Chapter Seventy-Four: A Cup of Wine
With Sun Quan leaving, the entire battlefield was completely chaotic.
The Wu army fled in all directions, the Han army and the Jing barbarian soldiers also divided their troops to chase after them, and there were fights or shouts of forced landing around Maicheng.
Tian Xin was left with only two people, Tian Ji and Wang Zhi, and the rest of the Qu personal soldiers pursued and routed the fleeing Wu army under the leadership of Yan Zhong, the governor of the Qu, and made a fortune.
Guan Ping next to him was no better, only one personal guard general followed, holding the battle flag of 'Long Xiang General Pass', and the rest of the cavalry also joined in the chase.
There was no need for Guan Yu to organize, too many people rushed into the wheat city to put out the fire, searching for possible gold and silver in the army.
The entire battlefield was completely devoid of the army structure, and even the 700 cavalry reserves held by Guan Yu were thrown out to chase and kill the enemy and expand the results of the battle.
The flames in the wheat city were gradually extinguished, and the officials who participated in the fire were dejected, and did not find much of the spoils that satisfied them.
Tian Xin came to the east of Maicheng to watch the battlefield, and it can be seen that the generals Sun Huan and Jianwu Zhonglang of Wuwei gathered the battle flags of Xu Sheng together, and were rushing south on the east bank of Zhangshui.
Farther away, it was gradually impossible to see as the sun set in the west.
Hunger, a strong sense of hunger and tiredness made him so tired that he couldn't lift his hands.
"General, find some food."
Tian Ji dragged a basket of citrus over, Tian Xin trembled and stretched out his hand to peel off one, put it in his mouth and bite it, and the sweet orange juice entered the mouth, soaking his lungs.
When Guan Ping came here, he saw Tian Xinpan sitting in front of a bamboo basket eating citrus, and asked with a smile: "Xiaoxian likes citrus?" ”
"Naturally, I prefer to eat oranges."
About three or four kilograms of oranges entered his stomach, Tian Xin's physical strength recovered, but his hands and feet were still sore and weak, and he handed a citrus to Guan Ping: "This battle is over?" ”
"I don't know what my father is going to do."
Guan Ping peeled off the yellow orange: "Xiaoxian, you and my second army have become tired, and I am afraid it will be difficult to fight again." I guess my father wants to transfer you and me to change guards with General Xiahou and Lei Xu. ”
Seeing that Tian Xin was just eating oranges, Guan Ping took a bag of fried corn from his waist and handed it out, Tian Xin took it and swallowed it with oranges.
After eating these corns, Tian Xincai breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Our army has won a great victory, the Wu army has lost its courage, and the Jingnan legend can be determined." Now should be the time for the sailors to be dispatched, and it is not a bad thing for you and my second army to transfer to Xiangyang, and I also want to rest for some time. Since the Gangneung Incident, I have not dared to sleep day and night. ”
There are 8,000 sailors, 8,000 Xiahoulan and Lei Xu's two armies, and these 16,000 people are a new force, which is enough to recapture Hanjin and even capture Xiakou in one go.
To seize Xiakou, the retreat of the Wu army in the upper reaches of Xiakou was intercepted, and the only way to avoid being divided and eliminated was to accelerate the retreat.
As he spoke, Tian Xin leaned back against the pillar, and smiled tiredly: "I am tired of the inexhaustible exploits of the enemy captives." ”
Guan Ping was silent, took an orange and peeled it to eat, but he still couldn't help but say: "The matter of Fancheng, please don't worry about it again." My father and son are also very guilty about this, but they don't know how to persuade Xiaoxian. ”
"I know, but I don't really care."
Tian Xin took the cloak handed by Tian Ji and put it on his body, and smiled: "If I don't even have this little bit of equipment, how can I be a general?" I am so tired, I have killed about sixty or seventy people with my own hands today, and now I close my eyes a little, and the screams of the dead are incessant. ”
Unlike Guan Ping, Guan Ping is a person who grew up in war and is used to seeing life and death.
Tian Xin said and closed his eyes: "Xiangyang is good, all kinds of waste are prosperous." You and I moved to Xiangyang, just in time for the military to recuperate. Cultivating land is a hard life, living some hard days, tempering my body and mind, my heart disease is not difficult to heal myself. I also want to go to Lumen Mountain, and I heard Sima Xi say that the pool of his family's ancestral house is also a wonderful scene. ”
Guan Ping was about to speak, when he heard Tian Xin's breathing, he shook his head and laughed, got up and grabbed the cloak from the hand of the guard and covered Tian Xin, and turned to leave.
When Tian Xin woke up, it was already the middle of the night, and bonfires were everywhere outside the city, and Jing Barbarian soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers sang and danced around the grand bonfire.
Under the battle flag of General Huya, all the battalions of the Huya Army have gathered and returned, eating, drinking and laughing around the fire, and the small piles built by the heads of the Wu army are next to each other, each with soldiers on duty.
The bell on Tian Xin's waist rang crisply when he walked, and as soon as he returned to his main position, one of the military officials who stayed behind said: "General, the prince and the prince set up a banquet, saying that the general can go to drink after waking up." ”
I didn't see Luo Qiong and Pang Lin left and right, so I asked: "How much has our army lost today?" ”
"General, the loss is less than 10%, the light and serious injuries account for about 20%, and the wounded have been moved to Maicheng to recuperate."
Tian Xin came to the curtain where Guan Yu was, the curtain had three layers, the outer layer was the sergeant who prepared the meal, the middle layer was the military officials, the Jingman chieftain, and the innermost was the middle and senior military officials.
The curtain is missing one of the three corners, and the gap is facing the grand bonfire.
Liao Hua came to greet him in person, and the military officials sitting in the middle level saw the Fang Tian halberd behind Tian Xin, and they all got up and went to both sides to watch, and greeted those who knew Tian Xin.
Tian Xin also shook his hand one by one, and every acquaintance he met after the war was a joy, and followed Liao Hua into the inner layer of the curtain.
The lights are bright here, Guan Yu and Yu Banduan sit on the main seat, behind him stands the former general, the Hou Daxu of Hanshou Pavilion, and the festival and Yue that are enshrined, Guan Yu is Pan Jun on the right, the second on the right is the barbarian king Meifu, and the third on the right is Guo Mu, the county guard of Nanxiang; The first one on the left is Guan Ping, the second on the left is vacant, and the third on the left is Deng Fu, the guard of Fangling County.
In the sound of the bell, Tian Xin saw Pang Lin and Luo Qiong sitting behind the second vacant seat on the left, so he sat down calmly.
Not long after taking a seat, Guan Yu finished chatting with Mei Shi, turned his head and asked with a smile: "Xiaoxian, why don't you take off your armor?" ”
"Prince, where is the thief army?"
"I have fled to the mouth of the oil river."
Guan Yu took out a silk letter from the case on his side and handed it over: "The filial piety plan worked first, seeing that Sun Quan's army was defeated, Xu Zuo set fire to the ship, and more than 3,000 soldiers in the department were stationed in Tuntuo Shuikou, which has been controlled. According to Xu Zuo's report, Sun Ben was attacked and fell into the water, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead. ”
Tian Xin took the silk book forwarded by Guan Ping, saw Xu Zuo's humble words in the letter, and asked: "Prince, how many prisoners have been beheaded today?" ”
The discord plan was purely accidental, and the original intention was just to destroy the 'arrow book' that might expose the horse's feet, and I didn't want Sun Ben to cooperate, and I would throw it into the fire without looking at it.
Guan Ping put an urn of beef soup in front of Tian Xin, and said with a smile: "More than 18,000 captives have been captured, and the specific gains will have to wait for the verification after dawn." Come, filial piety first unloads. ”
Tian Xin got up at this time, and Guan Ping first untied the blue and red bell belt around Tian Xin's waist, followed by the armor rope belt.
With a swaying sound, the armor was thrown aside by Guan Ping, and everyone present was surprised, and Guan Yu's left eye also widened a lot.
Under the armor, Tian Xin's bright red brocade robe and winter coat that should have been fluffy were glued together at the moment, black, red, black and red, sticking to his body.
The robe under the armor has been soaked with blood, and now it is dried and solidified, and the eyes of the barbarian king Meifu show a look of relief and happiness.
Mei Shi stood up at this time, personally scooped a jue of warm rice wine, and held it in front of Tian Xin with both hands: "They all say that the general is brave, but I, a man from the mountains and wilderness, don't believe it." Now when I see it, I know that there are gods like generals above Cao Rentianren. ”
Tian Xingang sat down in a brocade robe, looking at the wine in Mei Shiki's hand and feeling a little embarrassed.
Guan Yu smiled and said: "Filial piety is the first and brave champion of the three armies, why don't you drink, can you make an exception today?" ”
This smile is a bit like an unreliable elder who bewitches a relative's child to smoke a cigarette, take a sip of wine or eat a sip of lemon.
"Prince, the last general will not drink, but he feels that drinking in troubled times is unkind. And the soldiers are dangerous, and drinking often makes mistakes, so alcohol is forbidden. ”
Guan Ping smiled at this time: "You won't make a mistake if you only drink a jue, filial piety is a pity for the grain, then drink this cup, and I will eat one less meal tomorrow." ”
Tian Xin raised his eyebrows to look at Mei Shi, Mei Shi was in the prime of life, his face was elegant and beardless, and he wore a red scarf on his head like a strong man.
The smile on Mei Shi's face was even more admiring, Tian Xin just sighed, and stretched out his hands to catch the wine lord: "That's it, thank you for today's Mei family's righteous action." ”
After that, I raised my head to drink, and the warm and sweet rice wine entered my throat, and my body was full of warmth.