Chapter 578 Battle of Tongguan (End)(1/2)
When Ah Wu woke up, the two armies were still fighting fiercely.
The Sharp Shooting Camp is approaching step by step, and the crazy counterattack of the rebels on the left and right flanks has been resisted by the Shu army. More than half of the rebels have suffered casualties. The Central Army Camp is shaking, and countless corpses are piled up on the battlefield, with broken limbs and broken arms corpses in the mountains and seas of blood. The scene of hell is nothing more than that.
Awu opened his eyes and saw a gray-bearded veteran staring at him quietly.
The veteran looked very tired, his eyes were covered with blood, and his eyes were indescribable to defeat. This doomed war had exhausted him both physically and mentally.
Seeing Awu open his eyes, An Shouzhong stroked his white beard and said lightly: "Who are you? Why did you break into the formation?"
Awu struggled to get up to salute, but An Shouzhong shook his hand to stop him and said, "Lying down and talking, you are very injured. You are lucky to be able to save your life from the army of thousands of horses."
Awu had to lie down and looked at An Shouzhong and said, "The last general... was named Li Chongshan, and he was the captain of General Shi in Chang'an City. He was ordered by General Shi to pass an order to An Shuai..."
An Shouzhong did not rush to ask Shi Siming's military order, but instead looked at him and said, "Did you come from Chang'an City?"
"yes."
"The two armies fought fiercely, and one of them dared to break alone in the ten thousand horses. General Shi actually had such a brave young general. It is said that he should have been called the three armies. Why have I never heard of you?"
Awu said weakly: "The General of the Mo is just an unknown person. He is doing some errands and chores around General Shi. Today he is forced to do helpless. If the military order cannot be passed, the General of the Mo is bound to be beheaded, so he sacrificed his life."
An Shouzhong nodded and said, "It's reasonable. What military order does General Shi have?"
Awu said: "General Shi said that today's battle was joined forces with Li Heng and Gu Qing, which was a battle strategy that had been discussed long ago, intending to attack our 100,000 righteous troops from both sides and wipe out all at Tongguan. General Shi said that things were no longer possible. Please ask the general An to retreat quickly and retreat to Chang'an, avoid the edge of the enemy for a while, and wait for the next day to gather all the troops and fight the enemy at the city of Chang'an."
An Shouzhong frowned and said, "General Shi wants me to withdraw my troops?"
"Yes, withdraw immediately, break through the siege of the Anxi Army, and preserve more strength for the charity army to achieve the future."
An Shouzhong nodded, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his old face. His eyes were tired but sharp, and he kept looking back and forth on Awu's face, and the smile at the corner of his mouth became more and more mysterious.
Then he slowly stood up and took a step back, and his voice suddenly became very soft: "This young man, tell me, who did you send it?"
A Wu's expression showed a look of shock and confusion at the right time: "Supervisor An, General Shi, was sent by General Shi."
An Shouzhong laughed: "A young man is a little younger after all. I have lived for about 60 years and can't fool me in front of me. To be honest, I think of you being brave and courageous, and I can spare you life. If I want to surrender, I can pass on my lifelong skills."
A Wu still said in confusion: "Why did Ahmad An say this? If you don't believe in the identity of the last general, you have an identity token in your arms, which can prove that what the last general says is true."
An Shouzhong smiled and shook his head: "I don't believe in any identity token. That thing can be picked up anywhere. Since you are a person around General Shi, I will only ask you one question, what is the name of General Shi's favorite horse?"
Awu pursed his lips tightly, unable to say a word.
He was ordered in the face of danger and had no time to prepare well. A Wu's purpose was not an undercover agent, but an assassination. He didn't have to make too much preparation. It would be enough to be able to get in with An Shouzhong's side.
An Shouzhong's voice became softer and softer: "Young, it depends on your age, but I only see you in my life. Could it be that you were sent by the Anxi Army? Gu Qing has many heroes, and the storm is coming. If my righteous army has such a strong enemy, it is difficult to achieve great things..."
A Wu knew that it was meaningless to insist on deceiving him again, and said in a hoarse voice: "How did you... see it?"
An Shouzhong sighed: "I have lived for most of my life. If I don't even have the ability to be a photographer, this life will be in vain. More importantly, I have been with Shi Siming for many years, and there are some people around him. No one in the world knows better than me. Your performance in breaking into the enemy formation is too brave. There is no one like you around Shi Siming. This is your biggest flaw."
A Wu had no expression on his face and said nothing.
I didn't expect that the flaw was that I was too outstanding...
An Shouzhong sighed sadly and said, "It's a bit sad. I can see that your flaw is because I believe that my righteous teacher has withered. It is impossible for a young hero like you to appear. Haha, the situation is really going to be gone, and the sky is getting worse."
The tone was full of pessimism. The situation on the battlefield at this time fully demonstrated that the rebels' strength had taken a sharp turn and there was not much future.
As soon as he finished speaking, the personal guards beside An Shouzhong suddenly drew their swords and laid them out of their sheath, and countless horizontal knives were placed on A Wu's neck, making him unable to move.
Awu didn't want to move either. He was still waiting for the opportunity. As long as he didn't die, everything was possible.
An Shouzhong stared at his face and shook his head and said, "What a pity that such a talent is actually an enemy. It would be great if I could use it for me..."
A personal guard asked, "Ship An, do you want to kill him?"
An Shouzhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Young Master, do you want to..."
Before he finished speaking, Awu said quickly: "I don't want to."
An Shouzhong's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Since I don't want to surrender, don't blame me for being cruel."
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The war drums rumbled, the horns whimpered, and the sharpshooter camp once again advanced hundreds of steps.
The rebels had to retreat while resisting, and the central army's chief flag was still steadily erected.
Sun Jiushi stood in front of the Sharp Shooting Camp, and the soldiers of the Sharp Shooting Camp were constantly firing guns, loading bullets, changing positions, and advancing. However, Sun Jiushi just followed the team forward in a silence, staring at the handsome flag not far ahead.
Logically speaking, when the two armies were fighting, the position of the commander flag and the commander could not be so close to the front-line battle positions, but at this moment the rebels were retreating step by step, and the sharpshooter battalion advanced rapidly, breaking half of the rebel central army. The rebel's commander flag was naturally inevitably exposed to Sun Jiushi's sight.
Although in sight, the rebels's commanding flag still exceeded the range of the flintlock rifle. Sun Jiushi was a little anxious. He had seen Awu break into the formation and mixed into the rebel camp. He also saw the white-bearded veteran suddenly turn against him. The guards drew their swords and held Awu's neck.
Sun Jiushi was a little disappointed. It seemed that Ah Wu had failed and the assassination of the enemy's commander was in vain.
But Sun Jiushi was a little unwilling to give up. He was very confident in his marksmanship. If he could advance to the range, he would be sure to kill the white-bearded veteran with one shot.
After gesturing at the distance between the two sides, Sun Jiushi blinked, and then shouted: "Come here, please ask General Ma Sui to come here quickly and discuss something big."
Soon, Ma Sui, covered in blood and scars, rode his horse. Ma Sui was already very tired and suffered countless injuries. At this critical moment of the war, the rebels did not retreat, and Ma Sui could not stop. The killing was so numb that he could only continue.
"Speak quickly if you have something, it's just a breath." Ma Sui said gasping.
Sun Jiushi pointed to the flag of the rebels in front of him and said, "General Ma, we are working together to do something big... Have you seen that white-bearded veteran?"
Ma Sui glanced at him and said, "I saw it, how about it?"
"Even if he is the rebel commander An Shouzhong, as long as he is killed, the rebels will be defeated on the whole line, and the robes can reduce countless casualties."
Ma Sui took a closer look and said, "It's a bit far away, what do you think?"
Sun Jiushi smiled and said, "General Ma dispatched one or two thousand cavalry to charge towards the commander's flag. My cavalry followed closely and did not have to rush into the enemy's formation. As long as the distance was close, when you charge, I would kill the old guy with one shot."
Ma Sui pondered for a moment and said, "How sure are you?"
Sun Jiushi laughed and said, "It's just a chance, I'm not sure, but it's worth a try. What do General Ma thinks?"
Ma Sui's answer was very refreshing and said without hesitation: "Okay, let's have a chance. The ugly words are ahead. My subordinates only charge for one mile and withdraw immediately after one mile. I cannot bet on the lives of the soldiers. This is something I cannot bet on the unsure of."
Sun Jiushi calculated the distance and said, "One mile is enough, it is within two hundred steps."
Ma Sui nodded, turned his head and drew two thousand cavalrymen from the flanks.
Sun Jiushi also got on the horse, carefully checked his flintlock rifle, then nodded at Ma Sui. Ma Sui raised the long halberd in his hand, faced the rebels' central army, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to rush once, and teach the traitors to see the power of the Anxi Army!"
The exhausted two thousand cavalrymen cheered up and responded with a loud bang: "Kill--!"
Two thousand cavalry charged in formation and launched a charge towards the rebel central army.
The front row of the rebels was full of a row of shield soldiers. The magic gun camp was too powerful, and they could not rush in and retreat, so they could only use their shields to resist passively and retreat step by step.
Seeing that the Anxi Army suddenly changed its tactics and launched a frontal charge with two thousand cavalrymen, the rebels were shocked and retreated one after another, and then the sky was filled with arrows and rain of arrows and shot towards the Anxi Army's cavalry.
Sun Jiushi hung at the end of the cavalry and ran for nearly a mile with the cavalry of Ma Sui, then suddenly stopped the horse, raised the flintlock rifle, and calmly aimed at An Shouzhong, who was under Shuai's signature.
Adjusting his breathing, letting the rebels' rain of arrows shoot on his armor, making a jingling sound. Suddenly, a numbness under his ribs, Sun Jiushi groaned. He knew that an arrow should have hit him, but it doesn't matter. At this moment, he was going to do something big. If he did it well, it would be a great achievement.
Holding his breath and calmed down. When he merged with the gun, Sun Jiushi suddenly pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Bai Yanfusheng, An Shouzhong, who was under Shuai's signature, was shot in the shoulder and fell to the ground in pain.
An Shouzhong's personal guard was pressing A Wu with a knife, and was about to cut off his head. Suddenly, the personal guards were shocked and didn't care about killing A Wu for a moment. More than a dozen personal guards subconsciously surrounded An Shouzhong in the middle and protected the commander with their own body.
At this moment, A Wu, who was seriously injured, suddenly opened his eyes, stood up and rushed towards An Shouzhong. A guard was shocked and raised his knife and slashed. A Wu dodged sideways, grabbed the wrist of the guard with one hand, and snatched the horizontal knife from the guard with the other hand. The horizontal knife was in his hand, and turned around and slashed the guard.
The whole set of movements is smooth and I don’t know how many times I have practiced it. It seems that A Wu was born for this moment in his life.
More than a dozen other guards rushed forward, but Awu slashed with his backhand. The guards subconsciously dodged, and then saw a sword light like rain in the sky. Awu hid in the sword light and quickly walked in. In the flash, Awu had already broken through the protective circle of his guards and came to An Shouzhong who had fallen to the ground.
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and the horizontal knife in Awu's hand quickly pierced An Shouzhong's heart. An Shouzhong was already injured and unable to move. He watched the horizontal knife pierce the heart protection mirror of the armor, and the tip of the knife pierced the skin and penetrated the heart.
An Shouzhong looked at A Wu with glaring eyes.
A Wu's expression was cold, and there was no human color in his eyes. He was like a lonely wolf that had just bitten off the neck of the prey, waiting for the prey to die ruthlessly.
Before his death, An Shouzhong finally understood something, and his old body twitched involuntarily.
The guards turned around in shock and furiously, and countless swords slashed at Awu.
Strangely, Awu did not escape or hide, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face, his expression showed a deep ease and relief, and countless swords pierced his body in an instant.
Awu stood still, but the smile on his face never dissipated. Finally, the sword was pulled out, and Awu's body fell heavily to the ground, and there was no sound again.
The pupils in my eyes drastically dilate and shrink again. The last scene that fell into my eyes was the setting sun gradually sinking in the distance. The setting sun was red like blood, and the whole world became charming.
Awu was not afraid of death, but he suddenly felt reluctant to die today.
It would be great to live one more day. For the first time in the world, someone told him to treat him as a brother...that was a warmth he had never felt before.
The pupils are shrinking and eventually disappearing and disappearing, like a pearl that has lost its source of light, silent in the darkness forever.
The personal guards had a master-servant relationship with An Shouzhong for many years. They hated their carelessness. They raised their swords and waited to tear A Wu into pieces, but An Shouzhong stopped them.
"Shishuai An--!" The guards knelt on the ground and cried.
An Shouzhong kept gusts of blood flowing out of his mouth. No one dared to pull out a horizontal knife in the middle of his heart. His face was as miserable as gold paper. He glanced at the body of Awu next to him and showed a sudden smile.
"So... he is, the dead man. I'm not wronged to die."
In the end, An Shouzhong closed his eyes forever.
To be continued...