Chapter Fifty-Nine: Recovering Zhennanguan

Looking up, I saw the Daqing Mountain, Jinji Mountain towering and steep, the valley in the mountain is deep and dense, and the color of emerald green. (

Jiang Song led a group of generals out of the customs to greet him.

The horse's hooves were obtained, and the group slowly entered the pass. Although it has been cleaned, there are still congealed and blackened blood stains everywhere in the gate.

The army had been busy for a day, and the men and horses had long been sleepy. Jiang Song had already arranged to set up the camp tent and prepare dinner. Tens of thousands of people had dinner together and then went back to the camp to rest.

The defense at night was in charge of the people led by Jiang Song.

My men were obviously much less, and our battalion lost nearly a thousand people in this battle, and entered the barracks that Jiang Song had arranged long ago with the shrunken troops of Yan Zòng. I, Luo Rou, and He Ruitian couldn't rest yet, and after settling down our soldiers, we rushed to Kang Yan's camp without stopping.

The chief and deputy commanders of each battalion came to Kang Yanshuai's camp one after another. In a short time, the people arrived.

"You've worked hard all day, and you should have given everyone a good rest. I'm so sorry that I want you to stay with me now! Kang Yan hugged his fists.

We didn't even dare to say that we should serve the country as soldiers, and we should put war first.

"I'm trying to keep it simple, and I don't want to delay everyone too long!" Kang Yan said.

The main purpose of this meeting was to summarize the battle during the day.

After being inspected by all sides, in this battle, our army killed more than 43,700 enemies, wounded countless enemies, and captured 3,800 enemies. However, 1,000 enemies were killed and 800 were self-inflicted, and the casualties of our army can also be described as heavy, with more than 13,000 killed in battle, and about the number of wounded.

In addition, our army also captured a batch of ordnance, the most valuable of which was, of course, the artillery that the Annamite people had not taken with them when they were defeated. The artillery bombardment of both sides caused considerable damage to both sides, and the Shenji Battalion lost 23 guns of General Zhankou and 40 pieces of Tiger Squat artillery. The artillery of the Annam people also suffered a lot of losses, but after careful inspection by the people of the Anshen Machine Battalion, there are still more than 130 pieces that can be used, that is to say, after this battle, the combat effectiveness of the artillery of the Shenji Battalion has increased instead of decreasing. However, the artillery of the Shenji Battalion has also lost a lot, and now there are more artillery and less artillery, and if we want to let these 130-odd artillery pieces give full play to their power, we have to transfer artillery or train a group of artillerymen.

Immediately, Kang Yan called the paperwork and wrote a recital on the desk. After the addition and deletion of your words and my words, the enemy's losses have been doubled, and the losses of our army have also been reduced a lot, so that everyone's merits have been doubled, and everyone is happy.

Kang Yan was a little reluctant, but he didn't object, but when everyone wanted to expand the results of the battle again, he waved his hand to stop it, and if it expanded, the people of Annam were killed even civilians, how could this hide from the emperor and a group of advisers around him.

Although Kang Yan wanted to be upright, if he tried his best to report truthfully at this time, then all the generals under him would be offended, and they would casually give him a few mixes in the future battles, and he, the general of Pingnan and the general of Zhengyi, would also be able to do it. This is actually the same thing as when he deducted the silver to enter Beijing, officialdom, everyone carries the sedan chair, and the money is distributed together, and the officials are promoted together, so that it is the long-term way.

After praising all the officers and soldiers participating in the battle, Kang Yanjian wrote his name and the golden seal of General Zhengyi, put it in an envelope and sealed it with fire paint, and sent it to the capital overnight by 800 miles, and submitted it to the emperor and the military department respectively.

Then, Kang Yan ordered Jiang Song to strengthen his vigilance at night to prevent the enemy from sneaking up, and then let everyone go back to the camp to rest.

Back in the barracks, Luo Rou boiled a big pot of hot water, blushed and asked me to wash my body, I shook my head and said, "You wash first, I'll go see everyone!" ”

Luo Rou did not object, and after leaving the barracks and instructing the soldiers on duty outside the tent not to allow anyone to be inside, she strolled around the camp.

The days are getting hotter and hotter day by day, and the summer temperature in the south is frighteningly hot, although at night, the barracks still feel unbearably hot. When I came out of the camp, the evening breeze caressed my body, and it was exceptionally cool.

From time to time, the sleeping soldiers let out frightened cries, cried sadly, and emotionally called the names of their relatives, and some were also thinking about killing the enemy in their sleep, and the sound of "kill, kill" kept coming out of their mouths. The battle during the day seems to have a profound impact on everyone.

Sensing that Luo Rou had finished bathing, I slowly walked towards the barracks.

I deliberately coughed outside the barracks, and said hello to the sentry again, but I didn't hear Luo Rou not letting me in, so I opened the curtain and walked in.

The water in the barrel had been changed, and a clean cloth suit was placed on a small wooden bench next to it. Luo Rou lay on her side on the bed covered with a thin blanket.

He took off his blood-stained clothes and threw them away, sat down in the bucket, took the soap corner next to the bucket and scrubbed his body, put on the clean clothes that Luo Rou had prepared a long time ago, and lay down next to Luo Rou. With her hand gently stroking her delicate body under the thin blanket, Luo Rou said dreamily: "Don't make trouble, rest early!" ”

Gently kissed the tip of Luo Rou's slightly wet hair, said goodnight, and fell asleep honestly.

The next day, it started to drizzle.

Because of yesterday's big battle and rain, there was no training for everyone today, so I pulled Luo Rou to hike the mountain.

The two of them held an umbrella together and walked slowly up the mountain. Although the mountain is steep and difficult to walk, fortunately, we are all equipped with martial arts, but it is not difficult for us. In the drizzle, a white paper umbrella flickered in a patch of verdant green. I like the rain, I like the rain, but I prefer to hold an umbrella with the person I like and snuggle in the light rain, no one near and far, only the two of us quietly walking home.

In a short time, we finally reached the top of the mountain. Luo Rou's hair fell on the white and translucent drizzle that drifted under the umbrella, and her delicate face was slightly reddened because of the mountaineering, and her sandalwood mouth was half-open and gently exhaled the air.

casually threw down the umbrella in his hand, lowered his head and kissed Luo Rou's red lips. Luo Rou didn't have time to react, so I kissed her again, this time she didn't even close her mouth, and the tip of her tongue lightly touched Luo Rou's teeth. The first time to do such a thing, Luo Rou was a little panicked, and she writhed in my arms.

Slowly, Luo Rou quieted down, anyway, it wasn't once or twice kissed by me, although this time it was particularly excessive, but she still didn't resist too much.

After kissing my lips, I gently kissed the tip of Luo Rou's nose, forehead, and earlobe, and then let go of the person in my arms.

Luo Rou gave me a wide roll of her eyes and didn't say anything.

The umbrella that I threw away had already rolled down the mountain and I didn't know where it went, and I didn't have the idea of looking for it to come back, so I hugged Luo Rou tightly: "Is it cold?" ”

Luo Rou glanced at me and said angrily: "Hug it so tightly, it's hot to death!" ”

"The umbrella is gone, isn't this afraid that you will catch a cold?"

Luo Rou will not believe this, we are all people who practice martial arts, and with deep internal skills, how can it be so easy to be caught by this drizzle, she gently patted my back in protest. I didn't care about that, I still hugged her tightly.

"Didn't you hold enough?" Luo Rou twisted her body.

"How can it be enough, I will hold you until I close my eyes forever and will not let go!"

Luo Rou's delicate body trembled, and she said in a low voice: "I also want to hold you forever, forever and ......forever."

After talking about it for a while, I looked around.

In the mountain pass, on the streets and in the open space, there are military tents stuffed everywhere, and the entire Zhennan Pass seems to be hidden under the military tents.

To the south, there are many states, covered by mountains, drizzling and mist, and it is difficult to see clearly. Duobang is also known as Lang Mountain, Lang Mountain's terrain is dangerous, and Lang Son south to Annam is a horse Pingchuan without danger to rely on, so since ancient times there is a saying that "down Lang Mountain and the king descends", which shows the importance of its status. For this only stronghold that blocked the advance of our army, the Annan people worked hard all the year round, and their garrison was no less powerful than Zhennan Pass.

Now, Zhennan Pass has been recovered by our army, and Langshan is the last line of defense of the Annam people, and they are bound to defend it with the troops of the whole country, and the difficulty of breaking through can be imagined.

Summer is like this, when it rains and the sun shines brightly. I didn't stay long in the mountains when the sun pierced the sky and the clouds fell. The rain was steamed by the sun, and bursts of mist rose and the mist seemed to become thicker.

Stayed with Luo Rou until lunchtime, and then went down the mountain.

As soon as he returned to the barracks, he heard the soldiers shouting in unison, thunderous cheers, and grabbed one of the soldiers and asked, "What happened to me?" ”

The soldier immediately bowed down and said, "Returning to the commander, General Kang has just handed down an order, in order to commend everyone for their courage in killing the enemy, each of us will be paid more in February, and we are about to go to the quartermaster office to receive money!" ”

"Oh! Then you have to invite me to drink after receiving the money! "I'm also happy for them, everyone sacrificed their lives to fight hard, and now they have won the battle, more pay should be, feel their happiness, I can't help but joke, and at the same time a little tangled, although I am now the commander of the guard, but this is only Kang Yan's temporary appointment, and has not been officially appointed by the imperial court, the army can be said to be completely without me such a person (including Luo Rou), not in the army establishment, naturally there will be no salary to take, although it is obligatory, but I am quite happy to do it. Alas, if everyone were like me, how much money would the court have to save in a year!

The people in the camp knew that I was approachable, and although they respected me, they were not very afraid, and he also joked with me: "I can't afford to ask for it, the commander has so much more money than us, you should invite us!" Isn't it, brothers! ”

The soldiers all followed suit, unanimously demanding that I have to be treated.

I smiled bitterly in my heart and said secretly: "You don't know, I don't take money for nothing!" Take care of three meals a day. "Fortunately, I'm also a bit of a net worth now, otherwise I really don't know how to take it. He smiled slightly: "Okay! Wait for the day when I invite the brothers of the whole camp to drink! ”

Everyone cheered again.

"Alright, let's go get the money! It's time to eat, get the money and hurry back to eat! Thinking of something, he added: "By the way, you are not allowed to drink or gamble after receiving the money, and if I catch you, there will be no good fruit for you to eat!" ”

"Yes, we don't dare!" The soldiers answered, and the quartermaster went in twos and threes.