Gao Shun ordered the cavalry to retreat and suspend the attack, and the pressure on the Xianbei soldiers defending in the village decreased sharply, but the pressure in the heart of his commander increased dramatically. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several centurions suggested: "Commander, the enemy has stopped attacking, the cavalry has withdrawn, leaving only part of the infantry to defend, shall we rush out and destroy their infantry?" ”

The commander smiled bitterly: "The enemy is fearless, if we send people out, it is estimated that we will not be able to come back, and their cavalry must be waiting for us to go out." ”

"Commander Qian, we don't have much food, we can't last long, even if we are dying, we have to drag a few Han people to die together."

"Hmph, the Han people are not stupid, they will not give us this opportunity; I now hope that those cavalry can return to the tribe safely, and the tribesmen will definitely not abandon us, and will definitely come to our rescue. The commander said.

"Hmph, it's all the tribesmen who blindly give orders, otherwise we wouldn't be the tricks of the Han Chinese."

"Wait for the adults to come to our rescue? It is estimated that if we don't die in battle, we will starve to death a long time ago. ”

Seeing that everyone was complaining and complaining, but no one could come up with a reasonable countermeasure, the commander felt helpless and comforted: "If there is no food, kill the horse to eat, these dozens of war horses are enough for us to last for a few days, and when the horse meat is finished, I estimate that the adults should also come to save us." ”

Gao Shun arranged the cavalry in the east of the village, and the infantry in the north and east of the village, and let go of the south of the village, hoping that the Xianbei people would break through from the south of the village. To the west of the village is a large river with rough waves, and it is impossible to escape from the river without boats.

The Xianbei people are not stupid, although there is no one to defend the south of the village, they dare not break through.

Gao Shun felt that the victory was in his hands, and he was not in a hurry to attack.

The head of Fang Zhengtun led the soldiers to constantly practice various formations in the north of the village, and from time to time frightened the Xianbei people on the defense into a cold sweat, which made them nervous and very nervous.

The formation he practiced was not complicated, mainly to let the soldiers cooperate closely with each other, pikemen, sword and shield soldiers and archers, in front of the sword and shield soldiers holding shields as cover, blocking the arrows of the Xianbei people, and behind were pikemen, covering each other to prevent the Xianbei people from rushing out; Behind them, another row of sword and shield soldiers held their shields, covering the archery attacks of the junior infantry.

Fang Zheng will let the soldiers attack, and the soldiers will retreat, asking to keep the formation neat; If the Xianbei people's defenses were lax, he ordered the junior infantry to shoot arrows and take the opportunity to shoot a few people.

After 3 days of training, the cooperation between the soldiers has been very tacit, and Fang Zheng is very satisfied with the results.

The Xianbei people in the village were in a desperate situation, and even the horse skins had been eaten, and the leaves and bark of the trees had been eaten.

"Commander, we haven't eaten for a day, and reinforcements haven't arrived yet."

The commander comforted: "Your Excellency may still be on the way, we hold on for a quarter of an hour to win, I don't want to wait for your Excellency to arrive, and we will fall." ”

"We can hold on, but the soldiers can't hold on, they don't have anything to eat, and they don't even have the strength to hold knives or shoot arrows."

"Commander, why don't we cut down trees to make rafts and escape from the river."

"Hehe, who of us can swim? I'd rather be killed than drowned. "Immediately there was opposition.

All the Xianbei people thought that it was the right decision not to break through, and if they had broken through, they would have been slaughtered by the Han cavalry; First of all, the Han people have cavalry, and they can't escape the pursuit of the cavalry, and secondly, the Han people also have pikemen, sword and shield soldiers, and archers, and these cavalry have no war horses, and even the infantry of the Han people can't beat them; They could only hope for the rescue of the tribe lords, but the tribe lords had not arrived for a long time, and they guessed that the 10 cavalrymen who went back to deliver the message must have suffered a misfortune.

In Gao Shun's big tent, Li Qiang asked anxiously: "General, when will we wait?" It's not a way to deal with each other like this. ”

"Hehe, what's the hurry? These Xianbei people are already the dishes in our bowls, and they can't escape. ”

Li Qiang complained: "General, you can't eat the meat that comes to your mouth, and it's even more urgent." ”

Gao Shun calculated according to the time, Xianbei people must have run out of food, so he said to Li Qiang: "What do you want?" In this way, you take people to shout and make them surrender. ”

"Then I'll try it first." Li Qiang walked out in frustration, in his mind, if he didn't even have the courage to attack a small village, how could the general compete for world dominance in the future? The enemy has been surrounded, even if there is some damage, as long as these Xianbei people can be successfully annihilated, it is worth fighting, that will definitely boost morale, and the troops will also have the courage to attack the fortifications in the future, on the whole, it is still cost-effective, otherwise the troops will never become a strong army.

And Gao Shun's idea is very simple, since it is a sure victory, why let the soldiers fight hard? Now there are few soldiers, and every soldier is very precious, and their lives must be paid at critical moments, not this meaningless payment.

Not long after, an earth-shattering cry was heard outside, "Surrender!" Surrender! "The soldiers were very excited, and surrounded these murderous Xianbei people, so that they had nothing to do, and the Xianbei people also had this day.

This was the first battle of the cavalry of the large division, which was of great significance, inspiring the soldiers, so that they no longer feared the Xianbei people, in their opinion, the Xianbei people were nothing more than that, losing their horses, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as the ordinary infantry of the Han people.

The shouts of the Han cavalry frightened the Xianbei people in the village pale, and they realized that their end had come, and this was retribution; There is no food inside, there are no reinforcements outside, and the enemy army is approaching, they can't escape, anyone who is on the verge of death will feel fear, will be afraid, these Xianbei people are no exception.

Many Xianbei soldiers began to cry, missing their relatives at home, they should not have come out to loot in this season, it must have been the tribal adults who fell for the tricks of the Han people.

The cry of the Han people was like the last straw that crushed the strong hearts of the Xianbei people, and their idea of stubborn resistance collapsed, and they fell into despair.

"Commander, if we surrender, the tribesmen will definitely come to save us, as long as we are alive, we still have a chance."

The commander sighed secretly, if they surrendered, there was really no chance, even if the Han people didn't kill them, they would have to be slaves for the rest of their lives, and there was no chance of returning to the grassland alive. Even if the tribesmen called, the Han people would not let them go, otherwise they would be enemies, and the Han people were even more afraid that they would be retaliated against more violently after letting them go back.

Seeing that the commander didn't speak, someone suggested: "Commander, why don't we negotiate with the Han people." ”

The commander scoffed at this childish idea and asked rhetorically: "Hehe, negotiation? What to talk about? Do you think the Han Chinese will negotiate with us in the current situation? ”

The battle situation continued to stalemate, Gao Shun did not attack, and the Xianbei people did not dare to break through.

By the morning of the sixth day, the Xianbei people had been without food for 4 days, and many people were on the ground, unable to move at all, let alone fighting, and even had no strength to hold a knife.

Gao Shun ordered people to set up a row of large cauldrons outside the village, boiling large pieces of mutton, and the mutton kept tumbling up and down in the boiling water; There are a lot of ingredients added here, and the aroma is tangy; The southeast wind blew the smell of meat into the village, and the greedy Xianbei people drooled.

Gao Shun ordered the people to shout forward, as long as they surrendered, they could eat a full meal.

Many Xianbei people heard the shouting, and smelled the smell of gluttonous meat, life and death were put aside, and they couldn't help but come out and surrender, even if they were afraid of death, they would have to be a full ghost.

The commander did not stop it, and even he was now desperate, and the reinforcements of the tribesmen were slow to move, and he was starved to death if he did not surrender; Wave your hand and signal the people below to be casual.

The centurion, the chief, and others couldn't bear it anymore, and began to lead their subordinates out of the village to surrender one after another, and many people didn't even have the strength to walk, so they could only support each other.

Seeing that his men had dispersed, the commander pulled out the long knife at his waist, bowed in the direction of Heicheng, and then committed suicide.

Seeing this situation, many cavalrymen praised the talent of the military division, and only a few pots of mutton attracted the surrender of the Xianbei people.

Li Qiang said with emotion: "General, have you already thought of this method?" ”

"Haha, human nature, no one wants to be a starving ghost; Each person has a piece of meat, and when there is no meat, each person has a bowl of rice, and when they are finished, they are tied up. Gao Shun ordered.

"Yes, General."