Vol 2 Chapter 2454: The dragon and the tiger descended to Qin
Chapter 2454 The dragon and the tiger descend to Qin
Chapter 2450: The dragon and the tiger descend to Qin
“General, the casualties have been calculated. Five hundred and eighty-three of the Qin army were killed. Our army suffered 241 cavalry casualties. General Buji’s troops suffered nearly 1,363 casualties.”
Calculating this way, the combined casualties of Li Mu and Wu Ji amounted to a full 2,000 soldiers, but they only killed nearly 600 Qin cavalry.
In other words, the Tang army won the battle but suffered greater casualties than the Qin army.
On the contrary, the Qin army was obviously defeated, but its losses were one-third of the Tang army.
But even so, whether it was Li Mu, Wu Ji, or other Tang Army generals, they all had happy faces.
The reason is impossible, because this time their opponent is the main cavalry of the Qin army, and the main general is Gongsun Xuanyuan.
To deal with such a powerful cavalry, not to mention the loss of 2,000 men and horses, even the loss of 3,000 is still worth it.
For the Tang army, thousands of injuries were completely within the tolerance range. The opportunity to break the Qin army's undefeated record and rebuild confidence and morale was rare.
Of course, being able to defeat Gongsun Xuanyuan once is of great significance to Li Mu.
His refusal to return to Chang'an in violation of the general's orders had aroused Li Shimin's anger and suspicion.
Had he not been a member of the Li family clan, and had Li Kui and Changsun Wuji come to vouch for him, Li Shimin might have thought that he was going to surrender to Qin.
Now that he has defeated Gongsun Xuanyuan and shattered the Qin army's undefeated myth, Li Mu has proven his innocence with actions, and Chang'an can naturally feel more at ease with him.
If it can be said that Li Mu fought alone before and was separated from Li Tang's center, then after this incident, he returned to Li Tang's camp again.
Even if Li Shimin is still extremely dissatisfied with him, he must ensure that Li Mu's banner of resisting Qin does not fall, and appropriate compensation and support must be provided.
It would be a bit too chilling to let Li Mu continue to fight alone, and it would be almost equivalent to pushing Li Mu into the Qin army's camp.
Even if Li Shimin was unwise, he would never do such a stupid thing.
Thinking of this, Li Mu couldn't help but feel very good. He smiled and said to Wu Ji: "General Wu Ji, if it weren't for you, our army would never have achieved such a great victory. The general should be the first to contribute."
Li Mu did not hesitate to give up the lead, after all, he would have to rely on Wu Ji next.
Although there are only half of the people in Wuji's department, which is basically equivalent to a semi-disabled state and are no longer useful, what Li Mu values more is Wuji.
Wu Ji was able to rely on an unknown ancient formation and four thousand weak troops to hold off the Qin Dynasty's thousand elite cavalry for an hour. Even he had to be inferior to him for his commanding ability in formation battles.
Therefore, compared to the remaining three thousand remnants of Wuji’s army, Li Mu valued Wuji’s hidden ‘famous general’ more.
When Wu Ji heard this, he naturally understood that Li Mu had misunderstood, and immediately explained to him the whole story of this battle. The main credit was his master Jiang Shang, not him.
Li Mu was shocked when he heard this. He naturally knew what the word "Jiang Shang" meant, and quickly asked Wu Ji to introduce him. But when he saw it, he saw the following scene.
"Uncle, if my nephew hadn't been careless, how could Senior Brother Long have been captured alive by the Qin army? Lei Zhenzi is sorry for you."
Lei Zhenzi knelt in front of Jiang Shang, with a look of annoyance and regret on his face. Why did he lose his mind because of Xuanyuan's few words?
After the war, he also realized that Xuanyuan was indeed stronger than him, but the gap was not so big that he was invincible.
If he and Longxuhu join forces, even if they can't win, they won't lose so easily.
But this was a good hand, but it was ruined because of him.
After Li Mu came to help, although they defeated the Qin army, their senior brother Long Xuhu was also captured. Xuanyuan was defeated this time and lost six hundred fine cavalry. It is very likely that Xuanyuan would vent his anger on his senior brother, so the senior brother may be in trouble this time.
Lei Zhenzi felt regretful about this, and he was even more apologetic to Jiang Shang, feeling that it was all his fault.
Jiang Shang looked at Lei Zhenzi who was kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face. He sighed softly and helped him up, saying, "Don't worry, your senior brother is not in danger."
“Hmm, eh?”
Lei Zhenzi was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
Jiang Shangze analyzed: "Gongsun Xuanyuan tried his best to capture your senior brother alive. Even if he was defeated and retreated, he would not leave him behind and would not kill him easily."
Hearing this, Lei Zhenzi couldn't help but feel relieved, but Jiang Shang's next words immediately shut down his brain.
“Besides, I also told him that if he is caught by the Qin army, don’t resist, just surrender.”
"What?"
Lei Zhenzi exclaimed, his eyes as wide as bells, he couldn't believe that Master Jiang would say these words.
They can be the disciples of Yuqing. They are the proud sons of heaven with righteous hearts. How can they succumb to the power of the Qin Dynasty?
“Uncle Master, when you say surrender, is it supposed to be a false surrender?”
"Do you think Gongsun Xuanyuan can be concealed by the false surrender?" Jiang Shang asked.
Lei Zhenzi suddenly fell silent. How could a famous general like Xuanyuan not guard against false surrender? Faking surrender in front of him will only lead to death.
"But…"
As soon as Lei Zhenzi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jiang Shang.
“Uncle Master knows what you are going to say, but that is because you have enmity with Da Qin, so you have this prejudice.
The other disciples of Taoism had no grudge against Da Qin. If they did not surrender after being captured, would they have to wait to die? "
Hearing Jiang Shang's words, Lei Zhenzi clenched his fists and wanted to refute, but didn't know what to say.
He has a grudge against the Qin Dynasty, so naturally he doesn't want his brothers to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, but his brothers and sisters don't. If they don't surrender if they are captured, how can they expect Taoism?
The Taoist even abandoned his master, Yun Zhongzi, who was at the Grand Master level, so how could he care about young disciples like them anymore?
Failing to surrender is really the only way to die.
Seeing this, Jiang Shang patted Lei Zhenzi on the shoulder and said: "Lei Zhenzi, if you continue to fight against Da Qin, sooner or later you will return to your fellow disciples to fight against each other. You must be mentally prepared."
“Uncle Master, why do you want to help the Tang Dynasty fight against the Qin Dynasty?” Lei Zhenzi asked.
Hearing this, Jiang Shang was silent for a long time and then said, "You will know soon."
At the same time, after getting rid of the pursuit, Gongsun Xuanyuan also received a message from Gongsun Yan and Wang Jian on his way back to the army, and learned that Jiang Shang was in the Wuji Army.
Xuanyuan looked at Longxuhu who was **** by Five Flowers, and asked: "So, the person who has been commanding the Wuji Army and fighting against this general is actually Jiang Shang?"
Long Xuhu clicked on the picture and said with a loud voice: "Yes, the only person in the world who can deploy the seven-star flying bear array is my master, and Junior Brother Wu Ji can't do it at all."
Listening to readers’ opinions, we modified Li Mu’s skills and changed ‘Riding God’ to ‘Iron Wall’
(End of this chapter)