Chapter 366: Stalemate (2)
On the evening of the 10th day of the ninth lunar month, that is, after the rebels retreated, Zhao Yu issued an order to remove all the remaining seven or eight hundred lightly wounded Nanyang soldiers who were responsible for guarding the southern city wall, and ordered them to rest and recuperate at the garrison near the southern city wall.
At the same time, Zhao Yu ordered the 1,000 brigade wolves under the brigade camp to be transferred from the east and west city walls to the south city wall respectively, temporarily replacing the defense of the Nanyang army.
Although it is said that there are 1,000 brigade wolves, but that is only the establishment of brigade wolves, in fact, in today's defensive battle, brigade wolves have also sacrificed a lot, many of which have become married in the cottage.
Pity these brigade wolves who died in battle, they just had a daughter-in-law, and they died on the battlefield when they first tasted the taste of a woman.
When Zhao Yu's order reached the eastern city wall, Chen Guizheng asked Xu Bai about it: "...... Those married brigade wolves, after they die, will the Black Tiger Village also treat their women well? β
"Of course."
Xu Bai nodded and explained: "Nowadays, the people in the cottage are divided into four categories: 'Li', 'Bai', 'Zheng', and 'Shu', among which the 'Zheng' refers to us and other villagers, and Shu refers to the people, that is, women, children and other family members, these are all recognized by the cottage, whether those women are willing to remarry or not, the cottage is supported by them." β
When explaining this matter, Xu Bai couldn't help but think of Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves.
In all fairness, these regulations of Black Tiger Village really don't look like a gang of bandits, but more like a long-standing village.
"Remarry?" Chen Gui's eyes widened.
"Or else?" Xu Bai shrugged his shoulders and said, "Most of the women in the village are between fifteen and twenty-five years old, so you can't let them be widowed just because their husbands died, right?" Not to mention that most of the women have no children, I personally think that the village should arrange it......"
From the side, Ishihara wiped the sword in his hand and did not speak.
From his personal point of view, he also thinks that Black Tiger Village will arrange for those 'widows' to remarry, after all, those women are too young to give birth and raise, if they are ignored, it will be a waste of money - although it is not appropriate to say so.
Some time ago, taking the opportunity to take advantage of the convenience of a large number of refugees flocking to Kunyang, the Black Tiger Village took the opportunity to accept many young women, and then Zhou Hu, Guo Da and others used these people to envelop the Black Tiger Thieves under their hands, considering that these desperate and willing women who are willing to defect to the Black Tiger Village may not have them in the future, Ishihara feels that the Black Tiger Village will definitely 'make good use' of these women, remarry or something, it is really nothing - anyway, that group of black tiger thieves, there are many people who are over thirty years old but have not touched a woman, and they don't mind.
If it were a different day, Ishihara would definitely be sarcastic, satirizing the poor and helpless women of Zhou Hu and the Black Tiger Village as a sacrifice to entrap his subordinatesβeven if he understood that it would not be bad for those women.
But right now, he doesn't have that in mind.
After all, he was taken care of by Zhou Hu, and if he turned around and mocked Zhou Hu again, he always felt a little 'revenge'.
So he simply didn't say anything, at least on matters involving Zhou Hu - unless he thought Zhou Hu was doing something wrong.
Just as a few people were chatting, a black tiger thief went up to the city wall to convey an order: "The big leader has an order, from today onwards, all the traveling wolves will be transferred to the southern city wall!" β¦β¦ Again, from today onwards, all the brigades will be transferred to the southern city wall! β
"Huh?"
Shi Yuan, Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui turned their heads to look in the direction where the voice came from, and their faces showed surprise.
After some thought, Ishihara frowned and said, "It seems that the Nanyang Army can't hold on......"
"yes."
Xu Bai nodded, and said with emotion: "But this group of people is also amazing, our east city wall is very difficult to defend the land, not to mention the south city wall where there are more rebels?" β
As he spoke, he patted Ishihara's arm nearby and signaled, "Let's go." β
Seeing Xu Bai and Wang Ping stand up, Chen Gui said with a smile: "Don't die, otherwise the little girl in your family may have to remarry......
"Get out! You can't spit out anything good with your mouth. β
Xu Bai scolded, and immediately said goodbye to Ishihara and Chen Gui in the laughter of Wang Ping.
After greeting the black tiger thieves under their command, Xu Bai and Wang Ping turned around and walked towards the city.
Chen Gui smiled and watched Xu Bai and Wang Ping walk away, then frowned and said to Shi Yuan: "The traveling wolf is gone, and it will be even more troublesome on our east city wall......
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Ishihara nodded slightly.
He could not deny that although the morale of his county army was not the same as that of a while ago, and they all wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but because the training time was too short, and he had no experience in killing and fighting before, it was inevitable that all kinds of weaknesses would be exposed in today's city defense battle.
Although the biggest role of the brigade wolf on the eastern city wall is to fill the defensive void caused by the dead man in time, it is undeniably very crucial.
And now, this group of gangsters has been transferred to the southern city wall to replace the Nanyang army, and the pressure on his eastern city wall will obviously be much greater in the future.
Just when Ishihara was worried, Wang Qing walked in the distance with several black tiger thieves without a trace.
Seeing this, Chen Gui whispered: "I don't know if this guy will be transferred to the south city wall......
Ishihara didn't answer, because Wang Qing had already walked in front of them.
"What are you looking at?"
Glancing at Shi Yuan, who was looking directly at him, Wang Qing asked with a light hum, looking for fault in a tone.
Ishihara sat cross-legged on the city wall, looked up at Wang Qing, and said calmly: "It's just that I heard the order of the leader of Zhou, and I was wondering if the commander of Wang Zuo would be transferred to the southern city wall......
"Huh?"
Wang Qing bent down, his face approaching Ishihara, and bared his teeth and smiled: "Do you want me to be transferred?" β¦β¦ However, it is a pity that Lao Tzu is still the defender of the east city wall! β
Glancing at the blood-stained dark red armor on Wang Qing's body, Ishihara said calmly: "Personally, of course I hope that Commander Wang Zuo will be transferred, but if it is as far as my eastern city wall is concerned, with Commander Wang Zuo in charge, the brothers can feel much more at ease......"
Wang Qing's eyes flashed a few different colors, and he stood up straight, sneered and said, "Don't think that if you flatter me, I will let you go...... Get up for me, and bring me the corpses and wounded on the wall, and bring them down to the wall......"
In fact, the carrying of corpses and wounded soldiers was probably the responsibility of the Brotherhood militia, but Wang Qing was interested in finding faults, and Ishihara had no choice, who called Wang Qing the guard of the eastern city wall.
Seeing Shi Yuan and Chen Gui helplessly get up to carry the corpses, Wang Qing laughed proudly.
At this time, or the black tiger thief beside him whispered: "Boss, just asking them to carry corpses and wounded pawns is too cheap for them, right?" I think they should be taught a hard lesson. β
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Wang Qing looked at Shi Yuan and Chen Gui not far away, took a deep look at the blood stains on their bodies, and recalled in his mind the appearance of these two people fighting bravely to kill the enemy today.
"Hmph." With a light snort, he smiled strangely: "Don't worry, the future will be long." β¦β¦ As long as he is under my rule, I have the opportunity to teach him a lesson. Gone, little ones. β
So, he swaggered past Ishihara and Chen Gui, and continued to move forward, inspecting the entire section of the city wall.
During this period, whenever the county troops saw him, they retreated to both sides.
Not to mention anything else, Wang Qing's ghost-like demeanor when he killed the red eye was still very terrifying.
In Ishihara and Chen Gui, in fact, mainly with the help of the Brotherhood militia, the corpses and wounded soldiers on the eastern city wall were moved to the city one after another.
During this period, the seriously wounded and dying were carried on stretchers by the Brotherhood militia and urgently moved to the wounded and sick near the city wall, where they were treated and bandaged by doctors who had been requisitioned by the county government.
The sacrificial soldiers were stripped of their armor and placed in a special place to park their bodies, waiting for their families to claim them, and then burning their bones on the spot, and then putting the ashes into the altar and handing them over to the families.
There is no way, the whole county is so big, if every corpse has to be buried, I'm afraid it won't be enough to dig the entire county.
While carrying the body, Ishihara and Chen Gui saw the family members crying loudly around the body of a famous county soldier.
It was the same last time, after dusk, after the rebels withdrew, the whole Kunyang County continued to cry.
"It's true that too many people have died......
Listening to the incessant crying, Ishihara and Chen Gui sighed, and at the same time did not forget to curse those damn rebels.
Suddenly, there was an argument in the distance, and it seemed that several militiamen of the Brotherhood had clashed with the families of the deceased.
Ishihara hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "What's the matter? β
I have to say that Ishihara is also a well-known figure in Kunyang County, not to mention that he is still holding the position of military marquis in the county army.
Seeing him appear, a county official in charge of directing the disposal of the corpse hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "Shi Zhutou, no, the military marquis, it's like this, there are family members of the sacrificed county guards who ask to keep the weapons and armor of the deceased, you know, these weapons and armor are to be returned to the armory after cleaning, and handed over to the people behind......"
As he spoke, he raised his hand to a weeping woman, and beside her, a stubborn child of about eleven or twelve years of age was clinging to his father's weapons and armor.
And beside the mother and son, several Brotherhood militiamen looked embarrassed when they saw Ishihara's eyes.
God is pitiful, they didn't do anything rough with this kid, but they had to recover the armament because of the regulations.
After understanding this, Ishihara did not blame the Brotherhood militiamen, he walked up to the child, squatted down and persuaded: "Boy, although this weapon and this armor can be regarded as relics left by your father, according to the regulations, they should be handed over to the next person, and that person will take over from your father and continue to stick to the city wall to protect Kunyang and protect you...... Do you want your father's successor to fight with his bare hands against the vicious enemy? β
"I ...... I can kill enemies too. The boy stubbornly said, "I want to avenge my father!" β¦β¦ Please, Stone Catcher. β
Looking at the child's stubborn and determined gaze, Ishihara touched his head, immediately stood up, and said to the official: "Just let him keep it, anyway, we have captured a lot of weapons and armor from the rebels, and there is no shortage of this set of ......"
"Marquis, this is a violation." The official whispered.
Ishihara raised his hand and interrupted, "If anyone is held accountable, I will take responsibility." β
"This ...... All right. The official nodded hesitantly.
Moments later, amid the woman's cries, her husband's body was cremated.
The child, dressed in the armor that was wide for him, stood with a spear on his shoulder, and said goodbye to his father's body with a solemn face, as if he had secretly made some vows.
Although Ishihara didn't know what Zhou Hu, Liu Bi and others had done, looking at the mother and son, especially the child's expressions, a strong feeling suddenly appeared in his heart.
Kunyang, will not give in!