Section 37: Abandoned Pieces in a Chess Game
When Fu Ge killed all the encirclement, he looked back and saw that less than a hundred soldiers following the protruding. After killing all 200 dead soldiers, Xiang Yu chased and killed them all the way. If it weren't for his soldiers' lives to stop them, Fu Ge's life would have long become the wandering soul under his halberd.
"Dongdongdongdongdong--!" Finally, Fu Ge saw clearly. Yu Ji stood in a chariot, raised the drumstick in her hand, and the drum beats suddenly became fast, and the soldiers surrounded her, bravely fighting with the rebels.
Before the danger had passed, Xiang Yu chased Fu Ge tightly. He seemed to have discovered that Yu Ji was the enemy's eye and was breaking through and intercepting with all his might to come here. Not far away, Liu Bang also led the soldiers to come quickly.
"General, go quickly! I, Old Du, are blocked here." Du Zhong, holding a square iron head about four feet long, went up to meet him in a chariot. As soon as he passed by, Fu Ge saw that his face was full of concern.
"Kill!" Every loud shout from Xiang Yu made Fu Ge frightened.
"Puff!" The halberd penetrated the armor and passed through his heart. Looking at the blood he sprayed, Du Zhong struggled a few times, as if he didn't believe that anyone could kill him in an instant.
Du Zhong was killed!
He died under Xiang Yu's halberd!
Fu Ge was powerless to do anything about this, and the only thing he could do was to run away desperately with Yu Ji.
"Old Du, forgive me for not being able to avenge you now, but one day--." There was no chance to hear Du Zhong's words again, and no way to hear his laughter again. At this moment, Fu Ge felt indescribable sadness in his heart.
After going through a lot of hardships, when Fu Ge led the remnants of his troops to escape the Yellow River, the 12,000 soldiers who followed him to fight against Dong'a were only 2,121 people left.
This was a great escape with blood and tears. Some defeated soldiers in despair abandoned their weapons and surrendered in order to survive. Many soldiers were caught by the rebels on the way to retreat. Some were seriously injured on the battlefield, and some died with the enemy in order to stop the rebels' advance...
Fu Ge was defeated, and the defeat was extremely tragic.
Under the joint attack of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, not only did he lose nearly 10,000 elite soldiers, but also an excellent general like Du Zhong. This was the most tragic failure he had experienced since he commanded the army!
"Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, I will make a comeback!" Fu Ge swears to the sky at the ruthless river.
Dingtao City.
Less than a hundred miles away from Chengyang County, it is a must-pass important town for Chu to enter Qi.
After Xue Cheng was frustrated, Zhang Han led a large army to move here. His purpose was to rely on this prosperous and lively commercial port to solve the military's supply problem, and to cut off the ties between Xiang Liang and the northern rebels. Unfortunately, with the end of the Battle of Dong'e, Zhang Han's intention to cut off the connection between the rebels in Chu and the northern rebels also went bankrupt.
May 15th, dusk.
Fu Ge, who was trapped in the crowd, led the remaining soldiers here. Zhang Han ordered Fu Ge to besiege Dong'a. Now that the military operation has failed, Fu Ge, as the main general, must clearly report to Zhang Han about the battle. As for who will bear the responsibility for the defeat, that is not something he considered.
"Personnel Fu, this failure is not your fault, it is my decision-making mistake! Fortunately, it doesn't matter. If you have the truth, arrogance will be defeated. Let Xiang Liang be proud for a while. We will make him pay the price soon." When he heard Fu Ge coming to meet, Zhang Han unexpectedly met Fu Ge privately in his dormitory. Zhang Han had a very good attitude and took the initiative to bear the responsibility for strategic mistakes. At the same time, his second half of the sentence also surprised Fu Ge. The meaning of Zhang Han's words seemed to be a trap he deliberately set.
If this is the case, Fu Ge's army would be a pitiful abandoned son.
"General, I--!" Fu Ge's heart was in pain, he also blamed himself for his stupidity, and even saddened for more than 10,000 soldiers including Du Zhong who died in vain.
Zhang Han waved his hand to stop Fu Ge's words, and he continued: "However, the Empire will definitely pursue the loss of nine thousand elite soldiers. There is no way. If you really can't avoid it, you have to apologize for you first!"
Zhang Han's words suddenly made Fu Ge's heart freeze like an ice cave. It turned out that the responsibility that just now was just a polite word on the scene.
Yes, after the main force of the Northern Legion arrived in the Central Plains, the chief general Wang Li defeated the Qi and Wei coalition forces in Linji. The Qi and Wei Wang Ju were all eliminated. Under such circumstances, the imperial conquest army was unprecedentedly powerful, and Fu Ge, a civilian lieutenant, was no longer so important. This may be the real reason why Zhang Han decided to sacrifice Fu Ge.
Fu Ge was numb after blows one after another. He nodded expressionlessly and said coldly: "I am defeated by my subordinates and should be responsible. I obey the arrangements of the general in everything."
Zhang Han didn't care about Fu Ge's attitude. He stepped forward and looked at Fu Ge's injured shoulder with comfort and said, "This time, your troops have suffered a lot. Let's retreat to the Yongqiu area for rest. Yongqiu is now guarded by General Li You. If you get there, he will control it first!"
When he was in Xingyang, Zhang Han knew about the holidays between Fu Ge and Li You, but now he asked Fu Ge to join Li You again. What does this mean? This is to say that in his eyes, Fu Ge and his remaining soldiers are already dispensable. With Li You's character, how could Fu Ge live a good life in Yongqiu?
Before leaving, Fu Ge opened his mouth with difficulty. He wanted to ask Zhang Han not to let him go to Yongqiu, but finally swallowed it hard. From Zhang Han's already a little unhappy face, he saw the signal of clearly refusing to talk again. Now, Fu Ge, who had no background and lost his value, had no room for bargaining in front of Zhang Han.
Well, even the general Zhang Han, who was praised as turning the tide, could not get rid of his stern brothers. In his eyes, what a civilian general like Fu Ge could do was to become a stepping stone for others to win. However, he obviously forgot that Bai Qi and Wang Jian, the famous generals in the history of the empire, were all from poor backgrounds. Without the sacrifice of many civilian soldiers to fight, there would be no invincible glory that the imperial army would have.
"The empire will no longer have hope of revival! From now on, from now on, I, Fu Ge, will fight for the benefit of myself and the two thousand brothers." When I walked out of Zhang Han's dormitory, Fu Ge's heart was no longer a happy mood. Some were happy to break the shackles. Although he was still a Qin man, the current empire was no longer a country for the vast majority of Qin civilians. He had completely become a tool for emperors and dignitaries to rule and suppress the poor.
Fu Ge made up his mind to let everyone know that abandoned sons also have self-esteem and glory, abandoned sons will also have a counterattack, and abandoned sons will also have time to escape from difficulties, and the dragon and Kunpeng spread their wings.
Chapter completed!