Chapter 772 (1/2)

”Good!”

Seeing the situation in front of him, Zhou Yu could not help holding his fist and exclaiming excitedly.

As long as we can speed up the pace of the Cao army, break through the Cao army's formation, cut the general and seize the flag, the first world war can be determined.

Sun Quan was also excited. It seemed that there was a real possibility of defeating the Cao army. If Cao's army was defeated, he would naturally be able to go all out and recover Jiangdong. And their own position can also be stable, so it is no problem to be the master of Jiangdong.

Seeing Zhou Tai tear open a hole in Cao's shield array and take the lead in it, many generals of Jiangdong army are not willing to lag behind. They roar and fight to kill. For a moment, the Cao army's formation is really a little shaky.

”Hum!”

Xiahou yuan snorted coldly, and ordered: ”advance one hundred steps forward, and the supervision team will move out. As long as someone dares to be a deserter, he will not stay!”

”Here it is

In the early days, the flag guards pulled the flag out of the soil. The flag guards held the flag and moved it forward. However, the formation of Xiahou yuan moved forward nearly 100 steps before it stopped. The flag of Xiahou returned to the earth and flew high.

”If the general has orders, we must guard against death. If there is anyone who retreats in front of the battle, he will not let go. His wife and daughter will act as official slaves.”

Because of years of war, the population of the Han Dynasty dropped sharply. At the end of the reign of Emperor Ling, there were still 50 million people. Today, only half of them are left. The decrease of population means the decrease of troops.

In order to ensure their troops and prevent their soldiers from fleeing, princes in various places usually classify their soldiers as ”noble families”. You should not misunderstand that this aristocratic clan is not the celebrities with flowing forehead, high crown and long sleeves, but a special household registration system. Just like the military households in the late Ming Dynasty, those who have been registered as aristocratic household registration have to provide soldiers for the princes from generation to generation When the father dies, the son will continue to be a soldier. In this way, it provided enough soldiers for the princes to fight for hegemony. Moreover, if the soldiers fled, their wives and children often had to work in corvee for the government. This system also made the soldiers dare not escape, so it was widely used in the late Han Dynasty.

On the one hand, the bright blade of the governor was pressing on his back. On the other hand, he thought of his wife and children. Therefore, the soldier Cao, who was fighting hard at the front line, had to bite his teeth to stand up to the attack of the Jiangdong army.

Xia Houyuan's brow was frowning, two rows of teeth were biting at the same place, and he firmly held the long knife in his hand. If the war situation continues to deteriorate, then he, the former military commander, must go out to fight in person to urge the morale.

Whoosh!

A tributary darted over, less than a foot away from Sun Quan, and shot at a soldier. He screamed and fell to the ground.

”Brother, it's too dangerous here. It's too dangerous. I'd better take shelter for a while.” Sun Yu advised Sun Quan.

”No way!”

Sun Quan was furious, pointing to the front line and shouting to Sun Yu, ”the soldiers are fighting in the front line. Some of them can't fight in person. At least they have to cheer up for our Jiangdong officers and men on the front line. Is there any reason to retreat in the face of the battle?”

”The Lord is right.”

Zhou Yu nodded his head and said: ”this is the critical moment. Cao's army has been in a bitter battle. Now it depends on who can hold on. As long as the morale is released, it will be defeated. The Lord must not retreat.”

Sun Yu frowned and said, ”the sword has no eyes. What if it loses and shoots your elder brother?”

Zhou Yu ordered: ”Dao Dun hand, you must protect the Lord, you know?”

”Here it is

Zhou Yu bowed his hand to Sun Quan and said, ”my Lord, success or failure lies in one fell swoop. Whether we can recover Jiangdong and defeat Cao's army depends on now. We must persist in our official duties.”

Sun Quan said with relief: ”don't worry about Dadu. Even if you died here, you can't lose your father's reputation.”

Jiangdong army has always maintained a fierce offensive, and many senior generals personally led the troops to rush to kill them. Although Cao's army was large in number, it was crumbling under the impact of Jiangdong army, and gradually felt that it could not be supported.