Chapter 28 Hidden Murder
Whether in the past or in the modern era, the people are the most simple people. They will not care how you rule them. As long as they ensure their food and clothing and set a noble goal, these simple people will die for the dream of those in power.
Meng He has been in the army for three years. When he first went to the battlefield, he followed a veteran who always held a straw in his arms. The veteran's relaxed appearance greatly relieved his tension when he first went to the battlefield. After that battle, Meng He quickly grew into a veteran, and the person who was standing in front of him was shot through the neck by a loss at the end of the battle. He didn't even know his name.
Today, Meng He stood in front with a straw holding a big shield, behind him was a spearman who had just been in the army for half a year. This should be his first battle, because he could clearly see the trembling spear tip with his own light, and the trembling amplitude became more and more obvious as Zhao Bing approached.
The footsteps on the opposite side were getting closer and closer. Meng He spitted out the straw in his mouth, grabbed the shield tightly, and took a deep breath, "Ha!" Zhao Bing on the opposite side hit the shield hard, and the bronze sword penetrated desperately along the gap between the shields. Meng He tried his best to reduce his size, but he was inevitably cut through bloody mouths.
"Strike back!"
The spearmen took action one after another, without aiming at it. The long spear tip easily pierced Zhao Bing in front of the shield. As long as the shield formation was not broken, these spearmen were safe.
Zhao Bing in the front row was squeezed into the Qin Bing by his colleagues behind him. They were unable to advance and retreat and kept attacking the Qin Bing behind the shield. Only by opening a gap can they have hope of life, but waiting for them is often death.
Several bloody mouths were opened on Meng He's body. The secretion of adrenaline made his heart beat faster and faster, and blood was constantly losing. He felt dizzy, which was a sign of excessive blood loss. The recruits behind seemed to be frightened and beat the spear back and forth like a stick. Meng He even smelled the urination coming from behind. Because he could not effectively kill Zhao Bing on the opposite side, Meng He felt that the pressure was getting greater and greater. If this continued, the shield formation would be broken, and the moment it broke was their death!
"Get out a gun! Punch! Punch! If you don't stab it, you will die!" Meng He shouted with the shield! The spear that was calling back and forth suddenly paused. The instant pause made the spear almost snatched away by Zhao Bing on the opposite side, but the usual training played a role. The spear was quickly retracted and stabbed out quickly. A tender voice came from behind. "Kill!" Meng He felt a lighter in front of him. Something slid down against the shield, straightened his legs, and slightly slowed down his body. He took the time to look outside the shield through the gap. Countless Zhao soldiers were still rushing forward one after another. Meng He lowered his head, preparing to face the second impact.
Similar scenes continued to happen everywhere in the battlefield. Since there was no breakthrough on the front, more Zhao soldiers rushed into the passage reserved by the Qin soldiers and were carried by their colleagues behind. Zhao soldiers in the front row couldn't help but move forward again. It was not until they met a row of shield-armored soldiers who were waiting for the battle and stopped and had no way out.
At this point, a team of thousands of people from Zhao Bing completely rushed into the Qin army formation, shaking the flag, and the army formation changed again, and all the passageway entrances were quickly closed. The more than a thousand people were like water droplets falling into the sea, stirring up a little wave, and then calmed down again.
Looking at the neat and tight Qin army formation opposite, a chill of cold air appeared in Le Cheng's heart. If it weren't for seeing more than a thousand Zhao troops attacking the Qin formation with their own eyes, if there weren't waves of screams coming from the formation, Le Cheng wouldn't believe that the crawling giant beast on the opposite side had already revealed its fangs.
Zhao Ziying rode silently on the horse. His cavalry was the second echelon. If the first echelon broke the front, his second echelon would press forward, take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, and then defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, they all underestimated the Qin army and the young general. The first echelon did not achieve the due results, but fell into the battle formation. If the cavalry forcibly attacked, it would become a tactic of adding fuel to it. After repeated weighing, more than a thousand people in the first echelon could only be sacrificed like this.
This is human life, the most precious and cheapest. In the eyes of the general, human life is a string of numbers. As long as you can win, human life can be abandoned at any time.
In less than a stick of incense, the screams in the Qin army disappeared, and the passage reappeared, and the bodies of Zhao Bing were lying densely. Qin Bing's swordsman was finishing the knife and axe driver inside, while the slaughter and servants in the army piled dead bodies in front of the army like walls. If Zhao Bing continued to attack, these corpses would be ready-made horse-rewarding.
Le Cheng looked at the opposite side gloomyly, his mind kept churning. After a long time, he let out a long sigh and ordered: "The rear army becomes the front team, the front army becomes the back team, and slowly retreat to Yangjin City." The deputy general said with some dissatisfaction: "General, have you swallowed this tone like this?"
"What can I do if I don't swallow it? Our army's morale has been lost. If we continue to fight, we will suffer even greater losses." Le Cheng glanced at the deputy general, "You want to fight so much, lead the team to take the back!"
After saying that, he turned around and left first. How could the general know that Le Cheng had a gap with Lian Po and lost a thousand people. If he reported a normal battle loss, he could still talk about it. Even if Lian Po pursued it, he could still deal with his relationship with the court. If all the Pioneer Camp was defeated, Lian Po would kill himself on the spot, and no one would say anything. If a brief comparison was made, it would be natural to protect himself.
Looking at the Zhao army retreating in an orderly manner from afar, Ying Guang refused Montaigne's request to chase him. Zhao army retreated without being in a mess, obviously prepared. If you chase him, you may not be able to bite him, but you may be bitten by a piece of meat. This deal is not cost-effective, so Ying Guang naturally won't do it. Today's confrontation shows that Le Cheng is not an idiot, and he chose a relatively most favorable decision. It seems that some of the battles have been fought.
Unfortunately, this idea was changed by a piece of information just at night.
Meng Wu received an emergency from Xianyang for 800 miles. As Qin returned Shangyong to Chu, Qin and Chu formed an alliance. As a result, Han, Wei and Qi formed an alliance with Qin because Chu broke the contract without authorization. The three countries allied forces attacked Chu. Chu was defeated and sent the prince to Qin as a charity, and sent Shangyong and the surrounding three cities, begging Qin to send troops to rescue Chu!
King Zhao’s meaning is very simple. Chu must be saved, but he cannot be saved too early, so Meng Wu asked him to deal with it at his discretion. Therefore, the order received by Ying Guang and others became gradually retreating and defending Xiyang City!
Ying Guang shook his head and sighed: "This is politics."
Just as the Qin army was shrinking towards Xiyang City, a team of Qin merchants came from Xiyang City. The leader was a smiling fat man. He said that the Qin merchants specially organized a piece of supplies to the front line to reward the army in order to support Qin's attack on Zhao. Since it was a reward, the guards naturally relaxed a lot. After checking it, they saw nothing unusual and let it go. No one noticed the cold murderous intent hidden in the piles of materials.
Chapter completed!