Chapter 31: Descent
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The battle was over, and all the captives were tied with ropes, and there was a long rope that held them together, and it was impossible for one or more of them to escape.
Su He then asked Batu to take some men to bring back the horses that had been driven away, while he left some men in the camp to guard the prisoners.
Because the battle ended quickly, the horses that had been driven away had not yet gone far, so they were quickly driven back by Batu's men, but the herd was a little smaller than before.
"Su He, the horses have been recovered, but there are only more than three hundred, and there are more than fifty horses missing, and it is too dark this night, and I don't know where they went!"
After hearing this, Su He thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let's run away, what we have to do now is to leave here immediately to join the centurion and leave here with all the captives!" β
"Good!"
Not long after Su He, Batu and the others left with the captives, Wu Zhu came back with the remnants of more than 30 horses, and saw a messy camp, the camp was on fire, all the horses were gone, and only dozens of corpses were left, Wu Zhu was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and shouted: "Qin Dong, I am inseparable from you!" β
Wu Zhu couldn't help but be angry, thinking that when he came, he was 600 horses, more than 1,000 war horses, and in less than a night, there were only less than 30 horses left, and there were only 30 more than 1,000 war horses, this contrast was too great, and Wu Zhu was really unacceptable.
By the time Su He and Batu and the others returned to the camp by the river with the captives and the herd of war horses to join Qin Dong and the others, the camp had returned to normal, and after the battle, the sixty cavalry led by Qin Dong lost eight, the old people in the camp died twenty-five, Mu Ren's reconnaissance team died three, and Su He and Batu led the team to attack the Wuzhu camp and lost three of the forty people. A total of 14 soldiers were killed and 18 were slightly wounded, directly losing 30 percent of their combat effectiveness.
However, Qin Dong's harvest was not small, plus the captives brought back by Su He and Batu from the Wuzhu camp, Qin Dong captured a total of more than 300 people, of which 215 were intact and 128 were injured, these people were only slightly injured, and they were shot by arrows in parts that were not critical, and they would not die if they were treated in time, a total of 343 captives. In addition to these, Qin Dong also captured more than 600 war horses, none of these war horses were injured, and another 150 war horses were injured, seeing that they could not survive, they could only be killed, together with some dead more than 300 war horses, the horse meat was made into jerky, and the soup was made with horse bones, and the Huns would not waste food.
The next morning, Qin Dong arranged for the women to make horse meat into jerky, let the children go to graze, and sent two patrols to patrol the vicinity, while the others stayed in the camp.
It's time to deal with the captives, Qin Dong is not ready to kill the captives, these are all soldiers, Su He and Batu brought back more than 100 captives from the camp of Wuzhu forty miles away have all agreed to surrender, these people have no problem, only Qin Dong led people to capture dozens of uninjured prisoners and the more than 100 injured prisoners have not yet been dealt with.
After eating food in the morning, Qin Dong instructed Su He to take people to escort the captives to the open space, these people were tied with ropes, Qin Dong was not afraid of them escaping, he rode around the captives on his horse, and the simplified version of the Mingguang armor with silver on his body shone in the sun, so that those captives could only squint, this armor was indeed very powerful and imposing, and the captives were all suppressed by his momentum.
"You used to be the warriors of the Great Huns, and many of you were invincible in the rampant Europa with Attila the Great Dan, but now you are with the wrong people, you are defeated, you have six hundred horsemen, and I only have a hundred horsemen and a hundred old men, and your six hundred elite cavalry have been defeated by my hundred horsemen and a hundred old men, isn't it ridiculous? When did the former Great Hun warriors become so vulnerable? Sue sΓΉ me, why? β
Qin Dong said and roared, what he said was indeed the truth, almost all the captives were headed, but there were still some people who were not convinced, and one of them said: "It was you who cheated, if it wasn't for your cheating, you would not be able to beat our six hundred iron horsemen with a hundred people!" β
"Hahaha!" Qin Dong laughed, and then his face changed: "It's really ridiculous, there has never been any deception on the battlefield, war is a major matter of the country, there has never been such a thing as fairness and conspiracy, as long as you can win, you can do anything!" The reason why you lost to me is because your commander, the Vultures, is a fool, a fool. He didn't even know what kind of person I was, so he rashly attacked, but I knew him well, and I knew his character very well, I camped here to lure him to attack, and he lived up to my expectations and entered my trap, from beginning to end he was like a fool who was deceived by me again and again, do you think for yourself can you win the battle with a fool? β
After these words were spoken, the captives sitting on the ground all whispered to each other, and the person who had just refuted also lowered his head in frustration, no one would be happy after suffering defeat from such a stupid commander, and some even began to curse the incompetent man in a low voice.
Qin Dong observed for a while, and saw that these captives were shaken, and then spoke: "Warriors, although you are now my captives, I still have to call you warriors, because after all, you have been rampant in the world, this is an indelible fact, the reason why you lost to me is because you don't have a good commander, I now hope that you will follow me, be my subordinates, follow me to conquer the world, and continue your former glory and honor, you think about it, I can defeat six hundred elite cavalry with a hundred cavalry and a hundred old men, You can defeat 10,000 horses with 1,000 horses, or you can defeat 100,000 horses with 10,000 horses, follow me, you will be invincible! is a wounded soldier, I will let people take care of him, heal him until the wound is healed, and will never be abandoned, if he unfortunately dies in battle, I will send someone to take care of his parents and relatives until they die, and in the future in the looting and war, you can get thirty percent, and the rest will be handed in, if someone would rather choose to die than surrender, then I can only let him hurry up and see Changshengtian! Whoever wants to surrender, go to the left, and stay where he is! β
Qin Dong's words shocked the captives very much, you must know that the Huns are tribal military alliances, there are no cities, at this time they are basically slavery, even if they are Huns, there are few free people, the general Huns are the slaves of the tribal patriarchs and elders, they can obtain very little property, so the Huns are eager to be led by the tribal leaders to loot, so that they can share the property, but not much, generally only about one percent, Qin Dong just said that they can get three percent of their future capture, This is absolutely unprecedented, and Qin Dong said that he would not abandon the wounded soldiers in the future, and he would send people to take care of their families after they died in battle, these conditions are too powerful, Qin Dong not only did not kill them prisoners, but asked them to join his army, and Qin Dong is indeed very capable and good at fighting, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat them with a hundred cavalry and a hundred old men Six hundred elite iron cavalry.
Many people were tempted, and they all began to discuss in a low voice, Qin Dong did not stop them, this is what he wanted, he rode on his horse and played with the whip and waited for the decision of these captives.
After a while, the more than 100 people seemed to have made a decision, and they saw the person who had refuted Qin Dong before saying in a loud voice: "My lord, if what you said is true, we are willing to surrender and follow you, and swear by immortality that we will never betray!" β
"Of course!" Qin Dong immediately said: "I swear by Immortal Heaven that I will definitely keep this promise for the rest of my life, not only you, but also those who just want to surrender to me in the future will be treated like this!" I declare that from now on you are no longer slaves, including my former subordinates, you are all free men, and you have the right to own your property, your own sheep, your horses, and your women, but you must be loyal to me."
"Yes, sir!"
"Pledge allegiance to your lordship, oh, oh, oh......" All the captives shouted excitedly, and along with Qin Dong's original men, they were all cheering for what he had just announced.