Chapter 120: Phased Victory
As time went on, more and more people from both sides came together.
With mental arithmetic and unintentional, coupled with superiority in equipment and weapons, after a while, the barbarians were clearly at a disadvantage.
"Several, we can't go on like this!"
"Let's get out!"
"If you withdraw, it's completely over!"
"However, if this continues, our people will not be much better!"
The tribal leaders of the barbarians also saw the sight in front of them, and several of them couldn't help but start arguing. However, the opinions of several people are not consistent, and naturally these opinions also have their own reasons.
"Lady Blossom, look?"
In the end, the eyes of the leaders of the barbarian tribes were focused on a bearded guy. This one called Hua'er Blue is the general of the Gerdan tribe under the command of the barbarian Right Xian King, and he is the supreme commander of the more than 400,000 barbarians here in the Hexi Corridor.
Although, normally, those barbarians act according to their own tribes. However, in the current situation, Hua Erbru has become the top decision-maker.
Grandma's, these turtle grandchildren, when there are benefits, they all stuff them into their pockets one by one, and then they think of Lao Tzu.
Hua Erbru didn't speak immediately, but scolded those guys in her heart. Although he is the general of the Gerdan tribe and represents the Right Sage King, in normal times, those tribal leaders are all yang and yin, and they don't take him too seriously at all.
The main reason for this is that in the Hexi Corridor area, the number of people belonging to the Geldan tribe is relatively small.
If there are fewer people, the confidence to speak will naturally be insufficient. Because in the barbarian world, more people means stronger strength, who has more people? Who's strong? Who has the most say?
Run! Run for your life!
Before Hua Erbru could answer, the troops on the battlefield had already answered for him.
People of the same clan continued to fall under the swords of the Qin people, and the defense line on their side was defeated one after another, and the atmosphere of defeat was finally strong to the limit, and some people could no longer hold on.
Someone took the lead, and immediately someone followed. The weapon was thrown directly to the ground, turned around and left, wishing that the old lady would have two more legs.
Soon, the rout of a small number of people directly triggered the total rout of the barbarian army.
In fact, when the two sides fought, although countless people were killed together, the barbarians who were really killed were only forty or fifty thousand.
The greatest losses were suffered in the subsequent large-scale rout. Many unlucky guys were knocked to the ground by people of their own clan and never got back up again.
Those who died because of this stampede actually far exceeded those killed by the Qin army.
The barbarian army broke and fled, and Bai Qi naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and immediately ordered the army to pursue the poor man.
Chasing after the ass and killing is far more effective than a head-on confrontation, and the speed of the barbarian's death and injury immediately skyrockets.
More than 300,000 barbarians, like a swarm of headless flies, scurried everywhere, running for their lives.
The ground in the Hexi Corridor was soon red again with blood. The blood of the last time was shed by the border people living in the Hexi Corridor. This time, indeed, these murderous invaders remained.
Because every Qin soldier had a ball of anger in their hearts, they were unrelenting when they moved, even if some barbarians had already chosen to surrender, they still did not hesitate to wave the knife in their hands and cut off the other party's head.
Don't take prisoners, don't leave them alive, this is the death order given by Bai Qi to the soldiers under his command.
This time, the soldiers carried out the order without the slightest hesitation.
Kill, kill, kill!
We must use merciless killing, and we must use the blood of barbarians to pay tribute to those compatriots who were brutally killed.
The slaughter-like slaughter lasted almost a whole day, and by the end, almost all the Qin soldiers were tired of killing.
Of the more than 400,000 barbarian troops, no more than 50,000 escaped in the end. At this moment, in the entire Hexi Corridor area, there was no longer a single barbarian existence.
If anything, it's the corpses of countless barbarians.
When the Qin soldiers under Bai Qi frantically slaughtered the barbarians, the cavalry of Ma Shuo and the others were actually not idle.
Under the command of Zhang Xuan, more than 80,000 cavalrymen always roamed the left and right flanks of the infantry, the purpose of which was to ensure the safety of the left and right flanks of the infantry just in case. Later, when the army of fleeing barbarians was pursued, the cavalry also joined in.
However, the cavalry was all on horseback after all. Therefore, by the time the infantry was exhausted, although the cavalry was already very tired, they still had a certain ability to protect themselves. Therefore, at this time, the cavalry took on the task of guarding the infantry, in case a barbarian came back to his senses and attacked at this time.
Of course, this fear did not come to fruition in the end, because the remaining barbarians had been frightened out of their minds.
The next day, the infantry, having rested all night, finally recovered. Immediately, the crowd began to clean up the battlefield.
This time, the battlefield is very wide, so it is not easy to clean. Fortunately, Qin Bing had a lot of personnel, and it was not too difficult to disperse. However, one after another, it took nearly a day to clean up the battlefield.
According to the final statistics, a total of 350,000 barbarian troops were annihilated in this battle, and there were about 50,000 or 60,000 barbarians who fled and fled.
Because this time it was a head-to-head face, in the end, the Qin soldiers also lost a lot of people. Of the 500,000 horses, 70,000 were killed in the battle, more than 10,000 were seriously wounded, and countless were lightly wounded. Most of the Qin soldiers who were lost were from the Western Army.
Obviously, the individual combat effectiveness of the Western Aid Army is actually inferior to that of the border army, because the Western Aid Army is all guards and guards from various internal counties. In addition to the combat effectiveness of the Guards, the guards of other counties rarely have the opportunity to participate in battles in peacetime, so the actual combat experience is much worse.
Relatively speaking, on the contrary, the border troops that were transferred did not suffer a lot of losses. Of course, there are many injuries, which is inevitable.
More than 300,000 barbarians were killed at once, which reduced the pressure on the border army on the northern road to a certain extent. However, the task of reinforcing the Western Army has not really been completed, because the barbarians have not yet been completely driven out. There are nearly two million barbarians, and it is impossible to annihilate them all, and the ultimate goal is to drive all the barbarians out of the western frontier.
In two consecutive wars, the Western Aid Army led by Bai Qi has eliminated more than a quarter of the barbarians and achieved a phased victory.
Because there were a lot of losses in this battle and a lot of wounded soldiers, Bai Qi decided to stay in the Hexi Corridor to rest for a few days.
It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes.
On the second day of rest, an urgent letter for help was delivered to Bai Qi.