Chapter 151: Inviting Hearts and Minds

Not far from Han Ning's ox cart, Song Qing, Liu Jiwu, Tao Heng and several other Liangzhou troops gathered together, as well as the cavalry generals in the Longxi army, all walked a few steps, and then gathered around Li Yanzhao, waiting for his next deployment.

Tao Heng came back all the way, as far as his eyes could see, and saw that in several deep pits next to the valley mouth, the corpses of his own Longxi pawns were scattered and thrown into the pits, stacked with the headless corpses of Zhao Jun, and his heart ached for a while. His eyes were red, but he didn't say a word.

The previous experience of the Longxi army had made him start to have no big expectations for the new environment around him in just one day. Now, the main general Feng Ding is seriously injured, and his life and death are uncertain; The five horsemen were 100 people long, and the more than 400 horsemen they brought with them were now the only ones left, and the more than 20 people behind him; Of the 1,300 or 400 foot soldiers, only the 400 or so who were disarmed and then concentrated among the Liangzhou soldiers remained.

The future is not worth optimizing, so that Tao Heng also learned to forbear. He buried this grief and indignation deep in his heart, and did not trigger it. For the Liangzhou general Zuo, who refused to surrender and forced them to return to fight to the death, he also secretly had a bit of hatred.

Tao Heng's eyes were red and swollen, and when he saw Li Yanzhao returning, he only lowered his head to hide some thoughts in his heart. Although he has hatred for the generals of Liangzhou, he still wants to surrender to Liangzhou at the moment, so he can't show this expression of deep hatred.

"I have asked Han Duhu to send a general, and my department is responsible for the separation of the corpses of Longxi and Zhao Jun here. Gentlemen, please gather your subordinates quickly and proceed immediately. After Li Yanzhao finished speaking, he handed over the horse to the soldiers on his side and took the lead towards the edge of the big pits.

Tao Heng heard what Li Yanzhao said, and glanced up in disbelief, but only saw that this general of the Liangzhou Army who had rescued them from the chaotic army in the melee before, and the feather arrows in his body had not yet been pulled, so he took the lead and walked towards the huge pits.

Tao Heng quietly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and then stepped forward quickly, taking his twenty or thirty remnants of his cavalry to follow Li Yanzhao.

Liu Jiwu also ordered his subordinates to dismount their horses, and then left a few people to guard the horses, and led most of the soldiers to follow. On the spot, only Song Qing, who was still stunned, was left.

Behind Song Qing, Liang Siqin and Han Liancheng were two team leaders, and they also stared at each other, with a look of uneasedness.

What the hell is this! First, the battle array repeatedly rushed to kill, and then chased the enemy to attack the camp at night, and was busy for most of the day, and now he still has to carry the corpse?

Song Qing was definitely full of complaints at this time, he was a child of a family, and he only mixed some seniority in the army and waited for promotion and transfer, how could he have suffered this kind of suffering? It's a big one right now. However, the two team leaders behind him did not discuss a result with each other, and they all looked at Song Qing, as if waiting for his order.

And Song Qing, as if he had been greatly wronged, pondered for a long time, and then turned around and said to the two teams under him: "Come with me." Then he dismounted and walked forward. Seeing this, the two team leaders also knew that Song Qing had made up his mind, so they left a few people to take care of the horses, and then ordered all the people to dismount, followed Song Qing, and walked towards those huge pits.

Originally, a cadre of the remnants of the Longxi Army was sitting in the open space, but at this time, he saw the cavalry general of the Liangzhou Army, leading his two hundred subordinates, and walked straight to the huge pit where the corpses were buried, and his eyes were shocked for a while. They watched silently at the back of the horseman, wondering what he was going to do with his men to the pits.

However, he saw Li Yanzhao leading his troops to the side of the pit, and the Liangzhou soldiers who were still busy approached, and then said to them loudly: "I have invited the general of Han Du to protect the order, here the corpse of the Longxi pawn must be buried separately from the corpse of the Zhao army, Han Du Hu has been handed over to the general to be fully responsible, please move and rest for a while." ”

The generals of the Liangzhou Army, who were busy on the edge of the pit, raised their heads when they heard this, and looked at Li Yanzhao, who was standing in place as calm as water, as if he was looking at a madman.

The remnants of Longxi, who were sitting numbly in the open space, also stood up in disbelief when they heard this, and then looked in the direction of Li Yanzhao.

The two sides were stunned for a moment, and then from the busy Liangzhou army, a general came out, first looked at Li Yanzhao, and then walked to him, and said: "The general said this, but is it true?" ”

Li Yanzhao clasped his fists and nodded slightly: "The army has no jokes, Han Du ordered us to be in charge of this matter, and asked this general to hand over immediately." ”

When the general heard this, an imperceptible smile flew on his lips, and then he said: "Since this is the case, the matter here will be handed over to the general's subordinates." After speaking, the general Zuo waved his hand to the subordinates behind him who looked suspicious, and said: "The matter here will be handed over immediately, and the brothers should go aside and rest!" ”

Li Yanzhao didn't say anything, and watched the general Zuo lead his subordinates out of this place, so he ordered several torches to be lit on the left and right, and then jumped into the pit first, and began to sift through the various corpses in the pit by the light of the torches.

A strong smell of blood rose from the pit, and in this semi-enclosed environment, it wantonly drilled into Li Yanzhao's mouth and nose, impacting his nerves. Although he has been in the army for a long time, Li Yanzhao himself has experienced such a large-scale war for the first time. It is also the first time that so many corpses have been faced.

Therefore, the strong smell of blood, which was different from the scene he faced in the past, made Li Yanzhao feel extremely uncomfortable both physically and psychologically. However, the wood is already in the boat, and the words spoken at this time cannot be taken back. Li Yanzhao didn't want to disappoint the Longxi soldiers who were watching him, so he could only endure this extreme discomfort and continue the work in hand.

Every time Li Yanzhao turned over the body of a Longxi pawn, he pulled it out, and then handed it over to the soldiers at the edge of the pit to carefully pull it up and stack it outside the pit. Many of the enlarged cavalry were the last batch of homeless recruits to enlist. When Fang Cai was fighting, his spirit was extremely nervous, but he didn't notice anything different.

And now, that the war has ended, and when they turn back to face the fierce scenes around the battlefield, coupled with the strong smell of blood emitted from the blood-soaked soil, these recruits can no longer bear it, and they run to the side one after another and vomit, even if some of them have not reacted so violently, their faces are pale and shaky.

The cavalry soldiers who had been in battle for a long time stood aside and laughed when they saw the recruits composed of homeless people like this, but they forgot that when they saw the tragic scene of the battlefield for the first time, they were no better than the recruits in front of them.

Li Yanzhao heard the sound of retching outside, so he raised his head and looked out from the pit, and when he saw the recruits like this, he also shook his head again and again. When he was fighting in the battle formation before, he discovered the shortcomings of his cavalry - many people have not been in the battle formation, and the level of training in peacetime cannot be fully utilized on the battlefield because of psychological timidity.

Therefore, these horsemen under his command also paid a lot of completely unnecessary casualties. However, the growth of these recruits does not happen overnight. I only hope that after seeing such a fierce scene on the battlefield, they will be able to gradually grow up, and then play their due role in future wars.

The body of a Longxi pawn was dug out of the corpse pile, and Li Yanzhao and the two old pawns beside him jointly lifted him to the edge of the pit with both hands. The old guards next to the pit quickly removed the body and placed it neatly on the side.

However, as soon as he lowered his head, Li Yanzhao heard a few more sounds, as if someone had jumped into the pit again, he looked up, but saw Tao Heng, a hundred horsemen in Longxi, looking at the Longxi military uniform-colored dead robes all over the pit with tears in his eyes. Several horsemen behind him also looked a little grateful and sad at this time.

"The general presides over justice for us, this kindness and righteousness, Tao Heng will always remember in his heart!" Li Yanzhao, who was about to bend down to continue carrying the body of the Longxi soldier, suddenly heard Tao Heng beside him say so seriously.