Chapter 93: The Wind Rises and the Mountains Rise
Although it is already late spring and early summer at this time, the weather in the Central Plains has long been scorching, and the red sun is like a scorching sun, but the land of Yin Mountain in the northwest is still very cold in the morning and evening.
At this time, the sunset sprinkled the last afterglow on the top of Yinshan Mountain, leaving a red cloud, the time was not big, the afterglow was gone, and the sky was completely dark.
Zhang Wei looked at the sunset sinking little by little in the west, his eyes were a little sour, "Sunset, sunset, under this faint sunset, how many heroes have spilled their blood on the battlefield, and how many people with lofty ideals have struggled for life." Heyβββ, what is this for? β
"Let's go, don't look any further, what's there to see in the dark? When you look at it again, it's completely dark. Seeing that Zhang Wei was still looking at the dim clouds in the west, Shi Xiong stepped forward and said to him.
Heyβββ, it's terrible to be uneducated, how can he know about the sadness of my history?
Don't look at Zhang Wei's age, but after all, he is a person who has read "high five", and after the first battle, the sword is bloodthirsty, the corpses are everywhere, the heroes have fallen, and the strong men have flown away. How tragic and magnificent, can Zhang Wei not sigh a little?
Shi Xiong didn't know this, he only knew about fighting, and after the war he waited for the next war, there was really no war to fight, so he stayed in the house to drink and brag, and of course occasionally went back to the brothel or wine shop on the street.
Heyββ, these are all people, but why is the gap between people so big?
"Cut off Culimo's head and take it away." Shi Xiong gave an order, and the ** soldiers stepped forward to cut off the head of the king of Shanxi, Kulimo.
Although Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei led the troops to exterminate the Shanxi tribe, in the Tang Dynasty, where there was no photography and video equipment, how could the emperor and ministers believe that you really killed the king of Shanxi?
It is not enough to just say it, it is necessary to have real evidence, so everyone took the simplest and most effective way to bring each other's heads.
See, I brought you the guy who ate Culimo, this time it's time to believe it, right? When the Tang Dynasty Emperor and the ministers saw the head of Kulimo, could they still say that they had not destroyed the enemy? Didn't you completely annihilate the enemy army?
Although the method is a little cruel, the effect is obvious and direct.
Although Zhang Wei felt a little unbearable, in order to be able to explain the situation to the imperial court, he had to acquiesce to Shi Xiong's approach.
"General Zhang, it's time for us to leave when it's dark." Looking at Zhang Wei, who was still stunned, his subordinates stepped forward and said to him.
On the way, Zhang Wei said to Shi Xiong: "Ben General didn't expect that this Curimo is really a hero." β
Is Culimo a hero?
After hearing this, Shi Xiong turned his head to look at Zhang Wei, "He is innocent of death, and there is only one way to die if he dares to go against my Datang." β
It's a straightforward sentence, no fun, no sadness, and no even a little bit of commentary on the past and the present.
Zhang Wei originally wanted to talk to Shi Xiong about Curimo, the hero of the end of the road, but he didn't expect this guy to think that Curimo was innocent.
Even if there is more than one who dies, the family is a heroic and tragic death, which is much better than those who surrender and die.
"Do you know, all along, the people of these barbarian peoples are very brave, and even if they are defeated and die, few surrender." Shi Xiong said to Zhang Wei.
Ohββ, I see.
As soon as he heard Shi Xiong's words, Zhang Wei had even more respect for the so-called barbarians of these ethnic minorities.
Looking back, the place where Culimo committed suicide was completely submerged in darkness.
When the night was completely dark, Zhang Wei and others came to the Yinshan Pass, which was the place where the ** fought with the Shanxi army. Several lieutenants are still waiting here for Shi Xiong and the others to return, and they have already set up camps.
Seeing Shi Xiong and Zhang Wei coming back, the captain was very happy, "The two generals are back, I don't know if our army will spend the night here at night, or rush back to Hengzhou?" β
Although the camp had already been set up, the captain still had to ask the commander what he meant.
That's right, the battle is over, should the army continue to stay in Yinshan or rush back to Hengzhou?
You must know that this place is really a new ghost annoying old ghost crying, not far away is the place of the big war, corpses are everywhere, and the wolf howls at night are one after another, stay in such a place, who can not panic?
Shi Xiong looked at Zhang Wei, waiting for his answer.
Although Zhang Wei was also a little embarrassed, when he saw that the captains had ordered someone to set up the tents, and they all looked tired, it was really unreasonable to force everyone to rush back to Hengzhou at this time, so he said: "The captains have already set up the tents, I think we will spend the night here, and it will not be too late to rush back to Hengzhou tomorrow morning, what does General Shi think?" β
Zhang Wei said this, what else could Shi Xiong say, "Since you have all prepared everything, I think that you will spend the night tonight and rush back to Hengzhou early tomorrow morning." β
"Noβ"
After all, it's night, and the battle is over, it's nothing to go back to Hengzhou at this time, it's better to let everyone rest for the night again and return to Hengzhou tomorrow. With so many bloodthirsty soldiers here, even if there is a ghost scream, there is nothing to be afraid of.
"You guys take a break, come to my tent in a moment, and we'll talk about this war." Shi Xiong said to everyone.
"Noβ"
Back to his camp, Zhang Wei cleaned up a little and then came to Shixiong's big tent.
Although Shi Xiong acted a little rudely and his feelings were not so delicate, Zhang Wei still had respect and basic etiquette for him.
After the generals arrived, Shi Xiong sat down in the middle seat, and Zhang Wei sat next to them.
"Let's talk about it, everybody." After everyone sat down, Shi Xiong said.
The lieutenant who was in charge of cleaning up the battlefield stood up and said: "Two generals, the last general has already counted the losses of both the enemy and us, and our army has lost less than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and more than 1,000 wounded, and the two have a total of about 6,000 people. The enemy lost about 8,000 men and captured about 2,000 men, leaving the enemy with less than 1,000 men left. β
It's not better than not knowing, it's more than frightening, with such an effect, what else can Shi Xiong say? After listening to the captain's words, Shi Xiong said happily: "After hearing such a result, Ben will be very happy!" After this battle, the trouble of Shanxi has been eliminated, and the entire tribe of Shanxi is over. Hahaha, hahaha, everyone, you have contributed a lot to eliminating the trouble of mountain taunts this time. Ben will thank you for the sake of the festival. β
When he said this, Shi Xiong was happy and proud, and even a little ostentatious. If it weren't for the presence of so many generals, maybe he would have to thank you for the emperor.
"How many lieutenants and lieutenants did our army lose this time, how many lieutenants did they lose, and how many war horses and materials did they lose?" Zhang Wei asked.
"Back to the general's words, after this battle, our army lost two captains, three captains, and two were seriously wounded, and one was slightly wounded." The lieutenant replied.
"Ohβββ, so our army's losses are not light!" Then Zhang Wei continued to ask, "I remember that four of the leaders of the five tribes of Shanxi followed Kulimo to Yinshan, and now the leader of the Ahui tribe, that is, the king of Shanxi, has committed suicide, Mu Dun has fled, the leader of the Aoya tribe has been captured, and the rest of the leaders and leaders of the department have not been found?" β
Hearing Zhang Wei's question, the captain in charge of cleaning the battlefield arched his hand and said, "Back to the general's words, the body of the head of the department and the department has been found, it turns out that this guy was burned by a sudden fire before he could get up, and died less than fifty steps away from his tent." β
Oh, I see, it seems that this department leader is really dead!
Zhang Wei can imagine how embarrassed the leader of the department and department must have been in that chaotic fire, not to mention that he was burned by the fire, and he would be trampled on a few times by the scattered and fleeing war horses.
After the captains reported their own situation, all that was left was to drink wine and eat meat, and the banquet to celebrate the achievement was generally very lively, and the war was gone, everyone let go, and the few wines that had been brought were quickly drunk.
Early the next morning, Shixiong and Zhang Wei rushed to Hengzhou with the army, and after returning the horses, Shixiong and Zhang Wei did not rest but continued to rush to Youzhou.
Before leaving, Zhang Wei couldn't help but look back at the place where Yinshan had fought again. Woe! A good Shanxi tribe disappeared into the smoke and dust of history.