C84 He Was Born to Serve His People
C84 He Was Born to Serve His People
In a short moment, their morale was in chaos. When the people fighting in the front heard that the people in the back had started to retreat, they immediately wanted to follow. Everyone knew that there was only death waiting for them here.
Zhou Qu's eyes darkened as he said loudly, "If you continue to retreat, my Yingjia will have nowhere to retreat to. Behind us are our wives and children's parents.
His eyes sparkled in the fire. When he saw this scene, many people's actions slowed down a little, and Zhou Qu had already decisively cut down the leader from the horse. He himself jumped up, "Kill!"
"Kill!"
When he heard the voice from behind, the general, who had been fleeing in panic, turned his head around and saw the Huns' troops being pushed all over the place. The remaining hundred soldiers suddenly gave off the aura of a great army, which made his heart tremble, and his hand also stopped in front of his own men.
There were more than a thousand Huns who had launched a sneak attack, but they all said that they had met on a narrow path and won the battle. Under Zhou Qu's lead, only a few of the more than 1000 Huns had escaped in a flurry. "Victory!
Zhou Qu sat on the horse. When he saw the broken armor in front of him, he slowly raised his head.
He thought back to what his father had told him when he was young. He said that in this world, only rabbits die and dogs die. No matter what, do not step foot into the civil service for the rest of your life.
But what his father did not know was that when the country was about to be reduced to a broken mountain, it was his duty.
Zhou Qu was escorted into the tent, but he saw the people who shouted for them to retreat were sitting inside. After looking up and down his body, he asked, "What's your name?"
"Zhou Qu."
The general nodded and stood up slowly. "I saw you kill the enemy just now and you're pretty fierce. This general will give you a promotion. From today onwards, you will be my deputy general!"
The surrounding people looked at Zhou Qu in admiration, but there was no change on his face. He only said, "Thank you, General. What do you want to do next?"
"Naturally, we are waiting for the arrival of the imperial army. This time, it's my father who will lead the army. Do you know who my father is?"
Zhou Qu shook his head.
He sneered and said, "I don't think you know, but my father was the great general who shook the world in the past. He was called Zhang Zhu, and I am his eldest son. This general is called Zhang Da. What do you think?"
When Zhou Qu heard this name, he immediately clenched his hands tightly. Of course he knew this name.
When he was a child, he always thought about how to tear this person apart. However, the Zhou Qu now was no longer the him at that time. He slowly calmed down and said, "Then I really have heard about it."
"That's right! I believe that when that time comes, my father will definitely lead us to defeat those barbarians of the Huns. You must have worked hard today.
Then, Zhou Qu walked down slowly. Zhang Da looked behind him and said to the person beside him, "This guy seems to have some skills. Tonight, he must have a higher status than me in the military. I have to think of a way to get rid of him!"
When Zhou Qu returned to his own barracks, everyone looked at him with admiration, "Big Brother Zhou, it's all thanks to you tonight. If not for you, all of us might have died there!"
Zhou Qu shook his head and said, "It was everyone who defended the enemy with all their hearts, not me."
Although he was modest, Zhou Qu's image in the army was still on the top. Everyone was getting more and more dissatisfied with the nominal Zhang Da.
Perhaps it was because they suffered that night, but the Huns who retreated all said that a very fierce person came out of Yingjia and destroyed their entire army. The Huns were afraid, but they kept quiet for two days.
Zhou Qu told Zhang Da that this was the time for them to take advantage of the victory. The Huns would go to war and lead their men to launch a sneak attack, burning his grain. Then, they could attack again and certainly take down a city that they had just lost.
However, Zhang Da disagreed. His military strategy was simple. He could only defend and not attack. Since he couldn't defend anymore, he immediately retreated.
However, the news of their victory in the war soon reached the ears of the emperor. The emperor was overjoyed. He rewarded Zhang Da with many things and spread them to the military camp. Many people helped fight for Zhou Qu.
On the other hand, Zhou Qu was very calm. He did not care about these things. All he wanted was to finish the battle as soon as possible so that he could go back.
Two days passed, and soon, the army led by Zhang Zhu arrived before them. Zhou Qu was kneeling on the ground, and all that could be seen was a pair of feet wearing black boots walking past in front of him. When Zhang Da saw his father, he also put away his slovenly appearance and seriously said "Great General".
Zhang Zhu looked around and was very angry when he heard that Zhang Da didn't move for the past two days. He immediately got people to start discussing and came up with the same conclusion Zhou Qu told him.
This made Zhang Da feel more and more that Zhou Qu could not be left alive. When Zhang Zhu asked who to send to ambush him with, Zhang Da directly recommended Zhou Qu without thinking.
Zhang Zhu proposed to bring 500 people with him. Since Zhang Da said so many people, it must be very conspicuous. Since it's a sneak attack, the fewer people there are, the better.
Zhang Zhu thought so and asked how many people he had.
Zhang Da directly said 100.
Zhang Zhu's eyes immediately darkened. There were at least twenty thousand men and horses in the Huns' tent. If he led one hundred men, wouldn't he be sending himself to his death?
Zhou Qu listened on the side without saying a word.
Zhang Da also felt that his idea of sending Zhou Qu to his death was a bit obvious, so he said, "How about … Two hundred or three hundred? "
Zhang Zhu looked at Zhou Qu, Zhou Qu said, "Two hundred soldiers are enough for me, but General, I have a request."
Zhang Zhu nodded, "What request?"
"I want to choose one of these two hundred."
"No problem."
Zhou Qu walked out of the tent. Zhang Zhu looked at his son and said, "Do you have any grudges with him?"
Hearing his father's words, Zhang Da's expression changed. Just as he was about to say something, Zhang Zhu said, "Since young, what have you been thinking about? How could I not know?"
Zhang Da smiled and said slowly, "Yes, such a father. This person has extraordinary intelligence. If he were to stay in the army, he would bring honor to his son."
Hearing his words, Zhang Zhu's hand knocked on his head heavily, and said, "Now, even the Huns are about to enter the Capital City, and you're still thinking about the inconspicuous things?!"
Zhang Da had been afraid of his father since he was young. Now that he heard his father's words, he could only cover his own head and not say anything.
Zhang Zhu's eyes slowly narrowed as he said, "So the previous victory was also because of him?"
Zhang Da looked around to make sure no one else was around before slowly nodding.
Zhang Zhu's gaze immediately turned even deeper.
As for Zhou Qu, when he returned to the tent, he looked at the person looking at him and said, "Tonight, the general assigned me a mission, I need 200 brothers, I don't want to force anyone, whoever is willing to leave with me, leave. If they aren't, I won't force them."
Zhou Qu's eyes were filled with seriousness. After those people looked at each other in dismay for a while, many of them chose not to move. On the other hand, a small portion of them stood up.
Those were the people that fought alone with Zhou Qu that night.
It was only at that time that they'd felt honor and responsibility as officers, and they naturally wouldn't shirk responsibility this time.
However, that was only seventy to eighty people. As for the others, they remained still.
Zhou Qu said, "This is also my first time coming here from home. I'm the same as everyone here and no one wants to die, but if everyone doesn't want to die and doesn't want to move, then who will protect this country? I am unable to tell you all anything, but if I am able to absolutely rush in front of you all, if I am able to, I will definitely block the sword that is in front of you all. "
Zhou Qu's eyes were full of seriousness and his voice was loud. After everyone looked at each other, more than half of them stood up.
Right now, not to mention two hundred people, there were even five hundred.
Zhou Qu smiled and said, "I only need two hundred people. The children and old parents, please sit down!"
When Zhang Zhu came out of the barracks, he saw this scene. He looked at Zhou Qu who was standing in front and said, "I don't know why, but when I saw him, I suddenly thought of an old friend."
"What old friend?" Zhang Da said.
Zhang Zhu shook his head. If it wasn't for the difference in their surnames, he would have thought that they were his descendants.
Zhang Da did not know the meaning behind his father's words. All he knew was that this Zhou Qu was doomed to die this time!
Two days later, as Lee Wanning was cooking, the spoon in her hand spun and fell to the ground with a clang. Her heart skipped a beat.
Just as he was about to leave, someone called out, "Aa Ning, are you inside?"
Lee Wanning immediately rushed out. When she saw Quan Fei's appearance, she almost collapsed.