Chapter 350: Surrender the Barbarians
If words can kill people, the new annex army in Xuzhou City will die many times in the scolding of the barbarian soldiers. The new annex army in the city is not a good type, and they also scold the barbarians. The city and the city are all illiterate rough men, and the words they scold are only a few words over and over, which are nothing more than greetings to each other's ancestors and female relatives. The slight difference between the two sides is that the barbarians scolded the new annexed army as sinister and cunning villains, while the new annexed army scolded the barbarians as uncivilized savages. It's just that after a long time, I gradually got tired of scolding, and my voice lowered, and at this time the sky was already faint.
"People have to bow their heads under the eaves", as the sky gradually brightens, the barbarian soldiers under the city turned from shouting and scolding to begging for the new annex army to let them into the city. At this time, there was no major movement in the Perak army barracks, and no artillery was fired, but a large group of cavalry appeared behind the camp, and the banner was the cavalry brigade of the third division of the Perak army. Due to the lack of war horses, the cavalry brigade of the 3rd Division was still short by a third, and at the moment there were only a thousand horsemen. But it was these thousand cavalry that made Ayon feel a chill in his back. As one of the few tribal leaders with cavalry, Ayong knew that if they did not enter the city as soon as possible, these cavalry would mean a catastrophe for the Duzhang barbarians.
The new annexed army of Xuzhou was willing to open the city gates, in addition to the reason they said was afraid of the Thunderbolt cavalry following, and more importantly, they were really fed up with these brute soldiers. Duzhang barbarians came with the Mongolian army, not to mention looting along the way, and when they entered the city of Xuzhou, they took things and robbed them when they saw them, and even the mansion of the new army general did not let go, if it were not for the Mongolian army's bullet pressure, the two sides would have been fighting a long time ago. In the eyes of the new annexes defending the city, it was not easy to trick these plague gods out of the city, how could they let them in and oppress themselves again, and then rob them everywhere? Moreover, the new annexed army in the city had already made plans to surrender, and was preparing to use these barbarians as a letter of surrender, how could it be possible to let them enter the city for shelter. The reason why there has been no surrender at the moment is because the conditions have not been negotiated, and the conditions proposed by the defenders of Xuzhou to surrender the city are to be promoted to become rich, and Zan Wanshou is willing to agree. According to the conditions of the Thunderbolt Army, although these new annexes surrendered voluntarily, they had to be screened one by one.
Seeing that the cavalry was getting closer and closer, the barbarians were anxious, so they took a ladder to climb the wall, but they were assassinated by the spears of the new army. Faced with this dilemma, Ah Yong regretted in his heart, regretting that he was too greedy. In fact, when he saw the power of the Thunderbolt Army's naval warships and artillery to destroy the heavens and the earth, Ah Yong knew that he could not hold the city of Xuzhou, so he had the heart to slip away. But he knew that the Mongol army would not allow him to escape, and the new annexed army in the city would not let them take the looted goods with them. In desperation, he hid his mind and prepared to slip away while the Mongolian army was unprepared. It's just that when it comes to treachery, how can they compare with the Mongols.
When he learned that the Mongolian army had fled, Ayong's knee-jerk reaction was to flee immediately, but in the end he did not give the order. Because even if the order is given, it will not be carried out, and the things that the barbarians have looted are still in the city of Xuzhou, where they are willing to give up easily. Although Duzhangman has a vast area, it is a land of lofty mountains and mountains, and under the fragmented arable land and backward productive forces, the entire tribe is so poor that it rings. Poverty is the reason why they rob everywhere and why they are willing to follow the Mongolian army out to fight. Even as a tribal leader, Ayong could not force his men to abandon their belongings and flee. It is said that there are only tens of thousands of people in the entire tribe, and in order to come out to fight this time, not only did they draw the most elite young and strong, but also used up the few money of the tribe, and they also abandoned hunting and mistaken agricultural production. If they fled back to the mountains, the whole tribe would become poorer and even starve to death because of their emptiness. Under the luck mentality, Ah Yong still wants to defend the city with the new annexed army, and even if he surrenders, he must negotiate a good price. Who would have expected that the new annexed army would close the gates of the city and deliberately put them to death?
At the time of the attack on the Perak barracks, the Duzhang barbarians had lost more than 300 men, and more than 1,600 remained, including the intact 300 cavalry. With these strengths, Ayong can still claim hegemony around the tribe, even against the Mongolian garrison army of Xuzhou Army and Shimen Pass Annexed Army. However, Ayong understood that within the narrow two-mile area between Xuzhou City and the Perak military camp, the Perak cavalry only needed two rounds of charging to destroy the formation. The infantry formation is in disarray, and the next time is to be harvested by the cavalry, not to mention that the Thunderbolt army in the camp is not a puppeteer, and the Thunderbolt army at the rest of the city gate will inevitably come to shrink the encirclement after dawn. If you continue to stay in the city, the result will inevitably be to sit still.
"Thirty-six strategies, go is the best policy", Ah Yong immediately ordered the cavalry to be in front and the infantry behind, preparing to bypass the camp and go south. The three hundred cavalrymen had scarcely galloped out of the field when they were fired upon by the Thunderbolt barracks from the flanks. The dense shrapnel formed a fire blockade line in front of the Duzhang barbarians, and the several Duzhang cavalry who rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another under heavy artillery fire. Seeing the flesh and blood flying in front of him, the barbarian knights behind him shrank back. After doing this a few times, even the stupidest of the brutes knew that the Thunderbolts had shown mercy. In fact, the Thunderbolts had not used artillery in defending the fort earlier, but only relatively less powerful grenades, mines, and muskets. According to Zan Wanshou's order, as long as the barbarians did not flee, the artillery would not be fired.
As a scholar, Zan Manshou has a stronger political consciousness than other generals of the Perak Army. The General Staff only issued the strategic goal of seizing Xuzhou and occupying Shimen Pass to prevent the Mongol army from invading from Dali, and did not stipulate how to implement it. After all, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the generals should be allowed to adapt to the situation. This part of Xuzhou up to Miaojiang and Dali belonged to the Nanzhong region during the Three Kingdoms, and the Shu Han at that time invested great energy and cost in order to subjugate this region, and political means proved to be more effective than military. For these barbarians, Zan Wanshou's idea is to follow Zhuge Liang's "Seven Captures of Meng Huo", focusing on attacking the heart, and completely subjugating these barbarians. If you just kill, it will be extremely expensive to remediate. Immediately, he ordered the soldiers in the camp to shout in unison: "Surrender or kill."
The dense artillery completely cut off Ayong's desire to escape. He only now understands that the situation is under the control of the Perak army, they did not attack with all their strength before, they were waiting for the surrender of Xuzhou City, and they were waiting for themselves to lead the army to surrender. Through the smoke that had not yet cleared in front of him, he faintly saw that the large group of cavalry was beginning to trot, which was preparing for the charge. Once the cavalry charged, it was really difficult to stop under the huge acceleration and inertia. He immediately ordered his subordinates to shout in unison: "All the palms surrender, all the palms surrender."
Zan Wanshou heard the barbarians speak in a strange tone in Chinese, and after listening carefully for a while, he knew what it meant, and couldn't help laughing. Finally holding back a laugh, he ordered the cavalry to stop the charge, and at the same time sent someone to contact the Duzhang barbarians.