Invincible Iron Army 16, Fight to the Death Book Flag

  A Xiongnu army was approaching Wang An's ambush circle from a distance. Wang An glanced at the army with his eyes and secretly scolded in his heart: "What only 600 guards, this is obviously more than 1,200 people." Jiang Cai was also nervous in his heart, thinking that the number of enemy troops far exceeded theirs, and most of them had combat experience, while they were mostly new recruits, with a huge gap in combat effectiveness.

  Jiang Cai looked at the soldiers beside him who were trembling with fear, and he couldn't help but shake his head in dismay. He comforted a new recruit by saying, "Don't be afraid, the enemy is also human, not gods, there's nothing to fear." The soldier was still shaking, and he said, "Centurion Jiang, I'm not afraid, I'm just excited!" Jiang Cai replied, "Nonsense, excitement doesn't make you wet your pants!" The soldier looked down and saw that his pants were indeed wet. He continued to argue, "I'm just too excited!" Another soldier nearby chimed in, "Coward, look at those brave warriors on the battlefield, they've lost their heads but aren't making a sound." Jiang Cai said, "You're also illogical, if someone who's lost their head can still make a sound, then I don't know how many living people would be scared to death!" The soldier said, "I was wrong, it should be that even with a huge scar on his forehead, he'll still be a good man 18 years later." Jiang Cai said, "Brother, this is a slogan only shouted on the execution ground, it's not suitable here. We should say 'we generously sing our swan song as we rush to the battlefield'." The soldier said, "Big Brother Jiang has culture, yes, that's what it's called, generous sending of death." Jiang Cai felt a wave of sadness and thought, "No culture is truly terrifying."

  The Xiongnu army gradually entered the ambush circle, and Wang An said: "A table of dishes has been prepared, but two guests have come, it's really hard to deal with. We'll wait here for a while and let them go." But the Xiongnu soldiers suddenly stopped.

  The Xiongnu general sitting in the chariot said: "The scene here is too strange, and there is not a single bird or beast crying out. There must be something abnormal. Come on, send out scouts to search the woods on both sides." The Xiongnu scouts searched towards the mountains and forests on both sides.

  Wang An's soldiers saw the Xiongnu soldiers searching towards both sides, and suddenly became a bit tense. They thought to themselves that things were going badly, they would be exposed. The Xiongnu scouts were getting closer and closer to Wang An's ambush location. Wang An raised his hand, preparing to signal the soldiers to shoot arrows and attack.

  At this time, the Xiongnu scouts stopped advancing. They received an order from their commander sitting in a chariot. The officer thought to himself: "Am I being overly cautious? This is the heartland of the Xiongnu, and the Jin soldiers wouldn't dare enter here. Although there are conflicts between the Xiongnu tribes, they wouldn't openly ambush other tribes' soldiers." He then gave an order: "Alright, I was too suspicious. Let's withdraw our troops; we still have a long way to go." The Xiongnu scouts didn't notice anything unusual and were about to retreat when all of Wang An's soldiers let out a sigh of relief, thinking: "This time, we're finally safe."

  Just then, a crossbow arrow flew out and hit a Xiongnu scout soldier. The Xiongnu soldier fell off his horse and died on the ground. Jiang Zhe angrily asked the soldier next to him, "How could you shoot an arrow?" The soldier who had wet his pants replied, "I didn't do it on purpose." It turned out that he had been holding the crossbow and aiming at the Xiongnu for a long time, and due to prolonged tension, he accidentally pulled the trigger, causing the arrow to be released.

  As soon as the crossbow arrow was shot, the Huns' soldiers were stunned and thought to themselves that they didn't know who had such a big nerve to dare ambush the Huns' guard. Wang An's army was also stunned and thought that since the commander hadn't given an order, who dared to attack on their own initiative? Wang An shouted loudly: "Shoot!" Wang An's soldiers instinctively cocked their crossbows, and arrows flew densely towards the Huns' troops, instantly bringing down over 200 Huns from their horses.

  The Xiongnu soldiers were also elite troops, and could be said to be crack troops. Otherwise, they would become the king's guards. Their reaction was extremely quick, instantly drawing their bows and preparing to counterattack. However, they searched everywhere for the enemy, only to find them 280 meters away.

  The Xiongnu soldiers drew their bows and shot arrows, but the arrows fell to the ground halfway. Wang An knew that the soldiers were a bit tense, so he shouted: "Soldiers, don't be nervous, just like usual training!" The soldiers slowly calmed down and quietly drew their bows and shot arrows. Another round of arrow rain went down, and more than 100 Xiongnu cavalrymen fell off their horses again.

  The Xiongnu general immediately realized the difference between bows and crossbows, so he shouted loudly: "Attack", and the cavalry rushed towards Wang An's army. Although Wang An's soldiers' crossbow shots were very far away, opening the crossbow was a huge waste of time.

  The Huns' soldiers were rapidly closing in on Wang An, who thought to himself that once the distance was narrowed to 100 paces, the Huns' arrows would be able to effectively harm them. Wang An's soldiers opened fire with their crossbows, shooting out a round of arrows, and the Huns' army fell again by over 200 men. The Huns' soldiers were also intimidated, thinking: "How can the enemy's crossbow arrows be so accurate? Just three rounds of arrow fire have almost halved our army's casualties." At this time, Jiang Ziyi was still scolding his soldiers: "You are usually very accurate with your shooting, but at critical moments you can't perform. Look at how many Huns you've shot dead!" If the Huns had heard this, they would have felt even more terrified - just three rounds of arrow fire had caused their soldiers to lose several hundred men, and each person hit by an arrow was struck in a fatal spot, killed with one shot.

  The Xiongnu soldiers approached to a distance of 150 meters, and began to shoot arrows in retaliation. Instantly, many Jin soldiers were injured. The distance of 150 meters was still a bit too far, the arrows shot from the bows had no strength left when they reached their destination, but still caused many Jin soldiers to be injured.

  The Xiongnu cavalry approached quickly, getting to within about 100 meters. At this time, the Jin soldiers hid in the forest, using obstacles to cover their bodies. Wang An also felt fortunate at this moment, thinking: "If we had encountered the Xiongnu army on open plains with no obstructions, our situation would have been precarious." As soon as the Jin crossbowmen finished loading their arrows, they emerged and fired. The Xiongnu responded quickly, but both sides suffered casualties, with the Xiongnu suffering slightly more losses. After all, their cavalry was a large target on horseback, and they wore leather armor that offered poor protection. In contrast, the Jin soldiers wore iron chainmail that provided better protection than leather armor. Furthermore, the power of crossbow arrows far exceeded that of regular bow arrows; if one were hit by a crossbow arrow, it could almost pierce through their body.

  The Xiongnu soldiers continued to approach, knowing that once they got close again, it would be the end of Wang An's army. The Xiongnu soldiers entered the forest, and their speed also slowed down. Wang An shouted loudly, and his army stood up and shot a round of crossbow arrows, then charged towards the Xiongnu.

  The Xiongnu soldiers fell off their horses, but many more charged forward. The Xiongnu shot dense arrows, causing many Jin soldiers to be injured, but the Jin soldiers persisted in continuing to kill them.

  The Xiongnu soldiers charged forward, and soon both sides came into contact. At this time, Wang An's army put down their crossbows, drew out their waist knives, and began to chaotically chop at the Xiongnu cavalry. The Xiongnu cavalry only reacted now, thinking that as archer cavalry, they were actually engaging in close combat with the Jin army, which was truly bewildering.

  The Xiongnu soldiers were cut down by the dozens, and that coward's brother was even more fierce, cutting down five Xiongnu soldiers single-handedly, instantly earning everyone's respect. The other Xiongnu soldiers quickly turned their horses around and started fleeing. The Xiongnu soldiers soon opened up a distance, thinking they had escaped safely, but the Jin army's crossbow arrows came again. Instantly, many Xiongnu soldiers fell off their horses.

  At this time, both sides fired their true fire. Wang An shouted: "Kill", the army of Da Jin rushed out from all directions, they walked and shot, killing Xiongnu. The Xiongnu soldiers gathered in front of the car, constantly counterattacking. The Xiongnu general sitting in the car could not sit still either, got out of the car and said to the Xiongnu soldiers: "Break through quickly".

  The Xiongnu soldiers have suffered heavy losses, and they were caught off guard by the Jin army. Moreover, the Jin soldiers' crossbow arrows had a much longer range than those of the Xiongnu, giving Wang An an advantage. Wang An looked at the Jin soldiers and thought to himself: "Many of our troops are injured, but we must continue fighting; now it's just a matter of who can hold out until the end." The Xiongnu soldiers charged northward, and Wang An's soldiers fired another round of dense crossbow arrows, killing all the Xiongnu soldiers on the outside. Now there were only about 400 Xiongnu soldiers left, while the Jin soldiers had suffered few deaths but almost everyone was wounded, with each soldier having multiple arrow wounds.

  Wang An saw that the situation was already set, so he let the translator who knew the Xiongnu language shout in the Xiongnu language: "The guards of the Right Wise King, surrender quickly!" The Xiongnu soldiers looked at each other in dismay. After a while, the Xiongnu soldiers shouted back to Wang An: "You are mistaken! We are the troops of the Left Wise King. There is a flag here as proof. The guards of the Right Wise King have not arrived yet. If you have a grudge against the Right Wise King, go and fight them, please spare us!" Although the Xiongnu were brave, they were not foolish. Now that they were suppressed by Wang An's army, almost all of them could be eliminated with just one round of arrow rain. This was not the time to show off. Wang An and Jiang Cai looked at each other in dismay. Jiang Cai said disappointedly: "It turns out it's not the guards of the Right Wise King. That damned Xiongnu scout, always deceiving us, making us excited for nothing!" Wang An advised him: "Don't be picky, the troops of the Left Wise King are also good enough. On a rainy day, hitting a child is just as well, idle is idle, fighting whoever is just fighting." Jiang Cai said: "Now it can only be like this."

  Wang An said, "We don't care which king you are from. You have one hour to surrender, otherwise we will annihilate you immediately." The Huns' translator conveyed the message, and soon the translator told Wang An, "Centurion, they do not know how long an hour is." Now Wang An was somewhat worried, thinking that it was really troublesome to talk to illiterates.

  The Xiongnu soldiers shouted: "We will not surrender, we just want to die in battle." Wang An's soldiers knew that the Xiongnu refused to surrender and immediately shot arrows. The Xiongnu soldiers fell one after another, only a few dozen were left wounded on the ground. The Jin soldiers prepared to run up and finish them off with a knife, but Wang An stopped them, saying: "After they lose their ability to resist, we will stop killing." Among this group of Xiongnu, there was also a beautiful girl. Jiang Zai said to the soldier beside him: "From my understanding of Wang An, he absolutely won't let this girl go." Before he finished speaking, Wang An walked up to the girl.

  Note: In "The Forgotten Soldier", the author has a passage that says: "It's being bombed by the Soviet army and peeing your pants, but still picking up your weapon to fight. This is true bravery. The soldier who peed his pants still has to go into battle, ask him if he'll be in the suicide squad next time, and he'll still do it. This is true bravery, and also a soldier's discipline." I don't agree with the Nazis, but I agree with his description of bravery.

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