Northern Dynasties

Chapter 297
Knowing that this Liu Ku is really timid, Li Tai was worried that this guy might be affected by his fear, which would have some counterproductive effects, so he didn't plan to let him get too close to the jesters in the tidal flats at first. .

But he did not expect that Liu Kuzhen would take the initiative to approach the past and shout to surrender: "These thieves are stupid and do not know the order, so they dare to be the enemy of the lord. Now they have suffered retribution and are trapped in this surrounding world." Inside, slaves should proclaim the Lord's Enwei nearby, so that these thieves can hear clearly, so that they can feel repentance!"

This guy probably saw that the thieves were completely surrounded and there was nothing wrong with them, so he was so brave and wanted to rely on Li Tai's army to pretend to be powerful.

"Although the thieves have lost their way out, they still have the will to resist. Some people who wanted to return to righteousness were blocked by the fierce and stubborn thieves. If you can't disintegrate the fighting spirit of the thieves, you will only grow the heart of poverty , never forgive me lightly!"

Seeing that this guy had a slightly better expression, Li Tai got carried away with joy, and immediately said in a deep voice with a straight face.

When Liu Kuzhen heard these words, his expression immediately became entangled. Various emotions were entangled in his eyes, and finally he became determined again, and kowtowed heavily in front of Li Tai: I am still fierce and stubborn, but I enjoy the protection of my master's divine power, so how can I fear the persecution of these thieves! But please rest assured, my master, I will try my best to complete the task of persuading surrender before the battle. If it is really tiring, I am willing to die to apologize!"

Hearing this guy's generous self-report, Li Tai couldn't help but look at him with admiration.It seems that this Liu Kuzhen is not only greedy for life and afraid of death, he still has some ambitions in his heart.

Probably seeing that his father, brother and elders were all under siege, and the tribal forces that originally depended for survival would collapse at any time, so he dared not blindly escape and retreat. After all, there would be no eggs under the nest. I'm afraid it won't be too moist, and it may even be worse than death.

Li Tai was happy to give him a chance, so he ordered a group of soldiers to go to the front, quickly built an earthen platform more than ten feet high, and then ordered Liu Kuzhen to be led to the platform to shout for surrender.

Although what Liu Kuzhen said before was a bit generous and heroic, but when he really wanted to walk up to the earthen platform to face the turbulent and dangerous atmosphere on the tidal flat, his knees trembled uncontrollably, and most of his body weight was hanging by his side A sergeant smelled like mud that couldn't support the wall.

When Liu Ahqi heard this, she was dumbfounded, and she was about to turn back and beg for mercy, but the strong men of the clan had already violently twisted her down and took care of her.

The camp tsunami last night almost caused nearly half of the casualties of the besieged people here, especially those old and weak women and children who were originally vulnerable groups in the tribe died in large numbers, and few of them survived. part.

Because there is no strong integration among the tribes, no one is willing to rush out of the siege and become a stepping stone for others to escape, so there has been no large-scale breakout.With the passage of time, under the double consumption of physical strength and energy, it is more difficult to organize any large-scale activities.

Some other crowd watched and sneaked towards the encircling gap seen during the day, and they were not hindered by any sniping, so they quickened their pace and escaped from the gap, and their figures quickly disappeared into the night, not sure if it was real After successfully escaping from birth, he still stepped into an even crueler trap.

Li Tai had already fallen asleep in the camp, and when he heard the commotion outside, he also got up and left the camp, and saw rockets flying around, and the beach under the flickering light seemed to be a purgatory on earth, with all kinds of shrill sounds and ghost shadows The startled crowd even broke out fierce fighting among each other, and everything became out of control.

Liu Kuzhen was not reconciled to returning without success, and even said that he could fight at night with the lights on.Li Tai's voice was quite hoarse, it could be seen that he really put in his strength, after a few words of encouragement with a smile, he was led back to the camp.

"King Zuo Xian, get out! How could your son be on the side of the officers and soldiers, yet still call for surrender..."

But although he tried his best to recruit surrender, the effect was not very great. Few Hu people came forward to surrender, which inevitably made Liu Kuzhen feel greatly frustrated.

After night fell, people from all walks of life outside the encirclement entered the camp to rest, leaving only a part of the necessary armored soldiers to rely on fortifications for vigilance.

Looking at the piles of people on the tidal flat, it looks like a bloody and cruel slaughterhouse. The spilled blood has already solidified and frozen, forming a piece of shocking reddish-brown mottled.Even if the army attacks and kills, it may not cause such a tragic situation. Last night, the roar of the camp caused more damage to the Hu people than the battle on the battlefield.

Hearing Zuo Xianwang's words, several Shuofang Hu chiefs also looked a little unnatural.Li Shihu lost troops and lost generals, and the size of his army had shrunk several times compared to when he first crossed the river, and the loss was indeed heavy, which made them feel guilty, so they all temporarily accepted Zuo Xianwang's explanation.

Those Hu soldiers who were lying on the pile of corpses gasping for a rest were driven up, and under the order of the armored soldiers, the corpses that had become cold and hard were collected and piled up, and soon formed a tall pile.

Several Hu chieftains from Shuofanghu led their cronies and elites to one of the Hu people's garrisons, pointing at the inside and shouting and questioning.

Some thieves broke away from the beach and tentatively approached the encirclement. They were greeted by cold arrows that pierced through the air, and they quickly retreated.

It was getting late, and the fortifications of the encirclement had been initially completed. Li Tai didn't expect Liu Kuzhen to be able to recruit many hordes, but the main reason was to break down the morale of the other side, so he led Liu Kuzhen back before dark.

After dealing with the questioning of the Hu chieftains for a while, the Zuoxian King's expression was not relaxed, and he still had one or two chances in his heart, only thinking that knowing a son is like a father, and this kind of dangerous thing of calling out to persuade him to surrender seems not like his son Character can do it.

All the Hu chiefs denounced the cunning and deceitfulness of the officers and soldiers, and reiterated that they would fight to the end and never give in, and then they dispersed and returned to their troops.It's just that their respective tribes gathered together and vaguely surrounded the Lishihu tribe.

Although it was expected that the bandit army would not be able to support it for a long time, but after waking up, Li Tai was surprised to see that it had collapsed so badly, so he asked the left and right, but none of them could tell. So, the only certainty is that this is not a bad thing.

All kinds of roaring and killing sounds suddenly sounded, which immediately woke up the huzhong who were already frightened around them. The huji chiefs did not dare to investigate what happened, but strictly restrained their own troops to avoid getting involved in this incident. Among the riots.

When dawn came, the field of vision became wider again. Li Mu didn't have time to participate in cleaning up the battlefield, so he led his subordinates to hunt down the crowd who escaped from the gap last night.

"Nonsense! My son had already died in battle in the southern border because of the wrong information from your tribes. How could you help the enemy to surrender?"

After surviving the initial panic, Liu Kuzhen saw that the thieves on the opposite side did not dare to approach and harass him at all, and gradually became more courageous, shouting louder and more fluently.

King Zuo Xian heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, but he couldn't help feeling sad, pointing at Liu Ah Qi and angrily scolded: "The battle is urgent now, and I don't have time for him to take care of him. When I break out of the siege, I will use you, a thief slave!" Sacrifice my son with blood!"

Li Tai walked around the encirclement circle again, and saw that Yang Zhong and Yu Wengui both came to the front line to pay close attention to the chaos inside, but neither dared to send personnel inside to interfere.After all, what is more terrifying than the victorious elite is the rioters who bombed the camp out of control. These rioters are really powerful at the moment, and they can only let them vent their madness. can be constrained.

Li Tai saw that this guy couldn't even stand upright, and he was quite disappointed in his heart. He was planning to order someone to bring him back so that he wouldn't be ashamed to appear on the stage again, but he saw Liu Kuzhen speeding up his pace and standing tremblingly on the earthen platform. , first looked around in a daze, then immediately looked at the frightened crowd on the tidal flat in front of him, shouted a few times at a very high volume, his voice was trembling at first, but the last one had become vicious.

Rao Li Tai has experienced battles and is used to seeing life and death, but when he saw tens of thousands of horses who could run and move yesterday turned into lumps of frozen meat today, his mood became a little depressed. With a deeper understanding of the cruelty of human beings, war will always expand the boundaries of the evil of human nature.

Liu Tuo, the virtuous king of Zuo, responded loudly with anger on his face: "I was deceived by all your tribes, and led my troops to help, and all of them died here. I haven't questioned you yet, how dare you doubt me?"

When the attention of many Hu people was attracted, Liu Kuzhen continued to shout: "A certain is the heir of Lishi Zuoxian King named Kuzhen, who was specially ordered by the officer Li Dadu..."

Liu Ku's words from the outside spread quickly to the inside, and soon most of the Jihu people knew about it, including the Hu chiefs of various ministries.

Hearing Liu Ku's real words, the crowd in the tidal flat whispered and buzzed one after another, with different emotional reactions, but without exception, they all listened very seriously.

"King Zuo Xian was murdered!"

However, he still summoned Liu Ahqi, who had fled back from Dongxia Prefecture, to question carefully. Liu Ahqi was also severely punished when he escaped after a major defeat. Nervous, he gritted his teeth after weighing the matter and said that Liu Kuzhen had died in battle, and the person who shouted outside the battle was a disguise of the army.

The beach looks crowded, but the crowd is not without space.Different tribes each guard an area, leaving a certain gap between them due to their close relationship.

The chaotic battalion roar in the tidal flat soon alerted the battalions outside the encirclement. All the generals put on their armor and left the camp one after another, and arranged their troops to the encirclement to enrich the front line.In order to prevent the battalion roar from spreading outward, the armored soldiers on the front line lit the rockets and shot them inward to disperse and block the crowd who rushed in this direction.

"How could this be?"

Only then did people from all walks of life enter to clean up the scene. Even though there were still some mobs who could still act, they were completely unable to organize resistance. Looking at the officers and troops entering in teams, they could only abandon their weapons and surrender in despair.

This kind of small commotion lasted until the middle of the night before it gradually subsided. The fighting during the day and the nervousness caused serious physical exhaustion for the Jihu masses.

The commotion lasted for quite a while, and finally someone shouted out a relatively clear sentence, but the message conveyed shocked the Lishi crowd inexplicably.

The Jihu crowd in the tidal flat was more active and restless than during the day, probably because with the cover of night, they would no longer directly see the battles of the officers and soldiers surrounding them, and their courage grew stronger again.

Although those Hu chiefs still have the idea of ​​restraining their troops, their own control is rapidly disappearing. Except for the many cronies around them, there are very few who can be influenced by orders.Frightened, most of the pawns began to choose to act according to their instincts, but these instinctive actions made the situation even more chaotic and corrupt.

Even well-trained elite troops, in the face of various factors such as siege, low morale, and huge pressure, may explode the camp, not to mention these bullies.

Fortunately, this situation did not last for too long. After all, these barbarians themselves were already at the end of their physical exertion. After making a lot of noise and madness, those lucky enough to survive fell on the ground one after another, with limp limbs. It is difficult to move again.

"Shuofang bandit Hu wanted to take my chances, and even harmed King Zuoxian! Mr. Kuzhen is recruiting the clansmen outside the formation, hurry up and join the young master, and then avenge the king!"

This was followed by a series of clearer shouts. The panicked Lishi huddlers finally received the guidance and orders, and they were no longer at a loss. Subconsciously, they grabbed their staffs and followed the large army straight rushed to the left.

Just when both sides thought that the night would pass without any disturbance, a violent riot erupted at the core of the tidal flat crowd.

The source of this riot is the area where Lishi Huzhong is located, but most of the Lishi Hu people don't know the reason for the riot at all. They just tilted their heads and fell asleep for a while. After being awakened, the surroundings are already a mess , Everyone uttered inexplicable roars to embolden themselves and frighten others.

Of course, it would be too hypocritical to say that there is any war-weary and world-weary sentiment arising from this.When people witness suffering, the greatest reward should be to try their best to keep themselves and those close to them away from this kind of suffering. The joy and sweetness of victory will never be discounted because of the misery of the enemy.

As the battlefield was gradually cleared up, this joint military operation across regions also came to a perfect end, whether it was the Shuofanghu who harbored evil intentions in the border, or the aliens who came across the border. Shihu, the forces have all suffered a near-destructive blow.

Even if the hegemony of the Western Wei Dynasty did not focus on Beizhou's economic strategy, this can definitely be called a brilliant victory, and it can even be said that the result of the victory surpassed all previous military operations against Beizhou Jihu since the Datong!

So while the soldiers were still busy with various finishing matters, the generals had already begun to consider the distribution of military exploits and spoils.

(End of this chapter)