Chapter 644: The Chieftain of the Enemy(1/2)
I have endured it for many years, but I don’t have to endure it anymore today.
Under the firelight shining in the sky, Feng Yu's smile became very strange, like a joke, but also like contempt, as if observing the beast in the cage through the cage.
Shi Siming was a little flustered and did not notice the change in Feng Yu's expression. He grabbed Feng Yu's sleeve and walked towards the south. To the south was the north bank of the Yellow River, the only direction not surrounded by the Anxi Army.
On the north bank of the Yellow River, there may still be a glimmer of hope.
Feng Yu wore a weird smile and allowed Shi Siming to drag him away. Hundreds of personal guards around Shi Siming closely guarded the two of them as they shuttled through the array.
Disguised as an ordinary sergeant in the dark, Shi Siming was not recognized by anyone. The group walked very fast and quickly left the battlefield.
As soon as I walked out of the camp, a familiar voice came from behind me.
"Brother Feng Xian, wait for me!"
Shi Siming was startled, but saw Li Bai, who had been drunk all day, staggering over. Li Bai's white clothes were full of oil stains, and he was carrying a wine gourd in his hand. His steps were swaying, and he could smell a strong smell from a distance.
The smell of wine.
Shi Siming frowned in disgust.
Shi Siming actually disliked this world-famous poet. Li Bai's character was uninhibited, free and unruly, and he was extremely rude to the powerful. After Shi Siming came into contact with him a few times, he became extremely disgusted with him, and was especially disliked by him.
He couldn't help Li Bai's arrogant look with his nostrils turned upward in front of him.
Seeing Li Bai staggering over at this moment, Shi Siming frowned and said: "Brother Feng Xian, the matter is urgent and there is no need to bring along idle and irrelevant people. It is better to leave Li Bai behind and you and I can run for our lives."
Feng Yu smiled and said: "General, Taibai layman has been found. Let's take him with us. Otherwise, if this drunkard starts making trouble at this time, it will not be good for us..."
Hearing this, Shi Siming thought it was reasonable, so he had to sigh and acquiesced that Li Bai would accompany him.
The guards pried open the fence of the camp, just enough to allow the troops and horses to pass through. The group of people abandoned the 50,000 surrounded soldiers and hurriedly escaped from the camp.
After walking out of the fence, Shi Siming looked back and saw flames in the camp. The Anxi Army's Shenshe Battalion and Shentian Division had burned all the rear army's baggage, and then gradually broke into the central army.
Rows of muskets fired, and the rebels were unstoppable. The unwilling generals finally organized a cavalry array and tried to break through the sharpshooting battalion. However, they were knocked down by muskets within 200 steps. They changed tactics.
Attacking in a roundabout way from the left and right flanks, they were severely beaten by Shen Tian's troops who were pressed on the left and right flanks, and they returned in a disastrous defeat.
What does it mean to be "invincible"? Today I finally saw it.
The Marksman Battalion advanced step by step, and the rebels were retreating steadily. The desperate rebels planned to break out in another direction. However, Chang Zhong's headquarters in the west and Ma Lin's headquarters in the east were waiting for them. No matter which direction they broke through, they could not break through.
No hope.
The desperate rebels had to flee from the south.
To the south is the Yellow River. There is actually no hope of survival if you jump into it. But the rebel soldiers have no other choice. Jumping into the river may give you a chance of survival, but it is better than being killed by the Anxi army.
In less than an hour from the launch of the Anxi Army's offensive, the rebel army's morale has collapsed and they have begun to retreat across the board. Both generals and ordinary sergeants have no will to resist. They just want to survive.
The army was defeated like a mountain, without any suspense. The Anxi army swallowed up 50,000 rebels in one go.
Shi Siming, who was outside the fence, stared blankly at the retreat of the soldiers in the camp, with blazing fire reflected in his eyes.
The army was completely defeated. In front of the powerful Anxi army, the soldiers under his command were indeed unworthy of being enemies.
Thousands of years ago, the overlord of Western Chu said that "crime other than war" was just an excuse, but Shi Siming knew that his defeat today was indeed "crime other than war" and that he was misled by the political situation.
The whole world thought that Gu Qing would not take action, but he did. No one in the world could guess what Gu Qing was thinking.
"When I return to Hebei, I should gather my old troops and compete with Gu Qing again, so that I can teach him that Gu Qing is not the only hero in the world." Shi Siming gritted his teeth and said.
Feng Yu said softly: "The general returned to Hebei and still wants to recruit troops to fight against Gu Qing?"
Shi Siming said coldly: "Not only do I fight against Gu Qing, I also fight against the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I fight against the world! My parents gave birth to me in the world of heaven and earth, and I was born as a human being. How can I live a mediocre life? No matter whether I am famous or infamous, I will leave traces in the end."
Feng Yu sighed: "If this is the case, wouldn't the people of the world be miserable?"
Shi Siming was stunned for a moment and said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Feng Xian, you are so frightened that you are stunned? Why worry about the untouchables when you have conquered the throne with swords and swords? It's just a piece of grass, even if it kills not even a blade of grass grows, spring comes and comes back to life."
Feng Yu's smile turned a bit cold: "Does the general treat the common people this way?"
Shi Siming finally saw something was wrong with Feng Yu, and frowned: "Brother Feng Xian, what exactly do you want to say?"
Feng Yu said softly: "General, the people have been trapped in the flames of war for a long time. People's minds are fixed and they are longing for peace. Why should the general act against the people's will?"
Shi Siming said sternly: "Feng Yu, did you have other thoughts when you saw that I lost power? I, Shi Siming, have not yet been defeated. I still have the city and my old troops in Hebei. When I go back to Hebei and climb high, I still have 100,000 soldiers at my command.
How can you have the confidence to be rude to me?"
Feng Yu lowered his head and remained silent for a long time, then a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"The general puts the world in misery for one man's selfish desires. Do you think that if you win the world by force, the world will really be yours?"
"Feng Yu, what exactly do you want to say?"
Feng Yu's smile gradually turned cold: "I want to say that the general is just a foolhardy man. You are only worthy of charging into battle with a sword, but you are not worthy of conquering the world. If your virtue is not worthy of your place, there will be disaster."
Shi Siming's face quickly darkened: "Feng Yu, it seems you really have other thoughts..."
"Other thoughts... Oh, of course there are, they have been there for a long time. Before the Anlushan uprising, who set the fire in the military warehouse outside Yingzhou City? Who do you think burned it? In the past few years, the rebels have been advancing and retreating, and all movements have been
The Anxi Army knew everything about it. How do you think they knew it? You and I conspired to assassinate An Lushan. An Lushan fled in panic. Who do you think killed him? And this time, guess who told you that Gu Qing only
If you want money, you won't do anything to you?"
Seeing Feng Yu whose smile was getting weirder and weirder, Shi Siming's heart gradually sank, and then he was filled with anger and shame.
"Is it... you...?" Shi Siming's face turned pale, and two words burst out from between his teeth.
Feng Yu smiled: "Yes, it's me. General, I am a chess piece. I was buried in Fanyang City as early as the fourteenth year of Tianbao. Guess who is playing chess?"
"Gu Qing?" Shi Siming felt a chill all over his body.
"Yes, it's Gu Qing. Everyone in the world thought that An Lushan would not rebel, but Gu Qing had already concluded that he would rebel, so he buried my chess piece in advance. Let me tell you one more thing. I, Feng Yu,
The name is true, but he was not a merchant from Yizhou, but was born in Shiqiao Village, Qingcheng County. Gu Qing and I grew up in the same village."
Shi Siming gritted his teeth, but he could still remain calm at this time.
"Feng Yu, I really underestimated you. I didn't expect that I would be wrong one day. It seems that when I sent people to Yizhou to check your details, those so-called details were also false? Ha, good, awesome! Gu Qing
It’s a good game.”
Feng Yu smiled and said: "You are not as good as Gu Qing, far inferior. You are not as good as you in any aspect. He also pretends to have the world in his heart, but he pretends to be a peaceful and prosperous age, and you only have mountains of corpses and seas of blood. In terms of strategy and wisdom,
, in terms of mind and person, you are far behind him."
Feng Yu said with a strange smile: "Today you are under heavy siege and you are a scourge. Therefore, I cannot let you return to Hebei to continue recruiting troops and poisoning the world..."
After finishing his words, Feng Yu suddenly shouted: "Taibai layman!"
A sharp sword thrust out diagonally, sharp and fast, and pierced Shi Siming's heart with a flash of light.
Shi Siming was shocked and retreated subconsciously. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his chest. The armor and breastplate hidden in the ordinary soldier's clothes was shattered by the sharp sword.
Li Bai's swordsmanship was well-deserved, and he was indeed accurate and ruthless. However, no one expected that Shi Siming had a breastplate hidden in his chest.
This breast shield saved Shi Siming's life. Shi Siming endured the severe pain and shouted: "Protect me!"
Only then did hundreds of personal guards react and rushed forward to surround Feng Yu and Li Bai.
Feng Yu looked at Shi Siming who had escaped unharmed, with a look of regret on his face. He was really smart. He was actually wearing a protective goggle under his clothes, which was a mistake.
He turned to look at Li Bai, but Li Bai didn't care. His blushing face was still drunk, and he let out a long wine burp and said: "What do you want me to do? If you can't kill him with one sword, just add another sword."
Feng Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Can you still do it?"
"Try it. If it doesn't work, run away. You will just be a non-official in this life."
Feng Yu said helplessly: "Taibai layman, please be more serious..."
Li Bai laughed and said, "Okay, let me show you what I look like when I am serious. Why should I be afraid of you as a clown? Shi Siming, I have borrowed your head to help me rise to prominence. I have offended you!"
The sword light flashed again, as fast as a dragon swimming into the sea, and as violent as thunder from the nine heavens.
Hundreds of personal guards guarded Shi Siming, but for a time they were unable to do anything to Li Bai alone. Wherever Li Bai's sword light struck, the personal guards fell one after another, and no one was worthy of being an enemy.
Feng Yu's eyes widened and he stared at Li Bai's figure in the crowd in amazement.
This was the second time he had witnessed Li Bai's swordsmanship with his own eyes. He had seen it once when he was in Shiqiao Village. It must be said that he was amazed every time.
In the past, I always heard Li Bai bragging about his swordsmanship being the second best in the world when he was drunk. Feng Yu smiled and was noncommittal.
Today I saw it with my own eyes and realized that what Li Bai said was true.
With such skill and swordsmanship, he can be ranked second in the world.
At this time, Li Bai was no longer lazy and drunk. He was walking among the crowd, the sharp sword in his hand following him like a shadow, moving with his heart. Every time the sword was thrust out, someone fell down. With his own strength alone,
, he tore through the guards' defense and got closer and closer to Shi Siming.
Shi Siming had been a general for several years, and he was somewhat calm as a general. Seeing Li Bai getting closer and closer, Shi Siming did not panic and ordered the guards surrounding him to form a formation to defend against the enemy.
More than a hundred personal guards quickly formed a formation, holding their halberds as if facing a powerful enemy, and launched a formation against Li Bai according to the method of attacking the enemy in battle formation.
Li Bai was the first person in history to force the rebels to form an array with one man's strength.
When the personal guards deal with Li Bai, they will naturally not let go of Feng Yu.
Soon, dozens of personal guards were eyeing Feng Yu. They raised their halberds and rushed towards Feng Yu.
Feng Yu's expression suddenly changed and he quickly retreated.
To be continued...