Ji Han Liu Zhang

Under the impact of the armored cavalry of the Qin army, the Yuan army that had crossed the Qin River and set up a battle formation had no resistance at all. The semicircular formation was torn apart, and the troops were in chaos. They all ran in the opposite direction, trying to swim across the water to find a chance to survive.

Guo Yuan stood in the formation, shouting loudly, calling on the soldiers to stabilize the formation and resist the Qin army, but the situation collapsed like a landslide. No matter how loudly Guo Yuan shouted, even if he killed two deserters with his own hands, it was of no help to the current situation.

"General, let's go." Guo Yuan's personal guard Guo Da grabbed Guo Yuan's hand and advised anxiously.

Guo Yuan's eyes were wide open, his teeth were clenched tightly, and his expression was full of reluctance. However, he also knew that the situation was irreversible, and if he stayed here, he would only end up being attacked by the Qin army.

"Let's go." Guo Yuan whispered.

Guo Da listened carefully, and a look of relief immediately flashed across his face. At this moment, he was most afraid that Guo Yuan would lose his temper and refuse to leave.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that they had lost the battle and had to retreat quickly. However, as Guo Yuan's personal guard, Guo Da could not leave unless Guo Yuan did. This was because his life depended on Guo Yuan. If Guo Yuan died, he, as his personal guard, would be buried with him.

I made up my mind to leave, but leaving was not easy.

Guo Yuan and his entourage came across the river, and they had to cross the river again to leave. However, the ship that had previously transported the troops was now full of the third batch of soldiers who had crossed the river. They had to unload this group of soldiers first and then come to pick up the others.

However, time waits for no one, and the Qin army will not delay the war.

"General, take off your armor." Guo Da thought carefully. At this moment, only by taking off the armor and swimming across the river can they have a chance of survival.

Guo Yuan nodded. Now it was a matter of life and death. A piece of armor meant nothing. His life was the most important. Everything had meaning when he was alive. When he died, there would be nothing.

Although this armor was made by skilled craftsmen under Guo Yuan's order, and was gilded and silver-plated, and extremely gorgeous, and was deeply loved by Guo Yuan, but he now threw it away as if it were a worn-out shoe. Without hesitation, he first threw away the sword in his hand, and then prepared to take off the armor and swim across the Qin River.

At this moment, Guo Yuan heard the increasingly intense sound of fighting behind him. He looked back and saw that the Qin cavalry were ten steps away from him. Relying on their excellent armor and not avoiding swords and knives, they charged towards him.

Perhaps the Qin army's target was not him, but just a simple charge. However, the Qin army had already arrived here, and Guo Yuan had only taken off half of his armor. He hurriedly looked at Guo Da, and Guo Da understood. He raised his sword and attacked the Qin cavalry without hesitation.

"Quick, quick, take off my armor." Seeing the Qin cavalry approaching, Guo Yuan couldn't help feeling anxious. He quickly called on the few guards who remained around him to take off his armor. His armor was exquisite and gorgeous, and it was extremely troublesome to wear. It was difficult for him to get away for a while.

Several bodyguards followed the order and removed Guo Yuan's armor. With more people, things would be easier. In a moment, Guo Yuan's armor was removed, and he suddenly felt relieved, as if even his bones were stretched.

Guo Yuan looked at the Qinshui River in front of him. He took a deep breath, put his hands forward, and prepared to dive into the river to escape from this chaotic battlefield and seize a chance of life.

But at this moment, something strange happened.

I saw a stray arrow flying around, and it happened to fly towards Guo Yuan. At the moment Guo Yuan took off his armor, the arrow easily passed through Guo Yuan's back and pierced straight into the back of his heart.

"Ah...ah..."

There was a long cry mixed with pain, and then an involuntary wail. Guo Yuan, who was pierced through by the stray arrow, fell straight forward and fell to the ground powerlessly.

"No... I still want to be a general, a envoy, and a minister. I can't die here..."

In Guo Yuan's last lucid moment, his ambitions flashed through his mind, but now as his thoughts became heavier and heavier, so heavy that he could not move his thoughts and froze in a ball, his ambitions vanished in an instant. "The vast heaven, how can it be so thin..." When Guo Yuan closed his eyes, he let out the last cry of his life in his heart.

The Yuan army was already doomed to fail, and after Guo Yuan's death, the defeat became even more tragic. The soldiers lost all their fighting spirit and rushed into the Qin River, hoping to make a living by swimming.

For the Qin army, this posture of the Yuan army made it convenient for them to harvest. The armored cavalry galloped back and forth, reaping the lives of the Yuan army soldiers like a sickle.

After Yuan's soldiers were massacred, the experienced veterans laid down their weapons, knelt on the ground, and made gestures of surrender, seeking forgiveness from the Qin army.

After the Qin army completely defeated the Yuan army, they did not try to wipe out the roots. Instead, several soldiers with loud voices shouted: "Those who surrender will be spared."

"Those who surrender will be spared death."

After a few words of surrender were uttered, the frightened soldiers of Yuan's army knelt down and begged for surrender. No one dared to raise their weapons and fight like trapped beasts.

When the sun rose completely from the east mountain, a great battle below had ended abruptly. Yuan's army was defeated by Qin's army without putting up any decent resistance.

Ma Chao, the commander of the Qin army, rode on a tall horse from Liangzhou and inspected the battlefield surrounded by his personal guards. Although the war was over, there was still a lot of finishing work to be done.

They had to collect and bury the corpses, recruit and reorganize the surrendered soldiers, and most importantly, count the spoils and record the military achievements of the generals and officers.

At this moment, a series of noisy voices suddenly came from the soldiers who were silently cleaning the battlefield. The soldiers were whispering and discussing something.

"Lingming, what's the matter?" Ma Chao called Pang De, who was not far away, and asked Pang De.

Pang De was holding a surrendered soldier and said to Ma Chao in high spirits, "According to the surrendered soldier, Guo Yuan died in the battle, but his head has not been found yet?"

"Oh." Ma Chao became interested. The achievement of beheading a general was very rare. Not to mention Guo Yuan's status and reputation, if he really killed Guo Yuan, it would indeed be a huge achievement.

"Come here," Ma Chao ordered, "Gather the heads of the bandits captured by the generals and have the surrendered soldiers identify them one by one."

After Ma Chao gave the order, heads were handed to him one by one soon. Several surrendered soldiers of Yuan army were arranged to identify the owners of these heads in order to find Guo Yuan's head among them.

However, to the disappointment of Ma Chao and Pang De, the surrendered soldiers went back and forth several times to identify but failed to find Guo Yuan's head.

"Maybe the surrendered soldiers made a mistake." Pang De sighed. It is not easy to achieve the feat of killing a general.

As he spoke, he pulled out his trophy from his bow - a shining head.

At this time, several surrendered soldiers of Yuan's army widened their eyes and knelt down to the head that Pang De had brought out: "General Guo."

"Huh?" Pang De was confused at first, and then surprised. He took a look at the head in his hand that he had shot, and then stepped forward to chop off.

Unexpectedly, this soldier without armor was actually the enemy's commander Guo Yuan! (End of this chapter)