The Grandmaster Strategist Chapter 30: Farewell to life and death

The Northern Han Army was trapped in the wild and fought hard for more than ten days. Any attempt to break through the encirclement was blocked by the Yong Army's deadly battle. However, the Yong Army was eagerly unable to break through the Northern Han Army.

On April 18th, the Northern Han Dynasty ran out of rations and killed horses for food. At dawn, the troops were divided to break through, and the battle was settled.

——"Zi Zhi Tong Jian Yong Ji San"

What is a heroic stranger and what is a desperate situation? Long Tingfei sighed lightly. He has never seen such a dangerous situation in many years of battle, but Long Tingfei was surprised to find that his mood has not fluctuated at all. From the moment he realized that he was besieged by the Yong army, he clearly heard the sound of the crumbling string in his heart. He is really tired. Over the years, he has almost supported the overall situation of the Northern Han Dynasty with his own power. The enemies on the opposite side are endless, and they are tenacious. They are not arrogant, and they are not discouraged. They are almost abruptly worn away. Because of his edge and fighting spirit, the confidant general who leaned on his arm died to death, and he was rebellious. Now he is alone, and he has personally pulled the lover who formed a mandarin alliance into a desperate situation. His own path is probably already gone. At the end, Long Tingfei knew in his heart that there would be no hope of escape this time.

The ambushes of the Yong army and the regrouped Qi king's iron cavalry, more than 400,000 troops trapped one hundred thousand Northern Han troops in the wilderness, there is no absolute difference in the combat power of the two sides, and it is absolutely impossible to break through without making heavy sacrifices. . The terrain of Qinzhou is narrow, and it is only possible to break through in the direction of Ji and Zezhou, but if it breaks in the direction of Zezhou, Long Tingfei and others know that they have no chance to return to the Northern Han Dynasty, the enemy Occupying a strong position, their own options are extremely limited. In this case, in the past ten days, Long Tingfei and Lin Bi personally planned several breakouts, but unfortunately because of their intentions, the whole army came out, and every time they broke out, they were taken by the Yong army. Obstructed, the space left the flesh and blood of countless soldiers, the water was sobbing, and the blood ran into a river. In the encirclement of the Yong army, even the soil was soaked with blood.

Sitting on the ground in a simple camp, the dim light of the torch was reflected on Long Tingfei’s thin and haggard face. Compared with the heroic and prosperous before, Long Tingfei’s expression is now indifferent and lonely, only those pairs The slightly blue eyes still flashed light, but the caring person could see that, unlike the arrogance of looking at the world before, the light in his eyes was full of understanding of the world and inexplicable sadness.

The sound of footsteps came from outside the tent. Long Tingfei did not raise his head. He still looked at the sketch drawn by Xiao Tong himself, which recorded the deployment plan of the Yong army that the army scout had visited. Someone walked into the camp and stood in front of him. The flames dragged the figure of the man very long, and the shadow blocked the map in front of Long Tingfei. Long Tingfei frowned slightly, raised his head, the bright and extinguished flames reflected in the depths of his eye pupils, and the human figure would also be reflected in his eyes. Dark green armor, the brocade golden phoenix's cloak, that person is Lin Bi.

Lin Bi is also haggard a lot, the once bright and beautiful face is more windy and frosty, the robes are stained with blood, the identity of the golden branches and jade leaves, but now is the blood-stained shirt, Long Tingfei's heart is sad, he said lightly: "What can I do with Princess Bi?"

Lin Bi gently shook his head, sat opposite Long Tingfei, buried the head in his hands, and said for a long time: "It was only then that Yongjun used a bow and arrow to send a letter to my camp."

Long Tingfei said lightly: "It must be persuading to surrender. I have received a lot of these letters in my camp these days. If I hadn't tried my best to boost morale, I'm afraid that our army will inevitably be in a mess."

Lin Bi’s eyes flashed a cold light, and said: “It’s not persuading to surrender, it’s telling our army that the barbarians invaded Daizhou with great momentum. My second brother Lin Cheng led the army to attack. Unfortunately, he was hit by the barbarians’ tricks. Killing the bleeding road, he died outside Yanmen Pass with more than ten arrows on his back, his father’s old illness relapsed, and there was no leader in the army."

Long Tingfei only felt that his heart was shaken. It was a vicious scheming. Regardless of whether the letter was true or false, the military will of Daizhou army would inevitably shake. He weakly said: "This may be an enemy's trick."

Lin Bi smiled faintly, but her smile was full of sorrow. She said in a cold voice: "I also hope that it is a conspiracy by the enemy, but even if it is a conspiracy, it has already succeeded. Now the sergeant in my camp is already in panic, it's me. The third brother Chengshan and the fourth brother Chengyuan also lost their fighting spirit. Moreover, this news is probably true. This letter was specially written to me by Qi Wang Li Xian. Unlike other letters, the above mentioned the Daizhou matter. Yes, Li Xian will not deceive me with falsehood." After that, Lin Bi handed a letter to Long Tingfei.

Long Tingfei took the letter and read it through ten lines at a glance. As expected, Daizhou's military situation was written very clearly and in detail. If even Lin Bi felt that there was no flaw, then it might be true. He sullenly put down the letter and said : "You have a decision. If Daizhou Army wants to surrender, I won't blame you."

Lin Bihuo started and said coldly: "The Daizhou Army has never done anything to treacherous things. This time the dispatch of troops is a matter of public consultation. How can it be changed? Since the establishment of our Daizhou Army, only the same will die. There has never been a case of bending one's knees to the enemy, and even if he returned to the Northern Han Dynasty in the past, he never said a word of surrender."

Long Tingfei's expression became awe-inspiring, and she stood up and said: "I had expected the princess to be determined, and it was just a word of temptation. I am the commander of the army. The military spirit is the most important thing. I also ask Bimei to forgive me. ."

Lin Bi's expression was a little relieved, and said: "But the matter is here, we also need to deal with it. We must make up our minds to break through without sacrificing. If it is delayed, I am afraid that I will not be able to control the military's mind."

Long Tingfei's eyes flashed Binghan's light, and said: "I also want to invite you over to discuss the breakthrough. These days, I have been fighting for many times. Bimei should know that the Yong army will never let me go. Whenever I led an army to rush into the battle, the Yong army would stop our army regardless of sacrifice. If the Daizhou army rushed into the battle alone, the Yong army would deal with it by luring the enemy into deep. The army is under siege. It can be seen that the main targets of the Yong army are Long and the main force of the Qinzhou army, but there is room for the Daizhou army. Therefore, I carefully planned a new breakout plan and need your full assistance from Bimei."

Lin Bi had no words. Long Tingfei said she couldn’t tell, but even though the Daizhou Army was brave, there were only 15,000 people. Even though the Yong Army was tolerant, he wanted to take the opportunity to break through the Yong Army’s army. It is also impossible. Slowly raising her head, her tone is calm and comprehensible, and she said: "You want me to cover the Qinzhou Army to break through."

Long Tingfei smiled faintly and said: "With the power of the Daizhou Army, it is impossible to cover the Qinzhou Army's breakthrough. The Yong Army only needs 50,000 elite troops to stop the Daizhou Army from charging. If I take the opportunity to bring the main force to break through, the Yong army will definitely encircle it with all its strength. If the strength is insufficient, even if the Daizhou army is released, the Yong army will not allow our army to break through. Bimei should understand that for the Northern Han Dynasty The loyalty of our army is far better than yours, so the Yong army will take the Qinzhou army as its main goal."

Lin Bi did not speak, she listened quietly, waiting for Long Tingfei's explanation, Long Tingfei continued: "So I decided to break out into three waves, and you led the first wave of the state army. To break through from the northeast, the Yong army will inevitably adopt the previous method, try to lure the Daizhou army into the encirclement, and separate the two armies from you and me. Then I led 20,000 fine horses and several flags to rush from the north. They must do everything they can to stop me. After that, the Lu brothers will lead the main force of our army to break through from the northwest. During this time, they will divide their troops to Qinshui, destroy the powerful crossbow catapult of the Yong army to block the river, and help the water army out of trouble."

Lin Bi felt cold and said: "You are using yourself as a bait to lure the main force of the Yong army to besiege, so that the main force of Qinzhou can break through."

Long Tingfei said solemnly: "Only in this way can the main force of the Qinzhou army be preserved. Long's ineffective fighting has affected the soldiers of the three armies. If he cherishes his life, how can he face the king? The Yong army is surrounded by all sides. The maximum strength in the north is only more than 100,000, but once our army is in a bitter battle, the other three sides will attack from behind. This prevents us from breaking through. This time I personally rushed into the battle to induce the enemy's main force to trap me with all its strength. Brothers’ bravery, the chance of breaking through is very high, and once the Yong Army mistakenly believes that the Daizhou Army is to cover my breakthrough, the siege of Bimei will inevitably weaken, and the Daizhou Army’s chances of breaking through are also great. The sacrifice of the 20,000 guards in exchange for the main force of our army to break through is worth it. But Bimei is the first to break through, and the loss will inevitably be heavy, so I have to discuss with you first."

Looking at Long Tingfei's indifferent expression when he said about his life and death, Lin Bijiao's body was shaky, and the man in front of him was his fiancé-son-in-law, but his family and country were in danger. Many, every time we meet, apart from military affairs, it is military affairs, and almost seldom talks about personal affairs, but Lin Bi has long regarded him as a lifelong partner, but now he has to be separated, how can she bear it. At this moment, she is no longer the "Princess General" admired by Daizhou's military and civilians, but a hard-failed woman who will lose her lover.

Forcibly resisting the tears in his eyes, Lin Bi whispered: "You are so generous to die, then me, you still remember the date of your wedding, it's at the end of this year."

Long Tingfei's expression changed, and a look of ecstasy appeared between his eyebrows. This time he asked Daizhou Army to send troops. Lin Yuanting made an additional request that the marriage between Long Tingfei and Lin Bi could not be delayed. The Lord set a date, and if the Yong Army retreats, the end of this year will be the wedding of the two. Long Tingfei was also secretly happy that day. If he could retreat to the Yong Army, then he would have a face to welcome him. But now it seems that the two have no part, and there is no possibility of knotting.

Long Tingfei's heart was ruthless, and said: "Bimei, it's not Tingfei's negative contract, just for the sake of her family, country and society, Tingfei dare not be greedy."

Lin Bi hid his face and staggered back, leaning on the camp wall, trembling slightly, although he did not cry, but the strong self-inhibiting whimper was even more heartbreaking. Even if Long Tingfei's heart was like a stone, he couldn't take it anymore. He strode forward and took Lin Bi into his arms. Lin Biyu buried his head in front of Long Tingfei's chest, and the sound of cries echoed in the camp, Long Tingfei He could feel the warmth on his chest shirt, he knew that Lin Bizhu's tears penetrated his clothes, and under the pain in his heart, he hugged Lin Bijiao's body tightly. At this time, the torch burned out and the tent was completely dark. In the small space, there were only the breathing of two people and the low cry of Lin Bi. In the darkness, Long Tingfei, a famous general who had always been glamorous before others, also burst into tears.

For a long time, Lin Bi gently broke free of Long Tingfei's arms, and whispered: "Since it has been decided, I will go back and make arrangements." Long Tingfei did not speak, he listened to Lin Bi opening the curtain and leaving the account. Listening to Lin Bi's departure, he clenched his fists and said coldly: "The big husband is alive, so he can't repay his father's kindness, but he can't protect his wife until his blood is stained with his shirt. Live in the world."

Suddenly, a faint singing voice came from Long Tingfei's ears. After a while, the singing became louder and louder and could be heard very clearly. Long Tingfei listened carefully, but the singing came from the Daizhou army camp. of.

"The black cloud pressed the city to destroy the city, and the light of armour opened towards the golden scales of the moon. The horns sounded in the sky and the autumn colors were filled with swallow branches and the night was purple. The half-rolled red flag was facing the water, and the frost was heavy and the drum was cold. To report to the emperor's golden platform, help the jade dragon to die for the emperor."

This battle song is the favorite song of the Daizhou Army. The Daizhou Army fought against the barbarians. Most of the time when the horses were fattened in the autumn, they would fight to protect the hometown and fight against Hu Qi according to the Yanmen. Although the singing is not in harmony with the time and place, it has rekindled the fighting spirit of the Daizhou Army.

The singing was dumb and difficult at the beginning. It must have been a **** battle of the Daizhou army for many days. It was already due to dry mouth and cleft lips, but afterwards it became louder and louder. At first, only a hundred people were singing. Later, more and more people came along. In the end, in addition to the Daizhou Army, the Qinzhou Army also began to sing along, as if thousands of rivers merged into the sea, the singing converged into a majestic torrent, and the Northern Han Army, whose morale was weakened for many days, renewed. Condensed into an invincible force.

Long Ting Fei's face swept away the sorrowful color, and slowly tied the armor around his body, his battle robe was like fire, his handsome face was like ice, walked out of the tent, the time of the decisive battle will be tomorrow, where is there Long time for children.

Out of the tent, Long Tingfei looked around. There was a bonfire under the dark sky, and the air was full of **** smells. In addition to the singing everywhere, you could also hear the sergeant moaning in pain. While carefully calculating the probability of success or failure of the breakthrough strategy, while listening to the desolate and heroic singing of the army, the chilly spring night was full of cold silence, Long Tingfei's heart was very clear, he knew that Lin Bi must have made the Daizhou army singing familiar. The military anthem to inspire morale, I feel very admired, and I hope that Lin Bi can break through tomorrow. He understands in his heart that the danger Lin Bi faces is only lower than himself. The greatest possibility is that both of them will die in the chaos army tomorrow. Among.

At this time, Xiao Tong came closer, but within a few ten days, he was already described as thin and haggard. In addition to the hard work of probing the enemy's military situation, he felt very guilty. Since the Yong army attacked this time, Since he was in the state, he has repeatedly shot down, and his secret spies have suffered countless deaths and injuries. The failure to detect the enemy's movements in this time is also one of the reasons. Xiao Tong hates his incompetence and negligence countless times, and even today’s dangerous situation, under internal and external stress, That's why Xiao Tong described the impairment as such.

He walked to Long Tingfei's side and said nervously: "General, just now his subordinates saw the princess and said that you have decided to break through."

Long Tingfei said indifferently: "Yes, you assisted the Lu brothers in the final breakout. I will explain the detailed arrangements when the military is discussed later."

Xiao Tong said: "General, you are the commander of our army. How can you do it at your own risk? Let others do the trick to lure the enemy. You might as well choose someone close to you from the army and wear your armor. Use it as a bait, and let the Daizhou Army act as the main force in the breakout. The general has a great opportunity to break through."

Long Tingfei said indifferently: "I am the head of the three armies. If I don’t take the lead, how can I motivate the soldiers to die? As for letting the Daizhou Army make sacrifices, this matter will never be mentioned again. The Daizhou Army does not need to send troops. Now that we are dead for helping our army, if we do something ungrateful, what face do we have to meet Daizhou elders."

Although his tone is indifferent, but every word is like a steel knife carved on the rock. Xiao Tong listened and knew that his heart was determined. There was no room for change. He also knew what Long Tingfei said. The sentence is true, and only he himself can induce the main force of the Yong army to dispatch, secretly sighed, and Xiao Tong bowed: "Please allow the army to let your subordinates break through with you."

Long Tingfei glanced at Xiao Tong and said: "Why is this? Although you have encountered many setbacks this time, but that is because the enemy scouts are really powerful. Take you as the best. If we change someone else, I’m afraid we would have become deaf and blind. Don’t be too guilty. This defeat is none of your business, but I never thought that the enemy would lure the enemy into fall. In this way, the temple has already lost a lot, and it has today’s defeat. Xiao Tong, this time you have to listen to my orders and follow the deer brothers to break through. Their three brothers are slightly flat. I am very worried. You have been by my side for many years. , The ears and eyes have also grown a little bit. Only with you can they ensure that they can break through smoothly."

Xiao Tong silently said for a long time: "Subordinates obey." He has already made a decision in his heart. He has committed crimes and made meritorious deeds, leaving a useful body, and helping the Lu brothers break through with all his strength. That is to thank you with death. Time.

Long Tingfei saw that he had promised to follow the main force of the Yong army to break through, and said happily: "Okay, see the sky is almost three watch, you order to go down, three watch to cook, five watch to break through, let the army masters come first See me."

Xiao Tong's heart jumped and said: "General, our army has run out of food, because the general has been thinking about military aircraft in the account, so his subordinates have not reported."

Long Tingfei smiled coldly, but he didn't report such important matters concerning military aircraft. How can there be such a reason? He is very prestigious in the army. Sergeants have long reported to him secretly, and the generals of the Qinzhou Army secretly discussed it. If it weren’t for this matter, I wouldn’t have decided to break through tomorrow morning. I originally wanted to beat Xiao Tong a few words, but seeing Xiao Tong’s anxious expression, thinking that tomorrow would be the time to die, he would not reprimand him too much. Just said indifferently: "I see, the wounded horses and extra horses are killed, let the army eat."

Under Long Tingfei’s indifferent gaze, Xiao Tong only felt a cold sweat, so he retired. After dinner, all the camps had run out of food, and the generals discussed privately. Tomorrow must break through only to sacrifice some people. After all, the relationship between Qinzhou Army and Daizhou Army is indifferent, so they both want to force Long Tingfei to agree to sacrifice Daizhou Army to ensure that the main force of Qinzhou Army can break through, but they are worried about Long Tingfei. Refusing, I wanted to take advantage of the lack of food in the army, but never thought that Long Tingfei would make up his mind and sacrifice himself to fight for the main force of the Qinzhou Army and the Daizhou Army to break through.

A wounded or intact war horse neighed long, and the big copper bell eyes revealed an expression of disbelief. The long knife slashed down the horse’s neck, and blood poured out. When the heavy body of the war horse dumped the dust, the horse was killed with a knife. The sergeant of the Northern Han Army suddenly dropped his long sword and threw himself on the horse body and wept bitterly. Several sergeants pulled him up and pulled him aside, but tears were also rolling in their eyes. For them as cavalry, war horses are their closest friends. In order to raise war horses and establish a tacit understanding with war horses, they almost eat and sleep together with war horses. It is incomprehensible to kill war horses. Generally speaking, Only when a war horse is seriously injured that it cannot be saved will it be killed, and eating horse meat is not allowed. But now they are going to kill a large number of war horses. Some of these war horses were slightly injured, and some were even intact. They just lost their owner. For the North Han army to break through, they only need to keep enough horses. Yes, the remaining horses can only be killed for food. The horse meat is cut off, and apart from allowing the army to eat and prepare to break through, all the rest is made into dry food. After all, the time for the breakout is not certain how long it will take. The entire barracks was filled with a tragic atmosphere. The stimulation of killing the beloved horse by hand made the eyes of all the North Han soldiers flushed, with flames and sorrow inside.

After eating the battle meal which is likely to be the last meal, the North Han Army began to reorganize the army, looking at the large camp that was still tidy and orderly despite the setbacks. Long Ting flew and stood in front of the camp. Behind them are the generals of the army, all of them are over, just waiting for the generals to set off. Long Tingfei's expression was quiet, as if he was not going to die, but just going to a friend's banquet. The familiar sound of horseshoes and crisp luan bells heard in the ears. Long Ting flew his sword brows and turned his head with a smile~IndoMTL.com~It was indeed Lin Bi who was riding the horse, surrounded by the guards of Daizhou Army.

Lin Bi came to Long Ting Fei Ma and wanted to say something, but found that she had nothing to say, as if all the words had been said last night, she almost stared at Long Tingfei’s thin and handsome face. , Unconsciously, a drop of tears fell. At a glance, Long Tingfei saw Lin Bi’s slightly red and swollen phoenix eyes. He wanted to reach out to comfort her, but he finally did not do so. He just saluted immediately: "This time, we need to use Bimei Wu Yong, Ting Fei. I am grateful. She Ji is in peril, and Bimei is the princess. She still needs to work hard to share worries for the king."

Lin Bi turned his face to the side, and it took a long time for a relatively calm voice to say: "The general takes care. Although it is dangerous to break through, the general is a martial artist. If we see you in the sky, or we can meet."

Long Tingfei smiled slightly and said: "It's almost dawn, Bimei is the first wave of rushing people, please prepare to go."

Lin Bi rode his horse and ran away and said loudly: "Lin Bi obeys his orders, the general cherishes it." When the war horse turned to the Daizhou army formation, Lin Bi took the opportunity to look back. Although the distance was already far away, Lin Bi did. At a glance, she saw Long Tingfei’s light blue pupils. Those deep and deep eyes contained sorrow and blessing. She had never seen so many emotions in those eyes, and at the moment when her eyes met, That kind of affection suddenly disappeared without a trace. Lin Bi's body trembled. If it weren't for the female guard next to her to help her in time, she would almost fall off the horse.

She hadn't gotten free from those pale blue eyes. She had already seen the hunting flag of the Daizhou army. Lin Bi's heart was shocked, and she immediately put away all distractions, took off her silver spear, and Lin Bi raised her arms. The long howl, as clear as the sound of a phoenix screaming for nine days, echoed in the sky. The Daizhou army and the generals were greatly excited, and accompanied by a long roar, the sound of overwhelming mountains shattered the last trace of darkness before dawn.