The tattooed generals held a small torch in the darkness so that they could barely see the outline of their bodies and began to discuss the next course of action.
Some people proposed digging tunnels to attack the Qi army, but they were quickly rejected because not only did they lack effective digging tools, but the soil in this area was not hard enough, and the tunnels would definitely collapse. Others suggested digging trenches into the Qi army's defenses and advancing in concealment.
But many people say that although trenches can reduce some of our own casualties, they are too time-consuming and still cannot break down so many Qi army's defenses.
A commander listened to his colleagues saying "dig" and "dig", and suddenly thought of a way, and suggested: "We might as well retreat to the mountain camp, dig tunnels, people live in the tunnels, and food and grass are also hidden in the tunnels.
To resist the harassment in the air, stand firm and wait for help!"
When everyone heard this, they felt that this was probably the best way at the moment. So Mo Li ordered to withdraw to the camp.
As soon as the tattoo soldiers ran back a hundred or two hundred steps, they saw many flames coming out of the camp not far away, and then the fire quickly expanded and turned into a sea of fire!
It turned out that this was the new army stationed in Tongyan City. After learning that the main force of the Tattoo Army had gone to the west, they took the opportunity to bring a large amount of kerosene and hay into the South Camp of the Tattoo Army, and set fire to the Tattoo Army's south camp.
All the food and grass were withdrawn into Tongyan City before a large number of tattoo troops came back!
The tattooed officers and soldiers couldn't even find the buckets and basins to put out the fire. They could only stare blankly at the piles of grain and grass burned into volcanoes and shallow reservoirs. They were helpless and lamented in despair. The big crane in the sky
The Qi army's archers on the big-eyed gray harriers began to harass and attack again! The tattooed officers and soldiers had to spend the third painful sleepless night.
After daybreak, the tattoo army counted the remaining food and grass. Adding what they had brought with them before setting off for the attack last night, they found that all the food and grass they had now was only enough to feed 11,000 people, more than 5,000 horses and 30 black tigers.
meal!
Mo Li ordered that most of the black tigers and army horses be killed to save food and provide meat.
At noon, since all the firewood in the camp had been burned by the Qi army, all the tattooed soldiers could only swallow a meal of fresh bloody horse meat and black tiger meat, plus a handful of uncooked meat.
Daomai felt like they had turned into beasts that devoured raw meat and wild grass.
At this time, all the tattoo army camps on the mountain had been burned to the ground, so there was no need to put out the fire anymore, and the pool gradually filled with water.
Now the only enjoyment of the tattoo army was to drink the clear mountain spring water in the large pool and take a bath. But they suddenly discovered that the color of the water seemed to become turbid, and soon after, some people began to have diarrhea. Very soon
Soon, almost all the officers and soldiers who drank water after noon began to suffer from severe diarrhea, and they continued to have loose stools again and again. Some people even refused to put their pants back on to avoid the trouble of taking them off next time.
There were also some people who drank too much water, so they had severe diarrhea, and they fainted in the latrine!
After learning about this situation, Mo Li sent someone to investigate and concluded that the upper reaches of the stream had been deliberately polluted by the Qi army, and the mountain spring water flowing down contained a large amount of unknown poison that caused severe diarrhea!
Mo Li quickly issued an order: No more drinking water from the pool! Then he sent a thousand soldiers to the upper reaches of the stream to prevent the Qi army from polluting the water source.
The tattoo army spent the fourth sleepless night, and they were thirsty! They could hardly walk. More and more exhausted people were hit by rockets and fireweeds flying from the sky, and even suffered burns.
die!
Since there was no water available, the tattoo soldiers could only wrap dry raw rice and wheat in bloody horse meat or black tiger meat and barely swallow it!
In the early morning of the next day, the officers and soldiers who came back from the mountain reported to Mo Li: The source of the stream is on a steep cliff, and it is impossible to climb up. Moreover, there are already many Qi troops stationed on it. As soon as the tattoo army approached the cliff, they were
Many people were shot to death and injured. Qi Jun also deliberately let them see the high pile of diarrhea poison on the top of the cliff!
Mo Li ordered the bad news to be blocked, but the news quickly spread throughout the army. The tattooed troops began to become restless.
Mo Liqiang cheered up and summoned all the officers above the centurion to give a lecture. The content was: The emperor will definitely send reinforcements soon, and the Qi army will never be able to defeat the elite troops of the Tsing Kingdom. He also reiterated military discipline: anyone who flees and
Anyone who knows and fails to report will be put to death, and will cause harm to relatives and friends at home. Some officers and soldiers are already in a trance, and they only hear the word "death" kept saying "death" from the mouth of the commander.
After Mo Li spoke a few words, he felt that his mouth was unbearably dry and he could no longer make a sound. At this time, a cavalry commander named Liang Ji, who was very close to him, came forward and held a ceramic pot in his hand.
The water glass was handed to him.
Mo Li lowered his head and saw that the cup was filled with bright red and thick horse blood. He took the cup and put it to his mouth, raised his head and opened his mouth. As soon as he took a sip, he suddenly heard the sound of a weapon being drawn out! Mo Li was shocked.
He hurriedly put down the cup, but almost at the same time, he felt a pain in his back and a cold feeling in his chest, and then he saw a bloody sword tip more than three inches long sticking out from his chest!
Mo Li turned his head in surprise and looked at the ferocious expression on that very familiar face. The cavalry commander Liang Ji pulled out the sword inserted in Mo Li's back and shouted: "If you want to die, die yourself!"
Then he slashed Mo Li's neck with a sword!
The sword was very sharp. Mo Li's head immediately left his body, two streams of blood spurted out from his neck, and his body fell to the ground. On his head rolled to the side, his eyes were still wide open, as if he hated this rebellious man.
subordinates.
Liang Ji held up the bloody sword and shouted hoarsely: "Surrender is the only way to survive! Who is willing to follow me?!"
A short infantry commander drew his sword and shouted angrily: "You traitor!" Then he rushed towards Liang Ji. He had just ran three or four steps when he was stabbed deeply by another middle-aged infantry commander with extremely dark skin.
He was hit in the lower back and quickly collapsed to the ground. Liang Ji nodded gratefully towards the dark-skinned middle-aged infantry commander.
The generals quickly chose their sides. Those who were willing to surrender and those who were unwilling to surrender were divided into two distinct groups. They drew their weapons and started fighting each other mercilessly!
After seeing the desperate infighting among the generals, the junior officers and soldiers quickly divided into two factions. The comrades who had shared life and death suddenly turned into sworn enemies! Hundreds of large and small battle groups were formed in the camp.
, killed them all! Even the tattoo army who controlled the black tiger was divided into two groups, commanding the black tiger to join the battle group...
Soon after, the bloody civil strife ended, and most of the tattoo soldiers fell to the ground dead or wounded. Of the original more than 11,000 tattoo soldiers, only more than 3,000 were able to stand now.
They were all the group that chose to surrender to the Qi army, along with eighteen black tigers and their drivers.
Liang Ji, the cavalry commander who killed Mo Li, had his right arm cut off during the fierce battle. After two soldiers helped him apply a simple hemostatic bandage, he sat on the ground feebly and said with a pale face: "Put it all down."
Weapon, follow me down the mountain!"
More than 3,000 unarmed tattooed soldiers were like zombies, following Liang Ji, who was lying on a simple stretcher, and slowly walked towards the Qi army's position.