Han Shizhong wore a black iron tiger armor and held a long horse-slaying saber in his right hand.

This sword was commissioned by the emperor and specially made for Han Shizhong. It is extremely sharp and is named Canghong (Azure Rainbow).

Two command battalions followed Han Shizhong into battle.

There are a total of one thousand people.

There were two commanders, and the rest of the men were also wearing armor and were well-equipped.

Reverend Bayar shouted, “Run!”

Meanwhile, Baburs led about a thousand men and women who charged forward, though they were all relatively weak.

All the strong men of this tribe had been conscripted by Inanchi Khan, leaving only the old, weak, sick, and disabled.

Even if the regular army of the Yinan Khan came, they might not be a match for Han Shizhong, let alone these people.

Zhao Huan rode a tall and magnificent warhorse, dressed in full black armor, with guards protecting him from all sides.

He pointed ahead and said to Zong Ze beside him, "Lord Zong, look, those people are all women and elderly people who are powerless, and some children as well. Do you think it would be too cruel for me to kill them?"

"Your Majesty is wise as the sea, and Your Majesty has your own plans. As a soldier, it is my first duty to obey Your Majesty."

Zong Ze was a good general and a good commander. He not only disciplined his troops strictly, but also set an example by himself.

He is very demanding of others, but he is even more demanding of himself.

His words are the best explanation.

However, Zhao Huan still said, "I am making them shed blood today so that my people will not shed blood in the future. The barbarians on this grassland must be integrated into China, otherwise I will wipe them out completely."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

As they were speaking, Han Shizhong and his men clashed with the other side.

The Naiman tribe was known for its strength and warlike nature. They spoke a Western Turkic language and inherited the ferocity of the Turks of yesteryear.

In the past, the Song army might have been defeated before the battle even began when they encountered the Naiman warriors, but things are different now.

In the very first encounter, Han Shizhong's vanguard cavalry rammed and sent the charging Mongols flying.

With a swipe of his broadsword, Han Shizhong cleaved one of the men's heads in two at an angle. Brain matter began to slide down the smooth surface. One of the man's eyes was still open, blinking, and his mouth was still moving.

He took two steps before collapsing and dying.

Another Song cavalryman swung his axe at the Mongol man in front of him, tearing him apart from the shoulder like chopping wood, spraying blood everywhere.

"I'm here to take your dog's life!" Baburs shouted. He was one of the most capable men in this small tribe. After the other strong men were conscripted, he was the best fighter.

The reason he was kept was that he had just contracted a serious illness during the conscription period, which was a big taboo for the army, so he was left in the tribe.

After resting for a while, the illness was actually cured.

He is nearly 2 meters tall and has a very strong physique.

Like an ox, he brandished an axe made of wood and stone and swung it at Han Shizhong.

Han Shizhong suddenly slumped onto the horse's back, pressing himself tightly against it.

The axe whistled past him from behind, and at the same time, Han Shizhong's knife sliced ​​across Baburs's side. Due to the enormous impact, the knife grazed his ribs, cutting open his left side, and even grazed his cervical vertebrae.

Baburs jogged a few more steps forward and then stopped.

He started bleeding from the left side of his body, very quickly, and he felt his life slipping away.

Before he could think any further, another Song soldier came up and slammed his iron mace into his forehead.

With a bang, his forehead bone was shattered and collapsed, the bone sinking into his brain.

Baburs eventually died.

The others were equally ferocious, wielding their knives swiftly and decisively, leaving their opponents defenseless.

In just a short while, they had plowed through all of them, and as far as the eye could see, the ground was littered with corpses.

Upon seeing this, the elderly and women hurriedly tried to escape with their children, but how could they possibly run away?

More than half an hour later, Han Shizhong returned covered in blood to report the results of the battle.

Zhao Huan said, "Cast a mound of skulls."

"yes!"

After the Song army finished casting the Jingguan (a mound of skulls), Zhao Huan left with his men.

Then, they began hunting down these small tribes, killing them on sight.

They fought for half a month, wiping out more than a dozen such tribes, and instilling fear in the people of the grasslands.

Among them, Zhao Huan also encountered a medium-sized tribe of over ten thousand people, which was also razed to the ground.

The Song army had a field of heads on the grasslands, and when they heard about this, the Khan was furious.

He was not angry because he cared about his people, but because Zhao Huan was weakening his most important resource in the fastest and most ruthless way.

For grasslands with a small population, population is extremely important.

According to the Song emperor's method of killing, he intended to kill all those who refused to submit on the grasslands, thus eradicating the problem at its root.

Just like during the war years, why did Bai Qi massacre 400,000 Zhao soldiers?

In the era of cold weapons, population was the greatest resource for warfare.

There are people who can form a large army, grow crops for production, and transport goods.

In order to completely defeat the Zhao state in one battle, Bai Qi did something famous throughout history: he ordered the massacre of 400,000 Zhao soldiers.

After that battle, the State of Zhao was severely weakened and essentially withdrew from the stage of becoming a powerful state.

If Bai Qi hadn't killed those 400,000 soldiers but had instead let them go, Qin Shi Huang's unification of China might have been delayed by several years.

The course of history and the unification of regions have always been accompanied by bloodshed.

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