HCB Chapter 144: Surrender, the Khan Surrenders
Chapter 144: Surrender, the Khan Surrenders
"As long as we can invade Dong Liao, get the supplies from Da Zhou, loot them, and then drive the people of Da Zhou to attack the fortress."
"Wouldn't it be easier to capture it that way?"
Zag was somewhat persuaded.
He failed in his fierce attack today and was frightened by the artillery fire of the Great Zhou.
Morale was low and they were unable to continue the attack.
After much thought, I decided not to lose face.
So Zag said, "Okay, let's do this. We'll bypass the fortress and attack Dong Liao directly!"
The next day, the lookouts on the fort saw Zag's army bypass them.
The commander immediately lit the fireworks to warn the fortress behind.
Unexpectedly, Zag's army made another feint, bypassed three fortresses in succession, and rushed towards the camp of Dong Liao in the rear.
This time the commander was stunned.
Are these Northern Mang people going crazy because they can't capture the fortress?
Are you crazy to bypass the fortress and attack the camp directly?
Zag was riding on his horse, and he had only one thought in mind, which was to rush through the camp as quickly as possible and go deep into the heart of Eastern Liao to plunder.
This is what Beimang has been doing for many years.
However, he didn't know what Li Cheng had prepared on the East Liao front over the years.
He created deep pits to resist the advance of cavalry.
He planted dense forests to block cavalry charges.
He even blocked the rivers around the camp, and all water had to be transported from the rear.
All of this is to build a huge isolation zone.
Even if the Northern Mang cavalry rushed to the camp, they would not be able to charge.
There were pits everywhere and no water for the horses.
In this way, it would be impossible to continue harassing the people in the rear.
Zag rushed towards the camp and soon understood what cruelty was.
All I saw was a row of black cannons being pushed out.
The muzzle of the gun was not facing the sky at an angle, but was pointing towards the position where the cavalry was charging!
There was only a muffled bang!
A large amount of iron nails and iron sand shot out from the muzzle at a rapid speed!
Scattered nail cannon!
This is also the use of artillery that Li Cheng specially studied!
Just pour redan into the barrel, and then pour in the iron nails and iron sand.
The shock wave from the thunder dan explosion will spray out iron nails and iron sand at a high speed.
Sure enough, the effect is remarkable.
The Beimang cavalry in the front were shot to pieces before they could even call for help.
The iron nails continued to fly and killed the soldiers behind them.
After a round of strafing, most of the Beimang soldiers charging in the front were killed.
There were bloody corpses and fallen horses everywhere.
Even on the defending side, some soldiers from the Great Zhou Dynasty couldn't help vomiting when they first entered the battlefield.
This was a hellish scene for Beimang.
so horrible!
So many elite cavalrymen were killed in just one round of shooting.
Zag's scalp suddenly went numb.
At this time, drums sounded in the camp.
I saw the infantrymen holding shields and Mo Dao in their hands, with musketeers standing behind them, walking out in a square formation.
"Get out!"
Now Zag also understood that he couldn’t fight anymore!
But the team has already rushed out, so it is not easy to retreat.
Zag's forward was immediately entangled by the square team!
The shields protected the soldiers in the rear, while the Modao soldiers used their long Modao to stab the cavalry on horseback.
The musketeers gave up their sweeping fire and instead shot the riders on horseback one by one.
This way, Zag's troops could not escape.
If we retreat at this moment, we will definitely be hunted down.
On the battlefield, a troop without an organizational structure is no different from a herd of cattle and sheep.
Although Zag was a weakling, he had fought in many battles.
He hurriedly said: "Our cavalry, charge with me!"
Zagra led the cavalry of his headquarters and once again called on some soldiers who still had the will to fight, and began to charge towards the Da Zhou's troops!
Zag didn't want to continue fighting, he just wanted to give the team some chance to retreat.
But his charge this time still hit a wall.
The infantry of the Great Zhou had long been equipped with sturdier steel shields.
Place the steel shield on the ground, with the soldiers squatting behind it, and it becomes a human-shaped giant horse.
The soldiers with Mo Dao squatted behind the soldiers with steel shields, and then stabbed the Mo Dao in their hands through the gaps in the steel shields.
The cavalry in front had never thought that the Great Zhou would have such a tactic.
The warhorse jumped high skillfully, trying to pass through the first row of steel shields.
However, the Mo Dao that pierced out from the gap in the steel shield directly cut the horse's belly.
The warhorse threw the cavalryman off the horse in pain, and the infantry behind him immediately stepped forward and stabbed the fallen Beimang rider to death with a single knife.
Zag was terrified.
These people from the Great Zhou have so many ways of killing people!
He didn't know that since Li Cheng came to Dong Liao, he had been studying ways to fight against cavalry.
He even wrote a book called "Important Book of Cavalry" and wanted to present it to the court.
However, the court valued civil affairs over military affairs, and it was never brought before His Majesty.
These tactics were all developed by Li Cheng with great painstaking efforts.
He also trained his soldiers repeatedly, which is why they are so in tune with each other.
In the past, invasions from the Northern Wilderness were basically small-scale attacks, and these battle formations were not used at all.
This time, Zag was lucky as he happened to be the testing ground for Li Cheng's strategy.
At this point, Zag knew he had to retreat.
He had no time to take care of his own troops, so he could only ask his personal soldiers to recruit as many people as possible, and then he rode his horse to the rear.
The escape of the commander-in-chief can have a great impact on morale in front-line battles.
Many soldiers simply lost their will to fight and were beheaded by the soldiers of the Great Zhou.
Some small leaders simply chose to lay down their weapons and surrender.
Just when Zag fled the battlefield and thought he had escaped.
The soldiers in the fort rushed out and blocked his way back.
Only then did Zag realize that all the fortresses were built along the river.
If you are a cavalryman, you have to give your horse water and you have to walk along the river.
The six hundred soldiers in the fortress formed a formation that frightened him.
Now Zag was really desperate.
"surrender!"
Zag raised his hands and shouted loudly: "This Khan surrenders!"
Zag's decisive and quick surrender made Da Zhou think it was a false surrender.
However, the officers of the Great Zhou discovered that the Khan of the Black Pig Tribe surrendered completely.
He took off his armor and weapons, ordered his men to cut off his flag, and then walked towards the camp of the Great Zhou with his hands raised.
Surrender so easily?
Li Cheng also looked at the surrendered Khan of the Eight Tribes of Northern Mang with confusion.
Li Cheng was a native of Dongliao.
When he was young, Beimang was the representative of natural disasters.
Every invasion by the Northern Mang is a nightmare for young Li Cheng!
The officers were no match at all. The Beimang cavalry plundered wantonly, and some even rushed to within dozens of miles of Kyoto.
At that time, the entire Northern Territory was saying: "If there are no more than ten thousand people in the Northern Wilderness, there will be no rivals if there are more than ten thousand!"
At that time, Beimang was just a medium-sized grassland tribe.
But when it comes to Beimang, the entire court will tremble.
Later, Eastern Liao was established and the imperial court began to send troops to attack Northern Mang.
There were frequent wars at that time, and in every battle, the Northern Mang would drag the infantry of the Great Zhou down, and there was no chance of victory.