"Enter the city quickly, and the cavalry will patrol outside. According to the plan, the entire Xiucheng will be divided into four parts, east, west, north and south. Each area will be forced to surrender." Riding on a black Dawan horse, Shen Ao said to the people beside him. Guard captain Shi Lei ordered.
Immediately, someone went down to deliver the order. Except for dozens of people who were left to look after the barbarian prisoners, everyone else became busy.
This is a battle without any suspense. The strength of many of the cavalry of Bukhan has only been consumed by one-fifth, and there is still a lot of energy left to fight. In addition, the great record of being able to defeat an entire city of barbarians is right in front of us. , who didn’t look excited, and quickly headed towards the designated location after receiving the order.
On a white war horse, Xue Fei, who was wearing a white veil, looked at the scene in front of her. There was not much compassion in her eyes. From the day she became aware of herself, she followed Aunt Xue to kill everywhere. I have long been accustomed to this kind of life. But after hearing about the army entering the city, there was still a trace of worry in my eyes.
Fortunately, without waiting for Xue Fei to say anything, Shen Ao continued to say to Shi Lei, who had just returned from delivering the order: "Please do some hard work and lead some people to form a supervisory brigade. Barbarians who put down their weapons and surrender cannot be killed casually, otherwise they will be dealt with according to military law. "
"No." Shi Lei took the order and left, leaving Xue Fei beside him who breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked at Shen Ao, there was a smile in his eyes. This was his future man, who could kill decisively. , he is talented and very intelligent, but at the same time he has a kind heart. This is the real good man who stands upright.
He didn't know what Xue Fei was thinking, but what Shen Ao did was just based on his heart. In his opinion, war was never what the people wanted to see, but it was just something that some ambitious politicians wanted to see. It's just the consequences of selfish impulse. The cruelty of war should not be paid for by the common people.
"Come on, let's go into the city and see what good things are left for us in this closed city." Shen Ao smiled at Xue Fei. This was agreed before when he borrowed troops from Ba Khan's army. , the city's territory can be owned by the other party, but the property here will be Shen Ao's own.
The city of Hugh fell.
The people in the city realized that something was wrong with the situation outside, and when they discovered that the weather had changed, it was too late. Facing the heavily armed Ba Khanna cavalry and the guards of the Zhongguo Palace, only a few people took up arms to resist, but soon They were quickly suppressed. Seeing that the situation was over, the other people lowered their proud heads one by one and became prisoners on the battlefield one by one to save their lives.
No one thought before that the Barbarian Cavalry would lose the battle.
Even if General Xiang Anxi was captured, in the eyes of many barbarian people, it was just that he fell into the enemy's trick. If it were done with real swords and guns, no one would be the opponent of the brave and skilled barbarian cavalry. That's right, in the city The people should still do whatever they want, and there is no intention of transferring their property, so Shen Ao was satisfied. After daybreak, three hundred carts of items were seized. Most of them were high-quality furs.
Once these things can be transported back to Daliang City, they will be worth a lot of money. In addition, there are also groups of cattle and sheep gathered together, giving people a sense of majesty. Horses were also seized There are about a thousand horses, half of which can be used as war horses.
On the other hand, the amount of silver was not very large, only about half a million. From this, it can be seen that the barbarian people were not rich, and were even a little poor.
Nearly four thousand barbarians were all brought to the largest market in the city. When Shen Ao arrived, what he saw was the eyes of the people that contained hatred, anger, and some fear.
"My lord, please take them all back to the city of Bukhan." General Ila saw Shen Ao and came forward, saying excitedly.
"Okay, one hundred taels of silver per commoner." Shen Ao looked at Yi La and said with a half-smile in his eyes.
"Uh... forget it." After hearing that it took four hundred thousand taels of silver to take these people away, Ila shook his head directly. For him, taking these barbarians back was nothing more than proving their bravery. . But then the eating, drinking, and diarrhea of these people is enough to give him a headache. He will not do such a thankless thing.
After sending Ila away, Shi Lei came forward and said, "Master, what should we do with these people? They spend a lot of money on food and drink every day."
"What do you think, kill them?" Shen Ao said casually, but in fact he was testing Shi Lei's thoughts.
"Of course not. These people who stayed behind did not resist with weapons, so they are not enemies. How can they kill them as they say?" Shi Lei shook his head quickly. What he had done with the supervisory team before was to prevent civilians from being killed indiscriminately. After finally completing the mission and stabilizing the situation, how could we kill these people? Then wouldn’t everything done before be meaningless?
"Well, that's right. They are not enemies, and of course they cannot be killed at will. But they are prisoners. Well, you can control their food and drink, but they also have to work, so let them be responsible for digging trenches." Shen Ao. He had already made a plan in his mind, and after knowing that Shi Lei was not a murderer, he felt relieved and expressed his thoughts.
"Dig trenches?" Shi Lei looked puzzled.
"Yes, dig criss-crossing trenches to stop the attacks of the barbarians. What? You don't think that the barbarians can swallow this and not fight back, do you?" Shen Ao looked at Shi Lei and asked in reply. But It seemed to be pointing him.
"Of course not. The barbarians are so anxious after knowing that Xiucheng has fallen. They will definitely send a large army. Well, now my subordinates will lead people to dig trenches to limit the speed and impact of the barbarians to the maximum extent." Shi Lei was transformed by Shen Ao and finally figured it out. He kept talking and then turned around to do things.
As soon as Shi Lei left, Feng Xun rode his war horse in front of Shen Ao. When he got close to him, he jumped off his war horse, half-knelt in front of Shen Ao and said: "Young Master, a thousand barbarian infantry were killed and five were killed." One hundred, five hundred prisoners, now being escorted towards Xiucheng."
"Huh? Not bad. What are our losses?" Hearing that the battle was also won in the big tent, Shen Ao's face showed relief.
In fact, with more than 2,000 rangers dealing with the chaotic and surrounded 1,000 barbarian infantry, this was originally an siege and annihilation battle that was not difficult. If they cannot win in this way, it will only prove that those rangers are too useless. .
"The loss was not big. This time the rangers rushed forward and no one retreated. After several fights, the barbarians were no match at all." Feng Xun said this in a somewhat excited tone. He was left behind by Shen Ao. The supervisor of the army witnessed everything.
"Very good." Shen Ao knew that this was the effect of the previous meeting, and nodded with satisfaction. "Rewards will be based on military merit. You will be responsible for this matter. I will contact you directly for the amount of money needed." The captain of the guard went to get it."
Shen Ao cannot do everything himself, he only needs to tell the people below how to do it. His current focus is more on defending Xiucheng.
Shen Ao is never a person who is stubborn in doing things. If possible, he will not choose to fight with the barbarian. But many things are not based on people's wishes. Facing the arrogant barbarian, if he does not beat him If it hurts, it is simply impossible to get him to lower his head. In this way, Xiucheng is the battlefield where Shen Ao chooses to hurt the barbarians.
Now that the battlefield has been preset, Xiucheng's fortifications are extremely important, and even become a key factor in whether they can continue to win the next battle.
Fortunately, Shen Ao already had a plan in mind, and the time should be enough, which made him full of confidence.
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Xiucheng is three hundred miles away from Mandu.
This is a typical feature of the barbarian land. The population is sparse, and often a village with only a dozen or so households has to walk nearly a hundred miles to go to another village.
With a small population and no advanced technological means to help, it would be extremely difficult to develop and grow.
The Barbarian King also saw this problem, but because of limited resources, even if he wanted to increase the population, he was afraid that the food he received would not be able to feed so many people.
Not to mention the general environment of the barbarian land. Meng Ding, who had been knocked unconscious, woke up again and found that it was already broad daylight and that he was dozens of miles away from Xiucheng behind him.
"Is this a defeat?" Meng Ding regained consciousness and thought about how he had lost Xiucheng. Naturally, he looked regretful. But now he only had three hundred soldiers at his disposal, so there was no way he could fight back and retake Xiucheng. That's even more impossible.
"Well, let's meet with the king first to report the war situation. As for whether to kill or behead, just follow the king's order." After Meng Ding sighed, he did not blame the barbarian knight who knocked him out, and led his men to ride towards him. All the barbarians came running.
At a distance of three hundred miles, it took Meng Ding and his party three full days to reach the barbarian capital without a replacement of horses. When the barbarian soldiers guarding the city saw that Meng Ding and his party were dusty and tired, some of them were When the soldiers came with blood stains on their bodies, they were all shocked. This incident was quickly reported to the royal capital and to the ears of the Barbarian King.
Barbarian Palace.
Meng Dingzheng fell to his knees on the ground, crying and talking about Hugh City.
When he said that he originally wanted to go back and fight to the death with Bukhan, but was knocked unconscious by his subordinates and left Xiucheng, he burst into tears. Then he kept kowtowing like he was pouring garlic, begging the Barbarian King to give him some help. If he gets a chance, he will definitely lead his troops to retake Xiucheng and rescue General Xiang Anxi.
Seeing that Meng Ding's forehead was covered with blood from kowtow, the Barbarian King's expression showed no intention of moving. "Are you done?"
The sound was dull and powerful, and when it was heard in the ears of Meng Ding, who was kowtowing, it was like a thunderbolt, and he was immediately shocked and speechless.