Yun Chong carefully weighed Wanyan Chiezha's words in his heart. Although he had a plan in mind, he did not make a decision directly. Instead, he thought for a moment and then looked at the other generals.
"Everyone, what do you mean?"
"The last general agrees that if we don't defeat them, they will be killed, which will inevitably cause some unnecessary trouble for us to march into Tianzhu King City next.
We must let them have the idea that they will die if they dare to resist, so that we can continue to march with peace of mind."
"The general also agrees. As the saying goes, if people's hearts are separated from each other, this place will always be the enemy's home ground.
What if they pretend to surrender and then suddenly switch sides?
It will definitely have a great impact on the progress of our army on the right. If they gather together and launch a mutiny when our army is attacking the city, our minds will definitely be distracted by then.
The deputy commander's suggestion is entirely based on the overall situation, and the general will have no objections."
"The general also agrees! We must beat them so that they don't dare to have any evil thoughts."
"The last general is also..."
The group of people all agreed with Wanyan Chizha's suggestion, and Yun Chong no longer hesitated. He looked at each other for a while with Cheng Kai and the others, and immediately raised the command flag in his hand.
"Commander!"
"The humble position is here!"
"The drum beats to signal the cavalry line to be extended, and the gunners to continue... By the way, deputy commander, Zhang Mo, Ning Chao, are you carrying light artillery?"
"Thirty doors!"
"Thirty doors!"
"Fifty doors!"
"Great, here's the order. All artillery positions will be set up around the four directions of the encirclement: east, west, north, and south. Concentrate the artillery to bombard the enemy troops surrounded by groups.
As soon as the artillery fire stopped and the order came, the entire army immediately retracted its formation, charged in a roundabout way, covered the enemy with arrows and scattered, and then persuaded them to surrender."
"Got the order!"
A moment after the ordering soldiers walked away with their flags, the sound of the war drums changed the rhythm again, causing Wyashadi, who was already at a loss in the formation, to fall completely into despair.
He knew that once the drumbeats outside the Grand Dragoon changed, it meant that the enemy was about to take action again.
But he had no choice but to watch helplessly as the soldiers in the five square formations subconsciously shrank their formations and leaned closely together to get rid of the panic in their hearts.
In about two sticks of incense, the horns mixed with war drums sounded.
The four-layer encirclement formed by the dragon cavalry's detours, once again followed the rhythm of the war drums, gradually widening the distance between their own troops and the central Tianzhu troops.
Before the Tianzhu troops could breathe a sigh of relief when they saw this situation, they were bombarded by more than a hundred artillery pieces from four directions: southeast, northwest, and southeast.
He watched helplessly as artillery shells were densely bombarded in the air from four directions, like meteors and fire showers.
The Tianzhu soldiers and horses, who had already seen the power of artillery, became completely panicked. They did not listen to the orders of the generals at all levels, and the defeated army scurried away.
A burst of explosions, many times more dense than half an hour ago, echoed endlessly in the wilderness filled with yellow sand.
Even the Dalong soldiers who were wandering around the periphery to prevent the enemy from forcing a breakout could not help but stand on end when they looked at the scene of thick smoke billowing in the center of the battlefield.
Tens of thousands of people are densely packed within the range of the artillery. With no city to hide from and no natural defenses, one can imagine what the consequences will be.
Until all the artillery barrels turned red and could no longer fire, the sound of artillery that lasted for a quarter of an hour gradually subsided.
The sound of artillery disappeared completely. A group of generals fanned themselves away from the acrid gunpowder smoke and raised their hands to pat the sand and dust on their helmets, armor and cloaks.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Cheng Kai spit out the dust in his mouth, wiped the smoke from his face and glanced blankly at the deserted battlefield, then turned to look at Wanyan Chiezha and Yun Chong, who were shaking their cloaks.
"Deputy Commander, Warlord, with such a large formation, won't all the enemy troops be killed by artillery shells?"
Yun Chong took off his water bag and poured some water for Wanyan Chizhahe to clean the corners of his eyes: "No, our light artillery can fire at most twenty shots without stopping and we have to wait for the gun body to cool down.
We had only fired about ten cannons just now, and more than a thousand artillery shells were bombarded with more than a thousand shells, but they could not kill them all in the enemy's formation.
Even the Shenwu cannon in the hands of the infantry cannot kill all the enemy troops at once, let alone our light artillery.
There is still a possibility of more than a hundred infantry cannons, but His Majesty only allowed us to bring ten infantry cannons.
The main reason is that everything here is yellow sand, so the smoke and dust are constantly billowing.
Secondly, the fact that such a large amount of smoke and dust can be produced indicates that there are many artillery shells hitting the open space.
The enemy was definitely frightened, and it would be natural for you to think that they would be killed after they were blown up."
Wanyan Chizha washed away the dust from the corners of his eyes and poured some water for Yun.
"What Governor Yun said makes sense. Our artillery is very powerful, but it is not omnipotent.
Coupled with the limited range of the artillery shells, most of the artillery shells were bombarded back and forth within a few dozen steps. I estimate that at most it was the surrounding soldiers and horses, or a gap was blown out of the central army's position.
After all, this is a wilderness, not a city wall with limited scope.
Killing tens of thousands of people in one blow is too beautiful.
You'll know what's going on when the smoke clears.
You guys should immediately rush to the formation of your own soldiers and horses. If the enemy still has any intention of resisting, you should immediately bend your bows and kill them yourself."
"We have the order!"
About a quarter of an hour after Cheng Kai, Zhang Mo and other generals dispersed, the smoke completely dissipated, revealing the scene in the center of the battlefield.
Irregular potholes are everywhere at a glance. All the living Tianzhu soldiers and horses are lying on the ground. There are no people on the thousands of scattered horses. Only the horses are standing there alone and sneezing.
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Yun Chong put down the telescope in his hand and looked at Wanyan Chiezha: "Deputy Commander, do you think it is necessary to send more cavalry to continue the attack to cover up the killing?"
Wanyan Chizha carefully scanned the situation of Tianzhu soldiers and horses, slowly put down the telescope in his hand and took a breath.
"What do you think of the idea of using barbarians to fight barbarians and barbarians to attack barbarians?"
Yun Chong raised his brows and glanced around at the large dragon cavalry who was ready to move as soon as the war drums sounded and the horn blew. He twirled his beard and pondered for a long time.
"The deputy commander means, pawn?"
Wanyan Chizha nodded noncommittally when he heard Yunchong's questioning and understanding words.
"After all, this is an unfamiliar land of Tianzhu. Although we have many soldiers and horses, if we can save one soldier from casualties, we can save more of our family in Dalong.
Secondly, do you still remember what His Majesty said before the expedition?
To the west of Tianzhu, to the west of Dashi, who can guarantee that there will not be a more powerful court? More powerful soldiers and horses?
In this expedition, although we have many soldiers and generals, we are going deep alone and fighting alone.
No one can predict what the future holds. The only way is to preserve our strength.
Our main goal is to capture alive the kings of the Dashi Kingdom and the Tianzhu Kingdom, as well as the executioners who massacred the people in my caravan.
In this case, we can absolutely use barbarians to fight barbarians and use barbarians to attack barbarians.
We can use coercion and inducement to drive these Tianzhu soldiers and horses to counterattack Tianzhu's Zala City soldiers and horses, as well as the soldiers and horses in many cities, and even the royal city.
Firstly, it can serve the purpose of letting them lead the way; secondly, it can make them kill each other and consume Tianzhu's strength.
Isn’t this a good thing that kills two birds with one stone... no... kills two birds with one stone?"
"Hiss...but what if they defect in front of the battle?"
"Control it in batches and promise huge profits from the throne."
"Control Viashadi by supporting him as the King of Tianzhu?"
"Yes, he doesn't want to be, there are always people who want to be the king of Tianzhu.
Prime ministers, generals, and important ministers can all support you.
It's just a puppet anyway. It doesn't matter who it is. What matters is who we want to be the king of Tianzhu and who controls Tianzhu.
After supporting it, if there are still countries further west, we can still use the same trick and let these barbarians consume each other's strength.
In this way, it is better than letting the soldiers fight.
By then, when they have almost killed each other, we can find an excuse at will...
It is impossible without spending a single soldier, but it can easily complete His Majesty's important task of opening up and expanding the territory.
Anyway, I am assisting Dajin... It is no longer possible for the former Jin Dynasty to dominate the world and be famous in history. In this case, we will leave our name in history somewhere else and be famous forever.
These are all great achievements in opening up new territories and expanding our territory!”
"Huh... Huh... Huh... This matter... This matter is too important. It's not something you and I can decide. It's better to wait until the big decision.
Shuai is here. Send a letter to Zhang Shuai and discuss it before making plans.
What do you think, deputy commander?"
"It doesn't matter, let's sort out the situation in front of us first..."
"Report to the deputy commander and the governor that the enemy has sent people to contact us. According to Mr. Zamuna's translator, the enemy has come to surrender.
I hope we won’t attack again!”
The two old foxes, Yun Chong and Wan Yan Chi Zha, who were chatting in low voices, raised their eyebrows, looked at each other happily and looked toward the center of the battlefield.
"Send an order for Zamuna to teach a thousand brothers what to say about Tianzhu's surrender, and have them shout in front of the battle line that the enemy should put down their weapons.
Once the enemy lays down their weapons, all troops and horses immediately go to receive the prisoners."
"Got the order!"
Sunset in the west.
In the simple tent that was set up at random, Yunchong, Wanyan Chizha and others were looking at the map on the table when the words of the soldiers came from outside the tent.
"Report to the deputy commander, governor, generals, and surrendered generals."
"Bring it in!"
"If you get the order, take him in."
The eyes of all the generals in the tent were suddenly focused on the many Tianzhu people who were pushed into the tent by their own soldiers.
Cheng Kai glanced at these Tianzhu generals for a while, then stood up with a tea cup and walked towards one of the men covered in black cloth, looking at the Tianzhu deputy commander Coors in front of him with a playful look.
"Kors, the deputy commander of the Tianzhu Eastern Expedition Army, right?
This general said half a day ago that you would bring disaster to Tianzhu, can you believe it now?"
Kors looked at Cheng Kai with a smile on his face and mischievous eyes in confusion, not knowing what he was talking about.
He didn't understand, but Dalong's generals did.
Listening to Cheng Kai's teasing words, the eyes he glanced at Wyashardi and others became playful.
The eyes are the windows to the soul. Wias Hadi looked at the identical eyes of dozens of dragon generals in the tent, feeling extremely sad in his heart.
The 50,000-strong army that he was so proud of faced a huge defeat in half a day against the dragon enemy. No, he was defeated by that terrifying weapon.
Recalling what King Baholi said ten days ago and the assurances he gave to the king, Viyashadi suddenly felt ashamed.
In just ten days or so, he had fallen into such a situation.
If he knew who Zhuge Wuhou was, he would definitely look up to the sky and sigh.
"It's not a success at the beginning!"
"Zamuna, tell him that the Great Dragon Dynasty is willing to accept his surrender..."
"Report, please inform the deputy commander, the military governor, and the commander-in-chief will arrive in the army in about three miles!"