Chapter 57: Victory
Ustan and some of the soldiers still had the intention of taking advantage of the chaos to escape at the beginning, but when they saw such a cool battle, and saw that all they were running on the ground was money and merit, the desire to take advantage of the chaos to escape suddenly disappeared.
What they thought most at this time was to take advantage of the fact that the battle was going well now and get more merit and money.
What are the soldiers for, in order to eat food and get promoted to make a fortune, and now that they have such an opportunity, they don't take advantage of it, but run away and do something with an uncertain future, they really can't do it.
Lord Gongsun Xu had already said when he incorporated them into the cavalry brigade that as long as they could serve as soldiers under him, their families would think of the safest way to let their families move to his place of belonging as much as possible.
It was because of these promises and Gongsun Xu's generosity that Ustan and other soldiers who had recently surrendered were relieved of the resistance to join Gongsun Xu's army.
The most important thing is that the enemies they are facing now are not exactly Karasuma people, most of them are Han soldiers, and even the small number of Wuhuan people are also Sinicized Wuhuan people, and they don't have the slightest pressure to kill.
The cavalry of 500 men slaughtered the rebel infantry to the point of crying and screaming, and scurried around like headless flies.
Most of the soldiers began to throw away their weapons and equipment, and some even fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun thought that the number of cavalry under his command was almost the same, and those fleeing infantry had already been frightened, and it was time for them to surrender.
Zhao Yun exhaled and shouted loudly: "Those who lay down their arms and surrender will not be killed." Those who surrendered immediately squatted on the ground with their hands raised in the air, but they could not die. ”
As soon as Zhao Yun's voice fell, Gongsun Da and Qi Ming also shouted loudly.
Gongsun Da and Qi Ming knew in their hearts that what the young master lacked most now was soldiers, and they had been patronizing and killing just now, and they forgot the explanation that the young master gave them.
Gongsun Da and Qi Ming also shouted loudly at this time: "Those who lay down their arms and surrender will not be killed." Those who surrendered immediately squatted on the ground with their hands raised in the air, but they could not die. ”
The east bank of the Xingcheng River is a flat open land, and they can't run even if they try their best, and they can't run on four legs on two legs, and sooner or later they will be caught up by the cavalry of the Han army.
The rebel infantry had learned about the ferocity of Zhao Yun and Gongsun Da, and they had already been killed.
These infantry belong to the second class of soldiers defending the city, and they have never seen such a battle.
They saw that nearly a hundred people who were still alive before, that is, a charge of the cavalry troops, all turned into cold corpses.
The cavalry of the Han army was like a pack of hungry wolves, and they were a herd of sheep who could not resist, no, did not dare to resist.
They kept thinking in their hearts that if they didn't surrender, they would be killed all.
The rebel infantry had been expecting Zhang Ye and Chak to cross the river to rescue them, but they waited for a long time and did not see any movement between Zhang Ye and Chak, but the number of enemy troops was increasing.
If you give Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju your life, it is really better to work for the Han army. It's better to die than to live, as long as you are alive, there is hope, so it's better to surrender!
Just after Zhao Yun and Gongsun Da announced that the surrenderers would not die, the rebel infantry threw away their weapons in unison as if they had practiced many times, and squatted on the ground with their hands raised.
Zhao Yunzhen didn't expect that the soldiers under Zhang Ye and Chak would surrender so easily, and he didn't expect that they would achieve such a great battle with the kung fu of Chacha.
Zhao Yun looked at Gongsun Da who had gathered around him, and he said in a low voice: "Gongsun Da, now you and Qi Ming and the two of you will lead people to clean up these prisoners and clean up the mess, I will take a hundred people to Han Yu's side to take a look, it seems that the rebels over there have already begun to cross the river." ”
Zhao Yun was different from other generals on the battlefield, he had been watching and listening to all directions, but he saw that the rebels had already organized a strong force and began to cross the river.
Zhao Yun felt that Han Yu's side was a song of five hundred people, but the cavalry and infantry on the opposite side combined were more than a thousand people, although there was a defense of Xingcheng River, but the pressure on Han Yu's side would also be quite large, and he had to go over to support Han Yu.
The arrows rained down, and the Wuhuan cavalry and infantry under Chak crossed the river while shooting at Han Yu's side.
The infantry on the shore kept falling, and the cavalry in the water kept falling into the river and drifting downstream along the current.
Chack didn't expect that those Han soldiers would form a formation as soon as they reached the riverbank, and he didn't expect that the firepower of these Han soldiers would be so fierce.
Under normal circumstances, the allocation rate of archers of Han soldiers is not high, and it is good to have about thirty percent of the archers among the 1,000 Han soldiers.
However, Chuck observed that the proportion of archers among the infantry on the other side of the river had reached at least sixty percent, that is, among the five hundred infantry, there were nearly three hundred archers, a configuration he had never seen before.
Most importantly, his cavalry returned fire across the river in the water, and a considerable part of the Han army's shield soldiers blocked the bow and arrow, while his cavalry had no protection and could only watch as the bow and arrow shot him into a hedgehog.
The accuracy of the Han archers was much different from that of the cavalry under his command, but the numerical superiority was not comparable to that of his side.
Archery is not comparable to archery on the riverbank, and it is not only necessary to carefully control the horses and maintain their balance in the river, but also to avoid the overwhelming rain of arrows.
Chak felt that he was now ready to send an arrow, his cavalry had already launched more than two hundred people, it was simply unrealistic to retreat at this time, he could only urge his cavalry to quickly go down the river and launch the strongest attack on Han Yu's infantry with him.
Zhang Ye saw that Chak began to lead the troops across the river, and his heart turned several times.
But what! He saw that Zhao Yun gathered his cavalry and began to chase after his infantry, and the cavalry under Chak and the infantry gradually gained the upper hand, he immediately put away the desire to leave Chak and flee from the upper reaches, and began to command his men to cross the river with Chak and carry out the strongest river crossing battle.
Just as Zhang Ye commanded his soldiers and the whole army of Chak to start crossing the river, Zhang Ye's heart fluttered suddenly, and he looked in the direction of Gongsun Zhan's escape with palpitations.
Although Zhang Ye had not seen Gongsun Zhan's cavalry troops at this time, nor did he feel the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground, Zhang Ye had a beastly intuition that Gongsun Zhan's cavalry brigade had already been killed.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ye shouted hysterically: "All the soldiers are moving closer to me, and all the cavalry that have not yet gone down the river are moving closer to me." ”
Just as Zhang Ye was pulling his neck and shouting hysterically, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from a distance, and countless Han cavalry roared towards the west bank of the Xingcheng River like silver spills.