Chapter 121: As a last resort, the Jedi fights back
Liu Xuewu saw that the matter was irreparable, so he immediately held back his grief and visually measured the number of troops who were now safe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info ordered to take the hillside as a position, with a hundred people as a group, and set a bow and arrows at the front to release arrows.
Wave after wave, ten thousand arrows rained down on the herd. At this moment, all the hatred and all the sorrow are vented here, and even the 20,000 Vientiane soldiers who came in the follow-up were discouraged when they saw the terrifying rain of arrows of the Han army, not to mention the bull barbarian warriors who were ready to go up and pick up the cheap.
Finally, it was dark, and both sides withdrew their troops. Liu Xuewu counted the number of people overnight and reorganized the soldiers and horses, only to find that only 30,000 or 40,000 people died in the trampling of the cattle on the 200,000 army, and most of the other elites had been transferred in time at that time. Although these 30,000 or 40,000 people are also a very large number, they are still within the acceptable range compared to Liu Xuewu, who has an army of 200,000. In order to calm the morale of the army, Liu Xuewu collected the corpses of the soldiers who were trampled to death by the herd. The relics of the names of each person who ascended the throne according to the military merit spectrum were incinerated uniformly, and their families were properly resettled by all parts of Yizhou. His ashes were collectively transported back to Yizhou, and the spirits were summoned all the way, wailing and shouting, so that the soldiers who died in the war could return to their hometowns and fall into peace.
And Liu Xuewu also began to understand a little why in another time and space, the number of troops written by Zhuge Liang Pingman was not large. There are too many troops to control and not be able to communicate a response in a timely manner. The ability to adapt to changes also declined, so Liu Xuewu only selected 100,000 elites from the remaining army, and the rest of the soldiers escorted the ashes back to Yizhou overnight.
In order to buy time for the retreating army, Liu Xuewu led 100,000 horses and horses to entangle with the Southern Barbarian army, which was several times his size. The chief of the Ox Barbarians, Ah Guda, was because of the victory in the first battle, and he held a feast to entertain the soldiers and horses who came to help from all walks of life. At the same time, he also randomly challenged Liu Chan, the current titular chief of the Nanban, because although he defeated the Han army this time, because the 20,000 Vientiane soldiers of the Zhurong tribe stopped moving, thus missing the best opportunity to completely annihilate the Han army, which made the originally victorious battle situation become anxious and gave the Han army a chance to breathe.
And King Liu Chan, the great chief of the Southern Barbarians, is the leader of the Zhurong tribe, and he has to take on the responsibility this time at this moment. Moreover, this battle has already made the hearts of the people of the Niu Man tribe and the other tribal chiefs who came to help. There was a faint desire to replace it, so they joined forces to exert force on Liu Chan. At this time, Liu Chan couldn't refute it, because his own identity was also Han, and it was his own decision not to carry out the assault according to the original plan this time. Even if his elephant soldiers launched a surprise attack under the circumstances at that time, even if they could completely annihilate the Han people, they would suffer heavy losses. So Liu Chan hesitated at that time, and after such a hesitation, he became the handle of everyone now. However, Liu Chan did not regret his original decision, if he really lost these 20,000 elephant soldiers, then the strength of the Zhurong tribe would be re-ranked, and it was estimated that it would not be as simple as questioning now, and it might be directly a loss of position.
In this Nanban region, what is important is natural selection, if you have strength, then you are the king. If you don't have the strength, you're the target of the beating. Now that Liu Chan's army is still there, he can directly ignore these questions, of course, in order to maintain his prestige among the Southern Barbarian tribes, Liu Chan still has to stand up and speak.
In desperation, Liu Chan promised that he would definitely take the lead in the next battle and defeat the Han army. A slight promise of benefits eased the situation.
However, Liu Xuewu's side did not move, relying on the terrain of the mountains, using a large number of bows and arrows to hold on to the Southern Barbarian army for four or five days. It was not until the troops returning to Yizhou were safely out of the danger zone that further combat preparations were made.
In the past five days, the Southern Barbarians did not care about the remnants of the fleeing army, but surrounded the hill where Liu Xuewu's army was located. There is a tendency to prepare for the total annihilation of Liu Xuewu's department. In order to show the determination of Liu Chan and the Zhurong tribe, Liu Chan took the lead and led 20,000 elephant soldiers to call for battle in front of the hillside. Every time they responded to them, there were waves of arrows, and today Liu Xuewu's army ran out of bows and arrows. The millions of arrows he carried before setting off have been used up, and it is conceivable that Liu Xuewu has no other way to use it than to fight hard.
Fortunately, the mountain where Liu Xuewu is located is densely wooded, and it is not suitable for elephant soldiers to charge, otherwise it would really be dead. But even if you can use this mountain forest as a cover now, what can you do? Don't forget the purpose of entering the Nanban region in the first place, but to defeat the living forces of the hundred Nanban tribes, so that they did not dare to invade Yizhou. The current situation is like a careless move, and you will lose everything. Liu Xuewu was unwilling to do this, and he was even more unwilling to die in this foreign country. Although his rise over the decades can be described as smooth sailing, he has been successful everywhere he goes. But now, plus last time, I have suffered two defeats in my life. Could it be that God is going to kill me?
From ancient times to the present, how many famous generals have won and lost countless times in their lives, and I, Liu Xuewu, have been defeated?
No, if the heavens kill me, I will rebel against the heavens. If the earth destroys me, I will dig it. I, Liu Xuewu, have been forty-two years since I crossed over to this world, can't I create my own miracle again?
Thinking about this, Liu Xuewu immediately made a decision, organized a death squad, and carried out a decisive charge. As long as you break through the encirclement of the enemy head-on, and then look back and cover the kill, let these southern barbarians know what military tactics are. As soon as he said it, Liu Xuewu selected two thousand cavalry as a death squad, and rushed towards the dense elephant soldier camp with a large number of explosives bags. The torches lit the explosives on the horse's back, and one by one they looked at death as if they were at home. This sudden situation blinded Liu Chan's elephant soldiers. What do you want to do, the cavalry comes to charge the elephants, this is definitely the rhythm of not being afraid of death, and I can't figure out why the Han people do this. Knowing that it was close, the cavalry who watched the Han people all had a torch in their hands and bundles of cloth tied to their horses. I don't know what the situation is, but it's definitely not good to look at the situation. The elephant soldiers who bore the brunt of the attack were about to drive the seated elephants away from the madmen, but the horses were so fast that they were in sight.
I saw that when the leader was twenty meters away from the elephant soldiers, he accelerated with his horsewhip, but he turned around and jumped off the horse, regardless of his life or death after the jump. The horses rushed into the group of elephants in a frenzy, and suddenly the first loud bang was heard, and all the cloth bags on the horse's back exploded, and the gunpowder bags inside were covered with a layer of iron sand. After the explosion, fiery iron sand flew in all directions. The power of the explosion directly killed several surrounding elephants and the soldiers of the Southern Barbarians on the spot, and with the second and third, a full 2,000 death squad cavalry tied to explosives bags raged like wolves into a sheepfold.
The 20,000 Vientiane soldiers under Liu Chan's command were wounded and killed in the face of this calculated and unintentional tactics. And Liu Xuewu led the 100,000 army behind him, with the last wishes of these 2,000 cavalry and 2,000 soldiers, and launched a Jedi counterattack. Without the cover of elephant soldiers, the unprepared Nanban army was taken by surprise. Many people still had their senses still relieved in the explosion where 20,000 Vientiane soldiers were killed, and even people took the lead and were cut down to the ground by Liu Xuewu's army.