Chapter 236: Large-scale surrender
With a large number of arrows shot from the dense forest on both sides, you must know that the defensive equipment of the Hun cavalry in this era is almost none, the soldiers are basically just wearing sheepskin jackets, and the most equipped is only a cowhide armor on the outside of the sheepskin jacket, so a large number of arrows shot from the dense forest caused a large number of casualties to the Hun cavalry who were preparing to break through. Under the heavy casualties, the cavalry behind had to rein in their horses, anxiously turn their horses and run back, and the cavalry who had already left the road were driven back to the road.
Even if these cavalrymen had bows and arrows, and many of them had already opened their bows and shot arrows, it was a pity that the casualties that could be inflicted on the ambushed Su He's subordinates were minimal. At the top of the slope and at the bottom of the slope, the infantry blocking the advance and retreat were covered by shields, and the arrows of the cavalry did not inflict any casualties on them at all.
"Stop-stop-shoot-arrow-" A long shout came from the dense forest again, and after that, no more arrows were fired from the dense forest on both sides of the road, and the cavalry who were blocked back on the road suffered no casualties.
Su He rode a horse under the escort of some soldiers and slowly walked out of the dense forest on the left, and when he reached the edge of the dense forest, he could see the cavalry on the road before stopping, and the cavalry on the road could also see Su He and his guards.
"Su He under the command of Master Qin Dong has been waiting for a long time!"
When the cavalry leader on the road heard this, he deliberately disdained: "Hahaha, it's really ridiculous, as far as I know, Qin Dong is only a thousand commanders at most, when did he become a thousand commanders?" ”
"Bold, Lord Qin Dong has been appointed as the commander of ten thousand masters by the envoy of Da Shan Yu a few days ago, don't talk nonsense if you don't know. It doesn't matter if you insult me Su He, if you dare to insult my family again, today is the place where your bones are buried! ”
Su He can be said to be very angry. The other party is in a desperate situation, and he doesn't know how to restrain his temper, but you can imagine how arrogant and domineering these people usually are.
Who knew that the man didn't take Su He's words to heart at all, and continued: "Qin Dong is a fart, isn't he just because he used to be Elak's bodyguard, otherwise how could he be promoted from a nameless soldier to the official position of a captain in just one year?" I think I have been following Attila since I was fifteen years old to conquer the world, killing countless enemies, and I have only been a centurion for more than ten years. What credit does he Qin Dong have to be able to rise from a small soldier to a captain within a year? It's so fucking unfair, and I think Erak's bastard is also brain-burning, no wonder a few of his brothers are against him. Hahaha, it's good, it's good! ”
"Damn, you damn ......" Su He was furious. Take off your bow and arrows, draw your bow and shoot. When the cavalry leader on the road was laughing, he didn't even notice that Su He had already taken off his bow and arrow to shoot him.
The laughter of the cavalry leader came to an abrupt end, and an arrow struck him in the throat, killing him, and he shook his body on the horse's back a few times before falling into the snow.
"Adult ......"
"Centurion ......"
After the death of the cavalry leader, some of the surrounding cavalry screamed and some screamed.
Seeing this, Su He immediately said, "Everyone on the other side." Those who don't want to die are not allowed to move. Otherwise, you won't be killed! Listen, your commander Marcus is ready to rebel. Da Shan Yu was very angry when he found out, and he had already ordered Qin Dong Wanfu to send troops to crusade, the affairs of the upper level have nothing to do with you lower-level soldiers, Lord Qin Dong has already made it clear that Da Shan Yu, as long as you put down your weapons and surrender, you will not be held accountable, if any of you are willing to join the ranks of the crusade against Marcus, Qin Dong Wanfu has already ordered that as long as someone is willing to join, each person will have a settling-in fee of twenty gold coins, and a monthly military salary of one gold coin."
The cavalry who were blocked on the slope became even more panicked after the death of the leader, just like a trapped beast, which could fight back at any time, but fortunately, Su He stabilized the situation in time, otherwise the consequences were really unimaginable.
When the cavalry of those Marcus heard that their commander was preparing to rebel, they had long been frightened that the six gods had no master, and the matter of the internal rupture within the Xiongnu royal court was only spread among the high-level and officers at all levels, and the soldiers below did not know at all, their sense of belonging to the royal court was still very strong, so after listening to Su He's words, many cavalrymen looked at each other and wanted to get support from their companions.
Bows and scimitars were finally dropped, and a mass surrender ensued, bows and scimitars were thrown on the ground, the knights got off their horses and squatted on both sides of the road at Suhe's behest, and the infantry who came out of the dense forest began to gather their weapons.
Of the more than 270 cavalrymen captured in this battle, only about 20 cavalrymen were shot and killed at the beginning of the breakout, and the rest surrendered intact.
"Lord Su He, if I am willing to join you in the crusade against the rebels, will Master Qin Dong really give me a settling-in allowance of twenty gold coins and a military salary of one gold coin per month?" A soldier who had just surrendered and was crouching on the side of the road asked aloud with boldness.
Hearing this, Su He turned around and said: "Of course, what Lord Qin Dong said always counts, if you want, you can join now, as long as you swear in front of the gods that you will only be loyal to Lord Qin Dong from now on, we can immediately return your weapons and bows and arrows, as well as a settlement fee of twenty gold coins!" ”
The Xiongnu worshipped the gods of nature and sacrificed to heaven and earth, the sun and moon, the stars, and their ancestors. According to records, the Huns had three gatherings a year: in the first month, the leaders held a small meeting in the court and held a spring sacrifice; In May, the place where the ancestors are buried is dedicated to their ancestors, heaven, earth, ghosts and gods; In autumn, horses are fattened, the forest is littered, and people and animals are taught in schools. He also said, "When you go out of camp in the morning, you will worship the beginning of the sun and the moon at night." "Wait for the stars and moon".
In the worship of the gods, the Huns paid special attention to the gods. It is believed that the gods are the supreme masters of the gods, and the gains and losses of the world depend on the heavens. If a person's actions follow the way of heaven, heaven will give people good fortune. Otherwise, the heavens will bring calamity upon man. Therefore, whenever things go well, it is called "the blessing of heaven". On the other hand, when they are frustrated, they also think that it is the will of heaven.
Since the gods are regarded as the supreme rulers, whenever a vow or important covenant is made, it is often guaranteed by the heavens. The Huns believed in "witches". In the ideology of the Huns, ghosts and gods dominate people's actions. However, ghosts and gods live on the void, and people cannot directly interact with them, and they must pass through the guò "witch" to see their will. Therefore, in the Xiongnu society, there were so-called "Hu Wu" religious professionals, most of whom were women. The "witch" is used through guò dances and incantations to show the authority of the ghosts and gods, while the religion of the "witch" is shamanism.
Therefore, the Huns believed in the gods very much, and after swearing in the name of the gods, they generally did not break the oath.
The soldier immediately swore allegiance to Qin Dong in the name of the gods, Su He immediately ordered to bring gold coins to him for settling in money, and the other soldiers who squatted on the ground and surrendered saw this, and said that they wanted to join, driven by a large number of people, a small number of people who were originally suspicious had no worries, and all the soldiers and officers who surrendered asked to join, Su He was overjoyed, and ordered that these people be registered and made a register, and each registration would give a person a settling-in fee.
The Huns just have no writing, not without language, in fact, the Huns have a language, and the Huns will also calculate and make arrangements and many other skills, the original Huns will not calculate, the Han Dynasty sent a team with the Huns and relatives in the team called Zhongxing said (Yue), this eunuch was unwilling to go, and was later forced into the team of the Han Court as the princess to marry to the Mobei Xiongnu Court, before leaving, the Bank of China said that he swore a poisonous oath, saying that as long as he arrived at the Xiongnu Court, he would be the enemy of the Han Court, sure enough, After this person arrived at the Xiongnu royal court, he immediately surrendered to the Xiongnu Shan Yu.
At that time, the famous Xiongnu Mao Dunshan Yu had died of illness, and his son Ji Congee was established, and the number was old and shangdan. Bank of China said that it was deeply loved and favored by the old Shangdan. The Bank of China said that it tried its best to persuade the Xiongnu not to pay too much attention to the exquisite clothes and food of the Han Dynasty, increase the Xiongnu's self-confidence in their own food, equipment, and customs, and also taught the Xiongnu how to count, and from then on these barbarians knew how to count.
The Bank of China said that he later tried his best to sabotage the Han and Hungarian peace relations, and constantly gave advice to the Xiongnu, instigated attacks on the border counties of the Han Dynasty and launched wars, so he was called the first traitor in history. After the death of the old Shangshan Yu, he successively allegiated to the military ministers Shan Yu and Yizhi Xian Shan Yu, and advised them to make enemies of the Han Dynasty.
This is how the Huns can count, although there are no people who can write among the Hun soldiers here, but the Huns have been dealing with the Roman Empire for a long time, and there are also people who can write Latin here, so they can still do things like registering.
In the following two days, he ambushed three reinforcements in the vicinity, capturing a total of about 1,000 cavalry, and wiped out all the cavalry belonging to Marcus in the surrounding towns.
Then things became simpler, two days ago Su He had only 1,700 men, including 300 cavalry, and by the time he led the team to the city of Qiusten, there were already nearly 3,000 people, including 1,300 cavalry, which surprised Ma Li and Duoyin and others.
There were only 2,500 people in total when they set out from Pazar, and now Su He's men have 5,000 people, half of whom are recruited young men and captives who surrendered anyway, on the night of returning to the city of Chusten, Su He personally took 2,000 people to guard outside the city, and ordered Ma Li and Duoyin to lead 3,000 people to enter the city from the secret passage to launch a surprise attack, Marcus in the city did not know that his reinforcements would never come again, and the territory that belonged to him had already fallen into the hands of Qin Dong, and in the end there was only one Chusten City left.
Ma Li and Duoyin led the men and horses from the secret passage into the back garden of the city lord's mansion, which caught Marcus by surprise, and he was cut into meat sauce by the surging soldiers before he could stop the resistance of his troops, and several other centurions and soldiers under his command saw him killed, and wisely chose to surrender. (To be continued......)