Chapter 503: Victory and Defeat
"Brother, brother, let's catch Murong Luohu......"
The stout Wu Tong ran over, his stubble was upturned with a smile, and under the excitement, the injured arm didn't hurt too much, and the word "brother" was even louder, well, he always called his brother-in-law and brother. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is indeed worth being happy that Murong Luohu is famous in the northwest, and they who were once in the Tang Army have heard of this person.
This good news came very timely, so that Zhang Lun and Chen Li, who were frustrated and wanted to hit the wall, finally found some comfort.
It is natural that the two of them are in a bad mood, the defenders of Longmen in this battle can be described as losing soldiers, and the number of casualties does not need to be reported at all, they can guess one or two.
This is still second, and soon the two of them knew that it was Li Shimin, the king of Qin, who led the army to sneak attack, and such a big guy slipped away from under their noses, leaving them with only deep remorse.
Imagine if you caught Li Shimin, the king of Qin......
Chen Li has an upright temperament, and directly gave himself a mouth, which can be called a brilliant battle feat, and it slipped through his fingers, if he still has the strength at this time, maybe he can lead people to chase him to the Yellow River.
Zhang Lun also sighed in his heart at that time, he almost didn't roll his eyes, he regretted it more than Chen Li, if he could send more people to Wu Tong, if he attacked more resolutely, if he could run faster, if he ......
If many people were tossing and turning in Zhang Lun's heart, the whole person looked a little trance-like.
At this time, the two leaders didn't bother to ask how many enemy soldiers had been killed or wounded.
The good news brought by Wu Tong was a relief for the two of them, Zhang Lun finally showed some smiles, and Chen Li asked a little annoyed: "Which one is Murong Luohu?" ”
Well, the unlucky Murong Luohu was indeed caught, and the remaining soldiers of Zhai Changsun were few, so he guarded Li Shimin's side, but he wanted to lead the troops to break off.
So he was tragic, the arrows fell in pieces, Murong Luohu was immediately hit by two arrows and fell off the horse, his personal guards and the surrounding soldiers immediately stepped forward to rescue, and the pieces were shot down there.
When it was time to clean up the battlefield, this one had been dug up by the enemy from the pile of corpses of men and horses.
I don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate, Murong Luohu was only injured and didn't die, so he could only be an unlucky prisoner of war.
Speaking of which, there are really not many Tang Army generals like him who have been injured and captured, if it weren't for Zhang Lun's subordinates cleaning up the battlefield and replacing the habits of the army, most of the people who were injured and not killed would have to be stabbed and sent on the road happily.
This is not only because there are many Beihu customs left behind by the Biansai Dynasty, but also because food is becoming more and more precious, and when the prisoners are collected and surrendered, the injured will no longer be wasted with food.
Zhang Lun's subordinates are not so fierce, and they also need some living words to find out the enemy's origins.
So, they were lucky enough to get a big fish.
Zhang Lun finally felt a lot more at ease, with Murong Luohu alone, and then with the merit of defeating Li Shimin's army and keeping Longmen City, his military exploits were already very solid.
What he is afraid of at this time is actually Chen Li's family to compete with him, you know, Chen Li is Li Po's kinship, according to the previous experience in the Tang Army, when it comes to merit, it must be the priority of the illustrious family, and the relatives are even more before, and the reward of the army, he hasn't seen it much, I don't know if there is any context to follow.
If he follows that order, he will have no merit at most, and he may not be promoted to an official position, and there is no need to think about real power.
Of course, it's useless to think too much at this time.
The most important thing for the two of them to do is very simple, to appease the morale of the army, and they also have to figure out how to stay in the Dragon Gate City that has been burned like this.
The Longmen defenders suffered heavy losses, and the more than 5,000 defenders, plus the Liang Jiuchun Department at the Longmen Ferry, were almost 6,000 people.
Liang Jiuchun's department didn't need to investigate anymore, it must have been more than lucky, otherwise he wouldn't have let these many cavalry appear in Longmen City without a sound.
Coupled with the casualties in Longmen City, when Zhang Lun and Chen Li were eating, they both lost their appetite when they heard a rough number.
Under the First World War, the Xiangxiang Department was almost wiped out, Chen Li's department left more than 200 people, Zhang Lun's department also killed hundreds of people, plus Liang Jiuchun's battalion, almost more than 4,000 people were killed in the battle, and the Xunxiang who led the cavalry was seriously injured.
Such a casualty, after the formation of the combined army, directly set an unprecedented record.
Counting the casualties of the enemy army, in the battle of Longmen City, more than 1,200 Tang cavalry were directly left in the city, which made Zhang Lun and Chen Li find some comfort.
This is the pro-army of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and it is a very cost-effective deal to put it in any other place, and to exchange more than 4,000 casualties for such an army.
But Chen Li told Zhang Lun with a sad face that it was not such an algorithm in the army, and the chief always counted his own casualties first, and then killed the enemy.
Every general who injures too much to his subordinates will inevitably be punished in one way or another, and Chen Li also quietly told Zhang Lun that this kind of punishment is definitely not open-faced, maybe if you make a small mistake later, you will not be able to cry.
Zhang Lun was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he was wondering whether what this person said was true or false.
If he knew that Li Shimin was in the city, then he would rather exchange all his subordinates for Li Shimin's head...... Then he naturally won't understand that approach.
In fact, this is one of the reasons why everyone would rather die in battle than betray the Lord, the simple phrase of soldiers' lives is piled up with a lot of conditions, and it is not a simple sentence of cherishing soldiers, rewards and punishments can be explained.
Of course, no matter what, they all inflicted heavy losses on the Xuanjia Army in Longmen City.
When everything was almost arranged, just waiting for Jiangjun to come to help, Chen Li finally came up with a sour sentence when talking to Zhang Lun.
"Congratulations to General Zhang for his great achievements, we are all inferior......"
Zhang Lun scratched his beard and said directly in his heart, here......
He laughed directly, "With General Chen and General Xunxiang, how dare I call it any credit?" After that, don't sin and don't save me from death, thank God. ”
Chen Li said treacherously again in his heart, but he was not much annoyed, he was red-eyed at that time, and at that time he did curse Zhang Lun's ancestors for eight generations.
After that, he will be much more complicated here, in addition to the casualties of his heartache subordinates, he is also testing Zhang Lun's reaction intentionally or unintentionally.
He and Zhang Lun naturally think differently, as Li Po's wife, the care he received in the army is definitely different from that of others, but to say that he is really superior is nonsense.
Therefore, how much of a sin he and Xunxiang suffered this time actually depends on how Zhang Lun finally repays it.
Chen Li didn't think much about it, he just wanted to make up for it, as for taking the credit of others...... It's better to save it, his cousin-in-law has never been a fool.
In this way, you are willing to do it, plus Zhang Lun seems to be rude, but he is not confused at all in his heart, and he understands it after a few sentences, and the two people who have almost no similarities in their identities can finally laugh a few words.
And Chen Li is actually the first person Zhang Lun made friends with in the army, and many years later, Zhang Lun was classified as a member of Li Po's family, which was also derived from this time.
If it is said that what is talking to Zhang Lun at this time is looking for a face, it may be a different appearance, but the world is like this, there is nothing to say.
The city of Longmen stopped here, the soldiers in the city were cleaning the battlefield, treating the wounded, and some people were assigned to put out the fire, and then they had to tidy up the barracks, and the tedious and painful places were really indescribable, until the evening of this day, everyone was crowded into the few remaining rooms to rest.
Fortunately, it is not far from Jiangxian County, otherwise, it will be difficult to say how many people can survive under the cold weather and lack of food and clothing.
And the other group of people was much more miserable than them.
Li Shimin led his troops to escape from Longmen City in embarrassment, and braved the cold wind all the way west.
It was not easy to come, and it was even more difficult to leave, and I couldn't rest in Longmen City, so that the Xuanjia army built by Li Shimin completely became a remnant of the defeated army.
Under the two wars, nearly half of the losses were lost, and the expected victory was not achieved, and it is estimated that no army can withstand such devastation and blows.
The whole team seems to become lifeless all at once, and in such weather, without courage and will, the result will be very cruel.
After traveling less than ten miles, one after another, people and horses fell to death on the road.
Li Shimin is also cold at this time, he has not experienced any failure, and this time, he finally made up for a very important lesson in his life.
The taste of failure is so bitter, but it is even more ruthless to swallow this bitter fruit.
Li Shimin trembled, and told himself over and over again in the cold wind that he must not stop at this time, not because he was afraid of any pursuers, but because he was afraid that once he stopped, even if he could bake a fire to keep warm, there would be only a few people left who could stand up and hurry.
Of course, some people feel sorry for themselves in failure, while others will learn from failure and will try their best to make up for the bad consequences caused by failure.
Li Shimin undoubtedly belonged to the latter, in this difficult and even desperate journey, Li Shimin did not care about his body at all, running back and forth in the procession, so that every soldier on the march could see him, and kept telling them in his hoarse and trembling voice that they were almost there, and someone was answering in front of them.
After walking for more than 20 miles, I walked for more than half a day, and no one wanted to or have the strength to calculate how many frozen comrades were left behind in the middle.
When the Longmen ferry camp in front of him appeared in view, Li Shimin just looked up, his eyes were dark, and he fell off his horse.
(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )