Chapter 177: After the Celebrity
Seeing that several thousand-sized commanders and some centurions also slowly surrounded him, Zhou Bian's heart moved, and he spoke on the topic of Fang Cai, "Today's victory is really a great joy for my royal family, and it is rare that all the generals and captains are here, so you can all talk about why my royal division can win this great victory." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Tu Meng said it very well, who else wants to continue? ”
Seeing that the king had this interest, it was also a post-war summary according to the usual practice, and everyone's interest was also raised, and after some pushing, Fan Yu continued, "According to a certain point of view, it is indeed the king's plan to set a good plan, order the Gongyi soldiers to lure the Han army to come, and then shoot the Han soldiers who are chasing with bows and arrows." After the first wave of 4,000 Korean soldiers fled, they followed and pursued, allowing them to break through the large formation formed by the Korean army in a hurry, and when its formation was in chaos, our Wang Division took advantage of the situation to attack, easily broke the formation, and when the Korean army desperately resisted, it suddenly retreated and shot it far away with bows and arrows to reduce the casualties of our army. ”
After a few applause, Wang Sunjian said, "You still said a little, the king also let people ambush upstream in advance, and after receiving the order, he set fire to the pontoon bridge of the Korean army, otherwise the Korean army will continue to climb the north bank and occupy the numerical advantage, our army is only afraid that it will be difficult to support, and even the whole army will not be able to resist and be able to destroy the whole army." ”
said that everyone was afraid for a while, and the king didn't think it when he arranged it at that time, so he felt that the king was scheming. Every little detail is pinched just right, and the coordination of time is also seamless, so big, it's hard to believe that this is a ten-year-old boy's handwriting.
So Cai Wu, the Son of Heaven's personal guard, sighed, "If it weren't for my king, it would be really difficult for ordinary people to arrange it so precisely, without loopholes and errors." ”
Everyone sighed.
After a while, Liu Yun shouted, "You haven't paid attention, if you don't train properly on weekdays, how can you be so calm in today's battle, whether it's archery or spear stabbing, if you don't have the skills of hard work on weekdays, how can you have the momentum of this battle?" You only see the king commanding the gods today, but you don't see that the king is strict with the training of troops on weekdays. ”
"Indeed, only a hundred days of training on weekdays can take a quarter of an hour on the battlefield, sweating more on weekdays and less blood in wartime. What Liu Yun said is indeed true. Zhou Bian smiled.
Listening to what Zhou Bian said was interesting but reasonable, everyone was pondering for a while, looking at the way everyone nodded slightly, Zhou Bian showed a satisfied smile, but he was afraid that the training in the army would only be harder from now on.
Someone else interjected, "The iron spear of our army is abnormally sharp, and the enemy is difficult to stop, which is also one of the reasons for the victory." ”
This is also a key point, and everyone nodded their heads after hearing it.
Seeing the excitement here, and the king is here, there are more and more ordinary soldiers coming around, seeing the admiring eyes of the ordinary soldiers, Zhou Bian stopped his subordinates who wanted to drive away, so let them also get close to the king.
Someone else interjected, "The iron spear of our army is abnormally sharp, and the enemy is difficult to stop, which is also one of the reasons for the victory." ”
Zhou Bian suddenly remembered an oil painting he had seen in his previous life, in which the protagonist was Napoleon, surrounded by several soldiers who did not hesitate to cast their eyes on their commander, and vividly expressed the scene of Napoleon being respected and subdued by the soldiers. And isn't this the case, and there are more soldiers around him at this time, and Zhou Bian is also a little proud in his heart.
After a long time, seeing that no one spoke, Zhou Bian coughed lightly twice and then said with a straight face, "Just now you said a lot of reasons for our army's great victory today, but you said the most important point, do you know?" ”
And the most important point, everyone looked at each other, even the ordinary soldiers were thinking about it, but in the end they shook their heads.
Seeing that no one answered, Zhou Bian's tone also became stern, "Our army's great victory can be said to be all thanks to Master Han." ”
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, only a few people were thoughtful.
"Yes, it's Han Jun. If it weren't for the arrogance of the Korean army, the 4,000 troops who crossed Luoshui first chased after them without even bringing a shield, would our ambushed bow and arrow shooting be effective? If it weren't for the arrogance of the Korean army, which saw our ambush and rushed up without reorganizing the formation, would our ambush array be able to resist their attack? If it weren't for the fact that the Korean army was light on the enemy, the 3,000 troops who crossed Luoshui in the follow-up didn't even bring bows and crossbows, but scattered around until they saw the rout in front of them, and then hurriedly formed a formation, can we break it? Therefore, this king thought that this time he was able to win this big victory with one kill and five because of the arrogance and arrogance of the Korean army. Moreover, such a big victory is only this once, and it is foreseeable that the next time the South Korean army meets us again, it will definitely not give us another chance, so the soldiers, the next time we meet the South Korean army, we will have to fight a tough battle. Also, at any time in the future, no matter how many victories we have fought, no matter how much we despise our opponents, we must not underestimate the enemy, and only by being careful can we sail the ship of ten thousand years! ”
After the king's words, all of them were beaming with joy on their faces, but they froze as if they had poured cold water. Zhou Bian wants this effect, otherwise a victory will be self-righteous, how to meet new challenges in the future?
After everyone grew up and mouthed, no one spoke for a long time, and only after half a sound did someone murmur, "What the king said is extremely true, such a great victory cannot be replicated!" ”
Seeing everyone's disappointed appearance, Zhou Bian smiled again, "After all, it was our army that won a big victory, and it was a bit too much to say that it was all thanks to the Korean army, and you still need to think more about how to achieve victory under various conditions in the future, of course, weekday training is also essential." Otherwise, if it is still the previous royal army, even if the Korean army is arrogant and inferior to the enemy ten times, I am afraid that we will still fail. Okay, everyone is tired from today's war, so let's go down and rest! ”
This is the final summary, which is indispensable to both strike and cheer up, one by one.
Seeing that the king had said so, all the people nodded yes, saluted the king, and then took their leave, and went back to their respective barracks to rest.
Looking at the backs of these many departed, Zhou Bian's heart was also full of expectations, after this battle, perhaps many of these soldiers would grow up quickly.
After sorting out his thoughts, Zhou Bian turned his head and called Pang Xing, although he was very tired and wanted to be quiet, there were still some things that had to be done.
A moment later, Pang Xing brought the person named and ordered by the king, who was the sharpshooter who forced the Korean army back with an arrow across the river. With such a powerful character and such a great contribution, how could Zhou Bian not meet him alone.
This is a young man in his twenties, slightly tall, with broad shoulders and long arms, and a capable appearance, following Pang Xing with his head bowed, and kneeling down and kowtowing in a regular manner as soon as he reaches the ground, which is very different from the reckless momentum of spontaneously bending his bow to the enemy commander on the battlefield without receiving orders.
Zhou Bian was also interested, and looked around this sharpshooter who had not heard of his name in the past with interest, knowing that he would shoot the enemy commander on the battlefield without asking for instructions, but he was afraid that he still had the majority in his heart. But in the end, it was the love of talent that prevailed, so after a few steps, Zhou Bian took a few steps forward and bent down to help him up.
"What do you call a strong man?"
"Back to the king, the small Yangzhong Bridge."
"Oh, it's rare to have this surname." Zhou Bian didn't think much about it, and said it casually.
Fan Yu didn't think about it, but he spoke, covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "Wang, Yang is not a surname, if you guess correctly, this person should be surnamed Ji Yang." Maybe it's the descendant of the Chu State marksman Yang Yuji. ”
In the pre-Qin period, the surname and the surname were indeed not the same thing, it was too complicated, Zhou Bian has not fully figured it out so far, but Zhou Bian didn't care very much, because now the surname and the surname are about to merge into one, you must know that the surname Ji accounts for a considerable part of the current day, what is the monarch of the Wei State, the three Huan of the Lu State, etc., but no one calls them Ji anymore, and as a later generation, Zhou Bian, who is familiar with the laws of history, naturally knows that soon, no one will call any more names, and the one commonly used in the surname and surname is the surname.
So Zhou Bian naturally didn't bother with whether it was the surname Yang or the surname Ji, but he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, "What, you said Yang Youji, the archer who pierced Yang in a hundred steps?" ”
Yang Youji is so famous, and the idiom of wearing Yang in a hundred steps is also known in later generations. didn't expect to provoke such a big reaction from the king, Fan Yu couldn't help but touch his head and smiled, "Isn't this a guess?" ”
Saying that, the two turned their eyes to the young man together, and the latter said unhurriedly, "The king, the small ancestor is the Chu State Yang Youji, the official doctor, and the small one is only one of the side lines, the ancestor is in decline, offended a nobleman in the Chu Dynasty, and had to move his family to Luoyang to make a living from farming." coincided with the king's recruitment, and the little one still had some family heirloom skills, so he came with the ancestral five-stone bow. ”
"It's really a descendant of the archer, how fortunate this king is!" Zhou Bian was a little complacent and smiled at Fan Yu.
Then he turned to Yangzhongqiao, tried his best to make a kind expression and smiled, "Then you are alone in your family, do you have brothers?" ”
Yangzhongqiao was stunned for a moment, but then he understood what the king meant, and replied slightly apologetically, "The king, although there are five cousins in the small family, only one of them has learned this skill, and the rest are either young or weak and unable to serve the king, please forgive the king." ”
It was indeed his own greed, so Zhou Bian laughed, "It is enough for this king to have you alone, and today he can fight against 10,000 troops with one arrow, how fortunate this king is!" What is the current position of the strong man? ”
"The little one has been in the army for a short time, and now he is an ordinary soldier in the army."
"With such a great talent, I only found out today that it was really the fault of our generals. Now this king will make you a centurion, and after this tense period is over, you can choose 200 people in the whole army, and you will help this king train all of them to become archers! ”
"Little thank you, my king! Do as the king commands! Yangzhongqiao hurriedly knelt down, and had to admit that he came to join the army this time because he did come for a request, that is, to carry the expectations of the family, in order to reproduce the glory and reputation of his ancestors. Although the centurion is small, but it is the king's order, it can be said to be the first solid cornerstone on the road to the sky, so I can't help but raise the bridge is not overjoyed, to know that today in front of the army of thousands of uninvited, to express himself, he is also calculated, only then made up his mind to seize this opportunity, but after all, he still got the due reward.
Zhou Bian can naturally guess the purpose of Yangzhongqiao's outstanding performance today, but now Zhou Bian is not afraid of the person who has the request, as long as you have real skills, and can be loyal to the royal family, the royal family will not refuse to come, and there are high-ranking officials who treat it kindly.
Pang Xing on the side also said with a smile, "Now that you are an official, in front of the king, you can call yourself a courtier." ”
After a few words, several courtiers were familiar with each other, Fan Yu was a little dissatisfied and wanted to come to Yangzhongqiao's five-stone bow to try, but he didn't want to but he could only pull a little, let alone pull a circle, he couldn't open it halfway, and his face was red after earning for a long time, so he put down the bow in a daze and had to take it.
After Yangzhongqiao left, Zhou Bian rested in the tent, tired for a day, Zhou Bian was also very hard.
On the second day, the scouts returned, and the Han army retreated in a gloomy manner, and had returned to the city. And there is no other South Korean army to look in this direction, from this analysis, Han Hou is either arrogant and only sent 20,000 people, or the pace is disrupted, the follow-up action is suspended, and countermeasures are currently being discussed. But no matter what, Zhou Bian could breathe a sigh of relief, so thousands of troops stayed in Gongyi to rest.
At the same time, the casualties in the army were also counted, 1,002 killed, more than 500 seriously wounded, and the rest were slightly wounded. The number of casualties is higher than yesterday's estimate, because although there is good medicine, after all, the medical conditions are still very poor in this era, and more than 30 people died of serious injuries yesterday night, and it is not yet known how many more seriously injured will die. After Zhou Bian heard this, he also mourned in silence for a long time, and instructed Haosheng to collect the dead and register them so that they could distribute pensions and raise orphans. In addition, it is indispensable to sigh, and how many families will mourn for it. But fortunately, the reward obtained by Wang Shi is also very great, there are more than 6,000 corpses of Han Bing, and the specific number cannot be counted, because some of the corpses can no longer be divided into complete ones. The mortality rate of more than 1 to 6, no matter which dynasty it is placed in later generations, is enough to go down in the history books.
But Zhou Bian still didn't dare to take it lightly, Gongyi's grain was still moving to Luoyang, it stopped for a day yesterday, and it continued to rise today, as for Luoyang, Zhou Bian's royal order has been on the road, that is, except for Cheng Zhou's temporary immobility, the rest of Luoyang's repair of the city wall to recruit new soldiers still continues.
And on the afternoon of the second day after the great victory, an important minister of the royal family appeared outside the city of Gongyi, and it was Bai Gui who came in a hurry.