At the same time, Li Xin and Shi Jian, who had already received orders, each led 5,000 cavalry men to kill from the left and right flanks of the two armies.

Suo Chao naturally knew about such a large-scale action, but he was outnumbered and did not have so many troops to contain the more than 10,000 enemy cavalry, so he could only calm down and let the soldiers defending the city strengthen their vigilance.

There are also the other three gates of Cangsong City, Suo Chao has received an urgent report, and the Zhao army has begun to dispatch troops, just waiting for Shi Min to give an order, all the Zhao troops will immediately attack!

In this grim situation, it is impossible to say that Suo Chao has no worries in his heart. Don't look at Suo Chao like a martial artist who can only shout and kill, but he is really thick on the outside and fine on the inside, and has the style of a general, otherwise Zhang Jun would not be so important to him, Shi Min would not be unimpressed by Suo Chao's insults, and wanted to take it for his own use.

It's like a big gamble!

Suo Chao has already been riding a tiger and has no choice.

If his 3,000 iron-armored horses can break the Zhao army here, this is obviously a massacre! The cavalry of the Zhao army can still run, but those foot soldiers with only two legs are meat on the chopping board, and they are slaughtered!

The speed of the three thousand ironclad cavalry was very slow, and from the height they looked down like a turtle crawling, but the momentum was huge, and the horses' hooves stepped on the ground like thunder.

Shi Min sat on horseback and watched the battle quietly from the Chinese army.

"Two hundred steps!"

"One hundred and fifty steps!"

Among the 1,000 soldiers armed with hook and sickle in front of the battle, several of the lieutenants with loud voices shouted and measured the distance by sight, so that they could throw the hook and sickle when the enemy had reached a hundred paces, as in the military order!

"One hundred steps!"

"Launch!"

"Whoosh! ......" At Wentai's command, a thousand gunners ran forward a few steps, as if they were a whole, and threw out the hook and sickle guns in their hands at the same time!

This move, which they have practiced countless times, has finally come in handy!

"Snatch and snatch! ......" hook and sickle was stuck straight into the ground not far away.

As a general, you must know the five things of the soldiers.

Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored.

Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, the school is calculated, and the situation is asked: one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law.

The Taoist, with the consent of the people, can die with it, can live with it, and is not in danger.

The heavens, yin and yang, cold and heat, and the time system.

The earth, far and near, dangerous, wide and narrow, dead and alive.

Generals, wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage, and strictness.

The law, the bend system, the official way, and the main use.

All these five will be unheard, those who know will win, and those who do not know will not win.

In this battle, Shi Min actually took into account the "heaven" and "earth" in it.

It's spring, it's raining, the roads are muddy, and the hook and sickle can be easily stuck in the ground. If it was autumn and winter, Shi Min would not dare to guarantee whether Zhao Jun's hook and sickle could be inserted into the ground.

It stands to reason that the sergeant throws the javelin, mostly to kill the enemy, but Zhao Jun threw the hook and sickle this time, but it was too early, so it was inserted into the ground, and the ironclad chain horse of the Liang army has not yet been killed.

"Kill!"

The ironclad chain horses of the Liang Army have not yet stopped the momentum of impact, and Suo Chao, who is watching the battle from behind, has a faint feeling that something is not good!

Sure enough, when the ironclad chain horse rushed to the ground full of hook and sickle guns, Wentai immediately waved his hand: "Pull! ”

"Poof! ……”

The hook of the hook and sickle is extremely sharp, and the distance is not too far, so under Wentai's order, a thousand Zhao pawns holding hook and sickle guns pulled the ropes in their hands at the same time, and suddenly, the hook and sickle spears inserted in the ground were pulled violently, and blood and light were sprinkled one after another.

Bloody!

The only weakness of the ironclad cavalry was that the horse's leg was severed, and one leg was thrown out, and even if it could withstand the huge pull, its horse's leg was overwhelmed.

The war horse couldn't help but neigh under the pain, and then fell to the ground.

"Chirp—"

As the horse fell, the ironclad soldiers on horseback fell to the ground at the same time, trampled by the hooves of their comrades, and trampled into meat sauce.

The spectacle is spectacular!

The so-called indestructible ironclad chain horse has been broken!

Seeing this, the corners of Shi Min's mouth hooked up a smug smile: "Light the wolf smoke!" ”

Wolf smoke, as a signal flare, once the wolf smoke is ignited, the various units of the Zhao army will fight according to the original plan.

A billowing wolf smoke floated up from the Zhongjun Daxu, followed the direction of the wind, straight up, and then the wolf smoke everywhere ignited at the same time, so that people within a radius of dozens of miles could see it!

Something is wrong! Suo Chao was startled, and then waved his hand: "Withdraw!" Evacuate! ”

The Liang army wanted to retreat, but it was too late!

Shi Min has made sufficient preparations.

"Brethren! It's time for you to make a difference! Kill me! Ma Qiu held a ring-headed knife in his hand and ordered three thousand sword and axe men to rush over.

The pikemen who stood in the way retreated, having completed their mission.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

According to Shi Min's orders, Ma Qiu rushed up with 3,000 swords and axes, and took advantage of the chaos of the Liang army's iron-armored chain horses, wielding a ring-headed knife or battle axe, cutting off the enemy's unarmored horse legs, and then strangling the enemy on horseback.

These 3,000 ironclad cavalry seemed to be unsavable. Suo Chao took the rest of the soldiers and horses and wanted to withdraw to the city, but the gate of the city was blocked by the extremely powerful Zhao Jun Iron Cavalry.

The situation on the scene is chaotic!

"God will kill me!" Looking at the soldiers of the Zhao army who were constantly rushing into the city, Suo Chao looked desperate and pathetic, and really wanted to draw his sword and kill himself.

The fortifications of Cangsong City were too weak after all, and its main force was broken by Shi Min, so at the moment when the Zhao army's iron cavalry rushed into the city, the defenders who were killed lost their armor and knelt down to surrender!

In the first battle of Cangsong, the Zhao army annihilated more than 4,000 enemies, and the rest surrendered, while the Zhao army's own losses were only 2,000, which was really a great victory!

All the generals congratulated Shi Min one after another.

"General, I don't know what you are going to do with these more than 7,000 prisoners of war of the Liang Army?" Shi Jian, who was on the side, couldn't help but ask out loud.

"Hold them up first, and then deal with them after the war."

Hearing this, Shi Jian couldn't help but say with a tangled face: "General, this is not in line with our Zhao Jun's style!" In other words, in other people's lives, the enemy troops who dare to resist stubbornly and make our army pay the price of casualties will be slaughtered. I know that the general is merciful and can't bear to mutilate life, but if the general sets this precedent, who will be afraid of my Zhao army in the future? ”

"Yiyang Gong, fighting a war is not necessarily about deterrence." Shi Min shook his head and said, "It's good to surrender without a fight, but indiscriminately killing innocents and killing prisoners of war, even if it can have a little deterrent effect, what is the use of this?" The division of tigers and wolves is fought, not scared! ”

"The general taught me a lesson."

Although Shi Jian is the Duke of Yiyang and the son of Shi Hu, his status is noble, but it is far from Shi Min's status in Shi Hu's mind.

Moreover, Shi Min is now the Duke of Wei and a general, both in terms of official position and status, he is above Shi Jian! Shi Min and Shi Jian are only in partnership, so Shi Min is fully qualified to teach him a lesson.

"Still." Shi Jian said again, "General, maybe you don't know yet, right? Since the conquest of the Great Army, thanks to the grace of the general not to kill, the enemy soldiers captured by our army have reached as many as 20,000! And that's not even counting the enemy forces that voluntarily joined in! General, if so many prisoners of war are not handled properly, I am afraid that it will be a hidden danger after all. Moreover, to feed so many prisoners of war, a lot of grain needs to be consumed......"

"Don't worry about the grain." You can let the families of the cool land pay for food! This is Shi Min's wishful thinking.

At this time, Shi Jian was about to talk more, and a junior colonel suddenly ran in and said, "Report!" General, Suo Chao brought! ”

"Good! Please come in! ”

Next, Suo Chao was escorted in.

Seeing this, Shi Min went up to untie Suo Chao with a displeased face, and said, "How can you treat General Suo Chao like this?" Everyone will be robes in the future, don't be suspicious! ”

"General." Suo Chao turned his head sideways, and seemed to face him with some shamelessness.

Shi Min patted Suo Chao's shoulder and said, "Suo Chao, what other concerns do you have?" Before the battle, we said that as long as I can break your tactics, it is that iron-armored chain horse, and you will surrender to me together with Kuramatsu Castle. Now that you have been captured alive and Cangsong City has been taken, are you still not convinced? ”

"No, how can I, Suo Chao, be the kind of person who will go back on his word?" Suo Chao said excitedly, "The general's method of using troops is superb, Suo Chao bows to him!" Suo Chao is a promise, but ......"

"You have words, but it doesn't hurt to say them."

"General, I know that you still have to continue to conquer the west and attack Guzang, but I, Suo Chao, was born as a Liangren, and my ancestors have lived here for generations, and I don't want to turn my back on Liangguo. In today's war, Suo Chao has been convinced, but if I want to turn against my home country, Suo Chao can't do it. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Please forgive me, General." Suo Chao took a step back, knelt on the ground and said, "Suo Chao is willing to stay in the prisoner of war camp." Please give me an edict from the general, that is, in all the wars against Liangguo, Suo Chao cannot fight! ”

Shi Min thought to himself for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay." Suo Chao, you can have this heart, which shows that you are a loyal and righteous person! Ben will grant you what you want! ”

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Chapter 0184 - A Promise