When Guang Wenlu was dragged up from the pile of corpses, he felt the salty smell in his mouth. I barely opened my eyes and touched my face, only to find that my face was completely soaked with the blood flowing wantonly.

It was already dawn when I looked up, and the first thing that jumped into my eyes was Luo Wei's rugged face.

"Luo, Brother Luo......" Guang Wenlu held his head and walked two steps before he stood still, "I, where am I?" ”

"Where you lay down yesterday, there you are now." Luo Wei said lightly.

Only then did Guang Wenlu see clearly that compared to himself covered in blood, Luo Wei's situation was good. Not only is there no dirt on the face, but a jacket sets off the whole person very energetically.

"Brother Luo, ...... are you" Even after being drowsy for a night, Guang Wenlu can still clearly remember that when he met Luo Wei at that time, his description was not much better than himself. At that time, he was also in rags, and in a blink of an eye, he seemed to be a different person.

Luo Wei saw his doubts, sighed and said: "You are not dead, you are really a fortune teller, come, first wipe your face with this cloth, eat something, let's talk slowly." ”

Guang Wenlu was at a loss, so he could only nod. After wiping his face and removing the blood clots and water stains that had congealed in his eyes, he suddenly realized that he was in the same environment: the same barren forest, the same hard and cold earth, and the different was the mountain of corpses. The streams of blood that flowed criss-crossed had condensed into pools of crimson blood, stumps and severed arms that filled every inch of land as far as the eye could see, and every step needed to be taken carefully so as not to trip over them. The corpses and blood stains make an eerie picture, at odds with the bright sunlight and the clear blue sky.

Lowe led the way, talking to him as he walked. Through conversations, Guang Wenlu learned that yesterday, more than 3,000 prisoners, including himself, were expelled from Zhao Ying and became the "vanguard" of the attacking officers. "Vanguard" is a good word, but listening to Luo Wei's sneering tone, you can guess that the role is basically the same as cannon fodder. The unarmed "vanguards" will not end well in the face of heavily armed officers and soldiers. According to Luo Wei, there were more than 3,000 captives, and less than 300 survived in the end. This involves military secrets, the exact number of people is difficult to know, and he also overheard the information, but his own estimate is also between the middle, so it is more credible. And Guang Wenlu and him, both lucky, are one of these three hundred.

"Then these three hundred people ......," Guang Wenlu said hesitantly.

"Yesterday's bloody battle, the official army was defeated. I know no, that Zhang Zuokai, who chased Yuan Tao's buttocks and beat him, had his head cut off. After Luo Wei finished speaking, he unconsciously let out a surprised sound.

Guang Wenlu didn't know much about Zhang Zuokai, only that this person had always been known as the plague god of Yuan Taojun, and Yuan Taojun would be transferred from Bazhou to Yingshan, all thanks to him. Such a powerful person, actually died?

Luo Wei shook his head and said: "It's still Zhao Ying, Zhang Zuokai was not only killed, but the 2,000 soldiers under his command were also scattered." But Zhao Ying's losses were minimal. ”

When Guang Wenlu heard this, he exclaimed a few times. He also knew that Zhao Ying was powerful, so he could defeat Yuan Tao, but he never thought that he would be so powerful. I thought that the biggest goal that Yuan Taojun's whole army thought about day and night was to defeat Zhang Zuokai and recapture the old nest of Bazhou, such a "grand wish" was easily achieved by Zhao Ying overnight.

"Qin Qian, who was in charge of the war here, always felt that we had a meritorious battle, and said that as long as the three thousand people did not die, they would no longer be prisoners, and they would be replaced by Zhao Ying's court. Our family was hard, and we didn't die, so we were appointed as a captain, and I was responsible for cleaning up the battlefield here with 300 people. When Luo Wei spoke, he was half happy, half proud, "Let's fall in love, and when you finish picking yourself up, our family will go to report to the top, and we will also give you a squad leader." ”

"Thank you, Brother Luo!" Guang Wenlu is actually still dizzy until now, he has a general understanding of the situation, but he has no concept of what to do next, and he is also blind to the personnel relationship of President Qin Qian. What he thought in his heart was just to rely on Luo Wei to stand firm first, so Luo Wei asked him to do what he did.

After walking for a short time, he came to a tree, and Guang Wenlu saw a person sitting there with his head down and napping under the tree.

"Lao Wan, give me a set of clothes." Luo Wei strode over and shouted, as if he was familiar with the man who was napping.

The man was woken up, a little unhappy, glanced at Guang Wenlu, lowered his head randomly, and said with a little mockery: "Fish out another one." As he spoke, he touched it backwards, took out a jacket and threw it to Guang Wenlu, "There is only this one left, there are two holes, and it will be settled." In addition, the pants are gone, and if the brother is uncomfortable, he will go to the dead man's pile over there to look for them, and there will always be a few good ones. ”

Luo Wei clapped his hands at this time and introduced: "This is Brother Wan Yong, I and I are old acquaintances, and now I am also a captain." This brother is called, called ......" When Guang Wenlu was introduced, Luo Wei suddenly got stuck, and his expression was a little embarrassed.

Guang Wenlu hurriedly introduced himself: "Little brother Guang Wenlu, Guang is ......"

When he said this, Luo Weiden remembered it, and he was also afraid that Guang Wenlu would say a lot about the origin of his name, so he quickly interrupted: "Yes, Guang Wenlu, I usually call him ......" Speaking of this, he cast a look at Guang Wenlu for help.

Guang Wenlu continued: "Just call me Luzi." ”

The man named Wan Yong obviously had little interest in Guang Wenlu, and after hearing him report to his home, he only nodded slightly and said with a straight face: "The boss has spoken, before dusk today, all the corpses must be cleaned up, otherwise the person in charge will be punished." ”

"I know, I know." Luo Weilian said a few words, and at the same time said to Guang Wenlu, "Did you hear it, this official of Zhao Ying is not easy to be." If it's not good, you may have to lose your head. ”

Wan Yong heard what he said, but smiled: "I said Lao Luo, what are you afraid of?" Yesterday, the catastrophe of life and death has passed, what are you afraid of not being able to lose your head? ”

Who knew that Luo Wei said seriously: "You can't say that, it's because of yesterday's catastrophe that this life is more expensive, isn't it?" ”

Three days later, the whole army of Zhao Ying marched from Yingshan County.

In the battle against Yuan Tao, the result was far beyond Zhao Dangshi's expectations.

Zhao Dangshi's original plan was to cripple Yuan Tao so that he would not be able to compete with Zhao Ying, but then use the power of Yuan Tao's remaining troops in Yingshan County to block the official army in Baoning Province from attacking southward, so as to ensure the safety of Zhao Ying's withdrawal from Yingshan County. Who would have thought, first of all, Guo Ruke beheaded Yuan Tao, and then it was Qin Jinxiao's lone army that annihilated Zhang Zuokai's department, which was the biggest threat to Zhao Ying, and Zhao Ying's road out of Sichuan was instantly smooth.

Guo Ruke's exploits are understandable, not only because he is responsible for his duties, but also because he has overfulfilled his tasks and made a great contribution. On Qin Jinxiao's side, there is controversy. To put it bluntly, for Qin Jinxiao's overstepping military action, the mainstream of the battalion was divided into two factions. One faction has a positive attitude, believing that Qin Jinxiao can judge the situation and make great contributions, which is worthy of praise. The other faction has a fierce negative attitude, believing that Qin Jinxiao disregarded military orders and acted without authorization, seemingly a hero, but in fact a thief. The former faction, represented by Chang Zeyu, believed that although Qin Jinxiao was suspected of being reckless, the result was greatly beneficial to the army, and he was punished for meritorious service, and he was afraid of losing public expectations. The latter faction, represented by Hou Dagui, insisted that Qin Jinxiao should be severely punished to set an example, otherwise the regulations in the army would become a dead letter.

The two factions were at loggerheads over the military discussion summed up in the aftermath and could not debate it. After careful consideration, Zhao Dangshi was still more inclined to Chang Zeyu's opinion. It is true that Qin Jinxiao's lone army went deeper, and he did put the army in danger, and even ignored the safety of Guo Ruke and Zhao Ying's headquarters, but at least from the results, the rewards were very rich. It is not conservative to say that Zhang Zuokai's death, Zhao Ying's departure from Sichuan can be at least nearly a month earlier. Because simply relying on the rest of Yuan Tao's troops, Zhao Dangshi did not have full confidence to contain the official army, once Zhang Zuokai and Xia Shiheng and others followed, Zhao Ying still had to find a way to make an end. In this way, delaying the time to leave Sichuan is a small matter, and it will not be possible to get rid of it for a while, and it will even lead to the encirclement and suppression of officials and troops in other regions. Zhang Ling, Tan Daxiao, Kong Quanbin and others still have vitality, and it is possible to pursue them, not to mention the officers and troops of various ministries who are quietly watching the changes in the battle situation in Kuizhou Mansion.

Therefore, the strategic significance of Zhang Zuokai's death is greater than the tactical significance. Without him, the official army would have lost its backbone in northern Sichuan, and it would have lost a role that could barely coordinate various ministries to coordinate the overall battle situation. This is undoubtedly a great benefit for Zhao Ying.

Zhao Dangshi has rewards and punishments for people, and rewards and punishments are fair. In the end, he made a final decision, Qin Jinxiao's unauthorized military action this time was indeed contrary to the military order, but if it was understood as a grasp of the opportunity of the war situation, there was a crime. And because the harvest is huge, the merit is greater than the fault compared with the sin. In terms of meritorious deeds, it is only ranked below Guo Ruke.

Someone also mentioned the unknown responsibility for killing prisoners, and Zhao Dangshi laughed at it. First of all, Qin Jinxiao is a little clever, and he uses it as a combat "vanguard" when using prisoners. This is very different from the mere slaughter of prisoners. In this way, he effectively absorbed these captives into soldiers. He is the main general, how to fight is his power, and many people have died, and it is only a matter of command and not a matter of principle of indiscriminate killing of prisoners. And judging from Qin Jinxiao's actions of absorbing undead prisoners as soldiers after the war, it echoes before and after, and it is blameless. In addition, once the captives have more than the ability to provide or control the headquarters, it is normal to kill prisoners. The shaping of military discipline must be carried out step by step, and it is the product of the comprehensive effect of economic strength, military regulations, and the quality of soldiers. Zhao Ying can't strictly prohibit the slaughter of the people now, so how can he treat the prisoners well? Blindly rushing for success is no different from pushing seedlings to grow.

For this result, Qin Jinxiao himself is still satisfied. He became famous in the first battle, and his reputation in the official army even surpassed that of Hou Dagui and Xu Hui, and there were also discussions about this battle in the camp. He didn't say it, but in fact, he was happy in his heart, at least in his own opinion, the most prominent person in this battle must be himself, and it doesn't matter whether he wants to be the first person on the surface or not.

He has no opinion, and others are speechless. Although Hou Dagui was unhappy, after all, he had no direct conflict of interest with Qin Jinxiao, and it was impossible to bite him to death. Besides, Zhao Dangshi has already made irresponsible remarks and complains, isn't it happy to find himself? The reason why he wanted to scare Qin Jinxiao was that the drunkard didn't mean to drink, but to beat Qin Qigong who joined the army as himself. Now that the goal has basically been achieved, he will accept it when he sees it.

In the camps of Yuan Tao, Li Xiaoshan and others, a lot of assets were still looted, and all of them were not included in the army. In addition, Yang Kexin and other people who defected from Yuan Taojun and Zhang Zuokaijun added up to nearly a thousand people. Zhao Dangshi is not ready to deal with these people, so he will not mention them when they are incorporated into the Tsing Yi Army for the time being.

After finishing the aftermath work, Zhao Dangshi impatiently continued to move eastward. Time is never enough for him.

At the end of February and the beginning of March, Zhao Ying's soldiers and horses entered the territory of Qu County one after another. This road, Zhao Ying has walked through and is familiar with the road. Zhao Ying crossed the Qujiang River upstream, stayed in Danqu Mountain for five days, and waited for the spring snow on the mountain road to melt before going over the mountain. Since the trek across the Qujiang River and the Danqu Mountain, the route of the Zhao camp has changed, and it no longer goes east, but turns to the north.

Previously, there had been voices in the army that they could pass through Chongqing Mansion and transfer to Huguang, but this proposal was vetoed by Zhao Dangshi. There are three basic arguments he rejected: first, the road is not easy to walk; Second, the Shi Yan Propaganda Division; 3. Shi Zhouwei.

All three are obvious. Chongqing Prefecture is densely covered with water networks, especially to cross the river, there are countless checkpoints and flood ports along the road, there are risks and hardships can be imagined, through this road, it is like passing through a sieve, with Zhao Ying's current strength, not shedding the skin, it is not easy to talk about the past. And the Shi Yan Xuanwei Division, who is known for his loyalty and patriotism, is definitely the biggest obstacle on this road. Zhao Dangshi is convinced that Shi Yan, who has suffered a loss, must be paying close attention to his actions at this moment, as long as there is an opportunity, Shi Yan will fight with Zhao Ying again no matter what. Although the size of the Zhao battalion is far greater than in the past, the elite level has declined, and the various departments are mostly broken, and the actual combat effectiveness is even lower. Confronting the stone stone again is the next strategy. Shi Zhouwei is the same way, go to Chongqing Mansion, enter Huguang and enter Shizhou Wei. There are lessons from the past, Shi Zhouwei will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past, and Zhao Dangshi will not be stupid enough to take the initiative to hit this southern wall. It can be said that if you really want to take this road, there will not be more than five hundred Zhao Ying generals who can see the sun of Huguang alive in the end.

Zhao Dangshi's plan is to take the mountain road of Kuizhou Mansion.

The capital of Kuizhou is mountainous, the terrain is dangerous, to go to Huguang, the only way to go down the river is to take the waterway.

Zhao Ying can borrow the road to walk the Jialing River, but if he wants to go straight to Huguang through Kuizhou, it is tantamount to a fool's dream. The waterway from Kuizhou to Huguang has always been the main road into Sichuan with the Jinniu Road in northern Sichuan, and it is guarded and guarded strictly, and there are countless checkpoints along the river. Not to mention anything else, even if Zhao Ying can do his best to get a boat, but Zhao Ying, who is not good at water warfare, wants to pass through Qutang Pass, which has "all waters will be full of water, and Qutang will fight for one door", it is even more difficult to climb to the sky in a short time.

Zhao Dangshi is still a pragmatic person, and occasionally takes risks, but also when the success is relatively large. He knew very well in his heart that Zhao Ying was now like a fat man, with a large body but weak strength. Before there is stability, all tough battles can be avoided. Because once the main force in the battalion is hit hard, it is very likely that the huge Zhao camp will fall apart overnight.

After judging the situation, his decision was to move forward in a roundabout way, and he still went to Kuizhou Mansion, but the first foothold of Dechuan was not Huguang, but his hometown Shaanxi.