Chapter 337

People's life is always faced with choices. Many choices constitute the map of life. Each choice will affect their future destiny.

Yao Yizhong is now facing what may be the most difficult choice in his life, but his decision will not only affect himself and a single family, but also determine hundreds of thousands of people and even the future of a country.

"The elite of the Han Army has not been reduced..." Yao Yizhong really found something wrong. He said: "the whole battle seems that the Han Army has been losing, but... Why can't their elite die?"

It can be called elite if it can be disciplined and brave and not afraid of death. In a general sense, a team can fight to the last person is more than elite. It should be called a dead soldier.

There are so many Han soldiers similar to the dead. More than one Han Army did not retreat until the last person. If it had not been seen with his own eyes, no one would believe that there was a similar army. It is no longer so simple as fearing death, but a manifestation of will.

Yao Yizhong felt that this was the wrong thing. The Han Army had so many excellent soldiers, which must be the reason why it had noble ideals or could die for them. He could understand that only with such a Han army could the Han ministry expand to its current scale within five years. Don't try to fight such an army easily, but Liu Yan's behavior was strange from the beginning.

"Liu Yan is using himself as bait to lure us to attack." Yao Yizhong seemed to catch something. With a flash of inspiration, he whispered: "the Han Army fleet appearing on the river is to cut off our way back. Liu Yan wants to attract us here..."

Two words appeared in Yao Yizhong's mind, that is "total annihilation". He ordered people to lay out a map of mountains and rivers. The drawing of the map was very simple, but he still drew the terrain generally.

"Along the river, battlefield terrain..." Yao Yizhong's finger crossed the Yellow River and pointed to Jishui: "this is a long and narrow terrain sandwiched between two water systems!"

Yao Yizhong, who found something, began to sweat cold on his forehead. His eyes stared at the mountain map. The expression on his face was both iron and tangled. He has found the answer and is quite sure that Liu Yan wants to use himself as bait, but that is both a trap and an opportunity.

Finally, Yao Yizhong said nothing. He went out of the camp and rode to the front in person.

Throughout the battlefield, on both sides of the attack and defense, soldiers fell to the ground and became corpses in the bloody battle. The bodies of the war dead and the wounded who fell to the ground are so many that the soldiers on both sides are stepping on the human body.

Yao Yizhong didn't care whether the war was fierce or not. He risked his life to get close enough and stared at the Han soldiers.

"Still fierce and not afraid of death!" Yao Yizhong clenched his teeth and shouted, "their king is running back. What's the reason for the Han Army to maintain this strong morale?"

Where Yao Yizhong could not see, the soldiers in the camp could not see any exuberant morale. They were soldiers transferred down, and everyone had a daze and hesitation on on their faces.

"What are we doing?" Cheng Shuo had enough confusion: "the non forbidden guards were transferred from the battlefield. The forbidden guards fought hard on the front line. Is it because the king doesn't trust us?"

[...] Wang Yong glanced around the paoze with strange eyes and thought: [shouldn't these guys worry about the war situation? They're tangled with this.]

Wang Yong was a member of the Han army who changed jobs from the state of Zhao in Shijie during the battle of Xuzhou. He was a member of Wang Ji's family. It can be said that the Wang family of the three Shijie families threw stones at Liu Yan.

Liu Yanxian brought 30000 troops. The number of non forbidden guards is close to 20000. After half a month of operation, there should be 14000 people left with combat effectiveness.

Today, all 14000 people, except some strong crossbow soldiers and archers, stay in the non war zone. It is absolutely impossible to say that they are not confused. There may be an idea in a person's head. The most common thing is why they are transferred from the war.

The northern battlefield has been attacked to the last line of defense. Isn't it so tense that any useful person should fight with blood? Those who were transferred to the war were all the guards, so others would really doubt that they were not trusted.

"Your Majesty, this is for us to conserve our energy!" Dou ah said dully, "don't think too much."

The tents are full of officers and people with status and titles. How can they be regarded as the first batch of vested interests in the Han Dynasty. To say that soldiers will run away against the adverse situation of the war, what they want is how to contribute to the war.

Listening to the roar of killing outside, the tent was quiet for a while.

On the front, no matter how many companions fell, the Qiang offensive troops are still one after another. They had to do so. When a supervisor team cut down the collapsed escapees in the rear, they could only rush forward numbly. There should be no hope to live. They were hesitant about whether they could kill a Han Sergeant before they died, but their families would not be used as slaves because they were deserters, or even as the first people to withdraw to the North Bank of the Yellow River.

Yes, Yao Yizhong is already evacuating the old and weak women and children. That is a comfort strategy for his soldiers, making them willing to rush and kill.

Yao Yizhong Yanqin looked at the soldiers who were willing to charge and fight for the safety of their families. They either fell in close combat with the Han Army or were turned over by arrows.

"The elite of the Han Army has not been reduced!" Yao Yizhong repeated this sentence several times. He turned to his generals and said, "how long is it expected to break through this damn defense line?"

The generals were silent. They thought they could break through more than once, but they were blocked again and again. Nearly 10000 people had been thrown in to break through the seemingly fragile line of defense.

"Does anyone know water warfare?" Yao Yizhong saw everyone shaking his head and said in a low voice, "then I tell you, the ships of the Han army can easily destroy the floating bridge we have built, leaving us not much time."

After listening to that sentence, the generals completely froze on their faces.

The Qiang army crossed the river by floating bridges, which could be burned as long as they were poured with fire oil. If the Han army was willing to lose ships, it could even be destroyed by collision.

"Think about the situation we will face if we lose the floating bridge." Yao Yizhong had to exert psychological pressure on his generals: "there are Han troops on the periphery. This is a trap and an opportunity. It depends on whether we can break through the damn defense line, break into the prisoners or kill Liu Yan!"

A group of generals looked at each other, and the next moment they left one by one with ferocious faces.

Bursts of roaring began to appear everywhere. It was the generals yelling at their subordinates, asking the people under their hands to work hard and die on the road of attack.

So far, it's time for the generals and schools of Qiang nationality to find out the crisis. They not only have to fight with the Han Army, but also catch up with the time.

Yao Yizhong's meaning is very obvious. There is not much time left for them. The floating bridge over the Yellow River may be damaged at any time. What will happen if the back road is broken? As long as you have a brain, you can think of it. They either caught or killed Liu Yan before the floating bridge was broken, or they left all the things or people they could lose and retreated sadly with people with horses. They may not be able to withdraw.

The generals who find the crisis are crazy, and the soldiers under them will be driven away by high pressure, and the battle will become more cruel and bloody than before!

The flag moved back, but Liu Yan's people stayed. It was impossible for him to say that he had no feelings about the tragedy of the battlefield, or he would not let the non system forces retreat.

In five years, Liu Yan sowed the seeds of courage and created 50000 or 60000 soldiers in the Han army. This group of soldiers have been tested by iron and blood more than once. It is not easy to have the will to fight and die, and the loyalty to this collective. They may shed blood on the battlefield one day, but not today.

"Jun Shang?" Ji Chang came with full steps. He held a roll of paper in his hand, handed it out and said, "our fleet has appeared in the reach of the war zone. They have been temporarily blocked by the Shijie Navy."

Liu Yan received the information and saw that the Shijie navy was on a large scale, and the number of boats was no less than 700, which dutifully prevented the Han fleet from going further.

There is not much information about the water war. In general, the Han fleet has the advantage. The report is that it is confident to destroy the enemy's water army, but it is not guaranteed when.

"Did you order the fleet to be divided?" Ji Chang did not understand water warfare, but he knew what was the most important at present and said, "we should destroy the channel connecting the two sides of the Strait as soon as possible!"

Liu Yan always accepts correct suggestions with an open mind. He thought for a moment and said, "go to the carrier pigeon and let the reinforcements outside launch a general attack."

"Ah?" Ji Chang looked quite surprised: "is the fire coming?"

Liu Yanxi first said, "the enemy's attack is more crazy. Yao Yizhong must have learned that our fleet appears. He is a man with rich war experience and the leader of a large tribe. Such a man will not hesitate in the face of choice and will not leave us too much time."

Ji Chang subconsciously looked at the battlefield, and the enemy troops on the north side charged one after another. Looking at it, he ignored the reserved space on the battlefield and the huge casualties brought by the arrow array of the Han army. Although the enemy troops in the other three directions are far away, he can still judge from the movement and the attack of those enemy troops is also crazy.

"They are far more desperate than before." Liu Yan had already ordered people to prepare armour and weapons, and said, "the final madness comes and goes quickly. I expect Yao Yizhong won't hesitate too long. Once he can't break our defense..."

Jichang immediately said, "will you resolutely withdraw?"

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