"Let's go!"
"quick!"
Between the mountains and rivers, shouts rang out, followed by the sound of dense footsteps.
Several Korean soldiers were riding on war horses, constantly urging the running Korean soldiers.
Although they are said to be Han soldiers, in fact, most of them are men who have been working as farmers at home all year round. They have never been on the battlefield and have never held a long sword or a long sword before.
"General Yi, there are already many soldiers who can't keep up."
A Han soldier general rode a horse and came to Xingyang guard Yi Cheng and spoke.
Having just joined the army, the new recruits have not yet adapted to this kind of long-distance travel. Many of them have already rested, and some young boys are already exhausted and vomiting.
"General Han Qiu is surrounded. Chenggao and Wanfeng have already assembled their forces. We must arrive at Sishui today."
Yi Cheng frowned and spoke.
He naturally also knew that those new soldiers were not suitable for long-distance attacks at the moment, but General Han Qiu was in a critical situation, and they had to rush to Wanfeng immediately to join Wanfeng's reinforcements.
"Tell the soldiers to go to Luzuo Mountain immediately. Once you pass Luzuo Mountain, you will reach Wanfeng. Once you reach Wanfeng, you can rest for a while!"
Yi Cheng spoke.
"promise!"
General Han Zu nodded, then turned around on his horse.
Lu Zuoshan.
Bai Yan rode a war horse and led the cavalry soldiers at the exit of the canyon.
I heard footsteps coming from the corner of the mountain in the distance.
Behind Bai Yan, the iron cavalry soldiers raised their crossbows one after another.
"Yan, there's something wrong with the number of people!"
Chai listened to the footsteps, came to Bai Yan and said.
Something was wrong with his white eyes, and his brows were slightly furrowed.
Xingyang was only defended by more than 300 people, how could there be such a movement.
Feng Wen lied to him? Absolutely impossible!
Feng Wen had no retreat from the beginning, and Han Qiu had already been killed according to the letter sent to him. Besides, if it weren't for Feng Wen, how could the Xingyang garrison be here.
"Could it be Zhao Jun?"
Chai said with a slightly strange expression.
If he could ambush Zhao's reinforcements unintentionally, it would be a great achievement.
After a while.
The Xingyang reinforcements finally appeared in front of them.
"Stop, it's the Qin cavalry!"
"Qin's cavalry! There is an ambush!"
The Korean soldiers who had just walked out of the corner of the mountain and entered the canyon immediately saw the densely packed Qin army in the distance. Suddenly, all the Korean soldiers became panicked and panicked.
"Quickly retreat!"
When Xingyang General Shou Yicheng saw this, his eyes widened and he quickly reined in his horse and shouted.
Yi Cheng didn't understand why there were Qin cavalry here. Aren't Qin cavalry besieging General Han Qiu?
But there is no time to take care of this at the moment.
"Run!"
"run!"
As Yi Cheng finished speaking, all the Korean soldiers prepared to run back.
At this time, on the top of the mountains on both sides of the canyon, a figure of a Qin cavalryman appeared. They all held crossbows and aimed at the canyon.
But behind them, on the way here, densely packed Qin soldiers appeared out of nowhere, all holding bows and crossbows.
Seeing this scene, Yi Cheng's face turned even paler. Knowing that he was surrounded, he immediately drew his sword.
"Formation!"
Yi Cheng roared quickly.
Yi Cheng is a general, so he is naturally good at leading troops. However, a new soldier holding a shield had never practiced before. In his panic, he could not remember what forming a formation was.
Seeing that the exit of the canyon and the mountain tops on both sides were densely packed with Qin soldiers, every Han soldier was only focused on protecting themselves, back to back with frightened expressions on their faces.
The exit of the canyon.
Not to mention Bai Yan and Chai, even the other cavalry generals could tell at a glance that those Korean soldiers had not practiced at all when they saw them in the canyon.
"Yan!"
Chai looked at Bai Yan with a worried look.
This situation was unexpected by everyone. He looked at the number of Korean soldiers in the canyon, at least four thousand. To kill or not to kill?
When you pick up a sword or a gun, you become an enemy's soldier. On the battlefield, you will naturally face life and death. Chai understands this.
But those Han soldiers looked like the people of Xingyang. If they were to kill them all, then there would probably be no strong men left in Xingyang, and Bai Yan would be infamy.
"I'm going to persuade you to surrender."
Bai Yan said.
He is still young, and he doesn't want to suffer the same infamy as Bai Qi at such an age and make the same mistakes as Bai Qi.
Looking at the Korean soldiers in the canyon, Bai Yan slowly rode forward.
"Those who surrender will live! If you put down your swords and guns, you can go back."
Bai Yan shouted.
After Bai Yan's words fell, commotion suddenly began among the army of Korean soldiers in the canyon. It was obvious that Bai Yan's words had an effect.
And just then.
When Yi Cheng saw this scene, hope seemed to rekindle in his eyes.
"You cannot surrender to Qin. If you surrender to Qin, it will be treason, and your wife and children will be held accountable."
Yi Cheng shouted loudly. Then he turned to look at his cronies.
"Pass my military order, if anyone surrenders, shoot without mercy!"
Yi Cheng ordered.
Yi Cheng was a veteran, so he could naturally see that the Qin army's cavalry seemed hesitant.
At this moment, Yi Cheng's lieutenant suddenly thought of something and said to Yi Cheng.
"General, maybe a thousand soldiers can take off their Korean armor and retreat with the army to break out of the encirclement!"
The deputy general said to Yi Cheng.
Upon hearing this, Yi Cheng immediately understood what the deputy general meant, and quickly ordered a thousand Korean soldiers to remove their Korean armor.
The actions of Han's army were naturally noticed by Bai Yan, Chai and others. They did not expect General Han to be so insidious.
Bai Yan looked at the sunset, which was approaching. According to original predictions, the Korean army in Guangwu would arrive at Wanfeng soon. If the cavalry army could not reach Wanfeng as planned, Wanfeng would be in danger.
"I say it again, if you surrender, you will live!"
Bai Yan rode on the horse and shouted again, one hand already raised.
He didn't want to suffer the infamy.
But if we continue to be merciful and soft-hearted, once we really let the Xingyang garrison in front of us leave, let alone capture Guangwu and Xingyang, even Wanfeng may be in trouble. By then, we will not have enough credit to return to the new city, and all our efforts will be in vain.
After watching the Korean army in the canyon remove their Korean armor, they mixed with the Korean army and broke out from behind.
Bai Yan knew that if he did not give the order, the cavalry soldiers who would cut off their retreat would pay their lives because of his kindness.
Infamy, memorize it!
"Fire the arrow!"
Bai Yan put down his hand and ordered.
In an instant.
Behind Bai Yan, on both sides of the valley, the cavalry soldiers all pulled the triggers of their crossbows, and then stepped back. The cavalry soldiers who had been waiting came forward and continued to take turns.
Thousands of arrows were fired into the valley.
I will continue to post more tomorrow. I have a little mental problem today.
(End of chapter)
