Chapter 44: Please Surrender
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"Gothic or Frankish? What is your name? Qin Dong took out a piece of jerky and asked while chewing.
The leader twisted his head: "Hmph, damn Hun barbarian, kill if you want to, less nonsense!" ”
Qin Dong chewed on the jerky and said, "Very good, I'm a barbarian, how civilized do you think you Germanic people are?" Do you know what the Romans called you Germans? Barbarians from the Northern Black Forest! Barbarians who eat raw meat and drink raw blood! This is how you Germanic people were in the eyes of the Romans! Look, look at you bear-like, how long has it been since you bathed? How long has it been since you changed your clothes? Why do you have such a long beard and hair? Aren't you afraid of lice? I don't know if cutting my nose hair and sticking it out so long won't it affect other people's appetite? Of course, the Romans are not a good thing, those so-called nobles are a bunch of complete hypocrites, co-opting the church to fool the people, shouting every day Lord, Lord, forgive me, others have done nothing to make others confess their sins, repent, and make laws and doctrines to judge the people who do not deal with them, and turn these people into slaves or hang and burn them, while they themselves have committed crimes but are not among the ranks of the judged! And in my opinion, everyone is the same from the moment they come to this world, why are they nobles and others are slaves? Isn't that fair! ”
The mercenary leader was dejected at first, in Qin Dong's eyes, he almost became a complete barbarian, and even he himself admitted that he was a barbarian, and Qin Dong's subsequent words made him dumbfounded, thinking to himself who this guy is? How did it go to my heart?
Before he could come back to his senses, he only heard Qin Dong say again: "Okay, since you don't want to say your name and want to die, then Lord Ben will fulfill you, come and drag it down and cut it down!" ”
"Yes!" Two Huns agreed, and one of them drew his scimitar and was about to cut off the head of the mercenary leader.
The man immediately shouted: "Wait, wait, my lord, my name is Alfard, I have no surname, please let me follow you, I will do anything for you, and I have two hundred cavalry under my command, I can take these men to serve you, as long as you treat us as if we were your army and let us eat, we will always follow you, my lord!" ”
Yo, Qin Dong didn't expect this guy to ask for surrender by himself, and he took the initiative to surrender, which is strange, generally speaking, people who can be the leader of mercenaries are unruly, how can they be so willing to be driven by others?
Qin Dong asked, "You want to surrender to me?" Why should I believe you? And you, the leader of a mercenary with hundreds of cavalry, are willing to work under me? It's cool to be your own boss! ”
Alfald smiled bitterly: "My lord, the profession of mercenary is not a good profession these days, if there is a battle or receiving the work of the guard, it is okay, the brothers can still have a bite to eat, but if there is no business, those who follow me will have no food, hundreds of people have to eat and drink every day, this is too much pressure on me, you know that I am not a good manager, so if I can find a good master, I will give up the position of the leader and take them to follow a capable master, At least we won't starve, just now I fought with you and found that your army is different from other Hun armies, your army is very disciplined, and its combat power is much higher than that of other Hun cavalry, and I am deeply admired by your views on Romans and slaves, please let me follow you! ”
This guy took the initiative to follow, Qin Dong is really hard to refuse, after all, he will develop in the future, and he must recruit talents, rejecting this guy's surrender now is very detrimental to the future development, after all, it is difficult to change the bad reputation again, Qin Dong did not agree on the spot, he said: "There is still a big battle to be fought now, there is no time to talk about this matter for the time being, you better be honest and don't play tricks, I want to see your appearance, if you are not honest, I will not only disagree, but also ask someone to kill you!" Don't think I'd like to get your remaining two hundred, come on, tie him up and take him away! ”
"Yes, sir!"
Leaving a few people to gather the scattered horses, Qin Dong quickly rushed back with the remaining ninety-nine cavalry and a group of prisoners, and when they hurried back to the camp, they found that Oristes and Doarik were arrayed two miles in front of the camp, ready to attack.
The camp has been packed, and all the belongings, food, and tents have been loaded onto the carts and can be removed at any time.
Qin Dong ordered some people to watch the captives, and then led the cavalry to run in front of a total of one hundred and fifty cavalry led by Su He and Tolong, who were confronting the army of Oristes.
Seeing that Qin Dong had come back with the team, and there seemed to be no losses, Su He and Tuo Long greeted him: "My lord, how is the battle going?" ”
Qin Dong said: "Very smooth, although the combat effectiveness of the three hundred mercenary cavalry is good, but it was quickly annihilated under the tactical blow of my archers, and the leader Alfald and more than twenty people were captured!" How's it going on your side? ”
Su He said with a smile: "My lord, Oristes and Doarik are probably still waiting for the mercenary cavalry behind us to sneak attack us from behind, so although they arrived, they did not attack immediately!" ”
"Oh?" Qin Dong looked at the opposite phalanx, Oristes didn't know how to fight, so the battle formation was commanded by Doarik, in the middle of the front were several rows of fully equipped soldiers, about three or eight people, with swords in hand, shields standing in front of him, no shields on the two wings, and the armor was also a tattered part of the soldiers, followed by three hundred archers were protected in the middle, after these three hundred archers were the Chinese army of Doarik and Oristes, more than a hundred people guarded their headquarters, and finally there were seven or eight hundred "peasants" with hoes and wooden poles, dressed in tattersMore than 2,000 people lined up in a secret phalanx.
After observing for a while, Qin Dong turned his head to Batu and said: "Immediately send an order to Mu Ren, wait for our side to attack, let him take his hundred-man cavalry team to raid Oristes' phalanx from behind, let him use bows and arrows to open the way first, and then quickly enter the opponent's formation and go straight to the position of the Chinese army where Dooristes is located, be sure to kill those three hundred archers, it is best to catch Oristus, and then immediately pass out from the flank without stopping!" ”
"Yes, sir!" Batu sat on his horse and bent down to agree, and then sent a soldier to give the order.
The opponent's phalanx is relatively stable in the middle of the front, the two wings and the rear are very weak, after the battle, Qin Dong and then retreat with the cavalry, the elderly, children and women, while discarding the carriage and cattle and sheep, while retreating, as long as those pursuing rabble grab things, wait until Muren with the cavalry to raid from behind, Qin Dong with the cavalry will quickly kill from behind the retreating team to cooperate with Muren to flank the front and back.