use the identity of a vassal, friend, or vassal, just tempt the Qin army to come.
Shi Kan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly agreed. In fact, he is secretly arranging people to dig tunnels in the city, leading to the uninhabited suburbs outside the city, as the only way to escape for his life. If Jinyang fell now, he would not be able to get out, so he had to hold Shi Hu back from various lamentations and ask him to suspend his attack on Jinyang in order to find a time difference. As long as the secret passage is dug up, even if the city is broken, he can escape first, and he will not fall into a desperate situation. But Shi Hu wanted to use Shi Kan, after annihilating the Qin army, and then returning to the army to attack Jinyang, he would definitely catch him to torture and kill him to vent his anger.
The two of them secretly have different thoughts. Although they all knew that the other party must be dealing with the ghost of the snake in vain, but in order to alleviate the current situation, the two quickly made peace, and as for the future, it will be said when the time comes.
From a normal point of view, everyone thinks that Shi Kan, who is hostile to Shi Hu, is besieged by the Zhao army, and the only hope and reliance is the Qin army. And Shi Kan also tried his best to create this atmosphere, so under Shi Hu Shi Kan's careful preparation and illusion, Yang Tao was finally tempted and fell into the trap of the enemy.
And Shi Hu, who was secretly monitoring the movements of the Qin army at any time, asked the brave Shi Min to lead 10,000 elites to ambush and intercept the Qin army, and strive to kill the commander Yang Tao in one battle; Shi Hu himself lurked north of Jiaocheng, waited for Lei Qizhi, who had no way out, hurriedly entered Jiaocheng, and then besieged it on a large scale, so that it was divided into two, and he was more sure that all the Qin troops going north would be annihilated.
Everything that followed went according to his expectations. After Shi Min besieged Yang Tao, Shi Hu himself successfully surrounded Lei Qizhi in Jiaocheng, and the Northern Expedition Qin army was about to fall. After Shi Hu weighed it, after all, he secretly thought that it was more important to ensure that he captured the coach Yang Tao, so he asked Zhang Jackal and Zhang Raccoon brothers to take 10,000 people to continue to trap Jiaocheng, and he led 20,000 people to the south, striving to perform as soon as possible.
At that moment, seeing Emperor Zhao Shihu coming in person, everyone on the earth mountain was cold in their hearts, and they knew that they would not be spared. Yang Tao opened his mouth and said it again and again, but found that his throat was dry and he couldn't speak.
"Ladies and gentlemen! It doesn't have to be that way! ”
After clearing his throat several times, Yang Tao finally opened his mouth with difficulty. He forced a smile and said: "My generation of warriors, since joining the army, you should be ready to be shrouded in horse leather at any time. Today's things are like this, it is useless to think too much, and sacrifice your life for the country, your duty, you can muster up courage, only death! ”
At this point, whether it was a fierce general who regarded death as home, or a humble pawn who was nostalgic, they all knew that Yang Tao's straightforward words were not bad at all, so they all took out the momentum of death and shouted in unison, half should be with Yang Tao, half cheering themselves.
Yang Tao looked around and said, "Shi Hu is a cruel and tyrannical man, we will die if we surrender, and we will die if we don't surrender." Today is Yang's death day! He suddenly stood up straight, saluted the generals who were looking at him, and laughed miserably: "Everyone! Yang has something to ask for. Later, if he really can't resist and is attacked by Zhao Jun up the mountain, Yang has a special identity and must not fall into the hands of the enemy. Then you can kill me at once, so that I will not be tormented, and I will not be brought to shame by the court!" ”
Huya General Yu Kun, but he is a straightforward man, covered with scars, almost bleeding, but still energetic, undiminished, when even if he stepped out, he took the lead in holding his fists and said: "If the situation is irreparable, the last general will personally send the marshal on the road, and will never shame my majesty, disgrace the marshal, rest assured!" Da Shuai is just one step ahead, and the last general will inevitably kill the enemy to the death, and then go to Huangquan Road to follow Da Shuai! ”
This bear-like military man, when he talked about it, was also full of pathos, and his eyes were red. Yang Tao nodded vigorously, silently glanced at the circle of soldiers, and tears began to appear in his eyes. The generals looked at each other, and some began to sob. Then they slashed the wood and stone with their swords, and shouted loudly that they would never steal their lives, and swore to live and die together. The desolate and fierce wind on the mountain makes people unbearable to look at.
Yang Tao took off his helmet, threw it on the ground, brushed his beard that was blown by the mountain wind, and laughed: "Okay, good!" Yang and you, from the south and north of the world, but today this nameless mountain is our final destination, Yang can be buried with your brothers, hurry! Everyone, men and men should regard death as home, it is useless to talk more, pick up the guys, and let Zhao Gou take a look, our Qin army is a well-known hero in the world! ”
At the foot of the mountain, the Zhao army really did not have any gesture to surrender, and with the swagger of the flag, it began to whistle everywhere, clamoring to attack the mountain. Emperor Zhao Shihu came in person, Zhao Bing Zhao General did not dare to slack off, those who were not afraid of death only wanted to make meritorious contributions, and those who were afraid of death could only rush wildly, and the Qin army on the mountain had all entered the mode of death, trying their best to resist and counterattack, for a time people shouted horses, arrows, stones, giant trees and even human limbs, all flying up and down, looking from a distance, the earth and mountains seemed to be a lonely island in the angry waves, and the dangers were full of dangers.
After a morning of fierce fighting, the Qin army was known as the strongest soldier in the world after all, and they fought to the death to fight the trapped beasts, and even repelled several waves of fierce attacks by Zhao soldiers who were personally supervised by Shi Hu. But after all, there is a huge disparity, and now, including the wounded, the Qin army on the mountain has decreased from 4,000 to less than 2,000 left.
He took off his torn armor, threw away his shield, snatched a knife, bare his sturdy upper body, and went deep into front of the enemy with both hands dancing. Like a roaring tiger, he had killed dozens of people in a short time, and although he himself was also hanging and dismantling in many places, his momentum was so fierce that people did not dare to get close.
Suddenly, a chaotic arrow pierced into Yu Kun's chest. He staggered a few steps and fell to the ground. The Zhao soldiers who surrounded him were busy stabbing with spears, but unexpectedly, Yu Kun jumped up suddenly, caught off guard, and was hacked to death by him. But after all, he was too seriously injured, and his movements were still half a step slower, dodging the first batch of spears, but he couldn't dodge the second batch of guns, and was stabbed straight into the stomach by two spears.
"Swear to kill Zhao Gou!"
Yu Kun roared violently, slashed the two soldiers to death with a knife, and then freed his hands, grabbed the two guns, wrestled with the Zhao soldiers who grabbed them, and pulled the gun out of his stomach. But the intestines immediately flowed out, Yu Kun plugged this side, but didn't have time to plug the other side, he was in a hurry, seeing his intestines, blood gushing out of the old man, still standing.
Zhao Bing was stunned, and unconsciously stopped his hand. I don't know who came over and shouted, so they all took the opportunity to stab with their guns, Yu Kun was shot dozens of times, blood gushed like a spring, and finally died in battle.
His death in battle was a heavy blow to morale and morale at this time. The cries and scolding on the mountain rang out, and the soldiers were charging to the death like crazy, and even the coach Yang Tao was wounded in three places, but he still did not retreat. Zhao Bing shrank down again.
But within a quarter of a minute, the exhausted surviving remnants on the mountain saw that the Zhao army began to line up again. Yang Tao watched silently, but everyone's faces began to turn calm, everyone knew that death was just a matter of order, and the final deadline was finally coming.
The Zhao army began to go on the offensive. Around the mountain, the three-tiered infantry, dressed in heavy armor and large shields, advanced slowly but resolutely up the mountain. Behind the infantry were countless spearmen with thick spears in their hands, and behind the spearmen, there were strong soldiers holding sharp swords, ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat. And the sappers are constantly shooting arrows as dense as flying locusts upwards to suppress all kinds of counterattacks on the mountain. In the end, 3,000 iron horsemen ran back and forth under the mountain to block the rout of the Qin army that might escape at any time - Shi Hu issued a strict order that all the Qin troops should be killed, and no one would be left.
"Handsome! The enemy is coming up, big man! ”
“…… Handsome! Unstoppable! ”
"Handsome! Let's go first, let's cherish it! ”
More than a dozen soldiers under the mountainside stumbled up, with their faces covered with blood, panting and raising their heads and shouting a few times, but they turned around and killed again, and they never knew whether they were alive or dead. There were only seven or eight hundred soldiers left who could move. Yang Tao nodded, turned around and walked to the top of the mountain with an expressionless face. In a moment, he came to the highest peak of the sentry stone, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the mountains and islands are abrupt and majestic, the layers of forests are dyed, the great rivers and mountains are incomparably magnificent, the mountain wind hits, and people are refreshed.
Yang Tao suddenly laughed. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and slammed the knife into his neck.