Chapter 844: More prisoners captured
The encirclement gradually narrowed. After the Xin tribe's corps launched a breakout, the remaining troops only added up to 1,500 people. The other 400 people were either captured by the Han tribe in the previous breakout, or jumped off the cliff in despair.
The 1,500 people on the Xin tribe's side have been successfully blocked at the edge of the cliff. These people have nowhere to retreat. Behind them is a 40-meter-high cliff. The key is that the river below the cliff is still full of Han tribe ships.
And right in front of them, the Han army wearing iron armor and helmets, holding large shields and steel knives, has surrounded them here in three layers. Looking at their own hands, they only have some wooden sticks and bamboo poles. Even weapons such as stones have been lost in the previous breakout.
At this moment, everyone was in despair, because in this situation, even if they were brave and could stop ten Han soldiers, they would suffer from the disadvantage of having no weapons. Facing the elite Han army that could not be seen at a glance, they had no intention of resisting.
They seemed to have only two choices now, either to be killed by the Han tribe, or to jump off the cliff to die on their own initiative. There was almost no other option.
But at this moment, the situation in front of them made them very confused, saying that they could not understand what the Han tribe was doing.
The Han army, which was several times larger than them, was originally sure of victory, but when the distance between the two sides was still fifty meters, the Han army heard the order and stopped on its own initiative.
"What are they going to do? Are they going to shoot arrows at us?" A married teenager in his teens looked at the Han army in front of him in fear.
""The people around were speechless.
Because the situation in front of them looked like they were going to shoot arrows. After all, they had nowhere to retreat and were compressed in such a small space. A few rounds of arrows would be the same as gathering people together and shooting them with machine guns?
Is this the rhythm of a massacre?
However, they all guessed wrong. Not only did the Han army not shoot arrows, but they also shouted slogans under the leadership of the officers.
"Those who surrender will be spared!"
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" Those who surrender will be spared!"
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"Those who surrender will be spared!"
In Chinese and Takeshima language, thousands of Han soldiers shouted the slogan of persuading surrender to be spared. After shouting, the sword and shield soldiers in front of them used the steel swords in their hands to hit the big shield in front of them. The sound of thousands of steel swords hitting shields merged into one, and the shocking feeling came over them, scaring the remnant soldiers of the Xin tribe who were surrounded in the middle to pee their pants on the spot.
The spear and halberd soldiers in the back row had nothing to hit, so they shouted slogans and stomped their feet while stamping their spears and halberds on the ground. They even matched the rhythm with the sword and shield soldiers in the front row? !
The remnant soldiers of the Xin tribe who were blocked on the edge of the cliff said that they had never seen such a battle, and they didn't expect that the Han tribe would let them go and asked them to surrender?
Isn't it said that the Han army kills without blinking an eye?
Just cut off three heads a few days ago? !
So, were the elders and the commander-in-chief above deceiving them, or were the Han tribe bluffing them, wanting them to voluntarily give up resistance before bleeding them one by one? !
But they were not fools. If the Han tribe wanted to kill them, they could have shot arrows at them long ago, right? Why did they need to voluntarily give up resistance? They would die anyway whether they resisted or not.
"I surrender, don't kill me, I promise not to be an enemy of the Han tribe anymore, please let me go, woo woo woo woo" A soldier suddenly broke down and cried, crawling to the front of the Han army. When he was ten meters in front of the Han army, he simply knelt on his knees and crawled over, crying while crawling on the ground.
Seeing this, the other people who wanted to surrender no longer hesitated, and rushed up to express their willingness to surrender, after all, there was already a leader, right? People just have a herd mentality.
Moreover, they also noticed one thing. If the 18,000 people of the Han tribe continued to stamp their feet on the edge of the cliff, they might collapse the cliff. Then, wouldn't those people on the edge of the cliff
dare to think about it?
On the Han side, when Xue Tu, Xue Qingyao, and Yang Feng, the three highest commanders of the Han army, who were behind the crowd, found that the remnants of the Xin tribe had surrendered, they looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Then Xue Qingyao waved his hand, and the Han army, which was still shouting slogans, suddenly stopped. Then, the airtight formation automatically separated into three passages. The spearmen on both sides of the passage automatically tilted their weapons forward, forming a long corridor of iron halberds above the passage.
Looking at the three gaps opened in the front array, the remnants of the Xin tribe who had surrendered walked over without hesitation. Although they became prisoners, they were still alive, right?
The three passages were very narrow, only allowing one person to pass through. There was a dome made of spears and halberds on top, so the surrendered soldiers also consciously dropped the sticks and bamboo poles in their hands. However, even if they wanted to take them through, it was impossible. The Han army guarding the passage in the front row would not agree.
In the back row of the array, that is, at the other end of the surrender passage, the soldiers of Feixiongwei began to receive the prisoners and take charge of temporary management.
They held ropes and guarded the entrance of the passage. Every time a surrendered Xin tribe soldier came out, the Han army would tie their hands in front of them, and then tie ten people into a string. After tying a string, they would be directly taken to the open space next to them to squat.
The prisoners who had just come out of the passage found that the people who came out before were only tied up, and were not directly killed by the Han army, so they were very cooperative when they were tied up, and did not cause any trouble.
The remnants of the Xin tribe who were blocked on the edge of the cliff saw that more and more people around them chose to surrender. Under the influence of the herd mentality, they all surrendered in the end.
The encirclement and suppression operation was launched in the middle of the night. It started with Elder Jin Tiezhen leading the militia to rebel and revolt. It took only two hours before and after, and ended with the complete victory of the Han tribe.
The most ridiculous thing is that in this operation, or in this battle, the Han army did not suffer any casualties, and their enemy, that is, the Xin tribe’s corps, also had no sacrificed soldiers. There were only a few hundred wounded during the breakout, but they were all flesh wounds and not in danger of death.
There were also a dozen guys who jumped off the cliff, but they were all captured alive by the Han army deployed on the river. No one was able to escape successfully, and no one died directly. After all, the main river channel of the Qingshui River was below, the water level was still quite deep, and the height was not at the limit of diving. If you dive forty meters, if you enter the water in the wrong posture, you will at most get injured, but you won’t die directly.
They worked until dawn, and the battlefield, or camp, in Qingqing Gorge was finally cleaned up by the Han army. What needed to be dismantled was dismantled, and the food that needed to be transported was transported away. As for eating, the Han army naturally had to cook, but these captured prisoners had to go hungry for two meals first. They
first received ideological education, and the most important thing was to tell them about the Han tribe's policy on treating prisoners. In simple terms, they had to work, and the Han tribe would provide food, accommodation, clothes and shoes. As long as they were obedient, their lives would definitely be saved.
In addition, the group of soldiers who had been captured before came forward to tell their stories, and this group of prisoners who had just been captured were completely free from panic, so they also completely calmed down.
In the temporary camp of the Han army at the foot of Qingqing Gorge, the three chief officers of the Han army also gathered together with a smile.
Yang Feng asked first, "Marshal, Sima, what do you think we should do next?"
"We'll listen to the Marshal, but I suggest we speed up. It's been a long time since we went on the expedition. The war must not be delayed until the beginning of next spring. The leader will be anxious. We can't delay the leader's plan for next year." Xue Qingyao did not speak on the specific details, but expressed some ideas about the time of the battle.
Xue Tu naturally knew the importance of time. A year's plan lies in spring. Apart from anything else, spring plowing is the top priority of the Han tribe, especially the newly occupied Zhudao. There are so many existing arable lands, and they can't all be abandoned. After all, this will also be the territory of the Han tribe in the future. What do you want to occupy it if you don't grow food?
"Then execute the final decisive battle plan. First, let Elder Jin Tiezhen take the group of militia prisoners back, and then we will immediately lead the army to follow up, and then cooperate with that useless Commander Xin to break through the last line of defense of the Xin tribe in one fell swoop." Xue Tu made a decision immediately.
PS: I slipped and fell when I was going down the stairs yesterday. My butt hit four steps in a row and hurt my coccyx. I can't even sit down. It's miserable
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