Chapter 372: [I Eat Meat and You Drink Soup]
No matter how hard Guhuadora tried, no matter how strong his ability and experience in leading troops were, his morale would inevitably collapse gradually.
Most importantly, he was not the real commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army. If Lu Gao is here, or he can rely on his status as the leader of the Northwest Army and his years of grace and power to get the soldiers' allegiance to the death. But Guhuadoro did not have this ability -- he was only a general, and in the Northwest Army in the past, he did not dare to buy the hearts of the army, otherwise, wouldn't he be suspicious of Lu Gao? Therefore, the soldiers would not die for him, and his own descendants, who were originally cavalry, had long been taken away by Lu Gao.
Whether it is a reward for wine and meat, or the temptation to get promoted and make a fortune. This method may be effective once or twice, but if it is used too much, it will be useless. Most of the soldiers are uneducated and coarse, but they are not fools. You have a small reward in two days, and a big reward in three days, which is a personal feeling weird. And surrounded by the enemy, the expected "General Lu Gao's return to the army" is always the moon in the water, but you, the boss of the army, only know the money and official position to coax us...... Damn, we're fools.
On the evening of the tenth day, Guvadora received news that kept him awake at night.
The deserters appeared!!
Many people became suspicious of the current situation, and on this night, a squad of soldiers took turns patrolling, and as a result, they ran away. When the other soldiers on the night watch found out, they immediately released their arrows, killing a dozen people on the spot, catching three of them, but two or three escaped.
This incident sent chills through Guvadoro's heart. He was even a little absent-minded when dealing with these deserters, and only casually said the word "kill" and went back alone.
In the evening, Guvadoro thought carefully in his heart for a long time. At last, we made up our minds: Don't delay any longer! Tomorrow, no matter what, we will fight a decisive battle with the whole army and take the initiative to attack! Now we will immediately fight a big battle, so that the enemy can still inflict some damage. Let them lose some of their combat power. If you wait a few more times. I'm afraid that my Northwest Army won't have much combat power left.
Unfortunately, just as the day was dawning, Guvadora came out of the tent and gave the order for everyone to prepare the meal. Attack at noon...... This order was only conveyed for less than an hour, and Du Wei struck again.
And this time, the blow that Du Wei gave to Guhuadoro was really deadly!
When the sun had just risen, in the fortress of the Tulip family in the distance, there was a sudden whistling sound breaking through the air, and then in the surprised eyes and exclamations of many soldiers in the Northwest Army camp, dozens of things in the sky were thrown over.
Boom and hoop. It smashed about 100 meters outside the Northwest Army camp.
"Trebuchet!! everyone separated, find a place to cover !!" experienced officers and veterans immediately shouted at the top of their throats. Then there was a hula, and all the soldiers in the barracks who heard their shouts immediately scattered in all directions.
But then the yelling man felt his ass kicked hard. He fell. When he turned around and was about to scold, he saw his main general, Lord Guhuadoro, with a "resentful" expression on his face. "Are you brainbroken? Even if it's a trebuchet, can the trebuchet in the city hit our camp? You're an idiot, aren't you!!"
After saying that, Guvadoro immediately shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Send a hundred people out!
Soon, a hundred soldiers rushed out, ran to the battlefield, and took back the piece of the city that had been thrown by trebuchets. But as soon as he saw these things, Guvadora was dumbfounded!!
Armor!
It's all armor, it's scratched, bloody, and even a lot of it...... But the problem is that all of these armors are in the style of the cavalry of the Northwest Army! Lord Lu Gao took away the 70,000 cavalry, and they are all wearing this kind of armor!!
What did Du Wei want to do when he threw these things out?
Let me think that Lord Lu Gao's westward cavalry is finished?
When some of his officers saw these things, some of them exclaimed loudly: "Ah! is the cavalry armor of our Northwest Army!" brothers...... Could it be that the brothers of the Westward Frontier have ......?"
Thump!
Before he could finish speaking, Guhuadoro went up and kicked the officer's heart and scolded: "You are also a pig's brain, aren't you? The 70,000 iron cavalry led by General Lu Gao! Now the Tulip family's army is being targeted to death by us in the city! How could General Lu Gao fail! To defeat 70,000 cavalry, does Du Wei have so many troops?
His words were deliberately shouted out loud, and many soldiers and officers around him who heard them nodded their heads one after another.
Yes, in order to defeat 70,000 jīng sharp cavalry, the strength of the other party must at least have at least this number of sharp cavalry! Although he claimed to have 100,000 allied troops under Duke Tulip (Tulip family and Luo Lin family), after all, most of them were new troops, and there were definitely not as many cavalry as 70,000! It was impossible to defeat the iron hooves led by our General Lu Gao.
Yes, these armors must have been forged by the other side and disturbed the hearts of our troops!
"Hahaha!Du Wei, you are too naïve, you have forged dozens of sets of broken armor, do you want to deceive my military heart!!" Guhuadoro laughed deliberately.
But then, he really couldn't laugh.
Dozens of sets of armor can be forged...... And what about hundreds? Thousands?
Not enough? And what about the hundreds of prisoners of war? The stone machine almost all did not stop, and in more than an hour, I don't know how many armor that had been stripped from the prisoners of war were thrown. Du Wei felt that it was enough, with a wave of his hand, the city gate opened, and five hundred cavalrymen of the Tulip family rushed out on horseback, swept across the battlefield quickly, threw the armor behind the horse on the ground, and then turned around and ran back.
For a time, in the middle of the battlefield. There are at least a thousand pairs of armor!!
Guhuadora couldn't laugh anymore, he couldn't even say a word!!
Du Wei was crazy enough to make these thousands of armors...... Could it be that Lord Lu Gao has really been defeated?!
Fake! It must be fake! With the wealth and cunning of Duke Tulip, he forged a thousand sets of armor...... It's not that hard!!
Guvadoro still wanted to convince himself like this. But then the gates opened again. More than a hundred Tulip family soldiers ran out of it hula from inside, and then the sword carried hundreds of dejected prisoners of war and ran out of the city, all of them the cavalry of the captured Northwest Army, and two of them were commanders. One by one, the captives had ropes tied to their hands. As if pulling a string of sugar gourds, they were driven out, and the soldiers of the Tulip family in the back, under the intimidation of swords, ran from the city towards the Northwest Army camp.
While running, he shouted loudly, for fear that someone would release arrows.
Guhuadoro's face turned pale, and he finally collapsed in his heart at this moment, looking at the hundreds of people running on the battlefield. He had a trace of viciousness in his heart, and was about to order all the archers to die. But when you turn your head, you can see many officers, generals and soldiers behind. It's all despair and paleness. Guhuadora knew that now he was killing people. It's no longer possible.
He could only sigh, waved his hand and ordered someone to be sent out to answer him.
"Bring these hundreds of people back, and then take care of them, send people to guard them, and don't allow them to come into contact with others without my orders!" Guvadoro sighed, he just gave such an order almost numbly, but even he knew that this order actually didn't mean much anymore.
At this moment, on the wall of the fortress in the distance, a flame tulip banner was raised, Du Wei climbed the city wall in armor, and then smiled slightly, took a deep breath, and under the drive of a magic array he cast, his words were clearly transmitted throughout the entire battlefield, word by word, and the voice echoed.
"Guhuadoro!! the westward cavalry of your Northwest Army has already been routed by me! The 70,000 army has collapsed, and from Lu Gao, they will either be killed in battle or captured! Your Northwest Army is finished! You are also leading troops, don't you cherish the lives of your soldiers! Now that you have no chance, it is better to surrender as soon as possible, so that these soldiers have a way to live! In the name of Duke Tulip, I want you to assure you that those who surrender will not die!!"
At this moment, the hundreds of prisoners had already entered the camp of the Northwest Military Land, and when Du Wei's words spread throughout the venue, thousands of Northwest Army troops immediately flocked to the camp entrance, and some people couldn't wait to ask those prisoners of war loudly for verification. However, under the orders of Guvadoro, some of his cronies were surrounded by soldiers with weapons, and no one was allowed to approach these prisoners of war, nor did they allow them to speak, so they were escorted to the back.
At this moment, the crowd in the barracks was so enthusiastic that thousands of people flocked to the big tent of Guhuadora to ask for verification, and Guhuadora ordered the bombing, and under the strict military law, the soldiers were gradually dispersed...... But even the soldiers who enforced the law didn't dare to look at the faces of those colleagues.
In everyone's hearts, they have already believed the content of Duke Tulip's shout.
General Lu Gao, is he really defeated?! 70,000 iron cavalry are falling apart?!
That night, there was another desertion in the Northwest Army, but this time, Guvadoro was too lazy to care, he knew that the matter was irreparable.
Morale has fallen to the lowest point, and when the number of people is counted the next day, there are actually more than a thousand people less, and when Guhuadora is on patrol, he can feel that there is a faint anger in the eyes of those soldiers, and there are many of them, which are numb.
But on this day, Du Wei and the imperial army still had not attacked.
Guhuadoro had already understood that Du Wei was a complete tactic of attacking the heart, and the main cavalry advancing westward had completely failed, and the news spread throughout his barracks, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and even a large-scale desertion appeared. Du Wei is not in a hurry to fight at all, this guy probably doesn't even want to fight! As long as he waits for two more days, his army will directly collapse and mutiny.
I see, I see! A few days ago, Du Wei did not fight with himself, that is, he delayed time and broke the fighting spirit and morale of his own soldiers! ! Really not attacked?" Robert looked at Du Wei's motionless appearance, and couldn't help but say: "Those armor and prisoners of war have been thrown out for two days! The morale of the other side has collapsed, and now as long as we go out of the city to fight, they will immediately disintegrate." Such a great opportunity...... Why are you ......"
Du Wei sighed, shook his head, and did not speak.
Next to him, the two hundred and fifth general Longbottom also frowned and said: "I said boss, what else is there to wait for now? Look at the appearance of these Northwest Army, as long as I take two or three thousand cavalry out and charge for a while, I can kill them in one fell swoop!"
Du Wei looked at the two hundred and five generals and said with a smile: "Longbottom, Longbottom, you suffered from not understanding the rules of officialdom back then, and now it seems that you haven't learned to be smart." ”
Du Wei stood up, pointed to the distance, and said with a smile: "Look, now the Storm Legion, the Royal City Guard, and the army of Governor Bohan are all outside! However, in this war to pacify the northwest, we have killed Lu Gao's main cavalry troops, and eaten his 70,000 jīng sharp iron cavalry in one bite...... Regardless of the generals and soldiers of that army, they all hope that this final battle will make a little more merit! Otherwise, they all eat alone, hehe...... Aren't you afraid of offending people?"
Offence?
Du Wei's subordinates looked at each other...... Our lord, when did you get afraid of offending people?!
"Since we are fighting together, we are all friendly troops, so we must give them a little benefit. Otherwise, we will inevitably be hated by others, and in the future, we will secretly make a little stumbling block, and the gains will outweigh the losses. Moreover...... The last 40,000 or 50,000 infantry of the Northwest Army outside, if we shoot it down, will it do us any good?!"
When Du Wei asked, several people were silent.