Horse on the World

Chapter 948 Andy the warrior guards the Quartet ([-])

The tent door was open, and the candlelight in the big tent was extremely dim, and the only light only illuminated the area around the big case. Qiu Zhi curled up and sat in the darkness.The battle during the day had a huge impact on him. It is not that he has never seen the use of Shenwei cannons in Dingzhou in naval battles, which was obtained through various investigations by the staff. It was impeded by the ground, and after landing, it was beyond human power to stop it. At that time, I didn't think it was so powerful, but today I was on the scene, and I really realized what hell is.

Where the shells hit the ground, tens of hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured in an instant, and the [-] vanguard army was completely defeated within a mile of the opponent, and almost the entire army was wiped out. It is more appropriate to kill.

Qiu Zhi has experienced countless battles in his life, but facing the enemy army, he is helpless and sits and waits for death. This is really the first time.Shrunk in the darkness, the body that was still tall and straight in front of his subordinates during the day was so rickety at this moment that he wanted to shrink his whole body together to resist the severe cold that erupted in his heart.

Is Da Chu's fate really decided here?If Dingzhou invests such weapons in large quantities, what's the use of having a large army in Luoyang?

"Old General!" There was a call from outside the tent door, and heavy footsteps sounded, and Bao Mian, with a beard on his face, walked in.

"Old general, I have captured dozens of deserters, including one general. I have taken them all out of the big tent! How to deal with these cowards, chop them up with a knife, and put their heads on the flagpole and upload them to the battalions. Public display?" Bao Mian said angrily.

"A deserter?" Qiu Zhi raised his head in a daze, "Is there a deserter?"

"Yes, there is another general!" Bao Mian noticed that Qiu Zhi's expression was a little off.

Qiu Zhi shrugged his shoulders, "Deserters, finally there are deserters under my command!"

"That's right, under the old general's command, when did you make such a cowardly move?" Bao Mian dragged a chair and sat down, patted his thigh and said, "They were scared out of their wits."

Qiu Zhi stared at the lights on the table in rapt attention, and after a long while said quietly: "Let it go, let it go, tell them, go if you want!"

Bao Mian was taken aback, looking at Qiu Zhi in the dark, the old general was famous for his strict command of the army, but how could it be like this today?
"Let them go?" Bao Mian said, "This, isn't this conniving at the soldiers to run away? Old general, this, this will greatly damage our morale!"

Qiu Zhi leaned forward and motioned to Bao Mian, "Hush, don't make a sound, listen!"

Bao Mian shut his mouth inexplicably, pricked up his ears, and there was a faint cry from outside the big tent.

"Did you hear that? These are soldiers from my personal guard battalion! Bao Mian, even they are scared, tell me, do we still have any morale?" Qiu Zhi said.

Bao Mian gritted his teeth, "Old General, we can still come up with some solutions. The opponent's Shenwei cannon is indeed powerful, but if we relax the formation, attack with cavalry, and pile up with the sea of ​​​​people, today's daytime I took a closer look, and the firing gap between each row of their cannons is relatively long, and it takes [-] breaths of time to fire the second shot. With this gap, we can definitely pounce on it."

"You're very careful!" Qiu Zhi said, "I've seen it too, and I've calculated it too. The enemy commander is very smart. He arranged the Shenwei cannons in six rows, and when the last row was finished, the first row was ready again. , there is no pause in the middle.”

"Today we mainly suffer because we don't understand this kind of weapon. The formation is too concentrated. Tomorrow, we will pull out the formation and charge up with a skirmish formation. Even if we pay tens of thousands of people, we will eventually be able to reach them. In the middle." Bao Mian said.

"Crossing the range of the cannon, there are eight oxen crossbows, scorpion cannons, first-grade bows, and Bao Mian. Even if our soldiers are brave enough to rush forward, can you tell me how much combat power we still have?" Qiu Zhidao.

Bao Mian lowered his head.

"What's more, after our soldiers have witnessed today's tragedy, do they still have the courage to charge?"

"The soldiers are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of this kind of hopeless battle. Without a shred of hope, how do you let the soldiers ignite the courage to fight?"

"Old general, tell me, what should we do? We can't just sit here and wait for the enemy to chop off our heads!" Bao Mian clenched his fists tightly.

Qiu Zhi smiled, walked out of the darkness, pulled up a chair, and sat opposite Bao Mian, "Bao Mian, how many years have you been with me?"

Bao Mian raised his head, "Old General, if you count from when you guarded Dingyuan, it has been 30 years!"

"Yeah, it's been 30 years!" Qiu Zhi sighed, "In 30 years, you, Zu Yan, He Dong, and Min Zhang were all my personal guards, and gradually became generals step by step. In the blink of an eye, I am old, and you are also old."

Bao Mian smiled bitterly.

"A few years ago, Min Zhang died of illness in his hometown, Zu Yan died in Qingtan, and He Dong died in battle today. In the past, I had four generals, and you were the only one left." Qiu Zhi thumped his thigh in pain, "I knew Today, I shouldn't have brought you out to fight with me again, if it wasn't for me, you could have spent your old age in peace."

Qiu Zhi burst into tears.

Bao Mian stretched out his hand to support Qiu Zhi, with tears streaming down his face, "Old general, the general will inevitably die before the battle. It is their honor that Zu Yan and He Dong can die on the battlefield. Under the underworld, Min Zhang met them , I might be so envious!"

"You don't need to comfort me anymore!" Qiu Zhiping calmed down, "I only have one daughter. Usually, you four are treated like sons by me. In a blink of an eye, you are the only one left. Bao Mian, today I have only one daughter." Our father and son are here, tell us what is in your heart, for the sake of fighting the battle, is there any hope for Da Chu?"

Bao Mian was startled, and suddenly remembered the inextricable connection between Qiu Zhi and the Li family in Dingzhou, and suddenly had a little understanding in his heart, "Old general, if you want me to tell the truth, then I will be blunt, General Qu , General Zhou's tens of thousands of troops attacked Qinzhou, but he couldn't beat the more than 10 troops of Xinglong, the city gate of Qinzhou. Now that Laihe is lost again, if Qinzhou's army is a little slower, it will be packed Dumplings, but even if they go back, they are just dying. Without Bozhou and Xingzhou, the Central Plains is no danger to defend, and the door is open. You Yanyang's [-] troops can go out of Xiegu at any time, Minzhou Facing Chen Zeyue, Zhang Aimin has nothing to do, Dong Lin is in danger, the situation is like this, even if the gods descend to earth, it will be difficult to recover from the defeat."

"Yeah, it's hard to recover from the defeat." Qiu Zhi whispered: "There is no way! I just can't figure out why the mighty Chu fell to this point in a short period of time? , Qi Guogong, An Guogong, and I are all powerful, whether it is against the barbarians or domestic counter-insurgency, it is always beneficial. I'm left. Now, it's too late!"

Qiu Zhi stood up, searched around inside the big tent for a few times, and suddenly burst into laughter like a maniac, before the laughter fell, he burst into tears again: "The strong wind blows, the clouds fly, and the warriors guard the four directions? Get warriors to defend the four directions?"

"Old general, old general!" Bao Mian was startled, stood up, and grabbed the dancing Qiu Zhi.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Qiu Zhi staggered, "No more fights, no more fights, Bao Mian, inform the Dingzhou Army tomorrow morning that we surrendered!"

"Surrender?" Bao Mian froze there like a stone statue.

"Yes, surrender. The soldiers all have parents, brothers, and relatives who are still alive. It doesn't matter if you don't fight this kind of battle. Surrender, surrender!" Qiu Zhi seemed to be drained of energy from his whole body, and slowly Go back to the chair behind the big case, lean back on the chair, "You go, you make arrangements, surrender. Let the brothers go back alive!"

"Yes!" Bao Mian didn't know why, but felt a lot lighter all of a sudden, seeing Qiu Zhi sitting there with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep, he bowed and bowed, and retreated out without a word.

Watching Bao Mian go out of the tent, Qiu Zhi's closed eyes leaked two drops of cloudy old tears.

In the Dingzhou army's position, Zheng Zhiqiang was sitting there holding a saber. Although the day's battle ended quickly, the opponent did not launch a second round of attack after the vanguard was wiped out, but retreated and set up camp. There was no movement, but the more it was like this, the more uneasy Zheng Zhiqiang felt. Qiu Zhi is a veteran of hundreds of battles, how can his combat experience be compared to a rising star like him, he was worried and sat on the ground, not daring to be sloppy at all. At night, he became even more vigilant, maybe the other party wanted to sneak attack at night.

Rows of Shenwei cannons had already been loaded with ammunition, and the gunners were sitting on the ground. Behind them, [-] Dingzhou Navy officers and soldiers were in full clothes and kept their hands on their blades. And lie down, ready to meet the enemy's attack at any time.Zheng Zhiqiang only needs to hold on for a day or two, and the Lu Tian Corps behind Qiu Zhi will roll in.

When the sky was slightly bright, Zheng Zhiqiang finally couldn't help dozing off, and in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes, and Zheng Zhiqiang jumped up, "Ready to fight!" After finishing this voice, he was surprised to find that there were only three riders galloping across.

After Bao Mian arranged everything, he went to the Dingzhou army to inform the other party that the envoys of the surrender had already set off. Bao Mian also summoned all the generals above the rank of general in the battalion. After hearing Qiu Zhi's decision to surrender What Bao Mian saw was everyone's relieved expressions and relaxed breathing, and he couldn't help feeling sad. Just as Old General Qiu said, this battle is indeed impossible to fight.

"Let's go, let's go see the old general!" Bao Mian said.

"Old general, all the generals are here!" Bao Mian opened the big tent and walked in. When he looked up, he was surprised.

Qiu Zhi was dressed in a military uniform, with a gold helmet on his head and armor, leaning on his usual spear in one hand, and pressing his saber with the other on the table. What surprised Bao Mian was that Qiu Zhi's nostrils and the corners of his mouth On the side, a few wisps of purple-black blood are so eye-catching.

"Old general!" Bao Mian rushed forward, and outside the tent, all the generals rushed in.

Qiu Zhi's body was already cold. On the big case in front of him, there were two letters, one was written with Bao Mianqi, and the other was a memorial to Luoyang Tianqi.

There was a sudden wail in the big tent.

(End of this chapter)