"I'm dead?"

In a forest near Liuyi, Zhaoping muttered to himself.

In his ears, the voice of "Zhaoping is dead, the Chu army has been defeated" by the Surabaya still echoed.

In front of his eyes, he seemed to be able to see the appearance of the Qin general taking the lead, rushing into battle to capture the flag.

And, countless Chu soldiers saw the scene of the flag falling and scattering and fleeing.

Ten thousand against five thousand!

He Zhaoping actually lost, and he actually fought a big defeat under such superior forces, and even his own general flag was captured by the Qin army.

If it weren't for the clever short-term soldier named Ge Ying he had newly recruited and escorted him out of the chaos, I am afraid that Zhaoping would have risked becoming a prisoner of the Qin people.

It's just, what's the point of living like this?

He might as well be killed by Na Qin's sword on the chariot, at least he didn't have to endure such humiliation.

In the battle of Qin and Chu, Shangzhu defeated Li Xin in the north north of Xia Cai, and broke the Mengwu army in the battle of Huaiyang.

What a glorious record, what a glorious glory, enough to make all the Chu people hold their heads high and no longer be afraid of the tiger and wolf Qin of the West.

It is enough to make the prestige of the Chu State spread among the mouths of the six countries of the world, so that everyone in the world knows that the former princes are long, and the country of the southern hegemon is still strong and brave, enough to match the Qin State.

This is an unparalleled glory for the state of Chu.

But now, he Zhaoping has become a stain on this glorious record.

The 5,000 Qin army was on the bank of Surabaya, with the back of the water as a formation, and attacked with surprise soldiers, breaking the 10,000 Chu army led by Zuo Sima of the Chu State.

Less wins more, weak wins stronger.

This battle is rare in the world, and it is enough to make the reputation of the Qin general Zhao Tuo spread all over the world.

And he Zhaoping is just the loser who makes people laugh.

In the future, as long as someone mentions Zhao Tuo, he will definitely mention the name of his incompetence.

A name full of shame.

Shohei drew his sword.

He looked at the dozen or so guards standing in the forest, who were the ones who fought hard to rescue him from the chaos and escorted him all the way here.

"Second and third sons, I led the army to pursue, and I had the power to win, but I was defeated by the Qin people because of anger."

"I was humiliated before the battle, and the army was overthrown after the battle, I Zhaoping felt deeply ashamed, ashamed of the ancestors of the Zhao family, and even more shameless to return to meet the king, this battle does not need to be punished by the king, I should die to apologize."

"It's just that the second and third sons were humiliated with me, Zhaoping was ashamed in his heart, and hoped that the second and third sons would protect my body and return to Zhao's hometown after my death, and there would be no need to let my soul stay in a foreign land."

Zhaoping's words were calm, as if everything was natural.

The soldiers hurriedly shouted, "Zuo Sima, no."

Ge Ying even shouted: "Zuo Sima, although our army is defeated, it is not the whole army, as long as the remnants are gathered, we can still win thousands of people, and we may not have the strength to fight with the Qin people. In this battle, the Qin army relied on a surprise attack by surprise soldiers, not Zuo Sima's mistake."

"Wasn't it my mistake?"

Zhaoping muttered, "It's my fault if I lose."

He raised his head and looked back at the hometown of the Zhao clan in the south, and a voice from his father's teachings sounded in his ears.

"The general of Jing Chu, the day the teacher comes out, there is the glory of death, and there is no shame of life."

Since ancient times, the state of Chu has had a tradition of overthrowing the army and killing generals.

In the battle of Chengpu in the past Jin and Chu, Yin Ziyu was defeated by the Jin army, and he was ashamed and embarrassed, and he had no shame to return to the capital, and he killed himself in Liangu.

Sixty years later, the uncle of the king of Chu Gongzi rebelled, fought with the Jin people in Yanling, because of greed for alcohol, and was defeated by the Jin army, although the king of Chu did not blame, and even sent someone to prevent the son from committing suicide, but he still stubbornly committed suicide.

During the battle of Wu Chu, Zuo Sima Shen Yin Shu and Ling Yin Nangwa led the army to meet Wu Shi, Nangwa did not listen to Shen Yin Shu's advice, changed the battle plan without authorization, and was defeated by Wu general Sun Wu. Shen Yinshu led his troops to the rescue, but was surrounded by Sun Wu's army, and when he could not break through, Shen Yinshu was ashamed of being captured, and asked his subordinates to cut off their own heads to return to the king of Chu.

……

For hundreds of years, on the battlefield, I don't know how much

Shao Chu will be defeated and kill himself, and there are few people who steal life.

Because they are true Jing Chu nobles, their bodies have the blood of Zhu Rong flowing like fire, and they are the descendants of the noble Emperor Gaoyang.

Defeat the army and kill the general, and the defeat is death.

This is the way of their Jingchu nobles, and it is their dignity.

Just like more than 20 years later, the overlord of Western Chu who killed himself on the bank of the Wujiang River and refused to cross the river to steal his life.

That was his last dignity.

"I am surnamed Zhao, a descendant of Emperor Gaoyang Miao, Zhu Rong's bloodline, today's army is overthrown, and An can steal his life?"

As he spoke, Zhao Ping took out the silk cloth in his arms, gently wiped the long sword to make it spotless, and then stood up, looked in the direction of Surabaya, raised his hands, and put the sword on his neck.

Suddenly, Zhaoping remembered the enemy who had defeated him.

"Fight against the odds, defeat the strong with the weak."

"This Zhao Tuo is really very human."

Zhao Ping sighed lightly, he died and had never seen the Qin general who defeated him.

I don't know what this person looks like.

With this surging regret, Zhaoping killed himself with a horizontal sword, and blood splashed in the forest.

Only a dozen or so soldiers were left kneeling around, with tears in their eyes, and they prostrated and shouted, "Congratulations to the lord, we will send the lord back to his hometown."

Half an hour later, Jing Tong gathered hundreds of remnants and followed the trail to this place, but what he saw was the body of Zuo Sima Zhaoping.

His face was full of bitterness.

"Zuo Sima's death, I'm miserable."

……

On the banks of Surabaya, the Qin people who chased and killed the defeated soldiers of the Chu army all returned.

Most of these Qin soldiers sat on the ground covered in blood, panting heavily, they didn't feel it when they were excited to chase and kill just now, but now when they stopped, they found that their hands and feet were trembling, and they couldn't stand up anymore when they sat on the ground.

But all of them had a smile on their faces.

Not only because the Qin army killed a lot of enemies this time, but everyone can be promoted to the knighthood for meritorious service.

All the more so because they can finally go home!

"The Chu army has been defeated, and there is no one to stop us from going home!"

"I can finally go back to my hometown and see my parents and relatives."

"I'm going back."

Zhao Tuo heard everyone's voices, and he also had a smile on his face, but there was a surging sadness in his smile.

Won.

With the back of the water as a battle, the strange soldiers surrounded, the 5,000 Qin army broke 10,000 Chu people, which was enough to amaze the world, and enough to save a little dignity for the defeat of the Qin State in the defeat of Chu.

But the price was the cost of more than 600 Qin people's lives.

Zhao Tuo knew all these people, and he could even call most of them by name.

Most of them were soldiers brought out by Zhao Tuo from Wei Di himself, and they followed him all the way for thousands of miles, swearing to serve their lives without complaint.

Although they are subordinates, they are like brothers and sisters.

From Daliang to Suxian County, and then to Shan Father and Changyi. turned south to Chudi, Huaiyang, Pingyu, Xincai...... All the way to the shore of Surabaya, there was only one last section of the way home, but they fell here forever.

"There will always be dead people on the battlefield, and when I first went to the battlefield, I saw corpses all over the ground, and saw the corpses of my soldiers on the battlefield, and I also sighed and grieved like you."

Xin Wu walked over and sighed beside Zhao Tuo: "But after experiencing more, I will get used to it, this is war."

Zhao Tuo nodded silently.

Xin Wu stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Tuo's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be sad after winning the battle, it will make the soldiers feel down. This great victory should be used to boost morale so that they can walk back to Qin with a smile. And after this battle, your name Zhao Tuo will definitely spread throughout the Qin State......

Speaking of this, Xin Wu looked at the young soldier in front of him, and his eyes were a little dazed.

Carrying the water as a battle, putting it to death and then reviting, arousing the heart of the soldiers to fight to the death, and then rushing around the back with strange soldiers to capture the flag, and finally breaking 10,000 from 5,000.

Such a record coincided with the time when Li Xin suffered a big defeat.

How will the king reward him?

Zhao Tuo quickly adjusted his state, no longer swayed by negative emotions, and began to deploy his next actions.

He let the wounded and exhausted soldiers sit in place to rest and recover, while the still powerful Qin soldiers followed the military judge to count the gains.

[In view of the general environment,

First of all, the 4,000 Qin army used carriages as a barrier to kill and wound a large number of attacking Chu troops, and it is roughly estimated that nearly 2,000 Chu people were killed, which is equivalent to three times the number of Qin soldiers killed in battle.

To have such a ratio, firstly, it relied on the cover of the barricade, and secondly, the Qin army fought against the water, and with the will to return to the homeland, the morale was high, and the battle did not retreat, so it caused a lot of casualties to the Chu army.

Zhao Tuo estimated that when the Chu army attacked in the first round, they had killed more than 1,000 people on the other side, and the remaining nearly 4,000 Chu soldiers were already on the verge of collapse.

If it weren't for Zhaoping's timely replacement of Mingjin, I'm afraid that the 4,000 people would have been directly defeated by them. It can be seen that Na Zhaoping is indeed very capable, and he can also notice the state of the Chu army in addition to being angry, and can change people in time.

Excluding the corpses outside the car base, the surprise attack led by Shima, and after the collapse of the Chu army, the Qin army chased north, and killed about 300 people in a scattered and scattered manner.

After all, the Qin army didn't need to take prisoners, and once they caught up, it would be a killing.

In this way, the total number of enemies they killed was two thousand three, which was enough to be called a great victory, and the whole army, below the title of five doctors, could be promoted to one level of knighthood.

Of course, compared to the more than 2,000 Chu heads, the real heavyweight trophy was the Zuo Sima banner that was captured by the Shijian Rushing Formation.

Sima was the highest military governor of the Chu State, equivalent to the Shangzhu State.

The left and right Sima, Sima's deputies, are senior generals of the Chu army, and their status is very prominent.

The capture of such a banner is equivalent to the capture of the banner of Mengwu by the Chu army in the first battle of Huaiyang, and the credit is very great.

"It's a pity that Zuo Sima ran too fast, and disappeared after I grabbed the flag, if I can capture him, I will definitely be able to make a great contribution to the army."

Shima also said with some regret.

Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "Okay, if you can rush to capture the flag, it's a great achievement, just run." You did the right thing at the time, in the melee, compared to the head of Zhaoping, this banner has a greater effect, it is too conspicuous, if you keep capturing the flag, can the Chu people be defeated?"

"Moreover, the role of this banner is greater than you think, and it can defeat the hearts of the Chu people on the battlefield. If we return home victoriously, it will also show the merits of our Qin army."

"Great King, I must be happy to see this flag of the Chu State Zuo Sima."

Zhao Tuo had a surging smile on his face, but his eyes were full of frost.

Zuo Sima Zhaoping, chased him all the way for nearly a thousand miles, and killed him hundreds of times on the bank of Surabaya, how could this hatred stop.

"Wait, when Wang Jian fights Chu, I will use your Zhaoping's blood to pay tribute to the robes who died in battle here."

"The blood debt shall be paid with blood."

The sky is slanting in the west, the winter wind is howling, and on the bank of Surabaya, it seems to be frozen in ice.

After the Qin army counted the number of captures and buried the corpse of the robe, they began to set out on the road home in a marching array.

They had 4,000 soldiers and about 1,000 wounded.

Ahead, there is only one Peiyi left on their way back to Qin.