Chapter 52: Tragedy
Liao Hua was secretly shocked in his heart: I have the will to die, and I am desperate, but I can't get much advantage. She is a female general, why is she so powerful? That's it, even the power is above me, it's incredible!
Seeing Zhang Bao's team getting farther and farther away from him, Liao Hua knew that he couldn't delay any longer. After a false shot, he took the horse aside.
"Coward, run away!" The flower mane shouted and chased.
At the same moment, Liu Yuan and Hu Sanniang finally arrived in front of Jiang Zhong. The two dismounted, walked in to take a look, and found that Jiang Zhong was still miraculously hanging for a breath.
"What do you want?" Liu Yuan picked up Jiang Zhong and asked.
Jiang Zhong held Liu Yuan's hand tightly and said with all his strength: "I beg the general...... One thing! After I die...... Help me take care of ...... My wife and children ......" look expectant.
Liu Yuan nodded fiercely, at this time, how could he refuse Jiang Zhong?
Jiang Zhong closed his eyes. With a smile on his face and tears in the corners of his eyes.
"Lady, when I come back, when I make a contribution, I will definitely come back to pick you up and Xiaoshi."
"Husband, don't worry, I will definitely honor my in-laws and raise Xiaoshi well. When the husband goes, everything should be based on his own safety, and the rest is secondary, and Xiaoshi and I are waiting for you at home. ”
Little Stone was in his mother's arms, sleeping soundly.
The scene before leaving appeared in Jiang Zhong's mind.
He insisted on not swallowing this breath, just for his wife and children!
"Lady, little stone, I'm sorry, I can't go back! I was wrong, I was too greedy. When he was dying, Jiang Zhong repeated this sentence in his heart.
The image in my mind became more and more blurry and faded away.
"Jiang Zhong!" Liu Yuan couldn't help but shout.
The close comrades-in-arms left like this, in their arms, with reluctance and regret! How can Liu Yuan not be sad?
For Jiang Zhong's death, Liu Yuan blamed himself a little. If Liu Yuan hadn't promised a heavy reward in public, Jiang Zhong might not have been so greedy, and his death might have been avoided.
But Liu Yuan himself is not wrong, as a commander, boosting morale is the most basic.
So should we fight hard for merit? Liu Yuan himself can't say it well. This may be related to the size of the risk and the individual's resilience. If you win, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth; If you lose, you will pay the price of your life. Gains and losses can only be measured by the parties themselves.
But it can't be helped, this is war. You can kill someone else, and someone else can kill you! If you want to become a general, you will have to rot tens of thousands of corpses behind you. Or, you yourself are rotten, and others are revered for stepping on your dry bones.
For a while, Liu Yuan was very emotional.
In another part of the battlefield, Shi Jin took less than ten rounds to cut off Gong Du's head. He did not stop and continued the pursuit.
After a while, Liao Hua caught up with Zhang Bao, and the two of them worked together, coupled with the desperate efforts of the soldiers under their command, and gradually killed to the edge of the encirclement. At this time, the total number of soldiers they brought with them was less than a thousand.
"General, with a little more effort, we can kill them. After finding a way to rescue General Tiangong, we gathered the old department, recuperated for a few more years, and could make a comeback. Liao Hua said.
There was no reply......
"General?" Liao Hua turned his head to look at it, stunned by the scene in front of him.
Zhang Bao covered his neck with both hands, and a flying knife was stuck in his neck. He spoke indistinctly, and he could vaguely distinguish two words: "Hurry up."
"General!" Liao Hua stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhang Bao, but he couldn't hold the vanishing life.
After a while, Zhang Bao's hand holding his neck fell, his breathing was cut off, his eyes were round, and his expression was complicated. Is it unyielding? Is it remorse? Is it reluctant? Or both.
After putting Zhang Baoheng on the war horse in front of him, Liao Hua looked up to the sky and shouted: "Liu Yuan! Huangfu Song! I Liao Hua will not take revenge, and I will not be a man! ”
"You don't have a chance to get revenge!" Mrs. Zhurong immediately blocked in front of Liao Hua.
"You shot the throwing knife?" Liao Hua stared at Mrs. Zhurong and said coldly.
"I shot it! How are you prepared? "How could Mrs. Zhurong be afraid of Liaohua?
"I'll kill you!" Liao Hua's eyes were red, and he drove the horse straight to Mrs. Zhurong.
Mrs. Zhurong has been dealing with fierce beasts for half her life, and she knows that the dying struggle of fierce beasts is very terrifying. So in the face of Liao Hua, although she is confident, she will not take it lightly.
Seeing Liao Hua rushing head-on, she also rode her horse to meet it with all her might. Tough with Liao Hua, Mrs. Zhurong is not afraid at all.
The two horses were getting closer and closer, and they would meet in a few more steps, and Liao Hua suddenly controlled the horse so hard that it was moving in a slightly different direction. Then, after hesitating for a moment, he still pushed Zhang Bao off the horse.
If Zhang Bao is alive, he must desperately rescue him. But now that he has become a corpse, Liao Hua, who is facing a desperate situation, still chooses to give up.
Due to inertia, Mrs. Zhurong didn't have time to adjust the direction and staggered with Liao Hua. In desperation, she took advantage of the length of the weapon and fired a shot.
Liao Hua had already prepared and blocked this shot, and the war under his crotch did not stop.
Mrs. Zhurong shouted that she was deceived.
Liao Hua is too good at acting, and what he did before made people mistakenly think that he was trying to work hard. Who would have thought that in the end, he would actually have to run!
Want to run? It's not that easy! Mrs. Zhurong's wrist shook slightly, and a cold light flew out.
For Mrs. Zhurong's hand, Liao Hua had already prepared, and as soon as he turned his head, the flying knife flew past his neck, bringing up a strand of broken hair.
This time, the flying knife is not a sneak attack, the attack effectiveness is only 85, and Liao Hua's force has been increased to 82, so the success rate has been greatly reduced.
Liao Hua kept going, broke through the encirclement, and ran farther and farther.
Although Mrs. Zhurong hated it so much, there was nothing she could do.
The battle was won, but Liu Yuan was not happy. The casualties are too heavy! On the Yellow Turban side, except for Liao Hua and the captured Du Yuan, almost all the troops were wiped out. The Han army also lost five ministers, including Jiang Zhong, more than 20 Qu Chang and more than 5,000 soldiers.
For Jiang Zhong's death, Liu Yuan was certainly saddened. And the deaths of Zhang Bao and Gong Du will not make him happy.
Most of the Yellow Turbans were poor people, and there was nothing wrong with them, they were just instigated.
The imperial court is not always right, it has decayed and it is time to be replaced.
Liu Yuan even admired Gong Du, Zheng Gu, Zuo Zhang, and other generals, who sacrificed their lives for the cause they were fighting for and for their commanders.
However, there is no justice and no evil in war, only victory and defeat. If you win, you can stand on the moral high ground and be praised; If you lose, you will be scandalized as a demon and spurned by others.
After experiencing a lot, in the face of life and death, people will become calm and insensitive. This seems to be the route that the emperor must take. However, Liu Yuan, who has experienced modern life, does not want to be led by fate.
Even if many places must be changed, there are always some things that Liu Yuan has to stick to. Such as feelings, such as the view of right and wrong, such as a broad mind that can tolerate all things!
After the war, Liu Yuan looked at Du Yuan, who was kneeling in front of him and being captured by Jiang Zhong.
Liu Yuan, who was not in the mood to say much, said straight to the point: "Do you want to die or live?" ”
"The villain cherishes his life very much, of course he wants to live! The general has something to do, just give orders. ”
"Okay, then you will go with me to see Zhang Jiao?" Liu Yuan's words were astonishing.
"What? Adults don't test villains anymore. The villain was blinded by lard before, listened to Zhang Jiao's lies, and was deceived into the Yellow Turban Army. Now that he has been rescued by adults, he must change his past. The general told me to go east, but I didn't dare to go west, and the adults told me to catch dogs, but I didn't dare to catch chickens. Du Yuan burst into tears when he spoke, kowtowing like pounding garlic.
"Noise! One more word and I'll kill you! Liu Yuan shouted.
Du Yuan really shut up.
Liu Yuan instructed his subordinates to strip off the clothes on the corpses of the surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers and Yellow Turban soldiers, gather 10,000 pieces, and distribute them to himself and the 10,000 soldiers under Shi Jin's command.
Liu Yuan and Shi Jin set off towards Guangzong County with 10,000 Han Dynasty troops wearing yellow turban soldiers and yellow scarves on their heads.
The rest were sent to ambush elsewhere.
The city of Guangzong was still besieged by the Han army on all sides. Wang Jin and other generals of Huangfu Song's headquarters led troops to harass from time to time, making Zhang Jiao uneasy.
"General, calculate the time, General Digong's soldiers and horses should have arrived, why is there no news yet." On the city of Guangzong, a general asked Zhang Jiao.
"Wait, after the brother gets the news, he will definitely come!" At this time, Zhang Jiao's face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"General, look over there!" Another general suddenly shouted, pointing his right hand forward.