The mountain wind blew the grass swaying, and after Fa Zheng finished speaking, the Sichuan army generals realized the danger of their situation. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and the warm spring breeze was filled with chills.
"We need a general to cut off the rear." Fazheng said slowly, frowning for a long time, and then added, "But the general and soldiers who cut off the rear will undoubtedly die."
The generals were silent and tightened their swords. It was not that they were afraid of death, but that they were suddenly in this situation and their hearts had not yet turned around.
After a while, the veteran general Yan Yan took a step forward and said: "My lord, I know my destiny at this young age, and there are not many days left to fight on the battlefield. Let the veteran general cut off his throne, and let the other young generals follow my lord in conquering the world from now on."
Yan Yan spoke, and the other generals came to life from the shock. Huang Zhong laughed, and stepped forward sonorously: "Speaking of seniority, the veteran general is one year older than General Yan. My lord, Huang Zhong has recently surrendered. My lord will return to Jingzhou. Huang
Zhong can't serve in front of the battle, so the responsibility of cutting off the rear should be left to the general. Sun Ce is known as the little overlord of Jiangdong, and Huang Zhong really wants to learn from him."
Leng Bao looked around, snorted, and said loudly: "I, Leng Bao, am self-aware. Compared to the two old generals, my martial arts skills are far inferior. But since one of them must die, why not die of an ineffective one? Besides, I am still a human being."
Even if the infantry dies, it will leave Jiang Dongxiao with no sense of accomplishment."
"To say that it is useless, the last general is Gao Pei..."
All the generals asked for orders one after another. Liu Zhang had no expression on his face. The generals looked at him one after another, wanting to know how their lord would make a decision. Xiao Furong beside her had a stern look on her face. She was not afraid of death, but she knew that Zhang Ren might be so powerful now, even
The counselors and Fazheng were all in the same mood as her. The generals, guards, counselors, and wives, even if they asked for orders, Liu Zhang would not agree, and instead seemed pretentious.
Xiao Furong turned to look at Shamoke.
Shamoke glanced at Xiao Furong, and even his dull mind reacted instantly. He struggled a little, strode forward, and said loudly to Liu Zhang: "Sir, all the generals will join you in conquering the world. I, Shamoke, am willing to
After leading a thousand and five river troops to defeat, I spared one Jiangdong soldier within half an hour. I, Samoko, cut my neck to apologize. However, Samoko has a word to ask, sir."
"explain."
Shamoko pondered for a moment and said: "Sir, Shamoko follows you not because he is loyal to you, but because he is loyal to the young lord. The young lord has outstanding martial arts skills and a kind heart. He has a high prestige in our Wuxi. I, Samoko, am not only loyal to you, but also to the king."
, just obey her alone.
She really likes the young lord. Even though the young lord has many shortcomings and faults, they are all related to coming from a barbaric land. I know that almost all your Han generals and ministers are prejudiced against the young lord, but Shamoko only
Please don't treat her badly, so that Samoko's death today will be worthwhile."
"Shamoke, what nonsense are you talking about?" Xiao Furong stepped forward with red ears and scolded her. She asked Samoke to take the throne because she just felt that Samoke was her mother-in-law and her brother and sister who could not distinguish between each other. Such a crisis
At that moment, I wanted to help my husband but couldn't come forward, so I had no choice but to let Samoke come forward. I felt very sorry for Samoke, but I didn't expect that it would lead to such words from Samoke.
Xiao Furong didn't know that no one of Liu Zhang's civil and military ministers wanted to see her, but because of her character, she was too lazy to listen to other people's thoughts. However, Shamoko said this publicly, and in front of so many important civil and military generals.
Suddenly I felt so ashamed that I wanted to go up and kick Samoko.
Liu Zhang pondered for a long time, and seeing Sun Ce's cavalry becoming more and more clear, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and spoke slowly and forcefully: "Yan Yan has been stationed in Bajun for many years. It is my fault that he can go to the battlefield with me at an old age.
Huang Zhong is a new general. In the Battle of Jingzhou, the old general is in memory of his old master. There is no reason for me to let the old general die.
Samoko comes from the barbaric wilderness. He can always follow me to fight and never leave. I am extremely grateful. It is even more impossible for you barbarians to take the rear. Then who among the ethnic minorities will dare to fight with me in the future?"
"So." Liu Zhang looked at Leng Bao and muttered: "I have decided to let Leng Bao cut off the queen. Leng Bao, have you thought about it?"
"I will not give up even if I die." After Leng Bao heard that he was told to stop, he had no other feeling. He only felt that a big stone fell to the ground in his heart. It felt very solid. He cupped his hands with force, and with a "pop" sound, he leaned down and bowed down.
"Do you have any last words?" Liu Zhang looked at Leng Bao and said calmly.
Leng Bao hesitated for a moment and said loudly: "Please, my lord, restore the title of general after the death of the general, so that the children in the general's family can know that his father is a general, not an infantryman, and Leng Bao dies without any regrets."
Liu Zhang let out a heavy breath and said slowly: "Okay, if you survive, you will be the general of Zhonglang in Zhengbei. If you die in the battle, you will enter the Hall of Meritorious Officials. If I can conquer the world in the future, I will be worshiped forever."
"Thank you, lord."
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Leng Bao and a thousand Dongzhou elite soldiers stayed on the hill, watching Liu Zhang go down the mountain, and took the long knife from the soldier's hand. Leng Bao slowly stroked the blade. This knife had been with him for several years, and he still left home.
I hired a blacksmith in the county to make it. At that time, I was full of longing for the future and all I could think about was making achievements.
But when he actually joined the army, Leng Bao discovered that there was really no chance at all in Yizhou. Let alone fighting, middle-level generals like them could hardly see Liu Zhang all year round. Slowly, Leng Bao's thoughts began to fade away.
, and became casual and lazy.
Until the Battle of Fucheng.
Fucheng was the first time Leng Bao had such close contact with the lord he had served for several years. It was also the first time he felt that his lord was not as bad as he thought. If Leng Bao still had some illusions at that time, after the Battle of Brazil
, by the time of the Battle of Hanzhong, Leng Bao was completely convinced of his idea that his lord was not a coward obsessed with sex, but a overlord with the world in mind, and a goal worthy of his life.
At that time, Leng Bao felt that his whole body had come back to life from decadence.
So at this moment, the coldness of the blade penetrated through his fingertips. Leng Bao did not hesitate in his heart. He turned around and faced the murderous Jiangdong cavalry with his sword.
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Liu Zhang led his generals down the mountain without even looking back. They kept walking with their swords in hand. The shouts of killing could be heard from afar on the hill, and they tightly clasped the hilt of the swords with their fingers.
After a long time, Liu Zhang raised his head, looked into the distant sky, gritted his teeth and said to Fa Zheng beside him: "Xiao Zhi, remember our humiliation today. One day, I will find Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Jiang Dong to avenge Leng Bao's shame.
Revenge with a thousand Dongzhou soldiers."
After Liu Zhang said these words, he seemed to have exhausted all the air in his belly and was suffocated.
Fazheng thought silently, indeed, since Liu Zhang's troops left Fucheng, they had won great victories one after another, but this time because of Wei Yan's betrayal, he was forced to go far away from Jiangdong, and had to leave behind an elite army to break up the rear.
And even so, it may not be possible to escape the fate of annihilation.
One's own life needs to be based on the sacrifice of others. This is the greatest humiliation. Fazheng and all the Sichuan army generals feel this profound shame firsthand.