Chapter 21: The Cruelty of Joy

When you see the enemy commander coming straight to you, will you be afraid of it? Happy to shout softly, lift the reins, and turn to face the Chen general. Happy to have a spear flying up and down in his hand, dexterous as a dragon playing in the water, every time he attacks, it will inevitably be accompanied by the passage of a life.

The happy mount barely hesitated in its footsteps, maintaining an extremely swift pace towards the general.

"Ahh The general had already hated Xingxing, and the anger in his chest had already accumulated to a point where it could not be increased, and the long sword in his hand was raised high, and with the help of horsepower, he roared angrily, and slashed down at Xingxing's neck.

"Whoosh-" Xing Xing was about to raise his gun to block, when suddenly there was a sharp whistling sound behind the sound, and then he saw a black light fly from the corner of his eye, piercing into the throat of the Chen general, but it was a foot-long crossbow arrow.

Chen's eyes widened suddenly, and the arm holding the long sword hung down weakly, blood gurgling from the window. He turned his head with difficulty, and watched his soldiers scatter and flee like weak lambs under the iron hooves of the Qi army.

Chen Jiang coughed, opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and after looking at it again, he couldn't support it anymore, his head tilted, and he was angry. His weak body fell off the horse, lying on his back on the ground, his eyes were wide open, his eyes revealed a touch of relief, a touch of self-blame, and more humiliation and unwillingness.

I am glad to know that General Chen blames himself because as the chief general, his negligence led to the annihilation of the whole army, which is more likely to cause changes in the front-line war; He defended his mission with his life, and he didn't have to endure inner torment, and he didn't have to worry about harming his family, he was relieved; As a general on the battlefield, the best, most dignified, and most glorious way to die should be in the hands of the general who is fighting to the enemy, but it is a pity that he is buried in the hands of an ordinary soldier, under an ordinary crossbow arrow, which is very humiliating.

He sighed happily, a little stunned in his heart, looked at Zhang Shunyi behind him and said, "Shunzhi, you shouldn't have made a move." ”

Zhang Shunzhi's face tightened, and even though he was puzzled and a little frightened, he said: "General, I'm sorry, you can punish me!" ”

Xing Xing talked again, looked at his still a little immature, blood-stained face, sighed again and said, "Shunzhi, I know that you are worried about my safety, so you came to help." But you don't understand what it means to be a warrior and a general! ”

After speaking, he happily looked at the corpse of General Chen again, and then rode slowly towards the outside of the battle circle. There is a mask in the way, no one can see it, a sad smile appeared on the happy face, and there was a touch of vicissitudes and helplessness in the depths of the eyes.

Happy walked very slowly, as if the screams of sorrow and the high-pitched shouts of killing around him did not exist, holding the spear stained with blood, and walked out slowly and leisurely step by step.

Zhang Shunzhi followed closely behind Xingxing, vigilantly paying attention to Xingxing's body, guarding against a sudden outbreak of Chen *jun. However, until Yue Yue walked out of the battle circle, none of the enemy soldiers dared to rush forward.

Standing on the sidelines with Zhang Shunzhi, they were like two spectators, quietly watching the Qi army gallop on horseback, cutting down Chen * Jun to the ground one by one. At this time, the shouting and killing on the field had weakened a lot, and it didn't take long for it to stop completely.

At this moment, he did not abandon his horse and came to report: "General, all the Chen * army has surrendered, what do you think should be done?" ”

Happy and silent, he looked at the Chen * army who was tightly surrounded by the Qi army not far away. Their faces were filled with deep fear and deep helplessness, and their eyes were full of prayer and anticipation for life.

"No mercy!" A moment later, a happy and cold voice came into the ears of the unabandoned.

He couldn't believe his ears, how could a gentle and generous general give such a cruel and ruthless order in his mind.

"Execute the order, kill without mercy!" Glad glanced at the people who were standing there motionless, and his voice became colder and colder, as if he came from the Nine Hells, and the cold breath seemed to want to freeze the air. At the same time, a monstrous evil aura erupted from Gao Xing's body, overwhelmingly surging towards him, and he trembled all over his body, and deep fear instantly enveloped his heart, and a chill ran down his spine, just in an instant, cold sweat soaked the clothes on his back.

Zhang Shunzhi's eyebrows and feet couldn't stop beating, his heart was terrified, and he looked at the horse sitting in front of him with a worried face, which seemed to be as majestic as a mountain, but in fact it was not a tall back. The horse on which he sat neighed uneasily, shook its front hooves, and took several steps back.

"Yes, General." The voice of the person who did not give up was a little trembling, and he immediately went to carry it out after agreeing. Happy jumped off his horse, followed closely behind those who had not yet given up, and went to those who had surrendered.

The happy steps were not fast, but they were very heavy, and the sound of landing seemed to knock on Zhang Shunzhi's heart, making him feel depressed and breathing a little difficult.

When Shang Buqi announced his happy order, all the Qi cavalry looked at him in amazement, and their thoughts were the same as Shang Buqi. Although the training is extremely strict, it seems that it can be said to be a little cruel, but that is only because of the training. Happy has always been generous and benevolent to them, the generals, and the beggars and exiles in Xuyi City.

Qi Jun heard the order, and Chen *jun naturally heard it too. Dogs are in a hurry to jump off the wall, let alone people calling? The desperate soldiers of the Chen * Army knew that they would be suspicious, and suddenly became crazy.

"Ah, if you don't let me live, Lao Tzu will also pull a cushion! Brothers, kill these bitches! "When one shouts, all answer.

Although they don't have blades in their hands, they have them in their hands, and they still have hands and sharp teeth.

The surrendered Chen * army numbered about 400 people, and this time it was like a mad beast, howling fiercely and pounced on the Qi soldiers around them.

In just an instant, dozens of Qi soldiers were dragged off their horses, and then there was a crackling sound of fighting.

"Still stunned for what!" Xing Xing had already expected this scene to happen, so when Chen *jun rebelled, he also shouted and cursed, and at the same time, the others had turned into a red and black shadow and plunged directly into the chaotic stroke.

Suddenly, a terrible and rapid wail and scream sounded, and patches of crimson blood flew into the sky, drawing wonderful curves in the sunlight.

"Kill!" He roared, his eyes red, and he slashed at those enemies with hideous faces and seemingly fierce but fragile faces. Where the stunned Qi army dared to stay, they all roared angrily, and the snow-bright steel knife swung wildly towards the enemy.

"Puff puff" A series of sharp weapons into the flesh were accompanied by the screams of the enemy, and each time the knife went down, a large amount of warm and pungent blood would be splattered. However, including Xingxing, none of the Qi troops dodged, allowing the blood to spurt on their bodies and faces.

It was just a meal, and only the Qi army was still standing on the battlefield, and all the Chen * troops were slaughtered.

The blood slowly pooled into a stream and flowed towards the low-lying ground. Looking at the dialect, the eyes were full of red, countless stumps and broken arms were messy, some Chen *jun was cut through the chest and abdomen by a steel knife, the fragments of internal organs and intestines were scattered on the ground, and the nose was filled with a strong smell of blood.

"Vomit" A cavalryman couldn't stand this cruel and disgusting scene, and hunched over and vomited in order to overturn the river and the sea.

He had been weaving a chain reaction since then, and the sound of vomiting sounded in pieces, and he happily took off his mask, and looked at the corpse on the ground with a calm face, looking at the soldier who was vomiting in the dark, and a faint smile was smeared on his face.

It looks a little helpless, a little compassionate, and a little relieved. I don't understand it, and I don't know what I'm thinking at this moment. He was the only one on the field who didn't vomit except for Xingxing, but despite this, his face was unusually ugly, his eyebrows kept jumping, and his eyes were deliberately too high to look down.

Just when he was still wondering why he was smiling, Happy suddenly turned his head and nodded lightly at him, his eyes full of appreciation, "Spit it out, there will always be such a time in your life." ”

As he spoke, he walked out happily, and as he walked, he took off a red object stuck to the placket of his clothes, threw it gently, and landed at the feet of the one who still did not give up.

Before he gave up, he looked down, but it was a piece of internal organs on a human body. His stomach suddenly churned, and he couldn't bear it any longer, and he hunched over and vomited, but he smiled brighter and brighter as he walked forward, and his clear and gentle voice gently drowned out the vomiting of the crowd, "After a quarter of an hour, start cleaning the battlefield." ”

The raging fire dozens of meters away set off the yellowed face of the person standing behind Xing Xing a lot more ruddy.

In addition to the heavy grain and grass transported to the front line by Chen's army, there were also 2,000 corpses of Chen's army. That Chen general, under the happy order, was buried on the side of the road, under a pinch of loess.

"You must think I'm cruel, don't you?" The voice of joy sounded softly, and it was a little ethereal against the backdrop of the burning beep of the fire.

The soldiers of the Qi army were silent, happy and did not look back, and said lightly: "It is indeed cruel to kill unarmed prisoners. But-" His words suddenly changed, and his tone instantly became serious: "This is war!" When there is war, it means bloodshed, it means death! They are our enemies, not our friends! What are we going to do with the captives when we raid on light horseback, deep behind enemy lines? As long as one of them survives, our whereabouts will be revealed. At that time, there is Huang Fayan in front of the encirclement, and Wu Mingche in the rear is chasing after us, how can we resist tens of thousands of Chen's army? ”

"When you come out with me, I want you to go back with me. Remember, to be merciful to our enemies is to be cruel to ourselves, and to treat our friends and relatives with the warmth of spring, and to our enemies, to be as cold as winter! Remove! After saying it happily, he waved his red cloak, turned over and jumped on horseback, turned around and left.

All the Qi soldiers and soldiers also quickly stepped on their mounts, and the happy backs of the pursuers headed towards the county town of Yangping. Thousands of galloping horses kicked up a large cloud of dust, and from time to time there were Qi soldiers looking back, through the smoke and dust, there was only a piece of fiery red in their eyes.

In this battle, Gao Gao led a thousand Qi cavalry, taking advantage of the rest and slackness of Chen's army, to perfectly surprise and defeat the enemy with less, while only 20 of his own people were seriously wounded, and nearly 100 were slightly wounded.

The reason why the victory was so easy was that the soldiers of Chen's army escorting grain and grass were all foot soldiers, and the light cavalry was their nemesis who lacked a favorable formation and commanded chaos. Second, the weather is hot, and Chen *jun is tired of trekking long distances, and when he rests, he is relaxed and relaxed, so that the joy of waiting for work can be taken advantage of. The third is the weapons of Gao Xing and others, and the sharp crossbow arrows and scimitars that are convenient for the cavalry to charge and kill are important factors in the victory of the Qi army.