Chapter 6: Winners Take It All
"kill!"
In the wilderness, the fighting was raging.
Under Qingji's command, hundreds of warriors braved the dense rain of arrows and rushed towards the shield formation of Helu's army without fear of death!
"Tank soldiers, attack!"
The Helu army was equally unwilling to be outdone.
After a gap was created in the shield formation, hundreds of chariots rumbled forward, threatening to crush the warriors of Qingji's army into dust!
After breaking through the shield formation, the Qingji army was faced with an aggressive group of chariots.
“Kill!”
“Puff!”
The warriors of Qingji's army were very brave and were not afraid at all when facing the extremely oppressive enemy chariots.
They often used swords to injure the horses' legs as their offensive, greatly defeating the chariots of Helu's army!
"Chiu——"
With a "swish" sound, the galloping horse neighed continuously, and the injured leg fell directly to the ground, bleeding profusely.
The war horses are wailing!
The soldiers of Helu Army on the chariots were shaking continuously. Those who were caught off guard fell under the chariots and were crushed alive.
The blood and flesh turned into a ball of mud!
"drink!"
"Woooooa ...
While inflicting heavy damage to the chariots of Helu's army, the warriors of Qingji's army also suffered heavy casualties.
The soldiers of Helu Army on the chariot waved their spears and stabbed with all their might, knocking an enemy flying!
What was even worse was the soldiers of the Qingji Army who had not yet reacted. The copper spikes of the bearings installed on both sides of the wheels of the chariots rolled over and pierced into their bodies, causing blood to flow everywhere.
The scene was very bloody!
Chariots are invincible on the battlefield and still have an overwhelming advantage!
Qingji had already realized this, so he ordered all the chariots to charge from both sides of Helu's army formation.
In such a close combat, the casualties of the two armies were similar, because they had very few chariots!
What surprised Qingji was that while the two armies were fighting, the soldiers of Helu's army were fighting and retreating, gradually expanding the scope of the battlefield.
This made Qingji feel full of doubts!
But before they knew it, the two armies had been fighting for half an hour. Qingji prepared to feign defeat in order to lure the enemy into the ambush circle he had set up in advance.
Unexpectedly, an accident happened again!
“Kill!”
“Boom!”
Behind the formation of Qingji’s army, there was a sudden and earth-shaking cry of killing, accompanied by the sound of frantic horse hooves, chariots rolling, and smoke and dust rising!
Qingji's expression changed involuntarily.
"Report——"
At this moment, a lieutenant rode up on horseback and hurriedly reported to Qingji: "Sir! Something terrible has happened! A large group of enemy troops suddenly attacked from behind our army!"
"How many enemy troops are there?"
Qingji frowned.
"We haven't found out yet! But this enemy force is full of chariots and soldiers. Judging from their flags and banners, there should be several thousand of them!"
Upon hearing this, all the generals following Qingji couldn't help but change color.
There were thousands of enemy troops, all of them chariots and armored soldiers. They were obviously the elite troops of Helu's army!
At that moment, many generals began to curse under their breath.
"When the two armies were fighting, Ji Guang actually sent troops to attack our rear. How despicable and unethical!"
"This guy has absolutely no moral principles at all! We agreed to fight in formation, but he used his elite troops to attack our rear!"
"Sir, what should our army do now?"
Martial virtue? Morality?
Qingji scoffed at this in his heart.
In today's world, morals are declining and people's hearts are no longer as they used to be. Who would still follow the original rules of war?
Hundreds of years ago, Helü was so unethical. He had clearly challenged the enemy to a duel, but instead sent troops to launch a surprise attack on the enemy's rear. This was indeed against the rules and the Zhou rituals, and would have been despised and ridiculed by the world.
What's worse, Helü will also be attacked jointly by the Zhou royal family and the armies of various countries in order to maintain the dignity of Zhou rituals!
However, the Zhou Dynasty had long been in a state of disarray, and the dignity of the Zhou royal family had been repeatedly trampled upon. How could they maintain the gradually collapsing ritual system?
The winner takes it all, and that's the reality.
"The entire army will immediately retreat to Hulukou. Pass the order, the rear army will become the front army, the center army will fight against the surprise attacking enemy, I will personally cover the rear!"
"Young Master!"
When the generals heard this, they were shocked and started to speak out.
"My lord, you are worth a fortune, how can you risk your life?"
"Please give the order, sir. I am willing to lead the army to cover your retreat!"
"Please retreat first, sir!"
Hearing the generals' chattering, Qingji just smiled.
He held a sharp black-gold spear horizontally to one side, raised his head proudly, and said: "My lords, I am so brave that I regard this chaotic army as nothing more than chickens and dogs. Why should I be afraid?"
"I have made up my mind, please stop trying to persuade me!"
"promise!"
In desperation, the generals could only accept that Qingji himself should lead the central army to cover the retreat.
They were well aware of Qingji's bravery !
After all, many soldiers fanatically worship Qingji and regard him as a unique god of war throughout the ages!
Who in the whole world can hurt Qingji?
He is the bravest warrior of Wu State!
The bravest warrior in the world!
And there is nothing wrong with Qingji making this decision.
This was because his original plan was to lure Helu's army to Hulukou and ambush them!
Now that Helu sent troops to raid his rear army, Qingji could implement this plan smoothly without causing Helu to become too suspicious.
Furthermore, if Qingji were to personally cover the retreat, it would also attract Helu to lead his troops to attack!
If he used himself as bait, he could accomplish his goal in one fell swoop, and Qingji thought it was well worth it.
"retreat!"
Under Qingji's order, his troops immediately changed their formation, with flags fluttering, the rear army withdrew, and were replaced by the central army led by Qingji.
After all, they were soldiers trained by Qingji. After seeing the signal expressed by the command flag, the soldiers were only panicked for a while and then began to retreat in a hurry.
"Army attack!"
"kill--"
Helü, who was standing on the chariot, immediately drew his sword and ordered all his soldiers to charge when he saw the flags and drums of Qingji's army were in chaos.
Success or failure depends on this one move!
"Soldiers, follow my banner!"
"kill!"
With a loud shout, Qingji waved his black gold spear and ordered the soldiers in the central army to fight against the oncoming Helu army.
“Go!”
Seeing Qingji leading the charge, the soldiers around him were encouraged and rushed towards the enemy chariots that were rushing in with weapons in hand.
“Boom!”
The chariot that Qingji was in sped past swiftly, and the large crimson flag fluttered in the wind above the chariot.
With a "puff", Qingji swung the black gold spear in his hand and immediately knocked an enemy on the chariot away!
Blood splattered everywhere!
Meat particles flying everywhere!
Qingji's clothes and armor were instantly stained with fishy blood.
When many soldiers of the Helu Army saw Qingji, they knew that he was a "big fish", so they rushed towards Qingji one after another!
However, the weapons in their hands often could not even touch the corner of Qingji's clothes. They were stabbed to death by a spear and their bodies were crushed into a pool of meat paste.
