Chapter 1099: Reward the Famous King

Chapter 1099: Reward the Famous King

War is nothing more than you killing me and me killing you. Whether it is life or death, everyone is determined by their destiny. If you kill the opponent's personnel, you will smile, but if your own personnel are killed, you will try your best to target them, which seems a bit unplayable.

However, war is not a game in the first place, and life and death are also very different. Especially when we are born as human beings, it is impossible to be absolutely fair and respectable.

Regarding Guo Yan's death in battle, although Li Tai did not show too much emotion, he was still very sad and regretful in his heart. Especially because of the fierce fighting of Guo Yan and others, the Jinyang troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty failed to seize the Jiashi Ridge Road and attacked from the north of Wusu City. They had to turn to the south. This allowed the Western Wei army to survive even though its troops were far inferior to the opponent's. Start a battle with the enemy.

No matter what the outcome of the current battle is, Guo Yan and others have made great achievements and died well. What Li Tai can do, in addition to praising and giving afterward, is to make full use of the situation they fought for with their lives and make their sacrifice more valuable.

In addition to the huge gap in military strength between the armies of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, there was no obvious gap in terms of combat effectiveness, whether it was individual combat qualities or group battle formation coordination.

Even though today's Guanzhong Fubing has completed localization, the Fubing was not the mainstream armed force in Guanzhong before, not because of poor combat effectiveness, but because it could not gain the complete trust of the Bafu and lacked an overall coordinating organization. Without these two constraints, today's Guanzhong Fubing is no worse than any opponent in the world.

Li Tai's personal bounty on Xue Guyan boosted the morale of the Wei soldiers who were fighting in the front line, and their counterattack became more fierce. The pressure was immediately passed on to Xue Guyan, who was leading his troops to fight in the front line.

Although many Wei soldiers did not know Xue Guyan, they could always identify him by the enemy general's attire and the ranks of his followers. Stimulated by the high rewards of official titles, money and silk, many Wei soldiers rushed directly to the enemy generals' haunts without fear of death, and Xue Guyan was naturally included among them.

Xue Guyan was a strong and brave general, and even dared to fight against thunder. However, when he heard the soldiers in the enemy formation shouting his name as if they were crazy, running around in the battle formation looking for traces of him, he felt deep in his heart. Also restless.

At the beginning, he was not too worried about his own safety, but the swarming enemy troops made it difficult for him to run on the battlefield, and the transmission of some orders was also greatly hindered. He was very angry in his heart, while riding his horse to attract the crowd. Running in the open space on the side, he shouted angrily: "How can a man be frightened by thieves? Xue Guyan is here, the thieves come and die quickly!"

Xue Guyan's roar immediately attracted the attention of all the Wei soldiers on the battlefield. Then these Wei soldiers abandoned their current opponents and rushed towards Xue Guyan's direction. The entire battlefield turned into a huge whirlpool with Xue Guyan as the center!

"Xue Guyan, the dog thief, don't leave, someone is coming to take your dog's life!"

For all the Wei soldiers on the battlefield, although they targeted the enemy general Xue Guyan because of the bounty issued by Tang Gong, the reason why they risked their lives and fought so hard was not just for the sake of the bounty. .

There must be a reason why Tang Gong issued a reward for this person alone. They may not know the reason, but since Tang Gong wants this enemy to die, what reason does this tiger have to live?

On the battlefield at this time, although Xue Guyan was not intimidated by the enemy, the attendants and guards around him were complaining. The enemies seemed to be crazy, rushing in from all directions.

The first ones to bear the brunt are naturally the soldiers around the general. Xue Guyan was still clamoring to kill the enemy like weeds, but now it is them who are being harvested like weeds. In order to kill the general they were protecting, the soldiers of the Wei army who gathered around them had great power to block the killing. If the soldiers around them were not careful at all, they would be stabbed several times and died miserably on the spot.

"My lord, the traitor is really too fierce, so we should retreat to our main formation for the time being and plan for the future!"

Seeing that the guards around him were constantly dying in battle, Xue Guyan's closest confidants couldn't help but give advice.

Xue Guyanfang waved his horse spear to kill an enemy soldier who had gone around to intercept him. Hearing this, he immediately glared and shouted angrily: "You want me to laugh at a thief..."

Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden sound of wind from the side. When he turned his head to look, he saw a horse galloping towards him. On the horse was an enemy general in his thirties holding a big spear. At this time, before the confidant who had been advising Xue Guyan to retreat temporarily could turn around, his head was directly smashed off the neck by the horse, and the gushing blood splashed directly on Xue Guyan's face.

Xue Guyan was also shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly waved his sword to block the enemy general's attack. The enemy general also had strong arms, which made his jaw numb. He couldn't help but asked quickly: "Who is the thief general?"

The man kept attacking with his sword, and cursed in his mouth: "The traitor is disgusted by heaven, and he actually bothered my Lord to declare a reward! You are still greedy for life and refuse to commit suicide. I will enter the battle to finish you off now. Don't look at me again." Whole body!"

When Xue Guyan heard the curse, he was so angry that he immediately started fighting with it. However, he was no longer in his prime, and after a few battles with the enemy generals, he was already weak. His arms were shaking and numb. Seeing that the enemy generals were approaching, he simply gritted his teeth and waved away the weapons in his hands. Ma Shan took advantage of the enemy general to turn sideways and escape.

At this time, the battlefield was full of melee. As a general in the army, Xue Guyan had a group of cronies around him who would never give up. As he abandoned his weapons and left, he no longer showed off his skills on the battlefield and had a group of people who had been waiting for him for a long time. The soldiers came forward and sacrificed themselves to stop the enemy.

When the Wei general killed the few enemy soldiers in front of him, he turned around to look for him, only to see that Xue Guyan had escaped several feet away. There were several men and horses separated from each other, making it difficult to catch up.

After experiencing the short battle just now, Xue Guyan also realized that he was not invincible on this battlefield. After all, he still couldn't accept death as a matter of fact. The courage in his chest was exhausted, and a chill grew in his heart. He was reluctant to give his life to the enemy in exchange for the founding father, so he evacuated toward the rear under the cover of his soldiers.

But now many Wei soldiers on the battlefield were attracted to fight because of the previous roar. At this time, as their people were defeated and fled, the battlefield naturally moved with it, sweeping towards the west side of the Qi army's battle formation. go.

At this time, the troops at the rear of the Qi army were forming a long and narrow battle formation from east to west on the north bank of the Tongda River. Because Xue Guyan and his troops were retreating from the battlefield to the west, a gap appeared in the battle formation to receive the returning troops.

However, the Wei army soldiers at the rear were chasing after them fiercely. Although Xue Guyan successfully retreated into the battle formation, the gap in the formation did not close with it, but was completely torn open by the pursuers from behind. The soldiers of the Qi army in the formation were immediately killed and wounded by the charge of the Wei army's cavalry, and even the battle formation here was shattered to pieces.

After the Qi people's battle formation collapsed, many Qi soldiers continued to flee backwards in order to avoid the attack. Some even jumped directly into the unfilled Tongda River swamp behind them, struggling to retreat to the south bank.

Fortunately, the formation here was a long and narrow horizontal formation from east to west. Although a side collapse affected thousands of soldiers and could not defend it, it also bought a certain amount of reaction time for the enemy formation to the east.

After Xue Guyan entered the battle, although he was still in shock, he quickly summoned the heavy armored infantry to form a battle formation to contain the pursuers. After the bloody battle of these heavy armored infantry, he gradually stabilized the formation and finally stabilized the formation. The enemy did not take advantage of this opportunity to defeat all the formations, and still maintained certain results.

However, after experiencing the previous encounter, Xue Guyan did not dare to leave the formation and attack easily. Instead, he stayed within the formation and ignored any provocations from the enemy forces outside the formation. He concentrated on building and strengthening the Tongtan River. The camp defense line on the north bank finally fulfilled His Majesty the Emperor's order and established a solid offensive camp on the north bank before dark in the evening.

However, due to the enemy's attack and obstruction, the area of ​​​​this offensive position is not large, and it can only accommodate more than 10,000 soldiers to assemble the entire team. Although as the sky gets darker, the enemy forces outside also begin to shrink back, and the intensity of the attack is reduced, but they can no longer abandon the established front.

So Xue Guyan then extended some protruding parts from the built camp. Although the capacity inside did not expand, the overall area and scale of the camp increased a lot.

Xue Guyan felt that he could use this to report to the emperor. However, the Forbidden Army Governor who was watching the battle from behind had already recorded the battle on the north bank in the Chinese army's account. Naturally, this also included Xue Guyan's passive conservatism in the second half of the battle. .

In the evening, when the sky was dark, Qi Lord Gao Yang came across Hebei in person, lightly dressed, and inspected the camp. Although he didn't say much outside, looking at his serious expression and frowning eyebrows, it can be seen that he was quite worried in his heart. dissatisfied.

Xue Guyan, who was accompanying him, played the drum secretly. After following the emperor into the camp, he knelt down on the ground and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the reason for today's battle is..."

Gao Yang was too lazy to listen to Xue Guyan's explanation. After entering the tent, he immediately pulled out his saber and placed it on the side of Xue Guyan's neck. At the same time, he said angrily: "No one can die! Since we are wearing armor and going into battle to kill the enemy, why should we fear death!" I gave you tens of thousands of powerful troops and fought fiercely for a long time, but the harvest was only this size of land. It is really ridiculous!

If you cherish your life, immediately resign from your position as a vanguard, show your respect for your old honors, and spare your life! If not, if you are still too timid to fight in the future, it will not only be the Qiang thieves who can take your life! Today, we are fighting against thieves, and there is no room for loss. If we win, if we return, we will be rewarded with the title of king. If we cannot return, our heirs will seize the title. Fight or retreat, it’s up to you! "

When Xue Guyan heard these words, his face also changed. After a while, he bowed to the ground and said with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty has given me so much kindness, which really makes me ashamed. There is indeed a way to avoid the enemy in the front line. I think, but from now on, I will never retreat until I defeat the Qiang thieves, and I will never return to my country!"

Seeing Xue Guyan make this statement, Gao Yang's expression improved slightly. Based on his past temperament and his passive and inactive performance, even if he is not prosecuted on the spot, he will never be retained.

But now was the critical moment of the decisive battle. Even if he did not consider the impact on morale caused by the sudden change of generals, he could not find anyone with enough talent and qualifications to replace Xue Guyan. Among the young generals he appointed in the past, few of them performed well in battles with the Wei army. After all, people are not so reassured in the current war.

I just got a new keyboard, and I’m still not used to it. There are a lot of typos. I’m sorry for the typos. I’ll correct them as soon as I find them. . .