The soldier lowered his head in embarrassment and did not answer.
Naturally, he doesn't want either, he wants to live.
However, one idea is very clear.
Compared to dying immediately or dying later, I would choose the former without hesitation.
Xia Houyuan also understood the situation and could only ask in another way.
"Then I will ask you again, do you want to be trampled to death by Han cavalry, or do you want to have a certain chance of surviving the Han army's arrow array?"
This issue is a bit more subtle.
One is bound to die, the other is likely to die.
The soldiers started talking again.
Without him, he would definitely choose the latter.
Soldiers, who are here to seek death?
"General Xiahou, how can you not die under the arrow array?"
"Good question! But I want to tell you about the cavalry of the Han army first!"
Xia Houyuan endured his anger and had to praise the soldier.
"Most of you have never experienced a battle with Han cavalry. I will tell you how ferocious the Han cavalry is!"
"Everywhere he passed, there was mostly no grass! Liu Zhang once sent heavy armored cavalry to attack the Xiongnu in Hetao, and ended up massacring all the Xiongnu!"
"There are hundreds of thousands of people, not even one person has escaped!"
"People wear heavy armor, and horses wear heavy armor. They don't even look at what's in front of them! As long as they are not Han soldiers, they will be slaughtered and trampled by them!"
"Just like you, you are trampled into pulp in the blink of an eye! There is not even a whole body after death, the whole body will be trampled to pieces!"
At this time, people believed that a person should be buried in peace. It didn't matter if he died in battle, at least a whole body should be left.
The image of being trampled and crushed like Xia Houyuan said made them feel fear and rejection from the bottom of their hearts.
"General, what about... what about the arrow array?"
"Arrow formation?"
Xia Houyuan glared at the soldier very angrily.
What is meant by rotten wood that cannot be carved has been redefined today.
Even though I made it so obvious, I still don’t understand and I’m still asking!
"I ask you, can the Han army really shoot all of us to death?"
The soldiers shook their heads slightly.
In fact, many of them survived a hail of arrows.
The lethality of the arrow array is indeed amazing, but compared to the massacre of no survivors by the iron cavalry, it is still much worse.
Moreover, the casualties in the arrow formation are always the soldiers in the front row.
"Look at me, general! How long have I been standing up? I have been shot by arrows for a long time. Why didn't the Han army attack?"
This sentence once again made the soldiers suspicious.
Normally, Xia Houyuan would have become a corpse long ago.
"General, why didn't the Han army shoot you?"
"Good question!"
This time, someone finally understood Xia Houyuan's thoughts.
"I will tell you now, because the Han army does not have enough arrows!"
"If they are inexhaustible, they will even keep firing arrows, crushing us until we cannot lift our heads."
"Today, they don't have so many arrows, but they still did it! Our army's morale is low and we have no fighting spirit!"
"Why? Because if a soldier has no fighting spirit, he will have no fighting spirit!"
"The Han army has long regarded us as lambs to be slaughtered, and they are just waiting for the cavalry to kill us!"
"Tell me, general, whether you are willing to sit here and wait to be slaughtered and die, or whether you want to fight again!"
"this..."
The soldiers began to chatter and whisper to each other again.
It's okay to fight once, but they don't have the courage to face the rain of arrows yet.
"Listen to me, general!"
Xia Houyuan roared again.
"Now the Han army has gathered at the entrance of the valley, and may have entered soon."
"It won't take long before the rear army will be killed and will collapse and run forward desperately. At that time, you will face being trampled by your own people and then massacred by the Han army!"
"Stand up and rush over, you may die, but die with dignity, like a warrior, like a man!"
"But if you sit here, you will be trampled to pieces by your own people, and trampled to pieces by the Han cavalry. You will be trampled to pieces like a coward and a coward!"
After some scolding, many soldiers woke up.
This is exactly what Xia Houyuan wants to see.
He also decided to let out a final roar of momentum.
"Now, tell me, general, you want to die or live!"
"If you want to live, stand up for me, bravely face the Han army's arrow formation, rush over with me, and kill them!"
"The distance of thirty steps can be reached in an instant. As long as you rush in, not only will you not die, but you will also become heroes!"
"I promise you that those who follow me into the Han camp will be crowned marquises by the general!"
Although the words fell, the sound echoed in the valley.
It's like a repeater, repeating and motivating.
Finally, the first soldier stood up.
"General Xiahou, I am not willing to wait for death here. I would rather die on the way to charge!"
"good!"
Xia Houyuan was overjoyed.
"Now I will make you a captain. If you survive, you will be rewarded heavily!"
"Thank you, General!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone stood up again.
"General, I will charge with you too!"
"General, I will fight with the Han army!"
"General, and me!"
. . .
More and more people stood up, and Xia Houyuan rewarded them one by one.
Finally, there were so many people that as far as the eye could see, there was hardly anyone sitting down.
It is no longer possible to offer them one by one.
Xia Houyuan could only nod his head repeatedly to express his relief and overwhelming joy.
"Soldiers, I will be shocked by your courage!"
"As long as you have this courage, why worry about the Han army not being destroyed or Liu Zhang not being captured?"
"I will lead you to rush into the Han camp, kill all those Han soldiers who can only shoot arrows, and lead you to capture Liu Zhang and win!"
The soldiers raised their swords and shouted in response.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Xia Houyuan waved his hand and turned around to face Hanying Iron Shield.
"Sirs, the Han army will fire arrows soon, don't be afraid, the arrows are coming from the front!"
"Let these beasts of the Han army see who is faster: they can fire arrows faster, or we can charge faster!"
"Soldiers, follow me and charge!"
"kill!"
