Chapter 43 Fighting After the Smoke of Gunpowder(1/2)
"The first squadron of the First Brigade lost thirty-seven people."
"The Second Squadron lost fifty-three people."
"The first squadron of the Second Battalion lost 81 people."
"The Second Squadron lost 73 people."
"Third, the fourth brigade lost twenty-nine people..."
"Bang!"
Dong Xiaoyi was thinking about the losses of each brigade, but Dong Hu did not react at all. He still lowered his head and gnawed on the huge ox leg bones. In the entire tent, except for Dong Xiaoyi, who was chanting cold numbers, even a few prisoners who were tied tightly, no one could disturb Dong Hu who was smacking his lips.
After chewing half of the ox leg, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing.
Ignore the bound captives and see everyone one by one...
"Since the rebellion of the Ganlang Qiang, our army has lost a large squadron of troops!"
"The battle hurts five hundred brothers, kills two thousand enemies, and wins this battle..."
"Bang!"
He punched the small table hard, and even Hua Xiong couldn't help but shrink his neck.
"What about the damn Lang Meng?"
"That damn bastard ran away-"
...
"snort!"
Dong Hu pointed at Song Yang, whose mouth was tied tightly.
"Yao Shan, Hua Xiong."
Yao Shan and Hua Xiong did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly stepped out and clasped their fists.
"The last one will be there."
"Take the injured brother, the body of the brother, and the dog thief immediately return to Lintao and hand the dog thief to your aunt for the treatment!"
"The Third Battalion, the Fourth Battalion immediately went to Didao, led by the eldest son."
"The last one will obey the order!"
"Sun Niu."
Dong Hu pointed at several men tied up.
"It's all chopped!"
"All the remaining wolf guards are my slaves, and they will cut my fingers off..."
Dong Hu stretched out his right thumb.
"It's this finger!"
"Those miscellaneous soldiers told them to become my slaves. I allowed them to keep their fingers, otherwise... they would be chopped up!"
Sun Niu did not dare to anger Dong Hu, so he clasped his fists heavily.
"promise!"
Sun Niu waved his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers stepped forward, dragging the wolf guards' big and small leader out of the tent.
"Xiao Yi, Dong Chong."
Dong Xiaoyi and Dong stepped forward with great strides.
"The last one will be there."
"The leader immediately went to Ganlang Valley, and any rebels will die!"
"promise!"
Dong Hu waved his hand, Dong Xiaoyi and Dong Chong clasped their fists and strode out of the military tent.
After looking at everyone in the tent, Dong Hu picked up the huge cow leg again.
"Get out!"
The generals did not dare to say much, and they all hugged their fists and left the military tent, leaving only two women huddled together in the corner...
"Shanlang Qiang has been removed from the list today, and only Dongbu will be the leader."
"The great wizard agrees."
Dong Hu still lowered his head to eat, and his mouth still made an annoying squirming sound...
"Master...Master, Ganlang Qiang...Ganlang Qiang is willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty..."
Dong Hu didn't raise his head and pointed to the woman wearing a dog collar in the corner.
"From now on, Kuwa is the woman of this general. According to your rules... Can the Director?"
The woman huddled in the corner couldn't help but look up at the man who was still slapped his head and smacking his lips.
"Great Wizard, you are a wise man on the plateau. You should understand that you have no way out. Don't force me to have my hands covered with innocent blood. I will never allow it! I will not allow a wolf cub on the edge of Lintao!"
Dong Hu brought a huge bone to the woman with a dog collar and carefully observed the woman with her body shrinking...
"This general has given enough sincerity. What is the sincerity of the great wizard, Ganlang Valley?"
Dong Hu pinched the chin of a woman who was afraid to dodge her, looked around and found that she was not very bad in appearance.
"Woom."
Dong Hu suddenly grinned, stuffed the ox legs in her hand into her, and turned around and walked out of the tent...
"The loser must have the awareness of the loser. Is it still unclear if I have been a dog for so many years?"
Dong Hu didn't stop anymore, lifted the tent and walked out.
Yaks are boats on the plateaus, basically in high mountains at an altitude of two or three thousand meters. It is difficult to remain calm under dense rockets. Not only yaks, but also war horses. When facing dense spears and halberds, it is difficult to have the courage to hit them head-on.
Faced with dense gun formations, most of the war horses stopped or turned around and were unwilling to rush around even if they were beaten with a whip.
When fighting to the death, they often use daggers to stab the horses on the shoes of cowboys in the western region, and constantly force the horses to hit the guns and die.
It is precisely because the war horses will have an instinctive fear of the gun formation that heavy cavalry attacks the entire infantry formation, and often does not rush up, but starts to accelerate slowly outside four hundred steps, and starts to sprint at full speed at two hundred steps, but slows down at a hundred meters. Even if you stop when you run to the infantry formation, you will stab it suddenly with a cavalry that is longer than the spear used by the infantry, and then run along the side of the infantry formation.
The cycle repeats itself, using the powerful pressure of heavy cavalry to strike the morale of the infantry, and condivating the infantry to fear.
Well-trained infantry are protected by heavy shields. It is difficult to break the defense if you want to use a spear to poke the front. This kind of poke may be difficult to break the defense even if it is poked for a day. However, heavy cavalry cavalry has a long lance. With the blessing of war horses, long sharp blades can easily pierce the shield. Even if they cannot pierce, powerful force can knock over the unstable infantry.
The war horses have an instinctive fear of dense gun formations. They will stop when the gun formation stabs the warhorse, but the cavalry is longer and can first stab the infantry holding a spear.
But this is not absolute. It is not that there are no war horses who dare to rush straight to the infantry gun formation. Even if the spurs are not used to stimulate the war horses, it is not impossible to rush the infantry army formation. However, this requires long-term training. Using war horses to rush the scarecrow with long sticks is like a liar lying to people.
After training, war horses will not be frightened even in a fire, gun forest, or even a more cruel battlefield. But yaks cannot do it, even if they are gentle, they cannot do it.
Not only can the yaks not bear the fire on their bodies, but even throwing stones can make the yak retreat. This is related to the fact that the herdsmen grazed all year round. In order to be lazy and prevent cattle and sheep from running around, the herdsmen always throw stones habitually. Once they throw stones, the cattle and sheep will turn around.
Dong Hu raised dozens of yaks himself, and thousands of cattle and sheep at home. He knew the habits of yaks very well. It was not difficult to deal with hundreds of yaks riding on the wolf guards.
Yaks can be ridden, but they cannot be used as battlefield cavalry. This is much worse than the stable-minded war horses.
After repeated battles, two thousand mercenaries almost lost a large squadron, and only called his elder brother to lose a hundred people. Although he knew that this was a price that he had to pay, compared with annihilation of two thousand ginseng wolf and Qiang green strong men, the loss of five hundred people was already a very small price, but Dong Hu still felt uncomfortable.
Hundreds of cavalry in the first brigade left the battlefield, and countless shrill screams spread throughout the valley. All the remaining two or three hundred wolf guards were chopped off their fingers, and their heads were branded with the word "Dong". Since then, they have only been Dong Hu's slaves.
The remaining soldiers saw that the fierce wolf guards were so miserable, without much hesitation, and they all became Dong Hu's slaves. Although they had a mark on their foreheads, their fingers were preserved.
One is a real slave, the other is a slave soldier with a character. There are two treatments, which is Dong Hu's attitude.
After a simple cleaning, Dong Hu led the second squadron of infantry and a squad of slaves to sway towards the empty Ganlang Valley.
The two sides fought fiercely for not long. The winner was decided in just half an hour. The news was soon learned by Lintao spies. Seeing this result, everyone in the Dong family hall was silent...
County Magistrate Sun Ying smiled bitterly. He didn't expect this would be the result. Seeing that no one spoke, he hesitated to hold his fists.
"Madam, should you send someone to Ganlang Valley?"
Everyone looked at the county magistrate Sun Ying together, with different expressions.
Sun Ying smiled bitterly and said, "If the Hehuang Qiang tribes had rebelled, even if the Huwa slaughtered all the Ganlang Valley, it would be nothing, but now..."
Sun Ying lowered his head and sighed, "Mrs. I said, if you can stabilize the ginseng wolf Qiang, you should be as stable as possible, and avoid causing panic in the Baima Qiang as much as possible. But... Mrs. also knows what the mercenaries exist. If you don't suppress them, no one knows what will happen."
Dong's silence...
"Thuwa is not a reckless person, so... wait."
Dong stood up, and the whole room was standing up one after another.
"Everyone hasn't slept all day and night. In this battle, our army won a great victory, so we can sleep with a high sleep."
"It's a good thing."
Dong spoke, but others had no choice but to bow and hold their fists, follow Dong, and shake his head one by one to leave.
Dong's health was not very good. He didn't rest for a day and night and was really exhausted. When he walked out of the hall, he was carefully supported by a maid.
To be continued...