Chapter 28: After the War (1)

Although he hadn't figured out what to do with it, Chen Cheng still accepted the surrender of more than 1,000 people from the Golden Third Ring Department. Of course, he didn't do it and only because of the 5,000 or so cows and sheep. He asked Jin Sanhuan and his subordinates to live in the largest camp, anyway, there are still many empty places, they just need to have a place to set up tents.

Before that, he also went to ask Tian Yu what he meant. Tian Yu had already rested for a while, was sitting on the ground, and said: "Of course, my Han is not limited to his background, as long as he is a king of heart, he can be a child of my dynasty." ”

Since Tian Yu said so, Chen Cheng didn't have any other opinions.

The drizzle stopped after dark, and the next morning the clouds cleared and the sun appeared in the sky again. Chen Cheng got up early, and when he came out, he saw that there was a commotion on the other side of the river. A large number of Hu people were moving north with cattle and sheep, and soldiers were coming in and out of the rebel camp like ants.

A lot of things were loaded onto the cart and the tents were put away. Even if someone who doesn't understand military affairs cuts it, they know that the rebels are planning to withdraw. I just don't know if this is a real retreat, or a false shot, trying to seduce the people in the city.

Chen Cheng looked at it for a while, and didn't think it was a fake retreat. Retreat is more difficult than attacking. When attacking, you can count on reinforcements behind you, but when you retreat, who knows if the people in front will stop? The human heart is very delicate, and once the retreat begins, it will be difficult for the army to control, and the retreat may turn into a rout.

There was a lot of movement on the other side of the river, and many people came out and pointed at the retreating rebels. Chen Cheng frowned, feeling that this mess did not look like a barracks at all, but similar to the refugee camp he saw on TV. But then he became indifferent again, this is not in his hands, why do you care so much?

After watching it for a while, he felt bored and returned to the camp to deal with the aftermath of the war. Winning the battle is only the first step, and how to turn the victory into profit is equally important. Chen Cheng doesn't have to think about things so far now, he has a lot to do now, and there are two main ones: one is to dispose of the corpse, the weather is still relatively hot, and it is necessary to prevent the occurrence of the plague. The second is to treat the wounded, in the era of no antibiotics, wound infection is a problem that can never be bypassed.

Fortunately, he had experience in treating the wounded, and he also had one or two thousand people on his hands, so it was easy to deal with.

First, a few hundred people were divided, and they were asked to dig several large pits far from the river, and then the dead on both sides were buried separately. They were enemies of each other during their lifetimes, and they were buried in adjacent places after they died, and they didn't know if they would fight again when they went to the underworld.

And he divided more than 100 men, and told them to set up a cauldron, boil the water, and throw into it the cloth torn into strips. Then he burned the iron red, ready to burn the wounds of the soldiers. After a while, the barracks was filled with pig-killing screams.

Wei Ran's face was like the ground holding down a soldier, and he trembled: "Sir, you don't need to do this, right?" ”

Chen Cheng glared at him and said, "Do you want to die if you don't disinfect?" One more person, hold him down! ”

He picked up a branch and said to the wounded soldier, "Come, bite this, lest you bite your tongue." ”

The wounded soldier looked at the red piece of iron, his face turned white with fright, and he whispered: "I feel that I am already well and do not need treatment." ”

"Nonsense!" Chen Cheng couldn't help but stuff the branch into it, and said, "It's not okay to avoid medical treatment, you know?" ”

He picked up the soldering iron and pressed it down on the wound. In the sound of "Zizi", the green smoke and the smell of meat came out together. The wounded soldier who was pressed screamed and shook desperately, but he was firmly held down by eight big hands, he struggled and convulsed for a while, and suddenly his body stiffened, and then softened.

Wei Ran was dumbfounded, "It's not dead, is it?" ”

Chen Cheng didn't raise his head and said, "I'm faint." Take the cloth that has dried over there and wrap it in him, and the next one! ”

Another wounded soldier was pushed in, and he danced and said, "No, I'm not hurt, really, really, I'm fine, not hurt at all........."

Chen Cheng said impatiently: "Hold it down!" ”

The sound of pan-frying meat and screams sounded at the same time, making the wounded soldiers waiting for treatment outside all tremble. In fact, as long as you join his team, you won't get sick or lose your life due to inflammation, but the number of places in his team is limited, and the number of people who can be treated is also limited.

Even if he can get a cap of 55 reputation points every time he fights, every time he increases 25 reputation points, he can only bring one more person in the team, and he can only bring 42 people now.

Hearing the constant screams in the camp, Tian Yu turned around, thought for a while, and then shook his head and left. He also has a lot of things to deal with, the war dead need to be registered, and the grain and weapons need to be counted........ None of his subordinates were literate, and if it weren't for Chen Cheng's presence, he would have been even busier.

If it is the kind of general who only asks the army to fight, these things don't have to be done, but Tian Yu is not that kind of person, and he is very suspicious, he only asks the army to fight, and doesn't care about anything else, so can the soldiers under his command really fight? Rather than becoming a general like Li Guang, he would rather be ignorant of his studies.

The rebels on the other side of the river spent most of the day retreating, with cattle, sheep, horses, and baggage first, and it was only at four or five o'clock in the afternoon that the main force of the rebels came out of the camp, first showing off their might under the city, and then moving quickly towards the north.

Seeing that the main force of the rebels had left, Gongsun Chan opened the city gate and pursued the army. The Han army and the rebels fought again fifteen miles north of the city, killing and wounding many Hu people and rebels, and Gongsun Zhan's troops also suffered a lot of casualties. The battle lasted for half an hour before it ended because of the weather.

Gongsun Chan led his troops back to the city, while Zhang Chun continued north with his men. Neither side has the means to make a final decision, and the battle is just a pointless increase in each other's casualties. However, Gongsun Chan was not without harvest, at least, they robbed a lot of baggage, cattle and sheep, and temporarily solved the problem of food.

After another night, after dawn, the water level in the river dropped considerably. Tian Yu sent people to cross the river and contacted Gongsun Zhanjun, who was repairing in the city. After confirming the news that the rebels had fled, Chen Cheng asked Jin Sanhuan to lead dozens of Wuhuan people to build a pontoon bridge on the river with sheepskin rafts.

The last wooden board was set, and Tian Yu, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, was not in a hurry at this time, he turned his head to Chen Cheng and said, "You really don't want to go with me to meet General Zhonglang?" ”

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Someone in the barracks must preside over it." ”

Tian Yu frowned. =, looked at him, wanted to say something, but in the end he just said: "Then there is Lao Wenzheng who stays in the camp." ”

Chen Cheng smiled, saluted him with a fist, Tian Yu returned the salute on the horse's back, and then as soon as he pulled the reins, the war horse rushed onto the pontoon bridge and ran towards the other side of the river. After dozens of horses crossed the river, Chen Cheng looked towards Guanzi City for a while, and there were many people outside the city cleaning up the battlefield. Gongsun Chan is a general, so he naturally knows what things must be done.

After watching for a while, Chen Cheng returned to the camp. Although the wounded have been bandaged, as long as there is a heart, things can never be done. He now has two troops under his command, namely the rebel army led by Ding Yuan, and the Wuhuan people led by Jin Sanhuan. In addition, there are more than 5,000 cattle and sheep and more than 2,000 horses.

In the Central Plains, two or three thousand people are nothing at all. In history, Liu Bei married Mrs. Mi, and the Mi family directly gave him thousands of servants and countless money. But on the steppe, this is already a very powerful force. Since others have taken refuge, he has to find a place for them to eat.

In the evening, Tian Yu brought people back. When he went, he was elated and in high spirits. When he returned, his face was gloomy, and it seemed that his face was full of displeasure. Chen Cheng was amused in his heart, and stepped forward and asked: "The captain defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops with thousands of people, which can be described as a monstrous achievement, I don't know what reward Zhonglang will have?" ”

In his heart, he could probably guess what happened to Tian Yu in the city, but he deliberately asked so, just so that the other party could vent his unhappiness. Sure enough, Tian Yu calmed his face, shook his head, and laughed at himself: "Where is the reward?" It's good that I didn't reprimand me. ”

After he entered the city, the generals showed a faint hostility towards him. He came with enthusiasm, but he was treated coldly, and his heart couldn't help but be half cold. There were people who had a good relationship with him and told him the reason in private. It turned out that he brought a small number of soldiers and horses, and he defeated the main force of the Hu people on his own, and the credit was there, but it seemed that Gongsun Zan and the generals under his command were too incompetent.

The friend privately advised: "When the meeting is held, you must not be self-conscious, lest you be embarrassed in public." ”

Sure enough, during the deliberations, Gongsun Chan was lukewarm to him, and he didn't mention the credit for coming all the way to the rescue. Tian Yu later learned that Gongsun Zhan originally planned to retreat to the east, and the troops had already walked five or six miles, or because the main force of the Hu army was defeated, and he saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he turned back to fight the rebels.

After hearing the news, his half-cold heart almost completely cold.

Chen Cheng said: "Right and wrong have their own opinions, we have a clear conscience, and we can't care so much about anything else." ”

Tian Yu perked up and said, "Yes, General Zhonglang must have deliberately failed to reveal his true intentions in order to paralyze the enemy." If the king is not secret, he will lose his country, and if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body, how can he generalize about the way of using soldiers? ”

After that, he seemed to ask for help, and said to Chen Cheng: "Wenzheng, do you say that's the case?" ”

Chen Cheng has long passed the age of guessing other people's thoughts, and when he was young, he often muttered "what does she mean by this", "did she say it to me", etc., at that time he always tried to think about others for the good. But after many things in several worlds, he has long learned to prepare for the best and prepare for the worst.

He wanted to complain and say something like "talking about deeds regardless of his heart", but when he thought that Tian Yu was not even eighteen years old, his heart softened. Besides, who can say that this is not Gongsun Baima's unique method of using soldiers?

Sometimes, don't speculate on other people's thoughts, and think too much is just asking for trouble. It's like Jin Sanhuan took refuge, is it because he took the opportunity to hack a lot of cattle, sheep and horses from other tribes? Did you annex a lot of other tribes? Did he want to let himself go to the thunder?

In life, you have to be confused when you should be confused.

Therefore, he smiled and said: "It must be so, what kind of character will Zhonglang be, how can he do those things that are flies and dogs?" ”

"Haha," Tian Yu's face was full of smiles, and said, "I knew it was like this." ”