Chapter 781: Killing the Husband and Asking for Surrender
The heavy cavalry of the Xuanhu with a weight of up to half a ton was like a terrifying steel beast, rushing into the unsuspecting Shadingzhou soldiers who were fleeing at a sharp and high speed, and its impact reached an almost terrifying level.
Countless soldiers of the Shadingzhou tribe were shocked by this unprecedented fierce iron horse, and they flew like pieces of paper, screaming miserably and slashing through long or short arcs in the air, and then falling to the ground with a snap, either dead or disabled.
More of the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department were knocked to the ground by this iron-armored heavy horseman, and then their heads or stomachs were trampled alive by the thick iron hooves that came one after another, and a terrible popping sound sounded on the ground.
The incomparable Tang Army's Xuanhu heavy cavalry was simply the iron fist of death, and in the screams of the Shadingzhou soldiers, from the fleeing Shadingzhou soldiers, they used violence and death to plow out a bloody road full of broken limbs and wreckage.
Such a fierce impact was a horror that the Tusi soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department had never seen before, so the remaining more than 30,000 Shadingzhou soldiers all collapsed.
Including the soldiers of Tang Guest's army, the retreat, which was barely a bit orderly, instantly turned into a fleeing that broke out without a purpose.
They abandoned their weapons, wailed loudly, and even took off their armor as they ran, in order to be able to escape as much as possible in this escape competition.
The Tang Army's Xuanhu Heavy Cavalry, as well as the thousands of Tang Army spearmen who followed behind, were like beasts that kept chasing their prey, and continued to bite and hunt them mercilessly.
Seeing that his more than 30,000 soldiers, he was still in retreat, and he was completely defeated, Sha Dingzhou's heart was as painful as a knife, but he was already powerless.
I wanted to get lucky, but in the end I lost completely.
He had no choice but to watch the soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department spread all over the slopes, and they were slaughtered by the Tang army like pigs and sheep.
"Brothers, retreat quickly, do not entangle with the enemy, but ...... as soon as possible."
Before he could finish his sentence, a sharp riding spear, like a poisonous snake flying from a flying stinger, pierced his throat at once, and the sharp head of the spear came straight out from the back of his neck.
Tang Guest, Sha Dingzhou's brother-in-law, his shrill cry suddenly stopped, his eyes widened, his mouth snorted, and he subconsciously grabbed the cold handle of the gun, as if he wanted to pull it out of his throat.
The Tang cavalry on the opposite side, who took his life, sneered, shook his right hand, and quickly pulled out the cavalry spear, and the terrible hole in Tang Guest's throat, blood spurted out wildly.
Like a stake, he rolled silently from his horse, smashing up large patches of viscous bloody mud, and never moved again.
"General Tang!"
"Soup Chief!"
Seeing that the Lord was about to be killed, the Shabu soldiers next to him screamed in grief, and the entire formation became more and more scattered, almost out of control.
In the distance, seeing this tragic scene, Sha Dingzhou suddenly felt a sense of disillusionment, at this time, he only felt that he was a walking dead with only breathing, and he didn't know what the meaning of his existence was.
At this point in the battle, the defeat was decided, and Sha Dingzhou knew that if he continued to resist, he would be powerless and useless.
It's a pity, I wanted to gamble, I wanted to rethink the formation of a battle to protect myself, but now it seems like a very ironic joke.
The lives of the nearly 50,000 soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department who were pitiful under his command are coming to the end of their fate today, with such a wretched ending.
The enemy army was defeated, the battle situation was basically decided, and in the entire battle array, there were interceptions in front and pursuers in the rear, and there were more than 20,000 enemy infantry who were scurrying around like a swarm.
With no way to escape, they abandoned their weapons and armor one after another, and cried loudly and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.
It's just that in this chaotic battlefield, because the enemy forces everywhere are almost uncontrollable, the Tang army simply does not have the ability and time to collect the prisoners, so the red-eyed Tang cavalry and spearmen are still roaring like beasts, mercilessly trying to kill all the remaining remnants of the sand.
At this critical juncture, the commander of the Tang Army, Huang Degong, gave a timely order and agreed to their surrender.
The heralds on both sides waved their flags high, and the red-eyed Tang soldiers finally stopped the terrible killing on this side.
The soldiers of the Shadingzhou Department who survived the catastrophe fell to their knees one by one, panting and glad that they were smoothly tied up by the Tang Army auxiliaries who rushed up one by one, and they were like grasshoppers, tied up in a long line on the spot.
When most of the soldiers and horses of the Shabu surrendered, the cavalry of the Tang Army, who had covered and killed Tang Xian's troops, finally raised a huge amount of smoke and dust all the way, like two sharp knives, roaring and stabbing close to the headquarters of Shadingzhou.
At this time, the rest of the Tusi in the back were also getting closer and closer, and they were about to complete the comprehensive encirclement of the Shadingzhou Department.
Finally, it's finally here.
Sha Dingzhou's face was hideous, he brushed the ground and drew his waist knife, and shouted at the guards beside him: "Brothers! The last time has come! Let's spill the last drop of blood on this ancestral land today! Brothers, ...... with me."
The word "rush" at the back, Sha Dingzhou didn't have a chance to say it.
Because, at this moment, a sharp Pu knife, with a soft pop, quickly pierced into his chest through the gap in the armor on his side.
The knife pierced so hard that the tip penetrated deep into the ribs, piercing the heart until it reached the ribs on the other side, leaving the blade with only the long hilt out.
The severe pain made Sha Dingzhou faint almost completely, the waist knife in his hand clanged to the ground, and the whole person almost fell from the horse.
He endured the great pain, turned to look back, and saw the hideous and terrifying face of his wife Wan.
Seeing Sha Dingzhou turn around and look back, Wan gritted his teeth and stirred the handle of the knife in his hand again, causing Sha Dingzhou to scream again.
A large mouthful of dirty blood spurted out of Sha Dingzhou's mouth, and he looked at his wife Wan Shi who had quietly killed him, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he spit out a sentence with difficulty: "Why, why do you even betray me?" ”
Wan's eyes were filled with tears, and his tone was choked: "Boss!" Haven't you heard that husband and wife are originally birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster comes. You want to kill yourself, but you still want to continue to live for your wife! So, wouldn't it be better for you to die at my hands than at the hands of the Tang Army? ”
Sha Dingzhou's face full of blood squeezed out a desolate smile, he sighed inaudibly, and said: "You are right, since this is the case, you can do it and give me a good time." ”
Wan's lips trembled, he bit his teeth, brushed out the bloody waist knife, slashed fiercely, and a bloody light flew by, Sha Dingzhou's head, with a pillar of blood rushing to the sky, rose up.
Wan Shi galloped forward, the tip of the knife went up, and caught the head of the person falling from the sky. The moment the bloodied head was inserted into the tip of the knife, she burst into tears.
I'm sorry.
In order to save your life, in order not to become a ghost under the knife of the Tang Army, you can only borrow your head.
"I'm descending! I would like to surrender! ”
Wan's trembling voice sounded in the air. At the same time, she fell to her knees along with the guards.
The Tang army didn't seem to hear it, they roared like a group of crazy beasts, and rushed forward, trying to slaughter all the Wan clan and the remnants of the Shabu who surrendered on their knees.
If military merit is in the past, there is no reason not to kill.
Just as several of Sen Han's sharp riding knives were about to be slashed at Wan's head, the sound of Mingjin finally came from the Tang army's formation in time.
Wan and the rest of the army, at the last moment, finally saved their lives.
Kneeling on the ground, she slowly opened her eyes, looking at the several Xueliang riding knives that were unwillingly removed from her face, full of the feeling of the rest of her life after the catastrophe, and looked around for a while, as if she was in another world.
At this point, the whole siege and annihilation battle of Shadingzhou was completely over, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses of Shadingzhou were completely annihilated by the Tang army, and the leader Shadingzhou was personally beheaded by his wife Wan, and a total of more than 30,000 people became prisoners of the Tang army.
When the sun was getting west, all the troops were taken in, and the thunderous cheers resounded through the field, like rolling spring thunder, sweeping the land.
Under the leadership of the Tang soldiers, Wan's face was blank, she held Sha Dingzhou's bloody head in both hands, and walked to the horse of Huang Degong, the chief general of the Tang Army, in a daze.
Then, she knelt down with a plop, held Sha Dingzhou's head high with both hands, and said loudly to Huang Degong: "The sinner Wan clan, I don't know the heavenly soldiers, I am late to surrender, and General Wan Qi forgives me for my capital crime." ”
Huang Degong looked down at Wan Shi coldly from his horse, brushed the ground and pulled out his riding knife, and poked it on Sha Dingzhou's head, then picked up the bloody head, and then put it in front of him, and watched it with interest for a long time before he fell to the ground.
The head of the Sha Dingzhou rolled on the ground for a long time before it rolled in a grass nest and did not move.
Huang Degong looked down at the black-faced and fierce-looking Wan in front of him, and after looking at it for a while, he slowly replied: "Well, Wan Low You can finally repent in time at the last moment, and the righteous extermination of relatives leads the troops to surrender, but it can be regarded as a small achievement." Arise, for you would have been spared the death penalty. ”
Wan Shi raised her head gratefully, she thought for a while, and then asked timidly: "That sinner wants to ask, how will the adults settle us next?" ”
Huang Degong looked at her expressionlessly, and replied lightly: "Originally, if you didn't confront our army, our army would let you continue to keep the land and population like other Tusi, but now, the general can only ensure your life at most." ”
When Huang Degong said this, he paused slightly, and then said: "The entire population of your entire Tusi will be divided into several departments, and all immigrants will be sent overseas. From north to south, from East Siberia to Australia, they will be dispersed. However, all those who participated in this battle against the heavenly soldiers were first punished with hard labor, and after about three years, after the end of hard labor, they could become normal people. ”
Wan Shi listened to Huang Degong's words silently, and did not speak, his brown pupils kept staring at Huang Degong firmly, and his eyes were full of fear.
Huang Degong knew that the woman kneeling on the ground looked like she didn't know what her final fate was. Now that she is killing her husband and begging for surrender, she is most concerned about her own fate.
So, he smiled faintly and said, "Wan, since you have made a slight contribution to my Tang Army, then the general will never treat you as the same as other subordinates." In this way, Ben will play the Tang King, so that you can bring a lot of wealth and a few servants to live in the Jiangnan area. From now on, in the land south of the Yangtze River, live in peace and be an ordinary rich wife. ”
Hearing Huang Degong's words, Wan Shi took a long breath and said hurriedly: "Thank you for being so magnanimous, not to blame the sinner's fault, but to give the sinner and the servant, and let the sinner go to the land south of the Yangtze River to settle down, which is really a great blessing." The sinner woman was grateful, how could she express her words, only wished that after arriving in Jiangnan, she would burn incense and pray for General Huang every day, so that she could taste my wish. ”
Huang Degong smiled faintly, waved his hand, asked her to step back first, and then reconvened the rest of the toast to discuss the matter.
These toasts, in this battle, were basically in a wait-and-see state of not being able to work, so they were summoned by Huang Degong, and they were all ashamed.
However, on the surface, Huang Degong did not show any dissatisfaction, but praised them a lot. It's just that he didn't mention that he would allocate the land of the Shadingzhou Department to these Tusi, but only gave them some of the Shabu's property as a reward for this battle.
Seeing Huang Degong's reward, although those toasts were dissatisfied, none of them dared to complain.
After all, this battle is basically all the credit of the Tang Army, and these toasts are basically in a state of watching the battle and do not play any key role.
Moreover, they originally thought that in this battle, they would take advantage of the opportunity of the Tang army to defeat the soldiers and horses of Shadingzhou, and they would be able to take the opportunity to pick up a leak and get a handful of fertilizer and water. Unexpectedly, the soldiers and horses of the Shabu were basically wiped out by the Tang army, and the last remnants of the troops also surrendered to the Tang army with the Wan clan, so their desire to take the opportunity to steal chickens was all in vain.
There is no military exploits, naturally there is no reward, Huang Degong can still give them some wealth as a reward, which can be regarded as generous and very affectionate.
Moreover, they witnessed the instant collapse of the Shadingzhou Division, and all the Tusi were terrified in their hearts, and they were deeply afraid of the Tang Army, and they were still dissatisfied with it, but no one dared to express it.
They knew that the Shadingzhou Division, which had the largest force in the south, could be destroyed by the Tang Army with one blow, and the strength was far inferior to Shadingzhou's own.
So, after receiving the reward, all the toasts thanked Huang Degong, and then obediently led the troops back to their respective territories.
After Huang Degong had cleared Shadingzhou, he had temporarily assigned officials to manage the land of his subordinates, so he immediately commanded the whole army and rushed westward without stopping.
Their next target was Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui who was cowering in Yongchang City in western Yunnan.