Chapter 1224: Carrying on the Past and Opening the Future (One Hundred and Fourteen) Survival

Lotte Creek was lost.

It was impossible for Letian River to block the Qin army's offensive. The retreat had been planned for a long time, but now the Qin army's cavalry detoured from one wing, made dumplings for the Taiping River defenders, and captured the entire left army. However, Gao Yuan Very angry.

"At least one sentry should be arranged at Hulukou to give an early warning. Why is it useless and the Qin cavalry came from nowhere?" Gao Yuan slapped the edge of the sand table and stared at Zhao Xilie fiercely. He felt sorry for these thousands of people. Bingbing, in Taiping River, this army had already built up their morale and morale, but because of such a mistake, they were all ruined.

Zhao Xilie's face was full of shame. When arranging the defense of Lotte Creek, Gao Yuan did tell him to pay attention to this place, but he didn't pay attention to it because he was familiar with Lotte Creek and also knew about Hulukou. The terrain there was steep and narrow, so there was nothing wrong with it. It might be a place where the cavalry could come. He did send an early warning, but it was not a sentry, but only ten people with only two horses.

The Qin army first sent out elite scouts, reached the mouth of the gourd, and killed all ten of them, including their horses. None of them escaped. Then the Qin army forcibly laid out a path with wood, branches, grass and leaves. On the way, let the cavalry touch it from somewhere. The defenders of Lotte Creek, who did not receive early warning, were taken back by the cavalry. They did not wait for the reinforcements from Taiping City to pass, and were attacked from both sides.

A small inadvertent oversight cost the life of the entire army.

Zhao Xilie fell to his knees with a thud. He had nothing to say, "Your Majesty, I am willing to accept the responsibility for my crimes."

Saw Zhao Xilie running down. Li Mingjun, Zhao Che and others also knelt down. "Mo Jiangyuan and General Zhao share the blame."

Gao Yuan let out a long sigh, how to punish him when he is facing a powerful enemy? It has already hurt morale enough. If these generals are punished again, morale will not drop to freezing point.

"When a soldier is a raging soldier, a general is raging in a den. We often say this. But we ourselves often ignore this point. Everyone who can be a general will be a harried man. Often these are the only things he can do. Inadvertent little things, a little bit of negligence, can determine the outcome of a battle. I hope that the lives of thousands of people this time can make you remember it and never make such low-level mistakes in the future. Soldiers Life is not a number on a book, it is a living person.”

"The general has taken note of it." Zhao Xilie was so ashamed that he couldn't hold his head up.

"Everyone, get up. You are all awake. Our opponent is the Qin army. Over the years, countless Qin soldiers have destroyed the country. Even if they are in despair now, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Anyone who despises them will pay the price. Yes, Lotte Creek is gone, the outer garrison should withdraw, let's wait for them in Changping!" Gao Yuan said.

"Yes!" Zhao Xilie stood up.

"My subordinates will go make arrangements immediately."

Watching the generals leave, He Weiyuan behind Gao Yuan whispered: "Your Majesty, let's forget it like this?"

He Weiyuan knew very well that if such a thing happened to the blind general of the Han army, it would be easy for him to take off his official hat.

"What else can we do? Don't forget, everyone here is Zhao Jun. You didn't see it today. When Zhao Xilie knelt down, everyone else knelt down. I have to punish them. How can I lead this army? Gao Yuan shook his head, "Military discipline is dead, but people are alive, and those who should be flexible must be flexible. If military discipline is adhered to everywhere, this army will not be able to lead. You have always been with me, and the lead is the same." Guards, of course, I don’t have much experience. You can ask your brother when you go home later. Any army that can fight will have some problems like this in the team. Yang Dasha’s army must have strong combat effectiveness, but there is an unwritten rule in his army. Rules, you know?”

He Weiyuan smiled and said: "I know a little bit, I heard it from Mei Hua and Wu Ya."

"Looking carefully, does this not violate military discipline? But have you heard that Shangguan Hong has made trouble for him? And the Military Law Office, are they treating it like a blind man?" Gao Yuan said with a smile.

"Yes, I understand." He Weiyuan said. "

"It's a pity that the army had a lot of good prospects, but in this battle, they were all wiped out." Somehow, Gao Yuan remembered the door-panel-like crab in the wounded barracks, and the thin but strong crab. The strong Jiang Fu.

Jiang Fu was still alive. Not only was he still alive, but he was also unharmed. When the Qin army's cavalry surged in, Crab standing next to him suddenly punched his head with his fist, knocking him unconscious. When I woke up, it was already late at night, and I was in a gap between two huge rocks.

Jiang Fu was unconscious for a long time and half of the night in the cracks of cold stones. Jiang Fu was woken up by the cold. When he woke up, he felt stiff and numb all over. He reluctantly moved his hands and feet and slowly rubbed them. Holding his still aching head, he slowly recalled the scene during the day.

At that time, I was almost scared out of my mind. The cavalry rushing from the side and rear were endless. The sound of hoofbeats and shouts of killing were deafening. After that, I didn't know anything.

It was the crab that knocked itself unconscious and stuffed it here. Jiang Fu finally woke up. But how is he now? Jiang Fu wanted to climb out, but found that the gap formed by two huge rocks was filled with corpses. He pushed and shoved like crazy, and finally opened a gap that could allow him to crawl out. He used his hands and feet together. Climbed out of it.

The snow in the distance is white, but the snow near is all black. It was soaked in blood. When Jiang Fu stood up, all he could see in his sight were corpses piled up in layers.

It's over, it's over, thousands of people have died here. Thinking of the Qin cavalry that came like a tide before he fainted, and the Qin infantry who rushed over like ants on the opposite side, Jiang Fu knew that their army was over. .

"Crab, Brother Crab!" he shouted with a cry, his hoarse voice echoing in the silent night sky. Now he understood that if the crab hadn't knocked him unconscious and stuffed him into this gap, he would be like this now. Like these comrades on the ground, they should have turned into cold corpses.

He lay down on the ground and searched desperately for the corpses on the ground. The crab must be nearby.

"Crab, don't die!" He cried, desperately moving the corpse on the ground. The body of the crab was different from ordinary people. He could only touch it and he would never recognize it. What he feared most was that the crab would be killed by those cavalrymen. It was broken into pieces so that he couldn't find it. During the process of moving, he had already seen many such broken pieces.

"Crab, crab!" he roared desperately, which seemed particularly clear in the silent night.

"Stop yelling, I'm here!"

Jiang Fu, who was moving a corpse, stopped for a moment. Most people would be absolutely frightened when hearing such a sound on such an occasion, but at this time, to Jiang Fu's ears, it was like the sound of heaven.

"Crab!" he shouted with surprise and joy.

"I'm here!" The voice was very weak, but this time, Jiang Fu heard it. He turned around and saw a higher pile of corpses behind him.

He pushed like crazy, moving the corpses away. Finally, his hand touched something soft, "Brother Crab." His hand trembled. It must be him, the dead person. It was already frozen solid.

He reached out to help the crab. As soon as he moved it, the crab screamed in pain. "Slow down, slow down, I'm seriously injured this time."

Jiang Fu carefully moved the crab out, and then discovered that the place where the crab lay was a pit. It was precisely because of this that the layers of corpses that were laminated on it did not kill this seriously injured guy. Crushed to death.

"Where are you injured?" Jiang Fu asked, leaning the crab against the pile of corpses nearby.

"Several ribs were broken. I was hit by the war horse. I'm lucky. The first few people pushed the tank for me, otherwise I would have died on the spot." Crab chuckled, "Later, there were layers of corpses on top. It came up and drowned me. Fortunately, otherwise I would have froze to death."

"Thank you Brother Crab. If it weren't for you, I would be like them right now!" Jiang Fu said with a choked voice.

"Thank you. At that time, I knew we were doomed. You are young, about the same age as my son. You shouldn't die so early. Wherever I drag you, whether you can survive depends on your luck. It's okay. With good luck, the Qin people were in a hurry to go to Changping City and did not clean up the battlefield. Your boy is lucky, but I am also lucky. If I hadn't rescued the boy at that time, I would be dead sooner or later." Crab unexpectedly. laughed.

"Brother Crab, what should we do now?" Jiang Fu was a little confused. "Going back to Changping?"

"How to go back? I'm afraid that Changping is already full of Qin people, and the Qin army will definitely come up later. The Qin people didn't clean the battlefield, but waited for the people behind to do it. We have to leave here quickly. I'm afraid it will be dawn at dawn. We won’t be able to leave, and the Qin people will definitely give us a blow.”

"Then where to go?" Jiang Fu asked in fear.

"Go in the direction where the Qin soldiers and cavalry came. Xiao Fuzi, do you still want to fight?" Crab asked.

Jiang Fu was stunned by this question, and after a long while he said: "What can I do if I am not a soldier?"

"How many Qin people have you killed these days?"

"About ten or so."

"That's right. I killed almost twenty of them. My son's revenge is almost avenged. Xiao Fuzi, your brother's revenge is also avenged. I don't want to be a soldier anymore. Let's go and find a safe place. Hide and wait until the battle is over and we will come back."

"Hey, isn't that a deserter?" Jiang Fu shuddered.

"Does anyone still think we are alive now?" Crab asked with a wry smile. "I've killed enough people these days, and I'm tired of it. Many of the Qin people who died under my hands were about the same size as my son. Today, I'm lying here, thinking about them all the time. The fear they looked when they died made me wonder, was my son like this when he died? "

Crab's voice whined. "I don't want to fight anymore, I don't want to kill people anymore." (To be continued)