After sending the wrong order, I got angry with the Lord of the Underworld

Since General Zhao entered the battle, the Chu army has been retreating steadily.On the other hand, the barbarians were just like opening up. In less than a month, they captured half of Dachu.

At this time, the emperor finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

He rushed back from Jiangnan overnight, didn't even go back to the palace, and went directly to Ling Fu's general's mansion, but in the end he was in vain.

"You said Ling Aiqing left three days ago?" the emperor asked the housekeeper.

The butler nodded and said, "Yes, the general has been away for three days."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, happily returned to the palace, and continued to have fun.

On the other side, Ling Fu, who had been running around for three days, finally arrived at Jiawu Pass.

After taking the soul-returning herb, his sick body had indeed improved a lot, and Ling Fu felt even more guilty about Rong Gu.But the war was imminent, and he really didn't have the energy to be sentimental.

"General Ling?" The lieutenant general was a little surprised when he saw Ling Fu, but the next second turned into joy, "You're finally back!"

Ling Fu nodded, and hurriedly walked towards the conference hall, "What happened to the previous few sessions?"

"Before the barbarians called, General Zhao insisted..." The deputy general stopped talking halfway, because they ran into that General Zhao as soon as they reached the entrance of the meeting hall.

"What do I have to say?" General Zhao Ling Fu had only heard of it before, but it was the first time he had met him.

Ling Fu originally thought that he was a loyal and honest person, but when his eyes met, the calculation and hatred in that person's eyes were undisguised.

"It doesn't matter what you say, why did you retreat in the middle of the previous battles?" Ling Fu was a bit taller than General Zhao, and he felt oppressive when he looked down at the past, "As a general, you can't even judge the situation at the most basic level. ?"

General Zhao's complexion suddenly collapsed. His skin was already dark, but it became even darker when he was sullen.

But soon, he laughed again, his tone full of sarcasm: "In what capacity is General Ling interrogating me? As far as I know, the person in charge of the military power now seems to be me."

"You!" The deputy general was so angry at his words, he was about to speak back when he was stopped by Ling Fu.

Ling Fu looked at General Zhao, without any change in expression on his face, and said quietly, "What do you think? I can appear here, can't it explain anything?"

After finishing speaking, Ling Fu didn't want to say anything more with General Zhao.

He turned around and entered the meeting room, and ordered with his deputy general: "Call the other generals over, the barbarians are gaining momentum recently, and they will definitely not give up."

The lieutenant general responded, completely ignoring General Zhao at the side.

That night, the lights in the barracks were brightly lit, perhaps because Ling Fu came back, the soldiers had found their backbone, and the discussions were full of eloquence and passion.

Only General Zhao silently clenched his fist.

But the Chu army had suffered too many defeats before, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.Even if Ling Fu came back, it would be very difficult to win this battle well.

In the second day's battle, the Chu army defended the city very hard.

But barely held on.

"General..." The deputy general looked at Ling Fu's exhausted face and sighed, summed up the current situation, and said, "If there is no reinforcements, we will last for another three days at most."

They said so, but they all knew in their hearts that under the situation in the DPRK and China, there was no way to send reinforcements.

"Are there still young men in the city?" Ling Fu was also worried about this issue, "You post the notice and see if any people are willing to join the battle."

The deputy general froze for a moment, then smiled, "The general is smart! I'll go right away."

Perhaps because of the suffering of the war, many people in the city signed up. Ling Fu screened out some people and barely resisted the new round of barbarian attacks.

"General, this is for you." A young girl who looked young handed a small wild flower to Ling Fu, "Mother said, the general is a great hero who protects us, I hope the general is safe and sound."

The immature Tong Yan said the most sincere blessings, and Ling Fu took the little wild flower, rubbed the little girl's head, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the general will definitely guard this city."

All the pain he had experienced before was finally healed at this moment.

Ling Fu looked outside the city where the flames of war were raging, and strengthened a certain belief in his heart.

Originally everyone thought Jiawu Pass could not last for three days, but under Ling Fu's leadership, they lasted for five full days.

"Tomorrow is the date of Ling Fu's death." Yu Qing looked at Ling Fu who was still in formation, and sighed, "I always feel that Ling Fu's ending...may be even more tragic than I imagined."

"History is the established ending." Mu Yuanzhi didn't like the word fate at all.But sometimes I have to sigh with fate.

At noon the next day...

On this day, the barbarian attack was more violent than several times before. They kept sending soldiers to attack the city gate, one batch after another, which felt endless.

Seeing this, Ling Fu immediately led the soldiers out of the city gate and went into battle to kill the enemy.

"Ling Fu..." The barbarian general and Ling Fu are also old acquaintances. He communicated with Ling Fu in jerky Central Plains dialect, "I think you are a hero. If you surrender today, I will go back and beg for mercy from the king. Xu You are a high official and generous salary, would you like it?"

The answer Ling Fu gave him was that he pierced the chest of a barbarian soldier beside him with his backhand, "You are dreaming."

"It's a pity." The barbarian general said, but smiled again, "You really are a hero, and I will pay homage to you on this day next year."

After finishing speaking, he yelled directly at the people in Jiawu Pass: "Listen, people inside, as long as you stick to the city gate and don't let any of the soldiers here go back, I promise you, you will break through the city gate later." It will never hurt you."

There was an uproar in the city, and Ling Fu's expression turned ugly.

In troubled times, the most vulnerable thing is human nature.

It doesn't matter whether he himself is alive or dead, anyway, he didn't think about living in the past when he came out this time.

But those soldiers...

"Despicable and shameless!" Ling Fu cursed, and then he was a little more ruthless when he started.

"Your people taught me this." The barbarian general didn't feel guilty at all, but instead said cheerfully: "General Ling, general Ling, you have paid so much for this country, is it really worth it?"

Ling Fu didn't answer him.

There are more and more barbarian soldiers around, and the Chu army is obviously invincible. If the battle continues, the entire army may be wiped out.

After killing the last barbarian army around him, Ling Fu suddenly raised his hand to signal, and the surrounding Chu army quickly moved closer to him.

"Withdraw..." Ling Fu's order was concise and clear, and the soldiers ran towards the city gate without any reluctance to fight.

But, to everyone's surprise... the city gate was actually locked.

"What are you doing!" Ling Fu's heart sank, and he roared angrily, "Open the door!"

Some people poked their heads out from the city wall, all of them were silent, they stared at these soldiers, not intending to open the door at all.

"You are crazy!" The deputy general looked disbelieving, pointing at the barbarians approaching behind him and shouted: "We were killing the enemy outside to protect you, but you locked us outside the city?"

How could there be such a reason in this world!

The city gate was locked, and the barbarians behind them were getting closer.

Now they have no way forward and no way back.

Ling Fu clenched his fists tightly, and it took a long time before he said in a hoarse voice: "These soldiers gave their lives for you, shed so much blood, and killed so many people...how can you be so ungrateful?"

"We just don't want to die."

A voice came from behind the city gate, and with the beginning, other people echoed.

"Yeah, we just don't want to die, what's wrong with us?"

"You are soldiers, you are supposed to protect us, aren't you?"

"If you die, we can survive... We can't open this city gate!"

……

There are more and more such words. They may be emboldening themselves, or they may simply want to persuade themselves so that their consciences will not be so uneasy.

No matter what the reason is, it shows an established fact - they will not open this city gate.

All the soldiers were pale and fell into despair.

The younger ones were already crying, and the older ones had red eyes.

"I'm not afraid of death." The lieutenant's voice was choked up, and he raised his hand to touch his tears and said, "From the moment I went to the battlefield, I never thought of going back alive."

"But general, I hope that I can die on the battlefield, not by the sword of the person I guard."

Before Ling Fu had time to speak, he saw the lieutenant rushing towards the group of barbarians like crazy.

He waved his knife and shouted as he ran: "Even if I die, I will drag you barbarians to die together!"

Those soldiers also rushed out one after another, and the sound of fighting rang out again.

Before Ling Fu could stop him, he saw his former comrades-in-arms fall down in front of him one by one.But there was no pain on their faces, instead there were finally relieved smiles.

"Do you still think it's worth it now?" The barbarian general asked again: "It's still too late to surrender."

Ling Fu looked at him without much sadness or joy in his eyes.

"It's not worth it." Ling Fu was silent for a while, and finally said: "I want to protect thousands of people."

No matter good or bad, no matter good or evil.

Perhaps most of the people in this city have abandoned him.But there are always one or two people who are worth what he has paid for.

"You're quite stubborn." The barbarian general looked down at Ling Fu and asked again, "Are you really not going to surrender?"

Ling Fu held the long sword and smiled, "This sword was given to me by my father when I was 16 years old."

He has been carrying it with him for so many years of battle. It is not so much a weapon as a comrade in arms fighting side by side.

"I just didn't expect that the last person I killed with it would be myself." After Ling Fu finished speaking, he immediately sealed his throat with his sword.

The moment the blood spurted out, he fell heavily to the ground, perhaps because of death, he actually vaguely saw Rong Gu's figure.

Ling Fu tried his best to reach out his hand in that direction, but he still couldn't hold on, and closed his eyes forever.

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