After eating a hot meal next to the field dining car on the front line and enjoying the treatment that only the Tang army had, this Qin soldier who survived by chance almost broke through the defense.
If he had known that he would be able to eat such a meal if he surrendered, why the hell would he be running around? His comrades... why the hell would they be running around?
Along the way, they kept running with the troops. When they encountered the Tang Army's plane, they hid, and when they heard a cry that the Tang Army was coming, they scattered and fled...
That was simply not a life for human beings! Their number of people was getting smaller and smaller, and in the end there were only a few officers and the poor regiment leader left.
According to the laws of the Qin State, if an officer survives after losing his troops, he will be punished by military law. But because there were too many officers who lost their troops, the senior officials of the Qin Army did not pursue those who lost their troops and insulted the country this time.
Guilt.
There is no other way. On the one hand, the law does not punish the public. Otherwise, most of the officers who escaped from Xiajian and Dongqing would be executed.
On the other hand, it was also because the Qin army was defeated all the way and lost too many officers. Valuable officers could no longer be easily executed, otherwise there would be no one to manage and command the troops.
So we can only keep all these officers, and most of them have even been promoted to one level - this is also forced, because there are too few officers.
It is not easy to train an officer. These officers and non-commissioned officers are the backbone of the army. Especially at a time when a large number of troops are annihilated by the enemy, the value of the escaped officers and non-commissioned officers is immeasurable.
So... he was promoted with the regiment commander who escaped and became a division commander, but he was not promoted and was still assigned to a new unit and served as a soldier.
After all, he is a poor man with little education. In the Qin army, people like him have always been expendable.
There are many people like him. In the past, everyone just wanted a piece of food. Coupled with the strict legal constraints of the Qin State, and the vague national consciousness that had just awakened, they joined the Qin Army together.
Here they dreamed of making great achievements, and in fact many of them did make great achievements. They did win a great victory when they occupied the Shu Kingdom, and they did occupy and destroy the Shu Kingdom.
With their military exploits in Shu, they all received a lot of rewards, including land and medals. In short, everyone was very happy, and then they followed the troops northward and entered the territory of Dahua.
In the past, the Qin army's invasion of Dahua was something that the people of Qin could not even imagine. They were afraid of the powerful Dahua Empire, and even though the empire had declined to the point of collapse, they were still as fearful as a tiger.
It wasn't until the Tang people kicked over Dahua's table that the senior officials of Qin realized that they seemed to have a chance to conquer the Central Plains and occupy the rich territory of Dahua.
Later, they really did this, and Dahua was wiped out in a few months. They, Daqin, were invincible and no longer took Tang Guo seriously.
In fact, there were many prisoners. The Tang army attacked too quickly. Many Qin troops and the Chinese who were mixed in surrendered their weapons and chose to surrender in a less than honorable manner.
When following a truck and several soldiers back, the young Qin soldier saw a familiar comrade of his again.
The two people ran all the way back to the old capital from Xiajuan. As a result, in the suburbs of the old capital, the two of them had a tacit understanding and became prisoners of the Tang people.
"Why were you arrested? Didn't you run away this time?" Among the dejected crowd, two people, an old man and a young man, asked curiously after greeting each other.
"Don't mention it... I was stunned by the shell and was caught when I got up." The young Qin soldier finally showed a little bit of frustration when he saw an acquaintance.
The veteran was a bachelor and replied directly: "I surrendered directly. It was too scary. We fired several anti-tank shells at the tank but couldn't penetrate it. It just ran over and crushed our company commander to death."
He seemed to be recalling the terrible battle. The Qin army's defensive positions were actually not very strong. The trenches and simple bunkers they had built with all their might were just to buy time for subsequent defensive fortifications.
The Qin Army has been buying time for the next line of defense. As a result, before the next line of defense has been repaired, it has to face the Tang Army's attack again and continue to buy time for the next line of defense...
This cycle has been going on for several days. The Tang army has been attacking and the Qin army has been retreating. The only difference is that the Qin army is transporting more and more mines to the front line.
There is no way, landmines are really the best weapons for defense. Sometimes a few landmines can do things that thousands of Qin soldiers cannot do.
As long as a mine was pressed, the Tang army's attack would be forced to stop, and then the mines could be carefully cleared before continuing. The time wasted in this was more than the time gained by the Qin army's defense line.
"Have you eaten?" After the veteran sighed, he looked around and asked excitedly. While asking, he took out a plastic-wrapped chocolate candy from his arms: "The Tang man who caught me
Gave me this."
The young soldier didn't even know what this thing was. He looked curiously at the weird packaging and the variant text on it. To be honest, he didn't even recognize the formal writing, let alone the art of variant.
Words.
"This thing is chocolate!" the Qin veteran explained in a boastful manner, knowing that the young people may have only heard about it and have never seen such a thing.
Although chocolate can quickly replenish calories and help people recover their physical strength, and is a very popular "quick energy supplement product" in the military, most countries cannot afford this kind of thing.
Sugar was a military supply during the war and was subject to control. It was impossible for the Qin State to distribute such a luxurious thing. After all, it was difficult for them to scrape together enough food.
The veteran has actually eaten one. He really loves and hates this kind of stuff that is so sweet that it makes people feel cloying, and even a little bitter. He likes this kind of sweet and cloying taste, but he is more willing to eat it.
A full meal.
"I had eaten before I came here." The young soldier had no intention of taking advantage of the veteran, and replied truthfully: "They ate themselves, and then gave me a portion...the taste was really delicious."
"I don't know where we will be escorted...will we ever be able to return to the Qin Kingdom in this life?" The veteran sighed with emotion, and soon followed the crowd of captives to join the army of more prisoners.
