Chapter 85 Section 7 How far is the panicked army?

From then on, Zhao Jun's camp began to suffer like years. Entering September, everyone can see the general trend clearly.Qin Jun was determined to trap Zhao Jun to death.You have a car city circle, but he doesn't come to attack you.If you break through the siege, the elite cavalry will force you to return to the formation like a tide.Doesn't this clearly mean that you should go back to the formation and starve to death?With the front of the heart sticking to the back, dying all day long, it really would be better than death!If he comes to attack, Zhao Jun can still grab some horses and food in the desperate fight, but he just doesn't come, what can you do?Suddenly, for ten days, Zhao Jun's car city circle had completely lost its initial joy, and fell into a boundless tranquil panic.

Zhao Kuo was almost skinny, with a knife-like face with high cheekbones, two eye sockets sunken like black holes, a messy beard and long messy hair flaunting out of nowhere. Wearing armor, now it is empty on the body.Once upon a time, the most dignified and suave son was completely changed!Even so, Zhao Kuo was still busy all day long, investigating the military situation, comforting wounded soldiers, and distributing military food, without a moment's rest. Zhao Kuo still couldn't calm down for a long time when he returned the account at three o'clock in the night.Right now, there are two things that bother him the most and give him a headache: one is to deal with more and more military food disputes, and the other is to collect more and more vague information about reinforcements.The military food is getting less and less, and the entanglements are getting more and more. The brothers who used to be brothers and sisters on the battlefield are actually divided. Every battalion and team often fights for life and death over a piece of grassroots yam that was dug up. Even the generals are involved. Every time, Zhao Kuo was shocked and exhausted, and he was still sighing when he returned to Xingyuan.But the most worrying thing is that there is no hope of reinforcements. Secret scouts in disguise sent out group after group. Although not many came back, there were still sporadic news, but every time the news made Zhao Kuo feel shocked and chilled.First, Wei State and South Korea were at the two ends of the rat, and Lord Xinling fought hard to save Zhao and was deposed; then King Qi refused to send troops and food for his remonstrance against Jian Lin Xiangru and the old Su Dai; The war between Qin and Zhao is on the sidelines; the most hateful thing is that Yan Guo, an old enemy who has already become weak, is planning to attack Zhao Guo at this time to seize the benefits of the oriole!Looking at it this way, the reinforcements from various countries are really just drawing cakes to satisfy their hunger.Human feelings are cold and warm, the world is hot and cold, countries have no constant relations, and only profit is for profit, and so on. All the proverbs and adages that Zhao Kuo despised in ordinary times now flooded into his heart like a river, and his heart was filled with all kinds of flavors.

Suddenly, Zhao Kuo remembered a story that Mr. Pingyuan told him: Lao Lianpo was demoted back then, and when he returned to Handan, there were no guests and friends, but there were few friends.Later, when he was reinstated, all the guests and friends came suddenly, and the crowd was full again.Lao Lian sighed deeply: "The guests are like the tide, how fast they come and go? Tell you to retreat, and no one will be seen!" An old doorman let out a long sigh and said with a calm smile: "This is the way of the world, why did you see it too late? The world Make friends according to the way of the market, follow the ruler if you have powerful customers, and leave if you don’t have powerful customers. What is the "market road"?There is only the word "snobbery", how can there be others!Potential is profit, and profit can become power, without power there is no profit, what is the purpose of the hand?

Suddenly, Zhao Kuo shuddered! "General, you haven't eaten all day." The young military servant stood in front of the case, but on the shiny copper plate there was only a piece of charred dried meat the size of a fist, a piece of taro root that was roasted yellow, and half a cup of rotten rice. Ma milk. Zhao Kuo gave a rare smile: "Xiao Huzi, you are only fifteen years old, and you are skinny. You ate it!" "General, how can this be done?" The young soldier choked up. "Why not? Come! Sit down here and eat!" "General..." The young soldier cried and bowed down, "You are the commanding officer of the three armies! Even if you are smashed to pieces, you can't take the food from the general!"

"Well, we both have half. Otherwise, I won't eat it!" Zhao Kuo took the meat-cutting dagger from the table and cut the dried taro root in half. "Come on! Eat!" The young army servant cried and ate, and suddenly jumped up: "Listen, General!" The night wind howled, and the sound of Diao Dou could be heard faintly, but in the deathly silence, there was a dull howl again and again, which was clear and terrifying!Zhao Kuo listened intently, with beads of sweat dripping from his face, he jumped up and shouted fiercely, "The Chinese Army Flying Cavalry Team is out on patrol!" He raised his saber and rushed out in big strides.

After a while, Zhao Kuo led a team of hundreds of cavalry who could run for a while, and finally rushed to a tent with a slight flame.A strange smell of fishy meat penetrated into everyone's nostrils with the wind, and suddenly, the centurion's face turned pale.Zhao Kuofei got off his horse and shouted: "Surround the tent! Open the tent door!" The knights surrounded the big tent with a clamor, and when a row of spears came out first, they immediately opened the tent door. Zhao Kuo strode forward with his sword Snatching in, he was stunned at first glance. In the small army tent, two bloody corpses were placed on the straw mat, and their limbs had become bloody white skeletons!Thick dry firewood was burning in the small pit, and the iron helmet hanging on the iron frame was dripping with blood and steaming mist!More than a dozen soldiers were gnawing on the bloodshot white bones and flesh, their faces were distorted and deformed, extremely hideous and terrifying!

"They eat the wounded!" the centurion hissed, pointing at the corpse. "All! Execute!" Zhao Kuo screamed, and the saber chopped down a flesh-eater.The centurions rushed in together, roaring and stretching out their spears, and all the flesh-eating soldiers were nailed to the ground in an instant. Zhao Kuo shouted loudly: "Urgent call! The three armies gather!" The bullhorn resounded shrillly throughout the barracks, and the chaotic and weak footsteps gathered towards the central Golden Drum General downstairs. It took half an hour for the 200,000 troops to gather.Under the dim military lamps, the soldiers were densely crowded together, everyone was black and thin, and they were completely invisible rows of people, faint blue lights flickered in the shadows of the lamps.All the war horses were gathered next to them, they were also skinny, and their faint snorts continued to rise and fall.

Zhao Kuo stood on a chariot with a long crescent moon saber in his hand, and suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "Soldiers, we are human!" At the beginning, "Brothers, the Qin people have a military song called "No Clothes". Can anyone sing it?" In the deathly silence of the audience, Zhao Kuo's hoarse voice floated in the night sky: Saying is singing, rather it is a cry of grief and indignation.Thousands of soldiers first wept softly, and then they whimpered and hummed together.Although this is the military song of the Qin people, it is also a song of flesh and blood in the military camp that has been circulated all over the world.The Zhao people were originally generous and heroic people, and what they valued most was the friendship between the military and the soldiers. Who could bear such a heart-to-heart tragedy?Singing and singing, shouting and shouting, thousands of soldiers burst into tears...

"Brothers, don't cry!" Zhao Kuo swung his sword, "Our army has lasted for forty-six days, and we can't wait to die! Tonight, kill all the horses, cook and eat them all! Then pack up and prepare for two hours , I will wait for my brothers to set up camp to break through! Make the last attack!" Although there was no shouting and roaring like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, the faint blue light and the thin body standing upright against the wind told Zhao Kuo: The soldiers have the heart to fight to the death!Zhao Kuo slapped his face and said, "Each battalion kills the horses." Then he jumped off the chariot and walked towards the group of horses downstairs.These are the only 600 war horses left by Zhao Kuo's thousand-man flying cavalry team, each of which is domesticated from the wild horses carefully selected by the frontier army. For the knights, they are really life and death companions.Especially Zhao Kuo's horse, Yinshanxue, is one foot tall, with a snow-white body, and with its four hooves stretched out, it is as fast as the wind, which has aroused the envy of countless horse hunters and knights!Really wanted to kill these war horses, the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies trembled, and they knelt down in an instant, silently bowing their heads.

"General—! You can't kill Yin Shanxue! You can't—!" The young soldier Xiao Huzi screamed and Fei Ye seemed to rush over, hugging Zhao Kuo's legs tightly, "General, Yin Shanxue is me! Hey! Xiao Huzi is willing to die for it! General..." Xiao Huzi suddenly pulled out a short knife from his boots, and stabbed himself in the lower abdomen!Zhao Kuo had quick hands and quick eyes, and as soon as he grabbed the dagger, he shouted: "Fold him! Look out!" After the centurion dragged away the small arc of crying and screaming, Zhao Kuo walked towards the broken and thin horse The snow-white war horse that does not lose its glory.

The centurion and several veterans suddenly rushed into the horses frantically, raised their whips and shouted wildly: "Horse, horse! Run! Run! Run!" Even so, the horses did not move, just Silently bowed his head and swung around. Yin Shanxue snorted, and the swirl hairs under her big eyes were already twisted into strands with tears, but the horse's head rubbed against Zhao Kuo's head and face, and swam around Zhao Kuo with hooves. .Zhao Kuo hugged Yin Shanxue's neck tightly, tears welled up in his eyes.Yin Shanxue raised her head and hissed, Xiao Xiao's long cry echoed in the night sky for a long time.Zhao Kuo took a step back, knelt down on the ground facing Yin Shanxue with the saber in his hands.After a long time, he got up and took a quick step, turned around and pierced the horse's neck with a knife, and immediately blood was pouring out, splashing Zhao Kuo's body red! The centurion howled: "Horse, horse! Ascend to heaven! In the next life, you will kill me—!" In the early morning of the next day, the sun climbed to the top of the mountain, and the vast river valleys and plateaus were blood red and golden.The shrill ox horns in Zhao Jun's car city circle went straight up to the sky, and the rumbling war drums roared in the valley like thunder.In a short time, all the car city circles were opened, and a large variety of red flags poured out like a tide. Under the banner of the word "Zhao", Zhao Kuo walked in the forefront coldly, with short clothes and iron armor, long hair loose, and a sword on his shoulder.Behind them are boundless soldiers of the Zhao army fighting on foot, with their spears and scimitars on their shoulders, as if they were dying, they stepped on the sound of drums and roared towards the north camp of the Qin army! Bai Qi looked at Langcheng Mountain for a while, and then ordered decisively: "Play the banner of the commander! Line up a strong crossbow to block the front!" The big black flag on the watchtower at the top of the mountain fluttered rapidly, the horns and drums sounded continuously, and the surrounding mountains and rivers suddenly boiled. The cavalry and infantry from the Qin Army camp flew out in groups, and within a meal, they formed a line across the valley north of Changping Pass. a large formation.In front of the formation, a large flag with the word "white" fluttered in the wind, and the black gold silk cloak with the helmet and armor on the chariot under the flag was a general with gray hair and beard, and it was white! Zhao Jun's big formation came rumblingly, worthy of an arrow. Qin Junming was ready to shoot with thousands of crossbows, but he didn't shoot a single arrow and let Zhao Jun come roaring.As he was walking, he was about to reach the place where the arrow was halfway. Zhao Kuo gave an order: "Stop!" After looking at it for a while, he suddenly laughed: "God's will! God's will!" On the chariot of the Qin army, is Lord Wu An in vain?" "Zhao Kuo, this old man is Bai Qi." Zhao Kuo sneered for a while: "Bai Qi, you are famous all over the world, but why do you need to pretend to be sick and hide yourself, and fight outside the army?" "Zhao Kuo, the military struggle is not a personal struggle. I don't call you sick, how can King Zhao appoint you as a general?" "Bai Qi, in the battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo would admire if Wang He commanded the troops!" Zhao Kuo pointed at him with his saber, "Since you are leading the troops in stealth, there are so many omissions in this way of fighting, Zhao Kuo will not accept it!" "May I hear the advice of the young general." Bai Qi was calm and indifferent. "First, the Shangdang has been fighting for three years without attacking or fighting. How much national power has been wasted? Second, dividing our army with the first 5,000 cavalry is completely desperate. If I attack early, how can I have a record like yours? Third, wait. But besieging it is a desperate attempt. If our army's food supply continues, or if other countries come to rescue, how can such ambitions succeed? Fourth, if our army is trapped but not captured, it will be a waste of opportunity! If our army has a month's supply of food, Have you broken the city of cars?" Zhao Kuo commented without hesitation. "After this battle, Major General, there are still traces of deviating from the basics in terms of soldiers and troops. It is a pity!" Bai Qi's thick voice drifted with the wind, but he did not rush, "Have heard Ma Fujun's words, Major General This is enough evidence to underestimate military affairs! First, Shangdang’s land is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Lao Lian has deep ditches and high fortifications. He can be said to be as good at defending as a mountain. How can he attack? If there is no confrontation, Zhao Guo will definitely be in the world. This is the principle of not attacking and not retreating. Second, although five thousand cavalry are few, they are light blades and you don't value them for the first time. When you realize that you are attacking, our army has increased by 50,000. Talk about Why take risks? Thirdly, to wait and encircle them is also to take advantage of the advantage of the land. The old man believes that the major general has already figured out this truth. As for the food roads that cannot be cut off and the countries can come to rescue, this is because the major generals do not know the world Also. If our army does not encircle the Zhao army, the other countries may come to help, but if our army encircles the Zhao army, the other countries will not come to help. The way of a state is not to send charcoal in the snow. Why is the major general so naive? Finally, Changping In the war, our army also suffered heavy casualties. If we can besieged or trapped, why do we need bloody battles? After all, the blood of soldiers is more important than fighter planes. As long as we can win in the end, Bai Qi would rather keep his troops." After a long silence, Zhao Kuo bowed deeply to the chariot: "Zhao Kuo would like to be taught." "Under my strong army, it is a miracle in the world that the major general can defend without food for forty-six days, and the army does not rebel!" Bai Qi sighed, "I am going out today because I think you have a famous general." Talent, let you come and go clearly." "Thank you, Lord Wu'an." Zhao Kuo smiled coldly, "If Zhao Kuo breaks out today, it will be convenient for you to meet again in three to five years! If Zhao Kuo dies, I will still fight you in the next life!" Bai Qi smiled faintly: "For the sake of the Great Qin, the young general must die in front of the battle today. As for the next life, I have no interest in being a general anymore." "Okay! The last battle today!" Zhao Kuo raised his saber and shouted, "Kill!" Zhao Jun came roaring like a red tide. Wang He ordered the flag to split and roared: "Strong crossbow formation!" He saw thousands of strong crossbows firing in front of the formation, and the thick and long arrows poured towards Zhao Jun like a storm. It has already rolled back with a clatter.The Sima of the Chinese army shouted in surprise: "Mr. Wu An, Zhao Kuo has shot an arrow! Seeing five or six arrows, he is sure to die!" Bai Qi waved his hand coldly: "Every army is still back to the camp! war!" Zhao Jun returned to the Checheng circle that had not been completely dismantled.Zhao Kuo, who had eight large arrows in his body, was already dying when he was carried to the front of the ruins.The thick long arrow almost pierced his thin and thin body. The soldiers did not dare to put him on the army couch, but held his breath and carried him in their hands. A circle of generals surrounded Zhao Kuo. Layers of soldiers were covered in red, everyone was trembling and there was no sound. Zhao Kuo finally opened his eyes, breathed hard and squeezed out a sentence: "Brothers, Zhao Kuo, go, surrender..." Then he suddenly turned his head with his sunken eyes wide open, and was silent forever. no interest.The generals fell to their knees.The soldiers also fell to their knees like the ebbing tide layer by layer, and fell limp.At this moment, the soldiers of the Zhao army suddenly realized how important this young general was to them!Who would have survived today without his extraordinary courage at the last moment?Zhao Jun had already disintegrated and collapsed in the tragic devour of cannibalism. In the early morning of the next day, a big white flag with the word "Jiang" written in blood red on it was hoisted high on the central general building, and nearly 200,000 Zhao troops slowly poured out of the Checheng circle.In the middle area between the original two armies, the Qin army formed two square formations, with a wide passage in the middle.Zhao Jun flowed silently, flowing to the depths of the mountain lined with black soldiers. Qin Jun did not cheer.There was no complaint from the surrendered soldiers.The entire battlefield was actually silent.