Chapter 57: The Captives (3)
Duan Mobo's bravery and good fighting are as famous as Duan Wenyang, and he has many strategies to make a decisive decision, so he is known as "cunning". In the early years of Yuankang, the Duan Department intervened in the civil strife of Murong Xianbei and fought a series of battles with Murong Xianbei, the British lord of the Murong Department. Duan Mobo was a arrow, ten swings and ten decisions, and led the elite of the Duan Department from Liaoxi to Changli in Liaodong, and finally forced Murong Diao to humbly resign and make peace, and married the daughter of Duan Jie, the chief of the Duan Division, to show the friendship between the two families. After this battle, Duan Mobo has always been regarded as a rare general among the Hu and Jin tribes in Youzhou, and Wang Jun used him to serve as the leader of Youzhou's elite armored cavalry, on the one hand, to show his trust in Duan, and on the other hand, he can indeed be described as winning people.
With the courage of Duan Mobo, cutting the generals and holding the flag are idle ears; But in today's war, his luck is really bad.
In this battle, the person responsible for commanding the Xianbei army of the Duan Department was Duan Ji Lu Dependent, the son of the Liaoxi Gong Duan Wu Buchen. The intention of the Duke of Liaoxi to support his son-in-law to make meritorious contributions was very clear, so there was no room for Duan Mobo to interfere in the operational command. When the Youzhou army failed to attack the Daijun car formation, Duan Jilu ordered Duan Mobo to select the elite of the headquarters and go around the flank of the Daijun army lightly, trying to open the situation with a sudden surprise attack. This task can be said to be extremely difficult, but Duan Mobo was brave and did not refuse, and immediately selected three hundred warriors, took off their heavy armor, and each carried only a short knife, looking for a way forward from the continuous watershed.
Very few people in northern Xinjiang know how to use water, so this journey is very difficult, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of drowning. But the Xianbei warriors had a resolute ruthlessness, they tied ropes around their waists, hooked up with each other, carefully groped their way through the shallow waters, and under the cover of dense vegetation, they advanced little by little towards the weak rear of the Daijun army. It took about half an hour, and it was enough to lurk close enough to launch a surprise attack.
The Daijun army did not have many troops in this direction, and only maintained a small number of foot soldiers for surveillance. If Duan Mobo's troops echoed the frontal attacking troops, they would be able to deal a heavy blow to the Daijun army. It's a pity that they spent more time traveling through the Shuizawa area after all, and at this time, the Youzhou Army Headquarters Brigade had already failed.
The army has been defeated, what role can a partial division of three hundred men play? Duan Mobo had to give up the plan of the surprise attack, and ordered his subordinates to flee in all directions to survive. He himself chose to lurk in the endless reeds, intending to wait for the Daijun army to withdraw, and then find a way back to Jicheng. But he never thought that he happened to meet Shen Jin, who was worried about throwing stones, and was forced out.
Duan Mobo felt humiliated, so he rushed to Shen Jin with desperate thoughts, but Shen Jin didn't want to distinguish between life and death at all. In his opinion, this end wave is the noble chief of Duan Xianbei, and he was awarded the official position of General Yokono by the imperial court, and he is one of the main generals of the Youzhou Army who went north to the grassland this time. I think that if I can capture this person, I will definitely be able to grab a lot of benefits from him. So he dodged and retreated, shouting and calling all his own soldiers. Duan Mobo knocked over the two of them with his fists and feet, but he really couldn't stand dozens of people rushing up, hugging the legs and wrenching the shoulders, and they were immediately unable to move.
Duan Mobo was still angry, shouting and scolding loudly, scolding the Dai Jun army for not daring to have a fair duel and so on. Shen Jin's subordinates' own soldiers all knew that they had caught a big fish this time, and they were in a good mood, and they listened to it as a joke at first, but then they got tired of listening to it. The soldiers from Daijun have long been afraid of the power of the Xianbei clans in the east, and they were originally quite afraid of the Duan Division, but at this moment, when they have won a new victory and all the soldiers are extremely high-spirited, where will they put this Duan Noble Chief in their eyes. So I don't know who dug up a handful of black sticky river mud and stuffed it into his mouth, and suddenly the whole world was quiet.
Duan Mobo, one of the few generals in the Youzhou Army, was actually personally captured by General Shen Jin, who served as the reserve of the whole army, and after the news spread, it was really beyond everyone's expectations. But the soldiers of Daijun, who were busy cleaning up the battlefield everywhere, were not particularly envious of Shen Jin, because the capture was too rich, and every soldier had enough gains. Some of the anxious soldiers folded their fingers with joyful faces and counted the rewards they could receive, as if they had completely forgotten the terrible battle.
More than 3,000 prisoners were captured, most of whom were slightly wounded, but did not hinder the movement. In the process of cleaning up the battlefield, the Daijun army directly killed all the seriously injured enemy soldiers. The captives left behind still need to go through a screening, and the Jin people of Youzhou will be gathered in one place, and Xianbei will be gathered in another place. In the process, some of the captives tried to make trouble, only to be hacked to death. Even if they were all warriors who were good at fighting, they were defenseless after all, and it was no more difficult to deal with them than killing a chicken.
On this battlefield alone, it is roughly estimated that there are nearly 10,000 war horses left behind by the Xianbei people, and various armor and weapons are piled up. A group of fine soldiers also found a few vehicles in the Youzhou Army's main formation, loaded with gold beads that were estimated to be prepared by Wang Jun for reward, and the number was not a few.
On a high slope, soldiers improvised trees and built a simple fence. Many soldiers carried their harvest fish in and out on their shoulders, sorting and stacking the supplies properly.
In front of the only entrance and exit in the front of the fence, Xue Tong sat cross-legged. Sometimes he watched his men busy, and sometimes he held a well-made fish-scale armor in front of him and looked at it with a frown. This armor is made of hundreds of scales made of steel made of ropes in cascading in series, which not only makes swords difficult to injure, but also has a smooth surface that can unload sharp weapons such as arrows and spears; When applied to the base of cooked cowhide, it does not hinder the wearer's movement. With the production technology level of the Hu people in northern Xinjiang, it is absolutely impossible to make such a treasure, presumably from the hands of skilled craftsmen in the Central Plains, and it flows into the grassland.
After Xue Tong killed a Xianbei warrior in battle, he stripped the fish scale armor from him. Therefore, in the chest of the nail piece, a hole was pierced by the long lance that was stabbed at close range, and it had to be repaired before it could be used again. Now that I think about it, the one who can wear this kind of armor must be the chief of the Xianbei people, but unfortunately he was so slippery that he stabbed him through with a lance, and he didn't ask his name.
Beside Xue Tong, there was also a row of glittering broadswords. The wear and tear of various weapons on the battle array is extremely high, for example, Xue Tong used two long knives, and after repeated chopping, the gaps on the blades are similar to saw blades. This made Xue Tong especially nostalgic for the family heirloom "Seventy-two Refinery" steel knife lost in Yecheng, but for now, he could only select and make the better head knife in the seizure and use it for the time being.
Shen Jin triumphantly turned out from behind Xue Tong, looked at the various weapons in front of Xue Tong, and immediately shouted loudly: "Okay, you old Xue, take the opportunity of cleaning the battlefield to collect good things for yourself under the guise of public help!" ”
With Xue Tong's status, what is it to give priority to choosing a few weapons, Shen Jin is naturally joking. As he spoke, he lifted his toes and picked up a heavy knife in his hand; After waving his hand twice, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he rubbed the back of the knife and praised it.
"The name of this knife is 'Buguang', the knife is five feet long, and it is suitable for horse fighting." Xue Tong was born in a family of generals and family heirlooms, and he is a great expert who is proficient in all kinds of weapons. He glanced up at the inscription on the knife, and said casually: "This knife is a fine product made by the contemporary Luoyang Weapons Supervisor, and it should be carried by the Jin generals from the Central Plains under the Youzhou Army." Old Shen, if you like it, just take it. Now, it's all ours. ”
Speaking of this, Xue Tong paused and accentuated his tone: "Now, the entire grassland on the dam is ours!" ”