Chapter 303 No one's life is much nobler than others
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Of course, if a person is so sick that he cannot even ride a horse, that is another matter. In fact, they have seen at least 7,000 sick Xue Yantuo soldiers along the way.
Therefore, Wang Junlin is not in a hurry at all, and they only have 2,000 people, and the other party has about 20,000 people, and there are at least more than 10,000 of them who are not sick. If they are pushed too hastily, it will not be good. Besides, calculate the time
, Zhou Hu of Gaotaicheng and Shangguan Hu of Shapingguan should also lead people to stand in front of Xue Qiluo. He needs these two tiger generals under his command to make greater contributions, otherwise after he purges the generals of Zhangye County, his subordinates will
How can we compete with the imperial court for the vacant positions of Captain Guo Yi?
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"Enemy attack! Enemies are coming." A scout sent by Xue Qiluo shouted from a distance. Behind him, a group of cavalry rushed towards them like a torrent.
The screams in Xue Yantuo's army that were on the way were instantly heard. At this time, the heads of various tribes, captains of thousands, and centurions, jumped to their feet, waved their weapons, and led their respective tribal warriors or direct relatives, unexpectedly
He was the first to flee for his life. Except for Xue Yantuo's direct line of cavalry, no one else even asked the commander Xue Qiluo for instructions.
"Don't run, don't run. The Sui army will never be too numerous. Our strength is several times greater than theirs." Xue Qiluo mustered up his strength and rode in front of Haba Gou, the leader of the Black Horse Tribe who was running by, and shouted loudly, "
Hamagou, stop here. Take your tribal warriors with you, and let’s fight and retreat. We can’t run like this, no one will be able to escape if we run like this!”
Habagou glanced at him coldly, turned his horse's head, and prepared to go around.
"You——" A feeling of humiliation rushed directly to Xue Qiluo's forehead. He drew his weapon with his backhand, preparing to kill and establish his power.
With a clang, Habagou knocked his weapon away with another blow, turned his head, and walked away with more than a thousand tribal warriors.
"Rebellion, rebellion, come here, take him down, take him down, and execute him on the spot!" Xue Qiluo was so frightened that he jumped half a foot away, and then loudly called for the soldiers to come forward and arrest Habagou.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, another low horn sound suddenly came to his ears.
Woo woo woo, woo woo woo, woo woo woo...
The sound of the horn is like the north wind in the middle of the night, blowing into people's hearts.
"Whoosh whoosh-" Hundreds of fire arrows fell from the sky, leaving bright flame tails in the night sky.
The incoming Sui army actually didn't underestimate their specific location in the dark. They used rockets to kill people and also used them as illumination bombs.
The night sky was suddenly illuminated, and after the rocket, a shower of arrows fell on the densest part of Xue Yan's army. In the rocket, the rocks of the mountain were illuminated by the flames, creating uneven shadows, which were sometimes long and sometimes short.
, flickering in and out. Immediately afterwards, the mountains further away suddenly appeared, jumping and shaking, as if they had turned into ferocious beasts.
"The Sui army has an ambush here, run away!"
"Run quickly, the Sui army is going to kill us all!"
Among the tribes of the Eastern Turkic Khanate, the soldiers of the Xue Yan tribe, who were said to be invincible except for the Ashina royal family where Qiming Khan belonged, screamed, howled, and ran like wolves. The weapons in their hands were not powerful at all.
Know where to swing.
"Whoosh whoosh, whoosh, whoosh whoosh..." More fire arrows mixed with carved feather arrows landed from mid-air. Hundreds of Xue Yantuo soldiers screamed in agony as they were shot off their horses. The screams continued to intensify.
The panic in the hearts of the soldiers.
In fact, it can be seen from the arrows fired by the incoming Sui army that the number of the Sui army will not exceed 3,000, and their Xue Yantuo tribe now has more than 20,000 people. Even if the sick people are excluded, there are at least 10,000 people who are not sick.
.However, at this time, the military morale of Xue Yantuo's troops had been completely lost, and their morale was completely gone. The courage of the soldiers to kill the enemy had been exhausted by the fear caused by the invisible and intangible epidemic and other reasons.
No tribal leader was willing to stop, organize his troops, and face the enemy. No general was willing to stay behind. Surrounded by direct tribe warriors and soldiers, the leaders and generals pushed away anyone who dared to block their way.
Companions, run wildly.
The ordinary soldiers who had lost their backbone ignored each other and ran along the mountain road with their heads in their hands. Suddenly someone slipped and fell to the ground. Immediately, dozens of pairs of big feet stepped on this person. In the blink of an eye, he fell to the ground.
The victim was trampled unconscious, and the flames jumped near the arrow shaft, illuminating his body covered with footprints and his face full of despair. As for those who had diarrhea and fever, they laughed or cried miserably.
He lay directly on the ground waiting to die.
"Don't run, don't run, stop and fight! There are not many Sui soldiers, they don't have many people!" Xue Qiluo climbed on the horse with his hands empty and with the help of his own soldiers, shouting at the top of his lungs, but no one listened.
his.
The two waves of rockets and the feather arrows behind them together could not exceed three thousand, and the casualties caused to Xue Yan's tribe were actually not many. Xue Qiluo knew very well that the Sui Dynasty did not have many troops to support it at this time. However,
But he could not make the soldiers who were fleeing for their lives believe him again.
The Turkic cavalry are extremely fierce in fighting against the wind, but because they do not have strict discipline and the military system is loose, as long as they lose the battle and the situation becomes bad, the army can be dispersed in a very short period of time, and a pack of wolves or even
Become a group of sheep just trying to escape.
What's more, they not only experienced defeat at this time, it was as simple as escaping in embarrassment. They also experienced the devastation and torture of the epidemic. This invisible fear frightened the Turks even more than the defeat. What's more, Xue Qiluo
He may be a smart man, but he is definitely not someone who can establish prestige in the military.
When Xue Qiluo first intended to weaken the strength of his subordinates and preserve the strength of his direct lineage, his prestige in the army had already been reduced in half. When he redeemed prisoners, he still chose to redeem his direct lineage subordinates first, and sent the wounded soldiers to
When they were all abandoned on the road, his prestige was reduced by half, and when he also fell ill and became seriously ill, his prestige was completely eliminated.
"Stop, stop and fight, some of the people will fall behind, otherwise no one will be able to escape!"
What a beautiful thought! No one is a fool. This is what almost everyone in Xue Yantuo thinks at this time, except for the soldiers around Xue Qiluo.
No one is willing to give their life to a heartless, talkative, irresponsible, selfish, and sick guy who is about to die.
No matter how noble his bloodline is, or how decisive he is in his actions, it will not work. The life of the chief's son is one life, and the life of the herdsman's son is also one life.
In the face of death, no one's life is any more noble than others.