Chapter 847: The Xin Tribe is Destroyed.
The sudden change shocked everyone in the hall. Several elders looked at the anvil holding a steel knife and the headless body that had fallen to the ground, and they were all terrified.
The honest and timid elder Zhu fell to the ground in fear. The three elders Mi Dousheng also supported each other and took a few steps back. The two elders Huang Bai were so angry that they couldn't believe what they saw.
"You, you, you actually killed the commander-in-chief? You're dead!" Elder Huang Jin said with a twitching face.
"Come on, come quickly, take down this traitor, and don't let him run away!" Elder Bai Jin was so scared that he ran out of the hall, calling for support while running.
When the three elders Mi Dousheng saw Elder Bai Jin running out, they only reacted at this time and hurriedly followed him to flee.
Elder Huangjin looked down on the fleeing people and shouted at the two commanders' guards who had just escorted Tiezhen.
"What are you two still standing there for? Didn't you see that he killed the commander-in-chief? Hurry up and kill him!"
However, the two guards just looked at him coldly and had no intention of paying attention to him.
But at this moment, the commanders' guards who were guarding outside had heard the elders' call and rushed into the hall with their weapons, ready to capture the traitor who killed the commander-in-chief.
But before they rushed into the hall, the two guards who had just disobeyed the order took action on their own. However, not only did they not attack Tiezhen, but they each drew their magic swords to block the door. When the other guards were not prepared, they killed the two guys who rushed to the front on the spot.
Elder Huangjin was stunned for a moment, his face full of disbelief. Looking at the two guards who suddenly rebelled in front of him, he finally became scared. He pointed at the two and retreated tremblingly, while saying in shock and anger.
"You, you, you two are also thieves from the Han tribe?!"
However, the two guards ignored him and continued to resist the other guards rushing in from outside.
At this moment, a burst of shouting and killing sounded in the courtyard outside the lobby, and the sound of swords clashing rang out, accompanied by the sound of bows and crossbows shooting from all around from time to time. The fighting inside and outside the courtyard was completely quiet before it lasted for a minute, leaving only the screams of several elders who escaped.
"Ah, who are you, let me go! Otherwise, none of you can get out!" Elder Bai Jin's shout suddenly came from outside.
"Can't get out? Ha! It doesn't matter, even if I die here, my son can inherit my military merits and title, and it's worth it for me to die!" Another slightly rough voice followed.
"What are you going to do?! Don't kill us, we are the elders of the Xin tribe. We surrender. Don't kill us. Your leader will definitely be able to use us. The three of us know all the arable land and farming time of the Xin tribe. You can't kill us!"
"Yes, yes, we surrender. Don't kill us. I know how many livestock the Xin tribe has, the annual meat and fur production, and the use of oxen. You can't kill me, otherwise your leader will not spare you!"
"Ah! Don't kill me, don't kill me, I surrender too, you can't kill me!"
The three elders of Mi, Dou and Sheng in the courtyard screamed crazily. Elder Dou was so scared that he was almost crazy. He just kept begging for mercy without saying what role he played.
"Traitors, you three traitors, the Xin tribe doesn't have elders like you, all of you go to hell, ah, let me go, woo, woo, woo, woo."
Elder Bai Jin saw the three elders of Mi Dousheng surrendering and begging for mercy, and rushed over in anger to start fighting the three people. However, before he could hit them a few times, he was immediately pulled over by the Han scouts brought in by Tiezhen. After being tied up, his mouth was blocked, and he couldn't say a word. He could only fall to the ground and wriggle like a caterpillar, and his mouth made a woo, woo, woo struggle.
The three elders of Mi Dousheng who expressed their willingness to surrender were not treated differently. They were all tied up like caterpillars and gagged.
Elder Zhu was a pro-Han faction. He admired the culture of the Han tribe very much, especially the various architectural cultures. Although he had never been to the Han tribe, he had seen some buildings with Han tribal characteristics in the delegation, and he wanted to learn them very much.
But when he encountered such a thing, he didn't know what to do. Beg for mercy like the three elders of Mi Dousheng? He said he didn't know what capital he had, or in other words, he didn't know what value he had to the leader of the Han tribe.
Because his profession was there, he was just a contractor who built houses, but the houses of the Han tribe were much better than his, and the construction technology was much better than his. Compared with the architects of the Han tribe, he was the younger brother, so he had no face and no chance to beg for mercy, because at this time he had been tied up like a caterpillar and stuffed in his mouth, just like the other elders.
"You, you guys, did you prepare this a long time ago?!" The Golden Elder in the hall was at a loss in the face of such a situation. He also began to get scared and no longer dared to shout like before.
He didn't know whether Tiezhen and these Han soldiers could get out of Qingquan Valley, but he understood that even if Tiezhen and the others couldn't get out, they would definitely chop him to death first? !
"What are you talking about, you, just wait to die! Take him down!" Tiezhen didn't want to pay attention to him at all. He gave an order to the two men guarding the door, and the two immediately captured the Golden Elder and tied him up like a dumpling in the same way.
Then Tiezhen called someone to temporarily collect the body of Commander Xin, preparing to take it back to Luo Chong, and then began to give orders to carry out the clearing operation.
The more than 20 Jinwu Guard spies who lurked in, and the 300 scouts who mixed in with the militia this time, immediately began to clear out the high-level officials of the Xin tribe. The Jinwu Guard led the team, and the scouts acted as the main force, and went to clear out various places separately. The
high-level officials of the Xin tribe are not only Commander Xin and the elders, but also Commander Xin’s direct relatives, especially his three generations of blood relatives, Commander Xin’s brothers and sisters, and his nephews, who have become the focus of the search and arrest. Now that Commander Xin is dead, these people have become the most likely to take over the position of Commander Xin. If they are still alive or escape, then even if the Han tribe wins the war and occupies Zhudao, these people may jump out and use their blood identity to cause trouble.
What if they instigate the people of Zhudao to rebel everywhere?
Anyway, Luo Chong was determined not to allow such a situation to happen.
This was even more true for the families of the elders. Not to mention the nine clans and the three clans, at least the direct relatives within three generations would not be able to escape
. It was not important to kill them or not. The most important thing was to control these people first, and then report the situation to Luo Chong, and then Luo Chong would make the decision. As for the unlucky Xin leader, it was fine to kill him. Anyway, this person was going to die anyway, and it didn't matter whether he was asked or not.
In addition, there were pro-Han people like Elder Zhu, who were originally a large clan and an old clan of the Xin tribe. If his direct relatives could recognize the situation like him, then Luo Chong would not mind sparing their lives.
After all, what Luo Chong wanted was a stable Takeshima. If some local old clans could be properly promoted and reused, it would have a positive impact on the rapid stabilization of the political situation in Takeshima, because they were more familiar with the situation in Takeshima and had more influence in the hearts of the local people.
The search went smoothly. The Jinwu Guards who led the way were all "old men" who came to Zhudao with Tiezhen. They had lived here for more than two years. In addition, they had deliberately conducted reconnaissance and had already known the situation in Zhudao very well, especially the important targets such as the elders and the commander of the Xin tribe.
With these leaders and the fearless attack of three hundred elite Han scouts, a group of elders' families and the commander's family were all captured in about two hours.
The total number of this group of people was about five or six hundred. About one hundred people were captured from each family. Some relatives of the elders were recruited into the corps, so there were not many direct relatives left at home. The rest had to wait until the two corps were captured and their identities were identified one by one.
The search did not last long and came to an end, and there was no big reaction during the whole operation.
The militiamen and their families in Qingquan Valley have been instigated by the militiamen brought by Tiezhen. They were deceived by the leaders of the Xin tribe and were forcibly tied to the chariots of the Xin tribe. These people hated the leaders of the Xin tribe, so how could they stop the actions of the Han tribe?
The other two regular army corps defending the valley entrance had not even heard the news. They were still staring at the Han army opposite nervously, and had no time to take care of other things. They had no idea what happened in the rear, so naturally there was no possibility of any movement.
At noon on the day when the clearing was completed, the winter sun was shining brightly. Taking advantage of this good weather, the Han tribe finally blew the horn of the decisive battle and launched a general attack on the Xin tribe.
Tiezhen was stationed in the valley and had controlled the militiamen and their families. He asked these militiamen, the Jinwu Guards and scouts he brought with him to guard the captured Xin tribe leaders.
Their mission was to defend on the spot, look after their families, their food, various production tools and other property. As for the decisive battle, Tiezhen said that they didn't need to participate at all. The more than 10,000 elite Han troops outside the valley were enough to hold the scene.
As long as these militiamen didn't help the enemy and didn't run around making trouble, Xue Tu outside the valley said that he could easily deal with the two corps.
This was indeed the case. At noon, when the shadow of the flagpole finally became the shortest, Xue Tu finally issued the order for a general attack.
At the two entrances of Qingquan Valley, the artillery battalion of the Huben Guards pulled out the 20 field cannons brought with them for this expedition. Ten were placed at each valley entrance, lined up in front of the formation, and after loading solid iron bullets, they immediately began rounds of volleys.
However, in order to reduce the casualties of the enemy and allow the Han army to capture more prisoners as labor, the artillery was loaded with the smallest double charge and the most common single-shot solid iron bullets. Such shells hit the enemy's array, which had only a few rows in depth, and the actual killing effect was very limited.
However, it was not important whether there were casualties or not. Xue Tu said that he just wanted to scare them so as to break the enemy's morale and formation.
The booming sound of the artillery resounded like thunder at both ends of the valley, and the huge echoes kept reverberating in the valley. The two Xin tribe corps stationed at the entrance of the valley were all dumbfounded. They said that they had never seen such weapons before. Except for the grassland people in the corps, the clan soldiers of the Xin tribe had really never seen such weapons.
Thick choking smoke accompanied by dazzling flames spewed out of the silver-gray iron pipes, and then a black shadow roared into the camp of the Xin tribe corps. The thin Xin tribe defenders, who only had three or four rows, were directly smashed through by the shells, and those who were hit were blown to pieces on the spot.
After several rounds of volleys, although not many people died, the deaths of those unfortunate dead scared everyone. Who has ever seen a person who was standing next to them and talking, and exploded on the spot in the next second?
Such a cruel and frightening thing made them unable to help but be afraid.
What can they do if they are afraid? They can only run away. No matter where they will escape to in the future, they have to run away first.
However, just as they began to flee, the Han tribe army behind them immediately blew the charge horn and rushed towards them with a roar.
The Han tribe carried out a tail-biting attack, and had an absolute advantage in all aspects. Therefore, the last two regular army corps of the Xin tribe did not even run two miles, and were surrounded by the two armies of the Han tribe at the valley entrance.
After a similar surrender persuasion as in the previous Qingqing Gorge battle, the anvil was finally notified to hold the head of the Xin commander and show the captured elders in front of the corps soldiers.
The two Xin tribe corps, with no escape and no way to survive, completely laid down their weapons and expressed their acceptance of the surrender of the Han tribe.
After a surrender treatment similar to that in the Qingqing Gorge battle, all the resistance forces of the Xin tribe were declared to be completely collapsed, and the Xin tribe was completely ended and became history.
The next step was to report the battle situation to Luo Chong on a daily basis. Xue Tu began to deploy troops and arrange for each garrison to garrison at the designated location. Xue Qingyao also began to organize a public trial and arranged for the Sima of each garrison to start working on the government affairs of the six counties of Zhudao. After they received Luo Chong's reply, they could publicly execute the high-ranking officials of Zhudao, and then start to implement Zhudao's new plan according to Luo Chong's orders.
(End of this chapter)
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