Horse on the World

Chapter 985 Heroes Twilight

When Qu Yongjie returned to Fancheng, what he saw and heard, except for making people more desperate, there were no other surprises. In fact, he was already satisfied enough that the soldiers under him could survive until now.

The room was empty and empty, basically everything that could be used was dragged out to reinforce the city wall. As a general, his only privilege now was to be able to eat a full meal a day, lying on the bare bed, He closed his eyes tiredly, not because his physical strength was at its limit, but because his heart was exhausted to the extreme.

He is waiting for failure, he is waiting for death.

"General, general, it's not good, it's not good!" There was a shout from outside, and the officer in the middle ran wildly and rushed all the way, and suddenly pushed open the half-covered door, Qu Yongjie jumped up, Huo Diba With a knife, "Has the Dingzhou army started to attack?"

"No!" The officer's face turned pale, "It's Suo Chao, Suo Chao."

"What's wrong with Suo Chao, I went to Quanjialing to see him during the day, he's still fine!" Qu Yongjie said in surprise.

"Suo Chao led the Quanjialing garrison down the mountain, and he led the army to attack the Dingzhou army!" The officer replied.

Qu Yongjie was stunned for a moment, during the day Suo Chao had told him that he would fight to the death, and he comforted him by himself, but Suo Chao finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Rather than dying of starvation and exhaustion like this, Suo Chao might want to fight to death vigorously!
Stepping heavily towards the outside, Qu Yongjie said with difficulty: "Come on, let's go and have a look, and send Suo Chao off by the way!"

The Dingzhou Army had probably been expecting the Luoyang Army to rush out in this formation. Suo Chao's departure was destined to be his last battle.

Suo Chao's army guarding Quanjialing has more than [-] people, and this time there are as many as [-] people who followed him down the mountain to make a desperate attack.As a general in charge of the army, Suo Chao knew that he would never return from this trip, but as Qu Yongjie said, even if he died, he wanted to die vigorously on the battlefield instead of waiting until he was too hungry to crawl and let the Dingzhou Army He rushed up and cut off his own head.

Roaring, he took the lead and rushed to the front of the team, and rushed to the Dingzhou Army's position at the foot of the mountain without hesitation.

At the foot of Quanjialing, there is Wei Xin, a well-known tortoise master of the Dingzhou Army. Hearing the thunderous shouts from Quanjialing Mountain, Wei Xin was overjoyed. , Hahaha, unexpectedly, I hit the jackpot, big bear, little black bull, you all go to the side to cool off."

The Dingzhou army has been waiting for this moment, until the Luoyang army made a last-ditch effort. Seeing the enemy army rolling in, Wei Xin's stormy bear battalion, which was once famous under the city of Zhenyuan, started burning its teeth. They excitedly set up their formations, waiting for the enemy to throw themselves into the trap. The unique wheel formation of the Stormy Bear Battalion unfolded, one part protruding from the left side, and the whole formation rotated slightly, and all Suo Chao's troops were surrounded by the formation. In the process, the entire formation was stirring like a mill boat, and each round of rotation stripped off a layer of Suo Chao's troops.

Wei Xin stood in the very center of this wheel formation, deploying the equipment of his troops. If there was a downturn there, reserve troops would be thrown in immediately. The entire rotating formation had no flaws to be found, and the only hope of breaking this formation It is to attack the eye of the formation and attack Wei Xin's side, but with the strength of Suo Chao's current army, this is just a myth that is elusive.

Most of the Soldiers in Suobu are yellow and thin. In the past month, they have not only suffered physical torture, but also psychologically overwhelmed. The reason why they can persevere until now and stay together is entirely because of Qu Yongjie's usual military training. The difference between them determines the gap in strength between them and their opponents. It took less than half an hour for the two sides to kill, and most of the soldiers were dizzy, with more energy than energy.

Suo Chao knew where the center of the formation was, and he also knew how to break the formation. He roared, holding a spear in one hand and a knife in the other, looking at the center of the formation, the veteran standing under the banner of the Chinese army, advancing step by step , There are fewer and fewer soldiers by his side, but he doesn't care, he has no plans to go back when he comes out, all he wants is to kill one happily, and kill one without complaint or regret.

The battle at the foot of Quanjia Ridge not only alarmed Qu Yongjie, but also Lu Dalin of the Dingzhou Central Army. Seeing the decisive battle at the foot of the ridge, Lu Dalin called Lu Dabing, "Lead your red cavalry, cut off the battlefield, and prevent Qu Someone is coming to meet you."

"Yes!" Lu Dabing excitedly took the order and left.

"Guo Quan!"

"The end is here!"

"Lead your Fengli division to attack Quanjialing and occupy this position." Lu Dalin said.

"The last general takes orders!"

On the heights of Fancheng, tears rolled down Qu Yongjie's face. There were only a few of the 1000 soldiers who rushed down Quanjialing, and the only ones who were organized were Suo Chao's troops who were rushing towards the center of the formation. But beside him, There are less than [-] people.And he was at least a hundred steps away from the center of the opponent's formation.

"Kill!" Li Shengzhi raised his spear and leaped on his horse, charging excitedly in the formation. The blade of the saber had already been slashed, and he didn't know where to throw it at this time. He was extremely experienced, and he was prepared long ago. His hands were covered with cloth strips, just to guard against blood slippery hands. Seeing Suo Chao, who was charging forward with wide eyes, Li Shengzhi patted his horse and greeted him.

Dangdangdang, the two weapons collided continuously, Li Shengzhi's mouth was hot, he could hardly hold the gun barrel, he couldn't help being shocked and angry, the opponent's combat power was surprising, if the opponent was full of combat power, he was really not an opponent, but Now, hehe, that is, the tiger falls in the plain and is bullied by dogs, and the hairless phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken.

With a single point of the spear, the soldiers around him swarmed up, surrounded Suo Chao, chopped off the horse's legs, and stabbed Suo Chao up, seventeen or eighteen spears stabbed randomly.

Suo Chao, who was blocking from the left and the right, managed to stop this round of attack, but the horse under his seat fell to the ground in mourning, all four hooves of the horse were cut off, and he fell to the ground, Suo Chao also fell to the ground. Get off your horse.

"Catch this guy alive!" Li Shengzhi was overjoyed. Of course, capturing such a general alive would be more valuable, and it would also damage the opponent's morale even more.

The soldiers shouted and rushed forward, grabbed their legs and hands, and pressed the fallen Suo Chao to the ground hard.

Suo Chao didn't want to be captured alive. He snarled and put his hands on the ground. He didn't know where the strength came from, and he jumped up from the ground suddenly. He had already grabbed a flying spear, shouted loudly, kicked hard on the ground, and flew up. Amidst the roar, the spear suddenly appeared at Li Shengzhi.

Under such circumstances, Li Shengzhi was surprised that the opponent was able to turn around. Li Shengzhi stabbed with a long spear in his hand, and the two spears intersected in the air. After receiving a powerful blow from the opponent, he also fell to the ground. Before he could make another move, several long spears behind him stabbed at him, piercing him in half. He raised his body.

With hissing and screaming, Suo Chao exhausted all his strength, flew out the spear in his hand, and pierced a Dingzhou soldier who was stabbing from the front with a spear.Seeing him so fierce, the Dingzhou soldiers couldn't help but change their colors.

The spear was pulled out suddenly, and Suo Chao fell from the air, with his thighs wide open, looking at the night sky full of flames, begging for benevolence, he finally died heroically on the battlefield.

Guo Quan's Fengli Division occupied Quanjialing without much effort. There were not many enemy troops left on the mountain. The people didn't even have the strength to pick up weapons.Seeing the tragic situation on the mountain, Guo Quan couldn't help shaking his head. The Luoyang soldiers were actually able to stand up and not surrender after the battle. They were indeed considered elite. It's a pity that they encountered Dingzhou army.

Lu Dabing's red cavalry were on the battlefield, and he very much expected that Qu Yongjie would send troops to rescue the Suo Chao tribe trapped on the battlefield, but until the Suo Chao tribe was wiped out, he did not expect this moment to come. , facing the direction of Fancheng, he spat heavily, and led his troops back in dismay.

The fall of Quanjialing pushed the defenders of Fancheng into an even more difficult situation. The Dingzhou Army who occupied this high ground set up trebuchets on the mountain, and began to threaten the defenders in the city with stone cannons day and night. life.

But the situation in the city has gotten worse.The food and grass are finally exhausted, the war horses, mules and donkeys have eaten everything they can eat, the leaves of the trees in the city have been stripped, and even the bark has been stripped off, more and more soldiers are dying of hunger , what is even more frightening is that the disease began to spread in the city.The military doctors who lacked medicine could only watch the soldiers suffer in pain and die in pain.

Dead bodies can be seen everywhere in the city. Seeing their comrades fall, the soldiers had no energy to bury them, but watched dully as the corpses of their comrades infested by mosquitoes slowly began to rot and stink.

"General!" The officer walked into Qu Yongjie's room weakly again.

"Xu Zimao of Tianzi Mountain has surrendered to Dingzhou Kingdom." The Chinese military officer said weakly.

"Really!" Qu Yongjie's voice was erratic, "Quanjialing fell, Xu Zimao surrendered, and Tianzi Mountain changed hands. Presumably, the Dingzhou Army is about to attack."

Indeed, Xu Zimao's surrender to the Dingzhou Army caused Fancheng envoys to take cover on the other side. More importantly, through Xu Zimao's narration, Lu Dalin confirmed that Fancheng had no resistance.

It's time to attack. It's the end of May. From Minzhou to Luoyang, there are still more than a month to march on the road. In addition to the preparations after arriving in Luoyang, the attack at the end of September is just right.

"Order the whole army and prepare to attack the city." Lu Dalin looked at the generals crowded in the tent and ordered loudly.

With the sound of war drums and shouts, Dingzhou soldiers rushed over the obstacles and rushed to Fancheng.

Hearing the thundering slogan of Dingzhou Army Wansheng outside the city, Qu Yongjie struggled to sit up on the bed, stretched out his hands to straighten his armor, tried to make himself look more majestic, fastened his waist knife, and sat upright against the wall , then took out a small bottle from his arms, held it in both hands, and bowed towards Luoyang.

"Your Majesty, I went to Huangquan Road to stand in front of you." He raised the bottle and drank it down.

The Chinese military officer stared at Qu Yongjie in a daze, and couldn't help but shed tears. Amidst the sound of sobs, he pulled out his waist knife, put it across his neck, and pulled it hard, blood spattered Qu Yongjie all over, and he fell on his back.

(End of this chapter)