Chapter 163 Zhao Yi kills prisoners

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 163 Zhao Yi kills prisoners

"Junhou, before departure, I have checked it and there are still 278 usable ones!"

Wu Tong accurately reported a number.

"Goodness is enough!"

"Zhao Yi gave you a task..."

After hearing Zhang Yue's arrangement, Zhao Yi patted his head and said happily, "No!"

Then, with the help of Wu Tong, he started taking action.

The actions of the Han army also attracted the attention of the Huns.

"Captain Qi, what are the Han people doing?"

Lan Qu didn't know what the Han army wanted to do, but he still ordered to strengthen the alert.

Soon an army of the Han army, consisting entirely of sleds, rushed out of the Han army.

"Hahaha!"

"Is the Han army going to send us food and grass?"

The Huns saw this but didn't take it seriously. After these days, the Huns were no strangers to sleds. In fact, they had also begun to imitate them.

In the eyes of these Huns, sleds were just a means of winter transportation. Although they were fast, they could not be used in combat.

But they have obviously forgotten the truth that anything can be used in war, but the methods used are different.

The sled is essentially a type of vehicle, and when combined with a crossbow, it is actually a chariot.

It's just that the usage environment of this special tank is different.

However, as the commander, Lan Qu did not relax his vigilance.

Decades of war have taught the Huns that they must not relax in the face of the Han people, otherwise they will suffer heavy losses.

"retreat!"

Out of caution, Lan Qu cautiously issued the order to retreat after thinking for a moment.

According to the current marching speed of the Han army, the armies of King Ri Zhu and King Ou Tuo will be able to catch up before they return to the Han army's fortress in Jiaohe City.

Lan Qu's idea was good, but he forgot one thing. In the snow, the speed of a horse-drawn sled is much faster than that of a single horse.

Moreover, the Huns had no intention of actually evacuating, so their speed was not fast.

"Oops!"

By the time Lan Qu realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

The Han army's sleigh chariots have already caught up.

"shoot!"

Following Zhao Yi's order, the Han army's crossbowmen on the sled all fired their crossbow arrows.

Although due to the influence of severe cold weather, the range and accuracy of crossbows have declined.

But he still knocked the people who were shot by the Huns off their backs.

"Ah...ah..."

Screams continued to sound.

At this time Lan Qu made another subconscious mistake.

When the Han army fired crossbows, he subconsciously gave the order to retreat.

The Han army's sled chariots are faster than the cavalry, so escaping will only lead to faster death.

When he realized the mistake he had made and ordered a counterattack, the Huns had already suffered dozens of casualties.

"Warriors, attack and kill all the Han people!"

In order to make up for his mistake, Lan Qu led his bodyguards to launch the charge first.

But in the snow, the speed of the war horse cannot be increased at all.

In severe cold weather, the Huns' horn bows basically lost their function.

The cavalry that has lost mobility is like a bicycle facing a tank when facing a chariot. It is immediately beaten and unable to find its direction.

The Han soldiers on the sled would shoot with crossbow arrows when they were far away, and stab them with spears when they were close.

The Huns found to their embarrassment that they could not win even if they fought, and they could not escape.

Lan Qu felt like he was going crazy. He kept howling, but it didn't help at all.

However, his actions caught Zhao Yi's attention.

"Kill him for someone!"

Zhao Yi gave the order, and the Han soldiers on the sleds around them fired their crossbows almost simultaneously.

In the blink of an eye, Lan Qu was shot into a hedgehog and fell into the snow.

His eyes were wide open, and he would not close his eyes even if he died.

Lan Qu's death became the last straw for the Huns.

"The knight is dead..."

As the exclamations rang out, one by one the Huns cavalry began to drop their weapons and knelt down to pray for surrender.

"Commander, how to deal with these Huns?"

A hundred generals came up and asked.

Zhao Yi looked in the direction of Zhang Yue and finally gritted his teeth.

"Leave those two hundred knights and kill all the rest..."

The general hesitated and said, "Should I report it to the Ming Lord first?"

Zhao Yi glanced at him and said, "Follow my orders..."

The hundred generals also realized their mistake at this time. In the current situation of the Han army, it was impossible to take prisoners.

As the commander-in-chief of the army and the representative of the Han army in the Western Regions, Zhang Yue was not suitable for being responsible for killing prisoners.

This will be greatly detrimental to the Han army's future operations in the Western Regions.

It is the best choice for Zhao Yilai to issue this order.

After thinking about it, the general immediately led his men to gather together the surrendered Huns.

The Huns did not realize at this time that the Han army wanted to kill the prisoners, so they obeyed the orders obediently one by one.

When they realize something is wrong, they can no longer resist!

"prick……"

Following Zhao Yi's order, the Han soldiers took turns stepping forward to assassinate them, and soon more than 200 Huns who were captured fell into a pool of blood.

After killing the prisoners, Zhao Yi and others did not stop, quickly boarded the sled and went to catch up with the brigade.

…

When Zhao Yi was fighting Lan Qu, Han Jiang, who received the intelligence, also immediately sent reinforcements.

The reinforcements were the most powerful Jiaqu cavalry and Yicong Yiqu, totaling more than a thousand people.

The reinforcements carried 150 sledges, 300 crossbows, and more than 12,000 arrows.

But it was still a step later than the Huns.

Only half an hour after Zhao Yi finished dealing with Lan Qu's troops, the Sun Chaser King's forwards had already arrived at the place of battle.

"Damn the Han people, damn Zhang Yue, I must make your head into a drowning device to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

Seeing the scene in front of him, the Xiongnu general Tu Lao was furious.

He left a team of men to dispose of the body.

He led the main force to speed up and chase the Han army.

More than an hour later, the figures of the Han army appeared in his eyes.

At this time, the Han army had also discovered the Xiongnu cavalry that was pursuing them.

"What should I do, Lord?"

At this time, Zhang Yue had two choices. One was to discard all the loot and extra war horses and escape as soon as possible on a sled.

The second is to leave a portion of the Han army behind to cover the rest and leave first.

Zhang Yue was thinking and calculating quickly in his mind.

He believed that Han Jiang must have sent out troops to respond at this time.

As long as we can hold on until reinforcements arrive, we no longer have to worry about safety issues.

Zhang Yue raised his head and looked at the more than 7,000 war horses, and finally decided to give it a try.

"Captain Geng, I will leave this place to you, Junhou Wu..."

"Junhou, let me go!"

Geng Shu and Wu Tong stood up almost at the same time to persuade him.

Zhang Yue shook his head, "The most important thing in this battle is morale. There is no one in the army who is more suitable than me, the commander-in-chief..."

Wu Tong wanted to persuade him again, but Zhang Yue was already on his way, riding to the rear.

"Second and third sons, come with me and let us teach the Huns how to fight..."
Chapter completed!