"General Wang..." Fang Guan stretched out his hand to pull, but it was in vain. Looking at Wang Sili's burly back, a rare respect welled up in his eyes.
Wang Sili couldn't hear anything. In his ears, there was only the screams of his brothers in the sea of fire. This scene was so familiar to him that it appeared in his nightmares almost every day. Every time he woke up in the middle of the night, he would cover his chest with his hands and gasp for breath. My whole body was dripping with cold sweat.
Outside Tongguan, Cui Qianyou used fire attacks to destroy an army of 200,000. At that time, Wang Sili led 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard and charged at the front of the team. Unexpectedly, Cui Qianyou blocked the road with firewood carts and set fire to all directions. .As a result, the army was defeated, with countless casualties. Wang Sili relied on his personal bravery to manage a bloody road and escaped back to Tongguan.
Immediately afterwards, Huoba Guiren kidnapped Ge Shuhan and fled to Anlu Mountain. Wang Sili was unwilling to accept this shame and humiliation, so he ran for his life. He hurriedly fled to Lingwu like a bereaved dog, thinking that he could do his due to the court. Unexpectedly, without even seeing His Highness the Crown Prince's face, he was taken down by the samurai, pushed out the door and beheaded.
Thanks to his always being outgoing and generous, he frequently interacted with celebrities such as Fang Guan when he was in the capital. So, for the sake of those drinks and singing girls, the latter said a few good words to him in front of the prince. He only killed him. Li Chengguang was left alone, leaving Wang Sili to lead the rest of the bereaved dogs to perform meritorious deeds.
Then, he began a nightmare life of punishing himself. Not only was he looked down upon by his savior Fang Guan, but he was also scorned by his colleagues in the civil and military circles. Not only him, but also the entire Lingwu court, from top to bottom, almost never mentioned the word Hexi Army. Everyone's lips curled downward. As one of the four northern towns of the Tang Dynasty, Shuofang's army had repeatedly broke into Hebei since the beginning of the rebellion, and in times of crisis, Shi Siming and his son were firmly blocked at Jingxing Pass. Foreign. Although the Anxi Army once had the humiliation of Luoyang's disastrous defeat, a junior named Wang has recently emerged. With thousands of exhausted soldiers from afar, he forced Sun Xiaozhe to hide behind the high wall of Chang'an City. You dare not go out for several months. As for your Hexi Army, not only did you lose 200,000 troops in the battle outside Tongguan City, but your commander-in-chief Shu Han also surrendered to the enemy with nearly a hundred generals!
Such shame and humiliation made Wang Sili feel tortured all the time. The Hexi Army was completely defeated in the Battle of Tongguan, but the Hexi Army also blocked the rebels outside the pass for more than half a year and never allowed him to advance even half a step westward. It was the imperial court itself. Ana couldn't control his temper and was eager for success. He insisted on forcing Ge Shuhan to send troops, and even let the old thief Bian Lingcheng keep threatening the fate of Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi.
As a result, the battle was lost. The emperor who repeatedly forced the Hexi Army to go out and fight the enemy was not responsible. The literati who scolded the Hexi Army every day were not responsible. The old eunuch Bian Lingcheng who was gesticulating and making trouble in the army was not responsible. Responsibility. All responsibilities must be shouldered by Ge Shuhan and his soldiers who have been paralyzed for more than two years. No matter whether the soldiers have died on the battlefield or continue to pay their lives for the Tang Empire!
This is not fair! Every night Wang Sili would shout in a low voice to the empty room, this is not fair. But he could not shout to anyone, and no one was willing to listen to his excuse. Even if they were patient enough to listen to his verbose words , and then it was impossible to refute it loudly. Finally, he had a chance to prove that he was not a coward, and that the Hexi Army was not worthless. The position of coach was returned to Fang Guan, a scholar. And Wang Sili himself was just regarded as Fan Kuai, a British soldier. Bu and his ilk were transferred to Fang Guan's tent to act as generals leading troops to shake up the formation.
Fan Kuai, Ying Bu, just Fan Kuai, Ying Bu, without Fan Kuai, Ying Bu, just relying on advisers like Xiao He and Zhang Liang, it is impossible to establish the Han Empire. In line with the mentality that opportunities are rare, Wang Sili decided to continue to endure. So, along the way , he endured Yang Xiwen and Liu Guizhe's squeeze, endured the supercilious looks of Li Yi, Liu Zhi and others, endured the arrogance and stubbornness of coach Fang Guan, all he wanted was to put on his jersey again, cut off Cui Qianyou's head with his own hands, and wash away the blood. It was a disgrace in the past. Who would have thought that Fang Guan was not only stubborn and arrogant, but from the perspective of a general, he was absolutely useless. He didn't even understand some basic tactical common sense, let alone dispatching and commanding on the battlefield. The only thing that can be mentioned is, I'm afraid. Even though he still had some courage, he was not so frightened that he ran away first. But how long this courage could last, Wang Sili was not sure at all!
If Fang Guan, as the commander, escapes first, not many of the more than 50,000 soldiers around him will be able to walk off the battlefield alive. A two-legged man has never been able to outrun a four-legged horse, not to mention that Cui Qianyou's rebels are already in the city I had been recharging my energy for a long time, and my red eyes were wide open, just waiting for this day.
Therefore, Wang Sili had to go to the front line in person, even if it was just to delay the defeat of the army and create an opportunity for his brothers to evacuate calmly. He climbed down the wooden stairs, took a long tree, and He weighed it in his hand, then raised it high, "Fire and gold, follow me!"
"Fire and gold, follow me!" the guards repeated loudly, spreading the deputy commander's order throughout the army. But there were very few responders. The fourteen constellations corresponding to the fire and gold elements, there are fourteen thousand brothers. , raised his eyes and looked at the high-rise building, wondering whether he should obey Wang Sili's orders.
"Jing Muyan, Ghost Golden Sheep, Liutu Deer, Xingri Horse..." Wang Sili frowned and read out the detailed names of Suzaku Qisu to order his troops. He was halfway through shouting, but he shouted again He waved his long arm and shouted loudly: "Fuck Suzaku and White Tiger, I am Wang Sili, and now I want to lead people to fight against the rebels. If you are a man, just follow me!"
"Sir, you are going to fight the rebels. If you belong to a man, just follow them!" The guards shouted again, spreading Wang Sili's call to the entire army.
"Sir...?" The generals of the Fire Element and the Gold Element exclaimed in shock. They looked up at the silent carriage again, hesitating, hesitating, not knowing what to do.
The cavalry on both wings were still retreating, and the reinforcements transferred from the Chinese Army were unable to stabilize their position. Encouraged by the victory on both wings, the rebels on the front also began to attack crazily. Countless horses rushed over at lightning speed, or would take long A huge gap was created in the jungle composed of spears and wooden spears, or they were pierced by spears and spears, and they perished together with the cavalry on their backs.
The coach, Fang Guan, still couldn't come up with any solution to the crisis. He just picked up a drumstick and beat the big cowhide drum on the floor cart loudly. With the water blocking the front, two lines of soldiers heard the sound of the drum. , steeled themselves up, and fought fiercely with the enemy troops who were charging on horseback. One row fell down, and another row was quickly replaced. Then they were stepped on by horses and slashed with knives, and staggered down in a pool of blood.
A few cavalrymen were frightened by the enemy's offensive and fled back from the front in a hurry. Fearing the military law of the Tang Dynasty, they did not dare to approach the enemy tower and just tried to circle around. A few feather arrows were shot from behind, leaving behind One of them got off, and the others fled away in confusion.
Soon, the two groups of water and wood also showed signs of collapse. The dense military formation was smashed open by the enemy's iron cavalry. Countless bloody holes were opened, and corpses were found in every hole. Li Yi and Liu Zhi used all their strength to gather the troops, but what could they do? They are all civil servants. They usually rely on the support of the Left Prime Minister to control the soldiers under their command. Now at the critical moment of life and death, they can no longer win the trust of the soldiers, allowing the latter to hand over their lives without hesitation. on their hands.
Wei Shaoyou and Du Hongjian, on the other hand, were members of the Shuofang Army after all. With the hundreds of veterans of the Shuofang Army around them, they could barely stand firm. However, no one could guarantee how long they could last. The enemy army was too strong. And there are too many new recruits in the team around them. Their combat effectiveness is simply not the same.
Wang Sili didn't dare to wait any longer, stamped his feet, and with his only forty or so personal guards, they strode forward with long arms and flat ends. As he walked, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "We have fallen into a trap." , we all fell into Cui Qianyou’s trick. He deliberately lured us here from Lingwu, just to wipe out everyone in one fell swoop. Come with me and fight, everyone may still be able to find a way to survive. If we escape, no one can guarantee it. Are there any other ambush waiting for you on the way back?"
The words were too long, and the guards had no time to repeat them, so they could only keep emphasizing at the top of their lungs: "Follow the deputy commander, follow the deputy commander. The deputy commander has fought in battles and knows the true strength of the rebels. Follow, follow, if you want a way to survive. Keep up!"
I don't know whether he was infected by Wang Sili's passion or moved by the words of the guards. The fire and gold teams were in chaos. Several teams were fighting Angri Chicken, Bi Yueniao, Zhang Yuelu, and Winged Water Snake, and they stepped forward to follow. Behind him. Immediately after, Lu Chongben, Zhang Jun, Wu Mian, Han Huizu and other former Hexi Army generals, with their direct subordinates, walked out of Tu Xing and strode towards Wang Sili. Immediately, More soldiers from the three ranks of fire, metal, and earth came out and quickly reorganized behind Wang Sili.
Lu Chongben, Zhang Jun, Wu Mian, Han Huizu and other former Hexi Army generals dispersed and became the support point of the entire team. They surrounded Wang Sili and slowly pressed forward against the retreating defeated troops. Many defeated troops were behind On the way to escape, he discovered that the deputy marshal had committed suicide. He was stunned, turned his head in shame, and walked back to the battlefield.
"We retreated from Tongguan to Chang'an, and from Chang'an to Lingwu!" Wang Sili shouted at the top of his voice, regardless of whether others heard his voice, and two lines of hot tears rolled down his haggard face, "If this If the fight continues, Wang doesn’t know where he can escape! Wang doesn’t want to escape anymore, Wang wants to die standing and die like a man!”
"Die, die, die like a man!" The guards around him only understood the last sentence, and repeated it to everyone over and over again at the top of their lungs.
"Die, die, die like a man!" Countless people's voices echoed loudly in his ears. Wang Sili didn't know if he was hallucinating. He raised his arm and rubbed his face with the leather armor on his forearm. He strode forward, his gray beard fluttering in the wind.
