Chapter 718: Surrender with less battle and more
Yang Er and Xu Yunsheng had to order them to do it. Soon, the mercenary attack changed from the previous random raid to the advance of the formation, so that instead of giving the other side a chance, the Tatar cavalry fell into a state of retreat.
The mercenary chasing behind him reacted so quickly, which was indeed beyond Su He's expectations, and he guessed that he was afraid that there was a general who knew more about tactics in the opposing camp in command. Only now, he is not concerned about these, but whether the two thousand cavalry sent out on the retreat road can break out of a bloody road, and whether they can open a way for Lord Agadorji to escape.
Under the order of death, the two thousand Tatar cavalry launched a suicidal assault, and they were not afraid of the musket bullets fired in front of them and the mercenary cavalry several times their size, and they just bowed their heads and rushed to kill. Such a desperate style of play finally allowed them to tear a hole and open a way for Agadorji to escape from the battle line. Three thousand Tatar cavalry, also carrying hopes, left the team, plus those who had fled before, six or seven thousand Tatar cavalry had rushed out.
What the Tatar cavalry paid was that of the 2,000 cavalry sent, except for those who died in battle and those who were captured, no one retreated to the barracks.
"Whew!" With a long breath, Su He's previous hanging heart relaxed. Agadorji had fled, his only fear was gone, and the next thing was a bloody battle with the mercenaries, and he wanted to prove with death that the Tatar cavalry was not easy to provoke.
At this time, nearly two hours had passed since Yang Chendong summoned Xu Yunsheng before, and it seemed that there was an hour before the sky was about to dawn. At this time, Battalion Commander Xu finally learned from the prisoners he had just captured that the reason why Su He was able to integrate the army's heart, and quickly reported it to the sixth young master.
"Oh? This Su He actually thought of such an idea, and he really had some ability. After listening to Xu Yunsheng's story before and after, Yang Chendong also had to sigh, this Su He is really a capable person.
I didn't know how the other party did it before, so I could only take it step by step to win the victory. But now that you know the method used by the other party, you just need to target it. "So give me the command, and the whole army cease to attack, and wait until the dawn comes. And once the enemy wants to make a surprise attack, the musketeers are in front, the archers are behind, and it is enough to suppress them to break through. ”
The trapped beast is especially fighting, but it is not the result that Yang Chendong wants to see. If this is the case, then it is better to besiege but not attack, and what he wants now is not to destroy, but to conquer.
The mercenaries suddenly stopped their previous onslaught, and the front line became quiet, which caught Su He, who was in the final battle, a little unprepared. Hearing that there was no shouting outside, for some reason, he had a bad feeling.
"General, are they preparing for a big attack?" Some commanders who also didn't know why came to Shi Su He's front and asked for instructions.
Some people also asked, "General, it's almost dawn, when will our reinforcements come?" ”
"Yes. Now the soldiers below are looking forward to it, this night is over, everyone is very tired, the losses are also very heavy, the emotions of the soldiers below are very nervous. ”
Of course, Su He can't say that there is no reinforcement at all, otherwise, I am afraid that if the army does not have to fight, it will directly lose morale and be unable to fight. In order to stabilize the overall situation, he had to continue to arrange, "It's not far from dawn, and reinforcements should be coming soon." Now what we have to do is to accumulate strength, and once reinforcements appear, we will attack inside and out, and defeat the mercenaries completely in a battle. ”
Hearing what Su He said with such affirmation, the commanders below couldn't help but show happy smiles on their faces. At that moment, they promised one by one that they would work hard to stabilize the morale of the army, and then they left.
Su He, who was left behind, was puzzled, could it be that the mercenaries were really preparing to launch a big attack? If so, he has already decided to lead the army to fight to the death, and even if he dies in battle, it will inflict a great blow on the mercenaries, and it will not be in vain for him to live this life. But what if the other side doesn't want to attack? If they had other ideas, what if they had other ideas?
Looking up at the sky, it was still so dark. But Su He knew that he was afraid that after an hour, the sky would brighten, that is, there was not much time left for him to fight.
Su He knew that he would die, and what he wanted was to have a bloody battle with the mercenaries and die on the battlefield with the dignity of a soldier. But it's a pity that the mercenaries didn't go as he planned, and suddenly stopped attacking, just surrounding from a distance, which made Su He have a bad feeling in his heart.
The so-called fear of something, just when Su He was thinking about whether the other party would have insight into his plan, suddenly there was a shout from the front line, and the voice that belonged to the Han people came very clearly at this moment, "Tatar cavalry brothers, you have been fooled, you will not have any reinforcements at all, whether it is Hara Ruo on the Xihe Road, or Gelang on the North Slope Road, they have all been defeated by our mercenaries now, and even we have captured Ha Ra Ruo Chuan alive." Now you are simply alone, and surrendering immediately is the right way, otherwise, you can only die, and it is not worth dying. ”
"Brothers Tatar cavalry, you have been fooled, we will not have any reinforcements at all, no matter what..."
The shouts were repeated over and over again, and through the simple loudspeakers of the other side, they were transmitted into the Tatar army. The cavalrymen who first heard the news looked at each other one by one, and all of them had ugly and angry looks on their faces.
The face is ugly because of the situation they are in, and the anger is because they know that they have been deceived, and for a while the military camp is like a nest blown up, no matter how hard those commanders try, it is now impossible to suppress it. Unexpectedly, these commanders had no choice but to unite and come to Su He's face, wanting to ask for an explanation.
Su He was not as flustered as everyone imagined, but rode on the horse very calmly, looked at these angry commanders, bowed his head and admitted his mistake. "I'm sorry everyone, I told a lie before, and it's really possible that we won't have reinforcements."
"What? Are there really no reinforcements? ”
"If so, what are we going to do next? Without reinforcements, we would not be a match for mercenaries. ”
"Yes, what should I do? General Su was also asked to come up with a charter. ”
The commanders were babbling. Facing Su He, who calmly admitted everything, they suddenly found that they were not so angry, after all, the other party did not take the opportunity to escape, but stayed here like everyone else.
After calming the anger of the commanders, Su He then talked about how to deal with it. "Brothers, the obvious mercenaries are now trying to play psychological tactics and come to victory without a fight, if that is the case, we will all become prisoners of each other, and even life is worse than death. Even so, it's better to fight hard, and maybe there will be a possibility of survival. And even if you can't escape and die on the battlefield, you can die a happy death and be a good man. ”
"General, what do you mean..."The commanders had already guessed some kind of decision that Su He was going to make next.
"I mean, let's fight, rush out, escape one counts as one, and each has a good destiny." Su He also knew that at this moment, he could only tell the truth, and only in this way might he be able to get a glimmer of life.
Breaking through is not an easy thing to do, and maybe even most people will leave their lives here. But as Su He said, if they don't, they don't have any better choice now.
These commanders, you look at me, I look at you, and finally nodded helplessly. After receiving the support of these commanders, Su He immediately issued a military order, and the whole army assaulted, striving to rush out under the cover of moonlight.
When the military order was issued, the Tatar cavalrymen, who were still questioning whether they had been deceived or not, were left speechless by General Su He's sincerity. Although he was angry in his heart, he didn't want to be a prisoner, and he didn't even dare to think about what the life of a prisoner would be like.
Everyone held on to the hope that they might survive, drew their sabers one by one, and launched a move to rush out to kill before dawn. When hundreds of Tatar cavalry rushed out, the formation was also quite huge.
The moment they felt the shaking of the earth, the Humang Independent Regiment guarding the outermost part felt it. As the regiment commander, Hu Mang immediately ordered the three battalions of musketeers to get ready, and at the same time ordered the other fighters who were laying mines to retreat and prepare for battle.
Behind the independent regiment, the wind chasing station of the reinforced cavalry regiment was also wound with bows and arrows, ready to issue bows and arrows when the enemy approached.
On-head, the rushing Tatar cavalry began to increase more and more, they seemed to have known their own situation, if the first charge was fruitless, I am afraid that it would be more difficult to have any good results in the future, so that the number of cavalry in this attack is very large, and the speed is also very fast.
Although it was dark night, the earth was shaking, and it still gave people the feeling that thousands of troops and horses were bravely crossing the single-plank bridge, so the faces of many mercenary cavalry became very cold, and even some soldiers had cold sweat faintly on their palms.
Feeling the nervousness of the soldiers, Hu Mang, who often followed Yang Chendong and had already cultivated the spirit of a general, smiled, "Don't panic, everyone, we are very well prepared, and the enemy can't rush over." ”
As if to confirm his words, a deafening explosion suddenly sounded, and the sky-high flames reflected the original night, so that the soldiers had a bright eye, and they could see everything that happened on the road ahead.