In the open space in front of Deir ez-Zor Castle, human and horse corpses were lying on the ground, covered with arrows, and tattered flags fell randomly on the ground.
Some war horses were still neighing in front of the corpse of their owner.
The flag that was planted diagonally on the ground was shot through by rockets and burned out several big holes.
The burning flag raised a plume of green smoke.
Xuan Shisan sheathed his sword and waved back.
A captain stepped forward and cupped his fists: "General" "Send someone to report to the king the situation of the battle just now.
Leave half of the troops to surround this place, and the others will scatter to recover the slaves."
"Yes, General" The escaped slaves were driven back by the Western Qin cavalry in less than an hour.
They were all concentrated in the open space two miles in front of the castle.
Some old, weak, sick and disabled people from the surrounding villages were also driven over.
After the Western Qin cavalry, Driven by them, about 1,200 strong men The slaves were gathered together, and the old people were driven to the other side.
Women wrapped in white or black robes and covered with their faces were alone with their children on this side.
Facing the fierce Western Qin cavalry, these slaves They all squatted on the ground and shivered, not daring to move.
Not long after, Zhao Ziliang arrived with the main force of the army, and the generals of various ministries began to set up camps and set up tents under the arrangements of the marching Sima Chen Qing.
Xuan Shisan came to report to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, a group of two hundred Eastern Roman cavalry came out of the castle to fight with us and were annihilated by our army."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "In general, I have heard the battle report.
Let's talk about the casualties."
"Yes" Xuan Shisan agreed and said: "Our army has twenty-eight people killed and thirty-seven injured.
The casualty ratio is about one to three.
If we ignore the wounded, the casualty ratio between the enemy and ours is one to six."
"Do you know the reason?"
Xuan Shisan replied: "I have also tested this question just now.
The light cavalry of the Eastern Roman Empire seems to have not received any training.
They are not good at riding, can't ride and shoot, have no tactics, and have no coordination to fight.
They fight completely by relying on Individual bravery is a mess.
Before the battle, each of us shot an average of three arrows, and almost half of them were killed or injured."
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said: "Except for the people who were shot, that means they only have about a hundred people fighting you in close combat, and you have two thousand people.
This casualty ratio cannot be regarded as one to six.
It seems that they individually Is there any other situation where the combat effectiveness is still good?”
"Yes, we captured all the people from the surrounding villages.
As far as we know, most of the cannibals and a small number of Persians who live in this generation are all slaves of the Byzantines, men, women, old and young. , the Byzantines did not regard the foreigners here as As long as they are captured, they will all become slaves.
According to the accounts of the slaves, there were originally more than 550 people in Deir ez-Zor Castle, including 200 cavalry and the rest were infantry.
The 200 cavalry have been taken by us.
Annihilated, there are still about 250 people left in the castle."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked: "How many strong slaves are there among the slaves?"
"About 1,200 people.
I don't have a detailed number, but it should be not far apart."
Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Gather these 1,200 strong slaves, and I will go and take a look."
"yes" Zhao Ziliang then ordered the army to rest for two days, and the siege camp immediately built as many siege ladders as they could.
Accompanied by Xuan Shisan, Zhao Ziliang and the generals came to the slaves.
All of them were strong slaves between the ages of sixteen and forty-five, who were the main labor force here.
Although the slaves did not know what the ranks were in the Western Qin Army, when they saw Zhao Ziliang and his entourage arriving surrounded by many soldiers, they all knew that Zhao Ziliang and others were probably big shots in the Western Qin Army.
Facing the unknown to them, Destiny, the slaves were so frightened that they didn't dare to express their anger.
They all looked at Zhao Ziliang and others with timid eyes.
Zhao Ziliang rode up to the slaves and said loudly: "The arrival of the Byzantines has taken away everything from you, including your land and freedom.
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Even your family members have become their slaves.
They have control over life and death.
Don't you hate them?
Don't you Do you want revenge?
I heard that you Ogres and Persians are born businessmen.
I want to make a deal with you.
I will give you a chance to live and become free people and regain the land, and you will do it for me.
It's fair to capture this castle.
I'll send someone to you later.
We have distributed weapons and siege equipment, and you people will begin the siege tomorrow morning.
If you can break the castle in front of you within two days, I will let you live, give you your freedom, and remove these things outside the castle.
The fields are all given to you, and everyone has a The families of the war dead will receive double rewards of fields and money, but you must become my subjects and pay taxes to me.
If you do not attack this castle within two days, then you will all be executed, together with you.
My family’s place will become a scorched earth with no grass growing.”
If it were other business, these big cannibals and Persians would definitely be happy to do it, but this was a business that might cost them their heads, so they were less willing to do it.
However, this was an overlord's business, and there was no room for bargaining and they could not refuse. , they have to do this business if they don’t want to, otherwise they will all be executed.
None of the slaves made a sound, and no one answered within three minutes.
Zhao Ziliang was not in a hurry and waited patiently.
It wasn't until three minutes passed that a middle-aged man with a beard among the slaves asked: "Why do we believe that you will keep your promise after capturing the castle?"
Zhao Ziliang followed the voice and found the speaker.
This man's appearance and temperament were different from other slaves.
This man was obviously a noble in the past and had a strong courage.
From his eyes, he could see his desire to be reduced to a slave.
"Because I am the person with the highest status here, and because you have no right or room to choose."
The man was silent for a moment and said loudly: "Okay, let's attack the city."
Zhao Ziliang told Xuan Shisan: "Let's light a fire and cook rice at Mao tomorrow, let them eat and drink well, issue them weapons and siege ladders, and let them start attacking the city on time without supervision.
This is about them and their families."
Life, death, freedom, land and wealth, they will fight tooth and nail.
You only need to monitor them, and if anyone tries to escape or has other evil intentions, kill them immediately."
Xuan Shisan cupped his fists and bowed and agreed: "I obey the order."
After Zhao Ziliang and others left, there were only some Western Qin soldiers around, and the slaves began to talk and quarrel.
Several strong slaves came to the slave who had just spoken to Zhao Ziliang.
One of them shouted: "Master Amut, do you still think you are the master?
You are just a slave now.
Why do you make decisions for us?"
"Yes, why do you make the decision for us?"
Several other strong slaves shouted, "We will not listen to you anymore.
You can no longer instruct and order us."
Amut said calmly: "I didn't ask you to listen to me, and I didn't make the decision for you.
Do you remember what the Western Qin general said in his last sentence just now?
We have no right and room to choose, whether we like it or not.
We must all pick up the weapons they gave us to attack this castle, otherwise we will all be executed in two days, including mine and all your families.
When attacking a castle, without effective command and unified coordination of the attack, can the castle be captured within two days?
If the castle cannot be captured within two days, no matter how many of us die, the remaining people will still be killed.
Execution, if we have a unified and effective command, a well-organized attack, and can capture the castle at the minimum cost, why bother to kill more people?
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If any of you think that you can lead everyone to capture this castle in two days , then stand up.”
Several strong slaves who questioned Amut just now were speechless in anger, but another person asked: "Amut, no one wants to die, no one wants to die, and no one wants to die first, If we attack the castle, then by Who will take the lead?
There is no doubt that the person who takes the lead will most likely die first.
The people further back will live longer.
After the castle is captured, the people behind will still be alive, while the people in front will all die.
So Speaking of which, no one wants to take the lead."
Amut looked at these people and couldn't help but lament in his heart.
No wonder these people will always be poor and the lowest level of untouchables.
With such a brain, they deserve to be untouchables and suffer poverty all their lives.
He said: "We should have done some internal integration for this problem, but the general of the Western Qin Dynasty obviously didn't want us to waste time.
They have already thought of a solution for us.
He has just promised that the sacrifices of those who died in the battle will be given to us."
The family will not only get the land, but also receive monetary rewards.
Why should we argue about this issue?
If none of us are willing to take the lead, then we will all be executed in two days.
At that time, you will still be thinking about who takes the lead and who.
Is it in the back?”
Everyone was silent.
After a while, someone came over and said to Amut, "Master Amut, I listen to you.
You can beat me however you want."
Someone else said: "Master Amut, I also believe you, I will fight you however you say."
Under the leadership of these two people, other slaves said: "Yes, we also listen to Master Amut."
Some slaves who were originally against Ammut had to express their willingness to obey Ammut's orders.
In the early morning of December 12th, more than 1,200 fine buffaloes and Persian slaves who had eaten and drank enough took the weapons, sickles, kitchen knives, and hoes issued to them by the Western Qin Army, and carried siege ladders towards Deir.
Zul Castle rushed over.
Under the command of Amut, these people divided into several echelons and attacked the castle in waves.
During the siege, they found that the siege ladder built by the Western Qin people was both strong and stable.
There were no ups and downs during the climb
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