Chapter Twenty-Three: They Need an Oppressor
The last of the light was completely melted away by the darkness.
Ashoka was already standing at the very center of an army of 250,000 men.
The sun does not bring him warmth, and the darkness does not give him the slightest security.
If the Qin people in the night can still make a terrifying synergy like the day.
It was difficult for the remaining army to protect him.
The 100,000 soldiers who died tragically on the Western front have turned into lonely ghosts.
Tens of thousands of people scattered on the eastern flank were also blocked from the front.
They tried to rush into the defensive line, but were threatened by the friendly forces.
"Go back, either kill the Qin people or die now!"
The general who blocked the block had a hideous face.
But inside there is more fear.
They came with a winning mentality.
Because Ashoka was never defeated.
But who would have thought that he would only be in contact with the Qin people for one day.
The 600,000-strong army was defeated one after another.
First, the north was broken 150,000, and then besieged by the west and strangled 100,000.
Now these are the 100,000 troops left behind in the East by Barry's last fight.
was also killed by heavy horses.
Although the dead and wounded were only half, the soldiers were fed up with the scene of corpses all over the ground.
They watched with their own eyes as people they knew died tragically under the Qin people's knives.
Fear extinguishes all pride at this moment.
Even the generals of these defeated armies were leading the way in shouting at the defenders.
"What are you doing?"
"Let us in!"
"We can strengthen the defenses of the front."
"Don't you see?"
"The cavalry of the Qin people is too strong, and we alone can't stop it!"
The general of the defense replied sharply.
"Think about it, why did they let you tens of thousands of people come back so easily?"
"As soon as you come in, the formation will be chaotic."
"This is what the Qin people want!"
"I just want to use you to disrupt the formation of the army and break through the defense line with minimal losses."
"You can't come back!"
"The Prime Minister said that he would not let you come back!"
The generals were still afraid of bearing the responsibility for the lives of tens of thousands of people.
The prime minister who gave the order was spoken.
His words quieted the originally restless defensive line.
Tens of thousands of defeated troops huddled together looked around in fear.
All that could be seen was a quiet darkness.
There was not the slightest movement around.
The defeated army did not doubt the words of the generals.
Because there is no one who understands the horror of the other party better than they have faced the Qin people.
Those devils will not miss such an opportunity.
But they want to live, they really don't want to die here.
As the first man fell to his knees weakly.
Pieces of soldiers seem to have completely lost the strength to resist.
No matter how much they struggle, there is only one dead end left.
Despair is the only feeling in the hearts of these people.
They huddled together, hoping for a sense of security in the cold darkness.
But the next moment, the sound of horses' hooves like a nightmare echoed.
Everyone was struck by the spirits.
They were back to back, looking around in horror.
It was as if the darkness was full of devouring beasts.
Ashoka stood in the middle of the army, and he was extremely nervous at the moment.
He no longer thought about the original goal of destroying the Qin State.
Now he just wants to find a chance to escape from this plain.
But the light of the fire did not agree.
East and west directions.
The Qin cavalry held torches in a continuous stream, sandwiching them in the middle again.
No one knew what other means the Qin people had.
All the soldiers of the Mauryan Empire were trembling.
Just when they thought that the Qin people would attack again and completely defeat them.
A familiar figure suddenly walked to the front line.
"Don't shoot arrows!"
"I'm here to save you!"
The familiar voice made the prime ministers in the army subconsciously widen their eyes.
Then he was horrified to see that his waste nephew had appeared alive in front of him again.
"Why didn't he die?"
The Prime Minister's face was ugly.
This waste not only will fight for the opportunity to squander, a mess of waste.
He even returned to Daqin?
Haven't you become a traitor's relative?
In that day, Ashoka will definitely be prejudiced against himself because of this.
The prime minister only felt angry for a while, he shouldn't have listened to his brother in the first place.
Give this a chance!
At this moment, Axeto had already walked in front of the chaotic army with his hands held high.
With tens of thousands of people in the middle, he wasn't worried about being shot by the archers on the defensive line.
The only thing to worry about is how to appease these soldiers and slaves who have become completely desperate.
Axeto spoke out as he walked forward.
"Some of you may know who I am, and some of you may not even have heard my name."
"But I'm here today just to save you!"
"That's right, I'm the commander of the first batch of 100,000 troops, Axeto."
"I'm not dead, and I'm not being dismembered by the devil as you say."
Axetus found a rock and climbed up.
Shouting at these retreating soldiers.
"Do you know why?"
"Because the Qin people are not demons!"
"It's not the ignorant and fearless little country we call it!"
"The real Great Qin rules the entire East."
"There's a prosperity there that we can't imagine."
"That's right, all of you have been deceived!"
"Great Qin is a country that is countless times more powerful than the Mauryan Empire."
Axeto held a torch and shouted at the defeat.
"I know most of you are slaves."
"You, like me, have been treated as animals by the world from birth."
"Everybody's eyes on us are looking at the goods."
"But let me tell you, there is no slavery in Great Qin!"
"In the territory under their rule, every house is safe and happy, and the night is not closed."
"All races are equal, and there is no slave or master at all."
"In Daqin, everyone is a living person!"
Axeto's words overwhelmed the trembling defeated army.
Ashoka and the prime minister in the rear have already constricted their pupils.
As the superiors, they are the most sensitive to the direction of the human heart, and they also know how to bewitch the most.
Now, they clearly guessed that the Qin people wanted to use Axeto to persuade him to surrender.
At least to persuade the slaves to surrender!
These words are simply a subversion of the entire Mauryan Dynasty.
The Prime Minister's eyes widened in anger and he was about to give the order when the archers of the defense line sneaked over and shot him.
But Ashoka suddenly raised his hand to stop it.
"The Qin people want to get the support of their slaves, they are really ignorant."
"Ignore it and let them continue to persuade."
"At this time, we have to determine whether the Qin cavalry can still be like an arm and a finger at night."
The Prime Minister's eyes also changed suddenly.
Yes, the Mauryan Empire lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of slaves.
As long as they can break out, it will be easy to recruit hundreds of thousands of slaves.
Although he really wanted to kill this nephew who might affect his career.
But the prime minister still focused on breaking out.
He summoned the remaining generals again to discuss the strategy.
This time, the last 9,000 elephant soldiers were also used, not seeking meritorious service, but only making the biggest noise.
With the constant preaching of the Oriental Axesato.
Among the tens of thousands of defeated troops, the already desperate slaves had the intention of defecting.
They didn't have the slightest sense of belonging to the Mauryan Empire.
In this system of rights, it is the weakest, and it is impossible to control life and death by itself.
Even their sons and grandchildren, from generation to generation, will always be slaves of the master's family, and they will not be able to turn over from generation to generation.
This sense of desperation is more chilling than the killing on the battlefield.
And this battle is fought here, which also makes them see more clearly the attitude of the upper echelons towards them.
Ashoka and his ministers and generals didn't even treat them as human beings at all.
Barry attempted a raid on the Western Front, forcing tens of thousands of slaves to run out and die.
Just to try to attract Qin Qi's attention.
Such a country is like purgatory for them.
It's lucky to be able to escape, let alone sacrifice your life to protect it.
And at this moment, I heard the command of Axeto.
They had a chance to get out of slavery.
This simply gave them another chance to reincarnate.
A slave's heart began to waver.
"Axeto's mother was a slave."
"He shouldn't lie to us."
"And we can't beat it, even if it's fake, it's just a different way to die!"
"But if it's true, maybe the children may be able to turn over!"
When I think of my own children, I can enjoy the blue sky and white clouds like the children of large families.
You don't have to be beaten and bullied like an animal.
Some of the slaves had already taken up their weapons on the ground again.
Meanwhile.
Suddenly, the west of the army roared.
The sound of chaotic fighting once again enveloped the plain.
The light of the fire, held by 100,000 cavalry in the west, quickly gathered to the north.
The Mauryan Empire wanted to raid at night.
The Qin cavalry soon gathered in the area where the elephant soldiers charged.
You can face the grumpy giant elephants.
They did not dare to approach even though they had run out of crossbow arrows.
After hesitating for a few breaths, he saw that the elephant soldiers were about to break out.
As a last resort, the generals of the forbidden army could only find the javelin spears of the Mauryan cavalry in the area where 20,000 cavalry were strangled, and then use them to block them.
And in the process.
Emperor Ashoka had already traveled lightly with the prime minister and others, with the most elite army.
Hurriedly evacuated along the vacant place in the far south.
They were worried all the way, and finally before Qin Qi dealt with the nine thousand elephant soldiers.
Ran to the edge of the plain.
The moment you step into the woods.
Ashoka was simply moved to tears.
It had been a long, long time since he had been so happy.
I'm glad I still dare to gamble.
The Qin people really lost the ability to control the overall situation at night.
When Ashoka fled completely with thousands of people.
The generals, who had been warned not to move, finally began to order the withdrawal of the army in the same direction.
But at this moment, the light horseman, who had not paid attention to this place, suddenly came again.
The army of 250,000 people, who had just given birth to a glimmer of hope, was crushed here.
The generals only thought that the movement was too loud, or that they had been discovered by the enemy.
didn't know that the general of the forbidden army was looking at the west with a sneer.
Said quietly.
"Ashoka should have escaped!"
"Go back and report to Your Highness, it's time to close the net."
The words fell.
In the distance, to the east, the first wave of defective slaves finally began to move away from the line of defense and approach Axeto.
The defenders on the defensive line looked at each other.
What the hell are they going to do at this moment?
Could it be that watching these people defect to the enemy makes the Qin people stronger?
But this time they didn't get the instructions they should have.
Instead, someone shouted.
"Ashoka has left us and fled!"
This made the already chaotic scene even more unbearable.
For a while, the soldiers' doubts were everywhere.
The army of 250,000 was full of noise and roaring.
Standing on the stone, Axetor watched the scene in silence.
He knew what Ying Xuan was going to do.
If the Mauryan Empire had no oppression.
That Yingxuan is an intruder.
But if there is an Ashoka who is in a desperate situation, he can only use the lives of slaves to fill the gap between the two sides little by little.
Ying Xuan is the savior of these slaves!
He will be this country~ No! He is the eternal hero of this nation.
Because Axeto knew that the Mauryan Empire would inevitably be completely incorporated into Great Qin.
……
At the same time, Western Ashoka gasped and returned to his luxurious chariot again.
He hesitantly touched his car.
But still gritted his teeth.
"That's it, let's rush back to the nearest Yangjia City first, reconvene the army and say again!"
"But I just don't know how many soldiers can stop these Qin people!"
The prime minister beside him pointed to his legs and "snorted".
The mouth is still subconsciously complimentary.
"God~God King, don't be in a hurry."
"Micro ~ Wei Chen still has a plan."
"But the God King can wash away today's shame!"
Ashoka's eyes narrowed, and he looked at the prime minister indifferently.
The Prime Minister was a little anxious, knowing that because of this battle and the matter of Axeto, he was no longer trusted by Ashoka.
Said hurriedly.
"Since the Qin people in the east are strong, the Guishan people in the west are also strong."
"It's better for us to show weakness first and lead them to the middle of the dynasty step by step."
"Let them kill each other, and then they will reap the benefits of the fisherman!"
The Prime Minister's words made Ashoka frown again.
This is a good way to do it.
But I don't know, the 200,000 troops sent by the West themselves have repelled Guishan?
(End of chapter)