494, Five Days of Life and Death (13)
The battle has ended, and more than 10,000 prisoners of the forbidden army have also lost their weapons, and they have honestly surrendered and been centrally guarded, and the first problem to face is how to deal with the remains of the dead soldiers on both sides.
Under the surveillance of the Tiandao Army, the prisoners of the forbidden army first dug several large pits, and then moved the bodies of all the forbidden soldiers who died in the battle into the pits, and then filled in the soil after several tombs of thousands of people appeared on the ground, the only sign is just a simple wooden tombstone erected in front of the tomb of thousands of people, with the book "Tomb of the Fallen Sergeants of the Song Army in the Bozhou War", and the following date.
The bodies of the fallen soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army were collected by Haosheng, and the Heavenly Dao Army unloaded all the grain and grass on some of the grain trucks, and then put their bodies on them, and then pulled them back to Bozhou City for proper burial.
is also a dead person in a battle, the treatment can be said to be worlds apart, but neither the Tiandao Army nor the prisoners of the Forbidden Army feel that there is anything wrong with this differential treatment, because this is the cruelty of war, whether it is life or death, it can even be said that if this battle is won by the forbidden army and the Tiandao army is defeated, maybe the soldiers of the Tiandao Army who died in battle have not been treated like this, and it is not strange that they were burned by the Song army or simply abandoned in the wilderness.
In fact, with Zheng Fei's temperament, out of humanitarian considerations, he originally wanted to transport the bodies of the fallen forbidden soldiers back to Bozhou City, and after identifying the identities one by one, he would return their ashes to the Song army, which could be regarded as an explanation to their family members who were looking forward to it at home, even if it was also heavy and sad, but it was good to have a relic at all. But there is no way, now in the middle of the war, the military situation in various places is as urgent as fire, there is not so much time to do this, Zheng Fei had to give up, so he built so many tombs of thousands of people, not only to let these fallen Song soldiers live together, die in the same cave, and be a companion on the Huangquan Road, but also to give their relatives a clear place to pay tribute after the end of the war in the future.
Subsequently, Zheng Fei left 1,000 Bozhou troops in place to guard the grain and grass that was unloaded on the ground. The 20,000 forbidden army this time is according to half a month's consumption of grain and grass, the amount is amazing, the result is only two meals were captured by the Tiandao army, it is equivalent to sending a big gift to the Tiandao army in vain, just can greatly relieve the pressure of the Bozhou army and civilians, although in order to transport the remains of the fallen soldiers had to unload a lot of grain and grass to vacate the carriage, but the unloaded grain and grass can not be thrown here in vain, only after the brigade returns to Bozhou, the carriage will be transferred again and then the unloaded grain and grass will also be transported back to Bozhou.
After arranging these, Zheng Fei led the Tiandao Army to escort more than 10,000 forbidden army prisoners, pulled a carriage full of soldiers' bodies and grain and grass to the direction of Bozhou City, and successfully arrived in front of Bozhou City an hour later.
Hu Sanniang saw that Zheng Fei was safe and sound, and her heart that had been nervous for a long time finally relaxed, she thought silently, "I and Zheng Langcai have only been separated for half a day and have been nervous like this, so the eldest sister and the second sister who are far away in Yunzhou City don't know what to worry about, no, I have to write a letter to them to report their safety." Then Hu Sanniang really wrote a safe letter to the Li sisters, and sent someone to ride a fast horse back to Yunzhou City, and the Li sisters were also extremely relieved after receiving the letter, and replied to Hu Sanniang to pay more attention to themselves. At this point, Hu Sanniang has to write a letter to the Li sisters every time she goes to report her safety, and the relationship between their sisters has become deeper and deeper.
Zheng Fei is not used to being embarrassed, and he is not afraid to take Hu Sanniang's hand directly in front of tens of thousands of soldiers and ask her why the city is so lively?
Although Hu Sanniang's face was slightly red with shame, she also enjoyed the love that her husband showed to her in front of so many subordinates, "Zheng Lang, this is the people in Bozhou City who are celebrating warmly after hearing about the victory of our army, you can follow me into the city, the people have been waiting on both sides of the street to welcome you for a long time." ”
Oh...... I see, Zheng Fei understood, but he didn't enter the city immediately, but then gave such an order, "Go and bring the carriages that carry the bodies of the fallen soldiers to the front of the line." ”
Hu Sanniang and the generals looked at Zheng Fei in confusion, Zheng Fei said with a solemn face, "Compared with those of us who are lucky enough to survive, those soldiers who have paid their lives for victory should first enjoy the cheers and respect of the people!" ”
Hu Sanniang and the generals listened solemnly, nodded in agreement, and the prisoners of the forbidden army were also taken aback when they saw this move, to see if an army has a conscience, just look at how it treats the ordinary soldiers who have paid for it, the move of the Heavenly Dao Army is enough to prove what a conscientious army this is, and it is no wonder that its soldiers dare to fight to the death for it.
In this way, the carriage carrying the remains of the fallen soldiers first drove into the city, almost instantly, the sound of celebration in the city immediately paused and began to weaken rapidly, the people all watched in amazement as the carriages full of the remains of the soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army entered the city first, looking at the young faces with closed eyes, looking at the bright red blood stains on their bodies, gradually, the air began to fill with a sad atmosphere, some of the people stood silently, some put their hands together in prayer, and some kept crying, Some simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, all of them quietly watching these heroic soldiers pass by ...... their eyes for the last time.
The soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army in the back were also infected, and solemnly lined up behind, escorting the bodies of their comrades.
After the carriage transporting the bodies of the fallen soldiers entered the city for a long time, Zheng Fei rode a horse and led the generals into the city, most of the people in Bozhou City had not seen Zheng Fei, and they wondered who this person was, and he was still in front of Huang Song.
Everyone hurriedly whispered to the soldiers standing in front of the crowd to maintain order, and almost all of the soldiers who were asked replied with pride and respect, "He is our commander!" ”
Suddenly, everyone was shocked, oh my God, it turned out that he was Zheng Linfeng, the commander of the Heavenly Dao Army who drove away corrupt officials and local tyrants and bullies, avenged them, gave them land, and brought all new lives!
This news also spread to all the people in an instant like a strong wind, and the people immediately boiled, and I don't know who took the lead, and the cheers of the earth-shattering "King Liang" resounded throughout the city,
Behind Zheng Fei, the soldiers of the Heavenly Dao Army also strutted with their heads held high, their faces full of pride and pride.
As for those forbidden prisoners, they were stunned by everything in front of them, they had always thought that this trip was to subdue the lost land of heaven and "rescue" the people who had fallen into the ravages of the thieves, and the people should welcome their arrival, but what happened in front of them completely subverted the cognition of many of them, and they could see that the grief shown by the people of Bozhou City against the dead thieves and the enthusiasm for welcoming the thieves were really from the bottom of their hearts, and it did not seem like they were forced by the thieves at all.
And the eyes that looked at them were filled with real deep disgust, spittle, and schadenfreude, and some even couldn't help but rush over to beat them and kick them, as if the Liangshan thieves were the king's army, and their army from the Celestial Empire that was supposed to "rescue" them was the real thief.
What's going on here? Could it be that these people have forgotten their identities as citizens of the Celestial Empire?!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Next, the Tiandao army came to the Bozhou army camp, Hu Sanniang had already ordered people to prepare enough hot food and hot water, Zheng Fei immediately ordered all the soldiers of the independent division to eat first, and rest and sleep immediately after eating, the independent division ran hundreds of miles in these two days and one night for two battles, from top to bottom, no one closed their eyes, they were exhausted, and they must rest as soon as possible.
And the task of counting the names of the fallen soldiers and arranging cremation as soon as possible, treating the wounded in the prisoners of the Heavenly Dao Army and the Forbidden Army, supervising the prisoners, transporting grain into storage, and then sending a large number of wagons to the battlefield to transport back the grain and grass fell on the Bozhou Army, and if the Bozhou Army was too busy, it could also mobilize the militia and even the people in the city to help.
After arranging these Zheng Fei and Hu Sanniang to rest, they were really tired.
Zheng Fei slept for three hours this night, and seemed to feel that someone was playing with his eyelashes in the haze, he opened his eyes and saw that it was already dark, and there was a figure beside him who reached out and gently stroked his eyelashes, it was Hu Sanniang, it turned out that she had already woken up, and was staring at Zheng Fei with a slight smile with her beautiful big eyes, Hu Sanniang was fine with everything else, but there was a small problem, every time she woke up first, she would always be unable to help but either touch Zheng Fei's hair, or pinch Zheng Fei's nose, or just count Zheng Fei's eyelashes one by one, like a little girl, full of endless curiosity about every part of Zheng Fei's body,
Zheng Fei only felt that this sleep was extremely comfortable, and he didn't feel annoyed when Hu Sanniang disturbed his dream, on the contrary, the fragrance emanating from Hu Sanniang's body made his heart tremble, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and hug Hu Sanniang into his arms again.
"Lady, you are so fragrant."
Hu Sanniang immediately noticed Zheng Fei's abnormality, especially the changes felt from her lower body made her body tremble, a heart beat wildly like a deer, and hurriedly gently pushed Zheng Fei and said shyly, "Zheng Lang, don't ...... I haven't washed it for two days, it's dirty ......,"
But before she could finish speaking, the cherry lips had been found by Zheng Fei and blocked tightly, and the masculine majesty instantly made her body completely soften......ed.
The hall is full of endless spring .......