The war of attrition continued for several more days, with both sides throwing themselves into battle moment by moment across this plain, until the land on the plain was dark brown with blood.
That morning, when the Qin army was ready to go into battle again, Han Xin called Big Head, who had become the leader of the new army of slaves, to him.
Big Head was already full of indifference and looked at Han Xin and said.
“What are the general’s orders, we, the army of the dead, will certainly fight to the death!”
Dead Army, was the self-proclaimed name of these new slave armies of theirs.
It had been almost half a year since they joined the war, and with 150,000 new troops, there were only less than 50,000 left dead that could still fight.
Even if they were slaves, even if they had no insight, they knew that they had a role to play in the Qin army.
It is to be used for consumption.
Every time the most dangerous part of the battle, they were the ones at the front, blocking the danger, and then the Great Qin Border Army killed and maimed them in the back.
The danger is all theirs, but the credit has nothing to do with them.
Even if he couldn’t withstand the pleas of his brothers and used his identity as a brother to plead with His Highness the Crown Prince to give them a reprieve.
But the reply he got was that everything is under Han Xin’s command.
And they despaired.
Big Head also learnt that the Crown Prince’s cry of brotherhood was to be paid back with his life.
Already know their certain death, so called the death army, know that they must die, there is no need to give even the commander of the whole army, Han Xin, a little face.
Dead people don’t care about face.
Han Xin also does not care about this, he as long as these people can complete any good, so blandly said.
“This time, I want you to be ready to retreat in defeat when you hear the call after you’ve finished fighting for a while.”
They had already been engaged for so long, and the Huns’ casualties weren’t small, so they should have already beaten these people to pain.
If they fought any longer, of course the Qin army would not lose on the frontal battlefield, but it would be bad if they had to split these people up.
So now it was time to retreat in defeat.
Hearing this, Big Head was first stunned for a moment, then frowned and said.
“Honour the General’s order.”
Then he turned around and prepared to leave, Han Xin added at this time that
“Remember, when you retreat, you should also be at the end.”
Big Head’s back shook slightly, retreating at the end also meant enduring the Huns’ pursuit!
After a while of silence, Big Head still said in a muffled voice.
“General don’t worry, the dead army will definitely complete the mission, after all, our bodies are not good, we can’t run as fast as you guys.”
After saying that, he left without looking back
It’s on.
Facing Big Head’s sneer, Han Xin just looked at the other party lightly, this mission was indeed extremely dangerous, and the other party should not be able to return.
There was no need for him to bother with a dead man.
As for letting these people go to their deaths, there was even less of a burden in his heart.
What was the fighting strength of the Great Qin Border Army, what was the fighting strength of these new troops.
The size of the family influence of the Great Qin Border Army, the size of the family influence of these new troops.
How much the pensions of the Great Qin Border Army are, and how much the pensions of these new armies are.
He knew it all in his heart.
Using these slave new troops to consume is the consensus of the entire Qin army, even the Crown Prince only said that the pension should be improved.
This is the cruel reality.
Soon the battlefield reappeared with the two armies.
Big Head stood at the forefront with the Slave New Army with their rudimentary weapons.
Looking at his companions around him who were filled with the same deathly intent, Big Head opened his mouth to say something.
But nothing could be said.
These days, everything he could say had already been said.
Everyone had understood their mission as well.
The reason they were still standing here was not just because of the Qin army’s harsh military laws, or because they knew that after they died in battle.
The family got more benefits.
They had already had the intention to die a long time ago!
This is an army towards death!
Not long after, the ground shook slightly, this time, no one showed any panic, they already knew it.
This was the movement of a large group of cavalry running.
Sure enough, a smoke and dust slowly appeared in their line of sight, and underneath the smoke and dust was a Hun cavalry that was like a poisonous mang!
This time, the other party’s voice seemed to be extraordinarily loud.
A moment of clarity rose in Big Head’s heart, he had a premonition that this should be the last battle for these people of theirs.
Suddenly, what Zhao Lang had said earlier at the banquet came out line in his mind and
“No matter what kind of desperate situation you face, you all must still try to survive.”
Those words now seemed to be somewhat ridiculous, it was the other party who had sent them to such a desperate situation!
Big Head said loudly at this time that
“If we can survive this time, I must ask that one of my Prince brothers in front of him, does his heart ever ache after so many brothers died? Hahaha!”
He wasn’t the only one that Zhao Lang had befriended in the beginning!
Most of the others had already died!
Hearing this, the other slave neophytes stared, then laughed, too, and
“Good! I’m all alone and have no family, if I survive, I’ll ask him too!”
“Hahaha! Brothers! Live!”
“Live!”
Not long after, all the slave recruits around them yelled out!
And by this time, the Hun cavalry had crashed over!
“Imperial!”
With a roar from Big Head, all the slave recruits began another brutal battle!
At this time, within the Hun army formation, Boldon’s eyes were looking at the battlefield, but his mind was not on this side, and he asked to the side of Zuo Xian Wang that
“Is it certain that the messenger has delivered the message that when the sun reaches the middle today, they will attack from the back of the Qin army?”
King Zuo Xian gave Boldon a somewhat puzzled look, this was already the third time the other party had asked, but he still replied that
“Shan Yu, it has been confirmed with the messenger, their message has definitely been delivered.”
“And it has also been confirmed with the Hu people, after today, they should have received the supplies as well and will come to join us after tomorrow.”
Bolden nodded absentmindedly, and Zuo Xianwang couldn’t help but ask, the
“Shan Yu, are you worried about something?”
Bolden at this time barely made a picture of relaxation, and returned, the
“Nothing.”
Of course there was something in his mind, he always felt that something was not quite right these days, but he could not tell.
After lining himself up for a while, there was no problem on the army’s side, and on the royal court side he had also asked his eldest son, saying that he had received a messenger from the royal court.
Everything is fine in the royal court.
But his heart was always still disturbed.
In any case, he only needed to defeat the Qin army as soon as possible, and everything would be solved!
The battle was still going on, brutal and bloody.
It just fell in the eyes of the leaders of both sides, but they were all just flags on their own path to victory.
Soon, the sun slowly rose to the centre.
Han Xin looked indifferently at the situation in the battlefield, knowing in his heart that it was already time, and was about to order a defeat.
Suddenly, several scouts hurriedly reached him and said, urgently.
“General! On both sides and behind our army’s flanks, a large number of Xiong Nu cavalry have been spotted! The camp is in danger!”
Hearing these words, Han Xin’s always indifferent complexion couldn’t help but change slightly!