Qu Tuquan really did not expect that the 5,000 men on his side fought tooth and nail to resist the enemy's attack and refused to retreat, while the more than 10,000 men on Chai Zhewei's side were defeated in a single encounter. The enemy troops took advantage of the situation to cover up from behind, causing numerous casualties to Zuotunwei.
, The wolves are running forward, but their own side dare not retreat even half a step, otherwise the morale of the army will be shaken and the end will be the same as that of Chai Zhewei.
In this way, the enemy troops chased Zuo Tunwei for a period of time, and then they came to the rear of their own side, turned their swords and rushed towards their rear formation...
Except for the equal strength of the troops, the quality of the soldiers, the morale of the troops, and the ability of the generals were all at a disadvantage. It was expected that the two armies would support each other and build a line of defense to resist the enemy's attack. As long as the enemy's advance momentum was delayed, even if they were defeated, they could slowly recover.
He retreated, but unexpectedly he was now deeply surrounded and on the verge of despair.
Seeing the Zuotun Guards who had been defeated in the heavy rain and scattered all over the mountains and fields in chaos, Qu Tuquan gritted his teeth and wished he could dig out all the eighteen generations of the Chai family and show them how they gave birth to Chai Zhewei.
Such a rat who is afraid of enemies and timid as a rat?
"General, Zuotunwei has been defeated. What should we do?"
Surrounded by soldiers, the lieutenant charged anxiously while asking anxiously.
It is obvious that we are now deeply surrounded and attacked from both sides by the enemy. Victory is absolutely impossible.
Qu Tuquan gritted his teeth, his heart pounded, and he shouted with red eyes: "We have the emperor's mandate to intercept the rebels, how can we collapse without a fight and abandon our weapons and surrender? When the new emperor ascends the throne, the world will begin, and it will be up to us.
The blood of loyal men is used to lay the cornerstone of Your Majesty’s grand hegemony! You all will fight to the death with me, even if you die in battle, your weight will be greater than Mount Tai!”
Having said that, you should first slap your horse and wield your sword, and rush towards the increasingly dense enemy troops.
The soldiers around them and the school lieutenant quickly followed them, fighting bravely without fear of death. They understood what Qu Tuquan meant. They escaped at this moment and the whole army was in chaos. It would be difficult to escape the rebels who were chasing them one after another. Moreover, even if they were lucky enough to escape, one
As the new emperor was defeated in the first war after he ascended the throne, it was inevitable that the crown of His Majesty the Emperor would be stained and his prestige would be tarnished. No matter how kind His Majesty was, how could he be forgiven?
The sixth leader of the East Palace is the prince's personal army. Now that the prince has ascended the throne, they, the eagle dogs, will repay with a big defeat?
On the contrary, if he died fighting here, under the background of Zuotunwei's collapse, it would naturally make Donggong Liu's spirit of fighting to the death and never retreat so epic and majestic. As long as he finally wins this battle for imperial power, his merits will inevitably be judged.
Rewards, even the most ordinary soldiers will receive generous rewards.
When a soldier fights through life and death, isn't it just a matter of military merit?
As long as you have military exploits, a wife, a son, and tax exemptions, even if you die, it will be a worthy death.
These personal soldiers and captains burst out with extremely powerful courage in an instant. They followed Qu Tuquan and charged to the death while infecting the surrounding soldiers. Soldiers are courageous. If someone is timid and retreats, it will lead to unstable military morale and low morale.
, and if an atmosphere of fearlessness and fearlessness spreads, everyone will regard death as if they are home.
Under the heavy rain, the Sixth Army of the East Palace, which was trapped in a tight siege, not only did not collapse like the Zuotun Guards, but instead rushed left and right under the leadership of Qu Tuquan, launching desperate charges again and again, killing the superior Youhou Guards.
They retreated continuously, and the casualties increased greatly.
Chai Zhewei chased Chai Zhewei for more than ten miles, but unfortunately Chai Zhewei ran away without looking back. Among the rebels, Lieutenant Chi Gong's archery skills could not be used, so he could only be allowed to mix with thousands of defeated troops along the official road.
The fields and foothills were scattered in all directions, like sheep being chased by wild wolves.
Looking back, Yuchi Gong jumped on his horse and returned, and was greatly surprised when he saw that Donggong Sixu, who was like a small boat in the ocean, was struggling to hold on and was not defeated.
Especially when I saw Qu Tuquan's bravery in fighting with his horse and sword, I couldn't help but admire him in my heart. He took out his longbow again, drew the bow and arrow and stared at Qu Tuquan who was covered in blood in the crowd. He aimed for a long time and suddenly put down the bow and arrow.
Originally, he wanted to shoot Qu Tuquan and end the encounter quickly, but he changed his mind.
He ordered in a deep voice: "Capture Qu Tuquan alive!"
"Here!"
The soldiers on the left and right, the captain loudly promised, and then quickly conveyed the order to the various departments, so a chaotic scene appeared on the battlefield. Qu Tu wore a helmet, shook his armor, slapped his horse and danced with his sword. Wherever he went, he was invincible with swords and swords. The armor on his body
, the war horse under his crotch has long been stained red with blood, and the rain all over the sky cannot wash it away, but every time he rushes forward, the enemy quickly retreats and does not confront him head-on, and the arrows fired by the crossbowmen in the rear group also avoid him...
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But on the battlefield, I saw a young general fighting left and right as if he was in a deserted place. He was so heroic and brave that he was invincible, just like the resurrection of Marquis Wen and the reincarnation of Xiang Yu.
But at this moment, Qu Tuquan himself had no intention of enjoying this "invincible" state, and instead complained secretly.
He also heard the enemy's order to "capture alive", so he understood why he didn't have even a cold arrow around him, but the number of soldiers, captains, and soldiers around him began to gradually decrease. The enemy army had formed a large circle, relying on superior strength.
Surround him in the middle and let him fight bravely, but like a huge millstone, he crushes the surrounding soldiers bit by bit.
There is no doubt that if the situation continues to develop, he will eventually be left as a bare general...
This frustration of being unable to use his strength made him extremely uncomfortable. He forced an enemy captain back with one blow of his sword. Suddenly he stopped his horse, shouted to the sky, and yelled: "Wei Chi Gong, how dare you fight with me?"
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The soldiers behind him also stopped charging.
Yuchi Gong came slowly from a distance with his horse in hand. He waved his horse to both sides, and the guards of the right lord retreated until they were more than ten feet away, forming a huge circle that surrounded Qu Tuquan.
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Only then did Qu Tuquan have the time to look back and look around. He saw that there were only less than a thousand soldiers left out of the five thousand, and all of them were injured and covered in wounds. Many of them even relied on the support of their robes to keep them from falling behind. His mood became gloomy.
He tried his best to cheer up and looked at Yuchi Gong, who was leisurely approaching the two armies. He gritted his teeth and shouted again: "Yuchi Gong, do you dare to fight with me?"
Yuchi Gong rode his horse and stood in front of the formation. He patted his boots lightly with the horse stick in his hand, shook his head and said: "The defeated general will be destroyed in an instant. What qualifications do you have to challenge me? Get off your horse quickly and surrender. I am thinking of this."
For the sake of our friendship with your father, I will not treat you harshly, and I will also release all the soldiers under your command back."
He had the opportunity to shoot Qu Tuquan, but gave up at the critical moment.
Just because he accidentally understood that even if the King of Jin succeeded in winning the throne, could he, Wei Chi Gong, really be inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people? The way of kingship lies in balance.
The military was so dominant that no one could compare with it, which inevitably forced the King of Jin to support other forces to check and balance it.
The best objects of support are naturally the second-generation descendants of Zhenguan Xunchen.
After all, the struggle for imperial power is an internal struggle within the royal family. Household affairs are not about the dynasty, let alone life and death. For the ministers, they are just taking sides. Even if they are on the wrong side, there is no need to kill them all. Even if the new emperor can be as open-minded as
The sea, forgetting grudges with a smile, which courtier would not immediately change the court and swear allegiance?
Instead of waiting until then to fight with a group of arrogant and domineering second-generation people who suddenly ascended to high positions, it is better to give some opportunities to the second-generation leaders such as Cheng Chubi, Li Siwen, and Qu Tuquan and take the opportunity to take over the good work.
Because of this, the subsequent struggle will be limited to the scope of "fighting for power without fighting".
After all, he, Yuchi Gong, has been approaching his 60th year. How many years can he live? And none of the heirs in the family are successful. If he were to have a deadly feud with these second-generation people today, these guys would certainly be unable to do anything to him.
But after he dies, won’t Yuchi Gong’s descendants become punching bags?
Moreover, as he just said, whether it is Cheng Chubi, Li Siwen, or even Qu Tuquan in front of him, the fathers of these people have fought side by side with him for many years. Even if their friendship is deep or shallow, how can they have the nerve to treat them as enemies?
Such brutal killing?
Qu Tuquan was sitting on the horse, holding the horizontal knife tightly in his hand, with a ferocious face and hesitation.
With his character, there is absolutely no reason to surrender and survive, but if he fights to the end, it will drag down the soldiers around him to follow him to death in a useless battle, which makes him feel unbearable...
Yuchi Gong saw the change in his expression and knew that his heart was moved, and continued: "Now you are deeply trapped in a tight siege. Not only is there no possibility of escape, but it is also impossible to continue to slow down my advance. As long as I give an order, you can still
How long can you hold on? A cup of tea? A stick of incense? It’s completely meaningless. On the contrary, these people around you are willing to accompany you to charge to the death. How can you bear to lead them to death on this meaningless battlefield?
?My dear nephew, put down your weapon and capture him without any hesitation. Don’t test my patience.”
Qu Tuquan finally made a decision and threw the sword in his hand hard on the ground, causing a splash of muddy water. Then he got off his horse and knelt down on one knee.
"General! No!"
"How can a man be so humble as to survive? We are willing to fight to the death with the general!"
The soldiers on the left and right did not rejoice when they saw that his surrender had saved everyone's lives. Instead, they surrounded him one by one, with red eyes and angrily asking for a fight. They would rather fight to death than Qu Tuquan surrender for the sake of their lives.
"Shut up, everyone!"
Qu Tuquan shouted angrily, knelt on one knee and trembled all over, his tightly pressed lips had been bitten, and his eyes were red. He stared at the soldiers around him, the captain and soldiers, and said word by word: "Today's defeat
, it’s all my fault, you were ordered to disarm, no fault at all! Dare to disobey military orders? Disarm! Surrender!”
"General!"
The soldiers knew that Qu Tuquan had always been tough. If he had not taken their lives into consideration, how could he have surrendered before the battle? He also took all the responsibilities on himself, so that even if they were defeated, they would not be held accountable afterwards...
How could such a general not be loved and loved?
Qu Tuquan slammed his palm on the ground in front of him, splashing a cloud of muddy water, and shouted in a hissing voice: "Disarm! Surrender!"
"Woooo..."
Seeing that he was so furious, the soldiers and generals did not dare to say anything anymore. They all cried out and dropped their weapons at their feet with tears of humiliation.
Only then did the Youhou guards swarm forward and escort the prisoners away to avoid any unexpected situation.
Yuchi Gong sat on his horse and looked at the scene in front of him. He couldn't help but nod his head. As a general, he could tightly unite his soldiers around him and follow him through life and death. He already had the shadow of a famous general.
This suddenly reminded him that it seemed that all the young people who followed Fang Jun were particularly outstanding. Did these people have excellent qualities to begin with, or did they become so outstanding because of Fang Jun's influence?