Horse on the World

Chapter 580
"Breakthrough!" Qiu Zhi said two words heavily.

"Breakthrough?" All the generals gathered in the tent were stunned. The general's words meant that the two armies they stayed behind to defend the flanks had been wiped out. Became the turtle in Wengzhong.

"General, if we just stand here to the end, as long as we hold on long enough, then His Majesty's army will surely come upon hearing the news. At that time, General Qu Yongjie will attack from the outside, and our center will blossom, and it is not impossible to wipe out King Ning." Possibly." Sun Yao had just bandaged the wound again, drank a few sips of hot soup, and seemed to be in much better spirits.

Qiu Zhi nodded to him and said: "General Sun is right. To be honest, although we are surrounded, I am not really worried. With our army's strength, it is impossible to win this battle, but It's more than enough to wait for a period of time, and I thought so too." He sighed a long time, "It's a pity, God doesn't bless me!"

The generals looked at each other and looked at Qiu Zhi silently, knowing that he must have something to say.

"Li Qing is not dead!" Qiu Zhi dropped the first bomb.

There was an uproar in the tent, all the generals exclaimed in unison, Li Qing is not dead, and the Dingzhou army will definitely join the war in the Central Plains.

"The Dingzhou army set up a suspicious formation, pretended to withdraw troops, and withdrew from Jinzhou, and tricked General Zhang Aimin's Minzhou soldiers into Jinzhou in large numbers, and entered Yizhou to open up a western front to attack Yizhou. Qingqi raided Minzhou, burned General Zhang's logistics base, cut off the logistics supply, and the army swept across Minzhou. I am afraid that General Zhang has been blocked in Yizhou now. As for whether General Zhang Aimin is alive or dead, there is no news yet. "

Once again, there was a loud sound of horror in the tent, and then there was deathly silence. The Yizhou battlefield changed. The Dingzhou Army entered the Central Plains, attacked Yizhou, and wiped out Zhang Aimin's troops, which meant that Tianqi and Qu Yongjie would face each other directly. Facing the strong attack of Dingzhou iron cavalry, Dingzhou's elite soldiers are known all over the world. In this way, Emperor Tianqi will definitely not be able to spare his troops to help them back. They have now become a lone army, with no food inside and no reinforcements outside.

"We can only break out. Before King Ning's troops are fully arranged, let's break out and leave tonight." Qiu Zhi slammed the table heavily and said.

"When Lieutenant Wan Changfeng of the Staff Division sneaked over, he found that the enemy's troops were not yet in place in the Changping area behind us, but some sentries had arrived earlier, so we protruded from here, even if we got there At that time, the enemy had already arrived, but they certainly did not have time to make sufficient preparations. The two sides fought in an encounter battle. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. It must belong to us." Qiu Zhi's eyes sparkled, "Once the time is delayed and Hu Zequan and Lan Shan are fully prepared, it will be very difficult for us to stand out. Don't forget, everyone, Hu Zequan is in Qingzhou. The line of defense had us at a loss."

"Follow the general's order!" All the generals responded loudly.

"Which general is willing to lead the battle for me?" Qiu Zhi glanced at the crowd.

The crowd was silent for a while. The first battle must not only break through the enemy's blockade, but also stick to it until the arrival of the large army. The difficulty can be imagined. After a while, Sun Yao stood up and said, "The last general wants to go!"

"General Sun, you are wounded in many places, can you continue to fight?" Qiu Zhi asked.

"A little injury, General Lao is concerned, Sun Yao can fight!"

"Very good, Sun Yao, I will equip you with [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. You must take Changping and hold on until the main force arrives!" Qiu Zhi walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Yes! General!" Sun Yao nodded vigorously, "This time we break out, I will recommend you to His Majesty as my deputy!" Qiu Zhi said: "Be careful, come and see me alive!"

King Ning was caught off guard by Qiu Zhi's decisiveness. He never expected that Qiu Zhi would retreat so quickly. When the Qiang soldiers realized that something was wrong, Qiu Zhi's camp was empty.When Mata, who was in a state of desperation, rushed into the opponent's camp led by the elephant soldiers, the trap that Qiu Zhilin had set up before he left gave him another hard trap.

Inside the camp, deep traps were dug everywhere, and inside the traps were filled with glistening spears, covered with oilcloth, covered with a thin layer of soil, and then poured with water. Overnight, the ground It is full of ice crystals, just like other clearings, but when the heavy elephants set foot on these places, they all fall into the deep pit without exception and are stabbed to pieces.After Mata lost a dozen elephants in vain, he had to slow down his pursuit. These Han people were extremely gloomy. Who knew what traps they had laid on the way to retreat. He was here to help fight the war, although The rewards are huge, but there is no need to lose your life.

Mata was passive and sabotaged, King Ning was helpless, Qiu Zhi was able to escape smoothly, but at this time, in Changping, Sun Yao went into a hard fight.

When Sun Yao arrived at Changping, in front of him were the infantry of the two battalions of Hu Ze's Department who had already arrived before him. Seeing the opponent's fortified army formation, Sun Yao couldn't help but feel bitter.

Sun Yao summoned all the generals, pulled out his long swords, and said sharply: "Everyone, the tens of thousands of troops are on my side. Today is the time to die. If I die in battle, General Geng Ruoyu will take over my command."

A middle-aged general strode out, pulled out his long knife, and said loudly: "Obey, if I die in battle, Xun Zheshen will take over my command!"

Another person strode out, drew his knife, and repeated the same steps.

"Tell the soldiers, moving forward is the way of life, retreating or not moving forward is the way of death, forward, forward, forward!" Sun Yao raised his arms and shouted.

After a stick of incense, Sun Yao's troops chanted the slogan of moving forward and launched a desperate attack.Defeating the enemy in front of you is the way to survive. The desire for life made these exhausted soldiers, who had trekked through the ice and snow, break out with terrifying fighting power. A battalion of the Confederate Army retreated steadily, and the line of defense was in jeopardy.

The cruelty of the fierce battle in Changping attracted the attention of both Hu Zequan and Lan Shan. After watching for a long time, they finally confirmed that Qiu Zhi's breakout point was chosen here, and it was indeed Qiu who attacked Changping. Zhi Zhi's most elite army, not to mention anything else, just [-] cavalry, after Qiu Zhi sent [-] elite troops to Gaizhou, it was already one of the few cavalry in Qiu Zhi's hands.But now, all of them are invested in Changping.The two immediately decided to send additional reinforcements to Changping.

Chang Ping was like a magnet, attracting Qiu Zhi's elite troops from Blue Mountain one by one.

In the middle of the night of the fierce battle, Sun Yao, who had led troops to attack the front several times, finally got hit by a stray arrow. The feathered arrow entered from his left cheek and exited from the right cheek. After being stabbed a few more times, the guards rushed forward desperately and snatched him back, but Sun Yao was already dying.

In the early morning, Sun Yao's subordinate, Geng Ruoyu, who took over Sun Yao's command, was killed, but the breakout troops finally broke through Changping Town, built several lines of defense according to the terrain, and blocked the passage for the army to retreat.

At noon, Xun Zhe was killed in battle, and the command was transferred to a lieutenant Zhenwu. They still guarded Changping firmly.

In a one-story house, Sun Yao was lying on the bed dying, staring at the roof with wide open eyes. At this time, they had been fighting hard for nearly a day and a night, but Qiu Zhi's army was still nowhere to be seen.

"General Sun, why hasn't the general's central army arrived yet? We can't hold out for a long time." A personal guard said beside Sun Yao's bed with a crying sound.

Sun Yao coughed violently. Every time he coughed, he was accompanied by heart-piercing pain. His mouth was injured. Although the arrow shaft was pulled out to stop the bleeding, the two small holes were still shocking, " The general will not come, the army should have already broken through in another place at this time, our task is actually to attract the enemy, let the enemy transfer the main force here, so that the general can break through the encirclement smoothly."

Sun Yao said with difficulty, every time he uttered a word, bloody froth flowed from his mouth.

"What?" The soldier's eyes showed disbelief, "The general lied to us and betrayed us!" The soldier shouted.

Sun Yao smiled, "Well, how can this be called betrayal? This is war. For tens of thousands of troops, we can only be sacrificed. I knew this before I set off. If I say cheating, I also cheated you. Let me tell you the truth, five thousand soldiers, if you can get tens of thousands of troops to break through the encirclement smoothly, it will be worth it, it will be worth it!"

"General Sun!" The soldiers burst into tears.

"Don't cry, don't cry, who is commanding the troops now, tell him to come see me!" Sun Yao said intermittently.

"Yes, General Sun!"

At the same time, in the headquarters of Hu Zequan and Lan Shan, both Hu Zequan and Lan Shan also understood that they had been fooled by Qiu Zhi. Everyone knew that Qiu Zhi's army would never follow Qiu Zhi's army. Breakout here.

"Where will he go?" Hu Zequan stared at the map and asked in a low voice.

"Long Lin!" Lan Shan said with certainty.

"Why?" Hu Zequan asked.

"Because Changlin is my defense zone." Lan Shan said: "If this is a bait, a cover to attract our troops, then Qiu Zhi will definitely choose Changlin, because he is familiar with the style of the two of us. I am good at attacking but not good at defending." , and you have made him suffer enough in Qingzhou, so he will definitely choose Changlin."

Hu Zequan raised his head, "Leave a battalion to wipe out the enemy in front of us. All the troops will move out immediately and rush to Changlin, hoping to block Qiu Zhi."

They could no longer stop Qiu Zhi, and when most of Hu Zequan's troops rushed from Changping to Changlin, Changlin was already engulfed in flames. Among them, he watched his troops pass through the long forest and cast into the distance.

(End of this chapter)