Chapter 32: The Celebration Feast
This was the first major battle commanded by Liu Zhen since he was reborn in the Tian Yuan Continent, and it was also the first major victory in the true sense.
This battle was fought so beautifully, it was absolutely unprecedented.
Yoo Jin became famous in a fight.
The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the current Mixed Yuan City may not know who the city lord is, but they don't know Liu Zhen, and everyone knows this name when they mention it.
Fought two victories in three days, thousands of men and horses defeated the 50,000 guards, almost all the invading enemies, especially this battle was reversed when the city was broken by the enemy, so that the city of Chaoyuan turned into safety, saving the lives of the whole city.
It's hard to be famous for such a record.
The garrison's battalion of 50,000 men and horses became their booty, with swords, spears, instruments, gongs and drums, tents, horses, and a lot of grain and grass.
It took two days to transport the booty to the city alone.
Liu Zhen specially drew 5,000 soldiers and horses to clean the battlefield, transport the loot, bury the corpses, and repair the city defenses, and he was busy for three or four days.
This battle played Liu Zhen's confidence, and also played the morale of the Qi army, and the Qi army in Chaoyuan City changed the usual negative and decadent scene.
Now the morale is high, even after the battle, they have been very busy these days, but they do not feel tired at all.
Those who buried the dead, repaired the city defenses, carried materials, registered merits and waited for rewards for meritorious deeds, and all of them were happily talking about this classic battle that turned defeat into victory without danger.
The common people in the city were also talking about how they had not dared to go out into the streets for fear that the guards would come in and harm them.
Now that the city is prosperous again, Liu Zhen is the focus of their discussion and the reliance in their hearts.
The city lord Sima Rui was happy, and personally accompanied Liu Zhen and Mei Wuniang, the generals Gan Hui, Zhang Hu, Ma Liang, Ji An, Wang Zhicheng and others were all present.
Mei Wuniang deliberately stood next to Liu Zhen, and was the first to stand up with a wine glass to him, and said respectfully: "City Lord, generals, please allow Wu Niang to give a glass to Lord Shuai first." ”
"This time I was able to retreat from the enemy, all thanks to Lord Counselor, if it weren't for Lord Counselor's miraculous skills, this city would not be able to be saved. In addition, Lord Samsar sacrificed his life to block Wu Niang, otherwise Wu Niang would have died a long time ago. In the eyes of some people, Wu Niang is not a good person, but he is definitely a person who knows how to repay his kindness, this kindness Wu Niang is unforgettable, Wu Niang thanks to the Lord Counselor for saving his life, Wu Niang respects you! As he spoke, he looked at Liu Zhen with affection and gratitude.
"Mei's joining the army is serious." Liu Zhen didn't look at her, and said lukewarmly, "The reason why this battle was able to turn defeat into victory and fight so beautifully is not the credit of me Liu Zhen alone, it all depends on the heroic killing of the enemy by everyone and thousands of soldiers here, I, Liu Zhen, just did my best, as for what life-saving grace, Liu Mou has long forgotten." ”
"Receiving the grace of dripping water, you should report the spring, and the nobles and nobles of the staff are more forgetful, and Wu Niang dare not forget ......"
"Don't mention this matter again, it's just that Liu did his duty as a general at that time, and it is not enough to worry about it at all."
Yoo Jin sat there motionless.
Mei Wuniang held her glass here and felt that she couldn't get off the stage, and a murderous intent flashed on Ruhua's face.
"Then Wu Niang will do it first as a respect!" Mei Wuniang said, suddenly drank the wine, threw the wine glass on the table, turned around and walked away angrily.
There was no persuasion from the people at the table, only the empty material, and I vaguely felt that there was something wrong in my heart, but it was not easy to say anything.
Everyone continued to drink.
"Lord Counselor, what should we do with these captives?" At this time, the battalion officer Zhang Kai ran in and asked Liu Zhen for advice.
Zhang Kai is now promoted again, to be precise, the battalion deputy is one level lower than the battalion officer, after just a few days of these two battles, he has a captain promoted to the battalion lieutenant, and he has won three levels in a row, which can be regarded as rocket speed.
His attitude towards Yoo Jin has also taken a 180-degree turn. At first, he was disdainful, but now Liu Zhen has become the god of war in his mind.
Sima Rui's knife face showed disdain, "What else do you ask, slaughter them all or bury them alive!" ”
"The lord of the city can't." Liu Zhen stopped him, "You can fight by force, but you can never conquer by killing." ”
"Oh, what about the Commander-in-Chief's opinion?" Sima Rui is not easy to dial Liu Zhen now, even though he is the city lord, he has to give Liu Zhen face at this time.
If it had been before, it would have been impossible at all.
If Liu Zhen dared to refute his words in public, he would turn his face on the spot.
Don't look at him as indecisive, and change his orders every day.
But who is that share, a small member of the army, he usually doesn't put it in his eyes at all, and he is not allowed to choke himself in public.
The original Liu Zhen would not do this at all, he was a model of getting by, and he would let things that he couldn't see anymore, turn a blind eye, or be surprised.
But now Liu Zhen is completely different, not to mention a city lord, even if the emperor or the king of heaven is unfair, he also has to protest.
"City lord, we can't learn from the guards, the subordinates mean that none of the 10,000 three hundred and sixty-five captives will be killed, all of them will be recruited, as long as they are willing to surrender, we can't abuse the prisoners."
Liu Zhen's words were unexpected.
On the battlefield, this is a person who kills and kills, and as long as there are traitors in the army, as long as he is allowed to bump into him, whether it is a boss or a subordinate, he will not rub sand in his eyes.
He was not afraid of rape, swung his sword and beheaded Zhao Mingzhi, and in the city lord's meeting hall, he threw Zhao Heng, the deputy city lord, a few times.
How would such a bloody man be merciful to these brutal captives?
The Commander is really a man who can't figure it out.
Sima Rui's face showed a melancholy color: "This city knows that when it is currently employing people, it is not impossible to accept prisoners, but there is a shortage of grain and grass in the city, although we have a lot of grain and grass, but it still can't last long, how much food and salary do these more than 10,000 captives have to spend a day." ”
Liu Zhen was amused by Sima Rui's superficiality, refusing to raise horses because he was afraid of eating grain and grass, there are still such pedantic people in the world.
This city lord is really enough of a character!
But fortunately, he is only a city lord, and if he is the king of a country, it will be a sorrow for the people.
At this time, Mei Wuniang interjected, "City Lord, didn't we have a solution to the problem of grain and grass before, get some from the guards, borrow some from Huoyun Village, and then the reinforcements will arrive." ”
"Alright then, General Yiliu." Sima Rui calculated the original grain and grass in the city, plus the mountains of grain and grass from the guards this time, if he could go to Huoyun Village to borrow some more, there would definitely be a lot of silver to hold, so he agreed with Liu Zhen's proposal.
At this time, someone came to report that the bodies of Tong Meng and Zhao Heng were not found in the process of cleaning and burying the bodies.
Liu Zhen and Sima Rui and others were stunned, so these two people didn't die?