Chapter 2700 Great Victory
Yanshou surrendered with more than 36,000 people. When he reached the foot of the mountain, he knelt down with his sword in hand and surrendered on his knees. The emperor accepted his surrender, and the surrounded rear army also surrendered under Yanshou's persuasion.
What else can they do if they don't surrender? The main general has been captured. No, the main general and half of his soldiers have surrendered. How can they still hold on?
Duke Zhao counted the spoils of war. Not to mention the people, in this battle, 50,000 horses, 50,000 cattle, more than 10,000 pieces of armor, and a large number of weapons were seized.
Although they did not contain gold, silver, or jewelry brought from the siege, these things were also valuable, or even more valuable, because they could be used on the battlefield right away.
The emperor counted the number of people and selected chiefs such as Yanshou and many other leaders, nearly four thousand people, and moved them all to the interior.
The remaining ordinary soldiers were instantly leaderless, and the emperor did not make things difficult for them. He let them leave and let them return to Pyongyang.
The soldiers were stunned for a moment, then they knelt down and cried bitterly, bowed their heads to the ground, and thanked the emperor with a bang. Many of them had blood on their foreheads, and when they got up again, they couldn't help but hug each other and cheer.
The cheers reached Anshi City, more than ten miles away. The enemy was confused and had no idea what was going on.
Duke Zhao looked at the soldiers hugging each other and screaming in the open field, then turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, righteousness is supreme."
The emperor said, "Let them leave from Huangcheng and Yincheng, and don't let them go beyond Anshi City."
Duke Zhao agreed and began to lead his soldiers to release the people.
There are too many enemy troops. There are only more than 40,000 of them here, and the enemy's number is twice as many as theirs. It is impossible to capture them all.
Among these people there are Mo people, Buyeo people, and even Han people. They are all from the same lineage, so we can't just kill them all.
Not to mention that the emperor could not do such a thing, even if he could do it, the generals and ministers in the court would stop him.
Keeping them here would waste food, so we had no choice but to let them go.
But there is a skill in how to put it.
These people have lost their courage. Without horses, armor and weapons, they will probably not join the army again. Even if they are captured as soldiers, they will be easy to fight.
Duke Zhao personally escorted them to the wilderness and watched them leave.
The Goguryeo army trembled and huddled together as they moved forward. They couldn't help but secretly look back at the Jin army that was ready to go. They were very scared, fearing that they would say they would let them go but would shoot arrows from behind.
Therefore, they didn't dare to look any further, and just ran for their lives in the wilderness in groups of three or five, supporting each other.
After running a long way, they couldn't help but look back. They were relieved to see that the Jin army was still riding on their horses and not chasing them.
They found their fellow villagers and went home together. They didn't want to fight anymore. The Jin army was too terrifying.
In order to avoid being caught and also to avoid being identified as deserters, they simply bypassed the city and went directly through the wilderness. Some of them really couldn't go around and didn't dare to stay for long, so they pretended to be refugees from Gaimu City and went in, and then quickly ran away.
Many refugees suddenly emerged in the remaining cities of Goguryeo.
When they have nothing to eat, they will rob things and form bandits. In some small cities, they are like locusts passing through, and there is not much left.
The emperor stood on a high mountain and watched them walk away. He turned and said to the Duke of Zhao, "Get ready. Take Anshi City. I will take people to Baiyan City to take a look."
Push both sides down together.
Duke Zhao agreed.
Meanwhile, Qibi Heli, who had recovered after three days of rest, received news of a resounding victory on the neighboring front and said to Xue Bei, "Capture these 10,000 reinforcements and we'll continue our advance."
Manbao gave him a pill and said to him, "Take this pill when you feel like you're about to die. I might be able to save you when I come back."
Qibi Heli: ...
Xue Bei said quickly, "General, please stay in the tent and let me lead the vanguard."
Qibi Heli shook his head, "You can't."
Like Ashina, most of the soldiers under Qibi Heli were Hu soldiers, who were very fierce. Xue Bei was not very familiar with them, so they would not listen to him too much.
Two thousand cavalrymen, if used well, can be as easy as using one's arms and fingers; if used poorly, they can become a burden.
Qibi Heli did not dare to take his cavalry to cause trouble at will, so he had to go in person.
After receiving Zhou Man's medicine, Qibi Heli went to check the troops and said to Xue Bei, "According to the plan, you lead the infantry to set up an ambush."
After he left, Manbao began to pack up and selected two students to go to the front line with the infantry battalion.
Xue Bei found a good place for her to set up a medical tent, and then waited in the rear for the wounded to arrive.
There was no way. Those people were scared by Qibi Heli's killing before, and they had been harassed for the past three days. Although not many people were harassed or killed, they were still timid. They were obviously reinforcements, but they only dared to move twenty miles towards this side after three days.
So they were still forty miles away from Baiyan City, which was too far. Some wounded soldiers could not hold on that far, so Manbao pushed the medical tent forward.
Manbao sat in the tent, directing the soldiers assigned to her to fetch water and boil water.
A soldier ran up and said, "Sir, isn't there enough firewood?"
"Go and look for it. Isn't this just a forest? Go and look for it first. If you can find it, drag it back. If not, send someone back to the city to get it. We must have hot water."
The soldier agreed and took his men to look for firewood.
Manbao turned around and went to help Sumu sort out the medicinal herbs they brought.
Su Mu kept looking towards the intersection. A fight had already started over there and they heard shouting and killing.
He couldn't help but ask Zhou Man, "Teacher, are you afraid?"
Man Bao said, "Don't worry. General Xue and the others said there's a defense line ahead. If it's breached, we'll run. The horses they gave us are all good. We'll just take the wounded and retreat."
Su Mu: ...But it's still so scary.
Manbao put the herbs in place according to her habit. The shouting and screaming over there became louder and louder. She couldn't help but stand on a stone and tiptoe to look over there. Unfortunately, there was a dense forest in the middle and she couldn't see anything.
Qibi Helizheng led his men to charge into the battle formation and then retreated, intending to lure them out. However, these people were probably afraid of being killed before and did not chase him.
He had no choice but to turn back and kill another wave of enemies. When he retreated, he felt the wound on his waist split open, but they still didn't fall for it.
He covered his waist and couldn't help cursing, "Damn it."
Then he ordered his personal guards, "Tell Xue Bei to split his forces and go around the rear. These idiots are scared out of their wits and probably won't fall into the trap."
In this case, they could only make a jar.
The personal guards responded.
Qibi Heli took a break, turned around and continued fighting with his men. If you don’t want to come, then don’t come. I’ll kill you one more time and then go back to bandage myself and come back tomorrow.
Manbao didn't receive the first wave of wounded soldiers until the evening, and Qibi Heli came back with them.
Manbao skillfully cut the sutures on his waist, took a look at it, repaired the wound and applied hemostatic medicine.
Qibi Heli's face turned pale, and he was cursing, saying that the enemy army was too cowardly, and that ten thousand people didn't dare to chase his two thousand people, calling them cowards.
Manbao asked, "Could it be that they see that you are trying to trick me?"
Qibi Heli said nothing.
Manbao asked, "Will they withdraw?"
Qibi Heli was startled and sat up suddenly, hissing as he pulled at his wound, but he didn't care and immediately called the scouts, "Go and see if they have retreated and if the main tent is still there."
"yes."
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(End of this chapter)
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