Chapter 328 First Entry
Cavalry charge, of course Li Jiancheng will not go in person, he has always thought of himself as a gentleman, a gentleman does not stand under the wall, and he has never let himself personally rush to the front line, so this blocking task was handed over to his subordinates Liu Dewei and Huang Junhan.
Liu Dewei and Huang Junhan were both generals of the Sui Dynasty, but because of Yang Guangke's military exploits in detaining Yanmen to save the driver, they defected to Wagang, and after Li Mi defected to Li Yuan, the two were persuaded to defect to Li Yuan.
After defecting to Li Yuan, the two secretly voted for Li Jiancheng because they had no foundation. Li Jiancheng did not have any generals who could fight, so this time it can be said that he hit it off, and then reused the two.
Liu Dewei and Huang Junhan are not weak, Liu Dewei, a native of Pengcheng, Xuzhou, and his father is a Tongshou of Sui Biling County. Liu Dewei followed Zuo Guanglu's doctor Pei Renji to beg the thief Yu Huaizuo, and beheaded the thief Li Qingqi, who passed on the head to the line, can be said to be a family heirloom general, with good force and knowledge of soldiers.
Huang Junhan was born in the Jiangxia Huang clan and was brave and good at fighting. In the eighth year of the great cause, he was called to conquer Goguryeo, obtained first-class merits, and was awarded the title of county lieutenant.
The first achievement, this has to be said to be war, wars are all about using short knives and spears to attack camps and villages, of course, mainly relying on people. Because they didn't attack the city too first, they could only go forward and exchange their lives for victory. Therefore, when the army receives the order to capture the enemy's city, the atmosphere of the entire military camp is often relatively dignified, because the siege of the city is bound to cause great losses, and a considerable number of soldiers will lose their lives. Because they had to engage the defenders of the city in close combat, which was often a luxury, because hand-to-hand combat with them was only possible to enter the city and meet the enemy. Before doing so, they had to find a way to get close to the towering and strong walls, and to get close to the walls, they had to make sure that they wouldn't be shot by the enemy defenders.
And in the process, you also have to take into account that you will not fall into the turbulent moat, that you will not fall into the traps laid outside the city, and that you will not be knocked down when you charge forward. Even if they were lucky enough to make it to the city walls, the soldiers would have to climb up. Due to the backwardness of technology, they only have the only climbing equipment, the ladder. But climbing with a ladder is also very risky, and just from the front, there will be rolling rocks and gold juice pouring down.
Speaking of the golden juice, this is the most distressing for the besieging side, as it is made of dung and poison, and the defending army will boil it over a blazing fire and then serve it in jars. When confronted by soldiers climbing ladders, they will splash them underneath, while besieging soldiers will be scalded with their skin peeled open at the slightest touch. Even if he is fortunate enough to be rescued, he will die due to repeated cross-infection of the wound. Therefore, climbing the ladder is very fatal, and the first person to climb the ladder will most likely be the first to be sacrificed. But there is no shortage of soldiers who climb the ladder and climb the wall to kill the enemy, so when attacking the city, why are there always soldiers willing to be the first to climb the ladder Although climbing the ladder is very likely to die, there are still many people who are willing to do so. Because high-risk things always have high rewards, the first person to climb the city wall is called "first to ascend". And "first arrival" is also known as "first merit", and the reward for him is even more than the reward of the person who captures the flag.
The two most famous people who ascended first, one is Fan Hao in the early Han Dynasty, and the other is called the king of Xiandeng, Lejin of the Three Kingdoms. If Fan Xu and Liu Bang knew each other very early, so they were reused, then Lejin really advanced many times as a soldier.
It broke Lu Bu in Puyang, broke Ma Chao in Yongqiu, broke Rui in Ku County, and broke Yuan Tan in the battle of Nanpi, all of which had the merit of taking the lead. Therefore, Le Jin went from a low-level officer to one of Cao Wei's "five good generals". Even in the Ming Dynasty, the degree of reward for "Xiandeng" did not decrease but increased, and when Li Rusong went to Pyongyang to attack the city occupied by the Japanese State, he ordered: "Xiandeng will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver!" It seems to us that the number is only a few thousand. However, in terms of purchasing power, 5,000 taels is equivalent to 1.5 million yuan today, and the importance of the first to the first can be imagined. This is one of the reasons why there are many people rushing to do such an action. Of course, the premise is to survive, and there is no reward for those who die.
Liu Dewei and Huang Junhan led the troops to meet Captain Chi Jingde, especially Huang Junhan, who was carrying a crescent axe and found Captain Chi Jingde.
Of course, Wei Chi Jingde also discovered him, especially when he saw him holding an axe, he was even more reluctant to let him go, after all, heavy weapons have the best effect against heavy armor soldiers, and he was reluctant to die too many of his subordinates.
Wei Chi Jingde is very fierce, and the horse lance is also very good, their family has a unique hand, no one can beat it, that is, to seize the enemy's weapon, the more familiar the weapon, the easier it is to be taken away by him.
As soon as the two of them made a move, they hit a real fire, one wanted to solve the opponent as soon as possible, and the other wanted to behave well in front of the new master, so it was a needle point against Mai Mang, and they didn't give in to each other.
The two of them have been in contact with each other, and they are fighting happily, and the heavy armored cavalry will not stop and chisel through! Chisel through!
The heavy cavalry is more dense than the light cavalry, especially when the short arms are in close contact, because they don't have to think about defense, the only thing to do is to aim their weapons at the target, and with the help of the power of the war horse charge, pierce the opponent; Or raise the knife flat, and when you stagger it, you will naturally cut off your opponent.
Although Huang Junhan blocked Wei Chi Jingde, Liu Dewei did not have a good way to take the heavy armored cavalry, he is a military general, but he is not a fierce general, in the face of a group of charging heavy armored cavalry, there is no problem in self-preservation, but if you want to break the enemy, it is difficult.
The generals were still like this, not to mention the ordinary cavalry, a black dragon passed through, clearing a road, and some ownerless war horses remained in place and neighed.
The cavalry will never stop, and both sides will not have time to count the losses, they will only follow their colleagues in front and continue to attack the enemy.
Once or twice, after the third time, Liu Dewei shook his wrist and helplessly found that there were only more than 1,000 people under his command, and most of the losses were lost, and many of the opponents who fell to the ground were not trampled to death by the war horses, and they found horses again, and they were gathering from all directions.
"Withdraw!" Liu Dewei ordered coldly, and then led people to rush to Li Jiancheng.
The heavy cavalry did not chase, this is also their weakness, it is too heavy, the speed is slow, the acceleration cannot be fast, and it is even more impossible to chase and kill the cavalry, so they continue to kill the foot soldiers.
"Your Highness, go away!" Liu Dewei rushed to Li Jiancheng's vicinity and reminded loudly.
Li Jiancheng did not object, with a hundred and ten personal guards, led the rush to the middle of Li Shentong, this is his last chance, if Li Shentong has broken the enemy, there is still hope of winning, as for the other cavalry, he thought that it was the same as this side, all heavy cavalry, so there was no hope for a long time.
Huang Junhan found that Li Jiancheng and others had abandoned him, and he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and when he peeked at it, there were enemies all around, and he was in the center, so he couldn't help but be even more depressed.
"Stop!" Taking advantage of the fact that the axe was suppressed by Wei Chi Jingde, Huang Junhan shouted very dryly, then let go of his hand and let the weapon fall.
"I surrender!" His eyes closed, and then he opened them, and Huang Junhan said in a hoarse voice.
Anyone who sees him being abandoned must feel uncomfortable, and Wei Chi Jingde also understands, so he didn't embarrass Huang Junhan, but said with a smile: "You are very good!" The prince will definitely reuse you. ”
"Huh! Thanks to the general, the last general is willing to serve under the general. Huang Junhan smiled faintly and said, he was already a little sad about choosing to serve in the forces, it was better to find a military general and follow the gangsters, at least he didn't have to worry so much.
"It's a man! It's too wasteful to follow me, the prince values capable people the most, and he will definitely reuse you. Wei Chi Jingde nodded and said.
For Huang Junhan, he still admires it very much, after all, the two have been fighting for a long time, if it weren't for Huang Junhan himself giving up resistance and wanting to take it, there would still be some trouble, he still knows this.
Huang Junhan didn't say much, as a general, just listen to orders honestly.
Li Xiuning has been very worried in the past two days, originally she thought that Zou Yu was going to use her to blackmail Li Jiancheng or Li Yuan, but Zou Yu said that she would talk about it after beating first.
After bringing it back to the camp, it was arranged to the rear wounded barracks, regardless of the question.
Li Xiuning didn't think about escaping, after all, there was no war horse, and he was in someone else's camp, although he didn't send someone to follow him, but those soldiers who were only lightly injured appeared around at any time, needless to say, they were also monitoring themselves, otherwise a soldier with an injured arm was still carrying a bow and arrow in the camp, which was a joke.
Fortunately, no one restricts her freedom, as long as she does not leave the camp, no one cares about her, and her life is also taken care of, three meals a day, and they are delivered on time.
There was fish and meat in the first meal, although it was all jerky, Li Xiuning thought at first that this was a preferential treatment for himself, so life was so good, after all, the can of jerky with sauce tasted very good, not to mention a jar of fruit.
When the sealing mud on the bamboo tube was removed, Li Xiuning thought it was wine, who knew that the man poured out a few pears with water for her, tasted it, and tasted good, although it was not so crisp compared to fresh pears.
She couldn't imagine that the pears could be preserved in this way, so she couldn't help but be a little curious, and secretly wanted to go back and give it a try.
Of course, Zou Yu would not tell him that the water inside is all cold boiled water, and it must be filled with bamboo tubes, so that there will be no air in it, so that it can be preserved for a long time.
It wasn't until Li Xiuning found some soldiers lying on the ground basking in the sun, holding a bamboo tube in one hand, tasting it slowly, as if drinking fine wine, drinking sweet pear water, that he seemed to understand that this was not only eating alone, even ordinary soldiers were eating, looking at the bamboo tube next to many people, it was clear that this was kept for a temporary cup.
Originally, I didn't like the injured barracks, because Li Xiuning was also a general, so he naturally knew what was going on inside, and he couldn't bear to see it, not to mention that he was not his own person.
Originally, she didn't have the heart to see those tragic scenes, but the food of the soldiers aroused her curiosity, and when she paid attention, she found that her life was only a little better than that of ordinary wounded. What surprised her even more was the existence of the ambulance team, a team of people, carrying stretchers, carried the seriously injured soldiers into the camp, and then a group of people surrounded them in an orderly manner and began to treat them, the whole process, busy but not chaotic, the most important thing is that there are a lot of people involved in the treatment, many of them are young people, unlike their own side, they are some middle-aged and elderly doctors.
If this is surprising enough, then what is even more surprising is the way of treatment, like sewing clothes, holding a kind of bent needle, sewing up the wound with sheep intestines, it looks simple and rude, the effect is quite good, at least the bleeding will be stopped quickly, whether it is an arrow wound or a knife wound, it is all treated like this.
A piece of coarse cloth, at a glance looks new, has long been neatly cut, and the plaster that has a large area to stop bleeding, there are not many means, it is those few things that come and go, clean, treat the wound, suture, medicate, and then bandage, bandaged out is also neat, at a glance, it is a familiar hand, and there is no less bandaging of the same wound.
Li Xiuning even saw a person with half of his arm broken, who was completely cut off with a knife, and then stitched up and medicated.
Shocked, Li Xiuning found a soldier who was also missing an arm and asked, "Why did they cut off your arm?" ”
"Hehe, this girl, did you go to the battlefield?" Although the soldier was pale and a little tired, he still asked with a smile.
"Of course I did!" Li Xiuning nodded.
"So what do you think are the chances of surviving this wound?" The soldier glanced at his lost arm, then asked with a wry smile.
"Less than 20%!" Li Xiuning replied without hesitation.
"Yes! I have been drafted in the eighth year of the Great Cause, and I have experienced twenty or thirty battles, and very few people with arms and legs can survive, but girl, how many deaths do you see here from us? The soldier's dark and old face showed sadness, and he looked up at the sky and sighed.
Then he looked around, stretched out his only arm and pointed to the distance and continued: "The one over there, the stomach was broken, the intestines were exposed, and it was stuffed in and sewn up by that group of guys, and it has been two days, and it is still alive and well; And the guy, who had a broken leg; There are many others, but as long as they make it here alive, few die. ”
"How is this possible!" Li Xiuning asked in shock.
"Those guys said that this is called amputation, and if you don't amputate the muscle, you can't be saved, and at least sixty percent of the amputation is likely to live. But I think at least 90% of them survive. The soldier shuddered and sighed.
The guys in his mouth are the people of the ambulance team, and he is not afraid of killing the enemy on the battlefield, but under normal circumstances, it is still a little difficult to cut off other people's hands and feet without changing his face. But the people of the ambulance team don't know how much to cut in a day, and those whose stomachs are broken, they have to stuff their intestines back, and some of them still need to be mended, which lets others know that the internal organs can also be repaired.
Of course, they don't know that with the current medical technology, only the intestines can be replenished, and no infection can survive.