Chapter 176 Glory
The sky is like this. When you feel that there is still some time before dark, a heavy rain will make the whole world seem to be stretched forward, and it will become dim in the blink of an eye.
Just now, under the curtain of rain, a sharp golden sound sounded from the Chinese army camp in Jibei Kingdom, and a great rout was staged directly under Chen Gui's eyes.
When Chen Gui was young, he also went to Liangzhou to participate in the war. He was not ignorant of soldiers. He had been well-organized in his previous deployments. But in fact, he had been away from the military for too long, and something was really lost. Under the huge threat of death, his biggest mistake was to issue a withdrawal order.
In this case, there was only one place at the camp gate, and there was no designated sniper unit to cover the retreat of the various units. Then who would leave the chance of life to others? Therefore, when the sound of gold rang out from behind, even the originally organized troops were unable to restrain their subordinates, and the soldiers crazily crowded toward the camp gate.
And on the battlefield, what does it mean once you leave your back to the enemy? Dian Wei led 200 armored men and was already killing them like crazy. The Jibei soldiers who had been fighting him back and forth now lost their minds and left their backs to them just so they could escape back to the camp. .
And the interesting thing about this is that people who run decisively from the beginning are actually the safest. With the other brothers still holding on, they rushed back to the camp without any danger. Then there are those who follow the trend and run away. These are the largest group of people and are the most panic-stricken. The result of swarming up is that the camp gate is suddenly blocked. Dian Wei specialized in killing these people. He also dispatched a team of hand crossbows that had been strung up to shoot at these people's backs. For a time, in front of the gate of the Chinese army, the dead and wounded were scattered everywhere.
On the contrary, some troops who had been maintaining the military formation from beginning to end slowly retreated to the camp under the guidance of the military officials. Under the cover of the archers on the camp, they re-maintained a semicircular formation here. These were obviously elites, so Dian Wei did not pursue them. He mainly took advantage of the enemy's self-defeat and poured them into the military camp.
Sometimes things are like this, you either don't do it or you never do it.
Let's just say that this is what happened when people were escaping from battle. Those who ran away directly and those who maintained the front line didn't die much, but those who ran away died the most. But having said that, those who firmly follow the order and have no psychological burden to break the order are often in the minority. The majority of people follow blindly and are driven from one side to the other. They are always on the sidelines. Such people are the worst. miserable.
Just when Dian Wei and his armored soldiers were about to pour corpses on the ground into the camp, Dai Qi, who had already retreated from the watchtower into the camp, hurriedly reminded Chen Gui, who was a little confused, and told him to close the camp door quickly because the enemy was about to rush in. .
Chen Gui was already a bit feverish at this moment. He had been exposed to the wind for a long time, and then he was caught in a heavy rain. Finally, he witnessed a tragic scene. When he was escorted down, he had no strength at all. He was sick. .
When Dai Qi made the point, Chen Gui hurriedly gave the order, and then languished on Hu's bed, leaving Dai Qi in charge of military strategy.
The camp gate over there was finally closed under the frantic push of the soldiers in the camp, and Dian Wei was only ten steps away from the camp. But in addition to Dian Wei and others who were separated from the camp, more Jibei soldiers were also blocked outside the camp.
These soldiers in Jibei Kingdom often have many brothers and nephews recruited to join the army. On the one hand, they can follow each other's example, and on the other hand, they are encouraged by their superiors, because these can often fight against bandits.
The moment the village gate closed, the two brothers happened to be separated. The elder brother has entered the stronghold, but the younger brother is blocked outside the stronghold. The younger brother was outside holding on to the camp gate to get in, but no matter how he cried and howled, the Jibei soldiers inside the village showed no mercy and instead blocked the door even more tightly.
The elder brother saw his younger brother outside, first pleading with the soldiers, and then scolding him angrily. He slapped the camp door hard, but in the end he could only watch as his younger brother's face turned from pale to purple. The younger brother was squeezed to death outside the camp gate.
Everyone else in the camp was speechless when they saw this human tragedy. The elder brother was stunned at first, and then suddenly went crazy. He used the long knife in his hand to slash at the door frantically. Everyone else who tried to stop him was cut by him with the knife.
Seeing that the chaos was about to continue in the camp, an arrow passed through the rain curtain and stabbed firmly into the brother's neck.
It was Li Chen, the commander-in-chief of the camp, who took action. He shot the crazy soldier to death, walked over, cut off his head himself, and then ordered the soldiers to tell the whole camp.
No one thought there was anything wrong with Li Chen, and everyone in the camp knew it. Either the people outside die, or they die together. And this isn't a multiple-choice question, is it?
The sky was getting darker and the rain was getting heavier. Dian Wei looked at the closed village gate and knew that this time the attack could only go so far. Not to mention how many good men were killed by the heavy rain, wind and cold, but the enemy with unknown intentions parked behind him made him afraid to attack again.
In the end, Dian Wei could only look at the closed stronghold in front of him unwillingly, and withdrew with all the armored soldiers.
And in this process, what exactly is Zhang Rongbu doing?
This issue is not only of concern to Dian Wei, but also the commander-in-chief of Dazhai, the Central Army of Jibei Kingdom, is also worried about this issue. We have obviously returned to the battlefield with reinforcements, why don't we attack?
In fact, it's not that Zhang Rong doesn't want to attack, but that he can't, because at this moment he has been tied up by his old brothers, and his life hangs by a thread.
What's going on? It turned out that half a moment ago, Zhang Rong saw that the rebel army had pressed all the reserves, so he ordered an assault on the rebel army. But after the order was given, none of the generals moved.
Zhang Rong was annoyed, and just as he was about to ask, he saw the general who had previously protected him pointing at the back of the formation. It turned out that when the battle was raging here, a unit with a "D" flag had moved to the southeast of them. Just by looking at the number of flags, you could tell it was a soldier.
Zhang Rong said at that time that this must be a suspicious soldier of the enemy. If the general named Ding really had such military power, how could he be blocked in the camp and refused to come out before?
But Zhang Rong said nothing, the old brothers didn't answer at all, they just didn't send troops.
Zhang Rong's heart skipped a beat, knowing that these people were not afraid of the suspicious soldiers over there, but that their hearts were broken and the team could no longer hold them back. In this case, he can only use the last resort.
I saw Zhang Rong suddenly kneeling on the ground and crying to the old brothers:
"Brothers, you really need to believe me this time. As long as we fight this battle, everything will be possible. I promise, you will live in a big house, have concubines, and hug each other before going out."
But little did they know that his words really made the old brothers give up. It was the old brother who had covered up for him who spoke up, but this time the emotion in his words was so indifferent:
"Zhang Rong, you just started to kneel down, let us rush with you again. To be honest, no matter what you are doing, I have made up my mind to follow you for the sake of the loyalty in my chest. I don't know how to do it at all. It doesn’t matter whether the traitor behind you is a suspect, because isn’t it just death? Isn’t it what we swore to live and die in the same place as our brothers?
But what did you Zhang Rong tell us? Said that we will also become noble people like you? Damn, what do you think of our brothers? For the sake of glory and wealth? Zhang Rong, you have changed. You know, I've always supported you. Just before, you asked the brothers why they were not in high spirits, but I was the only one covering up for you. What was my reason? I just want the loyalty of our brothers to still be there, and not to be diluted by something that is not there but something is there.
But then what? Up ahead, Fatty Jin desperately wants reinforcements. If you don't save them, you have to come and save your master. We are here. It will rain heavily tomorrow and there are soldiers chasing us, but you still don't care. Now we've all given up on you.
Now, I'm sorry, you are no longer our leader. And this war between you and your nobles has nothing to do with us anymore, so you should go back to the camp by yourself. ”
Kneeling on the ground, Zhang Rong, who fully thought that his cruel trick could impress the brothers, looked at his confidants in astonishment, and then became angry with shame:
"One ear, don't think that I don't know what you are planning. Don't you just want to kick me away and become the new leader? You talk about so many things about brotherly loyalty. Do you believe this? You can lie to me. Who? When we fought against Lao Kui, wasn’t it what you said, if people are not cruel, things will not work?”
After saying that, Zhang Rong turned to the others and said sincerely:
"Brothers, don't be deceived by this one-eared thing. Really, as long as you fight with me once, I guarantee that all the glory and wealth will be shared with all the brothers."
But who would have expected that everyone present did not look at him, but turned away and remained speechless.
Zhang Rong staggered a few steps and said with a sad smile:
"I understand, I really hate it. How many of you can understand me? Why do I socialize with those scumbags in the city all day long? Isn't it for everyone? Do you know how many people have been watching us since we were in Zhao'an? Are they following us? As long as we make a mistake, they will pounce on us and tear us apart. It’s me, Zhang Rong, who has given countless savings to those jackals and tigers in exchange for everyone’s peaceful life. And because of this, I didn’t have time to stay in the camp, but let a villain like you occupy the nest. I really hate it. If I had known this, why would we have gone out?"
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"Yes, if I had known this, why would you have gone out? And wasn't all this your choice? Kui!"
Yi Er, who was no longer patient, winked and had Zhang Rong tied up. He also selected two groups of messengers to go to the Taishan army on both sides to inform them that he and others were also bandits and did not want to get involved. Regarding the war between you and the Han court, as long as you let us go, we will immediately withdraw to the ship and leave this place.
Over there, the Dian and Guo tribes also got in touch with the Ding Sheng tribe who came to help. After discussion between the two parties, they directly rejected the proposal of the right school captain of Jibei Kingdom.
The reason is very simple. Can we just eat these 800 or so soldiers? Still want to take the fleet away? The fleet also belongs to their Taishan Army.
But this decision directly affected the direction of this war.
(End of chapter)