Troubled Times Begin Chapter Seventy-Five: Surrender
After two days of rest, Lu An's army embarked on the journey again, because of the previous victory, the morale of the army at this time can be said to have reached its peak, and everyone was in good spirits and ready for the next battle.
"The first battle was a great victory, and the army's heart is very stable!" Looking at the spirit of the surrounding soldiers, Lu An had some epiphany, this ancient battle actually has a snowball flavor in it, as long as the first battle is won, then the soldiers will increase their confidence in the generals, and the more they fight, the more courageous they become, and on the contrary, their spirits will shrink, and even collapse later.
At the beginning, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, why could he break the 200,000 elite soldiers of the famous general Zhang Han of the Qin Army with only 50,000 soldiers, and even in the later period, 30,000 elite cavalry broke Liu Bang's 560,000, in addition to Xiang Yu's own military talent to the limit, what is more important is Xiang Yu's brilliant record of dominating the world and never being defeated, so that the soldiers are full of faith in him, believing that he is an invincible god of war. It's just that Xiang Yu was unlucky later, and met the equally outstanding soldier Han Xin, and the offensive was immediately blocked, coupled with Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's various calculations, there was a later embattled siege.
It can be seen that to be a famous general, in addition to the most fundamental strategy and arrangement, one of the most important elements is to get the recognition of the soldiers, which can boost morale at critical moments, and let the soldiers fight to the death for you.
Thinking of this, Lu An couldn't help but take out the god-level art of war book equipped on his body, "Formation Diagram", and take a closer look, and only now did he know what kind of value the characteristic military soul attached to this thing was.
At any time, even if you encounter a difficult situation, as long as you are still there, you will not shake the heart of the army, and let the soldiers fight bravely to kill the enemy, this kind of miracle effect is worthy of the art of war of Bai Qi, the first general of the Warring States, and it is worthy of the word god-level military book, but I don't know where the second half is, and what kind of miracle effect it has.
"Lord, after another half a day's march ahead, you will be able to reach another city of the Wuxi Barbarian Clan-White Wolf City!" Jiang Qin's voice interrupted Lu An's thoughts and woke him up from deep thought.
"Give the order to the brethren to speed up the march, and we must do it all at once! Take advantage of the fact that they have not yet recovered from the defeat and quickly establish an advantage! Lu An immediately commanded. The so-called overwhelming momentum is what we are talking about, taking advantage of the opportunity of a great victory, to strike one blow after another at the enemy with low morale.
After Lu An's general order was issued, the marching speed of the army became faster, and it originally took half a day to travel, but they only took a few hours to arrive, and not far away, Lu An saw the wall of the White Wolf City.
"Report! Lord! Strange military situation has been discovered ahead! At this moment, the spy in front suddenly turned around and reported.
"Say!"
"Those barbarians seem to have been stupid, and when they saw us coming, not only did they not have the slightest defense, but they opened the gates of the city and sent a bunch of people out to greet us, and it seemed that they did not want to fight us, but they wanted to welcome us!" The herald was also confused, but this did not prevent him from telling Lu An the true situation.
"Huh? What is this? Alternative empty city plan, no! Even if there is an ambush, then they should hide! And send someone out to greet you? Lu An was a little surprised, touched his smooth chin, and thought about the intentions of these Wuxi barbarians.
"Fengxiao, what do you think these barbarians are doing?" couldn't figure it out, so Lu An glanced at the natural genius strategist beside him.
"Jia doesn't know, but the water comes to cover the ground, the soldiers are coming to block, we have already taken the lead in this battle, as long as we are careful, no matter what tricks they play, we are in an invincible position." Guo Jia shook his head and spoke. Sometimes, thinking too much is not necessarily good, and the most important thing is to make the most perfect response according to different situations.
"Hmmm! Let's march over and let the brethren be a little more vigilant and see what tricks they can do. Lu An bowed slightly and ordered. The so-called constant should respond to all changes, as long as there are no flaws in themselves, even if these barbarians play flowers, they are only struggling to the death.
"Wuxi Bantu, welcome to the arrival of the Heavenly Army!" When Lu An and the others approached with their army, a leader came out of the barbarians who came to greet them, kneeling down and saying in the half-baked Chinese dialect.
"Your name is Bantu? Get up and talk first! Lu An thought for a while before he understood his general meaning and spoke.
"Yes, sir!" Bantu stood up, he was a middle-aged barbarian, dressed no different from other barbarians, although he didn't know who was the head of these Han troops, but when he saw Lu An riding on a tall horse, and his bearing was extraordinary, he said more respectfully.
"Our two sides are at war, but you have opened the gates of the city and come out to greet you, but what do you mean?" Lu An tapped his finger on the horse's back and asked.
"Report to your lordship, our Wuxi clan cannot resist the heavenly army, so we have decided to surrender." Bantu spoke.
"Huh? Don't you still have tens of thousands of troops? It's just that you lost the first battle, and you actually decided to surrender? Lu An was a little surprised, they only lost once, and they compromised, such a weak barbarian is really rare.
"Report to your lord, this is the decision of our new barbarian king, the previous barbarian king has now been killed by the new barbarian king because he dared to resist the heavenly army! Moreover, our new barbarian king is also rushing here, and I believe that in two days, he will come to greet you in person! Bantu said with a rather bitter expression. To be honest, he didn't understand why he was suddenly going to surrender, but the order had been given from above, and there was nothing he could do.
"Oh? What is the name of your new Barbarian King? Lu An replied lightly and asked casually. It's rare to meet a barbarian king who understands righteousness like this, well, for the barbarians, he should be spineless, but he is slightly interested.
"Our barbarian king's name is Shamoko!"
"Shamoko?" Lu An read a sentence and asked, "He should be a very brave warrior in your clan!" ”
"Yes, the Barbarian King is the number one warrior of our clan! No one can make a move in his hands! Although Bantu didn't understand why Lu An asked this, he immediately replied.
"Humph! Forget it, we'll know the real situation in two days! Lu An smiled lightly, then stopped caring about this, and directly ordered the army to enter the city, the barbarian king who had left a reputation in later generations, but suddenly led the crowd to surrender, which is really a bit incredible.