late at night.

In order to prevent the soldiers under his command from fleeing on a large scale, Yao Zhiyuan personally led the team to patrol.

But when he ordered the personal military camp to complete the team, he found that there were actually few people missing from the personal military camp.

Yao Zhiyuan wanted to get angry, but when he saw his personal soldiers looking at him, his eyes seemed to have a very complicated meaning, Yao Zhiyuan endured it again.

According to military law, deserters cannot be forgiven, but in such an illusion, Yao Zhiyuan could not really vent his anger on the remaining personal soldiers.

It is unfair to get angry at the person who stays because of the person who left.

"Go with me to inspect."

Yao Zhiyuan slowly breathed, turned around and walked forward.

He is also a person who has been in the army for many years and has an undefeated battle law. He is admired by many people in the Shuzhou army.

He is different from most other generals because he was born in Han Kuo and worked hard step by step with his own ability.

And all the soldiers were the same people as him.

In the Shuzhou army, the soldiers saw him and thought of him and felt that they had a promising future in joining the army.

Yao Zhiyuan also knew that in this team, the soldiers admired him very much and obediently.

However, the soldiers who were not afraid of war were afraid of the power of ghosts and gods at this moment.

Perhaps, this is not only something that Yao Zhiyuan's team did not expect before the war, but also something that Li Chi did not expect.

Back then, the founding emperor of the Taizu of Great Chu competed with another hero for the world.

One has completely occupied the south of the Yangtze River, and the other has dominated the north, with the two forces equally.

But the other side also fought from south to north, and most of the veterans were from Jiangnan.

During the decisive battle, Emperor Taizu of Chu had already gained the advantage and surrounded his opponent's remaining troops.

That night, my subordinates asked them to sing Jiangnan folk songs over and over again. Who would have thought that these songs from their hometowns would dissolve the last fighting spirit of the warriors.

That night, Emperor Taizu's only opponent watched his men escape at night, but they were powerless.

At this moment, when Yao Zhiyuan thought of this, he felt extremely depressed.

He knew from a long time ago that the outcome of the battlefield sometimes depends not only on head-on battles.

But he was not ready, this happened to him.

When he patrolled the front mountain, the team in the back mountain was disintegrating. One person ran away and more people chased after him.

When he patrolled the back mountain, the soldiers in the front mountain also began to escape, and the team was extremely scattered.

At dawn, Yao Zhiyuan, who had not slept all night, stood at the highest point of Xiushan and looked down with a sad face.

He didn't sleep all night and killed some people, but killing people couldn't stop anything.

"General..."

A lieutenant walked to Yao Zhiyuan and said in a heavy tone: "I just counted it, more than half of the people have gone down the mountain."

"but......"

The captain quickly added: "However, not many people went to surrender to the enemy."

Yao Zhiyuan smiled bitterly.

What's the difference?

The remaining team is about four or five thousand people, and more than half of the people escaped, but two-thirds of them are so many.

At this moment, Ning Jun's horn sounded at the foot of the mountain. Yao Zhiyuan raised his eyes and saw that Ning Jun's team was pressing towards the foot of the mountain.

Then he saw the Ning army separate from both sides, and a team of cavalry came from it.

Looking at the big flag, Yao Zhiyuan knew that it was Ning King Li Chi who arrived at the foot of the mountain in person.

Soon, he saw the man in a black Taoist robe walking towards the mountain again.

At this moment, Yao Zhiyuan's anger finally couldn't be suppressed. He reached out and pulled out the long sword and strode towards the Taoist man.

About dozens of feet away from the first line of defense of the Shuzhou Army, the black-robed Taoist stopped again.

Yao Zhiyuan grabbed the long sword and went straight out of the trench, his pace getting faster and faster, and his murderous intent became heavier.

"General Yao, do you think your soldiers are afraid of the power of gods and ghosts? Are you afraid of the divine punishment of heaven? Are you afraid of those wild beasts and poisonous insects?!"

Because of three consecutive questions, Yao Zhiyuan stopped immediately.

The black-robed Taoist looked at Yao Zhiyuan, and the eyes behind the iron face seemed to penetrate Yao Zhiyuan's heart.

"If you really think that your soldiers escaped because they were afraid of these, then you really don't deserve to be their general."

After hearing this, Yao Zhiyuan said angrily: "You are just pretending to be a ghost, you can't scare me, nor can you scare the people who stay here!"

The Taoist in black robe seemed to sigh softly.

"You still don't understand."

He looked at Yao Zhiyuan and said, "Your soldiers are not afraid of pretending to be a ghost, they are afraid of fighting."

Yao Zhiyuan's face suddenly changed.

The Taoist in black robe said, "You are a general. You may be eager to fight to prove yourself, but will your soldiers think the same as you? Use their deaths to prove that you are strong?"

Yao Zhiyuan subconsciously said: "Protecting the home is the duty of a soldier!"

The Taoist robe raised his hand and took off the hat connected to the robe back, and then took off the iron face from his face.

At this moment, Yao Zhiyuan saw that face clearly.

"I'm Li Chi."

The words Li Chi were like this, which really scared Yao Zhiyuan, so that Yao Zhiyuan subconsciously took a step back.

Li Chi said: "What I want to do is to make no more war in the Central Plains and let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment. What you are talking about now is to protect your home, and I know more than you."

"When the black warriors went south, I took them to defend the northern border. I have protected you now for you."

Li Chi looked at Yao Zhiyuan's eyes: "You answered me truthfully, can Pei Qi make the Central Plains no longer war? Can Pei Qi make the Central Plains stand proudly in the world?"

"If you think Pei Qi can do it, and you are protecting Pei Qi's ambition, then you can be prepared for a decisive battle."

"If you think Pei Qi can't do it, then please think quietly about what you are trying to stop the battle you are fighting now."

Li Chi said: "I will give you a half more day to think. After noon, if you remove the battle flag from the top of the mountain, I will order to open the encirclement and let you go. If your battle flag is still there after noon, at this time tomorrow, I will build a piece of earthen grave for you and your brothers on Xiushan."

After saying this, Li Chi turned around and went back.

Yao Zhiyuan stood there for a long time and didn't move. In fact, he was so confused that he didn't think about anything.

However, this mess was his shaken.

He walked back to the team in a daze and even a little numb, and Yao Zhiyuan's movements seemed a little mechanical.

He repeated a sentence back and forth in his mind... Tomorrow, this beautiful mountain will be filled with earthen graves.

For the first time, Yao Zhiyuan had the urge to ask the soldiers whether they wanted to fight or not.

But he knew very well that as a general who led the army, when he had this idea, he was already betrayal.

"General?"

His subordinate called him softly.

Yao Zhiyuan came to his senses and glanced around, and the soldiers were all looking at him.

"If...if...if you have the choice, would you stay and fight this battle with me, or leave?"

He finally asked.

The result is...no one answered.

And this is exactly the answer.

If most people are willing to stay and fight to the death, they will tell Yao Zhiyuan loudly.

It is precisely because they don’t want to, but they dare not say that they choose to remain silent.

Yao Zhiyuan let out a heavy breath. He sat down on the high slope. He obviously did nothing, but he seemed so tired.

It was as if he had just heard what Ning Wang Li Chi said, and he exhausted his strength.

"Let's go."

Yao Zhiyuan suddenly shouted loudly.

"People who don't want to stay can leave now. You will not be stopped by Ning Jun when you go down the mountain. King Ning will let you go."

After he finished speaking, the surroundings were quiet for a long time, so quiet that it made people feel terrible.

I don’t know how long it took, a young soldier put the long knife in his hand on the ground, then knelt down and kowtowed a few times at Yao Zhiyuan.

"General, I'm sorry."

After kowtowing, the soldier turned around and walked down the mountain.
To be continued...