Chapter Seventy-Four: The First Battle Was Unfavorable
Shepherd wolf, Chinese army.
Hu Chadong Cicada doubted: "This Xirong army is not attacking, and it is not attacking if it is not, what are you doing here?" ”
Liu Ce looked at Li Luo, and saw that Li Luo was thinking about himself, so he didn't respond. Hu Cha Dong Cicada wrinkled his nose, turned his head away, and ignored Li Luo.
Li Luo glanced at the sand lake fifty miles away, but until this time, not a single soldier had been dispatched, and Li Luo frowned slightly. Suddenly, there was a commotion in the camp, Chi Li looked back, Qi Shaobing rushed in out of breath, and when he saw Li Luo, he cried and shouted: "General, the Xirong thieves attacked the camp behind the camp, and the military food was robbed by them. ”
Li Luo's face was calm, he glanced at Qi Shaobing, and asked, "When will you rob the village?" ”
"Two moments ago."
Hucha Dong Cicada snorted coldly: "General Qi is really fast. ”
Qi Shaobing's heart was cold, he shrunk his neck, and lowered his head and didn't dare to respond. Li Luo then asked, "How many people are in the Xirong army?" From which way did you rob the village? ”
Qi Shaobing hurriedly replied: "General, to say the least, there are three or five thousand people, killed from Tunlin Road, when I heard the voice, these robbers have already rushed into the camp, it is too fast, and it will not be too late to line up in the future, and I ask the general to forgive the young general for the crime of failing to resist the enemy." After speaking, he fell to his knees and kowtowed.
Li Luo snorted, and said casually You get up first, so he no longer looked at Qi Shaobing, and looked intently in the direction of Tunlin Road, and sure enough, he saw Lin Dongyu frightened.
After a while, a group of cavalry rushed out of the forest and merged into the Xirong army, and at this time, puffs of black smoke rose from the camp ten miles away from the rear camp. Qi Shaobing shuddered and scolded: "These thieves who should be cut by a thousand knives must have burned our camp." ”
Li Luo said to himself: "In just two moments, the soldiers marched for nearly thirty miles, and they had to rob the camp and set it on fire. After speaking, he glanced back at Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong, both of them saw solemnity in their eyes, Li Luo smiled and nodded slightly, Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong were inexplicably relieved in their hearts, and they also nodded slightly, silently.
The formation of the Xirong army changed slightly, and slowly retreated to the rear, but it was a relaxed and leisurely attitude, as if walking in the back garden of one's own house.
"Ninger Peak has been taught, the coming day is long, this commander will call the general and all the heroes and nobles again in the future, it is getting late today, General Li is tired of thinking, rest early." After speaking, with a long laugh, the Xirong army retreated to the defense line of the westward expeditionary army.
Li Luo watched the Xirong army retreat farther and farther, the twilight rose, and gradually disappeared the whereabouts, and after a while, white smoke was released from the fortress in front, and the Xirong army had withdrawn from the Shahu defense line.
The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.
Li Luo sat on the top of the commander's seat and carefully watched the military information from various departments.
The first battle was unfavorable, all the generals in the tent were a little depressed, more than 300 people were killed in the Yue cavalry battalion, and nearly 1,000 soldiers were wounded, most of them were cut down by the Xirong cavalry when the final withdrawal was made, but the Xirong army also left more than 800 corpses.
If you look at it from this point of view, it seems that the shepherd wolf has a slight upper hand, but the military rations in the rear camp were robbed, and the Xirong army entered and exited as if no one was in a no-man's land, which greatly increased the momentum of Ninger Peak, or it can be regarded as unsatisfactory that no one under Qi Shaobing's command was injured.
After reading the battle report, Li Luo was quite displeased, angrily scolded Hu Chajing for not listening to the instructions of the Chinese army, according to the law, he wanted the Chinese army to push out the camp gate and behead, Liu Ce and Shen Xiangdong hurriedly persuaded hard, before the big battle started, they first beheaded the fierce general, it was really unwise, and the rest of the people also interceded for Hu Chajing, Hu Cha Dong Cicada was so frightened that tears were about to come out, and finally couldn't bear the hard persuasion of the generals, Li Luo scolded Ni Qing Ni Bai with a white cane and called Cha Jing 80 military sticks, in order to set an example, it was over.
Qi Shaobing's soldiers were not effective in protecting the camp, and they also received sixty military sticks.
Since Hu Chajing was scolded by the cane, there were some complaints in the army, and it was rumored that Li Luo was just talking on paper, but he didn't know the army, and Liu Ce ran around to suppress the rumors.
Seeing his brother suffering, Hu Cha Dong Chan couldn't help but cry, and complained about Li Luo behind his back, but fortunately, Hu Cha Jing kept comforting and persuaded him not to be rash, Hu Cha Dong Chan saw that his brother was like this, and it was not good to say anything, but he was indispensable to Li Luo coldly.
After half a month, Hu Chajing's injuries gradually improved, and he was able to train the troops on horseback, and he held a breath of breath in his heart, and the drill was stricter than the two battalions, and it was bound to be ashamed, and the officers and men in the battalion saw that the main general was humiliated, and no matter how harsh the training was, they were not half dissatisfied.
One day, Li Luo inspected the camps, rode his horse to the stream in the middle of the camp, jumped off the horse and sat on a stone, looked at the water surface that had gradually frozen, and was in a daze, when he was in a daze, he was suddenly awakened by the sound of a sound of Suosuo, turned his head to look, a woman in plain clothes was standing by the stream with a push of clothes, looked at the stream, put down the clothes in her hand, and laboriously picked up the stones next to her to smash the ice on the bank of the stream, but she was delicate and weak, and she did not break it after several times.
Li Luo got up and walked closer and asked, "Do you want help?" ”
The woman sighed, hurriedly straightened her clothes, stroked the hair on her forehead, and said with a salute: "Excuse me, the maiden wants to get some water to wash her clothes, but I didn't expect that after only a few days, this ice has been frozen so strong." After speaking, he glanced up at Li Luo, and said in a low voice embarrassedly: "This general, can you please help the little woman smash these ices." ”
Li Luo glanced at the woman's slightly reddened hand, her skin was white and tender, not like she often did these jobs, and smiled lightly: "Why did you call a girl here to do laundry in such a cold weather?" Most of them belong to men's families. ”
The woman's face turned red, and she replied embarrassedly: "It's not the general's guess, the folk girl just does what she can, and she can't always stay in the camp to eat and live for nothing, which makes people look white." ”
"Isn't there never a female dependant in the army? How did you end up in the army? ”
The woman's eyes darkened when she heard this, and she bowed her head and replied: "Back to the general, the people's daughter did not come to the army voluntarily, but came with the prince a few days ago. ”
Li Luoqi said: "Is it King Huai?" Didn't the rear army send you back when they were transporting grain and grass? Why haven't you gone yet? ”
The woman was stunned, bowed her head and did not speak. Li Luo was dumbfounded, shook his head and smiled bitterly, picked up the big stone next to him and was about to smash it towards the ice, when he suddenly rode and rushed over, shouting from afar: "General! ”
But it's Ni Qing. Li Luo put down the stone, looked back, and when the horse was near, Ni Qing dismounted, knelt down and saluted: "General, Miss Chu is back." ”
"Oh," Li Luo smiled, "I'll take a look." After speaking, he walked towards the war horse, and Ni Qing hurriedly followed. Li Luo turned over and said to Ni Qing: "Ni Qing, you send this girl back to the camp." ”
The woman was already frightened at this time, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The people's girl doesn't know that it is the general, please forgive the people's daughter's ignorance sin." ”
Ni Qing glanced at the woman who was standing by the stream just now, scratched her head and said, "General, this ......"
"It's not your fault to carry the king." Li Luo said in a harmonious voice, "If any of you are willing to stay, go and help the doctors in the camp make some wound medicine, and take care of the wounded soldiers with them, you don't have to do these things." Rest assured, no one in the camp will hurt your life. ”
The woman was startled, and replied repeatedly: "General, the people have not thought about it like this. ”
Li Luo sighed and said: "You don't want to go back, just because King Huai dies, whether it is for the reputation of the royal family or to help me excuse me and find some explanations, there will be someone in the royal city who will secretly kill you, and you may die if you can't return to the royal city." Since I don't want to leave, I will stay in the army for some time, and when this matter is over, I will send you back. ”
The woman looked shocked and looked at Li Luo in a daze, and forgot to reply for a while.