Chapter 41: Changping on the other side of the river
An unpleasant fishy smell spread all over this sheep intestine slope, and under this foul smell, Zhao Kuo couldn't even breathe normally, and he felt very sick to his stomach. Zhao Kuo looked at his front, the doormen were still collecting the bodies of their friends, when the war was over, the loser fell to the ground forever, and the winner was standing, but he was crying for those who died, the victory was not easy to come by, mixed with a little bit of happiness to be alive, and a little pain of remembrance.
Zhao Kuo had been standing in place, he couldn't move forward, and the ground around him seemed to be full of corpses, leaving him with no way to stay.
"Shaojun? Aren't you scared stupid? The old man walked to Zhao Kuo's side and kicked away the corpse of the Qin people on the side, and asked angrily, Zhao Kuo looked at him and asked, "We won?" ”
"It was a big victory indeed, we got a lot, we killed..."
Zhao Kuo interrupted him and asked, "How are our casualties?" Ge glanced at him deeply, and then said: "I don't know Zhao Fu, forty-three people died on our side, eighteen were seriously injured, and the rest were not enough to be a small injury, not enough to worry about...", a cut was also made on his own arm, which had been entangled, and Zhao Kuo's face became more and more heavy.
Even with the addition of many advantages, he led more than 200 people, or nearly half of the casualties, he looked not far away, Zhao Fu was talking to a few guests, noticed Zhao Kuo's gaze, hurriedly walked to Zhao Kuo's side, the old-fashioned face finally had a little more smile, he said: "To achieve such a victory, all of it is your credit, the Qin people lost hundreds of internal responses for a while, even that Wu Anjun, I'm afraid I can't sit still." ”
Zhao Kuo was not happy, he asked Zhao Fu about the casualties again, Zhao Fu seemed to notice something, he said seriously: "Shaojun, the minister heard that the cultivators live by plowing the fields, the fish and salt sellers live by traveling long distances, and the people with swords live by giving their lives... When they put down their farming tools and picked up their swords, they were destined to one day. ”
"If it weren't for Shaojun's proper command, I'm afraid, this time they will all die here, you have saved hundreds of people, is this a sad thing? If we don't fight the enemy, and this grain is not delivered to Changping, will tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield die of hunger and the Qin people? If they die in battle and the Qin people enter the Zhao State, how many people will die under the sword of the Qin people? ”
Zhao Kuo nodded and said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”
Zhao Fu hurriedly shook his head and said, "How dare I receive your thanks?" I used to hear others talk about your military attainments, but I couldn't believe it because of Ma Fujun's words in the past, but today I know that Ma Fujun used to be some humble words, and I actually took it seriously! I beg your forgiveness for my disrespect for you. ”
"If it weren't for your help, I would definitely die here...", the two talked for a while, the doormen had already collected their own corpses, and the disposal of the corpses was also a difficult problem, they didn't have enough manpower and enough time to send these bodies back to their hometown, and so many bodies couldn't be left for too long. Zhao Kuo took matters into his own hands and dug graves for them, and the entire convoy was busy.
At this time, Li Yu came and asked, "What should we do with the corpses of those Qin people?" Someone on the side said viciously: "Just leave it here, feed the beast!" Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "Even if it is an enemy, it should not be so bad as to abuse their corpses and bury them here." ”
When Zhao Fu helped to dispose of the corpse on the left, he looked a little surprised, looked at it many times, and walked to Zhao Kuo's side in a panic, his voice was trembling, and he said: "I know these thieves, and the leader." ”
"Who are they?"
"It's a guest of Plains-kun."
Zhao Kuo was silent for a moment, and then said to him: "Please hide this matter in your heart, don't reveal it to anyone, I heard that Pingyuanjun has a lot of customers, and it is inevitable that there will be spies of the Qin people, they specially found these people, maybe they want to kill us, and then frame Pingyuanjun, please don't tell anyone, even Pingyuanjun, don't tell him." ”
Zhao Fu said with some surprise: "But who would believe that Pingyuanjun would do something to you?" What's the point of them doing that? ”
"Sometimes, you don't need to make people believe in Pingyuan-kun's evil deeds, as long as you give them an excuse to make trouble, someone will help them deal with Pingyuan-kun." , Zhao Kuo said with emotion. When everyone was buried, Zhao Kuo cleared out a few carriages, let the injured guests sit in the carriage, put the extra grain on the back of the horse he was riding, and led the horse on foot.
With this encounter, everyone did not dare to be careless, fortunately when leading the way ahead, they were more cautious, always observing the surroundings, but the speed of the convoy slowed down, passed through the narrow sheep intestine dangerous road, and finally walked out of this mountain and river, when the convoy walked out of the mountains and rivers, fortunately hurriedly came to tell that there was a large group of people in front, it seemed to be their own people, which made Zhao Kuo a little confused, and hurriedly went to observe with Xing.
Following Xing to the front, those people also approached in a hurry, and they could see clearly, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief, and it was Li Mu who led these people to respond.
Li Mu saw Zhao Kuo, he rushed over, Zhao Kuo walked forward with a smile, Li Mu hurriedly turned over and dismounted, led the horse, and walked to Zhao Kuo's side, "Big brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, okay?" Zhao Kuo smiled and helped up Li Mu, who was saluting, looked at him, and looked at the nearly thousand knights behind him, before he said: "I'm okay, you get up, well, yes, it seems that General Lian Po values you very much, and you have become a captain?" ”
Li Mu smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "Big brother, General Lian Po doesn't value me, he values you." ”
"It turns out that he didn't take the few words you said to him to heart, until later, Di spread things about the Qin people in various camps, which made the soldiers extremely resentful of the Qin people, and the morale of the army soared, and even repelled the attacks of the Qin people three times, and captured a Qin lieutenant! Later, the news of your summoning 800,000 stone grains and grass reached Changping, and after General Lian Po heard about it, he laughed for three whole days and couldn't close his mouth. ”
"That's why I was ordered to bring men and horses to meet me, so as not to be attacked by Qin people on the road." , Li Mu said this, only then did he notice the injured doormen in the rear and asked, "Could it be that someone really attacked?" But I've been guarding here for a long time, and no one has entered the mountain at all!! Ge on the side said unhappily: "There is not only one way to enter the mountain... If you rely on your protection, I'm afraid that the old man will already go to see Ma Fujun! ”
Li Mu watched the old man drive away with some embarrassment, and Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Ge is such a character, don't blame him." ”
Escorted by the knights brought by Li Mu, Zhao Fu's line of knights finally put their hearts at ease and could relax for a while, Zhao Kuo told Li Mu about the delicate things of the Qin people, Li Mu listened carefully, nodded from time to time, and said: "That's true, General Lian Po also caught a lot of Qin people's slenderness, and even one was a captain, he was bribed by the Qin people and wanted to set fire to the grain." ”
"General Lian Po really wants to see you!" , Li Mu rode a horse, followed Zhao Kuo's side, and told him about the war, Li Mu has also participated in a lot of wars these days, and the whole person has gradually begun to grow, and has a good analysis of the war, Zhao Kuo listened carefully and didn't say a word.
Finally, the group came to Danshui, Li Mu pointed to the distance, and happily shouted to Zhao Kuo:
"Look, on the other side is Changping."
Zhao Kuo looked blankly into the distance.
"Changping..."