Chapter 740: Call Back Wu Anjun Due to My Death!

The soldiers under Hu Qiong's command stared blankly at the figure that was held high by Ying Chengyu with his halberd.

They couldn't see clearly the appearance of the figure, but they could recognize the armor worn by the figure!

"Captain, died in battle?!"

"Paozes, avenge the captain!!!"

"Mr. Wu'an was escorted back to Handan City to be questioned. Our captain died in the battle. How can we fight this battle? How can we fight it!"

Li Mu was recalled to Handan City for questioning, which already caused the morale of the Zhao army to be low.

One of the two captains was missing and the other was killed, which dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Zhao army.

A small number of soldiers loyal to Hu Qiong rushed towards Ying Chengyu regardless of their own safety, trying to avenge Hu Qiong.

But more officers and soldiers of Hu Qiong either surrendered or fled!

In the middle of the Zhao army, Zhao Cong's face turned pale: "How could this happen!"

"How could this be?"

"My general's order is indeed a little late, but it won't lead to a huge defeat for Hu Qiong's troops!"

When deducing a war, isn't it normal to take a long test?

The general just thought more carefully and issued the order a little later.

Why did Huang Gao's troops fail to arrive at the scheduled position on time, which led to Huang Gao's troops being intercepted by Meng Tian's troops, which in turn caused the empty right wing of Hu Qiong's troops to be taken advantage of by Xi Feng's troops, and ultimately Hu Qiong's troops were killed. Hu Qiong's troops were defeated!

Sima Shang's voice was full of anxiety: "Coach, don't pursue the past!"

"What exactly should our army do now? Commander, please give me some quick instructions!"

Zhao Cong took a deep breath and asked solemnly: "How long will it take for the surrounding ambush troops to reach the battlefield?"

Sima Shang said without hesitation: "It will take about a day at the earliest!"

Li Mu has never underestimated Ying Chengyu.

Only by placing the ambush far enough away can we avoid Ying Cheng's scouts.

With Li Mu using his body as bait, it was not difficult for Li Mu to lead 120,000 soldiers and horses to hold on for two or three days, and it would be easy to hold on for another half month.

But what was easy for Li Mu was more difficult for Zhao Cong than climbing to the sky!

Zhao Cong's fingers trembled slightly: "One day?"

"Today, the morale of the Qin army is as high as a rainbow, and the morale of our army is low. Two of our troops have already been routed, which is likely to cause other troops to be routed as well!"

"Hold on for one day..."

Hu Qiong and Ren You had nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, but they could not stop the Qin army for an hour.

Now there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses left around Zhao Cong. Zhao Cong has no idea how he can hold on for a day and wait for the ambush to arrive!

Even if the ambush arrives, what will happen?

The ambush troops were only 30,000, and they came from a long distance to attack. They were not enough to help Zhao Cong turn defeat into victory. They could only add more military merits to the Qin army!

Zhao Cong suddenly asked: "How long will it take for the defenders of Yuanbaoshan to arrive on the battlefield?"

Sima Shang quickly replied: "It will take about six hours."

"Coach!"

"The enemy is right in front of us. What exactly should our army do? Commander, please tell me immediately!"

In the distance, Ying Chengyu's troops were already driving the broken troops of Hu Qiong's troops towards the middle army of Zhao army.

And the only one standing in front of Zhao's army was Sima Shang's troops!

Seeing that Zhao Cong delayed in issuing the order, but instead started the long examination again, the impatient Sima Shang could no longer care about his superiority in the army, and shouted: "Headquarters obeys the order!"

"The crossbowmen came forward and fired three times!"

The sound of the crossbow strings exploding echoed throughout the battlefield, and the crossbow soldiers under Sima Shang sent out crossbow arrows all over the sky in the direction of Ying Chengyu.

Zhao Cong finally made up his mind and looked at Sima Shang with a serious face: "If I remember correctly, how long has Captain Sima followed Lord Wu'an?"

Sima Shang now wanted to draw his sword, turn around, and chop off Zhao Cong's head with one sword!

The enemy troops have already rushed to our formation and are about to attack our central army.

As a result, as the coach, instead of issuing any effective orders, you started chatting about everyday things?

How long will I follow Mr. Wu An, and what does it have to do with this battle! ! !

Sima Shang shouted again: "The shield soldiers come forward and protect behind the spear soldiers!"

"The left and right wings are lined up with three levels of gun forest!"

Under Sima Shang's command, Sima Shang's troops turned into a hedgehog with long thorns on three sides, and the crossbowmen in the middle were still spitting arrows outwards.

While completely giving up the ability to move, he also raised his defense power to the limit!

Zhao Cong asked again: "Captain Sima Shang, how old are you following Lord Wu An?!"

Sima Shang had no choice but to turn his head and said in a cold voice: "I have been serving under Lord Wu An for twelve years!"

"The general admonishes me. We are facing a formidable enemy. Even if the coach wants to eliminate dissidents, he must first resolve the current difficulties!"

In Sima Shang's view, Zhao Cong's insistence on asking Sima Shang how long he had followed Li Mu was obviously to suppress Li Mu's cronies, eliminate dissidents in the army, and thus completely control the army.

Sima Shang understood Zhao Cong's move.

Basically every general will do something similar when they first join the army.

But Sima Shang couldn't understand why Zhao Cong would do such a thing at such a critical moment!

Zhao Cong nodded slightly and said: "Since Captain Sima has been serving under Lord Wu'an for twelve years, he must be a close confidant of Lord Wu'an."

Sima Shang's expression became colder and colder: "Exactly!"

"The final general is willing to die for Lord Wu'an!"

"If the coach is dissatisfied with the general, he can remonstrate with the king and order the general to return to Handan City with Lord Wu An to question him!"

After saying that, Sima Shang simply ignored Zhao Cong and focused on the current battle situation.

But what Sima Shang didn't expect was that Zhao Cong actually showed a relieved smile and said seriously: "In this case, I am relieved!"

"Pass on my order!"

"Allocate 50,000 troops to the command of Captain Sima Shang, and then order all the ambush troops and the Yuanbaoshan garrison to be incorporated into the command of Captain Sima Shang."

"Order Captain Sima Shang to lead the army eastward immediately!"

Sima Shang turned his head in disbelief and looked at Zhao Cong: "Commander, what did you just say?!"

Before Sima Shang was still suspicious that Zhao Cong wanted to exclude dissidents and suppress him.

As a result, Zhao Cong actually wanted to allocate half of the troops of this army to Sima Shang, and even handed over 30,000 ambush troops and 20,000 Yuanbaoshan garrison to Sima Shang!

If the troops are divided in this way, then who is the commander-in-chief, Zhao Cong or him, Sima Shang? !

Zhao Cong looked at Sima Shang, his eyes full of sincerity: "I just gave the order."

"Draw 50,000 soldiers from our army, together with the surrounding ambush troops and the Yuanbaoshan garrison, and merge them under the command of Sima Duwei."

"Order Sima Duwei to advance eastward!"

Sima Shang was so surprised that he couldn't express it in words. He bowed his hands helplessly and cautiously and said: "Qin Chang'an Jun is leading a large force to attack our army."

"The commander-in-chief ordered me to lead the main force to advance eastward?"

"What exactly does the commander-in-chief want to do? Please tell me clearly!"

Is this a conspiracy?

This must be a conspiracy!

Zhao Cong turned his eyes to the large banner that was slowly but firmly moving towards him, and said softly: "I know that I am incapable of resisting Qin Chang'an Jun."

"Originally, I wanted to use Wu'an Jun's power to delay, and it would be a merit if I could delay until Wu'an Jun returned to the army."

"But now I know that I overestimated my ability!"

With a sigh, Zhao Cong took out the tiger talisman that he had not yet warmed from his arms.

After carefully stroking it, Zhao Cong handed over the tiger talisman with both hands and said seriously: "Calculating the time, Wu'an Jun has not gone far."

"Please ask Sima Duwei to lead the main force of our army to advance eastward immediately to find Wu'an Jun, and ask Wu'an Jun to immediately take charge of the tiger talisman and command our army!"

Looking at the tiger talisman handed over by Zhao Cong, Sima Shang was stunned.

Not daring to take the tiger talisman, Sima Shang looked at Zhao Cong in a daze and said, "If the commander really wants to do this, he can lead the army eastward and return the tiger talisman to Wu'an Jun."

"There is no need to entrust such an important weapon to me!"

Zhao Cong laughed and shook his head: "Are you fighting against the Han and only concerned with the war?"

"If I die in battle, there will be no general in the army. Even if Wu'an Jun is guilty, he has reason to take back the tiger talisman."

"As long as Wu'an Jun can turn defeat into victory, even the king can't do anything to Wu'an Jun!"

"But if This general is not dead. Even if this general willingly returns the tiger talisman to Wu'an Jun, Wu'an Jun will definitely be charged with disobeying orders. "

"In this case, even if Wu'an Jun was innocent, he is guilty now!"

Sima Shang's pupils suddenly shrank: "Commander, you..."

Zhao Cong looked up and looked around, smiling: "This place is a treasured place to bury bones."

"It's a pity that spring has just arrived, and the grass and trees are still sprouting, not lush and green!"

Sima Shang finally understood Zhao Cong's idea.

Knowing that he was powerless to fight against Ying Chengjiao, Zhao Cong chose to use his death in exchange for Li Mu's return to command the army!

This is abdication at the cost of life!

Sima Shang's resistance to Zhao Cong disappeared instantly, and he hurriedly bowed and said: "I am willing to cover the rear for the commander-in-chief!"

"Although I don't know what's going on in the court, I think that we are all fighting for the Great Zhao. The king will definitely understand our loyalty and there will always be a way!"

Zhao Cong patted Sima Shang on the shoulder and laughed softly: "A general's flag is not enough for our soldiers to fight to the death."

"Only the big flag here can keep our army from disbanding!"

"Sima Duwei, don't let me down and Wu'an Jun's trust!"

Zhao Cong knew that the morale of the Zhao army had fallen to the bottom.

The reason why it has not collapsed is because the big flag is still there.

Once Zhao Cong fled to the east, even if Sima Shang tried his best to suppress it, the remaining Zhao army would surely collapse quickly!

If the Zhao army collapsed quickly, the Qin army would surely chase after them. Even if Li Mu regained control of the army, he would not have time to reorganize the army, and Zhao would still suffer a great defeat in the end.

At such a moment, the only person who could take on the task of covering the rear was Zhao Cong!

Taking the spear from the family soldier, Zhao Cong shouted: "Central army, listen to the order!"

"Divide into three parts, left, middle, and right!"

"Left and right two parts form a square formation to resist the enemy!"

"Central crossbowmen, listen to the order, target the enemy's banner."

"Crossbow arrows are scattered!"

"Order the troops of Captain Huang Gao to withdraw and chase the rear of Qin Chang'an Jun's troops!"

"Order..."

Under Zhao Cong's order, the Zhao army was quickly adjusted to the standard enemy-blocking formation in military books.

Riding his horse to the front of the center, Zhao Cong raised his spear and roared to the whole army:

"I am a descendant of the royal family of the Great Zhao, the commander of this army, General Cong!"

"All soldiers, follow me and fight to the death!"

"Don't retreat!!!"

I can die!

The Great Zhao cannot perish!