Chapter 536: Cut the road of life and death with both hands

In late August, the morning dew turns into frost. The cold wind blows through the bones and the iron armor is cold.

Yang Wenyu and Huangfu Zhanwen took nearly 100,000 officers, soldiers and civilians to go north in a hurry during the night, and finally met with Qin Lei and Qin Li troops at dawn.

The troops were ordered to rest on site and strengthen their vigilance. The two of them quickly went to the prince's central army to report.

Qin Lei and Qin Li sat next to the extinguished fire wearing military blankets. When they saw the two coming, Qin Lei asked, "Where is Your Majesty?"

Hearing this, the two knelt on one knee, lowering their heads without saying a word.

In fact, the scout had already known about the matter by the river to Qin Lei, but when he saw these two fools, he couldn't help but feel angry and shouted: "Speak!"

"Cross the river." Huangfu Zhanwen said with a tough bullet: "It passed before the Qi warship arrived."

"Why didn't you go?" Qin Lei asked with a cold face.

"We want to be the rear of the army." Huangfu Zhanwen whispered.

"We are all old corpses for more than ten or twenty years. I wonder if the later we cross the river, the safer it will be?" Qin Lei's voice was full of anger and he lifted off the military blanket on his shoulders. "Why don't you let Your Majesty wait until the end?"

"Your Majesty insists on crossing the river earlier, and we can't do anything." Huangfu Zhanwen regretted not imitating Yang Wenyu and pretending to be deaf and dumb. In fact, Yang Wenyu was calculating in his heart. He knew that the prince was a reasonable person, and he could see all the merits and demerits clearly. The reason why he was furious this time was that he was so angry that he needed to vent.

"The boat and the bridge are in your hands!" "Qin Lei said unreasonably: "You won't stop him?"

Huangfu Zhanwen thought to himself: "You can only do this kind of thing." So he lowered his head and imitated Yang Wenyu to pretend to be a clay sculpture.

Qin Lei was almost angry, so he picked up the blanket and covered it again, and said angrily: "Why are you embarrassed to come back?!"

Qin Li, who was on the side, saw that he was getting angry, then he spoke out and said, "Do you know you're wrong?"

The two of them finally waited to the steps and naturally nodded in a hurry.

"You have to learn a lesson." The eldest prince smiled and said, "No more, get up!" Yang Wenyu and Huangfu Zhanwen did not dare to move, but just looked at his highness pitifully.

"Will you be the next time? I'll throw me in the middle of the day." Qin Lei said angrily: "Get out, don't you hear the uncle talking?"

The two of them quickly smiled at Qin Li, and then stood up honestly.

"Sit." Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "I don't like to watch others talk in the crotch." The two of them knew that the rain had sunny, and sat on the stool with a long sigh, straightening their backs and listening to the prince's words.

"Where is the Grand Marshal?" Qin Lei's tone was still bad. If Qin Li hadn't been by his side, he would have cursed: "What should come will not come, what should not come will come."

"It's in the back formation." Yang Wenyu said, "The Taiwei said that the Tiance Army completely obeyed the prince's command, so he wouldn't come and get involved."

Qin Lei snorted lightly, then stopped caring about the old man and said in a deep voice: "Now our hundreds of thousands of troops have been cut into pieces, and the situation is unprecedentedly severe. Let's talk about what to do?"

Huangfu Zhanwen looked at Yang Wenyu and said nothing this time. Yang Wenyu had to carefully write and said, "The river has been controlled by the Qi army, so it is impossible to go south." As he said, he glanced at the prince and said, "The last general thought that we should go north to Muye, join the imperial guards in the city, and continue to go north and finally return from Huguan."

"The idea is not bad." The eldest prince pointed a small wooden stick at the map on the ground, and said with a worried expression: "But if you want to reach Huguan, you must first cross the hundreds of thousands of troops on the Makinoyuan, then break through the Chaoge defense line of Qi, and finally there is a canyon defense line like a natural chasm." On the map, the eldest prince threw away the stick in his hand and sighed: "The more serious problem is that even the three-year-old child knows that we are going like this!"

After a moment of silence, Huangfu Zhanwen whispered: "Why don't we change direction and go around and return to China from the Northern Great Wall?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Qing next to him said in a deep voice: "No, you must go thousands of miles in this way. With the current situation of our army..." Although he stopped the words behind, everyone knew that they went deeper and were defeated again. It was a time when the morale of the army was disintegrating. If they went to fight for thousands of miles more, they would probably be defeated without fighting without fighting.

"But if we beat the three lines of defense, how many people can survive to Huguan?" Huangfu Zhanwen said with a bitter face: "Our army has always been not good at attacking difficulties!"

Qin Lei coughed lightly and said to Yang Wenyu, who bowed his head and said, "Are you sure about your plan?"

Yang Wenyu nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "Seventy-sixty percent sure."

"Reason." Qin Lei said softly.

"The military strategy says: 'Don't stop the return troops, and do not chase the enemy if you lose." The sky and earth are the biggest. The more you are in this situation, the more you can work together and do your best to exert your unprecedented combat power." Yang Wenyu said in a shocking voice: "I think we don't have to worry about morale... As long as we can see hope, the officers and soldiers will persevere and create miracles."

"Then according to my method, we can also let everyone see hope." Huangfu Zhanwen said depressedly.

"In the eyes of officers and soldiers, that's running away!" Qin Li suddenly interrupted, "A team that is determined to escape will collapse at a moment's notice, so how can we expect it to go to the thousand-mile?"

"Brother said it right." Qin Lei nodded and said firmly: "The current military spirit is subtle and must not be conveyed to the officers and soldiers' slightest fear of fighting. They must know that if they want to go home, they must defeat all the opponents in front of them! If they fail or retreat, they will be doomed!"

"From now on, we cannot escape! We must defeat all the enemies who are blocking us!" Qin Leihuo stood up and said with a firm face: "Splitting the road of life and death with both hands, and cutting off the roadblock with one knife!"

"Yes!" the generals responded in unison.

The sun gradually rose, and the white frost turned into dew again, and even the iron armor was not so cold.

Under the organization of the Black Guard, more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians began to line up around a mound to listen to His Highness Cheng’s speech.

Standing on the mound, Qin Lei looked at the dense crowd, and even felt like he could not see the edge at first sight.

Without the need for officers to maintain order, the huge field was silent, and the officers, soldiers and civilians were full of confusion, looking at the solemn figure on the central mound with all their eyes, hoping to get some comfort from him to dispel the confusion and gain some confidence to fight despair.

As his eyes slowly slipped through the scene, Qin Lei saw countless faces full of prayer. He knew that these poor people on the edge of the cliff obviously regarded himself as a life-saving straw.

‘Can I bring these people back?’ From now on, every word and every decision of his will affect the life and death of these tens of thousands of people. The huge pressure made Qin Lei breathe and his face was extremely solemn.

"Prince..." Seeing the prince's strangeness, Shi Gan behind him whispered: "It's time to speak."

Qin Lei came to his senses... Well, since there is no way out, then take the responsibility bravely! Let God decide whether to live or die, success or failure!

His eyes swept over the military and civilians in the audience again, but they were far more firm and more decisive than the last time: "The men of Qin State! I am the only one who is Qin Lei, and the prince of Qin Cheng."

"The reason why I am standing here is because we have been trapped by the enemy, and the army is divided on both sides of the Yellow River, deep in the hinterland of the enemy country, and hundreds of thousands of Qi troops are surrounded by them." Qin Lei did not hide the current crisis, and his voice was loud: "There is no doubt that this is the critical moment of the Qin Dynasty, the critical moment of our army, and the critical moment of each of us."

"Are you scared?" Qin Lei asked in a deep voice.

"Don't be afraid..." The voices were uneven, and many people didn't speak. Even those who spoke, there were many quarrels.

But Qin Lei didn't care. He held the sword on his waist and said aloud: "No matter what you think, I am not afraid of it!" He said with a long smile: "Because of this kind of situation of being deeply trapped and being isolated and helpless, it is the third time I have encountered it."

"Coincidentally, the first time I was in Qi State, and my opponent was Zhao Wujiu, the Duke of Yumeng." He was just a gild on his face. How could Zhao Wujiu take a little proton seriously? That was why he was so idle. But no one would jump out to expose him, so Qin Lei could sing for himself: "I was only seventeen years old at that time! It took a full three thousand miles from Shangjing to Hangu Pass, and there were only three hundred clans around him, but he had to face the encirclement and interception of a hundred times the enemy..."

"No one believes that we can escape from the ascension!" Qin Lei glanced at the black-clothed guard standing behind him and said, "But what the result? We did it. Not only the Lone King, but most of my guards were also safely escaped from danger, and they are still with me." The trick to lie is that the nine truths and one falsehoods must be as many truths as possible, so that people can be sure of the lies mixed with them.

Qin Lei told the well-known beginning and ending in full, and just slightly modified the process as needed, which made more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians confident and very excited... Just as the trekking ship was as excited as seeing the lighthouse.

"There is another time last year, in Chu State." Qin Lei continued to brag with unsatisfactory intentions: "The situation is even more dangerous. From Emperor Jingtai to Zhu Hongjun, the government troops of the entire Chu State wanted to eliminate me. But what about the Lone King? It was still a little bit, but he overcame all the obstacles and returned safely. Not only did he eliminate thousands of pursuers, but he also worked with Marshal Boshang to give the arrogant Chu State naval army an unforgettable lesson on Dongting Lake. "In fact, the speech is not only big or small, but also the process is the same... Let the qualifications be presented first, so that the people below know that the men on the stage are seniors with high education, experience and achievements. Regardless of whether it is true or false, they will start to shake the scene first.

"From Qi to Chu, every time I am in danger, every time I am desperate, but Gu and Gu's subordinates all came out safely," Qin Lei said with a loud voice: "Do you want to know where the secret is?"

"Think!" More than 100,000 people spoke in unison, which was definitely a hundred times more uniform than the first time. When the audience was shocked, they basically said that they believed whatever they believed. Seeing your eyes were very admiring, things naturally became simple.

"Because the Lonely King has no way to retreat!" Qin Lei sometimes felt that his most suitable profession was perhaps a pyramid schemer. With his voice, he was happy, anger, sorrow and joy, and this feeling was really good: "The Lonely King is unwilling to become a prisoner again, and he is unwilling to spend the rest of his life in prison! So the Lonely King can only do everything and fight with them!" He said with a contemptuous smile: "Facts have proved that the enemies are all paper tigers. We are weak and timid, and it will show off our power! We are fearless, and it will be vulnerable!

"The brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road, so the lonely king wins every time!" Qin Lei opened his arms and stood upright. The shiny armor shone brightly, and the bright sunlight put a layer of gold edges on him. At this moment, in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians below, he seemed to have descended to earth as a god of war.

"Ha! Ha! Ha!" The words could not express the excitement in their hearts, so the officers and soldiers had to vent their emotions in the most primitive way.

After everyone was excited, Qin Lei cleared his throat and continued: "This time the two armies suffered heavy casualties, and it was already a state of endless death! As long as we fall into the hands of Qi people, there will be no way out! As long as we cannot return to Qin, it will be a dead end!" As if we were about to squeeze out all the air in our lungs, he roared in his greatest voice: "Are you willing?"

"No!" A cry that was tens of millions of times stronger than his voice sounded: "We are going back alive!"

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Qin Lei also had infinite heroism, and pulled out the treasure knife from his waist and said, "The King of Western Chu has burned his boats to destroy the enemy ten times his; Han Xin, a Huaiyin battle, will also destroy the enemy ten times his. Since there is no way to retreat, then take out all your courage! Fight with all your strength!"

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" The officers and soldiers roared in unison.

"Very good, you already have the courage to give it a try!" Qin Lei held up his sharp sword and made a solemn promise, "Follow my sword and defeat all the enemies, I will take you home!"

"Whether the sword is pointed, the enemy's sword is pointed!" Everyone raised their weapons together and roared and said. This scene was enough to give the weakest unlimited courage.

"Each troops counts the names of all officers and soldiers." Qin Lei said with a hoarse voice: "The Lone King vowed to the sky that after this battle, the Lone King and the surviving people will serve the parents of the victims in their old age and see them off, and raise the children of the victims into adulthood!" As he said that, he suddenly cut off a small tree beside him, and said word by word: "If you violate your oath, the Lone King should be such a tree!"

In addition to spiritual motivation, we also need to provide some practical things to relieve the worries of the officers and soldiers and let them fight bravely to fight the enemy.

The red flag swept through the west wind. Today, the long tassels are in your hand, when will the blue dragon be bound?

After understanding his situation and knowing that the only way out is to fight to death and find a bloody road, the depressed atmosphere of desolation in the Qin army camp became extremely solemn.

The cavalry troops were ready to go, and they would be responsible for breaking through the enemy's defense line. The civilians also tied up the large carts of supplies, and they would be escorted by infantry and broke through with their own soldiers... The reason why they did not give up these civilians was not that Qin Lei was too loving, but that the troops were marching and fighting at this time, and there were too many physically consuming non-combat activities, such as setting up camps, chopping wood, cooking, transporting supplies, etc. If these tasks were all done by soldiers, they would basically have no physical combat.

While the officers and soldiers were making preparations before departure, Qin Lei issued specific combat tasks to the top leaders of the three imperial guards: "This time, the Lone King is preparing to take three assaults, and each of our three imperial guards will produce 20,000 elite cavalry to break down the Qi army's formation with an indomitable aura at all costs!"

All the commanders of the Jingshan Army, Longxiang Army and Qinli Army, Li Long, and others all listened to the prince's arrangements. At this time, they worked together and had no idea of ​​the enemy and hatred in the past.

"When the opponent's defense is destroyed, the infantry will cover the baggage to break through." Qin Lei said the battlefield arrangements with a calm expression: "There are still 10,000 cavalry, as a strategic reserve team, and will be led by the Lone King himself to wait for an opportunity to support the party with the greatest advantage... This battle will be strong but not weak, so please do your own things."

"This is not to avoid troops working but not working, but just to strive for victory on the battlefield." Seeing the generals of the other two armies, Qin Lei still said calmly: "Helping others is helping oneself. I believe that everyone understands people."

The generals looked a little slow, but they still had doubts. Li Long, the captain of the Tiance Army, bowed and said, "I don't know how the prince arranged troops and arranged the formation, where did we place our Tiance Army, and where did you place your Jingshan Army?"

This was already disrespectful, but Qin Lei's expression remained unchanged and he said the battlefield arrangements slowly: "The Jingshan Army mainly attacks the middle road, the Longxiang Army mainly attacks the right wing, and the Tiance Army mainly attacks the left wing."

The generals were in an uproar, and Li Long, who had just spoken, was even more ashamed. Who wouldn't know that the most powerful Yum Army in Qi has always been guarding the middle road and guarding the Yum's banner, which is a difficult road to attack.

Just last month, General Huangfu took the Hu Ben brigade, known as the "Soul of the Imperial Guard", to take on the responsibility of attacking the middle lane, but was beaten head-on by the Yumeng Army and chased him all over the battlefield. Although he was rescued by two friendly troops in time, the entire unit was crippled and he is still staying in Hulao Pass to recuperate.

At least it is not necessary for Qi to suffer this foreign crime, which is considered a blessing in disguise...

Seeing that General Qin Lei was the most difficult and undesirable task, those generals of Tiance who judged the gentleman with the heart of villains were ashamed, but did not have the courage to ask for a task exchange with the Jingshan Army.

But the eldest prince didn't care about that much, he said in a deep voice: "I'll fight the middle and charge to the front, and there's no comparison with the Dragon-Entertain Cavalry."

Shaking his head, Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "No, our Jingshan Army is fighting, this matter is settled."

"Brother, don't show off!" Qin Li said in a deep voice: "Although your black-armored cavalry is unparalleled in the world, other troops will have to be trained for two years." The boss said something questioned: 'How can such a unit compete with the Yum?' But everyone knows what it means.

"I admit that I can't beat the Yum Army with my own swords and guns." Qin Lei said frankly.

"Then don't be stubborn." The eldest prince clenched his fists and said, "Although our Longxiang Army is worse than the Yumeng Army, we can still compete..."

Before he finished speaking, he listened to Qin Lei slowly and said: "Have you heard the story of Tian Ji's horse racing? Now, take the king's lower foursomes and the upper foursomes and the middle foursomes, and take the king's middle foursomes and the lower foursomes. Then two wins and one loses, and we will have the advantage."

It turned out that the prince had made up his mind to use the weakest Jingshan Army to entangle the Yum Army, creating the necessary conditions for the two-wing breakthrough for the Longxiang Army and the Tiance Army.
Chapter completed!