Chapter 0077: Evacuation
In the boundless wilderness, the Liao soldiers scattered and fled, like headless flies, completely collapsed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhao Bufan's injuries were not light, and he was unable to lead the team to pursue, so he could only take over the heavy task of command by Suo Chao and exterminate the small group of Liao soldiers who were still resisting, but this time did not last long, after half an hour, the battlefield calmed down, and Suo Chao quickly burned the grain cart with his men and horses.
The raging flames were accompanied by thick smoke, and every Song soldier had pride on their faces, and they had created brilliant achievements.
Although this is only a small-scale battle, it is not easy for the Song soldiers who have been defeated all year round, not to mention that the Liao army has damaged this batch of grain and grass, and it will be difficult to gather sufficient supplies to the front line at least in a month, which is very important for the overall situation of the Bazhou battlefield.
Zhao Bufan lay on the chariot, watching quietly, breathing a sigh of relief in his heart, in fact, he had no certainty of victory from beginning to end, in the earlier prediction, the Liao soldiers sent a maximum of 2,000 foot soldiers to escort grain and grass, but who would have thought that there would be an extra thousand fine cavalry, which put him in a dilemma.
But there is a saying that the arrow is on the bow, and it has to be sent, robbing the grain is a very risky thing, even if there is an accident, in that case, the slightest hesitation, it is absolutely a catastrophic consequence, forced to kill the prison army, encourage the soldiers, personally rush to the front, and inspire the soldiers to fight.
Now, the Liao soldiers have retreated, and the grain and grass have been destroyed, which can be said to be a complete victory, but Zhao Bufan is not happy, because he knows that the burning of grain and grass is only half completed, and the other half is how to break out of the encirclement from the encirclement and interception of the Liao soldiers. These soldiers had come here with him, they had fought with him, and he felt it was his duty to bring back the living.
After a short time, all the grain trucks of the Liao soldiers were on fire, and the weak Zhao Bufan immediately ordered Suo Chao to lead the team to the west and get out of danger as soon as possible.
At this time, there were only more than 300 Song soldiers left, and many of them were injured.
An hour later, the Liao soldiers and horses arrived at the place where the grain truck was destroyed, and they were so angry that they hesitated for a moment, and chased along the ground tracks, just trying to break the corpses of the people and horses who had infiltrated the hinterland of the Liao army.
The Song soldiers quickly retreated westward, and as the escape continued, many wounded soldiers gradually fell behind, unable to keep up with the rhythm of the brigade, but the large army could not stop, and if they stopped at this time, the whole army was annihilated, and there was no possibility of survival. The soldiers who fell behind also understood that they did not complain, did not say much, just silently unloaded their armor, walked together in groups, and searched for their own way, whether they lived or died, and completely resigned themselves to fate.
Zhao Bufan's condition is also very bad, he is too seriously injured, although the wound has been treated by Su Ding himself, but he still can't ride a horse independently, he can only sit on the chariot and follow the brigade, which greatly affects the speed of the brigade's soldiers and horses.
Seeing that it was not a way to go on like this, Zhao Bufan silently called Suo Chao and whispered: "You take people all the way to the west, don't worry about me anymore, take your brothers back!"
"No! I must not abandon my lord!" Suo Chao wiped the blood on his face and shook his head firmly, his tiger eyes with a thick sentimentality.
"Let's go, I'll find another way to survive with my injured brother, if I don't die, I'll come back!" Zhao Bufan sighed, he really couldn't bear to drag everyone down, so many wounded soldiers were left behind, but he was still dragging the team to evacuate, if it continued, sooner or later they would die together.
"Please forgive me for not being able to obey my fate!" Suo Chao said categorically, waving his whip fiercely, urging the horses pulling the chariot to speed up.
But after fierce fighting and running, the war horse was already tired, and how could the heavy chariot run fast?
Zhao Bufan was a little excited, pulled the wound, and couldn't help but snort in pain, he took several deep breaths, endured the severe pain on his body, and said with a white face: "Suo Chao, you are the leader of the army, you can't have the kindness of a woman on the battlefield, if you do this, not only can't save me, but also harm all the brothers!"
"But......" Suo Chao's voice trembled a little.
Zhao Bufan's face turned pale, licked his dry lips, shook his head and said: "No, but, since we brought the brothers out, then we have to be responsible for them, our lives are lives, and the lives of our brothers are not lives? The task has been completed, the brothers have fulfilled their duties, there is no reason to send them to death meaninglessly, if you disobey the order, Hugh blames the ruthlessness of military law!"
"My lord......" Suo Chao couldn't cry.
Zhao Bufan smiled slightly, unable to tell whether it was joy or sorrow: "Life and death depend on fate, we can only do the right thing, but no one knows what the result is, besides, I go alone, I may not die, until the last moment, I will not give up the hope of survival! But if I drag everyone down again, the final result will only be that they all die on the way home!"
Suo Chao clenched his teeth, sulked for a moment, and bowed heavily to Zhao Bufan.
"The last general obeys!"
He is a bloody man who is loyal to his liver and courage, and he really wants to replace Zhao Bufan at this time, but the fact is that there is no choice, he must take responsibility, and at the moment when he sped up the speed of the horse and left, the wordless pain made the soldiers around him cry silently.
Zhao Bufan watched him go away, watching the brigade of soldiers and horses speed up the horse, and then turned his head to look at Shi Wengong and Su Ding, who were still following him.
"Wen Gong, Su Ding, although you have some minor injuries, it will not affect your progress, so let's go! With your ability, there should not be too much danger in leaving alone!"
The two of them didn't say a word, and they had no intention of leaving.
"You also want to resist the order?" Zhao Bufan asked lightly.
Shi Wengong said quietly: "I am not a soldier, just a subordinate of Juxian Village, and it is my duty to protect the owner of the village!"
"So do I!" Su Ding said calmly, still following the chariot unhurriedly.
They are people who don't talk much, but once they get out, it's hard to change their minds.
Zhao Bufan persuaded a few words, but he was helpless after all.
"Alas, since you insist on not going, you must not go along the road like this again, or all three of us will surely die, so you help me out of the chariot, and we will go into the woods and take the path, and try to escape this fate!"
"Yes!" Shi Wengong and Su Ding also understood the situation and did not refute.
The two quickly dismounted, first took off their armor, and then assisted Zhao Bufan to take off his armor, and then helped him walk through the dense forest.
Because Zhao Bufan was seriously injured and had difficulty walking, the three of them walked very slowly in the dense forest.
Half a day later, Zhao Bufan suddenly fell to the ground, his lips were blue, he was sweating profusely, his hands and feet were weak, and his head fell into a semi-confused state.
Su Ding noticed his situation, and immediately said anxiously: "Wen Gong, the owner of the village is seriously injured, and now he hasn't eaten for a long time, looking at the situation, he must be unable to bear it!"
Shi Wengong nodded: "You guard the owner, I will catch some game, I must supplement the owner's physical strength, otherwise he will not survive!"
"We don't have tinder, how can we get it for the owner to eat?" Su Ding frowned.
"Eat it raw! A moment is a moment!" Shi Wengong finished speaking, looking around vigilantly, and then carrying an iron spear like a cheetah into the grass in the distance.
Not long after, he grabbed two nests and hurriedly said, "I took out two nests of eggs!"
Su Ding didn't care about anything else at this time, and quickly raised Zhao Bufan's head and poured the raw bird egg into his mouth.
It took a lot of effort to pour the raw bird eggs into Zhao Bufan's mouth, but Zhao Bufan still showed no signs of soberness, Su Ding touched Zhao Bufan's forehead, felt that his palm was hot, and instantly shook his head bitterly: "Wen Gong, the owner of the village is in trouble, the fever continues to be high, if you don't hurry up and find herbs for emergency, I'm afraid it won't last long!"
"Then hurry up and find it, you know a lot of herbs, you look for it in front, and I will follow you behind the owner of the village!"
Shi Wengong said as he squatted down, intending to carry Zhao Bufan on his back, but he didn't think that he had not dragged Zhao Bufan up, and a burst of laughter suddenly sounded.
"You don't need to find herbs for Zhao Bufan, you all have to die!"
Shi Wengong and Su Ding instantly held their breath and condensed, holding weapons to protect Zhao Bufan on the ground.
"Who are you?" asked Shi Wengong vigilantly.
"Brother Yeluqing!" The person who came smiled slightly, calmly walked closer, he glanced at Zhao Bufan on the ground, and said happily: "I went south this time, looking for Zhao Bufan everywhere and there was no trace, but I didn't think about it, but I met on the way to help people chase and kill the outdated Song soldiers, this is really God helping me!"
Shi Wengong raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "With me here, you want to move the owner of Zhao Zhuang alone?"
"What are you, get out!" Brother Yelu Qing snorted coldly and stared at Shi Wengong gloomily.
"Su Ding, you take the owner of the village to find the herbs first, and I will solve this person!" Shi Wengong was afraid of delaying time, so he stepped forward alone to stop Brother Yeluqing.
"By you?"
Brother Yelu Qing sneered, without the slightest meaning of words, and directly urged the dragon elephant to be like a gong, and struck with a wave of his palm.
, can immediately detect the details, Shi Wengong found that this Yeluqing brother martial arts is very high, and he didn't answer at the moment, threw away the iron gun, and waved his fist at the enemy. There were too many trees and grasses in this dense forest, and it was inconvenient for him to use a gun, so he chose to use his fists.
"Bang!"
The two intersected with their fists and bumped into each other.
Brother Yeluqing was careless about his rival, underestimated Shi Wengong's martial arts, suffered a big loss, retreated more than a dozen steps in a row, and only stopped when he hit the big tree, which shook the big tree violently.
"Why are you a master again?"
Shi Wengong didn't answer at all, and before he could react from the shock, he seized the opportunity and punched frequently, forcing Yeluqing to be extremely embarrassed.
Su Ding, who was next to him, saw that Shi Wengong was stronger than the other party, so he put his mind at ease for the time being, didn't care too much, quickly picked up Zhao Bufan and galloped towards the other side, and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest in the blink of an eye.
Brother Yeluqing wanted to get rid of Shi Wengong to chase him, but he couldn't match Shi Wengong's entanglement, so he blushed with anger, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Why is Zhao Bufan's bastard so lucky, every time he is protected by a master, if he doesn't break this bastard's body into thousands of pieces, it will really be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!!"