Chapter 714: Mean or Noble
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The two sides quickly counted the casualties, but at this moment of frontal fierce confrontation, both sides suffered heavy losses, the Song army lost nearly 200 people, and the Western Xia cavalry suffered even worse losses, more than 500 cavalry died in this charge, plus the wounded, a total of thousands of casualties on both sides.
Su Jin's face was serious, he was actually not satisfied with the battle he had fought, his own side had lost two hundred, plus the nearly two hundred people killed in front, and had already lost four hundred troops; Originally, together with 500 of his own personal guards and horse army, the total strength of his own side was only more than 1,500 people, but now it has lost nearly 30%, although it has also inflicted heavy losses on the other side, but according to the development of this trend, the western thief only needs to charge two more rounds, and he will be wiped out.
Di Qing commanded people to clean up the dead bodies and messy debris in front of the position, and Su Jin hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
"These can't be moved, they are kept as a barrier, and the enemy retreats precisely because the war horses encounter obstacles and cannot attack."
Di Qing was stunned and said, "What does Master Su mean that the Western Thief will still come to attack?" The humble duty is to clear the obstacles to facilitate the pursuit, I think the western thieves have the intention of retreating, and Lord Fan's soldiers and horses have not arrived, so they must be dragged down. β
Su Jin shook his head slightly, looked at the other party's cavalry from a distance and was adjusting the formation, and said categorically: "The other party will never retreat, this general with the troops seems to be determined to eat us, the cliff mouth has been blocked with debris, and now the retreat will be pursued by me, he must also see it, and although they have suffered a big loss, but the main force is still seventy percent, and there is still enough strength to annihilate us, they will never retreat." β
Di Qing thought about it, and finally agreed with Su Jin's judgment, and ordered loudly: "Rebuild the fortifications, the archers approach, and prepare the western thieves to charge again." β
The fresh troops behind the cliff took turns to step forward, and the remaining more than 300 people in the first batch of soldiers in the bloody battle were transferred to the back to heal and rest; The carts were pushed back and straightened again, forming a barrier, but most of the carts were damaged in many places, some had been scattered into a pile of wood slag, and the fortifications were only barely completed, and I don't know if they could experience another impact.
Li Ningming gritted his teeth, watching the Song army in the distance build fortifications again, he also wanted to break the enemy formation in one go, but seeing that the follow-up cavalry rushed to the place where they were fighting, it was difficult to move an inch, and he became the target of the opponent's strangulation, so he had to choose to retreat temporarily.
"Your Highness, what should I do? Retreat or fight? "Wu Zangming's face was covered with blood, and there was a big hole in his helmet, which was torn open by the Song soldiers with knives, and the war horse was also chopped off, if it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of ownerless horses around him, he almost couldn't escape back.
Li Ningming sneered: "At this time, we have no way to retreat, we must take down these Song pigs, how many more men can we fight?" β
Wu Zangming gasped and said: "I counted just now, there are still two thousand and one hundred horsemen, six hundred horsemen have been killed, and three hundred are still wounded, I'm afraid I can't fight." β
Li Ningming sighed and said: "Very good, our capital is still enough, the Song army is afraid that it will not be able to bear it, but the front line of the enemy army is full of corpses and debris, and my cavalry cannot cross it at all, this is a problem." β
Yeli Xianzong came up and said: "Your Highness, let's send someone to shout and ask that the bodies of the dead and wounded be carried back for counting, the Song army has always pursued ridiculous benevolence and righteousness, maybe he will agree, so that we can clean up the obstacles in front of the battle?" β
Li Ningming nodded and praised: "General Yeli still understands the psychology of the Song people, and they will definitely agree, this plan is silent and very subtle." β
Yeli Xianzong was praised, and immediately sent someone to raise his hand and ride a horse close to the Song military fortifications more than 100 steps, and shouted loudly: "Listen to the Song army generals, you and I are hostile, and it is reasonable to fight on the battlefield, but it is against humanity for the dead to expose their corpses in the wilderness, and I, General Li of Great Xia, proposed that my Great Xia cavalry be allowed to send eighty people to clean up the corpses of my Great Xia soldiers, and never carry weapons; It is all the flesh and blood of the mother and the father, please do not reject the righteousness of humanity. β
Di Qing listened from afar, turned his head to Su Jin and said: "Master Su, listen, the western thief will also talk about humanity, I think it is a ploy, as you said, they are going to clear the passage and carry out the next charge." β
Su Jin smiled and said: "Exactly, the western thief is not stupid, but we are not stupid." β
Di Qing said: "Of course, I have to refuse the proposal, come and talk back, clean up after the war, and tell them that even if they are wiped out, their corpses will be collected by my officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty." β
A soldier hurriedly climbed up to the fortifications to answer according to Di Qing's words, Su Jin's eyebrows moved, and he suddenly said: "Wait!" Can't talk about it. β
Di Qing was stunned and said, "What? Could it be that Lord Su actually allowed them to come and clean up? β
Su Jin nodded and said, "Yes, promise them." He turned to the soldier and said, "You shout, tell him that my soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty read the books of sages and follow the rite of forgiveness, respect the dead, and ask them to send more people to clean up, so that the speed will be faster, and the lonely souls who die in battle will not be uneasy." β
Everyone including Di Qing didn't understand what Su Jin meant, Master Su said one thing and did another, and he also analyzed the benefits of these corpses piled up in front of the fortifications in front of him, and now he actually slapped himself in the mouth, which was really confusing.
Su Jin didn't explain, and after listening to the soldier's truthful shouting, he waved his hand and ordered: "Archers prepare, listen to my orders." β
Di Qing was shocked, what is Su Jin going to do? Could he have ......? No, this is too shameless, if this is spread, won't it make the world laugh at it, and it won't ...... Absolutely not, just to strengthen the vigilance.
And Wang Dynasty and Ma Han and others are very different from what Di Qing thinks, they have been with Su Jin for so long, and they know Su Jin's style of acting well, and the prince is going to do shocking things again, but this is nothing, how can there be so many scruples about fighting with the western thief.
Li Ningming was overjoyed when he got Song Jun's answer, and listened to the soldier report to Song Jun about 'the way of forgiveness' and 'respect for the dead', Li Ningming almost died of laughter.
"The other party actually asked us to send more people, His Royal Highness the Prince, there will be a bold proposal in the end." Wu Zangming suddenly whispered.
"Say ......"
"Why don't we plan and send two hundred people to clean up the passage, when the cleanup is almost done, these two hundred people will rush into the enemy formation on the spot, and the enemy army will definitely be in chaos, at this time, my iron cavalry will charge again, and it will come in an instant, and directly set foot on the Song army, isn't it a sure win?"
Li Ningming's heart jumped for a while, this strategy is simply wonderful, two hundred people suddenly attacked, the enemy army will be busy coping, and the cavalry behind only needs a dozen breaths to cover the killing, this battle is still not won, unless the sun comes out of the west.
"It's a good strategy, but I just promised not to bring weapons to collect the corpse, if it's difficult, what if there is no blade?"
"My Highness the Crown Prince...... You're really ...... It's really ......" didn't hide Ming and almost scolded the word 'stupid': "It's really a lot of worry, the blades are all over the ground, and you can use them on the spot, why do you need to carry them?" What if you don't have weapons? We only need that moment of chaos, as long as these two hundred people cause more than a dozen breaths of chaos, the team will already set foot in the camp of the Song army, why bother? β
Li Ningming secretly scolded himself for being stupid, he didn't even expect this, he pretended to be indifferent at the moment, and laughed at himself: "Look at my brain, I think about a lot of things, and I forget some of the simplest things; Without further ado, the two generals quickly arranged, and selected two hundred soldiers to go, and the others waited in a whole formation, and once the front of the battle was cleared, they immediately attacked and leveled the Song army. β
Wu Zang Ming and Yeli Xianzong immediately began to select soldiers, these two hundred people are death squads, nine times out of ten they will die in front of the battle, it is indeed difficult to pick people, but these are difficult to defeat two experienced generals, three grass stems, pull out the shortest one and send it to death, and no one can complain, only complain that God is not long-sighted, and the time is not good.
The soldiers who were drawn were all dead, but they also received a promise from the prince that if they died, the family would naturally have a generous pension, and if they could survive by chance, they would definitely be promoted to become officials; This is the second time that the prince has made a promise today, and although the soldiers doubt the possibility of realizing it, they can only obey their fate, otherwise they will move their heads immediately, so it is better to try their luck.
After a while, the selection was decided, and two hundred Xia soldiers raised their hands on foot to make a surrender and walked towards the Song military fortifications, and thousands of human and horse corpses within thirty steps of the fortifications were mixed together on top of each other, and under the direct sunlight, the steaming stench went straight to the nose; The murmuring of blood formed a stream along the cliff face, slowly sticky and flowing downward.
"There are quite a few." Su Jin sneered.
Ma Han came up and said: "Son's trick is ruthless enough, and he caught so many fish sent to the door at once." β
Su Jin squinted at him and smiled: "You have become smarter, you have guessed it." β
Di Qing listened to the two people's answers, and almost fainted, it seemed that his conjecture was true, and Master Su really wanted to ...... This is outrageous!
"Master Su, no, wouldn't this make the world laugh? If our officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty want to kill the enemy in an upright manner, how can they do such a trick? Think twice, adults. β
Su Jin smiled: "What is the purpose of this battle? Commander Di told me. β
"Naturally, the army of Western thieves has been completely annihilated, what?"
"Okay, as long as you can completely annihilate the enemy army, do you not hesitate to lose your life in Commander Di?"
"That's natural, as a general of the Great Song Dynasty, be ready to sacrifice your life for the Great Song Dynasty anytime and anywhere."
"Admire, you usually use a knife to kill people, right?"
"Yes......"
"What would you do if your knife broke?"
"How can it be broken? Even if it's broken, I'll hit it with my fists, bite it with my teeth, and smash it with rocks on the ground, in short, there are many ways. β
"Then why don't you quit the battlefield, find someone to reforge your sword, and then rush back to kill the enemy?"
"This ...... Is Lord Su entertaining his humble duties? β
"Of course not, I'm just telling Commander Di that from the general point of view, the confrontation between the two armies is a battle of life and death, behind us are tens of millions of people of the Great Song Dynasty, for the sake of me, for the sake of the people of the Great Song Dynasty to live and work in peace and contentment, we cannot be defeated, so we can do everything for victory. In a small way, some people like to kill people with knives, some people like to beat people to death with their fists, hooligans and gangsters on the street like to smash people to death with moving bricks, and some people like to do nothing by themselves and force people to hang themselves; is also murder, the purpose is to kill people, but there is no distinction between superior and inferior. Everything I do today is for the sake of victory, and of course I will do whatever it takes to win, and I don't need to be told by you. β
"But my lord, this move is ...... spread."
Su Jin waved his hand to interrupt Di Qing's words and said, "Commander Di, Su Jin respects you as a hero and hero, and admires you for what you think and do, but I have to say that you are a little naΓ―ve; I will prove to you how naΓ―ve you are. I have also read the book of war, 'soldiers, tricks', if Commander Di wants to become a generation of famous generals, maybe he needs more tricks to do it. β
Di Qing thought for a moment and seemed to understand something.