Chapter 152: The Barbarians in the City
Cavalry battalion, sortie!
Finally, it was time for the cavalry battalion to strike.
Of the four cavalry battalions under Ma Shuo's command, except for the Qinglong Battalion, which left a thousand-man squad to guard Ma Shuo's side as a guard battalion, the other cavalry participated in the battle.
Previously, in order to maximize the surprise role of cavalry, Ma Shuo made all the cavalry participating in the battle disguised and did not appear in the field of vision of the barbarians. It was only at this moment that these cavalrymen rushed out of their hiding place and outflanked the rear of the barbarian army from two directions.
"Not good, Qin cavalry-"
As soon as the cavalry appeared, the faces of the barbarian leaders standing on the city wall changed drastically, and the ones who reacted quickly immediately realized the intention of the Qin people, which was to use the cavalry to cut off the back route of their own men and horses who had already left the city. Once the back road is cut off, those who go out of the city will be surrounded by each other, and the end can be imagined.
Damn Qin people!
Some of the barbarian leaders scolded directly.
"Order, withdraw the troops! Quick, order, withdraw! Someone then shouted loudly.
Dangdangdang.
The sound of the retreating gong immediately sounded over the county seat of Guyang.
It's just that once the speed of the cavalry is exerted, how can it be comparable to those barbarian infantry. Before the barbarians could react to the sound of the gong, the cavalry had already entered the battlefield, cutting through the rear of the opponent, and at the same time blocking the opponent's retreat.
"It's over!"
Seeing the scene outside the city, the leader of a dry tribe in the city couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.
"Quick, send someone out to pick it up!" Someone was quick to suggest. Those who made such a suggestion must have their own tribesmen outside the city. Of course, there are those who vigorously oppose such a proposal.
"No, absolutely not. What if the Qin people took the opportunity to break into the city? Who knows if this is a trick of the Qin people! ”
Worry, naturally, is justified.
However, the development of the situation outside the city does not wait for the people in the city to draw conclusions.
Nearly 20,000 cavalry entered the battlefield at once, and immediately defeated the barbarians. The attack had been blocked, and those barbarians had already suffered a lot of damage in morale. Now, suddenly, there were more cavalrymen with even more amazing impact, and the already low morale was suddenly almost collapsed.
Kill—
Guo Jubang and He Yilong, who have been dismissed from their posts and are at the forefront as big soldiers, are the most excited, and they can finally kill again. Without the identity of a commander, it is even more unscrupulous to kill.
These two guys, like two killing gods, rushed into the barbarian army.
In an instant, a barbarian corpse fell beside these two guys, and one by one, the barbarian heads rolled on the ground like watermelons. It's just that the two guys didn't care about these at all, and just rushed forward to kill.
Guo Jupython and He Yilong's madness soon infected their companions around them. One by one, the cavalry also fought without scruples, only chopping melons and vegetables from the barbarians in front of them.
For a while, the men and horses led by Guo Jubang and He Yilong directly killed a triangular breakthrough in the barbarian army, and there was no longer a standing barbarian in these two triangles.
Of course, the cavalry in other directions also achieved brilliant results.
This time, each of the four battalions of cavalry was in charge of a section. Because of Guo Jupython and He Yilong, the Vermilion Bird Battalion advanced the deepest distance and achieved the largest results. However, the other three battalions were no slouch. Especially the Qinglong Battalion, although there is less than a thousand-person team, as Ma Shuo's personal guard battalion composed of all border army veterans, its combat effectiveness is second to none. Therefore, the results achieved were not inferior to those of the Suzaku Battalion.
The addition of four cavalry battalions soon collapsed the barbarian army outside the city.
"I surrender!"
Finally, some barbarians couldn't bear the torment and chose to throw away the weapons in their hands, and fell directly to the ground and surrendered.
Bang Bang Bang!
Someone took the lead, and surrender was like a contagion, and it immediately spread at an alarming rate.
Surrender!
Surrender!
"Throw away your weapons and surrender, surrender and don't kill!"
At this time, the cavalry of each battalion also took the opportunity to shout. Ma Shuo's cavalry does not aim to kill, Ma Shuo's main purpose has always been to preserve his own strength as much as possible, and at the same time, to increase his strength as much as possible.
Among them, turning the enemy into one's own people is one of the important ways to improve one's own strength. As long as he is not a diehard, Ma Shuo generally does not kill prisoners. Of course, for those diehards, Ma Shuo will not be polite, it is a pity that the free labor is wasted.
As more and more barbarians chose to surrender, the battle soon came to an end.
Clean up the battlefield, take the captives, and reap the spoils.
Except for a few men who stayed there to guard the barbarians in the city in case they left the city to raid, everyone else joined in the ranks of clearing the battlefield.
The corpses of companions will naturally be put away and preserved, and they will be incinerated when the time comes. As for the corpses of the barbarians, they will be disposed of in this way when the time comes. Of course, the companions still have to be identified before they are incinerated, because they are all bereavement afterwards.
How many people are good at doing things!
The cleaning of the battlefield did not take too long, and the final statistics were quickly reported to Ma Shuo and Li Mu.
In this battle, more than 18,000 barbarians were killed and more than 11,000 prisoners were captured. The losses of their own side were more than 3,000 people brought by Li Mu, the infantry on Ma Shuo's side lost more than 1,000 people, and the cavalry basically had no losses except for a few individuals.
In terms of trophies, in addition to a large number of weapons, the most concerned are the hundreds of war horses. This part of the war horse, Ma Shuo directly gave half to Li Mu, although it is not much, this also represents an attitude, since it is cooperation, then no one will lose anyone.
Although there are only a few hundred war horses, Li Mu is still very happy, the more war horses, the better.
After dealing with the barbarians outside the city, it would be easy to deal with the less than 20,000 barbarians left in the city.
This time, Ma Shuo and Li Mu did not hide their forces anymore, and directly pulled out nearly 70,000 people and firmly besieged Guyang County.
"Guys, what are we going to do?"
At this moment, the leaders of the barbarian tribes in the city panicked. When there were nearly 50,000 people, they still had a little confidence. Now, the most elite 30,000 are gone, and the remaining 20,000 are actually no longer effective in combat effectiveness. In addition, the current morale is also very low, if you want to resist the seventy or eighty thousand Qin soldiers outside the city with less than 20,000 men and horses, none of the tribal leaders present have confidence.
The real elite of the barbarians has actually been sent to besiege Chishui City a long time ago. The people and horses who stayed in Guyang County were not very powerful in themselves. Moreover, when these people were left here, they were somewhat resentful in their hearts. Because for the barbarians, going to the front to plunder is the most oily thing, and this kind of garrisoning is only arranged for those tribes who are not welcomed.
Now, he is simply in the predicament of being surrounded, and he is constantly facing the danger of being breached by the other side.
Damn, I don't know what happened to those guys, how did they let so many Qin soldiers run here. Could it be that those guys deliberately released water and let them kill themselves and others, so as to save time to grab loot with them.
Some guys with complicated minds can't help but think a lot at this time, and all kinds of conspiracy theories have also been thought out by them.
Naturally, in this case, it is difficult for these barbarians in the city to form a unified combat effectiveness. The tribal leaders began to have their own evil intentions and made their own small calculations. Some close guys began to approach each other, plotting whether to find a way to escape from the city first.
For a while, no one in the entire Guyang county town had the heart to think about defending the city.