Chapter 272: Changli Victory!
"What!? Why are those steel monsters attacking again?! Murong Diao's face was shocked.
Ever since he had experienced the power of the heavy cavalry, he knew that the heavy cavalry had become a nightmare for the hearts of the Xianbei people. At present, the Xianbei people have reached the end of the strong crossbow, and the appearance of heavy cavalry at this time will crush the Xianbei people in one fell swoop.
"We have lost this war, and it has been a complete failure, so you should immediately return to Great Thorn City with the remaining elites! After going back, tell Hao'er to immediately abandon everything in the Great Thorn City, and take the people to migrate north, all the way to the birthplace of the Xianbei people - Daxianbei Mountain! Remember to tell Hao'er, at least while Wei Shuo is alive, not to think about going south, and not to intrude on the Han border. Tell Hao'er to endure humiliation and burden, and don't fight for the length of the moment! ”
It seemed that he had a premonition that the war would develop in a direction that was unfavorable to the Murong tribe, and Murong Diao calmly called his henchmen to arrange a way back for the Murong tribe. In order to preserve the vitality of his clan, Murong Diao was determined to break his wrist and use the tens of thousands of Xianbei elites on the battlefield to fight for the last ray of life for his clansmen.
"Let's go! The target of the Jin army is me, and this single is broken for you personally! ”
The corners of Murong Diao's mouth showed a smile of relief, and with a decisive look in his eyes, he led the Xianbei guards to rush to the battlefield without hesitation.
Murong Diao already had the heart of death, and he hoped to use his death to buy time for Murong Hao's evacuation. Murong Diao knew that his goal was too big, and if he didn't die, the Jin army would definitely not stop pursuing.
Sure enough, as Murong Diao expected, the Jin army focused all its attacks on Murong Diao, and ignored the 'remnants of the defeated generals' who left the battlefield. At this time, on the entire battlefield, the situation was already clear, and the Xianbei army collapsed. No matter how eloquent Murong Diao is, he can't recover the decline, and the guards around him have long since died. He was the only one left still fighting.
Hearing a bang, a crossbow arrow hit Murong Diao's heart, and Murong Diao, who was moving forward, was stunned, and then the spear in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, and his whole body fell like a mountain.
Murong Diao is dead! Murong Yun is dead! Murong Han is also dead! Most of the elite children of the Murong family were killed and injured!
As soon as Murong Diao died, the Xianbei army completely collapsed, and the Xianbei people on the battlefield no longer had the heart to resist. They scattered in all directions, trying to escape from the nightmare battlefield, but unfortunately the enemy and us have long been you and me, I have you, and if you want to escape from the battlefield, how easy is it!
Only a small number of lucky Xianbei people escaped from the battlefield and did not have the life to flee to the north or west, for this part of the people, the Jin army can only let go for the time being, and now only to solve the main force of the Xianbei people on the battlefield first.
The battle continued until late afternoon, and the Jin army was once again victorious. Except for Murong Ren who fled with thousands of cavalry, most of the main forces of Xianbei were killed by the Liaodong Army. Even Murong Diao and Murong Han were defeated and killed because of this, and as soon as this great war that shocked the world ended, it swept the whole world like a tornado.
When the news of the defeat of the 80,000 Xianbei cavalry and the killing of Murong Diao reached the capital of Marudu, King Migawa immediately accelerated the pace of attacking the Samhan Peninsula.
"Haha! Victory! Finally victory! I, Liaodong, have finally unified the entire Youping and Youping states! ”
Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Wei Shuo finally put his heart in his stomach. I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I was relaxed. Although the final results have not yet come out, this time the Jin army has undoubtedly won a big victory again. It completely hit Murong Xianbei hard and laid a solid foundation for the next plan.
At this moment, on the battlefield, the Liaodong Army is counting prisoners and cleaning up the battlefield.
Although the Liaodong Army won a big victory in this battle, the losses were not small. The 90,000-strong army suffered more than 23,000 casualties, including 10,000 killed in battle, which made Wei Shuo feel distressed.
Fortunately, the Xianbei people suffered more losses, which made Wei Shuo feel better. Of the 80,000 Xianbei people who participated in the war, nearly 30,000 were killed in the battle. Nearly 40,000 were captured, and less than 5,000 escaped the Jin army.
However, what made Wei Shuo happiest was that Murong Diao, Murong Han, father and son were both killed in this battle, and without these two key figures, it would not be so easy for the Murong tribe to rise up in the future.
"Haha, lord, a big victory! Tens of thousands of Xianbei people were captured! Now the lords of the Mufu should be happy, in the past, they always complained to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, saying that the military had too few prisoners in the war, and they could not meet the demand for free labor in Liaodong! ”
Looking at the black captive, Lu Chang was very happy. With the economic recovery of the two prefectures, the demand for free labor was very strong, and the pastoral government had complained to him many times about the captivity.
"Oh, yes! Pei Changshi and the others are making every effort to build a cement road connecting all parts of Youping, and the previous few captives are just a drop in the bucket for the huge manpower demand, and now tens of thousands of Xianbei people can finally relieve the temporary pressure. ”
Wei Shuo smiled and nodded, what Youping lacks most at the moment is labor, and the price of hired workers in various places is rising again and again, and now the beggar industry is basically extinct in Youping and Liangzhou.
In order to prevent the captives from making trouble, the Liaodong army separated the Xianbei nobles from the ordinary soldiers. And in view of the lessons of history, Wei Shuo directly asked all the nobles to be pulled down and beheaded, leaving only a large number of ordinary Xianbei people.
When the time is right, the Xianbei captives will be sent to various parts of Youping in batches to engage in heavy engineering construction, and as for how many people will survive in the end, it depends on whose life is greater.
With the continuous implementation of industrialization and large farms in Youping and Pingping, the demand for labor has increased dramatically. Even though Weishuo has improved labor conditions and promoted various benefits, it has still not been able to attract more people to manual labor.
In addition, the use of prisoners of war can significantly reduce costs. For example, if a project employs people from Dajin, it not only has to pay high salaries, but also is responsible for providing various welfare systems, which makes the labor cost often inflated.
Unlike prisoners of war, for Hu prisoners of war, employers do not need to pay anything at all, they just need not to starve to death, let alone provide welfare benefits. Since the Jin army transported prisoners of war to various places several times, prisoners of war have now become the most popular coolies in Liaodong.
The next day, the Jin army, which had completed the initial rectification, did not stop, and Wei Shuo commanded the Liaodong Army to take advantage of the panic of the people in Changli County to rush to various places to recover the city. At the same time, the Western Route Army, which was in charge of the Liaoxi Raid, also accelerated the pace of action after learning the news of the victory in the Great War.
When a group of remnants of the defeated army entered the Great Thorn City, it immediately caused panic in the entire city. When he set off, he was tens of thousands of horses, but when he came back, he didn't even have a tenth, and more importantly, Da Shan Yu was gone, how could this not make Xianbei people panic?
By this time, all the Xianbei people realized that they had been defeated, and they had been defeated completely! Many small tribes and small forces that were once attached to the Xianbei people packed their bags and prepared to flee when the situation was not right. Especially those Karasuma tribes, they secretly communicated to the Jin army in Youzhou and threw flattering eyes again and again to show their loyalty.
Murong Hao, who stayed in the Great Thorn City, was stunned after seeing the miserable defeated army.
He grabbed the shoulder of the third brother Murong Ren with some gaffe, and asked again and again: "Third brother, is this ...... This...... What's going on? Father...... What about Father Khan? What about the army? Why are you the only one coming back? ”
"Second brother, my Murong tribe is dead! Da Shan Yu has been killed in battle, and he asked you to inherit Da Shan Yu's position and lead the Murong tribe. ”
"What? What did you say! Yes! After Murong Hao heard the news that Murong Diao had died in battle, he screamed and fell to the ground.
"Big order! Big order! ”
Everyone hurriedly helped him aside, filled with water and massage, and was busy all the time, but fortunately, Murong Han was just angry and slowly eased up.
"Second brother, now that the Murong tribe has reached the most dangerous time, my father asked you to quickly pack up all the supplies and quickly evacuate Changli, and take the troops back to the foot of Daxianbei Mountain to recuperate. After this battle, there is no longer any force in the Liaodong region that can stop the advance of the Liaodong Army, we must avoid the enemy's edge, and escape away from the fortress to be able to avoid the pursuit of the Jin army! (To be continued.) )