Chapter 43: After the War
The soldiers in Xingcheng stood at the head of the city, and they saw that the remaining hundreds of Wuhuan cavalry outside the city had lost their fighting spirit and began to retreat slowly and gloomily, and a layer of smiles appeared on their faces.
They didn't expect that in such a situation of disparity in strength, Gongsun Xu would actually fight such a beautiful battle, and actually win the battle with less and more.
This time, the number of people led by Gongsun Xu was not very large, and there were many surrendered and wounded soldiers, he not only broke up the Wuhuan cavalry's occupation of Xingcheng, but also killed and promoted and captured hundreds of Wuhuan prisoners.
In the hearts of these soldiers, Gongsun Xu has been mythologized by them, Gongsun Xu is a god-like man, an immortal who descended to save them.
If it weren't for that, they really couldn't believe that Gongsun Xu could lead them to such a big victory at such a young age.
"Lord Gongsun is like a white man in the world, that is definitely a wise and divine martial art, have you seen it, a thousand foot soldiers against two thousand elite horses, it is actually a complete victory."
"Someone used to say that there was a clever plan to calm the world, but I didn't believe it at all. Now I see Lord Gongsun's clever plan, and now I believe it, Lord Gongsun has put out such a formation, which is simply amazing, even if the food and salary are less in the future, I have decided to follow Lord Gongsun. ”
"Since ancient times, wars have been fought with 1,000 enemies killed and 800 self-losses, especially when there is a huge disparity in the ranks of troops, most of the wounded, sick and fallen soldiers on the side of Lord Gongsun himself, and there are only six or seven hundred foot soldiers who are really capable of killing the enemy. However, it was in such a situation of great disparity that he fought a beautiful turnaround battle, and he actually won with less, and he actually won, which is simply a fairy descending to earth! I've decided to mess with the major general in the future. ”
Whether it was the leader of the rebel army who had recently surrendered, or the infantry generals led by Gongsun Zhan, they had already admired Gongsun Xu so much.
Seeing that the entire army and people of Xingcheng cheered, they did not skimp on their not-so-ornate words of praise.
The Wuhuan cavalry has always been the elite and has always been the fierce rival of the Han Dynasty, not to mention more than a thousand infantry, even if the number of infantry is three or four times that of the cavalry, there is no possibility of defeating the Wuhuan cavalry.
Gongsun Xu created a miracle at this time, a miracle that had never been seen before.
They couldn't believe in their hearts that Gongsun Xu actually used 500 regular infantry troops plus more than 500 surrendered troops, plus more than 200 wounded soldiers, that is, the number of 12300 people, to break the convention and defeat the promoted Wuhuan cavalry with fewer victories.
It would be nothing if they just relied on the defense of the Xingcheng city wall to make it difficult for the promotion to retreat, but now at this time, it was Gongsun Xu who led these remnants of the army to defeat and kill the promotion, and captured hundreds of Wuhuan cavalry without a fight, which was a feat that none of them could imagine.
What is a soldier who surrenders without a fight? Here it is.
Gongsun Xu did not force his soldiers to attack, but used words to break the morale of the Wuhuan cavalry, and finally let the Wuhuan cavalry kill each other.
They couldn't understand how those Wuhuan cavalry, who seemed to be not afraid of death, could be willing to throw themselves in, and how they could willingly attack their comrades and commanders around them.
Until most of the cavalry promoted to the Chinese army in the city joined the surrendering team and began to kill each other, they did not understand the reason.
They just knew that the reason why these cavalry were able to surrender this time was entirely because the strategy designed by Gongsun Xu worked.
Although Gongsun Xu has always maintained that serious look on his face, his heart is already full of joy, and the harvest this time is really so big that he can't imagine it.
Although Gongsun Xu knew in his heart that according to his arrangement, this battle would be won, but Gongsun Xu did not expect that in this battle, nearly 500 unscathed war horses and hundreds of prisoners were captured.
According to Gongsun Xu's estimate, in this Xingcheng offensive and defensive battle, he took advantage of the situation of unequal information to lure the promoted team into depth.
Gongsun continued to make several plans, the worst of which was that if the Wuhuan people were not fooled and attacked from three sides, he could only fight hard.
Even if it has the advantage of the city wall, even if the Wuhuan people are cavalry, and there are no large-scale siege equipment, it is not a good thing for Gongsun Xu.
If you really fall into an offensive and defensive battle, then you will definitely kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.
These soldiers are all from the cheap Lao Tzu Gongsun Zhan, and even these people will become his Gongsun Xu's team in the future, how can he be willing to let these people die easily in such a situation.
Gongsun Xu didn't know much about many things in this era, and he was even more worried, the war horse at this time was too smart, and his arrangement was ineffective for the war horse.
Another worry is that if he encounters a stupid Wuhuan man, who does not send troops into the city after entering the city, but fights him at the gate of the city, then his arrangement is also an extremely unsuccessful arrangement.
Fortunately, the situation that Gongsun Xu thought of did not appear, and there was a big victory in this battle.
The only thing that Gongsun Xu regretted was the poor people who were arranged by him to throw stones down on the city gate.
It was nearly 300 poor people, and by the time the Wuhuan cavalry in the city surrendered, less than two of the 300 poor people had survived.
It was the remaining fifty or sixty people, most of whom had already been painted physically, but the degree of injury was different.
Half of the Wuhuan cavalry outside the city were stoned to death and wounded by these 300 poor people, and after Gongsun Xu commanded his archers to climb the city gate tower and city walls, all but a few cavalry who resisted stubbornly outside, all of them surrendered.
They were much more miserable than the soldiers inside the gates, and the cavalry inside the gates were able to find some places to hide, and they were almost all exposed, becoming live targets.
On three sides were huge pits, which cut off their retreat like moats, and inside the gates were rocks, some of which they had transported to the back, but there was not the slightest light to be seen.
Bereavement pensions, all of which are given to the highest degree of bereavement benefits.
Although Gongsun Xu didn't have any money in his hands, this war made him big.
Not to mention how many Wuhuan cavalry were captured, and not to mention how much the captured war horses could be worth, that is, the armor and war horses on those dead Wuhuan cavalry were enough for Gongsun Xu to take them out to buy people's hearts.
These are not big heads, the big ones are that it has been many days since these Wuhuan cavalry entered the territory of the Great Han, and everyone should have some valuable good things in their hands, plus their own heads, it is definitely enough for Gongsun to laugh until dawn.
Handing over the prisoners and counting the harvest, Gongsun Xu directly threw Gongsun Da and Qi Ming and a few of them, these people were born and died with him, and Gongsun Xu could believe it.
Gongsun Xu has a certain amount of confidence in his heart, and these guards of his will definitely be more loyal to him after seeing this war.