Chapter 432: Empty Joy
The sky is getting white, and a new day is about to begin, but for Xiaxi, who has been fighting all night, it has just ended.
In a melee, the Xu army won a great victory with or without intention, and the 5,000 Tang troops who crossed the river at night, except for more than 1,000 who fled back to the other side in a hurry by ferry, the remaining 3,000 Tang soldiers were all buried in the river and the bank.
Under the light of the newborn sun, it was layered and densely packed, all of which were cold corpses.
"Carry him down and bury him alive, no matter what, he can be regarded as doing his duty as a general, such a violent corpse wilderness is not the way of man."
Looking at Su Shouxiang's body that was carried in front of him, Xu Jingye said with a sigh.
In a melee in the middle of the night, whether it was a high-ranking general or a lowly soldier, God gave the same opportunity, although Su Shouxiang was the commander of the army, he was unlucky, he was slashed three times in the melee, fell into the water in panic, and was drowned alive.
"The Metropolitan Governor is really kind-hearted, in this battle, our army won a complete victory, annihilated thousands of enemies, and their own losses were very small, which not only greatly weakened the strength of the Tang Army, but more importantly, greatly damaged the morale of the Tang Army. Xue Zhongzhang even opened his mouth.
Hearing Xue Zhongzhang's words, Xu Jingye was not surprised, but shook his head and said, "If it's just Li Xiaoyi's kind of straw bag, your guess may come true, but unfortunately, there are still some capable people in the Tang army, although our army won a big victory this time, it is not by virtue of strength, most of the generals of the Tang army will not take it seriously, and may even arouse their anger, so we must prepare seriously to prevent the Tang army from attacking with all its might, as long as it can be delayed until next spring, everything will be better." ”
Xue Zhongzhang looked up and looked around, and was about to say something, but moved his lips several times, but still didn't say it.
"Great joy, great joy, hahaha, great governor, great joy......."
There was a burst of laughter, accompanied by hurried footsteps, and Tang Zhiqi was seen running quickly from a distance.
"Oh, Tang Changshi is so happy, could it be that he has picked up the treasure." Tang Zhiqi's arrival interrupted the conversation between Xu Jingye and the two.
"Hahaha, what Xue Sima said is good, it's better for you to guess, what treasure did so-and-so pick up, so-and-so wants to remind you that the treasure that so-and-so picked up is alive." Tang Zhiqi was excited, and said a little bit of a sellout.
Because of the victory, Xu Jingye and the others did not have the previous worries, and watching Tang Zhiqi sell Guanzi, they also became a little curious.
"Alive, could it be that there are still some great big people in the Tang Army who came to attack us at night this time, if this is the case, then it is really a priceless treasure, maybe our future will fall on him." Xu Jingye guessed.
And Xue Zhongzhang, Tang Zhiqi can still joke, in the face of Xu Jingye, Tang Zhiqi reined in, and replied respectfully, "Dadu Governor Mingjian, is indeed a big man in the Tang Army, you may really not think that the general manager of the Tang Army, the most trusted confidant of the demon woman, Li Xiaoyi, is in the Tang Army this time, and now, he has been caught by us." ”
"What ,......."
"It can't be, it's impossible, it's absolutely impossible......"
Tang Zhiqi's words were like a thunderbolt that shocked the two of them completely, and they were stunned for a long time before they shouted one after another.
Whether it was Xue Zhongzhang or Xu Jingye, the first reaction when they heard the news was impossible.
It's not that they're too conservative, it's that this kind of thing is really incredible.
Don't look at many romances, it is written that some commanders and generals will personally go out in order to investigate the enemy's situation, but that is carried out under certain guarantees, so from the reality of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Road, except for one Li Zicheng, no high-ranking general was killed on the battlefield because of probing the enemy's situation.
But when it comes to fighting, it's different, unless faced with a life-and-death crisis, the general army commander will sit in the big tent of the Chinese army and strategize, not because they are afraid of death, but they are the soul of the entire army.
A commander can really participate in the battle at will during the battle, which is not called caring about the soldiers, but the act of deliberately leading the army to find death.
This is also the reason why the two did not believe that Li Xiaoyi, the commander of the Tang Army, would participate in such an extremely dangerous sneak attack battle.
Looking at the shocked two, Tang Zhiqi guessed what they were thinking.
"Metropolitan Governor, Xue Sima, it's hard for you not to believe it, to be honest, at the beginning, I didn't believe that Li Xiaoyi would be here, but there was another lieutenant under the command of XX, who had seen Li Xiaoyi, he said, it was indeed Li Xiaoyi, and he used his head to vouch for it, so he had to believe his words." Tang Zhiqi said.
"This ........"
These words made Xu Jingye, who was extremely confused in their hearts, hesitate a little.
Although the two of them did not believe from the bottom of their hearts that Li Xiaoyi would participate in this night attack, there was no absolute in everything, if Li Xiaoyi really thought that there was the existence of Wei Chizhao, and thought that this night attack was nine out of ten, and wanted to personally experience the sense of accomplishment of defeating Xu Jun, it was also possible, in this way, it also explained the reason why Li Xiaoyi would exist here.
Thinking of this, the two of them felt a burst of fire in their hearts, especially Xu Jingye, he just said that if he survived until next spring, he would have a chance, mostly to comfort Xue Zhongzhang and a reason to comfort himself, but if Li Xiaoyi was in hand, it would be different, they might have an excellent opportunity soon, repel or even defeat and annihilate the Tang army across the river.
"Quick, quick, quick, people are there, bring it, ah, no, so-and-so go over in person, as long as you are sure that it is really Li Xiaoyi, Zhiqi, you are our greatest hero." Xu Jingye said.
Under the leadership of Tang Zhiqi, Xu Jingye and Xue Zhongzhang came to a remote small tent behind the camp, and it could be seen from the stacks of grass around that this must be the location of the camp's baggage camp.
Although Tang Zhiqi was very surprised, he was not dizzy, and before he figured out Li Xiaoyi's true identity, he was also afraid of extraneous branches, so he arranged Li Xiaoyi in this remote camp.
When he walked outside the tent, he heard a roar coming from inside.
"Let go of so-and-so, let go of so-and-so, you traitors, let go of so-and-so, or give a certain pleasure, so humiliating to so-and-so, do you still have a little bit of military dignity, tell you, if you want to kill, you have to kill casually, you don't want to get any situation from a certain mouth......"
The voice was broken at this point, not that the person didn't speak, but was interrupted, and from the 'crackling' sound inside, the so-called interruption was really interrupted.
Lifting the door curtain, Xu Jingye and the others saw that there were three people in the tent, one lying on the ground, tied up with five flowers, ragged and extremely embarrassed, while the other two were punching and kicking him there, and they were cursing non-stop.
"Ah, bastard, no assistant, can't wait for death."
Seeing his subordinates like this, Tang Zhiqi was angry and anxious, and couldn't help but shout.
Hearing Tang Zhiqi's angry shouts, the two Xu soldiers who were beating people immediately stopped, and when they saw that not only Tang Zhiqi was behind them, but even Xu Jingye, the metropolitan governor, had arrived, they were even more frightened and trembling, and they couldn't stand steadily.
"Alright, you guys stand down."
Xu Jingye is not even interested in looking at this kind of little footsteps, there is only one person he has a relationship with now, that is, the person who was tied up by five flowers, whether it is the general manager of the Tang Army opposite, Li Xiaoyi.
"Hahaha, raised by a son of a bitch, beat, continue to fight, tell you, as long as grandpa speaks, he is not a grandfather."
Seeing that the two of them fled in panic, the person who was tied up by the five flowers didn't care at all, and lay on the ground with a smug face and shouted with a smile, ignoring Xu Jingye and the others who appeared in front of him.
Looking at such a vulgar person, Xu Jingye's face was cloudy for a while, if he still had some illusions about catching Li Xiaoyi in his heart before, at this moment, after seeing this person, all this completely collapsed.
It's not that he knows Li Xiaoyi, but his place, Li Xiaoyi is the son of Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, who has a noble status since he was a child, and the rules are strictly prohibited, so he will never say such vulgar market words.
"What's your name, you have a joint position in the Tang Army."
Even if there is not much hope left, Xu Jingye still does not let go of the last glimmer of hope.
"Hahaha, it can be seen from what happened just now, you must have a high status in the rebels, maybe you are still the leader of the rebels, Xu Jingye, since you want to know the name of so-and-so, so-and-so will tell you, so-and-so is Zuo Leopard Taowei Guoyi Cheng Sanlang, since it has fallen into the hands of Dao you today, if you want to kill it, you have to kill it, even if so-and-so dies, it is considered to be a well-deserved death." Cheng Saburo said.
"Well, you..... Aren't you Li Xiaoyi, how can you be Cheng Saburo, do you want to get away with it, tell you, Li Xiaoyi, if you admit it, it's okay, if you don't admit it, you will only have a dead end, you have to think about it. Hearing that Cheng Saburo didn't admit that he was Li Xiaoyi, Tang Zhiqi immediately shouted anxiously.
"Humph........"
Cheng Saburo glanced at Tang Zhiqi with slanted eyes, and snorted coldly, "The husband doesn't change his name or change his surname, Cheng Saburo is Cheng Saburo, how can he be the general manager, I still admired you a little bit before, at least you can still resist in the face of hundreds of thousands of elites in our army, and you can still resist hard, and you can be regarded as a brave person, but you don't want to fight, you still want to use this method of pointing a deer as a horse, which really makes a certain look down on you and so on."
If you are so greedy for life and afraid of death, why do you rebel, you are really self-inflicted. ”
"Okay, that's enough, shut up so-and-so." After the last bit of disillusionment in his heart, Xu Jingye was already a little uncomfortable in his heart, and after hearing Cheng Saburo's words, he was even more angry.
It's a pity, how could Cheng Saburo, who had already put life and death out of the way, be afraid of this, just look at his face full of sarcasm and continued, "Why, now I'm scared and regret it, it's a pity, it's too late, the official army has surrounded this place, and you will be wiped out sooner or later." I die, and my wife and children are glorified; You are dead, and your wives and children are slain. You're not as good as me! Hahaha, it's not as good as me! ”
"Come on, drag him out, divide the body of the five horses, break the bones and scatter ashes, and if he wants to die, he will never be at peace." In a fit of rage, Xu Jingye roared angrily.
It's a pity that even so, Cheng Saburo still looked up to the sky and laughed, as if it wasn't himself who was about to die.
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By the Xiaxi River, Li Xiaoyi stood here like a wangfu stone, looking at the other bank and speechless for a long time.
"Lord Supervisor, think of a way, my Ah Lang has been fighting for a long time, motionless, not saying a word, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that he won't be able to hold on and fall ill!" After the loyal old housekeeper tried his best and couldn't persuade Li Xiaoyi, he could only find Wei Yuanzhong.
"Hey, what a sin, I knew today, why bother in the first place."
For Li Xiaoyi, Wei Yuanzhong was extremely resentful in his heart, and this resentment was not because of personal feelings, but completely out of public intentions.
In Wei Yuanzhong's view, it was originally a mistake for the imperial court to send Li Xiaoyi as the commander of the army this time, although Li Xiaoyi had a famous general's father, but he himself did not have much experience in battlefield fighting since he was a child, let alone this kind of large army that involved hundreds of thousands of people.
From the beginning of the south, because of the fear of Xu Jingye's prestige and procrastination, missed the best opportunity to hit the Xu army, and later, after getting Xu Jingye's strength in the south of the Yangtze River, in order to fight for merit, and greedy for merit, under the Huaiyin City, once lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers, Duliangshan battle, although the victory was decent, but in this Xiaxi, once again repeated, overnight, lost thousands of elite soldiers.
The reason why the Tang army can still maintain its fighting spirit now is that these are elite veterans, and the Tang army is strong, and the Xu army is weak, but even so, if it goes on like this, as long as it suffers a certain loss, the morale of the soldiers will collapse, and the loss of fighting spirit will be an immediate thing.
No matter how dissatisfied Wei Yuanzhong is with Li Xiaoyi, but Li Xiaoyi is the commander of the army after all, if he can't recover his state, the entire army will continue to attack the Xu army and quell the rebellion, I'm afraid it will be thankful that Xu Jingye will not be defeated by Xu Jingye.
"Governor, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, don't worry too much, although our army has suffered a small setback this time, but our army still has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, on the other hand, the Xu army, struggling to maintain, as long as there is a wind and grass, I am afraid that the soldiers of the rebel army will collapse in an instant." Slowly walked to Li Xiaoyi's side, followed his gaze and looked at the other side, Wei Yuanzhong opened his mouth to persuade.
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