Chapter 548: He will spend his whole life to repay this great imperial grace!
"kill!"
Li Xin's eyes turned red. He issued an order to attack with all-out force regardless of casualties. He took his weapon and went to the front line, leading the way.
The thousand Qi soldiers who disappeared did not swim across the Deshui River, but went around to the back of the Qin army without knowing when! Taking advantage of the Qin army's full force pressing on the back to attack, now it is the Qin army that is surrounded and attacked from the front and back!
The only way to survive now is to break through the formation behind the water, kill all the remaining 1,500 or 1,600 Qi soldiers, and drive them to Deshui to drown. Only then can the situation of this battle be reversed and returned to Qin.
Li Xin, who had been overlooking the battlefield from the rear, led his personal guards into the battle and charged fiercely.
With the general's participation in the battle, the morale of the Qin army was greatly boosted again. In an instant, the fighting power suddenly surged, and they advanced three steps!
[The outcome has been decided! This victory is certain!]
Facing the explosive Qin army, Han Xin was not worried but happy. His vision was full of the Qin army and he could not see the sky blue "Qi" flag behind the Qin army, but he could judge the situation through the crazy performance of the Qin army.
He was covered in blood. He looked at Zhang Liang, a more handsome woman beside him who was also covered in blood, and laughed.
The sharp weapon in his hand pierced the throat of a Qin soldier. When he put away the gun, a pool of blood came out, and some of it splashed into Han Xin's mouth.
The young general, who considered Li Xin a stepping stone and too low a standard, was furious, swallowed the enemy's blood, and his voice shook the battlefield!
"Our Great Qi reinforcements have arrived! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The noisy battlefield seemed to have stopped at this moment, the flying dust floated in the air, the splattered blood condensed and did not fall, the movements and expressions of the Qin and Qi armies seemed to have stopped.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The Qi soldiers numbering 1,500 or 1,000 shouted out with the momentum of 15,000 or 16,000 soldiers!
The heels of the Qi soldiers standing in the last row of the back-to-the-water formation were soaked. After holding out for so long, they finally got reinforcements! They finally got the turning point the general had mentioned!
A decisive battle!
If you don’t advance, you will die!
They roared, bursting out with energy that made the world lose its color, regardless of life or death, and lined up to counterattack! Pushing the Qin army back seven steps!
Qin's warriors were not as good as Qi's in fighting, so they won the battle!
Han Xin felt extremely refreshed. The heavy spear became much lighter and he became more and more adept at using it.
[Who else but Han Xin can defeat ten thousand Qin soldiers with only three thousand Qi soldiers?]
He led three thousand elite cavalrymen of Qi to escape to the place where the Yellow River changed its course. Taking advantage of the distance created in the woods, he immediately dispersed a thousand elite cavalrymen and ambushed outside.
Who could have imagined that he would dare to divide the Qi army, which only had 3,000 men in total? Moreover, the Qin army had nearly 10,000 men, so what good would it do to divide more than 1,000 Qi men?
This is neither logical nor in line with military ethics. It's like two people facing each other with guns and one of them suddenly removes the magazine and throws it away. This is a stupid act that leads to self-destruction.
A thousand Qi soldiers, including their horses, successfully hid at the location designated by Han Xin before the Qin army arrived, less than 500 steps away from the pass where the Yellow River was diverted.
If no one can think of it, no one will conduct a detailed investigation.
As long as these thousand men don't flee on horseback, causing the sound of their hooves to shake the earth, they won't be exposed.
In order to prevent Li Xin from noticing the shortage of men, Han Xin arranged the remaining 2,000 war horses in the front. Even if the weather was not good and night had not fallen, it would be difficult to tell that one third of the 3,000 men were missing.
Li Xin has been attacking like crazy since he got to the front line, and there is very little time left for him.
If there were 1,000 Qi infantrymen behind them, it would be a joke to attack the Qin army from both sides. The Qin army's hard power is here, and its overall strength is above that of the Qi army. Why would they attack 10,000 from both sides in a frontal battle?
However, the thousand behind were cavalry. For the Qin army with the Qi army blocking their way in front, these thousand elite cavalry from Qi were like a sharp blade!
If that were all, the battle might not be without a chance of winning, but don't forget that Qin's 10,000 war horses also remained where they were.
Li Xin, who had experienced the charge of two thousand fire horses, had no doubt that the Qi cavalry behind him , who did not care about the casualties of war horses, would do it again!
In this notch, facing the galloping horses with their backs when fighting with the Qi soldiers, they will surely die! The Qin army must clear out these Qi soldiers blocking the Deshui River, and only then will they have a chance of survival!
The morale of the Qi soldiers suddenly increased a hundredfold, and the shouting of "reinforcements are arriving, surrender and no one will be killed" did not lower the morale of the Qin army. They launched a frantic attack under the leadership of Li Xin.
But human power is limited.
They were fighting against the Qi soldiers who were equally fearless and skilled in fighting, and it was extremely difficult for them to advance even a step. The horses behind them were just galloping wildly, and a hundred steps were covered in the blink of an eye.
When the sudden sound of horse hooves like heavy rain rang out, Li Xin, who was at the front line, was in a trance. In a moment of frustration, a bronze spear stabbed in.
"General!"
The personal guard beside him roared, pulled out the secondary weapon Qin Jian from his waist with one hand and blocked it with clever strength. The long spear brushed against Li Xin's armor, creating a string of sparks, and pierced into the gap.
At this moment, the body's instinctive reaction outweighs the nerves.
Li Xin stretched out his right arm, holding the spear under his armpit to control the attacking Qi soldier, while his personal guards slashed his sword in the chest and kicked him hard to push him away.
Li Xin was completely unaware of all this. He seemed to have returned to several years ago when he was chasing Xiang Yan with high spirits, and suddenly Changping Jun, holding a fiery red flag with the word "Chu" on it, jumped out from behind him.
That was the worst defeat the Qin State had suffered in fifty years.
He was defeated again by advancing too recklessly and being attacked from both sides.
The last time, his personal guards risked their lives to escort him back to Qin.
This time he was still surrounded by fearless guards, but he didn't want to survive.
He knew that the Qi army had only 3,000 men, and it was no problem for his personal guards to escort him to escape. But he commanded 10,000 Qin soldiers and lost to 3,000 Qi soldiers, so what was the point of him surviving?
"kill!"
He roared, defending without attacking, like a trapped beast surrounded by enemies with no chance of escape.
Even if I have to die, I will die on the way to charge and earn a few more soldiers!
"Your Majesty has given an order! All troops, form a battle array! Retreat!"
"Your Majesty has given an order! All troops, form a battle array! Retreat!"
"Your Majesty has given an order! All troops, form a battle array! Retreat!"
One sound is louder than the last, and one sound is closer than the last.
The order that started from behind the Qin army quickly spread to all 10,000 people. The Qin army, who obeyed the order, had red eyes, lined up neatly to resist the enemy, and retreated.
The crazy Li Xin was dragged back to the Qin formation by his personal guards.
Covered in blood, he looked back at both his enemies and himself, his face covered in blood, full of disbelief.
He saw that sitting on the war horses were not the blue-armored Qi soldiers, but the black-armored Qin soldiers.
He saw the second emperor, wearing silver armor and no helmet, casually throwing away the sky-blue banner with the word "Qi" on it and riding his war horse towards the Qin formation.
Wherever they passed, the Qin army automatically made way for their king like the sea water splitting apart.
The Qin army was marching fast, but their horses were not moving fast.
By the time the Second Emperor arrived at the front line, Li Xin had already lowered his head in shame, not daring to look up to see the king.
The guards beside him stared at the long sword in his general's right hand, and even the second emperor beside him did not dare to distract his gaze and cast admiring eyes. If he had not been more careful just now, his general Li Xin would have killed himself with this blood-stained long sword.
Ying Chengjiao jumped off his horse and stood in front of Li Xin. He held the head of this famous Qin general who was determined to die with both hands. His solemn face suddenly broke into a chuckle.
"What? Are you frightened by this flag with the Chinese character 'Qi' on it?"
Li Xin opened his mouth, his tongue was tied, and he didn't know what to say , but the surging desire to die that had originally emerged in his heart was much lessened.
Patting Li Xin on the shoulder, Ying Chengjiao said with concern:
"Victory and defeat are common in the military. You should keep it in your heart, not on your sword. Only cowards would avoid it. Death is the simplest thing and the most incompetent thing.
"Stay alive and remember today's battle. The late king did not blame you for the failure in the war against Chu, but gave you a chance. I believe in the late king's vision, and I will give you a chance as well.
"In the future, you should know shame and then be brave. I don't like the words 'not knowing how to judge people', and I think the previous king would not like it either."
The blood on his face mixed with the tears, and Li Xin cried silently with a hoarse voice.
"I will remember this defeat deeply in my heart! I will never let your Majesty down again!"
After the Battle of Deshui, Li Xin never lost again. After the Wang Jian era, he truly became the representative of the new generation of Qin military generals and one of the four great generals. The enemy was frightened when they heard the name of Li Xin.
He agreed to everything the two emperors said, never flattered them, and acted absolutely in compliance. The enemies in the court said to him privately:
"Even if His Majesty asked him to chop off the heads of his parents, wife and children, he would not hesitate for a moment."
Because of his characteristic of obeying everything the second emperor said, people at that time ranked him alongside Liu Bang, a rogue general who was second-rate in fighting but first-rate in worldly affairs.
Ying Chengjiao smiled and said:
"How can there be a defeat? It is clear that our Great Qin won this battle."
He shifted his gaze away from Li Xin's face and looked at the Qi army in front of him whose sky blue armor plates were stained red with blood.
The Qi army lined up and waited.
Everyone was panting, and many people's hands and feet were shaking involuntarily. This was the aftermath of the war.
You don't feel tired when you are fighting hard, but when the life-and-death crisis is over and you have a chance to breathe, the fatigue suppressed by hormones will rush up all at once and double.
When the Second Emperor's order was conveyed to the Qin army, the Qi army also withdrew its troops and formed a battle array under Han Xin's order, and did not pursue and kill.
"Cough cough cough cough cough!"
Zhang Liang saw Ying Chengjiao squatting on the ground at a glance, as if he was going to cough out his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.
With his five fingers firmly grasping the sand on the ground, the handsome man frowned and closed his eyes, his heart filled with gloom and hopelessness.
He had long thought of the possibility of Qin reinforcements, but he had never asked Han Xin how to solve it, because there was no solution. From the beginning to the end, their chances of winning were based only on the situation where there were only 10,000 Qin troops.
This feeling of relying on others for success or failure and having no control over myself is exactly the same as it was a year ago...
"Long time no see, Zifang!"
Ying Chengjiao looked excited, opened his arms as if for a hug, and was about to rush over.
The doctor Ling Yuenu, who had been accompanying him on horseback and was extremely inconspicuous under the brilliance of the Second Emperor, and the imperial physician Ling Xia Wuqie stood in front of Ying Chengjiao at the same time.
Ying Chengjiao thinks he is not afraid of anything because of his martial arts skills, but the two do not think so.
At such a close distance, hundreds of Qi soldiers are eyeing you covetously. Your Majesty must not take risks in such a dangerous situation!
No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you cannot fight against an organized army. A master in the martial arts world is only a master in the martial arts world.
Ying Chengjiao had no choice but to withdraw his hand. He looked at the Yue girl with resentment, but his enthusiasm remained unabated and he waved to Zhang Liang to say hello.
"Zifang! I am Ying Chengjiao! We have met before! I said I would steal your Kingdom of Korea, do you remember? "
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Han Xin patted Zhang Liang's back as he suddenly started coughing violently. If he had not seen the undisguised hatred in Zhang Liang's eyes, he would have thought that Zhang Liang was a spy.
[The King of Qin is too familiar with Zifang... If the King of Qin had come a little later, this battle would have been won!]
Seeing Han Xin supporting Zhang Liang, Ying Chengjiao knew that these two people should be of the same level.
The Qi army was covered in blood, and except for their height, weight and size, they were all the same, as if they were cast from the same mold. At this point in the battle, it was impossible to tell who was who.
If Zhang Liang hadn't been lying on the ground coughing, Ying Chengjiao would not have recognized him.
[A last-ditch battle…]
He looked Han Xin up and down, but could not see anything except blood.
Ying Chengjiao suddenly smiled and said:
"I have long heard of Mr. Han Xin's name."
Han Xin's movements paused slightly. He felt like a spy even though he had never had any contact with the King of Qin.
He supported Zhang Liang and looked up at the King of Qin.
He has starry eyes, sword-like brows, a handsome appearance, and a warm face, like a modest young man.
From the perspective of a king, he lacks dignity.
"King Qin knows me?"
Han Xin wondered, even the neighboring Chu and Zhang Chu didn't know about his appointment as general in Qi, so how could this news have reached Qin?
"Of course!"
Ying Chengjiao turned his head, widened his eyes, stretched his arms out to both sides, and almost hit the Qin soldier beside him.
"Sir, your name has long been passed down through the ages. Who in the world doesn't know you?"
Han Xin: “…”
He once again thought that he was a spy, and even had a slight suspicion that he had lost his memory.
"King Qin."
With his hands on the ground, Zhang Liang gasped for breath, and his violent coughing was finally blocked for a moment.
He stared at Ying Chengjiao coldly.
"Put away your hypocritical enthusiasm. You had come a long time ago, and those thousand Qi soldiers would have been captured by you long ago!"
Ying Chengjiao applauded and praised:
"Zifang has a plan that is perfect. I arrived when Li Xin was confronting you."
Han Xin clenched his fists and asked as calmly as possible.
"Then why didn't the King of Qin show up? If the King of Qin had shown up earlier, I would have known that it was impossible to do anything, and I would not have destroyed two thousand horses."
Ying Chengjiao glanced at Li Xin, then glanced at the Qin soldiers around him who were looking at him with worshipful eyes, and said seriously:
"How can I compete with my soldiers for credit? I am here just in case."
The Qin soldiers' eyes lit up when they heard this. They would not believe what others said, but they would believe what Ying Chengjiao said. This was the king who could kill himself to save them!
Having stopped crying, Li Xin looked up at the sky, trying not to let the tears that had accumulated in his eyes flow out.
The Second Emperor glanced at him as he answered.
Some things cannot be made public. Two thousand war horses are strategic materials no matter where they are placed.
The second emperor showed up to command, and the attacking soldiers were still the 10,000 soldiers under Li Xin. How could his military merit be taken away?
He hasn't shown up yet, which is obviously a training for him.
The second emperor did not care about his previous defiance and targeting, but instead placed high hopes on him.
Tears still flowed down, and Li Xin swore silently.
He will spend his whole life to repay this great imperial grace!
