General Qin

"I am dead?"

In a forest near Liuyi, Zhaoping muttered to himself.

In his ears, the voices of "Zhaoping is dead, the Chu army has been defeated" echoed from the side of Surabaya.

In front of his eyes, he seemed to still be able to see the appearance of General Qin riding ahead and rushing to capture the flag.

And, countless Chu soldiers saw the scene where the flag fell and fled in all directions.

Ten thousand to five thousand!

He Zhaoping actually lost, and with such a superior force, he actually fought a big defeat, and even his own general flag was captured by the Qin army.

If it weren't for the clever short soldier Ge Ying he recruited who protected him from the rebellious army, Zhaoping might be in danger of becoming a prisoner of the Qin people.

But, what's the point of living like this?

He might as well be killed by that Qin general on the chariot, at least he doesn't have to endure such humiliation.

In the battle between Qin and Chu, Shangzhu defeated Li Xin to the north of Xiacai, and defeated the Mengwu army in the battle of Huaiyang.

What a glorious record this is, what an honor it is, enough to make all the people of Chu hold their heads high, and no longer be afraid of Qin, the tiger and wolf in the West.

It is enough to spread the prestige of Chu State among the people of the six countries in the world, and let everyone in the world know that the princes of the past are long, and the southern hegemony is still strong and brave enough to rival Qin State.

This is an incomparable honor for Chu State.

But now, Zhaoping has become a stain on this glorious record.

Five thousand Qin troops stood on the banks of Surabaya, backed by the water, and attacked with surprise soldiers, smashing the 10,000 Chu troops led by Zuo Sima of Chu State.

The less wins the more, the weak wins the strong.

This battle is rare in the world, enough to make the Qin general Zhao Tuo's reputation spread all over the world.

And he, Zhaoping, is just that loser who makes people laugh.

In the future, as long as someone mentions Zhao Tuo, he will definitely mention Zhaoping's incompetence.

A name full of shame.

Zhaoping drew his sword.

He looked at the dozen or so personal guards standing in the forest, it was these people who rescued him from the chaos and escorted him all the way here.

"Second and third sons, I lead a large army to pursue. I had the strength to win, but because of anger, I fell into the trap and was defeated by the Qin people."

"Being humiliated before the battle and overthrowing the army after the battle, I, Zhaoping, feel deeply ashamed. I am ashamed of the ancestors of the Zhao clan, and I have no face to return to Ying to meet the king. There is no need for the king to punish me for this battle. I will die as an apology."

"It's just that the second and third sons were humiliated together with me. Zhaoping felt ashamed. He hoped that the second and third sons would protect my body and return to the Zhao family's hometown after my death, and there was no need for my soul to stay in a foreign land."

Zhaoping's words were flat, as if everything was natural.

All the short soldiers hurriedly shouted: "Zuo Sima, don't do it."

Ge Ying even shouted: "Zuo Sima, although our army is defeated, it is not annihilated. As long as we gather the disabled soldiers, we can still win thousands of people. It may not be impossible for us to fight fiercely with the Qin people. In this battle, the Qin army It was a sneak attack by means of surprise soldiers, not Zuo Sima's mistake."

"Is it my fault?"

Zhaoping murmured, "It's my fault if I lose."

He raised his head and looked back at the hometown of the Zhao family in the south, and the teachings from his fathers sounded in his ears.

"A general of Jingchu, on the day of his departure, he will have the honor of dying, but not the humiliation of living."

Since ancient times, Chu State has had the tradition of overthrowing troops and killing generals.

In the old Jin-Chu battle of Pu, Yin Ziyu was defeated by the Jin army. He was so ashamed that he had no face to return to the capital, and committed suicide in Liangu.

Sixty years later, Zifan, the uncle of the Communist King of Chu, fought against the Jin people in Yanling, and was defeated by the Jin army because of his greed for alcohol. Still stubbornly committed suicide.

During the battle between Wu and Chu, Zuo Sima Shen Yinshu and Ling Yin Nangwa led an army to meet the Wu division. Nangwa refused to listen to Shen Yinshu's advice and changed the battle plan without authorization, and was defeated by Wu general Sun Wu. Shen Yinshu led his troops to rescue, but was surrounded by Sun Wu's army. When unable to break through, Shen Yinshu was ashamed of being captured, and asked his subordinates to cut off his head to return to the King of Chu.

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For hundreds of years, on the battlefield, countless Chu generals were defeated and killed themselves, and there were very few people who stole their lives.

Because they are the real Jingchu nobles, with the blood of Zhu Rong flowing like a raging fire in their bodies, they are the descendants of the noble Emperor Gaoyang.

Overthrow the army and kill the general, and the defeat means death.

This is the way of their Jingchu nobles, and their dignity.

Just like twenty years later, the overlord of Western Chu who committed suicide by the bank of Wujiang River and refused to cross the river to steal his life.

That was also his last dignity.

"My surname is Zhao, and I am a Miao descendant of Emperor Gaoyang. I am of Zhu Rong's bloodline. Today, the army is destroyed and the division is overthrown. How can An Neng survive?"

Saying that, Zhaoping took out the silk cloth from his bosom, wiped the long sword lightly to make it spotless, then stood up straight, looked towards the direction of Surabaya, raised his hands, and put the sword across his neck.

Suddenly, Zhaoping thought of the enemy who defeated him.

"Back against the water to fight against the strong."

"This Zhao Tuo is really very human."

Zhaoping sighed softly, until his death, he never saw the Qin general who defeated him.

I don't know what this person looks like.

With this faint regret, Zhaoping cut himself with a horizontal sword, and blood spattered in the forest.

Only a dozen short soldiers were left kneeling around, with tears in their eyes, kowtowed and shouted: "Respectfully send off the lord, we will definitely send the lord back to his hometown."

Half an hour later, Jing Tong gathered hundreds of remnants and followed the trail to come here, but what he saw was Zuo Sima Zhaoping's body.

His face was full of bitterness.

"Zuo Sima's death, I am miserable."

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On the bank of Surabaya, the Qin people who chased and killed the defeated Chu army all returned.

Most of these Qin soldiers were sitting slumped on the bloody ground, gasping for breath. They didn't feel it when they were excited to chase and kill, but now when they stopped, they found that their hands and feet were trembling, and they could no longer stand on the ground. Woke up.

But all of them had smiles on their faces.

Not only because the Qin army has killed a lot of enemies this time, everyone can make meritorious service and be promoted.

It's because they can finally go home!

"The Chu army has been defeated, and no one will stop us from going home!"

"I can finally go back to my hometown and meet my parents and relatives."

"I want to go back."

Zhao Tuo heard everyone's voices, and he also had a smile on his face, but there was a hint of sadness in his smile.

Won.

Standing in front of the water, surrounded by strange soldiers, five thousand Qin troops defeated ten thousand Chu people, which is enough to amaze the world, and enough to restore a little dignity for Qin's defeat of Chu.

But the price was the lives of more than 600 Qin people.

Zhao Tuo knew all these people, and could even call most of them by their names.

Most of them were soldiers brought out by Zhao Tuo himself from Wei, traveling thousands of miles with him, swearing to die, without complaint.

Although they are subordinates, they are like brothers and sisters.

From Daliang to Sui County, then to Shanfu and Changyi. Then they went south to Chudi, Huaiyang, Pingyu, Xincai... all the way to the bank of Surabaya, and there was only the last section of the way home, but they fell here forever.

"There will always be deaths on the battlefield. When I first went to the battlefield, I saw corpses all over the ground, and saw the corpses of my soldiers on the battlefield. I also sighed and mourned like you."

Xin Wu walked over and said with emotion beside Zhao Tuo: "But after a lot of experience, I get used to it. This is war."

Zhao Tuo nodded silently.

Xin Wu reached out and patted Zhao Tuo's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Okay, don't be sad after the victory, it will make the soldiers depressed. This victory should be used to boost morale, so that they can walk back to Qin with a smile. And after this battle, your name, Zhao Tuo, will surely spread throughout Qin..."

Speaking of this, Xin Wu looked at the young military officer in front of him, his eyes became a little dazed.

Standing on the back of the water as an array, put them to death and then survive, arousing the soldiers' desperate heart, and then rushing around to capture the flag with strange soldiers, and finally five thousand broke ten thousand.

Such a record coincided with Li Xin's tragic defeat.

Your Majesty, how will you reward him?

Zhao Tuo quickly adjusted his state, no longer being influenced by negative emotions, and began to deploy the next action.

He let the wounded and exhausted soldiers sit in place to rest and recover, while the still strong Qin soldiers followed the military judge to count the gains.

First of all, four thousand Qin troops used horse-drawn carriages as barriers to massacre the attacking Chu troops. It is roughly estimated that nearly two thousand Chu people were killed, which is equivalent to three times the number of Qin soldiers killed in battle.

Such a ratio was possible because of the cover of the car fortress, and the fact that the Qin army was fighting with its back, and with the intention to return home, its morale was high, and it would not retreat to the death, so it caused a lot of damage to the Chu army.

Zhao Tuo estimated that when the Chu army attacked in the first round, they killed more than a thousand people, and the remaining nearly four thousand Chu soldiers were already on the verge of collapse.

If it wasn't for Zhaoping's prompt call for a replacement, the four thousand people would have been defeated by them. It can be seen that Zhaoping is indeed very capable. He can pay attention to the state of the Chu army even when he is angry, and can change people in time.

Excluding the corpses outside the chariot base, Shejian led a surprise attack, and after the collapse of the Chu army, the Qin army chased northward, killing about 300 people scattered and scattered.

After all, the Qin army didn't need prisoners. Once they caught up, it would be a killing.

In this way, the total number of their kills was 2,300, which was enough to call it a big victory. In terms of the entire army, those below the rank of five doctors could all rise to one rank of rank.

Of course, compared to the more than 2,000 heads of the Chu people, the real heavyweight trophy was the Zuo Sima flag that was captured by She Jian.

Sima is the highest military officer of the Chu State, equal to the Shangzhu State.

The left and right Sima are Sima's deputy, they are senior generals of the Chu army, and their status is very prominent.

The capture of such a flag is equivalent to the capture of Mengwu's flag by the Chu army in the first battle of Huaiyang, and the credit is very great.

"It's a pity that Zuo Sima ran too fast, and disappeared after I snatched the flag. If I can capture him, I will definitely be able to make a great contribution to the army."

Shejian said with some regret.

Zhao Tuo said with a smile: "Okay, if you can rush to capture the flag, it is a great achievement. If you run away, just run away. You did the right thing at the time. In the melee, compared with Zhaoping's head, the flag's It is more effective, it is too conspicuous, if we keep capturing the flag, how can the Chu people be defeated?"

"Moreover, this flag is more useful than you can imagine. On the battlefield, it can defeat the hearts of the Chu people. When we return home after victory, it can also demonstrate the achievements of our Qin army."

"Your Majesty, you must be very happy to see the flag of Zuo Sima of Chu State."

Zhao Tuo had a faint smile on his face, but his eyes were full of frost.

Zuo Sima Zhaoping chased him for nearly a thousand li, and killed hundreds of him by the Surabaya River, this kind of hatred can't stop.

"Just wait, when Wang Jian conquers Chu, I will definitely use your Zhaoping blood to pay homage to Paoze who died in battle here."

"Blood debts should be paid with blood."

The sky is slanting to the west, and the winter wind is howling. It is even more icy on the banks of Surabaya.

After counting the number of gains and burying Paoze's body, the Qin army began to march home on the way home.

They still have 4,000 soldiers and about 1,000 wounded.

Ahead, there is only one Peiyi left on their way back to Qin.

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