C41 In this battle, he would die without any regrets.
Gongsun Ztian led a group of people to drive the three thousand horses back to the edge of the sky, waiting for the enemy troops to arrive.
At the same time, Xiahou Chang and Shan Shan arrived at the edge of the sky and ordered the vanguard cavalry under his command to pass through it as quickly as possible.
"Giddy up!" The forward three riders rode in parallel, gradually increasing their speed as they passed the first tier.
However, when they were still several dozen meters away, they saw that there were more than a dozen covered war horses charging towards the advancing army. On the right side of the horses, there was even a long lance.
"Ah... Quick, retreat... " The soldiers' hearts were instantly thrown into disarray. Who knew what kind of tricks they were using? The broken bamboo from before was flying everywhere, and now the horses were running amok. Was this even worth a living man's life?
Crying was crying, cursing was cursing, what he should face was facing. There were only two paths in front of him, he could only retreat, but could he retreat past the charging horses? Otherwise, he would jump off the cliff. Even if he didn't jump now, he would be knocked down later on. Even if he was lucky enough to not crash into the cliff, did he not see the spear tied to the horse? That would stab someone to death.
Time was very short. He did not have enough time to think, nor could he come up with any results. When the horses and soldiers clashed, the only result was that the men fell, the light ones fell, and the heavy ones fell.
"Reporting... Report to General Xiahou, our troops have suffered heavy losses on the front lines. "On the other side of the line, the enemy troops used their unmanned horses to charge into the cavalry, causing many cavalrymen to fall off the cliff and suffer numerous casualties."
"Ah ?" "Yah ?" Xiahou Hua was so angry that he didn't know how to reply. He felt really aggrieved. It wasn't that he hadn't fought in the past, much less was he a rookie that had just entered the battlefield. How could he have been played so badly by these three thousand people?
"Charge! I won't listen to the process! They only have at most three thousand horses! I have a hundred thousand!" "One hundred thousand!" Xiahou Hua resolutely supported his hard-earned theorem ? 'If you have traps for me and I have people for you, then who do I have to be afraid of?'
There had been a war of life for time, but the subject had been changed from bamboo to horses. Although there were many smart people who wanted to use the shield array, even using a spear to fight a spear wouldn't help them. If they lost too much, they wouldn't be able to escape. This road was still impassable.
After more than an hour of confrontation and the repeated urging of the prince, Xiahou Hua had paid the price of thirty thousand soldiers to pass this trial.
He originally thought that he would be able to see the enemy's trail after a short period of time, but he still couldn't find any traces of them.
Xiahou Hua decided to rest here for a little while, bringing a total of one hundred thousand men. He lost more than twenty-five thousand men in the Broken Bamboo Forest, and heavily injured more than seven thousand. In this battle of annihilation, he had lost seventy thousand men without even seeing one. Who was chasing who and who was annihilated?
After a short period of rest, Xiahou Hua and the rest of the thirty thousand soldiers prepared to pass through the White Mud Beach. As long as they passed through, they would be the last Dragon Canyon.
"Command, swiftly pass the White Mud Beach."
"General, the White Mud Beach horses cannot pass, so we have to abandon the horses and use infantry to pass."
"Damn it, abandon the horse!" Xiahou Hua was no longer able to find the words to use in cursing others. He had already lost count of how many times he had been nagged at.
Everyone dismounted, and the vanguards were now all shivering. The people in front were too vicious and sinister. The tens of thousands of people who had been killed by the Yin energy were living examples. One could only say that they were either human, lunatics or demons.
Worry was reasonable, fear was wise, and bad luck could not escape. Death still had to continue. The group of vanguards that had just entered the swamp didn't walk far before they started screaming loudly in pain. However, not long after, they all became silent.
The soldier who was hit at the very end was dragged up and discovered that his face was ashen and his lips were purple. It was obvious that he had been poisoned and a long steel needle was inserted into his leg.
"Situ Qingyun, damn you, you are too cunning!" Xiahou Hua cursed once more without any regard for his image.
If Gongsun Ztian was here, he would definitely mourn for his third uncle. He was always being shot, but there was nothing he could do! All the enemies had blamed him for this, and he didn't want to either. He could take the enemy's life, but he couldn't change the enemy's mind.
"Fill it in for me, I don't believe it. I'll use someone to build a bridge." Xiahou Hui gave the order.
Xiahou Sheng had spoken of a move so casually, but it had become infinitely powerful.
There was no path in this world. The more people there were, the more path there would be. This statement was true. Xiahou Chang had used a lot of people to pave a path for himself.
"General Xiahou, our army only has twenty thousand soldiers left, and there are also those who are uninjured." Xiahou Hua's aide-camp came to remind him.
"Sigh." Xiahou Hua could only sigh. He really didn't know what to say other than sigh. Right now, in his heart, he was scolding the Duke. These hundred thousand soldiers were all the elites of his Xiahou Family, so the cost of nurturing them was even higher. Now that all of them were here, how would he explain it to the clan elders when he returned? What other bargaining chips did his family use to get benefits from the prince?
"The Dragon Canyon is in front of us, they have nowhere to run. Surround them."
At this moment, Gongsun Ze Tian had already brought his troops in front of the Dragon Canyon. Looking at the beautiful scenery at the bottom of the cliff, for a moment, he was extremely heroic.
"Brothers, although we heavily injured the enemy, I am afraid that the Great General Situ will not be able to save us in time. Are we afraid of dying here?"
"No!" "If he can fight against the enemy together with the young general, he might die a glorious death."
"Old, I have implicated you!"
"What bullsh * t are you talking about? Leave a few more brats for me later." If there was an afterlife ? If there is a next life, I, Cheng Qinglong, will continue to be your deputy general and fight in the battlefield for you. "
"If there is a next life, we are willing to follow the general and fight for him!" The three hundred soldiers kneeled down as they spoke in unison.
"Haha, if there is a next life, I will bring you all to stand at the peak of the world!" Gongsun Ze Tian's spirit did not decrease.
"Old, if you don't mind, I won't say much. It's just death. Prepare to meet the enemy! " Gongsun Ztian loudly shouted while he himself stood at the very front of the group.
Very quickly, in the time it takes to make a cup of tea, Xiahou Hua and the prince, who were hiding in the army, arrived in front of Dragon Canyon with twenty thousand soldiers and surrounded Gongsun Zeli and company.
"Haha, I've finally caught you two!" Xiahou Hua laughed heartily.
"What about the rest of you? Where's Situ Qingyun? " The prince was calm when he arrived and immediately realized that the number of people was not right.
"His IQ is so low that it's scary. You're asking my Third Uncle Situ Qingyun, right? He should be on his way to the camp right now!" Gongsun Zaitian replied.
"How is that possible? With just the three hundred of you, how could I possibly lose eighty thousand elite soldiers?" Xiahou Hui asked in confusion.
"Such magnanimity!" Although our losses are great, we still have twenty thousand people, so what about you? Three hundred people? Haha, this king is dead out of laughter. Do you think you can defeat us with just these few people? "
"We can't win against you, but do you have the ability to leave the Dragon Canyon? I don't think so! " At this moment, Gongsun Ztian spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"You are called Situ Wuchi right? If you hand over the thing that you got from your family, I can consider leaving an intact corpse for you! " The Prince used an old-fashioned political method to trick her.
"Your information is quite good, but for such an important thing to be exchanged for an intact corpse, isn't that not worth it?" Gongsun Ze Tian haggled.
"Hmph, since you don't want it, then I will destroy you first before taking the things." I forgot to tell you one more thing, I have hired three big assassin's guilds, the Situ Family who specially took care of you! "Haha." The prince was very proud as he laughed wildly. But in his heart, he was determined to end this quickly, because he was worried that Situ Qingyun would come back at any moment and block his path of retreat. However, although he did not kill Situ Qingyun this time, being able to obtain the thing that he dreamed of was not a wasted trip.
"Kill!" Xiahou Hui gave the order.
"Old, I have an item in this Dragon Canyon that allows us to perish together, but in order to be safe, I need to lure all of them into a trap, especially that prince. So, I have to conserve my strength as much as possible and lure their main force, especially that prince, into the trap." Gongsun Ztian turned his head and whispered.
"Roger that!" Old's eyes reddened, feeling a little excited.
"Soldiers, it's time to show our courage. Are you afraid?"
"No!"
"What if the enemy wants us dead?"
"Kill!"
The three hundred men under Gongsun Ze Tian's command instantly became filled with fighting spirit, rushing towards the incoming enemy.
Blood splattered everywhere as the swords and sabers were wielded in the air. The close-combat battles in the era of cold weapons were brutal, but at the same time, they were also filled with sorrow.
He wielded a steel saber in one hand, and a Divine Dragon Thrust materialized in the other, attacking left and right while slashing at the enemy. His body was covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell if he was the enemy or his, only a wave of killing intent was supporting him as he constantly reaped the enemy's heads.
A dozen more people came up and surrounded Gongsun Ze Tian. Sabers and spears were pointed at him. He turned around and swung his long saber horizontally, slicing a few of his enemies' throats. The moment he fell, the Divine Dragon stabbed into the heart of one of his enemies. Then, Gongsun Ztian took the opportunity to roll on the ground, avoiding the incoming spear. He rolled back to suppress the spear, and with another sweeping blade, a few more enemies fell. However, just as Gongsun Ze Tian was about to get up, an enemy's sneak attack was successful. Gongsun Ze Tian cut his sword in a slanted fashion and stopped his charge. He ignored the blood that was flowing out from his back, turned around, and slashed downwards from top to bottom.
The three hundred scouts had no time to turn around in time and were pierced through by the spear behind them. However, they were not willing to die just like that, so they turned around and used the last of their strength to slash at the enemy behind them. However, the enemy who had launched the sneak attack had stabbed the blade into the soldier's body, and he still fell down, but his eyes were wide open as he stared at the enemy.
Some of the soldiers had already rolled up their blades, threw them away, and continued to fight while snatching the enemy's weapons. Some of them had even cut down one enemy, and used their mouths to bite the throat of the other enemy, refusing to let it go no matter how many times the enemy chopped down on him, and just died together with the two enemies.
"Young General, think of a way to leave!" These were the last words a scout soldier shouted before his death.
However, he could not help it. The person who had shouted was called Wang Kui, and he was the captain of the squadron. He had said that Wang Kui was very submissive and did not look like a man, but now, Gongsun Ze Tian felt that he was very manly. Also, there were those soldiers who had fallen and were still fighting but had yet to fall. A few days ago, he was still chatting and laughing with those warriors, and he still remembered that they always talked about his family by his side, and he also promised that after the war was over, he would go to their house and take a look at their beautiful wives, their naughty children, the two Elders of the High School and the High School.
Gongsun Ze knew that among this group of warriors, some of them had abandoned their newly-married wives and rushed to the battlefield. Some of them didn't have enough time to hug their newly-wedded children, but they still planned to return to hug him; some of them had even angered their mothers before they ran out, so they could be considered as returning home to apologize to their mothers.
But now it was impossible. This was their last wish that they could not fulfill.
It wasn't that they shouldn't die, but that they shouldn't die in the hands of their own Empire. They should have died fighting to protect their country, not because of that damned politics.
Death continued. When the 3,000 enemies had all died, Gongsun Zaitian only had a little more than 100 men left. Some of them even had broken arms or legs, but they were still standing straight.
"Continue to charge! Kill them all! All of you, charge!" The prince was infuriated. Was this what that good-for-nothing Xiahou Yuan called an elite? Three thousand people can't even kill three hundred?
The second wave of enemies rushed over, this time it was the entire army, the battle happened extremely quickly, and because of the various injuries, the enemies were pressured again. In less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Cheng Qinglong and Gongsun Ze Tian were the only ones left on the battlefield.
Old was heavily injured and powerless. Gongsun Zaitian supported him with his life on the line, while his other hand held onto the ground with a long blade, surrounding his body.
"Old, how many did you kill?"
"Too many, I'm too lazy to count!" "But not less than you!"
"He's about to die, but he's still so strong!"
"I learned it from you!"
"I'm not as injured as you!"
"Then the tens of wounds on your body are just for show!"
"That's still better than you, but it looks like Old and I are going to die together today."
"Just dead!" Old said weakly.
"With so many brothers accompanying me on my journey, I will die with no regrets!" Gongsun Ze Tian suddenly felt proud!
"Hey, that prince, didn't you want the things on me?" Gongsun Zaitian no longer bothered with the Old, ignoring the surrounding enemies, he spoke to the Prince.
"You're willing to give it to me?"
"Come here, I'll tell you how to use this thing!"
"This ?" At this moment, the prince's heart was greatly moved, but he was worried that there might be an accident.
"You are a dignified prince, could it be that you are afraid of me, a heavily injured person? If you don't worry about all these people knowing, then I can say so in front of everyone. " Gongsun Ztian said.
"Wait, I'll go over. Don't play any tricks on me." In the end, the prince still couldn't resist the temptation and walked over.
"I'll tell you ?" Gongsun Zaitian gestured for the prince to listen.
"I finally can't die with grievance anymore. This death can be considered a tragic one!" I say, Your Highness, you will die with me! " Gongsun Ztian happily whispered into his ear. After he finished speaking, he lit the fuse behind him and gave Old a slap on the butt.
"What did you say?" However, when he saw the burning fuse behind Gongsun Zaitian, his expression turned into one of extreme horror. Looking at the ignited fuse, he did not know what it was and only knew that it might be another trap. He wanted to run back immediately, but before he could even run a few steps, he heard an explosion not too far away.
"Boom ?"
A loud explosion rang out, and a huge wave of Qi rolled over, pushing Gongsun Ze Tian backwards. Just as he was about to stand up, another explosion sounded out, and the wave of Qi blew again. Gongsun Ze was pushed back by the force of the Qi, but he felt as if he stepped on a round stone, and his entire body flew backwards, but he didn't feel like he landed on the ground.
Looking at the top of the cliff above him, Gongsun Ze Tian couldn't help but curse loudly, "Damn it, can't I just die in such a miserable manner? You can't even die a valiant death once? "
A seven-colored vortex appeared under Gongsun Ze's falling body. After wrapping around Gongsun Ze Tian, it instantly disappeared without a trace.