Chapter 186: Battlefield Nap
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For the howling and screaming of the Khitans, Chen Kefu did not move, and continued to let the soldiers of the engineer battalion manipulate the catapult to throw fireballs.
The real attack power of the fireball is not as good as the stone bullet, and the stone bullet only hits the cavalry, which is basically smashed in two with men and horses, and the middle part becomes meat paste. And because the fireball is made of grass balls, it is relatively light, and the speed is not fast after it is ejected, as long as you see it accurately, you can still make the fireball.
However, the greatest power of the fireball lies in his terrifying fireball flying in the sky, and he will not die, but he will be slowly burned alive. That kind of howl of fear before death is the real maximum lethality.
The three armies cannot be defeated, and once all the combat morale of a soldier and horse is gone, then the soldiers and horses will be finished.
The same is true of the thousands of Khitan cavalry at the moment, who have been completely confused by fear. There is no command at all, and there are all those who run around and charge. Many cavalrymen continued to rush towards the infantry commanders of the rear army with red eyes, but except for continuing to increase the height of the corpse mountain, none of them could rush over, either killed by crossbow arrows or stabbed into a sieve by the spear array.
The scene like purgatory on earth not only frightened those Khitans, but even many timid soldiers in the Sui army couldn't help but turn pale and vomit. Although these soldiers and horses of the Sui army have also been on the battlefield and have seen blood, killing people is really nothing compared to the situation in front of them.
Some low-level officers, seeing that their soldiers were so useless, were all punching and kicking, "You coward, get up, show Lao Tzu." That's how it is to fight, either you die or I die. We are lucky to follow the general, although we were attacked today, we can win the battle. Take a good look at Lao Tzu, just like you, if you go to the battlefield in the future, you will die a little later than them. ”
No one is born bold and strong-hearted, and the firm hearts of all veterans are tempered by death and blood again and again. These recruits in front of them have been on the battlefield several times and have seen a lot of blood, if they can see this tragic situation like the one in front of them a few more times, then they will be able to truly reborn into a real elite army in the future.
Watai's face turned pale as he looked around at the fireballs falling from the sky, and said loudly to Abao Cave, "Abao Cave, we're all finished, we can't get out." And what about the damn Mogo? Where is he? Where is he now? Why didn't anyone see him? ”
At this time, Watai was full of anger and unwillingness, and they were all encouraged by Mogo. At the beginning, Abao Cave found that the Sui soldiers were outnumbered and wanted to retreat, but Mogo refused. But now, they were being hit here by the damned catapults they had brought with them, and the fireballs that kept throwing them, and how could he not be angry, but the Mogo who should have been here was nowhere to be seen
Abao Cave was born in the Yaoran clan, one of the two largest of the ten Khitan tribes, and was the head of the young clan. It's just that he has always been more calm, not as brave and capable as Mogo of the Dahe clan.
But now, he looked around, and the last remaining centaurs were less than 5,000 people, and the 5,000 elite warriors of his own tribe were not even estimated at 3,000 at this time. And the thought that they might all die here next, his heart was even colder.
Where did Mogo go? Without thinking about it, Abao Cave can also guess that either he has been killed by the Sui army, or he has already fled with his men and horses. Judging from what he knew about Mogo, he had already escaped.
"You can think of a way, if you don't think of a way, we will all die here." Watai roared loudly, although Watai was not from the two major alliance clans, he was also the young patriarch of one of the ten major tribes. The good days in the future are still very long, he has his own tribe, there are dozens of female slaves in the tribe, there is good wine and meat to eat every day, how pleasant, at this time he regrets it very much, and he is greedy for a while, and follows Mogo here. Right now, I didn't grab anything, but I had to send my life here. …,
Abao's face became darker and darker, and his heart became more and more angry. Mogo and he used to be brothers, but over the years, every time Mogo used him as a subordinate, but he never really treated him as a brother. Now, in the face of the catastrophe, he actually ran away first, and he was extremely angry in his heart
"Put up a white flag, I have something to say to the commander of the Sui army"
This sentence basically broke out from between the teeth, and putting up a white flag means surrender.
Watai's face changed, and he opened his mouth and said, "You want to vote" but the second half of the sentence can no longer be said, yes, it's all at this point, if you don't surrender, you can only die, and you have to be burned alive.
There was no white cloth on the battlefield, and one of the soldiers in the Abao Cave took off his pants, and his innermost crotch cloth was white. Time was urgent, and after taking off the crotch cloth, he didn't have time to put on his pants again, so he hurriedly picked up the white crotch cloth with a spear, and held it high up, waving it constantly.
On the battlefield, there were fireballs everywhere in the golden yellow, the crimson of blood, this white touch, particularly conspicuous. In an instant, the entire battlefield saw the lowering flag raised by the Khitans.
"Dashuai, the Khitans have surrendered" Yu Qinming had been standing beside Chen Kefu, and when he saw that the Khitans were willing to surrender, he hurriedly said loudly. In his opinion, although he didn't know why this Khitan army would come to raid them, since the Sui army won and gave the Khitans a lot of casualties, the battle was almost over.
After all, although the Khitans are not the strongest among the tribes in Liaoxi, they are not weak either. If at this time, all the Khitans are annihilated, it is not necessarily a good thing. That is likely to lead to a frenzied revenge from the Khitans. At present, the Northeast Army is in Liaodong, facing a strong enemy in Goguryeo, and it is better to have one less enemy than one more.
Chen Kefu didn't speak, just continued to look at the Khitan position. Several rounds of fireball attacks did not really kill many Khitans, and there were still about 5,000 Khitan cavalry in the entire Khitan cavalry. According to the previous situation, these Khitan cavalry should have 10,000, but now the battle has been fought for less than two hours, and more than 5,000 have died, and the 1,000 in the dense forest have also been annihilated, which means that the Khitan people have died 6,000, which still does not calculate the battle situation of the former army.
Five thousand people, that's not a small force. If he accepts the surrender of the Khitans now, he really doesn't know what to do. But no matter what, the Khitans raided him first, which was already something that made Chen Kefu very angry. If you can't inflict heavy damage on the enemy, then you can't have to run to him in the future.
Chen Kefu opened his mouth and yawned, stretched out his hand to pat his mouth, and said, "Oops, this march is already sleepy, and these damn Khitans have come to scare me halfway." Now that Ben Shuai is sleepy, I want to make up for a nap, don't come and disturb me. After speaking, he said to Zhang Jin, "I didn't hear that Ben Shuai wanted me to take a nap, go and build a tent." ”
After speaking, he jumped off the horse and walked to a shade at the bottom of the mountain, although Zhang Jin couldn't understand why Dashuai wanted to take a nap at this time, but since Dashuai ordered him to come down, then he had to do it. Hurriedly beckoned the cavalry of the Guards Company to run to the foot of the hill and set up tents.
Yu Qinming was a little confused, and he was stunned for a while. He didn't understand why this young handsome man suddenly wanted to take a nap.
When Chen Kefu was far away, he turned his head to Li Shimin, who had returned to the formation, and said, "Do you usually have to take a nap at noon every day?" And not to divide the army or wartime? ”
Li Shimin smiled, "I haven't heard of this before, I guess this is a habit that Dashuai just had."
"So what to do? The Khitans are asking for surrender, are we allowed or not? The handsome man didn't leave a word when he left. Yu Qinming couldn't laugh or cry. …,
"Although the marshal didn't give an order, he didn't say anything, so this matter will be easy to do. Whether or not to be surrendered is a matter that only the commander of the army is qualified to decide, and you don't have this right to be a young general and an adult. In my opinion, since the marshal didn't speak, it means that he doesn't want to accept it for the time being, so it's business as usual," Li Shimin smiled, "In addition, I've seen that the soldiers have been watching the battle for so long, and they are all a little bored." You can watch and practice archery at the same time, don't miss such a good training opportunity."
A few heralds under the Shuai banner, you look at me, I look at you, and finally nodded, picked up the red and blue flags, and waved them a few times, the order of the flag was very simple, the attack continued, and the whole army was free to shoot with bows and arrows
Li Shimin dared to take the idea, and also ordered those soldiers to shoot arrows, of course, he was sure in his heart. He had already guessed Chen Kefu's thoughts between Chen Kefu's furrowed and hesitant brows. Chen Kefu has the intention of accepting the surrender of these Khitans, but he is unwilling to accept it now, there is only one reason, that is, there are still many Khitan cavalry in front of him.
Five thousand people is a big number, if these Khitans are less, maybe the marshal will be willing. Guessing Chen Kefu's thoughts, Li Shimin was also very happy, because he felt that he had taken another step, no longer the battlefield general who only knew how to lead troops to charge into battle, but slowly moved towards the position of the commander of the first army like his brother-in-law Chen Kefu.
The generals who got the order, at this time, naturally picked up their bows and arrows one after another and began to conduct live target shooting training. With the protection of those shield arrays and spear formations in front of them, they can have plenty of time to aim slowly and then shoot.
Yu Qinming looked at the white flag on the battlefield, then at the tent that had been erected at the foot of the mountain behind the formation, and then at the Sui soldiers who kept shooting arrows, and at the Khitan cavalry who kept falling, and suddenly thought ...... in his heart.