"As long as General Shi doesn't act rashly, we will entertain these brothers of yours." Xiao Ling smiled indifferently.

Shi Wansui clenched his fists fiercely, released them again, and finally sighed and waved his hand: "Put down your weapons!" After speaking, Shi Wansui took the lead in throwing the weapon into the grass a few meters away.

"General-" The soldiers of Zhou were suddenly a little anxious and confused, but before they finished speaking, Shi Wansui suddenly turned around, his eyes were full of undoubted meaning, and he said coldly: "Execute the order, put down your arms!" ”

"Yes!" Although everyone was extremely reluctant in their hearts, they still put down their blades according to their words, but they just stalked their necks one by one, and looked at the people behind Xiao Ling with hostility, with a look of indignation.

The corners of Xiao Ling's mouth pulled out an arc imperceptibly, glanced at the Zhou army coldly, and then waved his hand forward, and the cavalry, who were already gearing up, quickly surrounded and guarded the thousand Zhou troops closely.

In this process, it was inevitable that some people in the Zhou army were unconvinced and wanted to resist, but in the end they were packed up by the cavalry and did not dare to act rashly.

Watching his soldiers being beaten to the point of bleeding and crying and wailing, Shi Wansui's face was tense, almost iron-blue, and his fists were creaking, but he could only stand quietly, letting the humiliating anger stir in his chest.

Impulsiveness is the devil, and Shi Wansui knows that for the life and death of a thousand brothers, he must be patient. If there is a glimmer of hope, he will never compromise on everything, but knowing that he will die, but he has to send him to death, is the most stupid act at this moment.

What's more, from the sporadic clashes between the two sides just now, he had already seen that the combat effectiveness of the Qi army in front of him was extremely fierce, even better than his own corporals. As a result, Shi Wansui was even more frightened in his heart, so he could only suppress his anger and think about it in the long run.

"General Shi, please!" Xiao Ling didn't seem to see the change in the expression on Shi Wansui's face, and only after the thousand Zhou troops were dispersed and guarded, did he say lightly. After speaking, Xiao Ling turned around and walked in the direction where Qin Qiong was.

……

"General, Zhou ** still has two hundred steps to exit the valley!"

"Got it!" Qin Qiong nodded, then looked at the rapidly retreating Zhou Jun below and shouted, "Yu Yi, I advise you to give up, you can't run!" ”

Yu Yi turned a deaf ear, with a calm and resolute face, and loudly commanded the army to retreat in an orderly manner. Although it was attacked, the military quality of the Zhou army was really good, and at this critical moment, it was able to maintain calm and obey the command, which was really incomparable to most of the armies of the Qi State.

"Soldiers, cheer up, soon we will be able to withdraw from the valley and reach safety!" Zhao Wangyu was in the rear army, loudly encouraging the soldiers.

After days of rapid marching, the Zhou army was already exhausted, and at this time it was all in one breath, and once it was relaxed, it would inevitably lead to the disruption of the formation and affect the speed of advance. In this way, it will be a waste of the escape opportunity that thousands of soldiers such as Hu Lu Zhongdu, Li Yuan, Shi Wansui and other soldiers exchanged their lives for.

"Yu Yi, I persuaded you with good words, but you didn't listen, then I will give up your hope and let the facts speak to you!" Qin Qiong frowned and shouted, then waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Inform the brothers in Guguchi, let's do it!" ”

"Yes!" The herald agreed, then quickly turned and ran towards Taniguchi. Although the top of the mountain here is not very steep and rugged, it is not flat, especially the dead leaves and barren grass everywhere, and it is inconvenient to walk, but the herald walks like flying, like walking on flat ground.

"Boom!"

Yu Yi just wiped the sweat on his face, and was about to rejoice that he was about to rush out of the valley, but suddenly there was a earth-shaking cross talk in front of him, and then he felt that the mountain shook the ground, his footing was unstable, and his body suddenly fell to the ground.

"Ahh What's going on? What's wrong? The galloping Zhou Jun screamed in panic again, many people fell to the ground because of the shaking of the earth, and the originally dense formation was scattered in an instant, crowded and trampled, many people were injured, and some were trampled to death by their comrades.

Don't?

Yu Yi's heart tightened, and he hurriedly raised his eyes to look, and saw that the valley mouth was full of dust and smoke, a big earthquake trembled, and countless wood and stones rolled down on the slopes on both sides, and the valley mouth was blocked in the blink of an eye.

"General, are you alright?"

Yu Yi lined up the support of the guards around him, his face was gloomy, staring at the rocks lying across the valley in front of him, and the anger and surprise in his heart were simply difficult to add.

Hunting geese all day long, but today they are pecked by geese. I think he has been through dozens of battles on his own, and he has always acted cautiously and meticulously, but this time he has so easily slipped into the enemy's ambush. He had sent scouts to scout the valley, but he couldn't figure out how the enemy could lurk in the valley without even knowing it.

"Yu Yi, do you still have to resist?" Qin Qiong's voice sounded again.

"Despicable villain, shameless!" Yu Yi's eyes were blood-red, he stared at Qin Qiong viciously, and roared sharply.

It is rare for a person with such a noble status and a well-informed person to become so annoyed and angry, like a homeless person in the market, but at this time, Yu Yi lost his mind because of the majestic anger.

With an army of 50,000, such a huge loss, he Yu Yi has never had since he took charge of the army. In particular, these 50,000 troops are of great significance to this Eastern Expedition, if he fails to arrive in time and loses the war, then he Yuyi will undoubtedly be ashamed of the emperor's trust, and he will be a sinner of the Zhou State.

"General Yu Yi, do you think you still have any hope of winning now?" Qin Qiong looked at the gray-faced Yu Yi condescendingly, and said neatly.

As soon as Qin Qiong's voice fell, a sound of bowstrings tightening suddenly sounded on the top of the mountains on both sides.

Yu Yi raised his eyes and looked at it, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, and even the beard on his chin couldn't help shaking. Four or five thousand people suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain, all with bows and arrows, and most of the arrows were rockets. Now the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and it is easier to ignite, and once a fire breaks out in the valley, I am afraid that our 50,000 men and horses will be wiped out.

After a pause, Qin Qiong continued: "Yu Yi, Shi Wansui, Hu Lu Zhongdu, and Li Yuan have fallen into my hands, and now you have no way to escape, I advise you to surrender!" As he spoke, as soon as Qin Qiong waved his hand, Yu Yi saw three people appear beside him, who was not Shi Wansui and the other three.

Yu Yi's heart sank to the bottom of the sea, his hands and feet were cold, and his heart was full of regret and depression. The enemy came completely prepared, and all his plans failed.

"Qin Qiong, you don't have to be proud! How can my Da Zhou boy be greedy for life and afraid of death? Although you have the upper hand now, it is still unknown how it will end! After a while, Yu Yi suddenly raised his head and smiled coldly.

Qin Qiong raised her eyebrows and said with a light smile: "What other tricks does General Yu Yi have, might as well tell me about it?" ”

Yu Yi replied: "Although we are temporarily trapped here, the peaks on both sides are not steep and steep, and it is not too difficult to climb. My 50,000 soldiers rushed up the mountain, I don't know if you have a way to deal with it? ”

Qin Qiong nodded in agreement and said, "What General Yu Yi said is good, but since then, even if I fail, I'm afraid you will lose most of your men!" ”

Yu Yi's face stiffened slightly, the green tendons on his forehead jumped, and then he said in a deep voice: "The soldier will inevitably die on the battlefield, and the general will inevitably die immediately." We are waiting for the heroes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, fighting for the country, although they are still glorious in death, what are we afraid of? ! ”

"Fight for the country, although death is still glorious!" Yuwen Zhao raised his weapon vigorously and shouted loudly.

"Fight for the country, although death is still glorious! Glory even though you die! More than 40,000 Zhou troops immediately shouted in unison, the sound was rolling, earth-shattering, the originally flustered mind quickly stabilized, and the sluggish morale also quickly rose.

"Zhou people can have such soldiers, no wonder they have become more and more prosperous over the years!" Qin Qiong saw it in her eyes and couldn't help but shake her head with emotion.

Looking at the excited and high-spirited appearance of the soldiers around him, Yu Yi couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face, and his depressed mood was much better. When everyone shouted several times in a row and their morale reached their highest, Yu Yi suddenly waved his hand, and all the voices stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes were firmly fixed on him.

"General Qin, do you still want to fight?" Yu Yi looked up at Qin Qiong and asked.

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "General Yu Yi, don't be impatient, please take a look at the gift I prepared for you first!" ”

After speaking, Qin Qiong nodded at an officer behind him. The latter's eyes froze, and after nodding in response, he said in a deep voice: "Action!" ”

With the order, Yu Yi saw nearly a hundred arrows shot from the Qi army camp on the top of the mountain, but the strange thing was that these feather arrows were tied to paper bags, and the direction was not towards the Zhou army in the valley.

In the puzzled eyes of Yu Yi and the others, all the arrows were concentrated on a small piece of the hillside, and then dozens of soldiers shot out the rockets in their hands, and the direction was almost exactly the same as the previous time.

"Boom!"

When the rocket landed, a rapid explosion was heard, and a raging fire suddenly ignited on the hillside, and the billowing smoke and orange-red fire made Yu Yi's heart palpitate.

Qin Qiong's move was nothing more than to tell him that they had a mysterious arson ability, and as long as the Zhou army dared to risk death to break through, the end would inevitably be that the entire army would be wiped out and buried in the flames. Yu Yi also had no doubt that as long as he ordered a breakthrough, Qin Qiong would burn the entire valley, and with the speed of that mysterious fire, the chance of his entire army being wiped out exceeded eighty percent.

"Yu Yi, 50,000 living lives, do you want to let them die in the fire? Are you so ruthless that you want to watch 50,000 families fall apart? Qin Qiong's voice sounded again.

Yu Yi was shocked, his teeth were clucking, and his mind was racing rapidly, but he couldn't come up with a way to break the game. In today's situation, in addition to fighting to the death, there is only one way to surrender. But how could he survive and surrender to the enemy. Is it just the lives of 50,000 soldiers that they will be reduced like this?

"Lord Wang, what can you do?" Yu Yi's brows furrowed tightly, and he asked with some difficulty.

Yuwen Zhao sighed helplessly and said, "General, it's better for you to make up your mind." Even if he dies, this king will knock out a few teeth of the enemy and let them know that my man in Da Zhou is not a soft persimmon! ”

Yu Yi's eyes moved slightly, and he turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, and everyone was also looking at him.

"General, fight with Qi Gou, even if you die, you have to pull a cushion!"

"General, we'll draw the enemy's attention later, and you'll take advantage of the chaos to flee here. When the time comes, we will meet the emperor and set foot on the Qi country, which can be regarded as avenging us!

"Yes, General, even if you give the order, we will fight with them!"

"General, give the order!"

Many soldiers were filled with righteous indignation and asked for their lives with red eyes, but many more had hope and a faint fear in their eyes. It doesn't matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, but their lives depend entirely on the thoughts of the wings.

They trust me so much, do I have to lead them to their deaths?

Yu Yi looked up at the sky, then took a deep breath, and finally made a choice in his heart.