Chapter 835 Victory!
Chapter 835 Victory!
In the evening, the Yicong army continued to pursue, while the imperial army withdrew. Many people had bloody heads hanging under their saddles, and some had more than one.
A large flag with the word "Jin" on it had been placed on the top of Guangwu City Wall, fluttering in the wind in the sunset.
The sound of drums rang out inside and outside the city.
After a day of fighting, the soldiers who had just finished dinner went out of the camp again to form a battle line.
"Grandpa, why did the soldiers of Luonan Prefecture fight to the death and refuse to retreat?" This was the question asked by the second son Huanlang who came from Yecheng.
Shao Xun has to answer them now.
Tens of thousands of people lined up in a boundless and magnificent array.
When the golden-armored knight entered, cheers rang out from all directions.
He raised his whip high to stop the crowd from cheering.
Standing in front of tens of thousands of victorious soldiers, the horse seemed to feel the endless murderous aura and felt a little uneasy.
Shao Xun didn't move at all, quietly enjoying everyone's attention.
After a long while, he asked, "Who was the first to reach Guangwu today?"
"Today we have captured Guangwu, who will be the first to climb the mountain?" The personal soldiers rode out on horseback and shouted around the camps.
The soldiers were confused and looked at each other.
"Your Majesty, the first one to reach Guangwu was Jiang Tai, a sergeant of the Wansheng Army and a native of Changshan." The personal army commander Huang Zheng stepped forward and answered.
Shao Xun nodded and said, "Let Jiang Tai come over."
Jiang Tai came soon.
He was extremely brave in the fight, but now he was so excited that his face turned pale and he couldn't speak clearly.
Shao Xun dismounted, took his hand, faced the crowd, and asked again: "Who will be the first to climb up?"
The soldiers shouted in unison: "Jiang Tai of Changshan!"
"Who will be the first to climb up?" Shao Xun asked again.
The imperial guards once again galloped to the camps, shouting, "Jiang Tai of Changshan."
"Who is the first to ascend?" Shao Xun asked again.
"Changshan Jiang Tai!" Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison.
"Who will be the first to ascend?"
"Changshan Jiang Tai!" The shouts reached the sky.
Jiang Tai was so excited that he burst into tears, fell to the ground and choked with sobs.
Shao Xun personally helped him up and said with a smile: "I have a strong man, so why should I care about official titles, beauties, and money!"
After saying this, he turned around and asked, "Who is the man who chased for dozens of miles, broke through the enemy's formation, and captured the enemy general Yu Kun?"
This time the coordination was much smoother. Huang Zheng answered first, and then asked his personal soldiers to mount their horses and spread the news everywhere.
"Who captured the enemy general?" Shao Xun asked loudly.
"Kou Ji from Yan State!" the troops shouted in unison.
"Who captured the enemy general?"
"Yan Guo Kou Ji!"
Kou Ji is a descendant of the Kou family, a wealthy family in Changping. He is much calmer than Jiang Tai, but he still looks very excited and bows down to the ground.
The honor of having tens of thousands of troops shouting your name is enough to make anyone die with excitement.
"When the enemy cavalry charged into the battle formation, he killed five people in a row. What is the name of this brave warrior?" Shao Xun mentioned another person.
"Xiangcheng Zhanghe!"
"What's the name of the warrior?"
"Xiangcheng Zhanghe!"
When the shouting reached the end, the soldiers also became excited. Looking at the three lucky ones who had both honor and wealth, they couldn't help but cheer.
"Bring me my carriage." Shao Xun shouted.
After the order was issued, a soldier drove the magnificent chariot under the high platform. Shao Xun invited the three men to get on the chariot one by one and said with a smile: "You three warriors can ride in the same chariot with me."
The three of them bowed again, stood up and sat in the car.
The chariot passed through the camps one by one.
The soldiers were so excited that they hit the ground with their guns and cheered loudly, wishing they were the ones sitting on the car.
Jiang, Kou and Zhang also shed tears.
Since the beginning of the country, have military men ever enjoyed such honor?
Shao Xun laughed out loud.
Brave warriors must be rewarded handsomely, otherwise it will not be enough to boost military morale.
After turning around, it stopped right under the platform.
Shao Xun gave his brocade robe, bow and sword to the three men. The three men thanked him again and then returned to their respective camps with excitement on their faces.
On the high platform, all the officials and their staff were pale with fear.
King Liang is really good!
His charisma among the warrior community was so strong that it was frightening. Over the past twenty years, his legends were everywhere.
To put it bluntly, with such prestige, what's the point of winning over the generals?
Will the middle and lower-level officers and even ordinary soldiers under the general buy it?
Huanlang, Nianliu and Hutou watched all this in a daze.
When my father was in Ningshuo Palace, it seemed that he only exerted his strength on women, but once he led the army, he was like a dragon entering the sea and a tiger entering the forest. He seemed to be born to be in the army. With a whip, the stubborn enemies were defeated; with a wave of the flag, all of them bowed their heads. Hulang frowned and thought.
Nian Liu opened his mouth wide.
The tiger head's eyes are shining.
"Order to slaughter the dead and wounded horses and draft animals, and bring the captured cattle and sheep over for a feast for the whole army." Shao Xun ordered, "My men have won a victory, so how can they not have something delicious? After eating and drinking, chase the enemy troops for me, don't let them go, and chase them all the way to Pingcheng."
The order was immediately passed down.
At the same time, Shao Xun moved into Guangwu City and personally interrogated the prisoners.
This battle is not just a military one. Only by taking both military and political measures can we be victorious.
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When Yu Kun was brought up, he had a bruised face and nose, and it was obvious that he had received education of love.
"Have you behaved yourself?" Shao Xun looked at Tong Qianjin and asked.
"Your Majesty, just ask casually. He is very honest now." Tong Qianjin grinned and said with a big mouth.
Yu Kun lowered his head in shame and anger.
"I like people who know how to deal with the current situation." Shao Xun said, "Yu Kun, I'll give you a chance to live now. We have arrested quite a few of you this time. Go to the prison and see if there is anyone familiar and trustworthy. Ask him to go back and tell your brother to lead the people to surrender, and you will be safe."
Yu Kun hesitated slightly but remained silent.
Shao Xun snorted coldly and said, "If you hesitate any longer, I won't even try to persuade you to surrender. I will just kill all of your people. Just now, my elite cavalry has chased you to more than ten miles southwest of Qinren (now Fanshi County). If you are late, there will be nothing left. Qinren, can you defend? Do you dare to defend?"
"Your Majesty." Tong Qianjin was also a little annoyed, and said, "I will take him down and persuade him again. It will only take a short while, and I guarantee he will obey."
Shao Xun did not comment, but only asked: "Yu Kun, what benefits did He Li give you that made you work so hard? I heard that your tribe was originally grazing in Suotouchuan. Is it worth it to be transferred all the way to Yanmen to work? You have a lot of old, weak, women and children, right? Where are they hiding? Don't let me find them."
Yu Kun suddenly raised his head, obviously not calm anymore.
When his tribe moved from Suotouchuan to Yanmen, there were more than 20,000 people in it. That was the end of Tuoba Yilu's reign.
Yilu gave them full power, and the Wuhuan, Jin people and a small number of Xianbei and Xiongnu in Yanmen County were all under their jurisdiction, with a total of more than 30,000 people.
Among these people, although there are only two or three thousand Jin people, they are extremely unreliable and there is a high probability that they will surrender.
As for the Wuhuan, they have nearly 10,000 people and are not very reliable, so they are also likely to surrender.
Yanmen Pass is not very big, and once someone leads the way, it is easy to find the temporary grazing places of the elderly, the weak, women and children, and capture or even kill them all.
If you can’t defeat them head-on, what else can you do?
If the Jin army was mostly cavalry, they would still have the confidence to fight, but they had a large number of heavy armored infantry in their ranks. With the cooperation of the cavalry, they advanced layer by layer and it was difficult to defeat them head-on.
The only chance of winning was to stretch out the Jin army's supply lines and lure the enemy deep into their territory, but it was inappropriate to talk about this now because they were defeated before they could carry out this tactic.
"My king, I'll give him another trick." Tong Qianjin kicked Yu Kun and said.
"Hey, why be so rude." Shao Xun clapped his hands, then sat leisurely, looking at Yu Kun with a smile.
Yu Kun was slightly puzzled, not knowing what Shao Xun was up to, but soon he opened his eyes wide.
Lady Wang, the wife of the Dai State, came into the hall holding Tuoba Shiyijian's hand.
Shao Xun signaled with his eyes.
Wang suppressed her chaotic emotions, turned around and sat down, and asked, "Yu Kun, do you know me?"
Shao Xun secretly praised in his heart that the 19-year-old Wang had almost the qualities of the 28-year-old Yu Wenjun, but she was much stronger than Yu Wenjun at the age of 19. Although Wang was probably not as good as Pei Lingyan and Yang Xianrong at the same age, let alone a vicious woman like Qi.
If we really have to make an analogy, Yu Wenjun is that kind of little white rabbit, Wang is a little better than the little white rabbit, and Qi is completely a poisonous snake.
"Khatun?" Yu Kun cried out.
He did not call him Dai Gong Shi Yijian first. One reason was that the Guangning Wang family was not far from Suotouchuan and the two sides had some friendship. Another reason was that Shi Yijian was only five years old, so it was natural for his mother to be the head of the family until he truly came of age and could rule the country.
"Yu Kun, now that things have come to this, what is there to hesitate about?" Wang stared at Shao Xun from the corner of her eye. Seeing him nod slightly, she felt relieved and continued, "The sooner we surrender, the sooner we will be safe. If the elite cavalry of the Jin Dynasty really find our pasture, we will not be able to escape."
Yu Kun sighed and lowered his head.
Wang twisted her neck slightly and glanced at Shao Xun.
Shao Xun used his mouth to shape the words "Wuhuan".
Wang understood and said, "My family is a descendant of the Wuhuan King. The Yanmen Wuhuan have always been friendly with my family. If I come forward to pacify them, do you think they will still be willing to fight?"
Yu Kun was speechless.
Before the Battle of Guangwu, the Yanmen Wuhuan might not necessarily listen to the Wang family. After all, the main branch of the Wuhuan king had gone to Shengle many years ago, and their direct descendants had now joined Tuoba Yihuai. The Guangning Wang family was just a distant relative of the Wuhuan king.
But the situation was different at that time. After this battle, the Wuhuan people must have lost their courage and would have taken the opportunity when there was a way out in front of them. Khatun was not exaggerating in this regard.
Seeing that Yu Kun's expression had relaxed a little, Wang suddenly had an idea and said, "Shi Yijian is the legitimate son of the previous king. Wouldn't it be better for you to surrender to him than to work for that coward He Li?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall had different expressions.
For the first time, Shao Xun discovered that Wang, this woman, had a lot of room for growth and was progressing very quickly, and it seemed that she was beyond his control.
But Yu Kun suddenly understood. Yes, I did not surrender to the Jin people. I surrendered to the Khatun and the Shiyijian.
Thinking of this, he immediately fell to the ground and said, "I am willing to surrender."
Wang smiled with relief, stood up and helped Yu Kun up, saying softly: "Then send someone back quickly and bring the tribesmen here. King Liang is kind and virtuous, and will never kill people."
After saying that, he glanced at Shao Xun.
Shao Xun sat there with an unfathomable smile on his face.
Wang started to panic and her face turned pale.
On the 26th, just as Wang Que'er led more than 10,000 people to the vicinity of Qinren County, news came: Suotou leader Yu Ju led more than 27,000 men, women and children to surrender.
On the 27th, Shao Xun marched northward from Guangwu, divided his troops to take over the Yanmen passes, and overlooked the land of Xingbei.
At this time, military news came from the east: the main force of the Xianbei had arrived, Chen Yougen was fighting at a disadvantage, and lost thousands of soldiers north of the Sanggan River.
(End of this chapter)