Chapter Forty-Nine: The Intestines of the Hu, the Blood of the Hus (3)
The battle of the three villages and towns ended quickly, and the elite cavalry of the Xi tribe, which was the first of the three thousand to run south, was almost completely wiped out except for a few dozen or so horsemen who escaped.
It's also strange that along the way, the 200,000 Youzhou beast soldiers who went south were too smooth, and they held back for too long before, this time An Lushan ordered that they could be released to burn, kill and loot, they were just like a carnival, they only cared about the silver and plunder, and they didn't send a sentry to patrol and sentry, and their defense was lax to the extreme.
Five hundred and sixty-one Tiance cavalry suddenly came out at this time, and these three thousand Xi knights were not only scattered, but half of them were not wearing armor, their long weapons were not around, and they had no effective command.
In addition, the opponent is the strongest soldier in the world, Tiance Cavalry, and with great anger, even if these three thousand Xi knights are also the elite of the elite of the Youzhou army, they are still killed at once and have no ability to resist, only resisting for a moment at first, and then there is a one-sided slaughter.
It wasn't until he swept away the enemies in the other two villages and towns and the battle was over, that Li Qi's qi and blood operation slowly calmed down, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
It is said that at this time, they should find a place to meditate and recuperate, calm their qi and blood, and restore their physical strength, but at this moment, the situation is urgent, although the Tiance army is unparalleled in combat strength, but after all, there are not many people, and more than a dozen horses have been run away, and revenge will come soon, five hundred and thirty-two Tiance cavalry can run at any time, but the twelve wounded, the people of the three villages and towns, must be transferred south immediately.
Now is not the time to rest, when Li Qi gritted his teeth and insisted on quickly dealing with the follow-up matters, he couldn't help but think of the prosperity of Luoyang, the virtuous and beautiful wife, and Xiao Quai's earnest teachings, Master. Where have you been?
Seventeen of the slain robes were carried to one place, and the armor and identification badges of the whole body were taken off to their sons, which were to be passed on to their sons, and they were placed upright on the pyre, and their bloodied faces were scrubbed with the alcohol cotton they had with them, and then they were doused with gasoline one by one, and the cavalry of the Hundred Days gave them a military salute at the same time. Seventeen torches were thrown into it.
The flame rises, even if it is a man who is as dead as iron, try to look at the hand, and mend the cracks in the sky; Even though the motto of Tiance Mansion is to benefit the country, not to seek wealth and nobility; Even though the most common thing that the big guy usually talks about is that he is proud of dying on the battlefield, but in the firelight, the more than 300 Tiance knights who stood solemnly couldn't help but have some tears in their eyes.
Rather, the brothers have died in battle and become gods, and Heaven will bless us in this turmoil. Save the day!
Anyway, even if there are countless vicious battles in the future, there will be more Tiance Mansion soldiers who die on the battlefield, and we also deserve it.
This body has already promised the country! As long as the Tiance army is there, the Youzhou army will not want to enter the Wujiao Pass, unless the Tiance army is all dead!
On the other side, more than 800 villagers from the three villages and towns who had been rescued were also mobilized at this time. The men helped clean up the battlefield, and the women packed their things. Prepare dry food, and before that, there was a small twist and turn between them.
Towards the end of the battle, they were rescued, and the Han women who were raped cried and went to find their husbands - most of the sons and daughters of their fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, and daughters were killed, and many of their husbands turned cold eyes on them. Scolded: "Dirty woman, don't come here!" ”
The Tiance Army trainer roared loudly: "Youzhou Zahu rebelled, you were lucky, you didn't run away with your family, and the Youzhou beast soldiers killed." You don't have the ability to protect your family, your parents and children were killed by these beasts from Youzhou, your wives and sisters were spoiled by these beasts, you don't go to these beasts to take revenge, but you take your own wives and sisters out of anger, what kind of man are you! ”
"Wow!" All of a sudden, these people who had survived the catastrophe suddenly hugged each other and cried hoarsely, crying while calling the names of their relatives who had just been killed, and some men began to hit their heads with their fists, or regretted it, or shouted that they were useless.
The Heavenly Wisdom Mansion Instructor shouted again: "Now that your enemies are there, the time has come for revenge, and all your anger can be vented on them!" ”
The Han and Hu people in Hebei lived together, and the population ratio was still half to half before, but later, there were more Hu than Han, and most of them were concentrated in the north, and most of the Han people were in the south. But no matter where it is, relatively speaking, if there is a conflict between a Han person and a Hu person, it must be that the Hu people are arrogant and domineering, and the Han people retreat and forbear.
The reason is simple, the Han people are organized into households and the people, and they are not allowed to leave the village where they are located without authorization, while the Hu people do not have a fixed household registration, and the population movement is extremely free, even if they kill people, they just run away on the spot, and they will not be able to run back to the tribal government, because they are only under the control of their chief, and the chief must protect the short; And even if these Hu people killed the rich and powerful eunuchs, the chieftain could not protect them, and they could flee to the grasslands further north, while the Han people wanted to kill people, and it was generally difficult to escape.
For more than a hundred years, the Han people in Hebei were either gradually assimilated by the Hu people, and became like them to ride horses and shoot arrows, fly eagles and horses, and be unruly; Or they cower and tolerate everywhere, and the people of these villages and towns belong to the latter. If it weren't for the reminder of the trainer of the Tiance Army, even in the face of Youzhou Huqi, who had become prisoners and wounded soldiers, they would not dare to go up to take revenge.
At this moment, as soon as they were guided, these young and middle-aged men and women who hugged each other and cried loudly shouted hysterically, picked up the weapons on the ground and went over to those wounded soldiers and prisoners of war of the Xi nationality who were frantically chopping and chopping, and in the crazy shouting, some of the wounded Xi prisoners of war who were lucky enough to not die were cut into pulp by these crazy villagers with their hands tied. The screams and bloody scenes made even the Tiance Army instructor behind him a little unbearable to look at directly.
But these trainers know that this is a necessary step, without such guidance, these people will leave a huge shadow of war, and their work efficiency is extremely low, and after venting, they can immediately devote themselves to resisting the Youzhou beast soldiers.
Although these people can't fight for the time being, as long as they move to the rear and do those digging trenches, transporting supplies, assisting in defending the city, etc., they are the best candidates. They are all young and middle-aged men and women, and they have a deep blood feud with these Youzhou beast soldiers, and they are also good candidates for conscription in the future.
While cleaning the battlefield and sorting out the corpses of the villagers here, Li Qi over there had already asked for the information he wanted from the surviving 300 prisoners of war.
Of the three thousand Xi cavalry elites, only a little more than half were killed, and the remaining more than 1,300 fought and surrendered in the end - for them. Surrender and war are the most common things, anyway, their profession is to fight, surrender is to change the master to fight, as long as Tiance Mansion takes care of the food and pays the army, they don't mind helping Tiance Mansion to fight An Lushan at all.
But this time, the situation was completely unexpected. The commander of the Tiance Mansion, who was not yet twenty years old, did not respond at all to their shouting that he wanted to take refuge in the Tiance Mansion and help the Tiance Mansion fight An Lushan, but only disarmed them, ordered them to take off their armor, and then tied all their hands.
After that, three hundred fearful and timid ones were screened out, and then the other 1,000 unruly-looking Xi warriors were like crazy in front of these three hundred people, by the villagers who were still cowering and timid before. The corpses were dismembered by random knives, and these three hundred Xi soldiers who were already weak in courage were immediately frightened, and their feces and urine flowed everywhere.
These are the most elite and brave warriors of the Xi tribe, who have sworn to join Tiance Mansion on the day of the day, and want to help Tiance Mansion to fight the miscellaneous Hu of An Lushan, as long as Tiance Mansion nods, they are a thousand brave and good at fighting. The light cavalry that can be used by the Tiance Mansion, why not?
Isn't the Don Army the most generous?
How so?
After killing the monkey and showing it to the chicken. The three hundred chickens were frightened, and then naturally asked what to say, and then one by one they waited for their fate with great anxiety and trembling, and Li Qi did not break his promise, he grinded his teeth viciously. Then he said loudly: "This king has always been a man of his word, saying that if he doesn't kill you, he won't kill you, and you bring the heads of An Shouzhong, An Qingyou, and An Qingchang to this king and send them back to An Lushan's mongrel."
Bring a word to this king, An Lushan mongrel Hu. This king kills your son today, and tomorrow he will take your dog's head, but whoever rebels this time and does evil, one will be counted as one, and this king will not forgive any of them, and if they kill one of them, they will all send you to hell!
This king is waiting here, waiting for this An Lushan mongrel Hu to come to his death, and tell him that there are only five hundred and twenty days of light riding by the side of this king! ”
The three hundred Xi soldiers kowtowed again and again to thank them for their grace of not killing, saying that they would definitely bring the words, but unexpectedly, Li Qi's cold voice came again: "You have also done evil, and this king must leave you some memorial." The order went down, cut off their ears, noses, and thumbs, and watched them leave. ”
After the 300 Xi prisoners of war were released, the battlefield on that side had been cleaned up, and the bodies of the three villages and towns were gathered in several large houses, piled with firewood, poured gasoline on a fire, and lit a fire.
When the fire rose, the eight hundred surviving villagers rode on the war horses left behind by these Xi horses, brought dry food and soft and some weapons and armor of Xi knights, wiped their tears, and together with twelve wounded, escorted by ten knights of Tiance Mansion, began to move to the south.
The pure white Hai Dongqing named Xiaobai flew down and stood on Li Qi's shoulder, and a personal guard hurriedly took out the information from the small bamboo tube on the eagle's leg and handed it to Li Qi.
Li Qi opened the small note and glanced at it, and then shouted: "General Lifei's 1,000 cavalry has been assembled, and then it will follow, and we will advance thirty miles north and transfer more people south." ”
A personal guard came to Li Qi's side, frowned and said: "I said Lord Wang, next time you encounter the enemy again, don't be so desperate, if something goes wrong, we will all die and die to atone for their sins!" ”
Li Qi glanced at the sixty guards, saw that they all had the same expressions, and said with a smile: "This time we met them, we flew a kite and killed them!" ”
Over the past two years or so, the Tiance Mansion has studied and practiced various tactical tactics, including cavalry, infantry, and mixed infantry and cavalry. There are also various battlefield situations such as how to command, how to mobilize urgently, and how to fight after the troops are scattered.
Kite flying tactics is a tactic that is most suitable for Tiance cavalry in small-scale operations summed up in various exercises. Not only is it safe and efficient, but each Tiance cavalry is skilled in riding and shooting, and is the best at this, as soon as Li Qi said this, the sixty guards and the four hundred and fifty-nine Tiance cavalry behind showed an excited smile at the same time.
If you enter the mother, let these people from Youzhou pride themselves as grassland riders who are good at riding and shooting, and see what is the real riding and shooting.
Carrying the firelight, more than 500 Tiance cavalry finished eating the beef cooked by these Xi knights and the roasted whole sheep, led their war horses and the war horses left by these Xi horses, and slowly walked out of the village.
At their feet, there were the corpses of these Youzhou beast soldiers everywhere, and there were many corpses that had been cut into dozens of pieces of minced meat by these villagers, and the internal organs and intestines flowed all over the ground, and some shallow pits on the ground were also full of dirty blood at the moment.
And these more than 500 days of cavalry and leading war horses, just so deep and shallow foot shallow among these corpses trudged through the horses' hooves in the shallow pits on the ground, splashing the horses with red and black dots; Occasionally, a war horse riding by Xi found the body of his master on the road, stopped and turned over with the horse's nose, and let out a neighing sound, which looked extremely miserable.
These Hu soldiers, who were bent on following An Lushan south to Dugi Province and entering Chang'an to burn and plunder, fell quietly on the dirt roads of villages and towns that had been reduced to hell or in the crops outside villages and towns, just like the Han people who had been killed to death by them before.
The initiator, there is no aftermath! (To be continued.) )