Chapter 1014: Treasure Only After Loss!
The rout of the army means that the order is lost, and the extremely panicked rout will only run wildly under the drive of fear, regardless of where the front is and whether there is danger or not.
Like headless flies, they can't stop until they're crushed or exhausted.
In fact, Lu Qijun did not besiege them at all, but chased them, letting fear envelop their hearts from beginning to end, making them run forward like crazy.
And Lu Qi Tieqi is just like scissors in people's hands, specially to 'cut' some small branches and branches that grow randomly on both sides of the branches.
Driving a large stream of people forward, running non-stop.
In this case, the common people were the first to fall out of the ranks. Vsevolod II and they would have liked to drive the team out of Kiev first, but how was that possible? When the citizens of Kiev found out that the Rus' army was about to leave the city, they immediately became in chaos.
In the end, Vsevolod II could only control some of the most core troops in his hands, such as the guards around him, some knights and servants, and some high-ranking officers, these people knew very well that if they were not tightly united at this time, there would really be no life at all.
It is impossible for all 30,000 cavalry to be used in pursuit. In fact, only a third of the people in Kyiv will not leave them, not even less.
Too many civilians and ordinary infantry were left behind after ten miles out of the city, and people's physical abilities were limited, and no one could hold out for long when they ran desperately. Then, these exhausted people became the trophies of the Lu Qi army.
The possessions they carried, and even their own, became spoils of war.
However, there will still be fights, especially when large groups of enemy troops are routed together, there are always some reckless men or warriors among these people, and they are not willing to surrender obediently at this time, and their resistance will even bring the surrounding citizens of Kiev to come. Therefore, Lu Qijun needs to spend a lot of manpower to apply it to this point.
Coupled with the Rus' Army's 'broken tail to survive'.
Those princes sent some people to take the initiative to attack the Lu Qi Iron Cavalry on both wings to create more time for their escape, which would also pull down some men.
Moreover, the number of soldiers and civilians pouring out of the entire Kyiv is nearly 100,000. This is a huge trend, and even when its momentum is gone, it will be a huge 'swamp', and it will take a lot of manpower and time to clean it up completely.
Vsevolod II had already taken off his armor and even put away his flag, and the cavalry and knights of the Guards around him had put on gray linen coats. At a glance, no one would associate him with Vsevolod II.
There are soldiers and civilians like headless flies everywhere in front of me, like a flood that has become uncontrollable. Vsevolod II saw that there were already scattered Luqi horse armies in front of him, and it was expected that soon an organized brigade of cavalry would arrive to intercept those who were already insane, and then they would either kneel obediently under the horses of the Chinese or go to God.
"Let's get around!" In their current state, they are not fit for war.
But he didn't have much fear in his heart, when there were countless people of the same kind around him, even if he knew that they had become the target of the terrible wolf pack, he would eventually feel a little safe in his heart.
However, the rout and citizens that appeared before were basically out of organization, and Vsevolod II was actually very conspicuous with this still organized team, and it was not night now? It was immediately discovered by Lu Qijun.
"Pull a team." Shi Jin could clearly see the difference between that team, which was an army that still maintained a certain structure: "Destroy them." β
Soon a trumpeter blew the horn, and the Lu Qi cavalry, who were originally scattering to surround and kill the rout, joined the squad and the squad to form a brigade, and then, under the leadership of Yang Zaixing, like a sharp arrow, rushed straight towards Vsevolod II.
Vsevolod II, of course, found that the Luqi cavalry was chasing his own troops, and an unprecedented fear filled his mind. He constantly cursed in his heart, he had to run away regardless of it, and the Chinese did not kill those easy-to-kill routs, but stared at themselves.
And after the anger, all that was left in his heart was endless horror, he wanted to break away from the army, but he was reluctant, without the followers of these cronies, why did he escape?
But if you don't run away, you'll never be able to go.
Yang Zaixing was a fierce tiger, leading thousands of land Qi iron horsemen, and with one charge, he completely crushed the resistance of Vsevolod II.
This was the end of Vsevolod II and half of the princes and nobles of Rus'. Just like the Battle of the Δalga River in the Mongol expedition to the west, six princes were executed, 70 nobles were killed, and the 100,000 Rus' army was all destroyed.
Then the Mongol army took advantage of the victory and drove straight in, ravaging the vast area of Southern Rus', and Nan Roth, who had lost the main force, was as pitiful as a weak little girl who fell into the hands of a thug in front of the Mongol army of only 30,000 men.
Towards evening, the hunt finally ended. Nearly 100,000 Rus' soldiers and civilians either died or became prisoners of the Lu Qi army.
All sorts of goods were discarded on the battlefield, some of which had been collected and piled up like hills. And the bodies of the dead have become the same.
If people are occupied by the thought of running for their lives, their minds will really become stupid, and they will lose their usual reason, ignoring some stupid actions that should have been avoided at a glance.
The lethality of their trampling on each other is already staggering.
The army of Lu Qi had successfully accepted the whole of Kiev, and gathered hundreds of corpses of men, women, and children at the city gate to the west. Sadly, they can actually live, wouldn't it be better to surrender?
is like Yuryevich who appeared in front of Lu Yu and others at this moment.
This is a native of Kiev and a high-ranking officer of the City Guard, one of the officers of the guard in the east of Kyiv. He was very smart, and directly led people to surrender to Lu Qijun.
Not only was his life saved, but he also brushed his face in front of Lu Yu and them.
If you want to truly rule Rus', the 'Rus' traitors must be absorbed.
Yuryevich is a good example, he can be a horse bone of a thousand miles and become an example erected by Lu Qi.
By nightfall, Yuryevich returned to his quarters. I met the relatives who had been worrying him for a long time.
"God forbid. Let's see you again! β
As a capitulator, Yuryevich was slipped away to pacify the captives, and too many deaths were visible along the way. He even saw the corpses of some big people, as well as the captured nobles, who were one of the people who were arranged by Lu Qijun.
Seeing the fate of the big names in the past, and then looking at his wife and children, a heartfelt sense of happiness boiled in his heart.
Only after losing can you know how to cherish!
This statement is not false at all.