Chapter 55: No Forgiveness
Guan Yu's attack did not end because of the defeat of the Huns, after the Huns began to flee towards the big walled city because the main general would be beheaded, Guan Yu watched the enemy's formation, and found that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he led the army to continue to chase, more than 100 miles away, unhurried pursuit, the two arrows carried by the soldiers under his command were all shot empty, from the place of battle to the big walled city, all the way to the corpses of the Huns.
The 30,000 people of the Huyan tribe were less than 5,000 when Guan Yu led the army to the big city and joined the Hun soldiers who came out to respond after hearing the news.
A day of pursuit and the previous collision, Guan Yu's soldiers and horses were already sleepy and tired at this time, unbearable to fight again, Guan Yu saw that even so, the Huns were demoralized, and although their soldiers were tired, but the morale was flourishing, the enemy was tired at the moment, and turned the horse's head to lead the army back to the division.
Huyan Ge, the son of Huyan E, thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of this, and had the intention to take this opportunity to defeat the Han Liwei, so that he could smoothly inherit the Huyan tribe, and immediately ignored the opposition of several generals, and insisted on leading the last soldiers and horses to impact the Han army formation, Guan Yu saw this and led the army to flee south, Huyan Ge chased closely, and chased out for more than 30 miles, Guan Yu suddenly turned the horse's head, rode into the army alone, and killed Hu Yange, and the soldiers behind him immediately covered up and killed, the soldiers of the Huyan tribe were already demoralized, and saw Guan Yu riding alone again, regardless of the fact that the other party was actually tired, Turn around and leave, was chased by Guan Yu all the way to the big walled city, the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses were almost killed, Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to occupy the big walled city, so that the herdsmen of the big city tied up with each other.
Although the Han army was exhausted, the 30,000 people in the big walled city were gone, and the Han army was fierce and powerful, and the herdsmen in the big city did not dare to resist, and tied each other under the surveillance of the Han army.
At this point, Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, while passing the book to Ye Zhao with flying pigeons, while arranging for the soldiers to rest, although this battle was won heartily, but the five thousand elite cavalry brought by Guan Yu were less than three thousand at this moment, and if they want to fight again, they can't choose the hard bones of the Huyan tribe like this time, even if the other party is successful, it is difficult for the soldiers and horses of less than three thousand to fight this kind of tough battle with one enemy and ten.
Three days later, the wind rose, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the whole sky seemed to be shrouded in darkness.
Less than 3,000 soldiers stood in the open space in front of the big walled city, Guan Yu stood solemnly in front of the formation, a pair of Danfeng eyes looked indifferently at the herdsmen who had been starved for three days and were already weak, and waved his hand.
Wheel~
A dilapidated carriage was pushed by Zhou Cang to Guan Yu, and Zhou Cang bowed to Guan Yu and said, "General, get ready!" ”
"Let's do it!" Guan Yu closed his eyes, but his voice was full of murderous aura.
"Whoa!" Zhou Cang agreed, stood with his sword, looked at the soldiers of the three armies and said: "The general has an order, all Hun men are taller than the wheels...... No mercy! ”
"Qiang Qiang Qiang Qiang ~"
Less than 3,000 soldiers quickly pulled out the saber on their waists, and a snow-bright sword light looked a little dazzling under the dark clouds.
Among the Huns kneeling on the ground, there was a commotion, although most of them could not understand Chinese, but there were also some perennial dealers with Han traders who could understand Chinese, under the low voice of these people, the news was quickly spread, and many Huns began to be restless.
Originally, I thought that although the Han people were powerful, they were benevolent and righteous, although as the Huns, this behavior of the Han people was often ridiculed by them, but it was also for this reason that they would choose to surrender without resistance three days ago, in their opinion, even if the Han people arrested them, they would not kill them, and eventually they would be released, although they were not given food or even water for three days, which made them dissatisfied, but in any case, they did not expect that this red-faced Han general would be so ruthless.
Several Xiongnu herdsmen struggled to stand up, wanting to resist, but for three consecutive days without a drop of water, they had already dried up their bodies, and when they stood up, they were dizzy, and the Han soldiers after three days of cultivation were full of energy, and their morale was at their peak because of the previous victory.
The rebellious herdsmen were killed by the soldiers who rushed forward, and immediately after, the Han soldiers behind Guan Yu took action, constantly dragging a Xiongnu herdsman out of the crowd, and then beheading him.
Bloody surprise attacks continued to spread, and in order to avoid the plague, Guan Yu had people dig pits to bury the bodies of those Huns.
Guan Yu looked at the pit that was almost full of corpses, frowned, seemed to think of something, but didn't say anything.
There are nearly 100,000 herdsmen of the Huyan tribe, of which there are as many as 40,000 who meet the killing standard, even including some children who are relatively tall, this execution, it took three days, and the open space outside the big city is almost all watered with blood, and this land will definitely be more fertile in the coming year, but at this moment, it has turned into a hell on earth.
The women of the big city have been numb, at first watching their men, fathers, and sons being killed, they will also let out heart-rending tears, but on the third day, there is no crying, although the Han soldiers will feed them some rice water in the past three days so that they will not starve to death, but with the killing of relatives one by one, these women have been completely numb, outside the whole big walled city, in addition to the wind of the shout, only the sound of beheading is left, and even many people have been starved to death and thirsty before the execution, but in order to prevent someone from pretending to be dead and fooling around, even those who have starved to death will be beheaded.
Three days later, the less than 3,000 soldiers under Guan Yu's command had become a little wrong in their eyes, and their bodies were filled with an unspeakable anger, and even when they looked at the women and children who had not been killed, their eyes were like wolves staring at their prey.
"General, there is something wrong with the soldiers." Zhou Cang came to Guan Yu's side and said with some concern.
"It's okay, just rest for a while, the lord has just sent an order, let us guard the big camp, Xu Rong and Zilong's soldiers and horses have already marched towards Meiji, our army only needs to respond, during this time, let the soldiers relax, let the soldiers choose some from these women." Guan Yu naturally knows what the reason is, killing too much will affect his heart, he encountered this situation when he was in Youzhou, at this moment these soldiers need to vent the destructive emotions in their hearts, and women are the best choice at this time.
"Whoa!" Zhou Cang nodded, and went to give the order, Mo said that it was an ordinary soldier, even if it was him, there was an evil fire in his chest that wanted to kill at this moment.
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"Brother Yun has fought all the way, and I am afraid that there are nearly 100,000 Huns killed, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that this land of Hetao will become a wasteland!" Pingding, Xu Rong's camp, when he received the news from Guan Yu's side, Zhao Yun looked at Xu Rongdao with a worried face.
Although Zhao Yun also killed people along the way, he basically killed the Hun army, as for the herdsmen, as long as he didn't provoke, Zhao Yun was generally unwilling to kill more, and therefore, when the news that Guan Yu almost slaughtered the men of the Huyan tribe came, Zhao Yun felt a little uncomfortable.
Not only Zhao Yun, but Hua Xiong, Zhang Liao, and Fang Yue, who came with the army on this trip, also gasped when they learned the news.
Guan Yu led an army of 5,000, although there was a loss, but compared to the people Guan Yu killed along the way, the loss was almost negligible, but after being surprised, Hua Xiong and Zhang Liao shook their heads with a smile, Hua Xiong said: "General Guan did a good job, Zilong is also a person from the north, you should know how vicious this group of Hu people is when they go south to plunder, this is a group of unfamiliar wolf cubs, even if we occupy the Hetao now, if there are too many wolf cubs left, it will not be easy to govern here at that time." ”
Hua Xiong and Zhang Liao, before joining Ye Zhao, spent almost most of their time fighting against the Hu people or the Qiang people on the frontier, the Qiang people are still better, just looting, and generally do not kill people on a large scale, but the Hu people are different, whether they are the Huns or the Xianbei people, once they go south, the places they pass through are really like locusts crossing the border, and the chickens and dogs are not left, so for Guan Yu's approach, the two are quite agreeable.
"Yun Chang did nothing wrong." Xu Rong looked at Zhao Yun and said: "Before setting out on the expedition, the lord had already said that this battle was a war of extermination, and there was no room for mercy. ”
In addition to killing the enemy on the battlefield, after occupying the Hu tribe after the war, Zhao Yun rarely kills, at most the Xiongnu prisoners of war are killed, as for the ordinary herdsmen, as long as they are willing to surrender, Zhao Yun will rarely take the initiative to kill, in the Central Plains, this is called benevolence and righteousness, but at this moment it is a war of extermination, this approach is a bit pedantic.
Zhao Yun bowed silently, but he didn't say much, people's abilities can be changed through hard work, but the inner principles are difficult to change, even if Zhao Yun knows that everyone is right, but if he wants to do it to unarmed ordinary people, the chivalrous thoughts in his heart do not allow him to do this.
"The big walled city has been broken, but it has saved our army a lot of things." After Xu Rong appeased Zhao Yun, he began to study the war: "Now that the west of the Xiongnu royal court, there are no reinforcements, Guan Hai and Ji Ling have led the air force to Jilu Village to cut off the back road of the Xiongnu, what we have to do now is to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Wuyuan Village as much as possible!" ”
"Wouldn't there be more enemies then?" Hua Xiong looked at Xu Rong puzzled.
"It's more, but it's also all the soldiers and horses of the Huns gathered here, if this battle is won, the Huns will no longer be able to compete with our army, and at that time, the land of this Hetao will belong to my Han!" Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Moreover, the concentration of enemy troops can also reduce the pressure in the direction of Jilu Village." ”
"Wen Yuan is right!" Xu Rong nodded and smiled: "This is only a hundred miles away from the Xiongnu royal court, our army marches slowly, cleans up those small tribes along the way, and also gives Nahu Chuquan time to gather people and horses, the generals go and prepare." ”
"Whoa!"