Chapter 8: Riding the Hunt
All the heroes smiled. Liu Cong didn't stop, it was obvious that the remaining enemies were killed by Gan Ning, Wei Yan and himself, Gan Ning had Liu Cong to change the treasure armor first, and his morale was bursting; Wei Yan is not idle, and he is determined to compete with Gan Ning.
"Gan Ning, how many did you kill?"
"Fifteen, four of them are thieves!"
Good guy, fifteen people, this is only a battlefield of three or four thousand people, Liu Cong also ordered that those who kneel on the ground and abandon weapons should not be killed, if Gan Ning is allowed to reap the harvest, I am afraid that in an hour, forty or fifty people will die in his hands.
After Gan Ning reported the number, he didn't show the same bright smile as those warriors just now, but just smiled slightly and looked at Liu Cong.
Liu Cong turned around again and asked Wei Yan.
"Report to Lord Lieutenant, the last general will kill seventeen enemies, but ...... Only one person was the head of the thief. ”
Seventeen, this animal! Liu Cong's face was already smiling, and what made him even happier was Wei Yan's modesty, killing seventeen enemies, more than Gan Ning, but he also pointed out the key, Gan Ning was looking for the thief leader after killing, and there was still a difference between who Wei Yan met and who cut whom. However, Liu Cong is more concerned about the fact that these two people are genuine famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, which is more important than killing and repelling two thousand mountain bandits, compared with Gan Ning and Wei Yan, no matter how many mountain bandits are a fart!
Gan Ning was also shocked when he heard this number, thinking that this guy is really good.
"Anything else missing?"
Killing the enemy on the battlefield is a great achievement, Liu Cong doesn't want to see anyone forgotten, that would be too shocking, and after waiting for a long time to see that no one said anything, he motioned for a few military marquis to come over.
At this time, Huang Quan quietly walked over from the side and whispered next to Liu Cong: "Congratulations, Lord Duwei, you have killed a total of seven enemies." ”
"Oh, are there so many?" Liu Cong is the highest commander, and he doesn't need to rely on the number of enemies to ask for credit, so he didn't pay attention.
But Huang Quan thought differently, the second son who fell from the horse yesterday actually killed seven enemies today, what kind of change is this, except for Gan Ning and Wei Yan, there are only a few people in the military who can reach this number, and Liu Cong is not at the forefront. Such a great credit naturally has to be widely publicized, and Huang Quan will certainly not miss it. Although Liu Cong has the advantage of riding a horse, it is inevitable that there are some suspicions of picking up cheap behind, but after all, they are seven enemies!
Hearing Huang Quan say this, Gan Ning and Wei Yan were also shocked, although today's second son is very different from before, and he is much braver, but to say that it is indeed the first time that he has not changed his face even to kill seven or eight people, could it be that he pretended before? The faces of the other two military marquis were a little ugly, as subordinates, they were actually inferior to the second son, who usually seemed to be polite and polite, even if the second prince did not blame, he felt ashamed.
Liu Cong saw that Gan Ning and Wei Yan's faces were full of suspicion, and Liu Cong couldn't say that I was crossing, so he could only smile and spread his hands to everyone, "Now is not the time to relax, the two of you have made great contributions, and when you recover Zigui, I will immediately ask for credit for the two of you." Now the two of you go to reorganize the team, Wang Zhong and Liu Ling are assigned to the two of you, and then select some available prisoners to build one each. ”
"No!" The two immediately took the order.
Liu Cong's words are equivalent to promoting two people to generals, only the final appointment is missing. Here, Huang Quan also got an order to count the materials captured in the battle and the list of fallen soldiers, 31 people were killed in battle, and subsidies must be implemented as soon as possible, and some of those who were slightly injured must receive medical treatment immediately.
About an hour later, Gan Ning and Wei Yan returned to Liu Cong's side again to listen to the order.
"Has the sentinel returned?"
"They are all back, and the thieves should have retreated to Zigui." Wei Yan, who has been promoted, seems to be more energetic.
Gan Ning was busy taking off the armor that belonged to Liu Cong and returning it to Liu Cong. Liu Cong was also not polite: "You still need to work hard to kill the enemy in the future, and when the conditions are met, you will each create a set." ”
"Lord Xie Duwei!"
"Lord Xie Duwei!"
Although it costs a lot to build a set of armor like Liu Cong, and it is far away now, Liu Cong can give his armor to Gan Ning to wear, which shows that he is definitely not perfunctory when he says this now.
"Tell me what you think."
"The last general thinks that there are not many thieves left, but those who can escape from the battlefield are some old fritters, and they must have fled back to Zigui, with the city wall to rely on, if we attack strongly, I am afraid that the loss will be great. And we have seventy or eighty wounded soldiers, and there are so many prisoners......" Wei Yan expressed his worries.
"My lord, please stay here with General Wei to deal with the aftermath, I would rather only need one man and a horse to take Zigui! Captives and wounded need to be taken care of, but now is definitely the best time to recapture Zigui, if you wait for the thieves to return to Zigui and sit firmly, and then strengthen the city wall, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to recapture it by recruiting troops and horses. ”
"General Gan, you are too meritorious and earnest, if you want to talk about the aftermath, it should be your turn, in the previous battle, your department has already made a lot of meritorious service, so let this opportunity be given to Wei."
"Hehe, didn't there be soldiers in the military camp who suspected me Gan Ning and his subordinates before, I think now let them go to get Zigui, the morale must be high, so don't rob me." Gan Ning was telling the truth. The so-called soldiers died for their confidants, Liu Cong treated them like this, and immediately promised to reward them after the war, and their morale was naturally high.
"It doesn't matter if any of us say it, let's leave it to Lord Lieutenant to decide." Wei Yan saw that Liu Cong had been frowning on the side, so he motioned to Gan Ning to stop arguing.
"Wounded soldiers are indeed a troublesome ......" These wounded soldiers add up to nearly six hundred, most of the injuries are not serious, if it were a kind of high-intensity decisive battle, maybe they would have been abandoned by the generals a long time ago, but now the situation is different, Liu Cong can command only two people.
The county soldiers of Nayi Ling City and Jiangling City have even forgotten to protect the second son, don't expect them to obey the command. If all these people are saved, and there are still four or five hundred to participate in the war, it will not be a small amount, and these people are veterans who have seen blood, and if the army is to be expanded in the future, these people are also a valuable asset. Liu Cong is indeed a little reluctant to them!
"In this way, each of your two departments will draw a team and hand it over to Huang Quan's command, Huang Quan, you will lead the Captain of Bendu to clean up the aftermath, and the other two will go to Zigui immediately!"
"How does this work?" Huang Quan was anxious when he heard it, he was the commander of the pro-soldier tun, Liu Biao repeatedly instructed before leaving, he must always follow Liu Cong's side to protect the safety of the second son, and the person who can be the leader of the pro-soldier is naturally the most trusted person around him.
Although Huang Quan did not make meritorious contributions to the enemy this time, he knew that as long as he could safely protect Liu Cong and return to Xiangyang, Liu Biao would definitely reward him. But if Liu Cong has a horse fall like yesterday, Huang Quan's family is afraid that he will confess.
"That's it, you pick a team of guards to follow me, it's all right!" In Liu Cong's opinion, now is to attack the city, as long as he doesn't send him to death, it is enough to have a team of personal guards.
"Okay then." Huang Quan could see that Liu Cong was very resolute, which was a good thing, although he was still a little worried, but thinking of Liu Cong's previous shooting down of enemy soldiers on the battlefield, he bowed to Wei Yan and Gan Ning: "The safety of the adults depends on the two generals!" ”
"Don't worry, it'll be fine." Gan Ning returned to the Tao.
Although it was two, in fact, it was only a little more than two songs, and the few captives who had just surrendered did not dare to take risks, so they had to leave some people to guard the wounded soldiers and prisoners. The rest of the people had lunch and set off for Zigui.
Originally, Liu Cong also wanted to send someone back to Yiling to report the news and ask Wu Ju to send troops to reinforce him, but when he thought of Wu Ju's desperate escape yesterday, Liu Cong was really unwilling to give him the credit for recovering Zigui, even a little bit.
But how to successfully recapture Zigui next, Liu Cong still has no bottom in his heart, so he can only press it first, if it is really difficult to bite, then he can only send someone back to Xiangyang for help.
Even so, Liu Cong felt that it was better than letting the mountain bandits calmly repair the city walls in Zigui City and recruit troops.
Gan Ning and Wei Yan couldn't hide their excitement, in the end, the mountain bandits are mountain bandits, they are far worse than the regular army, and now there are less than 500 mountain bandits left, it turns out that the two of them can't let go of their hands and feet, first, Wu Ju is the main general, and second, they want to protect Liu Cong's safety, and now it seems that Liu Cong's skills are definitely not close to ordinary people, not to mention a body of treasure armor. Coupled with a team of personal guard cavalry by his side, his side is besieging the city, so there should be no danger.