Chapter 1441: 1442 Killing Wife
“The 30,000 people closest to Wuyang have surrendered, which is probably the entire main force of the 17th Army.” The adjutant awkwardly introduced the latest battle situation to the skinny Liu Zhian.
It is not so much the battle situation, but the process of the collapse of Liu Zhian's troops: the northernmost troops heard the news of Wuyang Xiancheng's surrender, and received the order of Qin's defeat and surrender, so they naturally laid down their weapons and chose to surrender. .
These soldiers actually no longer want to fight. They have long been tired of losing one after another, not to mention that they themselves are very aware of their own status.
In a few days, I ran hundreds of kilometers northward, and then I only had a small amount of food I carried, and even less ammunition.
Let them use this state to attack the Tang army head-on, which is no different from facing death. So after they heard the news, they immediately chose to surrender.
Just kidding, if we don’t surrender at this time, will it be too late to raise the white flag when Tang’s tanks and armored vehicles arrive and when planes start dropping bombs?
Do you want to use your own Maxim machine guns, Mauser rifles and bayonets to confront Tang's main battle tanks and jets?
“The 17th Army is almost gone. Where is the 31st Army that follows?” Liu Zhian asked with a wry smile.
The state of his troops was really in extremely bad condition. After receiving the order, he frantically ordered the troops to go north for reinforcements, but in the end they still did not arrive in time.
This indirectly caused his current predicament: the entire army was stretched on a road of more than 100 kilometers, shaped like a long snake formation, and had no combat capability at all.
If you want to fight, you must at least catch up with the rearguard troops, let the troops in the middle disperse to the two wings, and then let the troops in the Wuyang direction retract to form a "ring defense" before you can continue the battle.
The problem is that in order to quickly support Wuyang, Liu Zhian's troops hardly carried much ammunition. The previous plan was to receive supplementary ammunition, supplies, medicines and food after arriving at Wuyang. As a result, he drove Jian Cong to the middle of the battle, and the supply station Wuyang was gone...
With only a few days of ammunition and a few days of rations, Liu Zhian's troops could not hold on for a few days even if they were huddled together.
So Liu Zhian could either retreat to Nanjiao City, which at least has not yet been taken over by the Tang army and is still under the control of Liu Zhian's rearguard.
Either he can only go north to Wuyang, recapture the capital of Qin from the Tang army, then regain his strength and stabilize his position, and continue to deal with Tang on behalf of Qin.
The problem is that the Tang Army blocking the front is two armies, Strauss's 3rd Army and Burton's 2nd Army. When the Qin army was at its peak, it would have been enough to repel one of the two Tang armies. Now that they were fighting two at the same time, there was no suspense about the outcome.
“I sent someone to contact the 31st Army, but there is no news yet.” The adjutant answered Liu Zhian’s question awkwardly. The Tang Army has begun to implement electromagnetic interference, and the communications under Liu Zhian's command have basically been interrupted.
The troops were scattered and there were problems with communication. In fact, there was no need to fight this battle. Liu Zhian knew very well that as time went by, more and more of his troops would surrender.
Wuyang has been occupied by the Tang army. In other words, Dayi is already on the Tang side. The State of Qin has been destroyed, and the Emperor of Qin has surrendered...Under such circumstances, asking the soldiers to continue fighting is in itself a kind of going against the trend.
Gradually, most people will honestly accept the reality, surrender their guns and go home to live their lives. This is the general trend and human nature. Therefore, if there is no way to achieve a quick victory, it will be a dead end. Liu Zhian knew that he was on the verge of death. He just hoped that he could use his last stage of life to breathe his last breath to the Qin Empire to which he was loyal. After all, the Great Qin Empire is his belief and the only pillar of his life until now.
"Don't count on the 31st Army. Let the troops launch defenses on the spot, dig trenches, and build fortresses! Requisition all the houses in nearby villages, and recruit all the people to participate in the construction!" Liu Zhian waved his hand and said to his adjutant.
In his opinion, the 31st Army that could not be contacted was obviously 80% surrendered. Without the prominence of the 17th Army and the 31st Army, the Tang Army from the Wuyang direction would soon surround him. If he was not prepared, It will be eaten in an instant.
The adjutant immediately stood at attention and saluted, agreed and left the headquarters. Liu Zhian looked at his guard captain and asked, "Are my family members here?"
"We're already here, right next door, General." The guard captain answered Liu Zhian's question with a somewhat gloomy expression.
Liu Zhi'an didn't say anything, and walked straight out of the headquarters, walked to the next room, and saw his wife, concubines, and children.
He looked at his son seriously, then at his wife, and forced an ugly smile: "You have followed me for so many years of prosperity and wealth, and the good days are finally over..."
As he spoke, he pulled out the pistol from his waist and asked his wife sadly: "As my husband sends you on your way, do you have any last wishes?"
“…” Liu Zhian’s wife closed her eyes and stopped talking. She naturally knew that with Liu Zhian’s temper, she would have to have such a day sooner or later. She didn't speak or beg for mercy, she just stood there waiting to die, but the daughter next to her started crying. Liu Zhian's son looked pale. He didn't want to die, but there was nothing he could do at this time.
"Bang!" A gunshot echoed in the room. Liu Zhian shot his wife to death with his own hands, and then shot his crying daughter to death without hesitation at all.
His concubine knelt on the ground begging for mercy, but was shot to death. His son was so frightened that he peed his pants, but in the end he could not escape Liu Zhian's bullet.
This Qin general remained stubborn until the very end, and ended up killing his entire family by himself without shedding a single tear.
With the gunshots one after another, the crying gradually subsided. The room was full of corpses and blood flowed into rivers...
On the same day, the news that Liu Zhi'an had killed all his relatives and was determined to fight to the end spread to all the Qin army. At the same time, the message broadcast by the Tang Dynasty that only the chief culprits were killed was also sent to the Qin army.
A few hours later, the Qin garrison in the southern corner surrendered. The Qin garrison in Zhennancheng called back and claimed to accept the arrangement of Qin Emperor Yingduo's surrender edict and chose to surrender unconditionally to the Tang army.
The Tang army had an unobstructed journey without encountering any resistance, and arrived at the corresponding position. The hundreds of thousands of Qin troops were reduced to tens of thousands overnight, and they were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Tang troops...
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