Late Tang

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The night recedes, and the dawn arrives.

Zhang Yu and his auxiliary soldiers, who were besieged in Jincheng by Yeluza's army, finally fell into a desperate situation.Everyone is exhausted, but they can't see where the reinforcements are.Relying on perseverance to do the struggle of trapped beasts, but faced with the most helpless situation, their weapons were gone.

There were wounds all over Zhang Yu's body, but his mind was unusually clear.

He had to make a choice.

"We..." He uttered two words, but then stopped abruptly. He really had too much reconciliation.Looking around, the surviving auxiliary soldiers had bloody wounds all over their bodies, but many of them were still holding the bayonets and horizontal knives tightly in their hands.Zhang Yu didn't dare to look into their eyes, didn't dare to look.

He was born in a family of generals, a son of generals, Yun Wen Neng Wu, once beheaded the head of Wang Xianzhi, the leader of the grass bandit among ten thousand troops, when he was only 16 years old, he was called the "enemy of ten thousand people" by all the generals and soldiers.He has also read poetry and books, and knows the military history and war classics in detail.At this time, Zhang Yu finally understood Xiang Yu in front of Wujiang River, and understood what Farewell My Concubine is.

For the soldiers who followed him, Li felt extremely guilty at this time. Even if he offered all the bamboo from Nanshan, he could not finish writing the regret in his heart.But the matter has come to this point, even though Zhang Yu put the responsibility for the defeat on his father-in-law's delay in returning to help, he still couldn't escape the guilt in his heart.

It was because I was too conceited and greedy for merit, and didn't take into account the ten times disparity in power between the enemy and us.Not only did he not listen to the advice of his generals, nor did he shrink his troops to stand firm in Jincheng for reinforcements, nor did he lead his troops to retreat to join the main force in order to maintain the main force.It's him who is confident that his father will return to Jincheng immediately, and he thinks they can fully support the main force to return.And it was also him who dispersed the few auxiliary soldiers into three hillocks and four towns for defense.

Although they only relied on [-] auxiliary troops and [-] young and strong men temporarily recruited to guard three hills, four towns, and one city, they also took advantage of the dangerous pass and sharp firearms to deal heavy blows to the invading enemy.Facing the attacks of the Hu people from all directions, they fought back powerfully. They fought bloody battles for three days and three nights, killing nearly [-] Hu soldiers.

But at this time, he could only admit that his plan had failed unwillingly and regretfully.

"We lost!" Zhang Yu looked up to the sky and sighed, two lines of hot tears burst out of his eyes, "I am ashamed of King Qin, and my brothers who died in battle!"

"General, the outcome is yet to be known!"

"Yes! The firearms are gone, the crossbow bolts are gone, but we still have some arrows, we still have spears, we still have horizontal knives, and we still have these brothers who are willing to fight the Hulu to the end!"

"General, fight endlessly without bleeding, fight them to the end!"

"That's all!" Zhang Yu slowly shook his head, "Come on, King Qin Renyi will never punish your relatives!"

"drop?"

"drop?"

......

One by one, the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, who were dressed in blood-stained robes that could not see their true colors, and the excited young general said, "Our soldiers of the Qin Army will never surrender!"

"Yes, there are only Qin troops who died in battle, not those who surrendered!"

Even if they are only auxiliary soldiers, they are still a member of the Qin army. Maybe they are not the most elite Qin army, and they may not be as powerful as the soldiers of the soldiers.But they still wore red military robes, and fought under the guidance of the flying eagle battle flag.The glory of a soldier is stirring in everyone's heart. Surrender is cowardly, and they will never be cowardly.Courage, glory, they always keep in mind.

"Which of you has no wives and children?" Zhang Yuli shouted: "King Qin is a famous benevolent and enlightened king. He will understand you and will not add any crimes. You have already insisted on fighting the enemy with ten times as many as us. For three days and three nights, you have fully proved your courage. Surrendering now cannot erase the courage and glory of your previous battle. But if you continue to fight now, you will die in vain. What good does this do to King Qin? What is the benefit of the fan, what is the benefit to you, and what is the benefit to your family? If you survive, the King of Qin will eventually save everyone."

A middle-aged man with white gauze wrapped around his head and purple-black blood scabs on his face shouted loudly: "Surrender to the barbarians, and then be taken captive to them as slaves outside the Great Wall? This life is worse than death. I am ashamed of King Qin. Ashamed of our ancestors, we would rather die than surrender, soldiers, and return them as corpses shrouded in horse leather, that is an honor!"

"That's right, how can I be a dignified general of the Qin army, a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, be enslaved to the barbarians?"

"Believe me, even that is only temporary. No matter what the price is, King Qin will take you home!" Zhang Yu said with a clear voice, he firmly believed that King Qin would not abandon every soldier of the Qin army. "If you surrender now, you don't count as failing Qin Fan or the King of Qin. How could the King of Qin fail you? The King of Qin will definitely redeem the prisoners of war. Besides, although we are defeated, the Qin army will surely win this battle. Life, why can't you go back to your hometown and see your wife and children again?"

There are only a few auxiliary soldiers of the Qin Army left on the wall, and the wounded are unshakable. No matter how he persuades them, in everyone's mind, the Qin Army has never surrendered to the enemy since King Qin founded the army in Shamen Town. of soldiers.It's not that they are not afraid of death, but they know that even if they die here, they don't have to worry too much.Their families, their wives, children, parents, King Qin will take good care of them.Usually in military training, they listened to the teachings about the glory of soldiers over and over again, which made them firmly imprinted in their hearts.

As a soldier, you can die in battle, but you must not be afraid, because they are soldiers, and behind them are parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters.

To be a soldier is to fight for others.It is an honor to fight for them and die to protect them.

Zhang Yu is still doing the final persuasion, "I will bear all the responsibilities for what happened today!"

On the top of the city, I don't know who cried first, and immediately, there was a sound of crying.

Among the crowd, a young man who was younger than Zhang Yu, with a blushing face, pushed away his comrades and stood up, walked in front of Zhang Yu, and said loudly: "General Zhang, so I worship you A role model, in my heart, you are an idol that makes me respect and awe, but today, you let me down."

The young auxiliary soldier's face was flushed red, he only had one arm hanging, and that arm was seriously injured in the battle, but he never quit the battle and persisted until now.

"I don't know why Marshal Zhang didn't lead his troops back to help, and I don't know whether you are right or wrong, General Zhang, to face the Hu people this time, but I know that General Zhang three days ago, with five thousand soldiers, also Dare to fight against fifty thousand horses. He is fearless, full of passion for fighting. At that time, he would never say any nonsense about surrendering like now, nor would he say all the responsibility, I alone bear the nonsense, Why have we tried our best, why surrendering at this time will not damage our courage and glory, this is all bullshit, shit!"

"General Zhang, have you been terrified by the barbarians? What about your courage, aren't you an enemy of ten thousand people? Think back to when you were 16 years old and you were able to take the head of a bandit chief among thousands of troops? Are you afraid of death?"

Zhang Yu stood there quietly, and was questioned by a young hunter who had just been recruited from Hebei not long ago.He was not angry, but felt a sense of relief. None of the soldiers of the Qin army were ignorant or cowardly, but the more so, the more he could not let them be buried here in vain.

"I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to see you die in vain!"

"Our life and death are decided by ourselves." Because during the three days of battle, relying on being able to throw the Thunderbolt bomb twenty feet away from the city, and every time it can be thrown into the crowd of barbarians , and Luo Yan, a Hebei youth who won the honorary title of Cannon.This is a young man from Hebei, who is dark and burly, just like his nickname Ta'er.

He turned around and swept over the thousands of wounded soldiers behind him. There were not only the auxiliary soldiers of the Qin army who had been fighting all along, but also the young and strong Han people in Jincheng and the surrounding areas recruited by these geniuses temporarily. After three days of fierce fighting, five thousand auxiliary soldiers, With [-] young and strong, only a thousand auxiliary army wounded soldiers and less than [-] young and strong are left.The heaviest losses were the auxiliary soldiers, three hills, four towns and one city, fierce battles one pass after another, desperate bloody battles, and finally, the three hills and four towns fell one by one, and all the auxiliary soldiers and young adults sent were killed. , the last golden city is about to fall.

Luo Yan glanced at the brothers who fought side by side these days, and shouted loudly: "Are you afraid of death?"

"Not afraid"

"Afraid of a bird!"

"A person dies only when his egg turns upside down!"

"After 18 years, he will be a hero again!"

"Who will die and who will live is not sure!"

......

What answered him was everyone's messy replies and curses, but in Zhang Yu's ears, it was so cute and moving.

Luo Yan clenched his fist with his intact right hand and slammed his chest, making loud bangs, and shouted excitedly, "I'm afraid of death. To be honest, I'm only eighteen this year. Before I came here, my family had already agreed A girl from a neighboring village made an engagement. When I received the expedition order, my father and mother told me that they wanted to marry my unmarried daughter-in-law immediately, and were even willing to offer an extra ten dowry gifts for it. Money. I know, they are afraid of the dangers of the battlefield, just in case, if they become relatives, even if they die in battle, we can be regarded as men.”

Having said so many words at once, Ta'er was a little excited, he paused, and continued: "But I didn't agree, we are going to the battlefield, if we die in the battle, it will hurt her for the rest of my life. If you don't If she gets married, she can still find another good family to marry."

There was a long silence.

"I'm afraid of death. My daughter-in-law hasn't married yet. What's it like to be a woman in this life!" Luo Yan suddenly roared loudly, "But I also know that we are soldiers, and our parents are now Can live a stable life, have a house to live in, have food to eat, who gave it? Who gave it to our family for the hundred and ten acres of land? When we were trained in the village, we were taught to read and read. Don’t we understand those honors and responsibilities? The teacher told me that the King of Qin said that everyone is mortal, either lighter than a feather, or heavier than Mount Tai. Even if our death cannot be heavier than Mount Tai, we can’t be compared to a bird’s feather It’s still light! I don’t understand the other principles, but I know that everything that my family and I have today was given by King Qin. Before King Qin came to Hebei, our family couldn’t eat enough, and couldn’t wear warm clothes. The three older brothers above me are all over thirty and have no money to marry a wife. Now, my family has a new house, and my family has a lot of land for officials. My elder brothers have all married their wives, and my younger sisters have found a good family. For these, my life belongs to King Qin."

"I eat King Qin's food, carry King Qin's gun, and fight the world with King Qin. Even if I die in battle, I will never frown. General Zhang, I respect you. If you still have that thing under your crotch, you haven't been called by a dog yet. If the Hu people are cut off, then never say anything to make us surrender, General Zhang, brothers, let's fight Hu Gou to the end!"

"Bloody battle to the end!" Countless auxiliary soldiers who had similar experience with Luo Yan shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky!

Covered in blood, Zhang Yu, who was still disheartened just now, couldn't help being ignited with passion in his heart.He couldn't help but raised his arms and shouted, since that's the case, let's have a good fight and die fiercely.Lao Tzu Zhang Yu, the eggs are still there, I will fight them to the death! (To be continued.)