"Win, this win."

Looking at the enemy that was crumbling away, whether it was Shi Niu or Wang Qiu, they all had some unbelievable meanings and feelings, and some illusions of suddenly being separated from the world.

But for Zhou Huai'an, this victory was not unexpected, the difference was only sooner or later; According to what he knew from the official sources and local rumors of the past dynasties. These barbarians are best at the mobility of walking on flat ground in the mountains, short assaults and skirmishes in narrow spaces, and guerrilla combat such as sneak attacks and harassment;

Once they descend on a large scale to the plain areas with different environments and full of river networks and paddy fields, they basically lose most of the mountain advantages they have relied on; In the case of having the upper hand over the crowd, it may be possible to ignore and ignore these shortcomings and differences, but once they are blocked, frustrated, and weakened, this disadvantage will be magnified and exploited at once.

This is also one of the bases why he dared to take the risk of dangling a shot under the city of Jiaozhou, and led his troops to take the initiative to go north to meet these barbarians; The gamble was that they would not be able to command and react as quickly as the regular army, and that they would be sorely inexperienced in warfare on the plains. It's just that I didn't think that it was not the expected attack and breakdown one by one, but just a decisive battle so quickly.

"Congratulations to the leader, our army has captured nearly 10,000, and the rest of the barbarians have all been defeated."

Mi Baogong, the captain of the apprentice team who supervised the armed cleaning of the battlefield by the subordinates, said.

"The gains are piled up like a mountain,。。 There are also nearly 10,000 children and slaves in the army. ”

"But it's a place where we have to take warning."

Hearing this, Huai'an couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, there are really too many things worth recalling and reflecting on winning this war.

For example, the other side actually carried the captured people and goods in the army, so many burdens and invisible worries undoubtedly exacerbated the other party's defeat after the contrarian trend.

I don't know if it's because the other party is overconfident or because of the big one; Although the Xiyuan barbarians who came south to attack claimed to be 50,000 troops, the actual number of people who were actually put into the battlefield this time was only 20,000 or 30,000, which was not an obvious advantage over the original formation of the righteous army brought out by Zhou Huai'an plus the nearly 10,000 people attached to the armed forces;

And he didn't wait for all of them to arrive before he launched the attack. As a result, under the disguised oil filling tactics, the halberds were broken and smashed in batches in front of the preset array of the rebels who were waiting for the battle to take turns to cover. When he finally made up his mind to sacrifice the decisive hole card and the decisive weapon, the elephant soldier, and all the main forces accompanying it, he encountered the restrained means that he had prepared for a long time; So it's really unjustly defeated.

However, the next casualty report was not so pleasant. After all, there is no such thing as a perfect zero casualty; In this unsurprising battle, it still caused nearly 1,000 casualties in the formation itself; A large part of it is the consequences of a frightened elephant who inadvertently broke into the array and trampled on it, and the subsequent siege and expulsion.

secondly, the pike darts and spears that are thrown closely, as well as the damage of medicine crossbows and poisoned arrows; Then there are some negligible melee hand-to-hand losses; Those barbarian soldiers certainly looked hideous and terrifying, and some of them were fierce and brave to death, but they lacked the basic coordination and coordination in large-scale battle formations; It's easy to break up into small groups that fight on their own.

Then it was easily divided by the alternating battle formations of the rebel army, and the local advantages were annihilated one by one, or they were successively broken through the limited melee surface by rotating the way of engagement; This also fully reflects the combat power bonus and comparative advantage brought by the side with higher organization and discipline in traditional cold weapon warfare.

And as the so-called is, it has been declining again and again. Once the fight is settled, except for a few extraordinarily brave brutes, the shortcomings and disadvantages of most brutes in terms of physical continuity and explosiveness become more and more obvious over time. Therefore, except for a few Tu regiments that filled the two flanks and the main formation, which were forced to break through and rout, they were not able to shake the main force of the rebel army at all.

Then Zhou Huai'an received a return, and the pursuit of the horse team also encountered a "setback" in a sense; Many of the defeated barbarians fled directly into the muddy ridges, or jumped into the rivers and streams, and then the rebel horsemen who cherished their mounts had to sigh, and then dismounted and continued to pursue them on two legs.

Well, it was expected that at least 10,000 brute routs would thus escape pursuit; However, they have little structure and no fighting spirit, and they have lost all their armor and baggage, so they can no longer use the main force to further pursue and kill; Relying only on the armed forces of the local regiments who are familiar with the place is enough to deal with them. It's a blood debt for the destruction of their homeland and a generational hatred, so don't worry that they won't do it.

"Next, we should take advantage of the victory."

Orders and deployments were issued one after another, and Zhou Huai'an continued.

"Then these remnants of the barbarians and their accomplices are left forever."

"Wan Sheng...

"Changsheng...

"Mighty and invincible...

A cheer of high morale immediately resounded in the field.

Then on the second day of the rapid march north, Zhou Huai'an met a negotiating envoy from the other side, who was a barbarian who spoke the official language well, except for the embroidered baotou and the barrel shirt with a broken chest, almost no different from the Tang people born in Annam.

"The great leader of the Luo clan is willing to join hands with your army to divide the land of the thirteen states of Annan."

The other party said so eloquently.

"And the Zeng clan who stole the city of Annam is also the enemy of the great chief,。。 Now there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Luo Department, and there are many leaders to help the alliance. ”

"If the general has a good heart, he can also send troops to cooperate with him to capture it. All the goods and people are not taken, just to protect the five states of Gannan. ”

"Where did you come from?"

Zhou Huai'an suddenly interrupted him in public.

"Small. . . Villain.. Shi Ayue. ”

The messenger was stunned for a moment before continuing.

"It is the secretary of the Luo clan, and he has been added as a doctor in Nanping Prefecture."

"Push it out and cut it."

Hearing the last few words, Zhou Huaian suddenly shouted

"A mere Han thief who has forgotten his ancestors, he dares to act as a brute, is this deceiving no one in our army?"

"General Rao."

Then the other party's plea for mercy only spit out half a sentence, and was skillfully grabbed and sealed by the guards who pounced in the tent, and dragged out of the tent like a dead dog.

"Please also lead the army to calm the anger...

At this time, someone in the military tent spoke up, but it was Zhang Biao, one of the leaders of the Tutuan who had surrendered.

"There is no need for such lowly people, who work hard."

"It's just that I killed the envoy directly, I'm afraid it's too cheap and barbaric."

"With a small and meager view, it is completely possible to take advantage of this generation... Lie to him and deceive him. Maybe you might get something."

"It's not necessary."

Zhou Huai'an interrupted without hesitation.

"I should take what I want by myself, so why do I have to fake others. Especially the captives. ”

"And the territory of my Han family, how can it be coveted and traded."

"Since my generation followed the example of the sages Ma Fubo and others, we have eliminated all the evil and established the southern Xinjiang forever."

In the middle of the words, a dead head was presented in, and Zhou Huai'an looked at it with disgust and waved it out.

"Hang it on the flagpole and pass the first tour around the country, and tell the military orders and people in the places along the way, and the local regiments and townsmen are brave."

"Before the last barbarian to set foot on this land dies, those who dare to speak out and make peace with foreign enemies are all traitors and thieves, and they should end up like this."

(End of chapter)