Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 908
Although Wen Zitao's actions were not as effective as besieging Wei and saving Zhao, it was the same principle. How could the Tubo people fight without enough to eat and hungry?

Han Hu and the more than 1000 infantry of the White Tiger Legion, who were besieged on a small hill by Anduo Xiagao, finally fell into desperation.Everyone is exhausted and there is no way to see where the reinforcements are.Relying on perseverance to do the struggle of trapped beasts, but faced with the most helpless situation, they have no arrows!
Han Hu's body was covered with wounds. Although he was dying of regret in his heart, his mind was extremely clear at this time.

He has to make a choice.

"We..." Han Hu uttered two words, but stopped. He was too unwilling.Looking around, the surviving White Tiger Army soldiers had bloody wounds all over their bodies, but many of them were already polishing their spears and crossbows.Han Hu didn't dare to look into their eyes.He was born in a middle-class family in the Song Dynasty, and he used to call himself a "Confucian general". He read poetry and books, and knew a lot about anecdotes and war history.At this time, Han Hu finally understood Xiang Yu in front of Wujiang.For the soldiers who followed him, Han Hu felt guilty in his heart, and felt that even if he cast the iron of Kyushu, he couldn't be wrong for it.But the matter has come to this point, even if the Overlord of Chu beheads the general and seizes the flag and pushes the responsibility to the heavens, he still cannot escape the regret in his heart.At this time, Han Hu didn't even have the strength to kill the general and capture the flag.He could only admit his impulsiveness and stupidity unwillingly and regretfully, which led to this extremely ridiculous failure.

"We lost!" Han Hu looked up to the sky and sighed, two lines of tears couldn't help but burst into his eyes, "I am ashamed of your majesty! I am ashamed of the soldiers who died in battle! I am ashamed of you. It is all because of my personal affairs, my stupidity, This led to the current defeat. This is a major defeat that our Xiangfu country has never experienced since the founding of the country. I am a sinner of the court."

"Legion commander! The outcome is yet to be known!"

"Yes! I am about to fight the Tubo people to the death!"

"That's all!" Han Hu shook his head slowly, "Let's surrender! Your Majesty is benevolent, so you won't be punished, and will find a way to rescue you."

"surrender?"

"surrender?"

Many people looked at Han Hu excitedly, and said loudly: "Our White Tiger Army soldiers will never surrender to Tubo dogs!"

"Yes! The White Tiger Legion will never surrender!"

"Which of you has no wives and children?!" Han Hu yelled sharply, "Your Majesty is a benevolent and righteous monarch that has never been seen in the ages, and he will never add crimes to you. If you continue to fight, you will just die in vain! What good is it for the court? Yu What good is the country to the family?"

"Being a slave to the barbarians in Tubo, life would be worse than death, and you are ashamed of your ancestors? I would rather die than surrender!"

"Yes, how can I be a slave to a Tubo dog?!"

"As soon as the battle is over, with His Majesty's ability, you will be able to be rescued." Han Hu said in a stern voice that he was not sure, "If you have not failed the country, how can the country fail you? The imperial court redeemed you." Returning the prisoners of war is nothing extraordinary. Besides, although we have lost, but today the Tubo people dare to plot to invade our Xiangfu country, His Majesty will definitely destroy the Tubo Anduo tribe! As long as we are alive, why not go back to our hometown?"

Seeing that the crowd gradually began to waver, Han Hu immediately said: "I will be responsible for all the crimes for today's incident, so I will bear it all!"

On the hill, someone suddenly burst into tears with a whoosh.Immediately, the cry rang out.

Han Hu looked at these soldiers who were implicated because of his stupidity, and sighed quietly.Whether it is better to live or die, he himself does not know for sure.But there are two things that Han Hu is sure of. First, it is highly possible to rescue these soldiers with His Majesty's ability. Second, no matter what, the families of these soldiers will hope that they will survive.

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Anduo rode blindly on his beloved horse, looking at the soldiers of the White Tiger Army filing down the hill, he was so full of ambition, he couldn't help laughing.

"Master Du Tong, Song brought Han Hu here."

An Duo laughed loudly and said, "Please!"

Han Hu, covered in blood and with a sluggish expression, was brought to Anduo Xiagao.Although the Tubo people didn't tie him up, there were about a dozen knives and axes escorting him, watching his every move covetously.When An Duo saw Han Hu, he jumped off his horse with a smile, and said with a smile, "General Han is indeed an outstanding man!"

Anduo Xiagao is an ordinary middle-aged man.Han Hu stared at him firmly, and said, "I want to know whose trick I fell into."

An Duo Gao said: "Of course it's my elder brother An Duo Xia Ke. He listened to the instigation of the Song people and took advantage of the Song people. If General Han is willing to condescend and help me capture Lanzhou City today, I will Not only did I help General Han kill my brother, but I also avenged General Han. If General Han didn’t want to serve as a general in Tubo afterwards, I could also introduce General Han back to the Song Dynasty. General Han, why worry about fame and wealth?" An Duo Gao was thinking that if he could use Anduo Gao to capture Lanzhou, he would be able to explain it satisfactorily to Ying Cheng, Lin Bu, or the Song people. Naturally, with the support of Yingcheng Lin Buchi, he can successfully replace his elder brother Anduo Xiake and become the leader of the Anduo tribe, and he can also ask for a lot of weapons, armor and food benefits from the Song people.

Han Hu smiled lightly and said: "I defeated the army and humiliated the country. I am not dead at this time, but because I have the honor and lives of more than a thousand soldiers under my command. How dare I seek fame and wealth? I have a message for General Anduo. Since you dare to take the initiative Calculate our Xiangfu country, with the majesty of the emperor of Xiangfu country, you are bound to perish. Although I am defeated today, I will be the king tomorrow. If it is General Anduo's plan, I will surrender to my Xiangfu country as soon as possible. If you don’t save your life, you will be rewarded with glory and wealth; if you don’t, you will be punished later!”

Unexpectedly, An Duo Xiagao was persuaded by Han Hu to surrender, he was not angry, he just laughed and said: "My tribes in Tubo have ruled the lands of Longxi and Hehuang for a hundred years since the end of Tang Dynasty. Can Yu's Xiangfu Kingdom be destroyed?" After saying that, he laughed with all the generals.

Suddenly, An Duo's high-pitched laughter stopped, and regret and shock appeared on his face.The Tubo generals followed his gaze, but saw a bulge in Han Hu's chest, and blood flowed all over his body.At this time, everyone knew that Han Hu must have hidden a dagger in his chest and was ready to commit suicide at any time.But for some reason, he escaped the inspection of the Tubo soldiers and brought the dagger to An Duo Xiagao.The axemen who brought Han Hu had already trembled with fright.

But Han Hu smiled and said to An Duo: "I'm waiting in the underworld... Hou Gong... early!" After finishing speaking, he fell to the ground with a bang.

Anduo blindly chewed on what Han Hu said before he died, and felt his scalp tighten up and down.For some reason, he suddenly had a faint feeling that he might have been really deceived by that Song man named Huangfutong, and that the strength of Xiangfu Kingdom might be far beyond his imagination.

On the Hulu River, Xiaofeng rolled away the dark curtain on the horizon, revealing the deep, slightly white sky.The weeds on the river bank trembled slightly in the wind, and both sides of the Hulu River were shrouded in a mysterious thinness.Thirty miles away in the Wusu Grand Canyon, the Guiyi Army was defeated in the First World War, and no one here knows about it.The Guiyi army guarding the crossing of the Hulu River still patrolled back and forth with torches, monitoring every move on the river and the east bank.

Probably nothing will happen.The general guarding the Hulu River was named Cao Xuekai, a direct descendant of the Cao family in Guazhou. He never thought that the 7-strong army led by Cao Xuexiong would be defeated on the way to Suzhou, and it was a real defeat.However, when Cao Xuexiong went there, he said to prevent Xiangfu Kingdom from sending cavalry to detour and cut off its food road, so Cao Xuekai was more conscientious.

In late summer and early autumn, the temperature difference between the day and night in the Western Regions is huge. The daytime is extremely hot, but at night it already feels like winter. Cao Xuekai was just about to go back to the camp to warm up by the fire and drink a sip of hot soup when he heard a messy noise The sound of hooves came from the southwest.

Cao Xuekai immediately yelled loudly: "Cheer up for me!"

The soldiers were in a panic, quickly closed the camp gate, and opened their bows and crossbows.Some people held torches and ran to the ferry to protect the ferry boat by the Hulu River.

Not long after, Bo Mingzhong could vaguely see hundreds of people running towards the Hulu River.Cao Xuekai was immediately startled when he saw these people's ranks were mixed, the ranks were out of line, the flags were scattered, and they looked like they had thrown away their helmets and armor and panicked.

Before the defeated army retreated to the Hulu River camp, seeing that the camp was closed and unable to cross the river, they immediately shouted: "Open the door quickly! Open the door quickly!"

"Who are you?" Cao Xuekai asked loudly in the camp through the gate of the village.

"Open the door quickly, don't run anymore, the army of Xiangfu Kingdom is chasing you..."

"Quickly open the door...the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom is powerful..."

Those defeated soldiers didn't pay any attention to Cao Xuekai at all, they just yelled to themselves, and some of them looked behind from time to time, as if the army of Xiangfu Kingdom would appear behind them soon.

When these defeated soldiers called out like this, the soldiers of Huluhe immediately panicked.Everyone looked at Cao Xuekai, at a loss.There was a buzzing in Cao Xuekai's mind: "How could this be? Is the army of the Xiangfu Kingdom really so powerful?" He remembered that his nephew, who was studying under the seat of the great Confucian Duanmu Zhongren, told him how the Xiangfu Kingdom was like a few days ago. How powerful, although he heard it in his heart at the time, he didn't have much direct perception.But now...

"Could it be that our Cao family really can't keep Guazhou and Shazhou..." Cao Xuekai only had this thought circling in his mind at the moment.

"Open the door quickly, quickly..."

The shouts outside the village became louder and louder, someone had rushed towards the gate of the village, Cao Xuekai was shocked, and pulled back from the momentary panic.

"Stop!" He roared, and shot an arrow, which happened to land at the feet of the soldier of the Guiyi Army who was rushing forward. He ran back with a crawl.The defeated soldiers outside the camp also quieted down, looking at the camp of the Hulu River defenders one by one, not daring to enter or retreat.

(End of this chapter)