Chapter 505: Filling the Pit
Braving the rain of arrows to fill the trench, this is indeed a chore for the Huns, although most of the Huns are equipped with shields, but the area of the shield is limited after all, protect the body, can not protect the lower body, protect the people, can not protect the horses, the Wei army's random arrows shot over, the Hun soldiers who shot dead are not much, but there are a lot of war horses shot.
Without the Hun soldiers of the war horse, there is naturally no threat at all, so the Wei army's bow and arrow are aimed at people and horses, what to shoot is nothing, and only need to diffuse, the Hun cavalry swarmed like a swarm of attacks, giving the Wei archers a great chance to kill the enemy.
The Huns are really helpless, after all, even such a big target with people and horses, it is indeed not easy to dodge the random arrows of the Wei army, normal attacks in peacetime, the Hun cavalry will also encounter the counterattack of infantry archers, but the speed of the cavalry is fast enough, and the Hun cavalry can attack the enemy's camp at a small price, and the enemy's archers can no longer play a role.
But the current situation is more special, the Wei archers hide behind the trenches and shoot arrows without any scruples, while the Hun cavalry can only rush to the front of the trench at most, and they cannot cross the trench without filling a road out, and can only be beaten passively.
Although the Huns also mobilized a lot of archers to cover, the Wei soldiers hid behind the bunkers, and most of the Huns' arrows missed, and it was difficult to suppress the rain of arrows of the Wei army.
Continued to be unable to open the situation, Broton was a little anxious, the Huns paid a lot of casualties, but the deep trenches could not be filled, seeing that time was wasted little by little, Broton roared loudly, urging the Huns to attack vigorously, but with little success.
At this time, the Huns had already given up the horse attack, and instead advanced on foot, carrying shields and sandbags, slowly advancing forward.
This is when some people have lost their horses, and most of the Huns are worried that their horses will be shot, so they change to riding and walking.
Although the non-cavalry war horse could improve the protection ability of the Huns and reduce casualties, after the change from cavalry to foot, the efficiency of the attack was much weaker, and the speed of filling the trenches was relatively slowed down.
When Brodon was sad, a small leader suggested to him: "Why bother the chief, the little one has a plan, and can easily fill this trench." ”
Broton was overjoyed and said, "What's the plan, come quickly!" ”
The little leader said: "Didn't the leader capture a large number of Wei people in Puzi Pingyang and other places, at this time, you can drive them to the front of the battle and force them to jump into the trench, so that the trench can be filled quickly." ”
Brodon's rebellion in this rebellion was very fruitful, not only robbed a large amount of property, but also plundered a lot of Han people, both men and women, all of whom became Brodon's slaves.
Although these slaves were Brodon's personal property, if the lives of these people could be exchanged for a big victory, Brodon would definitely be worth it, anyway, these lives were worthless in Brodon's eyes.
Brodon was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered the slaves to be brought in.
Since the Xiongnu were currently driven by the Wei army to live in a fixed place, in order to prevent these slaves from escaping, these big Xiongnu slave owners usually brought these slaves to the army, as some miscellaneous labor, and did some stupid work.
If these slaves are lost, it is not a big deal, it is a big deal to catch them again, if these slaves can be used to win, maybe Liu Yue will be happy, and maybe he will reward him with a large group of slaves.
The Huns stopped the attack, and soon the slaves dressed in Han Chinese costumes were driven to the front of the battle, and in order to prevent the slaves from escaping, the left arms of these people were tied to a long rope and implicated each other.
You can see the cruelty of the Huns' treatment of slaves, these people are in rags, their faces are yellow and thin, they even stumble a little, and many of them still have whipping scars on their faces, and their appearance is unbearable.
This group of people was at least six or seven hundred people, and in the face of the shouting and whipping of the Huns, most of them looked numb and submissive, and only a few of them looked angry with a look of disgrace.
But at this moment, people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, under the obscenity of the Huns, the resistance of individual people is meaningless, but will be beaten by the Huns.
Broton ordered the slaves to be driven in the direction of the trench, while the Hun cavalry followed them and waited for an opportunity to attack.
Seeing this situation in front of them, the Wei archers invariably stopped shooting, these people who walked in the front did not seem to be Hun soldiers at all, but ordinary Han people, if they shot the Huns, the Wei soldiers did not have any ideological burden, but these people in front of them were clearly unarmed Han civilians, so that these Wei soldiers could not do it at all.
The slaves staggered forward, not too long, and soon they reached the edge of the trench, and they naturally stopped.
The trench was so deep that they didn't fall to their deaths if they jumped down, even if these slaves were mentally depressed and in a trance, but when it came to the moment of their lives, no one was willing to take the initiative to jump into it.
The Huns whipped the slaves on the backs with whips, causing the already stagnant ranks to surge forward again, and the slaves who had already stood on the edge of the trench were resisted by the people behind, and there was nowhere to stay, and they fell involuntarily.
Since these slaves were tied together by ropes, the people in front of them fell down, and the people behind did not want to fall down, and the maximum pull of the ropes would naturally pull them to the trench.
What's more, the slaves behind were still being driven by the Huns, so these hundreds of slaves fell into the trench like dumplings.
No matter how deep the trench is, the volume is limited, so many people fell into the trench in a moment, and the trench was quickly filled.
People oppress people, people squeeze people, the whole trench, the sound of wailing, crying is endless, but it can only be the sound of the slaves in the layer, the first slaves who fell into the trench are probably squeezed into meat pies at this moment, before the tragic death, the faint cry has long been buried.
Because of the ropes attached to their arms, even the slaves on the upper floors could no longer stand up, and they were pulled by the ropes of the dead bodies below, and watched in despair as the iron hooves of the Huns crushed over them.