Chapter 1363: Punishing the heart is not punishing people
Night is falling, and the leaves of the canopy of the trees sway and rustle in the evening breeze of the jungle and mountains.
The moonless night is even darker, only the flowing river, glistening with a thin light.
On the bank of the river, three thousand barbarian rattan armor soldiers lightly put the rattan armor in the water, supported the rattan armor one by one, and lay down in the water.
Then the buoyancy of the rattan armor, the vine armor soldier tried to move as gently as possible, and swam towards the other side of the river.
Although they tried their best to be gentle, they still made a "whooshing" sound of water.
Behind a large rock on the other side of the river, two Han soldiers looked out over the river under the cover of the stone.
"It's coming!" Hearing the sound of "gurgling" water in the river, one Han soldier whispered to another: "Go and report to the general!" ”
The other soldier nodded, and the two of them hunched back lightly.
Under the cover of night, the two Han soldiers who were observing the opposite side of the river bank ran quickly to the camp.
When they entered the camp, they saw Zhuge Jun sitting at the entrance of the camp.
"General Qiyu, the barbarians have crossed the river!" When Zhuge Jun approached, the two Han soldiers clasped their fists and bowed, and one of them lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being heard by the barbarians who were crossing the river, and reported a word.
Knowing that the barbarians had crossed the river, Zhuge Jun stood up, raised his arms, and swung behind him.
Seeing him waving his hand, several pro-soldiers ran backwards one after another, and while running, those pro-soldiers kept waving to the Han soldiers in the barracks and greeting.
There weren't many people left in the barracks, but in an instant, the entire barracks was empty.
The actions of the Han army did not attract the attention of the barbarians who were crossing the river.
Three thousand rattan armor soldiers crossed the river and arrived at the bank of the river, all wearing rattan armor on their bodies, and their eyes were still looking at the Han army camp where the bonfire was lit.
The one who led the rattan armor soldiers across the river was the three knots of the golden ring.
He bent his waist and waited until the last vine armor soldier crossed the river, then beckoned his hand and took the lead to the Han army camp.
Touching the outside of the Han army camp and looking at the camp that was unguarded at all, Jinhuan Sanjie was also a little uneasy in his heart.
The Han army's barracks were so quiet that it made people feel a little suffocated.
Just when Jinhuan Sanjie felt that his heart was at a loss, he vaguely heard the sound of people talking from inside the barracks.
The sound is sometimes far and near, which makes people feel very ethereal when they listen to it.
Hearing the sound of people talking from inside the barracks, Jinhuan Sanjie relieved his heart a little and beckoned behind him.
Seeing him beckoning, three thousand rattan armor soldiers followed him one after another and entered the Han army camp.
Rushing into the barracks, the rattan armor soldiers silently ran towards the tents of the Han army.
After a while, the rattan armor soldiers who had entered the tent walked out one by one with disappointed faces.
In the Han army camp, tents were set up in rows, but the tents were empty, and there was not a single Han soldier at all.
The vine armor soldiers who got out of the tent looked at the golden ring three knots with stunned faces one by one.
From the expressions on the faces of the vine armor soldiers in the vicinity, the Golden Ring Three Knots had already seen that they had not found the sleeping Han army, and immediately shouted: "Not good! Come on! ”
As soon as the shouts fell, countless dark shadows ran out twenty or thirty paces behind them.
The black shadows that appeared from behind quickly lined up in formation, and before the Golden Ring Three Knots and the Three Thousand Vine Armor Soldiers could react, a cloud of flames appeared in front of their eyes.
Thousands of Han troops lit flames on the arrows, and arrows with fire were aimed at the rattan armor soldiers in the barracks.
The Han troops outside the barracks lined up, but it was just a blink of an eye, and countless fires lit up around the barracks.
Countless arrows with flames were aimed at the three thousand wisteria armor soldiers standing in the barracks.
"Not good! Fooled! Having already found out that he had been deceived, coupled with the sudden appearance of the Han army, Jinhuan Sanjie suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly shouted: "Kill me out!" ”
As soon as his shout fell, the Han army that surrounded them pulled off the reeds of the strong crossbows.
Countless arrows flew towards the rattan armor soldiers in the barracks from all directions.
The feathered arrows with flames shot at the rattan armor soldiers, and immediately ignited the pieces of rattan armor soaked in tung oil.
The hard rattan armor can block the sword and slash, but it has no defense against the flames.
The arrow hit the rattan armor, and the rattan armor instantly burst into flames, and many of the barbarians wearing heavy armor did not even have a chance to take off the rattan armor, so they were lit into a raging fireball.
When some barbarians saw the Han army shoot rockets, they reacted a little faster and quickly removed the rattan armor.
After removing the rattan armor, although they escaped the fate of being burned to charcoal by the fire, under the rockets shot by the Han army, they were also pierced through the body by arrows and fell in the barracks.
The golden ring three knots struggled with their blades to strike the oncoming arrows, beckoning the barbarians who rushed into the barracks to kill them.
The Han army only shot two or three feather arrows with fire, and then stopped the firing, and one of the Han generals came out from behind the military camp and shouted: "Golden ring and three knots, take your life!" ”
Hearing the shouts of the Han army generals, Jinhuan Sanjie hurriedly turned his head and looked back.
When he saw the Han generals rushing up to him, he couldn't help but gasp.
It was none other than Xu Chu who had encountered him on the battlefield with a big knife.
Xu Chu is brave and martial, and the three knots of the golden ring are personal experiences, if he meets this person on the battlefield, he will definitely not dare to come forward to fight.
But now that they have been surrounded, Xu Chu came up again, although he was a little timid, the three knots of the golden ring had no choice, so he had to bite the bullet, let out a shout, and rushed towards Xu Chu quickly.
Xu Chu rode a war horse, but the three knots of the golden ring were on foot, and the two of them galloped towards each other, and in the blink of an eye, they came close to each other.
Suddenly lowered his body, Jin Huan Sanjie picked up the blade in his hand, and wanted to sweep Xu Chu's horse legs.
As soon as the blade was swung, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and a sharp knife pierced deep through the back of his heart.
The back of the heart was pierced by a big knife, and the three knots of the golden ring only felt that the strength in his body was dissipating, and the scene in front of him gradually fell into darkness.
Holding the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, Xu Chu burst into a loud breath and picked up the three knots of the golden ring pierced by the big knife.
Seeing him kill the Golden Ring Three Knots from afar, the soldiers of the Han army let out a cheer in unison.
In the barracks, there were balls of fireballs, and most of the three thousand vine armor soldiers were wrapped in flames under the attack of the Han army's rockets.
Half of the rattan armor soldiers took off their armor, and the vast majority of them died under the arrows of the Han army.
The total number of vine armor soldiers who survived this almost one-sided massacre was less than 500.
The Han army that rushed into the barracks twisted the burned vine armor soldiers one by one, but they saved their lives.
Zhuge Jun, who was expected to rob the camp by the barbarians, entered the camp surrounded by a group of personal soldiers after the battle.
The barbarians who were controlled by the Han army lined up and knelt in the open space in the barracks, and some Han soldiers were busy carrying out the corpses in the barracks one by one to bury them.
Walking in front of the barbarians who were kneeling in a long line, Zhuge Jun stared at these barbarians with a cold face.
The barbarians kneeling in front of him were all extremely strong, obviously carefully selected warriors from among the barbarians.
"General, what should I do?" Following him, Xu Chu asked Zhuge Jun, "But do you want to kill all these barbarians?" ”
"No!" Waving his hand, Zhuge Jun said: "Although the barbarians are not many, they are entrenched in the south, even if we are killed, it is impossible to kill them all!" ”
"Do you have to put them back?" frowned tightly, Xu Chu said a little unwillingly: "The barbarians are not civilized, let them back, I'm afraid they will still mess with my big man!" ”
"What you want is to punish the heart, not to punish the person!" Turning his head to look at Xu Chu, Zhuge Jun said to him: "Give them the heads of the three knots of the golden ring, escort them to the river immediately, and ask them to cross the river to return their lives to Mrs. Zhurong!" ”
"No!" Clenched his fists and bowed in response, Xu Chu beckoned behind him.
A personal soldier quickly ran to Xu Chu's side, clasped his fists and faced him, waiting for him to give an order.
"Tell them to take the heads of the three knots of the golden ring, escort them to the bank of the river, and drive them across the river!" Turning his head to look at the pro-soldier, Xu Chu repeated Zhuge Jun's order.
The soldiers answered, beckoned behind them, and immediately a team of Han soldiers ran up.
Driving up the barbarians who were bound by hemp ropes, the Han army escorted the barbarians who had removed their armor and walked out of the barracks.
As the barbarians were walking outside the barracks, a Han soldier quickly ran to the front barbarian and put the head of the three knots of gold rings strung with ropes around his neck.
There was a human head on his neck, but there was no panic on the barbarian's face.
Growing up in Nanban, they used to be very brutal and bloody.
Killing people and cutting off their heads to make works of art was also commonplace for barbarians.
What they were afraid of at this time was not the dead head of the Golden Ring and Three Knots, but what the Han army that escorted them to the river would do to them.
What Zhuge Jun and Xu Chu said, these barbarians couldn't understand at all.
From Xu Chu's ruthless look, they could see a little bad meaning, but Zhuge Jun spoke very indifferently, and they couldn't understand what this Han army commander wanted to do.
They were escorted towards the river, and the closer they got to the river, the more panicked the hearts of the hundreds of captured barbarians became.
When they kill, they will choose rivers or open areas.
Killing people in that kind of terrain, the corpse is very easy to handle, and there is no need to worry too much about how to bury it.
Listening to the sound of the "booming" water, the hundreds of captured barbarians seemed to hear a requiem that was urging them.
In the hearts of each barbarian, with panic in their hearts, they walked forward and looked at the Han army who escorted them with anxiety.