sweeping the world

Chapter 337 The Last Madness
A person's life is always faced with choices, and many choices constitute the map of a lifetime, and each choice will affect the future destiny.

Yao Yizhong is now facing what may be the most difficult decision in his life, but his decision will not only affect himself and his single family, but will determine the future of hundreds of thousands of people, and even a country.

"The elite of the Han army has not decreased..." Yao Yizhong really felt that something was wrong, he said: "It seems that the Han army has been retreating steadily throughout the battle, but... why can't their elite die?"

Those who have strict military discipline and fearlessness of death can be called elites. Generally speaking, if a team can fight to the last person, it is not just as simple as an elite, it should be called a dead soldier.

There were so many soldiers of the Han army who were similar to dead soldiers, and more than one Han army did not retreat until the last one. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe that such an army really existed.That is no longer as simple as being brave and not afraid of death, but a manifestation of will.

Yao Yizhong felt that something was wrong. The fact that the Han army had so many excellent soldiers must be a reason for having lofty ideals or dying for them.He can understand why there is such a Han army, and the Han can expand to its current size within five years.It is not easy to fight against such an army, but Liu Yan's behavior from the very beginning was weird.

"Liu Yan is using himself as a bait to lure us to attack." Yao Yizhong seemed to have caught some flash of inspiration, and murmured: "The Han fleet that appeared on the river is going to cut off our retreat, Liu Yan Yan wants to attract us here..."

Two words appeared in Yao Yizhong's mind, that is "total annihilation".He ordered people to lay out a map of mountains and rivers. The drawing of the map was extremely crude, but the terrain was still roughly drawn.

"Along the river, the terrain of the battlefield..." Yao Yizhong slid his finger across the Yellow River, and pointed at Jishui: "This is a long and narrow terrain sandwiched between two water systems!"

Yao Yizhong, who had discovered something, began to sweat coldly on his forehead, his eyes fixed on the map of mountains and rivers, his face was livid and troubled.He has already found the answer, and he is very sure that Liu Yan wants to use himself as bait, but that is both a trap and an opportunity.

In the end, Yao Yizhong didn't say anything, he just got out of the tent and rode to the front line himself.

Looking at the battlefield, on both sides of the offense and defense, soldiers continued to fall to the ground as corpses in the bloody battle.The corpses of the dead and the wounded who fell to the ground were so numerous that they covered the ground, so that the soldiers on both sides of the fight were stepping on their bodies and desperately trying to survive.

Yao Yizhong didn't care at all whether the battle was tragic or not, he took the risk to get close enough, and stared wide-eyed at the Han soldiers who were fighting.

"Still brave and fearless!" Yao Yizhong gritted his teeth and roared: "Their king is already running away, what reason is there for the Han army to still maintain such a strong morale!?"

In a place that Yao Yizhong couldn't see, deep inside the Han army's camp, the soldiers staying in the camp couldn't see any strong morale. They were soldiers who had been transferred, and everyone had a dazed expression and hesitation.

"What are we doing here?" Cheng Shuo was confused enough: "All non-Guardians were transferred from the battlefield, and the Imperial Guards were fighting bloody battles on the front line. Is it because Your Majesty doesn't trust us?"

【…】Wang Yong scanned the robes on the left and right with strange eyes, thinking: 【Shouldn’t these guys be worried about the battle situation?Stuck on this. 】

Wang Yong was a member of the Han army who jumped from Shijie Zhao State to the Han army during the Battle of Xuzhou. He was a member of Wang Ji's family, and he was regarded as a throwing stone from the Wang family among the three Shijie families to Liu Yan's side.

Liu Yan had previously brought 4000 troops, and the number of non-imperial guards was close to [-]. After half a month of fighting, there should be [-] left with combat effectiveness.

Now, except for some crossbowmen and archers, the rest of the 4000 people are staying in the non-combatant zone.It is absolutely impossible to say that they are not confused, there may be an idea in the head of a person, and the most collected is why they were transferred from the engagement.

The northern battlefield has been attacked to the last line of defense, isn't it just so nervous that anyone who is useful should fight bloody?All the people who were transferred to the war were the Imperial Guards, so some other people would really suspect that they were not trusted.

"Your Majesty is asking us to recharge our batteries!" Dou Ah said sullenly, "Don't think too much about it."

The tents are full of military officers, people with status and titles, and they are all the first batch of vested interests in the Han Dynasty.If it is said that the soldiers will have the mentality of fleeing when the battle situation is unfavorable, what they think about is how to contribute to the battle situation.

Hearing the loud shouts outside, the tent fell silent for a while.

On the front line, no matter how many comrades fell, the attacking troops of the Qiang people were still advancing one after another.They had no choice but to do this. With the supervisor team hacking and killing the runaways in the rear, they could only rush forward with numbness. There should be no hope of surviving. They also have doubts about whether they can kill a Han soldier before they die. Hesitation, but at least their family members will not be treated as slaves because they were deserters, and they can even be the first group of people to evacuate to the north bank of the Yellow River.

Yes, Yao Yizhong was already evacuating the old, weak, women and children. It was a comforting strategy for the soldiers under his command, making the soldiers willing to rush to kill and die.

Yao Yizhong Yanqin looked at those soldiers who were willing to charge and fight to the death for the safety of their families, and watched them either fall in hand-to-hand combat with the Han army, or were shot down by arrows.

"The elite of the Han army will not decrease!" Yao Yizhong repeated this sentence countless times. He turned to look at the generals under his command: "How long do you expect to be able to break through this damn line of defense?"

None of the generals said anything. They thought they could break through more than once, but they were blocked every time. In order to break through that seemingly weak line of defense, nearly ten thousand people have been thrown in.

"Is there anyone who understands water warfare?" Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Yao Yizhong said in a low voice, "Then let me tell you, the ships of the Han army can easily destroy the pontoon bridge we built, and we don't have much time left." It would be too much."

After hearing such words, the expressions on the faces of the generals completely froze.

The Qiang army relied on pontoon bridges to cross the river, and that kind of bridge could be burned down as long as they were poured with kerosene. If the Han army was willing to lose their ships, they could even be destroyed by collision.

"Think about the situation we will face if we lose the pontoon." Yao Yizhong had to put psychological pressure on his generals: "There are still Han troops coming from the periphery. This is a trap and an opportunity, it depends on whether we can break it That damned line of defense, rush into the captives or kill Liu Yan!"

A group of generals looked at each other in blank dismay, and in the next moment they all left with grim faces.

Bursts of roars began to appear everywhere. It was the generals yelling at their subordinates, telling their subordinates to go all out and die on the road of attack.

By now, the generals and schools on the Qiang side should have discovered the crisis. Not only did they have to fight the Han army, but they were also chasing time.

The meaning Yao Yizhong expressed was very obvious, there was not much time left for them, the pontoon bridge above the Yellow River might be destroyed at any time, and what would happen if the back road was cut off, as long as one had a brain, one could figure it out.They either caught or killed Liu Yan before the pontoon bridge was broken and caused confusion in the army, or they left everything or people they could throw away, and retreated miserably with those with horses, but they might not be able to evacuate.

When the generals who discover the crisis go mad, the soldiers below will be driven away by high pressure, and the battle becomes more cruel and bloody than before!
The big banner moved back, but Liu Yan's men stayed behind. It was impossible for him to say that he didn't feel the tragedy of the battlefield in his heart, or he wouldn't let the non-systematic troops retreat.

In the past five years, Liu Yan sowed the seeds of courage, creating [-] to [-] soldiers in the Han army.This group of soldiers has been tested by iron and blood more than once. It is not easy for them to have the will to dare to fight, fight and die, and the loyalty to this group. They may one day shed blood on the battlefield, but they will not It will be today.

"Your Majesty?" Ji Chang hurried over, holding a roll of paper in his hand, handed it out, and said: "Our fleet has appeared in the river section of the war zone, and they were temporarily captured by the Shijie Navy. blocked."

Liu Yan took over the information and saw that the Shijie navy was mobilized in a big way. The number of boats was no less than [-], and they conscientiously prevented the Han fleet from continuing to penetrate.

There is not much information about the water battle. Generally speaking, the Han fleet has the upper hand. The reported situation is that it is confident to destroy the enemy's navy, but there is no guarantee when.

"Did you order the fleet to divide up?" Ji Chang didn't understand water warfare, but he knew what was most important at the moment, and said, "We should destroy the channel connecting the two sides as soon as possible!"

Liu Yan always humbly accepts correct suggestions.He thought for a while and said, "Go to the carrier pigeons and let the reinforcements on the outside launch a general attack."

"Ah?" Ji Chang looked quite surprised: "Is it time for fire?"

Liu Yan nodded and said: "The enemy's attack is even crazier. Yao Yizhong must have heard of our fleet's appearance. He is a person with rich experience in war, and he is the leader of a large clan. There will be much hesitation, and there will not be much time left for us."

Ji Chang subconsciously looked at the battlefield. The enemy troops on the north side launched a charge one after another. They didn't even care about the reserved space on the battlefield, and ignored the huge casualties caused by the arrow array of the Han army.Although the enemy troops in the other three directions were far away, he could still judge by listening to the movement, and the attacks of those enemy troops were also extremely crazy.

"They are far more desperate than before." Liu Yan had already begun to order people to prepare armors and weapons, and said at the same time: "The final madness came and went quickly. I don't expect Yao Yizhong to hesitate for too long. Once he cannot break through Our line of defense..."

Ji Chang said in an instant, "Will you resolutely withdraw the troops?"

……Dividing line……

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