Immediately after the death of the master

In the dream, on the other hand, my blood was throbbing, my heart was beating like a drum, and I couldn't wait to welcome the arrival of the war.

The war drums sounded, the beasts roared, the flags fluttered, and the officers and soldiers rushed forward like mad dogs.

Dozens of war drums sounded, the sound shook hundreds of miles, the ground shook, the enemy marshal waved his flag, the archer bent his bow, and the ballista set up arrows. The guards raised their shields to protect Xu Yuque and me.Xu Yuque's face turned pale with fright, but he still stood by my side, never leaving.

"Send Master Xu down."

I grabbed the guard's shield and held it up by myself. Sharp arrows hit the shield. My eyes were fixed on the bottom of the city, watching the enemy soldiers and chariots continue to advance towards Huangquan City under the cover of the rain of arrows.

The trenches arranged outside the city stopped the army for a while, but the huge nest carts and catapults continued to advance. Soldiers carried ladders and climbed up the city wall from all directions.

I threw away my shield and yelled at the soldiers defending the city:

"war!"

These bastards who have been fighting with me for many years have long since lost their hearts of fear. From the beginning of the war, they have become ruthless wood and stone, and their only goal is to kill these enemies as dense as locusts.

The Yaksha ring was full of dense nails, and five strong men threw it into the enemy group. After crushing the enemy army to death, they twisted the winch and crushed the enemy continuously to achieve the greatest damage effect.Rocks and rolling logs kept rolling down from the top of the city, smashing the soldiers on the ladder down to a height of more than ten meters, allowing them to be smashed into meatloaf.

The soldiers on the city wall braved the rain of arrows and flying stones, pushed them to the ladder, and killed the officers and soldiers who climbed the city wall.

There is no right or wrong on the battlefield, only victory or defeat.

We've always been this way.

The enemy's frenzied offensive lasted for a day, and it was not until nightfall that they retreated.I stood on the city wall in the twilight, stepping on the blood and flesh all over the ground, my body and spirit were extremely excited.

This offensive and defensive battle has just begun.

Even at night, our army is not allowed to rest. The damaged city walls, destroyed fortifications, and worn out equipment all require us to work overnight.After arranging the patrolling soldiers, I hurried to inspect various fortifications.

My soldiers are desperately fighting, and I have no right to stop.

The next day, I climbed up the city wall. Although I had a premonition of what would happen, I still wanted to cry.The enemy army is still as numerous as ants, and the people killed yesterday are not worth mentioning to the enemy army.

Let me just ask, if our side dies one less, and the enemy dies one more ten, you will never despair.

The enemy's marshal was still sitting on the tall chariot, waving the command flag, and the army continued to wash away the city wall like a tide.

Everything is just a repetition of yesterday, the only difference is that today they not only attacked the east gate, but also fought from the west gate, the north wall and the south wall at the same time. Devouring the flesh and blood of the enemy army, our soldiers turned into repetitive machines, dropping stones and rolling logs, and overturning ladders with forks.

When the bloody setting sun reflected on his body and the enemy retreated, this long day finally passed.

Every day after that was a repeat of the previous day. The enemy army built more than a dozen high platforms around the city wall. There were flag bearers on the high platforms, and they communicated with each other with flags and orders. At this point, the army can be dispatched immediately to attack the gap, and I have to rotate the few soldiers in the city to go to the gap to make up for the mistakes with human lives.

The soldiers and officers in the city were all exhausted during this long battle to defend the city.

The siege battle has entered the sixth day, and our army, as the defender of the city, has lost more than a thousand.The enemy's death in battle will only be several times or even dozens of times that of our side, but the enemy marshal doesn't care about it, treats the dead as nothing, and keeps attacking endlessly.

The enemy army has a numerical advantage, but the soldiers who are attacking the city can be rotated constantly. Our army can only spin around without getting a moment's rest. A large part of the soldiers have not had a rest for several days. Our army's spirit and body are already in collapse. edge.Going on like this is not an option, so I recruited Wei Kexin and discussed with him how to proceed next.

"With such an offensive, we won't be able to defend the next six days."

Wei Kexin has been wandering between the armaments and soldiers in the warehouse for the past two days, and his judgment is very reliable.

"What else can we do next?"

"Partial breakout, or total surrender."

Wei Kexin's expression was very serious, he was really considering these two ways of retreat.

I walked back and forth several times with my hands behind my back, having already made a decision in my heart, but I still turned around and said to Wei Kexin.

"Say what you think."

"To put it bluntly, it means standing in line. A partial breakout means that we will be completely bound to the chariot of the Eighth Prince. If we choose this path, I suggest that we leave 15 soldiers to continue to defend the city, and the other [-] soldiers try to get from the [-] army. The other option is to surrender all of them, which means that we will switch to the Xinhuang camp and give up Huangquan City and the two states in our hands in exchange for The chance of survival and future prosperity. Apart from these two options, there is no third way. All breakout and partial surrender means offending both the new emperor and the Eighth Prince. No matter which side finally seizes power, We’re all going to have to settle after the fact.”

Between the two retreats of partial breakout and full surrender, Wei Kexin simply stated the facts without making any pros and cons evaluations, but I knew it even if he didn’t say anything.

The downside of all surrender is that we will completely abandon the Eighth Prince’s business for many years. Even if the new emperor wins in the end, we who have no background in the new emperor’s faction are destined to be excluded from the core decision-making level. For the stability of the rest of our lives, we must surrender military power , and after handing over the military power, our best end is to confer a prince with a different surname, and the only thing we can do in the second half of our life is to do evil in our fief and fish for the common people.

The disadvantage of a partial breakout is that there are too many variables. We have been trapped in Huangquan City for a long time, and there is no outside news to help us make a judgment.In order to partially break through, our army must be split into two parts, but whether it is the defenders or the breakouts, life and death are unpredictable.Those who broke through the siege did not know whether they could break through successfully, how long the defenders could last, and whether they could wait for reinforcements.

Whichever is the lesser of two evils is my rule of thumb.

So, I am more firm in my choice——

"We surrender."

Wei Kexin is not surprised that I will make such a choice, after all, he is the same scum as I am.

All the loyalty and bravery we pretend are for the sake of getting a bigger price when we betray our master.

There may indeed be some people in this world that we would risk our lives for, but that person will definitely not be our master. After all, when we choose a master, we intend to betray him one day.

So am I, and so is he.

"I will act as the envoy to deliver the letter of surrender."

Wei Kexin was very self-aware, and took the initiative to take on this task destined to bear infamy.

He has to do this, why let him be my lieutenant and I be his chief?

He can only do things that are inconvenient for me and risks that I don't want to take.

I think the possibility of the enemy accepting our letter of surrender is very high. I am under the Eighth Prince, and besides the Ninth Prince and Ji Qingshuang, I am the biggest force.Winning me over is equivalent to directly weakening one-third of the Eighth Prince's strength.

Moreover, I hold the two prefectures of Yizhou and Jingzhou in my hand, and the new emperor holds seven prefectures in his hands. If we join forces, nine of the thirteen prefectures of Dayu will be in our hands, which will almost directly declare the death sentence of the Eighth Prince. The new emperor thus remains invincible.

There is no reason for Xinhuang not to accept the fat meat delivered to the door.

Hearing that our army was about to surrender, the enemy retreated three miles. One hundred thousand troops dodged a long road. Wei Kexin went out of the city with the letter of surrender in his hand. !"

The enemy's commander-in-chief gave Wei Kexin, an envoy, enough face, and set up a feast. All the senior generals in the army were dressed up to attend, and bonfires were lit everywhere in the army to welcome him, reflecting the night outskirts like daytime.

Just looking at how much the enemy attaches importance to our letter of surrender, my surrender plan has already been half successful.

But I couldn't figure it out, and Wei Kexin still failed.He looked dazed, and with a heart of humiliation, he returned to Huang Quancheng sadly.

"what happened?"

I supported him, whose legs were weak, and took him aside.

"Damn it, I shouldn't have gone," Wei Kexin said with a livid face, "The highest-ranking military advisor in the enemy army is my senior brother. He persuaded the marshal to train their stragglers into real iron soldiers. Whetstone, it doesn't matter how many people die, they must eliminate the useless weak, leave behind the forbidden warriors, and build this army into an invincible iron army. Then, lead this army that has been tempered through thousands of years, march northward, and fight with the eight When the prince's main force fights, it is still unknown who will win the battle."

Such a ruthless way of training soldiers, it sounds chilling, as expected of a brother from the same school as Wei Kexin, but——

"Wei Kexin, didn't you kill all your teachers? Where did this brother come from?"

"My senior brother once saved me, but I didn't have the heart to do it in the end."

In Wei Kexin's eyes, there was no attachment to this senior brother, only resentment and resentment surged in it.

I don't want to dig into his self-inflicted past.

"Oh...it was indeed a failure to send you, but