Chapter 1329: Cleaning up the West Gate
Reinforcements arrived in the small city of Sylvan one after another, and the remnants of the battlefield were cleaned up more thoroughly, and the various tribes of the steppe have always had the custom of feeding the war with war, using the plundered spoils to replenish the materials and population consumed by the battle.
So, cleaning up the battlefield is something they are all happy to do.
The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty has just issued an order that all the big cannibal property outside the city of Sylvan on the battlefield can be disposed of by all the troops.
Many people have come all the way to wait for this moment, which one is one step slower is equal to less replenishment of goods, so which one is willing to fall behind?
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the main force of the Shenwu Army withdrew from the battlefield, they had already spent too much energy in the fierce battle all day, and the task of annihilating them and still resisting the remnants of the Great Food was left to them.
Cui Yin licked his chapped lips, everything in front of him was like a dream, and the ending that he thought he would die or lose actually had a shocking reversal, and the reversal caught people off guard and was unbelievable.
"Quick, open the city gate, welcome, welcome the prime minister into the city!"
"Is the messenger confused? The city gate and the hole have been blocked with bricks and stones, and it can't be opened in a day and a half!"
After being reminded by the soldiers, Cui Yin remembered that in order to fight to the death, the two gates of Sylvan had already been blocked, and now it was impossible to clean them up in a hurry.
Cui Yin was also too surprised and excited, no one knew how violent his heart was surging like a river and a sea at the moment.
"Yes, yes, the city gate is blocked, let's wait here, waiting for the prime minister to enter the city!"
"Report ...... The Prime Minister's Envoy to ......"
Cui Yin was even more excited, and he didn't expect that the prime minister would send a messenger to convey the order as soon as he broke the siege.
Qin Jin ordered Cui Yin to continue to sit in Xierfan, and at the same time collect the wounded soldiers of the Shenwu Army scattered outside the city, be sure to take care of them, and not treat them lightly, and a large number of necessary materials will arrive in Xierfan later.
After receiving this order, Cui Yinden calmed down, took care of the wounded soldiers, and turned over materials, which are dispensable idleness in the eyes of others, but in his opinion, they are the first test of Cheng Relative to himself.
Therefore, cleaning up the blocked city gate hole is still the first priority, otherwise, it will be difficult for people and materials to enter the city.
It took nearly an hour for the two city gates that were blocked by Sylfan to be dredged open, the dilapidated city gates creaked open, Cui Yin took a dozen people out of the city and came to the battlefield, a strong smell of blood and rancid smell permeated the entire nasal cavity.
When did Cui Yin, who has always been pampered, experience such a tragic scene, even if there was a bloody battle before, but after all, it was in the dark night, and now he is experiencing various stimuli of sight, smell, and touch, and he almost vomited on the spot, but fortunately, he still has some concentration, and he has the experience of fighting on the battlefield before, and he barely maintains his dignity as the messenger of the Son of Heaven.
A large number of wounded soldiers are not something that a dozen of them can handle, Cui Yin roughly estimated, not counting those who are dead, can still be treated, there are at least thousands of people who can be seen outside the West Gate of Silvan alone.
Just when he was worried, a team of soldiers and horses galloped over, and Cui Yin looked over and saw that it was Ge Hongye, who was protecting Qin and Jin in battle.
In Cui Yin's opinion, this brave and somewhat reckless captain actually survived the battle to the death, and his first reaction was that his eyes were hot and his nose was stuffy, so that he couldn't speak with a preface.
"Captain Ge, Brother Ge, you, are you still alive?"
Ge Hongye laughed on his horse and said:
"How can I die so easily? Even Lord Yama won't accept me...... Oops......"
may have been too big, Ge Hongye moved the wound, and he grinned in pain.
Although he survived, he had more than a dozen large and small knife wounds on his body, but fortunately he didn't hurt any of the vital injuries, but the pain was still inevitable.
While speaking, Ge Hongye was already supported by his entourage, got off his horse, and came to Cui Yin.
"The Prime Minister sent me to assist the envoy in dealing with the wounded soldiers...... Oops, tap, don't touch me here......"
The soldier was hairy, and he touched Ge Hongye's wound again, and the pain made him grin again.
Ge Hongye brought five hundred people, and with these people, Cui Yin's urgent need could be solved.
On the way to the west, Cui Yin had carefully studied all kinds of military logistics books issued by the Shenwu Army, and unlike ordinary people who only focused on the Jin Ge Iron Horse to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, he believed that the logistics preparations to support the war were also indispensable.
Therefore, they did not selectively read only those pamphlets and books that led the troops to train the troops, but studied them all without refusal.
At this time, the first priority after the Great War was to prevent the plague, and if a large number of dead bodies were left unchecked, they would soon rot and stink in the middle of summer, becoming a hotbed for the spread of plague diseases.
His first order was to collect the corpses and remove the wounded soldiers of the Shenwu Army who were alive.
However, by this time, the sun was already setting in the west, and it was getting dark, making it very difficult to clean up.
This also did not bother Cui Yin, he ordered a large amount of firewood to be piled up, poured with fire oil, and lit it together, and the blazing fire illuminated the outside of Sylvan City as bright as day.
He didn't plan to rest at night, but to clean up the bloody mess outside the West Gate overnight.
Ge Hongye came to Cui Yin panting.
"There is not enough manpower, if we dig a large enough pit to bury the corpse, even if we don't do anything and only dig a pit, we can't do it in three or two days!"
He was right, Cui Yin pondered for a while, and then made a decision.
"Fill and burn all the corpses of the enemy, only clean up the corpses of the Shenwu Army, and bury them collectively, and in the future, the prime minister will ask the Son of Heaven for credit for them according to the list of sacrifices!"
"This ...... The prime minister attaches the most importance to the aftermath of the soldiers, so perfunctory, I'm afraid it ......"
Ge Hongye did not hesitate to make decisions on the battlefield, but dealing with this kind of affairs is not his strength, and it is inevitable that he will not know how to deal with the complicated situation and the rules and regulations written in the military law regulations.
Cui Yin cut the railway again:
"Let's do it, if everything goes wrong, or the prime minister blames it, it's up to me to bear it! The top priority is to deal with the battlefield as soon as possible to prevent the plague!"
Ge Hongye seemed to have been insulted, and immediately straightened his waist, patted his chest and said:
"Brother Cui regards me as a person, since we have made a decision, we will advance and retreat together, if there is a problem in the future, the two of them will pick it up side by side!"
Xu used too much force again, and Ge Hongye grinned in pain again.
Cui Yin laughed with feeling:
"Okay, Cui Yin will advance and retreat with Brother Ge!"
As the fire became more and more intense, it took less than half of the night to roughly clean up the entire west gate.