Chapter 721: Pursuit (Subscription Request)
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The cannon made a deafening noise, frightening all the horses around that had never seen the power of the cannon.
Su Ritu's warhorse was no exception, raising its front hooves high and neighing. Fortunately, this guy seemed to be a good rider. He clamped his legs tightly around the horse's belly and pulled the reins desperately with his hands, finally controlling the horse. Then he looked at the cannons beside Chai Duoduo with a sense of fear.
It was this strange thing, its power was so terrible that in just a moment, the chariot formation on the opposite side had been hit horribly by the cannon.
In the original circle formed by the carriages, the two carriages facing the muzzles had been beaten into sawdust, and the soldiers behind the two carriages had cleared a straight line at this time. It was estimated that the damage caused by this cannon alone killed two or three hundred people on the spot, including the clan elders standing in the front. However, Niu Wei's subordinate was timid and lay on the ground in advance to avoid the fatal blow.
The chain bullets flew forward like a fan with its main shaft removed, piercing the front carriage, leaving a trail of blood, and finally flying out from the carriage behind. With just one strike, the circular formation was completely pierced. The power was terrifying.
Many people at the scene were stunned on the spot. Even the warriors of the Han tribe, including several artillerymen, also saw the destructive effect of artillery at close range for the first time.
"Invincible, the Han army is mighty!"
After a dead silence, Chai Duoduo suddenly raised his knife to the sky and shouted.
The surrounding Han soldiers immediately came to their senses. Yes, this weapon is ours, so what is there to be afraid of? With this thing in the future, the Han army will really be invincible, so Chai Duoduo's slogan was immediately responded to.
Countless Han soldiers around all raised their weapons and shouted along with the commander's slogan.
"The Han army is invincible!"
"Those who offend the mighty Han will be punished no matter how far they are away!"
The blood-stained spears and steel knives shone brightly in the morning sun, like a sea of steel. Countless shouts of the Han army gathered into one voice, echoing for a long time in the vast grassland.
Su Ritu and his soldiers were all frightened. Not only was it the shock brought by the power of the artillery, but also the momentum of the Han army, who else but me, daring to fight any powerful enemy in the world. Invincible, and punishing no matter how far they are away, seemed to have really become the synonym of the Han tribe.
Su Ritu seemed to have a voice in his mind, lingering in his mind.
"Give up your idea, the Han tribe cannot be defeated."
On the other side, the courage of the remaining soldiers in the Xin tribe position, which was surrounded by thousands of armored cavalry, was finally taken away by the momentum of the Han army. The shock of the power of the artillery, the death and injury of countless relatives and friends, and the death of those staunch anti-Han elders, the remaining less than two thousand soldiers finally had a common voice - surrender.
The Xin tribe sent out a total of about 3,000 soldiers this time. A thousand of them were killed in the first round of artillery fire. Just now, Chai Duoduo fired a cannon at them. In the end, only more than 1,600 good people surrendered. As for the seriously injured soldiers who were hit by the shells and had broken arms and legs, there was basically no possibility of recovery.
With this wave of surrender by the Xin tribe, the overall situation on the front battlefield was completely stabilized. Except for the enemies who escaped, the rest were either killed or chose to surrender to the Han tribe.
Chai Duoduo immediately sent 5,000 herdsmen who returned to the Han Dynasty to collect the surrendered soldiers, and asked them to send people to recover the livestock brought by the Maodun coalition. After all, there were tens of thousands of livestock, which were all spoils of war.
After assigning the tasks, Chai Duoduo took Su Ritu to the Han army camp and said to Xue Tu as soon as they met.
"Commander Tu, my Qianniu Guards have charged several times in a row, and our soldiers and horses have run out of energy. Why don't you let me stay to guard the city defense and the camp, and you take the Huben Guards and the light cavalry to chase and kill Maodun. We must not let him get away again this time."
"Okay, I couldn't ask for more."
Xue Tu was happy when he heard this. Although he was in command in the camp just now, he only fired a few cannons from a distance. Although it was also a great achievement, he had never really fought on the battlefield. Now he was asked to chase Maodun, of course he was willing.
However, when he saw Su Ritu following him, Xue Tu's eyes immediately turned and he suddenly said, "Captain Su Ritu, are you willing to lead the troops and go with me?"
"Ah?! I'm willing to go together, let's go together."
Su Ritu was staring at the dozens of cannons in front of the Han army in a daze. Suddenly he heard Xue Tu's question, and immediately came to his senses and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Just kidding, with these dozens of cannons in front of him, who dares to say no? Didn't you see how badly Maodun's coalition army lost just now? If they go to their own army for a few rounds, how many people would be left?
The camp changed guards, and the Qianniu Guards stayed behind to organize the aftermath. The two thousand Tiger Guards, who were full of energy, led seven thousand herdsmen and light cavalry, and Su Ritu's ten thousand troops, and chased in the direction of Maodun's escape again.
To the south of the battlefield, Maodun, who had already run dozens of miles, was sweating profusely. With an arrow stuck in his left arm, he was galloping on his horse with his full riding skills. The soldiers behind him followed him, and the eight thousand light cavalry of the Han tribe also chased him closely, shooting arrows at his coalition forces.
Maodun looked back with reluctance. When he came, he was accompanied by 60,000 troops, and he was the most popular on the grassland. As a result, he suffered a miserable defeat while roasting a leg of lamb, and fled to his base camp in a panic. At a glance, there were no more than ten thousand people who fled with him.
He didn't know how to explain to the women of the tribe when he returned.
The Han army behind him kept biting him, and someone kept accelerating and shooting arrows at his flag.
The more Maodun ran, the more disappointed he became. Just now, his godson Dalantai had luckily avoided the cannon and protected him to escape in advance. As a result, he was shot to death by a group of unknown soldiers of the Han tribe halfway through his escape because he blocked the arrows for him. He was shot with dozens of arrows and turned into a hedgehog.
The most annoying thing was that the Han soldiers who shot him to death were all grassland herdsmen who joined the Han tribe only last year.
Maodun couldn't figure it out. They were all herdsmen on the grassland. Why were these people so willing to work for the Han tribe?
But just as he was thinking about it, there was billowing smoke and dust from the horizon behind him again, and a large number of people and horses were chasing after him.
"So fast?!"
Maodun's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He didn't need to think to know that the people chasing behind him must be the Han army. On the battlefield just now, the coalition forces had been stunned by the mysterious attack of the Han tribe. They had no fighting spirit and were in disarray. They could not be opponents of the elite Han army at all.
What he didn't expect was that there were at least tens of thousands of people over there, and the Han tribe actually solved them so quickly.
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There will be another chapter later
(end of this chapter)
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