The rain of arrows from the Chu army was colder and colder than the Maqu water, like a basin of cold water poured on the soldiers of the Yan army crossing the river.
"Pfft!"
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"Herod!"
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The knights of the Yan army who had not yet reached the center of the river were directly hit by rounds of arrow rain. Some arrows shot into the water, making a splashing sound as they cut through the water.
Only then did the knights of Yan understand that what they were facing was not some weak barbarians, but the Chu army that had defeated Cao Wei many times!
The horse team behind had not yet entered the water. Seeing such a head-on attack in front, they quickly stopped their horses.
Several generals around Gongsun Gong saw this and were anxious in their hearts. Such a way of crossing the river was tantamount to self-destructive behavior of giving away people's lives.
Ever since Gongsun Gong suffered from health problems, he became extremely irritable. After what happened in the camp just now, no one dared to go up to dissuade him.
"Those who retreat will be killed without mercy! Fire arrows! Don't let them retreat!"
Sure enough, the irrational Gongsun Gong angrily ordered, "Send five thousand more people! Tonight, we must cross the river and kill all the Chu troops on the opposite side!"
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"Herod!"
The Yan knights who were retreating suddenly paused, and Gongsun Gong ordered to fire arrows. These people did not understand why their own people would fire arrows at them.
"Your Majesty has an order! Anyone who retreats will be killed!"
The soldiers who stopped looked at me and I looked at you. They didn't dare to move rashly anymore. But if they turned around and crossed the river, they would die.
"The Gongsun family has gone too far! Brothers! Let's go and join the Chu people!"
As Lu Xun said, among Gongsun Gong's tens of thousands of troops, a large number of them were barbarian soldiers.
If the Yan army can always win, these people will naturally return home slowly. But once they encounter a strong enemy, at least now they are not willing to risk their lives to serve the Gongsun family.
Most of the cavalry ordered to cross the river first were not direct troops of the Gongsun family. This was very reasonable. Even Cao Cao and Liu Cong would never let their direct troops or the strongest soldiers charge first.
The barbarian soldiers faced the Chu army's arrow rain, so it was reasonable to retreat. If they rushed up again, they would die. Those with more brains should not continue, but their emperor Gongsun Gong no longer wanted to use his brains.
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Horses carrying people across the river basically have no speed at all. The Chu army's crossbowmen can attack slowly and leisurely.
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After someone shouted this, the remaining people immediately followed and ran to the river bank. While running, they waved torches and shouted to the other side.
Chen Wu, who had just returned, pointed at the people coming from the other side and said to Lu Xun in surprise, "General, they want to surrender!"
Lu Xun chuckled and said, "Then let them come."
Of the more than 3,000 troops who led the way across the river, only a thousand or so were attacked by the Chu army.
The remaining people drove their horses and ran towards the Chu army desperately.
"Don't shoot the arrows! We surrender! Don't shoot the arrows! We surrender!"
The Chu army did not fire arrows. After these people crossed the Maqu River, the bank was already surrounded by Chu soldiers holding spears and crossbows. "Dismount! Surrender!"
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Everyone, regardless of being still wet, hurriedly knelt down on the ground, not daring to move at all.
"Who is your leader?"
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"General, you are a villain."
"Aren't you Han?"
"My ancestors were also Han Chinese, but they were plundered by the Goguryeo people and sent to the barbarian region."
The general who came to pick him up nodded and said, "Don't worry too much about accepting the collection of our soldiers. In a few days, you can become a member of our army."
"kill!"
"Arrest their family members and kill them all alone!" Gongsun Gong's face turned the color of pig liver with anger.
Originally, Gongsun Gong was very happy. He saw his army crossing the river, but in the end there was no movement. It was obvious that one side had surrendered. There were tens of thousands of Chu troops on the other side. Obviously, the people who surrendered were not Chu people.
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"Your Majesty! Stop charging! There are many barbarians among those five thousand people. They have not returned home yet. Your Majesty, if they continue to surrender to the Chu people, the Chu people will be in trouble with you.
Deal with it, Your Majesty!"
After all, there are still loyal people, and they can't bear to see Gongsun Gong continue to act recklessly.
"Boom!"
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"Pfft!"
"ah!"
It was already too late. The army that crossed the river again suffered a more severe blow from the Chu army, not only arrows but also stone bullets!
The sound of the stone bullets hitting the water is extremely clear. The light penetration of the torch is limited, so it is impossible to see how many arrows and stone bullets were fired at the person.
"Report! Your Majesty, the Chu people are heavily guarded. Not only are their arrows powerful, but they can also fire huge stone projectiles. More than half of my army crossing the river was damaged and then they retreated."
Two generals couldn't stand it any longer. They knelt down beside Gongsun Gong and hugged Gongsun Gong's legs and begged, "Your Majesty! Withdraw your troops! Please!"
"Your Majesty, at the end of the day I will personally lead the army to help you recover the shame the Chu people have given you today!"
Gongsun Gong's teeth squeaked as he looked at the two begging generals, then at the Chu army on the other side who raised fire and cheered, and finally spit out two words from his mouth, "Withdraw troops!"
The two generals quickly stood up and ordered, "Your Majesty has ordered us to withdraw our troops!"
"Your Majesty has ordered us to withdraw our troops!"
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The Yan army withdrew. The wealth and women on the other side of the Maqu River could make their blood boil and make them forget the fatigue of the past few days of fighting. But it did not allow them to cross the river with courage.
"The Yan army withdrew! We won!"
"The great Chu will last for ten thousand years! The king will last for ten thousand years!"
Lu Xun sat on the horse, drew his sword and made the loudest noise with all his strength.
"The great Chu will last for ten thousand years! The king will last for ten thousand years!"
"The great Chu will last for ten thousand years! The king will last for ten thousand years!"
Gongsun Gong wanted to cross the river aggressively, and tens of thousands of troops gathered along the banks of the Maqu River. The final result was the loss of several thousand people, and more than a thousand surrendered soldiers to the Chu army.
Because of his irrationality, he made command errors and suffered losses to the army. Not only did Gongsun Gong fail to reflect on this, but after returning to the camp, he ordered all Hu soldiers to be punished with twenty lashes!
Lu Xun had long expected that the Yan State's military operation would start but end at the end.
This dampened the spirit of the Yan army. In a short period of time, the Yan army would not easily try to cross the river again. For the sake of his own physical secret, Gongsun Gong would not send troops to continuously attack the Chu army's warships.
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Even the Yan army cannot bear this kind of fighting method. If the people can bear it, the logistics and baggage cannot keep up.
Lu Xun could take advantage of this opportunity to step up the construction of fortifications. After a while, after the Yan army's drum cavalry crossed the river, the Chu army could only rely on these fortresses and mountain cities to resist.
Lu Xun never thought about how to stop Yan's cavalry from crossing the river. There were no explosives in this era, and the ice in the canal water could be as thick as half an arm. It was absolutely impossible to change the climate by manpower, or to break through the ice in the canal water.
Today's war is a good start. The Hu soldiers who surrendered to the Yan army show that Gongsun Gong took few excessive measures to integrate the army. The loyalty of the Hu soldiers to the Gongsun family is lower than Lu Xun imagined.