Chapter 369: The weak will always have all kinds of helplessness (1)
As the saying goes, one wrong step leads to another. Thirteen years ago, Yelu Xiongqi finally decided to temporarily take in Xue Tianchong, help him conceal his identity, and help him avoid Da Qian's pursuit of his whereabouts... This was destined to lead the wolf into the house. , the outcome of reaping the consequences.
People like Xue Tianchong are undoubtedly the most suitable people to survive in the military camp. In the military camp, he has been quickly repaired, and his strength is also growing at an extremely fast speed. But that kind of growth is something Yelu Xiongqi can't see. As he grew up, Xue Tianchong has been deliberately hiding his cultivation level.
Finally one day, when Xue Tianchong no longer hid, Yelvxiong discovered that Xue Tianchong had actually reached the realm of Nirvana, and even received the inheritance of the ancient saint when he led an army on a random patrol to wipe out bandits.
However, these things were deliberately concealed by Xue Tianchong, and they were things that Yelu Xiongqi had never known before. They were also the reason why Xue Tianchong was able to rapidly improve his strength in just one or two years.
Xue Tianchong, whose strength had greatly increased, naturally would not stay in Motie's military camp, but he did not leave directly. Instead, he made a small request. He asked Yelu Xiongqi to help him search for talents and train them. power.
Yelu Xiongqi wanted to refuse, but Xue Tianchong directly threatened him. As long as Yelu Xiongqi did not agree, he would directly kill the palace with his cultivation level in the Nirvana realm, causing chaos in Motie and even destroying the country! But if he agreed, he could It brings many benefits to Motie.
So Yelu Xiongqi once again chose to agree. Like a lamb lured into a trap by the devil, he fell deeper and deeper until he couldn't extricate himself and could no longer look back... Later, the situation became increasingly out of his control. , gradually making him the biggest sinner among Motie.
It's just ironic that Yelu Xiongqi never wanted to be such a sinner. Even at the moment he was dying, he still felt that although his choice was helpless, it was also the right one. Because Xue Tianchong was really strong and powerful. It was enough to easily destroy Mo Tie, so he could only obey. Only by obeying could Mo Tie not let Mo Tie destroy the country...
However, these helplessness and pains do not need to be explained to outsiders. So Yelu Xiongqi created a mask of incomparable indifference and silence for himself. In the eyes of outsiders, he was majestic and cold, and he would never even talk to anyone about his wife. If anything. Only on a cold night when he is alone, will he take off his mask and say something nagging about regret or regret in front of his only friend, in front of the big black tiger. If you have no choice.
Thinking about this quietly, Yelu Xiongqi lay on his back in the ice and snow, closing his eyes with a calm expression. Because he knew that whether it was karma or retribution, or whether he died unjustly, his miserable life was finally over. .
On this day, there was no snow. But the weather outside Yumen Pass was very cold. It was so cold that not long after the death of Yelu Xiongqi, a famous general in the Motie Kingdom, the chill in the cold wind melted the blood flowing out of his body. A little bit of snow water, frozen together with a thin layer of ice.
On this day, Qin Feng and Daqian's sergeants were also very cold. It was so cold that General Yelu died, and so cold that 300,000 troops kept falling under the sharp claws of Xiao Sheng and the demon army, but they did not withdraw at all, or their subordinates. Plan to be merciful.
But no matter how cold a person is, his blood is always hot. Even the blood of General Yelu or Sergeant Motie, who has less than 100,000 left, is still hot. And not only their blood is hot, but also their will. Also unyielding!
And the most powerful and direct evidence is that even if they face death, even if they are massacred, even if they want to escape in fear under the uncontrollable shadow of death, all they want in their hearts is to escape to preserve their strength, and then one day Return to Yumen Pass, fight Daqian again, and slay the demon! So until now, even though they are facing a desperate situation, no one has surrendered...
However, most people are not afraid of death for some reasons, but it does not mean that everyone is not afraid of death. For example, Sun Rui, the military commander of Motie, is obviously not a person who can throw his head and shed blood, is not afraid of sacrifice, and is not afraid of death. .
"I surrender! I plead guilty! I don't want to die yet!" Sun Rui knelt down on the blood-stained snow and buried his head deeply in the mud. His whole body couldn't help but tremble violently, and there was even more emotion in his voice. I can't tell if it's sadness, fear, or regret.
Or all three? As Motie's military advisor, he couldn't help but feel sad and angry when he saw the defeat of Motie's army with his own eyes. He saw with his own eyes that an army of 300,000 people was slaughtered in an instant, and he saw with his own eyes that the powerful General Yelu committed suicide after being cornered. It is impossible for him not to be afraid of death. As for regret...
"For the sake of the war, I really don't want to let him go." General Tianyu said calmly. However, although he was calm, the look he looked at the military advisor clearly contained a kind of hatred.
Perhaps, what he hates is not the opponent's military advisor, but all the people of Motie. The fact is as he said, the war has reached this level, and even the city gate of Yumen Pass was breached once. Two days ago, In the bloody battle, countless brave Daqian compatriots lost their lives.
Everyone has feelings, and it is precisely because of feelings that they feel hatred. However, although General Tianyu hated him, he did not directly kill this military advisor who was bent on surrendering.
Because Daqian, who has always governed the country with benevolence and righteousness, has always maintained an attitude of not killing prisoners of war if possible. Therefore, as long as Motie's people are willing to surrender, they have a great chance of saving their lives. Moreover, this man The military advisor obviously has a high status in the Motie Army, and may be of some use one day after the war is settled.
What's more important is that the King of Qin in Daqian is here at this moment, so it should be Qin Feng's decision whether this prisoner of war should be killed or not.
Qin Feng's eyes were filled with silence, and he just stared coldly at Military Advisor Mo Tie beside the carriage, silent, as if he was thinking about something.
Military advisor Sun Rui felt terrified in his heart. He knew very well that at this moment, his own life, and even the lives of tens of thousands of Desert Iron soldiers who were obviously unable to escape, were all in the hands of that seemingly ordinary young man.
The young man had no experience in the world and was kinder, so he would spare his life? No, Sun Rui would never dare to think so, because during this period of time, he had fully seen how cold this young man was when he was cold.
Daqian governs the country with benevolence and righteousness, so he will never kill prisoners of war? No, Sun Rui will never have such extravagant hopes. Because he has been running around in wars all year round, he knows very well that killing red-eyed soldiers will definitely be worse than those on the grassland. The wolves are even more ferocious and even inhumane. In the wars recorded in mainland history, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of surrendered prisoners of war were killed, and even cities were massacred. It was not uncommon.
But what has to be said is that as a strategist, although Sun Rui is not very talented in cultivation, he is smart enough and knows exactly what to do at this moment to save his life as much as possible.
"Surrender! The entire army of Motie obeyed the order and immediately gave up all resistance!" Sun Rui knelt on the ground and shouted at the top of his lungs.
However, his only command did not make the heroic Sergeant Mo Tie put down the saber in his hand. Instead, he received a lot of angry curses!
"How could I, Motie, be such a coward like you!"
"Traitor! How can we Motie surrender to the devil! How can we bow to the devil who assassinated His Majesty the King of Chu! Has your backbone been eaten by a dog!"
"We will never surrender! We would rather die than surrender!"
The accusations and curses pierced Sun Rui's heart like sharp arrows, but Sun Rui was surprisingly not angry. Instead, the trace of regret in his heart, like ignited kerosene, instantly ignited him, making him
He was in terrible pain.
In extreme pain, Sun Rui laughed maniacally and shouted with all his strength: "Fake! His Majesty the King of Chu has died a long time ago! The imperial edict is fake, the assassination is fake, everything is fake! You are the only one.
These idiots take this for real!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the sound of swords suddenly stopped, and thousands of desert iron sergeants stopped waving their spears and sabers out of shock. Even the demons that seemed cold and ruthless, but were actually controlled by Sergeant Daqian, also stopped waving their claws.
.Even the desolate and chilling autumn sound on the city wall stopped at the same time.
"Fake? Everything is fake?" The Desert Iron sergeants murmured and repeated this sentence, falling into deep confusion. They looked at the snow that had been dyed red with blood, and looked at the corpses strewn in the fields.
On the battlefield where hundreds of thousands of compatriots have already fallen, we cannot believe such a thing.
"No! Impossible!"
"If all of this is false, then why so many people died and so much blood was shed in Mo Tie, what should be counted!"
"Are our lives worthless than grass and blood, and our blood worthless than rain?"
Sun Rui had a wry smile on his face, but did not answer the question. He just said in a deep voice: "As early as ten days ago, when you came here from Tianliang County, His Majesty the King of Chu was already dead. He was a member of the Imperial Guard.
The commander killed him."
"So, what's the reason? Is there a rebellion within Motie? If it's an internal rebellion, why do we come here to attack Yumen Pass?" asked a captain of the Hundreds of Beast Soul Cavalry, maintaining his final calm.
Sun Rui still smiled bitterly, but did not speak for a long time. Because this question was something he could not answer, and it would also become his life-saving talisman after he became a prisoner.
What's more important is that this question is one that General Yelu cannot answer and dare not answer.
"Damn you! Do you know how many people have been killed by your actions!" Sun Rui's silence finally drove the cavalry captain, who had only the last trace of reason left, into madness. It actually made him forget his fear and forget that he was being attacked at this time.
On the battlefield controlled by Da Gan, he was so reckless about life and death that he cut through a distance of a hundred meters like a sharp arrow and rushed towards Sun Rui at extremely high speed.