General Shen looked at the fallen soldier, with a pool of blood reflected under him. He couldn't bear to face the soldiers behind him. He felt that he had made the wrong choice of people and had implicated these brothers who had followed him so hard.
General Shen stared at the glaring red with a sharp gaze. For a moment, he could not think of any solution. He just felt extremely anxious. When he managed to calm his mind, he vaguely heard someone shouting outside, which was extremely arrogant.
"Mr. Shen, get out of here. Why are you being such a coward in there? Are you afraid of us and don't want to come out? Hahaha."
General Shen's face turned pale when he heard their shouting and cursing. The soldiers behind him also shouted at him to fight back, and they must not let them insult the general.
General Shen was moved when he saw the angry soldiers. He organized words in his mind and raised the sword in his hand with a majestic look.
"All soldiers, listen up. We are surrounded by the enemy now. Although we are outnumbered, none of the soldiers I brought with me are cowards. For the sake of our wives and children far away in the capital, and for the country we have besieged with great difficulty, we must not admit defeat. I am a passionate man, and I would rather die standing than live on my knees. Everyone, follow me and fight our way out."
General Shen's speech was very exciting, and the morale was high in an instant. Everyone was passionate and heroic, and they wanted to rush out and knock the enemy leader off his horse. General Shen saw that the atmosphere he needed was achieved, so he swung his sword and dust suddenly rose.
“Kill… Kill… Kill…”
All the soldiers shouted loudly along with General Shen's voice. Their momentum was soaring to the sky that it made people's blood boil.
"General, you are the commander-in-chief after all. Without you, our soldiers will be like a pile of loose sand and will collapse without a fight. Why don't you exchange clothes with me? If we really can't tear a bloody path, you can take the opportunity to escape, carrying the brothers' hopes, and you can also take other soldiers to avenge your brothers!"
Suddenly, the soldier closest to General Shen knelt on the ground, crying. General Shen hurriedly helped him up, but rejected him with a righteous look on his face, "How can this be? I will never abandon my brothers. I have been on the battlefield for so many years, and I have never been afraid of death. Don't say that!"
The soldier burst into tears after hearing this and continued to persuade him. The thought of death had long been in his eyes. It was a great honor for a man to die on the battlefield. "General, please listen to me. If you die here, what will happen to our country, our wives and children, and our brothers? Please, for the sake of the country, please trade with me."
General Shen knew very well that no matter what, the enemy had trapped him here with great difficulty and would never let him go out alive. The soldier was right, he was not only carrying his own life, but also the entire country's. However, this soldier would surely die if he put on his clothes. General Shen turned his face away reluctantly, a line of hot tears burning his cheeks. It is said that a real man sheds blood but not tears, but facing such a life-and-death cause, how could he not be moved.
"you… "
The soldier held back his tears, tried hard to smile, and looked directly into General Shen's eyes. The two looked at each other, and General Shen saw his determination to die.
"General, it's too late. Just agree."
General Shen covered his face and wiped away his tears silently, looking at the brothers behind him with guilt, feeling sorry for them. For the sake of the overall situation, General Shen still changed his clothes with the soldier, patted his shoulder, took a deep breath, and called all the soldiers to his side.
General Shen and his colleagues formed a circle, talking about something, but after a while everyone nodded.
Two men brought some dry grass and took out tinder. Soon, flames were everywhere and wisps of thick smoke drifted outside with the strong wind. General Shen heard the panicked noises outside, raised his sword, and shouted with murderous intent in his eyes.
"kill… "
All the soldiers rushed out of the cave at General Shen's loud shout. All of them were like evil spirits coming out of hell, wielding swords wantonly, and blood flowed like a river in an instant.
All the soldiers knew that the flowers in the capital were in full bloom, and at this time of year when they should have been radiant and beautiful, they suddenly fell to the ground amid the sounds of slaughter.
The soldiers on both sides collided like a tidal wave, like thunder rumbling through the valley, and like a vast sea of raging waves hitting the mountains. Long swords and scimitars clanged and danced, spears and javelins whistled and flew, dense rain of arrows covered the sky like locusts, and the dull shouts and short roars made the mountains and rivers tremble!
The tough guys collided, never turning back, ferocious faces, bloody swords, low howls, filled with smoke and dust, the whole sky was shrouded and annihilated by the tragic atmosphere of this primitive fight...
Swords flashed, drums blared, blood flowed. The enemy whizzed by General Shen with a knife in hand, and a drop of his companion's blood flowed down the blade and fell on his face. General Shen wiped the blood and sweat on his face with his sleeve, but it stained more of it, and his eyes were filled with a bloody red.
General Shen knew that he should have been a warrior who was not afraid of life and death, fighting side by side with his brothers who had gone through life and death with him, until the last moment, when he would leave his last back in the sunset.
But General Shen couldn't. In a trance, he could hear Shen Qingwan calling him father, heard the shouts of countless soldiers who were looking forward to him taking charge, and saw the eager eyes of the people he was protecting. He couldn't die yet.
In this way, General Shen watched his soldiers fall one by one. The blood dyed their armor red, proving their backbone and broad-mindedness. The remaining soldiers surrounded General Shen and escorted him out of the enemy's encirclement back to back.
General Shen turned around with tears in his eyes, and saw dead bodies lying on the ground, bleeding profusely, but no one came forward to clean up. The thick smell of blood and sweat mixed together, filling the air, pungent and unpleasant. Those lives that were still alive just now were buried in a pile of corpses. Although General Shen fought countless battles in his life, he still could not remain calm.
In this way, General Shen escaped under the protection of several soldiers. They dodged the enemy's pursuit all the way and ran back to the barracks in a panic. Everyone had scars of varying sizes and blood all over their bodies. They looked like they had just returned from hell, which was very horrifying to look at.
Everyone is looking at them and looking at them with admiration, because these soldiers are protecting the dignity of this country with their lives, and they are the ones who deserve the most respect.
With their cover and support, General Shen successfully returned to his tent. Relieved, General Shen closed his eyes and fell to the ground unconscious.