Chapter 40 Post-War Conference
The whole battle process was too short. Before these natives could react, the battle was basically over!
A few of the enemies who circled around from both sides rushed to the front of the battle formation!
Looking at these natives who were coming around and approaching desperately, the melee soldiers held out their weapons to each other with expressions of anticipation, excitement, and cruelty!
"Pikemen~!"
"Raise the gun~!"
"Stab~!"
Following the officer's order, the spearmen neatly raised their guns, held their spears flat, and pointed the spear points at the enemy. Following the officer's orders, they stepped neatly toward the enemy in front, and forcefully grasped the spears in their hands!
The few enemies were immediately stabbed through each other, and the weapons they held high weakened. Their dull eyes, desperate faces, and limp bodies all indicted the cruelty of war!
The enemy's wooden spears, stone spears, and even flying stones had no effect at all in front of the fully protected warriors. The final result was that only a few warriors were slightly injured by stones hitting exposed areas.
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In this battle, the melee warriors are finally no longer mere charlatans, and they will no longer be described as professional battlefield cleaners by others!
Only when there were less than a hundred natives left in the middle of the battlefield, who were paralyzed and stunned by fright, did Zhang Wei react!
It was so fast. In a short period of time, nearly three thousand natives on the opposite side were slaughtered. This killing speed can only be described as 'slaughter'!
It was too easy, really too fast. Neither I nor the enemy expected that the battle would end so quickly!
Zhang Wei came back to his senses and twitched his lips, not knowing what to say!
He couldn't blame his soldiers, he could only blame himself for not expecting that these southern barbarians and natives were so unbearable!
Zhang Wei looked at the dozens of frightened natives surrounded by cavalry and thought that this could be considered a consolation prize!
He still hasn't finished yet, that is, this tribe has gathered all the indigenous people within a radius of dozens of kilometers!
In addition to the 3,000 men who went to war, there were at least 5,000 old, weak, women and children for him to deal with!
This time we can't deal with it as simply and rudely as before, because there are too many people!
"Order! Surround the tribal camp on the opposite side and ask them to come out and surrender!"
Zhang Wei ordered! He is planning to let these old, weak, women and children come out and surrender first!
"Yes!" The messenger immediately waved the command flag and conveyed the order to the front!
The remaining indigenous light cavalry were surrounded in front. Under the order of the formation commander, they left behind the dozens of lost indigenous people in the encirclement and quickly surrounded the camp!
Then the intelligence officer who had persuaded them to surrender before the war stood in front of the camp again and began to persuade the natives inside to surrender.
After a while, the gate of the camp opened wide, and a large group of natives, large and small, slowly walked out!
The intelligence officers who persuaded him to surrender rode up to Zhang Wei and reported with fists in his hands.
"Battle Commander Zhang, I have fulfilled my mission. The Southern Barbarians have surrendered!"
"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Wei replied politely, turned around and ordered.
"Order the entire camp to select Southern Barbarians, regardless of gender. The able-bodied ones will be selected and escorted to the rear! The rest will be imprisoned in the camp and under strict guard!"
"Yes, my subordinates will go and deliver the order right now!" the ordering soldier replied.
Because such an order cannot be conveyed with an order flag, and can only be conveyed by the order soldiers to the teams!
After Yu Shu saw Zhang Wei issuing the order, he suggested: "Battal Commander, should you report the situation here to your Majesty and ask for instructions on how to deal with these remaining old and weak people?"
"You're right, it's possible that these monarchs have other uses, but not necessarily!" Zhang Wei thought for a while and then agreed to this suggestion!
"After cleaning up, let all the battalion captains and above officers come to the main tent for a meeting!"
After Zhang Wei gave instructions to Yu Shu, he rode back to the main tent of the rear camp to prepare for the next meeting!
That night, in the main tent, the thirteen main officers of the entire battalion gathered here again!
"See the battalion commander!" Everyone clasped their fists and saluted.
Zhang Wei looked around and saw that although these officers looked tired, their brows were full of excitement and excitement!
"Sit down! Everyone! The meeting begins now!" Zhang Wei didn't have the habit of talking nonsense and went straight to the point.
"This is the end of the first phase of the operation! Now let's summarize the problems that occurred in this operation! Who will talk first?"
Everyone thought that their battalion commander would open his mouth to praise them, but they didn't expect that it would be a problem as soon as he opened his mouth!
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing where to face it, let alone where to start. They were not prepared at all. What should they say?
After a while, everyone was shocked when they saw that Zhang Wei's originally expressionless face turned down!
Qi Jun, the commander of the light cavalry formation, immediately stood up, clasped his fists at Zhang Wei and said, "Batalion Commander, my subordinates will speak first!"
Zhang Wei looked at this subordinate. Although Qi Jun looked a bit ugly, he was smart, reacted quickly, and fought bravely. He nodded gently.
Qi Jun, who was tall and thick-set with a full beard, saw Zhang Wei's expression softening, and in his heart he praised his alertness and took the lead.
"Battal Commander, my subordinates think this battle is too slow!"
"Continue!" Zhang Wei's expression had completely returned to its original state.
"Yes, I think this battle is a bit too cautious. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive step by step, but the results are not much. We can definitely speed up the cleaning! I'm done!"
Although Qi Jun doesn't look very good, he speaks clearly and clearly. He can think of so much in this moment, which is pretty good!
"Well, what else does anyone else have to say?"
Zhang Wei neither nodded nor shook his head at Yu Jun's words, leaving others unable to guess anything!
"Report to the battalion commander! I think that when cleaning up and expelling these small tribes, we can divide more teams and attack from more directions. If we encounter a stubborn place, we can gather nearby teams to fight the enemy together!"
This is what the leader of the melee formation said. With the remaining army at the beginning, everyone else also reacted, and they had a clue as to what they wanted more of!
"Battal Commander! My subordinates think that we killed too much during the battle and failed to complete your mission!"
This was said by the leader of the Far Offensive Formation. Although it was only a short sentence, it shocked everyone else!
Yes, what a slow battle and what tactics! These are all false in the face of your Majesty’s orders!
"Very good! Finally someone has come to the point!" Zhang Wei nodded with satisfaction and said seriously.
"Your Majesty asked us to expel the southern barbarians and protect our country! After these days of fighting, you should know that this is just a trivial matter!"
"But!" Zhang Wei deliberately emphasized his tone: "Your Majesty's second secret order is what we should pay attention to and go all out to complete it!"
"Although we are going to be outside, the order from the emperor will be ignored! But it is an expedient measure under certain circumstances! Now we have to think about how to complete this order from the emperor!"
Chapter completed!