At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Every day they faced the energetic Allied Army of the Western Regions, and every day they had to fight exhausting hand-to-hand combat. Although their losses were not large, the loss of energy was enormous.

Atami obviously didn't realize this in time, he was just happy for his continuous victories.

Every day's battle can repel the Allied Army of the Western Regions, and every battle can take the lives of dozens or hundreds of soldiers of the Allied Western Regions Army.

After seven days, more than 1000 people were killed by the Allied Army of the Western Regions, and more than 500 people were killed by Atami.

Not many people died in battle, but more people were injured than killed in battle.

The food supply of both sides has not bottomed out, and the strategy and tactics have not brought about a fundamental change in the situation. This made the generals of the Western Regions feel embarrassed and had some thoughts of retreating.

Cao Xiu didn't make any speeches, but commanded the battle on the eighth day normally.

The situation changed on this day.

chapter 1041 one thousand and fifty-one

Atami set up multiple layers of defense lines on the hillside, one layer was higher than the first layer, and the number of people required for each layer was slightly smaller than that of the first layer, resisting steadily.

For the previous seven days, the first layer of defense had not been breached by the Allied Army of the Western Regions, but in the evening of the eighth day, the first layer of defense was suddenly breached.

Probably the quantitative change caused the qualitative change, and the critical point came.

At the scene of a certain offensive and defensive battle, more than a dozen soldiers of the Wei army led the soldiers from the Western Regions to fight each other desperately with their spears.

They attacked fiercely one after another for more than half an hour, but in the end they really broke through the defense line here.

They killed all the defenders here, demolished the defense facilities, rushed in from here, and broke through the first layer of defense.

Such a defense line can break through a whole circle as long as it breaks through one point.

This group of about 800 soldiers of the Allied Army of the Western Regions immediately rushed forward with a hundred times of energy, screaming, and directly began to attack the second line of defense.

Atami's army obviously didn't react, and frantically tried to stop the Western Regions United Army, but failed miserably, and the second layer of defense was also torn open by the Western Regions United Army.

At this position, Atami finally reacted, and immediately mobilized elite soldiers to fill it, and he was short of going into battle himself.

The morale of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions that had just broken through was like a rainbow, and Atami's elite army was desperate for death. When the two sides collided, it was a thunderous battle.

Spears fought each other, knives and axes slashed, each other's faces were covered in blood, and corpses were everywhere.

After fighting for a while until dark, Atami's army finally stopped the breakthrough momentum of the Western Region United Army and prevented them from breaking through the third line of defense.

But the first two lines of defense were irrecoverable.

There are a lot of allied troops from the Western Regions coming in from the breakthrough. Their numbers are large and their morale is high.

Once the advantage in terrain was lost, Atami's army was immediately divided and surrounded by the superior forces commanded by Cao Xiu, and annihilated one by one.

The generals of the Allied Army of the Western Regions were overjoyed, their morale was greatly boosted, and their will to fight increased sharply.

After fighting for seven days, they finally won a brilliant victory on the eighth day.

Breaking through the two layers of defense in one breath, and fighting until dark without killing Atami's army that was still resisting, it can be said to be a brilliant result.

And in this way, there is only the last line of defense left, and Atami will face the toughness of the Allied Army of the Western Regions.

It doesn't feel so cool, it's just so cool.

The generals of the Western Regions congratulated Cao Xiu one after another, and Cao Xiu's prestige suddenly rose a lot, and it felt like he was about to break the watch.

"You guys, don't be so happy for the time being, there is still no breakthrough in the defense line, we have to continue to work hard."

Cao Xiu was already so happy that he flew into the sky, enjoying the feeling of being sought after by everyone, but on the surface he still maintained quite rational, with a solemn expression and the demeanor of a famous general.

So everyone began to praise Cao Xiu as a famous general, and he will definitely lead the Western Regions to prosperity in the future...

Anyway, Cao Xiu was almost overjoyed.

After that, the specific results of the battle were counted.

The Western Regions United Army lost more than 300 soldiers in World War I, but Atami killed more than 800 soldiers in World War I, and more than 600 people were captured by the Western Regions United Army.

So of course a brilliant win.

The victory of this battle was expected, but Cao Xiu was not very satisfied with the result.

Because the number of casualties is not very large, and the casualty rate that Cao Xiu expected has not yet been reached, he feels that the number of casualties is too small.

Naturally, this battle will not use Wei Jun's logistics system, it is impossible to use the powerful logistical medical capabilities that Wei Jun needs to display, and there is no need to use the long-range attack that Wei Jun is good at.

To be honest, if Cao Xiu brought the Wei army to fight, a wave of fierce fire and oil tanks would directly burn all these people of the Atami tribe into coke, and win easily, and the number of casualties could be kept below 100.

Cao Xiu is very confident.

But because the main force is the Allied Army of the Western Regions, which is the army of the countries of the Western Regions, of course Cao Xiu will not use such a big killer to win.

The longer the war drags on, the more casualties and losses it can cause, the more satisfied Cao Xiu will be.

Anyway, this is normal, and it is the normal way considered by these troops who have not experienced the real fighting style of the Wei army.

The casualties were heavy, the casualties were numerous, and the war dragged on for a long time.

The war mode of this era has quietly undergone some changes in the hands of the Wei army created by Guo Peng, but among the military groups other than the Wei army, the traditional war mode is still the mainstream.

But the subsequent seizures will also be relatively large. They can destroy the opponent and snatch everything from the opponent. For them, this is very good.

When the time comes, splitting the loot directly will not only calm their emotions, but Cao Xiu will also gain a reputation for being fair and strict.

How good.

So Cao Xiu felt that Ma Yuan's proposal of this plan was simply a stroke of genius, driving tigers and wolfs away without depleting too much of his own strength.

This war with nearly 5 people going to war did not cost the Wei army much food and money at all, and the overall effect could be achieved.

awesome.

Cao Xiu is happy, and of course the armies of the Western Regions are also happy.

Both parties are obviously not happy for the same reason, but it doesn't matter, as long as they are happy.

The fight could continue the next day.

Taking advantage of his illness, killing him, and leaving the last line of defense, Cao Xiu would not continue to engage in these fatigue tactics, but pressed all the troops up with one brain, fighting from morning till night.

The soldiers of the United Army of the Western Regions stepped forward step by step, holding spears and wielding long knives.

Atami's army was not to be outdone, in order to survive, they did not hesitate to start a bloody battle with the Allied Army of the Western Regions.

From the first rising of the sun to the western border of sunset, the soldiers of the two armies faced each other frantically, yelling at each other, using their weapons to put each other to death with all their might.

Then accidentally, he was also pierced by a spear, or his head was chopped off by a long knife.

When the battle was at its most intense, some of the two sides even hugged and bit each other directly, tearing each other's flesh and blood into pieces in the most primitive way.

The entire battlefield is a Shura purgatory.

And the saddest thing is that there may be a considerable number of people who don't know why they are desperately fighting on this battlefield.

It doesn't matter, no one cares what they think.

No one can say that he can go to the battlefield alive, and no one can say that he must be the lucky guy, especially when Cao Xiu deliberately uses this backward and inefficient tactic.

Fighting for many days and fighting to the death from morning to night brought a lot of casualties to both the United Army of the Western Regions and Atami's army, but both sides had already killed each other.

For victory, for survival, one side clamored, shouted, struggled, screamed, and tried their best to kill the other side.

As time goes by, the more outnumbered eventually wins out over the less outnumbered.

More people are stronger, especially in this kind of purely desperate cold weapon battlefield.

After all, Atami's side couldn't resist the advantage of the large number of people. Under the crazy offensive of the Western Regions United Army, the last line of defense was broken, and the Western Regions United Army launched a final attack on their camp.

At this point, Atami was helpless. He led his most elite guards to fight in person, fighting the final bloody battle with the Western Regions Allied Army.

Cao Xiu didn't keep his hand anymore, and sent out more than 1000 Wei troops to storm Atami's camp. After a day and night of bloody battles, the crumbling camp finally collapsed uncontrollably.

Atami tried his best, and even used some strong women and young boys. They all took weapons to fight on the battlefield, but they still couldn't resist the onslaught of the Western Regions United Army.

Xin Limi led his troops to the front, killed the most viciously, and paid the greatest price.

Seeing the scene of Xinlimi leading people to kill, Cao Xiu really didn't know that the Wusun people were so vicious in the civil war.

Atami's troops fought less and less, and the more they fought, the less they could maintain the last line of defense. In the end, they were heavily surrounded by the Allied Army of the Western Regions and completely collapsed.

The last dozen or so personal guards around Atami were also killed, and Atami wanted to make the last resistance, slashing wildly with a long knife, which was useless at all, and was stabbed in the ground by several spears. On the body, the armor was pierced, and the body was pierced.

he died.

Chapter 1042 The boundary between civilization and barbarism has never been so clear in Cao Xiu's mind

Atami was killed in battle.

This method of death is the most heroic, and it is also the most praised throughout the ages.

Of course, this has relatively high requirements for the nature of war, and it is the most commendable to die in a just war that concerns the life and death of the country and the nation.

From the perspective of the small Kunmi tribe, Atami is undoubtedly heroic, because he is fighting for everyone's survival.

But from the perspective of the United Army of the Western Regions, Atami is a typical example of not shedding tears when seeing a coffin, fighting a trapped beast.

They were very annoyed at Atami's resistance, because Atami's resistance brought them a lot of losses, which they were unwilling to accept.

So when Atami's resistance was terminated, what greeted his followers was crazy killings.

The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled lost their protectors, and it was still very difficult to protect themselves. Facing the red-eyed Allied Western Regions, they had no strength to fight back.

Isn't the so-called trophies the old, the weak, the sick, and the property they own?

Their cattle and sheep, their tents, their daily necessities, their wealth, including themselves.

Isn't that what Cao Xiu promised to the countries in the Western Regions?

So Cao Xiu restrained the Wei army group, let the Wei army line up, did not participate in this tragic massacre, and then watched all this happen with a cold eye, and did not interfere with the behavior of the troops of the Western Regions.

Cao Xiu heard Guo Peng talk about what happened when Guo Peng quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion under Lu Zhi's command.

After those soldiers defeated the Yellow Turban Army and won the victory, they carried out inhumane looting and massacre of the Yellow Turban family members, and the number of Yellow Turban family members who died there was much more than that of the Yellow Turban Army.

The reason is also very simple, because the definition of these family members is spoils of war, which is no different from the property they own.

The army at that time and the current Wei army have undergone earth-shaking changes.

At that time, soldiers could not read, and no concept existed for them.

The generals and soldiers of the Wei army who live in the present have received more than ten years of intensive discipline and cultural education. Under the influence of the concepts of "country" and "nation" that Guo Peng constantly instilled, they gradually have a clear national consciousness and national consciousness. National consciousness.

They began to have different perceptions of internal warfare and external warfare, and realized the difference between civil war and external war.

Before Guo Peng established the Wei Army, such a concept did not exist, and before Cao Xiu entered the Wei Army to receive education, he did not know the existence of such a concept.

The formation of the concept of Han people has gone through a very long process.

At least during the Han Dynasty, due to the extreme backwardness of transportation and the blockage of information, the political structure of counties as the country was formed. For the people at the bottom, people from different counties were like people from different countries.

The group identity of most people is mainly reflected at the county level, not the state, let alone the country of Han.

They called the prefect the ruler of the mansion, and the ruler of a mansion, once he entered the mansion, he would be regarded as the king, thus affecting the political structure of a county.

If you are not from the same county, you are not from your own country. If you are not from your own country, fighting is like a foreign war.

It doesn't matter whether you beat people to death, plunder women and children, or set fire to massacres, there is no sense of guilt.

Troops were conscripted from different regions to fight the rebels in another region, burned, killed and looted on the spot after the fight, and then sent home, all in one go.

Take the battle between Han and Qiang as an example, the difference between Han and Qiang was of course more obvious to the high-level elites of that period.

But for the people at the bottom, there is not much difference between the Han-Qiang War and the civil war between two different counties, and the result is the same.

After the war, whether to burn, kill or loot, you will not be treated differently because you are Han or Qiang.

This situation changed in the process of Guo Peng's gradual sweeping of the world.

At the beginning of Guo Peng's establishment of the army, he imposed strict discipline on the army and raised the status of military law to an infinitely high level.

For soldiers, the military law is everything, and it is not the senior officers who deal with them, but the military law, and the interpretation and execution of the military law.