Chapter 13: The Sin of Loneliness
In the book of war, it is said that soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent, and the original intention is to be flexible and changeable, so Guan Chengwu came up with four words that were unexpected.
Then these four words were disassembled and crushed, and then combined to get two words: Lao Liu.
In the melee of hundreds or thousands of people on both sides, it was difficult for anyone to notice such a sixth man, not to mention that Yan Tao was unstoppable, and only the neck of the Jin army soldier was in his eyes.
The lion fighting rabbit was also used by Yan Tao very thoroughly with all his strength, but Yan Tao's backhand turned out to be a tiger and tiger dancing with the axe in the hands of the guards, and the soldiers of the Jin army could not resist at all, and Wu Chengju and others could not support for a while at the important juncture of besieging Ling Shuang, so they could only do it in a hurry.
The depression in Yan Tao's heart finally found an outlet, and the blood mist was confused between the opening and closing of the long sword.
The bravery of the main general undoubtedly made the soldiers under his command more emboldened, and even Ruan Jin followed suit to change his fear.
In fact, Ruan Jin's own combat power is still okay, of course his brother-in-law can't beat him, but he has also survived more than 100 rounds under Ju Chuan.
It's just that there is no direct relationship between courage and bravery.
At the moment, Ruan Jin felt extremely excited, and he secretly felt that maybe this was the pride that a manly man should have, and the iron armor on his body was stained with blood and turned black and red, and it looked very thick in the faint light of the rising sun.
The two sides fought fiercely and killed hard, and they also killed.
"Brothers, the time has come for you to report back to Your Highness, kill!"
There was a sudden shout of killing from the rear of the Jin army, which was deafening.
A murderous aura instantly flooded the Jin soldiers in the back row.
Yan Tao couldn't help but look back and found that the Jin army had completely broken through the gap of more than two zhang in the wall, and the number of Jin soldiers left behind was already at a disadvantage, and the armament and armor were not complete, and there was no general in charge, and it was impossible to resist at all.
Min Er carried a long sword, and the blackened sword body re-exuded a dazzling cold glow after friction with flesh and blood.
"Brothers, rush! Kill the Golden Dog! ”
Nearly 100 of the 400 men and horses of the two companies led by Min Er were the defeated soldiers of the original Pengshu coalition army, and these people were already full of hatred for the Jin army, and the current situation was more like the tiger painted by the military flag.
The Jin army descended the mountain with a fierce tiger, and almost in an instant, it broke through the thin defense line of the remaining Jin soldiers.
Min Er didn't care about the formation at all at this time, it was only a hundred steps away from the Jin army, and the most important thing at the moment was to reinforce it as quickly as possible to attack from both sides, and annihilate all the Jin soldiers.
Min Er, who rushed to the front, rushed like a sharp arrow with the tiger behind him to the Jin soldiers who became panicked again.
The sadness in Yan Tao's heart finally couldn't be concealed at this moment, this short night was really too much, first he mistakenly thought it was a plan, and then the camp was attacked and the former camp was defeated, and finally stabilized the situation, but Ju Chuan died in battle and almost collapsed, and he almost ran away, and now he hopes to be extinguished by the outflanked Jin army again, and the morale of the army is so up and down in a short period of time, even if the martial god is reborn, what can be done?
Seventy or eighty percent of the more than 2,000 people in the battalion had their stomachs running in the middle of the night, and the golden soldiers had reached a limit both mentally and physically.
Yan Tao let out a long sigh, and the heroism just now disappeared in an instant.
After such a stunned effort, the soldiers around Yan Tao squeezed him behind.
Ruan Jin also heard the shouts of the Jin army, but the invincibility of the manly man who was fighting on the bloody battlefield had not switched for a while, and the wonderful expression on his face suddenly became the first line.
After coming back to his senses, Ruan Jin's expression changed greatly, and a sentence similar to a lying groove blurted out, and a black spot in his eyes gradually magnified in surprise and turned into horror.
Yes~~~
The call stopped abruptly, Guan Cheng pulled out the Changge in his hand with some unfinished thinking, and originally thought that the sparrow would not want to hit a bedbug.
However, Ruan Jin's gorgeous battle armor, which was clearly different from ordinary soldiers, and the straight and colorful helmets that rose to the sky on his sash, all had a lot of influence on the soldiers next to him.
Another general was killed, soldiers, whether you have a good brother-in-law or not, look at the flag and look at the helmet cherry on the battlefield, otherwise capturing the flag and beheading the general will not be linked to the meritorious victory.
Ruan Jin's death became the beginning of the irreversible rout of the Jin soldiers, and even if Yan Tao tried to stabilize the battle line and kill several deserters one after another, it was to no avail.
The Jin army in the rear, under the leadership of Min Er, was even more fierce like a tiger entering a flock, and after breaking through the defense line, he didn't care about the rest of the Jin soldiers, aiming at the general flag and rushing straight away.
The Jin soldiers who came out of the walled wall accidentally picked up a way to live, and after being stunned for a while, they ran out of the gap screaming.
The voice came, and the Jin soldiers, who were struggling to resist and were already on the verge of collapse, began to turn around and flee.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the guards hurriedly dragged Yan Tao to find a way out.
In a hurry, the guards took off Yan Tao's strap, and ripped off the tattered cloak on his body and hung it on his shoulders, and then shouted: "Left and right will kill Ben!" ”
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the other soldiers immediately carried Yan Tao and rushed towards the gap in the camp.
At this time, the Jin army was dividing and besieging, and the Jin soldiers who still had a certain formation had no time to take care of three or two kittens.
The pro-soldiers who pretended to be Yan Tao looked like seven or eight, but their strength was only two or three points, which added up to exactly ten points.
Wu Chengju had just finished leading people to solve Ling Shuang with great effort, and before he had time to take a few breaths, he saw Yan Tao, who was extremely active.
"This credit is decided, brothers!"
Wu Chengju was overjoyed, regardless of his injuries, and just walked over with the soldiers around him.
There is no fancyness when the two sides meet, and it is directly a long sword slash.
There was a crisp sound when the soldiers and iron intersected, and the long sword in Yan Tao's hand almost fell off.
But Wu Chengju's eyebrows furrowed, this kind of strength is also an elite level, even if it is the son of the lord of the country, it is impossible for him to sit in the position of Zuo Sima and become the first person in the army of a country.
Wu Chengju was unforgiving, and a straight stab of the long sword was barely dodged by Yan Tao, but with a backhand, he took advantage of Yan Tao's old power to go and the new force was not born, and directly slashed close to the neck.
Yan Tao's hand moved, blood gushed out directly, and the unwillingness in his eyes was bullied by Wu Chengju again before he could show it, and with a little force, the entire head fell into his hand.
"Your Lord is dead! Surrender quickly! ”
When Jin Bing heard this, it was indeed the head of his own commander, and the helmet cherry blossoms on his hood were extremely obvious, and the morale of the military spirit was gone, and he instantly turned into a headless fly scurrying around.
It's just that the front and back are so narrow that the terrain can run to, so under the education of blood, there are soon Jin soldiers who throw down the weapons in their hands.
"Those who descend will not be killed!"
"Those who descend will not be killed!"
"Those who descend will not be killed!"
The bursts of shouts suddenly had an effect, and even the red-eyed people realized that they had no power to return to the sky in the face of this desperate situation.
At this time, the sky also revealed the oriental fish maw, and the morning glow stretched for thousands of miles without the edge.
The morning dew is always the most thirst-quenching, refreshing and refreshing.
Guan Cheng's favorite thing is the tea made with dew, the soldiers are still collecting the corpses of the dead soldiers and carrying the wounded soldiers together, the military doctor can be said to be the busiest person at this time, and the sound of unbearable pain is everywhere.
Wang Ye had already woken up at this time, but the doctor said that he needed to rest because of excessive bleeding, otherwise he might hurt the origin, so Guan Cheng ordered people to build a lot of stretchers, and collected all the carriages in the Jin barracks, and even the war horses were used as coolies.
"Your Highness!"
The clerk trotted over with a clay mark and a roll of bamboo slips in his hand.
Guan Cheng put down the teacup in his hand and stood up.
"Your Highness has counted it."
"Say it."
"Our army beheaded nine hundred and twenty-one, captured three hundred and seventy-seven people, captured fifteen chariots, one hundred and forty-nine chariots, three hundred hard bows, one hundred and twenty war horses, two hundred and fifty-five horses, eighteen cattle, fifty-three sheep, twenty-five pigs, and countless other swords and arrows, as well as one thousand and nine stones of grain and grass, ten stones of meat, fifty jars of wine, three hundred pieces of cloth, and countless gold, silver, and jewelry."
The look on the clerk's face was clearly excited, such a huge windfall was really timely for this start-up team.
"Your Highness, a great victory! Captured a lot, a big victory! ”
Guan Cheng nodded and said, "Order, stew all the dead and injured horses, everyone must have meat in their bowls." Go and call General Wu over. ”
After a while, Wu Chengju walked over with his arms hanging, the blood on his body had not been wiped off, and his whole body and face were covered with blood, and the original iron armor was full of sword marks and broken armor.
"Your Highness."
Guan Cheng felt a little unbearable in his heart, but still asked, "What about the casualties of our army?" ”
"Back to Your Highness, there are no 320 people, 406 people are injured, of which 16 are seriously injured, and I am afraid that more than half of these 160 people will not survive today."
Guan Cheng was in a heavy mood, more than 700 people, and this kind of casualties had far exceeded his expectations.
"I didn't expect that our army had the advantage of a surprise attack and the enemy's strategy was exhausted, but the casualties were still so large."
"Your Highness, the Jin army can be regarded as a capable army in this area, even if Zhou Chu and other countries have the same strength, they may not be able to take much advantage. Although our army has trained diligently and hard, there are not many veterans who have seen blood, and their resilience is insufficient, and I believe that after this bloody battle, His Highness will find something different. ”
Guan Cheng sighed and said, "Lone knows, just like a tiger in the mountains, if you can't hunt a few large prey yourself, you will never be the king of the forest. ”
"It's just that I have just come out of Zhili County and encountered this kind of tragic war, and there are thousands of miles away from Jindi, and how many obstacles there are during this period."
Wu Chengju grinned, but accidentally twitched the wound and let out a gasp sound, and said with a sigh of relief: "Your Highness, rest assured, the sons and daughters can already take on great responsibilities after this battle, even if there are thousands of mountains and ravines in front of them, they will definitely lead the tiger to fill in for His Highness."
Guan Cheng said with a smile: "General Wu is so courageous, and the lonely captain needs such ambition." ”
"Your Highness has a good reputation, and it is an honor for you to follow Your Highness."
Guan Cheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Lone heard that you beheaded Yan Tao?" ”
"At that time, it looked like he was dressing up, but the minister felt fake."
"Oh?" Guan Cheng asked, "What's going on?" ”
"Back to His Royal Highness, the minister killed him in less than three rounds, Yan Taochen has heard of it, and he has seen it, and the minister feels that his strength should not be like this, so the minister did not tell him at the first time, but someone has already asked with the head, and I believe that there will be a result soon."
Guan Cheng nodded and said, "Well, you did a good job." Regardless of whether the person you killed was Yan Tao or not, he had to be in the situation at the time. ”
"Your Highness." A soldier hurried over.
"What?"
"Back to His Highness, I found out that the person killed by Wu Sima was dressed as Yan Tao's personal guard, and Yan Tao escaped."
When Wu Chengju heard that his face was already stained with blood, he was even more hideous, and hurriedly asked Zhan to say: "Your Highness, please give the minister two military vehicles, and the minister will definitely chase this thief back." ”
Guan Cheng waved his hand and refused: "This guy has been running for half an hour, where are you going to chase it." The most important thing at the moment is not Yan Tao, but here, this fierce battle that Yan Tao must be resentful in his heart, he still has thousands of men and horses in his hands, even if it is to give an explanation to his lord, he will inevitably come to seek revenge. ”
"But even if he finds his troops and gathers men and horses, it will take one or two days, and these two days are my chance."
Wu Chengju asked with some puzzlement: "Your Highness, what does this mean?" ”
Guan Cheng said with a smile: "It's not interesting, along the way, I hope that after arriving in Jindi, I can have some soldiers who have fought a hundred battles as seeds, a strong and invincible army must be watered with blood to grow, Datong has relied on those strong troops who have been killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain for more than 200 years, and Lone also wants to have such an army." ”
Guan Cheng's meaning Wu Chengju understands, but what to do is to catch blindness.
"Let's go, accompany Gu to see the brothers who were killed and wounded in battle."
"No."
The two of them walked through the camp with two guards, and the sounds of the men cooking, the neighing of the horses, and the begging of the prisoners of war for mercy were heard in their ears, but when these voices gathered together and poured into the ears of the superiors, it seemed to become the most beautiful music.
After experiencing the initial discomfort, Seki quickly got used to the scene in front of him.
The blood on the ground had not completely seeped into the ground, and the eyes were red with a large area of blood, and some were even connected together to form irregular small puddles of blood, and the mud spots splashed on the feet were all blood-colored.
The blood shed in the fierce battle was filled with a different kind of grandeur in the morning dew.
The wounded soldiers were temporarily gathered in the northeast corner of the camp, the sun had just risen to bring a trace of warmth, the surrounding fire had been extinguished, the fire was still emitting wisps of white smoke, several military doctors rolled up their sleeves and were bandaging and sewing the wounds of the wounded soldiers one by one, and the apprentices were fanning the stove with a pampa fan, staring at the medicine stove and smelling it from time to time.
"Ah, Your Highness! Your Highness is here! ”
As soon as a primary school apprentice raised his eyes, he saw Guan Cheng walking over.
Immediately, the entire wounded battalion was alarmed, and the doctor hurriedly ran out with a few doctors.
"See Your Highness."
"Get up, what is this?" Guan Cheng said with some displeasure, he is most annoyed by these red tapes on weekdays, but his father likes it, and it seems that only at this time can he truly experience the dignity of the throne.
"Since my father asked you to go to the Jin Kingdom with Gu, then you are Gu's subjects, and you don't have such a thing here."
"A man has gold under his knees, and besides, how can a doctor save the dead and help the wounded, and bend his knees at every turn."
Guan Cheng's tone was slightly stern, but in everyone's ears, he felt the most gentle.
"These good boys, you must do your best, these people are lone warriors, whatever you need, just mention it, let General Wu fully cooperate with you."
The doctor hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, the medicinal materials are enough now, but the white cloth used to bandage is very short." ”
Guan Cheng turned around and said, "General Wu, this matter is handed over to you, and it must be resolved within half an hour." ”
Guan Cheng walked into the camp tent in front of him, and as soon as he entered one of them, a fishy smell rushed to his face, but the soldiers seemed to be used to seeing the King of Jin standing up and saluting, and some of the seriously wounded were still struggling.
Guan Cheng's nose was sour, his heart choked, and he stood for a long time Guan Cheng bowed to these wounded soldiers to the end.
This move scared everyone away.
Wu Chengju hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Highness, the ministers dare not bear to die!" ”
The wounded soldiers also reacted and knelt on the ground with a hula la.
Guan Cheng calmed down before saying, "Soldiers! ”
"Gu knows that most of you are from Zhili County, but because of an imperial order, you have traveled thousands of miles with Gu to become a vassal. Loneliness should have given you glory and wealth, but now you are lying here and suffering from pain. ”
"I'm sorry for you!"
This sentence Guan Cheng almost roared out.
The wounded soldiers also knew that the King of Jin had come to visit, and when they heard the roar, many people came over with each other's arms.
Seeing this, Wu Chengju hurriedly lifted the curtain so that more people could see King Jin, so he couldn't wait to tear down this camp tent.