From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 504

It was dawn.

On the snowy mountain, Shi Yi drank all the water, threw the water bag on the ground, grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, shivering with cold.

Of the 1,500 people, 300 died, leaving less than 1,200.

The situation seemed optimistic, but the fundamental reason was that Huang Taiji had not yet launched a real attack.

After a night of clearly layered feints, people could not tell whether it was true or false, but they could not rest for a moment, and their physical strength was completely exhausted. The cold invaded, and everyone was almost unable to hold on.

Even though these brothers were elites who had fled together from Shandong, they could not withstand such cold.

"General Shi, am I going to die?"

Song Wu's face was pale, with a bandage wrapped around his waist. After putting on the armor, it kept rubbing and it hurt so much.

The key was that there was also a wound on his thigh, but fortunately the weather was cold, and the bleeding stopped quickly.

But it was not convenient for him to walk, let alone continue to fight.

Shi Yi also sighed. This guy was very strong in all kinds of skills in the military competition. He could be said to be a soldier king.

But he was a weakling on the battlefield. He couldn't even hold on after several feints and was injured all over.

Seeing his miserable look, Shi Yi couldn't help but said, "I didn't stab you in the vitals. What's the point of dying? What are you afraid of?"

"When two people meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. On the battlefield, you have to fight hard. You got injured because you were afraid of this and that."

Song Wu lowered his head and didn't dare to refute anything. He also wanted to be fearless like a warrior, but he didn't know why he was afraid.

Shi Yi sighed and said, "The other side hasn't launched a general attack yet. It's time to fight hard when it's completely bright."

As soon as he finished speaking, a heavy horn sounded from below.

Shi Yi's body shook, and he immediately shouted: "Brothers! Hold on! Wait for reinforcements!"

"As long as we hold the favorable terrain, the Tartars can't attack!"

After speaking, he looked at Song Wu and said in a deep voice: "On the battlefield, no one is not afraid. If you overcome your inner fear, you can defeat the enemy."

The war finally began.

The only remaining 1,300 soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion will face the charge of 6,000 elite soldiers of the Eastern Tartars.

Due to exhaustion, a gap appeared in the defense line at the first encounter.

Guan Dayong's elite battalion played an important role. They were like a group of tigers, roaring in the mountains and forests, constantly filling in gaps and repelling attacks again and again.

"Damn it! Follow me and rush down!"

Guan Dayong waved the Fang Tian Huaji, wearing a special battle armor, like a true god, and rushed down directly.

With a wave of the long halberd, he smashed three Eastern Tartars to death.

The men charging with him were all strong men like iron towers, wearing special armor that was almost invulnerable to swords and guns, holding heavy weapons, and were simply unstoppable.

These 300 people actually rushed out a big gap, forcing the Eastern Tartars to retreat continuously and dare not fight.

Taking advantage of this time, Shi Yi hurriedly boosted morale.

"Brothers! This is the land of our Great Jin! Our ancestors once pioneered here! Hunted here! Farmed here!"

"The land has been lost to foreign races for more than ten years. Now we are back here again, raising our swords and fighting the enemy."

"The ancestors buried deep underground will bless us to defeat the enemy!"

"Pick up your swords! Use our courage and will to tell the beasts down the mountain!"

"Let them know! Who is the real master here!"

He raised his sword high and roared: "Defend the country! Fight to the death!"

The soldiers of the five camps roared in unison: "Defend the country! Fight to the death!"

The human will is great.

At some point, it can overcome the physiological limit and make people burst out with unimaginable fighting power.

For a full hour.

They never took a step back.

One after another, the soldiers fell, their bodies buried in the snow, but the knives in their hands were still held.

"Kill!"

Shi Yi's eyes were red. These soldiers were brought up by him personally. They were all fellow Shandong natives, refugees, and heroes of the Five Army Camps.

They did not starve to death on the road, they died on the battlefield.

In the transformation of the big world, life is so insignificant, but the cry before death is so deafening.

"Revenge for the dead brothers!"

"We Shandong men will never betray our country! We will never be cowards!"

He couldn't help shedding tears and rushed to the front with a knife.

Song Wu was shaking all over. He had just killed two more people. He almost thought he was going to die, but for some reason, he gradually stopped being afraid.

Or rather, he forgot to be afraid.

He was even no longer cold.

He just felt that the blood in his body was burning.

He grabbed a handful of snow, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit it tightly.He rushed down with a knife.

He saw countless brothers falling beside him, who were even talking and laughing with him last night and comforting him.

There were also many brothers who were good buddies on the training ground, training together, being punished together, eating and drinking together.

They died on this white snow.

Song Wu saw that his armor had several holes, and the cracks were hideous and shocking.

At this moment, he finally understood the meaning of glory.

For soldiers, glory is brave battles again and again, the soul has endured painful forging again and again, and the will has become more tenacious and unshakable in the tempering again and again.

He remembered the broken armor and weapons in the arsenal at home, which were exchanged for their grandfather, father, uncles and uncles with their lives.

That is the glory of the family and the totem of the Song family.

"I... I am not afraid of you!"

Song Wu's face was distorted, and tears flowed out, hot and scorching.

Let rush into the ground formation, he showed better combat power than usual training.

He, like a swimming dragon!

Blurred, blurred vision.

I don't know whether it was tears or blood that blurred his vision.

The shouting and killing could no longer be heard, and the world seemed to be silent.

Killing, only killing!

Song Wu could not feel the pain in his body, nor the fear, but he could hear that sentence very clearly-"Reinforcements have arrived! It's the Xuanfu Army! The Xuanfu Army has arrived!"

Shi Yi looked up to the sky and roared: "Brothers! Kill all the Tartars! Take revenge!"

Countless people roared, and countless people rushed back.

Below, Huang Taiji's face was extremely ugly. He gritted his teeth and looked at the fierce battle on the mountain, and couldn't help but snorted heavily.

The deputy general whispered: "Lord Beile, the combat quality of the five camps is too high. The casualty rate is more than 60% to 70%, but they have not collapsed, and the morale of the army is even stronger."

"Those 300 strong elite men have a great impact on the battle situation, otherwise we can wipe them out."

Huang Taiji said: "How many people did the Xuanfu army bring?"

The deputy general said: "The formation is neat and easy to identify. There are exactly 10,000."

Huang Taiji was silent for a long time before slowly saying: "Ten thousand people, not many, we can wipe them out."

The deputy general's face changed, and he immediately said: "Lord Beile, your safety is the most important!"

Huang Taiji said coldly: "There are always deaths on the battlefield. If I were afraid, I would stay in Jianzhou. Why come here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the Han army generals roaring.

"Huang Taiji! Your Xinglin Fort has been burned! You have been fooled, hahahaha!"

Hearing this, Huang Taiji suddenly raised his head and frowned.

The deputy general hurriedly said: "Lord Beile, it's impossible, the Han army can't get there."

Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said: "It is also possible that the undercover was exposed and gave us wrong information. We may have been fooled."

"Because... I didn't see Zhou Yuan!"

He jumped on the horse and shouted: "Let's go! Go back!"

The deputy general said: "Return to Xinglinbao?"

"It's meaningless."

Huang Taiji took a deep breath and said: "Return to Xiping and see my father Khan. This war has changed."