Chapter 953: Victory in One Battle
In the Qiang battalion, Yao Xing and his own soldiers held swords and personally supervised the battle, and all those who were cowardly and escaped from the battle were all killed, and for a while the Qiang soldiers had no will to fight, but they could only barely fight.
However, at the beginning of the battle, Huang Zhong, Li Dingguo, Zhou Dewei and other soldiers who are good at archery are armed with strong bows and crossbows, and they shoot indiscriminately at the Qiang people guarding the camp, and they kill many Qiang generals and hundreds of soldiers as soon as they come up, and the Qiang soldiers are even more frightened for a while, and they are hiding behind the defense facilities and dare not show their heads, which naturally gives the Han army an opportunity, they roared and opened the gate of the village, rushed in, and then like a tiger descending the mountain, they launched a one-sided slaughter against the Qiang soldiers.
In the Han army, it can be said that there are many fierce generals, dozens of first-class and super-first-class fierce generals are forced to enter from the death gate of the camp, and then launched a fierce impact on the formation of the Qiang people, Yue Fei's back army, Huang Zhong's destruction of the front battalion, Liu He's ten thousand horses, plus the other generals led by the troops, one by one like a murderous madman, constantly harvesting lives, the camp is full of stumps and broken arms, blood flows all over the ground, the wailing of the Qiang soldiers is endless, that scene is simply hell on earth, miserable.
In the face of such a fierce attack, not only the ordinary Qiang soldiers, but even Yao Xing's uncle Yao Xiang felt hopeless, this Yao Xiang is the first brave general of the Qiang people, you are known for your bravery in battle, but you don't dare to fight with the wolf and tiger generals of the Han army, because he can't see any hope of winning, and even if he can defeat a relatively weak general, what about it? Won't you be killed by other generals in the end?
What's more, Yao Xiang's ability is not bad, and his prestige and qualifications in the army are enough, but after Yao Chang died, he was jealous of this brother and his nephew Yao Xing, who later succeeded the commander of the Qiang tribe, because in Yao Chang's last words, not only stipulated that his son Yao Xing should succeed to the throne, but also relieved Yao Xiang of his important military position and transferred him from the Chinese army, although Yao Xing later restored Yao Xiang to his original post in order to resist the needs of the Han army, but Yao Xiang was already disheartened, knowing that Yao Xing used himself just to let himself die for him, even if he defeated the Han army, the ultimate credit and prestige are also Yao Xing's.
Therefore, Yao Xiang was very passive in this battle, although he also commanded as usual, he would not personally lead the soldiers to go forward desperately, or even hide in a safe area, and once there was danger, he would flee immediately.
In this case, the Qiang soldiers were detached, their morale dropped sharply, and their fighting spirit quickly collapsed, so when the Han army broke through the first line of defense, the nearby Qiang soldiers surrendered on their knees, for them, since resistance is also death, then what is the point of resisting? It is better to surrender happily, although it is still inevitable to die, but they can survive for a while longer, and even if the Han Emperor has a merciful heart, they still have a chance to live.
This glimmer of hope is like a life-saving straw, and although it is generally impossible to truly see hope, everyone is hoping that good fortune will come.
At this time, the soldiers of the Han army persuaded the Qiang people to surrender while slaughtering, telling them that as long as they chose to surrender, their families would not be sold into slavery, as for these Qiang soldiers, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would also choose some strong and skilled slaves, and would also select a group of people to build projects, if they surrendered sincerely, there was still a great chance of survival.
Under the persuasion of the Han army, there are many hopeful Qiang people who choose to surrender without hesitation, they are not afraid to be slaves, they are not afraid to sell their physical strength to build projects, as long as they can live, even if they let them abandon their ancestors, they are willing.
Seeing that all the soldiers had surrendered, Yao Xing's will to resist became worse and worse, he was full of hope to disappointment, and finally to despair, he could only hope that he would not be able to survive no matter what, and finally looked at Liu He angrily and shouted loudly: "Why? Our army is obviously more numerous than yours, and the warriors under my command are not bad, why did they lose so quickly? ”
I saw Liu He say coldly: "My battle has won the hearts of the people, and I will respond to the people, while you and others are cruel and tyrannical, angry and resentful, and defeat is inevitable." ”
"Nonsense, if it's murder, your big man has killed many more people than us, we kill people unjustly, and your murder is justice?" Yao Xing naturally didn't believe the so-called murderous words, and asked loudly.
However, Liu He walked in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Since you say that I am talking nonsense, then I will tell you the truth, our army kills people for peace, and you kill people for ambition, this is the most fundamental difference between the two, and besides, I can all the millions of Han people who can support you, and you, even if there are only 30,000 Qiang people, will not really support you, how can you defeat it, a great man said that the factor that determines the victory of a war is never weapons, but people!" ”
"The decisive factor in the victory of the war is the people...... This sentence is really reasonable, but it is a pity that I did not know this sentence until this time, if I am given another three years, I believe that the soldiers under my command will definitely become the real elite of the world. Yao Xing smiled bitterly and sighed.
Then Yao Xing pulled out his sword and killed himself, before he died, Yao Xing sighed and said: "I only hope that in the next life, I can lead the clan to live a good life, and never go against the Han again, so that I can protect the clan and the whole family. I was originally a small leader of the Qiang people, although my own ability is ordinary, but I have a good life, and I still get some profits from the trade with the Han people, but suddenly one day I actually got an adventure, I changed my name to Yao Xing, and my father also changed, and became a recognized leader among the Qiang people, and at the same time changed his name to Yao Chang, and we were bewitched by others, joined the foreign coalition army, raised troops against the Han people, and finally led to the defeat and death today. Now that I think about it, I'm not as happy as I was when I didn't have the adventure......"
With the death of Yao Xing, the Qiang camp began to collapse eventually, and the soldiers chose to surrender when they saw that they could not break through, but Liu He only accepted the surrender of ordinary soldiers, and those generals were killed directly, and even the brave general Yao Xiang of the Qiang tribe was killed by Li Dingguo.
In this battle, the Han army killed more than 10,000 enemies, captured nearly 20,000 people, and killed dozens of generals such as Yao Xing and Yao Xiang of the Qiang nationality.