With Denair's death, the barbarian coalition began to collapse, with about thirty or forty people escaping. Only Anderson's thirty-odd men were left standing there.
The remaining soldiers Zhong Yu summoned who were still able to move were about forty. They slowly surrounded them. Although the number of soldiers on both sides was about the same, the morale of the two armies was very different.
The combat effectiveness of an army has never been measured by its numbers, nor even by the advancedness of its weapons. I rely on the combat morale of an army to decide, especially in the cold weapon era when firearms did not yet exist.
Why was Japan's pig attack tactic so effective during World War II? After hitting the Russians and British, the American troops were stunned for a while. Are you still scared by Japan's fearless tactics
Our own troops with high morale surrounded the barbarian coalition with low morale. Waiting for Zhong Yu's arrival.
At the outer edge of the encirclement, Zhong Yu said loudly to the barbarian coalition inside: "Surrender, I need people now. If you surrender, I can guarantee your life safety."
After hearing this, many barbarians clearly showed excited expressions on their faces. However, they still did not answer, but looked at the leader who was protected by them, Anderson.
Being watched by everyone, Anderson felt pain in his heart, although he knew that as long as he nodded a little, all the barbarians would put down their weapons and surrender to him.
Having been killed by those yellow-skinned people, they no longer have any courage in their chests to fight the enemies in front of them. If they hadn't used their kindness and prestige to make them stay, I'm afraid they would have turned around and left immediately. , run away in embarrassment!
Although he wanted to nod and let them surrender immediately, he could not make up his mind because of the slight reluctance in his heart, the dignity of being a leader and the sense of honor of a barbarian.
In the end, he selfishly chose to resist and let those warriors go with him to meet the ancestral gods, for the sake of the dignity of the barbarians, or for the sake of having an extra companion on the road to hell.
As the second largest leader in this war, he deeply understood that anyone could surrender, but even if he could not, he had already caused the enemy to lose so many troops. If you don't kill yourself, then the local army, which has killed so many people, will not give up. If you don't kill yourself, you won't be able to level the grudges of the army.
What's more, as the leader of the Aisen tribe who has ruled for decades, his prestige has been deeply rooted. If he is allowed to wait for this period of time, the loss and fear in the hearts of the army will be eliminated.
Then when the time comes, I, who has a very high reputation in their hearts, can cheer up at any time. These hundreds of tribesmen will follow him to resist the brutal rule of the yellow-skinned people. No one will let this huge hidden danger remain under their rule.
Therefore, Anderson refused to surrender. He already understood that he had no way out and could only fight to the death. Although, he also understood that if he had just escaped with that group of people, he would very likely be able to escape back to the tribe, and then he would be able to gather a group of people to continue to resist the attack of those yellow-skinned people.
But so what? Those yellow-skinned people can recruit another group of troops at any time, but their tribe cannot resist it. Rather than let the people of their tribe suffer heavy casualties.
In the end, those who were killed were not yellow-skinned people, and no one was spared. It's better to take these tribal warriors with them now and resist together. It would be a good outcome to be able to support them.
Maybe it can also make them understand that we barbarians will kill people when they are cornered. Maybe this can also make the enemies fearful and let the people of their own tribe get better treatment!
Anderson's resistance did not last long. The group of barbarians who had lost their morale completely collapsed after half of them were killed or injured.
And Anderson, knowing that he had completely failed, pulled out the dagger from his waist, stabbed himself in the heart, and committed suicide.
Since his body fell, the remaining few people have also given up resistance, allowing the enemy's blades to rest on their bodies, and died with him. To have such a loyal and brave warrior, he can be regarded as a What a great leader!
The remaining dozen or so people looked back at the situation on the battlefield and ran away even more desperately. Zhong Yu also ordered the remaining people to go after him, but not too far, about five miles is enough.
An hour later, the people who went to chase him came back, bringing back the heads of about ten people. Everyone's face was filled with the pleasure of revenge and the joy of victory in the war, mixed with a trace of happiness for surviving.
Everyone's face was covered with tears, and the smiles on their lips formed a strange picture. It was not clear whether they were crying or laughing.
Also, no one could explain clearly the fear in their hearts that they had never experienced such a tragic war before, and suddenly faced such a high-intensity war.
Those barbarians before had only experienced battles involving a few or a dozen people, but now they had experienced a war involving hundreds of people, and it was still so cruel.
Zhong Yu counted the number of soldiers who still came down, and found that there were only 24 soldiers. Among them, there were only six Yellow Turban soldiers. There may be some seriously injured people who were not included.
But those people are no longer worth saving. Even if they recover from serious injuries, they are still disabled. It is not worth it to waste the food in the territory to feed them and hire special people to take care of them. Business will not be adopted by others.
Before the war, he had an army of 129 people. After the war, he only had an army of 24 people. He lost more than 100 people. It can be said that his vitality was severely damaged.
The most important thing is that there are only six of his own base, the thirty-nine-strong Yellow Turban Army, and it is already difficult to suppress the group of barbarians and refugees.
Although forced by their long-term majesty, they dare not make trouble for the time being, but if they discover their weakness, the barbarians who hate themselves deeply and want to eat their own flesh and suck their own bones will definitely not He would miss the opportunity to take a bite out of his weak body.
Therefore, Zhong Yu comforted them with a kind face and made many promises to them. It was the release of slaves from slavery, more rewards for servants, and the original Yellow Turban Army was promoted to higher ranks.
In short, it calmed their nerves that were very tense due to the war, and their faces obviously relaxed. Zhong Yucai took them back to the territory to rest.
On the way, Zhong Yu discovered a very harsh reality, that is, the group of yellow scarf soldiers also looked at him with hatred. The barbarians seemed to have noticed the strange movements of the Yellow Turban Army, and they were also getting ready to move.
With Zhong Yuru Mang on his back, he couldn't help but sweat dripping down. However, he said that his face was still expressionless and he tried hard to maintain his cold face.
A calm expression can instill awe in people, letting them know that they have someone to rely on, and relying on their past majesty, they dare not make any changes.
In this way, with Zhong Yu's calmness, he returned to the territory without any danger along the way.
Afterwards, 100 of Zhong Yu's three hundred young soldiers who returned to the territory went to clean up the battlefield, while the rest were deployed to maintain the security of themselves and the territory.
After calling in heavy troops to protect him tightly, he finally relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief. It was really too dangerous to follow this extremely unstable group of remaining troops on their way back to their territory.
I have to worry at any time whether they will lose their wits and betray them when no one is around to protect them. By then, I will be in trouble all over the world.
On February 20, the first year of the Chu Yuan Dynasty, in the Lost Plains, the Edra Tribe Alliance decided the hegemony of the Edra Tribe Alliance and part of the territory of the Barren Plain. The battle ended with Zhong Yu's victory. The Sen tribe and the Mengla tribe were defeated and their leader died.
Note: The barren land is because the barbarians do not know how to farm and still live a primitive life of fishing and hunting. The place where Zhong Yu is located does not have any special products, such as salt, iron, or any special resources. It is called a barren land, but in fact the land is very fertile and is a good place for growing food.
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