Chapter 17: It's Good to Surrender
Humble Chi immediately killed another person on this side, to avenge the dead, Guan Hai wanted to kill another one, but was replaced by Gao Shun, Gao Shun had already itched his hands, Gao Shun's martial arts were in the trap camp, only ranked below Lu Bu, and Lu Bu often instructed him in two marksmanship. Gao Shun is naturally anxious to make meritorious contributions, on the one hand, he also wants to prove that he not only has the ability to train soldiers, but also kills the enemy in battle. In fact, it only took Gao Shun two rounds to pick the Hun generals off the horse.
Humble Chi was very angry when he saw that he had broken two generals in a row, and was about to go into battle in person, but the minister next to him hurriedly grabbed him, "Your Highness, there are many of us, and there are few Han soldiers, why fight with them alone, they are delaying time, let's attack with the whole army." "Well, it makes sense, Kim Il-kan, let your thousand-man team attack first!" "Yes, my Highness." Jin Riyan was the minister who had been cautious just now, and when he saw that the Han army was only three or four hundred people, there were only low mounds around, and there was no place to bury ambush soldiers, he also felt that he was too cautious. The terrain before the camp is more open, from the front of the Huns to the front of the camp of the Han army is a gentle slope, he will ride a hundred columns in a row of ten columns, and then give the order to attack, he is in the center of the team, convenient for front and back scheduling. A thousand elite Huns shouted and went straight to the Han army's position. Seeing the Huns charging, Gao Shun turned his horse back to his team, and after getting Lu Bu's signal, he drew his sword out of the sheath and stood in the center of the Han army, "array," the three hundred Han troops moved quickly, it was still a traditional formation, one hundred shield soldiers in front, two hundred spearmen in the back, lined up a horse rejection array, but the crossbowmen and cavalry trapped in the camp were nowhere to be seen.
Jin Riyan saw that the Han army was still the old routine of rejecting horses, and he was even more careless, the other party only had three hundred people, and there were no crossbowmen, isn't this waiting for death? Shoot a few more rounds yourself, and shoot them to death. Thinking to himself, he was just urging his subordinates to charge faster, but he didn't care about the changes in the ground under his feet. Suddenly, dozens of Hun cavalry in the forefront, the horses fell down one after another, and the knights on horseback were thrown far away, at the moment when these cavalry fell, Jin Riyan found that there were many more pits of different depths and sizes on the ground, the small pits were very shallow, but they were just able to trip the horse's legs, and the horses that fell were tripped in this way, and these small pits were originally covered with floating soil, and they couldn't be seen at all when charging, and those big pits were one person deep, and the pits were planted with sharpened wooden stakes, of course, they were all pointed upwards, The horses and knights who fell into the pit were either pierced directly or wounded and howled. The team that was charging eagerly caught the momentum of rushing forward, until the fourth and fifth rows of cavalry rushed to the front of the pit, and the horses could not be stopped, and the result was that the cavalry that rushed to the back of the follow-up rows, squeezed into the pit, fortunately, there were already the previous horses and human corpses below, and there were not as many casualties as before, and Jin Riyan himself was almost squeezed down by the cavalry behind, but fortunately, his personal riding skills were good, and he barely escaped.
Humble Chi watched from behind, jumped to his feet and scolded Jin Riyan for being a fool, a waste, not allowed to retreat, and having to die in front of the battle. Jin Riyan was really angry when he saw that he was clumsy, and he dared to retreat, so he had to order the cavalry to dismount and attack on foot. One by one, the Hun cavalry walked around the pit clumsily, ignoring the dead and wounded compatriots, and launched a new charge like infantry. While they were still trudging through the pits, a hundred crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the hillside, in front of the shield array, and they had been hiding in the pre-dug pits, covered with planks and tarpaulins, and sprinkled with dirt and weeds on top, so that they could not be seen in disguise. They used the hard crossbow in their hands to shoot the deadly arrows at the Huns, the Huns who were limited in action had no room to dodge at all, the Han crossbowmen were just like shooting arrow targets during the usual training, easy aiming, shooting, then winding, and then shooting, but the Huns could not attack the enemy outside the range of their horn bows, they could only climb the slope while being the side, and when they rushed to the range of the horn bows, there were less than 300 people left in the elite of the 1,000 Huns, most of whom fell in the pits. They used horned bows to shoot the Han crossbowmen upward, and the Han soldiers could easily hide in the pit where they had previously hid to avoid the arrows that were not strong enough because of the back. The Huns, who were busy shooting at the crossbowmen, did not pay attention, and the shield soldiers of the Han army had been moving forward silently, and had unconsciously approached a distance of fifty zhang, and the spearmen behind the shields had already put down their spears and quietly replaced them with throwing guns. "Put!" Under an order, the spearmen have been accumulating strength for a long time, with the order, they tried their best to throw the spear downward, condescending, and the power of the spear was greater, Jin Riyan was desperately driving his soldiers to attack, and suddenly saw a black rock flying from behind the shield, with the sound of the whistling wind, it turned out to be a throwing gun, the Huns themselves also used the throwing gun, but there was no Han army's throwing gun so amazing, Jin Riyan used his saber to fight a throwing gun that fell towards him, fortunately he still had some strength, and the throwing gun that fell directly above his head was deflected, Rubbed against the cheeks, at the same time, there was a scream, the other soldiers were not as lucky as Jin Riyan, many people were pierced by the guns, either dead or wounded, the Han crossbowmen who had just dodged the Huns' bows and arrows, after the guns of their companions were thrown, stood up again, and shot these fish that slipped through the net, Jin Riyan went directly to the ground and pretended to be dead, and wiped some blood on the dead Hun soldiers next to him and wiped them on his face.
Soon there was no longer a single standing Hun cavalry on the battlefield, either in the pit, or under the crossbow arrows and throwing guns, and those who were lucky enough to not die also knelt on the ground and begged to surrender. This time, Lu Bu did not order the killing of the prisoners, because the purpose and goal of this trip had been completed, and by eliminating these Huns, he could enter Zhao Xincheng with a swagger, and there was no longer a need to keep the news secret. The shield hand put down the shield, and the spearman cleaned the battlefield together, saw the wounded Huns on a knife, in the pit on a spear, the wounded can not be taken away, are a burden, the original pretending to be dead Jin Riyan saw the Han soldiers search over, one by one to mend the knife, can only jump up and surrender, the Han soldiers saw that there were feathers on his helmet, and it was iron armor, looked like a Hun general, so he sent him to Gao Shun and Lu Bu, Jin Riyan hurriedly expressed his sincere surrender to Lu Bu in fluent Chinese, and he admired the Han civilization for a long timeAs long as he is spared, he is willing to be Lu Bu's pawn, willing to tell the truth all the information and secrets of the Northern Xiongnu that he knows, and serve Lu Bu with all his heart. Seeing that he could speak fluent Chinese, LĂź Bu knew that he must not be an ordinary Hun man, but must be a high-ranking official and nobleman, and he must know a lot of secret things, so he gladly accepted his surrender. After confirming the exact number of the Huns from Jin Riyan's mouth, he was finally completely relieved, and it seemed that as long as the remaining 1,500 Hun cavalry were resolved, he would have won a great victory.
Humble Chi watched an elite thousand-man squad disappear under his nose, and even Jin Ilyan himself surrendered, while the Han army only dispatched four hundred people, relying only on traps and crossbow arrows, oh, and damn throwing guns to annihilate his own thousand elites, he couldn't accept this reality. He angrily scolded Jin Ilyan as a traitor and vowed to destroy his nine clans. He patronized the joy of his scolding, but completely forgot that Jin Rigang's younger brother Jin Rigang was also in his own team, and he wanted to destroy the nine clans of Jin Rigang, and he was clearly going to kill Jin Rigang, Jin Rigang, like his eldest brother, had long been unaccustomed to the clumsy chi's actions, and heard the clumsy chi's shouting to destroy the nine clans of his brother, and saw that after his brother surrendered, he was safe and sound, so he made up his mind, took five hundred of his subordinates, secretly left the clumsy brigade, bypassed the frontal battlefield, and fled to the high ground on the flank, As he ran, he ordered his men to throw away their swords and horned bows on their backs as a sign of sincerity, while he held up his white sweat towel and shook it desperately to show surrender. The Han army did not relax its vigilance, the crossbows were still holding hard crossbows, and the spearmen raised their spears and waited for battle. Jin Riyan saw that the person who came was his younger brother, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "My lord, don't do it, it's my younger brother, Jin Rigang, they lost their weapons and held white flags, they are here to surrender." Lu Bu was a little surprised by the occurrence of this scene, but he believed Jin Riyan's words, and ordered the Han army not to release arrows, and the ambush soldiers not to show up, (of course, there are ambush soldiers, there are only 400 people, simple arithmetic problems) He asked Jin Riyan to shout, asking Jin Rigang's troops to get out of the way of the Han army, not to impact the Han army's main formation, pass from both sides, pay attention to the foot, Jin Riyan hurriedly did so.
He ordered his men to shoot arrows and shoot these damn traitors, but his generals and ordinary soldiers were very hesitant, after all, they were all their own compatriots who fled, and they put down their weapons. Humble Chi scolded the fool, whipped several people with the leather whip in his hand, and then personally opened his bow and shot arrows at Jin Rigang, Jin Rigang ran fast, saw the opportunity early, and Humble Chi failed to shoot, but also shot a deserter. Seeing the clumsy Chi really shot, some of his henchmen and direct soldiers also released arrows, but I don't know if it was merciful to his subordinates, and did not shoot many people, and some soldiers chose to escape, several henchmen saw that the general trend had gone, so they persuaded Clumsy Chi to withdraw his troops, first retreated to Zhao Xincheng, and then sent someone to send a letter to the army of Youxian Wang, if even Zhao Xincheng was lost, even if he was the prince, I am afraid it would be difficult to escape punishment. He also had some younger brothers who went on an expedition with his father. Unable to think of a good idea, he could only heed the advice and planned to withdraw the army.