Chapter 204: A Thousand Words
In the rhythmic slogan, the Anzhou soldiers waved their long boats in unison and paddled the water, as if they were racing on the fifth day of the Dragon Boat Festival in early May, and one by one bamboo rafts were rushing forward after you.
The barracks at Lekou were their way forward, and it was their goal to capture as many prisoners as possible.
At this moment, the field of Shaoling has turned into a Ze country, the water is not deep, and the majestic cavalry on weekdays cannot move at all, and the Anzhou soldiers who are familiar with water warfare have a great advantage.
As far as the eye can see, the water is a mess, and the living ones are the enemy, and these poor people are basically unarmed, all gathered on the arrow towers and high ground on the road out of the water, black and oppressive, squinting and shooting arrows.
But this is too inhumane, during the pre-war mobilization, the commander Xiyang Wang said: surrender and do not kill, as long as the enemy soldiers do not resist, then they cannot be killed indiscriminately. So at this time, the Anzhou soldiers took out the paper bullhorns and loudly persuaded them to surrender:
"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill!"
Considering the problem of different dialects and accents, if the content of the words spoken by the Anzhou soldiers in Shannan is too long, the enemy soldiers, who are mostly northerners, may not be able to understand it, so the slogan of persuasion to surrender is also very simple, that is, the four words "surrender and do not kill".
These four words can be understood as long as you are not deaf, as for the effect, it depends on the actual action.
Many enemy soldiers who were dying and struggling on the water with floating objects were rescued by the Anzhou soldiers rowing on bamboo rafts, and those enemy soldiers who were huddled on the arrow towers and barracks saw this and gave up their thoughts of resistance, and shouted that they were willing to surrender.
It is good to be willing to surrender, but it would be bad if there was an anti-guest on the bamboo raft, and the Anzhou soldiers had already prepared for this, holding a thick hemp rope and waiting to tie up the rescued enemy soldiers.
There were about ten Anzhou soldiers on each raft, and it was impossible for too many prisoners to sit on it, so they used hemp rope to 'pack' the rescued enemy soldiers, tied them to the prepared pontoons, and floated in the water in strings with ropes.
Each pontoon is actually a small bamboo raft, which can ensure that three people hold the pontoon to keep their heads out of the water, and each Anzhou soldier's large bamboo raft is tied to a string of pontoons, which is 'very rewarding'.
There are also enemy soldiers who have bad intentions, pretend to surrender and try to snatch the bamboo raft and escape for their lives after being rescued, but they are all pressed into the water by the Anzhou soldiers who are proficient in water, and they never see their heads again.
However, there are still people who are dying and struggling, and many generals are besieged by the flood on the high ground that looks like isolated islands everywhere.
When the flood came, ordinary soldiers were in a hurry like headless flies, but these generals rushed to the high ground with heavily armed troops to avoid the water, and their weapons were at first to deter soldiers trying to squeeze in, and now their bows and arrows were put to use.
But when they shot one arrow, three or four arrows came at them, and the Anzhou soldiers rowed bamboo rafts to surround them from all directions, and used their shields to protect their bodies and shoot at the enemy soldiers on the 'isolated islands', and after only a while, most of them were killed and wounded.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, the generals hiding on these isolated islands had no choice but to surrender, and the Anzhou soldiers cheered, scrambling to row a bamboo raft and lean over to capture the prisoners.
The higher the status of the captured captive, the higher the reward, and there must be generals with high status among the people on the isolated island, so the Anzhou soldiers will never let go of this easy opportunity for meritorious service, and the water is full of scenes of scrambling to catch prisoners, just like the Dragon Boat Festival race to compete for the jackpot.
On a small boat, Pan Zihuang, the head of the march, looked at the scene of 'wolves fighting for food' in the distance, but he didn't have time to grieve what happened to his subordinates, because he couldn't escape.
Only then Shaoling City sent a few small boats to rescue him, but he finally boarded the boat, but was chased by the swarming Anzhou army bamboo rafts, chasing and fleeing both sides to shoot, and it didn't take long for Pan Zihuang's entourage to be killed and wounded.
At this moment, the cabin was full of dead people, only Pan Zihuang was standing, and more than ten bamboo rafts of the Anzhou army surrounded him, and the soldiers abandoned their bows and arrows and shields, replaced them with spears and hooks, and captured him alive after approaching.
Pan Zihuang looked around, and when he raised his eyes, he was full of enemy soldiers, he didn't know water, even if he had to jump into the water to escape, it wouldn't work, so...
Not far away in Shaoling, a shout suddenly erupted from the head of the city, attracting Pan Zihuang's attention, he found that the defenders seemed to be killing each other, and many Anzhou soldiers outside the city rowed bamboo rafts regardless of the arrows leaning towards the city wall, and then climbed directly to the city head.
It seems that there is not much resistance, and the Anzhou soldiers easily climbed to the top of the city, and in this situation, Pan Zihuang knew that some people in the Shaoling garrison had mutinied and surrendered, and his last hope was gone.
Looking at the prospect, he remembered a past incident, when the Western Wei Dynasty occupied Yingchuan, the famous general Murong Shaozong of the Eastern Wei Dynasty led his troops to besiege, and built a dam to irrigate the city outside Yingchuan City.
Now it's his turn!
"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill!"
In the earth-shattering persuasion, Pan Zihuang smiled, he didn't expect that his decades of life would end in such a way, thousands of words came to his mouth, and he really couldn't say the word "surrender".
Pan Zihuang knew that he would inevitably be picked up by enemy soldiers after throwing himself into the water, and he would definitely not die, but his family was still in Hebei, so he must not surrender.
Not long ago, the governor of Yuzhou, He Bavoen's mood, at this time he felt the same way, the sharp blade cut his neck, blood gushed out, on the water surface of this Shaoling field, Pan Zihuang committed suicide with a knife.
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"Killed yourself again?"
Yuwen Wen muttered to himself, he looked at the corpse of Pan Zihuang on the boat in front of him, and was a little excited, thinking that he could capture the other party alive this time, so that the Son of Heaven would have the opportunity to personally persuade him to surrender and brush up his reputation, but he was busy for a long time, but the bamboo basket was empty.
However, his mood soon recovered, because today he had won a great victory, flooding Lekou (Shaoling) and annihilating 20,000 enemy troops with very few casualties.
Looking up, the head of Shaoling City has been controlled by his own side, and the water is full of Anzhou soldiers rowing bamboo rafts or boats, not only capturing many prisoners, but also rescuing many war horses from the water, this is a valuable strategic resource, Yuwenwen is happy when he thinks of having horses.
If you have a horse, you will be happy, and if you don't have a yard, you will be happy!
Yu Wenwen laughed at himself, at this moment, he stood under the banner of the Chinese army, accepting the cheers of the soldiers around him, this time the battle to kill the enemy in the backwater, which cost countless manpower and material resources, was finally successfully completed, and his combat career added another experience of a big victory.
At this time, Yuwen Wen and the banner of the Chinese army were on a big bamboo raft, but as the commander of the whole army, he was wearing armor but holding his trouser legs and straw sandals, and he looked not so much a noble young county king, but a small soldier of the Shannan Water Army.
But it doesn't matter, in the eyes of the soldiers participating in the war, the king of Xiyang is the commander who led them to create miracles, with fewer enemies and more enemies, so that their own side won a complete victory, not only drowning the enemy army in Lekou, but also sending people to persuade the Shaoling defenders to surrender, so as to avoid the casualties of the soldiers during the siege.
Many bamboo rafts stopped around the banner of the Chinese army (bamboo raft), and the soldiers looked excitedly at the king of Xiyang, who was holding his trouser legs like them, and led them to win one victory after another from the beginning of the whole army crossing the Dabie Mountain.
The enemy army in Lekou is said to have a strength of 20,000 infantry and cavalry, and it is over!
King Xiyang is really brave and good at fighting, with him, we will definitely win!
The soldiers thought so, and Yu Wenwen looked around, looking at the smiling faces, and his heart was also very excited, but he didn't know what to say for a while, and a thousand words were gathered into one sentence, he pulled out his saber and pointed to the sky, and then shouted hard: "Long live Da Zhou!" ”
A tidal wave of cheers then erupted: "Long live Da Zhou!" Banzai! ”