Chapter 127: Reinforcements Destroyed
The battle is getting to a fever pitch, but the situation is one-sided.
For the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion, they were so excited that they sighed that this was a miracle while reaping the merits.
However, for Wei Zhongquan, who has read some ancient Chinese art of war and cases, although he can't suppress the excitement in his heart, he looks at the results with a normal heart.
Because, his vision has been much larger, no longer the previous general who led thousands of troops and guarded a small country, since reading a few art of war, his vision has been much higher, and he is determined to be a famous general in the annals of history.
Therefore, in his eyes, this great victory is not something to be proud of, it is just a battle that relies on ambushes to defeat the enemy, not to mention four times the number of enemies, in those classic cases, the battle of defeating ten times the enemy on the frontal battlefield abounds.
There is still a long way to go......
By Wei Zhongquan's side, there were dozens of guards and heralds, each holding a torch in his left hand and a sharp blade in his right hand, marching forward in a row, illuminated by the torches, using the sharp blades in his hands to mend knives on each corpse.
Suddenly, one of the guards stopped.
Because in front of him, there was a soldier Zheng who had been hit by an arrow and was lucky enough not to die, looking at the corpses of his companions around him with horror on his face.
The soldier Zheng was shocked, because all the companions around him, except for the person who was hit by the arrow, everyone else had one of their ears cut off, and they died a miserable death.
And a soldier of the Cang army was holding a sharp blade, trying to stab at him.
"Spare your life! Spare your life! I give up! Aren't you willing to accept those who surrender! I'm just a captured peasant, not a soldier myself! The soldier moved back, and then knelt on the ground in horror, kowtowing and trembling.
Peasant soldiers?
The guard hesitated slightly, if it was a face-to-face fight on the battlefield, he would not have any mental burden even if he killed dozens of people, but if this was a peasant who had just thrown down his hoe and was still kowtowing and begging for mercy, he really couldn't do it.
However, this is the battlefield!
The battlefield is ruthless, and the enemy must be cruel, this is an iron law that every soldier must remember!
The guard raised his blade again and was about to stab down.
"Wait!" Wei Zhongquan's voice sounded.
"Dashuai!" The guards didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly put away their blades and clenched their fists.
Wei Zhongquan slowly walked up to the self-proclaimed peasant soldier, frowned, and then looked at the soldiers who were pursuing in the distance, and shook his head.
"That's it, that's the end of it." Wei Zhongquan sighed, and then said to the herald beside him: "Give an order immediately and persuade the enemy to surrender!" ”
"Yes—"
The herald received the order respectfully, and then waved the flag in his hand and shouted: "The commander has an order, lay down your arms, surrender and do not kill—"
"Surrender or kill—"
"Surrender or kill—"
"Surrender or kill—"
After the order was given, all the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion stopped killing and only besieged the enemy army.
"I surrender!"
"I'm willing to surrender!"
"God has eyes, you can surrender!"
was killed and broke the courage of Zheng Jun, all of them were overjoyed, the precedent of the Cang army not killing prisoners spread as early as a month ago, when everyone was facing a dead end, hearing this order, it was like heaven!
"Bang-"
"Ding-"
One by one, Zheng soldiers and soldiers, all of them were like amnesty, threw their weapons on the ground, knelt in the mud with a disgraced face, nodded their foreheads to the ground, and did not dare to move.
The Blue Dragon Legion was no stranger to persuading surrender and escorting, so it collected its weapons in an orderly manner, gathered the soldiers together, and then followed Wei Zhongquan's orders to begin to collect the corpses of the enemy and recover the crossbow arrows that were fired.
After all, this special crossbow arrow requires a special process to make, and the arrow has metal on it, and the cost is not low, so it can be saved.
By the time dawn, the battlefield had been cleared, and in order not to cause plague and disease, Wei Zhongquan ordered the bodies of Zheng Jun to be simply buried.
I have to say that even if it is a veteran with excellent psychological quality, when he sees the corpses of Zheng Jun, who have been baptized by a repeater and have holes all over his body, he still inevitably feels a chill from the bottom of his heart, and after burying all the corpses, his hands and feet are a little weak, and he sits on the ground to rest.
The sky gradually brightened, and the Blue Dragon Legion withdrew from Lone Wolf Pass, escorting tens of thousands of soldiers and slowly returning to the camp.
And there was a look of excitement on the face of every soldier of the Blue Dragon Legion.
This time, 5,000 soldiers set up an ambush, and the casualties were only a few dozen, although it was said that with the help of the terrain and the help of the new repeater, but to be able to destroy an enemy army of 20,000 people at such a small cost, this achievement was enough to be proud of, and the morale of the entire Blue Dragon Legion was greatly increased.
"Soldiers! Remember your military exploits, escort the soldiers, and we will go back and report the good news to His Majesty the Emperor! Wei Zhongquan rode forward and shouted.
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
"Hooray!"
……
The fourth day of October, in the morning.
Like a hurricane, news spread quickly through Cannes.
20,000 reinforcements, destroyed!
Onslaught!
Inside and outside Kangcheng, the common people rejoiced, although they did not dare to celebrate blatantly, but the joy behind the scenes was real, word of mouth, vividly telling how the army of Zheng Guo was defeated, and more and more outrageous, and even some people said that the emperor of Cangguo prayed to heaven, and as a result, a gust of wind blew away all the 20,000 troops!
Of course, these are not true, but the common people just eat this set, and the spread is becoming more and more amazing, and the more unreliable they are, the more people believe and talk about them.
After all, no one has ever seen the real battle situation, and all the news is spread from the mouths of some people along the way, and it is okay to make it up.
In addition, this morning, many people saw the Cang army escorting a large number of prisoners gathered outside the camp, as if they were training something.
This scene, instead of dispelling the curiosity of the common people, has become a powerful evidence of all kinds of bizarre rumors, and even a version has been passed out - the 20,000 Zheng troops did not resist at all, but were glared at by the emperor of Cangguo, and they were all ashamed, threw down their weapons and surrendered......
Rumors have it that the garrison in Cannes is no better.
The soldiers were terrified, looking at the 10,000 rebels surrounding the city, as if facing the end of the world, their hearts were full of despair.
Reinforcements are cut off, and there is no hope for Cannes!
Defending the city?
Just kidding, 20,000 reinforcements were wiped out overnight, including half of the elite regular army, so that they could be wiped out, what kind of tricks can these defenders from five or six thousand peasant soldiers in the city toss?
Many people think of fleeing, this is the instinct of human beings, especially some soldiers who have never fought on the battlefield, and they can't overcome this fear, and they can't resist the pain of death approaching a little bit.
However, the thought that when a deserter is caught, not only will he be beheaded, but also his family will be affected, many people are afraid again. 、
At this time, among the defenders in the city, there were a small number of people muttering, if the Cang army attacked the city, everyone could take advantage of the chaos to escape, or join the rebel army......
Take advantage of the chaos?
As soon as the news spread, everyone suddenly became enlightened, as if they were inspired, and the same thought arose in their hearts, anyway, everyone is from ordinary people, and they don't owe anything to those noble lords, why do they need to work for them?
It's perfectly okay to resist while defending the city!