Chapter Eighty-Three: Indiscriminate Killing
The generals who surrendered to the army were almost completely replaced, whether those generals who were brushed down would be resentful, Liu Xie didn't know, there would definitely be, but so what?
These new soldiers have meritorious deeds and have been rewarded, invisibly, they will naturally have a sense of belonging to the imperial court, and for other soldiers, these rewarded soldiers are undoubtedly an incentive, as for those who are eliminated, or have a bad mentality, or lack of ability, or lack of courage, no matter which one, Liu Xie has no reason to keep them to eat dry rice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After the reward was over, these newly promoted officers and soldiers were quickly delegated to the army, and it took a whole afternoon to rearrange military affairs, until the sky gradually darkened, and the army was also reorganized during this time.
The night breeze was blowing, it was already the early summer season, even in the night air, there was a bit of heat, which made Liu Xie and Jia Xu, who were already accustomed to the northern climate, a little uncomfortable, but Li Yan on the side didn't feel anything, he was born here and had long been used to this climate.
"You mean Xu Chu?" Looking at Wei Xu in front of him, Liu Xie was a little surprised, and his mind couldn't turn around.
"Yes, this person's courage may not be able to compete with Wen Hou, but in my court, those who can compete with him are afraid that they will not be able to count with one palm." Wei Xu said seriously.
"I don't want Yuan Shu to have such a fierce general." Liu Xie shook his head and chuckled, thinking about it at this time, it seems that the county is still under the rule of Yuan Shu, and Xu Chu's reputation is not small, and now he has lost a series of battles, it is Lu Bu, and Zhao Yun, Yuan Shu's original generals, even the generals of the second and third echelons of the imperial court may not be able to fight, at this time, no matter how high Yuan Shu thinks of himself, he has to lower his posture to seek fierce generals.
However, is it okay to recruit this fierce general who was temporarily crammed?
Jia Xu has been by Liu Xie's side for a long time, just looking at Liu Xie's expression, he knows what Liu Xie is thinking, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that such a fierce general is secretly invested." ”
"Hmm." Liu Xie nodded subconsciously, it seems that the secret guards lurking in Runan and Yuzhou have to move, if Xu Chu can be subdued, the commander of his Praetorian Guard will also be gone.
"When I returned to the army just now, I found that the Yuan Shu soldiers and horses were divided into two battalions, why is this?" Liu Xie frowned and asked, when the enemy army came over yesterday, Liu Xie didn't pay attention to it, and he was going to send troops at night, so he didn't pay attention to the other party's military camp.
It wasn't until today that I waved my troops over, and I found that the camp of Yuan Shu's army was actually divided into two, and they all seemed to want to fight for control of the Yuyang garrison, if someone hadn't stopped the other half of the people, today's battle would not have gone so smoothly.
"This battle of Nanyang should have been led by Zhang Xun, but unfortunately, this person has lost consecutive battles, lost the city and lost the land, even if he collected the Zhongyang Mountain bandits, the troops are still thin, then Han Xian wants to monopolize the credit, and there are 30,000 reinforcements under his command, and the strength is stable over Zhang Xun, and because of this, the two sides look like they are separated." Li Yan bowed.
"It's embarrassing for this Zhangxun." When Liu Xie heard this, he couldn't help but smile: "Although this Zhang Xun has suffered defeat, he has the ability, but this Han Xian is really ......."
Shaking his head, the previous battle, that Yuan Jun's slow reaction, should be changed is useless, if it were not for his large number of soldiers and horses, Liu Xie did not want to lose the elite under his command here, and if he had other plans, not to mention that he could be defeated, but it could also make him lose his vitality.
When several people heard this, they couldn't help but smile and shook their heads, Zhang Xun was indeed unlucky, it stands to reason that even if he was defeated at the beginning, he would not be defeated so completely, who knew that he shot Liang Gang by mistake, and the chain reaction caused directly made the battle that originally had only a sixty percent chance of victory finally turned into a war of annihilation, and when the entire army was almost wiped out, Zhang Xun at this moment was also poor-minded.
"Prepare, in three or five days at most, the enemy army will be defeated!" After continuous marching, he has hardly slept since last night, and Liu Xie is also a little tired at this time, so he has to make up for sleep tonight.
"Whoa! The ministers retired. Although he wondered why Liu Xie said that he could break the enemy within three or five days, but looking at Liu Xie's tired look, for a while, everyone knew the opportunity to leave with their fists in Liu Xie, and the room was quiet, and Liu Xie fell on the bed.
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In the night breeze with a little heat, different from the stability of Wancheng, in the Han Xian camp, there is a gloomy cloud at the moment, and the sound of crying can be faintly heard in the air, which is the soldiers who died in the battle of Pao Ze are grieving for the dead.
Han Xian sat on top of his handsome position, his face was a little ugly, in today's battle, although the loss of soldiers and horses was not much, but the original momentum of Ruhong was a big setback.
Some regrets, I knew that this army was my own people, but who knew that at the moment of approaching, it brought them huge damage, and more importantly, even if Han Xian was not as good as Zhang Xun in terms of commander, but he could also see that the original chaos in Wancheng, with this battle, the army's heart will be stable, so that the gap between the two sides is gradually reversing.
It doesn't matter if you can't see the problem of this army in time, whether you can break Wancheng is the deadliest, I knew this, I should have listened to Zhang Xun from the beginning, raided Wancheng, maybe, at this moment he was already sitting in Wancheng.
Regret shouldn't have been!
Han Xian sighed, what he was most worried about was that Zhang Xun was taking this matter to talk about it and playing right and wrong in front of Yuan Shu, although it was all facts, there was nothing to do, but because of this, he was afraid.
No, you can't sit still, the responsibility for this matter can't be borne by yourself alone, no, it shouldn't be borne by yourself at all, if it weren't for that Zhang Xun lying about the military situation, how could he be attacked by the imperial court soldiers and horses.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt justified, Han Xian hurriedly asked people to prepare an official document for him, ready to report, and at this moment, a personal guard rushed over, and before anyone arrived, the voice had already come: "General, something happened!" ”
"Why are you so alarmed!?" When Han Xian heard this, he frowned a little and said, what he was most annoyed about now was hearing such frustrating words, but he couldn't help but listen.
"General Hui, someone killed someone in the army just now." The guard said.
"Murder?" Han Xian frowned when he heard this, what did he say to him about such a trivial matter? The army is a group of hot-blooded men, easy to be impulsive, it is not that there have been fights and brawls in the past, but it is rare to get a human life, but even if a human life occurs, it is not a big deal, is it necessary to be so shocked to alarm yourself?
"But ......" The guards were a little anxious, and they had been stopped by Han Xian waving his hand.
"It's nothing, the murderer will be fined forty military sticks to set an example, and the body will be buried." He waved his hand impatiently.
"This ...... Here. When the guards heard this, they had to bow down with a wry smile.
"It's really ......" shook his head, and Han Xian kicked the table a little irritably.
"Newspaper~"
Just then, another guard rushed in.
"What's wrong again?" Han Xian looked at each other angrily.
"General, someone died, and besides, a group of soldiers were directly killed." The guard bowed.
"Who did that!?" Han Xian frowned, and faintly, he felt that something was wrong.
"No one knows, they were all killed by one blow, and when the body was found, the body was already cold." The guard bowed.
"Newspaper~"
Before Han Xian could react, three more guards came in at the same time.
"Speak!" Han Xian said in a deep voice.
"General, a soldier has been assassinated."
"General, six bodies were found in the battalion."
"General, three dead people have been found."
"Who killed him?" No matter how stupid Han Xian is at the moment, he can see that this is no accident.
"I didn't find it, the attacker was quite ruthless, and the blow was fatal, leaving no clues."
A similar answer made Han Xian suddenly think of today's events, and a chill suddenly flashed in his heart, he remembered that when the imperial court soldiers and horses came over, there were nearly 5,000 people, and when they left, according to Zhang Xun, there were only about 3,000 people, although the situation at that time was chaotic, but his troops were first killed by the other party's rain of arrows, and then there was a scuffle, and in the end, it was only about 3,000 people who died.
He doesn't have much actual combat experience, but he also knows that in that kind of chaotic scene, there are many people on his side, but he has a disadvantage, because in that case, it is difficult to distinguish who is the enemy and who is his own people, and many casualties are caused by cannibalism, but the other party retreats directly, and there should not be such a big loss.
"Counting the battlefield today, have you ever checked the corpse's armor?" Han Xian frowned and said, he remembered that after the soldiers and horses of the imperial court broke away from the battle formation, they directly ripped off the Yuan Jun military uniform on their bodies, and the black armor underneath, after the war, Zhang Xun asked people to distinguish between friend and foe, at that time, Han Xian also mocked him for making a fuss, but now it seems that Zhang Xun had already had this idea at that time.
"General Hui, it was General Zhang Xun who sent someone to count at that time, and we ignored it." The guards shook their heads, Han Xian himself didn't pay attention to it, so they naturally didn't need to care about it anymore.
"Newspaper~"
Just when everyone was at a loss, a few more people came to report the news, without exception, someone in the camp was killed, and the other party killed people, there was no purpose at all, or rather, the other party did not target the general, what they were looking for was ordinary soldiers, but after a while, the message that came to calculate that hundreds of people had died inexplicably.
The panic spread in the camp, and even if Han Xian didn't go out, he could think that there was already panic in the camp at this moment.
"Go quickly, please ask General Xu Chu to come over." Han Xian suddenly felt that he was not very safe around him, even if he was protected by a group of personal guards, he was terrified, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Go and invite General Zhang Xun again." ”
Now, I can't care about any face, Zhang Xun will be more experienced than himself in handling this matter.