Horse on the World

Chapter 581 Gathering
Sun Yao had less than [-] soldiers left, and most of the officers had been killed. The remaining soldiers gathered in the courtyard where Sun Yao lay, preparing for the final resistance.

In Changping now, only this yard is left as their position.

Sun Yao asked his own soldiers to carry him out, and sat down leaning against a porch pillar on the high steps in the yard. He tried his best to open his swollen eyes, and looked at the mountains in the distance. This might be his last See the world once again.

Under the steps, more than [-] remnants of soldiers were all wounded, holding a long knife with a slashed mouth, a half-broken spear, and a scarred iron shield. There was no fear, no confusion, no fear in their eyes. Fanaticism, some are just empty.

They gathered around Sun Yao, watching indifferently as waves of southern troops approached and surrounded the courtyard. The southern troops poured into the courtyard and stared at the last group of enemies. What they have is the admiration that can only be understood by fellow soldiers. Even if they are sworn enemies and opponents who are sworn to stand against each other, they are still worthy of respect.

A general of the Southern Army stood out from the crowd, glanced at the bloody Sun Yao, and said loudly: "General Sun, you are at the end of your rope. Surrender. You have already proved your bravery and value as a soldier. You don't have to do it again." Make senseless resistance."

Sun Yao raised his head slowly, looked at the general not far away, and said with difficulty, "Thank you, but, I have my pride!"

The general pondered for a moment, "General Sun, you must have known by now that you are just a bait, you are a pawn, there is no need to be loyal to the master who abandoned you, surrender, no one will look down on you, on the contrary, you deserve our respect , General Sun, you are seriously injured, if you don't treat it, I'm afraid even the gods will not be able to save you."

Sun Yao smiled, the scars on his face made his smile look terrifying, "Soldiers, it is their bounden duty to obey orders. I exchanged my death for the successful escape of tens of thousands of troops. Seeking benevolence and benevolence, I have no regrets. Come on, let's fight the final battle, brothers, are you ready?"

Unknown where the strength came from, Sun Yao stood up with his back leaning against the pillar, and raised the long knife in his hands with both hands.

The general of the Southern Army gave a long sigh, clasped his fists at Sun Yao, and said, "Admiration!" He stepped back a few steps, raised his right hand high, and shouted sharply, "Archers, get ready!"

On the steps, Sun Yao's men raised the broken shields in their hands, and tried their best to cover all the soldiers behind the shields. Sun Yao smiled and raised his head, looking at the dark sky, a little cold fell on his face, unexpectedly It's snowing. There's so much snow this winter.

The hand of the southern army general was about to fall heavily to send Sun Yao off for the last time. Outside Changping Town, there was suddenly a violent shout of killing. The shouting became louder and louder, mixed with tremors on the ground. Shocked, he turned his head and looked outside in disbelief.

"General, it's not good, Luoyang army, there are many Luoyang troops, and there are cavalry, thousands of cavalry!" A southern army rushed in and reported loudly to the general.

"Where did the Luoyang army come from, where did they come from?" The general was shocked, obviously Qiu Zhi's army had fled from Changlin, and another Luoyang army came from here and there, even thousands of cavalry.

But the tremors on the ground made the general understand that his subordinates were not lying, and the shouts of killing could be clearly heard. Since the opponent's light cavalry master has thousands of people, this battle cannot be fought, "Retreat, retreat!" He shouted He ordered, turned his head and gave Sun Xiao a complicated look, finally shook his head, and said, "Let's go!"

On the steps, Sun Yao's men let out deafening cheers, "The general did not abandon us, reinforcements are here, we are saved!"

Sun Yao sat softly on the ground, and his eyes were full of disbelief. General Qiu's army would never turn around for the remaining hundreds of people like him. Where did this army come from?
A moment later, when he saw the flag of this army, he couldn't help but suddenly realized that it was them.

This army is part of the [-] troops that Qiu Zhi transferred to Gaizhou, led by Qiu Zhi's experienced veteran, Nie Huo.

To talk about why Nie Huo appeared here, we have to start with Nie Huo after he entered Gaizhou.

Nie Huo led [-] troops into Gaizhou, intending to raid Shiziguan, and open up a battle against Yizhou from another direction. Gaizhou is mountainous, and [-] troops are struggling to move forward. Slowly, the army began to escape. At this time, the cavalry is not as easy as the infantry, and the horses are naturally unable to ride. They are far behind the infantry with the horses. When the attack deadline was set, Nie Huo had to select an elite group and march forward lightly, trying to reach the attack location before the deadline set by Emperor Tianqi, and launch the attack on time, while he led most of the troops to arrive later. He realized that his army would come out of the mountains to launch an attack, and it shouldn't be a big problem to take down the Lion Pass.As long as the attack is launched on time, he can explain to his superiors.

But what Nie Huo didn't expect was that at this time, the Dingzhou Marine Corps who came from Daoningzhou also entered Gaizhou. met.The two armies did not expect to meet the enemy here. In a haste, the two armies collided head-on, and they were killed together in a daze.

The combat power and armament of the [-] Marine Corps cannot be resisted by the vanguard of the [-] Nie Huo. After being defeated on the first day, they were connected to the mountains and hunted down for three days. These thousands of vanguard troops were frightened, and they did not catch their breath until they joined Nie Huo's large army.

But when he found that a large number of imperial troops appeared in front of Zheng Zhiqiang, Zheng Zhiqiang understood the enemy's intentions at this time, so he turned around and left without saying a word. pursuit.

Discovering that Nie Huo of the Dingzhou Marine Corps realized the seriousness of the problem, not only was the Lion Pass impossible to take down, it was difficult to take down the Lion Pass if it was on guard, not to mention they added such a A new force, and more seriously, the Dingzhou Marine Corps should not be here. Their appearance means that Dingzhou and King Ning have formed an alliance. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why this army should be wandering in the sea. , Why do you think you have wings, fly over thousands of mountains and rivers, and appear in Gaizhou.

Nie Huo, who came to this important conclusion, immediately saw the rebirth conspiracy behind the heavy scenes from this incident. At this time, his goal had become to quickly return to the army, trying to report this important discovery to the general and the emperor.

When he returned to the station, he found that the camp was empty. At this time, Qiu Zhi was under heavy siege. Nie Huo led the army to help without hesitation. During the fierce battle, Nie Huo judged that Qiu Zhi's army should break through from Changping, and immediately marched forward at night to rescue him. Unexpectedly, Qiu Zhi's golden cicada escaped from the shell, and after mobilizing Hu Lan's army, the whole army Taking advantage of the void, he broke through from Changlin, but Nie Huo, who came all the way, happened to save the remnant of Sun Yao who was on the verge of extinction at the last moment.

Seeing Sun Yao's injury, Nie Huo couldn't help but turn pale with shock, and hurriedly brought in military doctors to treat him.But at this time, they are still in great danger. Once Hu Zequan fails to catch up with Qiu Zhi, and finds that there is still a piece of fat in Changping, he will definitely come back and eat them like a wolf, so they can only be bandaged. After a while, Nie Huo ordered Sun Yao to be lifted up and retreated immediately.

This time Qiu Zhi's adventurous attack fell into a trap, but under the wits and half-courage of the generals on both sides, Qiu Zhi got most of the army back at a relatively small price. He did not win the complete annihilation of Qiu Zhi, but he succeeded in driving Qiu Zhi's army out of Qingzhou.Qiu Zhi, who lost his army and lost his general, could no longer maintain the offensive against Qingzhou, and Tianqi was also in crisis. Qiu Zhi weighed several times and finally decided to retreat the whole army to Qinzhou.

King Ning's goal of regaining his strategic disadvantage was successfully achieved.

On the way to retreat, Nie Huo's army joined Qiu Zhi's army.

Qiu Zhi strode forward to meet him, and the target was not Nie Huo, but Sun Yao who was lying on the stretcher. At this time, Sun Yao had only his last breath left. Although Nie Huo tried everything he could think of, but Sun Yao was injured in many places all over his body, it was hopeless to save him, and he was barely able to hold his breath.

Seeing Qiu Zhi, Sun Yao's eyes burst into brilliance, "General, I have lived up to my orders, I am alive, and I will come back alive to see you."

Qiu Zhi burst into tears, kneeling on one knee in front of Sun Yao's stretcher, holding Sun Yao's cold hands, "Sun Yao, I hurt you, I lied to you! But there is no way, for tens of thousands Dajun, I can only do this, you, can you understand? Will you hate me?"

Sun Yao smiled, "The general, the soldier, regards obeying orders as his bounden duty, the last general, the last general deserves to die." After saying this sentence with difficulty, Sun Yao tilted his head, let go and returned home, Qiu Zhi tightly This favorite general hugged him tightly, crying bitterly.Around Sun Yao, the [-] remnants who followed him from Changping knelt down and cried loudly.

The raging fire ignited, and Sun Yao's body covered with Qiu Zhijun's flag slowly disappeared into the flames.

Qiu Zhi's entire army retreated back to Qinzhou, and at this time, in Yizhou, Li Qing led the Changsheng Battalion, and the two major cavalry battalions of the Xuanfeng Battalion had arrived in Yizhou City. In Yizhou, more than [-] iron cavalry from Dingzhou have been assembled. This is the first time in the past century for the Central Plains battlefield that such a large number of cavalry troops have been assembled at one time. In history, more than this scale of cavalry can be assembled The battles of the team are also very few.Behind them, Wang Qinian's infantry group also rushed to Yizhou in an endless stream.

Dingzhou's elite, almost most of them gathered in Yizhou.

(End of this chapter)