Chapter 2 (32) The Battle of Nanguan (Part 5)
The Zhao army attacked the camp at night, and his main general and deputy generals were killed one after another, and then the camp was full of fires, and the Zhao army was shouting and killing all around.
When the guards moving along the wall of the two outposts arrived at the gate of the camp, the soldiers of the C-shaped battalion had already cleared the enemy here and were cleaning the battlefield. Dozens of soldiers came and went bravely, carrying corpses, carrying stones and carrying wood, all of them were so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, bundles of arrows and bundles of spears were handed to the wall, and more than a dozen people were blocking the door hole with stone and grain bags on the door. Shang Cheng, the new captain of the C-shaped battalion of the Nanguan Daying, is now standing in the shadows behind the battlements at the head of the wall.
The two sentry commanders immediately divided their soldiers into two groups, one group stayed here to help, and the other group went to the wall to defend; He put away his knife, bundled his clothes and armor, and then climbed the wall along the wooden ladder, and gestured slightly to Zhao Shishi, who was standing behind Shang Cheng with a straight knife, and raised his arms and flat chest together to salute, and said in unison: "My lord, come and pay your life!" ”
Shang Cheng still looked at the chaotic gathering of the Tu Shi army in the distance, and did not turn around, but said: "You each divide a team of people to go to the camp to put out the fire." ”
The two sentinels looked at each other for a moment. The battle just now was fought neatly and beautifully, and the two of them couldn't say flattering words, but they admired the young boss in front of them who was suddenly promoted, but now the captain didn't ask about the battle situation and didn't talk about defense, and he came up and said that he wanted to fight the fire, so that both of them couldn't help but feel stunned; Besides, they had already heard that the fire was ordered by the captain, which made people even more confused that if they wanted to put out the fire, why did they set it on fire just now?
Shang Cheng didn't hear their orders, he knew that the two of them had doubts in their hearts, turned around with the battlement, his eyes flickered faintly in the darkness, and looked at the busy soldiers under the wall and said: "The fire in front is to make the suspicious soldiers one by one so that the enemy can't see our intentions clearly, and I don't know whether we are here to seize the camp or burn the grain depot; Now the firefighting is also for the suspicious soldiers to make them unable to figure out our details one by one, thinking that we have a large number of people and must guard the grain depot. ”
As soon as he explained this, the two sentry commanders were immediately stunned, and immediately ordered their soldiers to put down what they were doing and hurry to put out the fire.
Shang Cheng saw that they were in a hurry to arrange, and said: "Firefighting is firefighting, and each warehouse should still arrange manpower and fire-starting materials nearby to standby, beware of accidents." ”
The truth of this order was understood by both sentinels. Standing on the wall, the two of them could see that the Turquoise army had formed three phalanxes in the field hundreds of paces away with torches, and the men and horses were constantly neighing, as if they were waiting for the order to counterattack. By counting the number of people by the firelight, the enemy is more than 2,000 people, which is more than five times that of the Zhao army in the camp......
Seeing that the two subordinates were awe-inspiring and determined, Shang Cheng smiled: "The situation is not so bad. He turned his gaze to the old camp, which was still red, and stared at it for a long time before turning his head and pursing his lips and smiling, "There is a good chance that the people of Tuqi will not come again tonight......
It's good that he doesn't laugh, although there is a big black scar on his right cheek, but the soldiers around him are all people who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and no one cares about his appearance, but this smile frightened everyone: at this moment, the left half of his face is smiling, but the right half of his face is a pool of stagnant water, and it is just as the night wind suddenly rises, the torches under the wall are swaying, the firelight is bright and dark, and his face is also alternate between light and shadow, between laughter and ducks, it looks even more indescribably weird and deep.
The two sentry commanders and the four or five guards around them were stunned, and immediately lowered their heads in fear, and even Zhao Shishi, who was getting along with him, saw his description, and felt that something was pressing on his heart, and in an instant, even his breathing was a little unsmooth, and he swallowed his spittle, and finally took his eyes off his face.
Shang Cheng didn't notice anything unusual, and said with a deep groan: "...... Divide the soldiers into two groups and rest in shifts. Report to the old battalion that our department has recaptured the C-shaped battalion. Then ask the old camp for instructions on the next move of the C-shaped battalion. ”
When he said a word, the two sentinels answered.
"Collect the remains of wounded soldiers and sacrificed soldiers, and register them after they are identified, so that they can be recounted after the war."
"Yes. Obey orders. ”
"The corpses of the enemy should also be collected, find a secluded place to put them first, send people to guard them strictly, and don't teach the soldiers to approach the villagers. Now is the time when spring flowers are blooming, and we must prevent the corpses from rotting and spreading the epidemic. It is necessary to separate the enemy's big tent soldiers from ordinary soldiers, and the generals and leaders from their soldiers......"
"Yes. Obey the orders of the school captain. ”
Shang Cheng has never been a soldier, although he participated in two military training when he was a graduate student in college before, but he only walked and walked and played a few bullets to get addicted, and after coming to this world, he participated in the Xiangyong training, and it was impossible for the guards who supervised the training to give them instructions on these military details, so he couldn't talk about the aftermath experience at all, and he could only say while recalling the practices of the officers of the border army of the guard army after the battle in front of him, and there was no order before and after, and he said where he thought, and he felt a little messy in the end. I had to stop talking and look at the two sentry chiefs and the chief Bao Shi who came to give orders, waiting for them to replenish.
Seeing that he no longer spoke, the two sentinel commanders raised their arms and chests with solemn faces and a military salute, turned around and trotted all the way.
The actions of the two sentinels made Shang Cheng into a mess. He originally wanted to discuss with the two sentry commanders to prioritize the affairs in the camp, but who knew that the two sentry commanders had already taken his words as military orders. Only then did he remember his current identity - he was now the supreme military commander of the C-shaped battalion, and for these hundreds of soldiers and soldiers, the words of his lieutenant were orders......
Suddenly, there was a short, rapid sound of a horn in the distance. Soon the same order came from the direction of the old camp. The Raiders a few hundred paces away suddenly became a little commotion and confusion.
The soldiers who were on guard on the wall immediately stood by the battlement with knives and guns, and the busy people under the wall also stopped what they were doing and listened attentively with their faces raised.
Shang Cheng waved his hand and told the soldiers on the left and right not to be nervous. This was a clarion call for the retreat of the Turks, not a long and coherent march. The enemy has already begun to retreat.
The Turquoise troops withdrew. First, the shouting and killing in the direction of the old camp gradually fell silent, and then the firelight also dimmed, and a few torches snaked back like earthworms on fire, some disappeared into the brightly lit Wuzi camp, and some spared the Wuzi camp farther and farther, gradually shrunk into several lines of fire, and finally disappeared in the dark night. Then the enemy, who had lined up outside the camp, began to retreat in groups.
Shang Cheng held on to the battlements and watched the enemy go away, until the light of several torches was invisible, then he slowly took a long breath, and felt a dizziness in front of him, and his legs and feet were weak, if it wasn't for one hand clenching the mud wall, the whole person would almost collapse to the ground.
Zhao Shishi and Bao Shichang saw that he was tired of this situation, and they hurriedly came over to stop him.
Shang Cheng closed his eyes and shook his head gently, propped his hands on the wall and gasped for a few breaths, until the feeling of the world was spinning, he slowly straightened up, and said to the two people with a wry smile: "I haven't touched my teeth for a day when I'm hungry, and now my stomach is uncomfortable...... "He knew that he didn't suddenly faint because of hunger, but they wouldn't worry too much about him if he said this. He had already suffered more than a dozen wounds, and he hadn't rested well the first night, and today he had been fighting for six or seven hours in a row from noon to now, and if he hadn't held it up with one breath, he would have fallen long ago; Now seeing the retreat of the Tuqi people, the tense strings in his heart were loosened, and the fatigue and soreness all over his body suddenly penetrated all the way to the cracks of his bones, and he couldn't wait to lie down and sleep with him for three days and three nights. But he can't sleep yet, he still has something to do, he has to wait for the big and small things in this camp to have an eyebrow, he has to wait for the order of General Li in the old camp, and he also has to see if the Tuqi people are fake retreats and real sneak attacks...... In addition to official business, he also has to find a way to find someone to inquire about his wife's whereabouts. He is now a school captain, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a villager from Huojiabao or Lijiazhuang to ask a few words, right?
Zhao Shishi jumped up and was about to go to search for some food, but Bao Shi stopped him first, saluted and said to Shang Cheng: "My lord, there is your barracks in the camp, I will ask someone to clean up ......"
Shang Cheng waved his hand, exhaled and said, "Don't be so troublesome, just find a place to sit." It's good to be here one by one. Stone, go get me some food, I'm so hungry that I can't walk now. He sat down slowly with his back against the mud wall, watched Zhao Shi run down the wall, and smiled at Bao Shichang: "Brother Bao, you are my old boss, don't be so outside, you make so many courtesies, I feel uncomfortable when I look at it." He paused to catch his breath and looked at the brightly lit camp, pursed his lips in thought. Zhao Shishi had already wrapped a bag of food in a cloth and ran back, spread the cloth on the ground, sat next to Shang Cheng, stood up again, bent down and handed the cake and the jerky, and said in his mouth: "The beef was dropped by the Turks, and there is wine." The army didn't dare to drink that thing, so I didn't take it. Only two gourds of water were mentioned. So he took two gourds from his waist and laid them on the ground. Shang Cheng broke a piece of hard and hard dough and chewed it hard in his mouth, and suddenly remembered something for a long time, and said to Bao Shichang: "You go and tell them, try to light as few lights in the camp as possible, and prevent the Turbulent people from killing the horse pistol." The soldiers on duty must not relax their vigilance, and those who are not on duty must seize the time to eat and sleep. ”
Chief Baush took the order and went. Soon there were many fewer lights in the camp, only a few places where there was still light, and the outlines of a few large black warehouses became deeper and deeper in the darkness.
Shang Cheng leaned on the earthen wall and squinted his eyes to eat and drink slowly, but Zhao Shishi seemed to have something on his mind, neither meat nor bread, his hands were clenched into fists and released, his mouth opened and closed, and it took a long time to swallow and saliva and say, "School...... Big...... And...... Monk Big Brother ......"
Shang Cheng didn't open his eyes, drank saliva and swallowed the cake in his mouth, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Brother monk, I, I also want to be a guard......" Zhao Shishi held back for a long time, and finally said this sentence that had been hidden in his heart for a long time.
Before Shang Cheng could speak, the two sentry commanders who came back to pay the order had already happily gone up to the wall, and when they heard Zhao Shi say this, one of them said: "It's not easy for the Zhao brothers to be soldiers and eat food?" There is a ready-made roster in the camp, and it is enough to add a name. Seeing Shang Cheng's wooden face, he said with a smile, "Occasionally, the captain doesn't have to worry so much." Brother Zhao is also a person who dares to work hard, just now he set up an ambush outside the camp, and I saw him cut down two big tent soldiers...... After all, Xiang Yong's merits are not as good as the Wei Army, and he will be exempted from two years of service with some money, so won't Brother Zhao's merits be buried? It's all his own brothers, just forget about it, just change the days of Brother Zhao's military service to yesterday, so that you can get more credit. He poked his colleague with his elbow, "Did you say no?" ”
"That's it," the sentry chief who had given Shang Cheng advice looked a little distracted, holding a few things in his hand and feeling a little dazed, and his companion reminded him before he reacted, and hurriedly said, "I'll go back and fill out the booklet of the C-character camp." ”
"Lao Fan is a talented man in our South Gate Battalion......"
"Huh?" Shang Cheng opened his eyes curiously. He has no objection to taking some credit for the stone through the back door, in fact, he also has this idea, that is, he has no experience and does not know what to do with the hands and feet in the credit book, and now that the two sentry chiefs say this, he naturally agrees with the river. But this officer surnamed Fan has thick arms and strong legs, and his square face is purple and black, no matter how you look at it, he looks like a rough man, how can he become a great talent in the army of the South Gate Battalion?
"Lao Fan's family has studied in a private school for nine months, and he is not only literate, but also able to write!"