Chapter 34: Lu Gang (End)
With a "poof", Liu Shiyong thrust his curled bladed bending knife into the chest of a tartar who was not yet dead. Gasping and standing up straight, on the battlefield around him, there was no longer a single Tartar who could still stand, and among his group, there was still strength left to clean up the battlefield and make up for the enemy who could still breathe.
Liu Yu found his official hat in the corner of the low wall, although he was stepped on a few times and stretched it with his hand, he could barely see the appearance. He walked to the place where he almost failed, greeted everyone with a smile, and everyone stood up straight to look at him, even the injured ones supported each other and struggled to get up.
"Ten thousand wins, ten thousand wins, ten thousand wins!" Suddenly, a loud shout erupted in the crowd, and the love was quickly transmitted, and everyone raised their arms and shouted unwillingly, Liu Yu was also infected, although he didn't quite understand why it was not called "Long live".
Then, the Jiangdu Unification Department who later joined the battlefield also joined the ranks of celebration, and at this moment, the surviving hundreds of people were venting to their heart's content, roaring, laughing, scolding, cheering, one after another, echoing in the sky over Lugang.
Liu Yu sat on an unwound bed crossbow with his buttocks, his appearance was a little funny, one side of the long hat wing was broken and drooped down, the scarlet robe on his body was cut several times, and the one on his chest was pulled all the way to the abdomen, and the entire official robe was almost cut in two. This is a masterpiece of Tartar cavalry, and if it were not for the steel sheets of the inner layer of body armor, he would have been glorious.
"A certain is the deputy capital of Tongzhou, the former pioneer officer Jiang Cai, may I ask who is the person in charge of your department?" Jiang Cai hugged his fists in salute and asked loudly. Everyone looked at Liu Yu, and Liu Yu did not shirk, jumped off the bed crossbow, patted the dust on his body, and looked at this big man with a Chinese character face with a smile.
"I don't know the name of the nobleman, so I don't dare to ask." Jiang Cai looked at the young man who was obviously dressed as a civil official, and asked a little suspiciously. The other party's five-grade uniforms, coupled with the use of literature and martial arts since the Song Dynasty, made him unable to despise it.
"Jianghuai recruited the ambassador to write under the curtain, the right to know the Jiankang Mansion, Liu Yu, and the capital are working hard, thanks to the help of the capital and a group of brothers, a certain person can be here." Liu Yu gave up his hand, reported his name, and thanked him by the way, if it weren't for the other party, it was hard to predict how much his group would survive in the end.
He knew the name Jiang Cai, but he didn't expect to see it here. In Liu Yu's view, he is one, Zhang Yu of Hezhou, the two generals in the east and the west, have the ability to have a record and loyalty, and in this history of the late Song Dynasty, only the two of them can really be called "double heroes".
"Haha, too polite, I really don't dare to be, we are a defeated army, if it weren't for the blood here, these brothers would be just lost dogs." Jiang Cai waved his hand, this victory came by a fluke, the advantage in numbers and the sneak attack from behind, he didn't want to take credit.
"You don't have to be polite, today's record, Liu will definitely play the court according to the facts, but I don't know how many Tartar cavalry escaped in the end?" If you kill so many people on your side, and if you escape in the end, then this so-called victory will not be successful.
"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life, and I learned that except for a hundred Tartars who fled with more than ten horses, the rest are here." Jiang Cai turned around and took a head from a military academy behind him, and showed it to Liu Yu with the braid on his head.
Although after a tragic battle, Liu Yu is no longer so sensitive to blood, corpses and the like, but such a close contact with a human head still almost made him vomit, this is a typical Mongolian physiognomy, the angry eyes seem to be very unwilling, it is the thorn. His Da Xuan was very conspicuous on the battlefield, so he was chased by Jiang Cai.
"This is a thousand Tartars, I don't know what their name is, this is their banner." Jiang Cai threw the head to the ground, and took a big flag, it was the double day of the stabbing of the spur, cutting the general and capturing the flag, all of which were great achievements, with these two things, this victory was a certainty.
Liu Yu took the banner and held it high to show it to everyone, the crowd broke out into cheers again, Liu Shiyong and Su Liuyi and other surviving officers also came to meet Jiang Cai, everyone is a colleague in the army, they already knew each other, and it was even more fortunate to meet each other on the battlefield.
"Do you still have the strength, but so-and-so is hungry and tired, who can still walk, how about getting some hot food?" When everyone calmed down, Liu Yu said something again, which made everyone laugh, and they didn't think that they were really hungry after listening to him now, after fighting for a few hours, the rice did not enter. And Jiang Cai's department ran all night.
A group of sergeants laughed and walked towards the granary that had not had time to be moved, Liu Yu did not plan to bring these grains, he asked his men to go to the surrounding villages and mobilize the masses to carry the grain themselves, at the cost of helping to bury the corpses of the Song army on the battlefield. This is still the front line, Liu Yu and they don't have much time, and after eating, they have to leave immediately.
As for the corpse of the Tartar, the head is to be cut off by Xugong, and those with names, surnames and grades must be loaded in boxes and sent to Beijing, and the headless body does not care, digging a pit and burying it together or exposing it to the wilderness, Liu Yu has no interest in caring.
Rushing to transport the materials of Lugang is only part of Liu Yu's plan, and the other half is to gather the rout, looking at the direction of the rout, it should be going to Dangtu County, Jin Ming has brought 2,000 Jiankang soldiers to the county seat, no accident, tomorrow the rout will arrive in Dangtu.
This meal is very simple, fortunately, there are a lot of dead horses on the battlefield, the big pot of rice, with the horse meat cooked with salt, there is no bowl, Liu Yu took an iron helmet who I don't know who it was to hold a bowl, and the boiled meat that he usually can't swallow at all makes him eat with relish, and several officers directly pick up large bones and gnaw them directly on their mouths.
"Here's the matter, Commander Liu and Commander Su took the injured brothers on a certain ship and went directly to Jiankang, someone brought a letter, and there must be a reception there." Liu Yu bit a piece of horse meat that was not too bad and said vaguely. Liu Shiyong and Su Liuyi glanced at each other, both nodded, and did not speak.
"Jiang Dutong, how about you also go on the boat with your subordinates, there are still many empty ships." Jiang Cai is not like Liu Su's department, it is not good to order directly, Liu Yu uses a consultative tone.
"Don't you want to be together, what do you want?" Jiang Cai heard the meaning of Liu Yu's words and asked.
"It's not a secret, a certain person was ordered to go to Tu to collect the rout, and the people who were good at riding horses under the command of Guandu could borrow a hundred people and return to the camp after arriving in Jiankang." Jiang Cai's department did not have many casualties, so Liu Yu asked.
"If you don't give up, Jiang also wants to go with Taishou, these hundreds of people under a certain command can all ride horses, and a lot of captures in this battle are enough." Speaking of which, the biggest gain of this battle was the capture of hundreds of war horses, and the Thousand Men of the Ignorant Thorn was the standard equipment of one man and two horses, and although many of them died, almost five hundred horses survived intact.
Liu Yu selfishly wants to keep Jiang Cai, the upcoming battle of Jiankang, he needs generals who are good at fighting, Jin Ming can be said to be a relative, and he doesn't have to be too entrapped. But for Jiang Cai, Liu Yu was still slowly probing, and when he answered like this, he was overjoyed.
"Dutong can go together, I can't ask for it, the horses are not good to get on the boat, so I will match all with Dutong," Jiang Cai nodded when he heard this, he was also a little confused now, and he didn't know where to go, at least Liu Yu still gave him a good impression at the moment.
In the lower reaches of Tongling County, in the camp of the Song army in Dingjiazhou in the center of the river, at this time it has been full of Yuan soldiers, there is a big boat parked on the shore of the island, and a group of people come down from the big boat, one of them is forty years old, with a square face and an average figure, it is the commander of the Song and Yuan Army, and the left prime minister Boyan.
"This is the Dazhai that the Song people set up?" Boyan looked around as he walked, and the camp was quite orderly, not like a person who didn't know soldiers.
"Courageless barbarian, I heard that as soon as the battle began, the Song people fled as soon as the main general fled, so it is better to surrender directly." The one who answered the call was his lieutenant general, Pingzhang Ashu, who was extremely brave and must take the lead in every battle.
"What Pingzhang said is that Sun Huchen heard that he was just relying on Jia Yidao's fortunate generation, how to fight against my Dayuan elite." An old man dressed as a Han man on the side continued, this person is called Lu Wenhuan, this expedition to the Song Dynasty, thanks to his surrender all the way, most of the Jinghu almost without a fight.
Boyan glanced at him and didn't speak, this battle is quite strange, the Song people obviously have the will to fight, but they just used the return cannon along the river bank to put a few shots, the boss actually ran away, just heard the battle report, and thought it was the Song people's plan to lure the enemy.
"Prime Minister, the front army sent a military report, the vanguard of the 1,000-person team was defeated in Lugang, only more than ten people escaped, and the company himself was nowhere to be found." In the silence, he suddenly heard a herald being brought in and reported the bad news.
"What, go and bring those fugitives here." Before Boyan could speak, Ah Shu was taken aback first, this sudden thorn is known for his bravery, and his thousand-man team is also famous, why is it gone?
After a while, several Mongols who were tied up with flowers were brought to Boyan, and before they could open their mouths to ask questions, a hundred households threw themselves on the ground and cried and told the story of the battle.
"Untie them, a bowl of mare's milk wine for each person." After listening to this, Boyan didn't see any fluctuations in his feelings, but just lightly ordered.
"We don't ask for forgiveness, we just ask the prime minister to give us a knife, and the warriors of the Ulugu don't need to be used by others." The hundred households drank the wine in one gulp, and threw the bowl on the ground.
"Give it to them." Boyan nodded.
"Immortal Heaven is above, Prime Minister, you must avenge us!" With a shout, several people slashed their knives at the neck at the same time, and in just a few moments, they became several corpses that fell to the ground.
"Pass the order down, advance by land and water, no one is allowed to go deep alone, and those who violate the order will be killed!" Boyan shouted the order, never looked at the ground again, and walked forward with his feet raised.