Chapter 490: Surrender?
The faces of the riders are as earthy as ever.
"Marshal! What to do? What should I do......"
The race that has always been self-defeating has no master of the six gods at this moment.
The same question haunted Marshal Benjamin's mind.
Without enough arrows, even if they want to fight to the death, they can't exchange a few Great Zhou soldiers.
Da Zhou's bow and arrows shot too far and could easily penetrate the chain mail, which had already made the defeated Tiansun cavalry completely frightened.
"Marshal, every time we are pursued, we have to leave behind a large number of corpses and dry food, but it has become a supply for the enemy, and the enemy cannot be short of food!"
A rider reminded.
Benjamin was discouraged, clenched his fists, and after thinking for a long time, he sighed: "Bear the humiliation, surrender to Liang Xiao, and then wait for the clansmen to negotiate with Da Zhou and redeem our captives!" ”
Hearing this, the surrounding Tianri riders looked at each other.
Everyone saw the desperation in each other's eyes.
If the Great Zhou army pursues it again, within three days, they will definitely be wiped out.
In the vast desert, horses still have the opportunity to graze, and people don't even have bows and arrows to hunt, what can they eat?
In such a desperate situation, they were lambs to the slaughter, and Benjamin's decision was indeed the best choice......
At this time, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty chose a place with abundant water and grass, and were cutting grass and slaughtering horses, and conducting a simple barbecue.
There are also a large number of horse-drawn carts in the rear, which can provide forage and dry firewood if necessary, and it is no problem to dismantle the carriage directly and use it as firewood.
The loot that can be collected in the follow-up is pitiful, and the heads and weapons can be carried directly by the cavalry, and there is no need for so many carriages!
After the soldiers had eaten their fill, they were about to set off and continue the pursuit, when the scouts from the north suddenly brought back three heavenly cavalry.
"Marshal! The enemy army sent an envoy to ask for surrender! ”
The arrival of the three messengers of the sun made the generals surprised and delighted.
"Is it so unbeaten?"
Gongsun Wuji couldn't help but taunt, and suddenly realized that he despised the enemy again, and snorted, and the cat stepped aside.
After the messengers dismounted, they grabbed the ground with their heads.
"Our Marshal Benjamin asks to surrender to the Marquis of Lanling, and is willing to be punished......"
"Benjamin, huh?" Liang Xiao smiled.
Cheers erupted all around.
This means that the first battle of the Great Zhou against the Kingdom of Heaven and Sun has achieved an absolute victory!
Liang Xiao just signaled for everyone to be quiet, and then called out loudly.
"All heralds obey!"
Hundreds of heralds gathered around, twenty paces and one person, listening attentively.
"Inform the whole army: The country of heaven and sun is cruel and tyrannical, the sky is angry and resentful, our army refuses to accept the surrender of the enemy, immediately marches into the army, and annihilates the enemy army!"
The heralds quickly informed the whole army as soon as they passed on the word from ten to hundred.
The three messengers were frightened and frightened, and then they were detained by Xuanwei and sent to the Divine Arm Crossbow Team that responded to the rear.
Shifang reminded in a low voice: "Marshal, why don't you first pretend to accept the surrender of the enemy army, and then find a way to execute it?" ”
The general's eyes lit up: "Makes sense!" ”
Liang Xiao shook his head and said: "Once the news of the killing and surrender spreads, it will damage the reputation of our army, and it will be difficult for him to surrender other forces in the future." The enemy is now a turtle in an urn, and he cannot threaten our soldiers. Moreover, receiving this group of captives also required the supply of food and grass, which was not conducive to the northward advance of our army. At this time, you can break the army! In any case, we can't leave too many white ghosts alive, so as not to leak the military information of our army. ”
"All officers and men of the army must also clearly understand that our army has not accepted the surrender of the enemy, so as not to cause rumors because of this matter in the future."
The generals suddenly realized that they immediately followed Liang Xiao in pursuit.
Sweeping through the desert, supply is particularly crucial, and it is best to have no captives to squeeze supplies!
Moreover, the soldiers inspected the captured dry rations of the enemy, and many of them were dried women's and babies' legs and stomachs, which could not be seen without careful inspection, and the soldiers could only concentrate on all the seized dried meat as cremated rites.
The brutality of the cavalry can be imagined, and the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be killed quickly!
The officers and men of the whole army did not complain, but were extremely excited and marched one after another.
"Annihilate the enemy army and behead the meritorious service!!"
At the same time, Guan Long also received the good news of Liang Xiao's sealing of the wolf Juxu and the cavalry of the Great Breaking Heaven, and the whole territory was shocked.
The heads of the families no longer had any doubts, and handed over their talismans to Lin Xiu and the captains of the Xuanwei Guard, who had become guests, and expressed their willingness to send all the children of the family to Yanzhou with the generalissimo Wei Chiping to wait for Liang Xiao to welcome Liang Xiao's triumph.
The troops brought by Lin Xiu and the three officers at the level of the captain of the Xuan Guard temporarily guarded Guanlong, and the heads of each family assisted in the management.
The younger generation of the Guanlong family followed the five hundred Xuanwei and Wei Chiping's 1,000 personal soldiers to Yanzhou to wait.
Considering that the heads of the three families in Guanlong were over half a hundred years old, Lin Shi, the young man who first proposed to return to the imperial court, was allowed to stay and assist in the management, just in case.
On the official road, Lin Shimu saw Wei Chiping and his party go east, full of expectations and regrets.
Wang Pojun and Chang Polang both made contributions with Liang Xiao, as long as they do not lose money in the future, they are destined to leave a name in history.
But he also has a chance!
Deep in the desert, in the north of the desert.
The cavalry were terrified, waiting for the messenger to return.
Benjamin was restless, looking south, puzzled.
"Why hasn't the messenger returned?"
A moment later, the sand in the distance began to tremble violently.
Benjamin was shocked, and when he climbed up, his expression changed greatly.
The Great Zhou cavalry is coming from afar!
In an instant, Benjamin guessed the result and immediately ordered.
"The enemy is coming! Run!! ”
At this moment, even the commander of the heavenly yen couldn't care about the remnants of his own army, jumped on the horse, and fled.
In the face of the tide of Great Zhou soldiers, hearing the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the cavalry of the day turned into a pot of porridge.
The Great Zhou soldiers began the first round of throwing, and the arrows were like flying locusts!
In an instant, countless arrows fell from the cavalry, and they were powerless to fight back, and they were completely scattered.
A few Tianri cavalry were cornered, and rushed towards the Great Zhou army formation in a frenzied manner, trying to make a last stand, but they were shot into a honeycomb in just a few breaths.
The scene was full of the shouts and killings of the Great Zhou soldiers, mixed with the wails of the cavalry.
Collapse at the touch of a button!
The cavalry left behind more than half of the corpses and fled north in a hurry.
From today on, Liang Xiao was finally relieved that the army was temporarily separated from the rear crossbow team, without reservation, chasing and fighting fiercely, only seeking to completely annihilate the enemy.
Never allow any of the enemy to escape!
Liang Xiao led his troops to pursue for a whole day, and only rested when passing through the fertile land of water and grass, and then quickly pursued and killed the enemy.
The soldiers had half a month's worth of dried meat and water in their bags, as well as a small amount of sugar, which was enough to support short-term supplies when they couldn't find a water source.
Compared with the morale of the Great Zhou army, the cavalry of the day has been sleepy and thirsty for several days.
More and more Tianri cavalry were caught up by the Great Zhou cavalry and killed on the spot, and only dozens of people were disarmed and surrendered in advance and became prisoners.
According to Liang Xiao's meaning, these small number of captives will be used to obtain information about the Heavenly Sun Kingdom, and will be strictly guarded by the imperial court in the future.
Benjamin led hundreds of remnants to a land of abundant water and grass, and was terrified.
"That Liang Xiao is obviously preparing to kill them all, you cover me to escape back to the Holy Land!"
The soldiers also knew that they were in danger, so they had to cooperate and slaughter a live horse.
Benjamin directly ate the horse meat raw, saved a bag of horse meat, took two spare BMWs, and was about to set off, when there were bursts of shouts and killings in the distance.
"The marshal has an order: capture the heavenly marshal Benjamin alive, and the reward is equivalent to the generalissimo Hu Yanche of Beihu!!"
Thousands of horses galloped in the distance, and the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty scrambled to be the first, all like wolves and tigers.
Rushing to the forefront are Chang Polang, Mu Lingxiao, Gongsun Wuji, and Lei Hong, their eyes shining!