Chapter 92: Pacifying the Rear
Lu Chen's army, when training, has strict requirements.
In addition to the difference between the cavalry, among all the infantry soldiers, there is no distinction between crossbowmen and pikemen, the soldiers hold up their halberds and line up in a phalanx, that is the real infantry army, pick up the bow and crossbow, and also release the arrow array!
The siege of the wind army is not like the barbarian army, which launches a whole army charge as soon as it comes up, and takes human lives to pile up.
100,000 soldiers approached the city, first dozens of stone throwers indiscriminately threw stone bullets, and when the city was crumbling and full of potholes, it was covered by arrows......
In the eyes of Lu Chen, a modern person, he deeply understood how powerful the arrow array was in the ancient cold weapon battlefield.
And in his concept, any training of soldiers is not as good as a real battlefield, he personally led an army of 100,000 out of the customs this time, although its main purpose is to subdue the barbarians, but by the way, it is also to polish the 50,000 county troops among them!
100,000 people set up bows and fired a volley, and the scale of its arrow array and the wide coverage of the arrow rain were really like a huge black cloud, pressing towards the city pass.
The sharpness of the Wind Army's arrow array is something that the barbarians have never seen!
Before the siege of the city was carried out, the Tusi border city passes had collapsed in many places, and the barbarian army was also shot by round after round of arrows, and the casualties were heavy!
Next, Lu Chen's battle sword was unsheathed, and with an order, the war drums in the Wind Army camp were immediately knocked like popping beans!
Marching with drums is an unchanging military order in the Central Plains.
This is a battle without suspense, on the side of the Wind Army, the large siege equipment is complete, and there are countless arrows, while on the Tusi side, its city defense is not the kind of masonry structure of the Wind Country at all, and it has long been hit by the previous stone thrower and has no defensive advantage.
With the 100,000-strong army breaking into the city, the territory of Tusi finally suffered the first truly large-scale bloody massacre!
Especially the border soldiers, their upper and lower soldiers, the hatred of the barbarians, needless to say, after entering the city, they are like evil ghosts, killing people when they see them, cutting them when they see people, burning and looting! For a time, in the Tusi border city, ghosts cried wolves, and there were terrible screams everywhere......
The soldiers needed to vent the hatred in their hearts, for these, Lu Chen did not stop much, and after the bloody Tusi border, the Feng army burned it with a fire.
Then, Lu Chen once again led the army to several cities.
At this time, there was a widespread panic in Tus, and its king finally couldn't sit still, and after a heated discussion in the Diet, Tusi decided to send an envoy to Lu Chen to sue for peace.
This is very interesting, because it stands to reason that in this kind of negotiation between countries, Tusi sent an envoy to sue for peace, and it should be like last time, sending an envoy into the Fengdu to meet the Wind King, but Tusi sent an envoy to meet Lu Chen in person.
Obviously, in the eyes of Tusi now, what made them feel scared and frightened was not the Wind Country Imperial Court, but Lu Chen's army!
When the Tusi envoy came to the camp where the Feng army was stationed with a guard of honor, Lu Chen invited him into the barracks, and set up a temporary school field, deliberately receiving him during the school exercise.
On the school field, the soldiers of the Feng Army are all carefully selected elite soldiers, and the military appearance is vigorous and neat, and the murderous spirit is high!
Lu Chen took the Tusi messenger to inspect the school field, and when he passed in front of the rows of soldiers, he suddenly drew his sword, and with his action, the soldiers below smashed the ground with their guns and halberds, shouting in unison:
"Wind! Wind! Galeβ"
Seeing this, Lu Chen deliberately showed off his military might and asked him:
"Has the messenger ever seen such a mighty army?"
"Your sabers and guns are bright, imposing, and in the ...... I have never seen such a brave army in Xia......" said the Tuth envoy, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Haha-" Lu Chen smiled when he heard this. After the shock, he invited the Tusi envoy into his Chinese military tent and held a banquet to entertain him, but he did not rush to ask him about his intention.
But he was not in a hurry, but the Tusi envoy couldn't sit still, and after drinking two glasses of wine, the Tusi envoy said clearly: "General Lu, you led a large army to attack my Tusi, and now you have connected five or six cities of my Tusi......"
Before he finished his words, Lu Chen pretended to be angry and slammed the wine glass on the table, and scolded angrily: "What? When you Tus led the army to attack my Fengdi, why didn't you think that there would be today!? Hum! Do you only allow Tusi to invade my Wind Country, and don't allow my Wind Country to kill Tus!? β
"No, no, no, General Lu misunderstood, that's not what I mean." Seeing this, the Tusi envoy hurriedly shook his hand and said: "I came here this time on the orders of His Majesty the King to negotiate peace with the general, and I hope that the general can think about the military and people of the two countries and stop this fight......
"Oh? Peace? The anger on Lu Chen's face decreased slightly, and he pretended to ask: "How to negotiate peace, the envoy will talk about it, if your Excellency does not understand the language, please go home quickly and prepare for war!" β
In fact, Lu Chen led the army into the barbarian battle this time, in order to take the initiative to sue for peace, it can be said that after so many days of fighting, what he was waiting for is today!
But in front of the Tusi envoy, his attitude was deliberately so tough, and when the envoy heard this, he couldn't help but grin secretly, and said tentatively: "General Lu, how can your army be willing to withdraw its troops, please also say the relevant conditions, as long as it is not too excessive, Tusi will definitely do his best to meet it." β
When Lu Chen heard this, he thought about it in his heart, and then said straight to the point:
"To make peace, Tus must do the following! First, in view of the huge losses caused by Tusi's plundering of our land in the past, you must compensate us with 200,000 taels of gold and 10 million taels of silver! β
"Second, Tus must release all the wind slaves who have plundered in the past, these two points are indispensable, otherwise, see you on the battlefield!"
Lu Chen said his two conditions in one breath in a tone that could not be refused, and the Tusi envoy was dumbfounded after hearing this.
Releasing the Fengren slaves, this is nothing, compensating for the loss of the Wind Country, this is also in the consideration of Tusi, but what the Tusi envoy didn't expect was that Lu Chen actually asked for such a huge amount of compensation with one mouth, it was simply a lion's mouth!
"This ...... 200,000 taels of gold...... 10,000,000 taels of silver...... Isn't it, isn't it a bit too much, General Lu, such a huge amount of indemnity can't be a good proposition under it......" The Tusi envoy said with a bitter face.
"Since Your Excellency can't make the decision, then please go back!" Lu Chen didn't care about this, now, his army had successfully advanced into Tusi, if he didn't take the opportunity to knock on his stroke at this time, wouldn't it be a missed opportunity!
Seeing that Lu Chen's attitude was still tough, and the matter was about to collapse, the Tusi envoy hurriedly said:
"General Lu don't be impatient, although I can't make the decision on this matter, I will immediately rush back to the national capital, report the matter to His Majesty the King, and ask him to decide......"