Chapter Eighty-Three: Attacking the Water Source
"Shen Xingzhou, the chance of winning is very big when we wait, remember, don't keep prisoners, that thing is useless to us." Xiao Tianyu said solemnly.
Shen Xingzhou was puzzled: "My lord, it is a tradition in the army not to kill prisoners, why did the Huns surrender, and we still have to kill them?" It's not good to get out. ”
"Because they're nomads." Xiao Tianyu explained, "Their food is cattle and sheep, and they usually live by water and grass, but do you think their cattle and sheep are enough to eat? Obviously it is not enough, otherwise they would not risk their lives to rob us of what we eat, if they don't rob us, they will not survive, and under this premise, they will continue to come and loot us whether they want it or not. ”
"That'...... If they can fill their stomachs, will they not deal with us anymore, the combat effectiveness of the Huns is very strong, with their help, Your Majesty will be able to dominate the world just around the corner. Shen Xingzhou fantasized beautifully.
"You're right, but," Xiao Tianyu asked rhetorically, "can they merge with our original people, and are they willing to accept this enemy?" Where do they live? Before they learn how to farm and grow grain in the field, whoever cares about them eating and drinking is not a small amount. Are they themselves willing to accept our indoctrination? Shen Xingzhou, there are really, very many problems, too difficult to solve, it is better to kill them, it is much easier to bear the infamy of the world, and once and for all, we can provide for our own horses, and we don't have to rely on the horses of the country. ”
"But the killing is too great." Shen Xingzhou really couldn't bear it.
Xiao Tianyu disagreed, "How can there be a war that does not kill people, besides, how many of our people in the Wind Country died at the hands of the Huns, it is not too much to kill them all." Xiao Tianyu carefully instructed, "Remember, wait a minute, don't take prisoners, just kill them all." Perhaps you can choose to accept their surrender and then take away all their weapons before slaughtering them. ”
Shen Xingzhou thought a lot for a moment, the hesitation in his eyes disappeared, he lifted the gun and directly killed Sha Damu, who had lost the ability to resist, and wiped the silver gun on Sha Damu's neck, making his head and body separate.
Shen Xingzhou picked up Sha Damu's head with a gun and raised it above his head, shouting: "Those who descend will not be killed!" ”
The surrounding Wind Nation soldiers also shouted: "Those who descend will not be killed!" Those who descend will not be killed! ”
Only the voices of the soldiers of the Wind Country were left on the battlefield, the Hun soldiers gave up resistance, disarmed and surrendered, the main generals were gone, and they were still slapping a fart! It's better to surrender, and you can still save a small life, those Wind Country people are the most stupid, put them back in the future, and they will definitely go to the border of the Wind Country to kill dozens of Wind Country people to vent their anger.
Shen Xingzhou clearly saw that the eyes of those Huns were full of hatred and greed, and he was probably thinking about how to retaliate in the future, and he believed most of Xiao Tianyu's words, and there was no mercy left in his heart.
The soldiers of the Wind Country confiscated the weapons of the Huns, and the people were also controlled together and prepared to wait for Shen Xingzhou to fall.
"Kill them all." Shen Xingzhou said softly.
The Huns have all fried the pot, and some of them have been captured before, and they are all surrendered and not killed, why do they suddenly regret it now.
"Didn't you say that those who surrendered would not be killed? Why do you want to kill Lao Tzu now! ”
"You wind dogs, aren't you afraid of being looked down upon by the world?"
"Treachery."
"Dog thief!"
The soldiers of the Wind Country were also dumbfounded, they didn't expect Shen Xingzhou to give such an order, and they didn't dare to do it.
Shen Xingzhou urged: "What are you waiting for?" Kill everyone, then everyone will be one person and two horses, and those who don't want horses can tell me directly, but they can't disobey military orders. ”
The soldiers of the Wind Country rushed up, and no matter how strong the unarmed Xiongnu martial arts were, they could not escape the fate of death.
At night
There were no enemies, everyone was very relaxed, several huge bonfires were burned on the grassland, and the soldiers sat around the bonfires, eating the captured jerky, drinking the captured mare's milk wine, and reveling to their heart's content.
Xiao Tianyu was still looking at the map, wondering if there would be any enemies to kill.
Shen Xingzhou took a bowl of mare's milk wine, "My lord, the enemy has been killed, you can relax." ”
"I haven't returned to Yangyi yet! How can it be so ensured that there are no enemies? Just drink a little mare's milk wine and try it, drunk and drunk, at this time there is an enemy sneak attack, you tell me, what to do? Xiao Tianyu's face did not see joy, but a lot of worry.
Shen Xingzhou glanced at the mare's milk wine in his hand, poured the mare's milk wine to the ground, and was immediately absorbed by the grass, "My lord, I'll remind everyone now." ”
"Go ahead!" Xiao Tianyu said with relief.
When I woke up the next morning, the corpses of the Hun soldiers were still on the ground, and there was a faint smell.
Shen Xingzhou came over and asked, "My lord, what should we do with these corpses?" Is it buried in place, or is it left alone? ”
Xiao Tianyu had an idea in his heart, opened the map to check, there is a water source that runs through the grassland nearby, from the map, this river is an important water source for the Hun soldiers, there is no one, the end of the river is only about a kilometer away from Yangyi, so this is also one of the important water sources in Yangyi, and there are other water sources, just to go a little farther.
"Leave a hundred soldiers here, give them fifteen days of food, and if no one comes to call them back in advance, let them carry these corpses to the river, and carry a hundred corpses, and burn the rest of the corpses." Xiao Tianyu said lightly, his heart hurting like a pinprick.
Xiao Tianyu plans to destroy the water source of the Xiongnu and let them all be infected with the plague, so that they can win without a fight, and the Wind Country can easily win the victory, I am afraid that a large-scale plague will break out on the Xiongnu side, and I will accidentally be hit by this side, so I should go back and discuss with General Jin Wuwei.
Left the corpse collection team, there was no enemy behind the buttocks, Xiao Tianyu's return was very smooth, but the Hun army had begun to slowly assemble under Yangyi, Xiao Tianyu spent an extra day around before returning to Yangyi.
General Jin Wuwei was mixed with joy, happy because the victory of Xiao Tianyu and Shen Xingzhou was unprecedented, and worried because the strength of the Xiongnu was unprecedentedly united, and the number was the largest since the previous dynasties.
Shen Xingzhou reported to General Jin Wuwei on the glorious achievements along the way.
General Jin Wuwei was overjoyed, "Very good, the two prison soldiers are very powerful, and they have made great achievements for my country, I will definitely write a letter to implore Your Majesty to add officers to the two prison guards." ”
Shen Xingzhou and Xiao Tianyu didn't show too much joy, Xiao Tianyu's own emperor, the entire Wind Country is hers, the top of the proper food chain, what reward can there be? Shen Xingzhou didn't care much, because His Majesty was by his side, and Xiao Tianyu knew best what credit he had.
Xiao Tianyu diverted the topic, "General Jin Wuwei, our last battle is to fight with the Hun general Sha Damu, the 60,000 cavalry all died in the grassland, the lower official left people there, and the corpse will be thrown into the river after a few days, the Huns will get the plague after drinking the water of that river, the lower official wants to discuss it with the general, if the general doesn't like it, the lower official can let them come back directly, and don't make small moves." ”
"The plague?" General Jin Wuwei was a little repulsed from the bottom of his heart, but this was a good strategy to minimize casualties, but "Do you have a way to guarantee that our army will not get the plague?" ”
Xiao Tianyu nodded, there have been plagues in modern times, such as SARS and the new coronavirus, no matter how big the scene is, she has seen it, isn't she still alive?
"We are not allowed to drink the water of that river, and the water we drink must be boiled before drinking, we must wash our hands with the soap we used in the bath before eating, we must clean frequently, we smoke the house with mugwort leaves, we must open the windows for ventilation, and we will not come into contact with people who have the plague, and those who have the plague need to be quarantined." Xiao Tianyu talked about some of the methods he still remembered.
General Jin Wuwei is not a doctor, and he can't confirm whether Xiao Tianyu's methods are effective: "What you said is not to contact people who have the plague, and the two armies are fighting, how can there be any reason not to contact." ”
"As long as we don't go out to fight the Huns." Xiao Tianyu chuckled and said: "When Xia Guan came back, he passed by the Hun camp, and there were no siege equipment from a distance, so I am afraid that it will not be possible to carry out siege warfare." If it really hits, after a day of fighting, the soldiers defending the city will be dragged to quarantine, and once it is found that something is wrong, the person will be taken from the quarantine area to the treatment area, and after seven days of isolation, it will be found that there is no problem, and then released. ”
Xiao Tianyu concluded that the Huns did not dare to go, if the Huns ran away, then they would die, they did not dare to run, and even increased their efforts to attack, the city was broken, they could go to the doctor to treat them, and they still had a glimmer of life.
General Jin Wuwei also thought of it, but after all, this is a loss of people, I have never tried to kill the old man and children in the war before, this is to break the roots of others! Although it can be done once and for all, the Wind Country will never be invaded again, but morally unjustifiable, there are too many people who have died.
Xiao Tianyu saw that General Jin Wuwei hesitated, and took a fierce medicine, "The general has been guarding the border for many years, and he should have seen the Huns slaughtering the city, right?!" If they can reach out to the old and weak women and children of the Wind Country, can't we cut on their old and weak women and children? The general still thinks that the old and weak women and children of the Huns are nobler than the people of our Fengguo and cannot be killed. General, Your Majesty means to kill everyone, but the border will be unhindered forever, but you want to disobey Your Majesty's will? ”
"Of course not" General Jin Wuwei clarified himself, "Cao Jianjun, we are soldiers, and we have never thought of pointing a knife at the old and weak women and children, don't talk about me, even the soldiers below are not very happy." ”
Shen Xingzhou asked rhetorically: "General, those old people watched us slaughter the Hun soldiers, if we let them go, they raised their children and spread hatred to them, when they grow up, they will be a disaster on the border again, and you may not be there at that time, who can Your Majesty rely on?" Do you want Your Majesty to drive in person? ”
Xiao Tianyu chuckled: "General, those old and weak women and children are easy to kill, every three heads is considered a military merit, no one who wants to go to this military merit for nothing, we don't force them, the road is chosen by ourselves." ”
"How many days will those soldiers in the steppe throw their bodies into the river?" General Jin Wuwei asked.
"Eleven days to go."
"Okay, I'll have someone prepare." General Jin Wuwei was suddenly a little embarrassed: "I heard that you have captured a large number of military horses, can you give me some evenly?" ”
"The general wants to covet His Majesty's private property?" Xiao Tianyu refused ugly online, "But, if the cavalry in the army appears and the horse dies, and the cavalry has no horse, then it can be even." ”
Out of the City Lord's Mansion, Xiao Tianyu thought about it, and felt that throwing people's corpses into the river seemed to be something like that, and the corpses were exposed on the ground, and before it was time to throw the corpses into the river, his own soldiers might be sick.
So, Xiao Tianyu recruited a soldier to come over, "You go back to the place where we fought before, tell those soldiers, burn all the corpses, and bury the ashes that were burned." When the appointed time came, he killed another group of his horses and threw them into the river, and then he could no longer drink the water of that river. ”