Chapter 236, Annan's ambition (2)
When people are desperate, they either do the final madness or completely collapse, waiting for death to come.
The Annan soldiers who were in high spirits attacking Zhennan Pass but were ambushed obviously belonged to the latter. Under the strong pressure of hundreds of thunder riders dressed as ghosts, starting from the back formation of Annan soldiers who were divided on the other side of the sling pontoon bridge, the despair spread like a virus: "We surrender, don't kill us, don't die."
With the surrender of the Annan soldiers in the rear formation, the Annan soldiers in front of the southern gate of Zhennan Pass were even more chaotic and could not advance or retreat.
Advance is the ruthless baptism of dense sulphur bombs and arrow rain. When retreat is the broken suspension bridge and the rolling Lancang River water, and the soldiers on the other side of the shore crying with grief.
It seemed as if the legendary doomsday had come at this moment, and the god of doomsday was obviously standing on the side of the Han soldiers.
At this moment, Hong Chen's ambition turned into grief and anger. Under the cover of his personal guards, he shouted and cursed: "Stop it, don't surrender! Bastard Jiang Kaishan, you are a despicable villain, wait for me; and the Western barbarian, when I go back, I will settle the score with you."
Until this moment, Hong Chen thought that the ambushed him was Jiang Kaishan's men and the Western Alliance, and that Jiang Kaishan and the Western Alliance's expeditionary forces united to plot against them.
However, Hong Chen's guess was not a big mistake. If it were not for Lei Dongfeng's intervention, even if he entered the city to help Jiang Kaishan defeat Zhang Yu, he would eventually be led into ambush by Jiang Kaishan, and killed as an "enemy", and then ask for credit from the imperial capital.
In essence, at least Lei Dongfeng still has the intention to use Hong Chen to not kill him, but Jiang Kaishan has long regarded him as a stepping stone for seeking credit and reward.
As for the Western Allied Forces, although they would not turn against each other immediately, they would definitely not sit idly by and watch Annan become bigger. Therefore, from the moment Hong Chen led the army to leave the capital of Annan, the fate of these 20,000 Annan soldiers was destined to be either captives or enter the underworld, and there was no second way out.
"Sir, let's take you across the river!" Several of the personal guards around Hong Chen were quite loyal. He was furious and ran to the riverside.
When they arrived by the Lancang River, several guards took out their sheepskin pockets they carried with them and prepared to cross the river.
This sheepskin pocket is also a simple way for the Annan people and the southwest ethnic minorities in the empire to cross the river. On weekdays, carry a few sheepskin bags, which can hold various supplies, food and drinking water. When crossing the river, it blows gas and connects several skin bags together to make a simple skin raft. This skin raft seems light, but it is not afraid of the reefs at the bottom of the water. It can also maintain a certain balance in the torrent, but it is more practical than ordinary boats.
Otherwise, with the rapid flow of rivers in the southwest, no matter how good the swimming expert is, it will be difficult for him to cross these hundreds of meters.
Several personal guards pulled Hong Yu, who was already in a state of madness, got on the connected sheepskin raft, and tried hard to row towards the other side.
When the Annan soldiers in front of the city gate saw that the commander had run away, they immediately cursed loudly, and their already low morale fell to the bottom.
Some smart soldiers followed suit and began to take out their sheepskin pockets and headed to the other side of the river while the chaos was in the chaos.
Some of the ones who did not bring the tools to cross the river began to compete with their robes. Some soldiers even showed their fierceness at this moment and began to chop up the robes with the tools to cross the river. Anyway, they could not go back alive, so they would drag everyone to bury them with them.
The ugliness of human nature are undoubtedly reflected at this moment.
"Let's surrender! Grandpa Han soldiers spare us." Most Annan people, especially those who could not advance and retreat, no longer even had the courage to escape. After all, there were enemy troops on the other side. At this moment, they knelt down and cried non-stop.
"Kill all these bastards who want to take advantage of the situation!" A voice shouted, but it was Jiang Zhuying.
Lei Dongfeng had arrived at this time. He frowned when he heard this, but he still joined the battle group. He waved the cold front and the two halberds in his hand, but he showed no mercy.
Because before that, Li Ruoxi proposed at the military meeting that he would try not to leave Annan's prisoners, because the Western coalition might arrive later. First, there was no time to resettle and reorganize, and second, the grain and grass warehouse in the city had been set on fire by Jiang Kaishan's men and horses, and there was no extra grain and grass for them to eat. Moreover, these Annan people should not be let go, so the best way is to kill them on the battlefield, and she also had to use the heads of these Annan people to do something.
Jiang Zhuying naturally knew this plan, but also knew that Lei Dongfeng himself did not want to kill prisoners casually. At this moment, he was afraid that he would be soft-hearted, so he shouted out first and took the charge of killing prisoners entirely on himself.
So, an extremely tragic scene appeared on the battlefield. Groups of Annan soldiers who had already put down their weapons and were kneeling on the ground were mercilessly chopped to the ground by the Han soldiers who rushed to the scene. Then, their big heads were cut off.
These Annan soldiers were still a little surprised at first. When they woke up and wanted to get up and escape, they were mostly cavalrymen, and most of the Annan soldiers were infantrymen. There were rivers in front of them, so there was no way to escape. After a few steps, they were already killed by the Han soldiers who arrived later.
Later, these soldiers simply didn't even run away, and sat in a daze, letting the Han Bing's sharp blade beside them.
At this time, many of them realized that it also took courage to escape. If courage is lost, everything will be over.
"A general has achieved success forever. Brother, let me bear the reputation of killing prisoners for you." Jiang Zhuying waved his sword and severely cut off the head of an Annan soldier, allowing the blood to spray on the armor on his chest, and there was a slaughter in his eyebrows and eyes.
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Under the desperate escort of the personal guards around him, Hong Chen finally arrived on the other side, but they did not dare to land on the shore from the way, because the shore was obviously controlled by the "Western Alliance".
During this period, a Han general kept shooting feather arrows on the bank of Zhennan Pass, killing several Hong Chen's personal guards who were still crossing the river. One arrow even shot Hong Chen's hat feathers to the ground.
Hong Chen was so scared that he left his body, and he even believed that the enemy was going to kill him and went downstream. With the cover of darkness, he was dragged by his personal guards and climbed to the other side from the river beach more than ten miles away from the 6 o'clock corner.
"Jiang Kaishan, Western barbarians, you can wait!" Hong Chen cursed with gritted teeth.
The 30,000 elite Annan soldiers were equivalent to the Annan Imperial Guards, but the entire army was destroyed in less than an hour. All of these made Hong Chen make up his mind to prevent his elder brother from continuing to unite with the Western Allied Forces after returning to China.
If it weren't for the betrayal of Jiang Kaishan and the Western Allied Forces, how could he have suffered today's defeat? But Hong Chen immediately thought that the army of the Western Allied Forces was marching along the Honghe River in Annan, but he could no longer follow this road. After a break, he simply chose to cross the rainforest and take a small path to return to the capital of Annan.
Just when Hong Chen was fleeing south in a panic, there were already mountains of corpses and blood under Zhennan Pass. The bodies of Annan soldiers were piled up all over the city gate, and countless corpses were floating on the Lancang River.
Ars and others on the other side looked at the killing here, especially the scene where the Han soldiers cut off the heads of the surrendered Annan soldiers without hesitation, and were secretly shocked.
Als hesitated for a moment, and with a wave of his hand, Stela immediately rushed into the surrendered soldiers of Annan on the riverside, and killed them one by one.
And more Annan soldiers had no choice but to jump into the river and were swallowed up by the river in a flash.
Two hours later, the Jingguan, built with the bodies of Annan soldiers and heads, was erected on each bank of the Lancang River.
Blood soars into the sky, killing endlessly.
"Ars, I'm here to help you today." After Ars led his army to cross the river again, Lei Dongfeng held Als' hand.
It turned out that after arriving at Zhennan Pass, Lei Dongfeng, Zhang Yu, Chen Ren and others discussed a plan to deal with Jiang Kaishan. According to Li Ruoxi's arrangement, we must take this opportunity to make the Western Allied Expeditionary Force and the Annan people get into trouble, and at least the Annan people no longer actively support the Western Allied Expeditionary Force.
The method is to let Als return to their land of land 6, bring Lehagel, Stera and Five Hundred Lei Cavalry, plagiarize the retreat of the Annan army, making the Annan people think that this is a trap set by Jiang Kaishan and the Western Allied Forces. Moreover, it is necessary to kill as many Annan people as possible to increase their hatred for the Western Allied Forces.
So, after the plan was decided, Als immediately went to look for Lehagel and others. Until today, he was attacked by Lei Dongfeng and captured all the invading Annan soldiers.
"Nothing, I'm glad to help you, and it can destroy the Pope's plan in the southwest." Als said lightly.
"Today is my first time killing prisoners..." Lei Dongfeng sighed as he looked at the mountains of corpses around him.
"I remember there was a saying in the Empire, "Battle violence with violence, and since these people have the courage to come, they should have the awareness of not being able to go back. I have also killed a lot... If we are killed on the battlefield, there will be no complaints." Ars looked at Lei Dongfeng and said seriously.
"Ars." Lei Dongfeng suddenly appeared these words of Als, especially the sentence "Since you have the courage to come, you should have the awareness of not being able to go back." It was exactly what he thought on the city wall before the war, and he felt a little close to Als.
But Ars smiled slightly, but he felt more and more that he and the general of the Han Empire should indeed be born friends.
"Two sirs, the coalition forces are coming next. We must prepare for the plan below." Li Ruoxi walked over and said lightly.
"The plan below..." Lei Dongfeng suddenly hesitated.
"Mr. Lei, what plan did you come up with? Why didn't I tell Als if I asked him?" Stera said curiously when she saw Lei Dongfeng like this.
"Well, it's not that I can't say it, but if this plan is really implemented, it will be too harmful to the sky." Lei Dongfeng glanced at Als.
"Lee, if you know what kind of enemy you are facing, you will feel that this plan is kind to him." Als said lightly.
"Well? Is this enemy a famous general from Western 6? We can't fight against the enemy?" Lei Dongfeng said seriously.
Chapter completed!