Wanli 1592

Chapter 598 Sad Choice

In this restricted terrain, on the narrow and long roads, the power of the cavalry could not be exerted at all.

The Ming army only needed to face the frontal impact of a dozen cavalry at the same time. As long as the army formation was set up, the impact of the cavalry would be greatly limited, and it was not as realistic as dismounting to fight on foot.

However, when dismounting and fighting on foot, you have to face the dense firearms and crossbows of the Ming army, especially those firearms that were once extremely despised by grassland people. Interruptions are very common.

Unlike an arrow wound, as long as the arrow wound does not hit the vital point, just take out the arrow. Unless it is poisonous, you will not die, but the gun wound is different. But the blood from the wound couldn't be stopped at all, and he bled to death within a few hours.

Gunshot wounds are the most helpless injuries for prairie people at present. As long as they are hit, they will basically die, unless the injured limbs are cut off, but prairie people must live on a strong body. What's the point of living?

Although only a few hundred people were killed in the breakout battles in the past few days, more than a thousand people have lost their fighting power, and the number of the Ming army is increasing, but he is short of food and clothing. If this continues, he will lose all his fighting power , this point, Rick is well aware.

After searching for Liu Xi for a long time but not being able to find him, Ralik began to regain his sanity bit by bit. In addition, people around him kept telling him that the Han man was a very cunning Han man, and he must have ulterior motives to trick us into this place.

So he began to suspect that every step he took along the way was designed, from capturing Taiyuan to fleeing south, basically Liu Xi urged him to do it, and now Liu Xi disappeared, leaving himself in Wenquan Town Inside, Hot Spring Town was blocked by the Ming army again, and the terrain and roads have super restrictions on cavalry. What does this mean?

cheated.

Was used as a gun.

What the specific purpose is, Lalik doesn't know, but he just has this kind of intuition - he thought he used Liu Xi, but in the end, it seemed that he was the one who was used, and he pierced through Liu Xi with the [-] cavalry in his hand. Datong and Shanxi have gained huge wealth, but at the same time!

Of the [-] cavalry, only [-] were left, and the rest were all killed by the Ming army.

Only then did he feel horrified.

While continuously gaining victories and wealth, he has already stepped towards a dead end step by step. Liu Xi seems to have set up this dead end for himself from the very beginning, allowing himself to fall into it bit by bit, but he didn't notice it. By the time he realized it, he had already been surrounded by tens of thousands of Ming troops.

Has fallen into a dead end!
I have become a very sad person, a very sad dying person!

The fragrance that was wafting around in the town seemed to be a mockery to him. While inhaling that alluring fragrance, he could feel that the anger in his heart was constantly rising, as if it was going to swallow him whole.

The Ming army is using this method to demonstrate their strength and sufficient supplies, to demonstrate to him in this way, and to tell him that they still have great strength, but here they cannot even provide their soldiers with a full meal. , under the ebb and flow, morale will be severely hit.

Although Lalik can't turn his head, he still has the most basic common sense of war.

Right now, he can even think of how shaken and frustrated his subordinates are, and how powerless they are in the battle, while the Ming army on the opposite side is so powerful and brave, defeating his soldiers in one fell swoop .

The sudden reversal of the strength contrast over the years may have started with such a meal in the army.

This subtle contrast terrifies Lalik.

He began to realize that if some decisions were not made, he and his soldiers would pay with their lives here.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is a simple and ancient legal concept. In nomadic tribes without written laws, this is the truth. Ralik knew that if he fell into the hands of the Han people, he would never end well. Judging from the government's gnawing hatred and uncompromising attitude towards the nomadic tribes, there is no doubt that he will die.

Rather than dying in despair after losing the fighting power and fighting will, it is better to fight to the death while still having strength, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

Lalik decided to fight to the death and luck, at least he couldn't just die like this.

Right now, the longer the time dragged on, the worse it would be for him. He made a decisive decision and called all his trusted subordinates.

"Kill all the wounded, thin, and weak-looking horses, leaving only the horses strong enough for the soldiers who are strong enough to ride, and abandoning all the wounded, sick, and thin soldiers, don't Pay attention, we will only bring the most elite fighters to break through! Just take the road to the north and fight all the way back!"

Lalik made the most cruel, ruthless and helpless decision.

The cronies and generals looked at me and I looked at you, all of them showed doubts and hesitation.

"My lord, has it really reached this point?"

A minister asked cautiously.

"If it hadn't been for this point, would this king have issued such an order? Those soldiers are also my king's subjects! None of them died! If it hadn't been for this point, how could this king be willing to issue such an order!?"

Ralek showed a sad look: "If we don't do this, we will all die here, all of us, including me, will not survive, and will definitely be killed by the Han people. We can only ride the strongest Horses, rely on the strongest fighters to break out of the encirclement, otherwise, we will not even have a chance to survive."

The leaders and generals all showed mournful expressions.

This kind of thing is not a rare thing for people on the grassland. The tradition of the noble, the strong, the humble, and the old is deeply rooted on the grassland. This is a tradition caused by the grassland and its lack of means of production, which cannot be solved by the fragile nomadic economy. tragedy.

Only the strongest can survive, instead of offering the elderly as wealth like the Han people.

This is a kind of helplessness in survival, which has shaped the tough character of the prairie people. Now, it will also give them the courage and belief to fight to the death. restart.

The last thing they lack is the courage to start from scratch.

So the headmen and generals turned and left one after another, and began the cruel screening according to Lalik's request. This was an extremely cruel thing for them, but it was also something they had to do. Some people would be abandoned and die here. But the tinder will be kept, this is their choice.

(End of this chapter)