Chapter 463: Appease or Exterminate
Hundreds of fangs stepped onto the pontoon bridge and quickly ran to the depths of the dense forest on the other side of the river, and the two pontoon bridges were suddenly crowded with fleeing fangs, and there were still many fangs in the cave pouring out quickly.
The three-zhang wide river was very narrow, and soon, the hundreds of fangs in front had already set foot on the land on the other side of the river, and were about to flee to the depths of the dense forest, and the fangs in the pontoon bridge and cave behind were also speeding up and following closely behind.
But these fangs never dreamed that at this moment, there were five thousand Jin cavalry hidden in the dense forest on the other side of the river, and their rout and escape was completely under the control of the Jin army.
"General, the fangs have escaped." A colonel looked at the thunderstorm and reminded softly.
"It's only a few hundred people, don't worry, wait." The thunderstorm made his subordinates stand still for the time being.
Soon, hundreds of fangs poured out of the cave, and it was not until there were no more fangs on the pontoon bridge that the thunderstorm ordered: "Release the arrows, soldiers, release the arrows." ”
"Whoosh ......" The five thousand Jin cavalry who were ambushed in the dense forest immediately released arrows and shot at the unprepared fangs.
"Wow, wow, wow......" The fang man finally escaped from the valley, not wanting to be set a trap by the Jin army on the other side of the pontoon bridge.
"Soldiers, rush! Exterminate the fangs, and leave no one behind. Thunderstorm shouted and led five thousand cavalry to kill the fleeing fangs.
A few days ago, this group of fangs set up an ambush so that Thunderstorm lost 700 soldiers, and now, it is the enemy who is very red when they meet, Thunderstorm and the cavalry under his command, with a thunderous momentum, kill the panicked fangs, and slash and kill these fangs who have long lost the ability to resist. Vent your long-standing resentment.
Under the thunderstorm and the strangulation of 5,000 Jin soldiers, less than 1,000 fangs who escaped from the valley were slaughtered, and not a single living mouth was left.
"General, the fangs have been killed by our army, and we have avenged the seven hundred soldiers who died." A small colonel said excitedly.
Thunderstorm nodded, and said loudly: "After searching for so many days, today I finally eliminated this group of cunning fangs, and the army is ambushed in place, and you few light torches and follow me into the valley." Fast. ”
"Yes. Checkmate. Hearing the order, several pro-soldiers lit a few torches and walked in the direction of the cave, and Thunderstorm strode after him.
In the valley, the main army led by Hua An himself. Almost all of the fangs have been wiped out. The fires in the valley are still burning brighter. A sharp burning sensation could be felt within 100 steps of the fire.
Looking at the raging fire, a smile appeared on the corner of Hua An's mouth, more than 10,000 ferocious fangs. Finally wiped out by himself, the bad situation near Fucheng will definitely be greatly improved, and the lives of the common people will also be restored to the state before the appearance of the fangren.
"General, the fangs have been wiped out, and the soldiers are cleaning up the battlefield." Li Liang clenched his fists and reported.
Hua An nodded, looked at the fire in the distance, and said softly: "In this battle, our army has eliminated more than 10,000 elites of fangs, I believe that the fangs in Shu will be frightened, the next step, will our army continue to encircle and suppress the fangs, or appease them?" ”
"Big brother, the fangs are barbaric, kill the people at will, just exterminate them all, why do you appease them? Besides, we have killed so many of them now, and the fangs must hate us to the core, so how can they accept the appeasement of our army? It's all gone. As soon as he heard the appeasement, Tie Niu immediately jumped out to object.
"Yes! General, Fang people are fierce and savage, and I don't know where they came from, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to appease them than to ascend to the sky! Li Yi also echoed.
"Big brother, it is not easy to appease the fangs, and we don't know the language of the fangs, how to appease them? What should be done with the fangs after they have been appeased, and if they continue to rob the people of their property? Wang San also gave Hua'an a lot of problems.
When Hua'an heard this, he also felt that it was too difficult to appease the fangs, but in the deep mountains of Brazil, Zitong and other counties, there are countless fangs, and so many fangs are hidden in the mountains, so they can't be encircled and suppressed one by one! If the troops under his command are completely used to encircle and suppress the fangs, once the army of Zhao invades Hanzhong, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Moreover, at present, the most urgent task of Hua'an is to develop the production of Liangzhou, so that the common people can live a good life, and then further conscription, training, and finally, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Central Plains turmoil, to move north, occupy Guanzhong, and further recover the entire Central Plains.
If this group of barbaric fangs continue to come out to make trouble, the production of Liangzhou will be greatly damaged, and in this way, Hua'an's strength will naturally be greatly damaged, so that when the opportunity of the Northern Expedition comes, it will lose its strong strength to attack Guanzhong, and thus be completely locked in Liangzhou, a trapped dragon land.
Seeing Hua An frowning and worried, Li Liang stepped forward and said softly: "The general doesn't need to be overly worried, we can think about the problem of the fangren, the time has passed, and our army should return to Fucheng immediately." ”
Hua An nodded and said, "Except for the soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield, the rest of the main force will all return to Fucheng and set off immediately!" ”
"Yes, General." The generals clenched their fists in response and turned to gather their troops.
"Big brother, big brother, the fangs who escaped have all been wiped out by our army, and now we have finally avenged the revenge of being besieged by the fangs last time." At this moment, Thunderstorm came over with several of his own soldiers.
Hua An looked sideways at the thunderstorm and said softly: "Good job, it's not early, go back immediately to assemble the team and prepare to return to Fucheng." With that, he turned and walked in the direction of the fire.
At this time, the fire in the Fangren camp was about to be extinguished, and the heat wave was not as fierce as before, Hua'an wanted to enter the Fangren's camp, carefully check the situation in the Fangren's camp, and see the excellent Cheng Cheng of the Fangren's weapons, so as to know himself and his opponent.
"Big brother, if all the big armies leave, once there are fangren reinforcements appear, won't it be dangerous for big brother, let my cavalry stay with the pro-army camp and return to Fucheng with my eldest brother!" Thunderstorm whispered.
"It's okay, then you can stay first and accompany me to check the Fangman camp." Hua An said and took a few steps forward.
It didn't take long for the fire in the fang's camp to be extinguished, but there was still a scorching heat on the ground, especially the smell of the charred fang's corpse, which made people feel suffocated.
Hua'an held the Glaive Knife, constantly picking up the embers on the ground, while Thunderstorm held torches to illuminate Hua'an.
They searched carefully around the ruins of the fangmen's camp and found the remains of many fangmen's weapons, ranging from relatively fine iron swords to spears made of beast bones, with arrows ranging from iron tufts to bony arrowheads.
Hua An held a piece of bone spearhead and said softly: "Fortunately, the fangs are poorly armed and there are no heavy siege equipment, otherwise, with the strength of the fangs, Fucheng would have been broken a long time ago." ”
Thunderstorm nodded when he heard this, and said: "Big brother, the fangs near Fucheng should be here, and now they have been completely wiped out by our army, Fucheng should be safe for the time being, where will our army attack next." ”
Hua An sighed slightly, and said softly: "Brazil, Zitong County, there are many fangs, the eldest brother doesn't know how to exterminate them now, the fangs like to hide in the depths of the mountains and forests, the area of the two counties is so vast, there is always such a blind encirclement and suppression, I'm afraid it's not a way!" ”
"Big brother, it's better to choose the place where the fang people are most troubled to encircle and suppress, as long as the fang people suffer heavy losses, they will naturally return to the depths of the mountains and forests honestly, as long as the fang people don't dare to come out and make trouble, then won't our goal be achieved?" The thunderstorm made a good offer to Hua'an.
Hua An smiled and said softly: "You're right, at present, we only have this way, a better way, we have to go back and study it slowly." ”
"Report, general, the battlefield has been cleaned up, in this battle, our army has eliminated more than 13,000 fangs, our army's own losses are less than 300, and the fang's camp has been completely destroyed by our army." A junior colonel who was in charge of cleaning up the battlefield reported loudly to Hua'an.
Hua An and Thunderstorm glanced at each other, smiled lightly at the corner of their mouths, and said loudly: "Go back to Fucheng and go." With that, he strode towards the entrance of the cave.
The men and horses in the valley all followed behind Hua'an, walked in the direction of the cave, and after crossing the pontoon bridge, Hua'an gathered all the horses and horses, and then quickly evacuated and marched towards Fucheng.
After the more than 20,000 troops all withdrew to Fucheng, it was only an hour before dawn, and the soldiers who were tired all night, at the request of the generals, returned to the camp tent to rest, and Hua'an also returned to his Chinese army tent and rested on the couch.
It was not until noon on the second day that Hua An and a group of Jin generals got up one after another, and the soldiers finished eating and began routine patrols and drills.
At this moment, Hua An, who had just finished lunch, was studying the strategy of dealing with the fangs in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Wang San strode in.
"Big brother, Xie Siming said that he had something important to see you, and he was outside the big tent." Wang San opened his mouth to report.
When Hua An heard this, he was slightly shocked, at this time, Xie Siming had something important to see him, what could it be important?
After thinking about it carefully for a while, Hua An felt that the most difficult problem at the moment was how to deal with the fangman, could it be that this Xie Siming was here to help him make suggestions and deal with the fangman.
"Wang San, Master Xie is here, don't you have it soon." Hua An said, getting up and greeting him at the door of the big tent.
When Wang San heard the order, he immediately walked out of the tent and invited Xie Siming.
As soon as Xie Siming walked into the big tent, Hua An greeted him, which made Xie Siming a little flattered, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Xiaguan Xie Siming, I have seen General Hua." ”
"You don't have to salute, Lord Xie is looking for the general, what's the matter." Huaan hurriedly helped Xie Siming up, and asked Xie Siming about his intentions. (To be continued......)