Fighting naturally kills people, this is the consensus of all, soldiers will remember the hundreds of comrades who died, but when they win a battle, their first thought is to celebrate, not to grieve. So on the way back to the camp, the soldiers talked happily and cut off a few heads themselves.

The bag on Luo Shixin's waist was deflated, and as a deputy general, it was a shame to not gain a single head on the battlefield. However, no one dared to laugh at Luo Shixin.

Because everyone knows that Luo Shixin is different from others, after he kills someone, he does not cut off the other person's head, but cuts off their nose.

In Luo Shixin's own words: "How many heads can be held in such a large cloth bag?" "A nose means killing an enemy person, and Luo Shixin's seemingly empty cloth bag actually contains several, if not dozens of enemy lives!

Almost everyone was happy, but Zhang Xutuo couldn't be happy. He gave up his horse to his mortally wounded soldiers, and he walked slowly like an infantryman, dragging his weapon.

After a few battles, no matter how strong Zhang Xutuo is, he will feel tired.

When Li Xuanba caught up with Zhang Xutuo, he saw that his face was gloomy, and it was inevitable that he was a little strange, so he asked softly: "General Zhang, the army has just won a battle, why are you worried?" ”

"In my opinion, it's not a win at all." Zhang Xutuo turned his head, glanced at Li Xuanba, and said: "I calculated with my heart and without intention, but I still failed to wipe out all the enemy troops, and I am afraid that the future battle will not be easy to fight." ”

Zhang Xutuo has fought many battles and exterminated many anti-thieves and thieves, but the enemies he destroyed before are not so much armies as scattered sand. Such an enemy, no matter how numerous it is, can easily fall apart once it encounters setbacks.

This time the Wagang thieves are different, the generals, brave and strategic, soldiers, obey the order, not so much Wagang thieves, but rather that they have become a real army.

Hearing Zhang Xutuo's words, Li Xuanba was stunned, although he didn't know how powerful the current Wagang army was, but he knew that in the near future, Wagang would become the most powerful one in the anti-Sui team.

"The ship will naturally go straight to the bridge, why should the general worry about things in the future?" Li Xuanba smiled and said: "General, look, you are the only one in this army who is frowning, it will not be easy to fight in the future, but if you win the battle tonight, why don't the generals take the soldiers under your command to celebrate?"

"Lord Chungyongwei is right." Zhang Xutuo squeezed out a smile and said, "I can't say thank you Lord Zhongyongwei, if you hadn't sent someone to Shixin to rescue, I'm afraid that General Ben would have been planted in the hands of those two people." ”

"The general still calls me Xuanba, now I can't even ride a horse, how can I be qualified to be a loyal and brave guard." Li Xuanba smiled bitterly and continued: "Xuanba saw a thief general with strong martial arts at that time, he was worried about the safety of the general and overstepped his duties, and he hoped that the general would not be blamed. ”

Seeing that Li Xuanba was so humble and apologized for saving his life, Zhang Xutuo laughed from the bottom of his heart and said: "Xuanba, you are young, but you can make a decision immediately, as long as you stay in the army for another two years, you will definitely be able to become a generation of handsome talents in the future." ”

As a general, courage is enough, but to become the commander of an army, he must be calm in the face of problems and be good at analyzing the situation. Zhang Xutuo judged Li Xuanba's future achievements from only one small matter, which cannot be described as arbitrary.

Of course, what Zhang Xutuo said also has a sense of encouragement.

Li Xuanba knew Zhang Xutuo's intentions, and did not have any arrogance in his heart, and said a few polite words lightly, and then stopped talking about the future.

It is said that the army is returning to the camp, but how can there be a camp to return to?

The camp had long since been burned to ashes, and those who remained were tired and swept the ground clean. It's just that, in order to be realistic, Zhang Xutuo sent people to build a lot of wooden walls and fences, which will not be cleaned up at all for a while and a half.

The sky gradually brightened, and the corpse of the Wagang thief had not yet been collected, Zhang Xutuo naturally did not have to worry about the Wagang thief coming to attack again, so he asked the soldiers who still had the physical strength to clean up the camp, and sent people to the nearby county to borrow some supplies.

Grain, grass, baggage, tents and other things were hidden in a safe place by Niu Jinda and the army, and he did not return to the camp with Zhang Xutuo, but directly led people to transport those things back.

Before the camp was cleared, Niu Jinda transported grain, grass and other materials to the camp, accompanied by not only the soldiers, but also some military doctors.

A dozen makeshift tents were quickly erected, and the wounded soldiers were settled and handed over to the doctors before they began to set up camp.

In order to confuse the Wagang thieves, Zhang Xutuo's big tent has been burned to ashes, and can only be replaced by ordinary tents, but fortunately, Zhang Xutuo's deputy generals are only a few people, and they do not seem crowded.

"The soldiers are tired, and you have also worked hard." Zhang Xutuo took off his armor, his hair was a little messy, but he didn't care, he stood and said.

Qin Qiong and the others were covered in blood, and they couldn't tell whether it was the enemy's or their own. They arched their hands towards Zhang Xutuo and said in unison: "The end will not be hard!" In the calm voice, there was a hint of tiredness.

"I feel tired, but you are not tired, am I really old?" Zhang Xutuo said with a smile, and everyone laughed a few times, no longer holding on, showing fatigue.

Zhang Xutuo continued: "In the first battle with the Wagang thieves, although we won, many of our soldiers were also killed. These people have all sacrificed their lives for the imperial court, so you must complete the list of casualties, and you can't leave out a single person, and I will send someone to report to the imperial court afterwards, and the imperial court will give the families of those people corresponding pensions. ”

Soldiers killed the enemy on the battlefield because they knew that if they died in battle, their families would be treated favorably by the imperial court.

In this regard, Yang Guang did a good job, did not neglect the families of those fallen soldiers, in addition to exempting taxes, but also rewarding some living needs. After all, Yang Guang himself had led his troops to fight, so he naturally knew how to make soldiers fearless of death on the battlefield.

All the lieutenants and partial generals nodded their heads, indicating that it should be so.

"As for the merits of the soldiers, you must also carefully count them, not only not to omit them, but also to prevent anyone from taking the credit." Zhang Xutuo paused and continued: "There are some recruits in the army, and they may not have achieved merit in this battle, and I am afraid that they will be uneasy and lie about their military achievements. ”

Zhang Xutuo is still very confident in the soldiers who follow him all the year round, but in the process of exterminating the thieves, it is inevitable that someone will die. At this time, only some strong men can be transferred, trained, and put into the battlefield.

Zhang Xutuo's arrangements are the most basic explanations, in fact, there is no need for him to say, Qin Qiong, Jia Wuben and others also know how to deal with it, the reason why Zhang Xutuo emphasized it is actually teaching Li Xuanba.

After explaining the aftermath, Zhang Xutuo's face changed and said, "Niu Jinda, are you guilty?" ”

"The last general did not listen to the military order, led the troops to participate in the war without authorization, and was willing to be punished!" Niu Jinda knelt down on one knee, lowered his head and clenched his fists and said: "I hope the general will not blame others, they will all follow the general's orders before they will go with the general." ”

Zhang Xutuo's face became stern, but there was no anger, Qin Qiong knelt down on one knee and persuaded: "General Zhang, General Niu is also worried about the safety of our army, so he will lead troops to help, and if General Niu does not come, I am afraid that our army's losses will be greater, and I hope that General Zhang will spare General Niu." ”

The rest of the people also knelt down, although Li Xuanba knew that Zhang Xutuo was just putting on a show, but after all, he represented Yang Guang's army, and he couldn't act as if he didn't see anything.

Therefore, Li Xuanba could only bite the bullet and arch his hand and said: "General Zhang, General Qin's words are right, if it weren't for General Niu leading his troops to arrive, the Wagang thieves would not know the strength of our army, and I was afraid that the Wagang thieves would resist to the death." The strength of the Wagang thieves should not be underestimated, if they drag until reinforcements appear, I am afraid that our army's victory will turn into a defeat. ”

"But Niu Jinda violated the military order after all, if he doesn't deal with it, how can he serve the public?" Zhang Xutuo was strict in governing the army, so naturally he could not allow others to violate military orders.

"This, I remember that the general ordered General Niu to protect the grain and grass at that time, and also mentioned that he should not participate in the war." Li Xuanba said with a smile: "Now there is no loss of grain and grass, and I really saw it in the forest, General Niu did not lead the army to kill, but only rushed into the battlefield with a few deputy generals to rescue, so he can't be considered to have violated the military order, so why should the general be angry." ”

Li Xuanba's explanation was reasonable, giving Zhang Xutuo a reason not to blame Niu Jinda. Zhang Xutuo pondered for a moment, nodded, and said: "Since Lord Zhongyongwei has said so, then General Ben will not punish Jinda, you all get up." ”

Niu Jinda glanced at Li Xuanba gratefully, Li Xuanba smiled slightly, retreated behind everyone, and hid his fame.

As the so-called few families are happy and a few are sad, Zhang Xutuo's camp is full of celebration, but in Wagang Village, there are crying voices everywhere. More than 2,000 people were lost in this battle, and many women and children became widows and children.

Zhai Rang sat in the hall with several generals' henchmen, and seemed to be able to hear the crying outside, and everyone's faces were extremely ugly.

"Bodang, I should not have listened to your advice!" Everyone was silent for a while, and Zhai Rang said bitterly: "The loss of more than 2,000 people in this battle is my responsibility. ”

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and Brother Zhai doesn't have to blame himself too much." Wang Bodang comforted: "The top priority now is to send someone to collect the corpses of the soldiers to calm the hearts of the army." ”

Of course, Zhai Rang and the others knew in their hearts that if they died, they couldn't even get the corpse back, it would indeed chill everyone's hearts, and who would be willing to follow them in the future?

"But the thief is cunning, I don't know if he will set up an ambush again." Zhai Rang said worriedly: "You can't throw all my strength into Wagang to collect the corpse, right?" ”

"Zhang Xutuo is a person who attaches great importance to his reputation, and he will never do such a thing." When Wang Bodang was on the run before, he had heard of Zhang Xutuo and had some understanding of him, so he shook his head slightly and said: "It's just that we can't say that we can't give some money and silver to redeem the heads of the deceased, so that they can have a whole corpse." ”

"It's nature." After this defeat, Zhai Rang trusted Wang Bodang a little more, and he said: "I'll leave this matter to you, I don't know what Bodang wants?" ”

"Bodang will not fail in his mission!" Uncle Wang bowed and arched his hand and said.

"Several of us are vulgar people, and if I make a wrong decision in the future, I hope Bodang will dissuade me more." Zhai Rang bowed his hand and saluted back.

Shan Xiongxin also got up and bowed: "I have offended Brother Bodang a lot before, and I hope Brother Bodang will not blame." Xu Shiji and others also stood up and saluted, which was considered to have given Wang Bodang enough face.

Wang Bodang is also a knowledgeable person, helped everyone up, and said: "Since Bodang defected to Wagang, he has become a brother with you, why should you be so polite?" ”

A defeat made Wagangzhai lose something, but it also allowed them to gain something. Wang Bodang officially integrated into Wagangzhai, paving the way for the arrival of another person.

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