In the distance, the soldiers were still chasing and killing the remnants of the enemy, and the forest was rustling, and shouts and screams rang out from time to time.

Nearby, the carriage convoy stayed on the road, the shield hands lined up, raising the shield left and right, as if forming two walls, forming a straight passage, but their number was very small after all, this passage was not long, Wang Mingcheng was helped in, Di Axue followed closely, Dong Guozhang observed him closely, and secretly admired the courage of this scholar.

There is no doubt that this scholar relied on him to receive an arrow and won the favor of the soldiers of the Eastern Xia Dynasty.

Five or six wounded soldiers were also gathered in this passage, which seemed a little crowded, no one wailed, and the muffled technique of wrapping the wounds was very similar, concise, and skillful, and Dia Bird and a responsible medical officer helped them to examine them, and if the wounds were well dressed, they did not hesitate to praise them for their ability to save themselves.

So far, Dong Guozhang has not seen any soldiers die. He was sure that the enemy numbered at least sixty or seventy men.

Perhaps this was a relatively complete hundred-man team, stealing and attacking, and taking advantage of the advantage, but the result they finally achieved was to shoot and wound seven or eight of Dia's soldiers, without killing a single person, at the cost of their own corpses scattered all over the ground. Although this is related to the fact that the enemy shoots the carriage first, but no dead, that means zero casualties, what does zero casualties mean, and the ratio of casualties between the two sides in the war cannot be referred to in the fake war.

Dong Guozhang was the head of the 800,000 forbidden army.

He knew a lot about the tactics of the army, but he had never seen a soldier with such excellent quality, and he couldn't help but shudder.

As if deliberately angry with him, the tooth pig ran to Diao's side and shouted, "Great King." This battle was really embarrassing, and if they hadn't all hid in the woods and didn't show their heads, we wouldn't have been able to hurt so many of them. ”

After speaking, he still stared at a wounded soldier who was smiling at him, and insulted with a black face: "You are still laughing." You still have a smile on your face. If the tactical action is standardized, will it hurt? How honorable? I'm staring at you from behind, and the shield is more than a pinch. Who do you shoot without cumming? Don't say you're a fellow trainer with me in the future. ”

Dia Bird is also in an accident.

His army drills day and night, especially the guards around him, which are all drawn up from the bullocks, who practice martial arts diligently, rehearse tactics, and conduct fake battles in various environments, with outstanding results, but Dia Bird does not believe in fake wars, ten points in fake wars, and it is already very good to get eight points in real battles.

His assessment of his army is on the low side, but he didn't expect that after a battle, from judging that the enemy set up an ambush, the soldiers did not mess up the beginning, and finally changed from passive to active, the command was appropriate, and the soldiers played well, many soldiers who did not get the big shield completely took out the usual level of small shield arrow training, for themselves, for the robe around them to block the dense arrows, the archers spontaneously cooperated with each other, behind each rocket, are closely staring at the trajectory of the eyes, light to the enemy, the string is willing to loosen.

He was also satisfied with the *counterattack organized by the Drill Ice Leopard,* firing in the gap in the shield, with the right timing and every shot.

He sighed in his heart: "This is just the Ox team around me, well-equipped and highly educated, if our army in Dongxia can be like this, how good it would be." ”

Dia Bird turned to the tooth pig and said: "Poor Kou Mo chase, the enemy is scattered and gone, it may not be possible to contact their brigade, we should not stay for a long time, you quickly call the army back, let the wounded get on the cart, the horses flee do not look for any more, the wounded horses give them a good time, the soldiers without horses run forward, we speed up, and rush to the destination as soon as possible." You have already made a mistake, that is, the sentry horse is not released enough, this time you have to absorb it, and let the sentry ride go three miles as a guide. ”

Tooth Pig didn't explain much, and replied briefly with a "no", turned his head and asked: "Commander." Horn. Time. The tee shall prevail. Late three ways to return to the team heavy penalty. ”

He began to give other orders.

Dong Guozhang's eyelids jumped and looked at his back, and asked Dia Bird softly: "Isn't he a coachman?" ”

Dia Bird smiled: "This coachman is doing well, and he will be let out to be a leader in two days." ”

Dong Guozhang said sourly: "This is a great achievement." Do it only for the collar? ”

Diao helped him into the car, and at the same time was humble for the tooth pig: "Old man." What kind of credit is this, if this is called credit, isn't Lone going to have to drive for him for the rest of his life? Any soldier around Lone can jump out to command, if they are all given to the generals, there are not so many troops. ”

The soldiers outside gave up chasing the enemy and quickly returned to the team, except for two more wounded, that is, a bunch of heads and ears, and some people wrapped their heads around their waists, waiting for the merit to be remembered...... When the horse team went on the road again, Dong Guozhang lifted the curtain and looked at it several times, and saw a cavalry walking on one side of the team to record, and the soldiers pushed each other to make war achievements, and said: "This head was only cut by me, and the person who has an arrow has merit, give us an equal share." ”

There are even people throwing heads at each other, shouting, "This head is yours." My arrow didn't hit the point, and I'll cut the head back for you. ”

Dong Guozhang is all wooden.

The car went for most of the night, he was still in the car turned over, in addition to helping Dia Bird sort out the things in the car, knocking out some arrows that penetrated the carriage, more time he was thinking about this army, the army's good fighting fell second, just the calculation of merit is very different, the Central Plains war, as soon as the war ended, the soldiers fought each other for the war merits, killing good and risking merit abounded, Dia Bird's army was simply against the common sense in the army.

Lower eight households.

After dark, there was a rush of horses' hooves.

Thinking it was the enemy's cavalry, Salikhan put on his armor and went out to check, only to learn that the nearest tribesmen had received a notice from him and persuaded their arrowmen to come and join them. The arrow commander was in his forties, black and strong, with a little lame legs, and claimed to have fought Gao Xianbing with the Eastern Xia army, and ran to greet Salihan, tilting a carriage of women and children into the camp, adding a lot of chaos.

The brave men sat together and gossiped, waiting for the news of the village flag.

They said that Ma Cheng sent people to Baolan, the township was vacant, and Xianglu was not good at fighting, and his heart was full of doubts, afraid that Xianglu had encountered something, and he didn't know what to do so that he didn't sound the horn everywhere and gather people, and some people said that they saw the fire on the way here, and they didn't know if the enemy was burning and killing, and later, they discussed and decided together that after dawn, they would send half of the men to Xiangqi, regardless of whether Xianglu was calling young and strong, and they all rushed over to see.

Although Salkhan did not speak, his heart hung in the air.

He also didn't know if his younger brother Samar would be in danger if he had arrived at the village flag. In the second half of the night, there was another string of horses' hooves, which caused the hound to bark wildly, and Salihan ran out without thinking, but it was the errand horses from the township flag, and these errand horses were all the people in the township flag, a bit like the errand soldiers of the Central Plains.

He also dismounted quickly, and shouted as he ran forward, "Master Salikham." ”

Before he arrived, Salkhan had a sense of foreboding, for the officer was wounded, his head was wrapped, and one arm was hanging, and he did not come to the front of him.

He asked firmly, "What's the matter?" Tanda from the flag? ”

Then Chamad said, "Your brother Samar is good." He died in battle. ”

Salihan's heart was grabbed by something, and he asked in disbelief, "How is this possible?" ”

He immediately believed that it was true, and that it really happened.

When his other brothers died in battle, he did not grieve much, perhaps full of anger, but very little sorrow, for every day there were people dying of war, starvation, and disease, but when he heard the news of Samar's death, he felt great sorrow, and the world was spinning.

He burst into tears.

He didn't cry when his Abba died.

He came out with a turban tied up, stabbed him in the wrist, and announced: "Xiahou Wulu savagely killed my Abba, and I will avenge Abba." Then he called on the people to move the camp.

It's not Samar that matters, and the father and the other brothers don't matter.

Samar was the youngest and most obedient was not the main reason, suddenly Dongxia was not dead everywhere, and his younger brother, the only remaining younger brother who was living well, was gone. He also didn't know where this pathos came from, maybe he was old, maybe he had abandoned his people and could not take revenge on his enemies.

Ma Cha ran to take his hand, his rude face was full of sincerity, and his eyes were full of tears, perhaps to comfort, perhaps to tell Samar's bravery, but Salikham did not want to accept such comfort, and did not wait for him to grasp his hand, shook his body, and stood aside, but asked himself, "Why should I let him go to the country flag?" Didn't he say he wouldn't contribute to that person? Why did he die in battle? ”

Macha still had to explain the details to him, and he stood in the original and said, "Master Salihan. I know you're sad. But Samar did die heroically. The enemy besieged the township banner, and Lord Xianglu was killed in battle...... The people around us gathered around the village flag were fighting against them, and when Samar came, when he heard that Lord Xianglu had died in battle, he said that he was a weak man, how could he die in battle. Why did these people kill him? He is such a good person, why does he say that he will die in battle. And he led us and rushed towards the enemy. We weren't wary of the enemy coming out of nowhere, and we didn't have time to put on our armor and defeat them. Samar led us to kill several people, but he still couldn't beat them, so he had to take us to fight and retreat, and when he saw more and more people die, he turned around and broke off, and asked us to go to the nearby township flag to call people, and let us go to the county flag to ask for soldiers. When he was broken, many enemies surrounded him, and we sent men and rushed up to meet him, but he was surrounded by the enemy, whose bows and arrows were too strong to be reliable. I don't know how many enemies there were around him, at least there were more than twenty of them, and all of us around him were killed in battle, and his horse was also dead, and several arrows were stuck in his body, and a leader stood outside and persuaded him to surrender, saying that he knew that he was the younger brother of Salihan, and as long as he surrendered, he would be the vanguard, and he refused, and he shouted: 'Destroy my banner, destroy my peace, slaughter my people in Eastern Xia, and I will fight to the death with you.'" We rushed forward with all our might, and a dozen or so dead men rushed forward, and reinforcements came, but it was too late, and the enemy withdrew, leaving behind the bodies of your brother and the people. ”

Salikhan held back his crying, unable to breathe, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a few words, and asked Chama, "Why didn't you bring him back?" ”

Chama choked up and said, "Our army has come, and it is only when we can't see the edge that we can scare the enemy away." ”

Salikhan asked irritably, "I only ask you, why didn't you bring him back?" ”

Chama simply said, "Our army has come and scared the enemy away." ”

Perhaps this was what impressed him the most.

Later, he remembered to say the following: "The general who came said that your brother led everyone to guard the village flag and protect the people to die in battle, and it was a Battle, so he covered him with his own cloak, saying that the enemy is rampant at the moment, and there is still a war, and after dawn, he will send troops to mourn him, so let the people who know him come to the house to report the news, and I will come." ”

Salihan staggered back, and he was going to tell Samar's wife, to tell his wife, to tell Samar's sons, to tell his sons.

A lot of people ran out.

Marca trotted after Salikham, and when he saw the crowd of people rushing out to ask what was the matter, Salikhan ran to his lodgings out of grief, ignoring the people and telling them what was going on, but stood in the crowd and told them over and over again the details of Samar's heroic death.

A lot of people were touched.

They all said, "If only our army was coming." It would be nice if our army of Eastern Xia came. I didn't expect Samar to be so heroic, I didn't expect the emaciated Xianglu to fight to the death, yes, Battle would rather die in battle, only those shameful slaves surrender as soon as they fight, surrender as soon as they fight. ”